la .- r---. Au WW fif 'fir B. F. SCHWEIER, THE C05STITUTI0S THE TJTJTOH AID THE ESTOXOEHEIT OF THE LAVS. Editor and Proprietor. VOL. XXXIV. MIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY, PENNA., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 18S0. NO. 3S. Id t!ie Ion; ran fame finds deserving nun. Tlie lucky wight may picwper for a day. Eat i;i good time ; rue merit leads the van. ind m pretence, unnoticed, goe its nay. There is n Chance, no Destiny, no Fate, Eat Fortune smile on those wbo work and ait. In the long ran. la the long rnn all godly sorrow pays. There is no better thing than righteous pain; The weepies nights, the awful tboru-crowned Jsys. r ring "are reward to tortured sou and brain, ruaie-mng joy enervate ia t!ie end. But rorrow yields a glorious dividend In the long run. In the long ran all hidden tilings are known. The eve of Truth wit! penetrate the night, Aul. good or ill. thy secret shall be known. However well 'tis guarded from the light. All the unp.iken motives of the breast Are fathomed by the years and stand confessed In the long run. I a the long run all love is paid by love. Though undervalued by the hearts of earth; TUe reat eternal Government above Keej stnet account and will redeem its notk. dive thy love freely ; do uot count the cost; SJ beautiful a thing was never lost Iu tl.e long tun. The Doctor's Wife- M;s. Wintringham's drawing-room was a bright and comfortable place, with its handsome carpets and gilded tables, and deep couch like sofa, covered with crim son satin, and the mossy rug in front of the i lire, into which your feet sank as if it had been strown. inch-deep with rewly-gather-ed rosebuds. And the rire glimiuered in the polished grate, and the wax candles beamed through '.heir ground glass shades; and you might have fancied the apart ment expressly created for sweet words and honeyed flirtations, and readin gs from the poets, and the various other pleasant occu pations which are supposed to belong to high life. But not for frowns and lowering looks, such as now disturbed the equanimi ty of Mrs. WintringhanTs artistically-enamelled couutenace, as she stood there in a rustling chameleon-colored silk dress, with red carbuLcles hanging from her ears, while Josephine Moore stood pale and shrinking before her. '"Such forwardness I never saw." said Wintringham. "No, never ! And I wish you to understand that it isn't going to be tolerated in decent society, Miss Moore. A governess yes, a common nursery govern ess, whom Mr. Wintringham is good enough to employ to sit the whole of the evening and flirt with young Dr. Aymer!'' '"I did not flirt," pleaded poor Josie. '"Ile was only asking me about the arrange meals of Mendelssohn's music, which Oh, very Iike'y," tittered Mrs. Win tringham, sarcastically. 'lie's very much interested in music, I've no doubt. And when you kuew perfectly well that Octavia expected him to be talkiug all the time to Ait. Well, really I dun t know what this world is coming to! One thing I wish you to understand that you are dismissed from my employment from this very mo ment. You will find your wages on the mantel yonder, for I don't grudge you the quarter's money, though you do leave in this irregular manner. Of course, you won't expect a character.for I can't conscientious ly give you one." Josie Moore turned very red, and then pale. She did not speak a word of remon strance, however, but slowly turning round, went up.to her own room, put on her bonnet and shawl, packed her slender belongings into a small trunk, and left the ho'ise. Half an hour later, Mrs. Wintringham, rustling through the well-warmed rooms, espied the money lying untouched on the marble mantel where she herself had placed iL Dear me !" quoth the stately dame, "the governess has forgotten her wages. Well shan't take the trouble to 6end them after her!" Josie went home to the. poor but neat apartments where her aunt took in em broidery to dj for a fashionable shop, and told her simple tale. Aunt Mary's eyes, already reddened with night work and much application, were quick to overflow in her niece's behalf. -It's a burning shame," said the poor woman, "that such people should have it in their power to tyrrannize over others. But never mind, Josie: you shall be wel come to a home hero until you find another situation." - I knew I should. Aunt Mary. "What makes you speak so hoarsely, child ?" questioned the elder lady. "My throat is a little sore, aunt: I think I have caught a cold." "You had better let me make you a cup of hot tea, and go to lied at once.' "Nonsense, aunt !" cried Josie, cheerily. "I'm going to help you finish this first." But the next morning, Josie waked up, hot, and flushed, and feverish, with a rack ing pain over her temples, and quite un able to rise; and before evening she was delirious. "B jb," said Aunt Mary, as she came out of her niece's bedroom with a troubled face, and went down inte the passage, where the landlady's red headed son was playing marbles,-"! want you to go to Dr. Cafferys and ass him to come here as quick as pos sible. Don't delay a moment, Bob, for w may be a matter of life and death." "Yes," said Bob, stolidly, and away he went. . . "Is the doctor in?" demanded Bob of the assistant at Dr. Caffery's. "No, he tint," said the Ganymede of medicine." "Whenllhebein?" "Don't know,- was the listless reply. Bob wasted no more time in ' ln" quirv, but set off after some . "if it's really a matter of We ana death, thought sensible Bob.it don't mate anv difference what doctor they n6 So it happened that young Dr- Aymer, who had just returned home fmJ patient, found himself confronted Dy small redheaded boy. . n (.DIud. n jvma directly air, to w Puke's Court," cried our Master Bob, Kting somewhat on hi. literal orders. . - iwc m me and death !" Wintringiam h "nt Josephine Moore away, m order that ahe might be effectual out of Dr. Aymer'. pi Dut Fate and Mrs. Wintringham were marshel led on opposite sides this time, and that "T yoUn Pcian walked into Josie's ckroom quite unconscious whom he was to behold. George Aymer started a little when he looked into the dark brown m i...t t. smiled up in his face. 'It wasn't my fault'she said, innocent- 'j- i never dreamed of offending Mrs. buoui, uui it was wrong, very --"5 ucr vu turn tae out of doors. iouaeeahe is delirious," exclaimed auni alary. "Yes" said DrAymcr in a faltering voice; "I see." So while Miss Octavia Wintringham lounged in the Handsome drawimr room. dressed in silk attire, watching the gilded uauuioiuie clock, and wondering why the expected didjiot come. Dr. Aymer was sitting by Josephine Moore's bedside. counting the rapid pulsing of her slender wnst, and thinking that he had never seen anything so beautiful as her pures oval iace and lovely hazel eyes. "So you think I am really cured, doc tor?" said the fair convalescent. Joiephine was sitting uo in Aunt Mary s easiest chair, dressed in a loose wrapper. with her brown hair netted back from her face. ''Yes," said the handsome young physi cian, "as we say of c ur hospital cases, I think I may mark you down as 'discharged cured.' I do not think it is necessary for me to pay any more visits here, unless - Josephine blushed deeply. "Iam afraid, doctor," she faltered, glancing at Aunt Mary, who looked equal ly distressed, "that I that we shall not be able to to hand you your fees just yet " "I was not thinking of my fees," obser ved Dr. Aymer. "But we must think of it," said Jo sephine. "And you won't let me come any more as a doctor!" Josephine looked pained. "If our means " she began. "What nonsense ! " laughingly interrup ted the doctor. "I see I shall have to be more explicit May I come, then, as your suitor? as your future husband? Will that do, Jtie ?" The soft pink flushes chased away the paleness of the young girl's checks. "Dr Aymer!" "Yes, Miss Josephine Moore !" "Do you reall " "1 do really lore you!" exclaimed the young doctor, fervently. 'But Miss Octavia Wintringham what will she sav t" "What has Miss Octavia Wintringham to do with it, I should like to know ? She is nothing to me; nor was she ev. r any thing more than the merest acquaintance !" "Thea," said Josie, speaking very low, 'if that be the case, you tiux y corne again t But, as for your fees " "As for my fees," interposed the doctor, gaily, "I will send the uccount in to your husband after you are married ! But as no entry of the transaction was ever made on the doctor's books, we may presume that this was one of liis "bad debts!" And Mrs. Wintringham never called on Mrs. Aymer. Hygienic Kr version. Qualities in animals which are the re sult of breeding tend to die out that is, the animal reverts to his earlier and longer established characteristics. The mustangs of Mexico are descendants of domesticated horses, which, having wandered from the Spaniards, gradually reverted to their primitive typo. The shorter the time in which new qualities have been cultivated, the stronger the reversional tendency. It is somewhat the same hygienical ly. A per son would have a perfectly healthy organ ism if the sum of the forces operating wish in his ancestors had always been on the side of physiological soundness. If such at naa won attacked with disease from some external causes, his system would rapidly eliminate the disorder anu revcr. iu wonted state. This tendency to revert is weakrned in proportion to the number of ancestor! in whom morbid causes have if tiir trmlencv to consumption ulkiow - - ., , - for instance, has been in a family for many fenerations, it has become n accumulated force, ana can oe wiuiicu -j blood only by unremitting efforts, kept up .i -V svnerslions. If it has come to one from outside causes simply, the tendency is weak, and is easily kept in abeyance, or it may De wuohv within a single lifetime. . , . As a general thing, the sick tend to ge well; for the average of ibented vital forces exceeds that of the morbid. The vital forces thus preponderate from age to aee because the less vigorous die early, having those to perpetuate the race in whom these forces have accumulated for numberless generations, "here morbm ." inhaled from one une may be they may be hejd in c beck moTher .me. but these quail LTmay re-app in a grandchild, or, even hoping over two generations, in great gSSSuld. This is known as atayism. A Hss)ofIrbto. a Tvmular Macon m-nisier n-j r tits: Kiss; The family coo- "lt;a, of twenty -one tnougn, however, "TSlin tht neighborhood. only owing to a dance mth n seventeen of the ctuldre n The minister PCl .room, while f.herand seven o"..-,nil!d e old ,ady ttZ5 oi mo br0ueht him w j for a washbowL brougn' was tin!5lSKwn teeth of compUe, huntedup about jeve aa.ld iCS thTogre of this im- lion between horning?" Mister, do you wasn J ..And comb your ha'r too?" "Yes." . , ou sometimes lik. you U neap trwuu- A Talk With the Pope. A door was opened, curtains lifted, and there, immediately in front of me, stood the successor of St. Peter. Knowing that I was not a Catholic, I suppose, and wish ing to save me all the embarrassment in re gard to the three genuflexions and the kneeling which all Catholics perform, his holiness had come to meet us to the very door. He saluted us with a blessing and then made us enter. When we did so, and he found I knew Italian, he said he was very glad to see me, and thanked my companion for having brought rue. He said he understood I was interested in philoso phy, and I replied, "Yes, especially in that oi A.nstoue. Ihis drew from him a very warm eulogiumof Aristotle, to all of which I most fully agreed, but meanwhile I was trying to make up my mind about the Pope's personal appearance. I had seen. I think I may safely say, thousands of portraits of mm. l now found that not one of them gave any notion of his living presence. Leo XIII, if not a handsome man, is certainly a very imposing one. He is about middle height, straight, thin and wirv, with some thing ot the ascetic look or Cardinal Man ning, only in a less degree. There is a peculiar curve in his eyes and mouth, and his nose is very larx aud prominent. His manner is thoroughly regal, free, easy and conndent. lie speaks with great dignity aud fluency, and with long, almost hexa nietric, cadence. He giv the impression of being a man of tremendous will, coupled with gentlemanly prudence. He was dressed, when I saw him, in white, with out adornment of any kind, save a number of very large rings on his fingers. As soon as he had finished his panegyric on Aris totle, I took occasion to say that I wished to thank him for his encyclical restoring the philosophy of St Thomas. This was exactly the right chord to touch, and my friend nodded assent. The Pope, taking me by the arm - with his lett hand and raising his right in the air, burst out into a real flow of enthusiasm, "yttetu mia en ciciica," he began, and I shall never for get the satisfaction with which he empha sized the mia. I had often heard that he was very proud of his ency cliical Eterni Patris, but I had no notion that the mention of it by a heretic would call forth so much eloquence. He spoke for I should think, ten minutes, with real inspiration, of the great value of St. Thomas' philosophy, of its depth, unity and conformity to revealed truth, of the motives that induced him to issue his uncy clical, of the favor with which that document had been received in all parts of Europe, and even America, and of the good he hoped would result from it. Then placing his right hand on my shoulder he inquired how long I had been in Home aud how much longer I meant to remain. hen, in answer to the second of these questions, 1 said only a few days, he looked at me very kindly and said: "But you mean to return, surely," I replied, "Yery probably," Then he said; "Yes, yes, you must return in the autumn and study St. Thomas and Aristotle along with my professors and with the same aim. You will help them and they will help you." He then went on to say that his great aim was to place philosophy on a sound basis, and to gather round him in Kome a numlier of profound thinkers who should thoroughly discuss ail tlilLcalt ques tions and bring as many of them as possi ble to a definite solution. With this view he had founded an academy of Thomistic philosophy which, he had hoped, wou'd be of great service. When I told him I had been present at the inauguration of that institution, and had listened with I much pleasure to the speech of his brother Cardinal Pecci, he seemed greatly pleased, and invited me to attend a philosoi hit al dispute soon to be h.-Id in the library of the Yatican, A which he inten ded himself to be present. My companion undertook to give me notice of the date. After a few more questions, mainly of a personal nature, he grasped my hand firm ly, saying, " I'm strinto la Main' (I press your hand), gave us his benediction, and conducted us, still holding my hand, to the door. My audience had lasted something less than half an hour. The room in which it took place was a small study, comfortable, but by no means ex pensively furniheiL Italian rooms are never, as oim often are, domestic mu seums. A handsome carpet, a few chairs, two arm-chairs and an oval table cov ered with a red cloth and carrying a cruci fix, a few books, writing materials and one or two silver vessels, possibly recent pres ents constituted the entire furniture. I am inclined to thing that Leo XIII is trying, so far as he may, to do away with the vanities and aliiH e-rem )nia!s which have for agessoiiaa.ici fv per-n of the pon tiff. He has, however, a hard battle to tight and is closely watched by represen tatives of a body that scouls all progress, would fain return to the middle ages, and would hardly hesitate to send to a better world any one who stood in their - way in this. It is . openly affirmed in Home that near the beginning of the pontificate of Leo XIII, when his reforming tendencies began to show them selves, an attempt was made to destroy him by means of poison slowly adminis tered; but that, being discovered in time, the attempt was baffled, not, however, un til after the Pope's health bad suffered con siderably, and he began to totter like an infirm old man. I can testify that there is no sign of infirmity about him now. He is vigorous, active, alert, and the fittest man to be Pope of all the Catholics 1 have ever seen. Accidentally Innocent. " l.uTcr liken coin 2- to court with a thoroughly bad case, yet how can he help it, sometimesr 1 clwmlil have more natience with the question, "Do you ever think it right to defend a man wnom you ueiieve io ue guilty?" were it less frequently put by peo ple who spend six days in the week seeking himil of their neighbors. and the seventh trying to circumvent their Maker. To the honest inquirer, i com I ti.o onairir l)r. Johnson once cave linuu mw -" a to Boewell: "Sir, the lawyer is not the judge." Was it my place when George Gilbert s little careworn wife came with tears glis tening in her eyes w oeseccu mc u uu what 1 could for her imprisoned husband, virtually to turn my back and leave her tired, troubled heart to break or not as it might I was neither priest nor a Levite to find a ready excuse for passing by on nthor aiite Yet what could I do! George Gilbert had been sent on a collect ing tour and had gammed away money re- tr kia cmnliivfin It was a rjlain UClvcu wi - I j case of embezzlement and the penalty was a term oi years in me ouue pnwu. "I am sure he never meant to be dis honest," pleaded the loyal little woman; he was tempted by a crafty and designing man, but instead of running away, as others would have done, became back and confessed his fault, offering to let his whole salary go toward making up the lost money till every cent was paid. Mr. Meek the junior partner, was willing to be mer ciful, but Mr. Mangle, the head of the bouse, who had just returned then after a year's absence, insisted that the law should take iu course." I eave her what poor consolation I could for lawvers, like doctors, must keep their patients' courage up at times. "In the first place, I'll see Messrs. Mas gle & Meek,"' I said.. "Mr. Mangle may be brought to hear reason, after all if be can only be made to see his interest in it. The pale, despondent face cheered up a little. My words seemed to have inspired a sort of undefined hope that I was far from feeling myself. Mr. Mangle received me with stony po litwness. "Young man," his manner said, ''don't waste time in appeals to sentiment; you won't, if you II only look at me. I took the hint and came at once to busi ness, repealed Gilbert's offer and put it as strongfy as possible that more was to be gained by leniency than harshness all of which Mr. Mangle listened to with a con scientious scowl. "I cannot be a party to a compounding felony, " he answered with a solemn intona tion." "Xor have I asked you to," I replied, not a little nettled. "I have merely men tioned a plan of paying back your own, leaving it to your generosity to press or not to press this prosecution. "Oh, it is all the same," was the con temptuous rejoinder "anybody but a law yer with his head full of quibs and quib lets could see that. Besides there is some thing rather cool to retain your friend in our employ under pretence of working out the money he has stolen, with the oppor tunity of filching twice as much in the meantime." I felt my temper rising, and not caring to imperil my client's interest by an out right quarrel, I took a hasty leave. Had I been in the prisoner's place on the morning fixed for the trial I could hardly have ascended the court-house steps with more reluctance than I did. And when I entered the court-room and found Gilbert and his wife already there, and noted the hopeful look with which the latter greeted my coming, I sickened at the thought of the bitter disappointment coming. 'The people vs. Gilbert," called out the judge, after disposing of same formal mat ters. A jury was immediately impanelled and the case opened by the district attorney. Mr. Meek was the first witness. The nervous, hesitatiug manner in which he gave his evidence would have greatly dam aged the effect it it had not evidently arisen from a disposition to do the prisoner as little hurt as possible. But no soften ing could break the terrible force of facts he was compelled o relate. Iu the partner's absence he had employ ed George Gilliert as clerk; had found him coirpetent and trustworthy; had sent him on a trip to make collections; after receiv ing a considerable sum, he was induced by a rc$iectahlc looking gentleman to whom be had casually fallen in to join a social gume of cards; at first they played for amusement, then for money, and after losing all his own, in the hope of retrieving his loss, with the fatal infatuation of that dreadful vice whose end is swift destruction he had hazarded and lost the last dollar he had in trust for his employers. Mr. lleek's v. ice falteied as he closed his narrative. II f was about to volunteer something to the prisoner's god character, when a disapproving glance from Mr. Mangle brought him to a halt. Just then the prisoner chanced to turu his head, and catcliiiic a glimpse of the senior partner, who hao just entered, and was standinz among the crowd, he started quickly, then whispered hurriedly in my "Turn aside your face," I whispered hack. Ai d the case for the prosecution being closed the justice inquired; "Have you any witness for the defence?" "I will call Hezekiah Mangle, "I replied. A buzz of surprise greeted the announce ment, in the midst of which Mr. Mangle stepped forward and was sworn: "You have been absent for the past year Mr. .Mangle?" I began. "I have." "Traveling in foreign parts?" "Yes, sir." "The prisoner was employed by your partner in your absence, and was arrested about tue time of your leturn?" "Such was the case." ''Have you ever seen him?" "Not to my knowledge." "Or met him in your travels?" "If he will turn his bead this way I can tell better." At my bidding Gilbert turned and faced the witness. The effect was electrical. Mr. Mangle turned red and pale by turns. "One other question, Mr. Mangle," I resumed. Do you recognize in this priso ner a young man fram whom you won a thousand dollars at poker' while on your travels?"-and I named the time and place at which the young man had met with the misfortune. Cowardice performed the office of eon science, and the truth came out. The firm's money, which George Gilbert had lost, had been won by the senior part ner; and the court instructed the jury hatt, as the sum in question bad actually been delivered to one of the joint owners, who was bound to account to his associate, the prisoner could not be convicted. "God bless you Mr. Parker!" faltered the happy little wife. "I knew you would bring us out all right." It was evident the truthful woman's na ture gave me a!l the credit of the result in whose achievement my share had been next to nothing. The lesson was not lost on George Gil liert. His first false step was the last, and the richest fee I ever received was the heartfelt gratitude of his noble, faithful wife. Wher tit Lam Was, A young man who belonged to an excur sion party visitng Detroit called at the City Hall to make complaint to the Chief of Po lice that he had been robd of his watch. "What sort of a watch was it? inquired the Chief. "Well, it was kinder old-fashioned, but it kept the straightest time you ever saw. Every clock within foor miles of our bouse was run by that watch." "What was it worth?" "Well, I'd been offered seven dollars for it." "It isn't such a great loss, then?" "It Isn't the money value that hurts me, though I dont care to lose seven dollars any more than any other man. You see, it was the only time-piece we had to run our prayer-meeting by, and when the Deacon rose up and asked me what time it was, the minil I begun to haul out that ticker every other young man dropped, his bead, and every gal pneked np her ears and ached for me to beau her home. It made me solid all along the town-line and put me ahead at country dances, and I've got to git it back or go home and tell the folks that I came across a blamed fool and sold it for a twenty." "And you wouldn't do that?" "I migh't vou know, but the mi nit the old man wanted to give me his note for nineteen of it I'd have to own up or shake his paper, and dad's a mtn who backs his notes with a fist as big as the top of your halt" Bea Imst. We have heard of water-spouts, of show ers of fish, of salt rain, and many other curiosities which present themselves ia the atmosphere, but to assert that there is such a thing as sea dust, is to transcend all rea sonable bounds. The evidence, however, in favor of iu existence is exceedingly powerful indisputable, in fact and this is the story told by eye-witnesses. They say that in certain parts of the world, notably about the Cape de Verde Islands, there are constantly met at sea, several hundred miles away from land, thick, yellowish-red fog, not unlike London fogs in November. These fogs obscure the atmos phere, and are very injurious to navigation but they have not the baleful odor of their London prototypes, nor do they affect the breathing in the same way. Whilst sailing through them u is found that the ship, sails and rigging are covered with a fine, impalpable powder, which falls as dry rain, and covers the surface on which it falls sometimes to the depth of two inches. In color, it is of a brick-dust hue, some times of a light yellow, and feels between the teeth like fine irritl such as might be blown into the mouth on a windy day in March. No place is free from its presence, iu fineness giving it power to penetrate evervwbere. The sea, while the dust is falling, looks as if it had been peppered and is discolored for some distance down. Sometimes the dust comes in a shower, and passes off again. The fogs are nothing but vast quantities of the dust suspended in the air. It is uot only in the vicinity of the Cape de erde that this wonderful dust is seen. In the Mediterranean, on the northern parts of Africa, in the middle of the Atlantic it has been reported. It is in variably the same in kind and appearance, and examination under microscopes was proved the identity of said Cape erde sea- dust with Mediterranean sea-dust All this is very remarkable; dust falling in clouds, no land within some hundred of miles. nothing visible which could possibly ac count for the curious phenomenon. Sand spouts there are in sandy deserts, and showers of sand taken originally from spots whereon the earner wind has left its mark but here there is no desert from which the sand can be rapt, and the wind, so far from being boisterous, or disposed to play whirl wind pranks, is light and steaJy, blowing ships along at a calm five knots an hour. In connection with these tacts, hear what Humlioldt savs of the sight he saw in the dry river beds and sandy valleys of Cen: tral America: "When beneath the vertical rays of the bright and cloudless sun of the tropics, the parched sward crumbles into dust, then the indurated soil cracks and bursts, as if rent asunder by some mighty earthquake; and if at such a time two op posite curreuU or air, by conflict moving in rapid gyrations, come in contact with the earth, a singular spectacle presents itself. Like funnel-shaped clouds, their ajiexes touching the earth, the sands rise in vapory form through the rarefied air in the electrically charged centre of the whirl- l ig current, sweeping on like the rushing water-spouts which strike such terror into the hearts of the mariner. A dim and sal low light gleams from the lowering sky over the dreary plain. The horrizon sud denly contracts, and the heart of the trav eler sinks with dismay as the wide steppe seemes to close upon him on all sides. The hot and dusty earth forms a cloudy veil which shrouds the heavens from view, and increases the stifling oppression of the at mosphere." Composers and their Habits. Haydn, when he sat down to compoce. always dressed himself with the utmost care had his hair nicely powdered and put on his best suit. r reUerick 1L bad given him a diamond ring, and Haydn de clared that if he happened to begin without it, he could nt summon a single idea, lie could write only on the finest paper, and was as particular in forming his notes as if he bad been engraving them on copper plate. After all these minute preparations be began by choosing the theme of bis sub jeet, and fixing into what keys he wished to modulate it; and he, as it were, varied the action of his subject by imagining to himself the incidenU of some little adven ture or romance. Gluck, when he felt himself in the humor of composing, had his piano carried into a beautiful field, and thus enlivened his imagination. Sarti, a man ot gloomy imagination, preferred the solemn stillness of a spacious room, dimly lighted by a single lamp. Cimarosa de lighted in noise and mirth. Surrounded by a party of friends, he composed his operas, and as the ideas presented themselves, he seized and embodied them. i'aisicllo composed his "Barbierre de Seviglia" and "La Melinara in bed. Sacchini declared that he never could compose except his two favorite cats were sitting one on each shoulder. A Joker Tricked. The following is told of how a well- known gentleman got even with a waggUh young lady who thought to play a trick on him, and wbo bad arranged with some oi the friends to have a good joke at his ex pense. Ue was about retiring to bed and had put out the light, when he observed on the wall, in phosphorescent characters, "Confess thy sins." The gentleman fell on nil knees, as expected, and began to confess aloud not from terror, however, for he surmised at once that it was a trick intended to terrify him, devised by the young lady, and hearing a noise on the stairway, be guessed rightly that she and her companions were there listening to what he should say, and thus enjoy bis discom fiture. He therefore began confessing, as the greatest of his sins, that he had been com mitting various peccadilloes with her (the young lady who had set up the job on him) ; how he had often kissed her in the dark, eta, but which, of course, had never taken place. The young lady had the tables turned against her with a venceance. she didn't care to admit that she had been listen ing, but she was taught a lesson which she will not soon forget. Zooloalcal Which animal is never old? The gnoo. Which is costly? The deer Which is a good boatman! The roe buck. Which is often elected to office? The mare. Which makes a good light? The tapir. Which is a horrid nuisance and tackles you every where? The boar. V hich beast is most used by cooks? 1 he spider hich dog is the Pope ot Kome fond of? Bull dogs. hich dogs always go m pairs! fcpan- iels. Which is the most unbending dog? The mastiff. Which dog would you recommend hair- dye tot The grey-hound. W men reptile would drivers preieri the hoop snake. hich is the best for watchmen? 1 he rattle-snake. Which do Indians have the most use for? The moccasin-snake; Which is the best for school-children? TbJ adder. A Typical Ghost. "Oh, dear!" groaned Mrs. Capt. Steb- oins, as she leaned back in berbig, stuffed, calico-covered arm chair, and held her felt slippered feet to the fire. ,-Oh, dear! I have got a terrible cold, my teeth are sore, the chills go creeping down my spine, and my bones ache so severely that I am sure 1 hali have the rheumatic fever if I don t get some spearmint from beyond the mea dow and take a green spearmint sweat. But is too dark for any one to go for the mint to-night and the fever will be settled before morning." '1 will go," said Lucina Fairman, one of the neighbors' It t tie girls, who had just run in. "1 will go, Mrs. Stebbins, if Becky will go with me . "All right," said Becky, who was Mrs. Stebhins' sister-in-law, a stout buxom girl of fifteen. "1 will be ready in one minute: Y'ou are real kind to take so much trouble, Lucina, I should have gone my self hours ago, only I didn't know the way, and I don't know spearmint from any other plant or weed. "I should as soon go alone as not," said pleasant little Lucina, "only i rather dis like to go past the burying ground in the twilight poor grandfather's grave looks so lonesome, with the grass not yet green over it." Becky stood near the door, tying on her sun-bonnet; but just then she pulled it off and throwing it into the nearest chair, said decidedly: "I have changed my mind! I won't go a single step!" "Oh, how perverse in you, Becky!" ex postulated Mrs. Stebhins, beginning to rock and groan anew, while little Lucina stood by, watching her for a moment, and then said: "How foolish in mel I am ashamed of myself! If grandfather were alive, I am sure he would be ashamed of me. There are many lonesome things to be met with in a lifetime," and seizing a small basket, she ran out into the gloaming and across the mowing lot toward the brook as fast as her small flying feet would carry her. "She is one in a thousand!" exclaimed Mrs. SteblMns. "She is accommodating and kind-hearted and sensible, and puts her own inclinations by when they conflict with the needs of others. How unkind of vou. Becky, not to eo with the poor little soull" But Beckv hail slipped out, and a nun ute or two later Mrs. Stebhins saw her pass the kitchen-window with a whits bundle in her arms. Lucina had been gone barely fifteen min utes when Mrs. Stebliens heard her flying feet coming up the plank-walk to the kitchen-door The small basket crowded full of spear mint, was thrown into the room, and oblig ing little Lucina fell upon the floor, white and limp, in a dead faint. Mrs. Stebbias sprang from her arm chair, and, liftingtbe insensible, girl placed her upon her own bed, and proceeded to bring her out of her faint by every means in her power. As soon as her eyelids began to quiver, iu indication of returning consciousness, the (rood woman said: "Whatever you may think you have seen, it was only that wicked, mischievous Becky, I am sure she planned to frighten you. That was w hy she changed her mind about going with you." "Oh, could it have been her?" whispered Lucina. "It was all ia white, and was bending over poor grandfather's new-made grave and as I was passing the yard it groaned three times dreadtully," and poor little Lucina fainted away attain. Becky entered soon after, in high glee at the way in which she made Lucina run, but she looked very grave when she found the poor girl going from one fainting-fit in to another, aud heard Mrs. Stebhins say that she was fearful lest she would lose her reason. I only did it for fun," said Becky, over and over; but it proved to be very serious fun, for it was several weeks before Lucina recovered sufficiently to be moved home. Becky was penitent enough, and her shame and sorrow and anxiety changed hei from a rude, mischief -loving girl to a juiet, helpful, sensible young woman. Mrs. Ttehhins didn t have rheumatic fever. When she thought of her aches and pains again, they were all gone and she was in a profuse perspiration. So Becky's shabby foolish trick bad one good result: but Mrs. Stebhins used to say olio would not rcommend the treatment. Arab Auiiunrs. The Bedouins take auguries from birds. A single raven in ones's path is a very bad tokcn.buttwoareextremely lucky. They say .Ykhdharcgn Falan zein Two green (i, e.. black) ones a fair omen. The Bedouins have many other superstitions about ani mals. 1 he superstition as to the flesh of the rock badger, which Palmer noted in the Peninsula of Sinai, is unknown here; but there is a similiar idea alout the mon keys which frequent Mount Kara. These, it is said, were once men who came to visit the Prophet. He set before themjmilk and water, directing them to tlnuk the former aud perform their ablutions with the lat ter. The perverse visitors drank with the water and washed with the milk, ana were transformed to monkeys for their disobe dience. As they were once men, their flesh is not eaten. The legend is closely akin to what one reads in the fabulous his tory of early Arabia about Nasnas and the Waliar iu the great sandy desert. Both these words are monkey names, quite cur rent in the present day, thsugh not recog nized by the lexicons. The latter is an ape, the former a monkey with a tail. Ex cept in this monkey story, I could find no trace of the superstitious rejection of the flesh of any animal. But some kirds of fish have a magical virtue attached to them. A man who suffers in any member ot his body seeks a cure by eating the cor responding part of a hyena. The hyena is all eaten in the neighborhood of Suez, for a friend of mine who shot one near the Wells ol Moses was requested by the Be douins to give them a leg. A similar vir the attaches to the flesh of the gemsbok, (Wudhephy,) a rare species of antelope, found far in the interior. When eaten, it draws an obstinate bullet fron a wound. IMrtures by Lightning. In Cincinnati, some months ago, a gen tleman accidentally discovered a distinct likeness of a uttie girl's face on one of the panes of the window of his house facing southwest. He with others began an investigation of what was to be seen, and on examination, all the parties then present, some twenty in number, agreed that it was the likeness of a little girL On careful inspection another image was discovered on the same pane, the face turned partly toward the observer. And on the other side of the first picture still another, much younger, but plump and smiling, and later in the day still a fourth one. Now, how came these pictures there? Evidently they were photographed by lightning furnishing the light to form the image, and this, together with the accom panying electricity, produced chemical or molecular change in the constituents of the glass and than the image was fixed. Perils tsi raw Teeth. "Parties losing their teeth while bathing can have them replaced in one day," is the advertisement of a Third avenue dentist. An inquirer at this dentist's rooms found a lady temporarily in charge. "Do many persons lone their teeth while they are bathing?" Oh, a great many," she said. "You often hetr of people sneezing their teeth out of car windows, but we never had but one case of that kind. It is different in the surf, where peopie get to laughing and carrying on. We have had so many cases that my brother thought he would put an advertisement ia the papers. Last week a gentleman came to us," the lady continued. "He was an old gentleman, but was little and spry. He said he knew his teeth were going, bothse's, upper and lower, but he coulun t get h.s hands up through the water quick enough, lie saw them after they were in the water, and grabbed for one of them with both hands, but he couldn't catch it. The waves dashed into his mouth, he said, while it was open, and he was so startled that when he ejected the saltwater the teeth went with it. His description of it was very entertaining. '-When water is dashed into the mouth it sometimes gets under the edge of the plate and loosens it," the woman explained. She added. "When a person sneezes, on the other hand, the teeth are loosened by the violent action of certain muscles in the arch of the mouth." "I suppose more women than men lose their teeth in the surf?" the gentleman said. "No ; about as many men come to us as women. It has been suggested that people with false teeth deposit them in the safes at the bathing house, and I really do not see any good reason why teeth should not be left with the clothing in the dressing rooms. But people are peculiar. There arc very few ladies who, even when they a:e bathing with intimate friends, would allow their companions to see them with out their teeth. You have no idea how many people wear false sets of teeth. I have got so now that I can tell false teeth at a glance, and it seems to me that nearly half the people I meet have false teeth. 1 he lady explained that if an applicant would remain in the dental rooms so that the cast could lie tried in his mouth, it was possible 13 make a set of teeth for him in two honrs and a half. othlng I.Ike Docks. When a man is thoroughly interested in something he is reading a very insigumcaiit house-flv can sometimes worry him a great deal. The other day one of the officials in a municipal otli -e was reading. A fly alighted on his cheek, crawled up the side of his nose, and there stood fast and fasten ed its talons in the tender cuticle. The olfactory organ wai slightly elevated s as to break into w rinkles, while at the same time a mild brushing movement of the hand signaled the troublesome insect to move away. It just jumped out about a foot, and settled back into its former location in side of a second The first clutch with its claws brought recognition id the shape of a very energetic sparnug back and forth in front of the offi cial countenance, but the fly hardly waited for the disturbance to subside when he was again snugly bestowed on the nasal promi nence. The persistence of the insect had worn out the patience of the man, and he broke out fien-ely. "D the flies!" The fly may or may not have understood the exclamation, but a quiet stranger who had just dropped in did understand it, and he remarked in tones of the most irritating composure: ''I'll tell you what's good for flies." "Well, what's good for flies?" snapped out the official. "Ducks." "Ducks ?" "Yes, ducks. Out to the Lindeil car stables we keep ducks. The flies worry the horses mighty bad at this time of the year, but a car horse can rest easy at the Lmdell stables." "And how is that ?" asked the official, becoming interested. "Why, they just have plenty of ducks, 1 tell you. Didn't you ever see a duck snap a fly. Whenever the flies get thick on a horse the ducks gather round and snap every fly that conies in reach. If a horse lies down the ducks jusj cnt'vl all over him. The horses mighty soon find out who their friends are, and they like to have the ducks come. In fact, if the flies cet bad the horses will lie down to give the ducks a chance. They are so industrious that they keep the flies pretty well thinned out. 1 tell you there's nothing like ducks for flies." A Clrar Memory. A pious old lady, who was too unwell to attend meeting, used to send her thick headed husband to church to find out the text the preacher selected as the founda tion of his discourse. The poor dunce was rarely fortunate enough to remember the words of the text, or even the chapter and verse where tiny couid tie found; but one Sabbath he ran home in hot haste, informed his wife that he could repeat every word, without missing a syllable. The words were as follows: "An angel came down from heaven and took a live coal from the altar." 'Know every word," replied the hus- j band. "I am anxious to hearit ," continued tie wife. "They arc nice words," observed the hushami. "I am clad your memory is improving. but don't keep me in suspense, mv dear," said she. "Just get your big Bible, and I will sry the won la, for I know them by heart. I said them a hundred times on my way home." "Well, let's hear them " "Ahem!" said he, clearing his throat. "An Injun came down from New Haven and took a live colt by the tail and jerked him out of the halter!" The memory of one-half who attend church is very similar to the above. Wnat Be did Wilk the Soda. A little washing soda was wanted for cleaning purposes, so George was given a dime and dispatched to the apothecary's at the corner to get it- George soon returns ; but no soda. chorused the family. "I did." "Where is it, then?" "I drank it." "Drank it!" "Yes; the man said it wouldn't keep to bring home." A new light dawns on the family's mind. It asks eagerly : "What did you ask for?" "Soda." "Did you say washing soda ?" "Washing soda ? No ; only soda ? " Family laughs as though it were craxy. George doesn't know what all the fun u about, but, he is subsequently heard to say: "That was a boat drink f -Doat be a Foal Jane." It was one of the "by-laws of Heartache's Heavenly Hair Itaiser, that it be used liber ally before retiring, rubbing it well into the the scalp. Just before he went to bed that Bight the man bolted the back door, put the rat in the wood-shed, came in whistling the Fatinitza waltz, danced up to the ciot k-shelf, and pouring out a handful of what be supposed to be his fertilizer, he mopped it ail over his scalp and stirred it well iu around the roots of the little hedge of hair at the back of his neck. The glue bottle, by an unearthly coinci dence, was nearly the same shape and size, as the hair-sap bottle ! He went to bed. "George," said his wife, turning his face to the wall, "that stuff you put on your hair smells like a pan of soap-grease." "Perhaps I belter go up stairs and sleep," snarled George. "You're mighty sensi tive! Y'ou wouldn't expect that a man can put stuff on his head that will make his hair grow, and make it smell like essence of wintergreen, would you ? They went to sleep mad as Turks. This articular bald-headed man, like a good many other bald-headed men, had to get up and build the tires. When he arose next morning, the sun peeped in at the window and saw the pillow ciing to the back of his head, like a great, white chig nou. At first be did not realize his condi tion ; he thought it must have '-auht on a pin or a shirt button. It looked ridiculous, and he would throw it luck on the bed be fore his wife saw it, so he caught it quick ly by one end aud "yanked." "O! O!! I arnat ion to fishhooks, what's been goiu' on here ? Thunder an' liirht- niu' !'' anil he began to claw at his scalp I'ke a lunatic. His wife sprang up from her couch and began to sob hysterically. "O, don't George ! What is it ! What's the matter?" George was dancing about the room, the pillow was now dangling by a few hairs, his scalp covered with something that looked like sheet copper, while the air was redolent of warlike expletives, as if a dic tionary had exploded. With a woman's instinct the poor wife to.k in the situation at a glance and explained : "It is glue!" 1 he bald-headed man sat down in a chair and looked at her a m Niient in contemptuous siln.ee and then uttered the one expressive word : Glue!" Now began a series of processes and ex periments, unheard of in the annals of chemistry. '"Jane, you must soak it off with warm water. I've got to g to Ltica to-day." "I can't, Gorge,'' she returned in a guilty tone; 'it's water-prowf." "Yes. I might have known it ; and I s'pnec it's fire-proof, too, ain't it He scratched over the smooth plating with his finger nails. "It's hard as iron,"' he said. "Yes he said it was gjod glue!" re plied she, innoceutlj. "Can't you skin it oil with your razor, George ?'' "Iou"t be a bijiter fool than vou are. Jane. Get me thai coarse file on the wood shetL" It may be imagined what followed, and now as the bald-headed man sits in hisoilice, he never removes his hat, lor his entire skull is a bowling waste of blistered desert, relieved here an 1 there by cases of black cour plaster. A Diver's Kemaraable Feat. There is a diver in England named Kleuss, who can stay under water for five hours without an air tu!e. or any other communication with the surface, and the a!sence of incumbrance, gives hint much greater freedom than any other divers pos sess. He ran, for instance, lie down and bend his body in any position without fear of being lifted or floated, and without suf fering from the olbtruction of the long pipe which usually c ni;ects the head of the diver with the boat above. In short, he possesses the principal advantage which distinguishes an animal from a plant; he moves independently instead of being rooted to one spt. Foreshadowed in the water, he presents a curious appearance, with great goggle eyes in his burnished helmet, a stronir water tight dress, and water-boots. The spectators amuse them selves by throwihg pence for him to pick up. He sharpens his pencil under water, gives and receives siumals with a cord, and is to experiment on the submarine use of the telephone. At Hyde he walked for a quarter "f mile under the sea; at Urihton he went down in live ill in mis of water by the chain pier in rouh weathiT. if he could eat under water, Mr. Flvus sas hr could stay for a longer permri han five horns, which l.e gives rs :m o:d axi limit. In a short lecture on his appaia us, which Mr. Fle'iss gave, hi: stated that his method is no si t ret, that it is patented, and that the speciticationsareiiu.tN'dingly published. In every draught of breuta we draw, we take in a certain amouut of oxygen with four times its much nitrogen. A little of the nitrogen becomes fixed iu form of car bonic acid, and the air thus deteriorate!! becomes unfit to breathe, if. however. the piace of the missing oxygen is taken by a fresh supply, the mixture lecoiiics again tit for breathing. According to Mr. Kleuss, he takes down compressed oxygen to sup ply the place of that which is breathed; in other words, he has invented a set of auti- luuirs which perform a function precisely the reverse of the lungs proper. This was confessedly a rough, popular, hasty and generalized explanation. Onr Country. A recent visitor to this country, from the old world writes as follows: 'Nothing surprised me more than to see the parks of New York, abutting Broad way, without a fence around the green sward. A million unrestinz imt passed by them, and none trampled on the delicate grass while, iu England, board schools put a prison wall around I hem, so that poor children cannot see a flower girl g by in the streets; and the black windows of the houses'of mechanics in Lamljcth remain blocked up. whereby no inmate can look on a green tree in the palace grounds. In Florence, in Northampton, where the Holyoke mountain hxikson the ever wind ing Connecticut river, as elsewhere, there are thousands of mansions to be seen with out a rail around their lawns. Acres of plantations lie unenclosed between the beautiful houses, where a crowd of wan derers might rest unchallenged, and watch mountain, river and skv. In England, if an indigent wanderer sat down on bo'ise ground or wayside, the probability is a policeman would come and !ook at him the farmer would come and demand what he wanted, and tha relieving officer would suggest to him that he hail better pass on to his own parish. Every man in America feels as though he owns the country, be cause the charm of recognized eifuality and the golden chances of ownership have en tered his mind. He is proud ot the stat ues and the public buildings. The great rivers, the trackless prairies, the regal mountains, a.1 seem his. In America there is no crown, and the people are kings, and they know it. I had cot landed on theAmeri can shores an hour before I became a war 3 that I was in a new nation, animated by a new life whiou I had never seen " mi I If 1
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