- iff B. F. SCHWEIEIt, THE CONSTITUTION THE TUnOS-AITD THE ESrOBOEHEIIT OP THE LAWS. Editor and Proprietor. VOL. XXXIII. MIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY, PENNA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1S79. NO. 47. 1P f&Kif-' WIS H. T. HELMBOLD'S COMPOUND FLUID EXTRACT UCHU FHARXIACEUTICAIb A SPECIFIC REMEDY FOR ALL DISEASES OF THE t or Pbllltv, Loss of Memory, Indisposi tion to Exertion or Business, shortness of Breath, Troubled with Tnousuts of Disease, Liimness of Vision. Pain in the Buck, Chest, and Head. Rush of Blood to the 11 end. Pale lonntenance, and Dry bkin. 11 mese symptoms are anowea 10 go on. rv Ireouentlv tptlentlo i its anu ton- sumption follow. When the constitution bw.mies affected it requires the aid of an laviomiing medicine to strengthen and tone up the system which "Helmbold's Buchu" DOES IN EVEKY CASE. HELMBOLD'S IS TJNEQTJAIXD hy any remedy known. It It prescribed by tiie most eminent physicians all over ths orlJ, tn Kbeumatism. 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Married or ulnElet 'I; now and In healtht re you been sick t 5. Height, wolgli . How long have you .u - ,ve,t 7. rourcompi''"" - it T 8. Have you a stooping or erect i gal" a! K?latey without reservation all yon know aqout your case. '"r-" m tben Enclose its consultation ice.- l"VJ"Hi Kiwe yoa receive our attention, "i"" ? candid the nature of yoor d'sease and onx p opinion concerning a cure- eorres Competnt Physicians attend Jareed pondents. AllleUeis should be Jg ebiSa, to Di.pensatory, 1217 Filbert tree. CeipbhK Pa. H. T. HELMBOLD, Druggist and Chemist, Philadelphia, Pa. gOLD SVKBTWHK13 HEKORT. A pen to register; a key That winds through ae. ret wards; Are well assigned to Memory By allegoric Eaids. As aptly, also, mi-ht be given A pencil to her hand; Tlist, eofteuing objtcte, aocietimeseven Oiitatt ij e tLe heart' demand. Tliat smoo'.i.a foregone distreaa, the lines Of lingering care subdue. Long-vanished happiness refines, Aud clothes iu Irihler hue. Yet, like a to.l of Fauov, works Tboae Spectres t.i di ate That startlos Couecieureas .he lmka Wiihm her lowly seat. 0 that our lives, whiiaVfloo so fast. In pnrily wire such, " 1 hat not an image of the past Should fear that peucil's touch! Retirement then might hourly look Upon a eoctbing ecene, Ape steal to his allotted nook Contented acl ecr. ne. With heart as calm as la'es that sleep, Iu frosty moonlight gl.ntening; Or mountain livers, where t" ey creep Along a channel smooth an 1 deep. Tj their own far-off niunnura hsteuing. THE SISTER'S SECRET. Please dou'l, Harry, you hint rue The dark, hacdjou.e face softened suddcu ly, aud Harry bout and kUst-d iLs soft little fingers, triuiEoa from Lis angery pressure. Forgive me, Xettie. I did not know. How fierce I tuust seem to you. The truth s, I was beside myself. Aud you see that I have reason. Think of it. Au arm that wiis nikie encirf lin that slender waist. It was enough to drive one frauiic. I must Lave an explanation, or our engage tnent is al an end. " 4-I ft-.nuot say more than I have. Harry. 1 teli vou .-;iiu that your suspicions are cruel and ttnjus' ftirthor than that I can not. If you do not trust me, it is best that we sl'ould part.' 'It is as I thought. You are oulv too g'ml to be rid of the oid love before you re- i vive the new. He caught her face between lUtwoliani!s and held it while he studied it. half auriiy, half tr nderfy-. The girl bore his scrutiny for a moment braveiv. Then the red lips began to quiver, aud the r-ves to fill with tears. He suddenly kissed her. ! "That is my farewell to love and faith. Good bv to Uth." Then wilh long strides he hastened away, as tkougli afraid to trust himself to lixk back. Nettie watched hiui until out of sight and luen, with a long, sobbing sigh, the said : It is letter thus. I could not keep my secret safe with that distrustful, passionate nature ever on the watch. Oil, Charlie, Charlie, what am I sufferiug for you!" Harry, as he said went away from the place, not intending to return until he had covereotne his great love, tint naiure proved too strong for his resolution. He was drawn bark as though by in -isible cords. lie was a young physician, and had been taken into partnership with the oldest and most skillful practitioner in the town. When he reached his hou.e, after a few days absence. Dr. Liddell met him at the dor. "You are jiiit in tunc Harry. I have been called in haste to old Mrs. Steinbnrg's dyi:ir bed, aud that poor girl at the hall U iu too critical a state to be neglected. I will trust her to vou." Harry's lips turned ashen pale. 'Whom did you ssy f " "Poor little Netlie Webster. It seems weeks instead of days that Tvebeeu attend ing her. She wae stricken clown suddenly with such a fearful type of brain fever that I've been there three or four times a day trying to keep her from dying. Its near the crisis now.' Harry waited to her no more. He took his case of medicines, and hastened to the haU. Au old servant met him at the door. She had evidently been watching for the d.c tor s arrival. "How UMiss Webster to-day " was H.r- ra'a whispered question. "Quiet, She's still sleeping like for the first time since die's teen took. She's al ways been a sayiii" lo herself, 'innocent innocent! Oh, Harry, truat me!' Then she'll ramble off about Charlie. 1 can't f. i -be life of me tell who they is ehr means. It's most likely soa.e of them stories she reads has got into her head, and in her fcver she thinks she's acting iu Vm." Poor Harry ! Well he knew what it . . . i i.. a .: i.. i. r..ii meant. -As he went to ner isaiu as though he had killed hr r. There she lay. quietly. liut it was tiie calm of exliausiion. One short week only since he had seen her but the rounded outlines had grown rfrantrelv sharp, and the tesuriant hair whirh had clustered about her temples in tendril like curls, had been cut close to her n bent over her and hs-tcned to ner breathing, critically. Then he turned to the nurse : Do not let her be disturbed on any ac- count. 1 will re in again in iuc v .a a I . 2 . La mArnlnrf if the awakens nve her this. The nurse took the powder irom nun, and he left the room. t the trate he met a young man. At the first clnnce he recognized him to be the one whom h had seen waiting unusr ui ; ith Nettie his arm about her vraisi, anu - nn with an expression on ner eyes iww, -ij intmst into wis iace. It was in secluded nooK in me rear o .1,- vrlter estate where few ever went. Harry not finding ettie at tue nouso nau thought to find her there, and had gone in search of her only to be lorn by jealous rage at her supposed duplicity. He said now : "Perhaps it will b. wU f Ju 10 d"fw your visit, Mis Webster 1 now at the point of death. AgirisTed as Harry fU latwself, M " . . , v-.l not but feel sorry for the stranger, llestood a moment as though beuumbed. Then he said, huskily : j "Miss Webster Nettie dying ! I must see her. What I have to say is of great im portance. It will almost bring her loving spirit back to earth to hear it." The answer came cold and decisive : "To all appearances Miss Webster is be yo.id help- At any rale, all depends on ab solute quiet," "Oil, my little sis'.wr I I fear her tender heart has been overburdened with my trou bles. " Harry caught his arm convulsively. "Did I hear aright ? Is Miss Wsbster your sister i" "Yes, my darling, only sister. Though no one knows of it. I have been in trouble and all because I was taken for someone else. Far the past four years I have bun under a cloud of disgrace, though an inno cent Man. That is why my father bough this place, and removed from his old home. He couldn't stand having the name con nected with a criminal, and ho wasn't quite sure cf my guilt, neither was he confident of the truth of my denial ; so he aiked me to keep at a respectful distance from his new residence, Nettie, thank God, saved my faith in humanity. She never doubted me. To-day I came hither with a light heart, for all is cleared up. 1 have the dy ing deposition of the rascal who had kept out of the hands of Justice, leaving me to suffer for his actions. That is w hy I said that my news might hasten Nettie's re covery. If she dies, the light will go ont of my life. Dear, unselfish little sister." Harry' heart absolutely sang for joy at the thought that Nettie had been true and loyal to him as siie ha.l saiil, though through it all surged a wave of sorrow and remorse at his own cruelty. He caught the young man's hand and wrung it warmly. "You are the Charlie then about whom she has been raving in her delirium ? You are right. As soon as she awakens her mind shall be put at rest a'Kiut you, and," he thought to himself, "altrnt one other rash, unjust ling who does cot de-serVe hat :Le should live to bless him wiih her forgiveness." Th" nest morning he went again to her beiUi.ie. She had not come out of her heavy slum ber. So he stationed himself by her to watch the turn of tha disease. For several hours there was no change. Then she moved and ojcncd her eyes, Af ior a time she seemed to comprehend that it was Harry. Then, with a look of intense pleading, she whispered : "Forgive " He stayed the words uxn her lips with a kiss. "It is all right, darling. I know all. Your brother Charles is here not only innocent, but proven so. Now you need worry no more. All you Lave to do is to get well and make us happy." With a sigh of content the heavy eyes closed. The opiate had taken effect, and once more slumber had shut out the scenes ol the outer world. After this he r recovery was rapid, and when, a few moniba after, the fond old fa ther gave her away at the alter to be loved and cherished at the hearthstone of another he was not lelt alone his son, restored once more to his proper place among men, stood beside him. Charlie Webster says that his sister's uu doubting confidence in his innocence at the time when all others turned against him, was his salvation. lie might have lost all hope, anil, in his hot ajrer at human injustice, have really sunk into the ranks of criminal life. He did not know until ljng years after how near Nettie came to wrecking her own happiness. Then he said : "It was Just-like you, Netlie. When we were both little children you always man aged to bear the brunt of my misdoings. rer.-.e:nher drubbing several boys among my schoolmates for nick naming you iOettie, the Martyr." Hja-ry, who was also a listener to Char lie's fptech, thought how nearly that last trial had won for his darling the martyr a crown, nnd consigned hiiu to perpetual mourning for his unreasoning harshness and cruelty to her whom he loved better than itself. Itulsing Snbken Teasel. In the Plotzen Lake which Is not far fr.;:.i Uerlin. and the depth of which is very considerable, reaching in some parts to over ninety feet, an interesting attempt s l.-e?n made to raise sunken vessels. The nielhod. which is the iuvcution of II err Eidner, a lenna civil f nerincer, consists in annlvinsr carbonic acid in the following manner. In an empty oauoon a uotue uau filled with sulphuric acid, surrounded with UulUicirs pa!U is fixed: the bottle rs ue- stroved by turning a screw, aud the two substances mix and produce cartwrnc aciu, which fills the balloon. It is obvious that when this apparatus is brought into opera tion in the huil of a sunken ship the effect must be, if a suflicient uumber of balloons are filled to raise the vessel. In the ex- neriments on the Plotzen Lake, a smad vessel or boat weighing several hundred weirfit. was first sunk. A diver then went down with the necessary apparatus, which he set in opperatiou in the interior of the ship. Hardly had he (lone so betoro the vessel began to ne to the surface where it was maintained by tho balloon. Jfev r. Never exaggerate. Never point at another. Never betray a confidence. Never wantonly frighten others. Never leave home with unkind words. Never nezlcct to call upon your friends. Never laueb at the misfortune of others. Never give a promise that you do not ful fill. Never send a preseut hoping for one In return. Never speak much of your own perform ances. Never fail to be punctual at the time an notated. Never make yourself the hero of your own story. Never pick the teeth or clean the nails la company. Never fail to give a polite answer to civil Question. Never present a gift saying It is of no use te yourself. Never read letters xvklck yen nay find &4keta4 te ethers. lrrun "cos c-xanrar.i lira. Foray the Acta I'poo a Prin ciple. BT MAT B. MACKENZIE. Mrs. Phil. Forsythe sat sewing iu her bright s;t;lug - room one afternoon, thinking over the serenity of hor mar ried life, (she had been married three year?), and how much, success tad at tended her little social efforts. For the literary and music! soel ils which he bad inaugurated, and which under the simple healthful system which she per- sted in maintaining, had piov-'n a ce- ghtfiil recreation to young ar.d old like. There wero not very many In these cliques, but they were rare people all, not rare by virtue of wealth, but by irtua of largo, reQned character, ge- ius and talent, mid above all good hearts. It was not Mrs. Forjyt.i's In tention when forming her social plans, to make lare exceptions. Plenty were doing that there was need of cosy, lire- "nle, social times in thesa tig cities, and hers was intended but as an example, which ehe hoped other young married ames would follow. In the inidst of Mrs. Fjrsjthe's pleasant nn-ctions, ehe was summoned to meet a visitor. A retty, quiet, shy young lady waj this isitor, a Miss SiiiimoiuU, and she had ailed upon Sirs. Forsythc at ti.o sug gestion of a lady member of herii:crary circle, who, knowing Miss bimiiionOs was in need of a lucrative position of some kind, but could hear of nothing ultable, bad thought it possible Mrs. Forsythe could rt commend something. Mrs. Forsythe asked what she had beeu doing, and found her last position ha I been a clerkship, w here she had received only five dollars per week, tut t'no work had not agreed with her, and she had Ilea ill. The girl appeared to be about ighteen, ai.d though pale and tnln now, Mrs. Foisythe could imagine her looking rosy and plump wheu iu htr regular health. "It U enough to kill any wotnsn to work as clerks have to in these lsrge establishment-', and then to receive a paltry live dollars a week fr it!" thought sympathetic little Mil!!: Fr- syti', OUl fcCJIl lllV lllUUIlb IU I1C1S-C11, and led the girl on to a fev,- otnor re marks. Her parents wera tleud. ai.d though she had found a home with i.n aunt and uncle, they were amoi.g the struggling class of people, and had & large family of their own; thcrclorc lie had felt she ought not to be U -p.'tiil- eut upon them. She had rccvive-l a plain education, and was capablu of teaching English or of taking a book- eep'-r'a position. But you ought to have a c ;ut!;e from cither," thought Mr?. Tui n the, " I will think over the matter, and t:.ik with my husband about It," said Mr?. Forsythe. " 1 don't wish to raisj your opc3 until I know, but I shall do my best to Ret you a position of seme kind. Cail to-morrow about this time, and we will talk matters over again." The young lady's face Rlo-.vcd cud brightened, not so much with hopy a with gratclul cheer at Mrs. Forsythe nterest and candid mariner. Nobody ver left 31 rs. For.-ythe'a presence with out feeling brighter for her si c.ety. When evening came, and the u:ml ehcery welcome and jolly little supper had been accomplished, Mrs. Milliepro- ceeded to enter b-.-hind her battalion of facinntionp, it.to which ehe always autiously withdrew In pretended fesr f facing the fire of raillery which Mr. Phil, might turn upon her for her im pulsive attractions, or to ward oil t!i Id water be might throw rpoa her warm plans. From behir.d these bar racks she could iiurl back as many in terruptions as sho pleased, and some how while this frail bulwai k of airs and graces prevailed, he utver could hold his own. ' Phil ?" "Millie?" "The loveliest young lady ctl'.ed here to-iiay !" "Indeed! Giving away tracts, or collecting mites for some remarkable heathen society V Neither; jou know I abominate such nonsense." 44 But you don't consider, my dear. really, how much yoa look as if you needed Converting." 44 Nor do I need to, dear boy, while I lave yt-u to cousiuer lor me. uesiues. appearances ere frequently occcltful. Now, FIJI, listen, or I'll yes, I will, let your shirt-collars gohalf-ironed next week, just as Anu Broderick leave them J" tShs's getting Jp'.teful," sai l Tnll to the mcat-di-h. " I have a plan about th! young lady, irst, I'll tell you who she is and all about her " 44 Based upon tho authority of the party most interested, which cautious ness redounds to the honor of such a skeptical person as yourself." Millie ran around to her better-half and held the milk-jug over his head, 44 One word more like that, and you won't Ki-cJ pomatum for a week; bu you flight need a poorly-ironed shirt collar." After these diversions Mra. Forsythe at last anchored upon her husband's knee, the place were she generally be came ensconced before she could enter iiecsssfuliy into bu.lucss details. Now, Phil," (after her aceour.t of Miss Simmonds) "vou know what a blundering girl Ana is, and how often have to do things after her, she slights things to such an extent r then, besides this, when one is at all thrown in the society of the 4help, think what companions these ignorant girls are. Well, w hat I thought was this, that as wo have this eisy little flit, and thus I have no gi eat house to keep in order; and as you know I quite prefer to assist in cooking, it occurred to me that if I could have a nice young lady a rtal lady you know about with me, whom we could treat In every way as if she were a sister, I should quite enjiy it I give Ann twelve dollars per month I might give such a person two dollars less, and have our washing and taxer heavy work done by the washerwoman. Than when I wish to CO OUt I have some one really reflaeJ and kind with whom to leave that mischevlous infant Phil, who fell tnleep :.'t tlie tnWe to night before the episode of the cri sui jug. Now, si!prme Miss Slmmon-I would agree to thi, ('id bein an edu cated lady she should enter our t .-e'ety aud woe betidu any o:ie who wouij not treat her a3 well a3 myself!) sup posing she f.ivors this, I havn only your consent to gain before wq mi';e a tru of such ail arrangement." "With my coase.it taka a littls ad vic?." Wining' j', and I r.ill act iijx:i it." Lrsrti all you can ab.nit Miss S.m monJN b'.-foro taking her. G) to tiie aunt sho mentioned ai.d discover lir disposition, and all htr pronounced traits of character, so that you won't be cheated thoroughly." "This will I do, my lord, though I assure you I a:a a very cute reader of character as all vroinca are, tho'.i'h men utv:r auinit it. A:iJ now really R17 plan li not itii cx'ravagr it one at all, it it? You see iiHte.il of doing half my wori myself with an in con versable person, I do the same half with a person havir.4 so-ne orlginali'y i f opinion, and sufUeiently cultured tJ be ahio to express such. Thus it is no longer divided labor, but agree.ib'o co-opor.-:tl'i:i." "Your Idea Is sensible, wife, but It is not a new one you know; it ha doubtless been oftau tried before. Cut I do urt spstk to discourage, all wives are not as gon 1 managers of theso mat ters' as thi little butter ha'.i'of my for tuntte self." "Pi-.il, (ioii't wheedle, its a fure slg-i you want something. U is that elastic como t-fT your cravat again? or do yoa want those nie-, rich, indige-stih'c, fsb'd ovst r3 again for breakfast? Bui prav realizi that th'-'re is a princip'.a in mv pcrformnif.! a? in all my feasts. LUt to moral. Artistic well eluc tte l ladies, who would be ornaments to S- ciety, and aids to the Intellectual world, j are hemmed i 1 bv narrow lnc mes quite i . . . . - . T .- . .. - ! ai, ii'iaie. u ceirav neees-imus lie ' mn.!, (-ettlng aside 1 very th(uslit of culture) while our qnc n of the kitchen w ill put two months wags into a new W!i!kin: suit, whose ttehneas fitqmnt- ! lv tu;s her mi-itrvs to siiam-J, and which requires to bo rep!.ti".I at.ut three times as cf'.e.'i. Besides hen much moaev realiv, sh-ni'd we Pro- ! the soil is a diy, sandy loam, the situation te-unts d. voto to tin; SJ.V..rt of t u ", 1;. A large sink ho!e-s,x . , , . ' , . or clitht feet in diameter, according to the tatho.io Caurc.i? Now, (yes; - ' 1 1 Brze of tao f.miily c:iu be Ua- at a auita ititerrupt, I kiio v I'm Ieetui .ii,; na:n) b'e distance from the house, wahcJ up oa If our luli"s woull g-tie.-iiiy eiigaa the si-.tes a:id planked over on top, into ladies a.s their hniua-as-I.-fants, t:e itin,' which the re'.'u-e can he conducted, wherce them Qi laJies, there wo'il l hi a greater 'H be gradually absorbed by the Sui!. dom-nd lor such pcsiiij.is by them." T h:,e benKT fldi:,i .!.., n,n . 1. ...,. .., i.,v. n , ,.i t solid Matter, it caa bo shoveled out a:.d tion, like yomself, to mingliiig with ai coar-P class." ! 'There should bj no rnltigiiti.i of the kind. Vlir.' tin ro arc several Kr'J employed if lady c ic'.iS cannot be found, hire a g oJ colore I mi l or w o 1111:1, perhaps t evuie daily, they a:e excellent c.";ks mo-tof them." Millie, Ml'.lm, I believe yoa hare thought1 ol co.itro'.ling tiie axis of tiie wcri.l i.fter a whilj." Tnis, however, M.ii'.e -.lid not exp' cl to elo, l-ut as succe3 was ant to attend hr un.iertakii;, it woui 1 apiwar tiin S'lme fortunategi'iiius was ii! atteti am e j at l.er mental confederacies, for in due lime Mi's Simiumds supplante 1 Mi.s B.-Lderick, a id w hen I la-t saw :Ur.. Foisythe, six ni jnl'H after this con nection bad been ctfeete.!, the la-lies were congenial friends and co-worliers. MiiS S.m.noiuls has develrped sn. h cng nrt!3!ic teiideneies, that M liie nslstj upon her attending; tho Schetd of Design at '.ca t twice a Week. Siie Xjcts to lose her w hen siie become, a Ine wood-engraver, (which she prciu- e to tcei me.) if siio di.es not sooi.er hrouzh Ikt rival, ti o youiitf law stu- ch r.t,utc!.di:!g Mrs. Foisylhe's literary bee. 'But," says Miliie, 4-thrre are cl way soiiie llsti te.c 111 ms -c.i; u'i'j 11 soma o'.e steals j-:iii.n' ruiin.onns, j till fish rgain, t!;o:ii,h I c..;y 1:04 Knu o ueciral ic a fish." Grammar iu lilijme. The annexed eflusioi has bea published from time to time during the past tweu'y years, but the name of the author should not have bedu allowed to sink intool.livioj; ou the contrary, he deserves immortality, and the gratitude of generations yet uu born, for we have never met with so com plete a grammar of the Ilnglish language in so small a space. Old as well aa young should commit theso line to memory, for hv their aid it wiil be eiit'Jcult, if not im possible, for them to fall inio errors cou crning parts of speech : x Three littles war Is yoa oflsu sua Are artiuloa a, an. and tar. 1L A noun Is tho mmo of any thin j. As eehoo! or -nrduii. ho p or bw.il. JIL A IJeollves show the kin 1 of man. As great, sual, prctir, v.-hita or Lrotra. IV. Instead of nosna ti.e pi (norms etiu l. Her bead, his feo, vour snn, mv haul . Verbs tell cs eomrthin; to ba doo, Ij read, count, lauh. eiag, jnaip or r n. VL How things are doae the advtrba tiU, As slowly, quickly, ill cr wolL VII. Cotjunctions j in tho word together. As men and worn n. win i or westUea. VIII. T!ic pmpoaition stands before A noun, aa in, or through, tha uaor. IX. The uitcijection nhows nurprise, Aao'.i! bowprittyl ah! how wise! The wbolo ara cal'ed nine puts of spec ch, Vililcb reading, wr lim, speakin;?, Uaeh. Tha Culorada Desert. The Colorado Desert mar be properly termed the Sahara of the Pacific coast. Uoon a clear, full moonlight night the trav. ellcr may form some idea of the sterility and loneliness of this Pacific Sahara- You are in the midst of an ocean of finne, white sand: not an elevation, hardly, nor a Ue- cline of the feeblest nature, resents itself; the mosquito, the meschal and the cacti, have entirely disappeared, and not a bush nor a blade of grass remains; no living thins, not even a bird nor an insect 1 to be seen. A death-like stillness seems to per vade the scene, and an awful unbroken qui et nrevaila. In this particular locality, it is said, rain never descends; no dew ever falls; no delicious exhalations 01 tne even- ice ever touch the fevered face el nature, which diurnally quivers matter the seereh- in rays of light Uuiue Drainage. What to do with sink water and the slops of the house in those hot days when fer mentation progresses at a two-f.irty pace, is a puzzling qii"tion for fanners. Cuius and large villages are provided with some public system of sewersgj, but in the coun try every man is expected to look out for his own refuse, and those who do it intel ligently are few and far between. Most farmers' wives thro their slops out of tho door, where they lie and ferment, fill ing the air with miasma, and saturating the earth wiih poison that slowly finds its way to tho well and thence to ihe table From many a kitchen sink a lead nipe con ducts the dish water through the siding of house, whence it falls to the ground within a foot or foot or two of the cellar wall through which it percolates, anl thus con ta:u:uates the air both mi.ido and outside of the house. The privy of the farm house is wont to be neglected nlti, so that, in stead of being a reservoir of fertility to the land, it is a uui-auce, and more than this, a fruilful sourcs of disease. So great is the neglect of these things a:uong the rural population that citizens are beginning to think that the air aad water of the city are purer than in the country- There is no m Cvs-dty for this state of thinri. At a tri fling expense if the farm house is situated on some elevation, as it should be the sink water and all the refuse of the cham bers can lie conveyed in an underground tile to a field and thus cade to do service as a fertilizer. Iron is so cheap nowadays thai a three or four inch pipe is probably as economical a conduit for the refuse as can be had. Glazed eart'en pipe, hiwevcr answers a good purpose. Cement pipe and common clay tile are so rough that they are liaMe to clog. There is more or less grease in dish-water, and this is de posited as the water cools on the side or the drain, so that a suiail pipe will not answer for a sink outlet. The Grain can be ma le of stone, but in tlus p!aca it s iould te lare, and ce:nenteJ near the house to pre vent the earth from becoming s-ituraled with poison. When the drain ha3 reached a field which it is desired to fertilize, no cement is required, and open ditches or ooroi's tile mav coavev the refuse ia diifer- ent directions, la all cases there should be a valve in the sink to prevent the nos- 1 .... - ... ,)!... i-ius t.ises 11u.11 n-iuium t-. ... house. It is also a good plan to let the overflow of the cisterns run into the sink drain. This will aid in keeping the drain clear, and distributing the leruliziug ma terial in the fields. If nay fanner lias located his house sa low that the refuse cannot be carried to the neighboring Gelds, he is to bs pitied; still, co:nosted wilii dry muck or earth aud made into a valuable fertilizer. If anvone is so unfortunate as to have built, inherited icr, purchased a houso in a low, swampy ! spot where drainage is liiipossih! , our aa- I vxe is, triat he shouia move it to a tuhc-r-! site, and it' it U not worth moving to build a ne-v houee and tiiiike firewood of thu old OL.H. Ihe Kib; nod the l'hrcn.I;!jr. Who," said Eiiij Frcderici of Prussi, at a ftts at Foisiiau, which had attracted aa unn'ually brii-iact awt'ih'p.ijc, 4-who is tliat tall, lor'Y old man with a head so fall t,f character? ' "o:re, it is JDr. Gail, the raucous phre nologist.'' "Ah, tha phrenologist, eh? Co:n:car.d hi:n to dine with us tn-iLorrow eveoing.'' Next evening the King ree-tived the doc tor alTiilly, and they sat cl.nva to eiinntr w ith a eiozi'n otl er emvives, a'l blazi! g with eleccratioas and uiUfcnus, t'-t awli ward and constrained in manner uil coa versation. 'Doctor," said the Kiag tt t!.e cor.chisioa cf the repast, "pray lot ns see sjMtlhiag of your wonderful skill. Exa-.i-ine these yuthmcn's head3 aud tell r.'.e frankly went you think of their character and dispoitious from the indications af forded hy their cranial developments." Gall rose and feit the head of his neigh bor oa the right, a stout fowtr'ul man ia a resplendent uniform, who bad btea ad dressed as "Geticr:.!." "Speak frankly,'" said tha Einst, setinj that the phrenologist seemed emburasted. "His Excellency," said Call, "must hi pfissionate'y addicted to fleid ?ports em! exciting pleasures; he has a decided fancy far for the tatile lattle field and " The Kiue smiled and pointed the phre no'.ogist te his other neighbor, a smalL alert kecn-cyed niaa la diplomatic) costume. "This geniietiian," eaid the dvtor, "is hum aa expert ia gymnastic exercises, aa ncoompii-hed pedestrian; very neat ar.d graceful ia ail operations requiring manual dexterity ' "Enough," said the King, rapping on !he ta'Jo, and as a Score of Mailers entered he continued, to the stupefaction of Dr. Gail. iLL-.T.ove ijcee gcnUetiiin to their ce.i. Allow rse to put ia plain hirguuge what yoa were reluctant ta say: the uemrai u a rruruurer ur.dor scalene?, and yottr nfighfcur is the icost expert pickpocket sai cnt-s irse in a'l Prussia, who has eluded capture ou innumerable cccasiona. Exam hie your poclids." l.ie eitr.r 01J so aud ioudJ that bis handkerchief, purse, v a'ch and snml-box ban disapp-ared. They were all returned to him next car, with a complimentary letter fro.a the King, end a costly sauil-box tearing Fteusrick's portrait s-t ia trill is.nl. Want a l o'.nr, a Xlc ruiat. An tegsnious expedient was devisvd to save a prise, ner charged with robbery ia the Criminal Court at JJublm. tne pnnctpa. thir." that appeared in evidence against m:,Jt . IX ,n.-.l to lmve been made 1 v tita at the police oQee. and taien br & rolice officer. The i s .v m.f sacrificinz ackrawledcuent was produced Xr.rfoUowic passage was read from it: "Mangan said twice." he never robbed tut "Said it was Crawford." m. - . 1 1 at stW a nnnrtuation but t' e meatJii- attached to Ft wtl st "Mancan said he never robbed but twH.t. Su'iJ it u-ai Crawford " .Wet for the P ' hia t vi ia n tarTTeu. nu du u.d ra j ll L.-Tf 7 ' Uhe learned eentleman, "is oStouTrM ojvious reaum. ui ma "This," said I tJia fair and obvious uce. "Marnn aaid he never robbed: This Interoretatien had its effect nn joiii icvice sum it a us uu;w . ... .-j -j . the 1urv aad the maa was aequitted. ) - TurkUh Csremunisis. Ba'ram ws celebrated in C rstaatinople oa the 17th of September Oa the previous afternoon a merry peal of artillery announc ed that the tweuty-etjht days o' renst were over. The ships in the harbor wera ins'aut ly decked with CaTJ, and smiles played on the faces of the true believers, who. for getful for a while of the hardness of the times, detemdaea oa spending a merry day oa the morrow, and consequently laid ia a stock of shehers(sweeties) and various other ea ablti and e?wgnw fineries. At early dawn the Sultan left his pahic at Yidiz and went to the mosque at Beshikfash, and not, as is the wont on this occasion, to the Old Seraglio. After tLe Saltan tad per formed his devntiens he returned to the Aeshiktas'u, Palace to hold a recep'.i jn. He accordingly took his seat on a spacious throne of gold in the apartment known as thj "Throne Chamber." Hischauiberlaias and other household olllcers stood ia their gMudiest attire behind him, while to the right and left, in front, and at right eagles t the throne were range! the palace aides-de-ca'-ups. To the right of the throne stood Os'iiaa Pttiha, of Plevna renown, holding a silken cord procee'hng from the throne, which the visitors kissed and put up re verently to their forbeads. Miuilr Effeadi, the Master of Ceremonies, stood in front of the Sultan, and as the visitors approached ha won" 1 bend toward tha ground and hail them wi.h a graceful salaain. As soon as tiie Saltan had occupied the throni, the visitors entered one by one by a door to the right of the Sultan, and, advancing slowly, st'iojied to kiss the siikea cord, and then crossing their hands to their breast, with downcast eyes, they withdrew, without turning their backs, and took a position to the rii:ht of ihe throne. As visitor after visitor did the si:ne a slender line wasfor.u ed, which, on approaching the end cf the room, took a curve and e.vept round to the left. The first to be admitted was Araif Pasha, the Grand Vizier: then ca:uc Mah monl Xedi;n, famous ia the annals of Turkish bankruptcy ; then Safet, Minister of Finance; then lihaireddin, lute Grand Vizi'T ; and then the other f anctionaric of the Empire, and those who had the title, of Balaii (Excellence), tiie Suitaa standing to receive those whose title was that of Mashir. Tlie rect p'.i'a of th3 civil body ov.r, bis Majesty left the roo.n, but returned shordy after to receive the eccleshis: ical body. The c- re-uony was ia all respects the same, ex cept thai the hern of the Saltan's garment was kissed instead of the cord. The Sultan received his visitors without n'teringaword except two to the Grand Vizier, who ap peared not t hive .heard them. The silence of tlie reception was only broken by the Imperial baud, which played lively music all the while. By nooa ail was over, the Sultan withdrew to his kio-k at Yildiz, the Muftis responded to the Muezzin's call to prayer, and ths Pashas so.ht the stillness of their country rusiaences. A Turtle and stureou 1'itf tit. C. S. S. Home, while fishing recently in Hint Itivcr, Ga., was disturbed by theeia liuual failing of so.ne heavy l.o-Jy ia the water. After listening for so time he con cluded that soaiethir.g ua'tsual was going on, and, seizing his gun, went forward to investigate. Ou tiie opposite side cf the river he saw a while oigeet vri:h a large dark one at racking it. A h-wit Leing handy, he hailed it, aa-J expeditiously and q lietly p.i3.M.d over. He ruck the ban's a:out twtlve feet above the cai:se of elisturbatice, seized his gun. and as the bo.it swu.'g around ailii the sireani rirL-d at the head of the dark ohjeet. lie then cir:;-et J the iron, and i aa the boat drit.t.l ha liue 1 au i.mnense - .... : lo '.Tcr-i.d.1 tur.le into it. after wliica he 1 ..1 ...1 :.!... 1. - .1.1..,. .1. r a. ..iliCit ill ii.V W.11 1 V:'J 1... v. .1 j. j . t a be a lare s:urgco:i. Betore he could re cross tha river, the turtle, which wa only ftticaed bv the 1 Ira si.o:, recovered and sho ved fi-ht. 'I he shu ntlon v. ..s Uee y and iuterestiug. The lo.l was IeuliV, the wa ter deep aad swift, tec turtle inrge, strung, and determined 0.1 a fi,h It advanced with pan c-o-jtli, and Cui's gun wa empty, lie gave the h.-at all the impetus p wsihle, stuck the pf.dJ'e iu the beast's mou. h. dre v a little reuknite from his pocket aad tried to cut its tnroal. As the tuit'e kept i's hold 0:1 the pa.hhe, ha succeeded ia this afttr several e.Toi ts. He i'r.eu carri -d his prize hoiiie, and found that it weighed fifty or a. 1: The :m-gioa, he suppesed. wtihsd thirty or foriy. Eutvl i lt-rits Viu.iiejtert. "When I was yenr aee,"' ssid Crarid faiher to a ci'.'rr n who was ckploring the unrclia! i'.iiy cf tho news;. cpeus, "w hen 1 was at your sge I Lad the sati fr.ult to Sid v. i:h li e rr.rrs. I couldn't believe a word that wa ia 'en. Fer instance every day I read sonic screed .1' out h ite-1 clerks sliekia' up their iits.s at poor but respect al !e people ho were forced to stop wiih tiie.ii. At thtit time I was proprietor of the Fifth Avenue Hotel, an' was ruunin' it on tho European plan if you don't see what you want ask for it, no trouble to show pried.', an' that sert of thing I didn't be lieve a word of what the papers writ about h,tel clerks, au' was niighty tmi mine wa'nt that way. To satis.y myself, how ever, an' winelica'e hotel citrks every where, I pet i:p a jc.b on the new spa ne-rs. A smile lit up grandfather's countenance at this stirring of men.cry's embers, Let it quickly vanuhed, and he v.r ct on : "i alius c!resd ia the height cf fashion; tut I bcircwed a suit of clothes cf John Jacob Aster, au eUsguishcd myself as a poor but honest person f r ra the interior. "i had let some liicu.is into :nc s crei, 1 an' they were present to see hotel clerks I vindicated aa' a siinjtia' rebuke adiniiJs- ; tered to a scuit.Ious cress." At this point gruatlfaiher chuckled audibly. 'When all was ready I walked into the Fifth Avenue, carryin aa e-rdinary lookin' irri--sack, an' i-giatertd as John Crab- appio, from Squeedunk. " .Vloo ' I -i!u. as T ornamented the register with u.y stage naxe. 44 'Glad to hear it,' laiu the twi, ts ce ; nxru ma a. a .ov.,u office. 'Wluit time tin I get a train to Hack - enrack 1 ticul&r ; V I a-.keJ, for f knowed that par- at Thebes, which has the nana, of Quocu clerk was strong on time tables, and Ha'asoo or Haslicp, cf the eighteenth dr ied to fetch hi.n out ofor? the invited ' casy. Of the same pen.?, a.-4 " !;d I T rtTl 1 guest, who were sittia' around takia' it ail in. Hi. cle. otTa self away feom the lookia' g!a; ee here, u.y bald-headed patriarch, ion't see no pteple sii t; ia' around on benches wiih their val.ses between I you don' Imra Ati 1 v-a wa..v their feet, do you? You don t s-e no man I ehovin' trurks around loaeh-d v.iih trunks, do you i You don't observe aiy little girls I runuin' around with apples to seil, do you? No, I reckon not ? Tide is no depot, dear U youtake me f or a rhnota -,e railroal" I rsjrdlcl with his moustache he turned I parallel with his moustache he turned around an' asked me what I was utter, aa' 1 I mlcd removia' carpet- j I ,-..... . , 1 statue, wuere ll eviueuiij unvnpu. I rti! wrna nihliin vonr crranelfather the . wroiij way of the tar, but as I had goiia tla'. ten the jooa W aietu ia rcneraL ( ca'uraliy thought I could stand it if they could. "I said I would like to have a mom. It it was all the aan.e to him. "He said he would give me a room la the cellar, only he was at'eard I minht sprout. " 'Youn? man, said I, f arin up, 'I hev money to pay my way au' sleep ia the bridal chamber, ti: I don't propose to take no lip from any ttuckt-tip hotel clerk.' 'Whose a ttuek-np hotel clerk i he yelled, dancin' out of his iittea den, an puttia' ut his Laails. 'Who's a stuck-up hotel clerk J 'I told him I was rr. kin' an' was willin' an' anxious to ti-ke i; ail Viirk ; but he wouiiia'1 have ii. :!e danoed "roun'aa' bobbed up aa' eiow a, ari' 2ua.lv bit me a terribls blow oa the cose. 'Take that! you old hay-seed,' be yelled, 'aa' that I an' that ! ai' that 1' aa' I did a he recom mended. When I was beirtnia' to get back at hira he struck tlw bell, an seven porters seized me au' hurled me out on the street, the clerk brinsria' up the rear, aa ii were, with his box-toe I shoes. Oa the sidewalk a policeman collared rr.e, an I was loekeJ up for thirty-six hour afore I could git a chance to explain things." Then it caa hardly be said that you suc ceeded la vindicating b tel clerks against the slaaden of the press." W indicate'' replied grandfather, moved O profanity: and he a.liie.1 oil, stabbing the Coor spitefully with his cane. A tew steps further oa was the powerful institution whose iutltiecce is feit iu fiaancs and trade ail over the world the bank of Eagiand. Bounded on sl four sides ty the strict, all its windows prudentialiy open into a c-nlra! court, and since the riots of ITS o it has been occupied every night by a ck-tacbi'.iat of soldiers, lis business re quires a working force of twelve buudred mea. its hank notes are printed within the building. 1 ho sau.e note is never paid out over its counter t wice. The new hit! that is issued this moruiug is retired as soon as it returns, no c. alter if the saaie man p-ye it in egaia this afirmn without a wrinkle in it. It is allowed to issue notes to the amount of httcen niiiiions pounds, oa the security cf its standing !eun of a much larger atnouat to the government, which constitutes a part of the public deb;. For every note issued above that anu it has a circulation of over f. rty million pounds bullion of an equal amount must he paid into its treastuy, and must te kept there fi.r the redemption of the note w ten it returns. Thi traveler oa the continent often Cuds its notes a: a pren.iutn in gold. No note is issued of a lts de-nomination than rive pounds. Every cote is cututierud, and the nauie cf Ihe parly to whom it is paid out is carefully recorded. Tue prac tice of keeping a Liemoranctuin whiea will show from who.n he receives every fcaui note that passes through his hands is Cuia Cion, also, with the painstaking London tradesman. It pr ved a fortunate thing for a friend of mine oa one occasion, lie had given his wife a tea pound cute, 'iheir little child got hold ot the porte-moanaie and destroy d the nue, as tney suppuseel, by throwing it on the 1 pen nre. Ihere would have been no hope 01 realizing 011 a greenback under such circums.aL.cea. But hlty do!lrs was ..orth trying tor. TLe nu.i-ter ot ths note was :iH.-.:itaiacd fro.a the parties tiirouli who.e h laas it C ine to u.y .riend, a vura te.aie.uc.it of lue facts was Iihd at the haust, aitt. a year or so had passed wi.h.;ut its having b.ea pre sented lorreue.u plioa the 1 anit paid over la,! .Ui(Ji"'J; it.j Lnst la.eS in aa pa)S OJ- io--i go.a co.a ey w iLtit. roo.e-.iii.ee u seaeii out a Sealed naekaee and receives it ..11 leforc l:ie seal is biokeu, nnd yet de- uucts quae a sum fro n t.ie amount at which il paid it out, to make good liie lostj, detected iy tue uuerua ca...s, waiclt - I 1 1... .!. . u" " ahiasiuaof tue Coius ia uttna- poitalioa. Vt'Mid'n S o, ill l'asi... The rr.enufac.r.re of wo.riea shucf ia France is largely carried ou in the Depart n.ent r.f Loere, aa.l is c.jacentra.t J around the citie of lileai'.e aad Va.efort. They were originally worn ti.cre only ecep ion ally, tut iheir use has now becou.e jieaeral in nearly ail the departments of France. They aie worn by the country people ia tha field and forest, e,u the road t.y ail iabwrers, in tanneries, dye houses, fulling mills, chemical works, and in the urines, making an economical and healthy foot covering. About 17UU hands are occue.ied in this de partiuent in the liianulHi-ture of woexlea shoes. A thousand of liiese are woiking ouly part of their time : aioul 5eO are oc cnp.eU not more than 100 clays uur.ng tha year, and only "Ud woik ou woo-Jea shoes as luuch n 2'J) day annually. The first class make, during the winter ii.omh.s, the common wooden shoes, while the better carved and more expensive ones are manufactured by professional wuriinen, settled at the 9 nail ci'ies above nauiLth the annual proiactioa of wooden sluxa amouuis to atxiui 51'i.uOO pairs, aTo.OO'J being useil hy the popula'ion of Lozere, and 2Sb,C';0 pairs are ii.nde to seil else where. The largest store, and marltets f.r these goods ar ia the cnie-j of taint Amtmise and Xiuies. . he exportation of wooden shoes represented 111 isTT a vales of 2r53,7t francs. The total value of a l the Uiauuiacture S woexlea six cs rciettes nearly the s.uu of one million fraves auau ally. Kow util l CilusaT The oldt specimen ot pure g'ass bear ing any thing like a t!a, is a little moulded lion's head, bearing the name of aa Egvp tian king cf the eleventh dyras'y, iu the blade collection at the British museum That is to say, at a period w hich may be moderately placed as inure than 2 '"90 years B. 0., glass was not only n.ade, but made with a skill which sho as that the art wa nothing new. The inventioa of glazing - pottery with a Elm or varmsa Of g ass is jo o.u msa. among u .yneus wu.ca . uear m..p.iou. v . j , - --, - - --- - dDas.y. Of the u.ir g.a- mere &r ; numerous xainp!ea, suca as a bead found gobiets aad many fiagutents. I caanr-t be ; to thr Phesuicuns, is so far true, that these 1 adventurous rrerchacts brought specimena , to other countries fiom. Eg; pt. Dr. ichlia. tr.aaa found disks of giass in the excava- . Hons at JSlycecas, itiougu no.r.cr aoes no. men.ioa it as a substance known f, hnn. That the modern .n of the gnis blower was kcowu long before is certain from re- presentations among the pctures oa the TJ A of Thy, at Sakkara, and dates from the ot my, at taKttara, anu ua.es imu. , time ef the fifth dynasty, a time so rersote that it is cot possible, in .o.te o the , ascd- researches of many Egyptologers, to (.;:. in MrL -Mie-hi-u ..a. r. , s..l p 1 weracaa j properly vaiueu aw -o,v.,v. ll
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