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B F. SCHWEIEB,
THE COJSTITUTIOJT THE USI03-AND THE UTTOEOEMEST OF THE LAWS.
Editor and Proprietor.
VOL. XXXIII.
MIFFLINTOWX, JUNIATA COUNTY, PENNA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1S79.
NO. 44.
T
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siu, , nt I'hvsieians attend to eorres
'L.. . lettets should be addressed
M'Jtoiy. tiJ lilUert treet, Phua,
U. T. HELMBOLD,
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Philadelphia, Pa.
Ol,i tV:ltIHIll
I
Make mi a beadlxarj, mi et, aniaotk and
paiiiUxl you ae ;
Our mm she d ej but wiutsr, al aiaier and
Jack mud ma
! f.iat Sntiday could hardly Sud her, aa nitny
! uew graves about.
! Aud liud cried out, 'We've lost her, when
Jack gave a little shout.
We have worked an J eaved all winter boen
j bourr sometimes, I own
! liut wo hid this much frjia father under the
" old door atone.
' He uevor go?a thereto see her; he bated
her ; scolded Jack
i hen he heard us talking abou'. her aud wish-
iug she'd come tick.
Hut u; ia the gatret we whisper, and have a
j good time to cry,
Our LeauUf ul mother who kissed us, aud
was'ut afraid to die.
! Put ou it that she was forty, in November sk2
' weut awar,
j That fh- tlir . mulhirs, and we
I bare'ut forgot to pray ;
And we metn to be as she taught usbe lov-
iug aud true and square.
To work aud road, to love her, till we go to
her up there.
Let the boa:d bj white like mother" (the small
chin quivered here).
And the lad roujjhtd something under, an i
conquered a r.-Wl tear.
Here is all we could kocp from father, a dol
lar and thirty ceuts.
The rest he has got for coal and dour aud
partly to ray the reuts."
lilushing the white lie arm, aud dropping the
hunest eves.
"What is the price of headboards, with writinfi
aud I audaciue size ?"
Three dollars!" a you:if r.ie wo'jud.d, just
talis wt.h a moan, and he.
i i
down ou his Uttered knee.
-Three dollars! aud we shall loie her. next l
v.lif thA mirm an.l tlrn biia. M
Uut the bote had his armt about him, and
cuddled the head o! tow
Close up to the great hear.'s shclier, aud
womanly tears fell fist
"Dear boy, you shall tever loje her, O cling
to your sacred past !
Come to-morrow, and Lrng your sister aud
Jack, aud the board ehall be
The best that the shop can f urcUh, then come
j here aud live with me." j
' ,
Whtu the orphans loaded iheir treasure ou the !
ru 'ged old cart ns't dav " j
Ti.e enrtTr.se of a footbolrd vlruish. with all
tl at their love could sv : I
And "uiU St. Our MM: r.'" baby Jack
gave his little shont.
And BnJ, like a mouutaiu daisy, weut dauciug
bcr djll about,
Uut l'ii.l grew white and tremble! ai.d close
to the boes he crept,
Kissing him 1 ke a woman, shivercl aud
laughed and wept :
"Do you think, mi benefactor, in Heaven that
he'U be glad ? '
' 'Nut aa glad as yon are, Philip, but tinuh this
jjb, my lad."
A Wilful Woman.
If vou don't take comiias.si.in on sucii a
LITTLE TU1L.
devoted lover, ami one who is so good and ,i. jiau ,i,,r aiB1(., when they found a lias
worthy of volt as Mr. Crichton. all I can i ki t had lieen left behind. Nothing Aould
say is this." fcaid Mrs. Hinxmaii to Alberta ! do for AUarta but to fetch it herself; she
Graham, with much emphasis, as if she j said she had wanted all along to sec that
wen- leading up to a crushing crisis. "I j field again, and forbidding Emily to say
(shall have no patience with you. and shall i
think you are acting very foolishly. ow,
Mr Crichton' win. "
"It baa not la-en proved vet that Mr.
Criehton desires at all to have me in that
.anaeitv." Siiid Miss Graham, w ith a little I
laugh. "And if it were, my own inclina- j
tionpies for something in the matter. I sup-
"Your own inclination ought to Ik- for
what is good for you." said Mrs. Hinxman,
sentcnti. iiisly.
"Sarsaparilla ? Brimstone and treacle?
What is it you give your children in the
spring, Emily, csiKtuiIIy the naughty
ones ?"
"Yes. that is just what you are like a
very naughty chil.L and you ought to know
better at your age. And so I hope you
will." concluded Mrs. Hinxmaii. shaking
her head at her fri.-mL as she nre from her
wTiting table.
Friemls tried and true they wen-, since
their schoolfellow days some dozen years
ago. Mrs. Iliuxmau had soon married and
settled down to household ran-s and peri
odical babies. Allierta Graham. Ix-antiful.
clever, and attractive in all ways. had. on
the contrary, taken her full pleasure out of
life, and now at thirty was better looking
than she had la-cn at twenty, and, wliat
was to be expected, considerably more wilful-
About a month ago slit had comeon a visit
to her friend Emily Hinxham. and there
she Lad met the Mr. Crichton spoken of
a wealthy ncighlior some forty years of age.
s Mrs. ninxman prepared to leave the
room, she said: "There: I shall leave you
ow to meditate on my good advice." and
Muss Graham. Tisinz too. opened a plasts
door leading out on a balcony.
Atla-rta sat down there, doing for once
l.r friend had advistni
her
;'ia!i -
over her advice.
But did she
iuiuni'i,
rc for Mr. Crichton? ma:
was the very
thing she had U-.-U asking herself f"rj'-'B
without getting any S.-UI.H.B.U.-...
if I loved him I should not be in doubt.
soid Alberta to herself.
Tlie gtoss I'' ltiml ,ur s,lil,lin,-v
ppen.nl, and Mr. Cric hton himself, who had
coine over on a visit, with his mission writ
ten on his i". rH-rmion to 30m
her on the balcony. If Mr. Crichton s face
betrave.1 his mission, he had fomc then
quite pn-parcl to follow up Hie imite ap
peal by word of mouth. "Emily has sent
ajmonpurrathmightAllicrta.
He was evidently full of the tender .ub
. . 1 ... lone was saving.
... .: , tn xrtwl for 1
"Tliis cannot ue a B..ip..
have let y.w see my intentions plainly, and
Mrs. Hinxman too.
.i.o,ol sav it Is wuoir,
" -,..r bit.)
said Albert"- - -
jpeak, id lr replift.
-I . ne an
. ,T. cm.ll- vou li.
Illlll r-.i . . 1 ,
. .:.i i.- there can le o .iifl'f"11
swer, '
"None, of course." replied Alberta has.i
. 'a iiiinir it is my right to say 1
. . . . r
... ..i.nrl and worried and pcrse-
w-ill noi or - - . . , nvrn
cuted about a thing that is entire! my own
rTverbvme,"lM, Crichton ,1,
.foment ago cha..Si..g to .u.Ueo
gravity, '-if I am to understand that you j
ioK umm my attentions in that light. I
love you far loo well to give you a mo-j
incut s pain. Io you uiean tliat that is :
your answer?"
Yes. that is my answer." said Alberta, j
with tmm-cessary vchem.-n.-e. -and I par- j
licularly lag I may hear no more on the
8,,,,i"-'-" !
1 hat you shall not. lie sure. God help
me to la-ar this as lest I may!" and
moment he
n gone.
She was wilful, but she had not expected
this, in a few minutes he bad vanished I
from view as he returned to his solitary J
home.
And thi n she
loved him.
j
1 j
was quite sure that
It was just a y.-ar later. Allierta, with
her parents, had been staying in the same
city, whin she got a letter from Mrs.
Hinxman asking her to spare her a few
days, ami she concluded to accept the invi
tation. Allierta did not look back w ith pleasure
on liie e:ir lii:ii mis irone it iihi mimo i
rsiss that AlU-rt:i had f.iilel in ,tli,.r inn. t,
enjoyment from any of the ol.l sources. A
regret, a contrition, an insatiable yenrning
haunted her, and spoiled everything be
sides. And now that Emily's letter had
come, AllK-rta could not resist it.
Though she did not admit it to herself, '
she felt somewhat strange that the first dav-
of her stav she did not meet Mr. Crichton.
. , , , ,
The next day passed too. and then ea"e ,
tue la.-t evening, and a very beautiful one ,
j it was. making Alberta's heart ache at the '
s). il:ui iimilr,llv known but little n.., or
..-.. .'. . .... ..... . ..
was something in it of relief however. Mr. !
.
Crichton had come over to dinner, aud they j
were not allowed to sit long after it, for the!
children had been pn-miscd to go and .
!
j the field where some workmen were
I in charcoal.
biuu- i
So off they started, Mr. Iliuxnuin with ;
I Alberta. Mr. Crichton' with F.milv. The
children were in ecstasies.
The owili,r
" 3 '
shouting with joy. As the shades deepened,
"' brighter. The whole j
field was a network, of bright edges, spark-!
li - .l lit Trt m.iil. a &tn, tli.it uf I1...H1
i:... l i. . i:t... !:.. ... ..il ..r
, 1
mystery ami romance. I ney were an get- i
tisg childish and merry, and the children j
were lialf bi-side themselves with the fasci-i
nation and adventure of it all. Something '
of last year's cordiality Hashed out again
between Mr. Crichton and Allierta in ' i
unguarded gaiety of the moment. It. was
I much too delightful to be left, but the night '
I was drawing on. and after repeated re-
I .,.,.:,..... 1 1 .;,1 1
. , .it ..... .. ..... .
collected together, ami the homeward jour-;
j ney bi gau.
i In returning, the gentlemen running race,
j and playing with the s;ill excited chik'mis
unity mill Alliens leu Laiiinu, ami rea. ii.-u
where she had gone, the was off round the
coiner of the house. It was not far to go;
only a .short cut across two ncios. ami tue
gate was reached. lWi.tly she la-.at.ie ,
, , ., lift i
ne of the gentlemen had fol-
T. , , , , , !
She stiaal in the dark end of ;
aware that one
lowed her.
the field under the trees, from behind which ,
the rising moon now sent tongues ami shafts i
and trembling mysteries of light a.-ross the ,
shadow. Her white dress, however. -
tniye-.l her, and. much to her annoyance.
k-st she should have la-en supposed to fon--
sec this consequence of her coming. Mr. J
.1-1
Crichton in a few step was at her side. i
"i am so sorry you should have taken ,
the trouble to come." she said. "I la gged -
Emily not to say 1 had come to fttch it." j
"Has so'iicthin" been forgotten? I have j
not spoken to Mrs. Hinxman since, but.
. .i . r 1 1 .. l.nrrv 1 1
seemg you retun. to the field in a l urry I
tV.ught you had lost something, and that 1
might he of use."
"Thank you; it is the Imskel ; but I know
exac'Iy where to find it." They went a few i
steps farther on and found it duly trailing j
. .. .i i. .r.,.l fir-lil
them in all inn.K-.-t.ee tn the chandficld.
Mr. Crichton t.a.k it up, and they rneu
their sf.-ps homeward almost in silence. A1-!
bert i w ilkin-' very fast. Oncc'she gave a j
little slip, but recovered herself i
" . , . i- . . -:,i, ,i,t
"The ground is very slippery with the,
d.-w. Won't vou take my arm?
said Mr.
Crichton.
-No, thank you; I shall do very well,"
said Al'x-rta. slipping again inprnof of it.
Is there any occasion to go quite so fast ?
he asked; "the night alone 'rv'' 'mc
notice. One could rarely see a nn.-r. heating of the surface sod. It also agrees
-Xo " admitted Alberta as they stopped j better with their natural situation, as many
still under the trees, 'in moonlight, shine of them, like L. nprrlnm, as most of our
, , 1. . 1 , :, All the nen n-lersmusthaveolwrv.-l, grow m thickets
and shade.' to look at it, All the open up j, 8,(,ms aI,ve shnll(S
country was spiritualized by nioouhght ; .lew ,(ju(led w itU i.in,,,,,. Some, like L. am a
and enchantment were everywhere. Al- j (in ,1 l(r native eaiiatlt nsr, grow- in
bcrta and Mr Crichton resumed their walk open grass fields l"t in such situations the
after a few vague commonplaces of admira-j grass always keep the soil moist and cool.
tion; now in silence, now w uuae.'u"""
,ord or two tliat showed that silence no-
ticed. Then Mr. Crichton said, rather ab
rupt'': . . ., ;f T
oil are going aw a io-iuon., .. -
. ..1- -..1...1 ..r :i
were a wise man 1 snouiu oc gi-- -That
I suppose I am not, for I am too sorry
to la-ar it quite in silence, or admire this
moonlight, or enjoy the present as I might.
for thinking how soon it is to end.
I do not see why my going .should make
anv difference," said Alberta.
Possibly not." he answered, 'Tossitiiy
you do not understand, cither, how a man
can get to care for a woman so that he cares
for little else besides, rorgive we. How
ever, for saying this. 1 nave no ngut
trouble you- I have not forgotten me com
mands you laid on me to leave this subject
. . . . . r .1 I !,,.. ,1, 1
alone. If it Had noi oeen ioriu-iu.
1 . 0.1. f,. ni.r,tbut no doubt
have much to sa to-n.ght-but no urn
you wished them obejed.'
-Of course 1 did," answere.1 Allierta.
"And von wish it still ?"
-Ido." : sleeping room, with the bed built into me f
"Then tliat is enough for me," said Mr. j wall in the fashion of a ship's birth. A j
Crichton with such a depth of sadness in small table, two chairs iand a cupboard com
l ntliton. wi e flmitllrc Food lg jgej to the
his voice as he held the gate open for her to J, a ho)e in the ower waU)
pass, that the painful ontrast to his mem-1 ( prepared in a common kitchen and
mcnt with tue cuuureu so uii -s
was more than the warm but wilful heart
beside him could stand.
But." liegan Alberta, ami the stopped
short, with her face in the m.a.nlight grown
suddenly I.
"But'what?" said Mr. Crichton. gravely,
for there had been a few minutes' silence,
d his thoughts had been full of gloom,
-H.it.- repeated Allierta. w ith a ripple of
laughter in her void-. 'supposing there had
b.-cn no commando, what was it yon would
have said?"
'Is that a fair question ?" he asked, halting
: and looking at her in a mixture of surprise
! and doubt.
'J'titc lair, said AllK-rta. looking any-
j where but at him.
"Then I should ha ve asked you once more
to be my wife, and to give rue love for love,
if in ever so small a degree. Youranswer.
! if you please. Miss Graham?" concluded
Mr. Crichton, a smile upon his own lips
now.
"As you like it. then," said Alberta,
steadily, for sha knew her own mind and
his well at hist.
j And with a fervent '"God bless you for
I that !" Mr. Crichton drew her closer to his
S'L"
And the moon perhaps never smiled upon
a happier pair of lovers than the honest
hearted gentleman who had lived in hope
and the wilful woman who had given up her
wilfulness to love.
An Odd Character of Pari.
, ,. , . , . .
liaron lavlor died not almg ago in Paris.
He was niuetv vears old and stilf sprightly.
t nly ten years ago he was in active life, and
his name was in the newspaiK-rs dailv. As
niissioncr." h:.rged with the diiecti-m of
the I imedie r rancaise. and he weathered
lilt
various stoma which were privoked
iuiuhi ine miiiiare oi ine t lassn wis nun ,
.1... . e .. i . l
romanticists. Had it not been for liaron I
Taylor's efforts it is doubt fid if Victor j
"ug's "Hernam" would have ever Ih-.ii,
t.Piul.lixwf IT, tl... tll:l tit....!.. i.f 1 r...,,, I I,..
liaron managed, howevea. to remain n-ason-
' ably impartial until the struggle was over.
He was of Knglish-Flemish parentage, but
his father was naturalized in r rancc. YA hen
a vouth he devoted himself for a time to
iiiiii.h ' o nine
liteniture, but finally studied art and la-came
I
""' aceompiisiieti cm if aim e onnotsscur. i
ma many missions to Spain, to Kgvpt. to
buy the ola-lisU to other countries to hunt !
ul paintings which the allied armies had
carneu ana a. uie
time ol the invasion.
are historical,
Iiis I'hiilipH- once gave
,,;, hmhi.Cmh) francs, and se nt him to Spain '
to buy whatever be chose for the Fn-neli
iiuis.-iun. He returned li.i.iNKi francs out ;
"f uiillioii. and on the day of his return '
11111I uol money euougii to nuy ins .tinner.
wnh, so that he went to the house of a
frien'd to dine. It never occurred to him
that Ix)uis Philliptw? had intended to allow'
him to enrich himself. The galleries of
Versaili. s are filiiii with treasures from j
l';ly. t'w. Turkey and Asia Minor, :
g:,iherxl together hv the
can- of liaron
-j-av)lr- jL. wnite
Well, and his memoirs
! Illl.rflt tollC lIlllTl'StlnL'.
lie anew everv-
IkmIv of any consequence in humpc. In
l.i". llisman k went personally to thank
him for the services which he had rendered
ti'Jndigcnt German artists. lie had la-. li a
niemlar of the Academy of Fine Arts since
1M7. lie was the founder of a great nuiii-la-r
of charitable s.a ieti.s. When be was
made a Senator, in lSil'.i, under the empire,
he gave away the larger part of hi salary
of 30. UWl francs f"r benetii ent purjuis.'s.
He was devoted to bis li'nr.irj-. which con
tained the finest theatrical collection in
Europe. Tlie old gentleman was coma-Ueu
to pan nun au o. m-
...... i .
literary tn-asun-s
after the war. la-ing in temiairarv
. .. , , i .- r
distn-ss, ami it nearly bn ike his hi-.i
financial
iirt.
1 i.:..... ,.r. i.:.. i :r..t ,,:i.. .r
mwu annnv, .,, nlVw ., ,,ic. j
jx jllst Iir,.vious to their flowering, the low-!
t,r 1,-aves turning yellow, and the stem event- j
uallv de-aving. l"am taking up the bulb
the ensuing autumn it w ill be found to be
more or less decaved or rot ten; this iscsja-ci-1
My nlS(. wi!!; anratm,,, the ei.ld.-u- J
jj.f j.ipalli j ,.. ,.w ;
j,,nijaI an",j Orcgou Sja-eics, and our native j
sja-cies, some of w hich like A. rtiju rrhum,
seem to defy cultivation; even the slrong-j
growing A. fiiiu l'Uum and its varieties,
now common m ourganlens. (dir own oli-
t. 8S wd, as tlllw , .
a fri(.ni, w,lo u a1 ,.nljllto-lilKtit. cultivator of 1
this trila- of plants h-ad us to the conclusion j
lU;l, js oxvun (,, the excessive heat of the i
surface of the soil, w hich .lest nys the film ms
ro.rtsf-.rmcd at the foot of the stem, jiwl
ids ive l ie bulb; formally hheshave twosets
f c,mpar:rt-1Vt.lv ,
arsUy issuing from the base of the bulb, and J
the other s.-t inuclimorc.lelieateaiidtibro.Ls.
Acting on this conclusion, we have planted j
bull of some of the spaces that annoyed usl
most bv their dving off, among cToups or j
- ... " ' .,,.,,.,. havi.
, , 1( ,1!(t jn 8U(.U situations they thrive
finely ; thniwing up their flower-stems alaive j
the shrill's, ami blooming freely ami la . -11111-fully.
Thus plaiited.their roots are deep
shade!, and therefore more moist and cia.l
than when exposed to the lull blaze of the
glln, wi,h its attendant drj ing and intense
No vt'omen.
During bw years no woman is known to !
have entered the grounds of the monastery
of Camaldoii, Italy, except once, when a
princess of the house of Medici, who had a
great d.-sire to laliold the place, disguised
herself in mail's clothing anil was admitted.
But so stricken with remorse was she on 1'
holding the sacred spot, that she hastened
to the ieoIe to confess her fault, and as a
penance she commanded lo build a
new cottage in the enclosure, which shedid.
This monastery is one of the few institu
tions of the kind suffered to remain in Italy, j
A recent visitor says that what are called
cells are comfortable little dwellings. Each !
is surrounded by a wall, and has its garden, j
twenty feet square. A little piazza, with j
the trunk of a tree planed and squared for
a la?nch as its only funiturc, runs along the
side of the house. Entering the diair. you
. ...... I PM,Miir in . 1 ,ri. L- ,i. vestibule.
mm - 1 : .
with ail empty chamber where a spring of
fl 8nJ
the living rooms on the right. These con-
gigt of a gtujy iar;,e en0ugh for one
person to enter and sit down, a dining and
- brought 10 tne ncrmirs once a uay. iur
never eat meat ; and ttieir portion 01 nsn on
all cscept fast days consist of six ounces
of fresh, or four of fc.lt fish.
A Ili.lorjn Coins.
John II. McCalL the well-known railroa 1
man. Iis imiiml l,in, lf of ltf v. aiM ia
making a collection of American silver aud j ' M ",m"- 1 ,,t';-'an 1,( tl,l"k f'"nce
copjicr coins, anil the residt has been that tlll"?s " 1 'servel
he is in ixissession of one of the finest ex- j ,lmt tu"M' wl",m 1 P' J l'X'te.1 at me with
hibitions of the kind which any private ; rta"n solicitude, but at the same time
peraun can boast of in the countrv. It is a I ''"" " ''"!-' anything to me. ery soon
splendid ninimler of bv-gono events t. pick I a S-fiai. h seemed ummv comniiini
ttp these ancient pieces and think of the "ve than the others, said to me in passing
varied scenes that have happened in the ! A" I knew nt one word of the
vearof their coinage, and the more strange i '"''""t lamjuap-. I did not think it worth
"things that have Income historv since. Mr. i w,l1" l" S,"P f,,r "'"'"wvlable. and con
McCall hiLS a sample of everv silver cinage ""J ' M ",p ,,f ,Juc ue
of dollars made from 17H4 to 1S0:J. and ' IVls m, t an ".h' hichik," who was
again fnmi ls:i.i to IhT'.t. with the exeep- " ?rr""d ibawing lus sletlge,
tionoftwo. Also of the half-dollar!) from!1"11 n. withstanding the rapidity of his
17'.l.tolSi;'.l, except that made in lsi'.J,
vcrv few of which are in existence: the
quarters as far back as coine.1, except those
of 12: and 1S-J7, and th.
tens, five mill
threes. Samples of pennies from 171t:J to
187'J, inclusive, appear in this colleition, . m,.IIUc.im. u,-... ...e.
well as the luilf-iK-niiics fn.m W-i, U-uvs :i2 j aml lK'f"r; 1 t-,M'Ul ,,yest n,' lf of ,n' su
innumlKr. The twentv-cent, flve-cenl and ! IHT-abiin.lant apiwn-I. Ingan to wash my
twiMM-nt pires, it prest-nting more modem ' f;,,-" to r"''- lrl unlstrly my n.i-. with
.laics, are among these coins while the col- j t"nv- . J, ''"! not l'"J"-v tbv i,,ke v'r'
lection of tokens which had such a mushroom m1'.- -ially in such w.-..tl.er. an.
growth during the war .lavs contain 2 IS ;Jwiiig one of my haeils fr.Mii my p. ket I
pieces, no two of which are alike. It is a ' Pve a 1,11 ,w " l,',h!,t, ,u,', w n,t mi"
studv to go over these tokens which n-ccived ! ,, n ,M ,T- I iifortiinatcly. or
theiH.irth when change was so aim-e, and , fortunately for me. two peasants jiassing
at the volition of indi viduals. Tliev repre- i J'"4 at ''"' 'i'-' . fer having looked at
sent all kinds of business, from the milk ! lm-1111 '"-'ant. threw themselves upon me.
deal.v to the undertaker ; the hatter and the : a,,,!,,n "P"1' ,,f '"' r ' .v '"""l"
clhier ; the drugu'ist and Hie confectioner ; :wl,llsL .v e.in.gi-,1 assa.la.il, the H-asat.t
the .irv g.Hls and the hardware man and ! ." aimher handful of snow, and as if
c..i."l-.w.. i.i.,,i nnmU-r nil r...!. ..m- he wouldn.il 1 thwarted, precipitated
able in sums of Kverv inm-.nnable lc -
Fv.-rv ima"inalile de -
Tin. it.oniil iimntlu-x- tokens, and thev
TICel8StatlllltUpontlltoKClliS atl.l tilt
are decorated w ith all kinds of i ascriptions
from "In God we trust" down to "One !
countn -one fl iand -in.l zwei l-'cr " The
rarest coin H this collect ion is the silver dol-
hir.if ls:'(i the first one that was roiia-d after
' ' 1 ' ' - .
1S.U ,ii. in w.i, Iv known lis t Hv in.
eagle," vcrv few of which are extant: the
well-rememla red nickle penny of lS'i'i: the
half-dollar of lSlo; the cent of May 1, 18:;7,
whi. h wassulistituted for shiiipl ist. rs, and
tliee-ntof 1H:',H, romnionly known as the
"booby head." I Jeside these coins, which
fill a large lax, and an-, of course, of no
small weight, Mr. MeCull is in possession of ,
samplesof all the script ever issued by the'
government. This collection has la-en made
merely for amusement and instruction, hut I
several limes the ow ner has la-en offered
large sums for it. 1'erhans no other of the i
kind is UHire perfect, mid as points on which
to build past political history the Coins me
inti-r.timk.l-i.s.k:.
Dr. Carver on Archerr
"Vou see," said Dr. Carver, as he de-
posiieda whoiosheat" of brightly feathered ; lrt)lir.-()..1),il " " -arrows
on a table, took off his umbrageous .ir. a m .,.lS(,in!j ail,
felt, and drew up a clmir. "I must U- ,imso,f t ti. )m,.t.r- ..j waru v,
shouting something or other all the time,
lf it iso t a W in. hester it's a bow and ar-
row. Pretty, they are. But most too j
fine i Fancy things these arrows, for .
handsome young ladies lo shoot on grass (
plats at straw targets. Now, an Indian ar- j
-. ; ...wul Lit li.n.n.r ii.-ivIm. lliir! v-t ivo .
inches-iiid when a Sioux draws it chock
up to the bow it fairly hums when he lets
it li,- In It..1i-iti i.rnin: t.iia irr.u ivi. rut in
;. .:.i.:'i ii. t...ri, tt...i ia... c,.i. t
It asvuciat ui o, ar u av, b ,
they use in bunting, so that the blood can .
How, otherwise woal would spoil and
swell. The fighting arrows are nas y
things. The barb is so put on the shaft
that when it hits you the steel, or old ho 'p
in in, stays i:i the lie.su when you g) to pull
out the arrow. Dear sakes! what ugly ,
wounds I have seen them make! An In- (
dian boy la-gins to handle a light bow when !
he t.Hlilles. mavhe at four or live years.
His bow is taker than he is. He sho ts at
m,,L.f .,,t.'ll.i,,.r .ir....,..l tl.ea.m. V. li.'Ti tn
is twdv'c he uses sharp aiTows. A boy must
be strong at eighteen to use a Hum's bow.
-ow-. a white niac who takes an Li lian
laiw tor the first time has all he can do to
la-nd it.
u wains some sireiigui. out mn-
.... i....
knack. The law- is made straight. When
it U strung, the cord, even w hen in tension, '
almost touches the laiw-. It is tlnclc, som.1
four and a half to five
feet long that is
their hunt in:
lKw-and has extra stiffening,
l.i. l.ei.. sinews tmsteil on it I b.-ive s.-en
... ...... ,.n . i - - - -
MC-sliessa-nas-aa, imus uie wmS -ua.i,
and he was the iK-st of the Ogala Sioux, j
kill an antelope with his arrow al one mm-
dred and twenty-five measured yards. We-1 The taste of edible nmshr.a.m is not very
shessa-has-ka was nearly seven feel tall, j lely diffused among average Americans
and a good Indian, (hi horseback, broad- and may lie considered an "acquired facul
side to a buffalo, I have more than once ty." The choicest sa.-cimeiis of the aari
known that Indian to send an arrow through ;'" -"MJtriH are how ever considered
a hi" cow. The arrow bung out on the;. Treat luxuries by many, and find a ready
other side. The la.w for horseback and for market at high prices, in all our large
war is a trifle shorter and inavla; stiller :,i,ir- e saw a tiiK and pnaluctive arti
You do not draw the arrow C the eye, but i "i-ial mushroom-la d in Columbia. S. C,
catch aim as I do when shooting from the me years since at the old Hena inoiit
hip. That can only be acquired bv long I l-n, and Ur the lauefit of any of our
practire. The string is drawn by the clutch nailers who may desire to attempt the
of the whole fingers. The long maa could ; growth of these luxuries, we give some
. . . :.. i... : r i i hints from an KiirHsh writer, who savs:
suooi au aiiuw iu n iui ok .h.,
an I
so can I (the Doctor pointed to an arrow
buried up to the, feather in the ceiling of
the office, his own peculiar ornamentation
of the Forest and Stream sanctum). I
think that in a couple of months 1 could get
into perfect practice, for 1 used to hold my
own with any Indian ou the plains. Some
times after I had been slating with my
Winchester, an Indian would come up and
show his laiw, and b-U me his bow was
niuchec good ; but then 1 used to take his
own laiw and la?at him at it. "To pass
awav the time when I was at the Bnaiklyn
Driving I 'ark, I bought me an English taiw
..ad arrows of Hollarton, and s,k.i got in -
ifrivinu 1 htk. 1 1101111111 uii au jiiuuaii
'"""'""i '"I
to the trick of it. I hit bhais of wial
tlu-own into the air quite as often as I miss-
cd them. The Eng isl. bows and arrows
arefancv butaal I would rather have
arefamj butgfaal. 1 woii .1 ratmr uavc
an old Sioux one, made of hickory or ash.
but the Ikuss bow 1 ever owned w as made of
buffalo ribs. An Indian carri.-s his quiver
of arrows over his ri-'ht sh"ll!d--r so that
he can "et his arrowsouicklv When he has
heranget liisarroAsquicKi. vin niitnas
:.!. .in.rlH I, . i.-r- he ,-,lls
.if'witi..i. ,7,ii.. .is I... s.-s
in pulling the string he clutches anotlu-r ar
nw. If he sho. ts one hundred yanl-t he
..u.. .. ... -....
l.o l.mu.nr ,m.Ti-a In tl.o nr n!t loitl.r .
at the same time. It's great fun shooting
.. . .. . . .'
loJr K-nlom"lo's.
, ....... ., "
apparatus is gone, i nave Knot-sen ine
taQ out of many a one, and so caught him
in my hands when he tumbled, so here.
Talking aliout these thirgs just makes ine
long to be back again on the plains. Xew
lork isa mighty good place, ana l uaTC
i.ia..e....soiir.e..., '" "., '
sll . 1 t
a horse, and a big held with nil Its on nines
la-fore me to gallon over, and buffalo lust
a uorse, ana a oig ut-i.i wuu nines ou 111111-9
U-forc me to gallop over, and buffalo just
showing on the divide. And here ur.
Carver shut his eves and seemed lost lor a
while in the visions of rolling prairies in the j The tUcrease in of the articles is quite 'the sieve, eveiy leaf and twig grac -fully it could escape. The young lady, not uu-far-off
estern wilderness. I noticeable as favorable to the industries of : lialaneed. their colors clear and fnsli. I naturally. g rather hysterica but she
1 " this country. For instance, cotton piece though in texture so firm as never to wilt, fame muihL and then told us what, con-
A Froaen Xose. goods have deereased from 42,2.19, 0J0 to 'or shrivel. A camel's hair pencil dipped in I sidering all the circumstances, there was not
One day I decided to go the rounds while ' 2"i,822,X) yards, or nearly :9 per cent. ; I melted wax or paratline should finish them. ' the slightest reason to distx-lieve. that dur
takin" a walk. 1 armed myself from head linen piece goods from 53,300,000 to Arrange the trees in a dish of sand, lay ing the progress of the dinner her foot hail
to foot against the severity of the cold. 114.3,910,000 yards, or 13 per cent.; silk i gn-en moss upon the surface, and you have , on several different occasions touched a soft
enveloped myself in a great Astrachan sur- ! broadstuffs from 192,484 to 12.",794 yanls, I a pn-tty parlor ornament. j object, which once or tw ice moved slightly,
tout, I drew inv fur cap down over my ears i or 34J per cent. A favorable increase is in The leaves of the maple aud oak. and of but which she concluded to be a pet dog 1h--t
vlomi a A....t.'n,..M m,,.it nmimil mr ntf-lc t the number of emntv trrain bails sent hither a few woodv shnwilis such as the la-rrv- longing to the master of the house, which
and ventured out into the street, leaving i this year, which number 447,000 against ing plants, best n pay the pains taken for she knew to I perfectly quiet and graal
only mv nose exposed to the weather. At 24a.0.0 for the same time last year, indi- j preservation. Of the maples, acrrruhrum , tempered. The dog, however, had not beeu
first all' went amazingly well. I was even , eating an increased movement of grain out-1 (the red maple), whose foliage turns deep , in the nam at all, and the object she had
astonished that the coid made so little im-jward. Worsted stuffs have increased ' crimson in autumn, and A. tarchariniun I touched had undoubtedly been the coiled-up.
pression upon me.
and secretly laughed at
all the reports I had heanl respecting its
evenly. Beside. I
was uehilliea tnat
chance bail afforded me this omiortiinit v of
j becoming acclimated.
Nevertheless as the
I rsl two stu.leiits. HtKin whom 1 calleil.
n.ics. lie leu ooimeo io s aa u. me in ins
Illlll. illlll I III 'I .fm. A III.III .'II II W II-
: ing tlie place of the "Admiral! v," I found
' myself faei- to fai-e with a liuiiin p-usaut.
' wl'" nhins at all: hut gathering a
. il,,s, lf a"" "!"" ' This time profit
! ,"I11S. " again lqion me. ins nine pnuii-
m'A "l'n """ imiwsiiuin nil my Uelell.ung
. ,,.. '. u,
if inv nniis wen- piniomil my tongue was
Ir,' - i niiiKing i was me ri.-uni in some-) it is in our v, estern riaies tnat tue iront
''hinder or of wilful murder, I railed with j gate lias leached its highest development of
a" '"' I"'"" f help. An olii-vr ran lojan aid to courtship As is well known.
1.1. I... 1 :.. L-H.....1. 1. u-l...... 1 .1...... i .. .. ....I 1.- ...1 .1: IT. r...ll..ll
. " " -
was align? "H-iw sir." said I. making an
effort to fn-e invself fnmi tie-
thn-e men,
who. with the'most tmniiiiil air in the
world, pursued their path, one lowanls the
"Perspective," the others towards the Eug-
glish quay.
Diil you not see how these scoundrels
were treating inc.
"Mow were they treating you?"
"Why they were rubbing my face w ith
snow. Io you consider that by any
means, a pleasant affair, especially in such
weather as this?" "Hut sir, they have n-n-
.len d you a great .service." replied my in-
. Jcrlocutor, l.Hiking me t:i we Kn-nehmen
Isavi in "in the white of the eve." "ll'iw
t .1. .. -
! is that?"
"Your nose would undoubtedly have
Ut-n fr-zen " "
..i..,. I ; ,.i...,i t..ti.u
. ' '
addressing
vou that
your nose is freezing."
"Thanks sir." said the otlieer, as if the
offer was the most natural thing in the
world.
Mowing he gathen-d a handful of snow
ami remlered to himself the same service
,lm' jx Iint had n n.len-d to
me.
...! f..r ul.i. l, L;.l....o l.n uou l.ml..!!.-
r.ioiH-ns,-d by me. "D you mean
!say sir that if it had
not been for this
" ,.
'ou w d no longer have had a nose."
replied the ottieer while rubbing his own.
"Then sir. pertnif-Amt I started on a
run iiller 1 1 v a-asant.
w no imiikin-r I v:is
commenced
. determined to murder him.
running also, so that as fear is naturally
more nimble than giatitude, I should prob-
ably have ... vcr overtaken him if some ja r-
sons who saw him tl.t-ing and me pursuing,
had ii-s taken him for a thief aud barred i
the road so that be rould go no fariher. I
i reached him 1 loiind him Sa-ak.ng
i""1' ." volubility u. order to convince
1 """'- lw "il"'1'''' "'-
P"i'a:iibr"pic.
Ten rubles that I gave him
s-Mii CM-iaiu.-.i ine iiiait. r io ins sriiiai -non
, ... . , , .... ,
I lie pi-asa.u ki.ss.ii my naiiii, ami one oi
my assistants who sake Fn nch. advised
mi- to pav more attention hereafter to niv
i nose. '1 he advice was needless, 'luring all
M'';n-,"a-",,l,T 'rai.as neier ,. M
.. 1 a- .1. W I
"
:
Mni.ltrmi.it.
"The mode ol culture which is the la?st
adapted for a fanner to carry out, is that
...1: 1. .1.. 1 i. .
-r.ll..ta eliort lilti-r fri.m tlie stilbli'S "in i
lown-'' throws it into a heart, turns it over
.a-iLsionally until lie "gets me nre out 01 ; im-ei-si ... oi-hk: on- i.-.i
it,'' then makes his lails into a long ridge, ; mounting they having la-en washed from
molds lied, when ready, in the usual way, j all impiirieti. s is to prcsj them la-twe.-n
and to pmteot the U'd fnmi the t.aj ex- , clean white papers under a weight. Where
tremes of heat, he puts over it thatched one has not pn-ssing laitnls designed fs
hurdles propping them some few inches acially for this purtiose. the papers du
al awe the surface of the la-ii Ou these ! taining the leaves -an la- laid under a heavy
hurdles he adds straw, long litter, or any
other fibrous n-fiis.-at haii.L in thickness
, -
, according to the external temia.-rat.iR-. In
. : , ... ii
' riy autumn ine nonu si.ie u a i.igi. wait
a g-val situation for such a pur,.se The
! ground round the l.e.1 is then covered with
' litter several feet wide, as a means of
, excessive heat We learn
keip.ng.lown exccssivt -?P
( irom a nonu.-rn paper i.iai im- a.o..i..o
. culture of mushrooms by chemical process
19 camel on wun great success in a large
1 cellar in Hola.ken under the Palisades. 1 hc
.....i,i, pm,.i, m r
i who toi.k refuge in this country fn.m im -
' prisonment under Duke Brogiio's ministry,
,1,1 .. ...rt,u ..1 . .r. 1 k.i
lie KCI pS Ilie.ai B ..I1.IUII.1 Oil. II, "...
he has stH-ceeded In raising the delicious
i esculent at the amount of l-"iO poundsa day
; averaging in weight V, or 20 to the pmnd
I ..,.1 I. ..... I.j.nn. mM rf
,l,e. "ft""' ,,r"M'''
: i.io nr,.lnni u rni.lu- itirnvisin
i - --i j n-
ltrltUh Krports to the I'nlted Males.
l . .. . fl..,n.t.,.. ll.A .utHd r,f It,.
; princit)al aiticles of British and Irish pro -
' ducts and manufactures from the United
uillia a. ... ij .11 1. 1 ... 1 ... , ...., u.w .......
. Kindonl trt tlle inited States for the seven
I ,. ... ,-0 1
j mon.llS enuillg JUIJf Ol, IOIO, o-l liNllaiaiigullKr. -ll lilt I'll', o. illlll llllie 11 IIIil llll
j with the coi-responding period of 1S7T, has laittom of the laix and let the sand pass out.
1 1 ... nvnonul .1 ihn ll.ifvn... rf Sitiitiaties I Tl... lltil.. nii.l 1 .r-i ...-I .. utll riiti-.in in
slightly, while tne quantity oi wool sent
has decreased from 95S.381 to 2W,6i8
i pounus, eijuai io per nw.
The Front Gate.
lie sutlieient.
In all ag.-s the front gate has liecn reog- j Select from the oaks (Jut rem ou'viiiea
nietl as au iiipi.seiisablc element of real ( the scarlet oak i, with its growing rel
courtsliip. Of course, girls have Ut-n I leaves, and . tlUrolor (the swamp white
courted in brown-stune bouses devoid ofloakK with rich brown deeply scalloped
front yanls and of every species of practical leaves. These give elegance of form and
gate, but in such cases the poetry of love- le:iiity of color. When pressed and dried
making is lac king. According to IJuckle, they are very effective as decorations.
Darwin and S-iiccr. dotnotif happiness j The leaves of the sumacs, in their au
exist only in countries where fnnit gates tiuun tints of claret and crimson and gold,
alxaind. Why is it that the Freneh marri- are line material for wail lsiuquets. Ke-agi-s
are aminged by the parents of the semhling ferns in their pinnated form, they
bride and groom, and are hence b:ised. not I group well with them, and add brilliance to
upon love, but upon convenience? Ami j t heir delicate hues. The most desirable are
why. in our favored land, are liKirriages Hn vdimllina .'. tihitta, ami H. yla
arrange.1 without the slightest reference U,rtt. These hang .sit their gorgeous ori
tlieold people? It is plainly, lietause in ti.unmi-s in na-ky pastun-s and by Iwrreu
France the fnmt gate is rare and its tnie j hillsides just as summer visitors are hasten
iLses ar.r unknown, while in our rural towns i ing homeward: and all the winter after
every house has its fruit gate, and the they have la-en nicely pressed like thw
merest child knows its uses. French mar-1 banners from ol.l banuiial halls, thev will
riages. contracted without the sweet intiu
enecs of the gnte, are too frequently unhap
py, but with us the the path f domestic
liliss lies through the front gate, and it is
too plain to lie easily misscL Among the
Konians the wife was lillle U tter than a
skive, and on Sunday nights the young un
married Koiuaii, instead of saniliiig his
evening in the "dim, religious light of the
laick parlor." as Milton beautifully says. : pretty things may 1m- made of these m.wsv
went to the cimis or the amphitheatre to boughs, such as vases and stands for dried
witness a gladatioial walking mat.-li or the ' grasses or pressed ferns ami sumacs; also
antics of the Talmasre of the peril sL The ; hanging baskets for holding pots of living
dis.-ov.-ry of lVnx ji explains w hy court-1 plants or dried leaves and flowers, and
ship was a lost art among the Unmans. ; easels for supxrti;ig sketches of rural scen
There was not a gate of any kind in the j ery. A little ingenuity in rutting and
u'i..,l,. ,.;ti- u'-.ll I n- I, ..i',. ..i-i.n. : ,.:......:.... i i..u. .... 1 :.. ...i.:.i:.... ,u
.
-l'.-- imo me oi-sireu sua iu niaive in uie
fn.lll or ll!ll k LMt.-S existeil throll'liollt theim.t n-fn..-l.T l.m.rl.. n-rv Ix-Hiittf.il ol
j extent of the Homan Kiiipi"-.
'in their theory of the tnie method of using
nivii- m in in.-. " in- om. .
the ga
The Concord school, of w hu h
! Mr. Kah.h Waldo Knu-rson is the leader,
! holds that young men and young women
j should leau'oii the same side of the cite
, the inner side la ing n-ganled as pn-feraMe.
The Western school, on tin-other hand, in -
sits that the Vising ladv should lean on the
inner side of the gate, while the lover leans
on the other side. Though the W'-stern
scIkh.1 lacks a leader of the fane- and expe
rience of Mr. Kmerson, it has by far the
greater liuinU r of adhen nts. and t J the un
prejudiced mind there can la- but little
j '"" " ." 'rme is ine irue one.
It is easy to conipn heiid how the front
lotibt thai its ilia trme is the true one
I ir-,rn j trill -iT' v i-illl ties Tl it I ri 'in'il
pair of lovers who first utilized it had doubt -
. less sought a place where thev culd enjoy
!..riv..ev 'while vet .-.far off. "the nnsvnma'-
.i r .:.. ii i.. ..
. ii.i'iu- i.'ii.iit tiiiii ini- w:ii:iri:i-.r siimii iM.fc.
The l.a alily of the front gate, coirtinandiiig
as it .la s a full view . ! the Imuse lrom
which the father may emerge with his
; heartless laait. and the public stn.-et. along
w hich the casual smali Ik y may wend his
i whistling way. would naturally !.- selected
even by lovers wholly without engineering
instincts. Kxpt-ri.-ii.-e soon showed that
I the front gate possess, -il other uneitia!ed
...........i;.. ...i, i-. ...... ii, ,.r ii.
" .-....-. . ....... ....... ....
pul'l'' l!' I-.v.-r on the outside of the gate.
" --:
tawav. vt lien any one cxeepi ine avenging
. -Irew nearthe lov,. wo,dd remark.
" -l V ,'i " l ; ,i " , 1 . , ?.
', "''' " !f ' 1
i
'"' ' I1;!r,in could begin again and last until
! "n" ' , '
! Wl!!l a '.'' !""' '
! P"'t to the pro,.n, ty of an immediate and
i T purting.
, . . . ... . r .11 t . . ...l
Fi!l Leaves.
It M -ius almost s,u.rili ge to mar the sym
metry of a w c!. grown tree by cutting or
breaking its branches. A few may some
times he removed without detracting from
i i i.,. ,r..l ;M ,...,
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; with l.-av.-s, it is m-i-diess to do this. From
such profusion rare s lectioits of coloring
nioui.ii, marine.!, s.riian. .,i..ieiie.i. .r
K.. in.i. I.. lli..t .iro lit. ..tt-.i. ..!..
.- ... - ..... .......................
. '. ' : . ;
.:sticallvco:iiiniie.l aim inoimieii on wires its
'. s,n.. the ...ina.w. of .i:..i.r:.I br.iiel.es. A
i lo serve the puna
; few green leaves greatly eiihanee the bril
liance of the more highly colored. Both
retls and yellows la-comc more vivid in con- ;
trist with green a fact too often ignored. -!
Bather stout w in- is needed for the main:
1 stem of a gailand or a branch: more sl.-n-:
,.lerlostn-ngiiieiianun-.i.ierpii.im ine leai
i-.. ......,...1 l!..i;n .. ii..-
sii-in.s. I ir:iiii:-n ..i.i.o.i, ..iiiii ... .,.-;
, mantown, in red. man n in or bmwn; is cx-I
cell, nl for wi'tdiug the stems to win-s after ,
the maimer f artificial flower sprays. Care
in arranging Hie leaves, according lath to
color ami size, is necessaiy to give satisfae- ;
lory n-sults. A hough or a branch should
la-gin at the e;a x with a very small leaf, j
'" "- P'-,."r,,,-.,"""-rL ; "
i towrtnl Iiu-1-. Ins being affixed to he
-main stem hv winding the worsted, otln-r
twigs, similarly made, can be added as the
i Wl,rk proce
j l'X or a pile of lx.ks.
After two or thn-e
; days th.-y should la- fully driiil and sniootln-d
, - ...... ....
j vwth a warm . or w.r, iron 11 a . ..11 -1
: i,..rli;..i.,n,M.,i,..i!u.i,.r
; -. - i-- V , "
- the iron jut as eaeh leaf is inmed a gl.s
; am! elasticy will U- m.par ed and at the
; same time t!.- cuors hetghtened and tixc.L
Leafy bran. h. s are m.ot easily driet in this
...-:,, ,.:,U1S
" " " ' . ' "
I Ly ln.-ans of warm san.l small boughs ol
i - .' " .-- " -
: leaves m natural r-nion. -e.:mg nmpi.-s
only three or four nches high, that are so
! abumLint around full-gn.wn maple trees.
tare very lovely . fried in this manner. A
: iiunnitiM wire sieve, a oiiantuv of rrmi
, - - -
i s:ind and a box, the bottom of which can
i easily n-mov.-.l. are the materials 11eed.1L
r-a-i tue sieve wiimn uie .aix. ami in me in -
' terstices Of the Win'-Wora l-:aee the Stems
terstices 01 tlie wire-wm
with every leaf pi'sl as usual, i-oiir uie
with everv leaf posed as usual.
' sand, heated lo bliaal warmth, through a
! paper cone or tunnel anmnd and upon the
branches and leaves till all are coven
i Set the taix iu the sun or ou the back of a
! ... If In li... Q,, t u'.. . I . ota
1 days will Ik- re.iiun-d to drvlhem; on a
! stove or range, wilh constant,
ati..li-
,,,u ' .,,' . . ' .. , ...... 1 , . -, . ......
! warmth, twen: v-four hours will pn.hahiv
. .....i . . .1. " ...i ..r .1.... .: .i
(tne sugar maple), exhibiting an sua.ies oi
i red and yellow sometimes m the same leaf
I red and yellow sometimes in tne same leal
i from maroon and oramj. to delicate
henry and rose-color or pale cr-am will
lend glorv and grandeur to many an hum
ble home.
The IsHihs of some old trees are s
crooked ami curved as to resemble the ant
lers of deer and when covered with
lichens and drooping moss are fine orna
ments fi t an entrance liall or library. These
are usually ancient hemlocks or juniiiers.
and are found in damp lx-alities. Many
, iiuiiniin me in.un n. .mo m uiiuu: m-ui
Jjects. I'sc line annealed wire to ke p all
. "im ami moti.v.
! The lichens that cover the fallen limbs of
trees. ,!d .iilapidat.ii fences, and the bowl-
ili.r.3 -i;t..n.tl liir mill t h.r t tirttii.rti ttkrt
' woods have a beauty peculiarly their owu.
-
I 'Ieu brackets to which their lavender
-'"d gray ruffles are glued adorn a room and
j serve many useful purposes are especially
J desirable to bold a fA of growing vines that
will lrop gracfiilly over and alamt them.
! V1 um I'li-rruir. resembling nisettes or
P art gray lnee. or a full blowu rose carved
in stone, may la- toim.l in moist wiaats.
This handsome secics is very desirable for
eov. ring old piiiun- fnmes lending a quaint
attraction to i lie dingy and discolored sur
face, which thev should nearly hide. Vases
of iHix-lautrd or of wood, covered with these
lichens, an- handsome receptacles for
branches of autumn leaves or ferns.
A wooden cross having these lichens so
, "I"'" " ' "er.a.
! f 'his.-Ul in some aralastme pat-
! u'r'1 fr'' iframte. Such a cross
islioulil rise from a
liase covered with the
-
more common llat species that abound o
r.a ks in pastures and by "ie way side.
James Uorilon tieiinelt.
A recent writer gives the following
pointed account f James Gordon Bennett,
the pnipriefor of the AV' York Herald.
"I met him at the I nion Club 1 few hours
after his arrival. I never saw him look so
..... , t : l. e ii ...
uamisoiuc. jinagme la-iore ou a (an, sum
man. alamt forty-five years old. his fa-e
,!,,ri.. aniI his hair urematurelv white. Mr.
. ' ,- .
XTrZ 71 vei "
i the iris of the eve is light grav. while
the pupil or centrai d. is white. 'Walker.
the lillihuMcr leader, had the same restless
wat. h-.yes.' Mr. Bennett's white hair is
like that worn by Stokes, who killed Jim
Kisk ; by Frank Lord, the son of the late
M. Hicks Iord ; and by young George Law.
It U caused by drinking. Champagne
makes gray hair, while too much baai pn
ilii.'is goiu. Bennett i.4 a drinker, and not
an cater. If ho had tiiree dollars to buy a
in. -al wilh. l.e would stand two dollars and
eighty-live cents for champagne and riflecii
cents for a siiidwi.-h. Bennett is really one
.,-,..,
u.!cst' livers in the country. Ik--
side the big hoii.-e on Washington Heights
left by his father, he has a big double-house
on Fifth Avenue, a house in London, a
: .sillg.i1..x' in L-mcashin-. and now a
' ... ....
; villa at Newport. All these things cannot
, Cos tuni less t !ian a liiiii.lrc.1 lliousana Uol-
lars per annum, lie spends his money like
a king, and is n-ally admin-d in New York.
Mr. Bennett, though a man of talent, has
really very little to d- with the Jlrraht.
His business is simply to call alamt four
limes a week and -shake the laiys up.' One
of Mr. Bennett's aeuliarities is the 'shak
ing up' mania. O.-ie night, after a chani-
. . , ,inm.r, hc u, w down to the office,
. '
siii Hi up toniierv. ine managing outor,
and then write a loose, slxshing editorial,
putting tlie price of the Jli ralil down t
three cents. He not only shakes up his
nc wspa;a-r, but he shakes up his friends.
His trouble with the Mays was caused by
his appearing at the May residence at twelve
o'clock at night, 'shaking up' the door-bell.
.leaning off the hat-rack, firing a snot or
two into the niimir. and then giving Miss
1 f'ie n faH-k.-r.r,iOiil to ili-feml hi-rsi-lf with
. it.ii,.i,,'lt;v. yir. IW-iuictt ought to be a
.Shaker though iu fact he is a Catholic."
The I'nworked Gold Field ol California.
For hundreds of miles along the western
base of the Sierras are gold-bearing veins
and placers, awaiting development that will
1 vi.-Id a profitable return to the energy and
, m,,ev of the Capitalists, who will vet seek
I ti,;s tieM as one of the best ami most relis-
i We to la-found on the glola- Ib re will be
found every facility of a kindly climate.
accessibility, cheap and available power,
and .-very concomitant that can make the
business profitable a'aivc the cost of pnahif
tion. The gold mines of California, not
withstanding the vast treasurers thev have
. iVfM1 ,., the world, arc comparatively un-
, wotm-ii in ius. 1 lie goui-.a-aniig veins are
worked fields
, pni(.,K.:lHy W1
, ,;,-..r . l...,,n..l.
ithotit limit, and the dead
are oulv la-ginning to yield
!thcir inexhaustible st.m-s.
I'h is is not an
over-drawn estimate of the gold fields of
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' to n.aixe the importanee of giving more
, attention to them as a source that will la?
1 lasting and n-halile in kwping up an equablrt
i.r.alnelw.n of t'ie nu.t.il lleit is nreoniin..ntlv
; the need wherever the wheels of industry
arc in motion or commerce spread its sails.
The Cobra at a Dinner Farty.
I was agisting once at a burralhana or
' t.i.T ilinr,..r rv.rlt' aii.l k..,l alt K.un
itremelv vivacious. At last the ladies rose
i ... .I.'iv.rt viit'tl 1114. ri'ist tl." mnulin alrirt
. - j - - 1 .... .......... -
1 of a very prettv girl who had been mv right
1......1 ..i..i.i.. .1 . i;.i.i . .i "u;i.
1 ii.l.i'. 11. it.'-i, imir uu... ai.ruia, nut. u
j forth with made for the open window be-
Iiin.l us lint ivns slt:irkiil unit kilt.sl Krf-f . iri
. snaKc, wntiw-ui.r woui.iuavr ueru speeuiiy
i ia.ai o tne poor giri, wuou.iieg.mseu um
lawful danger ike had so narrowly escaped.
j fatal to ttie poor girl, wno utile guessed ma
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