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Ii. F. SCHWEIER,
THE COirSTITUTIOS-THE THE ESrOBGIMEUT OP THE LAVS.
Editor and Proprietor.
VOL. XXXII.
MIFFLIN1WN, JUNIATA COUNTY, PENNA. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1878.
NO. 16.
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WE REAP WHAT WB SOW.
i rtr r.iMAMiirA or Dun. for weal or far
uw,
We any try to avoid them ma; do what we
wUl;"
But our acta, like our shadows, will follow na
sUJ.
The world ia a wonderful chemist, be aura,
And detect in a moment the base or the pure.
We may boaat of our claim to genius or birth.
Bat the world takes a man for just what he'a
worth.
We suit in the race for fortune or fame,
And then, when we fall, the world beara the
blame ;
Bat nine times in ten, its plain to be seen.
There ' a lurew somewhere loose" in the
human machine.
Are you wearied and worn in this hard, aarthl
strife?
Do you yearn for affectiou to sweeten your
life?
liemember thia great troth has often been
proved;
We must make ourselTea lovable, would we be
loved.
Though life may appear as a desolate track,
let the bread that we cast on the waters eomea
back.
This law was enacted by Heaven above;
That like attracts like, and love begets love.
We make ourselves heroes and martyrs for
gold.
Till health becomes broken and youth becomes
old.
Ah ! d:d we the same for a beautiful love.
Our life might be music for angels above !
We trap what we sow. Ob ! wonderful truth
A truth hard to learn in the dare of onr youth.
Lot it shines out at laat as "the hand on the
wall."
For the world has its "debit and "credit" for
all
The Ladies' Doctor.
A large .elegantly furnished bedroom,
that was the very ideal of luxurious
comfort aud convenience.
1: was a picture of artistic beauty
tu'i tasteful wealth, and the sweet,
lovely face, lying on the lace-edged
pillows wa.t it-elf m picture, with its
pure, ivory complexion, dark, wistful
eyes, heavy brows and lashes, and the
luxuriant golden hair, that trailed al
most to the floor, as the invalid swept
it wearily aside.
She bad been lying there such a long
wearisome time, and she didn't get any
better rather, she grew weaker and
more nervous with every passingday,
although her sweetness of temper did
not de.crt her, nor her patient endur
ance. Every day for mouths Ir. Grassmere
would drive up in his carriage and
make his professional visit, and leave
(he orders for the day, and then drop in
Mr. Xugent study, below, and report.
And yet Mrs. Xugent did not get
well, and there came to be a look of fear
aud pain in her husband's faoe.andone
of puzzled dismay on Dr. Grassmere
countenance.
"I am entirely at a loss to account
lor your wife's persistence in remaining
ill, llarry. I've given her enough ton
ic to enable her to shoulder a cathedral,
and yet there she lies as you we her
patient, resigned, obedient, but no
better. I cau't see that there is any
organic trouble auyw here. Beyond a
generallv debility and depression of
spirits, nothing ails her."
Harry Xugent looked anxiously In
the good-natured face of this trusty,
sensible old doctor, who had been the
family physician of the Xugents ever
since the time he had ushered young
Harry into the world, twenty-five
years ago, who had known him well as
a baby, boy, and man, and who was
friend and adviser.
"But she suflers, doctor: she cer
tainly MiflVrs. There are times wheu
she is very faint, and say she feels so
deathly; and her poor heart will pant
as if it would leap from side to side.
My darling little Xellie! Oh! Dr.
Grassmere, you know I would give
half my fortune to see her well aud
about again, light-hearted and sunny
smiled as she was six months ago,
before baby came and died."
Dr. Grassmere was corrugating bis
big, bald forehead into a perfect nest of
deep, puzzled wrinkles.
"Bless her sweet face, I believe I'd
give all of mine il I could get her out
again. Honestly, llarry, my skill is
exhausted. I don't know what else to
do. There's no use pouring any more
medicine down her. I w ill confews.my
boy, I'm discouraged."
Harry's handsome face blanched.
"Good heavens, doctor! Is she so bad
as that? Will she die? She's not dy
ing, is siie?"
He sprang to his feet ai lie spoke,
agitated aud heartsick.
"Xot positively dying, Harry, but I
tell you she can't live very long n this
passive condition in which she rests,
mouth in aud month out. To save iny
soul. I couldn't persuade her to be
helped up iu the easy chaii for awhile
this morning I never was so tempted
in my life as I was to pick her up bodily
and carry her into the next room."
Harry gave a little cry of dismay.
"Oh, doctor, hew could you dream of
such a thing! Why, it would have
killed her. She's so weak she fainted
yesterday, when I told her there were
a couple of lady friends in the drawing
room, who wanted to see her."
Dr. Grassmere gave an extra polish
to his speckless. gold-rimmed glasses.
"That's it. precisely ! She won't see
anybody, aud thus get a change of
being cheered up a little. She's just
lying there, letting her life ooze away,
while her nurse croaks to her, and
reads pages on pages of the "Glories of
Heavenly Rest," and "Comforts toDy-
ine 50uls" two admirable books, i
grant, but hardly the sort of reading
s-iitable to any one for w hose life we
are fighting."
Harry's face was grave aud thought
ful.
"Do you really think I had better
dismiss Mrs. Carter and get a younger
and more cheerful nurse ?"
"Emphatically, I am prolonging my
iay this morning far beyond Its pre
scribed limits, just because I am con
vinced something decided has to be
done. I want you to spirit those dole
ful books away ; I want you to try the
experiment of reading a little to Xelly
yourself nothing funny or amusing,
for the change would be too suddeu
but something entertaining. Then
I want you to get another doctor."
Harry looked at him In blank a-nazc-ment.
"Another doctor?"
"Just so, my dear boy. My skill has
been tested to the full. I honestly think
it will be best to treat your wife to a
decided change. And I want you to
send for a lady doctor, too there's a
sympathy between women that may
turn to advantage in this case."
Harry looked blanker than ever.
"A lady doctor?"
"Yes one I know, and will strongly
recommend. A sensible, skilful.agreea
ble woman, to whom your wife will in
cliue, and whose influence will be more
palpable than mine. Do it, llarry ,and
authorize me to send Dr. Gertrude Ash
ton here this afternoon. I'll see her
and give her a history of the case, aud
I'll promise to have an eye after you
all; and please heaven we'll make a
desperate effort for Xellie's life."
So it came to pass that Dr. Grassmere
called at the surgery of Miss Ash ton,
and had a long consultation w ith Ler;
and at 4 o'clock of that afternoon, wheu
Harry was sitting at his wife's bedside,
telling her that Mrs. Carter was obliged
to leave her, and that another nurse
was coming, a servant announced that
Dr. Ashton was waiting.
And a minute after there came into
the room a fair-faced, graceful-formed
girl, of perhaps twenty-two or three,
with the sweetest, most thoughtful face
Harry Xugent thought he -had ever
seen. Even Xellie, who took so little
notice of everythiug. was instantly im
pressed by the beauty of the large,
laughing, gray eyes, overshadowed by
luxurious purple-black brows eyes
that seemed at constant variance with
the gravity, digtiity, aud self-posses-sion
expressed by the firm, well-shaped
mouth, with its warmly-red lips.
Mr. Xugent arose and bowed.
"Is this Dr. Ashton ? I am glad to
see you. This is our invalid my wife,
Mrs. Xugent."
Then came a long list of professional
questions, theu several professional
directions, one or two suggestions, and
then a general conversation ensued, in
which Harry aud the pretty doctor
had their fair share.
And then Dr. Ashtou said good morn
ing to Xellie, promising to brinir her a
new book, of which they had been talk
ing, and was escorted down to ber ele
gant little phaeton that awaited her at
the door, with the groom in livery
perched in his high back seat.
"Before we say good morning, Mr.
Xugent, there is one word to be said
regardiug your wife. I am convinced
there is nothing the matter with her
that might not be removed of her own
will. She is prostrated and nervous
because she persists in keeping her bed ;
she must be made to get out of it. In
deed, if I may speak so emphatically, I
may declare that Mrs. Xugent will die
of pure obstinacy in refusing to get
well."
Harry stood beside the phaeton, his
handsome face wearing a look of grav
ity and bewilderment.
"That is what Dr. Grassmere said.
We all admit she ought to get out of
her sick bed, hut what good will it do
to give her the shock necessary to rouse
her."
Miss Ashton looked the very picture
of professional skill as she answered :
"A shock ! Certainly not. An alarm
of fire or a rumor of danger would per
haps kill perhaps cure ber, but the
risk is not to be taken. It is just this,
Mr. Xugent. Your w ife honestly be
lieves she is too ill ever to recover, and
you know, as well as I, w hat wonder
ful effects the mind produces electri
cally on the physical organization.
Xow, for the sake of her life, which
can be saved, we must get her out of
bed let tier know for herself she is
able to do it and to accomplish this.
Dr. Grassmerctawfcs asked me to take the
i r
case, v e nave arrangcu a piau .
tion which he will tell you; and I
think in a very short time you will see
Mrs. Xugent on the road to recovery."
Shortly after, the doc-tor found the
invalid propped up among the lace
trilled pillows, looking very pale and
thin, butg entle and patient as usual.
"Well, Mrs. Xellie, how are you
coming on, nowadays, with your new
doctor? I declare, you do look better.
feel better, I should say. Glorious
weather to convalesce in."
He held her little cold hand In bis
big one, and caressed it as one might a
baby's fingers.
"I am comfortable. Dr. Grassmere,
and that is all I can expect. I am glad
to see you, and so will Harry be. Isn't
it nearly time he was home to luncheon ?
Dr. Grassmere held out his watch.
"Xearly yes. quite time. Has Dr.
Ashton called to-day? I was in hopes
I should see her."
Xellie twisted her ring on her poor
thin finger her one ring, her wedding
ring.
"We like her very much. She is very
beautiful and fascinating, and she and
Harry have such nice times together,
laughing and talking.
A faint sigh ended the remark.
"So you think Harry admires her
not any more than he ought to, en r
Xellie looked bewildered at him, aud
for the first time for months, a flush
cront to her nale face.
-irr than he ouffht to! What do
you mean, Dr. Grassmere?"
And there wasemphaiis in the sweet
surprised voice, as Xellie put the ques
tion a anestlon that Dr. Grassmere
did not answer, because there came
rap at the door, followed by the en
trance of a servant, bringing jits. u
gent's lunch a quail on toast, a cup of
chocolate, a soft-boiled egg, and a sau
cer of luscious peaches and cream of
all of which, perhaps, half-dozen
tastes would betaken. And, besides,
there was a letter lying on the damask-
covered silver tray a letter whose en
velope was jagged, as if It had-sfcecn
hurriedly torn open.
"Oh, a letter foryoiv.Mr.Xugeut."
Dr. Grassmere put on his glasses as
be prepared to cut Xellie's quail to suit,
but was interrupted by a faint exclama
tion from Xellie, who had taken the
letter, and seen first, the superscrip
tion, "Mr. Harry Xugent," and then,
hurriedly tearing It open, the begin
ning, "My darling Harry," and the
"Everendiug, your own true Gert
rude." "Where did you get it?" she asked,
almost gasping, of the maid.
"Indade, and it was a-layin' on the
dure of the hall, as I cam' 'long, ma'am,
and I only jist minded me to pick it up,
thinking it was bist to give it to yez. lu
dade, and not knowin' the writiii ou
it, I thought it"
But Xellie was not listening.
She had pushed away the little table
where the luncheon stood, and in her
excitement and horror, had risen from
her bet I, and was leaning ou her elbow,
devouring the horrible letter that read
that her husband had become tired of
her whining invalidism, and had con
cluded to take French leave for awhile,
and in answer to his entreaties that Dr.
Ashton would practically prove the
love she had so often declared, was this
letter from her, consenting to fly with
him, and agreeing to, meet him at the
Clarendon Hotel that very day, at
noon, to make their final arrangements.
Theu. when she had read it, Xellie
fainted, and while she lay there.several
seiuds, white and unconscious, Dr.
Grassmere read the letter and laughed.
Trettygood! first-rate! I declare
I could not a' done it better myself.
Clarendon, eh ? Xow, I'll bet on Xel
lie when she comes to!"
And almost as soon as she opened her
eyes, Xellie struggled up iu bed, her
eyes more expressive than Dr. Grass-
mere had seen them for many a day.
"Go for a carriage quick! Send
Pauline to me. I must get up, some
how anyhow! Oh, Dr. Grassmere
to think my Harry "
She swallowed back her tears, and
looked determinedly at him.
"If I fiud them if I find her do be
quick, Dr. Grassmere do be quick!"
And the moment the door had closed
on him, Xellie Xugent was on her feet
for the first time in mouths trembling,
week, it was true, but fired by a vehe
mence that sent ber blood pulsing riot
ously along iu her veins.
With the assistance of Pauline, she
was soon dressed and wrapped in her
shawl, and then, chuckling to himself.
Dr. Grassmere escorted her down
stairs, every step she took firmer than
the other, every moment adding bright-
r indignation to her eyes, until alter
what seemed a longer drive than neces
sary their carriage drove up to the
ladies' entrance to the Clarendon.
Mrs. Xugent would never have been
taken for the woman, who, two hours
ago, had been lying white and helpless
among the pillows of the bed she had
not left for so long.
At the Clarendon, Dr. Grassmere es
corted her to the ladies' parlor, while
he went on a tour of investigation, iu
five minutes he returned and took Xel
lie ou his arm, and together they ascen
ded, by the elevator, to almost the very
door of a private parlor, before which
Dr. Grassmere paused.
"Xow, Xellie, my dear child, are you
all ready for a surprise? Are you sure
you can bear what you will bear in a
moment?"
And Xellie, raising her baud a sec
ond in righteous indignation, then low
ering it with sudden anguish of heart,
told Dr. Grassmere she knew her heart
was broken because Harry was so
cruelly treacherous.
Dr. Grassmere and she followed the
servant in; he dismissed the man, and
then called out :
"Harry, here she is ! We've managed
to get her out of her own free will, and
the result is well, look at her !"
And Harry came out from the second
room of the suite, and rushed up to her
and can eh t her in his arms.
"Xellie. my darling! Thauk heaven
for this !" said Harry.
And Xellie, bewildered, half fright
ened, looked inquiringly around.
"But where is where is Dr. Ash
ton?"
Then Dr. Grassmere laughed as if he
never would stop, and even Mr. Xu
gent smiled as be held her in his arms
and smoothed her cheek caressingly.
"1 confess I did not like the means to
get you here, darling, but Dr. Grass
mere was so confident and you see he
was not wrong and as Dr. Ashton is
his betrothed wife, why, I consented
You will forgive us all the Innocent
little tricks, Xellie?"
And from that very hour, Xellie Xu
gent dated her recovery, and that very
night, in her drawing-room, the three
conspirators laughed with her over
their very heroic treatment.
"It happened to save me," Xellie
says, dubiously. "All the same, I shall
never recommend good-looking lady
doctors."
-I Think I've See Tow BcCm."
' Recently a down-town shipping mas
ter received In joke, a ten-dollar coun
terfeit bank note. He put.it in his
pocket, thinking that he might have
some fun with it. That evening he be
came engaged in an angry altercation
with a sailor on Grand street. Blows
were struck, and the shipping master
was about to be taken to the police sta
tion by a stalwart officer.
"See here, my friend," said the ship
ping master, "I don,t want to be locked
up. I'll give you $5 to let me go."
The stalwart officer scorned the pro
position. Tben the shipping master
displayed the counterfeit bank note,
The officer's eyes snapped as he put the
note in his vest pocket. He shook
bands with the 'flipping master, and
they joyfully separated. The stalwart
and sad-eyed officer subsequently met
the shipping master, and groaned,
think I've seen you before."
The American Antelope.
teio
The average adult male antelope
measures about five feet from the ex
trcmiry of the nose to that of the tail,
and about three feet in height at the
hips, which are considerably higher
than the shoulders. Iu eyes are large
and intensely black, yet of a gentle aud
gazelle-like expressiou. The ears of
medium size, erect, aud pointed, which
gives it an air of great animation. Their
horns are strikingly characteristic, hol
low aud yet deciduous, being shed late
ia the autumn or early In ttio winter.
The arc generally gregarious, especi
ally during the fall and winter months,
when bucks, does and kids are are
found together iu large herds. But
early in the spring the does are apt to
drop out of the company iu order to
care for their young alone, of which
they uniformly have twins. During
the late spring and summer mouths the
docs with their young gather in large
herds, apparantly for mutual protec
tion. At the same time the old bucks
straggle off by ones or twos, and the
younger animals gather in small bands.
During their period of separation the
old bucks wander over vast extents of
country, and also frequent the wood
lands, where no other antelopes go,
and where they are known at no other
season of the year. But as the sum
mer advances the younger animals with
the does and their kids come together,
and, finally, about the end of summer,
all are united again.in herds of hun
dreds. They are very local in their
habits ; for a particular baud of aute
lopes usuallly remain permanently
within a rauge of only a few miles iu
extent.
As the antelopes usually feed in the
oieu plains, aud can be seen at a great
distance, they afford fine pastime to the
sportsmen in pursuing them. They are
not quick of sight, but their scent is the
keenest, aud their bearing is also very
acute. They are also very rapid In
their motions, distancing both dogs and
horses in a race. They can, therefore,
be come at only by the most stealthy
approaches from the leeward side.
When bit, they are slow to give up aud
be taken, but one with a broken leg or
with a shot through the body will
bound away as if unhurt. Where the
srround is broken, or overgrown w ith
sage bushes of cacti, the work of stalk-!
ingthem is less difficult, if care is taken
always to have the wind blowing in the
right direction. When pursued on the I
open plain they are inclined to run in
circles, and, knowing this, the hunters
by pressing upon them from the outer
circumference, gradually drive them
together, and into the center, where
they are forced to pass within range of
tiie hunter's guns. The flesh, though
sometimes praised as delicate, is not
usually much valued for eating; nor is
it entirely free from an unpleasant
taste and odor, which seems to increase
with age.
A Tussle with a King.
Victor Emanuel one day, hunting in
the ueighbornood of Rome, shot at a
bare at the very moment wheu a stout
citizen, out enjoying the pleasure of
the chase, discharged his piece at the
same object. The King claimed that he
had killed the bare, aud the citizen ig
norant of the person of his rival, de
clared in very impolite terms that he
himself was the successful marksmen.
The result was a regular trial of strength
for possession of the game a tussle
which resulted in favor of the King,
who walked off with his prize, while
the citizen poured upon him a perfect
flood of such abuses as only an Italian
of a certain sort has at command. At
the city gate the King ordered the com
mandment of the guard to follow the
angry citizen and report his name aud
residence.
After a few hours the officer was able
to say that the unknown hunter was an
honest cabinet maker of the Porta del
Popolo, when the King sent one of his
carriages to bring him to the palace.
Xaturally the man was terribly anxious
as well as full of wonder why he should
be wanted at the palace, and he wasnot
much relieved when he recognized in
the King the man whom be bad abused.
"Master Salvina," said his Majesty,
and at the sound of his own uame from
royal lips, the mail trembled in every
nerve "Master Salvina, I have sent
for you because I have found shot dif
ferent from mine in the hare; we both
hit the beast. Come, we will eat the
hare together, and thereupon the door
of the dining room was opened, where,
between two plates with appurtenances,
smoked the hare properly roasted.
Low Diet.
How the people of Vicksburg, sub
sisted during the memorable siege is a
wonder. "After the tenth day of the
siege, says me report oi uenerai
Stephen D. Lee, "the men lived on
about half rations, and less than that
toward the close." The ration has been
described to consist f one-quarter
pound of bacon, one-half pound of beef,
five-eighths quart of meal, beside . an
allowance of peas, rice, sugnr and
molasses. Of this, anon. The citizens
must have bad less; and where they
got that from was a mystery. Business,
of course, was suspended. There were
some stores that had supplies, and at
these prices climbed steadily in a man
ner suggestive of the prophecy of Jeru
salem's undoing. A barrel of flour at
last came to sell for $100 an immense
figure then ; but worse than the figure
were the two later facts that nobody
had the money and then nobody had
the flour. Some people eked out their
supplies by cooking the tender sprouts
of the common cane, of which there
was an immense "brake" Just below
Vicksburg. I have teason to believe
that few applications, and those only
by the poorest people, were made to the
military powers for help throughout
all this trial. Sympathy and patriotism
must have improvised a practical com
munism.
How about the mule meat? every
body will inquire while rations are
beinc treated. Both horse and mule
meat were extensively sampled during
thesicge, though not in the w ay that
by many may be imagined. On account
of the want of provender nearly all the
horses of the garrison were turned out
of the lines, and as the other side could
not safely take them unlesithey strayed
within reach, many of them were killed
by the cross-fire. Early iu the siege,
when some of the men complained of
the scanty ration, General Smith, I be
lieve, who had seen the thing done on
the plains, issued a circular to his
brigades, recommending that the ex
periment of horse meat be tried to piece
it out. I was on hand that very even
ing when somebody, waiting till dark,
slid over the works and cut a steak out
of a horse that had been shot that day
beneath them. It was cooked at General
Vaughn's fire, and everybody tasted a
little; but the flesh was coarse and
nobody hungered for any more. Some
of the soldiers did like it and eat it;
not to speak of rats and other small
deer which the Louisianians, being
Frenchmen, were said to prepare iu
many elegant styles for the table. When
Pembertvu was thinking about cutting
his way out he had a half dozen fellows,
men who looked like Mexicans or
Indians, cutting mule meat at the old
depot of the Southern Railroad and
jerking it over slow fires to make it
handy and lasting. One morning, for
trial, I bought a pound of mule meat at
this market and had it served at break
fast for the mess. There was no need
to try again. On the day of the sur
render, aud only then, a ration of mule
meat was actually issued ; but nobody
need eat it, as General Graut issued
abundant supplies of the best that bis
army had.
Devotion in Danger.
The Marquis de Pelleport, a short
time before the French Revolution, was
thrown into the Bastile for writing a
pamphlet agai.ist the Count de Vergen
nese and the Sieur de Xoir, entitled,
"Le Diable dans un Beuitier" The
Devil in a Holy-Water Pot." His ami
able wife, who had been left with four
children with a relation iu Switzerland,
no sooner heard of ber husband's cap
tivity than she flew to his assistence,
i - .. i
and spent six months in fruitless solici-
! tation for his liberty, wnen sne. saw
herself left without resource by the
death of the relation who supported her
Thrown into despair at the thoughts ol
her husband in prison, and her children
on the point of wanting bread, pre
ferring death to begging it from a
stranger's hand, and every day obliged
to reject offers which in a corrupt town
but too frequently puts virtue to the
blush, she knew not which way to turn
her eyes, when M. De Launay persua
ded her to solicit the Chevalier for
Paulet for the admission of her sons into
the Military Orphan School. The chil
dren were admitted, and Madame de
Pelleport had a lodging provided for
her near the school, where she might
take care of her children. For four
years she employed herself in soliciting
the liberty of her husband and per
forming the part of a mother to the
youngest children of the school, wheu
M. De Villedeuil came into the Minis
try; then he, on the caseof M. De Pel
leport being represented to him, ob
tained from the king an order for his
release.
The Marquis, soon after his lib ra
tion, returned to Paris, where he ar
rived the il.iv before the Bastile w as
taken, and had the misfortune to see M
de Launay put to death and M. de L-
me dragged to tie place of execution
Struck w ith the sad spectacle, he re
called the humanity of M. de Losme,
who had ever striven to console th
prisoners, and had frequently shown
much concern for him. Listeningon'y
to the voice of friendship, he flew to
the unfortunate Major, whom the en
raged mob was dragging along with a
fury that would have intimidated the
stoutest heart, aud, catching him in his
arms, cried out to them to desist.
"You are going to sacrifice the wor
thiest man on earth ; five years was I a
prisoner iu the Bastile, aud he was my
only friend."
These words roused De Losme; and,
lifting up his eyes with the coolness of
a spirit truly Roman, not to be expect
ed of a man whom the mob were almost
tearing to pieces, he said
"Young man. what are you doing?
Withdraw; you will only sacrifice yoi.r
own life, without saving mine
The Marquis de Pelleport perceiving
the mob were deaf to his entreaties, ex
claimed: "Begone! I will defend him
against you all
Fcrgetting that he was unarmed, lie
began to beat them off with his hands,
when he was attacked on all sides,
wounded by some with sabers, by oth
ers with bavonets. He at length seized
a musket, and did much execution with
it, until it w as torn from him, and he
wag on the point of perishing; but by
renewed exertions he forced his way
through the mob, and escaped to the
Hotel de Ville, on the steps or which
he fell senseless. He was, however
conveyed to a place of safety, and re
covered from his wounds.
The Largest Bock.
Probably the largest and highest rock
in the known world is the South Dome
of Yosemite. Standing at the fork of
the upper valley, It rears itself, a solid
rocky loaf, 8.CC0 feet above the ground.
A more powerful hand than that of Ti
tan has cnt away the Eastern half,
leaving a sheer precipice over a mile in
height. Xo minever trod the top of
this dome until last year. Former
visitors gazed in wonder at the spikes
driven into the rocks by hardy spirits,
who bad repeatedly endeavored to scale
It, The shreds of rope dangling In the
wind told the story of their failure.
Last year, however, after thousands of
dollars had been spent, teveral persons
found their way to the top of the dome,
and last summer two sheep were dis
covered browsing on the hitherto inac
cessible peak.
The business firms
Hills number 9.000.
of .the Black
An Indian Manufactory of Dishes.
Early in (he present month Mr. An
gel, of jTovideuce, RtUy- auar
ryiug about a ledge in Johnston, came
upon what appeared to have been a
manufactory of dishes. Let no one sup
pose that a building eq lipped with fur
naces and furnished with tools has
been unearthed. The Indians who
roamed over the Johnston bills were
delightfully primitive in their manu
facturing enterprises, as in other things
They made their dishes of soapstone.
The soapstone bed, the existence of
which has hitherto been unknown, lies
between two slate ledges. When Mr.
Angell's workmen uncovered the bed
it was about six feet under ground. At
tention w as first attracted to it by find
ing quantities of pulverized stone. Cart
load after cartload was carried away
before anyone had the least idea what
the curious substance was. At last the
workmen came upon a rock so curiously
uneven as to attract attention at once.
The w hole surface of the rock was cov
ered with hollows and projections.
Quantities of Indian hammers and axes
were theu discovered, and then the
truth began to dawn upon the minds ol
the explorers. The soapstone bed was
about twenty-five feet wide and it was
cleared off as rapidly as possible for fifty
or sixty feet.
In the space thus cleared one sees
just bow the former owners of the soil
shaped their rude vessels. The soap
stone is quite soft. The adjoining slate
is very hard and it could not have been
very difficult, with suitably shaped
pieces of slate, to cut away the soap
stone, leaving the proposed vessel solid,
of course, bottom side up on the rock.
Chipping under the projection thus
formed room was gained for the inser
tion of a wedge, by means of which the
half-completed dish was split off of-the
ledge. It theu remained to cut out the
inside, which appears to have been done
by means of sharp stone scoops. When
the spot was uncovered a number of
stone basins were lying on the bed;
others had been begun but not finish
ed, while others still were Just blocked
out in the work. The stone axes used
were nearly all such as would fit nat
urally to the hand. There were two
great stone hammers, apparently used
for splitting off the proposed dish wheu
the outside had been worked. One of
these hammers w ould weigh nearly, if
not quite, a hundred pounds. It ap
pears to have been hollowed out in the
middle, so that a withe could be bound
around it and used as a handle for
swinging the great hammer. Upon no
ting the ledge more closely it was seen
that the bed of soapstone had been cut
iway that is, lowered several feet be
low its orig'ual height, and this, with
the immense quantities of pulverized
rock, now known to be soapstone chip-
pings, that have been carted away,
-hows something of the vast amount of
work w hich bad been doue at this bed
In the small space uncovered the re
mains of something like 150 cuttings
are to be seen.
New Testament Financiers.
Judas Iscariot was the first; he car
ried the common purse, and probably
lid the marketine of the little band in
which he played so notorious a part
He w as the great father of embezzlers
Ue took advantage of his office to fill
his own pocket, Peter and John and
the other apostles were the financiers
ou the day of Pentecost, when a great
company of proselytes sold their laud
and possessions and brought the price
ind put it into common stock. Peter,
is the chief apos'.Ie, was doubtless the
jhief financier, but you see his integ
rity iu the fact that some time after,
when the lame man at the gate of the
temnle asked him for alms, he had to
say, "Silver and gold have I none
Xot a penny had stuck in his hands
he had distributed it all. Latei in the
history we find Paul in the character
of financier. He was agent for the
churches in theircomrannistic relation.
receiving funds from one church to re
lieve the necessities of another, thus
maintaining an eq-iality. So far from
being aa embezzler, Paul refused to
take his living out of his agency. He
worked with his own hands, that he
might not be chargeable to those w ho
owed him much more than a living.
All for Nothing.
One of the most unfortunate men of
our acquaintance is a good looking
clergyman, a widower, who has six
rrown-up daughters. Of course they
are violently opposed to the thought of
having a step-mother, and their poor
father is subjected to a cruel espionage,
and is compelled to take one or more of
his daughters with htm wherever he
toes. The other day, however, he suc
ceeded in escaping to a neighboring
tow n w ithout the presence of a dangh-
rr or two. and after an absence of
ural days, a message came to the
daughters that their father "had mar
ried a w idow with six sprightly child
ren." Had a bomb-shell burst, greater
consternation would not have been
caused. The intelligence also conveyed
that the clergyman would return at
certain time. The girls held a council
at once, and It was unanimously agreed
to give the "widow with six sprightly
children" an exceedingly warm recep
tionso hot. Indeed, that the bouse and
village could not hold them. The well
regulated house was turned topsy-turvy
the cellar anil pantry emptied pre
serves confiscated baking neglected
Water was noiired over the stove to
give it a gray and rnsty aspect, and the
windows were spattered with dish
water. After all this had been done,
the girls put on their shabbiest clothes
and awaited the arrival of the seven
unwelcome persons. Rev. Mr.
finally came, but he was alone. He
greeted his daughters as usual, and as
he viewed the neglected parlors, there
was a merry twinkle in his eye. The
daughters were nervous and evidently
anxious. At last the eldest mustered
courage, and asked, 'Where Is mother?'
"In Heaven," said the good man. "But
where ia the widow with tlx children
whom you married?" ' "Why, I mar
ried her to another man, my dears."
The portraits of those girls at that mo
ment would be worth a fortune to an
artist. Surprise, chagrin, joy, aud hu
miliation were depicted upon their
countenance, which grew first red and
colorless, changing from one to the
other in quick succession. The daugh
ters had urgent business elsewhere,
and the father was left in the room
alone, until called to snpper, the like of
which he had not enjoyed for many a
day. When he aroso the next morning
the house had more than its wonted
cheerfulness and order, w!.ile his
daughters were all smiles in their neat
est attire. Their fear of a stepmother
had greatly decreased, while the father
has much more freedom and is not con
stantly under surveillance.
Strong Men.
There was a trial of strength between
Capt. Bogardus and Prof. William Mil
ler, at Gilinore'a Garden, in Xew York,
recently. Two kegs of lager beer were
placed on the stage by Bogardus' at
tendants, aud several huge dumb-bells
by Miller's men. The Captain looked
at the dumb-bells and Miller at the kegs
of beer. Bogardus appeared in ordi
nary street costume, except that bis
coat and vest were removed. Miller
was iu full athletic dress. Mr. L. C.
Bruce, the referee, came on the stage,
when the articles of agreement were
called for and read by Prof. Whittaker.
They called for "feats of strength and
main grip," each man to perform two
as he chose, and in caseof a tie the fifth
to be tossed for. Bogardus objected to
the dumb-bell feat, claiming that it
would not show "actual grip,' but the
referee ordered the men to proceed.
Miller first put up dum-bells weighing
100 pounds, and followed it by lifting
those of 110 pounds, one in each hand.
Bogardus again called for the decision
of the referee upon the objection he bad
ma le, and that official deciding against
him the Captain performed his first
feat. He washed his hands with soap
and water, to show there was no resin
on them. Then he grasped with his
fingers the lager beer kegs by their
chimes, carrying the two nearly across
the stage. The kegs each weighed
about 115 pouuds. Miller looked at the
feat and shook his head, and in answer
to shouts of "Try it." made the attempt
but failed. A dumb-bell of 105 pounds
and then one of ISO pounds were suc
cessfully raised at arm's length above
the head by Miller, the latter requiring
three trial. This exhibition of strength
was received with approbation. Bogar
dus admitted that he could not do the
dumb-bell feat, "But," said he, "I caa
carry some of them around," and, tak
ing hold of a pair, one iu either hand,
weighing 3sj pounds, walked with
them the entire circuit of the stage.
which caused great applause. Bogar
dus then lifted one of the kegs w ith bis
fingers, using the right hand and theu
the left hand, one on top of the other,
and finally lifted the keg on an ordi
nary table, saying, "This is my second
feat." A decision was then asked for,
and the referee caused it to be an
nounced that "each having performed
what he specified in the articles of
agreement, the match is a tie." Bogar
dus objected on the grouud that Miller
had not complied with the "main grip"
stipulation, which objection seemed to
find much favor with the audience.
The Earnest Forma of Metal Money.
The first forms w hich could be called
by the uame of money, were ingots in
various shapes, stamped or sealed with
the seal of the ruler, as a certificate of
the quality of the piece, no attempt
being made to fashion tae coin as to
guard against alteration of weight.
Some of the early pieces were stamped
on but one side, mid It was only by
very gradual steps, that the handsome
circular pieces, which we now use as
coins, were evolved. But these are
still defined by Jevous as ingots, of
which the weight and fineness are cer
tified by the iutegrity of the designs
impressed upon the surface of the
metal.
The stamping of the bits of metal has
always been assumed as a perogative of
the ruler.and to supply the people w ith
coin, has become to be a generally con
sidered a function of government. It
will be well to bear the abovedefinition
of coin in mind; for the fashioning,
stamping and certification have caused
a very important fact to be lost sight of
w hich Is, that throughout these chau
ces the metals continue to be commodi
ties and nothing more. The stamp
works no alteration iu the metal, any
more than does the label on a bolt of
muslin, show ing the width and the
number of yards, convert it into some
thing other than cotton cloth. The
conversion of the unfashioned metal
into coin in no way affects the princi
nle of exchanges, and its transfer is bet
ter Just as much as it was in the begin
ning. '
Living In Mpito of Hyfiene.
It is certainly a mystery that the In
habitants of the Ottoman empire did not
all perish years ago from pulmonary
diseases. Their feet are fl"t swathed
in a coarse rag, which Is then wound
ronnd the lower part of tne leg. and
bound tightly with twine; on the rig
is tied a piece of sole leather nammereti
into a rudely shaped sandal, with sides
rising one Inch np the sides of the foot;
holes are cut In the upper edges of the
sandal and strings tied in them, and
then fastened over the top of the foot.
It is evident that their feet are wet the
mnmont that thev iteD Into mud or
water over an inch In depth. This they
are doing constantly In bad weather;
consequently, their feet are soaking wet
for a week at a stretch, anu yet tney
live and multiply. They violate every
known law of hygiene in the ventilation
and often the cleanliness of their dwell
ing, and yet their children are generally
sturdy looking, and the adults show
fair average physique. They sleep in
rows on a mat laid upon the floor of
their underground huts. Sometimes the
floor is covered with them, and yet they
do not appear to suffer for want of
oxygen.
Double or Quits.
In the early days of California, miner
would play poker, euchre or scven-np
for pinches, or ounces, or nuggets of
gold, and thousands of dolltrs would
sometimes be lost and won in an hour.
There was one gambling miner called
Double-or-Quits, because when he lost
the game be would cry "Double or
quits!" and losing that would cry,
"Double or quits!" again; avid then
"Double or quits!" and "Double or
quits!" again, until all was "quits"
with him, and he had nothing left to
"double" with. He was one of the
luckiest of all the diggers around about;
wherever he struck his pick gold seemed
to spring up and beg of him to take it.
He worked like a nigger all day ; and
when he made fifty or sixty ounces he
would go and get rid of It at "double or
quits."
He had a drop of drink in him once
it wasn't the only time he had it, and
he kissed a barmaid. When she boxed
his cars for it which wasn't what they
always did he caught her round the
neck and cried, "Double or quits!" and
kissed her again.
He came to a qu?er end, did Djuble-
or-Quits. He had a quarrel with a
digger, and they agreed to fight it out.
Tliev staked money on the fight we
forgot how much and Djuble-o.--QaIta
licked bis man and won.
"I'll fight with you to-morrow," said
the man who was licked.
"All right," said Daitble-or-Qults;
"we'll fight it out to-morrow for the
same amount 'Double or quits.' "
Tbey fought the next day. Double-
or Quits came with a rush.
"Double !" he cried as he delivered a
stinging blow.
"Quits!" cried the other man; and
he hit Djuble-or-QilU a tremendous
blow in the face, and knocked him
senseless.
Double or-Quits never recovered from
that blow. He tJok to his bed, and
died a week afterward. He was crazad
all the time he was ill, and didnt know
any oue about him. But all the week
he was playing cards wit!) shadows and
crying out:
"Come along ! Cut again ! Double or
quits!"
A minute before he died he jumped
out of bed, and looked before him in a
fright, thinking perhaps that Old Xick
was by his side, and had come to fetch
him.
"Djuble or quits !" he screamed, and
then, as If he had lost the game aid
couldn't piy, he thre w up his arms and
dropped dead.
Railway Ticket Printing.
Imagine a table about twice the size
of a p.ige of a magizine, with a long
thin box rising above feat the back, and
another box falling below it at the
front. The t ible contains the printing
rollers and the type case; the boxes
(the interior horizontal section of which
is the size of a ticket) are for holding
tickets. The upper box is filled with a
pile of pieces of cardboard. O.ie at a
time, the lowest card is jerked by a
spring under the printing machinery,
and falls into the lower box ; and in less
than a quarter of a second it is printed
and numbered and safely stored iu the
other box. Ail the man h is to do
is to keep the upper b-x filled with
:ards, remove the lower box when
tilled, supply fresh empty boxes, place
the tickets in rows, and see th it tlu ink
reservoir is full. The machine does
the rest, including the pi in ting, the
inking of the type and the moving and
storing of the tickets. The numbering
is done by means of four wheels, with
their centres in a horizontal line thus
forming a cylinder. These wheels have-
raised numerals on their edges, which
imprint themselves on the tickets. The
wheel which bears the numeral in the
unit's place, moves so that a fresh type
is ready for each successive ticket ; that
in the ten's place, at one-tenth that
rate, and so on. The next step, of
counting the tickets, is a curious one.
Though the greatest c ire i taken to tor-
sure accuracy, mistakes will occur in
printing the numbers on the tickets.
Sometimes a number is omitte.l ; some
times two tickets are printed wkh the
same number. To provide against such
casualties the tickets when printed are
counted; and as It is impossible for
human eye and memory and judgment
co be infallible, they are counted by
nachlnery. This machinery again con
sists of a table with two boxes as before.
rhis time the table is a table with a
hole in it large enough to allow the
number of a ticket to be seen through.
At the side of the table is a cylinder
wheel similar to that above described.
Ihe number on the cylinder is a I justed
to be the same as that printed v.i the
first ticket to be counteJ. The tickets
are In consecutive order. A the boy
turns a handle, they are jerked from
the upper box to the lower, showing
their numbers under the hole, ine
cylinder wheel revolves at the same
rate, and therefore the number on eacn
ticket and that on the wheel ought to
agree. If they do not agree, then it is
evident that a number has been omitted
or perhaps duplicated. The deficient
ticket being supplied or the surplus one
removed, the tickets are pressed together
by machinery, lied, packed and sent to
their destinations. Such U one of the
interesting industries of our time.
Bronsa Figures.
In Xara, Japan, was erected, twelve
hundred years ago, the largest bronze
figure the wor.d has ever hnowu. It
weighs 430 tons, anc the third temple
now covers it, without apparent injury
to the immense statue. We went
around it, but could form no estimate
of its size. Our minister at Tokoi told
me that it was sixty feet from the teat
of lotus leivcs to the top of It head,
and that a man could climb through
the nostril. An officer is said to have
taken a chip of the casting, and an an
alysis of it gave 500 pounds of gold ia
the alloy. A great halo of gilded wood
sets off the dark features as they are,
revealed ia the shadows of the roof.