Mr, 13. F. SCHWEIER, THE CONSTITTJTIOS-TEE XTnOS-AJD TEE E3TOEOEKE5T OF THE LAWS. Editor and. Proprietor. i ' VOL. XXXIV MIFFLTNTOWX, JUNIATA COUNTY, PENNA., WEDNESDAY, "JANUARY 14, 1SS0. NO. 3. H. T. HELMBOLD'S COMPOUND FLUID EXTRACT PHARMACEUTICAL. A SPECIFIC REMEDY FOR ALL DISEASES Of THX BLADDER & KIDNEYS. For ppbility, Ir3 of Memory. Indisposi tion t Fxrrtion or Itn-tne, ssliorine of ilrt.-ith.TronUlfil u iih Tnoti;lit- of Dime, J.iuiu-tf uT Vision. Pain in the liick, C'hvst, ami lial, ilusli of U ; 1 it? tbe Head, Paij Countenance, ami Dry 5kin. It these symptom nre niiowed to ro On, Trry IreqiivMiUy rile.t.c Fits ami Con sumption follow- When tbe conttituilon b-(vuie nftVcletl it require the aid of an Inviomiing miMicine to SLreaglUen aad' tone up Uic syititfin u Uich "Helmbold's Buchu" DOES IN EVEEY CASE. HELMBOLD'S BUCHU IS UNEQUAIXD Br any remedy known. It 1 prescribed the most eminent phvslciaaa ail over the world, ta Ilheumatism. EpermatorrTicea, Neuralgia, Nervousness, Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Constipation, Aclies aad Pais, General Debility, Kidney Diseases, Liver Complaint, lS'ervous Debility, Epilepsv, Head Trouble", Paralysis, General El-Health. Spinal Diseases, Scut ica. Deafness, Decline, Lumbago, Catarrh, Nervis Complaints, Female Comphiiats, tc ITT1aehe. Tnln In the SJmnlrtors, Conh. Tizzint-, Sour stnmarh. Krupllon Had 1'aMe In the Mcmth. ful toil i of tliO Heart. Tutu In tint r.-Kiin ! It'e hMHryn. an. I a ih-KKinil otlu-i- painful syiurioius, ate tbt o J,jnu;i of Uyauviaott. Helmbold's Buchu Invigorates the Stomach, And t!tnnlate the torpid Urer. Bowels, ail K Ineva to hraltliy nciion. In cl.nli.t tleliino.l of all impiirii kn. hii'I Imparting rr tin? and tl;or t. the whnie '' . A ptiijrie iri 1 will l fuli; aufticlt-nt to eoiivlnc- tlie most UcsiUlinS ot ViuWe remedial uuiiues. PEICE 1 PER BOTTLE Or Six Bottles for 15. JVIivcred to any address free from obserra- Patients" may cminlt by letter. Trcelv S ih mine Mtpnttnn as lv ealilnc, uy answerins Itie lollawi:ig quesuona: 1. Give your name anil post-office address, eonnt y and Stat.:, aud your nearest express OJfict T t. Yonr ape and sesT a. occnputioit? 4. liTli?d ori"in!ilet ft. Ilrisht. wfl:;lit. now and In healtnl . llow lon-4 have you Ix-en slckt 7. Yourcoroplexion.colorof lialrann eyesr 9. ll:n-e you a stoopiiiK or erfct tail . . UelBK) without rewrvatlon all Tn know aqout vour cas-. KiicIomj om aomr asconnuliutlon f.. Your Utter will then rceetvv our attention, and we will the nature of yonr i'.-ae and our eanuia Oiiinion conct'fninj? a cure, Cotnneienl Physicians attend to $ IKHitlents. All letfis should be 'ldrr (o Ol-jnatoiT, 1217 i llbert treet, Plula, Selulua, Pa. BUCHU B. T. HELMBOLD, Orngcist and Chemist, FUJadelpula, !" BOLD STXETTWHrt THE LITTLE (JB1TE OX THE BILL. There's a spot on the hiUsida far away. Where, in aammrr tha irraaa on.. j Where, beneath a mailing aim tree's t'uada. j Tis a quiet and nnfrequente J spot, I A sotitade, lone aad wilJ: i let somebodv'a honea ira hnrtail th.. Tia the grave of a fcttle child. In winter, alas! that moany atone Ia kid 'neath a ahroni of enow. Cut around it, in epring time, fresh and sweet, The dahiiaa and vinUta I j And o'er it the summer breeses blow. ith a fragrance aoft and mild. And the Anlomu'j dead leaves thickly atrew lhat fr- t 0 Lfj, chud. And every year there's a red-breast cornea, When the month of May ia nixh. And bnild her neat in th e quiet spot, 'Mid the eim tree'e tranche higa; While Iter melody sweet, by the spot, she trilis, Aa if by tbe scene beguiled. Perbape who knows? 'tia an ang el come4 To the grave of that Lttle child. Tea, rcmebody'a hope lies buried there. Somebody's mother is weeping in vain. For. though years may come and years may go. Twill never come back aain. Vet lten-e I are those who d e in youth, i be pure and undented; 3tr.e iod to heaven p?rchanc?,ruas through 7b.i rave of a little child. A Husband's Hint. Voxcn, in some tilings, are so silly aad ridiculous ITcre Jilm Ilardirg laij down the maja z'uc article lie Lad been readies, ""d which iir.d for i;s theme the apparently inezhaus til)!e one the follies aud shortcomings of the sex to which he had aliuded. Mrs. Harding glanced up from the bow she was fashioning to the solemn face of the speaker. "In sume things? That is encouraging surely! I've known numbers of men that ere ril!y aad ridiculous in so many. W hat is it now, I wonder?"' Loftily oblivious to the quiet sarcasm Id these word.', Mr. Harding contiuucX "Jiist look at the way they dress, for in stance." "Ohl'' "2ol ouiy devoid of common s-.-uss, but of all artistic e'.ejrsnce and beauty." "Itrally, John." retorted Mrs. II-rdiug, drawing her needle through her work with so much energy as to snap the tlircad, "however siily women uiav be in yojr es timation, I think they might know how and ia what style to dress." "They might, I suppose, was the cool response; '-but that they don't is very evi dent. Have you read Dress, its Relation to Health and Beauty, in the !at 'Month ly i'" "No," responded Mrs. Hardin?, with a loss or the hea l. "It is written by some maa, I suppose." 'Xo matter who it is written by; it is 3-inrid sense, every word of it. I wish you would study that article, Mary; it would do you an immense dtal of gjod. I don't ir.cr.n to say that you haven't sense in a good r:ay things, which surprise trm fii! ihe more that you should show so lit'le in the wny you drcs." Mrs. Haraing's red cheeks grew ctil redder. "John Harding!" ' Ti:ere now, Mary, doa't Cy into a pas won becvjso I tell you the truth, and all for y.nir own pood. Just look at the tripling on the skirt of your dress, for iu itr.nce; according to ail ar'U'ic rule, tbe dr.e should be unbroken from the waist to thi fe-t, and here it is cut up end dtlroyed in half a dozen place:!" .'Have yrm evtr seen me in a dress whose okirt U entirely plain, or, as you term it, with the line unbroken from waist to feet?" ""o; but I should he glad to do so." "Yon would? Have you auy further complaint to cjakc? If you have, I beg ;hat you woa"t be at all backward about ttating it." , "I doa't mean to be. Thtre's the hat yo-.i w?ar. That .s what yiu cill it, Isitp pcr.?, though for any use it performs it might us well be called anything else; a raw of ribbon", feathers, and Cowers ri'.ed up as high as possible, and worn upon the back cf the head." "Anything further?" "Yes. Loi;k at the way the hair is worn by cir.e-Unths of the ladies yours among 'era. l'an of it in a snarl on the forehead, and tha rest braided and festooned at the back of the head." "How would you have n.o arrange it Mr. Harding?" "Why, simply drawn bark fmta the forehead aad coiied low at tbe bac!: of the head eo as to preserve its cTassic outline. Something like it is in this picture. See?"' Mrs. Harding glanced at the picture to which her husband pointed thut of a very lovely girl, with small, regular features, and whose wavy hair was loosjly knotted at the hack. "Yes, I see. But I don't think you ever saw rcy hair dressed ia that style." "It would be aa immense improvement if you would dress it so. You'd look like quite another person." I think 1 should, but have you no fur ther suggestions to make? Your ideas are so original that they interest me." '""ot at prcse"1." returned Mr. Harding biting oft the end of a cigar he intended to light as soon as he got out on the steps. A few minutes later he put his head back into the room where his wife was sitting. "I shall be here with the ponies at three, Marr. Don't keep me watting." Mrs. Harding belonged to that large class of ladies whose attractions ocpena more or lew on their Kyle of dress, and no one un -inrstood this more than she. She knew . mA urolc noint. and how to ner auuug - ' thi one and conceal tut other. Mrs. Harding spent the greater part ol .h mornins in the attic overhauling a chest that belonged to her husband's aunt; ap parently well repaid for her trouble by the garments fished up oni 01 " .t -nirh she carried to her own room. Out of these she fashioned a drew similar in style to one far which her husband had wefted so much admirauou- I hate to diiSgure myself o!" he Uwght, as the .traight fohls fail UsXilf around the tall, thin form, making it lcvk still more tall aud thin; "but nothiDg else will cure John; and ir ho keei3 ou, he'll drive u:e frantic! " Then she proceeded to laka down the heavy braids of hair, and combing it smoothly from the forehead over the car, arranging it in a pug low at the back of the iiOitd. "Good gracious! I didn't suppose at;y liiing could make me look so much like a fool!" ejaculated Mr H.irding, as she noted the change it nuule in her appearance. "But no matter; it's only for once, and I think I can stand it, if he can.'' Taking a round, flat hat. very much in vogue a few years ego, and whose only ornament was a ribbon around the crown, Mrs. Harding went into the parlor. She did not have long to wait. Ten minutes later John came up to the door, in an open phxton,- drawn by the well matched grays that were the prido of his ltcnrt. Running up the steps, he oponod the door of the room where his wife sat. He stared at her for a moment in dumb amazement. "Heaven and earth! Mary, is it you? I thought it was I don't known what! What have you been doing to yourself ?" "I have been trying to carry out the hints you gave me this morning in regard to dress. I hope it suits you, and that you admire its effect "Well, no," responded Mr. Harding, tak ing a critical survey of the odd-looking figure lefore him; "I can't say that I do. To speak plainly, you look like a fright!" "I must say, John, retorted Lis wire, with an injured air, "that joj are very hard to suit and very unreasonable. I have Fpent the greater puri of the morning in following out tlie suggestions you gave me at breakfast and still you find fault. What is it now, I'd like to know? Here is the unbroken sweep of skirt; the classic outline of the head I think that is what yoa call it. A;id you surely cannct say that this hat is too higli, or that its elegant si:nj liei ty I quote your own words is destroyed by any superabundance cf flowers, feathers and riiiboas.'" Mr. Harding turned very rod. 'That is ail nonsense, Mary. I had only three hours at lr.y dUiiusal, and it now lu-lf-pa.it three. I thought I should And you ail ready."' "I shall be ready in half a minute," re plied his wife, tying on her hat. Mr. Hardin looked at her in LorriCed astonishment. "Do you think that I am going to take you oi:t ia such a dress as that? hy, you look like au escaped lunatic!" Just then the door-bcil rang. "It's Air. Howe," stud Mr. Harding, as he listened to the voice, in reply to tha ser- rant who answered it. For rity's suke go up sta'rs and put on something decent. I wouida't have liiin seo you in that dowdy tiling for any consideratioTi!" "Will you promise " 'Ti'. promise anything!" interposed Mr. Hardhtg, drawing his v.ife towards the door which opened into the back parlor, a'-d through which she disappeared just as their visitor w.is announced. Ia sa almost incredibly short space of time Mrs. Harding entered the parlor, where her husband and their guct were seated, looking so different that no one not intimately acquainted with her would have recogt.izcd her. Mr Harding drew a long sigh of relief is he looked at the pretty, tastily-attired woman of whom lie had often spoken to his fr.cnd Howe, and to whom he was so proud !o present her. Ia the gay end animated conversation that followed, and all the pleasant thoughts to which it gave rise, he forgot everything cisc; not so Mrs. ilirding. as soon as me door closed after their visitor, she turned hor laughing eyca full upon her husband's face. "Now, John, let us have a fair and clear understanding; I waut to suit you if possi ble. Which of these two styles of dressing do you wish to adopt?" "I shouldn't suppose you'd ask n:e such a qnesiion, Mary. Seeing you once in tlie peculiar costume you assumed is quite enough for me I assure you." "1 8?s un?d it to please you doa't for get that." "You've failed in your object, then. To speak fratutly, I didn't suppose it possible for you to look so downright ugly in any- h'tng.'' "You are not over complimentary, " she replied, laughing. "But no matter; if vou are satisfied. I am. Don't look so crest fallen, John: you are not a tit mere incon sistent than the rest of your sex, who give ours so much ssge advice in regard to mat ters they know not hing about. I C the wi ves and daughters of these modtra Solomons should dress as they advise other people's wives and daughters to do, they wouldn't be seen ia the street with them." A Sltracatoua EsMe. Mark Quinn, a n.iner, employed in the Fl Paso mine, on Frever Iiiih Leadviiie. took a terrible tumble recently. He had j lust fired off a blast at the bottom of the shaft, 223 feet below the surface, at.d had started down in the bucket or tub, which was being lowered by a man named l'atr;ck Roach. . When about ten feet from the windlass the brake bolt broke and for a moment it looked as if Quinn's time had come. But Koach, witu rare presence oi mind, caught hold of the detached ropo on the lower end oi wuica nis inena uumj wis noTuleH "llntd on there. Mark, bit her." shouted Pat, "and I'll bring ye up." Quinn held on, but Pat round it impossiiiie 10 non biro. Little by little the rope slipped through his hands. He held ou like grim death, but the cruol rope dragged through his grasp, tearing away skin and flesh. Finding he could not sustain the weight, he despairingly cried: "I can't hold on r.o longer, pard good bye," and let go. Down went Quiun into the dark, deep abyss a sheer fall of nearly 223 feet. Pat started off for help to take out, what he supposed to be, mangled corpse. Tho surprise of the rescuers may be imagined when, going down the shaft, they found Mark Quinn almost unhurt. He was able to walk; hotua to sua tabia vlthaut ajslstanot. A Mean Mao. '"peaking of g'.ll," remark?:! a printer ia a Nevada beer saloon, "talking or solid check, I never saw a man who had trore of it than Tote lilivetis of Kansas City. Tlire of m used to room together there ia lk2. One nigiit ia July it was so hot that if you'd chuck water ou the side of a house it would sizz !iho so much Lot iron we cou ciuded t j go down and sleep on one of the timber raft? on the river. Veil, we got oa the rafts with our blankets. Just before turning in, I'tta I.livcu Said he guessed he'd cool oti' Ly takii.g a swim. 1 knew the curreut would sw itch h!m right und but didn't want tj give him any advice, and he dived otl the end of the raft. Tl e undertow caught and sent ht'.a oi!t of sight in about three seconds. As soon s it: sa k that he was drowned, rr.e and the oth.-r chp went lor his efTctls. We found 5 i ') in his pants pocket and en old watch. 'H c took Via up town and staked the clothes for $9 and sold the watch for $12. Then we went 'round town on a sort of a jatii Iioree and sjcnt the money. About 0 o'clock in the morning v c were drinking up tiie hist doiiar with soma of the boys at the Blue Corner, v.i.ea who VuM w alk in but Pete himself ia sn old suit f clothes that he'd borrowed of a man three miles 'owa the river. Ami hang mc if he dhli't de mand hU clothes, and the next day ha was 'round dunning us for tha paitry sum of $!... The gali of some men's enough, to paralyze a IxjmYiana alligator.' The Culdet Tuva. This is Jakutsk or YakooUk, chief town of the province of that rame in Lartcru Silieria, or the hft bank of the river Lona, 44 deg. 1 min. north, longitude ll'J de.. i( min. cast, and distant from St. Peters burg S,9jI niiies. The ground rejuaics continually frozen to the depth of 3;i0 feet, except in uudsunu.u r. when it thaws i feet at the surface. During ten days in August thcth'.ri:ioiiKtermark3 Si degree", bat Irotr. November to Febuarj" it ranges from 42 to degrees below zero, and the river iss 'lid ice for nine mouths out of the twelve. The entire iuduslry of thi place population about 5,til.i is comi rised in catuheworks, and yet it is the principal market of Eastern Siberia for tral!ic with hunting tribes of the Uuriats. The former, i:;Wly nomadic, having large herds of horses and ca'tlc, bring to market butter, which is seat on horseback to the port of Okhot.-k. The Burials, ulao nomadic, Iring quantities cf skins of sable foxes, martens, bares, squirrels and the like, ta many of them are sold at the great fair in June, which, with May, is tiie active period of the year. In iiay collected goods are conveyed to the seaports, whence tiiey arc sent in every direction. The merchandise, chiefly fursand mammoth tusks, sold ot the fair a;uount iu value 4oO, O'.'O roubles ($:i'JO,000 Wondt-rlul lacape. The trail kurliug to the MciamoruS mine i,evada is both -U-vp aud narrow, and winds ahmg the side oiProsprct mountain from th' base to al.iios; the summit. 1 n places the d-- "ent frem it is very precipitous, fal.n o!f hr.oKt perncndiculai'lv for a distance of two or three bimdreri feet. SeVer.U pack mules liave been killed by being pushed off at these points, but co accident hus ever happened to the hardy miner and prospector who pass over i'. until recently, au.l this fortunately was not a fatal one. The snow fall had iilmost obliterated the pathway, making it pcculiaiiy dangerous, and when James Ahearn attempted to make the as cent, he was foired to grope his way blindly trus'ittg to his knowledge of tue route to l carry him ovrr sitfelv. It was not sufii- i cient, however, frr whett about half way up he slipped from lh icy cn:st, andliefore he could recover himself he was traveling down the sid; of the mountain at a rile ol speed ouiy cp-ialcd by a r cteor. Vi hi!e ihe s!!w va3 the itnmcl'.aic cause ol Ahcnrn's dis-vstcr, it was also his salvation, for it not only preserved him from contact with tlie rocks as he plunged down, but re ceived i.ii.i ia its soft embrace at his stop ping place, f orac -50 fett from tho point t.f depart t:rc As it was, his clothes were rent Bhd torn, so w:is Lis skin ia sundry p'i ices, ami. v.hilor.o bones were bmkea, tiirru were rgregate bruifS that will pain fully remind him of his experience for some lime to come. Ftircrtlltioii AlKtilt Xtahbtta. In nearly oil the languages the ryiiable iri is the prefix of the Indian n.tme for rabbit, while the word for white is vrnh or trcj; indifferently, A wriur mentioned many cvaraplcs, as wnp-ir.c-nc, "white picron." The Illinois name wal;o3 was pro balily applied to the Erpus Americaaus, whose inter coat is white, aad hence the contraction. The mo,-word wab, hov.ever, finrs a po; ion of words of seemingly to tally diiferetit meaning, but Judge Hender son thought a key was to be found to tiie whole diversity. White is an emblem of piirhy and sacred color, and with it is assacia'ed ihe idea cf light, which isof sueli fructifying power in the earth, and Calls forth so many lie.vtiies. With it is also as?o ia'.cd the idea of heaven and ang.'Ts if coodncs'. An org the Clier.iltees, I.er.i-Ix-nape, and o:hr tribes white was aa em blem of peace, friendship' prosperity, and holiness; and tLe Iroquois sacrificed white dogs to the Great Spirit, nj consec rated to l!im all ether albino animals. Among the Apaches cf the West white birds were regarded as poss: ssing souls of divine origin, and to the Plains Indians the white buffalo is a sacred object, like the white elephant of Slam; while some of the Ca ifornia trihts consider a wliita wolf-skin a badge of chieftainship. This was curied, to a great cxicnt. iu the robes of the High Priest cf the Cherokecs, end they all wrap pud their cle i.i in pure white deer-skin. Various Eastern triliesscnt white wai.ipuin, feather.", and other objects as symliols of peace, jnsi as red was a siga of war; and they had "imperial etamiinds"' cf featheis from thi white t iil of the bald-eagle. Au.oagthc Jrotltern Iadiiais the white laurel was the tree r.f peace, and they spoke of it as spreadiii'i its braiiclii s ovir tho while proi'iid. .'slit or white being sacred, tiierefsre it is easy to understand why white aniir.His tiiou! j be also retarded so. The third brother of the Great Spirit, Wabosso, who Ced to the north as soon as he saw the light, and who changed into a white rab bit, under that form became canonized. The name of the great central Deity Him self in many languages has the root "white" in it, as also the word for heaven, and the word for sort-eery or "mcdicin?." The sacred regard which it was knon was paid to the serpent, also, is shown ia the fact that in Algonquin the syllable tea occurs in many of the names of reptiles. The three most sacred animals to the Indian were the hare, the owl, and the serpent, and they are the ones around which cluster a host of myths in the Old World. The superstition about the evil omen of a Lare crossing yonr path, for in stance, is very ancient inhabitants of Ire- lond killed all tne hares they found among there cattle on May day, believing them witches who had designs on the butter. A Calmuck rcearus the rabbits in tlie tame lisht, and n.any primitive ocople used them for tuvmetioo, and refused to eat their Uesa. Ths rotaaias oX tha lake dwellers of iwlt- eriaad and of the atici?:it Danes shew co bones of the hare, for example, thus sup porting Caew's account of the awful honor ia which tiie animal was ncia by tbe . i . LHureu w.i l.m suiunai nunc m anciait jic.itit au-a . . ..... :....:i :.. i : i was tiie trn 01 mc jivine years in met .Mexican Lalemler, W'Uile celebrations and &uri:ices in its honor were the most mini- crous of a!i. . " AnerieM bnperatmona. The foilowing sup- rstitions handed down by tradition, ere yet fervently believed in many parts of Amenc : White specks oa the nails are lack. Whoever reads epitaphs loses his memory. To rock the cradl when empty is injurious to the child. To cut while a boil is toiling fur a funeral causes toothach?. The crowing of a lieu iuaicaies some approaching disaster. Waen a mouse irnaws a rovva some misfortune nmy be apprehended. He who has teeth wide as under liinst seek his fortune in some distant land. Whoever finds a four leaf trefoil (.hamrot:k) should wear it for good luck. I I'.r ure.iu miuuiu ul" given it) illMiren wlso arc slow in learning to speak. It a child lets than twelve months old be brought ia:o a celli.r he becomes fearf al. hen j children plsy soldiers oa the roa.lside it i fore'odes the approach of war. A child grj'.vs proud if suffered to look i grj'.vs prouu it suitereil to loot: into a nur- lor v.hile less than twelve montlis old. Novel fjluuer licrorationil Not long ago a christening uiuncr was given in an uptown resilience, in New York one feature of which was novel Ia fr nt of each of the twelve guests at table w u a miniature model of the font in Grace church with a Liiiputiaa cradle at iis bae. Tha font was maue of womL covered with oilk, and lielica'.c puintei! with nil the sym bols, tracery and even tiie delicate gjld lettering aliout the ri:;: "Except a m ia be born of water and of the spirit ho cannot enter iUo tiie kingdom of heaven" lh.it appears upan the orginal. Natural flowers lided the fonts. Oa the front of each small silken cradle, wrought ia fanciful gold h iters and foliage niri blossoms, tppcarcd the name of the baby "Ethel," and the date of her birth. Attached to each cradle wasasiitsn ribbon, upoiijwhich was painted the r.an.e of one of the guests. After din ner these pretty things were carried ol bv tu 3e before whom ihcy were placed as siiuveiitrs oi me cccasiou. the cjbtif the were tivcaty-live dollars. A Yamplro Cat. Mr. Fnnch, who s'.avin at the irgiuia Hotel at Mobile, recently retired to rest at an early hour and soon fell into a deep slumber. After the lapse of aa hour ar tun ! 1C;H Mmn fl liv n fi.'!ni if nvr i noa..ri:i" or,iues.aiin and sulT.aiion. and was hariiUed to tind that a hnce cat was ,a.i ll;ai j SPrJetl ia hU u-oa! u i away 1)is ir,.uti,. j jj. ullvA lli:i.l:!f ;., aI1 Ri,flw, ex!iau?ed conditio::; so much so that he .uas uaaiiic to shake oil the vampire liend attachi'ig uim. iriruL'gle ts he wouid the cat ouiy fattened its ciuws tl.o deeper ia Lis dies;, and wc:it on at its horrible feast. liis g'onns and cries of agony, however, fort iiiiate'y brought some neighboring lodgers to Lis relief and he was rescued from his frightful position. Even then they were cua:piied to tara him o it of bed and nil hi:a ever and over oa the Iter before the c.-.'. couid tie trade to rclcssc its liolj ami j a',.-.n!oa its purpos;. Mr. French's fai e and chest lore frightful evidences of his terrible butt!e with the monster. ver. Never exaggerate. N"ver pa'.ct at another. Never uetray a confidence. Never wantonly frighten others. Never leave home with unkind words. Ne.'er neglect to call upon, your friends. Never hn'ga at the iiii-sforluncs of others. Never give a promi.-e that you do cot fulfill. ever send a present hoping for one in return. Never speak much of your own perform ances. .Never fU to be punctual at the time ap pointed. Never make yourself the hero of your own r.iorv. Kevi r pick the teeth or clean the nails in company. Never fail to give a polito auswer to a civil tiue-tii,.i. Ncvi r precnl a gift saying it is of no use to yourself. Never lead letters which yoa may find addressed to others. Slyxtcry tif Scent. No one has yet been able t- analyze cr demonstrate tbe r?3"ntitd actioa of perrum". Gas can be weighed, but not scent. The smallest known creature the very monades of lif.? ecu be caught by a n.icn..sropie !er.a, and made to deliver up the st-ercts of their organization, but what is it that emu nates from the poach of the mik-deer that (Ills a whole space for years with its pene- j iraTmij otior an ouor mat aa uhmitaoi-t; numlur of cxtranetius s ibstances can carry oa without dihiinishinc its Eie and weight and what it is that the warm summer air brings to us from th.? liowcis, no man has yet been able to di.-termine. So fine, so subtle, so imponderable; it bus eluded our mcst delicate we;ghtj and measures and cut strongest scn-sca. If we co.r.e to the essence of each odor, we should have made au enormous stride forward, both ia hygiene aud in cheiiiistry, and none would prutit more than the medical prolecsi.m if It could be as conclu-ivciy demonstrated that such an odor proceeds from such and such a cause, as we already know of sulphur, sul phate, hydrogen, atnmoida uud the like. A 5JntiI:r I.elnce. A Uwruit ence fe'titfd Eot'. e stiikingly original features. Ameng other articles, a lady pui chased a cclfeo Mit. But ceitl-.er she nor Ikt mpid cotild mc.ke good colTee from it. and it was returned to ihe dealer. He refused to receive it, and the husiimd sued hita. in court the defendant managed his own case. The manner of procedure wss very unique, to say the least. The dealer took the cniTec pot and a lilieral sup ply of coilee, aitgar and crnam, a gasoline stove antl a ceffee mill into the court-room. The coffee was ground in tlie presence of the jury, the gasoline lit in tbe stove, watc and coffee were put in the pot, aud alloweel to boil over the gasoline blaze. At length th-3 concoction was pronounced complete, properly mixed with sugar and cream, and passed to tho jurors and the justice. What jury could withstand such swet j blandish ments I They called for more, and as there was plenty and to spare, their request was granted. At length the jury retired for consultation, and on returning, rendered a verdict for the man who made the coffee. It generally pays t appeal to ths appstita f law. Britons of his day. Our Eastern Indians LW J. , u ," V seem not to have eaten it; but those in the j l"i.t of. eoaimoa life. Tiiey lay tae.jsuv West and North did so. Another curiott. 0,1 taeir waiting a :f th-y were d)iu? fcet is that the animal was seu! Tbe Cockney VTa'fc. Most Englfchmea of the lower middle class and the lower class ia cities have a a uv ffcri. i rv walk itm. iti'v wiiir , , . . , . . . . . . . - . . i.ieir leei umi ic'", uui w::a liieir ii.iw &ni i .... , .1 . I lh-ir slmntili'TM anrl tK-ir nnn nr.t : , . ,. - j ll3, . : :",. " , ,..ti .,..:, ?r L1-89 !"'" ur U " 1 I . 1 r"'1 l-v' mn'riniis r.f t'if-ie w..'5r' anrl vr-A nli'iisfwl hnf thai- in mrrw (.' .': ?, , t.. :'. tlie e-.irrot t I thing. This gait and cuTiage of lIvis' most rerr.ii Ki;le in the 6;a:er3 taut one i see nhoiit the. street nf Loiuian and of eY:r- rison towns, like Ca.iterbiuT. and in "the vulgar creature w ho b:i3 coaie to be kn lira , bytiieffenvric namcot'Arrv. Y..u wU!met: two 8')l'd:?r tightened ur. to the exiret,.e of ; I emiun.-i -.- in their scarlet sheii fccketa. with their little tint cans so far down ths , !Q-1'' ;" sides of tiieir heads that you cannot see A 8'i'-,'n '9r,P fc'Jnted na the mantel be wlif tln.r liitnta ai mm!. ',rn .11 !.0 ' fore a lai ge mirror had been hung a little is pretty sure tocarry a rattan with a j.na'y 1 J!1? proncse J go.ng to bed, as the air, will take cp the room of three nice bv : rvan's had dune so x.i hour before, and Ihe ant-niil of xhr'r f.ajr nrm from ttieir!1. bare, Blicjrpet-d rwjlS and hails four sides, ant will walk as if their locoiiw tion, instead of being by htimau rouscics, were by c'.oi k-work and bteam. The num i r of their imitators amiot be told, tut aa English gentleman has none of this toilsome swairger. He walks quite easily aad, geu- r.!!v- ix-tlh a frnrwt ntfititir strido iii:t a rt-nrwl ntfititir strido iticf m men of corresponding condition or Ufe ia Boston, New York or Philadelphia will walk. But iu those places you will not see in persons of inferior condition that strange modo of locomotion which I have endear- cred t J dcscril.-e. . , . Kxec.ntioita ey Electricity. Dr. W. A. Hamtnoud. cf New Yoik, says e'ectricity would be m uncertain agent of i a tangle cf black hair falling almost to the de ith. aud c.-ndeinns the idea that it can be heavy eyebrows. use 1 in capita! punishment. Even a trr- ', It crouched j'isi with a.t the open door riiic s'roke of ligmring does not always j leading into one of the moiiy corridors, eye ki!l, and the spefttr'e of a criminal run-1 iag tvs with terrijie intentions, ning uboat naKcd or lying iih his liaibs t At !a.st I tiiook oh' the terror and sprang biohca after a deputy sl:e:i!I haupenormnl j to my f.it. I snatched the lamp from the on tiul with a galvanic battery, would !: mantel with the inteatioa of investigating even more disgraceful than the scenes which ' the strar.gf o; j?ct. now sometimes occur at executions. Wh it j My hasty ir.ovprr.ru'. extinguished it. The the tremendous power or nature cannot in- i tire w:s too low to admit oi" more than a variably do is not likely to be always ac-i Gtiul gleum if light, mid our sense of hor Complishcd by the coinparitively ridiculous j ror for the moment was frightful, means for generating electricity at the Jennie succu ned to it ULltr'y. With a command of man. I'fobahly the cioit ef-! gurgling cry she sank faiatiug u;xia the tectua! kind r.f eiectncitr would be that I known s statical, which is identical with atmospheric lightning ; but tho machine- 1 Catchii'g a paper from the settee, I tore for pemra.ing it will not work ia wet ! oil a piece v.i li Iranlic ha.sto, an ! in spi c weather, end if an instrument could be con- of my snaking humli. succeeded iu relight s'ruttcd nowctful enough under favura'ole iag the la n;. cire imstanecs to kill a man, the execution J l iien 1 hurried to the Cor rway. But would j.roU.b'y have to be deferred fri.u , nothing was there. dav to tia'.' ti l the hvgrometric sitite of the j La.:k:n-i ta; c '.u .: to to ptrrsi:? riv iuves- air was tuhabb. A ltonian Treavure, jL.jriy iu ie ntorninzoi liic in oi June, a lad er.zaiod in repai.ini tlie drain of thej' i x- ' ". i-- i i- . ' ,, .. . t T--t - . ' . - r . 1 , . . z t 7, . -r- ' Itaiy, fmtnu a hit e a-ttny piece of me.,! "!" 1 . " ." . i """."-' : chance to snow it to some co:iaois-.'ur. in! . , i.:i.. . i .: ...i r .!:. r , the drain was carted away ia the I'irceMoa , ,, . , ,. , , , , , . oi i orio .-Mige.u i. ii.e mil nail iiis ;'iee' examice-il by a z liismith -posit e. aud he was jit receivmjj twenty liaucs for it wnen tiie head ntaSim aud the owner e.f the tio.if.e, " Hi i.a.t uearu .mem.v m u;e n-ia.r, to step t!:e Larg-iin nt the tigh inoraer:. tfearcii was n ade immcfiiatelv ca the spot, and 112 g"td polos were founel scattered, between tiie ('.raiu and ths walis of tlie j iiou.;e. l'o'ii:ii:ea were scat after the ctrts; they overtook them just outside Porto An- ' geiica, esamined the contents, aud found . forty-two ni-.re coins, to the great cmaze-! ment cf th? drivers, who had no idea th-?y , were removing gold from such aa uncx- pected mine. The treasure nurn'oeis, con-1 K";tiently, lc4 goHl coins of tiie largest size, perfectly frc.-h, s if they ha t just j ............ -;-'--; wuicu i.:ry u'. i--:ig g-iefl irota i-to'j in ijj ; tho carlii-st are of Pius II., the o'iitrs er Innocent VIII., Alexander VI.. Ju'i-.iE II.. Leo X.. Hadrian VI., Clemcut VII., fad Paul Hi. Ncar'v cne-t'nird le!.ng; to Clement VII., a few coins to tho Vhs-orm-tisof Milan an' '.'to Wiadlawsof linnga.y. lam sure sol..: were engraved l;y arti:: worthy to vie with.DonatuUo cr BenzoatU.,; they are of exquisite beauty. The next day Mgr. Cav.h, the owner, was cloved St'.-S'iij francs for the group. Of course he refused. The treasure was not cor.rea'rd carefully in one single spot ; the pieces lay scattered in more than l.i'Ou cubic feet - of dirt. A 9tonMer Tiine-i'tece. Tha largo clock at the English House of Parliament is the largest one iu the wcrld. The four dials iu this clock are twenty-two feet m diameter. Every half miaule the minute hand moves nearly sevm inches. I The clock will go eight days and a list:, ' and will only strike lor seven and a haif, : thus inaiCHiing any neglect in winding it up. The winding up of the striking tp paratus takes two Lours. The pendulum U fifteen feet Ion rt the wheels arecust iron: the hour-heil is tight feet high, and nine feet in diameter, weighing r.cariy fifteen tons and the ham per alone weighs more lima tour hund.td pounds. Thi3 cteck s.cikes the quarter hours and by its striking the short hand reporters regulate their i labors. At every strike a r.cw reporter ( t ikes the place of the old one, while the : Grst retires to write out the no!es that e has taken during the previous filteca I minutes. 1 How Ieiily Iies tli Itartti yuaTsc? Tlie recent earth piake at Yirgiui.i City was not uoti.ted at nil in the mining depths. but only by peopie on the su.taee. 1 he ; you, nl give ycti a ho ne aere famous earthquake of sometime ao, which :' "'D;-ed I kiu'ui ha gt,--;x-d, eagerly, shook down chimneys and l'tre-wal's. J -()Iu keep lue'm 1 keep me ! i ain't got no cracked brick buildings and did other tiam-; body!"' age. was merely noticed by some of thej "I will," I said, decolyt mehed. "James. miners workicg ia the upper levels, but it . tnke him dowa aud give LUn a bath, aad did no damage, not even shaking down : then get him something to eat. I will go loose stones aad earth. The station r.ieu ' and try to mantifacturo a clean suit ef some ia the various fhaits felt it tho strong! st. '. kind." end the deepest point where it was noticed ; And si tiie Ileimsly Tiling became what was by the station-tender at the 9uO-f.xit ; Jennie christened the" I lelwsiy Page. And level ef the Imperial-Empire shaft 1'00 ; never did a more faithful servant and friend feet below the surfacs. lie said it felt like j ;i70 thQ 0ar little Drat. Heaven bless him ! a suilucn taint lurou or pulsation oi me air, as though a blat had been left oil at a dis tance above, below, or iu some indefinite direction. In some of the mines the shock was not noticed at ail, even by statioa-men, T .iJea Diner. Some of the curious habits indulged in :d artist3 in order to retain or ll v uus.miliiinue'a ariiiaiu wult 10 re.aiuur i ftrengthen themselves in their moments ofislopis aad fwi-hins of the Himalayas, rest ciurinc the exercise of the voice: Tlie ! About the sources of some of the great Swedish tenor Lo'r.lt ate two salted encum- bcrs; Wachtcl swallows the yolk of an etir, beaten r.n w'Hh sinan Carl'Fonns drinks porte.- Pasta tlraiik porter: Mme. Scntag ate sardines: Mile. Desparre drinks warm water, Adeiina Pr.tti takes seltzer watsr; Christine Nih-s -n, beer, Mae. Malibran, in opposition to a. I the customs of singers, ate supper half an hour before the performs nee; Miss Kellogg takes beef tea, and Miss Cary takes "Tom and Jerry" sometimes and sometimes porter. The He!mI7 Thin. t::iruun jLaes ia its dxv. IJuc when we found it, it uaJ. s my i:tt!j sister J nuij exjTesi'-'d "rua to seel.'' TIlP blTltirill fTOI'mTs WP OVTTITTI with . 'a. i-nvinnf w'.'i t-:.r rnnk ffmrt!i - - fi'n ii vi1- 'fi.1 f mn 1 nt I ""'It', y'.tLi, a.Kl I Jim. . us. : ' - - - o . i. ;,.,ri,..-i'i,'l ti" n' 1 hm-j- ! was "penVctlv delicious.' ' n vis ,.f iwn .mrV. w-.h t.w i A Zrv'"' r.il.m3g old place wi.Uutmeor- ! ridors r::r;nine hiriier p.nd tlii'her into the i odd-V. out-of-ihe-war Dkces. J."n;.:-j au.l I I'.aa P'ne down with a r-'ti- cue cf s. rrntits to su ?ei Intend the c!.an;:ii i rrwp-iratory to the advent cf the rest of the fJ-J . Lr" la ""' cvniBf t:"c second day we Tcrc ?,U:R ". ,::u ( X r"nc"' in fr,:at of ! ye; re, jsc-ta..tng vanota matters I i before ihirk. I ! sccmi-J di-Mt'u'ttliy cheerless and lonely. The a:is-.v r thy I received was a cluteh I on the ary.i. j I turne.landlookcdat Jcnaie, andshixked ; as I v. as by her gii;v: ly fac, my -eycs in ; ToIunUdrily followed her to the g'ars above tUC mantel. I . -''' c my terror end horror wou.ii ' fce '"l'M ms. fike Jennie, I sat petn.iod, and gazed i 'Ul cj es tual "cied st:.rtiag frota my : - i 11 w:ls 50 'T a thinj to confront us at ; that hour ! It was a s:i.ail, co.teric. uari o:mjc;.- hapel mass with a fare of deathly pallor, : fro:n which bnrn?d two great shining eyes. settee. ! This spurred mc t an citort. t'gation.s, f tc to Je: n.c, l.rst care- ; liilly cl-.sin r aa-i icc'.iis th" uoor. After a iUll af.emioa jetmic came to 1 her s- nks. b!ie lovk.-a i., at uirtale face (J .-a3T,( 2 " , iiero v. i.er i the tidng " I t.. J her ul. l knew tiwttt it. am! after ! a n.!!tJ w rr..?- t;:y,,!y ? l c,.r rd(r!. c fclept little ; Ivtt in the waru, - .,, , L-' " "e t1- sunny JoLaie tr.e i.i u.r h--s it- iw.i , ' ." '''..,u i lue ..: v.er.t oa sio'u'lr.!'" enou?h ltd aear t?. .;: li-n.iie .-a: !:f, . hc.i a piireiug t'nriek t'ro..i :! if. to tit; treat siairway. j the r.i.itter ;' I etiil, a- Jennie Z ia white terror ui tins at ic i v:,-i,. ; 2 ",; : landing lar i-hove in r he.i 1. j Tho'thtt-.g: ihis thiag!" th shrie-e-1: ' and agr.ia site t-;iaie.l. Leivicg I..- ia i',s e .re oi en-i of tha scr-vf-.-- - !r in I rr-'.-J .ft r i. ; I t.vA the o;!er aa i hurrie'l u. i m-.ir.etlly up to the attte-5. Vi'c so.uc!i;:d froi cne cud to tie other, but fotir. 1 ..otiiin :. r-itd.lea'y one of th: r.:ca ea'h J f'-.t, lias tily : "There's someihiag shakitig that iv!l of canvas among the rafters tho. a! ' Ar.ii w:tu the wor ts h? jeriicit :t itowa. '.and frota tt folds tts-.tbic.i a tie misshapen .:!:, 1;U un- cvesi-.irc l dwarfe 1 1m;- ca'inv 1,-rm renit -re; s:;;I m-irc r.ifivtny tiy .. i - ; a t.!i"rt c'oak Cait Strt his siinulders. ! "Yi Itttla I-Ttn, whit ere yo'i diag , bere;'' ''eniaaf'.e.l th-; s-rv.mt, graspi.ig hiht by the ihjul '.er lAjia l.s tjuid es ; cape. ' "No ham please ?"' pi.e-ht'v gvpd the trite, tiling a pair of gr.-at st ft vs to ry fate. "i"i i ordy D.-;". tiie K'.'.lc beggar! I 1 titi't ni f.ten is. r.n' I ai.t't ni LiNrae.'' : Ti-" nse!rJ my !:irt. "There. Ja '.e-. i t him go," I intcrftrcd ; ! "you hurt him!' j Ar..l th;ti, ait!ie---icg this Jitgalar piece ! of htt::u.iiy, 1 sii.l : j "VVi.y have you In ea prowlinciTiout and Xricliteiiing us half to d- :-!:? V.'h v ' "I'lc.i'c'a I ain't ftig'i r.!-! yoa half you've frig'uiw.l ir-? '." whiaed the culprit, a big tenr c.var;ir.g a white Una over his "liny cheeks. "But why did you not knock at the door and asS for sii. lter I" I t-kod, with di.H etiity r. s'.r..ii:iag a P f.i'.r. win utetird they'd give me a psir o' cuirs." An 1 now a full tide pAt-rcd clcar.-ing'y over h.s oheoks. "A pair i f ciffs !"' I echoed, ia atnazo ment. Ih-.t J.tates here l.jut into a la -igh, ex plaining. "ilo R'c-ans, Mi", that he was afraid we'd cti.T his ears.'' "i es'in!"' assent ;d Drat, as I gave vent o an "tjii I- And Ufa he r-:le 1 : '1 was here fust m !" 'Oh, y.-u v.-era':" 1 hnghe L I stsid a minute looki.ig ut him thought ftiliy, after which 1 asked, slowly: 'Do yoa titink yo.i could work I Couhl vou make vourseif t.'eful if I should keep SnowTwa Knailrd Ir ?i llerp The following remarkable account cf enorn.oussnow-fal'siu north-western India, shows what a world of vapor i3 carried in land on the monsoons from the India ocean. to strike against the loftiest mountain-chain ' ia the world aad l3 precipia'.ed ia s.ic'a I snows aad rains a3 occur on the middle rivers of InJia e-c;:r the heaviest rains I ever known ; aad farther east, ia Cashmere, I it seerr.B the snows are nmetimei terrific ! Some interesting details of the extraordinary snowfall ia Cashmere in 1577-78 are given in a paper in tne just-issued number or the 'Journal of the Asiatic Society cf Bengal, i by Mr. Lydekker. Early ia th3 month of j October, 1S77, saow commenced to fall ia i the valley and mountains of Cashmere, and I from that time up -f May, 1378, there j sacxa to have been aa ahuoet iucessant ! snsTfal! iu tha higher mountains and val leys ; indeed, ia pliv es it frf itieatly scowed without intermission for upwards of ten days at a time. At Drss, which has an elevfttiea of tea thousaai feet, Mr. Ey tlckker es'.itita'ed tiij snowfa".!. from the native account, as havinr been frO!a thirty to forty feit riii k. The elect of this enormous snowfall were v be seen through; nt the couniry. At Dras, the well-htiilt traveler's bungidow. which has stood tiu.tv ears w is entirely cra:ked down by the wciglit e.f snow whiea fell up-in it. Ia almost every vitl ige of the neighbor!!. mountains more or h-sa the log l oupes had fallen, while at Guliaarg and otiomar, where no attempt wa; made to remove tha snow, almost all the Luts of tiie Eurr.peaa visitors were utterly broken down by i. Ia the higher Mountains whole hillsides b.tve been denuded of vege tat.oi1 and so.I by t'-.e cr.onitotis avalanchtt which Siv.,.pt limva them, leaving vast gaps ia the primeval forcs's, sad cl.)sing the v.V.'.oys below with tlie debris of rocks and trees. As an instance of the amount of snow which must have fallen in the higher levels, Mr. Lydekker mentions tiie Zogi 1'a.ss, leading from Cashmere tj Dczz, T. hit-h has aaeievaiioa of 11, SOU feet. He cr ossed this cariy ia Atsgtst last year, and 'hen found that the whole of tbe ravine leading up to the pavt frota the Cashmere sidsvsas s'i'.I filled wi h snow, which he est ir,'.ii!-l ia piart-s to be at least one LtintlreJ and fifty feet thiek. In ordinary s:asons litis roa.l in the Zogi pass is clear from saow soan tijies duriag the moa'.h of Jiihe. As another iustanee of the great suotvfali, Mr. Lydekker takes the valley leading from the town of Lras up to the pas separating that place from the valley ot th; Kisheiigiingi river. About the middle of August atmosi the wiiole of the first mentioned valley, at an elevation of twelve ttiousaud T-et, was completely choked with snow, whieu ia places at least was two hundred feet deep. In the same districts all passe3 over thirteen thousaac feet were still d- ep in suow at the same sc isoa of the year. 3lr. Lydekker gives other instances of snow lying in places in September, h 're no snow had ever before been observed ia June. As to Ihe de struction of animal life in the upper Ward wan valley, large n i.niwrs cf ibex weie seen imbedded in snow; in one place up ward of sixty heads were Counted, and ia another not less thau oae hundred. The niest cjtwinciug proofs, however, of the havoc caused a 'tor.g the wild animals by '.he great snowfall is the fact that scarcely any iliex were seen during last summer in theio portions of the Wardwaa and Tihtil vaileys which are erdinarily considered as sure tin.ls. tv, also, the red bear and the marmot were far less uumeroiis than usual. Mr. Lcdekkt-r estimates that the destruction ti aaitiia! Iifj caused by snow has tar ex ceeded any slaughter which could be in flicted hy sportsmen daring a period of at least tve or six vcars. Tiie gymnotus is that peculiar fish which it i s p.easuri gives electric discharges, and thereby stuns tho auiutal it desires to make its prey. Its principal home is in the rivers and lagoons of South Africa, where it is the terror of all other animals, not even excepting the cayman, the Ameri can crocodile. One tf these eels, two raetr-s ia length, can give a shock which v.i',1 reduce to p iTer'.essaess the oxen aad hordes tint eorac d tvn to drink at the polms it frcrcents, end th-ts render them an tusv prey ti their aquatic enemies. Man hituielf'. although not si sensitive to i the shoes: asothir ammal, is still liable to very serious inconvenience from its effects, id. Marcy Lu3 found, during his investi gation tha! a gymr.oius, a mt-lrc in length has aa electric-.! stirfi.ee of about O'iO square fct. cpeal to very powerful bat tery. The aniT.nl owing to its length and srtpicaess cf its hsuy, in protiace lif f erect e'ectrical cuccts acconha; as it is in a s.r.iic tt lia: convex or ceacave as regards ii3 pr-y. its general itta lo of procedure is to i'rtn a setni circle and p ace the fish it is intent in in the tlia.e'er of the circuit. Whtn the tiisflisrge is delivered, the prey, aa if struck by a tiiuad. rbolt, is rendered powet!es3: the eyninotu3 swims around it as u to be assured of the iflieacy of 'ji' tioc.;, ;il tuea swaiiows its nctiu. The which possess : latincthing ele-'."'i nrev or on t!.. ir arc not the only fioh .Is singular power of .I diseliarifes oa their enemies. .Many ethers are known, but li.r inferior ia force to the teniae gyiitrioti. . A.aoag laem are the tjtpco llsii u .l s Mie species of ;:ia!;e wiiicli iua.i.h!t t'.ie cias's of Great Britain na I Frimcrt, air! some spec es found ia the Nile and ten?i il. The Queen an I the Herd Laddie. One day, Mate years ego, when her Majesty was stviuinr on the public road, m ar Baimor.i), s!;e.c:iing the castle frotn a particular point, a Cock of sheep ap proache 1. Iter Jbtjesty, being intend oa her wo:k, tk lit tia notice of th; Cock, n a I ii erely move 1 a little nearer the sida of the mad. A boy in charge of the sheep shouted '.t the lop of a stentorian voice: "M m'oot o' the road, 'oaian, and let tha sheep g.ie by !" lie. .itajesty cr.t moving oat of the way ifaitc so la-i. as the siiepherd wished, he ajain shouted: Put ar ye s'an' ia' tlfre for? Gang OJt o' that' and let the slice;) pass ! ' Oae of her Majesty's ai'endents, who had I.eca at a dutiucc, oa hearing bis I'oyai mistress thus ru iely as -ailed, went up to the tliepherd ar.tl ih-sailJressed him: "Do yoa kuow v.h'i'.a it is yoa have been sp uming so rudely to, b iy I" "No I neither ken nor care; but.be she fa' shu likes, she sudt.a lie i' the sheepa' roa 1.'' '"Tiiat's tiie Q leea," said the otliciaL Ihe boy bk-.-d a-stouL-hcd, anil, after reovi rtng hi s.nsts, .uU, Witu frreat siu.pueity: 1'heOieca! tW, fa way disna she pit oa does that foulk can kca bee f " Uain In lrj tVeathel Gen. Daniel Ungues, i-f Frederick sbarif, Va., ha3 devised a plan for producing rain in dry w -at her, and he wont3 Congress to appoint a special eommitte; to consider it. His method is to sjml up balloons charged with dynamite, t'-e c i.i.""i":oa caused by the explosion to prudae. ihj required rain fall. The Government should practice economy, but we are willing that Congress should spend lO,000,UOd iu experimenting with Iliicgles' pla3, Provided we are per mitted ti name the men who aae to accom pany the balloon3 ia the air aad explode the dynamite. Cut seriously, we haven't much f.iith ia Gen. Buggies' plan. It strikes us that it would be better to have the cars of his balloons constructed in the shape of large tubs, with perforated bottoms, and then fill "e:n with water at the river, and ascend ia the air and sail over dry coun tries with his balloons, and let them act as a-riil sprinkling carts, as it were. This, it seems, to us is a more sensible plan than exploding dynamite. A Sunday school picnic brings oa rain qmek enoazh. but it would be rather expensive Levelling over the country with S3veral hundred children and titty grown up persona holding picaica in localities suffering fxoai a drouth. 1 n : it-1 J
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