I fitly B. F. SCHWEIER, . the OOISTITUTIOI THE TTHIOI AID THE FJJTOBCEMEUT OF THE LAWS. Editor and Proprietor. VOL. XXXIV. MIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY, PENNA.. AVEDNESDAY, MAY 5, 1880. NO. 19. I H. T. HELMBOLD'S COMPOUND FLUID EXTRACT BUCHU PHARMACEUTICAL A SPECinC REMEDY FOR ALL DISEASES or TH1 i For IVVilitv, Loss of Memory. IndUposU tton to Exertion or Buiucs, hbortnese of limttb. Troubled with Thnnents of Disease, IHruncrsof Vision, fun iu Uie Back. Client, and Head. Rnsn of Illood to the Head, FaJ Countenance, and Dry Skin. If these symptoms are allowed to go on, verv ireauentrv Epileptic Fits ana Con. sumption follow, when the constitution j becomes affected It requires tbe aid of an Invigorating medicine to strengthen and tone up the system which "Helmbolds Buchu" DOES IN EVERY CASE. IS TJNEQUALED Bt any remedv known. 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And to this Jester cried, flir Fool, Kneel now, and make for na a prayer !" The Jester doffed his cap and bells. And stood the mocking court before j The? could not tee the Litter smile Behind the painted grin he wore. Be bowed his bead, and bent bis knee Cpon the monarch's ailken steal ; II i pleading voice arose : 0 Lord, e merciful to me, a fool ! "No pity. Lord, could change the heart From red with wrong to white as wool ; Tbe rod most heal the sin ; but. Lord, Be merciful to me, a fool ! "Tie not by guilt the onward sweep Of truth and right, O Lord, we stay ; j Tii by onr follies that so long We hold the earth from heaTen away. ; "Tbese clumty feet, still in the mire, ! Go crashing blossom witbont end ; fbtse hard, well-meauing hands w thrust AmoDg tbe lwart-ttrings of a friend. "The il-ttmed truth we might hare kept Who knows how sharp it pierced and stung ? i The word we bad not sense to say j Who knows how grandly it had rung ? j 'Our faults no tenderness should ask. The chastening stripes must clease them all ; I But for our blunders oh, in abaai lk fore the eyes of hesTen we fall- ! ' Earth bears no balsam for mistakes ; j Meu crown the knave, and scourge the tool j That did his will ; but Thou,' O Lord, j Be merciful to me, a fool !" The rooa was hashed ; in silence rose The King, and sought bU gardens oooL And walked apart, and murmured low, "Be merciful to me, a fool 1" Blake's Widow- Jem Blake was shot dead In his own doorway by Antonio Gueldo, and the trial was to come off directly. Tbe extraordinary interest in the affair was less due to the mtirdcr and its peculiar circuaistauces, than to the fact lha this was the first case tried at San Saba in any more formal fourt than the time honored institution of Judge Lynch. Jem bad been a quiet man and a good neighbor, with a hand always ready to help one who was out of luck, so public sentiment ran pretty high against Antonio. If the general incli nation had been followed as, up to that time it always had the last-named gentle man would have found very scant oppor tunity to make any remarks in his own be half. However, thing were advancing at San Sabu as well as elsewhere, and it wouldn't do to bang Antonio without a regular trial, no matter how agreeable such a proceeding might be to the people at large. So ran the opinion expressed by Judge Pitblado whose ideea on such subjects were usually accepted without comment. Nevertheless there was more than one dissenter in the present instance, to whom it was by no means clear that there could be any sense or profit in thus beating about the bush. 'Ef Antouio's goin ter be hung, why in don't we hang him?" This was the pertinent query of Jake Smith, the leader of the opposing faction, and his view of the question put it in so clear a liirht that the Judje had great diffi culty in impressing people with his con viction. . Xle said that things had gone on in an irregular way long enough; and here was a way to start the law in properly. and gire it a lair show. Besides, it didn't make any kind of difference; Antonio had shot Jem, hadn't he ? Well, then, whst was the use of taikinz? All the Jury would have to do now was to return their verdict of guilty in the first degree, and there you were all comfortable. It wns just the same thing intheend-v exactlv. "I tell yer," said the judge, who felt the weurht of his title, albeit he same was al together one of courtesy; "I tell yer there's nothin' like doin' a thing reg'lar; partiker. lally when yer know just how It s comin out." So the iudac's argument, supported by his influence, and increasing bias at San Saba in favor or more civilized views, set tled the matter, and it was decided that Antonio Gueldo should be tried before he was hanged. As there was no place specially arranged for such ceremonies, Judge Pitblado hos oitablv offered the use of his shed.. Ilere a rough table and chair were placed for the 1udre. the other necessary furni ture, intended to represent the -dock, the stand, etc, being eked out with boxes from Silas Baggett s giocery store. Jake Smith looked on at these prepara tions for a time with frowning discontent, and then strolled down the road, turairg into the lane that led to Blake s. When he reached the door of the shanty he learned against the jamb and poked bis naked head inside, fanning himseir In an embarrassed way with his greasy fragment of a hat. He had come there wun uie in tention of saying something, but the right within made him forget it. Blake's widow tat there, as she had sat nrpttr much all the time since the murder, staring straight before her, with her chin in her nalm. The sunlight struck through the foliage of the red oak trees that grew before the door, and checkered wim met ering brightness the floor and cradle in which Jim's baby was sleeping. Thf re it was' lust as it had been three days ago; (could it only be three dayst) just a? it had been when sue went out mnmincr to look after the drying clothes. h left him standing in tbe door by the an fond he was of the baby?) just s it was when she beard the crack of the pifto!, and ran in wim mn of suffocating fright; just the same asshc had found him lying upon the cradle, dab- Win, its white linen with nu niooo, uu the baby playing with his hair. She -.mi onre. the first ana last comu. . WrH her make, then she was quiet and helpful through it all; when ths .nrl lifted him bp; when they room; when they carried him to the grave she following with the baby in her arms. Jake Smith was trying to find the link missing in his thoughts; he sniffed with perplexity or something and Blake s widow looked up without speak! nj. Jake nodded pleasantly four or five times. Poorty chipper t" "Blake's widow smiled sadly, bent ove the sleeping child and smoothed the clothes with a tender touch. "They're agoin' ter try him in a court," Jake went on, "an' 1 don't believe " "Try who Antonio!" she turned to ward the burly figure in the door with a flash of interest in her black eyes. Tea. The judge is making court out of his shed. I hope it'll turn out all right, but it seems like giving that Mexi can devil a cliance he oughtn't ter have.' 'He can't get clear, can be!" she asked, rocking tbe cradle gently and patting the coverltL 'I don't see how, but he's got some kind of a law cuss to speak for him a fel ler that stopped here a day or two ago on his way to Galveston, and it makes me kind o' nervous." Brake's widow did not appear to notice tbe last remark, for toe child, disturbed by the talking, had awakened and sat up in his cradle with a wondering look. "Pooty, aint he ("said Jake, regarding the small figure with interest. "Looks just like ahem: you. Poor little I a " he stamnured and treated his bat like a mortal enemy. "Of course he's had you've got there aint nothin' I could do fur yer, maybe V She answered with a grateful look, but it was accompanied by a shake of the head. Jake bent down, and, with his big fore finger, softly rumbled the hair of the baby's head: then he went out and left them, Blake's widow sitting as be had found her. and the baby staring down the path after him. He walked on until he reached tbe top of the little hill, where he could look down upon the roof which covered the piteous scene he had just left, nere he seemed to have half a mind to turn back, for he hesitated and stopped, but he changed, Jliis partial intention after lingering a moment, and walked meditatively onward, with the exclamation, "Wall, some women do beat the d 1 aniazin'." Of course everybody came to the trial- The arrangements were soon found to be altogether too meager. Pitblado's shed was filled to overflowing, and Baggett made a clean sweep of every empty box in his store. Antonio's lawyer, a sharp-eyed, sharp- featured fellow from Galveston, had bus tled about with surprising agility on the day previous, holding mysterious confer ence with Ill-conditioned fellows of Gueldo's kidney. Jake Smith was highly dissatisfied, and even tbe judge was heard to utter some misgivings, however; by the time the pro ceedings bad really commenced he gained cccJdence. The court was assembled, tha jury bad been chosen, and the witnesses were all present save one Blake's widow. Pretty soon there was a stir at the door then a murmur of surprise ran through the crowded room. May I be d d," said Jake Smith. audibly "if she hasn't brought her baby.'" What reason she may have had for no leaving the little thing in charge of some sympathizing woman and there are plenty who would have been glad of the trust was not apparent; however that might be. there it was clasped firmly in her arms, its bright red checks contrasting with her whiteness, aid its father's sunny hair mingling with her dark locks. With some difficulty way was made through the throng to her scat, which bad been placed on the side of the judge, di rectly opposite the candle-box on tbe other, where Antonio sat. She took her place and never moved during the whole trial, excepting as she was required to testify, and once when the baby tugged at some glistening thing that lay bidden in the folds of her dress, at which she took pains to distract its attention with a chip from the floor. As for the baby it sat there with its big, blue eyes open to their fullest extent, en tirely absorbed in the novei scene, save when that irresistible glitter caught its eye. Every one being now present, the trial went on in eood earnest. A nuniDeror witnesses were examined, whose testimony showed that Gueldo's had had trouble with Blake, and more than once threatened his life; that Gueldo pistol was one charge empty on the evening of the day of tne murder, whereas in the morning it had been full; that be was seen that morning around Blake's house, and more than that Blake's widow had heard Gueldo's voice just before the fatal shot, and had seen his retreating form as she ran out. At this last point tbe Galveston lawyer asked the witness a few questions regard ing how she knew it was Gueldo's and how she had recognized the voice for his. She rtirl not know how exactly, but was none the less sure for that. There bad been a rumor about that some one bad heard Antonio make a boast of having "done for Blake this time," but If there were a witness for this he could not be found now. And so the prosecution closed. The Galveston lawyer began by Involv- ing in a whirlpool of hopeless contradic tion, the witness who had sworn to having seen Gweldo near Blake's house. Then he expatiated on the ctse with which one per son may be mistaken for another, and brought a witness to show how Gueldo had already been said to resemble someone in the village. Finally, he produced three of the ill-conditioned fellows before referred to, who swore that Antonio was with them on a hunting expedition during the whole of the day on which the m order was eom mltted. It was a clear case of alibi. Jake Smith's astonishment atjhe ease with which the thing had been accomplicbtd was unbounded. He threw a dugusted look towards Pitblado, but the judge was nonplussed, and didn't seem to be inter ested with things in Jake's vicinity. Gentlemen of the jury," said he, "things has took a turn I didn't altogether expec'. I don't know as there's much to be said. I suppose you've got to go by the evidence, an' that don't need any explaining Ef you kin make out accordin' ter that, that Aqlouio Gueldo killed Jem Blake, why, just recollect, that's what yer here fur." The jury filed out, and the expectant audience occupied itself with tobacco and whispering comments. Jake. Smith fidgeted about on his box, and cast anxious glances through the open door towards the clump of nopals where the jury were deliberating. Antonio talked and laughed in an under tone with his counsel, and Blake's widow sat staring at them with compressed lip", and a sireng expression of determination coiling into her face. It wasn't long before the jury filed in again, all seating themselves by the spokes, man, and Judge Pitblado rose wiping his forehead with his shirt sleeve. 'Straightened it out, have yer?" asked he, nodding to the Spokesman. The man nodded slowly in return. "Wal. It's have it then." "Ter see," said the spokesman, with a hesitating and disappointed air, "ef yer hadn't a corralled us with stickin' ter the evidence, we might a done butter, but ac cordin' ter that, Antocio wasn't thar when the murder was done, an' ef he warn't thar, he couldn't a done it, an' ef ho didn't do it, why then of course he's not guilty." Pitblado didn't dare to look at any body; he stared up at the ratters down at the table nowhere in particular, and then turned half-way towards Antouio. "You kin go" said he, speaking with great deliberation, bul I wouldn't stay round here too long." There was a dead pause for a moment, and nobody movL Jake Smith exploded a singlo expressive word, which be had held hi for some time past, and Blake's widow stood up. "Have you got through, judge I she asked. "Wal I e'pose so." "And there is nothing more to be done?" "I'm afraid ther aint." "And he's free to go!" "Y-a-a-a." Antonio Gueldo rose with an insolent grin, and picked up his hat. The baby crowed, for it saw the glitter ing thing again. There was a sharp report Autonio pitched forward in a heap upon the lloori and Blake's widow stood with the pistol pressed to her breast. A line of clear blue smoke curled up from the muzzle of the weapon, and formed a halo around the child's flaxen head. The glittering thing was quite near the little hands now, and they took it from the yielding grasp of the mother. Blake's widow looked steadily at the figure on the floor it was quite motionless then she turned, and went through the wide passage opened for her by the silent crowd, holding the baby very teaderly, and the baby carrying the pistol. The child laughed with delight; it had got its shining plaything at last. rereonal Peculiarities, About forty years ago I had a lad in my employ who had the habit when unexpect edly spoken to of pricking up his ears in so decisive a manner as to remind one oi tne ears of Puss or of Tray when suddenly called. Marie Louise, the secoud wife of the great Napoleon, was in the habit of amusing the ladies of her court at their pri vate soirees by turning her cars almost com pletely round, and in a manner closing them up. She did this by a peculiar mo tion of tbe jaw, and she is said to havo prided herself on the exploit not a little. A man 1 knew well wore, an enormous shock of raven hair, and would allow him self to be lifted by the hair from tbe ground bv any one strong enough to do it, and to be swung to and fro like a pendulum, or to be dragged along the floor. Tbe faculty of sleeping at will was one of tbe endowments of the first Napoleon, who it is said could sleep any leDth of time, long or short, and awake at the time, al most to the minutc,,he had lesolved upon. Among the muscular movements not common, 1 nave noticeu several instances of persons who could throw back the fonr flngers of either nana until tney stoou pcr pmdicular to tbe back of the hand and wrist. Other instances I have seen, though bu' a few, of persons who can project the lower joint of the thumb almost into tbe hollow of the palm. In neither of these persons is the ordinary use or tbe symmetry of the band at all affected. Of lelt-bandcd people we have all seen many, and they abound among the working classes ; but of the artihandist, or both banded, that is, of persons who could do everything with either hand, as weil with one as the other, I have known but one in the whole course of my life. This was an orphan boy, who had had no parental care, but had been left al most to himself from infancy. Quick, ac tive, and sharp-witted, be had taught him self many things tolerably well, couia araw fairlv. could play the fiddle and the Cute, and wrote admirably and with unrivalled raDiditr with cither hand. There are many persons w no. iroin caiues they can never explain, have a repugnance, almost amounting to horror in some coses, Tor certain animals. The French General Junot. who was as cool as a cucumber amidst a perfect storm of Duiicis, anu would face the cannon's mouth unmoved, would take to his heels at the sight of a live frog, and would not recover his equanimity for hours. I have known a man who would not touch mutton, however cooked, while he would eat heartily of any other meat. Some there are in whom the thought of eating bare or rabbit excites loathing; some who would starve rather than eat shell-fish of any kind and there are not a few to whom butter and cheese are abominations. Others are equal ly prejudiced against certain vegetables, but why or wherefore they can never ted you. The mind builds Iti own bouse. Gaiety Is nature's garb of health. The greatest fanlt is to be eonsdous of none. A Digb-Toned Cook. Mrs. Vandewater has lately experienced a great deal of trouble in securing a go id servant girl. The last one she bad was told to boil an egg in the coffee, and she put it in whole. On another occasion. when instructed to stuff tbe ducks with onions and potatoes, she put them in whole. She also made apple pies in a similar man ner. Her predecessors were equally neg ligent and ignorant, and Mrs. Vandewater determined to have a better girl at all hazards. It was with the intention of se curing one that she went to the city. She went to an intelligence office and asked to be shown some of the best specimens in stock. A burly girl ef thirty-two stepped for ward, and tbe following dialogue took place: "Can you cook in the French style?" 'Yes, mum." "Can you get up German dishes i" 'Yes mum." "I suppose vou are a church member?" "Yes." "You have no objection to splitting wood?" "Not any." "What time do you wake up in the morn ing?" "Five o'clock ; and I can play the gui tar." 4 "You never kindle fires with kerosene I" "Never, missus, never; and I aint strong minded. I ain't in favor of women vot ing." She suited first-rate; but before she con sented to be engaged, the wanted to ask some questions: "How many folks in the family t" "Five." "Husband drink any?" "No." "Po your daughters whistle 'i'inafore' airs?"' "Never." ''Have you sny oil paintings in the house, and AXminister tapestries, and pots of hya cinth on the shelf i " "I liave." "Have I got to hunt off book sgents!" "I'm never troubled that way." "Do you expect me to wash the dog ?" 'I have none." "Do your boys go out crabbing andcomo home covered with mud, and have four shirts apiece in the wash every week!" "My children are all girls." 'What part of the city do you live in?" "I live in Patcrson, N. J." "Then you can't hire me. I don't go to the country if I knows myself. My beau don't get tlirough work till seven o'clock, and by the time he'd get shaved and put on his swallow-tail coat and get out to Paterson, it would he breakfast time. I don't wan't country in mine. I'm a city gal." Then she took her place on the bench, and waiting for an eligible employer to cmie along. "Usually," said Mr. Carter, "young men who are in a position to handle much change begin to notice the old American cents and to lay tbctn aside. They soon become interested in making a complete series of them and the tast then develops. Soon they begin with half-dimes and then dimes. Then the appetite gowa and they undertake a collection of quarters, and so they go through halves and dollars. Though in tuc American mint series there is noth ing of interest but the date, still curiously enough the few rare dates in fine condition will commoni higher prices than the rare coins of almost any other series. In war times, when ixoney was high, I have known an American dollar of ISO to sell for $700, and since then dollars of that date have several times brought as much as $ ;00. American cents of 179:1, 1T'j9 and 1 Sol are very rare and bring hig'i prices. Of course n.uth of their derived value depends on their condition and color. A coin that docs not show the marks of circulation and still bears the mint lustre is much esteem ed. Some collectors take great pride in matching their sci ies in color, and while one has a taste for purple cents Another prefers the olive," "Is not th:s a costly diversion: 'The American coins can be collected. with a few exceptions of very rare coins, at a slight cost. But frequently when fathers are called upon to pay the bill for the collection which their sons have made they begin to take an interest in the sub ject. In my own ease 1 of course wanted to do something a little better than my son had done, and I began collecting ancient itorrian and Greek coins, in which I took much interest. In these old coins I found a link to the dead past, and when 1 ead of Greek and Iionian wars and hold in my hand a coin of the dates in question, or commemorative of some battle or some fighting emperor, . I feel that 1 have sjnie tiu-'gihle connection with the events wl:ch otherwise must seem too long past to bt much interest in this age. The Homan coins are interesting for the portraits which they bear of the emperors. And thus one becomes interested tn the history of the people who bought and sold with these antique and missuappen pieces of stamped metal." "What, Mr. Carter, is the assurance of the genuineness of these old coins, and how can one trace the coins from the coffers of Couimodus through the ages to the collec tor s cabinet, tor instance, in modern Brooklyn!" "It is difficult to explain how we Know a genuine antique. But tuero are no tws ancient coins alike in shape and appear ance, and an expert wul sort out the coun terfeits which are common, and, as I un derstand are manufacture-! in quantities in Birmingham as readily as a bank teller will detect the bad bills which may pass through his hands. The. appearance of a genuine old coin is unmistakable and in imitable." Sand I'lllara. We have often witnessed a phenomenon on the sandy plains of Central Asia, which accounts in some measure for the innum erable sandy mounds that are found in some rernons. i ben seen at a distance for the first time, it made a strong impres sion upon my mind. About twenty pil lars were in view, wheeling round and lick- ing up the sand. As they passed along a cloud of dust was raised on the ground, apparently eieht or ten yards in diameter. This gradually assumed the form of a column, that continued to grow in height and diameter as it moved over the plain, appearing like a mighty serpent rearing his head aloft, and, twisting his huge body into contortions' in bis efforts to ascend. The pillars were of various sizes, some twenty or thirty feet hign, otner niiy, sixty, and one hundred feet, and some as cended to nearly two hundred feet. As the whirlwinds began gathering up the dust one might have fancied that antedilu vian monsters were rising into life and activity. The smaller ones seemed to trit1 It ligh'ly over the plain, bending their bodies in graceful curves as they passed each other; while those of larger dimensions revolved with sravity, swelling out their trunks as they moved onward, .till the sandy fabric suddenly dissolved, forming a great mound, and ereatinf a cloud ef dost i sat was swept ever tne sen. A Mile la Mid-Air. Barrington Brown, during his memorable survey of Guiana, reached the foot of Kora ima and ascended its sloping portion to s height of 6,100 feet above the level of tbe sea. Between the highest point he reached and the foot of the highest perpendicular portion which towered above is a band ol thick forest. Looking up at the great wall of rock 2,000 feet in height, he could see tliat a forest covered its top, and that in places on its "sides where small trees or shrubs could gain a hold, there they clung. The gigantic cliff itself is composed of beds of white, pink and red sandstone. interbedded with layers of red shale, the whole resting on a great bed of red dionte. The length of Uoraima is about eight or ten miles ; Kukeuara is perhaps larger; and the area of lllebeapeus is certain)- more exten sive. It is impossible to view this wonder ful group of mountains without realizing that far back in the youth of tbe world they formed part of an archipelago in tropical seas. That they are well wooded and watered is made certain by visible trees and the enormous waterfall which pours at least from Roraima. A grand view of this cata ract was obtained by Barrington Brown from the mouth of a cave, inhabited by guacbaro birds, and situated 1,842 feet aliove the level of the sea. Through the clear atmosphere was distinctly visible at a distance of thirty miles the white thread of the waterfall. The Indians said it was the head of a branch of the Ootinga river, but it is more probably the head of the Carom, a branch of of the Orinoko. This tropical Staubbach is probably the highest foil in tbe world, and is at the same time of con siderable bulk. The cliff of Koraima is 2, 000 feet in height, "over the upper half of which it fell like a plumb-line and then de scended with a slight slope outward. The remaining 3,000 feet to ti e valley below slopes at an angle of forty-five degrees, and, ling tree-covered, the rest of the fall is hidden by foliage. The invisible attraction of the curious range of Savanna island mountains to naturalists arises from the in accessibility. This should not be under stood as the mere desire to excel others in a feat of climbing, but as the hope that some relics of the mammillian life of the so called "uuocene" period may have survived on these isolated altitudes, cut off from ail communication with the living, moving world. If any of the "miocenc" mammals lived upon them when the sea washed over their bases, the descendants of those ani mals may exist there s'.ilL as the lemurs ex ist in Madagascar, and whole family of marsupials, such as the kangaroo, in Austra lia. Perhaps a balloon may one day solve the mystery which lends a charm to these island mountains, and the happy naturalist who lands as one will, of course, and in time on the summit of Korainia, may fir.d himself among the descendants of the rarei long since blotted from the lower world in which the evidence of their existence is re corded in the great stone books alone. iVmid the forest depths, on which rests a huge cloud, be may find not the gigantic saurians of the youthful world, grim mon sters of tlio fish-lizard and bird-lizard form, but the great progenitors of existing mammalia. Leaving the tapir, ote of the most ar dent of extant creatures, at the bot tom of the Roraima cascade, be may find at its summit its gigantic cogeners huge her bivorous animals fifteen and eighteen feet in length; the dinotherium, a tapir-like creature, larger than the elephant ; antique analogues of the mastodon ; ancestors of the horse, the hog and the greater cats, which in the known parts of the continent are represented by the jaguar, the puma, and the ocelot. A prospect of the dino therium alone would be sufficient to com pensate an enthusiastic naturalist for the labor of years. It is the largest of tbe ter res'rial mammals which have inhabited our globe, and deservedly stands at the head of the thick-skinned animals, as the megathe rium or gigantic sloth at that of the tardi grades. Probably the dinotherium would be found, if found at all, pursuing a life like that of the hippopotamus. Its great head and tusks are tilted for grubbing up aquatic plants, and like those of the walrus, for helping the animal out of the water. But the dinotherium is but one of the start ling forms which might be looked for on Roraima if its cliffs be really as ihtlicul as pataled. Lizards in the semi-ophadian stage might be encountered, and other ani mals which, as the little boy said who bad been taken into a lecture of Prof. Owen's, bad not quite made up their minds what they were going to be." Ancient Modes of Torture. Everybody who goes to Nuremburg must visit the torture chambers. Une aimct writhes at sight of the rack which 400 years ago was in actual use, and trembles at the presence of the Iron Virgin, as she is called. It is an Iron ease in the shape of a woman with folding doors, which open in front. The victim stepped inside, and the doors, into which are fastened eight sharp spikes which pierce the eyes, were gradually shut. It was a slow death, and long dreadful hours passed, (luring wmca the spikes were driven deeper, until at last some vital spot was reached. Alter death a small trap door was opened and the poor fellow dropped into a machine in tbe room below, where he was cut into bits about three inches long, and then thrown into the canal. Te see such things makes one glad to live in the 19th ceutury, where even the worst criminals are at leasiireateu with that mercy ;which ought always to temper justice. The object of the olden time was to keep a villain alive as long as possible. To-day, on the other hand, we are trying to devise some means by which death may ba caused painlessly and sud denly. There is one instrument in this torture chamber however, which we would like to see revived. It is a frame work in which those who adulterated food were placed for punishment. The:r heads and hands were firmly tied, and then the whole thing was let down by a strong rope into the river. The criminal was ducked ntu he promised to commit the offence no more and then ducked once again, just to empha size his promise. Judges erthe rnlied States Supreme Conn. Justice Strong Strong has the spare form and refined face of an ascetic; he is a member of the Presbyterian Church, a rigid observ er of bis religious duties a strong temper ance man. and a model husband and lalber. Judge Bradley is of short statue, scholarly and very courteous. lie looks very wise and very severe while on the bench. Judgo Harlan has a boyish, smooth face, full of good humor and kindness. He maintains majestic gravity during an argument. Judge Clifford has a rosy, benevolent face, and his large white neckcloth sets off the somberness of his silk gown. Mr. Justice Clifford has the most exalted idea of the court, ranking: it next to heaven. He would readily pass for a worthy Bishop, and never tolerates anything bordering on liberty. Judge Swayne is portly, and has an intellectual head and face. Judge Miller has a large, ponderous frame, and is the embodiment cf legal lore and the re sponsibilities of his high office. O'Leary, the pedestrkin, Is said to be worth M,09. A !ew Swing for Ladies. A smart Illinois bov, named Sloane in vented trap on the principle of those user in Africa for trapping game that is to say. be constructed a slip-noose of thongs, ant attached it to the top of a stout sapling, which he bent down by the aid of a hoist ing-tackle, and fastened it to the ground. Now Master Sloane had a sister, a younc lady of great worth and of very decider: character. Other girls, who were enviow of her beauty, said she was an ill-tempered. red -haired thing, but this was prohamv mere calumny. At all events, so thought the young minister who was settled ove: the Seventeenth Congregational Church. and who was generally believed to be Mi Sloane s accepteiTIover. That he went t see Miss Sloane on the very evening wher the reckless boy set his Central Africa trar was not strange, for he usually spent thret or four evenings every week at the Sloant mansion, but is was a coincidence that od that precise evening he proposed a walk, and led Miss Sloane toward the identical lane where the trap was waiting for victims. Uow it happened that neither the youas. minister nor Miss Sloane noticed the beni sapling or the rope, no one can understand, unless they were so deeply engaged in the discussion of theological questions that they were oblivious to all earthly things. Stii. more difficult is it to comprehend how tl.ej could both have stepped within tbe noose, not mote than a foot in diameter. It u plain, however, that the lady was readini; a hyuuibook and that her companion had approached extremely close to her in order to see if the hymn was correctly printed. liowever this may be, the fact remain that Miss Sloane and the minister wen just within the noose when the trap sprung, and the elastic sapling suddenly lilted them twenty feet in the air, where they remained hanging like two cherries on a single stem, and expressing in lively tones their suspicion that something unusual had happened. Half an hour lafei the Clinton and Holniesville stage passed that way, and tbe driver and bis passen gers were astonished beyond measure. For some time it was supposed that some new and curiously complicated auiinai was swinging from the top of the sapbng; but just as one of the passenger was aboul to tire at it, the driver recognized the min ister, though he was not able to recognize his fellow-prisoner. The latter's voice wot- somewhat muliled, but she was dislinctl heard to revile the minuter, and to assert that she never would forgive him, no mat ter how ho might try to excuse himself. Six strong men finally best down the sap ling, re'eased the victims. Fortunately, neither of Master Sloane's victims were ser iously injured, and were both able to walk home on opposite sides of the street. The result of this affair were numerous. Mis Sloane left town the next day on a visit to tht East, and has not since returned. The minister was tr,ed for indiscreetly banging from the tops of trees with young hiJies, ami thereby bringing reproach upon hi.- profession, but was acquitted by a close vote. As for Master Sloane, is is belicvuu and hoped that his father has killed him. At any rnte, he has not been seen, and the rumor thai be has been s-nt to the House of Refuge in Chicago is not generally be lieved. Hie Cod. Besides being the most prolific of f-vxl fishes, he is large, easily taken and quickly prepared for market, while his 'different parts are utilized as generally as those ot his land rival hog. Professor Baird says that besides the muscular parts, the sounds and roes are used as food, the oil is valuable for medical and mechanical purp , the offal is converted into a valuable manure, the bones make good fuel, while the skins serve many nations for leather and cloth ing. This fish, like the mere prominent of his relatives, is at home only in cold water the latitude of Cape May being his extreme southern boundary, while he lives as close to the pole as he can without risk of being frozen ia. He probably exists farther south than the line indicated aliove, but if so, it is in cool depths too retired to admit of successful interviewing. At certain points off the Massachusetts coast he finds a suffi ciently low temperature in (hallow water, and at tbese places he is frequently seen and caught by fisherman, but his favorite American haums are the semi-inclosed waters of the coast of Canada and adjacent islands. Fond, however, as he is of very cold water, there are temperatures which be will under no circumstances endure, even though they be but two or three de grees removed from the normal. Among these is the water that comes from melting salt ice, and slowly sinks to the level to which its specific gravity entitles it. In such water the cod will not remain ; be will not go through it, even though his dinner be on the opposite side, the distance very short, and the cod very hungry. He pre fers to circumnavigate such an inhospitable region if he has business on the other side, as rishcriiian have learned to their own ex ceeding profit. Tbeie are different atinevcs of tbe cod, and the entire lack of evidence of mixed blood, and the rarity with which more than one variety is found in any giving locality, prove either that the cod is a non-migratory fish, or that he regards the preserva tion ot caste as a paramount duty. Like aristocrats everywhere, be is an omnivorous feeder. The "dredge is considered by naturalists to be the best implement with ! which to otrtain information upon deep-sea . life; but Professor Baird says that the stomach of tbe cod is the best of all dredges, for it generally contains morsels of every sort ot marine resident within reach. With a high-born contempt of the requirements of trade, the cod feeds largely upon herring and mackerel, but he Is partial to crabs, lobsters; and most other fish. As his diges tion is not equal to tbe task of assimilating these last-named items of the ocean menu, he stows then away in the tide of his stomach, and when the quantity becomes burdensome, he disposes of them according to the method to which Jonah owed his es cape from submarine lodging. While not migratory by inclination, any failure or de terioration of his habitual larder will cause him to remove to the nearest resort of good livers. 1 'n ago cod-fish were quite plentiful off Newburyport, Massachusetts, but disappeared as tbe Merimack River was depleted of fish ; since the restocking of the river, however, with shad and ale- wives, the cod has reappeared at his old: dining-place, gladdening the hearts of tbe the perfect trust in which it grows. Skele flshermen, and gracing the Sunday break- tonized leaves and capsules appear to gain fast table of the descendants of the Puri- in the process a toughness and durability tans. not poesessed by them in their natural The cod resorts to the shore for feeding : state purposes; but who that is not a rook or a ! Rather slim! scullion cares always to be in the vicinity J of the dining-room? Naturally he is an i Recently at the Pinafore matinee a long, off-shore, deep water fish, for at a distance ! giunt individual, with legs as thin ai whit from the land he is always sure of finding ! tied matches, came into the theatre and those strata of cold water In which he do- I stood in front of some gentleman, sautting lights. There are times when he will not out their views of the stags. ;ie of the leave these, even fir food; but the seasons j party said: "If you gULss what that is in which fresh-water fish revisit the scenes before us, I'll put a label oa it.' of tbelr childhood are also the seasons when ''It's a plumb-lice so:ne'xly hai drop the water is cool inshore. While hot ! ped down from the family circle," remark weather remains, with sea-water warm en- ed another, and the thin man begaa to ough to lure human beings into the surf, move aside. the cod abhors the beach, anil takes what "Next to boarding house s mp it's the. food is nearest at hand, preferring, like ; thinest thing I've seen,' said a third party, summer lodgers elsewhere, te enduie the I aad the slim maa get uneasy an i sat down. plainest fare for the sake of cool quarters. VVhen, however, the temperature of the water allows him to follow the shad and 3sh to the shore, he never tnvtls alone ; if ne is not accompanied by a family, he takes to much company with him that lhoe who extend hospitable seines to receive him -ake sometimes as many jis thirty thousand ish at a single haul. The cod is wonderfu'Jy prolific, deposit ing from tLrv-e to sjven mi!scs of eggs at i time. It not only prefers to spawn la he winter months but in tha coldest water it can find, and yet avoid an icy coverlet; t temperature of thirty-two degrees is the favorite, while nothing above forty degrees iS tolerated. The largest spawning grounds jf the cod are in the vicinity of the Lof ioilen Islands, though the Americw mein jers cf ihe family put up with such ar.om. nodalioss as they can hud ce.tr home. The domestic arrangements of this fish are so informal that tha cys have no Bpecial abiding-place, dot any protection what- ver. ot the millions of egjs that srj de posited by a single femal not mora than a hundred Ihousan.L probably not more ihan ten thousand, rtsnil in lull-grown fish. Like the small boy wh -, if he could not whip a larger boy, csuld at least make .aces at his sister, the small tis'i upon which he cod preys nud Ueliciojs t-:Tcu 'e in ett- ing the eggs of the latter, wuiie the mass ot "low down" inhabitants of ths ocean are true to the instinct of low-downers every where to prey uponar.a oeraey, paiticuar- ty upon the younger scions lurejf. It is probable, too, that many ol the egs which escape tne keeu eyes of seurciiers after delicacies do not lx.co.ne fcrtilizuX The Telearaun, folk. When the news came of the revolution in Turkey and the disposition of Abdul Aziz, Q'leen ictoria, it is said, lost no time in lulcrvtmiflg in his behalf by tele- graphing to l on-tuutino:.c and expressing aer hope tluit the ex-Suliaa would not be subjected to any violence or ill-treatment. o.gnes le bleu (take good care of him) said lui maj"Sty; b-it the cruel telegraph jiiitle her say 'Sa:gucz le lcin,'' bhei him ell; and how they h:ed him ad the world Snows, l he story is not liniHusible. In his last annual report the Poitmaster uencral owns that a poor woman te eraph ing to a relative, ".Mary is bad," had her jaessage rendered, .Mary is dead," and .hat a pleasuie party w ihing to advise their iriends at home of their saiety by the as surance that they hail "arrived all right," scandalized the anxious one with the an nouncement, "We have arrived all tight." But many jukes aro perpetrate.! by the wires without otlicial recognition. King John of Saxony was prone to dropping in upon officials when they least xpected him. O.ie day hu appeared at the telegiaph office of a small stauon. The clerk app i-ed kis colleague at the next station ol the unwelcome vUit, and before an ac!in'iwledgeaient ot the warning came was called upon to enlighten the inquiring monarch res(ecting llu busim-ss of his of fice. Presently a message came along the wire, and his majesty desired to be ac quainted with it? purport. He was told it was unimportant; but was not to be put off, and insisted on the mes.ie being re. peateJ to him: so tbe stammeriug clerk had no choice but to regale the royal ears with th? German equivalent for: "The King pokes ills nose into everything." If King John was annoyed bv the impertinence, he had to thank himself for it. Such was hardly the case with the late Karl Russell. One evening when he was the Minister in attendance at Balmoral, a little old man, burie 1 in a great coat, handed a te!egta:n, addressed to one of thu m.nL-ters in London, to the telegraph clerk in one of the s:a i ;ns oa the Deeside rail way. Thi c erk, af er g a icing at the messenger, thiew it con;emp:uou.-ly bi.ck w.th: "Put your name to it. It's a pity your master docs not know how to send a telegram." The name was added. "Why you can't write! " exclaimed the clerk, after vainly trying I make something of the sir.a ure. "What's your name?'' "My name?'' said the messenger "my name is John Kusm.'1L. Tne el: r'i was trai s'erred to another of fice bt fo e many days passed. Writing of tha uitliuulty Eailish engi neers experienced iu making educated Per sians understand the working of the elec tric telegraph, Mr. M uasey siys: .Mucil of the tim'j of one of our otiieers was occu pied during several weeks in attempting to enlighten the mind of a provincial gover nor, who had got it into his hea l that the wins were hollow tubes, and that mes s iges were transmitted through toem a9 ia a pneumatic post. Ia vain was the whole apparatus thown to his highuess; iu vain even all its parts explained and re-explained he stuck to his idea: and it was only by Uie suggestion of the following simile that he was at last induced to relinquish it and declare himself satisfied: 'Imagine, said the otficir. "a dog whose tail is here at Te heran and his muzzle in Ljndon; tread on his tail here and he will I ark the.-e." 8keleto 1 1 eavea. At a recent meeting oi ine scientific com mittee of the Royal British Horticultural Society some beautiful specimens of skele ton leaves were shown, the exhibitor stat ing that they were prepared in accordance with these ireneral principles: For the dis section of leaves maceration is too long and tedious, to say nothiug of the uncertainty as to the lesuita. 1 be use of alkali in sat- urated solution is preferable, the specimens to be introduced while the liquid is heated to boiling point. The time of immersion is t be regulated by the character of the various leaves, and the nature of the epi dermis to be removed. When the speci men is freed from epidermis and cellular tissue, it must be subjected to tbe action of chlorine to destroy tha coloring matter. The introduction of peroxide of hydrogen serves not only to render the lace like sped, mens purer in color, but preserves it also. In destroying the coloring matter in ferns this is also invaluable: added to the chlo rine it gives a solidity to the bleached fronds, and appears to equalize the action of the chlorine. For skeletonizing cap- i sules, the slow process of maceration by steeping in rain wa'er is alone available moderate heat may be applied to hasten the process, but alkali is useless. Tbe only known flower which can be dissected is tbe hydrangea Inponica. .The fibrous nature of the petals rendeis it easy to skeletonize in .1 1 laid him en tht rough bed In ths other OLD STtSTWHBM
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