- V., . . 1 ' ' . Editor and Proprietor. THE COUSTITUTIOir-THE TJHIOIT AHD THE E3STF0E0EMEHT OF THE LAWS. B. F. SCHWEIER, NO 26. VOL. XXXIII. MIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY, 1ENNA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 1S79. 1: i IX J H. T. HELMBOLD'S COMPOUND FLUID EXTRACT BUCHU. PHARMACEUTICAL. A SPECIFIC RDIEDV FOU ALL DISEASES or THE For HeMlitv. Loss of Memory. Indisposi tion t Exrrtion or Business, Shortness of Bienth, Tronnled with Thoughts of Disease, Ininuess of Vision. Pain in the Buck. Chest, ami Head. Rush of Blood to Hie Head, Pale countenance, and Dry s-kin. 11 these svinptoms are allowed to go on, Trrv li-eiiiienllv fcpileptic Fits and Con Mini pt ion follow. When the constitution iK-ooiii,- affected it requires the aid of an invisnraiina medicine to strengthen and tone up Hie system a liii-li "Helmbold's Buchu It DOES IN EVERY CASE. IS UN EQUALED ISv anv reined v known. It Is prescribed by the most eminent physician! all over the aoi lu, ui . . Itl.euui.uiwu. 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Cut by the waves upon the shore ; The broken mast, the rifted deck. Tell of the shipwreck that is o'er ; Yet from the relics of the storm The mariner his raft will fonn Again to tempt the faithless sea ; But hope rebuild no barque for me. My life is like the blighted oak. That lifts its sere and withered farm. Scathed by the lightning's sudden stroke. Sternly to meet the coming storm ; Yet round that sapless trunk will twine The curling tendrils of the Tine, And life and freshness there impart. Not to the passion-blighted heart My life is like the desert rock, In the midocean, lone and drear, Worn by the wild wares' ceaseless shock That round its base their surges rear ; Yet there the sea-moss still will cUng, Some flower will find a cleft to spring. And breathe e'en there a sweet perfume ; For me life's flowers no more will bloom. My life is like the desert waste, Ity human footsteps seldom pressed ; The eye no freshness there can trace ; No Terdant spot, on which to rest ; Yet e'en amoug these sands so drear The stork will tend her young with E'en there the notes of joy impart, but naught can cheer my lonely heart. The Dalton Mystery. i I knew there was a invstery in Ralph I I Hilton's house, a shadow over his life, as ; certainly as 1 knew that he loved me and I tried to conquer his love. It was a miser -able iov to me to encounter him, to make . him fall in love with me over again, when I i knew he had been hiding away, tattling J with my influence over him, striving and i vainly to thrust mc out of his heart. I It was no boy and grl infatuation, for I was twenty-three when 1 inherited Woils j ton from my uncle; a stately old house, I with extensive grounds nametl fnm some ' old-world estate in our family. I found a j housekeeper, and brought with me a com panion, a willow of sixty, Mrs. (.atimcr, I and we settled down in the new house very j happily. There was no lack of pleasant society, and I had attention from many ! gentleman residing near us. Hut the first ' -arson to welcome me was Iialph Dalton, who had tieen my uncle s close Irieml tor years, and who lived upon the next place to mine. He held for me some private let ters, some jewels of my graniimot tier's, and other little matters uncle felt it l-st to confide to private keeping, and after his trust was over he came again and again until we loved each other. Then he ceased his visits, aud I met li i ill only by chance, if a persistent effort on my part could 1 called so. What did I love in him? He was many years older tlian myself forty 1 judge without great personal attraction. His features were large and gave an impression of strength ; he was tailjiud broad-shouldered. I have heard lain called an ugly man, but his large, melancholy brown eyes were lieautiful. He was grave to sadness, and reserved to a fault ; yet once the ice of his reticence was broken, he could con verse easily and gracefully upon any fipic, passing far lieyoud my poor attainments in the scope of his study and the wide range of his reading. He was as gentle as a wo man, and his voice, full, rich and exquisite ly modulated was perfect music. I loved him utterly I who had lieen cold to all suitors, and self-resolved to maintain ever my maiden freedom. What did he love in me ? Swnething that was a reflex of his ow n nobility, for 1 was commonplace enough elsewhere- With him I wakened to new thought of philan thropliy, of self-culture, and my whole soul was elevated and found strength in in tercourse w ith him. I was fair of face, they told me w ho wooed me, and I was dad if lialpli, eyes found pleasure in my beauty. Hut I had not liecn a week at Wolfston la-fore I heard of some mystery in Ralph's home. It had never received a pretty name, but was spoken of simply as " Dalton 's." riie house was large, yet no visitor ever stopped there. Iialph was reputed weal thy yet he offered no hospitality, even one meal, to his friends. He found rest and pleasure with us, knowing we could not visit them, and I think our intercourse was a bright, happy one to him, lifting him nutof some habitual melancholy, until he wakened to the know ledge that he loved me, and was terror stricken. Just in one flash of his soft eyes, one in flection of his harmonious voice, I read his secret, and answered iL In a moment he was ice ! He apologized for having forgot ten the respect due to me, and with still, while lips, and . choked, hard tone I had never heard pass his lips la-fore, he hade me farewell and was gone. I was stunned, then enraged! How dared he, I thought, w in my love to scorn it! Then I wept for him. I knew my pain was less than his, lx-cause his nature was deeHr, more intense in all things, than riiinc I would not pine for any man, I thought, and dashed into every gayety available in our circle. Hut mv flirtations were wasted, as he did not see them, and my heart was sick for a look from his tender eyes, I blushed for invself when I stole out at dnr.U and crossed our garden to look in at the window of his study to watch him. He was paler, graver than ever, liending over his iHKiksfor an Hour at a time wuuotu turning a leaf, or walking up and down with folded arms and bowed head, musing painfully, as I could see by his rigid lips and stem brow. I hail been six month at Wolfston, and the snow covered the ground when -Mrs. Latimer imparted to me the first piece of gossip I ever heard fall from her lips. 'You rememlier that Mr. Dalton who came here so often when we were first here V she asked me, as we lingered over a late breakfast. I nodded assent. "Mvdear, he has a crazy wife shut up in that irloomv house of his." "Nonsense"!" I said, sharply, while my brain fteemed anamc "Hut Mrs. Reynolds told me! She in Hint Mrs. Dalton has a whole suit of miner rooms, two women to wait upon her. pverv cure and indulgence, but that she is a violent maniac" "Hut lie would not pass himself of for a uinn-ln man " I began. "Who ever heard him sav whether he was marr ed or single?'' was the reply "He never talked about himself." Which was strictly true So this was the solution of the mystery This was the reason why, when we met in the woods or lanes, he was restainea ami cold until, little bv little I wote tne love light in his his eves, the tender tones of his voice, and was happy, until some warning roused him to his own happiness, anu ne would leave abruptly, as if caught in some net hard to break. A mad wife! Truelv I have played noble Dart to win the love that belonged to the poor creature wasting ier lif e a prisoner in her own bouse! 1 was nnmoieo w me very dust, though conscious of my own in nocence of any intention of wronging her. .Mv heart ached for both, for his generous devotion, his involuntary faithlessness; and for her oh, I pitied her his wife and ! Hut I had my task now to conquer the miserable love in my own heart, to tear away, one by one, the sweet ureams 1 hau cherished of the time I would break down the harrier that separated up, and win from Italph the assurance of his love. I would nut cross the grave to my own happiness, and what but death could free himf I would not love him, but oh, how my heart ached for his misery! If only he could be my brother, that I might assure him of my sympathy, comfort him, give him some womanly care in his desolated home. I would wake sobbing from dreams of his pain. I stole often to the hedge in the garden and watched how he grew paler and sadder, and mv pravers for him were more earnest than they had ever been for myself. "it Wits after the New Years festivities, and I had shaken hands with Iialph at my reception, and smiled into his haggard face with what I felt was a very wintry imita tion of joyous greeting. 1 had crept away to weep after all my guests were gone, and Mrs. litimcrhad told me "It was all quite perfect, my dear; but you look pale and tired. ou had lietter sleep late to morrow."' Anil I had tossed sleeplessly till dawn. A bright winter dawn, with the sun beating on the hariL frozen eround. aud not a breath of wind stirring. I was up early and out. The room seemed to stifle me. "I stole down stairs, licforc even the ser vants were out of their rooms, andwrap fing myself in a heavy cloak, and with a tletcv white scarf alamt my head, I went to walk. Perhaps this feverish unrest would be quieted in the crisp winter air. I struck into a grove of trees that stood on my own grounds, and was pacing slow ly forward, when I heard a stealthy step In-side me, and turning quickly, saw a wo man keeping near me, watching me. ' My very heart a-enicd to cease its pulsa tions, for she w as richly dressed in a lKe, flowing garment of sill quilted and warm, but liare-hcadcd, and with only thin slip pers on her slender feet. Her eyes, rest-li-ss and wilil, told of mental wandering, and her hair heavily streaked with gray, her wriuklcd cheeks and bent figure seemed to tell an eloquent story of iiremature age and suffering. F.vcry defail continued me in my recognition of Mrs. Dalton. "Hush! she said, coming close tome. "If you make a noise they will find me and simt me up. And I cannot go to Iialph if I am shut up. Iay and night he calls me tii come to him, and the doors are barred so that I cannot go." I put my hand upon hci arm, saying gently: "Hut if you go home Iialph is there." "Nil, he went away long ago so very long. Thev told me he was dead, she whispered. " I id you hear he was dead t " "No, he is not dead, 1 answered. "Why does he not come, then?" I heart!, still far off, a step 1 knew well. "Perhaps he'will come soon," 1 slid. Shall we wait here for him !"' The step came nearer, then turned into another path. Docs he know we are lieref she asked, with wistful, pleading cyi-s. "Suppose you call," I answered. In a moment she ola-yed me. "llalpli, dear Iialph, I am here!" she Tied. Ouicklv the steps followed the voice, and Ilaiph IVahon came towards us. Hut the woman clung to me, sobbing nit : "He will shut me up?" Tlun llalph spoke, gently, tenderly: "Mother, you will be ill again! Come home with me. Mother! Hismotherl I could not help it. Mv heart gave such a glad boumU. my hps would follow its dictates. "Oh. HaliOu i this vour mother?" I iTicd. Yes." he answered gravel v, "mv wi dowed mother, who searches in vain for her husband, dead ten years ago. "He is not dead. Jlrs. Dalton cried. How could he call mc if he was dead! Yon told me he was not dead," she saiil, looking at me. I thought she meant vou," I answered to Ilalplfs questioning eyes, "when she said llalph. I was muncd for mv latlu r, lie ans wered. "Come, mother, come with me. But she clung to me, aud I whispered : "Lead the wav: we will follow you. and so. supporting his mother, now feeble with fatigue, I entensj Ralph's house for the first time. Past the rooms where he lived, cheerless and cold, we went up to a floor luxurious ly furnished, where two women were al ready pouring out apologies for their neg lect of their charge. Ilalplu with a few stern words, left them, and I remained with his mother until she slept, worn out with wandering for hours, us we ascertained later. Then I went down stairs to the library. Iialph was there ; and upon his face was the liirht of some new resolve. I short phrases, full of tleep earnestness, he told me at last of his Uve. Mv father was fatally hurt, my mother mured, as vou see, by a railwavacciue.nl,- he said: "but la-fore he died my father exacted from me a promise to care for my mother invself. He died several days after receiving the wounds that caused bis death. and in that time he knew tliat my mothers reason was rone for life. To-day she is quite, to-morrow she may lie violent, rav in?, a sight of horror, tould I asK any woman 1 loved to share my life, my care?" Yes, ' I answered frankly; "for if she loved you, it would be lier happiness to comfort, to lighten this burden of ouin. He saw that I was in earnest, mat was no girlish enthusiasm, but a woman's de votion I offered nun, anil ciaspcn me ny the hand. "Can you la-ar it ? he asked. "Ioving vou. I can." I answered. But. after alL it was not required of me. Mrs. Dalton took a heavy cold from that night of exposure and wandering, and in 1,-ss than a month from that January morn ing, her life-seeking was over and she had gone to find her "Iialph" in brighter world. But my Iialph has la-en my husband for five long years, and his face has lost its careworn gravity, his voice its monotone of pain, and olfston is a home ol peace anu happiness, where there is no s.irrow, no painful mystery. About a Crow. A tame crow awoke un the sununer boanlers at a house at Bootuliay Point, Me., by getting upon the roof and letting stones drop from his lx-ak. These stone roll down the roof and make a lively clatter, w hich arouses the lodgers in time to enable them to dress for breakfast. The crow, for pay for his trouble, steals all the tobac co pipes he finds on the windowsilla. A prescbiptiom warranted to make any 6iek woman re-cover A new dress. ' ' " ' A Flgbt With a Bear. Just at daybreak, we came to a crossing of the bayou where we felt sure the bear must pass on the way to his Hen. liarvey placed me, the dogs and himself. A fallen tree was in my front, and through its inter laced roots I could see in every direction. Hardly bad we completed our ambush when a quick movement of one of the dogs startled me. But, in a moment, noticing that lus looks were directed towards the cross. I too looked thither, and heard the sound of a heavy animal sauntering slowly over the sodden ground and approaching my lair. In an instant a pair of yellow eyes glared at me, and with as wide a look of surprise as there was in mine. He covering myself I fired at the monster, which appeared like a huge, animated black cloud as he rose up liefore me. The brute disappeared with the smoke of my gun, but in a moment I was startled by the report and shock of a second discharge. The other load of my gun had been accident ly exploded. Ixxiking in the direction that the bear had taken, I saw he had run a!ong the other side of the fallen tree and met at the farther end the two dogs, when he turned about and came toward me at his most rapid speed and in savage humor. Then there was a fearful crash and rush. The black mass came on, with eyes gleam ing, and bewildering me with the reflection of their glare in the sunlight. I was conscious that my gun was useless, and so instinctively grasped my pistol, but found it hopelessly entangled in my belt. For a second, despair came ution me, but a sudden revulson aroused every sense and prompted me to a defence for life. Quickly drawing my knife, it was presented at a thrust as the dark mass sprang at me At this moment, one of the huge dogs lcacd at him so fiercely at to divert the monster's attention from myself and make him miss his bite. He reared, and as he again came down on his fore-feet, and was in the act of going over the tank, I plunged mv knife to the hilt into his lxxly, tn the region of bis heart. He turned and maile a terrible snap at my legs, but at the moment I fell backward over a bush, anil so we ail went into the tayou together, floundering in the water and mud. I scrambled to the edge of the slough. and watched with intense anxiety the result of the battle. In another moment and when the la-ar had nearly reached the farther side of the pool, dcsparately light ing with the dogs every inch of the way, I heard a rushing sound anil the whirring flight of more of the pack as they sprang over me. In the same instant, a nasn snot out from the brown barrel of Harvey's rifle. ... i and the bear rolled over, though he still feebly fought the pack, and kept on fight -; ing to the last moment of his existence. To j my mortification, an examination of the huge carcass showed that my shot had not made any visime mara on me annum, anu that mv knife had not quite reached Ins heart. Harvey's shot had killed him. The wciirht of the savage animal was over five hundred pounds. Advantages ofStajing In ltel. Bayard the French physiologist, maintained that man is an animal who exercises the thinking faculty best in a horizontal position. Thus, there are high artistic, social and intellectual use coiinected with an occasional day in bed, which imperatively claim dis cussion. Brinley, the great engineer, w hen he was fairly puzzled by some tough problem, always betook himself to bed until he had solved it. Most peo ple have a great kindness for I-ord Melbourne, w ho, under the affectation of frivolity, used to get up Hebrew and the Fathers and impeturbable good hu mor to bear with his wife, Lady Carol ine, while the pretty Byron-struck termagant used to smash the draw ing room furniture. His intimate friends would find the Premier calmly taking breakfast in bed, w ith letters and de spatches strewed all over the counter pane. The poets have been terrible fellows to get out of bed. 1 suppose it is because the visions of the day and of the night sweetly intermingle. The poet Thompson cultivated laziness as a tine art, and thought out his poems in bed. Pope was a still worse fellow. When he had a fit of inspiration on him he would keep the servant running about for him all through the night. He made amends to them by the plen teousness of his "vails." We take a later instance. Bismarck says, accord ing to Doctor Busch, "I was troubled with varicose veins in 1806. I lay lull length on the bed, and had to answer letters of a verv despertte sort w ith a pencil." He has given us some of his experiences when lying in bed. "1 used to lie awake full or all sorts oi thoughts and troubles. Then Var- zin would suddenly come up before me, perhaps distir.ct in the minutest particulars, like a great picture, with even all Its colors iresn ine ureeu trees, the sun shine on the stems, the blue sky above. I saw every individ ual there. I struggled to shake the thing oft"; and w hen at last I ceased to see it, other things came in reports, notes, despatches, and so on ; but I fell over about morning." Bismarck at Versailles used to lie in bed a great deal, "because he cannot keep himself reasonably warm in any other way." Ths Boy and the user. How a boy captured a deer in Kentucky it thus told by an eye witness. "In an hour or so we first heard the distant bay of the hounds. From the cry, as it continued the deer seemed to be circling around in the hills, instead of making a straight run for the river as was usuat We remained almost stationary, not knowing which course the hunt would take, and the music became less and less, until we heard the long nay of one hound onlv. But to our great joy, that voice was coming our way. From the length of time the game had been afoot, we concluded that the dogs had become tired and left the trail, with the exception of the staunch old hound whose voice we could occasionally hear as he unflinchingly followed the quarry. Nearer and nearer came the sound We dismounted, tight ened girths and waited Our horses w ere as highlv excited as ourselves, and we could with difficulty curb their impatience. We were stationed on the high road k-ading to ward the village, and the deer was evi dently running in that direction. At length l nm. a noble buck, gallantly bounding ' . 1 1 i : i. inrougn me wooua u. - line paraiiei nu the road, and not more more vuau ii"" j We nut spurs to our horse 1 uuninuiiua-uu. "TV,. . frt km us nu iuiiu.cn. . With the oartT was a boy sixteen years wLMosxa a deer in ty was a I old, who bad never before the woods, and was almost crazed with ex citement As he rode by my side he looked w, an elenhant' On we drove, oc casionally catching a glimpse of the buck an be dashed through the woods. He w as very tired. The dogs had preed him hard and he had protably run twenty miles bofore he arrived at the point w here we met hinu Soon the noble old hi huh i came in sight, and as he saw us he burst into such a melody that we joined him at the utuxtit stretch of our lungs. On we pressed, rap idly approaching the village, directly tlirough which the chase seemed fated to take us. Soon we came to a large corn field, which was surroundi-d by a 'staked and ridered' fence six feet higlu We could not jump it, and looked to see where the deer had gone in. We found the place, and tearing off the top rail leiqieil our horses in to the corn. Hushing through we arrived at the other extremity of the field just in time to see the deer attempt to jump the fence. The dog was close at his heels and sprang upon him, and catching him by the flank prevented his leap. The poor animal was evidently worn out with his long run, but he gallantly charged the dog, and leap ing over him ran gallantly back toward the point at which he had entered the field. We turned likewise and taking different furrows among the corn, pressed our Imrses to the top of their speed. My little friend rode between me and our companion. He nxle leaning over his horse's neck, ituzing straight ahead and yelling like a madman. I thought of a raving lunatic. The corn was high anil the dust so thick from the trampling of so many animals that at length I could see nothing, but all at once I heard a crash, a struggle, a shout : "'I've got him! I've got him! Come quick !' "I nxle toward the voice, and lo! the young lunatic on the ground was struggling with thodcer. Fortunately the animal was so exhausted by his long nm that the lxiy cimld pretty nearly handle him ; but horns, hoofs, legs," arms, lay, deer and dog were rather promiscuously mixed in a cloud of dust that enveloped them when I came in sight. I sprang from my horse ami drew my hunting knife across the throat of the animal, at the same time seizing the l"y by the collar and drawing him away. After resting a few minutes he told me that, see ing the deer rush past him, he could not re sist the temptation, but threw himself off his horse upon the back of the hunted a:u mal, clasping liis anas round his neck. The shock threw the divr to the groun.t We put the dead animal on one of the horses, and nxle through the village, aud our young gentleman was the ben nt the Springs the rest of the season." About Sleep. Alihough sleep is a natural and involun- ill ary state, it maybe greatly promoted by maintaining a good state of health, by daily j ,,jH.n ajr exercise, or by riding or sailing i UvjH, the face exposed to the air; by having ,le stomach fri-e from a heavy meal or any indigestible sunstance, aim oy mc mum being undisturlail with can-s. Over-fatigue indulgence in foal or drink beyond what I nature reouin-s. want of protx-r exercise I and mental disquietude, are all causes of , infill UllllltU HI.-IIMI I ' ii. " ; -is., . n.j iiimsm.l ul....l.un.rfa Hs.if Inntr in a eoiitllletl or meiiu iiteu wo, iiv ' - "- j cause of broken sluuilx-r. I lie temperature most suitable for sleep is alxmt sixty degrees, which gives the sensation of neither heat nor colli, aim annuls oi a moo. r.n- ..., m lxilcliahing la-ing tisitl. The best posture I -i .. .i. : ... i;- ti. ri.ri.t or l. ft side. rank, nicy sain, ne .i. i,r..si iii hllu me arms u i front and the head well up on the pillow. The mouth should lie shut, so that the breathing may be carried on exclusively through the nose. Sime persons acquire a habit of sleeping with the mouth on, which cause the gnitesquc and offensive action oi snoring. ."iiiS .o "i; " Iving il Wk should be avoided as lx-sides inducing the sleeper to snore, it is apt to cause disturbing dreams. When ly ng down to sleep, the mind should lie as composed as possible. Thinking ought to be guarded against, as productive of wakeful-ih-ss. Those who, from nervous irritability, are habitually bad sleepers, resort to various expedients to secure the blessing of r pose. One of the most successful plans consists in mentally repeating a familiar poem or psalm, so as to alter the tniin of thought and hUl the consciousness. It is a well as certained fact that sleep begins at the ex tremities; the feet sleep first, and then the rest of the person. On this account, in or der to fall asleep, we require not only to compose the thinking faculties, but to keep the feet still. The feet must also have an agreeable Hamuli. Willi a consciousness of this fact, the North American Iniliaus and others who are in the habit of bivouack ing in the ojM'n air when on distant exjx'di tions, shi p with their feet towanl a fire which they kindle for the purpose. Certain drugs a1 as an opiate and produce sleep when onlinary miiins fail ; but these should never lie taken unless by medical sanction. The practice of using opiate is most detri mental to health, and if persevered in, is niinous to the constitution. Coffee and other beverages act variously on dinerenl individuals. They exhilarate some, and others Rend to sleep. Tea usually acts as an exhilanuit, by stimulating the nervous system, and should not lie taken less than four hours lx-fore going to ih-u. Interesting Fxnerlmeut. A curious phenomenon of the defec tion of light may readily be observed by any one with a lamp and two visit ing cards. Cut out of one of the cards a slit about one-tenth of an inch wide, with straight, even borders. Then take a position about twenty feet from a kerosene lamp, with the edge of the flame standing edgewise towanls you, look at the flame through the slit in the card, while you slide the edge of the other card across it till you make the slit In the card quite narrow. Y'ou w ill then see the central bright band of the flame flanked on each side w ith the colored derraction bands; and if you look successively through red, green and violet glasses, held between the eye and the slit, vou will observe that the bands are seperated by the greatest space for red light and Ixjcome closer when viewed through the green glass, and closest when the violet or blue glass is held before the eye. A ripe Line. The oil pipe line extending from Brad ford ronntv to Williamsnort. Pa., has been completed and the pumping of oil into the pipes commenced The pipes are six inches in diameter, ana tue line caw-hub u dred miles over a rough country, including high hills and rugged mountains. Though there is an actual descent, it requires some forcing power to overcome the ascents made by theline of pipes. There are two pump ing stations one at the starting point, Cor ryville, and the other at Coudersport, Pot ter county, 221 miles from Corryville, The pump at the latter point nas 10 overcome .",. , , 9llo f,- but from that point - ' .- ii o i oo f..t I to Williamsport there is a fall of 2,100 feet I The lowest capacity of the line is estimated -"I" 7. - .10 iftft'fi I The lowest capacity ...Ki. a. ,t;i FTt re refineries Extensive refineries at u.w i .... are to be eaabl.shed at W.ll.amsnort, and the buildings for one have been some time in progress. Others will follow if the pipe line proves a success, ana a w-comi nut already projected. . . - ( Misapplied Onotatlons. The ear of charity is as deaf as an adder at work on a long column of figures. The grinders should cease, Ix-cause they are few, and hand-organ music isn't very popular just at present, anyhow. i Mil age comes on apace in harness, and at a good round gait The boy stixxl on the burning deck that he hail hauled fnini the tire, where his father hail thrown it; but the old man yanked him off and completed the cremation of the vile canls. Women are generally pretty smart ; but they cannot h.Id a candle to a can of kero sene with safety. Yirtue is its own reganl : hut a little 1-sidi-s, tliat will buy something, is generally qu'.te handy. The old bummer smelleth the liottle from afar off when it is set up for a free treat to the ctowiL A word spoken in due season, how good it is when it strikes the man with the bill just alaiut right. "llemove not the old landmarks," piead ed the venerable tramp when they bid him peel off and get into the bath pool at the workhouse. "1 liegof you, have you a few cents for a starving man " asked a tramp of a pedes trian on Vine street recently. "Oh!" ex claimed the latter; "you are only hegging the question ;" and he passed on. The Mood of the turnip is the seed of the church in some stingy instances. When at home do as the home 'uns do. Beware of the man with one book, if he be an agent fi r it. When a man slips in to get a sly nip and finds a crowd of his aiipiainlauccs there, his first thought is, "Defend me fnm my friends." The motto of the gay old tachelor on the shady side of life Ls 'l'he Guard dyes, but never surrenders. At many of the cheap clothing auctions there is a gn-.it cry and little wool. (Jisi helps them who help themselves. The lunch fiend takes heart and gix-s for what there is on the table, regardless of iYovidcntial aid in the contract. The fullness of a merchant's store is not indicated by the beggarly account of empty Isixes which he permits to block the side walk. All the world's a stage, anil li.onev makes the man- go lx-fore it. I How doth the little busy wife iinpnive each shining hour, and gad around the shops ail day at night done out and sour. Fatiicr, at that critical period when the down is appearing on the chin of your ly, when his changing voice is constantly get loll, out Kc.ai, i, in s.," ... )lrcams f love and he is peculi:ir- ting out of gear, when he is experiencing )v g,.;,. i. ari ful in your txarii hint, and govern your temper. armg to- jcc friK.an,a,-e,for fear the son may go ,own on v,)lir wntth, and you be c'.c'awii tirae ! out at your own game. Ths Judge's Tarn. He had a flashy coat on, also a neck- tie of pronounced tint, am! lie paid his - - iu One witn me air oi a man no as liuuidatinz th National debt. He j ,.l,iu-t hten an hour out of court w hen , . back again. His offense w as insisted on treat- ! xit tL virtuous policeman, who on ac- count of a crowd being around, had signified his abhorrence of the tempta tion by a summary arrest. "What!" cried his Honor, "here again? Going about like a roaring lion, seeking lo corrupt upright olli- ... , . . , .P:.... .i, ,i, L.teu-. eiais, cu. i , rity of the law's servants, aie of Hie law s servants, a.e juu This outraged municipality demands $10 more!" "All right," said the prisoner, "pass the tenner to the deputy ,"and he hand ed the bill to the cHef clerk. "I am off again bye-bye!" He went into the market half an hour l iter, and ask ed a horse radi-h man for a champagne cocktail. They tried to coax him off, bui he said he would have a mixed drink or perih. Another officer told this ol him in court, when he apeared there for the third time. His Honor looked abstracted. Then he said, "This county ought to be grateful to you lor paying off the taxes." Ten dollars more." The prisoner paid and leaned tack on the railing as he put the roll of bill away. There clearly was somctl'g on his mind. At last he lifted P his head and said quietly to the ccirt : "Judge, don't you think .'t's time for you to do something?" "What, sir?" "Ain't vou a-goi' treat " It's only friendly like. You'll put up a drink now, wu"t youi" 'How dare you say such a thing?" The prisoner turned away with a re proachful glance at the Bench. "Judge," he murmured, "I don't waul .o say you're small ; I don't want to say you're a mean man. on, no. out I will observe that I never sjH!ni so much money in any house before w ith- out the boss treatin'. That's all. He went off, the picture of despond ency. The Wishing Mini. "In vain she tried to sjxak. She found that she could utter no sound but a melan choly kind of little twitter. "At the fix of the tn-e was a nuseiuev-oiisly-Uxiking fairy, holding Ixith his sides with laughter. v "Farewell. May you enjoy yourliberty, he cried as he pointed his finger in derision at the unfortunate Dolorsa sitting with ruf fled feathers on her leafless bough. Thank you for the silly discontent which has re n,nml lndud snell from me. It was you wanted to be in my place, mind! And ....'li have no stupid lessons to do any more now, and you'll be able to come and go w here you like without asking anybody s permission, and every wish that you e x prc you will get instantly gratified if vnn ran onlv find voii to express it in. "Ha! ha! I scarcely hoped to find a little irirl so sillv. And with a w icked laugh he triped away, .1 left noor Dolorosa to sit. and twitter, and mourn her foolishness and her cruel fate alone. When Konald had reached his sail endmi of his tale he stopped short, and looked around upon his audience. Do on," said little May, laymg chubby hand on her brother's knee. on." , "There is no more," said Konald " That's the end of the story." "Poor Dolorosa!" said Agnes. "Did she never turn into a girl again e" ".Never, said ncr uroiner, soieiiiiiij . "And what did her mamma and paa dot Didn't they come and look for her I" asked Willie. " Oh ! yes, of course, they came and looked; but they never could find her not a trace of her! And so they had to give her up for lost, and put up a big marble monument to her just under the very tree where the unfortunate IV!onia used to sit tweeting in the branches. "The monument reconled what a sweet, good, amiable and obedient child the lost Dolorosa had liecn, and this inscription poor Dolorosa, from her melancholy perch would sit and read with ruffled feathers by the hour together. It used to make her tweet in a more mournful way than ever. In fact, her voice lost all its music, and she would cry so much that her brown eyes sank deep into her head, with great rings an mini them, and grew so weak that she really couldn't Ix-ar the light of dav upon them." "And wis that the end of her i" asked Agnes solemnly. " Well, the end of her was tliat she be came the the mother of all the owls a me lancholy race! But now you know their origin you may perhaps bi tter account for their said voices and dismal ways, their love of mouldering ruins, and their dread o light and sunshine." "And what did that naughty fairy do?" asked little May. "Oh, the fairy queen had condemned him to lie a bird for a hundred years, or until he could get some human la-ing to lake his place. You may lie sure he was very delighted to get off his punishment when he met with such a silly girl as Dolo rosa." As he ceased speaking, Bonald suddenly turned towanls Wynnie and appeared to notice her for the first time. "And what do you think about it, Mi Wishful?" he asked "I think it's a very fixilish story alto gether," said Wynnie, "and 1 do wish" But here all tlie gn aip of cousins burst in to such a peal of laughter that pxr Wyn nie a dismal little voice was quite drowned " I declare I'll never wish anything again as long as 1 live," said she, turning away from the laughing cin-le w ith tears of vex ation rolling down her cheeks. It was alxmt as gixxl a resolution as she could have made though made hastily and in anger. But it was a resolution which our spoiled child found it not a little hard to keep. Still she really tried, and though the effort was great and painful, and though she failiii verv often, still trving on, she did little by little, conquer the selfishncss'and bad temper which had made her a tnmble to herse lf as well as to everj' one anoui hi-r. The Juhllnk Hunuct. "How docs it look" demanled Mrs. Joblink, as she took a last glance over her shoulder at the mirror nelore leawng ur the theater. "It" meant tla" lauinet, and Mr. Joblink, concealing his real feelings replied, like a dutiful husband: "Splendid my dear." The wind blew, and the soul of Mrs. Joblink took fright, and they stopped on the street while Mr. Joblink carefully tied his handkerchief over the bonnet for the protec tion of the Miraix-au feather, the Afghanis tan bangle and the Zulu bow. Before reach ing the theater a place in deep shadow gave an opportunity to remove the handkerehief, and with one last careful feel to ascertain "if it set straight," and also an anxious touching of her Montague curls, Mrs. Job link sailed into the opera house w ith head erect and eyes vacant with a preoccupied s'are, alisurd under the i irt-unistances. If the new bonnet had leen a tray of China dishes Mrs. Joblink could not have Ix-en more conscious of it nor held her hid j more steadily. Despite that hxeil stare ot preoccupation Mrs. Joblink was delicious!) aware of the triumphant fact that every female eve and lorgnette in the house was fixed critically, contemptuously, angrily. V admiringly or even enviously upon towering twenty dollars' worth of trash on herheaiV When suTuient tune had been given lor, engaged that secretly annoyed -huiuj" i gav and Iastuonanie convrrw eves for side olan rvatior. uiscover me various tenqiers into w b,""" t '- thrown the two hunAed other ladies present. Pii kin" out tlte which showed tight. Mrs. J levilc-' her glasses, and in the most prolonged i- insulting manner in the world -suneved the disgracelul hea.Uln-s.ses of the tiiein'y. In the meantime the play hail .'x-gun, and a nervous little man in the seat be hind la gan u swear under his breath, for, owing to the sudden descending darts of the bonnet toward Mr. J., the view of the stage was frequently cut off at the mt exciting moments uf the drama. The ner vous little man stud dammit in a pevish tone a little tix loud on one of these i-ca-sions and the lady turned and stan-d at him, and Mr. Joblink turned and scowled thn-at-eninglv at him. At the close of the play Mrs. JoMiak ex changed glances of lofty scorn with several hostile lailicu in the vicinity, and ascertain- ing by sense of touch and questioning lit hiuhand that it "set straight," she stalke her 1 out magnificently on Joblink's ami. That gentleman was much impressed by the play, and thought silently over it half the way home. -Sirs. Joblink was also occupied w ith thought. 1-rcsently Mr. Joblink said in a tone of warm approval : "It held the attention of the audience throughout ; didn t it Yes indeed," simpered the lady, "there wasn't one of them could keep their eyes off it for live minutes. "It was magnificent, cried Mr. Joblink. "Gracious I diiin't know ytu admired it so much. Joblink. Y'ou see, though, if that hateful -Mrs, HliiikeuU-rry doesn't go and get one just like iL "Like what! asked the toolisn jooiiiik. "Why, like mine," replied the lady. "Like vour what f" "Like my Ixinnct, of course, you stupid ? ...... The strong man pulled out ms nanoM-r- chief aud blew lus noe How the Apostles Uicd. Peter was crucified in Koine, and, at his own request, with his head down ward. Andrew was crucified by being bound to a cross with cords, on which he hung two davs, exhorting the peo- nle till he expired. St. James the Great was beheaded by order of Herod, at Jerusalem. St. James the Iss was thrown from a high pinnacle, then stoced, and finally killed with a fuller's club. St Philip was bound and hanged ainst a pillar. St .Bartholomew was flayed to death by command of a bar S barous king. St Matthew was killed wUh x na'berd. St Thomas, while at was shot with a shower of .'', ,ftprm.-rj run through the I . , t.u . i.. st Simon was cru- hn.1v with a laiice. St. Simon was cru cified. Thaddeus, or Judas, was eruellr out to death. St. Matthias ; the manner of his death is somewhat doubt ful : one savs stoned, then beheaded mother savs he was crucified. Judas himself. St. John died a natural death. St. Paul was behead ed bv order of Xero. the female population to take it all in, l" j extraordinary power of the gvmnotus was lady recovered from her preoccupation and j i!iuvl v.ml llolli,t a fcW yjars ago w hen suddenly descended into a lightsoni- m""'-' 1 ivin!r specimens of this fish "were exhibited bent the bonnet toward Mr. Jnlink, and ,- ., Alh-laideGa!lerv and Polvtii hnic insti Loras's Family. For six generations, from the thir teenth to the fifteenth century, the head of this famous Campbell family received the honor of knighthood as a matter of course. In 1415 Sir Duncan was created Lord Campbell, and his grandson was made an earl, under the distinction of Earl of Argyle and Lord of Lome. In 1611 the eighth earl was made a marquis by King Charles under peculiar circumstances. He had fought against the kins and his allies, and a late as 1010 had matched against the earl of Athol, who was in arms for the king. Yet, in 1G41, when the kinjc vis ited Edinburg he sent for his foeraan and made him a Marquis. In 1701, the tenth Earl was made Duke of Argyle. Marquis of Lome and Kin tyre, Kjrl Campbell and Cowal, Viscount Lochow and Glenilla, Baron Inverary, Mull, Morven, and Tiry. A man, one would think might find it difficult to carry more title than these; but the second duke, in addition to his hereditary title Argyle, was created Baron Catbain, Earl of Greenwich and Duke of Green wich. His brother, who succeeded him, was raised to the peerage before he came to the ducal honor, by the ti tles of Viscount and E irl of Isla and Baron Oronsay, Dur.oon and A v rose The fifth duke was made Biron Sun bridge in his father's life-time; while the sixth duke, before coming into the chief honors of the family, sat in the house of lords as Baron Hamilton. The younger branches of the family have also had honors and distinctions show ered upon them. They have borne the titles of Eari of Athol, E.trl of Lmdon, Baron Clyde, Baron Kintyre, Baron Cimpbell, Baroness Statheden, etc. The chiefs have been decorated with the Grter and the Thistle. They have ex ercised as much influence in English aiTdrs as in Scotch. They have set up and overthrown kings; if they have carried the crown at coronations, they have been great in the senate and the field. One Argyle fell at Halidon Hill ; another breathed his last at Floddeu Field. Klectrle feels. The gymtiotus, or electrical eel, is rather more serpentine in form than the common eel. and frequently attains a great size. It is found in the rivers and marshes of South America, where the natives fish for it in a singular manner. M. Boupland deserilies a scene witnessed by him in one of the marshy pools of Venezuela, About o) horses ami mules were driven into the water by a num ber of Indians, who armed with long canes and harpoons, prevented I hem from return ing to the tanks until the object of the bat tue was attained The trampling of the horses, and the shouts of the Indians, soon pnxluceil a scene of wild excitement. Writhing on the surface of the water, and gliding untler the bellies of the horses, the gymnoti discharged through them repeated shocks from electric batteries while !' poor, liewildcred brutes, convulsed and ter rified their manes erect and their yes siart ling with pain and aniiish, nr.de frequent unavailing efforts to es-ape. The eels from four to six feet in length and livid in color, had the appearance of creat water Serpents, and one in particuUr was observed which discharged the w-Soie power of its battery along the beU.-of a horse. In less than a q'lartcr of hour the ehitrical energy of I the eels lecame exuausti-u, ana in ujn some ()f tlpUOrs.-s and mules had Ixi-n Is-numlx-d ,,'niwned the greater numla-r scramble! j hore and recovered The eels in their ex- llstrj gt.lle Wl.re Kl,i;v captured The tmi I.,,.,,,,. The illustrious Faraday took .. ...irw.nuuit v of experimenting ilium it. a:id established to his own sais!a tio;i the identity of its peculiar power with tla' of v iliaic electricity of peculiar intensity. Tii-' eel he experimented with was only 4' I inches long, yet it produced a sil'-eession f siiuks at short intervals atlerted the gal vanometer and imparled magnetism to iron. A Largo I'lng. IVacon U. was a Connecticut shop keep er of the thriftiest type. The si-ht of a customer quickened his faculties into vigor ous exercise. This was his way of opening up a trade : "An! how dye do sir: you re .nr. "Honnct is my name." "To lx' sure ; why of course ; I'm glad see yixi ; you re .tir. ix-n.n-i oi . "Westboni. "Oh!ves I know; how are they all getting along in West la wo f Is your church prospering J And how dix-s your Stimlay school progress ;" "Prettv well, 1 Ihank Vou. Heacoii i,.. have vou anv tobacco ;" "Why, VeS the finest you ever lasted : me and look at it.' "There,' savs the Deacon, leading the way to a sample keg. and taking from it a huge plug, cutting off a large pin e and put tin" it inside his cheek with the air of a man who was a!ut to partake of an exqui site relish the Deacon aihorroil the weed "there," be exclaimed is the choiiist to bacco that ever was grow n. I hat b itiacci sir, is so gisal that it oughtn't to ! chewed except on Thanksgiving day ami Sundays!" As soon as the Deacon l:a ! made a sale. he contrived to get where liec Mild eject the unsavory quid w ithout being o! served anil, returning to his customer, inquired "Now, Mr. Beimel, what else shaii I have the pleasure of showing you ! The Great Hunsartan Wine Cask. The -Tent cask of lleiilellierg contained 140 ihni liters of wine; at the Paris Kxliibi- " . - . i -, -.. i .. i.:..t. "... tion of lH7.s;was one exnioiicn, :iii is nearlv as large, having a capacity ot ih, inhi liters, the cr.-at cask has lai n sold to a Frenchman, for whom it was made by Noy Kanizsa. It measures 3 '" mi ters in iliametcr and ) meters in length. The staves which arc oak planks from the forests of Hungary, are of to g.i cenii metcrs in thickn.-ss and are held together by IS iron hoops the ends of which are firrulv riveted togcuier. ' fastened by a system of screws and closes the cask, and is si hilar to manhole covers in boilers. The casK is supponeu oj ue logs each of which is derived from an oak perhaps thousand years old This immense cask with its appenilages would furnish wood enough to stick a small wood jam. It is varnished and the end in which the large bronz-e faucet is inserted is carved like a piece of fine parlor furniture. The lower part is laid out to resemble stone masonry. I m the left hand side there is a motto prais ing prescverance and diligence; an escut cheon on the right hand side bears the date 187. Themidille portion of the head is beautiful carved containing in its centre a group drinking and distributing wine. The upper portion Jiears the Hungarian crown alxive the Hungarian escutcheon.
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