ft i .anw "aw t m i a -ar m a a u i i nanaf mm m a -w. a ay a, -a. - a i c-w. ok - v yvyAyAycyyyAy y TEE CONSTITUTION THE UNION ASD THE ENPOEOEMENT OF THE LAWS. Editor and Proprietor. B.'F. SCIIWEIER, VOL. XXXIII. MIFPLIN1WX, JUNIATA COUXTY, PENNA., WEDNESDAY, .JANUARY 2-2, 1S79. XO. 4. fi i I 1 i Tans. True t the promise of thy far-off youth. When all wl o loved thee, for thee prophesied A grand, full l.fe. devoted to the truth. A n )ble canee by suffering sanctified. True to U beauties of the poet-thought Which male thy youth so eloquent aud eweet ; True to all duties which thy niauhood brought To take the room of fancies lUht aud fleet. True to the eteadf it walk and narrow way. Which thy fun-father of he coveuant trod 1 True to thy fiicud in foul or euiiuy day. True to tuy home, thy country, and thy Go 1 ; True to the world, which still i fa'se to thee. And true to all a thou art true to me. True to the tow that bound us in th-a laue. That Buuiunr evening Ltn the brown Wrd fan?, Piorciug tilt silence with sweet cotes of pain. While echoes over all the woodland ran?. True to the troth w plighted on that day, Each to f ornate all other for the one ; Clearing together through the m.Vuown way. Till death made TOid the union then beun. True to the love brought by a little hand ; Tnte though the patter of the childish feet Have passed from eaith to the silent land ; Loss hallows love, aud love it still eomplete ; I can lift up mine ecs from tar drops free. For thou art true to all these things and me. The Snow Shroud- "Father, I cannot marry Jasper Mar vin ; my whole soul revolts against it. I do not respect liim, much less love him." And Bessie raided her pale face to her father's stern coinenance For a moment there was silence; then Paul Cray, in hard, sarcastic tones, said : You cannot marry J;iser Marvin? You cannot love him ? Who asked you to love him? But see here, girl," and his voice treiu hied with concentrated passion, "you shall either marrv Jasper Marvin or leave my house." Although the slight figure trembled and the small hands elapsed and un clasped nervously, still her white lips repeated : "1 cannot, lather 1 cannot." Her reply seemed to make hiiu furi ous, and for a moment speech was de nied him. Then, as the paroxysm passed away, he said between his .-et teeth : 'Go, and ue vet let ine see your face again." He held the door open for her to pass through, and, as she tottered across the threshold, he closed thedtKr upon her. Mounting the staircase. she entered her own apartmeut. and, sinking upon a chair, gazed in a dazed sort 'f way into the glowing lire. At length, rousing herself, she began riiliug her satetii-1 with a few necessary articles. Having fluishcJ her task, she divest ed herseit of her evening dress, ami, arraying her figure in a heavy, dark traveling suit, ami ta-tening a large waterproof over all, stood ready to de part on her journey. standing at the tloor she glanced for the last time upon the pleasant room which had so long been hers. The tears fell thick and fast, hut her purpose never wavered, as she started for the railway station. At length the station was reached, and, having obtained a ticket, she drew her veil closely over her white face and eated herself in an obscure corner of the carriage. As she sat there alone, with no one to speak a comforting word, no kindly hund held out to assist her, the slight figure swayed back and forili w ith the intensity of her emotion. Gradually the tempest of grief spent itself, the tears ceased to fall, and, in stead of wild, anguished thought, a cold numbness pervaded her whole being. It all seemed like a troubled dream. As the train thundered into the sta tion, Bessie was again brought to a sense of her utter desolation. She went to a hotel, very sad and lonely. But a night's rest gave her new strength, aud when she arose next morning, she was much refreshed iu body and mit.d. To-day she must begin to earn her living. Having procured a morning paper, aud looking over the advertisements, selecting those which she thought most suitable, Bessie donned her hat and cloak, and sallied forth. The lir-t call on her list was in ans wer toau advertisement for a governess. As she rang the bell of the palatial residence her heart, quaked, sud she trembled with excitement. As the echo of the bell died away, ihedoor was opened by a servant, who, upon learning her errand, ushered her into an elegantly furnished parlor, and then went to inform his mistress of her presence. Bessie had not long to wait, for scarcely had she seated herself when the lady of. the house entered the room. l"pou her entrance, Bessie arose and bowed politely. The lady acknowledged her courtesy by a haughty Inclination of the head, and then, sinking gracefully upon a chair, she said : "You came in answer to my adver tisement. I believe?" Bessie ventured a timid "Yes." "Have you ever been employed a governess before?" she asked. "X .," sai 1 B ;ssie, "but " She was interrupted here by the la dy's rising abruptly. Turning toward Bo-ic, she said, laiu'htily : 'Then under no eircimstances what ever could I employ you." Bowing frigidly, she sett from the room. leaving Bessie in a tumult of dis apiintment and wounded feeling. 'She misht have treated me a little more kindly." she murmured as she aaiu reached the street. The rebuff which she had received disheartened her greatly; but she knew that upon her feeble efforts depended her livelihood, ands he must persevere and try again. And she did try; but the Fates 6eemed against her, for, when night came, she had obtained nothing to do, and, sick at heart, she returned to the hotel. The first day was but a preface of the others, and at the end of the week Bes sie w as ready togive up in despair. She had secured a room in a cheap boardinghouse, but, nevertheless, her funds were getting low, and w hat to do after they were gone the did not know. As she was listlesslv iu search of work one day, she happened to raise her eyes, and In a little shop w indow she saw advertisement for girls to sew flannel shirts. She applied for work. A large roll of coarse shirts was given her; Uoii asking w hat the price to be paid tvas, the man answered that it was according to the manner in which the w ork was done ; and, promising her self to do it as well as she possibly could, Bessie hastened to the place which she called home, and began bu sily to labor. At the end of threa days, by working early and late, the work was finished, aud, after neatiy folding it up, she pre pared to take it home. Her heart was lighter than it had been since leaving her father's house, aud as she tripped through the streets, the shadow of a smile hovered about her lips. But her joy w as of short duration ; as the mail examined the work lie was as tonished at the neatness of the sewing. but hiding his true feelings, he said gruffly : "It is only worth three shillings, and throw them contemptuously upon the cou liter. 'Three shillings:" Bessie repeated, incredulously. 'Yes, he answered, "aud good pay at hat, loo." With a gulp she swallowed the lump vhicb would rise in her throat, and taking the money, and another bundle, tor she must do something to keep the wolf from the door, and left the shop aud sadly returned home. When the next morning came, Iles- sie was tu a hign lever, aim raving in delirium. As she did not apitear below stairs, the landlady came into her room to see what was the matter, and found her in this sail condition. A doctor was sent for, who pronotni- sed the disease brain fever. The landlady was a poor woman. quite unable to bear the expense ot a physician and the necessary medicines; and so pour Bessie was removed to the hospital. Many days she stood ujion the brink of the grave, but her time was not ye come: and after a severe struggle, na ture gained the victory. Slowly back to life she drifted, but her heart w as not joyful at that, for what had she to live for? N o one w as gladdened at her recove ry, and sometimes she bitterly lamen ted that she had not died. Iays ot convalscence lolluwed, she knew not u hither to go. At length she turned to her old lod gings, and, after gathering together her scanty posse-sums, went aud sold them. With the money thus obtained she de termined to go home, and started iinine- datly for that haven. She had almost reached the door of her father's house, when a feeling of deadly fear overcame her. The image of Jier father, as he stood that last night in the parlor, rose be fore her, and she dared not enter to be treated again in flie same manner. Then she turned, and ag;in trod the path to the road. Every object she saw reminded ber of those happierdays w hich were never to come agaiu. As she reached the road, she stood a moment in doubt. Then, with a murmured prayer, she turned, not to the city in which she had suffered and endured so many hard ships, but toward the city of the dead. It was a raw, black night; the dull, leaden clouds betokened a storm. The w iud moaned aud sobled through the naked, ice-encrusted branches of the trees. The hard ground almost cut through her thin boots. Her frail form shivered in the blast, and, almost exhausted, she reached the gate. She knew the exact spot where her mother lay, for it was ouly to her mother's grave that she was going. It was reached. "I am so colli," she muttered won- deringly. "Won't you warm poor Bessie, mother? Perhaps if I lay my head upon your breast, 1 will become warmer." She sank wearily upon the hard ground, and almost unmet iately the tired eyelids drooped, and she feJl into that sleep which knows no waking. Then the suow began to fall, softly, whimperingly. The large flakes fell, covering the brow-H-faced earth with an ermlue robe and over the silent sleeper, caressingly a robe fell. Aud so, when the morning broke clear, calm and beautiful, leaving no traee of the night's havoc save that still cold form, the old gray-haired sex ton found her. The tinty, wasted hands were clasp ed as if in prayer, and about the chisel ed lips a smile of ineffable jieace hovered. Never in life had the beautiful faee seemed so angelically sweet; it was white as the marble ar:ilust which it was pressed. Calling assistance, they tenderly. reverently bore the inanimate form to the Hall, for they well knew t'ie sweet- faced Bessie Grey. On the very night of Bessie's return Paul Grey, her father, lay dying. Two days before, his physician had informed him that he could do nothing more for liim, and, with death thus staring liim in the face, was it any wonder that all the deeds of his life rose up darkly before him, prominent among them being his vile treatment of his loving daughter? Xatural affection assumed iu sways and Lurriedly calling an attendant, he sent for Bessie to return. But it was too late. Xo trace could be found of the mis sing one; aud so Paul Gray, the vwner of great riches, died alone, but for Lis faithful servants Ill the magnificent parlor they laid him in state, and in this room, by his side they laid his daughter. Two days after, a mournful train of carriages wound its way toward the churchyard, aud by the side of a mother and wife was laid all that remained of father and daughter Exciting Sport, The men employed about the Wabash and Lake Shore elevators, near Toledo O., were treated to quite a time recently having the pleasure of hunting aud killing a large wild cat. For some time past the farmers on the East Side have been complaining of the depredations of some fierce animal, and on several occasions some of them have shot at an object that would be seeu disappearing with a chicken or a fat turkey. All ef forts, however, to kill the brute proved unavailing, and apparently they were doomed to sutler on. At an early hour 2 men employed in Wabash Elevator re cently Xo. 4 observed an animal walking acrocs the Pennsylvania bridge near the elevator. They had heard of the mysterious visitor on the East Side, and rightly suprosingthtt this was the cause of all the consternation, they notified all the men around the elevator, and turned out eu masse to effect its capture or death. Procuring a half inch rope they made a slip knot, and placed It so that the wild cat would step into it as she walked across the bridge, they se creted themselves and awaited develop ments. The cat evidently intent upon some ot ject on this side, walked along and stepped into what was intended to be a fatal trap. As soon as ber foot was iu the noose, the men at the other end of the rope gave a vigorous pull and her cat ship was caught by the hind leg. The men thought they bad her sure. But she merely turned round, snapped her teeth once on (he rope, and sped away, bearing a part of it on her hind foot, making directly for the swall, near the elevator. Then there was sport. About 40 men aimed with clubs and revolvers rushed after her trying to kill her. A number of dogs were brought into r quisition, but they dar ed not approach nearer than seven or eight feet to the brute, for she uttered an ominous screech which warned them to keep out of the way. At length pus sy took another flight, enscousing her self this time under the docks at the elevator. Here she was safe from th attacks of the dogs, and ber glarine eyes kept most of the men at a respecta ble distance. - But oue of them Georjrt West inspector In Xo. 4, going cauti ously to a crevice in the dock, took de liberate aim with his revolver, aim shot the wild cat through the breast making a center shot, and killing ber iustantly. Then there was a cheer and the carcass was dragged out and meas ured, the body being two feet and eizbt inches long. She wa- very poor, but weighed 31 pounds. Iler teeth were formidable objects, over an inch long. A tiportsman and a Setter Dug A young man of Kochester relates a story at his own expense that will be appreciated by sportsmen. lie was re cently iu a part of the country w here game is very abuudaut, and nearly all the male inhabitants are devoted ad mirers of dog a:id gun. Our hero was stopping at the best hotel iu the place, and intimate with the leading citizens. They thought a stranger should be In vited to a day's shooting, and proposed to him that he go out for partridges, with two ot the lest shots of the town. He neglected to tell them that he was no sportsman, but accepted the invita tion with appareut glee, as if he antic ipated a day's sport, sucn as genuine sportsmen kuow how to enjoy. A gun and a first class dog were provided (or the guest, and one fine dsy he set out with the two friends who were to take him over the ground. They entered the brush and had separated from each other but a short uistance, w hen the dog given the Rochester mail "made game" aud in a moment was in a staunch point. The hunter knew little about guns and less about setter dogs, but thought that a dog that would stand still so early iu the day must be very lazy aud deserved punishment. After waiting a short time to let the dog start again and seeing liim rigid as a statue, the gunner picked up a stone aud gave the poor beast a blow that made hiiu howl and at the same mo ment tip went a brace of partridges from under the dog's nose. The other shooters were not far aw ay and heard the birds rise. The explanation given bv their guest, was not very satislacto ry, and he was invited shooting uo more. "' Wild In the Island of Kio there are wild men who live on trees, and w ho have uo language but cries, and iu Sumatra there are men who live in the forests with whom not only the Europeans, but the Malays themselves, can have no intercourse. They hunt tigers, not with a gun, but with arrows, which they -blow out of a tube with such force, and which are so keen of poiut and touched with such deadly poison, that a wound is almost immediately fa tal. Their tiger-skins, or elephant- tusks, they bring for barter. They never sell anvthmg for money is about the most useless thing they can have. They canuot eat it, nor drink it, nor w ear it. But as they have uo wants, they exchange, let they themselves are never seen. They bring what they have to the edge of the forest, and leave it there ; and the Malays come and place what they have to dispose of, and re tire. If the offer is satisfactory, when they return again they find what they brought gone, and they take what is left and depart. If not they add a few trifles to tempt the eyes of these wild men of the woods, and so at last the exchange is effected, yet all the while ! the sellers Veep themselves Invisible. I'arrota and Monkeva. A gentleman who owned a parrot pos sessed of much power of thought, met with some cockles at bis fishmonger's oue day, aud being fond of these things wlieu pickled, he sent them in, with a message to his cook to be put forward at once. She cooked them accordingly and put them into a jar, which she left uncovered until the flsh should cool. The parrot's cage was then standing near, having been brought down to be cleaned; aud when the cook left the kitchen to see about other work, Polly came out and soon found ber way to the jir, from which she helped herself lib erally, scattering remnants on the floor and ou the bottom of her cage. "Presently the cook returned, and in an instant perceived wbat had been go ing on. Enraged at Polly's audacity, she exclaimed : What ! Ycu'vebeena the cockles, have you?' and flung over her some ol the boiling water she was carrying iu her hand. It inflicted a terrible punishment on poor Polly, for iu an hour or two most of the feathers of her head dropped off; in this con dition she sat lor many days after, wretched and disconsolate. Her ordi nary gayety and talk ceased, and she Sat murmuring only complainings of her uuhappiuess. "At last when the worst was over, and down began toapjiear on the naked head, a visitor came into the drawing room, w ho, on removing bis hat, show a head perfectly bald. la an instant Polly sprang into tiie ring, exclaiming, as she swung to and fro: 'So, you've been at the cockles, have you?' "The sight of a fellow sufferer seem ed to restore her spirits, and she wa not long iu recovering her usual cheer fulness." "Ot another and more mischievous bird it is said : "Opposite his owner's residence there were some buildings in course of erection ; and the men at the top of the scafl'old were in the habit of calling to those below for such material as they wanted 'more bricks, 'mortar, and so on. In a very short lime Polly had these terms by heart, as well as the gruff tones in which they were uttered. Xo sooner did the Irish laborer relieve himself of a load than the everlasting cry 'more mortar' assailed his ears. He bore it with exemplary patience till the mortar board on top of the scaffold was piled up: but once more the order for mortar more mortar,' was given. Then, to the delight of the parrel's mas ter, who was standing by, the Irish man flung down bis hod, and making a speaking trumpet of his hands, bawled 10 the brcklayer above: 'Is It uior-r tar mad that ye are? Sure a man must have s many legs as a centerpig (centipede) towai: on the likes of ye':"' The following is the story of a Bar- :ary ape : "Father Casaubon, a famous preach er, brought up tiie animal iu question, which, having become attached to him ftished to follow him wherever he went. "One day, when Casaubon went to church, the ape, not being made secure followed Its master to the place of wor ship, and, being a good cliiuoer, sileut ly mounted the sounding board, and there lay quiet and concealed uutll the sermon was in course of delivery. It then advanced to the edge of its perch to see what was going on beneath it and to watch the actions of the orator. These were uo sooner observed by the able mimic than it began to perform al so; and its imitations of the preacher's gestures was so perfectly grotesque that the whole congregation was put into a state of risibility, such as could not be suppressed. The good father was alike shocked and indignant at the ill-limed levity of his su liencc, and began to ad minister some severe reproofs. But seeing all his efforts failing, he launch ed fourth Into violent action, accom panied by loud vociferations. His fre quent gestures the ape did not fail to lake up immediately, with no less ani mation than that which inspired his ina-ter. And at this apparent compe tition of the two individuals the people burst into roars of laughter; and when the animal was poiuled out to the pas tor, though highly exasperated. It is said that he could hardly command his own countenance while he gave direc tions to have the ape removed." A Doctor's FerlU When M. I. was attached to my name, I bowed at two shrines, my pro fession and my Angellua. Her name was not Angeliua, but my wife being a modest little lady, desires she shall not be dragged before an inquisitive public, Let then, the abstract Angelina repre sent the real woman. I conceal my owu name for similar reasons. Of course I had a rival. Xame, Kichard Soiiuts; aged twenty-six; general ap pearance, striking and handsome; cha racter, very bad. Neither my affection for this gentle mau nor his affection for me wouM have caused a conflagration ou any river which I know. We disliked each other heartily. Being a much handsomer man than myself, lie might have lieen a dangerous rival. However, he saved ine til the trouble. He committed a forgery that was discovered sooner than he expected, lie was arrested for the offence, tried and convicted. I was one of the principal w itness against him. When the sentence was passed upon him he requested a moment's con versation w ith me. I shall never for get the look of hatred upon his face as he hissed out : "You have ruined ray love and my life. Kemember that, and fear me We had been married a little over two years. During that time I had heard nothing of Somers. His sentence had been a comparatively light one a year aud six months. After his dis charge from prison, however, I neither saw nor heard of him. For to young a man, I had been very successful as a nhrsieian. Perhans IHV success was j - . - principally due to my strict attention to business. Xo matter how late, or dark and stormy might was the night, ( promptly attended summouses to the .beside of suffering. One night, a little before the hour of retiring, the door bell rang, and shortly afterward a man entered the room where we were sit ting. He was not prepossessing. His hair was short and thick, and the ge neral cast of his features villanous. A gentleman, lias broken his leg. 1 thought it a pity that, if he was any thing like the inessengei, he had not broken his neck. I did not tell my w ife where I was going: it was in a distant part of the tow n, and in anything but a respectable neighborhood. I did not wish to make her nervous. My guide led me up two flights of very dirty and rickety stairs, that crea ked objections to our weight upon them. Iu the third story we stopped before a door, which to my surprise, my companion opened with a key which he took from his pocket. Was he afraid that the man would escae ? I was still more surprised, when, ou entering the room, 1 found it empty. He motioned me to a chair, and, re marking, that he would soon return, left the room. For the first time I was somewhat nervous and suspicious. The empty room tne last action of my guide his carelessness on our way as to the health of the supposed iujured man the lonely house and neighbor hood all combined to make me sus pect foul play. , I stepped to the door, only to find it locked from outside to the window, only to fiud escape impos sible there. It was many feet from the ground. My suspicious were now certainties. I was trapped. Xone of my friends, not even my wife, knew where I was. I might be murdered in this den, ami my death remain a mis tery, 1 suppose I waited about an hour be fore I heard the key turn in the door. Aud then, to uiy dismay, a half-dozen men came iu. When nature made the jail-bird that led ine into this trap, she did not break her mould. These gent lemen were of the same pattern. All of tlieni wore the Mine hang-dog look. One of them raised the light in the room which had been buruiug iow. With hardly a glance at me, they took seats upon the floor and began to play cards. Soon the door opened, and another man entered. I had no hojie as 1 looked at him, for I saw the exulting face of my euemy, lick Somers. At a glance he saw that I knew him. With a malicious h-cr he steped for ward, and, quoting his owu words wl two years In-fore, said : "You have ruined my love and my life. Kemember then, and fear me." I saw in this face at once (showing his revenge and desperation) that no thing could turn him aside from his ptiritose. "Somers?" 1 said for my life 1 could not have called him Somers " I know that you have trapped me here for the purpose of revenging yourself upon ine; but remember, sir, that I have friends! liemember law and justice !" "I fear nothing," he answered. "1 defy mail and God! Kevenge ou you is dearer to me than life; and, though for me the bottomless pit were yaw ning, I w ould have It !" I saw it was Useless to apjieal to this man, and I sullenly waited fur w hat seemed fate. At his command the ruf fians searched me. Oue of them, w ho appcard to be a kind of treasurer for the gang, secured my watch and pocket hook. Then they tied ine with ropes to a chair. Somers did not address me again, but sat upon the floor and gam bled with the rest. Presently be arose, and, saying lie would return by da3--break, left the room. He evidently felt that I w as iu his power, aud seemed iu no hurry to complete his revenge. After Somers had gone,thc ear-!-4i'.ay-ug was kept up a couple of hours. Then theyall stretche I themselves upon the floor and slept. The door rM-ned inward, and across !t was the burly from of the treasurer. In spile of the apparent hopelessness of the trial, I set aUdit devising sonic plan of i-seape. Tho first thing te do was to free myself. I have large wrists aud small hands. In tying me they did not take this into consideration. Without much difficul ty I liberated my hands; then, of course, it was but the work of a few seconds to free myself from iny bonds, taking the precaution to place the ropes in such a position that, should any of the gang waken. I would still appear to he botiud. A Strain Juryman. T! e o her day a summons, command ing Thatcher Magoiu to present him self for service in the jury-box, was re turned to the cotnmisioner of jurors in XewYork, with the information that it had been served upon the wrong party. The commissioner said lo the bearer : "That settles it as far as you are con cerned, hut M;igoln muse come here and show cause w hy he should not be a juror." "He can't," w as the reply, "he's too busy. If he did come, he would make things hot for you. Besides, you would have to send a derrick and a truck to bring him. He turns the scales at 5,000 pounds." The commissioner was incredulous; worse, he made remarks not compli mentary to the speaker's condition with respect to sobriety. 1 hen the sum moned man explained. "I am telling you facta, Mr. Cora. ralssioner," he said. "Thatcher Ma goin is a steam-engine, aud is located at the foot of Hetcher strer. 1 am Xicholas Morris, stevedore. Years ago I was employed by a man named That cher Magoin. I named my engine on pier 19, East river, after him. When the directory man came to the dock to tret the names he saw the name of Thatcher Magoin on the engine, and thinkimr that he was the boss, put it on the book. You'll see it on page 849." The Eaiinad Ovttiu contains in formation of the laying of track on 2,307 miles of new railroad in the Uuited states in 1878. aeainst 1.977 miles re ported for the corresponding period in 1877, 2,177 in 1876. 1,277 in 1873, 1.707 in 1874. 3,507 in li73 and 6,885 in 1872. J My Kir (ilacivr. My first glacier, I must confess, rath disappoints me. I have had visions ol a lofty ridge of ice, with peaks and pin nacles, and deep abysses stretching its glittering length through a narrow chasm in the dark pine forrest, with the flowers blossoming at its feet. S when Mr. Neville who knows the road and is always ou the watch to point out any neT feature of interest, levels his white umbrella at a sort of notch in the mountain oposit?, where the snow seems to be a liitle duller in sheen and a little lumpier in form than elsewhere and murmurs, "Glacier Argentiers," I stare for a moment at him, rather than at it, wouderingly. Theu he points out to me the pale blue tints streaking the white masses here and there, which I have taken to be shad, ows, but which he now explains to be the bare walls of the solid ice, w here they are too steep to carry their white rolie of snow. And then by degrees, I trace out the whole form of the great Ice torrent, pouring down from the wide mountain cleft at the rate of so many feet in the year. Still, gtand as it is, I am dissapoint ed There are no peak or pinnacles at all. It looks rather as though a per fectly smooth and even sheet of ice bad been flung from the cleft over the face of the mountain, and had split and sunk from its ow n weight. Xor does it seem to reach the valley at all ; so the lovely contrasts with the dark firs and the gay flowerj are altogether lost. Mr. Neville tells me this lower portion of the glaciers, many of w hich, not so many years ago, used to extend right down into the very bottom of the val leys is disapering almost everywhere. The famous Khone Glacier, he tells me, w hen lie visited it last year, had lost nearly two mile of its length when he knew it first, and had now compara tively little remaining but the almost perpendicular wall of ice of which its portion consists, and w hich seems from here, at all evei.Ls, to constitute simi larly the chief part ol the giacier now oefore us. He is inclined to fancy that before this process shall have gone ou for very many years longer, the lower part of the glacier will become too light to act any longer as a sort of skid to the upper part, which must then come down with a crash into the valley, sweeping everything before it. Which i a view that I am bound to say does not add a decided fascination to the as pect of that mighty mass of ice, the vastness of which grow upon you every moment your eyes rest uj-oii it. This, however, is not by any means the general view among us. the mounted party especially, whom we have now overtake-), and w ho seem to find the dow n hill road decidedly more trying than the up, do not seem to re gard this usw feature of the landscape is worthy so much as a glance. 1 fancy C herk-uiie, w ho with dangling rein, and both hands planted on the pommel, lilt hiuiM-lf bodily everv now and then off the rack of his by no means "too easy" saddle, fully ex presses the sentiments of his comrades. when he renlie wflh a certain grim nd melancholy humor: "Oh, glaciers bo 'anged! Joseph, ;ot 3 ow n little broken Dottle lo n upon : The "cairiage company arc more at their ease, though even they find the seat a trifle hard and slippery, and have to hold on with considerable ten acity to prevent themselves from slid ing over ou to the hordes backs, still they have tune to look about them, and look dutifully accordingly at the uew idienouieiioii as a part of the apHintcd programme, whiee being paid for, must of course be gone through. But beyond au occasional "Oh, that's it, is it?" "lout thina much of that," anil so forth, the only comment it draws forth, is from a worthy old lady in dim black satin, w hoevideutly smitten with a great aw e of the daring feat she is erforniiug, has never yet been heard to speak alcove her breath, and w ho at home, I take it, devotes herself to pro moting the general happiness of man kind, through the medium of furnished apartments. l.or' a iniisy; Aiexauuriua, my dear," she cries to iier buxom daugh ter after guzing intently for several minutes at the irregular pile of grey blue fragments thickly powdered w ith white "whatever do it remind ine of?" And her biixum daughter answers promptly : "I know ma, of course so it ioes. "Starch." Washington Memorials la Northampton shire, Kmcuuid. In the year 1532, and again in 15JC, there was a Lawrence Washington, Mayor of Xorthamptonshirc, England He was the son of John ashlngton of Warton, Lancashire, and a member of Gray's Inn; afterward, however, he relinquished the profession of the law and settled in Xoithampton, where he rose to ereat influence. Hi uncle was Sir Thomas Kitson, a merchant of Lon don. whose daughter had been espoused by Sir John Spencer, of Althorp. In 1529 he obtained a grant of the manor and land of Sulgrave, Xorth Hants, together with other estates, which un til then had belonged to the Monastery of St. Andrew's at Northampton. Re tiring to Sulgrave. he there died at a rine old age. Three generations of Washington only retained possession of Sulgrave, the grandson of the grantea being obliged to sell it and retire to Bristiglon. w here he would be under the protection of hi kinsmen theSen cers. The house in Little Brington Is still shown w here he is supposed to have lived. Over the door is the in scription : "The Lord giveth, the Lord taketh awav: Blessed be the name of !the Lord. Constructa 1606. The pa 1 rUh retrister. ainonsr other Washington records, contains notices of the baptism an J burial of a son of tills Lawrence Washington in 160G-. The latter died in 1G16, and his remains lie buried in the Chancel of the parish church. Near to him, but in the nave, is the grave of his brother Kobert. it also bears a shield on brass, showing the same bla zon (argent two bars gules; iu chief three mullets of the second w ith the crescent of a younger brother. This shield exhibits even more plainly than the other the characteristics which have caused the device to be regarded as the origin of the American flag, namely, the five pointed stars aud the alternate red aud w hite stripes. Kotert Wash ington died without issue. Lawrence, however, had a large family. The first son was Sir William Washington, of Packington, Leicestershire, who wed ded a sister of the Duck of Bucking ham, through whose influence the for tunes of the family seem to have re vived. The second was Sir John. Ke peathd mention is made of hiiu in the household books of Althorp, where he and several of his brothers were fre quent guests. He was married to a daughter of Philip Curtis, of Islip, North Hants, by w hom he had three sons. A mural tablet to ber memory still exist in the Islip church. Little is known of Sir John, save that he ap pears, like the other Washington, to have taken the side of the Ling in the civil wars, and that he was concerned, along witli a younger brother Law rence, in the troubles of 1636, and so with him obliged to take refuge iu Vir ginia. Before his emigration he lived some time in South Cave in Yorkshire, where he bad acquired an estate. Emi grating about the year 1C."7 he settled at Bridge's Creek, Westmoreland Coun ty, and marrying again, became the great-grandfather of President Wash ington. In the red and white bars and the stars of his shield, and the ''eagle issuant" of his crest borne later by General Washington the farmers ot the Constutiou undoubtelly, too, got the idea of the star and stripe aud the spread eagle of the national emblem. Kismark's Daughter. Separation from his daughter is said to have been very painful to Prince Bismark, w ho is devotedly attached to this, h 8 favorite child. She had been his faithful companion formally years. While her brothes were at the univer sity or in the army she rarely left him In former years, w hen Prince Bismark w: S still a passionate horseman, she often aecompan'ed him for hours in his rides oyer the plains and through the w oods of Varzin. Ow ing to the at tachement existing between the father and the daughter many doubled wether she would ever marry. These suppo sitions were not groundless for she was no longer young w hen she contrac ted her first betrothal with Count Wend Von Eiilenburg, a young nobleman of eminent capacities, who had won her heart during her slay at Varzin as an attache ou the Chancellor's staff. This engagement w as a very happy one. The marriage had been fixed and the invita tions were on the ioint oifieing issued, when suddenly the bridgronin was at tacked bv severe illness, which, not withstanding the greatest c ire and at tention, terminated fatally. At his, the voMig Count's, burial the Iron Chancelor was so moved that he vept bit'erly. On the expiration of the time of mourning many youths of noble birth aspired to the hand of Prince Bi mark's only daughter. She refused' however, the most tempting offers, un til, moved perhaps by the entreaties of her family, she finally admitted the at tetions of Count Kaiitzau, w hom she had known whea a child. Some pretend that he w a smitten by her charm-even in t heir earliest youth, w hen he, as a boy at the giinnasium, w aited for the young Countess, then a little damsel. t.ienrrv her hooks from school. Count Kanu.ui. a dc.-c;nlant of au ancient, uoble, but not very wealthy family, was af.er an honorable termination of his university course, for some time an officer iu the Third Regiment of the Prussian Lilian ol the Guards, lie subsequently changed his professionaud entered on diplomatic career. On ac count of his great talent ami genera accomplishment, he atracted the atten tion of Prince Bismark, who not only attached him to the Foreign Office, but often Invited him to hi house. Dur ing the Congress the Count acted as one of it Secretaries, a distinction which rave him rise at the time t some envi- s- . . . . ons reports. As Count Jtantzaii l in possesion of a yearly income of only a bout 3,000 thaler, a sum certainly ina dequate to maintain a household worthy of German v's leading statesman, a hand some dowry, asserted by some to te 500- 000 thalers, was beftowed by the Chan celor on the young couple. Too Morn of a Hard Money Man. Recently an old fellow, who for some time worked at the sluice boxes in Six Mi.eCannon sold hisSierra Xevadaand came out $7,0O0a"iead. He went to bis broker and remarked that he was going East to see the folks, and guessed he'd take the money along. "You want a draft on Xew York, 1 suppose." "Xo draft for me. I want coin. Gold twenties are what I came for." Here he placed a brown leather valise on the counter, and told them to pile in the money. "I am going to take this sack ail the way to New Y'ork myself." "Y'ou can get the gold in Xew Y'ork, and save the bother of carrying the coin along," remarked the clerli. J Y'ou can't play gold iu Xew York on me; they don't have any there; the last time I was there I never set my eyes on even a two-and-a-half piece. Sow just dump the coin into this sack. I want good, solid Comstock money. Xo paper In mine." lie was given the coin as desired, and soon was on the train with the carpet bag alongside of him. The chances are that the first three-card monte sharp that he falls in with will relieve him of his pile. A fund has been begun at the Lon don Mansion house to erect a suitable monument to the memory of the late Earl Rustell. Farts About Sam Sorder. We were all sitting out on the piazza in front of Byler's store, and Abner Byng was there, with his leg cocked up against a post and his chair tilted back. Ir. Murray was running his eye down a column of the county pa per, when he suddenly said : ''Halloa! This is queer! Why, it says here that an English chemist ha succeeded in distilling whisky from sawdust"' 'Tuat's nothing," said Abner Byug, flipping his thumb. "How do you mean 'nothing'?" ask ed the doctor. "Oh, it's old awful old. I knew that years ago. I)id you ever meet Sam Snyder?" "Xo, never met him." "Well, Sam was a hard drinker must have rum by one means or an other. He bad no monev and nobody to trust him or treat him. So Sam somehow ascertained that whisky could be made out of sawdust, and do you know what he'd do?" What?'' "He'd get so drunk ou a fence-rail and a cross-cut saw that he couldu't tell a cow from a sugar-cured ham. put him near a woodpile and a saw- buck, and let him alone, and before eleven o'clock he'd turn out the most delicous mint juleps you ever tasted." "Easily done, was it?" "Easily? Why one time his family tried to keep him sober by putting him out on the roof and keeping him there; aud do you know what Sam did? Got a boy to tie a wash-boiler and four feet of lead pipe to a string, aud Sam fished 'em up, and in three days he had turn ed every shingle into cocktails, and he fell through into the garret in such a frightful state of intoxication that they had to give him electric shot from a forty-two-cell battery to bring him back to consciousness." "You know that to be a fact, do you? "Certainly; 1 was there. Why, that man acquired a preference for liquor made from wood, and three times, to my certaiu kuow ledge, he got mnuia it j-(a from consumption of distilled pie loards and potato-masher. He drank up four set of chair-legs one Fourth of July, and when his w ife stopped the destruction of the furniture, he cele brated the day by calling iu three or four friends to drink a new kind of brandy he hail just made out of a window-sill and a clothes-prop. Urink ! Why, sir, I pledge you my word, Sny der iu a single winter drank up a sinoke-hoii-e, threa washtubs and a front door. Xothing euuld stop him when he got going.'" "Why did he prefer domestic uten sils?" " "He didut. There was a woods out back of his house that belonged to hi aunt. Sam'd go out there with a meat saw, or any kind of a saw be could get. and iu two years he had stimulated his system w ith eight che-tuut trees, four persimmons, one oak, and three sap lings of various kinds. Thinned that grove out so that his aunt couldn't rent it to picnic parties. Xearly broke the old lady's heart, too." "Did he kill himself drinking?" "Well, not exactly. I'll tell jou how it was. It seem that he was haunted for a long time with the idea that if he could distil the Presbyterian church steeple he could turn out an article that'd bear a resemblance some how, to old ap-jle brandy, tueer, wa- -n't it? But the man was not exactlv right; his mind wa diseased. So one night lie got on the roof of the church with a ladder to steal the steeple. When he got there I dunno how it wns, but the idea seemed to strike him ! to taste the thing, maybe to see if he was right about the flavor, and he must have leen wild when he did it lie actually swallowed the weather cock, and there he stock, whirling around all night a the wind struck him! Dead? He was deader'n Martin Van Buren w hen they come to take him down." "He swallowed the weather-cock, did he?" 'Yes, sir; swallowed it."' "Well, that wasn't half as hard to swallow as your whole yarn, said Blyler. "You don't doubt iny voracity. I hope?" said Abner. "You do? Well, if you have a quarter about you it w ill soothe my wounded feeling. I only wanted a " Just at this moment Blyler kicked Mr. Byng off the porch, and Abner walked away to the next tavern with a faint hope that the bar-tender might give his credit one more chance. Satisfying the Barber. One time there was a barber. Arid one day a feller he cum in the shop lor to git shafed, and he handed the barber a card wich w as wrote on like this w ay : "For my Hair Taller, clone, lar , bergniot, peniatum, oil, tonuick, rt storatif, pitchooly, gum, beeswhacks, kerriseen and tar. "For my Face Cole cream, cam frice, powder, ham fat, sof sope, gtis sern, poultice, rooje nammel. giant se ineiit, shoe blackn. "For my Wiskers Sanies my hair, only more taller. "For my Muchtash-Do, starch, glew, morter and sodder. When the barber beared it he wa, just dllted. and he sed to the feller: "Y'ou are the most sensible man wicu has ever set in this chair, yes indeed, I never see a man of sech good taste." And then the barber shafed the fel ler, and told him all the news wich he cude think, and never stopt tockin, the barber didn't, w hile he shafed, cos he was so delighted. But jest as he g t dun snafu the feller, and wa gitten reddy to put them thing onto hiiu, cordin to the niemmy randem, a man wocked in and took the feller by the ear, and he sed to the barber, the man did : "This feller's got to go, cos he i a escape, if you want to finish him you mus fetch them things over to the def and dtim ward of the lunatic sylum." Never wantonly frighten oJuri. - - y;-- - J" "2f "
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