. v i t ! i i ' SCHWEIEll, THE CONSTITUTIOH-THE TOIOU-AITD THE ENTOEOEMEIIT OP THE LAWS. Editor and Proprietos VOL. XXXIII. MIFFLIN1WX, JUNIATA COUNTY, PENNA.. WEDNESDAY, DKCEMIiEK 10, 1S79. NO. 50. ll HELMBOLD'S COMPOUND FLUID EXTRACT SUCH U. PHARMACEUTICAL. 1 SPECIFIC REMEDY FOR ALL DISEASES or THE HER I KIDNEYS. i ir Tr vv,nrr. Loss of Memoir. Indf-tnosl. nv 'jrTtiVn or Business, febortnenta of ir-:!i.Irniibit-a with ThouffUtsor Uieai of i-ion. Fain in the isacic. Chet :i.-tl. Ku-n of Blood to the Head, t:uance. and lrv skin. symptoms are allowed to go on. frr (m;'jnt;r Epileptic r ltd and Con nartioa f-iloV. Vben the constitution cmr afiVctrd it requires the aid of an voravtif tneiicin to fit renin ne a ana p lilt syslcni which Helmbold's Buchu DOES IN EVEHY CASE. aI IS UNEQUAXED !;tayrcTnocy known. It Is prescribed by Irmatorrboea, iieuralgia, Nervousness, Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Constipation, Aches and Pafcl, fersl Debility, aianey Diseases Liver Complaint, Nervous Debility, Epilepsy, Head Troubles, Paralysis, General Ill-Health. Sail Diseases, static. Deafness, Decline, Lumbago, Catarrh, Nervous Complaint Female Complaints, &c "tlche. PhIo In the Shoulders CouBh, . -- -. i u i unuu' Ti, truiiiiuiiB, i ..... i In the Mouth, palpitation or the 'M.Pain in the u nion of tne Kidneys thousand other painful symptoms, "iMoS-jirinjs of Dyspepsia. Helmbold's Buchu Invigorates the Stomach, ' TOmnlates the torpid Liver, Bowels, -Vtaey ti health v action. In cleansing wood of all impurities, anil Imparting 1 ti. T vi,r io me wnoie svhiviii- -tie irs.i win i quite suracieni 10 P&CE 1 PER BOTTLE Or Six Bottle for S5. aTetM to any address free from observa- 2tn attention as tv calUng, by e iw luitowin questions: mJ" r.'lr ""ne "'I post-office address, e J n,l ute, and your nearest express rPtttion weight, now and In health? I u??I'c"1''llexion.colorof hair and eyest I b", ' Sou a stoopinj; or erect KaitT iti. . tliout reservation all yon n) .nt 5"ur Knclose one dollar ;IUnion f.-. yur letter will then Vi,7.rra'l,-nlon.ana we will eive yoa Bum. II 1 yur rt'wase nd our esoUid lS!;?-r.n'''geure. ra:!,. : , 1 "ywians attend to eorres-'-:bKr- Alllettfis should be addressed pa.U1T' 1217 "ert treet, riU U. T. UELMBOLD, Druggist and Chemist, Philadelphia, r, BOLD EVEBTWBU "ROCK KK TO 8LEEP." Cackward. turn backward, O Time! in your flight Make me a cbUd agaia Jnst for to-nigl.tt Mother, come back from the echoleea shore. Take me a-ain to your heart as of yorej Kiss from my foreheads the farrows of oare, Smooth the few Silver threads out of my hair; Over my slumbers your loving watch keep Bock me to sleep. Mother, rock me to sleep! 'Backward, flow backward, O swift tide of years! I am weary of toil, I am weary of tears; Toil without reeompanse, tears all in vain. Take them. . 1 give me my childhood again! I have growu weary or dust aud decay. Weary of flinging my soul-wealth sway. Weary of sowing for others to reap; Bock me to sleeps Mother, rock me to sleep! "Tired of the hollow, the base, the untrue; Mother, O Mother! my heart calls for you! Many a Summer the grass has grown green. Blossoming aud faded, our faces between: Yet with stron; yearning and passionate pain, Lon I to-niht for your presence again. Come from the edeuce so long aud so deep Bock me to sleep. Mother, rock me to sleep! "Over my heart in the data that have flown. No love like mother-love ever has shown; No other worsbipabiJea and endures. Faithful, unselfish, and patient, like yours: Noue like a mother can charm away pain From the sorrow jig soul and the world-weary brain; Slumber's soft calm o'er my weary lid creep. Bock me to sleep, Mother, rock me to sleep! "Come let yourbrown hair just lighted wi.b god. Fall on my shoulders again as of old; Let it fall over my forehead to-night. Shielding my eyes from the flickering light. For oh! with it's sunny-edged shadows ones more. Haply will throng the sweet vision of yore; Lovingly, softly its bright willows weep Bock me to sleep. Mother, rock me to sleep! "Mother, dear mother! the years have been long Since last I was hashed by your lullaby song; Sin;, then again! t) my soul it shall seen Womanhood's years have been only a dram Clasp to your arms in a loving embrace. With your soft, liht Iashss j oat sweeping my face Sever h. reafter to wake er to weep; Bock me to tie p. Mother, rock me to ale p! Mr. Parsons' Will. It was mv first visit to London since I , i. . ' , j . i ,i had taken up my abode ana entered on tne practice oi my proiession as solicitor i : Soiithfimnton. ' In London I had a very dear friend, my old college friend, George Dbkson; and as he was the only person I knew iu the great metropolis of course I lost no time in look ing him up. Three years had passed since our last meeting, but ten could have scarcely pro duced a change more marked than had taken place in the appearance and manner of my friend. Our first ereetimr and friendly inquiries T i i . .... . ,1.. cause of my friend's melancholy. I felt j sure.n due time, of being made the con- fidant of the secret, provided no motive of i delicacy prompted its concealment. That evening in my room at the hotel, George told me his story. He had formed an attachment fora young lady, whose graces of mind and person he portrayed with ail the fervor of a lover's eloquence. She had returned his affection, but her father had opposed his suit, having set his heart on the marriage of his daughter to a nephew of his. This nephew was a young surgeon, of profligate character, my friend assured me but that may have been prejudice who , had lomr. but unsuccessfully. WOOCd his : cousin, to whom his offers were as repug nant as to her father they were acceptable. Some months since, Mr. Parsons, the young lady's father, had gone into Hamp shire on business, accompanied by his nephew. At Southampton he was seized with a sudden illness, which terminated fatally in three days. On the day preceding his death he had executed a will (which had since been duly proved by tbp depositions of the attcs'ing witness), containing a request that his daughter, to whom he left the whole of his estate, should accept the hand of his nephew in marriage, coupled with the pro vision that in case the latter offered, and j she refused within a specified time to enter J into the proposed union, the whole estate devised for the daughter should lie forfeited to the nephew. To sacrifice her fortune to her heart's choice would not have cost Julia Parsons ! a moment's hesitation; and nothing could have more delighted George Dickson than so fair an opportunity of showing how superior his devotion was to all throught of personal advantage. But her latuers dying request, in Julia's eyes, was sacred. It had surprised and startled ner, iv is irue, as in their conferences on the subject he had never gone beyond the most kindly re monstrances, and "had never hinted at any thing coercion. Young Parsons, the nephew, iiau not u mak-nanimity to forego his ungenerous ad vantage. He might have been content with his cousin's fortune alone, but his right to that depended on his offer and her rejection of an alliance which she felt in conscience bound to accept. The brief sea son of grace which she had been compelled to beg even with tears had already nearly passed, and a few more days would wit ness the condemnation of two lives to hope- Isss misery. At the conclusion of my friends narra ive, in which, for reasons that may here . . . j t MMiliar interest -mpany me ,0 a place of amusement to which I had pre i" viously procured tickets, When we reached the theatre the per fomianc had already begun, but ws suc ceeded in finding scats which commanded .fine view both of the stage and the audi- a few moments George touched me on the elbow. "Observe the gentleman neaxly opposite, in the front row, seated next to the column lg his arm on his cane," he wing Hooked in the direction m saw a face whose striking rcmblance to one I had seen before caused me to start with Burptise. "Who is it?" "Ethridgc Parsons," was the reply. "The nephew of whom vou spoke!" "Does he resemble his uncle?" I was on I the point of inquirinc. but lust then the 8tran!ier drew the Mow fmm and I saw (hat the first joint of the middle finger was missing, a circumstauee which, for sufficient reasons, absorbed my atten tion. 'Do you know the exact date of Mr. Prson'g death?" I asked, when we had gained the street at the close of the per formance. "Yes," said George. "It was the twenty-third of December. His daughter re ceived a telegram from her cousin announ cing the fact the same day. But why do you ask?" j o ' - '-' ei a IqUS, aitauu "I have a reason which may or may not prove a good one," I returned, and, statin" tWTi..i i . , ' whole next day, I parted with my friend, promising to meet him on the following evening. Xcxt afternoon found me at tb'e house of t, ro ... .i . i Mr Parsons, the nephew. Mr. I arsons, I presumtP were the words with which I accosted the gentleman I had seen at the theatre. 'Yes, sir.' ou may not remember me, Mr. Par- iag lllvmen and tucy looked upon him sons, but I believe that we have met be- with siirrstitiousawe and reverence. They fore-" theught it their duty to aid him, and during "I beg your pardon, sir, for not recoilect- j ,ne whole time of his alxxlc in the moun- in the occasion.'' i ,a'n tury carried him food and provisions. .v c .i . i . n th'9 wa' ,,e existed like the patriarch of sou ere in Southampton last winter, j oU fed ,,y ,he wveMt .J, h. were you not? j years of self-imposed exile he occasionally "I was," he replied, with some enibar- made a visit to town, but could not be pre rassment. i vailed upon to enter a house or go nea a -I am the solicitor on whom you called fire- At u e enJ of llirec yarshe left Her tn ,.,!. . , - . ... i mil's Peak and went to the Bernal Hi!L ... , , , , , ' touthwest of Tecolote, where he lived some He turned pale, but made no reply. j timo. An mil:k.Di cross is gtiU ,ht,re to "I saw a record of that will at Doctors' ; mark the place of his dwelling. He fan Commons, this morning," I resumed, j cied high places far removed aliove the or "and " i dinary walks of men. From IJernal Hill "You speak of my uncle's will," Lc i jouraeyed into the wilderness of Grant count v, where the blood-thirsty Apaches, hastily interrupted. witU ai mle fof pJray anJ "And yet," I ctmtinued, you said it was penances then as now, murdered and yours when you applied to have it writien. scalped hiui. His history aud real name ! You represented vourself desirous of exe- j were never leirned, I'ut he gave au endur icutins such a document, preparatory to ' inS title to theliish mountain west of town, j embarking on a perilous voyage. The ! I paper was drawn in accordance with your j .. -n i instructions. Icavine the date to be filled in ,u,i , v.., i.-Va "n'""n- "".other dav; so was lnl Kcdcsdale. His then, and you certainly looked old Lordship is of an inquiring mind. A enough to have a marriageable daughter; but your disguise was not perfect." And f nofntpd tn the niiitUnti rmer hat do you mean.' he shouted in a ; defiant tone. ' "Simply that your uncle's filature to that will is a forgerv!" I answered, rising, i , ,. . . ... ... ' ; confronting him. "He died on the twenty : tlitr.l Af 1 ..tfwi.,-l.iiF Vnn, Airn t..!...moii mi mi ia in uTmLi-inn ir una liio day before Christmas that you called on me ; 1 j . 1 i to prepare ihc document now on record as, to Pri'Parc his will. The inference is plain; you un dertook to manufacture this spurious testa-; -"ur -"V"! . , 7 , 8 c wu J - legal lonu. i me the required draft. I you procured from 1 ou, or some one at your instigation, sun- ; ulated the signature of the deceased. The ... , wiuiesses, suu uaic simv iicijiueu lun.i-. .. selves in their depositions were procured i some manner best known to yourself-" ! , . ., , . , , , . ,. "Enough, sir," he ejaculated, placing his . liack against the doon "jou have shown j vourself to be in possession of secrets, the j i custody of which proves dangerous." I am not nnnrennred for vour threats, i T - , i.t , i rt ,,i t ,i-i I replied. "In the first place, 1 did not . TI ( come here unarmed; in the next, 1 have!him j,;s "brother otlicers" sat down - l'"-c - " " ; t .. . i.:.i. t i.... .11. -;. ;..r., i " T. 7 '? . . se.f. This paper will be delivered to a friend to whom it is directed, unless within An 1.m. f ro-l.iim it from tbp mcssinirpr. . , ' i r ... :..:, ... -iw. 1,0. iwnn inatmeteil to ret-in it for I who has been l instructed to ni.m , that length of time. ; His face grew livid. His frame quivered with mingled fear and rage, and his eve learned like that of a wild beast at bav." 3 ..v7i . ... i, i . "What is your purpose.- said he, in a, voice hoarse with suppressed passion. "To keep your secret while jon live, on I .. f one condition. e condition , "Name it." "That you write instantly to Julia Par- 90ns, renouncing all pretentions to her hand ' and alisolutely withdrawing your proposal of marriage. ' fir.r mnmnnt'i miuv be Denned a 1 1,,;, nrf which he submitted to my in- spection; it was quite satisfactory. "Be s good as to seal and address it, I said. He did so. I "I will see that it is delivered," I said, j taking it up, and bowing mvself out. taKing 11 up, an i ov s When I met George Dickson that even- ing, his old college look had come back. He had great news to tell me. The next j thin" was to take me to see juiia; aim 11 :. t . wlint a hannv evening we spent together, and that a happy marriage followed not long after. Ethridgc Parsons I have just learned emigrated to Australia on .ward "London," and went dow n in that ill- ship. Cemeteries ir Paris. Paris contains ten cemeteries witl: .11. .nH two outside, the former i. l r.i. Mih ilifferent llivl iffif Vth-Tof Mtnuutrefortte sion oi uie en j , "i first, second, eighth, n.mn ana "y1 dissement. ; Pere Lachaise for the th ro, fourth, eleventh twelfth and twentieth u P thm! fourteen h IJatignollcs for thirteenth and Jotujeenth . 'W""" ' ft ... a tbB ,Li' of Grene lc and Vaugirard teen h ; those of OreneUe and au Auteuil or e teS5L In October,! of rabbits pheasant, and other game AUteuii ior iiio . Uii.iminbiti mated nnon him whenever any of isf.t Baron Haussmann, in nmnc. mno; IStil, uarou jiu" - ...,....i.. ,m consequence of the annexation of the suburban com issued a decree closing all the eipcntine for past or fTJre of "perpetual concessions .fmiirSaves. and at the 1 for family trraves saine time ordered the creation oftwo new Snletcries outsida the walls. They are those of Saint-Ouen, to the north, to which the people attach the name of Cayenne, from its barren and arid site ; the second, Irrv to the south, which has also received a sobriquet, thfl Champ-dc-Navets, from the inaxket gardens which previously cov ered the ground. Hermit's I'eak. Lookipg west up the river from Las Vegas, Xew Mexico, the most notable object in the distant landscape is Hermit's Peak, towcnnK "Sh above its fellows. It is It ! u ,.weuty miiv "tout from town. is a bold granite mountain toweiimr at a rH'rpendicular altitude of 2,000 feet above i i . ... ..... iue ueu oi uie river, it is UilDcuIt of as cent and there is but one path by which the top can be gained. The summit is bare of vegetation and the altitude renders it, as it looks, cold and inhospitable. It has been an inhabited place, however, the abode of a veritable hermit. In 1 St! there appeared in town ait old gray-headed man, who seemed to have been the victim of some great ill fortune. He gave no account of himself, but simply gave his name, how ever, as Juan Augustine. He was a man of much !earning and extensive reading, but did not hold much communciation with his fellows. He selected the hizh peak i , e lown M luc l"al'8 of ma a,Kxle' and 1 for three years he lived there solitary aud aione upon the highest pinnacle of the mountain. He abhorred fire, and never ; lighted even a candle save on one day of j each week, when he kept three small tapers ! buTniaS- He was a religious devotee who I appeared to be doing penance for au early ,ife of giu; Qr perha for Mne crime j ! history was shrouded in mystery. He ! spoke French and Spanish fluently, and J some English, His religious zeal and mys- I lenous habits ana lite created much ml crest il.,..: I.. r si... i the "Hermit s l eak. Knclish Stories. WM at "uston. in Derbyshire, the builder was at work on a uew house. The plan was old. "Where is the bach door "f ?liU u'.nlse to c' m-v m3n?"' asked the "I know notliinir Of no back door: I l,uild to plans and mind my own bust- j r.ess." said the workman. This kind of re- j buff is very characteristic oj the lower clas- i s "'I1'0 -"J'': ,U rcminds ODK. ! Bev. H. enu Elliot s experience iu W es- K ,aMl jIe was (irivcQ fwm n . ..i ..it .1. 1-..? i..i.;i.l : ........ .... ..... ... tun fnnrimmii nnvuiiis in iirsw iue "whip" iuto conversation, and at the same time to increase his local knowledge. To , . . , J nearly every question the coachman ans- wercu, 1 o wn know. Lxasjieraitu ai laiiti th. p:lrs,u excia-Ued, "What do you know "1 know how to drive you from Bristol to Bath, was the ready reply. A S,,,I7 characteristic of English dining pro- j i f ... to .Uniicr to a brother o'liccr who had inst ; i . lurncu -covered wuu uiory iroui turn-; 'i. ii-i ..... ..:!. i . I : : lanu. ucniue iii.kui taw aui un i : was rvcd, several men w ho did not know j the hero whom they had met to horn -r, . askp, wIlich wag he Tms k., , immiry i. here is the captain Don't know; j didn't vou bring him?" "Not I, was the general answer, t-veryoony inougnt some- . " bodv else would do that. "- --. p- - - - , . ..:-:.: ,,, ;ut(..iea f.., i tli.it tin. miet ot the pvenmiT Know nolimitr ' is another story which is being told of a ! ' f . , T -. ". , i 7 I .uaior w no uas won uie iciuna v rors, nun iw yet one of the most nervous of public j : Bp.,lkerg. Idwd, when he is ou his legs. ! except for warlike purposes he Inscs his j i head. Yet thev made him cet up the other .n iv.i .. i; uu. ... , .. . morning at a wedding breakfast, to propose j the health of the bride. He wanted to com- pliment the young lady, as well as her mother (a great society dame of title, and a to-autv in her day), and lie tiad a vague ''a Iic taJ Ke? '"ssl'ul, though -'t down amidst solomn ulence. .. hc lmJ in C0n(ludilis a few stammering remarks. "I can not wish tne lovely bride a higher doxT than to hope, it - II .... .... 1. Ii as tunc rouson. sue iiuj K'" uf " ,rL ' more neautuui man utr mwutr, su win j more virtuous." A Kobber at Home. .. . pau!jn IS tlic eaucr cf a band of robtiers. In Berks county Pa. lie was latc- lv convicted and sentenced to seven years. He lived alone in a cabin on tne liiuc Mountains. His cabin was built ot logs n and the roof was thatched w ith leaves, ; hickory poles and straw. 1 here was a i rude floor in it, covered with a buffalo skin and the skins of various animals that were killed on the mountains. Paulin was a good shot and always went armed. In appearance hc resembled a border hunter, an was -st-ryed and gentlemanly in njs manners at"it thirty-eight years of ; age, ngni nuuuni nan, u.v, well cared for. light eyes light complexion. and well formed. He is about medium n hi i 'ht. and his frame is well knit, llis , subsequently aeen iu the ,,,... nf l'lintin nn Ihe mountains. His in the ' w uknown, except that it was history ( , . i y aUractel to the mountains by a desire to lead the life of a . . . ,, Jua(1 n0 mcan9 of gup. t .. . . . . . a . a TaAi-t fiirt hr-r ttinn trie laci lliai lie weiu I hunting on the mountains frequently and red g(nie flKMl opting 1 --- -- the fnrnipra were robbed in the valley bo- low. Stores dwellings ollices, barns, smoke-houses cellars railroad stations and chicken xps were marauded night night all along that section border. alter ring on the Blue Mountains and it was generally supposed that Paulin with a number of professional tramp thieves was at the bot tom of all the mischief. Near to the cabin of Psul'n was another cabin, occupied by the Strausser family. They are a rude and coarse backwoods people, and Paulin found use for them in many ways tat& 83 washing his clothes, receiving stolen goods 1:11:11,111 coi:,ouiiiou mici.u iiirt.-ii.i-- i..... ....... ..... - ... ... - p-ni-ii , n.i.. .1 u ...... .... -- - ,., ... ... , :,,., ,, . . . - - ... r , : , ...Lnni.dllltd nml ninm-itiiT 11 I mint fin IjltltottC. Who Was & I ! lor several years he had been looked upon spendrift.she went to Paris and succeeded jo pass through tne van i oi Uie i : .ei.ij s wi,h a Uv.ivy jrn)Wth of pine aml ;. - ,.,. ci,,i,.r. ..,". of the j as quite a suspicions character. Ne.rly , in being introduced to , 1. ce.hr. This is I he condition of all the . a,k, a MIrv Way fated every every evening the bltie smoKC curiin , wno ot some inicresc n ner, , v (,v andde erinination of C"imr' V" v,!tl,,1'- "e, "w lm?, a ' ancient sli.H-inakers and as he .... i ii,. r-i.imn- of I, a rab il. ! nal de Bohan. irrand almoner to the king. , about tae iinpetuositx jnuiu leriinnaiion oi most entirely utxin lish- . . .. . ... . . aLns wiiaf ihat way frequct j She persuatUd the latu-r that s..ecou.d con- '- SffTllKd ' " fl ' tZZZZ j lv slated that the most savory smells .of -chate for l..m the affect k of the queeiv J 1-d ...at ht luiurre shouhto J e I, js d rt -, h two miles Com ti(11 a ,u. j:llliti:1, ,,.,. tlmll kingcamc from ihe fire-p.aceof Paiflin . j w .Xn i Je'i "nu !s : f. 'IT'J t -n.ak.-r's 1 J,.h. and then he went ,in the mountain Home, inen again, a nuiw u,,, .i s--- . . , r..nl-,i .xn uns f-asi buu-a.... v.- , si:,, .m,, softly shut mv d.,r. I b,.,ng ! of mysterious srangers men who had bad hands of the court jewedws, which was bre y.y s - argo ai ad, y ed . ,hu , a ; Went to the wiml-.-v an.j , l...kt.l"oiit int.. and hiding his ill-gotten gains until such a time would arrive as he could safely dis pose of them. Finally the thieving opera tions Jiecame so frequent that the farmers of Windsor and L'pper Bern townships united to put a stop to it. Constable Slieidy and a poesee of men shadowed the cabin of Pauliu and by the merest accident discov ered a splendid lap blanket that had lcen stolen from William Jteno. Soon after this Joel Mengle, another farmer, shot at a burglar, and Mathias Reiser (who was one of Paulin's dissatisfied companions) testified that Paulin had acknowledged that he was very nearly killed by that shot. Reiser took the stand and swore that Paulin had committed a number of roberries at the farms of George Sunday, April 12: Wil liam Sheip, May 24; George Reigtj, Feb ruary 1 1, and others, at least a dozen in ail. I'auiin was found guilty. He was then put on trial with Herman Strausser, Isabella Strausser and David Stmsscr, on the charge of having committed other rob beries among the rich farmers and business men of Northern Berks and the Southern section of Sehuvlkill counties. The oper ations of this band of thieves also extend ed ever into Lehigh county. The gang of tramp robbers recently arrested and con victed in Berks county are all more or less acquainted with Paulin, with whomjhey wornea very ircqtientiy. jjunng me severe weather of winter, when the robN-rs de sired to get out of the sight of civilization after the perpetration of some crime, they went to Paulin's home and there passed the time in the most convivial manner imaginable. Tncy had plenty of money and employed the Strausscrs in various ways. The robbers had rum and pipes, chickens and beef, and lived on 'the fat ot the land," in their own rude way. In this manner they would spend many days together, plan robberies and then go out on dark nrirhls and execute them. Mammoth Men. Profane histor'ans mention giants; they gave seven feet of height to Hercules, the lirst hero, and in our day we have seen men eight feet high. 1., . i , he giant who was shown in Koucn in 1(:15 measured tight feet some inches. The Emperor Maximin was of that size; Shenkins and Ploterus physicians vit 111.11 MULiiiL-, u.ivi I"'.' 'iu, run n f-i who wa3 ten feet tiigh. The body of Or ostes, according to the tJreeks. was eleven and a half feet. -., , i. The giant Calabro, brought . from Arabia to Home under l iau.Iius i.u:sar. was nearly ten leci, unu inc ijouen . of Secondilla and Putlo, keepers of the .gardens of Sallust, were but 6ix inches shorter. Farnum, a Scotchman, who lived at the time of Eugene Hie S oiid, King of ScntlamL measured eleven and a half feet ; ' and Jacob Maire, in his voyage to the Straits of Magellan, reports that ou the 17th day! j 0f December, lil.", they found at Port De- : sire several graves covereil with stones and ! linrm r llm rnriostv In remove the stones they found human skeletons ten feet long, and some eleven feet. The Chevalier Scon-, in his vovae to the Pk of Tenerille, says they found in one of the sepulchral caverns of that mountain, the P a w,ij(.h d , tJoll . . . . . .. . BUU llull luc tKly inn. 11 111011 uiip.u i i..-., -i-i... ,..ni i-.rr.mu wi.n vac slain by Oilando, iiepln ; vaa eighteen feet hi"h iinn,urauiu.i uiu lew Of I harlemange, h. Kioland, a cele-, j brated anatonist, who wrote in li!4, says that Some years lielore there was to be seen in the sffmrbs of St. Germain the tomb of he giant lsoret, who was twenty lect high. January 11. lsl:. masons digging near the n,ig ,,f a castle m Dauphiuc in a field ' ;."-.:',., , ,, 7., re-'.i;l..r,.m,l . I.,;, tomb tl.irtvf.it l.m' "i " - -. v . v.. - -.- twelve lect wide and eight nign. on wmcn ... .i' . ...i was a gray stone wuu uie worus "i iieun uoc ttn gk(. bus Bex" Engraved thereon. When the Mill) was opened they found a human lcton entire, twenty six and a quarter f..t Wl,, eighteen feet around acns the shoulders and five feet deep from the breat Mmc to the back, llis u-ct were about tne ;size oi an ox s iooi, aim ms sum-uuiic umts- nwl f...i. f..i miu I"., in. v., ,.,, insieiu- i.m.v w found y a L,iaut thirty feet high. His head was the n-einlieil five onnn -a. . . . ""n"' Near Palermo, in the vaijev oi alazaro, m mciiv, a skcicioii oi ijuh . 01 nia.tu .1. i'hiij, . on........ . ciat thirty feet long was found it the year lvjs, and another thirty-three feet high in .-,3u; and many curious persons have pre- served several of these gigantic lames. The Athenians found near their city two famous i ,.keletons one thirty-four and the other thirty-six feet high. At Totu, in Bohemia, j m 1 7.1- was found a skeleton the head of which could scarcely lc encompassed ny tne Lnns of two men together, and whose leg, , which they still keep in the castle of that Wl.rtwcn,v.gi;t fwt Thcskull f the giant found in Macedonia, Septemln r. i,;i,ii j ii(.,l two hundred and ten pounds of rri . l.-:. I, HI icorn. ine c:eoraieii .-ir iians -iom-, uo treated tins mailer very imnroiii, (does not double these facts, but thinks the bones were those ot elcplianis.wiia.es other enormous animals. But elephants i bones may be shown lor niose 01 giants but they can never miose on connoisseurs. Whales, which by their immense bulk are more properly to be substituted for the largest giants, have neither arms or legs; and the head of that animal has not the least resemblance to that of a man. If it be true, therefore, that a great number of gigantic bones which have been mentioned have been seen by anatomists and have by them been reputed real htimau bones the txistancc of giants is proved. The Diamond Necklare. The chief actor in this affair was Lamotte Valois, a French adventuress who died in London in 1791 at the age of thirty-five. Mic was born 111 x iiimpagnc, w acre, auer Mile. D'Olivs, who resembled Marie Antoin ette, to personate ner at a muinigut imer- view with Kuban in the gardens of Ver- q 1oUan and a forged one of the queen, the countess got possession of the neck lace ( et. A 1 . wi,ich Bhe sold in London, but pretended nl.. 1.. .1 ..i:..Awl it n I.A rinoon Slhl iiwi wc uau uutvuni u w mi M, v'" "" for several months concealed the robbery by producing forged notes apparently writ en by the latter. Finally, a direct application of the jewellers to her majesty awoke suspi cion, which resulted in a public trial before the Parliament, All France was excited over the affair. The cardinal was discharg ed from all accusation, while the countess was sentenced to be whipped, branded on the shoulder and imprisoned for life. After being incarcerated about two years at the Salpetriere, she escaped June 5, 1787, and fled to London, where she pulilished libels against the oueen. Her husliand survived her, and twice wrote a complete history of the affair; the first manuscript was taken from him by the French police ; the second was mutilated in its most important parts. A Romantic Dinner. He rambled into the restaurant with smile on his face, which seemed to indicate to the crowd that his soul was made of the perfume of roses, and that his nature was soft and sweet as June sunshine. The waiter walked up to him after he was seated and said: "What'll ye have, sab?" j 'Give me a sea-lion cutlet rare, and' plenty of gravy." j "We don't keepdem, sab." ! "Then I'll take some nightingale soup. but lie sure there are no feathers in it. nn; 1 ,7... Aiu, . .,.n-.i i......:! k. waiter rather awkwardly "N'osir, I did not," responded the other .:, .,, i,.. with warmth: .: "I ordered ni"htin"ale soup sansailes. "Don t keep it. "Have you any reindeer jellyi" ni oi..,,,, i !. . stew " "We ain't cot no " Viii fl. J'?10-' v i ,';,'' ' " '""'"I fntters. "Dey ain't down on de bill." "What kind of a place is this, anyway. You don't keep any of the delicacies of the season. I'm an operatic composer, 1 am, and cannot eat anv of your ordinary stuff." The waiter then pushed the bill before him and he said: "You haven't even gold-fish omelettes, ch?" "No sah." I "Well, then, bring me a plate of pork and beans for satisfaction." The beans were brought for him. and a moment after he commenced to devour them, he called the waiter and inquired: ill you bring me an extra napkin? 11 n .i: - i i ii i i . ..c ua,.n - S u.uuS. ..c . eaten more than two mouthfuls before he ,, , .. .. i . , , i . i i called the attendant back and carrolled: I am really sorry to,listurb you, but .iiij.uKiiuiiiiiiu.uuiiiii oec " it looks like raiu'f" The waiter did as requested and lie no ui'i; i iitin i'n n iiiuu fcuu tul a, 111- I ,.,,,,,1. "Won't you please hang a table-cloth tlltf bat.k'of the it ajwavs i makes beans taste better to me." I "I can't do dat, sail " I 4.T-I . . . .1.... l lien i iniisi rcuucsiou io stop uiai ... , ..f. . J whiIt. a V, birj i3 si Vis stereo- typed melody around." "I can't stop the bird." "Than I'll stop eating. I'll take these lieans along with m- in tlii-t paper lmr, and eat them down in the City Hall Park where there arc no birds to I Hit her me." He then bagged the beans and went sol emnly ou his way. Colors and Contracts. If we combine two primary colors say blue and yellow, in order to make a s.--ondary color, which iu Ibis case will be green, thi3 secondary color will attain its maximum of intensity w hen it is placed be- uiil.. 1! .1 f in.,. li.:i,iit!ii-v ri.il Ii, llm c-.tiii. ......... ........... .. ,...,i w av oni'lTe Will lit liitensilllll IIV little and vioiet by yellow. On the other hanL red ti,l,. frn-en ix ill -m mnn re.l ,.r.,n.. ;ii :,,,'..,n- vi,,!. t -n ill i.ihL-i. veil ; iow- ii,re l.ri)i:int. If. however, we take these verv i-ol.irs whieh intens'.fvearli other i ()v juxtaposition, and mix them together. : ,u.v vu i. entirely destrov.il. If we take ! r.-A mix ,u,.m together in itiual'pp. port ions, we "V., . ,' . ""l" V H . - .. t, ',! 'J" !.. : '. , teoo. i in. pueiioiueuou im canea acaro- i moiim ti..r..m..iui.i i .1.. nm.t.m.1 "nv .. . . . . , mixing the three primary colors ia ejual ; proportions. Sulphur, campanula ami tiusicine mixed enuailv will destroy each othemml ?,ro.Iiu-.. a J-oIorl.-s eme. If however, we put sulnhtir Inside cornet. I which m the ro.-e is exactly opiisiie' to it. ,lvse tWo tints lx-ing comp!ement:iry will acl on ca(.ti o.tu r, and will mutual. y lieigti- .. i. ...i. .. . . t -. , ..i.... ii-u r;wa uuiri imiit. v neeie:ii mis uiai . , .. .i : :.,. lit. it i i iijiirvv a iiii rt: 'ii it . m .in hmsl, full of color .we .!, not merrlv lint ' bnish full of ci wuu luis coior au iue pan i.me.ied u u a with tins color I iue orusu, uui iue siirroiiuuiiig soaiu aiso a is tinted bv the comnlementarv color: so a ml cir( !t. if surroumkd by a blue hab, a yellow av a violet one, and the revecse. Vhcu two dilTi rent colors are juxtaposed i). v r.'piv ' fl:iv (Kvi'ti .lrinr-L it iitt!lSli modification, first as to their tone, the light C(,,,r appearing lighter and the dark darker. . Secondly, as to their tint, each will beeo:ne tinetl with the complementary of the An Old Story Re-told. V ice-Admiral Lord Nelson was a great sea captain if ever one lived. When, on i;,;u ,,f Si-ptemlH-r. ls'io, he hoisted t . . .. . ... 1 - . I 1 ms liag on ixi-annue victory, anu arrived oil t adiz on his birtlidav to laKC coaimand j,,f the Mediterranean .fleet, be meant rhghting. 1 here was nn suspicion ot liesi- Uatinn in his tactics. The force under him consisted of twenty-sex-en sail of the line and four frigates which In- withdrew from the vicinity of t adiz to a station sixteen or eighteen leagues to the xvcstxxard, "in the hope of inducing the enemy to put to sea.'" These were the days of clash aud manho-nl, ; and great must have Ix-cn Nelson's exulta tion when, on the morning of October the 21st, just at daybreak, the combined French and Spanish fleets consisting of thirty-, three fai. of the line and seven frigates were seen ahead to It cward twelve miles. The Admiial lost uo time, for b-fore twelve the British fleet xvas bearing down on the crescent shaped position of the enemy, and then it was that Nelson hoisted the Hgnal, 1 'England extsets that every man wiil do' his duty." The only ftar was that the , y-'-i mi'ht run tor refuge, Hun-tore Nelson notified to Collingwood, "I intend clearly no intention ot blowing any sucn thing, for he would not permit an inch ot , canvas to be taken uyand the . ictory con-, tinued to lead the column, closely hugged - by the Tcnicnure. It was Collingwood, , however, who began the fight on board the i Hoyal Sovercign7commandiiig the lee divi- j sion, and the feelings of the two brave men I at this important moment found utterance! almost at the same instant. "What would ; Nelson give to be here f" exclaimed Col-' lingwood to Captain Uothcram, and at the same instant, without a spark cf jealousy ; at the enviable position of his friend, t Nelson oliscrved, "S how nobly Colling- j wood carries his ship into action." ! But at twenty minutes past noon the Victory was in the thick of the fight. . Consider yourself the guardian of the char Scarcely a minute after the ship got 1 actt.r 0 those who may lie absent as you within range, seven or ciglit ships opened a ; would wish others to guard your character terrible and destructive fire upon her. The ; in your alwence. Whenever it may lie Admiral's secretary, Mr. Scott, was shot neeiled to mention anything to the disad dead, aud soon the mizzen topmast of the vantage of another, let it be done with Victory was carried away, and also her : truthfulness tenderness humility, and wheel, necessitating the process of steering ' with the rocollectioa of how much has been by the relieving tackles below. Yet no J 'forgiven thse. hail of tire destroyed the dauntless and ; a! courage of Xelson and his sea-dogs. When a splinter from the fore brace bits! passed between Nelson and Hardy, and lasts more than thirty years. The planta ' tore away the buckle from the shoe of the J tions are made on the fertile hill-sides, latter, the Admiral only smiled and said: where the forest has been growing thick ! "This is too warm work to last long, and strong. But the soil there is never ! Hardy !" Still, warm as it was, the Eug- j deep six or eight inches of mold at the ut- lish Admiral was determined to make it 'most. In the tropics there are no long hotter. The Victory's sails were hanging ! winters with mats of dead vegetable matter in ribbons; she had lost full fifty men killed and wounded ; but soon it was her turn to begin. Determined to pass under the stern of the Bucentaure as the onlv ! moue oi urcaHiur iue line, uie t iciury s i i t i . . i.: .,. . .i , -: . . ; hum was put hard aport, and there was i I ul larl upon, unu im-rc u ! !lrtll' sl'acc,f".r It togo clear Sailing : m laruoani sine oi iue jucen- directed and tremendous broadside that j the French ship heeled two or three streaks I on receiving it. All this time Nelson was pacing the (iiiarter deck with Ibirdv, their i wulk ,M;mS ulll'J aft by the wheel, and ! forward by the companion ladder. The I distance was only about twenty-five feet, and it was here, when the Kedou!table brought up, that the fatal bullet 6truck Nelson. He fell on his knees just where Mr. Scott had fallen, and said, "They have done for me at iast, Hardy ; my back - bone is shot through." The victory was all but glined when Nelson was compelled to go below. In that dreadful moment he Iliougni oi ins men, and caused his lace and his scar to be covered by his handker- chief, in order that he might pass unnoticed by the crew. A till I (leer Stalker. The modern Diana is a Miss Clark j Hendershot an appropriate name daugh- ' ter of Thomas Hendershot, who lives in a I...." i-.v "i i uv..... i .A. ..nfirn... U ...-L- fiF Sl.(.l..il-. 11 L i. e,,,,,,, v 1:u Sllu u , is,ilU.en voars ()r a;;(.t I i,...,. ,i.,i , r fr.,n . !...- i can row a ixijit, sm n a gun, or imp a near wt. lls nwn iu tlie tml.rv. Tht . i cth,.r (!a. she st;irt,.(1 to row acr()S!i . akv : n a L'ht boat, tak iil' a crun with her. gun with Her. .uiuway i uie niKe sue uiscovereu a uiai-h 'to evt as much work as possible from them tleer that had been driven, to the water by , wujt. Le call The plants are set in rows dogs. Taking aim she fired, in.'licting alsnit ten feet apart. They frrow. and a wound in the titer's neck. The animal, thrive, and are happy, out on the hill-side, enraged, struck at the Iciat with its front I Warm sunshine curtsies the leaves; generv foot, completely shattering one side of the jous nius feed the tender roots; the ground fragile bark, which sunk leaving Miss ! is kept free fr ni intruding weeds and Hendershot in the water with the infuri- ; bushes and the planter waits for his har ated buck. She was plucky and could ; vest. After four vcars fie trees are six swim well, and as the di-er came toward J f,.ei hii, a,i )K ..' to ,t.ur. By the sixth Her she caught it ny Uie horns anil plunged her hunting knife into its neck, killing it instantly. She then called for help, and as noue arrived she swam to the shore, aliout a quarter of a mile and hurried home. She put on dry clothes and procuring another Ik at. rowed out where the dead buck was lloatiiig anil towed it to the shore. WLen uresssed the animal weighed nearly 0 pounds. This is the seventh deer Miss Heniiersliot hai killed, and she feels quite proud of her last adventure as she has a right to. '1 hat V as My l'ot Vou Tuk pounds ot lined eoilee. 1 he pickings are Fatht r Scully was chaplain of the Ninth 'collected in carts and brought to the mill Mussachiisetts regiment during the war. house, win. re the seeds are prepared ..... ..... ... .... ,1. .1 ,..! 1 nim l"ll-- 1"I 1U1 111vr1.ll ni.1 fare of the men under bis care. He was siieeia'.ly opposed to gambling, and never hesitated alsmt acting vigorously whenever j occasion required. One day half a dozen of the officers were having a little game of poker, and as the "pot" amounted to; j '.'.To, there was great exilement as to who ' should be the wiuuer. Jus! as the question was decided. Father Scully sprang iu ULder the tent flap, gniMied the stakes and put the,,, in 1,-s ,r. :,t rK-ket. with the remark. "There it is. and there it will stav!" No re - ' - . imKisiaare w as oliereii, and he walked oil with the conii.-cntcd currency. In a little while pay day cure muni and th--' u.ual Collection was taken up for the chaplain, i Father S ully was s-n informed of the ' amount, and s it in his tent waiting to lie brought to l.ini. In a short time tVe ollici r who ha I taken the collection a:i he was one who had been disturbed at the little game a few days In-fore approached with i the mon -v. which be banded over. The ' chaplain counted it, and then turned sharp ly to the nussenger with ihe question: "Where's the other '..T"i.'" The oMkcr' had been waiting lor this moment of tri-i ur.ipli. and. draw ing hims'if up he s'apped his hand on the breast of his coat and an?- . wered: "There it is, and there it'll stay ; , that was my I)! vou tuk." And it did : s'a' lh''rr leat!i lMr. Two hundred and fittv im.ts north of Chicago, on the west slime Michigan, a peninsula projects main land 1 Wi sonsini into the of Lake fpitn the ".tike in a northeasterly direction. Beyond and in the same direction, is a chain of small is lands extending nearly to the disjointed . f . ,.,, ..f Mi.i,; in. These ! , , ...... 1 ., Islands and the peninsula form Green bay, which is the highway by which most of the great luinlM-r and ore products of Wiscon sin find their way to market. Between tlc.se islands are several navigablecntram cs to the Bay, but the one most traveled is the south entrance, kinmn as IVath Inior. About the lime of the first settlement of the country by the French, nearly the whole tritic of Pottawatomie Indians were ' drowned while attempting to cpss this passage, and the French callcrl it Port du Mori. A smalf island at the entrance to; the door, on which is a light house and fog signal, is ollicially known by this name, though among sailors and fishermen it is culled Pilot Island. It contains less than five aens, and for nine months of the; t welx-e is tin: home of (he light keeper, his family and two assistants. North of Door , Bluff the na-ue of the northern extremi ty or cape of the pvsinsula two miles is Plum Island, containing probably two g.,.. stone. ami to a l l to the d inger of nav, an tlll.re is most of the time a cuncm avin.r sometimes one way and miHimea another, so strong at times make a unmMaaWe. t t Fndij c.snL . Resist the temptation of ciit-ulating ill reports spreail them not at all. If you cannot speak well of another, at least do not speak ill of him. Never speak ill of another behind his back. Why should you consider bis character of less value than : vour own. Speak of otlicrs as you would ; were they present; speak as a friend of him , . im i. n,s-nt and cannot sneak of liimwlf. A ConVe-lield in Kraz'L In southern Brazil, a coffee-field seldom j rotting under the smuy. 1'he leaves fall J singly, aud dn- up until they break into j dust ; logs and decaying brum ins in the shady wonts are carried awav by white l .. ll .i .1. ,, , j uma unu occurs ; ijence iue mom oca 111- i iit-m-a ,ei sum n , m mcuiv-uteor mm v years, the strong Rowing c..lTee-trees eat it j an up. .ohi pi.miers smipiy cut tiown tne for six or eight weeks, when they are more provident, lets the j toned. logs nit where they lie, which they do in a year or two ; hi the open sunlight they are saved from insects, and the grouml receives a large accession to i! s strength. Back of the house theie are twv vards or small fields four acres iKr!ms, together. The 1 ground is covered with earthen pots set j close together, only leaving little puth-wavs at intervals. Kacli of tin- two hundred ; thousand pots c on'ains a thriving young i coffee-plant. The grouml funis a gentle slope, and water is constanily running over : it, so that it is always soaked. The pots. 1 through oruuvs at the Dottoms draw U ( enough of this water to keep the roots nioisteneiL The young phuits are protected j from the sun by mat screens stretched on .coles above the ground. The nursling's come fmm s -let ted seeds of half a dozen varieties. Sr. S- - lias them planted A dozen slaves are the six-inch luVli Little tired-looking t first in small Dots. engagel tr.uisplantin shoots to lart-r pits. ..l.O.I I I i .1 .1 ...i cmii.irvn eiirr iiiein ai.. iiit on ineirsiii iiimers. VllTkm., on a stt.:l,iily as the old eueS for : ,. - i r . , they are wed tnuneiL r. fi wants , hU , , fi, . blacks will be free in ls:f so his nolicv is year, the crops are very law. -three verv large, three or even four pounds per tree at tunes. Mean : while, corn and mar.' lioca are planted le tweeii the rows. 'ftcn iti a new planta tion the expenses are nearly covereil by these subsidiary crops. I a November only a few of the slaves nr.-in tii.- new fields. November is the principal gathering month, ami ainiosl the whole font must !at work in the bearing orchards. Fr in sunrise to sunset, iiien. wopien, and children are ga tiering the berries in b.iskets, working silently aud steadily under the overseer's eye. Every day, each slave gathers of the average berries enough to produce fifty for the market. I - o Clirckee, Nw Payer. A Chinaman hailed a street car in DeS .Moines, and put himself and a heavy trunk onboard. Whc-i the driver came around he demanded two fan s, one f ir John ani one tor his trunk. John h in led out five cents and became interes ed iu tho contem plation (if the scenery. The driver punched him'tip and aid : '"I want five cents for that trunk.' J.ihu griiiu d and again turned to the window to admire the Ix aiuii s of the land scape, and the driver was coaipvlVd again to interrupt him and lU-ma-.d a nickel. 'ii, n ,"' sail! John, "him no p i,s ngel; him baggage, giip sack. Sie?" "Vou pay for that trunk or I II shove it off."' cried tin- driver. "You checkee tluuk ?" a-ke 1 John. ".No, we dmi't cluck trunks.'' "You clieeki e think and I pay fol him," responded John. "Are you going to pay for that trunk f" roared ihe driver. In coming exasperated. "N checkee, no payee," rescinded John, with a grin. The driver was almut to put the piece of baggage !T, w hen John stopped him and said if he would pat it on the seat of the car instead of the front platform he would pay. This was done, and as the driver moved off John hugged the Saratoga, smiled at the p.isscngi rs blandly, and said : "Me no extia baggage : me pay lilst c!as fale f-il think, him g.it to have sea'ee atlee samce as Melican man."" Am! he kept it there till he reached his destination. Ill Sweet V ay. "I like a sli.x inaker's sh..p, he said. 'with the aw ls of ail sizes, and the smell of new leather. There is 110 tune played like that played by a bamtytr on a lap stone. It is the drum lieaf of diligence. Anil ah! that lap-stone, licked into shapes and comeliness by the old sea, as a she bear licks h r cubs. By the xay, merry cobbler, have ymi a pair of uncalled-for boots that would fit nieC' I happened to have a nice pair of his size, and he tried them on "r'.Iegant !" he exclaimed : "my fixits rests on them es easily as a baby in a cradle. How remarkable ! 1 believe that these boots were destined for me. "There is a destiny that shapes our ends' etc.; you know the rest, cobbler. I guess 011 the whoie, I will take these Ins its and leave my present old ones for permanent repairs.' "And if you W-iii ve me, he somehow or other got awav with the toan- new boots" said the cobbler, and left a pair f-f wretched, old, worn-out hrogans." Well, how was it, we a-ked, "that the sunshine, but he was nowhere to be si-en. Ui vim think he was the classic drunkard t" Luvk and Latr. j If the Imiv who exclaims "Jus! my luck." ! was truthful, he would say. "Just tny laziness!" or "Just my inattention !"' Mr. Colslen wrote some proverlis alxiut -Luck and I-abor." It would be well fur our boy , to memorize them : Luck is waitMig for soinethingtoturn up. Iilsir, with keen eyes aud stroir; will. wl turn up some thing, ''' k 1;, s 1,0(1 a'"1 wls 113 the l""'11"1" woimi ;uiiiiin "i a i... Lalsir turns out at six o'clock, and with busy pen or ringing hammer lays the foun dation for a competence. Luck whines. Iilior whistles I.ui k relies on chances. lilior relies on character. Luck slips down to indigence. Lalx.-r strides upward to independence.
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