iitofgiiel jjggife mi jggitfciE
B. F. SCIIWEIER,
THE COHSTITTJTIOJT THE U5I05-AI.D TEE EtfTOBCEMEIT OF TEE IAWS.
Editor and Proprietor.
VOI,. XXXIII.
M I FFLI NTOAVN, JUNIATA COUNTY, PENNA., WEDNESDAY, SKPTEMBEK 17, 1S79.
NO. 3S.
H. T. HELMBOLD'S
COMPOUND
FLUID EXTRACT
BUCHU
THE WIND AND STREAM.
4 brook came stealing from the ground.
You scarcely- saw it silver; gleam
Among the herta that hang arouud
The borders of that winding stream
A pretty stream, a placid xtream,
A softly gliding, ba-hful Btream.
A breeze came wandering from the sky,
light as the whisper of a dream ;
Ii put the o'erh nKiug grasses by.
And j;aily stoned to kiss the stream
The pretty Btream. the fit:ered stream.
The shy, jet unrelucUut stream.
The water as the wind parsed o'er.
Shot upward mauy a elaucing bean.
Dimpled and quivered more and more.
And tripped along a livelier stream.
The na'tered stream, the simpering stream.
The fond, delighted, silly stream.
Away the airy wanderer flew
To wLeio the fields with blossoms teem.
To sparkling streams and rivers blue.
And 1. ft alone that little stream
The flattered t-tream, the cheated stream.
The sad, forsaken, lonely stream.
That careless wind no more came back.
He wanjers yet the fields. I deem.
But on its melancholy track
Cotupla ning wtut that little stream
The cheated stream, the hopeless stream
The ever-murmunug, moaning stream.
PHARMACEUTICAL.
iSfECIFIC REMEDY FOR ALL
The Last Sixpence.
I know, UM'thtT dear, you would not feci j
sal of which formed the subject of discus
sion ere they left hcnio.
Tl. --
me vicar was well acquainted with
tlie resources of his congregation, and
knew they could not contribute much
to the cause he pleaded ; but, as he re
remarked, they might at least give a por
tion to God's service and that the widow's
mite tendered willingly was dearer iu His
sight than the gold grudgingly contributed
by the wealthy. But even at this appeal,
when Mrs. Willis observed the hectic flush
upon Lucy s check, and noted how the ex
ertion of even walking to the church told
upon her, she felt half inclined to harden
her heart in favor of her young companion,
and to keep the last sixpence in her pocket.
But Lucy read Sirs. Willis's thought, and
whispering in her ear the words "God wil
provide," the money was given up in a
trice, and the old lady's heart leaped for
joy at the self sacrifice which had been ac
complished. "'ow, mother,"' said Lucy, when they
got within sight of their abode, "we wont
sit up in the dark talking, so as to lose the
glow our walk has produced, but go straight
to bed, as I must be up early."
Louugicg against the door-post, with hisl
hands in his pockets, and surveying the
outer world as well as he could through
clouds of tobacco smoke he was diffusing,
was the person Mrs. Willis and Lucy owned
as their landlord.
"There' en"elmnn lij.en linm at-,..
happy if you could not contribute your mite ! f((r you, he 0.rveJ oM mm
sd therale-fWgirlof twenty, preying , tlI? at hu pipe a,most
into her aged companions hands the six-i .,, , . , . .,
... . , . i nd "J bow be wanted you panic ler.
pence which constituted all tne monetary ; V w , .... . . ,.
i j e a --.
DISEASES
j He left a note, I think for you upstairs. I
; didn't speak to him myself, but my old
j 'ooman did, and if you want to see her
j you'll find her at the Hod Lion, in the jug-
or THE
For IVMIity, Loss of Memory. Indisposi
tion v Exertion or Itii-Jiness, bortneaa of
B:th. Troubled with Thought of Disease,
Inanwof ViiuTi. I'atn in the Bark. Chest,
no H-sJ. Ruh of lilood to the Idead, Pale
(.-unit-nance, and Iry skin.
l:tfce-e symptom are allowed to go on,
t Irrqueiitlv Kpilentic Fits and (on-K3T-ti..n
f-.iiow. When the constitution
.nj"S affected it requires the aid of an
Kviai:ns inedicine 10 strengthen and
tCjf sp liie system which
"Helmbold's Buchu"
A rroteasors Quickness or Ketort.
Dr. B , who was for many years
associated with the L'uiversity of Vtr
giinia, was noted for his quickness of
retort and some of his repartees, which
are failing out of contemporary mem
ory, are worthy of preservation.
Once, many years ago, being on a
visit to Washington, he thought he re
cognized a friend In the man who was
immediately before him.
"How are you V" lie said, clapping
the supposed friend familiarly on the
shoulder.
"My name is Hull, sir.
"I beg your pardon." said the Pro
fessor. "1 was looking for the Colo
nel."
On another occasion, as he was walk
ing, looking intently at something in
the street, a man coming in the oppo
site direction, who was gazluo- with
equal earnestness into a shop window,
ran shoulder to shoulder against him
The stranger drawing himself up in
extreme hauteur said :
" Why did you run against me?"
With equal severity the professor
answered Iu exact Imitation of his ques
tioner's tone aud manner:
Fur precisely Vie samt reason that
you ran against me," and the encoun
ter ended iu a good natured laugh.
A gentleman coining iuto his office,
one day said :
"Doctor, why do you keep your room
so hot? It is like an oven."
'I must," he answered promptly,
"for it is here that I make my bread."
Many years ago this incident was
told in one of the magazines, but the
point was somewhat missed, as the con
tributor made it hnke instead of mate.
On a visit to a Xew York publishing
Grinding Tools.
wealth they possessed. "There's quite
enough bread and butter and tea for break
fast in the morning, and if I get up very
early, as I mean to do. I shall have finished
Mrs. Smith's dress by three o'clock, and bar."
she s sure to pay me directly I take it to , M neitlu.r Mrs Wiis nor Lui.y any
e ' j wish to seek their landlady in such a place,
"But we've no candle or firing in the they borrowed a candle from a lodger, who
,--;u''- j was not quite so badly off as themselves, in
"IX .n't you trouble alKHit that ; when we ordt,r to noc to h(tvu lccn ,cft
ome back from church it'll be quite time m (heir rooni.
for hard-working folks like us to go to bed: j "Im afraid it's from Mrs. Smith,niothcr,"
so that we shan't want a light, and our gaij Lucv. '.jf g,s it-g , blowing up. for I
landlady will lend us a shovelful of coals' told her Id make an effort to have her
for to-morrow ; so don't say anything more, ' dress done forjier by last night, and, a
but take the sixpence and come along, for ! you know, I did my best."'
the church bells have almost ceased.". ; If the room in which they lived looked
For a few seconds the aged woman hesi- uninviting in the day-time it appeared far
tatcd between her charitable inclinations more dismal when viewed by the depress
and solicitude for tiie orphan girl who ca'.l-, I'S1'! of a tallow candle. But the residents
ed her mother; ' bu". looking earnestly into were pretty well used to the aspect of the joke and to rid hi in sell of the nuisance
her companion's face, and finding written i piace, and therefore devoted their attention
there the same desire that predominated ! to the note directly. The flickering flame
w ithin her own breast, she placed the coin revealed it lying upon the table, Lucy held
in her pocket. j the candle and took the note ; but no sooner
Without a word more on cither side, the ; did her eyes rest upon it than she turned to
' two females quitted the r.xm they xu- i n asy paleness, anu leant agamM ner
house, against which he hail a cla
for six hundred dollars, he was usher
ed into the office where one of !ie firm
sat on a high stool, pompouslv shelling
letters. The professor stood awaiting
recognition, but no notice was taken of
him. Finally the small business mill
twisted himself around on his iercli,
and said in the most stipercilous of
tones :
"What?"
"That," said the professor, hamli ng
he order for the money."
The business was settled without an
other word.
very tiresome civil engineer had
been vexing the righteous soul of one
of the l"niver-ity professors, who for a
Edge tools are fitted up by grinding.
Ihe sharp grit of the grindstone, be
ing harder than the Iron or steel, cuts
very small channels in the surface of
the metal, and the revolving disk car
ries away ail the minute particles that
are detached bv the grit. If we were
examine the surface of the tool that
kas just been removed from the grind
stone, under the lens of a powerful mi
croscoje, it would appear, as It were.
like the rough surface of a field which
has recently been sacrificed with some
implement that had formed alternate
ridges and furrows. Hence, as these
ridges and furrows run together from
both sides at the cutting-edge, the
newly-ground edge seems to be formed
of a system ol minute teeth, rather than
to consist of a smooth edge. For this
reason a tcol is first ground on a coarse
stone, so as to wear the surface of the
steel away rapidly; then it is polished
on a w heel of much liner grit and final
ly, in order to reduce the serrature as
much as possible, a whetstone of the
finest grit must be employed. Tliii
gives a eutting-eilgc having the small
est possible serration. A razor, tor
xauip'e, does not have a perfee
iittnig edge, as ons may perceive by
viewing it through a microscope. Se- I
giniKis are sometimes m.-.trncted,
when grinding edge tools, lo have the
stoue revolve toward the cutting edge,
aud sometimes from it. When the first
grinding is being (one it is a matter of
indifference whether this is done or
not; but when the finishing touches are
applied near and at the very edg.;, a
grimier can always complete his task
with more accuracy if the periphery of
the grindstone revolves toward the cut
ting edge, as the s'enl that is worn
away will be removed more easily;
whereas when a stone runs in the op
posite direction, the grinder cannot al
ways tell exactly when the side of the
tool is fully ground up to the edge.
This is more especially true when the
steel lias a rathvr low or soft temper.
The stone, whea running from the edge
will not sweep away every particle of
the metal that hangs as a "feather" but
when the stone revolves toward the
edge, tliere w ill be no "feather edge"
to deceive the eye of the grinder.
Street Life In Venire.
'pied, and pr. needed through the narrow j companion for support.
' streets teeming with human lx-inir to the j "Mother, mother . si
DOES IN EVERY CASE.
my eyes.
sue froji.eu, "1 can-
Heaii, read and
HELMBOLD'S BUCHU
IS TJNEQTJALED
church, whither the bells had invited them, i n trust
' To nearly every depth it is said tliere is a quickly ! '
', deeiT still ; but Mrs. WiHis and her pr- ! Mra- Wi,lis s,''171 ,Iie sliP of P-lIr. ,mt
!tege, Lucy Marks, were certainly among: r tI,e uaudwriting and the
i the p. -.rest iu that very' po. .r district. words Lu(T
Adversity makes us acquainted with; "Don't go to bed until you've seen
strange companions, and Alfred Willis, j Alfkeu."
j when he quitted England two years previ- j Without a word the to women wound
; ously to seek his fortune in Australia, little . their arms around each other, and wept
dreamt tliat the comfortable home in w hich tears of silent joy ; for unless some villian
; he had left his mother aud bcthn.tlu'd wife ; OU9 trick had 5cn practiced "f'n them, he
! would have been so son broken up, and
' tl... 1... ft..u. l.itt citru al..rT-...a tltev unild
It Is prescribed Ij "-"'
itiv reme.lv known.
to con eminent phj-slcians ail over the have sunk to the poverty they now exper
:a, in
Biieumatism,
Spermatorrhoea,
-euralgia,
Nervousness,
Dyspepsia,
Indigestion,
Constipation,
Achea and fains, I , -
Kidney Diseases,
LiTer Complaint,
Xervous Debility,
Epilepsy,
Bead Troubles,
Paralvsis.
General lu-Uealtn. nuess.
I ieuceiL
I From the age of fourteen Lucy had been
able to tarn her own living, so hat when
i Alfred, after losing nearly all his capital
i. gayc up the grocery business he had been
', deluded into taking, his only anxiety was I
' a provision for his mother. The $ i,) he ,
: had left when he was clear of his business
too confiding moment, lent to a
who had for years been the cherished darl
ing of their hearts had been given back to
them once more.
Ay. and was iu the room even now as he
quickly let them know, w hen he thought
their agitation liad somewhat abated, and
that he could safely emerge from the hid
ing place he had sought beneath the bed.
Hearing from the residents of the house in
whieh he left his mother and his letrothed
that they deemed him dead, and fearing
i . . .i . .,.t te cttC' U13 sudden appearance migm
man in whm he trusted to the utmost,
i . , ,. .. .. . . , ,i,.,.t.t. have upon them, he had left the note with
i with directions that the interest therefrom ...... , . ., ,,
mtLst be paid t his mother ; but ere AI
5-:rit n:
Sciatica.
Deafness,
Decline,
Lumbago,
Catarrh,
Nervous Complaints,
Female Complaints, &c
."'Jiaehe. Pain In the' Shonlders, Conirh,
;U"N Sour Momueh, Kmptions, Jliid j
in the Mouth. 1'alpitaMon of the ,
art,pin ln the resrion of the Kidneys, ;
a thousand other painful syiuptouia, :
ue xh' fTl'i lugs of Dyspepsia.
. I . : ......... na . ..i 1 1 as ll.t VMllfl
was a bankrupt, and Mrs. ilhs was pen- , w nd b.ndladv ve
him opportHnity for secretly returning to
Helmbold's Buchu
Invigorates the Stomach,
I T ...1 . v. ct i rrl c Tit nt
'thiZrww'rhc!;
, , ,i,c... ,,,...1.1,. ihe could watch the effect of his ruse.
iev er, a.,u a compassionate fellow-lodger who
touch tier neeuie. . . , , .. , ,
i They were alone in the worM, fr Lucy lt Lucy the candle waited a long time
'was an orphan, and Mrs. Willis, whilst e it was returned; indeed, as a matter of
i having no relatives of her own, knew noth- fact, that particular illuminating medium
' in" ofher late husband's family, who years was not returned at all, for it had nearly
Uforc had founded a home in anoiner j nurni neu wiiue "j
am! ; that it had been borrowed; but really there
Kapidly their few worldly nossi-ssions j was every excuse, for Alfred had so much
were disposed of, until at last they were to tell : How at first he had lieen ui.fortu
glad to find shelter in the small the very j in Australia; how, in a fit of desperation,
small front r.x.m they now occupied. j he bad resolved to try the digging, and was
Thev had heard several times from the wonderfully successful, getting in less than
much loved Alfred; but owing to the un- j six months some nuggets that realized him
J . :..... i.:- .,.,,.,.. onto tl.er bail not '. !it oi0: how he resolved not to take his
cenaiinv oi w i,i'.. "-"" . ;
jlK.t n able to reply, so that he knew noth- mom y with him on board the Juno, but
j ing of the misfortunes that had la-fallen j i,aVe it sent over on some future occasion;
' them. His last letter was a bright, cheer bow, when the steamer foundered he had
I ..;ti f..ll f bone- announcing ,,,a I n.-.nn.reil lo si-cure himself to a broken spar
i i.i 1 1 . i -. . -. . i i . i . . - -
sent him to Dr. It with his engi
neering sclieincs. as to a congenial and
sympathetic soul. He therefore came
wilh high hopes, aud unfo'ded his
schemes several tunes w ith wearisome
multiplication of details to the devoted
profe-sor, when the listener's iinpa-
iienee made itseir felt. I be engiuecr J
coin in tied to say. "just one moment,
Professor owe thing more." Finally
his hearer's much tired patience show
ed signs of utterly giving way, where
ujton the patentee again said :
I on ly want lo show you one thing
more, Professor. I have invented a
short method of boring mountains,
which I think will prove very valua
ble." "My dear sir," burst forth the wear
ied listener, "if you would only invent
a short method of boring individuals
you would confer a lasting favor on
the race." The engineer departed.
" Klm... .v. . t., Ttowei. ! I,.- was now far better circumstanced than an(i aftcr forty-eight hours' exposure nau
blood of all impurities, and Imparting
Or Six Bottles for 15,
jjrd to any address free from onserva-
h th mT consult by letter, receiv
I? lrifl same airontim b eollinir. bT
ering the following questions:
im'J e Tnnr '" anrt nost-offlee address,
'f 1 suite, and your nearest express
fljwniwtiont
J1rri,OI.Mn!;)(.t
t S,S .' "'fit. now and In healtht
I y ,nK have vou lMen iek T -
1 H """Pb'X'on.eolor of hair aim eyest
1 ke'iii -opiipinp or ereci :
l.-. lK without reservation all
r11 t'qnvtnlii..lthi..ilin In rlMnalni I . , r. i 1 1. tti.t w intended
, 'lf' and vigor to the whole svMein. I retuniing home by the Juno, Uie mil
flr.Jie tri.l mill l jnite sufficient to , . f..ii.1IT,
'w-themos, hesitating of its valuable steamer leaving MelUmrni.
qualities. To crown their sorrows, a month before
I hiR existed return news came that the
j Juno had foundered in mid -ocean some
j dozen men, among whom Alfred Willis was
E 1 PER BOTTLE not included, alone surviving to tell the sad
j tale.
! Wiiat a sweet relict was it w emei
portal of God's house, and leave behind
them the crowded streets anu
listless loiterers and frivolous pleasure-seekers
! Outside all was noise, bustle and
confusion ; within, a peaceful calm, broken
only by the silvery tones of the aged minis
ter, as in simple earnest language he plead
ed a cause very dear to his heart.
The Sunday service was the one relaxa
tion Mrs. Willis and her adopted enjoyed ;
wet or fin they were never absent ; aiwi
occasions such as the present, when relief
for certain purposes in connection with
nltnr """"Hon. and we will eive yoa . rciion was asked for, tne .'plate was
Vaifm JJL.'1 - our " and oar csouiu -- " ;n- Never.
G-"inRacure. never handed Jo them in vain iNevir,
t'teila,,1,1ns" hiiis attend to eorres- . ., recent experiences of
tobi.."- All letteis should be addressed however, in their rweuv ;
Ha-Sj nlory. iW "- iihert treet, rhila verty bad their circumstances been so
low as now. Lucy for.tbe past month had
H. T. HELM BOLD, been unable to perform her usual quantity
Druggist and Chemist. of work, so that the wage-fund upon which
Phade,Ph,a, Pa. the two women solely relied had din.mshed
to a corresponding extent, until tbeir scte
4 remaining coin was the sixpence the dispo-
80LD KVERIWHEI
been picKea up ny a passing
finally, the difficulty he had had in finding
"'ulution fee.
reservation all yon
. Kncloe one
Vonr letter will then
his mother and betrothed in their new
aliodc
Then, with tears in their eyes and a smile
upon their lips, they told him of the dispo
sal of their last sixpence, and of their con
adin? trust in Him who, after a night of
sorrow, sendeth joy in the morning. And
truly their sorrow had passed away even as
a tale that is told.
Their Bargain.
a boy are
Iter a long
Well, I never give a fellow
"Your folks goue anywhere this
summer?" inquired one bootblack of
another at the post office.
"Has your'n?" was the evasive re
ply.
".Sav. Ji't what kind of
yju" asked the first,
pause.
"Me?
away."
"Then, if you won't let on that my
mother had to stay at home to wash
for her regular customers, I won't say
anything about your father, who Is
tikinir his vacatien In the Work
House."
They shook hands over it and both
will keep mum.
Genius is sometimes arrogant; know
ledge is always diffident.
Kecoveriut Lot Timber.
That timber in considerable quanti
ty and ot substantial value is daily
found filiating on the surface of the St.
Lawrence river is well known, but that
large deposits of timber lie sunken at
the bottom of the river at various
points adjacent to Montreal is a fact
that will by no means be so readily
credited. Such, nevertheless, is the
case, and daily the timber is brought to
the surface by gangs of inhabitants and
others, who sell it to dealers. The bot
tom of Longucuil bay, near the shore,
would appear to be literally covered
with timber, and during tUe past few
months a number of men in canoes.and
provided with chains and grappling
hooks, have been busily engaged in
bringing up the logs, floating them
ashore, where they are hauled away by
horses and piled for sale. The timber
consi.-ts almost eutirely of white oak
and walnut. It has been estimated that
most of it has been in the river at least
from thirty to forty years, and has
formed portions of the numerous tim
ber rafts that, in transit from the West
to Quebec, have been wrecked or dam
aged in or above the Lachinc Rapids.
The length of time it would require
even so dense a wood as white oak to
become sufficiently soaked with water
as to sink to the bottom of the river
and cause it there to lie as a stone, war
rants the belief that it has been there
at least during the period named. Our
informant states that the timler is in a
perfect state of preservation, the action
of the water or insects having in no
way impaired its texture or affected Its
value. Some of the logs brought up at
Longueuil are two feet in diameter and
from thirty to sixty feet in length.
They command, when delivered in
Montreal, from thirty to thirty-five
cents per foot. Timber bets of similar
character are stated to exist at many
points along the river below the city,
where logs like that of Lougueuil oc
cur; indeed.it is difficult to know the
number or extent of layers of valuable
wood r-isting on the bottom of the no
ble water highway that flows past that
city, and which a short time only may
develop.
A Blftt Jam of Log;. (
The big jam of 10,000.000 logs on
Carratunk Falls, Maine, is broken
at last, C.000,000 logs going out at
once, which was said to have been a
grand sight It took sixty-five men
thirteen days to break the jam and get
the rear over Carratunk Falls. A por
tion of the ledge was removed by blast
ing. Omar Clark had a crew of fifty
men in charge from the time the first
log started on Moose river, then on the
main river, until this time, and not an
accident of any kind has happened to a
man, not even the jamming of a toe.
This makes 85,000,000 logs that have
oassed down the river this season.
Venice's great impression is its street
life so brilliant, so highly colored, so
unlike that ot any other city. The
couiiuon-place shows of the guide-books
are fiat and disappointing; the prisons,
dungeons. Bridge of Sighsand so forth.
The school girl glamour thrown over
these places is mainly traceable to By
ron's sentimental wash f verse. The
unbalanced poet's judgment on the his
toric events of Venice Is about as weak
audyietwus as his dgniant on other
matters and his ignorance of fact is ap
palling. The daily picture of Venice,
however. Is something of which one
never tires and which changes ever
with the hour. Gondola life is some
thing deliciously dreamy and luxurious
In the soft light of day or under the
sheen of moon and starlight. Let dark
night come and rain, however, and
these long, narrow, deep black boats,
seen mysteriously from the faint point
of light on their prow take to them
selves the likeness cf floating coffins
steered by the shades. The effect is
indescribably sepulchral. You seem to
be alone in the waters of Hades among
the spirits. The gondolas are all of a
funeral black, with black dnperies
over the dark cabin. Many centuries
ago a Venetian law ordered this pattern
and color, for what reason I do not
know. The laws of Venice do not
eh inge, and the gondolas are ail black
and ghostly to this day. The streets
are narrow and blaze wilh light. Their
narrowness sometimes not over three
leet makes a very little light serve to
brilliantly illuminate them, and the
j-ts iu the shop windows, kept open till
late at night keep them bright and
blazing almost without the out-door
lamps. Through them the people
surge iu constant streams all ijations,
all classes, all colors. You study the
world, but even the Venetians them
selves present some strong contrasts,
for they in time are made up of the
blood of many people. One striking
contrast, which you soon note, is that
the Venetian men as a body are dark,
their women blonde. The sounds, too,
are polyglotta, and everything is inter
national. It was my first sigiit,
for instance, of Greek money w Inch I
received several times in change.
been all over the world since I first
went to sea. I've been in Greenland
but not at all seasons ot the year at the
same time. I've been round the Cape
or Good Hope a good many times. The
Xiagara saw Ihe biggest suulish off the
Cape that ever I saw or read about."
"When was that?"
"ln 1873 in IStiU before the war
when she was taking the Japanese to
their own country."
"But the sea serpent?"
"Tell him about the sea serpent,
Young," Devlin replied.
"We did see something very like a
sea serpent, Mr. Young said. "That
was on the 20th, the day before we en
countered the sunfish. It appeared on
the mizzen crosstrees, and it was prob
ob'y thirty feet in length. Other gen
tlemen besides Mr. Devliu saw it."
"It was iu sections," Mr. Devliu re
marked, impatient over the common
place description of his friend, "like a
tapeworm. I couldn't see it all at once,
but each section was well, let me see
ten or fifteen feet long."
Yt hat was lu color?"
Brown or black."
Are you sure It wasn't the remains
of a garbage scow?" sung one of the
sailors engaged iu cleaning the brass
woi k, a la "Finafore."
Bring out this bottle of seaweed.
Young," cried Devlin, and then turn
ing to the reporter, lie said, impressive
ly : "K-.-member, I'm a scientific
cuss."
The Ix.ltle of .-eavveed was produced.
It was really a very beau til ul thing ot
its kind, to beautiful in fact that it
would attract general attention and ad
miration in a cabinet of curiosities.
There were ferns and sea berries aud
minute specimens of shrimps and crabs
the size of a pea and a ti-li iu size and
shape very like a whi,dash. In color
it was brown, purple, variegated. It
looked more like a suake than a fish.
"What kind of fish is this?" the re
porter a-ked.
"It is like a sucker alKut the head but
ts body resembles a gar-fish," Mr.
IKVllll said.
An American Jockey.
There is no dispute as to w ho is the
best English jockt y. His name is Fred
Archer, and his record is as follows:
In 1S7S he won ii') races, out of 1! in
which lie rode. This was the largest
number of races ever won by a jockey
in a single season, being iu excess o
the total attained by Archer in 1ST"
when he won 21S races, or in 1S76,
when hi was successful 207 times.
This year, up to August I.-t, he had
wou 107 races, iu a to.itl of mounts
or an average of say one-third. The
extraoidmary victory of the horse
'Falsetto" has revealed the champlou
ockey of America, who happens to be
a colored boy wilh the decidedly Celtic
name1 of Murphy. The Xew York
Times contends that lie is quite the
equal of Archer, and to prove this as
sertion give the subjoined sketch : Mur
phy's riding in the Travers Stakes race,
Juiy IS, and in the Ken ner Stakes race,
August 22, were the two finest exhibi
tions of skill in the saddle that have
been seeu in this country in many
years. Jlurpiiy has a steady han I, a
quick eye. a cool head and a bold heart
four qualifications absolutely ueces-J
ary to the success ol every jockey.
I'hat he is very observant during the
progress of a race, and is quick to per
ceive the weak points of an adversary,
prompt to take advantage of them, was
signally illustrated iu the run for the
Travers Stakes. Asked, son after the
race, why he ent up to Harold and
Jericho at the half mile, only to fall
away again, he replied ell, I did
not care for Jericho, but, while 1
thought Spendthrift was the dangerous
jorse, I wanted to go up to Harold to
see how he felt; so I tapped Falsetto
with the spur one t me, went up to
iheiu, fell of Harold, found him sprawl
ing over the course, and saw he was
out ot the race, I fell back to keep
Feakes from thinking I was ai all dan
gerous." was then asked how he
happened to get between Harold and
cannot te shown that the halls are used
for any other purpose. The offices nec
essary for the management could be
rented for i.'100 a year. And it may be
as as contended by Mr. Alderman
Cotton, in the recent debate in the
House of Commons, that tiiere was a
great difference between gross esti
mated rental and actual rents; that the
income actually received by the com
panics In respect of their city proper
ty is considerably less than the before
mentioned figure; but if the companies
deliberately lease away their most val
uable e.-tates for less than their real
value, that is their own lookout. It
dies not affect their wealth in the least.
In addition to thi- they own extensive
aud valuable properties in London out
side the city. In St. Martin's lane,
foi instance, the Mercers' company
owns an estate Lady Bradbury's
which is now rated at i.'i7.575 c year,
and in all parts ol the metropolis they
are possessed of properties ever in
creasing in value. The new "IHhhus
day Book" also shows that the city
guilds are the owners of estates of more
or less value in pearly every shire in
England and Wales, to say nothing
of estates producing some :0.000 a year
Jin rents held by eight of the large com
! pauies in the north of Ireland. Their
investments in the funds are also very
considerable. We have, indeed, little
doubt that ,000,000 a year would, if
anything underestimate the annual val
ue of the real and personal estates
vested in the city companies.
The Spanish Princess Pilar.
It would not be doing justice to the
Infanta Filar to say that she was the
handsomest member of the family. She
wns singularly beautiful, and in no
wise Bourbon. It is no secret that her
father was Capitano 1'iUg-Mollo, of the
Spanish Artillery, with whom Queen
Isabella consoled herself after the de
sertion of the Duke de Sesto and before
she made the acquaintance of Senors
Manfri and IV.'nta, for her unhappy
marriage. The deceased Princess had
attained her eighteenth year. If the
the pole ou the turn. "I didn't intend
Audits color is zebra-like," Mr. to K " tl,e turn," was his reply ; "but
Young added ! when we started toward the stretch.
ine reporter rose to Dike his leave. ; Harold was tired aud unsteady, and he next Oieen Consort of Spain should
"Before you go," Mr. Devlin said, j leaned away from the pole, and give j furnish the church with a christening,
"let me tell you about the meteor we :"'- ro," to go in. 1 thought it better j the Inf.inti was to bi married to the
saw on this voyage. I have seen me- l" run for the position than to have to ( ro.vn Prince of Austria ; if no chil l
teors in the Grecian Archipelago ev- round him, so 1 jumped at the chance, j were borne she was to remain iu
ery where raining down all round the and went between him and the rail. I ! Spain and choose a husband w ho
sky, but I never saw one shout up be-! steadied my horse here a moment to j would be satisfied to live there,
lore." compel Harold to cover more ground i The Infanta had a clear olive complex-
"lhat is so," said Mr Young It on the turn, ami beat him good, for he , ion, regular and finely chissled feat
"''.V.' JTi:.'.r."i,1"r.''"""" , ,, . very tired, and ju.-t In-fore we got ; ures, eyes dart and profound as those
terru deii ", """'ii't' , "Wretch 1 le.t him aud went after j of Mile, liaehel, aud dark hair that
"It started near the horizon ajnl j "-"dtl"""t-" explanation could ! might have been stolen from a pagan
seemed to follow the path of the milky j -uurI'y "as ai- gouuess. ner ngtire menaced clumsi-
wav, upward, upward, describing a I n:"ly ""'"y-'veii mounts this ; ness. bui not to the exieut of her molli-
aemfcircle in the heavens. I never saw 'y.e;!r am!i,,i" Wl" twenty-five, besides tr's. She was called alter ai. Arago
any thing more beautiful, aud I wish ! ' beat, and this is a ali)eMU.lJi.,rtMtuk)I1
that I could write, so that I might! bt"tttT E"Sl"h JOtkey I bjr ueen Ib'- J
w rite about it." can show. fjjepoor girl with fearful suddenness.
"It is soinetiilug for the astronomers' ., .'"." I It appears, that she inspired Prince
to settle," I tevliu answered. ' "" j Kudolph of Austria with a passion.
"Goodby," said the reporter. j Thanks mainly to a Metis or half : whica s!,e 'eciprocate.l. The uncer-
"Goodbv, and be sure you give us a ; breed who is iu the service of the Hud- utlti' oi "er marriage tormented her.
good rejort," cried a number of voices son Bay company, a Sioux warrior was i Va ne to " Empress of Austria or
after him. I tound iruilu- of stealing a horse. and ! was she to be kept in .paiu to provide
Mules' in Mines. condemned to pay the animal's value heirs for the throne? She would have
! bv instalments at one of the company's j readily renounced her contingent birth
Colliery mules sometimes live many ; forts. On paying the last installment, 'te1"; hut jurists held that if she an
years without seeing daylight, as they he received his quittance from the man jnounced her own claim to the succes
are only taken out of the mines when ! who had broug'it him to Justice, aud j 8'on l,e could not prejudice the rights
work is entirely suspended. The mules j left the office A few moments later J of ner children. The Infanta, without
are used I u hauling cars of coal from ihe Sioux returned, advanced on his -being seriously ill, ran dowa. Sea
the various parts of the mine to the i noiseless moccasins within a space of i baths were ordered, and sue went to a
foot or slope of the shalt from w here it j the w riting table, and leveled i.is mus- I wateriujj pla-eon the southern shore of
is hoisted to the surface by steam. The i ket full at the half breed's head. JutltheIJay of Biscay. While bathing
mules go to work with the miners and ' as the trigger was pulled, the Metis i tm;'re sie wa3 e'ed with a fit of the
continue until evening. They are sta- raised the hand with which he was .epileptic type which la-ted several
bled iu the mi.ie and are carefully at" I writing and touched lightly the muzzle ! nol,r3 fr01'1 which she only awoke in
tended to. Strauge to say, ats of . of the gun; the shot passed over his aotl'er world. The King an 1 Prin
mules working iu collieres are singu- ! head, but his hair was singed off in a I l0ss of At"r'!, wilu were telegraphed
larly smooth or elossv and miners at- I broad mass. The smoke clearin awav ! for' ,liJ arrive in time to see her
pass away, tjueen Isabella was at her
tribute it to the coal dust that seitlcsou ! the Indian was amazed to see hiseneniy
the hair and polishes it. The lead ' still alive. The other looked him full eountry house reading lettei
mule iu a team always carries a miner's in the eves for an instant, then quietly : t,,e ll,t"'"' had just brought t
lamp attached to his cllar ; but mill- j resumed his writing. The Indian ' ,u,a"U w I"Ml ,.,"! t,'1r:"
ers sav that the lami. is uniie.-es,rv as silent! v dei.arted bcinir iim.iirsi.ed : her "erea.- arrived. Ihe u:ilc
the mules never sret off the track in the those who would have siveu chase be- "lutl,er was overwhelmed with grief,
dark. In some places where it is not
convenient to haul the cars mules are
trained to push them, 2nd it is not un
common to see a dozen of the aiiima.s
I ng stopped by the half breed w ith,
for she is most allectionate toward her
!..... I l. .. 1 1 .
"Go back to your dinner, and leave l""u" , am. nas aeeniy ten ner sep
I the affair to me."' aration from them, notwithstanding the
I Wl..... ev..,.i,,,. . r...e .!.:, 'intimacy with Pueuta and his family.
Tall Fish Stories.
"I was at the wheel," said Mr. Young,
of the bark Kentish Tar, "some of the
men being ill. It was a bright, clear
day, and w hile I was enjoying the Iresh
breeze which was blowing at the time I
heard some of the forecabin passengers
say, 'There Is a fish alongside !' Look
ing out ou the starboard side I saw it
lying on the water lazily sunning it
self. Its eyes were open and its fins
were going just enough to keep him it
the top of the water. It was about six
feet by fourteen, and was the finest
specimen of that species of fish any of
us had ever seen."
"Six feet by fourteen," said the re
iiortcr meditatively, trying to bring all
Ins arithmetical knowledge to bear
harmonizing this statement with that
contained on the log.
"I could not see it all at once," said
Mr. Thatcher, divining t-lie reporter's
thoughts, "but as near as I could make
out that was about the size of it. 1
don't think Mr. Young's estimate at ail
exaggerated."
"I am t "d hau-' with the har
poon," Mr. Young remarked, "and I
generally try to keep one on hand. On
this occasion, unfortunately, my har
poon was on the main deck, or I could
have had the fish on board."
"Anything we could get with the
harpoon," interposed Mr. Devlin, his
talk beginning to flow as freely as the
exciting cause "we gathered in the In
terest of science or anybody else."
"Any ssa serpents?" queried the re-
1 orter gently.
"Sea serpents! I should say so,"
Devlin answered confidently, "I've
working iu that way. Iu pushing cars ; curious to see how the affair would end
the muie is provided with a heavy
breast-pad instead of the ordinary har
ness. The ample time the mules have
for reflection does not howevei.seem
to improve their dispositions, as every
mining report contains accounts of men
and bovs who have been kicked tod ath
ihe Inlanta Paz now stands on the
accompanied the Metis to the Sioux en- ol u,e l,,rone -'C"P"i fy tier sis-
ean.pmeut. At a certain distante he ter r'lar- '''e is the age of the Duke
bade them wait, and advanced alone to I Je Mont..cnsier's son Antonio, and in
the Indian fi.its. Belore one of these hI1 llkelihood will be kis wife. Thus
sal the b.itlkd savage, singing his own i U Guizotine policy of the Spanish
death-hyiuu to the toin toin. He told j marriage has a fresh chance of being
his friends in the spirit-land to expect ! realized. Princess Paz or Peace, is
or severely injured by them. Owing to ''im that night, when he would bring '!lir a,1(J r pleasing appearance. She
them all the news or their tribe. He ; was coniirine-j oy me late l ope, anu is
swung nis body backward and forward 'supposed to be a Marforiy-Borbon. The
a he chanted his strar.ge song, but!,irst telegram of condolence which
never once looked up not even w hen ! King Alpliou.-o received was from his
his foe spumed hiui with his foot. He chivalrous young I ri -n I. the Crowned
only sang ou and awaited his fate, i Prince of Austria.
Then the half breed bent his head and I " 1
spat down on the crouching Sioux.and j Bettinc On Saratoga Funerals,
turned leisurely away -a cruder re-1 They bet on funerais at Saratoga, or
venge than if he had shot him dead. i r!ll)l..r ,,, ,i, f,i
, - - - v.. ..... .. aw., tru. v. I V
the constant tea.-ing of the driver boys,
mules occasionally become so savage
that they cannot be approached.
flow Adunis Handled a Muidtet.
In 1777, John Adams was appointed
commissioner to France, to take the
place of Silas Deane, and embarked ou
lioard the Boston frigate. Iu the course
of the voyage, the commander of the
Bo-ton saw s sail, which carried' the
flag of the enemy, and the temptation
to engage w ith her was so strong, that.
although contrary to his orders, which
Wealth of the City Companies at Lond n
j tolling bell. They were sitting on the
; talcony of the States, talking about the
is ; price of wheat for September delivery.
The wealth of these companies
simply enormous. Sir John Bennett, I when all at once the old Presbyterian
were limited to carrying Mr. Adams to for he is ou the court of one, if not , bell began to toll:
France, he determined, if possible, to
capture her. Having obtained the
permission of the commissioner, he
made sail in chase; and when coming
up with the enemy, he represented the
danger of remaining on deck, and in
sisted upon Mr. Adams' retiring below,
out of gun shot. Having seen his
charge safely deposited with the sur
geon, the captain returned to thw deck;
the courses were clewed up, all hands
more of the companies said they had ' 'Ding dong ng ng, ding-dong
"loads of money" ami that some of the ng ng, ding dong ng ng "
companies, "like the fly in the treacle "I'll bet the age is over twenty!"
pot, could not move for wealth." In said Mr. Travers, breaking the solemn
the city of London that small speck in stillness.
the centre of this metropolis coveting j "Two to one its under twenty-five?"
barely a squ..re mile the city guilds responded Mr. Belmont, religiously,
are possessed of real proiierty the val- j ..i-, no better," said Jim Keene; I
ue of which exceeds half a million ! never sell what I can't deliver; but I'll
year, us is evidenced by city rate books : r,.,t one hundred to fifty that it's a wo
carefully examined by the present ' man !"
beat to quarters, bulkheads down, deck writer. Some ot this is doubtless un- "Taken!" responded several voices;
productive, for the halls or the com-! ad then all the brokers sat still and
pauies are stately buildings erected at j lUteued to the tolling bell. As the bell
greac expense the drapers spent near ! eame to the age and struck thirty-one.
80,000 upon theirs and covering ' Belmont paid his bet and said ; ".Vow
much ground in the heart of the city, for Keene. The bell strikes one for a
sanded, matches lit, and the fight begun
In the midst of it, tbe captain saw, to
his surprise, that Mr. Adams had es
caped his confinement below, and, with
musket in hand, was doing the duty oi
a marine w ith irreat dexterity and coin- i are absolutely useless save tor festivi- man and two for a women."
oosure. lie immediately went to him ! ties. Xot long ago the Goldsmith's ; Then came a moment's silence, and
and said, "My duty, sir, is to carry you ; company was asked to lend their hall j
unhurt to France, and as you are un- i to hold an exhibition of horological in-
... Koll r.n.r nut
willing to go under hatches of your own
accord, It is my duty to put you there;"
and seizing the future President of the
struments, etc., but the company re
fused to grant the application on the
ground that they feared the costly dec-
republic ii his arms, he had him con- orations would be damaged. Much um-
veyed to place of safely, and took meas
ures to keep him tliere, which were
effectual
brage appears to have been taken at
the term "shrines of gluttony," which
has been applied to these halls. But it deliver.
"One two!"
" Keene 's got it!" said Travers.
"I knew I should," said Keene; and
then he whispered to Belmont. "My
coachman boards at the house, and he
told me the man's wife had died not
twenty minutes ago. I had a sure
point."
so, as usual, Keene nau tne wheat to