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VOL. XXXIII.
MIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY, PENNA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1879.
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THS LOST. LOST BATS.
Ay. happy are the nodding floware
That tasaeled hang from yonder tree ;
Their lives all beauty, wear their pold
In atinuaer crowns of parity.
Bat man, O man, what costly tear
Bedew thy cradle, a thy grave.
What griefs enaeam thy course of yeara
And break the rest we vainly crmre;
I fain would be the nodding flower
Which one bright summer morn arrays.
Than in a wintry noon of life
Sit down to count the lost, lost days!
Pause, listen to that singing bird.
Be trills not for a Tague applause ;
Be but obeys his Master. God,
And sings in cadence with His laws,
I hate the bitter lies of art.
Melodious fraud that fills our ears ;
The servile school where men are taught
To mould in song pretended tears,
1 fain would be the bird who sings
With fearless throat his honest lays.
Nor needs, nor knows to-morrow's dawn.
Nor yet regrets the lost, lost days.
Ay, happy are the bunting buds,
Ay, happy are the birds of song ;
Tis only man, whose discontent
Disturbs the earth with railing tongue,
lie mourns for childhood's artless Joys,
And youth's and manhood's Tision fled ;
While by the embers of old age.
He mumbles only of the dead.
Whence is it that frail man alone
Should fill the earth with grievous lays.
Always a story of regret.
And wasted life, the lost, lost days !
A Girl Hero.
"You can't guess who's married.
Susie!"
Jenny Carter was almost breathless
with haste and excitement, a she ente
red the pleasant kitchenwhich, bright
and sunny a it was, looked dark com
ing in out of the blinding sunshine.
Attired in a pretty gingham, with
her round, white arms bared aboe
the dimpled elbows, Susie Barnard
stood at the molding board, as sweet a
picture of youth, health and beauty as
ever poet sang of, or artist painted.
Without pausing for a reply, Jeuny
went on :
"John Harmon, who boarded with
you last summer. He's married a rich
Boston ladv. They pass through
lakeside on their bridal tour, and stop
over night at Judge Leighton's.
"And, oh Suie!M Susie had sud
denly disappeared through the open
door of the pantry "Mrs. Leigbton is
going to give them a reception a lawn
party! What do you think of that?
You're invited; Mary Anne, Mrs
Leighton's niece, said she saw both our
names on the list. Wou't it be delight
ful?"
Susie reappeared with th jwwdered
sugar Ehe had gone for, and began to
sift it over the eggs she had beaten.
Jenny gave a little scream, as she
glanced at her.
'Goodness me, Sue! what it the
matter? You are looking a pale as a
ghost!"
"Pale?" responded Sussie, the blood
that had receded to the bearsuddenly
returning aud crimsoning even the
temple.
"Well, yes. At least, 1 thought you
looked so a minute ago," said Jenny, a
little puzzled, but too full of herself
and the news she had come to tell, to
tive it more tliau a passing thought.
Jenny stayed a few minutes longer,
rattling away without pausing for a
reply, in her usual reckless fashion,
then she went away.
A few minutes later Mrs. Barnard
came in from the garden. Susie had
heard, through the open window by
which she stood. Jeuny talking with
her mother, as she passed out.
Seating herself In the low, broad
windowseat, Mrs. Barnard began to
sort over the ripe clusters of currants
she had gathered, glaneing in the
meantime furtively over at her daught
er, who was "ieeing" the cake she had
just taken from the oven.
"Did Jenny tell you the news?"
There was motherly anxiety in the
look and tone of the speaker.
"About John Harmon's marriage?
Yes. Don't you expect Mr. and Mrs.
Coles to-day?"
This drove everything else from Mrs.
Barnard's mind.
"I had forgotleu all about it! They
wrote they were coming in the noon
train, and I don't believe there's a
thing done to their room.
"Xo matter; I shall have time to tlx
it. I have got the baking so far along
that Mary can easily finish ; so perhaps
I had better go now."
"1 think you had ; they'll want to go
to their room as soon they come. You
know which one it is?"
Susie looked back from the half-closed
door.
"Yes; it's the one Mr. Harmon had
last summer." -
As busy as Mrs. Barnard had been
last summer, with her house full of ci
ty boarders, she had not been alto
gether unmindful! of what was passing
around her.
"She don't mind it," was her inward
reflection, as she listened to those re
treating footsteps. "I was a little
afraid; but there's no nonsense about
Susie."
Xo, there was no nonsense about the
bravehearted girl ; but, as soon as she
found herself alone and secure from
observation, she threw ber arms up,
with a look of agony and despair upon
the young face that was pitiful to see.
But it was not like Susie to remain
idle while there was anything to do.
Springing to work, she soon brought
order aud beauty out of chaos that sur
rounded ber. As her mother often re
marked, with motherly pride, "every
thing that Susie did was done well."
A'or was there anything omitted now.
The bed and the toilet-tablewere draped
in the purest white, not a speck of dust
could be seen upon carpet, chair or bu
reau, while the mirror was polished
until it glittered in the stray sunbeams
that flickered through the vines that
clambered over the window.
Knotting back with rose-colored rib
bons the muslin curtains, Susie
glanced around. How fresh and pure
and sweet everything was upon which
the, eye rested. The room looked exact
ly as it did the preceding summer, when
she used to steal softly up the stairs, as
soon as she know Its occupant was out,
to see if all was as it should be, or to
leave the flowers, of which he was so
passionately fond. The change was in
her a change that made that radiant
summer morning as black and gloomy
as a starless night.
She strove to recall to mind the
words that made her think that John
Harmon loved her, as man loves the
only woman in all the world to him,
but apart from the looks and tones,
which made them so full of meaning to
her, there was nothing in them, and
her cheeks grew hot as she remembered
how clearly she had let him look into
the simple, trusting heart he had won.
She was roused from these humilia
ting reflections by her mother's voice
calling to her from below. There was
an unusual amount of work to do that
day, for which Sussie was not sorry, as
it gave her what she needed most in this
painful crisis of her life, no time to
think.
"Where are you going, Susie?"
Susie paused by the open door-way
of the room, where her mother was sit
ting.
"Down to Blackberrv Hill for some
berries. There are none for breakfast,
and you know Mr. Coles wants them at
every meal."
"But you are looking tired. And no
wonder; you've been on your feet all
day."
"I'm not iu the least tired.
There was more than weariuess in
that look and tone, aud. for the first
time, a dim revelation came to the mo
ther's heart of all that was going on be
neath that quiet exterior.
"What is it, then?"
"A little headache, which a waik in
the open air will drive away.
Many and many a day afterwards did
Mrs. Barnard recall her daughter as
she stood there, a basket in one hand,
and her broad-brimmed hat. with its
wide drooping ribbons in the other. As
she reached the gate, she looked back
on her with a smile such as an angel
wight give upon the threshold of par
adise.
"Let me go!" cried the eager voice of
her little brother Will.
Susie would rather have gone by her
self, but she could rot reject the brown,
chubby hand that was thrust into hers.
So the two walked along together, fi
nally striking Into the railroad track,
that was the most direct war to Black
berry Hill.
They had gone but a short distance,
when Sutie saw upon the track just
ahead of her a pile of rocks, earth and
gravel, which had evidently fallen from
the steep embankment which loomed
up high above her head.
The express train, with its precious
freight of human live, was nearly due,
and for a mouieut Susie stood motion
less with horror and affright. Then
she seized iter little brother's arm.
"Will, do you see those men iu the
field yonder? Go aud tell them that
something has fallen upon the track.
The train will soon be here; run for
your life!"
He had gone but a few rods, when
Susie's straining gaze caught a glimpse
of it in the distance, and, dropping her
basket, the heroic girl walked steadily
forward toward the rapidly-advancing
train. Then, suddenly pausing, she
held her hat, with its fluttering rib
bons, high above her head.
Xo one knows no earthly being can
know what were her thoughts and
feelings as she stood there, but we may
be sure that no fears for her own
safety mingled with them; all this was
swallowed up in her fears for those
who were so unconscious of the terri
ble fate that menaced them.
As soon as the engineer saw her, he
blew the whistle, then perceiving that
the paid no heed to it, reversed the en
gine and put on the brakes.
As soon as Susie saw that her signal
was heeded she moved to one side, but,
making a misstep, stumbled. Before
she could recover herself the engine
struck her, burling her down among
the stones and brambles, aud then,
having done its work, moved slowly
past, slackened and stopped.
The wondering and startled people
poured out of the cars, unable at first to
comprehend the horrors they had es
caped. But that crushed, insenible
form, and the pile of rocks just ahead
of them, soon told the story.
Strong arms bore her tenderly to the
shadow of a tree near by. The two
doctors on board pronounced her inju
ries mortal; adding that it would be
useless cruelty to attempt her removal
during the few remaining nioxenta of
her life.
As they stood there, the women with
tearful eyes, the men with sad faces
and uncovered heads, watching the
slow ebbing of the life that had been
given for theirs, a man rushed into the
circle, and, kneeling down by the dy
ing girl, lifted tenderly the bruised
head from the shoulder where it rested
and laid it against bis own :
"Susie! Oh, Susie!" he moaned, as
he tooked down upon the white face,
over which the shades of death were
gathering fast.
This ery seemed to stay for a moment
the fluttering spirit. She opened the
eyes with a smile of recognition.
"I thank thee, father !"
These were the last words that Susie
Barnard ever spoke on earth.
John Harmon was a changed man
from that hour. Endowed with a fine
person and with that winning charm
of manner, which made him almost ir
resistible when he tried to please, it
seemed as natural to him to make lore
to any pretty woman with whom he
chanced to be, as to breathe. He knew
that his proud, lady-mother, on whom
all his prospects depended, would never
consent to his marrying a poor and
nameless maiden, and still went on, day
after day, calling forth hopes and emo
tions in that innocent, unsophisticated
heart that could only end in disappoint
ment and sorrow. It was such grate
ful incense to his vanity to watch the
color come and go in the sweet face,
and to catch the tender, tremulous light
in the shy, swiftly averted eyes, aud he
gave himself up to the selfish enjoy
ment of the present moment, with
scarce a thought beyond.
The grand possibilities in that noble
uatnre were a sealed book to him;
that brave act of self-forgetting he
roism, a revelation that overwhelmed
him with sorrow and shame.
Only the bereaved mother deemed
that it was as much remorse as grati
tude that impelled him to settle a life-
annuity upon her, and she never spoke
of it to any one.
Two years later a baby girl was born
to him, whom he named Susie, in me
mory of her whose abort life was so
full of beauty, and whose death was so
glorious.
How Monkeys Are Captured.
Monkeys are pretty common, yet as
all the families are remarkably eun
niiig, has it ever occurred to the reader
how they are taken ? Pitfalls w ill take
a lion, and the famished monarch will
after a few days starvation, dart into a
cage containing food, and thus be secur
ed. But how are monkeys caught? The
ape family resembles man. Their vices
are human. They love liquor aud fall.
In Darfour aud Seuar the natives make
a fermented beer, of which the monkeys
are passionately fond. Aware of this
be natives go to the parts of the forest
frequeuted by the monkeys, and set on
the ground calabashes full of the entic
ing liquor. As soon as the monkey
sees aud tastes it, he utters loud cries of
joy that soon attracts his imirj"'es.
Then an orgle begins, and in a
short time thev show all degrees of Iu-
toxicatiou. Then the negroes appear.
The few who came to late to get fud
dled escape. The drinkers are too far
gone to distrust them, but apparently
take them for larger specie of their
own genus. The negroes take some up
and these begin to weep and cover them
with maudlin kisses. hen a negro
takes one by the hand to lead him off,
the nearest monkey will cling to the
one who thus finds a support and endea
vor to go on also. Another will grasp
at him, and so on until tlie negro leads
staggering line of ten or a dozen tipsy
monkeys. When finally brought to the
village they are securely caged up and
gradually sobered down; but for two or
three days a gradual diminishing supply
of liquor is given tbeui, so as to recon
cile them by degrees to their state of
captivity.
Ah Inspired Orator.
On a certain occasion Prentiss vi.-ited
Boston and addressed its citizens in
Fanuel Hall. A gentleman who heard
liini, then a venerable judge, told this
anecdote which illustrates the orator's
power. Unable to procure a seat, he
stood jammed by the crowd. As Mr.
Prentice began to speak the gentleman
took out his watch to time him. As he
was replacing it in his fob something in
the orator's manner and words arrested
his attention. He found it impossible
to take away his eyes or ears. He forgot
the presence of the crowd, his own fati
gue, the passage of the time, everything
but the speaker. Mr. Prentiss seemed
fatigued. So intense was the sympathy
of the venerable man with him, that he
found himself breathing rapidly and
painfully.
At last tbe orator, exclaiming, "3ly
powers fail!" sank exhausted into a
chair.
Xot till then did the aged listener dis
covert hat his hand was still holding
his watch at ihe opening of its pocket.
He looked at it. He had stood in that
crowd listening for three hours and fif
teen minutes.. Xear him stood an aged
minister who, tremulous with excite
ment exclaimed :
'Will any one doubt again that God
inspires man ?"
Effect of Civilisation on Dogs.
Dogs hold a high social posion iu Pa
ris, and the result of association with
people of good manners is to convert
the Parisian dog into an entirely differ
ent animal from his Provincial brother.
An eminent veterinery surgeon in Paris
has lately expressed his conviction that
dogs are peculiarly susceptible to the
influences of civilization. Jogs brought
up in the salons of Paris, he observes.
behave iu all respects with more dignity
and Intelligence than those to be found
at farm houses in the country districts,
who pass their lives in the company of
agricultural servants in the stables or
farm-yard- These country dogs show
gaucherit, and their manners are s a
rule very far from being refined. The
Parisian dogs, ou the other hand, ac
customed to move in good society and
well educated, are remarkable for deli
cacy, self-possession, good taste, and an
utter absence of uncouthness In their
behavior. There are, this doctor believes
dogs to be found in Paris who, strange
as it may appear, have a keen sense of
humor, and are n rtincapahle of appre.
elating even the hJgher forms of wit.
Brasilia Baby Trmiult.
The work anong the. Indians is doue
almost entirely by the women, who
start out early in the morning with
their babes astride their hips, baskets
balanced oa their heads, and puffing like
a diminutive steam engine from small
clay pipes. The walk is often three or
four miles, and the work hard ; yet a
long life of this drudgery seems to ren
der it easy, and they make no improve
ments. Their implements and methods
are crude, and. like true Indians in a
natural state, they are but repetitions
of their progenitors. The custom above
mentioned of carrying babes on the hip
is as peculiar as it is ungraceful. The
body is thrown much to one side, as in
the act of carrying a heavy weight in
the right hand. For instance, the child
sits astride the left hip one leg dangling
in front, the other behind, aud support
ed by the encircling left arm. A more
uncomfortable-looking method could
hardly be devised, and yet the journey
to and from the mandioca plantation is
always made in this way, a baby being
the proverbial accompaniment of the
Indian household. .
Facta for thm Carious.
The greyhound runs by eyesight on
ly, this we observe as a fact. The car
rier-pigeon flies his two hundred and
fifty miles by eyesight namely, from
point to point of objects which h has
marked; but this is only our conjec
ture. The fierce dragon fly, with
twelve thousand lenses in his eyes,
darts from angle to angle with the rap
idity of a flashing sword, and as rapid
darts back, not turniug in the air, but
with a clash, reversing the action of
his wings, and instantaneously calcu
lating tbe distance of the objects, or he
would dash himself to pieces. But in
what conformation of the eye does this
consist? Xo oue can answer. A cloud
of ten thousand gnats dance up and
dowu in the sun, the minutest interval
between them, yet no one knocks an
other headlong upon the grass or breaks
a leg or wing, long and delicate as they
are. Suddenly amid your admiration
of this matchless dance, a peculiarly
high-shouldered gnat, with long, pen-
deut nose, darts out of the rising and
(ailing cloud, and settling on your
cheek, Inserts a poisonous sting. What
possesses the little wretch to do this?
Did he smell your blood in the mazy
dance? Xo one knows. A carriage
comes suddenly upon a flock of geese
on a narrow road, aud drives straigh
through the middle of them, A goose
was never yet fairly run oyer, nor a
duck. They are underthevery wheel.
and hoofs, and yet somehow they con
trive to flap and waddle safely off.
Habitually stupid, heavy and indolent,
they are nevertheless equal to the
emergency. W hy does the lonely
woodpecker, when he descends his tree
and goes to drink, stop several times on
his way, listen and look around before
he takes his draught? Xo one knows.
(low is it that the species of ant. which
is taken iu battle by other ants to be
made slaves, should be black, or negro
ants? Xo one knows.
The power of judging of actual dan
ger, and the free and e:sy boldness
which result from it, are by no means
uncommon. -Many birds seem to hive
a most correct notiou of a gnu's range,
aud while scrupulously careful to keep
beyond it, confine their caution to this
tlioiiirh the most obvious resource
would be to fly right away out of sight
and hearing, which they do not choose
to do. And they sometimes knqcar to
make even an ostentatious use of their
power, fairly putting their wits and
cleverness iu antagonism to that of man
for the benefit of their fellows. We
lately read an account, by a naturalist
in Brazil, of an expedition he made to
one of the islands of the Amazon to
shoot spoonbills, ibeses and other of
the grailatorial birds which were most
abundant there. His design was com
pletely baflled, however, by a wretched
little sandpiper that preceoded him,
coiitintiaMy uttering his tell-tale crT,
which at once aroused all the birds
wiihiu hearing. Throughout the dsy.
did this individual bird continue his
self-imposed duty of sentinel to others,
effectually preventing the approach of
the fowler to the game, and yet man
aging to keep out of the range of his
gun.
Madrid, upala.
ThU city is wholly destitute of indus
try and commerce, and assembles, be
sides the mechanic, none but ofllee
seekersand hangers-on at court. There
fore a population of iuuigers and thieves
of time, which, here, every one has on
hand, fill the streets aud promenades
throughout the da)' until late in the
evening. Thus, in connection with the
gay displays in the shop-windows, etc..
the impression of a Kuropcaii capital is
tolerably produced.
The city has a cheerful look, and ap
pears altogetfier like an exotic in Spain.
The streets are thronged with gay dres
ses, equipages, ami iiveiy groups 01
leo)le. Then there is the world-famed
Prado,' which consists of long and wide
macadamized avenues, lined with stunt
ed trees for the climate and soil are
hostile to rich vegetation and separa
ted by well cultivated squares of shrub
bery and flowers. Here every road and
by-way is alive with the beauty and
fashion of Madrid, which to the Span
iard is the center of earthly magnifi
cence. Hither tne city dismisses, every
afternoon, its unemployed inmates, who
return only with nightfall, when the
cafes receive the pleasure-seeking
crowds and afford weak bottled beer,
lemonade and Ice, from the snowy
Guadarrama to the abstemious and lo
quacious Spaniard of either sex. By 10
o'clock, they thence retire to their
homes to digest a Spanish supper (the
secrets of which I never discovered) to
the sound of the piano and the ever
busy tongue; for, next to sunshine,
which the Spaniard leaves his cold, un
comfortable home to enjoy, scandal,
gossip, the ''on dits" of court and poli
tics, form the vital air in which his
Oriental Imagination revels, year out,
year in, yield him unlimited satisfac
tion. The king s palace is, perhaps,
the finest In Europe. The rooms are
on a truly royal scale, immensely high
and large; tbe ceilings adorned with
tolerable frescoes ; curtains of the rich
est embroidery ; the walls resplendent
with velvet hangings, famous pictures,
a profusion of precious marbles in the
rooms and halls, grand proportions and
excellent style of the interior architec
ture, etc. The royal gardens here and
at Aranjuez, are merely agreeable, since
the trees, which the Spaniards cut down
all over Spain, seem to have taken
refuge nder royal wings, and delight
here with grateful shade. The gardens
are arranged in the mathematical style
of Louis XIV's time straight lines and
circles and ovals, celebrating a triumph
over the English idea of picturesque
gardening. The royal armory in Mad
rid is the most complete in existence,
and of great historical interest. On
entering the long saloon you seem to
step, at once, into the times of knight
hood and chivalry. A cavalcade of
fully-armed knights on horseback, in
tbe true midiaeval style, occupies the
center. The ceiling is covered with
flags taken from tbe Moor or Turk.
The walls bristle with swords, shli-Ms
and other inctrumentsof warfare can
nons, guns, representing in shape an
make the whole history of the gun
smith's art, fowling-pieces, etc., of the
chase-loving Austrian-Spanish King:
from the clumsiest specimens of former
times to the elegant present of Xapoleou
to Charles I, all sparkling with dia
monds, rubies, etc. Here you see the
suits which were worn by the most
famous knights, kings, and emperors
of Spain and Germany, while tbe armor
of the Moors, their swords and saddles
help to bewitch the antiquarian.
Trapping a W Itnesa.
It is of Warren, the Author of "Ten
Thousand a Year," that this sharp
practice iu the examination of a man
accused of swearing falsely in a will
case is related. It shows great drama
tic power iiucousciotisly exhibited in
his daily business.
The prisoner being arraigned aud the
formalities gone through with, the pro
secutor placing his thumb over the seal
held up the will aud demanded of the
prisoner whether he had seen the testa
tor sign that instrument, to w it'll he
promptly answered he had.
"And did you sign it at his request as
a subscribing witness?"
"I did."
"Was It sealed with red or black
wax?"
"With red wax."
"Did you see him seal it with red
wax?
"J did."
''Where was the testator when h
signed and sealed this will?
"Iu his bed."
"Pray how long a piece of wax did he
use?"
"About three or four inches."
"Who gave the tesutor this piece of
wax?"
"I did."
'Where did you get it?"
"From the drawer in bis desk."
"How did he light the piece of wax ?"
"With a candle."
''Where did that piece of caudle come
from?"
'I got it out of a cupboard in his
room.
"How long was that piece of candle?"
"Perhaps foul or five iuches long."
"Who lit It?"
"Hit it."
"What with?"
"With a match."
"Where did you get that match?"
' On the mantel shelf in his room."
"You did "
"I did."
Here Warren paused, aud fixing bis
large blue eye upon the prisoner he
held the paper above Sis head, his
thumb still resting upon the seal, and
in a solemn, measured tone, said :
Xow, sir, upon your solemn oath,
you saw the testator sign that will; he
signed it in his bed ; at his request you
signed it as a subscribing witness; you
saw him seal it; it was with red wax
that he sealed it ; a piece of two, three
or four inches long; he lit that wax with
piece of candle which you procured
for him from a cupboard ; vou lit that
candle by a match which yon found ou
the mantel shelf?"
"I did."
".My lord it is a wafer!"
The prisoner was convicted.
Crucifixion,
The Hebrews derived the punishment
from the Romans. The upright beam
was let into the ground, and the crimi
nal being raised np, was fastened to the
transverse piece by nails driven through
his hands, sometimes through his feet
also, and often the feet were crossed
and one nail driven through both. The
feet were sometimes bound to the cross
by cords. A small tablet, declaring
the crime, was placed on the top of the
cross. The victim died under tl.e most
frightful sufferings, so great that even
amid the raging passions of war, pity
was sometimes excited. The wounds
were not in themselves fatal. A raging
fever soon sets in, in 1 the victim com
plains of throbbing headache, intense
thirst and pain. When mortification
ensues, as is sometimes the case, the
sufferer rapidly sinks. He is'no longer
sensible to pain, but his anxiety and
sense of prostration arejexeessive ; hic
cough supervenes, hisskin Is moistened
with a clammy sweat and death ensues.
Tbe duration of life under these agonies
varied with the constitution of tbe suf
ferer and tbe state of the weather.
Death was hastened by the heat of the
sun and the night air, but it did not
ordinarily come until he had hung for
thirty-six hours or more.
Australia's Rapid development.
Xinety years have elapsed since the
Australian colony was occupied by
England. On the 2Gth of February, 1786
Captain Phillips landed there in the
capacity of Governor, and took posses
sion of that continent then wild and
wholly uncultivated. He had with him
a certain number of convicts, and at
once set about the installation of a penal
settlement. The world was very far
then from forseelng that this territory,
which is nearly equal to Europe in su
perficies, would in less than a century
contain a population of 2,500,000 whites,
and that its annual commerce would a
mount to 85,000,000 a sum nearly
equal to .that of Great Britain at the
commencement of the last century. The
colonists, taken as a whole, possess a
revenue of 16,000,000; and the fields
which, at the time of occupation were
only peopled by kangaroo), now feeds
7,000,000 head of cattle and 63,000,000
sheep. The first great impulse given
to the prosperity of the colony was the
discovery of gold ; but during the last
quarter-of-a-century many other and
more lasting sources of wealth have
been discovered in its agrlcultwal and
mining productions.
According to a foreign book on
"Kisses," about 150 000.000 kisses are
given daily. Russia leads, at a rate of
30.000,000; Germany next, with 20,000,
000; France, 18,000,050; En Eland. 13,
000,600; and Savon y, 1,200,000, especi
ally Dresden, which does 90,000.
Tralnina Canaries.
Canaries show a great aptitude for
trick, sometime learning to do mauy
amusing and difficult things, and to
sing tunes. They sometimes come to
know their masters and mistresses, and
ot ten follow them about. An English
gentleman had a canary for several
years which never was kept in a cage,
aud in summer was always flying out
to the gate or down the road to meet
bis master, perching on his finger,
nestling In his bosom, or best of all,
clinging in his hair, where it was com
pletely happy ; at the same time, only
one other person in the house would it
allow to touch it-, resenting any at
tempt at familiarity with the fierest,
anger. At last, however, the bold lit
tle fellow got bewildered in in a dense
fog, and was lost. Canaries can live
out of doors in our climate very well in
summer, and sometimes join the fami
lies of wild birds; but their house-bred
constitutions can scarcely stand the
cold of winter, and escaped birds prob
ably perish before the spring. They
are affectionate little creatures, always
prefer companions, and will make
mends even with their natural ene
mies. A fancier in London had a cat
which, with ber kittens, would eat out
of the canaries' dish in the bhd-rooni,
and never thought of harming them.
while the birds seemed to enjoy Tab
by's society. To tame birds aud train
them to perform tricks are two very
different things. Any one may do the
first by constant quiet kindness, end
less attention and patience. Accustom
the bird to your presence, and let it
understand that, whatever you do
about it, nothing is intended for its
terror or barm. This learned, teaching
it to perch ou your finger, or come to
your whistle and call, is oi.lv a matter
of time and gentle patience. Some
odd tricks may be taught them if they
are cute, for different birds differ very
greatly in their ability to learn as well
as their natural talents and disposi
tions; but the astonishing exploits of
performing birds" which are exhibi
ted about the country are all taught to
them by a cruel course of lessons. The
Germans often teach young birds the
songs and tunes of other birds, but the
operation is a slow and tedious one.
and the result is not very satisfactory.
Tbe Mountain Hunter.
Valeutiuc Derry, commonly called
Felty, and Mollie, his wite, came to
Western Pennsylvania at the time of
the Revolutionary war. They were
lioth Haytieus, aud both belonged to
the British army. Derry. with his
wife, deserted and joined the American,
ide, and were uuder Gen. Morgan.
After the Ieclaration ol Independence,
Derry and his wife found their way
over the mountains, and settled in
Georges township, Fayette county, Pa.,
took up a small tract of laud at the foot
of the mountains, about half a mile
south of where old Pine Grove Forge
used to stand. After building a cabin,
Derry emploped his alter life excusive-
ly to hunting deer and bear, in which
he was remarkably successful. The
deer aud bear were plenty, and he nev
er went out without capturing ju.-t
what he wanted. It was thought by
many persons that he was a Wizzard,
and could charm the deer. He some
times used a certain Ingredient that he
rubbed on his moccssins and leggins.
He would then make a circuit where
deer were plenty, and then take his po
sition some twenty-five or thirty steps
at either side. In a short time he would
see a buck coming on a slow trot. When
at proter range he would blate, the
deer would stop, and he was always
sure of his meat. If he wanted another
one, he never had to wait long. He
once tracked an old she bear tiiat had
cubs, in the rocks. After some delib
eration, he concluded to crawl iu and
shoot ber in the den. She met him
half way, at a narrow passage. He
laying down, and she comiug out, fast
ened on him and commenced eating
her way out; but before she had done
any more damage than tearing the seat
out of his leather breeches, he got his
hunting knile out of his scab
bard that was at his side, and plunged
it into her, behind the fore shoulder,
and the lay ou him a lifeless bear. Salt
was scarce, and they had to jerk their
venison, this was done by cutting tne
meat off the bones in small pieces, and
stringing them on strings, they al
ways used the sinews of the hind and
fore legs for that purpose. They would
have a slow fire to dry tbe meal. Derry
always tanned his own hides. He said
the brains of any auimal would tan its
own hide. At the death of old Felty,
his mantle full upon his son, Boltzer,
who has been as successful a hunter as
his father, and is now living in the
same cabin, 93 years old. Ou the first
of June the hunting time expired. The
leer then lost their horus. Strange to
say they loose their horns every year.
At two years old they are called spike
bucks; at three years old, two proi'g;
and th y get a prong every year on the
newborn. Xo dog or wolf can scent
a fawn . hile the sprouts are on them.
During this interval the Derrys em
ployed themselves in catching trout in
the mountain streams, and when fried
in bear's oil made a most delicious
meat. This hunter had a wife and
children, who shared with him life s
cares and burdens. This hunter's wife
had (aud who has not) a history. She
was famous, not ouly in the neighbor
hood, but in places more remote, as a
"Fortune Teller." Young men and
maidens, and those of a more mature
age and wisdom, visited her mountain
home in hopes of hearing of something
that would help them to shape their
future course through life for either
veal or wot. Was anything lost or
stolen, whether horse or cow, pocket
book, money, jewels, silver spoons, or
any other thing of real or imaginary
value, the powers of this celebrated for
tune teller, having the well known
name of Moll Derry, were frequently
called into requisition. Many and
miraculous were the stories treasured
in the memory of the oldest inhabitants,
and related for fireside entertainment,
cf her actually filing, without any
hint, the article lost, when, aud where
it would be found. If stoleu, the de
scription of the thif, whether male or
female. Certain it is, if character be a
test of truth, tradition has awarded to
Moll Derry the title at least of being a
most remarkably good gueer. Her in
variable dress was a short gown and
petticoat, fabricated from the raw ma
terial, and by her own hand. Her
method of unfolding the future destiny
of her votaries was done through the
simple medium ot coffee. The parties
seeking their fortunes had to take with
them, in addition to money, a certain
portion of the article first mentioned.
This was prepared iu the usual way,
care being taken that it should be strong,
and that a goodly quantity of the sedi
ment or grounds should adhere to the
sides and bottom of the cup. After the
liquid had been leisurely sipped, Moll,
during the sipping operation, would
closely scan the visage of her subject,
creating tha impression that she was
then in search after coming revelations.
The cup being placed in the left hand
of the seeker, bottom upwards, and the
subject required to turn the cup three
times, being careful to turn the cup to
ward the seeker, Moll would theu take
the cup, and by the grounds that ad
hered to the sides and bottom, read eff
the seeker's fortune. It was thought
by many that Moll had intimate deal
ings with the devil. As far as known,
she harmed no one, and if she got her
money and her coflW, she was always
contented.
typaies In London.
Mr. George Borrow has given au ac
count, of the gypsyries in the suburbs
of London known as the Southwestern
and Xorthwcst. The Southwestern
gypsyry, about a quarter of a-uiile from
the Thames, is spread over a piece of
open ground two acres or so in extent
It is nearly deserted in the summer and
automn ; the gypsies at those seasons
migrating to races, fairs, seaside resorts
nd other places where a little money
can be made by doukey-rlding, fortune
telling and "three throws a penny," or
else hop-picking in Kent. As wiutcr
comes on the dark-visaged tribe return
to tbe gypsy ry and take up their abode
in tenia and caravans chiefly the for
mer. The men chit-fly employ themsel
ves during the day in "chinning the
cost," that is teaming skewers for butch
ers' use, also in making clothes pes, in
basket-making and tiukeringold kettles
and saucepans. The woman stroll a-
bout various parts of the metropolis
aud suburbs, telling fortunes to silly
servaut-girls and other people who are
not servants aud occasionally perpetra
ting litle cheateries which, if found out
cail for the intervention of the police
magistrate. The children play about
and beg half-pence from passsrs-by.
The tents are oblong and syinple. Roils
are stuck in the ground and bent over
to lorm a sort of vt agon-shaped roof,
tied together by strings and couvered
with coarse, brown cloths, pinned or
skewered together, and pegged to the
ground. A narrow trench is cut around
to prevent rain water from flowing in
to the tent. The tent differs little from
an Indian wigwam, except in being co
vered with cloth i.istead of bark. Sit
ting cross-legged is the order of the day
there being neither chairs nor stools;
ami as tables are as scarce as chairs,
the meals are spread ou tbe ground,
perhaps with a cloth for a little approach
to tideness. Pots, pans, platters and
trenchers are pretty abundant; knives
and horn spoons are used, but seldom a
fork. A kind of brazier forms the fire
place, with a crook and a kettle for
cooking. A pail and a water-cask, a
box or two lor clothes and blankets to
s-rveas heildingand bed-clothes, nearly
fill up the list of goods and chattels.
The caravans Keri-varJo, or wagon
houses are on four wheels, drawm each
by one horse or two donkeys. The gen
eral dimensions mav be taken about 12
feet by 6 and 6 feet high above the flooa
or platform. There are two sleeping
berths at the further end, one above
the other, as on shipboard with a cur
tain running on rod-rings as a screen.
A small glazed window on each side
admits daylight. A steve is placed just
within the door, the smoke from which
is carried off by a metal chimney or
pipe through tde rof Of the domicile.
Some of these caravans manifest a
slight attempt at smartness in the intir
ior, but for the most part they are dirty
aud squalid. In a sketch of the average
daily life of the tribe in this gypsyry
we are told that the people take two
meals a day a breakfast of tea, bread,
butter and cheese, and a supjier of tea,
with some kind of stew. A midday
meealis more uncertain and outdoor
affair. On some occasions, for lack of
a better, a tea or soup is made from the
tender leaves of a kind of nettle, called
by the sonorous name of dandio nien
greskie zimmon broth from the sting
ing thing. Those gypsies are of various
tribes of sub-tribes, of which three
are called in their own language Pur
runs, Chumomescroes and Vardomes
croes. Lee, Boswell and Cooper, well
kdown surnames, are the English equi
valent for those oddly-soundieg tribal
names. The men are well-made and
active, soinehat below the middle
height, with dark complexions bright
eyes aud garments not remarkable for
soundness or cleanliness.
Peculiar People.
The man who does not like to hear
himself talk.
Women who can walk gracefully
with small heels.
Young lady with pretty teeth who
doesn't like laughing.
A man who considers a bar bill a
debt of honor.
The man who can "smile and smile"
and not be a villain.
The man who lakes out a paper of
finecut in a crowd.
Young lady with a mole on her arm
who likes short sleeves.
The man who never drinks anything
stronger than buttermilk.
A young man of twenty who does
not know more than a man of forty.
Young married man who doesn't
cringe when he wheels out his first
baby.
Chased by Vf olf-Dogs.
We debated over black coffee mail
the last number ot the concert la the
piazza had ended In a flourish cf trum
pets, and then, without further hesita
tion, we ordered steeds and . swore we
would cross the Carapagna at midnight,
through fever and damp, spite of the
brigands and the sheep-dogs and the
black holes that line the solitary road
to Rome. It was 12, midnight, when
we mounted. The bell of some convent
in the hills was railing the monks from
sleep to prayer ; the piazza was desert
ed; a few friemls who haJ supped with
us stood by us to the List, and we turn
ed from them as they stood in the warm
light of the cafe the only light visible,
at that hour and departed uuder a
brisk shower of beuedictions. The long
road wound down the hill between high
walls and terraced gardens. From
time to time we passed the wayside
shrines so common In Catholic coun
tries ; broad bars of light fell across our
path, for there was ever a lamp IU by
some faithful hand and burning bright
ly at the feet of the Madouna. The
way grew lonely. We set forth with
song, but our voices were lost iu the
immense, the eternal silence of the vast
and vacant land. It came at last a
low growl, away off in the blackness of
darkness; a long, low. wolfish growl.
that ended in a sharp and vicious yelp,
which was followed by a chorus of
howls and barks that chilled tbe very
marrow In our bones. "Avanti!" cried
our guide, as he plunged the spurs Into
his horse's flanks and dashed forward
into the night. We followed as best
could ; followed madly, knowing not
whlrher we went, but seeking to keep
within sound of the hoofs that now
thundered upon the road like hail. The
wolf-dogs were now upon us monsters
that guard the flocks in the Campagua
and are the terror of all pedestrians, for
in their case escape is impossible, aud
more than one mangled corpse has bef u
found by the wayside in the morning,
the partially-devoured remains of some
belated pilgrims, whose only memorial
Is one of the small black crosses that
are so frequent in some parts of Italy,
and which mark the spot where blood
has been accidectally or unlawfully
shed. The air was filled with the hide
ous yelps of the infuriated pack, and
the whole Cainpagna seemed alive with
monsters clamoring for blood. We
plunged into the darkness, relying up
on the instinct of our horses to keep tlia
road. Once off it we must have falleu
into one of the ditches that follow it at
intervals, or have driven full speed
aguiust the l-- walls that border some
of the meadow lauds, and in either case
our destruction was inevitable. I was
following the party, bringing up the
rear of the procession Indian file
when suddenly everything went from
under me, and in the next moment I
was groveling among loose stones, with
my horse vainly striving to regain his
feet at my side. The u hole earth sank
st that moment, and out of the chacs
that followed came fearlul voices ask
ing if I were hurt. I thought not, but
before this verdict a two-edged agouy
went corkscrew-fashion through my
arm, from the shoulder to the wrist,
and returned to the elbow, where it
threw out a thou-aml red-hot tendrils
and struck root forever and ever.
Meanwhile a pack of dogs, awakened
by the clamor, bore down upon our
quarter, and we were iu daugtr of be
ing intercepted, but with desperate
haste we passed them just as they leap
ed the wayside wall and struck intothu
road, gnashing their teeth with rage at
the very feet of our horses. It was a
narrow eseajie; oue poor devil was
struck by the flying hewls of my hor.s
and knocked endwise, and then we saw
dimly the gray shadowy forms slack
ening their pace. Gradually the whole
tribe retreated, the noise subsided, and
there came the gratefulest season of si
lence that ever crept into my life.
A ew Postage stamp.
The Pot Office Department has oid-
ered a new postage stamp to be used on
letters not prepaid. Heretofore a letter
being posted and wanting a stamp has
been held in the otHee at which it was
mailed. The postmaster at this office
then writes to the individual addressed.
saying that such a letter has been held
in that office for him. the postage not
having been prepaid. The new stamp
which has ju-t been ordered under the
new regulation is put on the letter not
prepaid and sent to the postmaster at
the oflice of its destination, who is
charged with the amount due. and to
collect the same from the person ad
dressed on the delivery of the letter.
A new stamp has also been ordered to
be put on the letter after it passes into
the hands of the carri-r, who then be-
comcs.responsible for the collection of
the postage. This new stamp is intend
ed as a check upon the currier, who is
thereby prevented from pocketing his
collections. The new sy-teni acts some
what similar to the bell punch of the
street car conductors.
So Getting- Around Ik
For a fit of passion Walk iu the air.
You may speak your mind to the winds
without hurting anyone, or proclaim
ing yourself to be a simpleton.
For a fit of idleness Count the tick
ings of a clock. Do this for one hour,
and you will be glad to pull off your
coat and work.
For a fit of extravagance Go to the
work-house, or speak with the Inmates
of a jail, and you will be convinced.
For a fit of ambition Go to the
churchyard and read the grave-stones.
They will tell you the end of man at
his best estate.
For a fit of repining Look about for
the halt and the blind, and visit the
bed-ridden the afflicted and deranged,
and they will make you ashamed of
your light afflictions.
For a fit of envy Go and see how
many who keep their carr'ages are af
flicted with rheumatism, gout and drop
sy; how many walk abroad on crutches
or stay at home wrapjed up in flannel;
and how many are subject to epilepsy
and fits.