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F. SCHWEIEK.
THE OOSSTmiTIOlI-THE DTION A5D THE EITFOEOEMEST OF THE LAWS.
Editor and Proprietor.
p.
vol, xxxii r.
MI FFLI NTOAVX, JUNIATA COUNTY, FFNNA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1S79.
NO. 33.
jSiit , Hi '
1 T. HELMBOLD'S
COMPOUND
FLUID EXTRACT
811 CHI).
PEAKM ACEUTIC AL.
i SPECIFIC REMEDY FOR ALL
DISEASES
or THt
BLADDER & KIDNEYS.
Pt-billtv,
r-stfl fcxt-rtioi
Loss of Memory
Indispoel-
!LxuEitrtiin or Business, Shortness of
5-f!!l. Troubled
-...I . .f VLi.11
Ith Thoughts of Disease,
inmsof Vision. Pain In the Back, Client,
Hrtid. Rush of Blood to the liead. Pais
uttiimnee. and Ury barm.
I: Lars symptoms are allowed to go on,
t-r trrijiiciiiiv Epileptic Fits and Con
niption follow. Wuen the constitution
tmn- affected it requires the aid of an
itiforume medicine to strengthen and
i-jr up lllc sTblPUl which
"Helmbold's Buchu
If
DOES IN EVEHY CASE.
iiM
IS UNEQUALED
i:."Tr.n...1rknncn. It U nreSCrlf! h?
tie most eminent physicians all over the ;
iLtalLiitlsUl.
Spermatorrhoea,
Neuralgia,
Nervousness,
Dyspepsia,
Indigestion,
Constipation,
Aches and
General Debility,
iidcey Diseases,
Liver Complaiut,
Nervous Debility,
Epilepsy,
Head Troubles,
Pains,
Paralysis,
General Ill-Health, j
-.;r..l n;..-..
Sciatica,
Deafness,
Decline.
Lumbago,
Catarrh,
Nervous Complaints;
Female Complaints, &.O.
Hrdctie. Pain In the Shoulders. Congh.
fc:iins, Sour stomach, Kruptlon, Kail
"K In tbe Mouth, palpitation of the
n,PalD In tne region of tbe Kidneys,
"A a IhnusMml other painful symptoms,
eiiituiT-pitiig of Dyspepsia.
O
Invigorates the Stomacli,
w stimulates the torpl.l
I.lver, Bowel,t
t d.,eyStoheithv action, in clean.ln.
s biood iif hii tr.m..ri(i ami lmtartlni
life ana vlor to the Hole sytein.
4 Hlvi tri .1 win 1 milt, anffiolent tO
wino Mir mni hesiutting of its valuable
aitiill uaiint,.
RICE $1 PER BOTTLE
O, Six Bottle, for S5.
veteu to any aJ Jresa free from observa- ,
"rulents" may eon mi It by letter, recelv-1
Jf1"' "ame attention as tv calling, by 1
'1! Hie tollowing tjuesllons:
t- Cive ynnr name anil pot-offlee aildress,
offi " ""J lte, and your nearest express j
1 OreoputlonT
! i.tTiel orslnele? !
J "-.itit, aeiaiu. now and in healtbt
nnw Inn ,XVe von lieen lc-kt
'ure.iiiileXioii.eoiorof hair and eyest
i b iVe uu """pii'if or erect gait?
iJr """'"ut reservation all yon
tar"'l"ut von r ease. Knelo-e one dollar
nulitjn w. yonr loiter will then
un . oar"entlon.anil we will (five you
nuiure .f vour disease and our candid
ioion ci.nwrr.ine a cure.
1.I ' "V
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All Irtiei. tw ailtlretiMMl
fcllii, iv. Uluert treel, run
H. T. U ELM BOLD,
Druggist and Chemist,
Philadelphia, Pa.
BT THE SEA.
My blue-eyed pet with golden hair
la sitting on my knee.
And gazes eagerly afar.
Across the beach, beroud the bar.
Where roll the restless sea.
She puts her little hand in mine.
And laughs with childish jlee.
To see the foaming billowa s.-laah.
As on the shore they fiercely dash.
Then glide back silently.
But while she laughs ao merrily.
My heart ia far away ;
And aa I look upon the shore.
Where loud and long the breaker roar.
My aad soul aeema to say :
' The aea ia like a human life ;
It breaks upon the ehore
Of time with a resistless might;
And when the goal is just in sight.
Dies to return no more.
' And all along the shores of time
Full many a wreck doth he ;
The pangs of many a mad carouse.
Of blasted hopes aud broken tows.
Of happy days gone by."
Yet. while I muse in mournful mood.
And gaze upon the a a.
My blue-eyed pet with golden hair.
Whose heart has never known a care.
Still ula upon my kuee.
Jler head ia resting on my breast
Her eyea in slumber deep ;
The same rough sea whose breakers roar.
And madly, fiercely lash the shore.
Has lulled my child to aleep.
Trust and Love.
To morrow I sm going to lie uiarried. 1,
who have lxt'u set down as an old niaiil
an imk'fluite number of years. The expert-;
ed event creates quite a commotion in our;
liirh.v-to niiiif Iioi14m1i.IiI
My mother says, ,
.... 1 - . " - -
" hat can 1 do without you ? And my ,
! dear father, whose dark hair liesrins to lie
'sprinkled with silver, says, mournfully, "I
cannot spare niy Caroline," though I think
; he is secretly pleased that his pet "Carry"
is to have such a noble husband after all.
! My roguish brother Tom goes aluut the
house singing
, There Is no goose, however cray, tmt soon or late
' she U Olid s Hue liuuesl giiiilrr t't her lulr.
! And I all tliis seems very strange to uie.
; I call in realise it that the bridal dress of
', snowv stain, w ilh the gossamer veil aud
i wreath of orange flowers, can be for plaiu
Caroline Hudson. Hut the strangest of all
is, that 1 am to marry John Grant John
Grant whom I learned to love years ago,
but ail thoughts of whom I strove to put
: far from me.
! It is six years now since that morning in
early summer, when we walked together
through the green wood, the leaves stirred
, by a gentle wiiul, and the birds singing
their mornins aonirs. e were a littli
iqMirt from the rest of our partv, and when
we had mtthertil our hands 'full of wild
ri,,w.-r il. it w.-re n-Htter.il in rnifiisi,.n at
' our feet, we set down uon a felled oak to
wait for them. I was happv on that June,
: morning, as I sat on that old tree bv the
will of John Grant, while he wreathed the
h,..t. .ml l.l.iuimc n,l tin. rreen leafes of
.1... ..;i:.. ..,,. ,.,,r id., l.r..;, Is
..r .r,- k
We tlid not talk much th-U morning, and
we had sat in silence several moments,
' .i.., ...i m.;.t w.n.i;.. I
v. lien ' 'it 1 ?iiui.(.iii. .-,11 . u ...... , -
' - T. .
lwam,, r"?- "J-
'. the fcHblortl rwh to mr "heelw an.l fore-!
heatLfor we had knoWn each other for a .
' l.mir time anil lie bail often made a confi-
' dant of me but it was the low tone, full '
.f new mid Htram'e tendeniess. that thrilled
i mr vhila Imiih I .1,1 n, ,1 k tl.lW l.llt TXT-I
LJns my voice'trcmblcd a little, 'as I said, ;
"Wellwhat is it, John , "Cam-, d,r," ;
Dut iue sentence was not finished just then
the rest of the pany made their arrrance,i
and effectually made an end to all conn-
1 dential converiitiotu ;
I The next day John Grant left Tunbridge ;
on ousiness, wuicii itiu I . .. .
spoken.
Months came and went
I again he lell
hoi.H-oste.Lsib y for busm.-ss, bat it was ru-
mored that a Deamuui young pri at rer ..,
Cooinbes, whose acquauitaiice he had made, I
! was the real cause of his fre-juent
VI.IIHIII
jvytinshire.
.......
a little while it was said, anil upon
In
'good authority, that John Grant was en-j
: 1 . 1 ... ...I t.-i M 1 i-v k' :.! i n r - and
I st him for some time after his return, and ; years in-fore 1 laid my nanus n ms, anu . " With a glit
; when he called a last, there rtJCV rig star a little Mow the lower horn,
j thing undctinable in his manner ; but ye a , J.J m has so Jd his arm fc ,
change, a restraint, which told me .S-J'lU It looked as though a supen.atuml j
1 those words once on his lips would not 1-e , old house at L,m Wood 1 was taktn down
1 liaiieu t uiaii..u - -. o - . 11,
! it w as also said that she was verv young The Irish peasantry are very carclul to
' and very beautiful. Never till then, till I , make due preparations for death, partic
: knew he was to mam- another, was the se-l ularlv to provide theii last gannents or
! cret of mv own heart revealed to me; but i "death dress." This care weighs very
I then I know howl had loved him how j much upon the invalid, who frequently or
iall hope, all jov, all earthlv happiness, was; ders those in attendance to take the shroud
! centered in bilii even now I shudder when ut of the box where it has lain in readiness
I think of that time, when life seemed
such a heavy burden, and I longed for a
time to lav it down in the grave; but 1
could not " a thorny path opened liefore
rld Uas to walk in it.
John Grant returned to Tuubridge soon
... : f..w Ls
after 111s engageiiK-..., .... ...
Mary Keatin;
came to um , on a
visit to his sister.
Soon after her arrival 1
invittnl to a party given during ner
";. ,:.''.?.J..,l.,Mnnl',.. ,l. ,-..lll.rift
!if..r r.iv dressing class that night, in a.
! nlain silk, with a few scarlet verlieuas hail
, ii.r.T. riiTitiststed well with my
nam urn ..-j -
jsyt hairf 1 was eany, ana 01 a b-"
m vrr Keating was tbe most
,m .. i.S --
lovely- I d not woooer
Man ; you were u-au.iiu.,
j ..:.... the room. IU a uiot m b"
11U....C,
. . 1 . 11" . . r ..All,
muslin, your golden cutis .a.u..s
I t ..i.il.Viah f-ice and your nine t-jra
sweet chlldisu i.if , " J J..
. ith happiness, and he but
running over w
1 a.a, look at him long, for I was not
I 1 UftKU "
- ery, f
troducd to her; and strange as it wajs
from that moment she .J1'
!i..e She was a child in artlessness, and
soon comment". " ',, neVeri
if I knew him. etc. "How strange he never
nventioned vou lie told Jiie of so many ot ,
1 ...R-;.T..f ".loiin. Bsniiii;
his frientls: 'TilMte
!Ue pasd us "i.y .C..f so ma-1 have some black calico covered witn wmie
j alKiut Miss Iludsou?-y..u TfLfiSZ L which she had bought at a great bar
y tahers. h.r eyes met for tm a ccntry peddler, and she made
I and then I said pitying h.s ""XfL shroud of it, intending to turn the
"He has so many fnends.it isn t at a,. nio.hlKWn int.. money at some fu-
si igular that he shmild have forgotten one ; fnUet mi g-
u Tl knew then, as I do now that he had ture time. Wo,ered at Miss
not forgotten nie ' mim!
Just them looking up, I saw :
opposite, the "",,r.thenP
IZtll M.r7Keating and myself, I
1 i nr and mvseii,
! trast between aisij . o.m
.i..mv if I had ni ueiore.
Ore.
' 1 .,.a hi verv plain 1 uo in.
1 toitii.v .'----i -- - . ,l,lnlr I was
lint she was so oeauiuui, -
btaul,IU '. ,: nS'
.. . iinir
and loving, no
oc
I cl armed with her; and 1 comunot
j him, for he had al ways been a great ad....
rer of Uie ueauuim.
Mary Keating
w hile sue statu ..... t "
not often, ccompauied by John-
It was
! an autumn afternoon, full of clouds and
i sunshine, when she came to make her fare
j well call. He was with her watching her
every moinen with loving pride; and yet it
I seemed to me that he regarded her some
what as a beautiful plaything, winding her
yellow curls around his fingers, and calling
her pet names. We went out into the
garden to gather some flowers; and as she
ran about, laughing and talking, pit-king
flowers, and w resting them in her hair, she
seemed a lovelv and bewitching child.
; John had gradually List his constrained
; and embarrassed manner when with me,
I and, excepting that we never approached
: lersonallics in our conversation, our inter
course was getting to lie something as it
once was.
Our tastes in many things were similar.
We hail read and, admired the same au
thors, aud upon uwvst of the important sub-
i jects connected with human life, our
! thoughts were alike. We were speaking
l of some work we had lately read, and were
quite interested in discussing its merrita,
j when Mary suddenly checked her happy
i play, and with a grave face, walked silent-
ly for a few moments at John's side. At
1 last she said "You never talk in that way
I to nie, John, but its because I don't know
'enough." "You know enough for me,
dear," he answered; hut she went on, "I
shall be but a 'child wife. Caroline would
; suit you much better." "Allowing you to
j lie judge," 1 said laughingly, for I saw
j John could not answer readily. We said
no more on that subject, but 1 think John
I asked himself more than once that day, "Is
' Mary right t "
When Mary bade me '-good-bye," that
I afternoon, she wound her white arm around
i my neck anil kissed me, saying in her gen
tle voice, "Write to me often, Caroline,
' and teach me to be worthy of him." And
she went out of the gate, tlirough the hop
garden, leaning on his arm, the wrm au
tumn sunlight fulling on her golden hair,
making her verv beautiful.
Soon after this John Grant left Elmwood !
and took a farm on his own account in the
r ,.... ;;,,.. ti.t r..l.l iw
. V -"J"'"'" ""
r eil U n . i Bt'iuuui iiirniu onu ucin mcu-
line .
frequently to me during the winter; her i
letters were like herself, graceful and i
charming, full of love and confidence. She ,
spoke much of Jol,u-"How proud she was
Jf him, what letters he wrote, so much bet-
ter than hers and wasn't it strange he ;
should love such a child as she was:" She '
went on writiug in this wav lor
several
months ; but at length there was a change
in her manner of shaking of John : it
seel
m-d as though she were not quite as
happy as she had been; she said she began
to le discouraged aliout ever knowing any
more, anil ninieu tiitt joiiu was teniiig ins-.
. .- J.. u... ..11.. ;....i;.. i.-.
sausuetl t nil Iter is -mrioiij ciiukik u i ,
hum with some anecdote aliout her favor- I
tl.is when he li'-in to sneak of her cousin
llllS, llt 11 sue IK... Ill l" 'i
"Harrv Smth." who was so agreeable, and ,
vctJidn't know a bit more than she
A month or two after this I was irnt ui'
surprised when sue wrote mat ner engage
meut with John I Jrant was broken by mil
til suited
tual consent "They were not at
to each other, ami uo doubt would Urth !
happier," she said; for he knew so much
and she so little. She concluded with a
long account of her new black kitten lop-
sv. whiill seemed then to lie th.
one oli
iect which engrossed all her attention.
Two virs passe. L anil
! seldom heard
John Grant's name mentione l, and if I
thought 01 him at ail, 1 oeneveo 1 na'i ton
oiien-d mv old attachment mv life flowei
1
,.;..tt n,l ai.r.mi.U' I till, veitr H..
T; ,fdv-l t-
tins ouietly reading in the fat.iiig light of
an October sky, when heanng a rustling
October sky, when heanng a rustling
the leaves, that lay thick upon the
cf walk, I looked up and saw John
ut approaching the house.
amoli:
grave
tlrant approaf
When lie IttSt
was there, sue was wuu
him, but he was alone now, and my heart .
quick throbbing ,0 UI m , his erran.
when, atter lie t''n"
mat 1 miugu . -
beautiful and loving child, deep down ,n
,Z ,1' with
.1..., 1 ,,1.1 1..... fli f,.r
more confidence
turn. v..-.v.
... ....r TMtli nf lite
01 us . r ,-T r - -
w ....... " ig
- " . . rpmn
w S ' . n . rlieOTfu,,v to the
lul III " 1." Ilu - - .
T .. .. . . - .1.
wuin. ruin " " . - -
I... I ...111 no iff W 111 IM I M II II M Hlllffk
of tnist and love.
'liead Drrtta."
d air it properly. T he wnter lias more
than once heard this command given while
1 visiting the sick in , County I-
tlle "dead dress" is the cause of solicitude
to the people of Queen's county even m an-
; ,her state of Wing, the following anecdote
.;ii i,.. Two o J women lived at Castle
w maOTlin.
i-ook, a nuuuimg i"-'i .
' cent, and the scene 01 w.iu reveirj
, s ow.irs .at. i
tum. - 1 1 , , , -. ean.rl.i in slot How wati. I hev are placed
ill MiHxr ii.mi ii'i -.- -
ried Tioodind .eandof the Dennis fiuui.y only
two uieraliers.
an
aunt and an niece, re-
... 11. ..1 tl.u tilu.li.sa hr
maineU, tliey were ran j
their poor
their tioor neighhors, aim weic 6"".-
. , .muint
ot llieir aucieut
n "i- , .
I ' I; n. which a village school
name; but they had not nan any
fif.v vear. aga The el
"V7,u i..d amrfl .nnumty. and
, un . - ... .
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that Miss Honor was al-
; - - - , ,nSrtv wheB g)ie
most crusueu gi.
. . ;n nd w as given up by the
became very ill, and was given up
"Come here, Ilonor," whispered Uie dy
iuj woman, from her pillow. "There s
terT pounds in tl.el.ox; you 11 have that,
an' my clothes an' the furniture, an you 11
1 sure to wake me decent, and put my
fine liuen nightgown wiu iue
uitc -.---t-
Bring it out to let me see u in -s"'.-
un g ml8C,j to oley, but niiser-
-"' i.r ad slie grudged the
lH-nnis' "dead dress," but nothing was said
niinst iU
The funeral took place; and now iK-gan
lie llliietoi 1 . - -
-ii.t'mn for Miss Honor. As
: a drea,
: a oreaniiM . . ... ,
1 ..i,.rlv as darkness tell, Jiiss o p
, ieSu.. y . . , .
. "-ft ,.,.. A
if tllUl'k H.IIU V li I .. DIU"
1 1 ... . fi
twuriHl in net
firesitle. She pointed to her
. nversnoke a word. Miss 110-
.tf mi rp x
.ml never spoke a word.
!"Vr.:...i . lie.tr it. On the
On the third night
, opened, and
j the coflm
instead of the black ana wmie siirouu.
I gwas now appeased ; she did not again
j appear.
Butchering Mountain Trout.
Trout go up the Truckee river in Califor
nia in schools of thousands towards their
spawning beds. K unimpeded in their
course they would separate into numlier-
less crystaline trout brooks and depoeite
their spawn far up the stream, out of reach
of sawdust or fishermen. But just at the
foot of the Sierra Nevada, in the State of
Nevada, close to the California line, is the
Verdi dam. This dam has lieen constructed
to supply a fine sawmill with water power,
and great precaution was taken to arrange
a suitable fishway at one end. The water
is made to flow over a sort of apron, or
plank floor, which has such a gradual in
cline that any fish can ascend. This fish
way is further improved by means of the
rocks and earth of the river hank. There
is a large pool or eddy just at the foot and
lower side of the apron, where the fish col
lect in great imnilx-rs to rest preparatory to
making the final leap, or struggle, which
carries them over tne dam. The fishermen,
however, fastened two or three heavy
planks just along the upx-r edge of the
apron, and so the trout find an impassable
will at the place where they should enter
the reservoir altove the dam. Thus the fish
are imprisoned. Such restless, impatient,
struggling prisoners as are these mountain
trout cannot be found elsewhere. They at
tempt to leap over the main dam, only to
be hurled back by the falling water. They
spring fully five feet in the air, and strike
ie main apron of the dam with terrific and
frequently fatal force. They bruise their
bodies and heails until oftentimes they die.
They learn nothing from experience, but
continue to jump against the dam, until,
worn out and nerveless, they drift, com
pletely exhausted, into the eddies formed
by the piers of the dam. One can watch
for hours these poor, disparate things in
their brave struggles to get over the dam,
without having a moment elapse in which
some trout is m leaping through the air
anJ as! the dam. Generally from one :
to a dozen fish are visible at the same time.
i It is a grand but a pitiful sight to watch
,-, am-.LU imies in their vain
.11 . . 1
. , , . . , . , ,
enueavors to get over uie uaut. out uic
P'"" mtrS imo me u rr. e ...
,he merciless grabhooks let down into
struggling, qu.venng, exhausted masses
of trout gathered in the indies Wow the
P" r m9? he short, unyielding
""cces'on of quick upward jerks is
g" to I he four hungry po.ntsof the grab-
UOOK- iue 18 ,u" 01 oiuu nui mc
cascade, anil circles in uunuing wuin arouiiu
' the pool. The fish are crazed and bliuded
' by their fruitless, frantic leaps, and readily
drift against the sharp, needle-like points ot
begms. The hook may have
. .- , .
entered underneath the head, or the body.
. . . . . , f.
"r lt.,a' have pierced the side or the fins,
or uk tan. at me nisi. mvi u. ""lauoui two iiiiniireu varus, nnu tueu icn
rri?ht the tish dar'8 awa-v itb a i
, .,. Io n,.n.li.il 4 lurw
"TV" "'""-l" " 7"'" .V
mans nniv plan is io hi uie irum twj
: itself with its maddened plunges, and leaps.
"t"1 "tnigg'.es, and then by a dextrous
twiteu lands 11 on tne pier.
More than
half the time the fish makes some temble
I m mill I anil tears luuiseii iroiu ibcuhi, wn
' ly to float w ith the current, torn, liiangleii,
: and dving.
Calllne a Mwm.
Ii vt :is nitHt lov. lv evening. It wanted
i but aliout half an hur to sundown, aud all
was perfectly still. There was not tne
AM oi anything moving inU,e
, ept Oiatc, tg unfrtsp.en, f,M
, of a n..Ke I rd ilost hj
1 01 une ouu nu. -
j watching that most glorious transformation
, scene the change of day into night; saw
! the great sun sink slowly down lieluud the
; v t., ;
: . ourpi 1. fuw. fui. a int iiovere.1
njononh-ss . jove me '
n 1(.rme rttriZ with a sJ.Jt yel-
S,, ol,f t',ie western sky there
, . - faint glow fading into a pale,
hng red . famt gow fadmg into . pa
1 mTu't 7 as
shtni v defined as though cut out ot steel,
, - , .
iinond solitaires and
diamond crescent
. k
After a
the too, u-hind the trees.
an(i darkness fell upon the eartlu
I know
I of nothing more enchanting than a perfect-
. . . 1 ....:...
IT WHiw
I ,1,1, .nn Bill III. Hill IIIIIIIMI Mlll.-VL 111 I1IU
- . . . - 1 1 . ...
woous uuicm ifc ..in 1.-. , .." ....
mind is more lovelv still.
Sunset is beauti-
ful, but sad: sunrise is equally beautitul,
t r.,11 .J fo lifinninesit anil none. 1
Invetn watch the stars begin to fade, to see
the first faint white light clear up the dark -
ness of the eastern sky, and gradually
deepen into the glorious coloring that her-
aids the approaching sun. I love to see
nature awake shuddering, as she always
does, and arouse herself into active, busy
J if e, to note the insects, birds and beasts
shake off slumber and set aliout their daily
tasks. Still the sunset is inexpressiiiiy 1 sufficient cocoons to warrant .ew lorn
lovely, and I do not envy the condition and brokers in offering from 1.50 to ii per lb.
frame of mind of a man w h camiot beas!f()rthc same. V1ien parties find it pnifi-
nearly liappy as man can lie, when he is ! table to raise silk under these adverse cir -
lying comfortably on a luxurious and soft j rumstances, there can be no question as to
couch iraziug in perfect peace on the glor- tie erowth of the industry whenever a
C . . .11 ' ... .1 .
ions scene arounu 111m, rejoicing an U1B
.1 1 :.u .t.
senses, and saturating nimseii wuu i"c
wonderful beauties of a orthern sunset.
1 nuietlv below, while the Indian
calltd from the tree-top. ot a sound an-
swered to Uie three or four long-drawn-out
notes with which he hoped to lure the bull;
after a long interval he called again, but the
same perfect, utter silence reigned in the
woods, a silence broken only by the melan
choly hooting of an owl, or the imaginary
noises that filled my head. It is extraor
Hinnrv liow small noises become magnified
when the ear is kept at a great tension for
any length of time, and how the head be
comes filled with all kinds of fictitious
sounds ; and it is very remarkable also how
utterly impossible it" is to distinguish be
tween a loud noise uttered at a distance and
a scarcely audible sound close by After
listening very intently amidst the profound
silence of a quiet night in the forest for an
hour or so the head liecomcs so surcharged
with blootl, owing, I presume, to all the
faculties being concentrated on a single
sense, that one seems to hear distant voices,
the ringing of bells and all kinds of strange
and impossible noises. A man becomes so
nervously alive to the slightest disturbance
of the almost awful silence of a still night
in the woods that the faintest sound the
crackling of a minute twig or the fall of a
leaf, even at a great distance will make
him almost jump out of his skin. He is
also apt to make the most ludicrous mis
takes. Toward morning, aliout daybreak,
I have frequently mistaken the first faint
buzz of some minute fly, within a foot or
so of my ear, for the call of a moose two
or three miles off.
About ten o'clock the Indian gave it up
in despair and came down the tree; we
rolled ourselves np in oar rugs, pulled the
hoods of our blanket coats over our heads,
and went to sleep. I awoke literally shak
ing with cold. It was still the dead of
night ; and the stars were shining with in-
tense brilliancy, to niy great disappoint- j
ment, for I was in hopes of seeing the first
streaks of dawn. It was freezing very
hard, far too hard for me to think of going j
to sleep again. So I roused the Indian and
suggested that be should try another call or
two. Accordingly we stole down to the
edge of the little point of wood in which
we had ensconced ourselves, and in a few
minutes the forest was re-echoing the
plaintive notes of the moose. Not an an
swer, not a sound utter silence, as if all
the world were dead, broken suddenly and
horribly by a yell that made the blood cur
dle in one's veins. It was the long, quav
ering, human, but unearthly scream of a
loon on the distant lake. After what seemed
to me many hours, but what was in reality
but a short time, the first indications of
dawn revealed themselves in the rising of
the morning star, and the slightest possible
paling in the eastern sky. The cold grew
almost unbearable. That curious shiver
that runs through nature the first icy cur
rent of air that precedes the day chilled
us to the bones. I rolled myself up in my
blanket and lighted a pipe, trying to retain
w hat little caloric remained in my body,
while the Indian again ascended the tree.
By the time he had called twice it was gray
dawn. Birds were beginning to move
about, and busy squirrels to look out for
their breakfast of pine. buds. I sat listen
ing intently, and watching the blank emo
tionless face of the Indian as he gazed
around him, when suddenly I saw his coun-
tinance blaze up with vivid excitement.
His eyes seemed to start from his head, bis
muscles twitched, his face glowed, he
seemed transformed in a moment into a .
different being. At the same time he began
with the utmost celerity, but with extreme few months, with the prospect of never re
caution to descend to the ground. He mo- turning, he had taken this journey to visit
tioned to me not to make any noise, and ' the place which had been the scene of so
whispered that a moose was coining across j much suffering and distress, and see how
the barren and must be close bv. Grasp-; far the inhabitants had recovered from its
ing my rifle, we crawled carefully through : effects. On being informed that his name i ascertain, whether imagination hasn't as
the grass, crisp and noisy with frost, down ; was George Washington he told him that!mlira to do with a hot day as a thermo
to the edge of our island of woBtls, and his appearance was so changed that he tlid j meter. At 9 o'clock in tlie'morning he en
there, after peering cautiously around some ! not recognize him, or else he would have ; temi ),a office, built a brisk fire in the
stunted juuiper bushes, I saw standing, I paid more respect to his late commander ' gloVe, closed the door, and sat down to his
about sixty yards off, a bull moose. He 1 and now the chief magistrate of the nat 1011. . newspaper, having his chair close to the
looked gigantic in the thin morning mist j He replied that to see the people happy, j st0ve. In a few minutes one of his cus
which was beginning to drift up from the : and the desolate fields recovering from thetomers 0ened the door, and before he
surface of the barren. Great volumes of: disasters thev had experienced, and to meet couij express his surprise the official called
1 i- i.:. 1 f V: 1.1 - ....... .
sieaiu issucu lroiu uis nostrils, aim ma
whole aspect, looming in the fog, was vast
mi.l nlintwt terrific He stood there ner- 1
feetly motionless, staring at the spot from
which he had heard the cry of the supposed ,
cow, irresolute whether to come on or not .
The Indiai was anxious to bring him a lit-
tie closer, but I did not wish to run the rusk 1
of scaring him, and so, taking aim as fairly j
as I could, considering I was shaking all
over with cold, I fired and struck him lie-!
hind the shoulder, lie jumped forward on
... . , , . , ir
hlg kneea, jumped ,lp, nhvii f((rWard for ,
dead at the etlire of the heavy timlier on ,
.1 -I . . .1 ... 1 '
the far side of the barren.
1 .mm! at aratoK.
At Mcver's and Moon's on the lake, they
are famous for game dinners. A regular
i frame dinner fir one, without wine, costs
ii,v and with wine it often runs up to $12
and 1 15, and even ?2U. The game thn-
ner cousistj of five courses. Soup, black
I bass and stewed potatoes, chicken, partridge 1
,n.l trA Tutati ViuutlW-k Snil ffctllilL
m... - - .
and ending with corfee. A plain game
dinner of black Imrs and stewed potatoes,
i and woodchut k and fned potatx-s, costs,
without wine, Jl. The (i: dinners that '
' 1 icrre iruiar ih-iui"ih 'i-i '
iae nie pronui-Tu nj an im.mi.ii.iui.
slaughter of Johaunisbergcr, champagne, :
old Burgundy and dollar cigars. The Sara-,
toga black bass are caught early in the
morning in deep water. They weigh from
a pound to a pound ami a half. They are
i verv 11111
I ...'. 1- . , i ,f fier hv- i
nnu ueiicious. nin c.ei
, n7nVnce spoiled bv eating biack liass.
i Mr. Belmont says the Saratoga black bass
are the best fish in the world. e have,
also, what is called the Saratoga white bail,
I which really tastes lietter than the white
3 Mnhattn Beach. Sanitoga
! white hait are produced thus : Sunfish an
men anu a
ilf : .1,
- in salt water which causes them to disgorge
1 M1U.II ,u OH
their entrails. Then thev are fried whole
in butter. Saratoga white bait are an im
provement on the genuine article.
Silk Raisins in tbe l ulled States.
Port;. in North Carolina have found it
! sufficiently profitably even with present
!He.-ri-i,: .ntisi-silk-wonns and shin the
cocx, to France.
One gentleman in Ka-
nl.. . . .
Fasnach, has shipped two
l ' I', ' - '
l...irl. II.
. :
Imles to MarseilleSLeach containing over l'M
I of choked cocoons. They have lieen
1 goia at Marseilles for as high as 62 t nines
c: . r.r k livmimine (not tniiie IL
: 10 liat .n,i the freight from Raleigh to
1 Marseilles did not exceed ft perewt. The
! cocoons were raised bv the children of the
j family ; and aside from the silk product,
j jir. Vasnach also produced a numlier of
fsa fr which there is now a ready mar-
j et abroad a. $3.50 to 4 per ounce of 2ti
pnimmes. Several other persons in diffi
1 KlA pans of the country have also reared
1 uome market is iurnisueti wr iikhh m -
I . . .... . -1...11 l.n....
i tenal, and that wuen ouce 11 sunn nn.c
been demonstrated that there can be oilereu
and paid for cocoons some stated sum mat
will vet allow a lair prom on iue reruns,
tlie industry will be fairly establishetl, aud
Dnvate capital wiu not ue want.us to mv.
profitable investment therin.'
Red Spider oa rruit-Trees,
Among the insect enemies of the fniit
grower it is singular that no one has re
ferred much to the spider. It is a small
enemy to be sure, but one hy no means to
be sure, but one by no means to be despised.
It makes up by its immense number for its
diminutive appearance. They appear lar
ger than those we find in greenhouses on
roses, fuchsias, ana otner tenner piaum ,
BlIU UlUII IV""' ' I
..
but whether or not tney are a aiuereut pr -
" L! J. ar
are natives to the soil, or are
inirouucuons innu Buuic -i
.; i.ii. ,verl,.i. interest the
SZ st, tart Twill hardly aid in the de-
structionofthefoe. We stippose on large
trees the labor would be too great to attempt
any means for their eradication, but for
young trees which are easily reache.l, it
might be well worth while to keep them
down. The popular receipt in garden books
is to mix flour of sulphur in greasy water
and then syringe with it, or course keeping
the moutlTof the syringe near the surface
of the water while drawing up the liquid,
as the oily and sulphnry water floats ony
on top, and is drawn into the syringe only
in that way. This greasy liquid causes the
sulphur to adhere to the leaves, and U is
said the red snider ahanilons inese 11-avca m
ine after him. when he undertakes to
en on our fruit trees in the open air.
nwofthSspider; and whenweknow ring. Why, they used to scare the life out . thati (
icnce 01 tne rea spiuer , an wrould gather up her Waiter "o
howgreM.pest.tiS ,0 1- . said, . soli
unaer glass, 11 seems w u -r , " .TTrj..:i. ....1 thi,.rf.m. : rent. You can
Wanhlngton at Valley Force.
In the latter part of the summer of lT'.hi,
when his second term as "resident of the
f nited States had nearly expired, and he
was about to retire to private life, Washing
ton concluded to see Valley Forge once
more, the scene of so many toils and strug
gles. The particulars respecting this visit
an old fanner living near there at the time
related to his son, w ho made a record of
them, it was in the afternoon, he said, as
he was engaged ploughing on his farm in
the- vicinity of the encahipment grounds
that he observed an elderly man of digni
fied appearance on horseback, dressed in a
plaiu suit of black, accompanied by a
colored servant, ride to a place in the road
nearly opposite, when he alighted from his
horse and came into the fit-Id and cordiallv
took his hamL lie told him lie hail called
to make some inquiries concerning the own
ers and occupants of the differen'. places
aU ut there, and also in regard to the coun
try ; the system of fanning practiced in
that part of the country ; the kinds of grain
and vegetables raised ; the time of sowing
and planting; the best method of tilling the
ground, and numerous other questions re
lating to agriculture. He also made in
quiries after certain families in the neigh
borhood. As answers were given he noted
them down in a book, the farmer informing
him that he could not srive as correct answers
as he wished, for he had not been brought j held out. Tommy afterward caught me
up to farming, and besides had only moved . another big snake, but not so big as the
into the vicinitv since the war, thought lie ! first, and 1 hail had the pleasure of bring
had been in the army when it was encamp- I ing him east and presenting him to my
ed there. This gave a new turn to the con-1 brother-in-law, who has a weakness for that
versatiou. The stranger informed him that i sort of pet."'
he had been in the army and at the camp.
and as he expected to leave the city in
wnu aiiv ui uis um wmjiiu'rti uuw F"1 -
ably engaged in the most useful of all em-
nlnvmeiita afforded him more satisfaction
than all the homage that could be paid to ;
his person or stalion. He then said that ',
pressing engagements rendered it necessary 1
for him to be in the city that night, and '
taking him by the hand bade him an affec-
t innate farewell, ami this was Washington's
last visit to Valley Forge,
.
low Kattiesnakr.
'I see,' said Judge Smith Acker, as he !
mopped his liald head with a red aud black
.III- l..ll-M.w.f 11..,t cnue i.-irvrs lie.
silk handkerchief, "that some papers de- '
: vote a g'l deal of space to snake stories.
' It's a good plan, for people like to read
aliout snakes. There is a curious fascina- ,
tion about the creaturi-s. whether in the '
body or in print. Now, I have hail some
experience with snakes, principally rattle-'
snakes, and it was not in Tike county, I'a.,
either. Iowa used to tie no bad pla-e fr'mU!lt I(1ok ollt f,,r nivself in the future.
snakes, and I'll tell,you a little experience .
1 had one summer and fall, a good many'
,-,.ura ..., in loil'ft I Went Ollt tO M'llIeruV. '
, . u ., ... . -- .T:fiu:iii Kaiium ui wimi iwujj" um iu n
utc in August, to sliool prune cuickens.
Ten or twelve miles from Iubu iue is a
rt-iiar young Inland. 1 he towns are
railed C.arryowon, and Terry, and Hally-j
ciousn. nun .miii.-iu.. i... ""1
raw in lui-iii, iiisu, sun m ....... ...j ......
is a big iiioiiasterv, where an Irish order of
the monks of I-a Truppe have a colony, j
They own thousands of acres of lanil, and:
are receiving as inmates or 'ltrothers,' as (
they call them, a great many of the young '
men annum 1 11 re. ..en, 11. in
. I went r... to sl...t chickens
an'd p,lt up at the Twelve-mile house. It
was ...en i well-known inn, right on the
road to Pike 8 Teak, and kept 111 g'd sty le
by Urn Litton, a mighty good fellow.
rcnienuVr he had a couple ot pretty tlaugli-
,ers snd a bright son, and I hear one of the"
, gir.s has become a nun and the boy is a
Brother.' Well snakes ? Oh, yes. It
, was my first season there, and Litton said
, to me, 'Judge, you must look Mil tor snakes
on the pmrie. Wear lnxits always keep
! your fl:isk filled with whisky; and, l.mk
here : See this weed,' and he pointed to a
1 small plant aliout ten inches high, of a pale
i green color, and evidently a spi-cies of cac-
tus, ior the leaves were smooth, with little
thorns on the edges. 'That is the snake
wc.il, and it a rattler ..es get .,
i you, jum .... i ... ' -" -
' ' mat ee.u B ' ' J ' J " 1 1 "
"n P'V " "'l- " .
"Well, sir, I did find snakes, rattlesnakes,
lots 01 em.
My pointer
usually let me
: Know wiit-r
: know where they were.
and
soiueiiii.ffT
they d let me know by their shrill rattle.,
nolle.
j I'd seen snakes in SteuUn county. Ohio,
. spotted fellows, but these were 'lllke a"-v
Mil seen, being almost perfect lyblatk, not
very large, but very active. I killed seven-
i teen snakes and three chickens the first day
i I was out not that the chickens wcren t
mica, out uie siiur.1-0 iii. 111H.1."
traeteu more siieiiiiou.
"The next day, wiiuc working our a
wheat stubble where a gang of men were
shocking wheat that had jut lieen Niund, I
1 heard a yell. One of the irishmen had been
j bitten by a rattler tliat was under a sheaf
, f wheat, and had fastened in his arm as he
. , ...... '1-1 ..ll..- s...,r.1
, picKeti 11 up. iikp iuk "'"
. . .. . v :K n. .. rt.,.L- tit
jo ueatn most. 1 out nu iu 1
ncM a plump pint), am ne put 11 10 ms nps,
1 a,i wm.n i,t. took it down 11 was cmpij .
1 ien we stiuteu nun on a run h i me i.
j looked for snake weed, but not a blade
couiti 1 nuu. 1 oeneve mi ubiihj
wav vou can't find it when you want it. :
We got the man. whose name was Martin j
something or other, to the house, and there
filled him up witn more wihskv. .11 t.rat
it didn't seem to affect him. and the arm
kept swelling and got black. But by'mby
Martin began to get happy ; then he got
hilarious; then fighting drunk, and final
ly he fell off his chair, dead dnink. He
was saved. The next dav he was out with
ills ami iu a suns, -
: I:-... . t I Fnn.l h m fiver in
that same wheat stubble slowly walking
, . .... It
1 1 :... :.....n,T,F ut It... immnil
, v':" " ..ui
II looked un. winked si vly. and drawled
uat are j ou tooivniK -.. . ----
... ,- ,i, ..;,
I out : 'iaitlu sur, Oi m looking for the bolt
of a shnake.' I took the hint and pave fifty WIlU r
1 him a good swig of whisky, without putting ( Uaiter-"Yes a whole dinner; roast
j him to the trouble of getting bitten by:nirat, potatoes, succotash, brea.l, butter,
rattlesnake in order to secure it. pie, pudding, coffee and tea."
"The children .roun. J he re used to kill Slrnnsi.r..w,n, I sse y.-u give a
the snakes and pull off their ratUes. Bj ((j ,.,
tying a thread around the centre of the rat- j Wait)!r u . we v llp f, r 50
, tK-s, making a loop at each . end of t , ve a soli.i, g-.nl, plain
inreaiu nu . ....s " r"-" n,eal.-'
j fingers so that t he s,ranger-"Well, I've half a mind ,0
against the tlesMl 3d e j , with ye. The fact is the ole' womin
and sound a remarUby : fmlf , M of ,read aU(l a pit
, In the distnet school on the prame tlare .f t
j was . young .vLilM now with a glss of beer,
j wf dr $y r l , , t J ,jke , rllp of B ,, a t.
uu"" ....... j o ....
ance and render it more realistic by leaving
last-1 iue nine uc.na uisti v' --- - 1 1 . - .
t
dead snakes around the school house, and
giving it out that there was a nest under the
floor.
There was a little Irishman, named
Tom Clancey, who worked for Litton, and
who had a reputation as a snake catcher.
His plan was to pin the snake's head to the
ground with u forked stick, then to slip a
loop over the head, fasten it to his stick,
and thns drag his captive, squirming, home.
I wanted a live specimen of the timber rat
ler. which is usually much larger than his
prairie cousin, ami, instead of being black,
is orange and black, anil a decidedly
venoniouf.looking lieast. 4 me day Tommy
succeeded in capturing a big yellow fel
low, with fifteen rallies, and was drag
ging him home in high glee at the prospect
of the $ I had offered tor the reptile, when
a fellow driving a breaking team as he
passed, struck the snake across the back
with his ten-foot ox-whip. You know a
light blow will kill a rattier, and this blow
killed Tommy's captive. Well, you'd bet
ter lielieve that Irishman was uuiiL Whirl
ing around, he lifted his stick, and, using
the big snake for a lash, walloped the team
ster lustily. At first the fellow returned
the compliment w-ith his ox-goad, but when
he felt tliat clammy snake flap around his
face and neck once or twice his ncrv went
back on him, and he turjicd and ran, pur
sued by the little Irishman, who whipped
him with the rattler as long as his breath
ImaiSinatliui on the Weather.
A citizen doing business on Griswold
street, Detroit, has given this weather
question a great deal of thought, and re
cently he began a series of experinien s to
out
"Come in 1 What change in the weather
since last night: I hatea to uuiiu a ore,
out ;t was positively like November in here,
Come over by the stove."
-Has has the weather changiil J" litsi-
tatinglv inquired the caller.
"Changed ! Why there's a difference of
:J1 degrees since lo o'clock last night. Hear
what the weather report says: Northerly
winds, great change in temperature, with
indications of a severe frost at night! I
wish I had brought dowu my spring over
coat "
"Well, I felt the change, but I didn't
reilise the full power of it," said the otner
as he edged over to the stove and mblied
his hands.
"You should watch these tilings ami
dress accordingly. I wouldn't dare come
out in that thin coat. First you know
vn..-ii t,....p
a chill."
.i i y.
now I m rather careless, lint 1
fbis tire feels rather g'nL"
"Yes, it does; you'd better get thor-
.! I.. I l ...f. ... In 1 1
raw air."
The caller remained there, at least lOnitn-
; u. ,11 . time standing brsitle the hot
g,ove ar))i Vet when the thennoniett-r
niarkd l'H degrees lie maile no complaints
1 mia went oiit saving tnai ne woutu go uome
;ga(j a thiik- r coat.
They All l.lfteJ.
Several brethren were sitting in
South street store, and somehow they got
to talking alioiit lifting weights.
1 lifted a barrel once," said a lean man
in the corner, "that weighed over 'oo
1 .
1,1 - , .,
" . . . . , ... .
,, il.nkv man sittin-
! on MS. Tman Te
who weighed over pounds. slie was
The proprietor of the store opened h.s
'eyes a little and looked at the man, but no
1 further interest was displayed.
I "When I was down at Sandy," said a
small, fat man, "1 carried off a "ton of ore
to the cars.
Several of the
ie men shifted their positions
, and the prf-pnetor looke.1
at this big one
.: I . . ..s . .F - v.. 1. 1 In Asuti if nV
i ho.lv was listening.
I The last man, who was sitting with his
f,.et dangling down in a liox of eggs an
. . smai maQwho looked as if one
waft of wind would tinisli him, at last
.
"
., Vlll, mnetiiK-r when the
. Wuk(.r nIISO' Wlls building. Well, one
; morning the lws came to me and sai.L
.Jimllm th(.re is g,,m,.thing the matter
j wi,u the 1ltl.k ,,uui.ltj,,n 0f ti,e hotel ; get
1( f an1 w(ult it ig, j s)t un,i(Tt aiHi
: he two men iflC(1 ,he hllU,, ,,ff jts flumia.
tion, and the taiiric came aown on me.
Silence fell utn the crowd and the men
; paSsed out one hy one; tne prnpnetor
aVed a sigli, wiptsj away a tear, ami went
; Up t: j ;,, y ant :
"Jimmy, "jou may have recovered from
j but you must reineinlier our church is
fu f ii":irs an,i Vou, in vour commendable
.. .r ll l.
zeal io ecupse un-ui mi, --"-j
I. . . . i ,..i.:..l Kl... l.;a
naicning monsters nru uninin "m"" "
g,,,!,.,, ,ni that you will lorget ioj ouy
your ticket. 1 ake something tor your irui-
, sa, Jiiiinu. ami leave
iiroiUer Caunon."
the big ones for
-.
Taking the t.dce Off.
i;,.-, i,tlv sort of sliHichv-looking hun-
! gry -eyed, "cadaverous fellow stepped into a
! restaurant and said he wanted a cup of
' coffee and a piece of bread and butter. The
I waiter told him that the place sold nothing
i short of a complete dinner, and the price
! was fifty cents. Said the stranger, "Well,
' VOU SIS'
I 11 1 11 1 real Hungry, anu 1 onij.
' , ... . , , t,..,i
warn a mm- .m
1' -. i.T.
..it.ir"lt
m.-lKiS ro tii.iereiiee
I - - ...iin,,..r f..r ttftr cents, and noth-
- -
. ing else.
: .
, Mranger
'You give a hull dinner for
tie bread and butter to kind o er wash the
thing down but ye say ye can't gim'e
sir. We'll Kive you, as
d, square tneal for hfty
eat as little or much as
I you please.
I
Tha Encllah Admiral.
Duncan, lying oil' the Texel with his
own flag-ship, the Venerable; and only
one other vessel, heard that the whole
Dutch fleet was putting oat to sea. He
t ld Captain Hotham to anchor along
side of him in the narrowest part of the
channel, and fight his vessel till she
sank. "I have taken the depth ef the
water," added he, "and when the Ven
erable goes down, my flag will still
fly." And you observe this is no Vi
king in a prehistoric jiericil, but a
Scotch member of parliament, with a
smattering of the classics, a telescope, a
cocked hat of great size, and flannel
underclothing. In the same spirit,
Nelson went into Abouklr with six
colors flying; so that even if five were
shot away, it should not be Imagined he
had struck. He too, must needs wear
his four stars outside his Admiral's
frock, to be a b.;t for sharpshooters.
"I a honor I gained them," he said to
objectors, adding with sublime illogi
cality,"! u honor I will die with them."
Capt. Douglas, of the Royal Oak, when
the Dutch fired his vessel in the
Thames, sent his men ashore, but was
burned along with her himself rather
than desert his post without orders.
Just then the Merry Monarch was
chasing a moth around the supper ta
ble with the ladies of his court. When
Raleigh sailed into Cadiz, aud all tha
ships opened fire on him at once, he
scorned to shoot a gun and made
answer with a flourish of insulting:
trumpets. I like this bravado better
than the wisest dispositions to insure
victory ; it comes from the heart and
goes to it. God has made nobler heroes
but he never made a finer gentleman
than AV alter Raleigh. And as our ad
mirals were full of heroic superstitions
aud had a strutting and vain glorious
style of fight, so they discovered a
startling eagerness for battle, and
courted war like a mistress. When the
news came to Essex, before Cadiz, that
the attack had been decided, he threw
his hat into the sea it is iu this way
that a school boy hears of a half holi
day; but this was a bearded man, of
great possessions, who had just been
allowed to risk his life. Be u bow could
not lie still in his bunk after he bad lost
his leg; he must be on deck in a basket
to direct and animate the tight. I said
they loved war like a mistress; yet I
think there are not many mistresses we
should continue to woo under similar
circumstances. Trowbridge went
ashore with the Culloden, and was
able to take no part iu the battle of the
Nile. "The merits of that ship, and
her gallant captain," wrote Nelson to
the Admirality, "are too well known
to benefit by anything I could say. Hr
misfortune was great in getting
aground, while her more fortunate
companions were in the full t!de of
happiness " This is a notable express
ion and depicts the whole great-hearted
big-spoken stock of the English Ad
mirals to a hair. It was to be "In the
full tide of happiness" for Nelson to
destroy 5.325 of his fellow creatures,
and have his own scalp torn open by a
piece of langridge shot. Hear hiiu
again at Copenhagen : "A shot through
the main mast knocked the splinter
about; and he observed to one of In
oflleers with a smile, "It Is warm work
and this day may be the last to any of
us at a moment;" and then, stopping
short at the gangway, added with
emotion, "But mark you I would not
be e'sewhere for thousands.'
A High-Priced Mistake.
Two miners sat down in a wilderness o
southern I'tah, a few months since, to
munch their bread and thea pursue their
wanderings and their search for weath.
Thev were "prospectors"' wlw, having left
the lieaten track of pleasure-seekers, wan-
.l..n..l ..IT ti ft.f. ni.iiienient if fhi-ir fel-
, ,owg itt(ttie. comparativelv level country,
1 H,re montIl9 ,lf searching had revealed
nothing.
" We had In-tter got back into the moun
tain country, Jim," said his " pard."
" As he spoke his bud struck somethiag a
few inches under the sand, and the pros
pector found a frncture on the rocks and
picked tip a sniiiil yellow piece of stone.
" What's that ? " siiiii Tom. as he saw
with what feverish earnestness his "rard "
examined the niece.
" Kgad ! I think it's 1mm silver '.
They were out of provisions and clothes ;
they had not means with which to pay the
fee'for securing their "tiniL" After open
ing up their prize sufficiently to show that
a vein of ore existed, they offered it to Mr.
Ben Morgan, of l'ittshiirg, who is operating
smelting work a few miles Itelow Salt
Lake City, for 1 V"'- Mr- Morgan sought
the advice of the Superintendent of the
( Intario Mine. Together they carefully ex
amined the new "tintt," anil, unfortunately
for the genial Ben, they decided it was not
worth risking the money on. The miners
continued to open their vein, but soon again
were strandeil, when one of them wrote to
two Irish friends, who had already lost
money on supposed "fiuils," and besought
them to try their luck once more. After
much iuiiirtunity they invested enough
money to give the miners a g. d start, when
the development of the mine proceeded
rapidly. Four shafts were sunk and a
number of intermediate galleries run which
connected the shafts. The work was pushed
solely with a view to show the uiagnitude
of the deposit. It was the marvel of the
whole country. Conservative old engineers
measured the ore beds actually in sight,
taking nothing for granted, and made nu
merous analyses in all parts of the mine to
detennine its richness, and the most cau
tious calcnlated the silver in sight as worth
$ 27, ism, ihmi. Jay Cooke, hearing of this
prize, secured an option of one-half inter
est fir 2,5i.Hj,aji for a short time, and
hastening eastward he induced a uumlier ot
Englishmen in New York to invest and they
took it at this price, the four original own
ers declining to sell the remaining half at
anv price. This is now the famous "Horn
Silver Mine " or " New Bonanza," around
which a town has in a few months clustered
called "Frisco," and to which one mine
the full Southern railroad will this sum
mer tie extended nearly three hundred
miles.
The W eight ot WowH.
Tlie woods which are heavier than water
are Dutch box, Indian cedar, ebony, lig
niunvitae, mahogany, heart of oak, jome
granite, vine. I.ignuiuvita; is oue-third
heavier, pomegranate rather more. On the
other hand cork, having a specific gravity
of .24. and poplar of .!?5. are the lightest
wood products.
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