J3. F. SCHWEIER,
THE C0BSTITUTI03 THE UIIOI-AID THE E5T0E0EMEST OF THE LAW8.
Editor and Proprietor.
vol: xxxiv
MI FFLI NTO WN, JUNIATA COUNTY, PEXXA.. WEDNESDAY, FEHKUAKY 25, 1SS0.
no. y.
H. T. HELMBOLD'S
COMPOUND
FLUID EXTRACT
BUCHU.
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It
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B. I. BJEZJLBOLD.
Iragglet and CBemist,
PbilaAalpaua, .
THERK IS NO DEATH.
There is no death! The stars go down
To rise Of on some fairy shore.
And bright in Ileaven's jeweled crown
They thine foreveroiora.
Thro is no dea lt! Tbe dust we trs I
Shall change beneath the summer shower,
The golden grain, or mellow trail.
Or rainbow tinted flower.
The granite rocks disorganize
To feed the banging moss they bear;
Tbe forest trees drink daily life
- From out tbe viewless air.
There is no !fcth! The leaves niiy fall.
1 be flower, m,y fade and pass away
Tliey only wait through wintry hours
For coming of tbs May.
There m no death! An angei form
Walks o'er the tarih with silent tread;
lie bears our best loved things as ay.
And then we call them dead.
He leaves oar hearts all desolate.
He plucks oar fairest, sweetest flowers;
Transplanted into bliss, they now
Adorn immoital bowers.
The b'rd-hke voice whose joyous notes
Made glad these scenes of sin and strife.
Sings now an everlasting song
Amidst the trees of life.
Aud when he Cud, s ain.le too bright.
Or heart too pars for taiut cr vice,
tie bears it to that wr'.J of light
To dwell in Paradise.
Burn into that nndviug life.
They leave us hut t j earns again;
With joy we welcome them the tame.
Except in sin and pain
And ev r near us. though unseen.
The dear immoital spir ts treal.
Fur all the boundless universe
Is life there are no dead!
My Wife's New Shaw!.
"But why did you pay so much for a
shawl? It was sheer nonsense," sai l my
old friend, Captain Morton, as he mixed his
third glass of grog, and stirred in a multi
plicity of spices before drinking it after
the manner of sailors when they Can get it
"Why on earth did you pay so much money
for a shawl, when you could buy one so
much cheaper' Nine hundred dollars by
the blood of a shark it would buy a house."
That was his oath "By tlic blood of a
shark;'" he never swore any other: and the
most abusive epithet he could apply to a
man one that to him enilxxlied the quin
tessence of uicanuess was to call him "a
shark.''
"I'll tell you, Captain, "..said I; "but then
you must acknowledge that the shawl is a
beauty if it did cost a small fortune to a
poor man. Last year, when I came home
with a cargo of ten from China, 1 left my
boat in good hands and burned to my home
in the little village of Twiceaweek (we
called it that because our mail came twice
a week), where all my hopes and affections
were invested in a wife and two children.
was in joyous spirits, ami as happy a
man as ever stepped on terra finna. My
handsome wife was well and youn as ever,
my boy as much like mc as when I left him
many months before, and my gentle, six
year old Nellie lovelier than I had dreamed
she could be My welcome was all I could
have wished; and oh! what bright days
those were that followed my immediate ar
rival! "The third day my boxes were brought
out. Now the opening of a sailor's boxes
is always a mouientous affair to his family,
and I Lad brought mine all the presents I
could pissibly procure f-w them. Two
pieces of rich silk for dresses for my wife,
beautiful Chinese table linen, carved chess
man, and so on. I saw a look of disap
pointment on my w ife's face, but I said
unthiug, and the matter passed off.
"My old friends came to see rue my
wife gave me my favorite dishes and the
week so happily spent was gone before I
knew it. Sunday morning came, bright
and beautiful To my surprise, my wife
ttjiie to breakfast with rumpled hair, and
loking decidedly cross. After a while she
decided I bit she would not go to church
though she was as regular as the sexton,
for she had nothing tit to wear. I thought
it very odd, but said nothing, having loDg
sine"! found out that arguing with a woman
s alioul as effectual as dipping the ocean
dry with a teaspoon.
'When Nc!Ue and I got back, there stood
my wife, her hair still uncomled and ready
to scold the chi'.d for muddying her shoes:
her blue Chinese boots with the little bronze
bird on the side of them. I interfered with
a good deal of firmness, and we went into
dinner. Nothing on the table was cooked
decently. And so it was all the next week,
my coffee was thick and muddy, my meat
done to a crust, and I well knew the demon
of mischief was about to 1 let loose, but
why I could not guess.
"In the meanwhile, my wife's sister,
who had Ik-mi a kind or .hip's cousin, quar
tered upon me ever since my marriage,
looked demure as a Connecticut deacon,
and save me no hint what it was all about
On the next Sunday afternoon I was sitting
with uiy wife and children when there came a
knock at the door, and in came first mate
William Bendoin and his wife, she in all
the splendor of a new rig. He had returned
the week before mc from Calcutta, and we
were the only seafaring men of the place,
and our wives were neighbors and had al
ways been professedly great friends.
"I was delighted to see them, andthought
at the time that my wife was very cool,
though so exceedingly polite. I soon for
got all about her manner, though, in the
pleasure of talking over old times, and they
made a long and to mc very pleasant calL
"As soon as they left, my wife weqj up
to her room, and I faw her no more that
evening, for when tea was ready she sent
down word she had a headache, and
wanted none. The next day things were
no brighter than before, and when the first
church bell rang, my wife buret into a flood
of tears and set off for her chamber. I fol
lowed her, and there she lay on the bed in
regular hysterica. When she came to her
self a little, I asked:
"Why. what on earth is the matter?"
"She looked at me full in the face and
laid:
"lfyou don't know, Thomas Wilcox,
you ought to!'
"I wilted under her looks like a boy
caught stealing marbles. The truth is, I
thought some villain had been telling tales
out of school; but for the life of me, I
couldn't conceive who it could be.
"By this time my wife was in another
tit, worse than the first. I conjured up all
the recollections of my Toyage and they
were not half so pleasant as I could have
wished them bu. finding I could not
restore her, I ran down stairs to make some
mulled wine. When I reached tbe kitchen
there was my wife's sister, with her demure
face, which helped to irritate me still more.
I called for wine and spices, and, while I
was beating it. she began. She wished to
gracious ber sinter knew how to treat a hus
band as he deserved to le treated; that if
she was a wife, she would know how to
prize a man who did everything he could
to please her.
"I was in no humor to hear my wife
abused my conscience that time making a
kind of coward out of me so I burst out
upon her in a rage, told her she was a snake
in the grass, and I would rather have her
sister than a thousand such as she was; if
there was any trouble between Mollie and
me, why 1 knew who to thank for it.
"She lifted up her eyes and hands alove
her head, and said that all men were fools,
but I was the greatest of them all.
"This brought on a spirited altercation.
in which I spokt my mind pretty freely.
As soon as the wine wai heated, I decanted
it into a tumbler. 3Iy sister-in-law recom
mended hot vinegar, but I told her I would
leave that for her.
"On my way up stairs I thought I heard
mv wife's footsteps in her chamlier, but
when I entered she was lying on the bed,
crying In a very sensible manner. I hail
no difficulty in persuading her to drink the
wine. She caught bold of my hand aud kept
sobbins. She did not deserve such a hus
band, she said. I was too good for her,
and she was Cut worth all the kindness I
gave her.
"1 felt encouraged, and kissing her again
begged her to tell me what was the matter.
At this she liegan crying and sobbing again,
aod saidche could not tell me as I would
hate her, and she deserved to be hated.
I etc.
I The more she decried herself, the more
i
I penitent I became, and in fact, was on the
point of making a clean breast of it, and
asking her forgiveness: but luckily I did
not. for in a li. tie while she told me the
terrible bugbear. First mate Bendoin had
brought home to his wife a Cashmere shaw 1,
while 1 bad only brought her the silk
dresses.
" 'Is that alW I cried, clasping her in
my arms and feeling intense relief; and then
told her how unkind it was to keep me in
such suspense; and she laid her brown head
on my breast and Ix-gged to be forgiven.
'Now every woman has her Napoleon
Bonaparte, and my wife's was Mrs. Wm.
Bendoin, and the agonizing thought of be
ing outdone by that lady at church had
caused all this commotion, aud perliaps
given me dyspepsia through eating tough
bread. I explained to my domestic angel
that Cashmere shawls came from one part
of the country and silk from another but
as soon as I could her wish would be grati
fied. By dinner time the pretty face was
as smiling as ever, and to my astonishment
she spoke sharply to her sister the first
time I ever heard her do so.
"I had reason to believe afterward that
my wife, hearing our voices, had come to
the top of the stairs and listened; for once
in the world a listener heard good of her
self, and it resulted in my sister-in-law's
marrying herself to a saddler and leaving
my house.
"The next week I had to go to the city
on business, and I took my wife along to
have her China silks made up; I secretly
resolved to buy a shawl that would out
shine Mis. Bendoin's, and the day after my
arrival I was lucky enough to find a claret
colored satin bonnet, the exact shade of
her handsomest dress, with along, drooping
plume that perfectly enraptured her. We
remained in town five or six days; her
dresses came home bcautifally made, she
said, and just suited. I bought her a!! the
little trumpery she wanted, and she was
delighted with her visit.
"Two days before we started home I met
my old friend Legget, just frcm Calcutta,
with four of tbe most beautiful shawls I
ever saw; he allowed me to take my choice
at cost price, which was four hundred and
fifty dollars, while be modestly made out
the receipt at nine hundred. This I put
safely away in my trunk when my wife was
out.
"We reached home the last of the week,
found the children well, and heard that tbe
world renowned Professor Lutnlcy would
preach in our little hamlet the next Sunday.
I saw my wife's eyes dance with the intel
ligence; perhaps at the thought of her new
dress and bonnet, her six button gloves
(Mrs. Bendoin had never bad any higher
than five buttons), perhaps of the excellent
discourse she was to hear who knows?
"Sunday was a bright, frosty day, and
my Mollie looked charming as she came
down stairs ready fiw church in her rich
silk and new bonnet. She had on a light
cape.
" 'My dear, said I, "don't you nised
something heavier around you?'
" Oh, no, not to-day, I think.'
"I stepped out of the room a mommt
brought out my splendid present and threw
it around her shoulders. She looked at it
in a dazed way for a moment, then threw
herself into my arms and burst into tears. I
soon kissed them away, and we started to
church.
"We walked up to the head of the broad
aisle, and it would have done your heart
good to hear her sweet, clear voice as she
sang that day. When service was over, she
had a kind word for everybody, especially
was she anxious to hear from Mrs. Ben
doin's children; she lingered on the church
steps for a good while to see that lady.
"I put the bill where I knew Mollie
would find its and while the men all voted
me a fool, tbe women all said I was the
best husband in Twiceaweek, that I liked
to see my wife look like somebody, clc.
Never had our place been as dressy as it '
-...l.i .n.l 1 h..l the ul-afartinn
.
of knowing that 1 was the cause 01 incomer
married men having to spend suue mouej j ol beet Iromone ot tbe stern wind iwr. ana ; no difficulty whatever in seeing this beau
for dry goods, especially those whose wives to his annoyance it was non-cut in the ' tiful planet in the davtime, if the position
and daughters attended the same church , morning. The weather at the time was j is pretty well known and care is taken to
, . ,.f j very calm, and it was consequently suppos- niake the observation from a plat-L- where
with my wile. ed that Some forile hamU had g down the sun's direct rays are interwpted and
.......
dred-dollar shawl eh, Tom?' said the cap-
tain slvly, as he drummed on the ta'ule with
his glass.
"Not a bit o, ,t did they! And remem -
ber. captain, mum's the word, about the
, ... , i
price of my wife s new shtwl."
1 J
. ,, ,
A Ksjh's Canity.
The following desenptiou. by Mr. Val
Princn of the .IrMwin? im tbe Maharajah
, .. .
for his portrait, is amusing: Tukaji Haoj
Holkar has been ill since 'Delhi: he has !
even now fever, the result of col.L an.l re-1
quested me to imint him as fat as he was '
at the Assemblage, rather than as he U now. !
He prides himself oa his flesh, a.d can,
they say, eat a whole wild boar unassisted
at one meal! I must say I saw but little
cnauge in nis vast uuik; ue iooks a iiuic
grayer, but that may be that he lias forgot-
ten the dye this morning. However, he is
certainly seedy, and that does. not render
i.w ,.i..t.-,1r.rnv..rti,.n ,.v ninn faM-i-
nating. Holkar is the beau ideal of a rajah,
Ile sits lolling about in his l.ig chair while
flies are brushed away by attendant slaves.
and if his Itajaliship leans back, a cushion
U put under hUhea.1 or elbow; in fact, a
a raiah for the Surrey Theatre "the Great
Mogul called BelIo"-the dream of one's
youth; j et as snarp as a nceuie, aim as - e- those plants which, depnved of light, grow
chetkv and proud as the King of the Can-! directing them to w r .ere it is found On J whi(e Darkness in the daHimc undoubt
nilal "Isles with nothing on but a club and ; twooccasiona. once In the Smthcrn Indian i umkeg ,he blXM, fll)W ly and
a few beads. The second day I went there I ,af1' .O0 a,.1lb, off the north coast of ; tho).ks Uje of the h J -
. . . . , . i rl . , . i i South Annric:i ni.Hr lit, Hihrnd alllmnirli .... . .
mc itaiau nau to put on uis jewel", ami
w . ,l,t It i.Ih t b-.nt iw n.on t,
think this handsome." And he hlds up a
kind of a peacock made of diamonds
pearls. "Yes, that wiil do." And the pea -
cock is "offered up" to hi head while he
lazily turns from side to side,
side, gazing with
self satisfied look into a glass, which orgin -
ally cost eight annas (one shilling), ,J
m-l.L-h ll."l l.r . i.h rn n.nir.ia
strangely with the jewels it is called on t-
reflect Squalor and magnificence are
found side by side in all
abodes. None of them have
fitness in fact no native has.
put on these pearls," cries the
"for without them this looks more like a
crown." Anil this in India, the land of .
caste, changeless through succeeding age? i
dress him. There is the Hereditary' .Mas-; -i-"' a.i.-r.,, . ... , pregsil m of ,he h ut ()f actually iu-
ter of the Jewels, an old man with ectac- venturous had bathed. Again I was on creagM tU()S4. con,,,,,, maliulies which
les, who puts them on with the care of a ! ?ve1 ,K1falmed;, w,t1:'" Msu.1 of luv feed on uncleanliness. Dr. Kichardson
real artist, while four men stand round ' volounc rocks, St. I aul sand New Anister- staU4: ontV found by experiment that
with travs, on whUTi arc displayed jewels ' dam- The captain kindly lent his gig to I ,ic n ''aliaio;?oug t() lhe
worthl'do not know how many ! P"' s.)mc svecimens of tape pigeons, j wUicU pwe tucfle diseases, are
"What shall I wear?" says the Bajah. "I j ,1,en and albatross. A great number ( ti,ntU.n1 inmKmnu by exposure t. light -
Why, this man's ancestor was a goatherd, The Cat's Home, is a refuge maintained say, admit too much light, the glare of
and he himself, for all bis airs, would by the women's branch of the Pennsylva- I which is uncomfortable, a shade or curtain
cheerfully pay any sum of money to be nia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty will keep out the sun; but have unall wia
considcrcd a Hajali: and while many ; to Animals in Philadelphia. Here an of- dows, barely admit'is the invigorating
Brahmins stand around with clasped hands, j ficer of the society receives all stray ca's, I air and lit, do wliat you please, you can
and probably his cook is of Braliminical ' lost cats and diseased or aged n, both ! not increase either air or light Such
caste, not one of them -would eat with i Thomases and Tabithas, whether Tibbies ' cramped windows interfere wilh the great
him, Rijah though he be. ! or Grimalkins, whose friends desire their work God gave the suu. Architectural ele-
- ; ailments cured or ended. Not only cats 1 gance ought always to be subsidiary to the
HoraesforLeeehe. ! are included ill its beneficent provisions. ' necessaries of heal lb. In the United States,
i . . i i . . i i . i, .i ii t:L. !.i I. : . l. i : .i it - 1 1
A number
of persons
M. t, v
at uorueaux,
ntly attempted to make their
of that Terr disgusting obje-t
storv, the leVcli. To thU end
v . .
France, recent!
fortunes out i
.. , iv..: ,i.
ll.cv uac uituiu oi nut. iai smaiui's iiv
i.. , r tk. r.inni anJ fi'ui iid .-..me
"r -iti.u i..i. i ..i.i.i.
with leeches. To be profitable thete leeches j
must multiply themselves bv millions; to :
do this they must be Uberally supplied with:
'
food; to thus supply them the jjorJeg g'ou nome. or a.n.i.y a.neu, .n a peno.. o. cnuuns u.iuo. mcu.y germs 01 disease,
speculators buy up ihe old and worn-out ! tfi,ve ,8f f rtainly a record of which .which are not the le.s. dangerous l-ause
horses of the province, and drag or drive; s ux.l.axy of the won.en they are ur.apprec.able. As it is then,
the horst into the swamps, which are sub- !i.n1; of tu 1 ' "' 1 ' C- ma' te PU,,L ,he T!,d,Wr?.t,r w' .7"h r"S
d.vi.led by woo-lcn compartments, plac- Th!s !" "ie necessity of such an insti-1 of glm which admit the light the precau
ed that wncn these unhappy animals have tul,;,n "l0"- "."i1 M. ,he f . "M " heep them clean and bright are not
been forced into the mud there is no hope f ,h.e ""f ,bcc,me w,,Jer nown' f'J- " m,,, h raea9""? ot t'dme. as a!olutely
for them. The leeches fasten on thera in-! lcss '? tb.e fu,ure ,the le f" w : hf?ic t. "Sards windows
stantly by thousands: the horse is in a few j 'greased. Phila.lelph.a stan.ls ; aud their construction, American invention
moments black with crawling creatures; a!"nc m !,,,.work,0f1 .'T- Ti T-1,"'? !'fS ' respect not advanced anytlnng
the blood suckers fix themselves most of other institution of this kind in the I mtcd like in proportion to other things. The
all on the open wounds and galls that these
poor horses have incured in their many
years of service. 'An c3-e-witncss descri
bes in terms of horrible vividness the vain
struggles of the animals drawn downward
into the mud, bleeding at every pore, striv
ing in frantic terror to shake off the leeches
which hang on their eyes, their lips, their
nostrils, all their most sensitive parts, and
at past, exhausted by loss of blood, are sucked
down into the noxious slime and seen no .
uiuit. J.u - 1"- "J-" i
re hoierht m ben thev are aired infirm.
...t a-:.K rvr--..-lr ;tl. I,.i..rwn .nH
"'. T
tt-.:.. a ii,;- ni.n. ilis
devoured alive by the aoneUdea. From
r '
18,0"0 to 2'000 horses are annually sac-i
nficed in this manner at Bordeaux.
Casts from Llnnc Forms.
I was taken by a friend says a correspond
ent,U see the wonderful plaster casts of liv-,
ing human beings which are among the cur-1
iosities of the Hussian department llow j
the thing is done is impossible to imagine,
hut there the two statues are, recumbent
female figures, undoubtedly taken from liv
ing women. One lies slightly turned upon
her side, her lips parted in a smile, as
though she wss trying to suppress a laugh.
Thc other; w ho was much the finer form of
the two, lies face downward, her feet cross-
ed and her head pillowed on her folded
arms, as though she had thrown herself i reveals from fifty to a hundred, according doll of unusual proportions and dandled
down to sleep. The minutest details of j to its power. - Another object of some in- ; them on his knees.
the textine of the skin, nails, etc, are very t tcrest to baked eye oliservers is the middle j "I'll tell ye how it is, Captain," he con
perfectly reproduced, the "gooseflesh'' j star in the tail of the Great Bear, which has tinned. -'.Me and the old woman has been
therewith the skin is covered being amus- j a gmall campsnion named Alc ir. close to j hitched up in the holy bonds of hemlock
ingly noticeable, and showing that the pre- j it. It was called "Saidak" by the Arabs . going on these forty years, and there haiu't
paration used for these casta, the coniposi- signifying "ihe Tester," for it was cua-' a chick or a child to be seen or beer J about
tion whereof is a secret must be applied
cold, then all the little indentations in
the soles of the feet and the palms of the
bands, and the curve of the nails and their
rimiuinps of skin and flesh are produced
with startling accuracy. The process by
which these figuros are produced is still a
secret, but it is certainly a wonderful and
CJst u discovery.
Whytiotd Chance Color.
it is well known that the the human
body contains humors and acids, similar in
aotion to, and having a like tendency to
wards, baser metals; as nitric and sulphuric
acids have, namely, to tarnish or dissolve
them, varying in quanlty la different per
sons. Of this thewy we have abundant
proof in the effects which the wearing of
jewelry pioduccs on different persons.
Thousands wear continually, without any
ill effect, the cheaper class of jewerly with
brass ear wires, while if others wore the
same article for a few days they would be
troubled with sore ears or, in otber words,
the acids contained in the system would so
act on the brass as to produce ill results.
Instances have occured in which articles of
jewelry of any grade below eighteen carat
have been tarnished in a few days, merely
from the above named cause. True, these
instances are not very frequent; nevertheless
it is as well to know them; every case is
not the fault ol the goods not wearing
well as it is generally called but the re
sult of the particular constitution by which
they art worn.
i t
sharaa Jumping at Food.
U hnn prliiuifiiT in tlio ft mk.smlnff-Bftiiirtn-
" - "X. ' .'
er -aunny nouui, - on ine jiosquuo loasi,
i a few years since, the steward hung a roast
ju nuioer cuaius ami approiriaieu 11,
although how it was to lie cooked without
j discovery was difficult to know. However,
i sec"1"' piece was about being hung out,
, w, tliu piece of n was abmit to
I m.,le f,sL a violent null was felt, and
i ., , ..ii.ii
; the steward running out his head to find
!ti.ti.;..F it .,.f,i,i .i.,k ;.,
; . .i
stead of a man: the hsh had sprung at least
r
... .
i A Irientl of nunc w mie lining w. b a .teep
i Ka-iiuv, WIM lit .11 ) , IVJBIUU U19 UttWt llUUIIt:!!
sea-line, was nearly losing uis uanu iiirougn
ne of these blood-thirsty prowlers of the
Utl'P- The fish had not been biting rapidly
nd careless from want of success, the hand
" w,,it h ' ht l1 tUc ll,,e Wi" outside the
gunwale of the boat and close to the
j sunacc, loriuiiaiei, ue uaciieu ,o cas
j ! y the moment overboard L and ju
. - "B"' " s.
...... .r
" examining the head of a shark, it
I " "' "-' "
V "-""".' ."",
anove them, ami In all instances where I
j "ve olerved them take a bait, they always
-'""- '""p' . "T
on tutlr sule.at l,"e "eD.oi 'Y,'"8
I 1-rev.sly, t, 1 reading Mr. Buck -
! lanu reiiiarks, saw it stated that a shark
I "fted his prey; neverthi la, I liave long
though so, and that their olfactory nerves
i . "T ,
: no suaras uau oeeu seen
",r'a were auicu, aim wueuier u was
hc sexnt of bI.K.l or not, I can not say,
1 ''V1 wult,e shar!' 1 '?ut ,-'n.f,eet '"DS iom-
u..and "-mained by us till our return to
'"""'r- "".""0'u ."J
. . us.ug . v o,r ucu .
1 "'US J 1 un " ba!t' Un 'I-,.,;'u'"!-'
! the head of a shark, the snout will e
! found to project a long way over the upper
; ja.w- "d although then-' are no regular n.-
" define.!, such as will lie fouml iu the
A Cat's Hume,
: oui tios nnu oilier sihhu ui-vr, iikc oar-
( . ,.,, ,., ,
? ; canaries, rabl.its-in fact pets of any
- k".,l !ls "f T in,"
f",uul 8,'U"1 m 'ttUh'
. liitl t-.Kt until s flFimil Intnl.. Mn Iia i.l it it i n Aa 1
i but kept until a good home can be obtained
1 iw ii. 1 1 it ic u luujiy y ears or incuraoiy
: i i
: i 1 r : . i r ; i i
: diseased its life is mercifully endeiL Teu
thousand six hundred and thirty dogs and
: i I . i i . .1 : . u
TCU. ?'.""".'" ,.,,ulu.
these rajahs' - (iecn Anne houses. This peculiar method
any sense of . "f '"'nute ormct-s, doubt lea intended f.r , ilulusn in gllmll panesof Klas, overhang-
We wn', smemng ana wmc i uuiy i am inciiueu o ; .,uJ,)W(,t slui , nsfs, with tiny
Maharajah, , "'.v m""' penonu. ; orH.uilli:s. It u a af .- IvrTtr.
oiaics. i uc tiouse auu lot m present uwu- : u-nnu niuuiJW wuu lis cimuierHii3e welkin
pied by the refuge was purchased by the ' presents unusual difficulties as to cleansing
women's branch in 1878, $7,ot)0 being the i it You can get inside of it, but the out
price of the lot and house. The society has ; side presents great ditnculties. Save in the
raised, by subscriptions and donations since ; lower stories, it may be pretty generally as
that time, the suir. of $1400, leaving a debt , scried that of the upper window s of a house,
of $7,CuO, which is secured by mortgages , the most imixirtant of all which give lii;lit
on the building, to pay which the society to the sleeping rooms, the glass is rarely
will lc glad to receive any contributions ( bricht and clean. There seems to be a do
however small. Any peison can leeomc ; cided reluctance on the part of builders to
an annual subscriber by paying $1 perl
1 tear.
Heceutly a kind hearted young lady
b"" ""u a '"""J
ii , ,..,:.
nf 1. ul nn iratra vita sum f V i .1 1 fYv t liA riii- I
"l oiis- a.V as oassss w Tw .. F. - .
Pe of buildinff a small bouse 1W rata in
lhe l?e ntt& mhlch been
rstf.il anil la nriir in 1 11 I
The CelrtUal Kingdom.
In an interesting article, W. F. Denning,
an KiiiilUh nieinlk-r of the lCoval Astro-.
n0micai Society, with an eyesight almost j
M keen as that of Professor Burnhaiu, of
Chicago, points out several celestial objects
as a test ol unaided vision. I me 01 these
is, of course, the Pleiades, or seven sisters,
which crosses the meridan now alxtut
9 P.M. To ordinaty vision only six stars
are visible in this group. Moestlin, the
preceptor of Kepler, saw fourteen. A very
pKXi eye now can detect eleven. Mr.
Denninir can see thirUen. and on one clear
! nii?ht counted fourteen, whili: a telescone
, tomary amongst them to test a man's
power of siirht by it
Humboldt in his ;
"Kosmos" save that
he has seen the i
smaller star with great distinctness every
evening on the rainless coast of Cumana,
but has recognized it only rarely and uu- '
certainly in Eiuie. "Olsvrvers," says
Mr. Denning, how ever, "will find no dilil-;
culty in seeing the star, for it is a remark- j
ably easy object, and at the present time, ,
certainly no test of vision. It may possi-;
bly have become brighter than it formerly
was, for it is now extremely plain, even in
unfavorable conditions of the atmosphere.
There is a third and fainter star near it
which really forms a very difficult object
to reach with the naked eye. The moons
of Jupiter form another and a severer test
for the powers of the naked eye, for though
they have been undoubtedly detected
without telescopes, yet they are very faint,
aud being immersed in the planet's rays,
are almost wholly overpowered, except at
the time of the greatest elongation, when
two of them (the third and fourth) being
occasionally in conjunction, afford a capi-
tal opportunity tor testing the vision.
These little moons are generally in a line
with each other, thtugh not invariably
all visible, for they suffer numerous
eclipses and allied phenomena. As to Jup-
iter himself, he is often perceptible in day-
light Boqd has often seen him with the
naked eye in high and olear sunshine, and
Mr. Denning has observed the planet lev.
era! times half an hour after sunrise. Venus
is always a conspicuous object in the day.
. time, when her position is sufficiently dis-
' tant from the sun. Mr. Denning has fre-
miuntlv .1.:- I .. . .1.;..:
M"J Fu at uouu, summg
very strongly, and she has been similarly
; noticed by many people. In fact, there is
cannot ttazzie tne eye.
I iai
i Lixht 1 tne House.
J- "ft " "'If.'
I can 8?lue u, P"u"- -
cumulates upon cirt, and the mind soou
. . . v.. ? .. . ,: . ,
learns to ajiologise for this condition be-
' cause the gloom conceals it. Accordingly.
I ,..,.,.. , . ,7. . ..'
when a house is dark and diiury, the air be-
1 comes lniDure. not onlv an amunt of tin-
of iigh:, but 'from lUe iuipurit;
' ... I - 1 .. ..... 1 , 1 ,
.wiuwcwAuiuujiinj. c place now era
in our windows that they may have the
light If this be the case why should we
deprive ourselves of the sunshine and ex
pect to gain health and vigor? light, and
plenty of it, is not only a purifier of things
, inammat Uu, absolutely stimulates .r
; britins. lt u in Kvud , ficklora.
that this excellent authority is particularly
impressive. It used to be the hah it
siciuo) , olJ timc9 ,
: the rooms, and this practice continues to
simie extent even to-day. In certain very
.,.,. ,.r ..... .-.. . i
. ,he Tery ray of t m
citing the visual organs, this darkening of
tle r-wm may be permitted, but ordinarily
1 , k ,. ou, f he r,m u , d
,he ,)atient o( of the viul f(,
! LllMnn or oU Ie nntemnrd to live
m dajItues, re pae aa waM1, rxjkctly like
couuiti.ins are precisely such as bring con
0ncc m En ,anJ XUvn was a Ux placeJ
; windows. but thu wag drivcn mit of
English legislation after a while never to
j b ht up again it wa9 a tax
on human health. This leading authority on
I, v-nene has a ims.t deal of fault to find
h vgiene !
with the
, .,,:
arclatectural dementia of to-dav.
fashion introduced in England, and
j wlliL.h has MriiC fM,e i,mtation!, in this
. ,untr.f u to ppKiuoe llie ,yles of the
I sity, picturetue, if you please, but perfect
ly at variance with the dictates of common
sense. If vou have big windows, which
' uju.iu iiu a cuniaie uiuenng uiaienaiiv
i l- T.,.i r
; fro
' f
I till
1 1 1 '1 1 1 1 11', l ll 1.111.191111, tlir; isms UI UTWUI
are the same. Our August clare heats our
uses. but still it should be admitU-d at
times.
A house darkened and kept dark
' i r . . . i 1 1 . t . . ,
eue.t ihhii tuc uuuuie 01 juue lo ine
i
i 1st of September is an unw holesome house.
Its coolness mav apparently 'ie refreshinz.
I.. . . i.. . - . r .i i :. l .
," ' uer.Uia, wuicii atagnatea,
put in houses either the French window.
which simply works like a door, y those
.i.:i. i : .1 : 1 11 1
miu, muig isiucuiiuureiriwc
bung in tbe middle revolve
For ventilation alone, such
(r t lis fonlha
1 windows have great advantages over the old
.a-a-
atylca. and they caa be cleaned with per-
t ivt ,iw
Krpresentatlve Joys.
He occupied one-half of the car seat and
filled the other with a double-covered mar-
ket basket He was an original specimen.
II is plug hat sat on bis ears like a smoked
chimnev on the prongs of a lamp top; his
legs were braided together and his shins
were sharp enough for can-openers.
"You can't guess what I've got in the
basket, 'Squire," he observed to a passenger
in the scat liehind him.
"No, was the reply.
"Twins, by thunder!" he exclaimed.
"and 1 m goiug to give them an rrmg.
So savin? he drew forth a black and wlnt
the house. So I've brought home these ar
twins. She can take her choice a black
un or a white 'un Bet ye she will take
both. Wliv, if I took home a black snake,
she would want it to set up and have
some supper, and put a hot brick in the
lied where the snake was going to sleep.
G.h! the old gal has got a heart in her
like a red cedar. Great prize pumpkins!
how she will shout when she sees them ar
twins!"
And then ho put them carefully back in
the basket, closed the cover and beamed
besignant'y upon the wintry world with
out A New Weather ladloater.
The weather bureau at Washington, has
Invented an instrument which will show
the probabilities as well as they are given
by the bureau. The instrument has dials
which on certain indications of wind and
' atmosphere will predict certain kinds of
weather, the prediction being based on a
thousand observations. In other words a
I thousand observations heretofore made
! showed that certain conditions of the wind
j and atmosphere brought about within a
day or two or three days certain weather,
It is intended to have one of these instru-
meets placed in postomces of all cities, so
that every one can be bis own "Old Proba
bilities."
W e must not look around on the uni
verse with awe, and on man with scorn.
nvituiuHi, , Bf;fi,i;r,ui mfr..P;n. ....i .m n
Leap Yer.
Any girl who has sat up every night until
12 o'clock since the last Leap Year with
lue same young man, eating oo-ceut candv,
has an inalienable right to pop the question.
Mioul.l the sauie girl devote all Sunday af.
ternoon to tbe same young man, and feed
him lilterally and frequently during this
period, his refusal to take her makes him
liable to lie fined and incarcerated in the
deepest dungeon lx-yond the moat If it
can be shown that any "maydn" between
the ages of thirty -six and so on has for the
siid period of time (viz. since the last Leap
Year ) focused her auections on any certain
particularyoung man, thai she has diligently
sought to keep and hold him by divers
means known to the sex, and striven to
kindle the ardent flames in his bosom, can,
under the provisions of this act. drag the
said hardened young man to the nearest
magistrate, and give him the choice of
supporting her for life as her lawful hus
band, or enlisting in the service of his Gra
cious t ountrv. ifciiiur service for the
Country is sheer nonsense. The way
to do it now is t snatch the young man by
the lappel of his ulster and give him the
choice of taking vou or partimr with his
garment Iu nine cases out of ten he will
save bis ulster and take you. As the di
vorce lawyers put it, this will prevent the
publicity of going liefore a magistrate.
If the young lady cannot muster courage.
this antique law clothe the parent with
certain powers. Auv time durins LcaD
Year she is privileged to drop in on the
young man at any hour (it makes no dif
ference whether the younir man is weighing
the old man's darling on his knee or glued
to her side by a crimp in tbe arm) and say
to him :
"Young fellow, biz is biz. There is mv
lovely daughter. Here is a lovely bill for
"Sixteen gross of candles;
"Eight cords of wood ;
"Four dozen gate hinges ;
"Two hundred and twenty meals;
"Three carpets ;
"Six chairs;
"Seventeen dresses ;
'Fourteen doctor bills ;
"I8 of sleep :
"llaids ou the kitchen ;
"Hair oil;
"Perfumery ;
"Powder ;
"Paint ;
"Patience
used and consumed by you and that girl,
during the courting spell. Which will vou
take!"
The modern degenerate vouns man would
no doubt close solemnly his off-eye at the
parent and remark :
"Biz is biz, oid'man but knock off the
candle charge, no light, you know, for three
years, tut down that fire bill one-third;
we have been too snug to use much heat
Substitute sliding down balusters for gate
hinges. And, as for chairs, that's sheer
extortion; one chair for two has been the
rule. But, give a fellow six or eieht months
to think it over and I'll let you know."
indulgent parent beware!
Tender-hearted fenale, nail him !
Do not falter.
Pop the question at once.
If lie declines, fire him out.
Tbe Klrt Paper litw,
Who was the first paper maker? It the
reply to this query should lie, as is quite
likely, that some old-time inventive genius
was the man, it will be incorrect. The
date of the invention and the founding of
paper making is not definitely known. The
common wasp was. however, the inventor.
Ihe big wasps nest, which was always
kept at a safe distance, and often kncked
down with a stonu during the rambles of
boyhood, was composed of actual paper of
the most delicate and elegant kind. As
spiders were spinners of goHsamer welie of
intricate and exquisite pattern when primi
tive man went atiout dressed in the shaggy
skins of beasts and could neither spin nor
weave the beautiful and fine cloth fabrics
of to-day, so little waps, when people of
the later and somewhat more advanced age
had recourse lo such rude and unsatisfac
tory substance a? wootl, stone and brass,
the bark of trees, and the hides of animals,
on which to pre crve memoranda, were
making a material of far greater excellence.
They make their paper, loo, by very nearly
the same process employed by man at tbe
present time. InJeed, several of our best
discoveries in regard to building, archi'ec
ture, and manufactures of various kimls.
if they have not been derived from acute
o'iservation of the work of certain animals,
including insects, have, when compared
with their constructions and their manner
of making them, been found to show a
wonderfully close resemblance. The beaver
gave men their earliest and most service
able knowledge concerning dam-building,
and to-day no workman can surpass this
animal's skill and precision in the erection
of such structures. Nature is a good
teacher, and especially does the paper mak
ing of the wasp illustrate bow valuably
suggestive she may sometimes be ; for, as
suredly, the wasp was the first to show that
it did not always require rags to manufac
ture paper, that vegetable fibres answered
for this purpose and could be reduced to a
pulp, and that to make the paper strong
and tenacious, the filers must be long.
The first thing the wasps do, when alxxit
to build a nest, istocollect fibres with prefer
ence f w old and dry wood fibers, about one
ten) h of an inch long, aud finer than a hair,
and put them into bundles, which they in
crease as they continue on their way.
These fibers they bruise into a sort of lint,
and cement with a sizing of glue, after
which they knead the material into paste,
like papiermache, and roll up a ball ; this
they trample with their feet into a leaf as
thin as tissue paper. The ceiling of the
wasp's chamlier, to the thickness of nearly
two inches, is often constructed by putting
one above another fifteen or sixteen layers
or sheets of this prepared paper, and be
tween these layers spaces are left so that
it seems as if a number of little shells had
been laid near one another. Next they
build up a terrace composed of an immense
number of paper shells, until a light and
elegant structure, like a honeycomb, has
In-eii constructed, and in the ceils thus
formed they rear their young.
M bat's I pT
A few days before tbe schools were
closed by order of the School Board, at
Lansing, Michigan, one of the teachers at
noontime espied a small boy with a red flan
nel scarf around his neck. Visions of diph
theria immediately floated through her
brain, and she ordered the young John
Henry to pack up his books and return no
more "until your throat is perfectly "well."
He obeyed the summons, and on his way
home met three of his companions, who
noticed his books and saluted him with:
"What's up?" John Henry proceeded to
explain that the piece of red flannel had
gained him a furlough. The three youths
held a short council of war, chipped in
what little snare change they could muster.
went into a dry goods store, bought half a !
yard of red flannel, tore it in strips and
placed it around their necks. In just
twenty minutes from that time three more
boys were ordered out of tbe schiiol-raom,
on the ground that they were threatened
with diphtheria.
A Very Old Joke.
Stopping for some time at an inn, aud
feasting on the fat of the land, Tyll was at
length importuned by the landlord for pay
ment, and being driven to his wits' end,
he concocted a pleasant scheme for dis
charging his score. Far and wide he caus
ed it to be announced that a foreigner had
arrived at such a hostelry wi'.h an extra
ordinary animal, w hose head was to I
seen where his tail should be. The sight
seers flocked to the tavern, and when the
yard was quite full, and every one ha.l
paid his admission fee, the door of the
stable was thrown open, and Etileaspiegel's
horse was seen with his tail in the manger
and bis head where his hindquarters usu
ally stood. The jest was taken in good
part, and every oie advised his neighbor to
lose no time in visiting the wonderful aai
mal. Tyll was thus enabled not only to
pay his host but to fill his own wx ket.
the equivoque, however lielonsjs to all na
tions and times. The writer well remem
bers paying a eniiv to his father's
coachman who hail promised to show him
a carnage torse with his head where his
tail should be. He wasalso a witness, some
years ago to a somewhat similar trick being
played on at the expense of the worthy
townsfolk ot Unices. A keruiessc was in
full swing, an.l at the door of a carava.i, a
man loudly vociferating, and at times
banging a drain, invited Kiuxit ur i t
r-rfirx" to walk iu an.l behold what
the- had never Seen lx-fere and would
never see again. The charge was
ten centimes and aliout every quarter
of an hour a little stream of people
issued forth, laughing heartily and bidding
all their friends pay two sous for a sight
that was well worth the money. The spec
tacle was simply this: As soon as the car
avan was filled, the showman produced
from bis pocket a nut, which he carefully
crocked with his teeth. Then, holding up
the kernel, he gravely inquired if any lady
or gentlemen present had ever seen it he
fore, aud. of conrse, was answered w ith a
volley of "No, no, never." "In that case."
he rejoined, "lk at il we'd, for" popping
it into his mouth "you w ill uever see it
aain."
A Denperate Manlue. .
A man named David Huirbes, who was
employed as a laborer iu Youugstow u. Pa .
got on a spree recently and drank so heavily
as to unsettle bis reason. On Sundav.
about dark, he went to Stnither's foundry,
climbed up to the top of the furnace, where
he began to make a wild speech. lie said
that some of the men had kill.il his brother,
and he wanted reven-re. The men were
anxious to go to work, but he, at tlie top
of the furnace, bade them desist. Titer
were around him cinder and ore and crow
bars, plenty of ammunition, and from his
vantage point he found it easy to carry his
end. Every one wlio attempted to ascend
narrowly escaped death, as some missiles
were hurled down with violent and vindic
tive force. Time went on. The furuace
needed attention, the fuel was burning out,
and yet the maniac held his position. About
midnight Marshal Fvans was sent for, but
hesitated to go out of his bailiwick, but, on
being urged, consented. Toward I o'clock
the next morning, he arrived upon the
scene, and was at his wit's end to know
what to do. The fires of the furnace were
fst dying out, but in the darkness the ma
niac yeilet and threatene'l, complete master
of tbe situation. From the side of the fur
nace upon which the ascent must U- madu
the Marshal took evcrylxnly away with
their lights, leaving it dark below, sending
all to the other side to attract the attention
of the man on top. At the same time he
fired a couple of shots from the side of the
ascent to frighten the man from guarding
the stairway. The strategy was successful,
and Hughes was soon on the other side of
the platform, talking lo the men below.
But who would make the perilous ascent.
The Marshal was" willing to lead the way.
but did not care to go alont to encounter
the maniac at that dizy height where a
slip was easy, and a slip was death. At
lengtu James Kennedy, w ho was th.Te with
his father, agreed to accompany the Mar
shal in the perilous undertaking, and to
gether through the darkness they starte l
up the stairway. W hen nearly at the top
the man heard them, tui ned, and seized a
large board. At that moment, and not a
moment tot soon, the Marshal sprang up
the intervening stairs, avoided the blow
and grappled with the maniac. The tw
went tloA-n on the platform together, ou
the very edge, but a few inches letweeu
them and certain death. Kennedy was in
an instant to the assistance of the Marshal,
and they were able to hold their man un'il
the men below could reach the lop. The
Marshall then put the handcuffs upon him.
and brought him to Youngstown, lodging
him iu the lockup.
Solomon's Rose Cardeu.
In the neighborhood of Jerus-dem is a
pleasant valley, which still bears the name.
"rolomon s Ke Garden, and where, ac
cording to a Mohammedan myth, a com
pact was made between the wise man an.l
the genii of the morning land, which was
written, not in blood, like the bond be-
sween raust and Mephistopheles. nor in
gall, like our modern treaties, but with saf
fron and rose water, upon the petals of
white roses. In the Catholic Tyrol, in the
present day, bethrothed swains are expected
to carry a rose during the period of their
bethrothal as a warning to voung maidens
of their engaged state, lioses have played
and still play an important part in popular
usages iu other parts of the world. In
Germany young girls deck their hair with
while roses for their confirmation their
entrance into the world; and when, at the
end of life's career, the aged grandmother
departs to her eternal rest a last gift iu
the shape of a rose garland, is laid upon
her bier. Julius Ca-sar, it is recorded, was
fain to hide bis baldness at the age of thirty
with the produce of the Homan rose
gardens, as Anacreon hid the snows of
eighty under a wreath of roses. At mid
Lent the Pope sends a golden rose to parti
cular churches or crowned heatls whom he
designs especially to honor. Martin
Luther wore a rose iu bis girdle. In these
instances the rose serves as a symbol of ec
clesiastical wisdom. Arnse was figured ou
the headman's axe of the Voehiugericht.
Many orders, fraternities and societies have
taken the rose as their badge. The "Rnsi
crucians' may be instanced. The "Society
of the Hose" o Hamburg, an association of
learned ladies of the sevententh century,
is a less known example. It was dividctt
into four sections tbe H.ises, the Lilies,
the Violets and the Pinks. The holy Me
dardus instituted in France the custom of
"La Hosiere,' by which, in certain locali
ties, a money gift and a crown of roses are
bestowed upon the devoutest and most in
dustrious maiden ia the commune. Tbe
infamous Duke de Chartres established an
"Order of the Roses," with a diametrically
opposite intention. At Treviso a curious
rose feast is or was held annually. A castle
was erected with tapestry and filken hang
ings and defended by the best born maidens
in the city against the young bachelors, al
monds, nutmegs, roses and squirts filled
with rose water being the ammunition free
ly used on both sides.
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