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Editor and Proprietor.
VOL. XXXIV.
MIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY, PENNA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7, 18S0.
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Vor Df-atlltv, Loss of Memory. I ml Imposi
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lliniiei of Vision. Pain in the Hack, Client,
and ll'-ait, Uusb of Wood to tlie UeaJ, Pale
Cont'tetiauce, aurl Dry tkln.
It tb'-ae symptoms aro allowed to go on,
verv frequently fcpileplie Fit and Con
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luvturaiiug medicine to strengthen and
toue up too ayaiciu iitcU
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Kidney Diseases,
Liver Complaint,
Kervoua Debility,
Epilepsv,
Dead Troubles,
Paralysis,
General Ill-Health
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Sciatica,
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Lumbago,
Catairh,
Nervous Complaints,
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a thousand oilier painful symptoms,
arc the off-prings of Dyspepsia.
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Delivered to any address tree from observa-
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lot- the earns attention as by calling, by
answering lha following question :
1. Give yonr name and postofflce addresa,
oaaty and State, and your neareat expree.
f. your (re and sex t
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a. liulsbt, weiaht, now and In health t
. How long have you ben 'clT
7 Yourcouiplcxion.eolorof bairand eye.?
f !.- "jttssr to
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vol u Ion concerning a cure-
competcn. Physicians attend W corre
uon.lenta. a" letteie should be addrfaeea
l"l)etpensatorj-, 1417 Filbert tteet,
aMpbia, Pa
ri, x. BSLUBOLD,
Druggist and Chemist,
Philadelphia, Fa.
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CHARIIT.
Ttire'e Lot that differauao in the tula
i Or human Ufa. tLat aome pretend ;
The cock may flaunt a laiubow tail,
i Sud be a cockerel to the nL
l'l from the earth alike come ;
To Mothtr Earth alike we ten 1 ;
One pth e tread ; oue common boma,
Invites oa at the Journey 'e end.
liiifb born" cr low ; IU ail tba eauie ;
Who follow best God'a ilgbUoiu plan.
For boneet living beat mi) claim,
Tba title of a nobleman.
Era cbile from yonder crawling worm,
An ' fora j
fo many au tumble hnntau form,
tat balf conceal the angel wings.
I-et'a bare a care, then, bow wa treaJ.
La t we deapoil aome bumble friend,
1 bat by a d. Cerent path ia led.
Wti ao life wa cannot comprehend.
! And if. perc! auce, a. ma b: other stray.
From wisdom' atraigbt tnd narrow track j
Though piieet and Levite torn awar,
1 it oura ts lead tba wand'rt r bsck.
i Oue may la weak, another a'.rong ;
E'eu boLeat men do err moit U.uJlf ;
Vet, tbougb tba deed itaelf be wrong,
j 'f were well to jaebje tba motive kmily.
Forgiveness.
I A short winter ifleruoon was fast deep
j ening into twilight, and the snow, that had
; been threatening all day, was beginning to
. toss alxut the first of its white favors, as a
. lady stood at a large casemunt anxiously ,
! gazing across the valley on tlie cedar- Ajj r;ul ijj e tmjre a, g,, as pos
: fringed mountain road opjwsite. j jjui
She was apparently about tweuty-five ) -rue haj-Jncs bad all vanished from his
years of age, with soft gray eyes and a clear j nnor again, he was the sympathiziusr
, though pale complexion. Could she have ; phygfc.bj,, g.s he turned to his wife saying:
been transported to Chestnut Street or! .qJ night, Lucy, do not sit up; I may
i Broadway, with the accompaniments of ; not ,u "uut.u before morning. This
, crimps, rats, turban and pheasant wing, she ! cuiu ua9 gubject to these at
: might have passed for scarcely twenty; but ; tro;n uer ulrtu i (ear each will be
I here at home, in hex soft lavender dress j tuc
j which harmonized so well with the shining j m Jupftrturei Luoy a ing t,mc
blown hair plainly braided back from her . gazm, thoUi;ljlfuliy into the fire. "There
; face, and the tiny blue bow at her throat, ;Uno huIltjng tue a-ain," she
the five years seemed rather to bo cn the j muJed .It u only in s, x-lea that u.issing
; other side But her cmintenance was not ; wUU auJ &rc founf, in olll furniture.
dejxudent for iU charm on either youth or j go uay.ng nt iu,e ula;j , M, ant
beauty ; but oue 01 tnose quid m..uc -e, ;
which as the ycois pass along, gather by
j the ride of sick-beds, over cradles and it
i may be over graves a beauty which the
i evanescent glow of youth rarely equals. So
; at least thought IV. Ashley, when three
; years before, be took her from tlie village
scliool, and the tuition or rough miner s
'. children, to be the light and comfort of his
'home. ,
, It ia for him that she Is straining her
eyes wuu loosing - -
; g!ad smile rises to her face as something i
6 , . ,f ,i.
nurH aniMKT tbe rfHlaTS. clatters across tlie 1
, bridge in the valley where the village light. J" Ptient better lying : pl -,
j . .ip, . .,,., hausted on her mother s lap. The paro
; arc already twinkling, and a moment later '
! the well-known gig rattles up to the door. - -
: . hh . . , ',. Jnrtnr "ore, and the mother expressed real
He was oulv a rougli old country doctor, "
" &. ., . ,, sorrow for having brought the doctor out in
this hustwnd of Lucy Ashley, but to her he ,m,w lur s
i was a hero deuiigod the representative of ; the storm.
iall that to Do!.le nd good in manhood. "Oh. matter .bout tW! he an
'And, indeL we might uke heroes of .. h.y ; then, after prepanng a
I ' .., .i.. comtosine draunht. he bade them gofnl-
i worse material man oi m" "-
! and weather-Uaten discilles of the i
healing art, who, regardless alike of heat or ;
cold, day or night, spend their lives in at-
leuding suffering humanity.
i : l 9t n.u1 il. .-l,.wnr
. . ' i i (T . f
voice, as having shaken off the feathery
, ' , , ? . , ...
, snowflakes the ,dort -entered the casement
, wlach she held op forlmiu
a.fiiiiur. iiU f i ..i.-v. ... ' j
.,1... ,r..l.
i m, "V , . V : " : ,r
Xyeny Jfort
lame, jei i!"".-" j
which in more luxurious apartments tf
t,ftcu lacking.
After the pleasant tea was over and the
t-blUln-d in dressins town and
! slippers by the fireside (a position he might
: .i.i iuil.1 tl,nl,out the evtninc. but
from whence It was more probably that he
! noon 1 called to drive six or eight
...ii,-r.r..r th mountains. Lucv 1 nought
i her low chair and her knitting and sat be- ,that clearer than clan call, or blast of toc
! side him. Evidently she had something of j sin, reminds the lonely of the great brotber
I importance to say, for her work progressed j hood of man. It aroused the doctor from
' fitfully till at last throwing it down in des-, hi musings He remembered that half an
i peration, and raising her eye, she ex- j hoar ago, a train arrived in the village be-..-.mA
wriru- .. ilu.iirh the suhiert hind bim, but, having overtaken no travel-
was disagreeable and must be gotten
mrougu .u.,
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Robert, another letter came to-day from
.Mrs. Itervey.
i .-foyou"
"Yts
at least addressed to mc, though
of course it concerns you more nearly. I'll
bring it."
"No," said he, detaining her. "I don't
care to see IL I auppoee it i. only a reas
sertion of her husliand". innocenee?"
Yes, principally; she aay. that his last
word, were, "ask Com'n Robert to forgive
me for these years of estrangement, and tel'
him, on the word of a dying man, that I
know nothing of the deed which has
i . ,. tmnW-
j UlU-A. as
"I've beard all that before! Had the wo
man sent the deed it would have made a
difference ; but as she won't, why should
she piesume to trouble you aliont it I"
"I suppose she thought that I could plead
i - ina. tit..., horoolf ami indeed
Robert, I cannot help thinking that there
have been some mistake. Another
reason is, she says, that she to herself sink
ing rapidly, that she has no relations In the
w..rld. and asks us to receive her little
j
boy, who to your namesake. She add.
that if she only could get your forgiveness
to carry to her husband, she would
Lie willing to travel on foot lay her baby
in my arms, and die.
"Xousense!" exclaimed the doctor. She
need do nothing more melodramatic tlian
sending on the deod. And a tor her hus
band, if he has God's forgirenes. he doe.
not need mine. I tell you, Lucy, that man
injured me more than you ean understand ;
but for him, I might now be in possession
of a lucrative city practice, instead of drag
ging out a beggarly existence among these
hills"
"But I would never have known you,
then," said Lucy, laying her clasped hands
on hi. knee.
"Which means, I suppose," he rejoined,
.railing and smoothing back a tray I real
from her face, "that 1 would never have
known you ; but 1 should, pet ; 1 would
: have found you out somehow, and then
' you might hare bad silk druses, and ail
I manner of fine things as other ladies have."
I "I dou't want thein," she answered
quietly. "I would much rather that you
! would let me have that little baby boy."
'-That Is perfectly ridiculous!" he ex
j claimed. ''Why should you wish to take
upon yourself that burden ?" lint noticing
j the expression of her face (he had seen too
much of the maternal instinct in his profes
sion not to know what It meant) he relent
ed. "Well, my dear, as you deire it so
much I wish you could have him. What
ever makes the woman so stubborn ? Tardy
justice is better than none at all. And I
solemnly declare that unless she sends that
paper, which I have every reason to sup-
! pose was in her husband's possession,
neither the mother nor tne child suau cross
my threshold.
This seemed to end the discussion, and,
for a long time Lucy sat looking into the
fire. At last raising ber eyes pleadingly,
she said : "Robert, you won't like my say-
ing this, and I dont like to seem as though
j I were preaching, but all day as though
thev were written on my brain, I have seen
the words : "If you forgiva not men their
trespasses" "
A laid knocking Interrupted the sent
tence. A tall miner stood at the door ask
ing for the doctor.
"What is the matter t" asked the doctor,
who was already drawing oa his overcoat.
"Bill Carton's child has goU fits two
miil4 t'other siJe of Lennox Bluff."
p,, fngnnl chocolate, setting it
where it would simmer slowly till the iloc
tor's return, she resumed her seat by the
fire, and her sad mediations.
Meanwhile Doctor A.hly pursued his
iournev through the stormy uight, and
those wof(b oken by his wife were
exertillg t ape on mm too. The mountain
wjudi rudliug through the cedars, seemed
ito sing-in trumpet toues, "If ye forgive
, Jiy
aureJs wuisnercd -forg,ve, forgive!"
,,., i ti.
Arnvd at his destination, he found the
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"'g ""neu
Lis homeward
J"
But the thoughts from which he would
gladly have been free were only Interrupted,
not dispelled. Aguin the unseen spirit
' voices seemed to wbispcr arouna mm, ami
j ' . ...,,
I memory went back to his childhood, when
,Uought cf lll8
i ... ... ,
summer days when, together, they had
I fied in the old mUInooO, .ml mimic
boa,, under the wUlow, Then, of the old
' - ii ,:., !. tl,o Mr vrainir student
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And now ! Ah I now he was dead.
i The storm had increased in violence, but
jthe doctor scarcely heeded it, for remorse
was knawing like bitter hunger at his
heart. Away to the right be heard, above
the noise of the elements tue alinii wuisue
of a midnight train. 1 He startling cry,
e he felt thankful that no one had to seek
,ui nome among iuc uiua wmj,u..
moment later he saw something directly in
front of him.
"Only a cedar bush," he reasoned:
but watching closely, he saw it waver more
and more, and at last sink down upon the
snow.
As he sprung from hi. slnigh he heard a
low moan, and hurryiug forward, he found
a sad sight, a woman completely paralyzed
with cold and weakness, and in her arms,
closely pressed against her bosom, an un
conscious, sleeping babe, ne placed them
hastily in his sleigh, and five minute, later.
Lucy by ber fireside was startled by an un
wanton noise at the door.
"It to well you're up, Lucy!" exclaimed
the doctor, as he came in with his burden ;
"get aome water, quick!" Lucy hastily
brought the necessary remedies, and while
the doctor applied them, hc took the now
wakened babe, warmed him, gave him a
drink of warm milk, hushed him to sleep
and nlaced bim snuglv in bed. At
last the patient opened her eyes "OR,
ban. am If" she cried: "where is
Robbie t"
"He to mIc,- replied Lucy, holding
warm wine to her lips; "he to sleeping
sweetly."
Ilavlng revived a lUtle more, .he re-
iimed? "I ranpot thank vou enough for
yonr kindness to a stranger, but if you
will tell me where Dr. Ashley live. 1 will
be going, 1 must reach there to-night. 1
came in the train, but 1 must have mis
taken the direction."
"You are there now. I am Doctor
Ashley."
"Are you Indeed !" exclaimed the poor
creature "Oh, will you forgive nie for
coming f I eoald do nothing else.
"Forgive yon !" cried the doctor, with a
peat sb in his voice. "Ah, Mary, If for
Fred's sake yea will forgive, it to enough
mine has been the sin of re u. or ales, cru
elty.
(he poor wanderer had found home
and love at last. But not for long, for
when tlie snowdrifts melted beneath an
April sun, she too vanished from the earth,
gladly going to rejoin ber husband.
Year, have passed; the doctor's step is
not quite so firm as of old, and aome silver
hairs have found their way among Lucy',
shining braids. But Itobbie, or the young
doctor, as they ca'J bint now, is the com-!
fort of his uncle's declining years, and the
very pride and joy of Aunt Lucy's heart.
The CouqaeU or the Mule.
The western pack-mule is small, sinewy,
and, like old Joey Bagstock ; ' tough, air,
tough ! but de-e-vlish sly I " Most of them
are bred from Iudiau ponies and are born
on the open plains. Having previously
been lassoed and branded, when three
years old they are driven (or inveigled)
into a coral and exhibited lor sale at bron
chos. An untamed horse is a model of
gentleness beside them. Sometimes they
are accustomed at once to the saddle by one
of those wonderful riders who can stick on
the back of anything that runs, and more
rarely they are broken to harness ; but or
dinarily their backs are trained to bear the
pack, winch is generally the only practica
ble method of transporting freight through
these rugged mountains. The first time
the pack-saddles are put on, the excitement
may be imagined. The green mule, strong
in his youth, having beau adroitly "roped"
or lassoed, is led out into an open space,
stepping timidly, but, not seeing any cause
for alarm, quietly ; before be understands
what it all means, he finds that a noose of
the rawhide lariat about his neck has been
slipped over his nose, and discovers that his
tormentors have an advantage, lie pulls,
shakes his head, stands upright on opposite
ends, but all to no avail. The battler he
pulls, the tighter the nooso pinches his ;
nostrils, so at last be ccmes down ana l
keeps still. Then a man approaches slow
ly and circumspectly, holding behind him
a leather blinder which he seeks to slip
over the mule's eyea. But two long cars
stand in the way, and the first touch of the
leather is the signal for two jumps one by
the beast and oue by the man, for packer,
are wise enough in their day and genera
tion to fiht shy of the business end of a
mule. The next attempt is less a matter of
caution and more of strength, and here the
auimal has so much advantage that often it
must le lassoed again and thrown to the
ground. It is a fine sight to witness the
indiguatiou of such a fellow! Ho falls
heavily, yet holds his head high and essays
to rise. Hut his fore-feet are manacled by
mpes and his head is fast Yet he will
shake, almost free, get upon his hind-feet,
stand straight up and dash down with all
his weiaht in futile efforts for liberty. Se-
cured with more ropea, allowed but three
legs to stand UKn and cursed frightfully,
he must submit, though he never doc it j
with g'xnl grace, it is not always, how
ever, that this extremity is restarted to.
Some animals make little resistance while
the strange thing to being put upon their
backs and the fastenings adjusted all but
one ; but when an effort to made to put
that institution called a crupper under a!
young niuKs tail, language fails to expresr
the character of the kicking ! The light
heels describe an arc from the ground to
ten feet above it and then strike out at a
tangent. They cut through the air like
whip lashes and wald penetrate an impe-
diluent like bullets But even mule-Uesh
tires. Strategy wins The crupper is
gained and the first hard pull made upou
the sinch (as the girth is termed', which
holds firmly every hair-breath, and will
finally crease the contour of the mu.e .
utliy into tne seriiinancc oi i.iiiui un.
But this one pull suffices to set him spring
ing airuin bucking, now.-with arched back
and head between bis knees, landing on I
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BlllI iea w Jat lua inuueu mi, m icuiiu
iuu wcigin on urn woe auu ruu.uS u,er
scrapo it free. He will sit on his haunches
and hurl himself backward ; will duck his
bead and turn a somersault; finally will
stand still, trembling with anger and ex-
haustion, and let you lead bim away, con-
quered. (J
An Aval.nch. In Nevada.
An avalanche recently occurred on the
slope of the Sierras in Nevada by which
three iue were instantly swept away and
buried, and a fourth dangerously wounded,
The slide occurred at the head of Marlette
Canyon, near the mouth of the tunnel of
the water company. Five men McLane,
Kennedy, Birney, McCaul and Tail start-
ed on a recent occasion to go up the
mountain to work, lait told the others j own cognomen or one borrowed for the oc
Ihat he feared there, would be a snow-slide, j cgjion. Hundredsof men travel under as-
a. the condition, were favorable. Soon
after the mow wa. aeon to atari over a
large space on the side of the mountain at ! rriTate business which they do not wish ex
the head of Marietta Canyon, and in an in- p,, . others aro private detectives, and
slant the avalanche was upon them. Tait 0tbers still up to trickery of some sort! It
saved himself by a stump and hanging on , i,y n3 n,eaus a sign that a man means to
like "grim death." McUne, Kennedy and bcat bi hotel bill because he tukes another
Birney were swept away and bnried under name, and it is seldom that we consider that
the snow. McCaul was swept about fifty a p0jnt against a guest.''
yards and was found by Tail buried to the ,.As to my me.ory of facog- com.nued
shoulders, the snow so tightly packed , he ,M(,lord .., ,lad a test case recentlv.
about him that he could not move his hands j gmo four or five rears ago a stranger
or arms A nat oeionging to one 01 111c
others was found tome distance below
where McCaul wa. discovered, and this was
the only trace of them that was to be seen,
About fifty woodchopper. were noon on the
ground and engaged in searching tor the
missingmen, but at last account, none 01
them had been found. Some arc of the
opinion that the tomes will not be found
until the scow melts on in tue siinng, as
Marlette Canyon to said to be filled up to
its full width for a considerable distance.
.i ioK
It w alum nf the ilrv. new snow, which
bad fallen upon the crust that covered the
old snow. The stump behind which 1 ait
took shelter was not to large but that he
was able to clasp hi. band around it and
in this position he held on until tbe slide
had passed over him.
Be Forgot Them.
There was an alarm of fire the other
nicht. and Mr. Tolimglower, of Iniim I uu uu '
street, being awakened by tie noise of lhejheir movement, are noticed. They arc
bells sprang hastily from his bed, and honest men and a glance at them is enough,
thrust his head out of the window. A man lrson not registered here come in
was rushing bv, and Mr. Tolimglower
hailed him with.
"Whash ish shwire?"
The man .topped in hi. mad speed, and
yelled, "What?"
"Whash ish sbwlrei' repeated air. 101
Imclower. craninc his head still further out
of the window, and scanning the darkened
heaven anxiously.
"I don t know what youe talking
about," shouted the man, beginning to" get
hi. legs ready for another run.
"Ish shrz whash ish shwire crash shut
tersthash:" yelled Mr. Tolimglower in a
rage.
"Oh. go swallow yourself," muttered the
man, darting off with an exclamatory
"fire!"
And Just as Mr. Tolimglower was going
to sliriak after him a wrathful malediction,
hi. wife touched him on the shoulder and
handed him hi. false teeth, which he had
forgotten in hi. excitement to put on. And
when Mr. Tolimglower had donned that
most essential portion of hi. wardrobe, he
was enabled to shout to a passing bey, ia a
perfectly Intelligible manner:
"Where to the fire I"
A Notnlda Wafrer.
Tlie life of Ben. Perley Pooro has been
au eventful oue, and hi. warm friendship
for Charles Summer and other prominent
men has closely connected him with public
events. Maj. Poore was a great diuner-out,
and a frequent guest of Uen. Burnside. ll'S
round form and florid complexiou tell that
he is a high liver, lie is short in stature
and weighs 270 pound.. In conversation
the other diy, his wife related an old story
of her husband. During Pierce's cauvass
for the presidency, Maj. Poore, then a
young man, wagered with a friend living in
ISoston that Pierce wouid not be elected.
He agreed if he lost the bet to wheel a
barrel oi apples from his home, SO miles
distant, through the streets of Boston to bis
friend's door. The election came off, and
the friend held the major to his wager.
Mrs. Poore thought it too severe a task,
and begged her husband to have the barrel
sent in a wagon. The major was too con
scientious to do that, and insisted on ful
filling his wager. He went to a neighbor
ing farm and bought the fullest barrel of
apples to bejiad. Witnesses taw that the
barrel was weH and closely pacKeu. lie
nut on a pair of snulf-colored pants, tucked
into his heavy farm boots, a velvet vest, a
jacket and a large red felt hat some one had
seut him from California. Thm amtyrd,
he started at daybreak for Boston, wheel
ing bis heavy load on a wheelbarrow. His
wife seut a man with a wagon after him,
so that in case he gave out, there would be
some one at hand to help him. After the
sun was up the country people began to
pas. him as he trudged along, perspiring and
dusty. Each one oiiered him a lift or tried
to persuade him to give up tne job. He
kept on 15 miles, tired and sore, then he
concluded to put his apples in a farmer's
barn and go back home for the nitrht, and
start afresh the next Bioruing. lie rode
home and was glad to rest. He was sore
and bruised, but alter a gooa ruouing aim
a night's rest he was able to proceed with
Lis task. By this time the people along the
road heard of his coming and they gather
ed together to uieet him. Boys followed
him and women stood at their door to see
him go by. There was great excitement,
and the news sood traveled to ISoetoii. It
reached the ears of the authorities. They
sent him word not to enter the city in the
evening, but to stop outside and come in
i. 1 t. f.. l',t,,
h.. !.nne.l over nM.t. The next morn n; I
.
on the outskirts of the city he was met by I
a large crowd oi ixvple ami
1 a brass haml.
He was escorted by this procession through
tlie principal streets of the city to his
friend's home and froai there to the Tre
ment house to" a $ilOU breakfast. He had
accomplished his feat anil was amply re
paid by the reception and breakfast given
liiui bv the cify authorities. It was many
Jays before he could appear without being
stopm-d and asked "if he was the man who
rolled a barrel of apples through the streets
of Beaton."
Mm Who Krep UoteU.
"Beg pardon, but you are mistaken In
the hotel! You don't want to stop at this
house."
These words wer uttered by the proprie
tor of a Detn.it hotel one day "last week to )
a stranger who bad picked up a pen
and
started to register his name.
The man stepped liack. looked first as
touished and then indignant, and after the
two had stared steadily at eaiji other for
. twenty seconds, the stranger laid down the
pen and walked out of the house without a
word.
"Rather cool, I admit," explained the
i i.((Cj Iu;in
but that fellow is a lieat.
live years ago come next month, he beat
this house out of three days' board."
"And you reuiem!er him!
"In an instant,
11c has grown a full set
nf whiL:ni int tltfn anil ifl ff s nr
five yearg oltl,.r but j remember tuttt 03c.
j j never forget a fAtCj i can caii 5 0u0
ineler. bv name.
"If a detective strike, three cases out ot
flvo wiiPre be has to identity faces, ho is
I lucky," continued miuo host, "but if we
i did not do better than that w e should make
j no profits I take an Inventory of every
I face. Some are so peculiar us a whole that
1 tiK,y ,re never fcirjottcn. Many faces have
tbe same general expression. iu such
Jcase. you must look for a squint in the eye,
goiutthhig peculiar about the nose and
Uiouth, a limp in the gait, a peculiarity iu
1 tue m-ecc-ii, and even the teeth are not to
he overlooked. I can mark my mmi while
. be is registering. I can tell the moment he
begin, to write bis name whether it to his
j iume,i names Smc do not want to be
1 published in hotel reports; others are oa
; jumped tbe h,mse on , ,WOdaj's board bill,
; ,rnml ,hl. M,rr ,1 r-wi
I . , , w.. .,, . i:,.i "..i
j on w of ,lig- w, Lc
fof hj, oue day, u j ai,(,Lj ,he oIJ
, accouul. ne loote j thc fli:llrc3 over Uesi-
. taC(1 looke(j af anJ ,Ue wh((,e
without 8 w,)r(L 1 was prepiml to give
j be ulmlber of tbc rtwm he occ ipie.1, the
... h ,.,. .... , ,lf m, hl.
! uad on
. , ,. , , .
"In tbo readme and smoking rooms and
. 0 .
! the office," said Hie host, as be looked
around, "are fifty strangers. More arc
coming and goiug all the time. Now you
would think it very ca-.y to sly up stairs or
come down and go out and not be seen by
any of the employes, but many have tried
it to their cost. There are three of us here
in the office most of the time, mid porters
1 "u "y " "u,,"'"'u-
I a""B P ' , . -
will know bis business He has either
called upon a friend or bo is up to mischief.
It won't take thirty seconds for word to
come down here as to what rxui he has
entered"
"No, we hardly ever ask a person to pay
in advance," he replied to tLe question.
"It would be no insult on an honest man.
but vet it to not the rule, I believe. I do
not get mistaken in my man more than
once in 5,000 times You or any other j
man stopping here with money to pay your
bill have a freedom of mind and body which
cannot be assumed, ion come and go,
take everything easy, and call for your bill
when ready to leave. Tbe penniless man
who tries to assume that easy demeanor al
ways overdoes it. It Is a part which few
actors could play with success A man
coming here without baggage will generally
tender bis money in advance ii he has it.
If he to penbUess, he will most always
state the fact, and give his excuses and
promises
"The regular hotel beat to not the penni
less man. It lakes mors nerve than most
men have got to walk iuto a hotul with
empty pocket, and register as a guest. That
is, men who cannot give good reference, or
reasonable excuse, for being Mead broke.'
We have guests here every day who have
been roblied or lost their money or been j
swmuicu or aoiuciuiug ui iuv auri, uui mcy
can send home for funds or give security.
No, the out-and-out hotel beat has money,
but tries to beat u. on general principles.
lie goes on the theory tiiat every hotel owes
wUa"d.hu.Vd'LC!
"c V"'.r . . 7 " v Z, 1
money, cahsfor the best, and is gone before
you even become suspioous. Few of them
ever come back on the second visit, and our
only revenue .a to give them away to some
other hotel men. The system of passing a
dead-beat from man to man U now so per
fect that the professional dead-beat has al
most been driven to the wall."
Tlie Daobab Tra and Fruit.
Monkey-bread grows on an enormous tree ,
called baobab; botanically named for (
Adanson, a French botanist. The tree is a i
native of Senegal, in Africa ; also found on ;
the banks of the white Nile. It has been!
c'l " England from the seed, and in j
India. At Alipore, near Calcutta, there is
oue whose trunk measure, in aome places j mala. Fowls multiply amazingly, and
over sixty feet in circumference. The ' goats become numerous and flourish so well
hei;;ht of baobab is not in proportion to it. in the bracing atmosphere that at length it
diameter. It has very long roots, seeming I was suggested that a cow might convenient
to like the earth better than do many trees, i ly be added to the farm stock. How the
They have been measured one hundred feet I animal was elevated we are not informed,
laid bare and were doubless much longer . but it is stated as a fact that It wa. by aome
still. The lower branches of the tree bend i means hoisted to the roof, and was event
to the ground, almost concealing the trunk. ually the ruin of the community. The
They have large, dark-grevu, abundant j lowing of the cow came to certain official
leaves. Tlie flower is large anil white, its ' ears, and led to an investigation and the
stamen, gathered into a tube below, and total breaking up of the queer society,
spreading like an umbrella above. The j Even at that time it is said that the Itussian
tree is muci'agiuous in all its parts, the ' emperor felt so little confidence in his per
fruit being, the most usefuL It is, for what jaonal security that nobody ever knew in
reason cannot be ascertained, called Mon- i which bedroom be was going to sleep. A
key-bread. It measures from nine to twelve iarge number wa. always kept ready and
inches long, and four in diameter, at the ' uuoccupied, and at bedtime the Czar would
middle, being rather pointed at each end. ! quietly slip into one of 1'iem selected at the
It has a brownish color when ripe. The j moment. The Winter Palace is described
pulp l. slightly acid; that between the j as the largest palace in the world, being
seeds tastes like cream tartar, and ia used one-third larger than that of the Emperor of
fo- fevers Strong cord, are tnado from ! Austria, anil unsurpassed in point of splen
itis bark of the tree. The baobab wa. loug 1 dor. It is the residence of the Czar and his
thought to be the largest tree in the world. ! court during the winter, and stands on the
The discovery of the mammoth sequoias in
California has proven the mistake of this
U ' UUU.
Livingstone judged a baobab
u-l.wlk lift AT.niiniM In Afrifia
""-" "-" ""-, "
to be at
year ,old. J be tree is not easy
The tree is not easy
" -j--- - -
disease, a son oi correspouuence io wuai is : one oi tne not least remarKanie iacts con
called brain softening. Can it be that this J nccted with it i. that its present form was
vegetable giant become, dizzy with its , the work of two short years. Custine gives
grandeur and superiority, and thus grows 'a terrible description of the rise of this
both vain and weak f It is sometimes easy monstrous citadel. In order to complete
for imagination to invest inanimate life ' the ta.S at tlie time appoiuted by the Czar,
with soul life; and what man shall say ; the interior works were continued during
where the inys'criotis line, of distinction the great frosts; and when the thermometer
begin or end in the divine plan and fulfill- i outside was thirty deg. below zero of
nient? It is a question often asked before . Hcaumur, 6,000 workman were daily shut
oae that sounds unreasonable, chimerical; ; up in halls heated to thirty deg. of lteaunnir
but (iod has so constituted the human mind ; iu order that the walls might dry the quiek
as to give it tue impulse and curiosity of jer; so that these poor wretches had to en
inquiry. The baobab tree appears to have ' dure a difference of sixty deg. of tempera
a positive limit fur ita age. It will sicken ture. No wonder a considerable number
and die by a softening process, finally fall- j of them died daily; and it is said that those
ing, by its own weight, into a ruined heap, j who were eugaged to paint the interior of
The tiunk is usually hollow. Executed ,
criminals, to whoin the law denies riwa of .
sepulture, have been entombed iu these
trunks The bodies soon withered and be
came dry like mummies.
An lluneat Miner.
If you go Into a ruining district in Corn-
wall, England, you will see, not far from
the mine works, rowsof neat little cottages;
most of them 1 xtremely clean in tlie in-;
terior, and here the miners may lie found
seated at comfortable fires, frequently read-
inc. or in the summer evenings workiug "n
i their little gardens or in the potato fields
r rcqueniiy tney oecome expenenceu uon-.
cultuiis:s, and at the flower shows that
occur at nually In several of tlie Coruisb
towns they otten carry oil tbe prizes A
pleasing anecdote is recorded of the honesty
of a poor Cornish niiner. There lived at
St. Ives a lady named Prudence orth,
whose charity was remarkable. A miner
living at Camborne bad bis gxxLs seized
for rent, which be could not pay. He had
heard of tbo many good deeds done by
"Madam"" Worth, as she was usually called,
and he determined to apply to her for as-
siitance. He said:
"Madam, I have come to you In great
trouble. My goods are seized fcr rent, and
they will be sold if I ean not get the money
immediately."
"Where do you live? inquired airs.
Worth.
"In Camborne, and I work In Stray Park
Mine."
"I know nothing of you," observed tbe
lady, and you may be a drunkard or an
unposter.
Madam," replied the miner, with
encrgv. as 1 live, 1 am neither; auu 11
you will lend me the money, I will return
it in four months
The money was lent, the period of four
months elapsed, and, true to his promise,
the poor miner, notwithstanding that bad
luck had attended him, had managed to
get the amount borrowed together, and set
off on foot with it. Arriving at Hayle
Kiver, he found the tide coming up, out 10
save a journey of three miles round oy cu
Erith Bridge, he resolved to cross the
water, which appeared to him tbxl ow
enough for this purpose. 1 he poor fellow
had, however, miscalculated the depth,
ana was drowned. hen the body
was brought to shore, hi. wife said that he
uau leu iioiiio iiu n'- -
pocket for Madam Worth. Search was
made in km pockets, ana ao money was
found, but some oue observed that his right
hand was firmly clinched. It was opened,
and found to contain the three guim as.
mmm
A White Squall.
One dav. In 811. Notker. a monk of St.
Gall, while watching some workmen build- place, and we have already saenfic d to
ing a bridge, at the peril of their lives, : luxury. The value of a cigarette at this
composed a Latin anthem. From it the ! mou.eut is that with the first whtff of its
solemn words in the burial service of the ! fragrance the palate cease, to dsmand either
Episcopal Cliurch, "In the midst of life we , food or wine. After a smoke the power to
are iu death," were takcu. Tlie following i appreciate goxl wine is lost, and no judic
iucident recalls the occasiou of their first ' ions hoet cares to ojieu a fnsh bottle from
utterance:
Uratt aliina met in
a- m -
mid-ocean, one heading for Australia, and
the othsr homeward bound. 1 he day was ;
fair, and the wind dying away, the vesael.
were becalmed close together.
The passengers at once busied themselves
to write letter, home, and officer, and crew
became occupied in the interchange of
courtesies
The placidity of the weather led to a
feeling of careless security that can never
be safely Indulged in at sea, AH tbe can-
vass was set, idly flapping against the
masts, when a squall struck both ships and
passed off In a fow moments
W hen the confusion and excitement re-
suiting from it were over, and the crew of
one of these vessels were able to relax the
attention demanded for their own safety,
they looked for the other ship in vain.
She had gone down with all on board.
and not a vestige of ber was to be seen any.
where on the wide sea, which looted
serene and beaulif id as if nothing bad bap
peaed.
lb. Cur's Tenants.
In the time of Nicholas, the father of the
present Czar, a number of sentries were
Jjj
posted on the roof to guard against fire or
rinding the climate up there not
altogether so comfortable as could be w 'tubed,
this permanent watch at length contrived to
convey on to the roof the materials far a
number of huts or cabins, which lu course
..r t.AV .i... i... .i.nit... ..t
chimney stacks. So snug and cozy did
Ihey manage to make themselves that it at
then lu , f -
;tll j as well enlarge their
. - AccorUil)Kly wiv u(l
families, oue after another, found their way
out on to the imperial leads. Several of
the single members of the guard, finding
such a tempting opportunity of setting up
housekeeping economically, took wives to
themselves, and after a whi'e quite a con
siderable colon v had siini'ii? ut. How far
the development might have gone on if the
individuals composing this parasitic little
village had been r.-aaonably cautious and
careful in their behavior it is difficult to
guess; but the establishment of families
ainoug the chimneys of the palace led grad
ually to the accumulation of domestic ani-
left bank of the Neva, on the site of a house,
which in the reign of Peter the Great be
longed to his high admiral. Count Apraxin,
i. . t .1.. .1 i. . . i' i . ii
"l,rau " -"i"" e'er n.
ltwas so completely destroyed by fire in
-.-.j w.cUU..
the must heated halls were obliged to place
on their heads a kind of bonnet of ice in
order to preserve use of their aeuse. under
the burning temperature.
The (lid-Fashioned Cotillion.
Perhaps the only eld fashioned daiire
; that survives 1. the cHillion. The dance is
full of Spanish grace. In South America
they introduce some odd tricks iuto their
dancing. Ladies till empty egg shells with
eau de cologne and carry them to the ball ;
there they break them upou tlie heails of
the gentlemen. It is meant as a challenge,
The irentlemsn who receive, this moist tri-
j bute is bound in gallantry to find out the
iady and return the compliment. Another
trick is for a young man logo behind a
girl, place his sombrero directly over her
head, letting it fall over her eyes, and tben
' to spring back among the dancers If the
' cirl throws off the hat it means that she can
j dispense with any attention the gentleman
: would like to pay to her, and he is obliged
! to pick up his hat ain.d a general laugh,
I If the hat is retained, then at the end of the
1 dance the owner claims it from the lady
J and with it her baud the rest of the even-
ing. The cotillion is clearly based on
fancies of this kind. The introduction of
. the chair, the soating of a ladv, the presen-
; tation of the gentleman, the blindfolding of
1 a gentleman, with a lady ou either side of
j him, and hi. hazardous choice of one of
1 them as a partner, are distinctly Southern
' elements, giving graceful life and laughter
to the waltzing accompaniment. This sur-
'vivesbut the other dance, are ended.
1 Whether they are worth reviving is a quea-
tion for girls to decide. At all events, one
! may believe a girt could never loot more
; picturesque than when engaged in one of
these old-Iasmoncu dances, lust as 11 is cer-
j tain that a girl is never seen to worse ad-
vantage than when she has releasrl herself
from the grip of a man, after a long, pant
ing, and perspiring waltz, as this dance to
uow performed.
IV tne at Dinner.
Briefly, the rule, by general gastronomic
for tho60 wuo imm!e in the luxury
. - , , ... hh, P!ll
L(l or ury Sauterne after soup ; a delicate
Khjne win If re,liredt after flsh; a glass
u jj,,, witU ,he joint uf nmtton ; the
i Bame ((f. t.hMnpilgnedrT. but with some
f (rue yinoai character in it, and not the
taBlc,tta gpirit amj waler just now enjoying
! .. cv-iiK-scent norm an v diirniiT the en-
trees; the N'st red wine in thc cellar, Bor-
(K.aux or lurgundv, with grouse or other
,. anU but this ought to auffice
tyeu )t that eXCeptin8i individual who is
glipp0sed to 1 little if at all injured by
j "moderate potatious." With the ice or
j desert, a glass of full flavored, but matured
' champagne or a liquor may be served ; but
! at this point dietetic admonitions are out of
: his best biu lor 1h smoker, nor win tne
former be blamed by any man for a ihsin-
-
ichnatico.
Value of spare Minute-
Madame Do
Genlis composed severs
' rharmimr volume, while waiting in the
j school-room for the tardy princes to whom
I abe iravedailv lessons
Dazuesseau. one of the chancellors of
France, wrote an able and bulky work in
; tbe successive intervals of waiting for din
i ncr.
j Elibu Burntt, when eariiing his living ai
a blacksmith, learned eighteen languages
and twenty-two dialects, by simply lm
proving bis "spore moments
A celebrated physician in London trans
lated Lucretius while riding in his carriage
on bis daily rounds
- Dr. Iarwin comiiosed nearly all hi.
work, in the same way, writing down his
thought, in a memorandum book which he
carried for the purpose.
- ( Kirk White also learned Greek while
' walking t and fra from a lawyers offiae.
' An Old Criaaty.
A few years ago, on au August after
noon, mounted on a patient old horse, a
man was Waving a cabin iu California
where some comrades lingered over the re
mains of a primitively cooked game dinner.
The elder cf a jolly qiiartelt of h miters, he
boasted the ownership of an ancient doub'e
barreled shot-gun. His chums carried
rifles and revolvers It is far from incre
dible that he was the "colonel" of the
group ; often the butt of their ridicule, the
target for concerted fun, and, too, because,
he so facetiously bore it.
"The colonel, " be had more than once
repeated, "will run tool of a grizzly some
time ; then his old Daniel Boone piece will
be the death of him." But he frequently
declared that he wanted to meet a grizzly,
to which he was as often retorteO :
"Aye, you'd scratch up the nearest tree,
or beat for your life, if he didn't swallow
you instanter."
"Leave the dishes until I come back.
I'll have a treat for supiier," said the
"colonel," on this August afternoon. His
three friends uncorked another bottle of
wit, but he retreated too rapidly to see or
hear the effervescence. Galloping toward
a mountain stream, five miles distant,
which in the summer's decrease of its vo
lume left in the narrow vallev pools here
and there wherein small fish thrived, he
hoiied to spy a stray deer. A few occa
sionally loitered behind, after tbe herd that
had roamed down from the mountain snow
fie'ds in the rainy season returned at the
approach of the dry season. They seemed
loath to leave the green willows and chap
parrel around these pools.
Our horseman had trimmed his gun with
nine piston shot bullets He now descend
ed the slope, and, having reached a grassy
spot, was preparing to lariat, not having
dismounted. Suddenly be discovered au
enormous bear lying fast aaleep under a
scrub oak, not more than a hundred van!
from where he had lialle.l. His surprise
mav be imagined. He afterward licclartd
that at the moment he feit no twinge of
alarm, but that his first thought wiu to gal
lop to the cabin and bring the boys out for
grizzly. Then his repeated bouslirig came
to mmd, and he thought. "I muxt shoot at
him.'' And so he walked the horse cau
tiously some paces nearer to the "game"
between the bushes Now thc old gun was
leveled, his linger on the trigger, but his
hands trembled slight ly. " This won't do ;
what ails my ami!" thought the veteran
hunter, who would not risk an unsteady
shot ever so little short of firmness. Ho
lowered the piece, and a suddeu vision of a
ghastly Rene Uaslu-d across his brain. Ho
thought of a young man whose bowels had
been literally torn out in an encounter with
a grizzly foe, and whom he hail assisted iu
burying in a mining district.
lie hesitated no longer; slid down oil
his feet; placed his arm within tlie bridle
noose, and aiming at the bear's ear, dis
charged. Quicker than thought he sprang
to tlie saddle, spurred toutuiost speed, ven
turing not a glance backwaid till a mile or
more up the slope. Then, hearing no roar
or rush behind, he turned and slowly re
traced. Almo6t incredible to his judgment
his eyes beheld the bear in a slightly alter
ed position stone dead. The llective,
judicious shot had entered the brain.
Now thc colonel rode triumphantly back
to his comrades
"There's a big old grizzly over yonder. "
"Why didn't you shott lain?" all iu
a quick breath.
I did shoot."
"Don't believe it. Willi a shotgun !"
"I leil you, boys, I have killed him."
"Tell that to tlie babies."
"I say he is as dead as other bears havo
ded. Come with me and bring him home."
A two wheeled- cart was borrowed of a
neighbor. They all piled into it, and first
drove impatiently in their hurry a mile iu
an opposite direction to enlist the services
ot t"o friendly ludians. When arriviug
on the ground, and convinced unmistakably
of the shot -gun's victory. Heir huzzas made
the desert ring. Tbe Indians immediately
addressed the hero colonel by the distin
guishing title 0 "Waina Shai-too"' Bear
King. His chum, long afterward styled
him Col. Shactoc, but his name is not
King.
The dead animal was supposed to weigh
1,100 pounds; one of the largest bears ever
shot iu California. The Indians had tlieir
share of the meat with the hide, which
after a rude manner they dressed and
tanned, rendered it as hard as board. The
writer has seen oue of the toenails of this
veritable grizzly. It is in a curve, of
course, measuring at least four inches.
Tha Snadtlick.
A consignment of fish quite new to tbe
London market, was lately offered f Mr sale
at Billingsgate, under the name of "shad-
dick from Russia. 1 hey averaged eight
to nine pouuIU, were very silvery, aud
somewhat peach-like in form. At first
sight they were taken for sea bass, or, as
they are called at Raiusgate and Margate,
"white salmon. I he sliaudics, however.
turns out to be the "pike-perch,' J'erra
lut-io jjercu or Zaiulr. The pike perch is
name very appropriately applied to una
lake or pond fish, as it combines the quali
ties both of thc pike and perch. Its mouth
is armed with a most formidable array f
teetli, more carnivorous if possible, than
those of the pike. Un the upper jaw there
are four terrible sharp corneal canines.
V hen the mouth is closed these six teeth
tit together like a steel rat trap. The pike
perch is a common fish in Europe. It is
excellent eating, and is frequently served
at table d'hotes in Berlin and other Conti
nental cities Hcrr Max Vou dun Borne,
tb author of a book on angling in Prussia,
descrilx-s the pike perch as being an excell
ent rod fish, giving good Sort, and biting
freely. Pike perch would probably di
well" in this country, especially in large
lakes and ponds with sandy or gravely bot
toms Several attempts have been mado
to bring them over, but they are very dilli
cult fish to carry, and the transport by
means of eggs is impossible, as the eggs
are very minute, and cannot, like salmon
eggs, be packed in ice. At the late meet
ing at l)WC9toft oi the ish Acclimalisa-
tion Society of N-a-folk and Suffolk the
merits of pike-perch were discussed, aud
it was finally agreed that it would not be
advisuMe to make any attempts to acclima
tise this fish in the rivers and brooks if
East Anglia. Notwithstanding thc pre-
daceous habits of this fish, many piscatorial
au'lKMities consider that it would form a
valuable addition to ornamental waters iu
private parks which at present, being full
of comparative valueless fish, such as mach.
bream, carp, tench and pike, would tie an
the better for the addition of a fish that
would prove to be a game rod fish as well
is g'lod for the table. This fih is known
by stuffed specimens to anglers, but it is
not often that it is brought to this country
in the flesh. We should recommend the
owners of waters in Russia containing shad
to try tbe experiment of splitting, curing
and smoking these fish for the Loudon
market. If properly prepared, they would,
without doubt, fcrm a new arid excellent
relish for the breakfast or lunch table, a
these fish are so delicate that it is diilicull
to keep them in ice for anv length of time.
T lere tre 4l roiling mills in 0 1'0,
ii ol which are in operation. ,