B. F.
SCHWEIER,
THE COUSTITtrnOI THE TTHIOlf AID THE EJTOSOEMEIT OF THE LAWS.
Editor and Proprietor.
VOL. XXXIV.
MIFFLIXTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY, PENNA.. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1880.
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EOP PICKISS.
Down the long vatas of the vine.
With tassels laden.
The slum'broos afternoon in splendor shines
On youth and maiden,
TVho teem to drnk tbe spicy kthean air
In happy slumber.
And lauh as driairers an.b,ho do net ears
The Lours te nnmbcr.
The lasy sun glides gently down the skv.
The nightfall briugia g.
The hollow aisles now bring the clangor nith
Of crickets aiuging
The very Earth seems drowsing 'noath a spoil
from hop bloc dm shaken.
Anl wait, the night-wind in some upland
dell
To bid It waken.
Then bring fair Autumn frcm the waiting
North.
And deck the maiden.
With drowsy hops, and lead lur slowly forth.
With rich fruits laden;
And if she fa'l asleep a'ong the way.
Or sporta detain her.
The Hummer months will longer with ns stay.
And Earth be gainer.
Aunt and Niece.
"Besse, Bessie, you're a Terr foolish
child, aaid her aunt Mary.
'15ut I can't help it," said Bessie Norton
piteously.
'Help it! nonsense, said ber aunt
II ere I am over forty, and I'm not ia Ioyc;
uo, nor likely to be."
Bat, Auut Mary," meekly pleadod the
blue eyed little damsel, "only think of tbe
difference between forty and seventeen I"
Mary Ilepworth rubbed her nose vehem
ently. r
"Upon my word, Ba&sie," said she. "I
don't know what to do about this ridicu
lous business of yours. Dear, dear, I am
sure I don't know what this world is com
ing to anyway. j
"But 1 am seventeen," argued Bessie, j
''and I danced at the last Charity ball, and (
rsy dresses are all made with leng trains.
Besides, George says I am his guardian ,
angel!" '
Oh, fiddlesticks!" cried Aunt Mary, ;
what do you want of a husband ?" J
"All the girls have husbands," returned j
Bessie. j
'Aren't you happy 9 you are ?"
"Y rt 8." confessed Bessie; "but I--I
think I should be happier if 1 were married j
to George." j
"And whv, in the name of reason t" d?- !
' j
manded Mary. j
"Because he loves me !" j
And the deep rosea came into Bessie's
cheek as he spoke.
"Loves you!" scornfully echoed Mary
loves your money !
"I have no niouey," said innocent Bessie;
"so it can't be that." j
Mary laughed a hard lsugh. j
'It has never yet occurred to her mind ,
that she is my heiress and that the people '
call me "the rich old maid," thought Mary
to herself. "Poor little unconscious dove.
And for her, of all people in the world, to
become the prey of a fortune hunter I I
won't liave it; so there.''
And she turned once more to Bessie.
' Bessie," said she coaxingly, do oblige
me and give up this foolish notion of a
husband.''
"Oh, Aunt," crisd the girl, "really I
couldn't."
"I'll give you the diamond cress that you
fancied, last week."
"Oil, Aunt!"
"Or come you shall have a sunimar at
Saratoga."
"I don't want to go to Saratoga. "
"Would yoa prefer going al'-road?"'
urged the elder lady. "I don't like sea
voyages, but anything would be preferable
to wrecking your future."
"I I think I prefer George, Aunt," fal
tered Bessie. "Thai is, if you won't be
anery."
"Vou will rush headlong on your fate,
then ?" cried Mary.
"Yes," confessed Bessie. "I think that
if you don't object, I wilL"
"Bessie," said Aunt Mary. "I never
denied you anything yet, and I don't sup
pose I fchall deny you this. Tell George
Dickson to come and see me. And if he is
really in earnest
6h, aunt, there never was anyone half
so much in earnest as we two are, ler
vent'y interrupted Bessie, clasping her
banc's.
"Yes, yea, I daresay," said Mary. "Very
well, as I was remarking, I'll take it into
consideration."
And Bessie sat down and wrote a little
pink note to ber lover :
"Dearest Geop.oi: Aunt Mary ha9 re
lented, and you are to come and see her at
once. Oh, joy, joy!
Yours Eternally,
Bessie."
And she called the gardener's boy, and
gave him twenty-five cent to post the let
ter immediately.
Mr. George Dickson, being like his fair
fiancee very much in earnest, lost no time
n responding to this rose soented summons.
"Frank," he said to hi law partner, and
particular friend, "you'll stand by a fellow,
won't you?"
-r0 the death," aaid Frank Wright,
.m, come with me to face Bessie's old
.unt," said Dickson, "for it all depends
upon her-our future I mean. Beasie is
such a dear, dutifull little kitten that she
will never marry without her aunl'f con-
sent." . , ,
.m.M'. the situation of aflairs, eh?
..;a Vr -Wricht. And where does this
atbitress of your destiny reside ?"
"In the Bloomingdale mad," said Mr.
. , 'Rnt ran see. rich or poor, it
U1' a;:! to me. "Its her niece
maKes iiu
I want-not her money.'
'Tm,ev is a convenience, for all that
i..r.,iw ' remarked 'Wright.
"Yes,
I'll help you to face the music At what
hour am 1 to present myself?"
'At ten to-morrow morning," said Dick
son. ,
"Isn't that rather early
The sooner I know my fate tta bw
wUl for me," aaid Dickson. "Either I
enter into the gate, of paradise, or I drown
myaelt." .
'said
Wright, reflectively.
Mary was in the garden pruning roses
the next morning when the two gentlemen
arrived.
"Go away," said Mary, without turning
her head, as she heard the creaking of the
garden gate. "You are the boy that broke
down my lovely blue iris yesterday. Go
away I say."
"I I beg your pardon," said Mr. Dick
son, ia some dismay, "I am not the bey
that broke it."
"Oh!" Mary turned around, and drew
off a portentous pair of gloves whieh
shielded her hands. ''I see. You are the
young man that wants Bessie.
"Yes," said Dickson, "I aut the young
man that wants Bcsaid, and this U my
friend, Mr. Wright."
Mary bowed stffly to Hie stranger, and
then turned abruptly to Dickson.
"I suppose you think you are going to
marry money P said she.
"I haven't thought about it in that light,"
raid Mr. Dickson, reddening.
"Don't tell me," raid Mary, "feeling in
her pocket for an official letter with big
red seaL "Cp to yesterday my niece Bes
sie was looked upon as an heiress."
"I assure you, ma'am " broke in
Dickson.
"Don't waste your breath in assuring
me," said Mary. Its time and trouble
thrown away. Just hear me out, if you
please. Yesterday I received this letter
from my lawyer, announcing the failure of
the Iihuric-'l Insurance Company I have
been foolish enough to invest in it. And
whoever take Bessie now must take
her for herself alone."
"I desire nothing better," said Dickson,
eagerly.
"Are you prepared for love in a cottage?"
satirically demanded Miss Basil.
"My income is not large," said the
young lawyer, modestly, "but it is quite
sufficient to maintain a wife in comfort.
I love Bessie, aud there are not many
hardships which love will not sweeten."
"Thai sounds well in Iwofca," said Miss
Basil.
'You shall see that we will reduce it to ;
practice." said Dickson cheerfully. "And ;
Miss Basil "
"Well?''
'Yon have been a second mother to Bcs
fie ; she love3 you dearly. Need I say how
deputed we both would be if ye;i would
consent to make your home with us?"
Mary dropprd her gloves iuto a bunch
of blue larksnurs.
"Kli!'' she said. "Do yu menu that
vou would actually burden yourself with
poverty stricken o':d maid, lic me?" j
"Georgo held out both bauds to Mits j
Basil. I
"Aunt Mary," said he. I may ca!l j
you 6o, mayn't I? pray believe that it j
will be doing as both a (avor to come and
live wilh us. We cannot, perhaps, give i
you the luxuries to whieh you have been
accustomed, but of cue thins you may be !
certain a welcoaie from the heart."
Mary stopped for her gardening gloves
and turned away.
"Young man," said 6he, "there is more
in you tiuin I thought. Take Bessie if yoa
want her. Yonder she is, watching us
from the oriel casement. Go to her. Tell
her the stony-hearted old annt has relenUd
at last. And stop a minute,' she added,
as he was eagerly turning away; "I told
you that I had property invested in the
Ilhuritl Company."
"Yes."
'It was only a thousand dollars. The
test is all safe, and will one day lie yours
and Bessie's. And you will not need to
support the old maidea aunt out of your
kmiliy charity, though I sliall continue to
give you plenty ot my company. Now go
to Bessie. As for you, Mr. Wright," to
the astonished George, "you can help me
with the weeds and watering put, while
those two young turtle-doves are billing
and cooing inside."
And so ended Mr. Dickson's wooing, and
little Bessie was the happiest of brides, in
white silk and orange blossoms.
''But if it had been me," said Frank
Wright, "I should have proposed to the old
maiden aunt. To my mind she's the pret
ties woman of the two."
A Vat Story.
A r rrnA trentlpman and liis housekeeper
constitute a household in Yarmouth, Maine,
and their old cat Cuds the lines aro lauen
to her in pleasant pliccs. Family prayers
are the rule each evening in the
household, and the cat fell into the
habit of regular and punctual attendance.
N'n oilier of the cares that proverbially
crowd a cat's li fe was ever allowed to crowd
this religious duty. At the signal for pray
ers she would even leave a mouse half
caught, or give a doomed bird a longer
lease of existence, ana decorously compose
hcrseir in the lap of the housekeeper, with
an air of attention to the service tint was
highly edifying. At the final "amen she
went friskly atjoul her imsiness. uui in uu
r;i Autr there rump a kitten that was deem
ed superfluous, and sentence of death was
passed upon it. ine ucau oi mc iau"i
undertook the execntion of the sentence,
and. unknown to him, the cat was a wit
ness of the scene. From that day the cat
refused'to attend the morning service, and
nur he induced to listen to the
v,aii u' ' iiu. ---- - -
prayers of one who had so shocked her sen
sibilities. Mie iaimiuiiy pcriuruu o
duties as before, and socially purrs for the
fomilr- on all seculur occasions, but seems
to say "Let my religious hours alone."
Btranse DiMioveries.
The Bank of England has no end of val
uable committed to its keeping. The
vaults of this establishment holds nioldcnng
chesta, deposited there for safety's suke,
and apparently forgottec by their owners.
In 1873 one fell to pieces from sheer rot
teness, (exposing to sight a quantity of
massive plateand a bundle of yellow papers.
The letter proved to be a collection of love
letters of the period "of the llestoration,
which the Directors were enabled to restore
to the lineal descendants of the original
owner. In 1ST5 a tin box was fished out
tr , : Mnntiiminff mnre thnn five hlin-
OI UH3 iTllIiC - -
j i u(am .rlilrecfipil to divers ner-
urcu '
sons in Paris, , . This box set afloat miles
above Paris had been ncmicucaiiy seaieu,
and was furnished with little metal sails,
- .... . r .i . : .
that might calcll Uie currenv m mc u
every point; but it had failed to make a
successful voyage, and laid at the river s
bottom for years with its freight of letters
for the beeeiged Parisians, some of whom,
hewever, had the gratification of receiving
them five years after date.
"What a thing it is to be in love,'
Signs and Portents,
When the crescent of the young moon
rests supinely, its horns in air, it is a sign
of dry weather; because in this position it
holds all the water, thus preventing its fall
to the eurth This is also a sign of wet
weather, the explanation in this case being
that a watcrful moon is emblematic of a
water-waked earth. Don't forget this sign
of the new moon. It is rarely you will find
one so impartially accommodating.
Whoever find a four-leaved clover is
generally a liar. It is so much easier to de
tach one leaf from a five-leafed stalk than
to bunt for one with four that the tempta
tion to mendacity is too much for average
clay.
When a mouse gnaws a hole in a gown
some misfortune may be apprcheaJed. The
misfortune has already happened to the
gown, and may be apprehended to happen
to the mouse.
An old sign is that a child grows proud
if suffered to look into a mirror while less
than twelve months old. But what the aver
age infant can see in the mirror to make
it proud it is difficult for any but the pa
rents to understand.
A red sky in the west at evening indicates
tbat the next day will be pleasant, barring
accidents of rain, snow and hail.
If you tt:a down your shingle, prepara
tory to piivting it up in a hew location, it
is a sign you arc moving.
If a hen runs across the street directly in
front of you, it is a siga that a hen will
goon ho on the other side. If she cross
over just behind you Pshaw! who ever
knew a hen that wouldn't die right in ber
tracks rather than cross one's pathway in
his rear!
When you see a cat running around furi
eusly, it is a sign that the crockery or glass
ware is in danger.
When you drop a knife and it sticks in
the floor, it Is a sign that some one is com
ing. If you are a small boy, that some one
may be your mother, and her coiiiiu? is to
remonstrate with you with her slipper.
To dream of a wedding is a sign ol ina
nition. To dream of a f antral betokens too much
pork and cabbage.
To dream of tindinz money betokens tht
it is easier to dream of fiudlug money than
to work for it
To dream that it is Sunday morning is
heaven.
To be suddenly awakened from your
sweetest sleep to find that it is not Sunday
is that is to say, very disagreeable. It is
a sign that you will be unhappy.
A great many more equally infallible
signs might te given, but the reader has
probably had enough for one day. The man
who believes in signs is sufficiently credu
lous to believe that our kuowledgo in tiiat
line, as well as in every other line, is inex
haustible. A Kacer of lhe Plains.
Jack Christy was the drover's name and
he recen'ly arrived at St. Louis, from
Texas. Jack got behind a beer or two a
few night's ago and then and there related
a marvelous slery of a remarkable horse,
lor the truth tf which Jack said he was
ready to vouch. The susbstaacs of J. k's
narrative was nlont as follows: Not a very
great distance from Fort Concho, in Texas,
for the last soven yiam, a wild stallion of
wonderful speed and endurance has lieen
seen but during all this period the endeav
ors of the raucheros to capture him have
proved unsuccessful. Jack has seen the
horse himself, and say3 ho only stands
aliout 14 hands high, and is cml-Mack in
color. His lody is covered with very ,Uuig
hair, so that in appearance the horse is
rather shaggy. Jie has a long flowing tail
which traiis on the ground, while h.s mane
is at least two or three f et in length. His
hoofs have grown verv long. The animal's
eyes are exceedingly bright and fiery, and
when cailoping with dilated nostrils over
the open muskcet prairie. Jack said: 'It
was enough to make your heut glad to see
such a nol-ie animal.' As stated above.
ibis horse has now haunted the vicinity of
Fort Concho for seven years and it is sup
posed that he is about 9 years old. He was
seen to gallop a distance of three miles on
open prairie in less than four minutes and a
half, hie dashed out of ravine in the ic
hita Mauntains, and going at headlong speed
he disappeared behind a log hut, which
stood at exactly three miles from the en
trance to the gully. One of the rancheros
with the party, who was watching the stal
lion from a reeky eminence, timed him, es
timating that the animal made thiee miles
in 4:50. This would make him tbe fastest
horse on record, and beats all the racetime.
Some four years a company was organized
to capture 'Black Boss,' which was the sob
riquet by which the animal was known in
the region. About 25 ranchers and herders,
mounted on the fleetest of Texan horses and
mustangs determined to give chase to the
hitherto uncapturcd and untamed steed.
One of the party was the celebrated Mex
ican vaquero Juan Gonzales, who bears the
jeputation of being the greatest expert
with the lasso living. For five days did
they pursue 'Black Boss' on lhe-.r fleet
footed stoeds. Snmetimes they would
chase him for hours, when he would gradu
ally distance them a.id disappear from sight.
'Black Boss' actually seemed to enjoy the
sport. He would occasionally stand still
autil the pursuing party approached him,
then, wilh a loud neili aad toss of his
powerful head he would at once show thcra
his heels. The rancheros, however, contin
ued to stick to bis trail, and after a few
hours again came upon him, when he sped
awny from them like wind. Four days
longer they kept up the chasa, but in vain.
Goiizlcz, who on account of his skill and in
trepidity had been chosen Captain, on the
fift h day organized the company into squads
and told them the only hope of success was
to drive him to Hcrmosa Gully, which is a
small ravine in the W ichita Mountains, the
jagged precipices forming a veritable ciU
de sue. If they could succeed in driving
him into the ravine he believed they could
secure him. Three bauds were accordingly
formed, and they began to scour the prairie
for 'i'l ick Bo?.' Gonzaiea' company, after
a few hours' riding, came upon the stal
lion, who immediately began his antics of
playing with his pursuers. It was on this
occasion thai Gonza'.ez mado a most marv.
clous throw with the lasso. He managed
to approach pretty close to 'Black Boss,'
who at once snorted and bounded away.
Gonzalez stuck his spurs deep into the
flanks of his steed, which gallantly answerd,
and in a few moments carried his rider
nearer the flying stallion. The two horses
were now seperated by about 225 feet, when
quick as lighting, Gonzalez seized his lasso,
and, with unerring aim, threw it 'Black
Boss was encircled by the fatal coils and
thrown, but his struggles were fearfuL The
shock was too much for Gonzalez and his
horse, steed and nder, rolled over on the
ground. The noble black writhed terribly
iu his bonds, which suddenly snapped,
and the horse, once more on his feet quick
ly disappeared, dragging the trailing lariat
after him. Gonzalei however, was not
discourged, and he and his band con
tinued the chase. They where overjoyed
to find that 'Black Boss' was galloping in
the direction of Hcrmosa Gully, aud this en
couraged them to keep on. As night ap
nroached thev saw thrt horse canter up the
ravine, whereupon they resolved to block
ade it and wait until morning and the ar
rival of the other two bands before seizinc
their prey. During the night the whole
company were reunited, and early at day
break began cautiously to enter the gully.
Presently they espied 'Black Boss' who
neighed, threw up his head, and started
for the end of the gnlly terminating it the
cut ki sue. Gsnzalez and his party follow
ed close beliimL At last the powerful beast
was brought to bay. The lasso was once
more brought into requisition, and 'Black
Boss' was a prisoner. Having, as they
deemed, securly fastened him, he was freed
from the coils of the lariat. With immense
fury the horse turned nnon the man who
held the improvised halter, bit him sevcrly
in the shoulder, and with his heels and teeth
soon scattered the whole party. Not one
of them would shoot him, as they prized
him too highly. Three men were badly
bitten, and several injnred by his savage
kirks. Suddenly the horse darted, at
Gonzalez, whom he 6eemcd to recognize as
the chief of those attacking him seized him
hy the shoulder wilh his teeth, and set off
with hint at full galiop down the gully,
dropping him only after he had dragged
him a distance of 5U yards. Gonzalez'
shoulder was terribly hurt, and it was long
before he recovered. The 'boys' were
thoroughly disheartened, and gave up the
pursuit. 'Black Boss' was not seen in that
neighborhood for 12 months after, when he
again rcapieared. Time and time again
have expeditions been formed to capture
him, but he alwsys manages to elude all
pursuers. His experience, with Gonzalez
also seems It have tauiht him something ;
he no longer waits for his enemies and never
allows them to get near enough to have a
chance of lassoing him. None of the
rancheros in the vicinity will shoot him.
Jack added that, six weeks ago he sav the
wild stailioa careering lu ali his strength
across the open prairie near Concho.
Across ths Continent.
Charles Sanger with his family arrived at
Cleveland, Ohio, a few days ago, having
crossed tho continent in a two horse wagon.
Mr. Sanger was a former resident of Cleve
land. He left about six years ago for Los
Angclos, Ca!., where he lived over four
years. While in California, Sanger did a
gxxl business as an architect and contractor;
but building being a trifle dull, and his wile
and family being homesick, he determined
to return to Ohio. Ho procured a strong
spring wagon, into which he packed the
little personal property the fami y wonld
need on the trip, and at the same time
leaving room for himself, wife and four
children, fie eldest being a boy of 15 years.
The party traveled very leisurely at first,
wintering at Yrtka. Cal. The start from
Yreka was maJe last May, the party having !
sjK-r.t most of their time at tiiis point lh
ing and hunting, laying in provisions for
their long trip. From Yreka fc Fort Steel
it was found necessary to use four horses is
drawing the wa;on and ils load, owing to
the rouh aud mountainous roads. From
t.'ie latter point to Cleaveland the trip, with
only two horses, was comparatively pleas
aut and csy. Occasional stops were made
for hunting, etc., but the journey was
pushed to an end as rapidly as possible.
While in ths mountains several iuleicsiing
thoiifjh bloodiess affrays were had with
erizaly licars and other playful animal--.
Hands of Indians were frequently seta, but
the little party was left unmolested. The
trip from LtApgrli to Cleveland as
made in four months, including all stops on
the road. When Jon the move the party
averaged alxmt 25 miles a day.
Slartinc a t.rarejard.
Adolnh Sutro tells the following talo in
leiaiiun io uis s.aniug a iavetuu iu cuika
"One labors under all sorts of difficulties
di-aling with men. It seems ridiculous,
but the most dilEcnlt thing we had to do
was to start a graveyard. It took some
three years to start it. Whenever a man
got killed, or died, the men would get up a
big funeral and go off to Virginia Ci'.y,
or some other place, to bury the man. Ail
work had to be stopped for one or two
shifts. They would each lose their $1 for
wages : would pay 5300 or $400 more for
teams, and some would drink so freely as
to lie unfit for work the following day. 1
was determined t put a stop to that So
I said to the men : 'Why can we not have
a graveyard of our own, and bury our men
here?' I had a grave dug for the next man
thut died. The dead man's friends came
and said they would not have the man
buried there. I asked them why. They
said that it would be too lonely for the
poor fellow.' That seems ridiculous, but
it is a fact I did not wish to have any
trouble over the matter, and so I let tkem
bury lhe man where they chese. Every
time a man died we had just the seme trou
ble again. At last two miners got killed
who had not paid tlieir fees to the Miners
L'nion, and had been discarded. They had
no friends there to object, and we hur
ried them there, and thus were able at last
to start own graveyard."
The Goose.
This is a name applied to many varieties
of aquatic birds belonging to the sub-family,
Anscrbur. The genius anu r r wild
goose the former being the Litm name
for goose, is common throughout the old
world, and this wilh the bean g-)ose, an
Aretic bird, which sneiids its winters iu
temperaie regions, is tupposed to lie the
ancestor from which our different varieties
of domestic geese originated. In large
flocks, it is seen going south at the ap
proach tf cold weather, and returning
northward ia the spring. It is large and
somewhat swan-like in its appearance and
has a Hinilar patch of white on the throat
In taking their long journeys northward
and southward, they fly lu two files with
their chosen leader in advance. If the
leadcj is shot, the flock becomes at o;.ce
demoralized and alight in lhe first open
water they chance to find, where they
eenerally fall victims to the rportsinan.
The domestic goose is a valuable bird and
profitable to raiso both for its feathers and
flesh, and at the prices of a few years past,
will pay as well a3 anything. W e will re
member when the standard price for the
carcass of a well-fa'.tcned goose was twenty-five
cents, and they were much more
generally raised then now, when they are
worth more than four times that sum.
How Bis Head Swelled.
Tom went out o' th' shops and a lot on
ns agreed to bav' a lark wi' 'ira: we tnowt
we would freiten him loike. So when he
came on Ned says, 'Art tha badly lad?' He
says, 'Noa, whoi?' "Cause tha looks
whoite.' Then comes up Jack; he ge' us a
jump, and says, Tom, what's tha matter
wi' the' lad! but tha does look bad. Whoi,
tha head's swelled,' says he, Git out, or
I'll swell thy head fo' tha'. I'll gi' tha' a
buzz at ear-hoile.' Next comes up Bill
and two or three more, and they all says,
Whoi, Tom's summat tha matter wi' him;
his head's swelled.' 'Not it," says he be
ginning to be alarmed. 'But it is; try tha'
hat on, an' tha'il see.' The band of his
hat had previously been tightened; so when
he tried to put it on, and could not he be
came downright freightened, went home
and took to his bed. After he had been
there a few days he was told the trick and
recovered.
tlshluing For Fan.
I landed my first pickerel the first even
ing we were on Lake Minnetonka. I am
not a skillful fisherman. I told the boys
tbat I could do a little plain Ghiu.r. bit J
didn't wan't to Ihj set don for anything
with any kind of fluting, embroidery, knife
plaiting or anything of that kiud about it.
I fished from the shore by the side of a
veteran fiher. Mr. A- K. Dunlap, of
Titusville. lie knows every fish iu the
fake by name. He can tell by the move
ment of the line what kind of a fish is at
your hook. Something ran awav with my
line.
"It's a pickerel," shouted Mr. Dtinlap,
in intense excitement. "A big fellow.
Take out your lines," he yelied to the rest
of them. "Give him plent of roam! Play
him!" he shrieked at me, "Let him run!
Keep your line tight! Don't give an Inch
of slack! Look out! Don't let him do
that again! Let him run! Now bring him
in this Look out! Don t let him do that
again!"
By this time I was so excited I was on
the point of throwing down the pole and
rushing out in the lake, intending to run
the fish down and kick it to death. I
screamed to Mr. Dunlap:
"You take the pole and land him, I
never can."
He refused. He turned and hauled his
own pole, lance fashion into the woods.
"Uere!" he shouted, rushing down the
bank aliout twenty feet ilow me, stooping
down and spreading out his arms. "Hen.-:
Now! Bring him in here through the shoal
water! I'll get him. Careful! Steady!
Ah"
And flip, flap, I had him on tbe shore,
lie was a beauty. A little sunfisli, about
three aud a half inches long.
Jt was a Ion? time before we said any-
iiiiiiL'. .nr. juuihli niuiucu a uir uuiu
tree in the top of which his pole bad
lodjcd. and we resumed om fishing. Pres-1
ently Charley Armknecht coughed, and I
"How funny the frogs sound over in the
aarsii.
Add then we laughed ajong time at the
frogs. A long, long time and very hear-j
lily. They were very funny frogs. .
But Mr. Dunlap fished on very silently,
aid by and by he said the fish wouldn't I
bite when there was very much noise. So we ,
ho!d our hush and the fish bit. But they j
didn't bite any of us very badly. j
1 he fishing is excellent almost anywhere i
in the lake. That evcuing on the upper
lake one of the bovs caught nine large j
pic kerel. When we came to count fish,
however, it appeared that he luid caught j
one pickerel. Wiien we came to count
sr., However, it appeareu mat ne i:au
cii:g:it o:;e pickerel nine times. It was
very 'arge fish, and they are going to have
its skin dried whole for a spectacle case I
caught more fish than one else in the party.
tmt they were all. with one exception, cat- ,
fWi, and I learned, to my amazement, that j
hd disgraced mvself and the lake.
" hy :
Uu'l a fish a fish, I'd like to know
j
How Fast Will Trees Grow. j
Some years ago we were on a larm in !
So ithcrn Iowa where timber culture bad'
been carried on to a greater extent than we j
have ever s.-en it elsewhere, and in order to
test the rapidity of the growth of the differ-
ect varieties planted we txjk the !
measurement and height of a large'
number, with the following result: Two
.Norway spruces ociiweniy years, were uve
and a half feet in circumference, forty feet
in height and had a spread of about twen
ty six feet each in diameter. A black
spruce set fifteen feet was twenty-five feet
in height and proportionately large. Two
balsam tint, set sixteen ycara were thirty ,
feet high. A European "larch, set seven-!
teen years, was four feet in Circumference, j square, in the opinion oi this court, .nr.
at the base. A Scotch pine, set eighteen J Belford, you're alout the meanest thief
vears, was twenty-six feet higlu A h:ird I've had before me for a long time. Be
pine, set seventeen years, was three ftct j cause the Indian was poor and helpless you
and eight inches iu circumference and i thought he had no rights you need respect
twenty-five feet high. A K-issian spruce, PH Stive Ju six montlis in the county jail
fifteen years, was about fifteen feet in I
height." The red cellars and arbor vits?si
set fourteen vears, averaired twenty feet .
in heiclit, while a hedge or wind break set
entirely around an eighty acre farm, was !
composed first of a row of cedars, set
about fifteen years, which averaged fifteen
feet, next a row of Scoteh pine twenty
five feet high, outside of this a row of soft
mnpie ranging from twen'y-five to thirty
feet in heitrht. These formed a perfect se
curity against high winds and reduced the
temicralure in the enclosure several
degrees. Hard mapies, set
twenty
years avcrago! over thirty feet
,u I
height tine oft maple, set eighteen
years, was fifty feet in height and six ftei j
in circunuerer.ee at tue uouy. a uiaca
walnut, set sixteen years, was four feet
three inches in diameter, while a sycamore,
transplanted twenty years before from the
timber, was seven feel in circux.ference at
the base and forty-eight feet in height
A silver leaf poplar, set twenty years,
was seven feet two inches in circumference
aud thirty-five feet in height, and a golden
willow that years before had been stuck
into lhe ground a switch was eleven feet
eight inches in circumference and over
forty feet high. There are many other
varieties, tome of Hum rare specimens
but enough has been shown t prove that
even, our slow growing varieties, if care
fully cultivated, will, in a few years, be
come great trees. But they nnis'. be tak:n
care of and the cattle kept away from tLein
just aslhough they were orchard trees, it
the best results arc to Le secured.
Drug-Store curiosities.
A man stepped into a Heading, Pa., drug
store and said to the clerk, wilh the conn
dent air of one who knew exactly what he
wanted :
"Got any roach powder?" "Oh, yes,"
was the bland reply. The apothecary threw
open a glass case and immediately placed
upon the counter in front of his customer a
bottle of 'Sure Death to Cockroaches."
' Tell me how it works?" "Certainly
vou take a pinch of the powder between
"thumb and finger, hold it down near the
crevice aud give it a pufl so ; it'll be sure
to kill 'em."
"Kill m I Heavens! The powder's for
my old woman. Kill 'era Not much !"
and the man shook bis head.
Inquiry developed the fact that it was
Rocheile, not roach powder, that had been
recommended for the "old woman," and
the correct article was soon supplied.
A reporter, hearing of this adventure,
asked the druggist if many such cases, re
sulting from ignorance or carelessness, came
under his notice.
"They occur almost daily," was the reply;
"and are not only dangereus. but superla
tively ridiculous. What would you say to
this for instance ?" Here was displayed a
number of the orders that had been received
from various customers, among them the
following: "Pleas giv the barer 5 sents
worth of onikaP (arnica) "Send me to
pondesof Lickerich." "I want a J lb, Grlm
itatar" (cream of tartar). "Send me some
Maganiesha, for a fisig." Ten cents of hole
Sinimon." "Twemty-hve sends of heircreas
ine." "Pleas scad me some said peater-"
"1 he spelling of some of these has been some
what unproved and the punctuation attended
to.
The writers generally seem to think they
must carefully state the purpose to which
they propose applying the articles sent for.
One writes for '"Ten cents' worth of cologne
to smell a trunk with ; " another for "two
coughing sticks of candy." One wants
"stinking-plaster, having changed the
j fourth letter of the first word from e to n.
Here is a horrible case: "Sind me epicack
for my little girl."
Beading druggists formerly did a large
business in deca comanies, or transfer pic
tures. One asks. "Give me fifty ccU and
dogs and ten tigers;" another. "I want a
Utile girL"
Customers generally imitate the articles
they desire. There is called for : "Hope and
dclldock (opodeldoc), "Paint kilier," "Tit
terrintmeut," "Gum mare back, "and "Lad
dynum." The Indian Question.
Not long ago a weazened oid Piute was
painfully saw ing wood in the street of a
town in Nebraska, t 1 i as the whtather
was, the nature of the work forced the In
dian to lav aside his blanket and toil in his
. 8hirt sleeves. As the old man labored a
sturdy tramp, with a florid face and a very
high forehead, approached. He stood for
some time iil!y watching the Indian, and
growing cold in contemplating the interest
ing sight: the tramp picked up the blanket
and walked oil wiili it, despite the expostu-
lary cries of the Indian, who followed in
j .1 distress. A deimtv constable was at-
' tracted bv the noise, and when the poor old
Indian had, in broken English, explained
the cause of his woe the tramp was taken
into custody aud the blanket turned over to
its owner, ii) hobbled back to his work.
The next morning the tramp, who gave
his name as Ja-i:es Belford, was brought
before Justice Knox.
"What's your plea P asked the Court.
iilUL 3 Your t'lmr-'Pf
demanded the
! tramn
"petit larceny."
"Great heavens!" cried Mr. Be! ford,
starting back, "do mv tars deceive me P
"o, your ears are ail risrht," said his
Honor. "What're you making a noise j
for? Didn't you steal the blanket "
"Steal it, sir No sir; I took it It was
mine because I wanted it The irrepres- 1
sible antagonism of race justified the trans- i
fer of ownership. Sad, sir, as the fate of J
the Indian undoiibtly is, it is yet inevitable.
The genius of Anglo-Saxon civilization in j
its onward march across this broad and '
glorious continent crushes the red man be- i
neath its progress. It is as a mighty tor- !
rentf uresis' ible in its force, sweeping all j
before it That which but maintains the ,
Indian in savage and ill-fed idleness undor j
the peaceful arts of the white men bios- j
soma and blooms a.M teems with plenty, j
here the red mau r uuned following tiie
chase are now huy cities and fields of
golden corn. Who shall say the cruelty j
whieh expelled him from his hunting i
grounds was not a work of mercy after all ?
l or every savage who drew his bow in the :
solitudes a thousand civilized men atid !
! women now toil, sow. reap and are happy. I
Standing oa the peaks oi time, and taking j
the con,iatnt for tue jt0i, j Gf observation," j
I " I
"Yes, but what about the blanket ?"
interrupted the court. ;
"Well," replied Mr. Belford, "I can't ,
I had as muc h right to nab that old
buck's bhiukct as Congress has to fire the
ties off their reservation just because
tuere's been some good ledge struck on
"I agree with you, Mr. Belford," said
the Court.
"Thauk ysn, your Hornor," returned i
Mr. Belford reaching for his hat
"But permit mo to add," continued the !
lourt, "that the moral ideas of Congress
uon't always jibe with my notiims if what's !
o study up on the Indian question.
"This could not have occurred in a
civilized community," muttered the dazed
Mr. Belford as he was led off to the bastile.
A Long Time Without Food.
A wooden house was recently built near
a copper mine at I.ittly Bay, Wisconsin, so
that there was a vucent space beneath the
floor. Before this space was boarded in a
pig crept in, coiled itself in a quantity of
shavings and fell asleep. The office was
imniediaiely occupied, an I the noise
made by the pig when 11 discovered its di
lemma was not neanu l.ise a true pmio-
gopher,
the pi;
accommodated ilse'f to its
circumstances. It wrapped itself in the
"-having", turned its back to the cold world,
and went to sleep for tho winter. This
was on the 22d of November, 1S73. The
pig was rernarkaMc and a credit to its
owner, who sincerely mourned his loss
alioul Christmas time. The pig found a
viaticum in its fat that kept up animal
heat and sustained life. The office was
occupied, but the tramp of feet did not dis
turb the sleeper. For four months the pig
slept as sound as a PhanKih in a sarcopha
gus. With the wamthof April its vital
energies returned. Its fat was exhausted.
It opened iis eyes, turned over, and began
to grant. Tire occupants ef the office were
mystified. The animal gruuted with a
gusto, and began to knock for a release. A
board or two was removed, and the pig
was brought to light. Its appearance was
most pathetic. The ribs on each !e
seemed to have met The hams had van
ished, and only the hip joints stood up,
gaunt and angular. The vertebra; could
be counted, and the ears drooped from the
laige skulL The eyes looked out of deep
bony sockets wilh a profoundly melancholy
expression, as though their owner hail been
in the other world and had found there
specially hard times. For a time no one
recognized the pig, but at length the wo
man who owned it, declared, with tears in
her eyes, that she knew it by a peculiar
turn in its tail. It Lad a singularly grace
ful curl in its apicndagc the only esthetic
point about it and this had survived the
destruction of all tissues. The poor wo
man's joy over the recovery of her lost pet
was quite touching. The news spread ra
pidly. The miners gathered from all
quarters to view the wonderful pig who
had lived for 142 days without food or
drink.
About the Thing.
A near-sighted friend, went to an op
tician the other day to change the glasses
of his spectacles, which had become too
weak. He was given the next number
lower.
"After this number, what will I take!
he asked.
"These,"
"And after that!"
"Those."
"And thenP asked the myope, with an
anxious air.
"Then," said the dealer, "I think a small
and sagacious dog, wilh a atriag attacked,
will be about the thing."
Aat man pays too much for his
whistle when he hat wet it fifteen or
twenty time a day.
"Checkers I p."
"Sqnire Johnson and his wite were eo
faged in a game of "Checkers Cp at the
Farm," while two cf their children were
playing "Hide and Seek," aad a third was
"Blowing Bubbles," when there came a
gentle "Tap oa the Window." The squire
went to the dxr, and discovered on the
noreh a basket containing a neatly attired
female infant, with a smile playing about
its moutli, as if it were listening to '"Faiiy
Whisper." "The Foundiine" was taken
in and adopted, ami plavfuily "Weighing
the Baby'' on his hands, the 'squire said its
same should be Mary. The children stop
ped their play, and one of them thought
fully observed' "Tho baby's asleep, and
e lioys niutn t make a noise." tears
rolled on, and Mary developed into a
beautiful and intelligent young woman. At
school she wag "The Favored School," and
her essay at tho "School Examination"'
was pronounced the best. She had many
suitors, but when only sixteen she gave her
heart to John liawjiers, a neighbor's son,
whom she frequently met as he was '"Go
ing for" the Cows," and they began their
"Courtship in Sleepy Hollow," a romantic
spot on 'Squire Johnson's farm. T he war
broke out, and after a "Council of War"
at "Washington," a proclamation was
issued calling for volunteers. John's
mother wanted him to join "The Home
Guard," but he said he must obey the call
of his country. Being a goi horseman,
and expert at "Pol" he decided to he cone
a mcmtier af a cavalry company. With a
'Parting Promise," he bade .Mary a tearful
farewell. Mary stood on "The" Balcony"
and waved her lover a fond adieu us the
troops marched by. And now came days
of painful susense and weary waiting.
Every "Mall Day" Mary visited the '-Country
Post Office." One day she stopped at
"The Town Pump" to listen to a "Fugi
tive's Story." She heard of cruel hardships
to which "Union Bcfugees"' were subjected,
aad was told how a "Wounded rcout,"
shot whilst trying to ra-"S a "Picket Guard."
btirged in his delirium that might have iust
"One More Shot" at the enemy and died.
On his body the fugitive found thu photo-
graph of a beautiful girl, which he exhibted
to his listeners. As soon as Marv saw it she
fainted. It was her ow n portrait which she
gave her lover on the day of his departure,
She now mourned him as dead. Spring
followed winter as usual and on a bright
May morning Mary was startled by a fami-
liar knock at the door. With a lace as pale
and wan as that of a "Charity Patient" she
answered the summons. I u the emaciated
form of the "Bcturned Volunteer" who
greeted her vision she recognized her lover,
The people of Falling Water were not more
surprised at Kip an Winkle s Keturn
af:er his long nap, than was Mary at the
sight of John. It took but a few minutes
for him to explain how he was left for
dead on the Held reviver! susbseouentlv
was captured bv the enemv.'m.l siient ei-ht
months in a rebel prison. With Mary
"playing Doctor" and nurse. John was soon
restored to complete heaitlu and the follow.
ing September they might have been seen
Coming to the parson" And now their
bright boys, as merry and full of pranks as
"The Shaughran and 'Tatters," goto "Un.
c!e Ned's School," and often stop on the
road to drop a penny into the hat of the
'Street Musicians," or price the wares of
"The Peddler" resting by the roadside.
IThat we Smoke.
To the world in general a cigar is merely
I a tightly -rolled packet having little frag-
meuts of dry leaves wit bin. and a smooth
s;iky leaf for its outer wrapper. When it
;s burnt and the pleasant flavored smoke is
inhaled, the habitual smoker claims for it
a goothing luxury tliat quiets the irritable
nervous organisui, relieves weariness, and
entices repose. Science, scouting so super
ficial a description, exfltuines tirsi the
smokes, second the leaf, third the asii. In
the smoke is discovered water in vaporous
state, soot (free carbon ), carbonic acid and
carbonic oxide, acd a vaporous substance
condensable into oily nicotine. These are
the general divisions, which chemists havu
f urtlier spiit up, and in so doing have found
acetic, formic, butyric, valeric, and propi
onic acids, prussic acid, creosote, carbolic
acid, ammonia, sulphuretted hydrogen, py
ridine, viri.iine, picoliue. lutidine, eollodine,
parvoliue, torodiue and rubiilene. These
last are a scries of oily bases belonging to
lhe homologues of analine, first discovered
in cool tar. Applying chemical tests to the
leaves other cliemists have found nicotia,
tobacco camphor or nicotiamne (about
which not much is known), a bitter attract
ive matter, gum, chlorophyll, malate of
lime, sundry albuminoids, malic acid,
woody fibre, and various salts. The feath
eriy white asli, whieh in its cohesion and
wiiiteness is indicative of the good cigar,
yields potasli, soda, magnesia, lime, phos
phoric acid, sulphuric acid, silica and chlo
rine. The ingredients extractible from a
poor and cheap cigar would be fearful and
wonderful to contemplate. Here is a list
from a parliamentary report en adultera
tions in tobacco. Sugar, alum, lime, flour
or meal, rhubarb leaves, saltpetre, 1 idler's
earth, starch, malt conunings' chromate of
lead, peat moss, molasses, burdock leaves,
common salt, endive leaves, lampblack,
gum, red dye, a black dye composed of
vegetable red aud licorice, scraps of news
paper, cinnamon stick, cabbage leaves, and
straw brown paper.
Swedes at their Meals.
The Swedes have a queer way of locomo
tion at their meals. They often flit about,
like Hies, from one table to another, and
sometimes turn the menu topsy-turvey
when they order a repast. It is no rare
thing to see them begin with cheese and
biscuit; next proceed to ham aifd salad,
with a slice of meat to follow; and then
suddenly start up in the middle of their
dinner to swallow, while they walk about,
a plateful of pea-soup. They have a habit
of beginning each repast with what they
call a smorgn," which consists of a mixed
culinary combination, such aa slices of
smoked reindeer and sardines, with pickles,
cheese and other articles which exci e thirst.
These are fished out with a fork and are
finally washed down with a glass or two of
spirits. Such a prelude to a meal is no
merely uncleanly, but also must vitiate the
palate and impair the digestion.
Concealing his Cs.ilempt.
When "Thad" Stevens was a young law-
' yer in Uie Pennsylvania Courts, he once
i lost his case bv what he considered a wrong
ruling of the J udge. Disgusted, he banged
his law book on the table, picked up his
hat, and started for the door with some vig
orous words in his mouth. The Judge
feeling that hi3 dignity was assailed, rose
impressively and said : "Mr. Stevens!" Mr.
Stevens stopped, turned and bowed defer
entially. "Mr. Stevens," said the Judge,
"do you intend by such conduct to express
your contempt fir this court ?" And Stev
ens, with mock seriousness, answered:
"Krprets my contempt for this court!
No, sir! I u trying to eonctal It your
Honor!"
Let murderers hang themselvee.
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