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Editor and Propitiator.
B. F. SCIIWEIER,
MIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY, PENNA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1878.
NO. 15.
VOL. XXXII.
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TH OLD MIS IS THS STYLISH CHURCH.
Well wi'e. I've bn to church to-dJ bean
to a stylish one
Ad J seein' 30a can't go from boms, I'll tell yon
what done;
You would have been surprised to see wha I
have seen to-day;
Ttt sisters were fixed up so Sue they bardly
bowed to pray.
I bad on these coarse clothe o' miue not
much the worse for ear
But, then, they knew I wasn't one tby called
a m.lliouaire; .
So Ue led the old man toa seat away bark by
the door;
Twaa bookie a. and uncnshioned, a reserved
seat for the poor.
Pretty soon in came a etra tiger, with gold
rines and clothing fine;
TheT led him to a cushiua'd seat far in ad
Tance of mine:
I thought it wasn't exactly rifcht to eeat bim
up so near.
When he was young, and I was old, and very
bard to hear.
But then there's no acoountin' for whit some
people do;
The finest clothing now-a-days oft geta the
finest pew.
But when we reach the blessed home, all un-
deflled by sin.
Well see wea'th beggin' at the gate, while
poTerty goes in.
I oouldnt tear the sermon, I sat so fsr away.
So through the hour of serrice. I could only
"watch and pray."
Watch the doin's of the Christians sittin' near
me round about,
Pray that God would make them pure within
as they were pure without,
While I aat there, loo Via' all around npou the
rich and great
I kept thin Via' of the rich man and the beggar
at the gate;
How, by all but dogs forsaken, the poor beg
gar's form grew cold.
And the angels bore his spirit to the mansions
built of gold.
Huw at last the rich man perished, and his
spir-t took its flight
From the purple and fine linen to the home of
endless night;
There he learned as be stood gacin at the beg
gar in the akv.
"It isn't all of life to lit e, ncr all of death to
die."
I doubt not there were wealthy aires in that
religion fold
Who want up from their dwellings like the
Pharisee of old;
Then returned home from their worship with
a head uplifted nth.
To spurn the hungry from their door with
naught to eatisfy.
Out out! with such professions; they are
doin more to-dY
To atop the weary sini er from the gospel's
ahiniu' way
Than all the books of infidels; than all that
has been trird
Hi ace Ob ist wis born is Bethlehem since
Christ was crucified.
How simple are the works of God, and yet how
Tery grand
The shells in ocean earerns - the flowers on
the land
He gilds the clouds of evf-nin' with the golJ-
li ht from his thron. .
Kot for the rich man onlr; not for the poor
alone.
Then why should n an look down on man be
cause of lack of gold ?
Why seat bim in the poorest pew because his
clothes are old ?
A heart with noble motives a heart that God
has blest
May be beat n' Heaven's music 'neath tha
faded coat and Test.
I am old I may be childihh but I Iots im-
plicity.
I lore to fee it shining in a Christian's pisty;
Jesui to d us in His serm ns. in Judf a's moun
tains wild.
He that wants to go to Heaven must be like a
liUie child,
Maude and Lena.
Xew Year's day ; the air clear and
crisp; the ground covered with a man
tle of snow, sleigh-bells ringing out
their inspiriting jingle, and a holiday
air over all the great metropolis.
In the home of Maude Ingraham.the
child of the great New York banker.
the tables w ere spread with the luxuri-
ous repast that was to be offered to ex
pected callers, the drawing-room fra-
grant with rare exotics was closed and
brilliantly lighted, and Mrs. Holt, the
ex-governess and prenent companion ot
the motherless girl, was fussing here
and there before dressing, to be sure
everything was in order before the
guests arrived.
There was a shade of sadness upon
the motherly face of the old lady, and
more than once she wined a tear from
her eyes, murmuring:
"Ten years to-day ! ten years to-day !'
In the room above the drawing room
Maude Inoraliam was sitting in a wide
arm-chair before an open grate fire, not
asleep, but none the less lost in love's
young dream. Upon her slender finger
was a costly diamond ring, put there
only the erening previous by Walter
Dunn, her accepted suitor, and her
father had promised to present the
lover to his friends as Maude's future
husband.
A dress of snowy tulle, fine lace and
delicate rose silk was spread upon the
dressing table ready to adorn theprttty
blonde, and Finette, her maid, wonder
ed in regions below stairs, why Miss
Maude did not ring the bell to have her
hair dressed.
In the midst of her musing Maude
was interrupted by a servant, who an
nounced :
"A woman who begs to see you
Miss."
"Did she send her name?"
"No, Miss, and she's a beggar
think. She is miserably dressed."
"Let her come up. It is a new year
and a good day to help the poor."
The man went down stair again,and
in a few moments a woman appeared at
the door. Though it was dead winter
and bitter cold, her dress was shabby
patched calico, covered by a miserable
apology for a shawl, and her bonnet
was a corner of the same shawl folded,
over her head. She was very pale,vcry
thin, a most wretched object.
She stood silent a moment after clos
ing the door behind her, and Maude
looked at her with puzzled eyes, 'till
slowly a tender smile came upon the
pallid face.
Then, with a great cry, Maude rushed
forward, and gathered the 6lender,was
ted figure in a close embrace, raining
kisses upon her lips and cheeks, sob
bing over and over :
"Oh, Lena! Lena!"
When her first burst of joyful wel
come was over, she drew her visitor to
the fire, gently placed her in the deep
arm-chair, and knelt beside her, strok
ing the white cheeks with loving touch.
"Are you so glad I come, Maude?"
The question w as asked with a wist
ful love, and eyes full of deep happi
ness. "Glad? I cau never tell you how
glad!"
"And my father? Does my father
ever speak of me?"
Maude's face saddened instantly.
"I see," said Lena, softly. "But I
came to make one last plea for forgive
ness, Maude."
As if to answer her words there was
a tap at the door, and a voice asked :
"May I come in, daughter?"
"Yes, father," said Maude, springing
up to open the door.
Mr. Ingraham entered the room with
a smile upon his lips. But in a moment
it vanished as his eyes fell upon the
white face resting against the arm
chair There was no glad recognition,
as he asked, coldly :
"What is that woman doing here?"
"Oh! father, do not Oh ! do not
speak so !" Maude sobbed, taking both
his hands in her own. "See how pale
and ill she looks. She has com for
forgiveness for a place in her home.
Oh! for my sake, forgive her!"
And the stranger iu her own home
spoke no word, watching lather and
si.-ter with eager eyes.
"For your sake !" repeated Mr. Ingra
ham. "It is for your sake I w ill send
her away. You were but a child, Maud
when she left us. You did not under
stand the di.ograi-e she brought upon
her father's house."
"But now " Maude would have
pleaded.
"Listen," said her father, in a cold.
stern voice, with his eyes as full of
pain as they were of auger. "Ten
years ago to-day, New Year's day,
Helena Iugraharu eloped from her
father's house with a man she bad
been forbidden to see or to know a man
her father kuew for a gambler and a
scoundrel. Is this not true, HelYna?"
"It is true," was the quiet reply.
"Two years afterwards, Harold Pla-
cide, as the man called himself, was
rrested for bank robbery, was tried.
convicted and sentenced to twenty
years hard labor in the State's prison.
Then, when her sin was sorely pun
ished, I offered Helena a place in her
old home if she would accept the di
vorce the law gave her. She refused.
She lived as near the prison as she w as
allowed; she earned a scanty support
at her needle, seeing her wretched hus
band when permitted, clinging to the
name he had disgraced. Aud now she
comes here, the convict's w ife, todark
en your life."
My husband died two years ago."
Dead! It is well! But you are none
the less Helena Flacide, a convict s
widow. My will, made years ago,gives
Maude inv entire estate; niy home is
all hers. If you come, you take from
her all that is given to you."
"You hear, Maude?" said Helena.
"I heard," was the quick reply, "and
I 6ay that I will gladly share all every
thing with my sister, my ouly sister,
If she was wrong at first, father, in the
act of disobedience, she has atoned for
it by years of poverty and suffering,
Let her come home."
"Your friends may not care to visit
where a convict's widow lives."
"Then their friendship is valueless
to me."
Your promised husband "
'May prav that I will be as faithful
to him as Helena was to her husband,"
said Mauds, blushing rosily.
Mr. 1 11 graham was silent for a mo
ment, while his children watched his
face with w istful eyes. The hard pres
sure of the lips softened to a smile, his
eves lost their angry expression, and
turning to Helena, he said :
"Daughter!"
There was no other word as ahe
sprang into his arms and lay there, all
her calmness broken up iu sobbing
gratitude.
"Maude," Mr. Ingraham said at last
'can you dress your sister to assist at
your reception?"
"Certainly I can."
"Walter is in the library, and I w 111
explain to him. We will speak no more
of the past, Helena.
Then he kissed her, and left her with
Maude, happv Maude, who had no
thought of regret, as she dressed her
sister in heavy black silk, and insisted
upon being her sole lady s maid.
There was a little ripple of excite
ment in society, when Mr. Ingraham s
two daughters appeared at the New
Year's reception, and Mrs. nolt had to
disappear every few momenta to wipe
tears of happiness from her eyes at tne
family re-union.
Her two nunils were very dear to
her, and no one grieved more sincerely
over Helena's disgrace and punishment
than her old governess.
The next Biorning when Mr. Ingra
ham was in the library, looking over
some papers, there was a rap at the
door, and Helena came in, plainly but
richly dressed, and with a package of
papers in her hand.
"Father." she said, quietly, "can you
spare me an hour or two?"
"I ertainlv."
"I want to explain to you somethin
of the reason for my sudden return
"Let the past die, Heleua."
"Afterward I will, but I must speak
of it now. You, w ho have had to suf
fer at bli bauds, look upon my husband
as all depravity. I do not defend him !
I know he wronged you deeply. I
know he was a robber, a convict. But
he loved me. Never by word or look
did he remind me that I w as a portion
less bride ; never did he urge me to
seek relief from you until he w as sen
tenced, when he begged me to accept
your offer. lie had been In prison two
years when his brother came from Aus
tralia and found him. He was a weal
thy man, and would have provided for
me if I had permitted it. But I would
not. Much older than Harold, he was
a great invalid, and last September he
died. He left to me, his brother's wid
ow, property amounting to over a hun
dred thousand dollars."
"Had he no relatives?"
"None. The two brothers stood alone
in the world, and Godfrey chose to con
sider that 1 did more than a wife's duty
in clinging to Harold through all. He
was very ill before he died, and I was
allowed to visit him in the hospital,
where he engaged a room, and soothed
his last hours."
"So you are indejendent !"
"But that is not all, father. I feel as
keenly as you can the shadow I have
thrown across Maude's life. I have
been in this city ever since Harold died
and watched my sister often w hen she
hail uo suspicion that I was near her.
1 have no one to love but my father and
my sister, and I longed unutterably to
be reconciled to them, to have them once
more give me words ot affection. But
for Maude's sake, I would not come,
even after I knew 1 need be no burden,
until"
Here Helena paused, and fixing her
large dark eyes mournfully upon her
father's face, said softly :
"Until I was dying."
"Helena," her father cried, drawing
her into a close embrace, as if to drive
away the great destroyer. "My daugh
ter, what do you mean?"
"I mean that chronic disease,
brought on by sorrow, poverty and
toil, has developed into an incurable
trouble that will soon end a l!fe I am
glad to lay down. It will not be many
weeks, father, before your way wan
child will bid you farewell to meet no
more on earth. And I want to have
this money, that comes too late to help
me, settled upon my sister. Will you
examine the papers and have a will
drawn for me?"
"Yes, child, yes. But first we must
have Dr. Reynolds see you. He has
known you from a child. He may sug
gest some remedy. Helena, I cannot
give you up now."
"I w ill do all you wish, father. - If 1
can prolong my life to be your compan
ion after Maude is married, I w ill. Do
not tell her yet, rather; 1 may live un
til she is Walter's wife, and I would
not bring any sorrow into her present
happy procpects."
"1 will keep your secret, dear. And
will send Dr. Reynold to see you at
once.
But the doctor could give no ucw life
to the weary woman, who had so pain
fully atoned for the wilful disobedience
of her girlhood. With care and every
comfort iu her old home, surrounded
by tender love, Helena faded so slowly
that Maude did not suspect that the kiss
pressed upon her lips upon her wedding
day was the last her sister would ever
give her.
The excitement, the love that bore
Helena up until after Maude w as mar
ried, gave way when the bridal party
left the house, and Mrs. Holt found her
senseless in the drawing-loom.
She sank rapidly then, iusisting un
keeping the news from Maude, and
died in her father's arms when w intry
winds were blowing.
At the last, her words were ever :
"Maude love to my little sister-
do not trouble Maude she welcomed
me home a beggar a convict's w ife
ittle Maude love to my sister. Fath
er farewell father do not trouble
Maude!"
Thomas at Chlcluunavca.
General Steedman recently described
the meeting between himself and Gen
eral Thomas atC'hickamauga. He said :
I shall never be able to tell you how
he looked. As I advanced to meet him
he smiled about the eyes, but the lower
Dart of his face was set like a lion's.
As I shook hands with him, he said
I have always been glad to see you
General, but never so glad as now
How many muskets have you?"
"I replied that I had 7,500." He then
said that the rebels were putting a bat
tery in place on a ridge iu front of us
and he desired me to go vnd rout them
from their position. hile we were
talking I saw tha flash of one of the
guns, and the ball hit the dry tree over
our heads.
'There, General," said Thomas, "now
you can sec the exact position of the
gun."
"Well, I rather thoughtthat Icould."
Soon after he turned to one of his
staff officers and said: '"Present my
compliments to General Harker, and
tell him, etc.
"His politeness never forsook hiin,
even on the Held 01 bailie, no more
than his firmness
"A moment or two later the staff of
ficer came back and touching his hat.
said : 'When I shall have delivered the
order, where will I find you?'
"Stamping his foot impatiently, he
said : 'Right here, sir' "
aster's Mistakes.
Draymen seem to forget, or else they
do not know, that the draft of a wagon
is doubled when the wheels turn oa
snow, and very much greater still when
the snow is deep and mealy. We could
never see the advantage of overloading
a team and spending so much time in
getting them started when they get set.
as they are sure to do, if the load is too
heavy. Better take a less load and go
quickly without any risk of injuring
the horses. In the cities, as well as in
the country, there are more or less
treacherous boles which it it is well to
think about when an unreasonable
weight is put upon a vehicle. And it
is w ell to remember that one team stall
ed on a thoroughfare will often hinder
a score besides themselves.
A Cooking
In this manner a cooking lesson Is
given in Xew York: When the cook
appears, exactly at two o'clock, the gen
erality of ladies present prepare with
pencil ad paper to take down her
words, and make note of her actions,
and an accidental glance I get at the
notes of a lady who sit MSt MMke
me smile at this amateur reporting.
Every casual remark of the cook is
hastily scrawled down, and matters of
import and no import jostle each other
so confusingly that 011s cannot but
wonder whether the hurried scribble
ments can ever after be deciphered.
The cook is an honest-looking English
woman, middle-aged, wearing com
fortable, dark merino dress, entirely
without trimming, a large, white apron j
with bib, w hite sleeve-covers extending
over her elbows and held there by
elastic bands, and a neat lace cap. Al
though she occasionally drops an "h"
and makes a lapse In grammar, she ex
pounds her proceedings clearly and
with very little superfluous loquacity.
She Is "quite explicit," too, for whes
an Ounce of butter is required she says,
"You take an ounce of butter," and
then she herself proceeds to take it and
weigh it in her brightly-scoured scales.
She has also cans of varying lizes in
which she measures off the exact quan
tity of milk, broth, or water, required.
One of her convenient implements is a
"frying-basket" a sort of saucepan of
wire in which she places things that
are to be fried and browned, then pluu-
ges tne .ry.ng-oasv .a u """-
pan containing boiling lard. Of '-.,
valnable service, also, were three or
four large porcelain basins, which stood
near her, marked w ith the monogram
of the school. In these she washed care
fully her various vegetables before
cooking them ; in one, she peeled her
potatoes aud cut off waste portions of
the cauliflower, etc. ; one of them stood
quite apart, and herein she rinsed her
hands frequently the scullery-maid
changing the water for her more than
once in the course of the lesson. A
clean towel lay by this basin ; no soap
was used. As the lesson progressed,
questious were asked her by different
ladies in the audience, and her expla
nations in resoiise furnish much valu
able information not oniy 111 regaru i
tne particular article in nauu, out u,.u
the whole matter of cooking. At the
completion of each dish it ws wt ;
around among the audience to be tast-
ed, and I can truthfully say that every
vegetable treated was fit to Issue from
he kitchen of the most celebrated Pa
risian resauraut, and culinary praise
can go 110 higher.
At precisely four o'clock th lesson
terminated, and every vegetable meu-
ioned in the list on the blackboard was
landing in battle-array, as pretty as a
picture, on the long counter in rnnir, 01
the cook. To be sure, the Moyjtle pota
toes were rather W de eointat, for I
believe everybody in the audience had
tasted of them and luscious, indeed,
they were. But the cauliflower aud
the sea-kle were respected; the "rib
bons and chips," (a sort of Saratoga
fried potatoes, the ribbons being
long peelings like an apple-paring or a
shaving, and tha chips the remaining
core, thinly sliced) were presentable.
what was left of them. The broken
into dishes were left on the counter for
the scullery-maids to dispose of, but
the dishes which were intact were car
ried into a room across a wide hall-way
and placed upon a great, long table, al
ready bountifully supplied with like
good things. Into this room the audi
ence followed, and, to my surprise, I
found there was a great crowd or ele
gant personages, male and female, who
were purchasing the eatables as fast as
they could draw the money from their
pockets; and then, entering the carna
ges which stood so thickly as to almost
block the roadway outside, they glee
fully made off with their booty. I cast
a longing eye on the potatoe croquette,
those being so temptingly browned ana
so convenient to transport in a paper
bag; but, alas! a venerable lady, witr.
silverr curls and a seal cloak which
reached to the ground, was too quick
for me, and had bought the
handed them to her footman
could say "Croquette!"
lot and
before I
KiclUaa Itrlsandase.
Whatever form the sentiment gen
erally inspired in Sicily by the bri
gands may assume, the ground of it
is respect for force, mingled with a
feeling of dread. Indeed, it sometimes
happens that if a band is dispersed ai.d
its chief taken or killed, his disbanded
followers are refused food and shelter
even by the peasants; but none, not
even a man of social position, will dare
to utter a word of blame against a Capy
hrijantt in power. It oiten happens,
ndeed, that you w ill hear persons w lo
have every appearance of being lionet
and well educated speak w ith indulg
ence aud sympathy of the deeds of
brigand. It forms part of brigand po
lity to win the support of the poorer
classes !y doing now and then some gen
erous action. The legend of the bri'
"hi ul benefactor is handed down from
generation to generation, aad no C070-
linnda of any worth fails to avail him
self of some occasion to give a dowry to
some poor girl, to pay the debts 6 some
peasant, or publicly to reproach one of
his followers for having waylaida poor
muleteer, and to condemn him to re
store the plunder. Thus is exp'ained
in part the peculiar power of the bri
gands, aid how a Capo-Banda in the
territory where dominate is the recog
nized authority, and plays the p&rt and
performs the offices of a regularly con
stituted Government. It is, in short,
no exaggeration to say that the rela
tions of a Capo-Uamla w ith the persons
on whom he levies taxes are as regular
and peacable as those of a government
al tax-gatherer even more so. hen
sending to ask the land-owners for pro
duce or for money, he often makes
known his demands in the most court
eous terms, and the land-owners in
equally courteous forms respond to
them. Thefts, ransoms, and appropria
tions In the form ofcommon crimes are
far leas frrquent than is generally sup
posed. Tue task of the brigand at the
present day reduces itself mainly to the
sequestration of rich proprietors. A
prisoner U usually treated with the
greatest courtesy, and hisUble is furn
ished with the most dainty food. In
every capture it naturally follows that
i-'ljajUTOf thejwor prisoner la con
strained bylove orljf"Toree to furnish
the sum demanded by the chief of the
band. There are still extant many tra
ditions of the Capo-Band a Cucinotta,
who for several year (until 1875) dom
ineered over a large portion of Messina,
a provluce considered one of the most
tranquil and happy In the country. He
exercised brigandage and smuggling to
the advantage and with the connivance
of citizens of every class.
He sniug-
gled on a large scale, he uuloaded ves
sels, and found no lack of proprietors
who offered him places of concealment
for the goods. He and his band, more
over, had undertaken to protect certain
industries, and had thus acquired such
power over the population that even in
private affairs they performed the part
of the public authority, and exercised
quite a tyranny. The (Jazzttta a" Italia,
:w 175, gave some interesting partica-
4ars concerning them : "They formed a
well-constituted organization. They
gave themselves out a men who made
war against Government, aud they ex
ercised in the districts where they had
sway a strange and cruel despotism
Not only had they a chief, but also spies
and accountants. They levied taxes on
the bakers, on the woodcutters, 011 the
millers on the shepherds, affording them
Mch,nM DrotectioQ ,ffainst whom-
soever it might be necessary. Those
who were taxed for such protection
made up for it in their turn by levies on
sther people's property, being certain
)f defense in case of need. They acted
.he part of J udges, and , u udcr cond i lion
ibat nothing should be revealed to the
authorities, appeased offended parties
with money which they obliged the of
fenders to disburse under the law of
retaliation. They obliged them to re
turn stolen goods, and to repair any
damage caused. They prevented mar
riages that did not please them, aud
brought about those which they ap
proved. They acted as peace-makers
between father and son, husband and
wi( am, jo,,,,,,. iOTerg tuj purled
lhem hy fear Thcv acted M custodi.
ng objig!lg proprietor to paT tnein a
. f ,. f ,. , , ,
. . . ti,.,r..
1 hey took women, and by lorce gave
them iu marriage to w homsoever they
pleased. The number of brigands,
properly so called, compared with that
of the facineroti of every kind, is much
less than is usually imagined through
hearing so much said of the Ilrijautaijijio
in Sicily. Even w hen the most flour
ish IngTthe Cari-ISaml!. are but five or
six in numeer. 'But tne secret 01 ineir
power lies In its Deing inexmcauiy
combined with that of other malefictors
of every kind.
A Bomaatle Story.
An unusually romantic and interest
ing story comes to us from San Fran
cisco, the trutn or which is voucneu
for by the captain of a British vessel.
William Beam shipped in Liverpool as
an ordinary seaman, and a short time
after leaving port a stowaway was dis
covered under the fire hatch, who is
described as "a little bit of a fellow.
with short curly hair and a round face."
The newcomer, w ho gave his name as
James ( olu-n, w as at once claimed by
Beam as an old chum, and w as set to
work at any odd job that turned up on
board.
Besides assisting the stew ard gener
ally, he colored photographs in the cap
tain's cabin in a style that showed he
possessed considerable artistic skill aud
training. One day a squall coming on
suddenly, Colton jumped Into the fore
rigging to get aloft and stow the fore
royal. Bean followed, as if to assist
him-, but had only got up a short way
when Colton fell on to the deck and
broke his neck. His companion was so
affected bv the accident that he fell
into a violent fit, on recovering from
which he confessed that Colton was
his w ife, and had disguised herself as
a boy in order to be w ith him.
He produced the marriage certificate
and letters, showing him to be a young
man of good birth, w ho had for certain
reasons assumed the name of Beam, and
hud married the deceased, whom he
had known from childhood, against
the w ish of his and her friends. Being
penuiless, Beam, being a sailor, he and
his wife went to sea. 1 he uay follow
ing the hitter's untimely death, when
the funeral services had been read over
her remains, aud these had been slipped
oyer into the sea, Beam leaped over the
aiiln nf the vessel and disappeared. As
in life, so In death, they were undi
vided, and found a common resting
nlace from all their troubles iu that
"vast wandering grave," the sea.
The Threshing Floor in Kpala.
The threshing-floor era has again
come into use in Spain. Itisan institu
lion of ancient times. A circle some
thirty feet In diameter Is drawn by the
p.-lmitive means of a stick and string,
and the circumference bordered with
goodly stones. Over the interior area,
flist well broken np by a pick, clay is
hlckly spread and leveled, and water Is
turned over the whole surface, which Is
then beaten smooth by heavy mallets
and left to dry in the sun. These floors
which are often the scenes of great fes
tivity, of moonlight dances and quiet
hour of chat after the day work ia don
and the tired workmen throw themselves
down on the filled up sheaves to lmoke
their cigarettes, present also at the time
of the wheat threshing as characteristic
aceae as any, perhaps, to be witnessed
among these primitive husbandmen.
The sight of witnessing the threshing is
one novel and pleasant to behold.
Baroness Burdett-Coutta has be
come a Governor of Christ' Hospital,
being tbe first lady Governor Iu 400 1
year.
Barry of th Wast.
There were residing at Ashland, the
residence of Mr. Clay, near Lexington,
In 1843 and '44 three of hi grandsons
and myself, attending the classes of
Transylvania University. During the
fall of 'U Nicholas Longwortb, of Cin
cinnati, sent to Mr. Clay a five gallon
demijohn of wine, sealed with ordinary
wax. and etaniMd wiUs-ft letter "L"
that had the appearance of having been
cut from a piece of rough wood. Charles,
Mr. Clay' confidential colored servant,
was requested to place the demijohn In
a secure place In the cellar. Mr. Clay
gave ns the privilege, after finishing our
class studies each night, of going to the
cellar for what apple and cider we
wished. On one occasion Henry Duralde
one of the mess, proposed to me instead
of filling the pitcher with cider to tap
the demijohn of native American wine,
We did so, and continued to do so night
after night, as we preferred it to cider,
until it was empty.
A consultation was held, and an unan
imous opinion expressed that something
must be done, and that without delay.
We brought into our confidence the old
Guinea gardener, Mike, at 11 o'clock at
night,and snow six Inches on the ground
which resulted in his assisting us, in
consideration of a quarter of a dollar
cash iu hand, in taking the demijohn to
town some three miles distant, and for
fifteen cents a gallon, got an old dutch
man who made a precarious living by
trading whiskey at night with tolorei
periokt, to fill up five gallons of the same.
On our return we smeared over some
sealing-wax ; and having a letter L from
the end of a broom-stick, branded it, and
placed it once more in the cellar where
it belonged.
During the fall of 1S44. when there
was every indication that Mr. Clay
would be elected President, he gave a
dinnerparty to Tom Corwln, Charlie
Morehead.aud many of his near friends.
As usual, at this dinner Mr. Clay had
his household family, including our
selves, present. We sat down to the
table at 3 o'clock, as was customary at
that time. After a long and sumptuous
dinner, during which time many wines
were Uiscucscd, Mr. Clay said: "Gentle,
men, I have an abiding confidence the
day will soon come when America will
prove to be the great wine-producing
country of the world ; and with jour
permission I will produce a sample of
the first American wine ever made, from
my old friend, Nicholas Longworth.
Charlie, my boy, can you go down in
the cellar and bring up from the right
hand corner that demijohn of wine that
esme from Mr. Longworth?" "Yes
sir." "Hold, Charlie; see here. Now
you do so with very great care. Should
you shake it the very least bit you will
spoil it. Now, Charlie, just set it w ith
the greatest ease on the floor beside me.
Ah 1 that's all riifht. Xow, my good bo r,
take the corkscrew and extract tne curs,
and don't shake it. There, there, take
it under your arm, easy if you please,
and just tip us a little all round. Now,
gentlemen, we will, with your permis
sion, drink standing, to the health of
our friend, Nicholas Longworth, the
manufacturer of the first native wine
ever made in America." As the wise
touched their lip Mr. Clay looked at us
boys seated at one corner of the table
and with that ttentorian voice that
was so peculiar to him when roused,
cried "Bov!" We slipped from our
seats, through the side door, and as we
entered the cedar trees out of sight,
heard such a shout from the guests as
we never heard in the mansion at Ash
land.
A Country Doctor.
Half a century ago thecountry Doctor
was a travelling apothecary. In a dingy
small black trunk he carried the tooth-
puller, a lancet or two, and a small
stock of the druggist' kind of drugs-
tough old favorite of the heroic prac
titioners of the old school a small list
of which were made to do service in all
sorts of diseases, and which were ad
ministered in heavy doses. Bnt though
the medicines were heavy the charges
were light. Fifty cents often covered a
visit and the cost of several medicines
furnished. And these visits generally
involved the harnessing up of the doc
tor' faithful fnst little horse he always
kept two good horses, which for effect
or of necessity, he always drove at the
rate of ten miles an hour. The sight of
the doctor in hi light open gig, flying
over the country roads, was such a
common one that we would hardly turn
from our hoeing to give it a second
glance, unless we had an idea that be
had some new and sudden call or some
. . , . . .
case or sickness we nau not uearu
of.
The great majority of the. doctor's
visit were made to chronic patient,
whose cases were familiar to all w hich
had been talked about year in and year
out. There was the widow Jones who
had been dying from the dropsy for
many a year, and who had to be regular
ly tapped by the doctor. e looked
upon this operation as wonderful, and
the doctor himself spoke of his doings
in this line with a proud satisfaction.
Then there waa the case of Sally Smith
who had been bed-ridden for ten years.
The doctor had to pay her regular visits,
though he never gave her much medi
cine. Many years after the din; tor had
gone to his long home Sully took a
notion to "get well" under the skillful
care of some quack who had Yankee
shrewdness enough to discover that
there was nothing the matter with her,
and so in some unexplained way got her
on her legs once more. Sally afterward
got married and raised a family. Then
there was the case of Peter Brown, w ho
had what used to be called the thirty
year' consumption; and Mrs. Davis,
with chronic rheumatism so bad that
her distorted joints were a sight to be
hold; and old Captain Roberts, who
had had what he termed a liver com
plaint ever since we could remember;
and Miss Cvnthla Tasker. who was
always In feeble 'health, yet somehow
lived to be 80 years old; and the Towle
boy, whose bone w ere made of so poor
material that he always that he alway
bad on hand for the doctors' attention
j a broken limb. And speaking of broken
limbs reminds us of our own painful
experience. One day the doctor came
flying over the road to us, for we had
been slung upon the hard December
ground from the bare back of our run
away horse, getting from the fall a
broken arm. The memory of the hard
pulling upon that broken arm comes
vividly to mind as we write. The
doctor tugged and sweated to get it into
place, and we writhed and roared under
the operation.
Our old doctor was a very busy man.
He always eudeavoied to go to church
at least once a day on Sunday. But
when In church it was no uncommon
hing for him to be called out of meet
ing to attend some sick bed. And what
a sensation of sympathy would run
through the quiet congregrtlon, as the
good doctor would quietly glide down
the broad aisle to meet the serious mes
senger. And how quickly, after the
service was ended, would every one in
that kind-hearted assembly know just
where the doctor had been called, and
Jnst how much the caller needed his
services.
The doctor' death was a sudden one,
and he bad no opportunity toexperi
ment upon himself In his last hours.
One pleasant Sabbath morning, while
sitting quietly In his church pew one
ear listening to Hie good preacher, the
other alert for the oft-coming summons
from the porch, a messenger he little
dreamed oil seeing that morning, came
all unobserved and touched him lightly
upon the shoulder, and carried him
away from all of his old patients. The
messenger of death. In hi long years
of hard work he had had many close
views of the dread messenger, and
many and many and many a time had
he argued with him and parleyed with
him iu the sick chambers of the village
when he had come for others. This
time the messenger, the summons, was
for the doctor himself, and there was
not a moment's delay In eervir.g it.
The Structure of aa Iron Ship.
There are but two forms of lion ued
in shipbuilding, the angle bar and flat
plate. These plates come from the roll
ing mill, and are of every Imaginable
shape and size. The usual size of a
plate or sheet Is a little more than one
yard wide, and from two to four yards
long, and three-fourths of an inch thick.
Out of these two shapes nearly every
form of modern iron structure may be
made, be it ship, bridge, dock, or water
tank. From the wooden patterns of the
ship have been made the frames, and
from the model are copied the shape
and dimensions of each sheet of Iron
that is to cover, a with a skin, the out
side of the ship' hull.
It seems impossible that mere flat
plates and angle bars can be securely
fastened together without nails or
screws, nood maybe doetailed and
fitted together, and may be bound with
nails, Iron is simply lapped piece over
piece at tbe edge and sewed together.
It is treated s a fabrie, except that the
thread that binds tbe cloth Is continuous
and in the iron sheet each needle hole
has one piece of thread knotted en each
side. Suppose two plates or a plate and
a bar are to be joined, holes of a uniform
size are punched along the edge of each
piece, and the two pieces are laid togeth
er so that the holes correspond. A smal
bolt, called a rivet, having a head form
ed on one end, is heated red hot and is
then passed through the two holes in
the plate or bars. Tbe head stops It
on one side, and the hot and soft point
projects at the other side. A hammer
is held against the head of the rivet to
keep it in place, and with hammers the
soft poiut is beaten down till it makes a
new head by spreading over the edges
of the bole. The rivet at once cools and
contracts, and binds the two pieces of
Iron so firmly together that only the
most powerful strain can ever pull them
apart. In tnis simple manner Is every
plate, bar and beam joined together
throughout the ship.
Helping tha IU re-
It was In the summer of 1514, while
the armies of tbe Lnited Statea and
Confederate State were confronting
each other on the James, below Rich
mond. On a certain day a Federal
attack, which was thought to be a decoy
was made on the south side of the river.
We thought we saw evidence of a real
attack on our side. Occasionally the
whole picket li::e would open fire. The
g nr. boats at Deep Bottom would send
too pounds crashing through the timbers
in the rear of what had been Libby's
reaidence, but was then General Lee's
headquarters. At about 2 o'clock P. M.
the artillery opened on our left. A few
minutes afterward we heard the unmis
takable roar of infantry firing. We
then knew that the lines of battle were
engaged on our leu. ine picat-u
opened and kept up a rapid firing iu our
front, the gunboats sending their infer
nal machines more frequently. We,
the Bockbridge Battery, were ordered
to double quick into position on Libby'a
Hill. On our way up, everything look
ed as though we were on the eve of a
terrible conflict the roar of artillery
and Infantry, the rapid movement of
troops into line, and the solemnity that
seemed to have impregnated the whole
atmosphere. As we passed the Libby
house we saw General Lee in the yard.
He was standing just under a lo tree,
with one arm extended, as if reaching
far something on the limb. As w got
nearer to him we could see what he was
engaged in doing at such a time. A
little bird, whose mother waa Just teach
ing it to use its wing, had, in it fi.stf
effort, fallen to the ground. Its dumb
mother, regardless of the death and
carnage that intelligent man was deal
ing to his fellow, was uttering pitiful
cries for her fallen offspring. General
Lee reached down aad picked up tills
little creature, and when we passed wa
in the act of placing it where iu mother
could care for it.
The yield of gold in British Colum
bia last year yielded $1,700,000. and tho
.export of coal amounted to 154,091 tons.
Cehoes from tha Recitation Rooms.
'What is the significance of the geo
logical term, 'Silurian?"
'It is deriyed from Silurii, the name of
a race who inhabited Wale at the time
of this formation.
'WbatU Coprolite?
'Another kind of a reptile, I suppose.'
'Will you define lography ?
'Lography, sir, is the science of logs,
the art of reducing logs to kindling
wood. The process is
'Sufficient !
What is 'Boyle's Law ?'
'Never to trump your partner's ace.
'What are the tropics?'
Well, they begin where the Zodiac
leaves off, and they '
'Sufficient !'
'There are several steps to be taken
to Cud the exaet chemical composition
of bone. For example, when w e boil
t, what is given off?'
'Soup.
'Will you give an example of a com
pound word ?'
'Hash-house.
'What is a sophism?'
'To duck a Frenchman.'
'What is the effect when an animal is
placed in the exhausted receiver of an
air-pump?'
'It immediately dies.'
'How do you account for this?'
'It dies not only from the lack of air
in the receiver, but from the tendency
of the air in the animal itself to blow it
up.'
'Will you describe beeswax !'
'It is a thiek. resinous substance, ob
tained from the bark of a certain tree.
It is much used in the arts.'
'What is the neural canal?'
'It isaround cyliuder, surruiiinled bv
the bones ef the vertebrw, through
which the spinal column passes.
'Will you name tbe bones of the
head ?'
'I've got 'em all in my head. Profes
sor, but I can't give them.'
'Suppose, Mr. Blank, you were called
to a patient who had swallowed a heavy
dose of oxalic acid, hat would you ad
minister?' 'Mr. Blank (who is preparing for the
ministry ami is a chemical student only
on compulsion) 1 should administer
the sacrament.'
'Suppose a man is murdered in the
daytime, ami soon after his death, you
remove his eye and examine the retina,
do you think an image of the assassin
would be visible upon it?'
'Nut if the murderer came up behind
his victim.
'And now young gentlemen, which ol
you can tell me the name of the greatest
of the planets the champion p'auet, so
to speak cf our solar system V
'I can, sir; it's Saturn.'
'And how it that, pray?'
'Why, because he carries the belt.'
The Prophet Joel enumerating the
trees of Syria says : "The vine is dried
up, and the fig tree Ianguisheth ; the
pomegranate tree, the plum tree, also
the apple tree, even all the trees of the
field are withered. Pliny mentions
apple trees in the villages near the city
of Rome, as being profitable. Grafting
was not probably known at an early
day; Moses in his directions to the Is
raelites to plant all kind of trees for
food, says nothing about grafting.
Hesiod and Homer, who wrote very
fully, do not allude to it. The art of
grafting has been ascribed to accident,
the natural union of branches of dis
tinct trees. Within the last 50 years,
great improvement has been made in
the cultivation of the apple, ami splen
did varieties are easily attainable. In
Shakesjiearc's time good apples were
noticeable. For in the "Merry Wives
of Windsor," Justice Shallow says to
Falstaff, "you shall see miue orchard,
w here, in an arbor we w ill eat a last
years pippin of my own grafting."
Again, iu some play, Sir Hugh says:
"1 will make an end of mine dinner
there's pippins and cheese to come."
Pippins were so called, as they were
raised from the seed of pip. Although
England is and has been ai'vays famous
for both quality and quantity of apples,
yet within a few years the United
States has successfully rivalled her in
superior fruit, aud annually exports
many thousands of barrels to that
country.
Homer, describing the trees iu the
orchard of Laertes, mentions the pear.
Pliny speaks of several varieties, as also
of a liquor made from the fruit. France.
Germany and Spain have paid more at
tention to its cultivation than other
countries. The Chinese, however, in
this as in any other cultivation of fruits,
have carried the pear to its greatest
perfection and size, specimens ha e been
grown, delicate, fragrant and melting,
weighing ten pounds. Recently, great
attention has been paid in this country
to its cultivation.
The quince, Pliny says, came from
the island of Crete. From its splendid
golden color, some assert it w as the
same with the apples of Hesperides;
Galesio, iu his treatise 011 the orange,
says that the orange was not known to
the Greeks, and did not grow in the lo
cality where the gardens of Hesjieride
were placed. The term marmalade is
derived from the Portuguese name for
the quince maniulo.
Look Fincsr NaUs.
Chinese and Slam aristocrat In
variably wear long finger nails. The
disfigurement is supposed to add to tbe
importance of the Individual, a it is
evident that the wearer cannot do any
work and must, therefore have a fortune
corresponding to tbe length of his nails.
The baud of an Annaniite dandy has
nails four or five inches iu length. The
thumb-nail has a characteristic shape,
and that of the first finger is cut short
to enable tbe person to pick up small
objects. Without this slight alteration
the hand would be nearly useless.
Nail of still greater enormity may be
seen. They are said to have attained
the extraordinary length of thirteen
inches, and in this instance tbe nail of
the first finger ia not entirely cut off.
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