,5-.' v. -. . - to tot B. F. SCHWEIEB, THE 0058TITTrnOH THE UH05 A5D THE DirOECEMEBT OF THE LAS. Editor and Proprietor. VOL. XXXIY. MIFFLINTOWX. JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 18S0. NO. c9. V f This o'a-fsh.oued easing So luihll r I preaiied. - And eaWlv tottered, Is one of the beat Oh poadtr. young tr.fler. With ;oun l.fe bepua, Tbr deep. firi Kt meaning Of "in the long tan." l or in the 1 og run" bora, Tbe aecd wi J spring up Vuit mwo in tbe garden Ut JroKHtu .a the cop. And, remembt r ! no roea V,U spr.ng from the weed. And no Leiut.fal fra.t From unw rthy seed, How marjy a stripling lu trouble to-day Py riotous living Wuh ccmiaie o gay ; With character abipwrex ked And dutik undone, VVuI be soirow'a harvesting Id the long run." And in the 1-ng run," Tbe toiler farea beat Who performs boneat labor And takes honest rest Who, contented and happy, Haiten not. in a day. Or a ear to heap riches That i 1 pam aaay. Tbe good and the eTil That bi le cn the earth Tbe Jot and tbe eorrow. Tbe pain and the m .rth, Tha rattles oubetded, Tbe victories won. Will yield what wa sura, laja, "In the Ion ran." The Fatal Suarrel. ' But 1 say you shall not And 1 sy I will:" The speakers were husband and wife. Tbe farmer leaning on the mantle-piece, and frowned angrily, looking down at ihf I!trr as he SDoke. The wife, still siu - i tins by the tea table, for the meal had just i . i j-1 . t 1 peen llul&ucu, uia uk giauct; up as auc aii- swTt-d, but went on talking to her lap dog in U tiu& of fond endearment, and feeding it with su'M. Yes; they were husband a ad wife. Seven years before, Carrie Dayton. Just eighteen, frfhy freed from the trammels of board ing -school, had launched forth intojweiety, with a head full of romantic ideas of love of romantic ideas of love , . I There she had met with and niarriaire. Harry Aylmer. To her he seemed almost a gxl so far superi'ir to all others, that very speedily she found herself thinking more of him than of any other admirer, and listen ing with beating pulse to his manly tones. ile was vergiDg towards his thirtieth year, and was already somewhat world worn; for, being wealthy, he had not been confined to the dull routine of a business life, but had roamed the world at la'ge. travel ing in all lands, tasting every cup of plea sure; but he was still very handwme. and his manners in soci.-ty were perfect. 3Ien had envied him women had loved him and this man had grown weary of it alL But under the proud, cold smile washid- det warm heart, somewhat crusted over with K-ifishnces, it is true, but it was there. And wien he met Caroline Dayton, he felt tv,.t hp had encountereil his fate. To him there was something irresistible in her bright ' : jreslmessand beauty, and in the winning 1 i,.rnlw manners. Then the polished marble of her fair skin; the golden j fc-'-- - .... curls that fell around her shoulder tne bright blue eyes, full of light these all pos sessed rare attractions for this man, whose heart had been sa long untouched. Dav after day had found him at her side, putting forth every effort to make himself agreeable. So, after few months, they were married, and went forth to tread life s journey togher. They traveled foi while; and the young bride, delighted with the new scenes opened up before her, was .hardly conscious of the fact that his will, her wish, guided and contro'.ed all their movements. It was very sweet to obey one ;,om she loved so fondly. At ast they setUed in a home of their own, replete with every comfort and luxury end Me began m earnest- . , owcaiue j " - j hood, Ha-ry Af'mer bad shown himself . :ti A-a and nn- I Nrnr-iiTnine crisis. . a ;,h . iron wilL stern and on- yielaing. Carrie, too bad will of her own. For the first few mourns her to marriage it was very pieasau.. . - , f rr have him will for her ana r' yielded; but at length therein were drawn j too tight, the intese seiasnnew i : band became aparent even to Came-and j - irii nf rebellion i . , t ,.n a snintOI reoeiuuu oa her part, a desire to judge for herself some, imes, and act accordingly. Matuers grew from bad to worse. This opposition of wills, occumnf only at ong intervals at first, became frequent at last; both regretting it in cooler ments jel ither confessing it to the other, he thiuk mg she ought to trust his judgement entire ly e carrying over in her heart a sense of inivkice done her. . mcn Th.se pleasant little coortesica, wh cn serve to Uep love burning brightly on the dr.m.tic alter, were by degree, utteriy aegtoed, nd the lamp of love grew dim. After the je of some three ycra, beauttful babe lay on the mother . bossom, a bright, wee flower, with iu amb rings of hair, iu pure white akin, and heavenlf blue eyes very miniature of the mother who bore it. Beconciliatmn ' KKken, but tscitly agreed upon. Hus Sn aid wife seemed drawn together Jy thelittaeRolden link, and angel gladdened their borne, happmeM re- rruiined. which should But a bitter time came, wblcn sn have served to unit those eevered hesrU more closely. The child sickened ana die,!. When the stricken .er their deacii nienul beallmaUtoeachotherJ should come between them . spoke pot of the resolve made V strength-prida kept them tilent. Asie months passed on, th. old I revived in each; and now, V!TGod of wedded life, behold the pairwhom w . .n in almost COU- had joined togetner, " , , . m..p.h heart hardened anu opened. The handaon room, with iu rich --. wwa very Inviting. N()thing 'J MITlllDg. lacking- that tact. --..u a vvuiu Wealth aimnlir B... .u. . . . desire, or from tbe glowing fire fell upon the fair face of wife. whm ;w . ... the , discontent lay like dark shadow, whi'e the red lip curled in appa rent contempt or Indifference. A heavy frown darkened tbe husband', brow; the Ann set of the lip, and mlated nostril. showed hU excessive anger. Mr. and Mrs. Avlmer h.H h . .WU Hf an evening party, and both had expected to aM "e husband had come home out of humor which h. i-j . pmwcwu vu Teui on bw wife, concluding by aajing that he buuuiu not go to the party. Mrs. Ajlmer, yexed at hia manner even more than at his words, had replied tartly that she should go without him. "The invitation has been accepted; we bare no goed reasons lor staying away; and I, for one, intend to go." "But I say you shall nut!" said the hus band. Dtuhinv hit ..;. . :i i. . - rt ui:iiij uaca innn the tea-table, standing up, taking a turn - " uoor, ana men going to the man tle piece, where he atiwl u m- i,... scribed, looking glootiiily down on his wife. "And I say I will!" was the retort, as the speaker turned away from the table, but retained her seat, and began to iondle her lap-dog. This was too much for the husband. The cool indifference cut him to tbe heart. With a smothered oath he out of the room, put on his hat in the hall, and went off to his club. When the outer door was heard banging after him, Mrs. Aylmer rose from her chair, an angry light in her eye. "I only half meant it," she said ; "but now I will go. If he had only asked em to remain kindly: if he had said he w as even ill or tired; if he had smiled on me, I wouiu nave siayea at nome. nut l will ..uuiu iut oia be ordered. -Sever bad she dressed with more care. Never had she looked more beautiful than when she entered her carriage ! goto the hall. After a couple of hours tbe husband came home, for by this time his anger wa over and he felt rather ashamed of himself. L?is rage returned, however, when he , . . . . found that Mrs. Aylniar had if ally gone, ... . ... ' ... .... .;.. iim ucuaup.iBaoueuuiuiav.il luai, oiler iuj, she would remain. "How dare she defy me thus?'' be cried, angrily. But after awhile, came calmer thoughts. His mind began to wander over past rears, e dreamed of the bright maiden he had wooed so pcrceveringly, and who came to him In all her young beauty. The stern face softened as the swet vision came up before him. He thought of the golden head that had nestled on bis breast, of the blue eyes that had brightened at his ap proach, of the warm kisses that bail melted away the ice that had crusted around bis heart. He remembered bow submissive she had been untill he had driven her to ! ,v elacUng fieM. Then bim the nieaKTyo( their child, and jof happy they had i . .,,.,,., n; trt :ing its unfolding beauties. His heart i 1 . I . . . 1. . nt Uim K. K.. yeaxneu l"r Hie uiotuei vi uin uoir. .'ivur wh ner busy flngem, had unlocked i tho ohumhom nf hia b.art. and her soften- -ng lunuem was ding ju work. lie heiran to see at last how he had wronged and inj-ired the wife he should have cherished. He sprang from his Stat, and walked rapidly to and fro. "This shall be no longer H he cried. "I will beg her forgiveness, I will win back my darling's love. She shall lie on my heart, as in the oloen tiuies." Tbe hour grew late, and he began to wonder why she did not return. Opening the door be looked into the deserted street A strange dread stole over him, for nearer and nearer came the sound of wheels driven rapidly. Hasteni Dg down, as the carriage reached the door, be was confronted by a man who sprang out, exclaiming tweath lessly : Mr. Aylmer. if you would see your wife jn. - i -- con)e with mci'. tnH t,nna the terror-atricken husband into the vehicle, tbey were hurried away. Returning from the party, Caroline Ayl- , cat .lone in her carriage, n thinkmg Mt aIone ,n ner carriage, " - 0f the gay scene she nao ieu, uu married life. She was taking to herseif much blame uiai sue u submis8ive and more forbearing, and i lt to undo the wondering u n evil Tender thoughts of the husband, once so dear were stealing into ner nemn. . denly there came the sound of men running; the err of "Fire'." the whirr of the eneine. the rear and plunge ol norst-, uC efforts of the driver to oontroll them; then she was thrown violently forward, and M was darkness. When the repentent husband reached the aide of hia wife, death had sealed her Some one had lifted her fair form, and borne K l nearest bouse, but mescal .d ... nseless-tbe vital spark had fled. The STure white surface of ber marble face, V . ..w .Ter looked lovlier CSro' whcnsbe lay there In her gala than now, when she lay ner drees oi p , . Tobt- " . .h nearls. only made fr'WrSd ounliorm, lately Stealth, Shehaded away without paw, naJ 7jdTn death. . fast crowing d asmJk wtro, - m.n'a Words cannot picture inn. Words can ' body, "rUt with Pleading for and hia voices-"- , forgive- one more lot, w a- is l none tu . . nesa. - . vfi was dug vj Years afterwaroa,-- -one strange haiOf I" - broken-hearted I a IOr IllHaaa' wen; it was, umt. man, whose last - AyX. when alive, borne w- th&t MdhadspWJ; fatal iner: ,u i- vain remorse tm w fatal nig"'- nuaiTci. ill . Tbe man JJ-lo.ded. twprobab.,didntknow n The household nt enMp afford to sell alarui clot - feathers of Bird. Of a feather's lightness we may form some idea when we find that the West quill of a golden eagle weiehs only sixty nve grains, and that seven tuch quills do not weigh more than a copper penny-piece ; that the feathers of a common fowl, which weighs thirty-seven ounces, weigh only throe ounces ; and that the entire plumage of an owl weighs only one ounce and a half. Meant as they are, some for cover ing and some for strength, we shall find them, on examination, very differently put together. The light downy part, when examined through a microscope, will be found to bear little resemblance to the flat part or blade of the quill. If it were not so, a bird would scarcely be able to fly at all; for when the fiat of the wing was pressed down, the air would pass through it, and yield no resistance. The fibres of the downy part, we see, have little con nection with each other ; they have short and loose side shoots, Jutt sufficient to mat tbem together w hen pressed close to the skin ; whereas, the side shoots of the quill feather hook and grapple with one an other, so as to make one firm and united surface. But others there -are, much stronger and suffer than the wing qiull feathers; as those, for instance, forming the tails of the wood-pecker tribe. And the reason would be evident to any person who watched a woodpecker ou the stem of a tree feeding. Its food consists of grubs, usually concealed in the wood. In order to get them, he must therefore remain fixed on the bark, and make a hole with his beak, a tedious, if not impracticable operation, were it not for the wiry stillness of the tail feathers, wh cb press against a tree and act like an additional liuib. Tbe tail, how ever, has another use, applicable more or leas to all birds ; it is to tueui what a rud der is to a boat, and in many cases acts like a third wing. If we look at a hawk hovering in the air, when he remains in one spot we shall see that the tail is spa-ad out like a fan, and it is in a constant state of quivering motion, balancing the bird, while the wings are keeping it afloat. It is clear that if water could soak into the soft feathery covering of a bird, every shower of rain would be the death of thou sands, inasmuch as it would increase their weight considerably, and, at the same time, by destroying tbe fine elastic nature ol their feathers, entirely disable them from Dying, and they must remain in a helpless state upon the ground, either to perish from hunger, or become the prey to men or animals, who would catch them with out trouble. But against such a possibility they are guarded by an abundant oily co vering, which is constantly renewed; so that the rain, instead of sinking in, runs off, without remaining an instant ; and we all know that if we take up a duck, or any swimming bird, we fchall find, though ii might have been diving just before, that it is perfectly dry and free from all dan p. But tlus principle of life, if it may be so called, in a feather ceases wuh the life ol a bird ; for if w were to throw a dead' duck into the water, we should find that its coat had lost all power of resisting wa ter, and becomes a spongy mass of moist ure. The growth of leathers in young birds in hot and favorable weather is very remarkable. It has been ascer aimed by at tending to nestlings, that in eight days after their appearing from the egg in a helpless, naked state, they have acquired the first part of their feathers. Mount Wasttiugton. The view from the top of Jlount Wash ington the highest point of New Englaud sod is mamiiticent, and takes in a vast area of mountainous and picturesque country. It is generally stated that Washington is the lof'.iest peak east of the Rocky mountains; but the dime of the Black mountains, in North Carolina, is 6, 7tn feet above the sea level, aud has an elevation from base to summit of 4,760 feet, while Mount Washington, which rises to 6,2 feet above tbe sea level, has an elevation of 3.617 feet from base to summit. The difference, as will be seen, is slight, and Washington is quite high enough tor most rren and women. More over, tbe question of temperature aside, it matters little whether one :s ,hh or liOoO feel above the sea, since the sensa tion in eilhe-r can-sj? almost the same, the view nearly as perfect, aud the sky just as far away. Mount Washington is the royal head o' the northern Appalachian chain, and is the stronghold of eastern botanists, scores of inte: eating plants having been found uwn its slopes; its temperature is said to be that of middle Greenland, though the weather is comparatively mild on a Dleasant August day. The view from the summit isbll"', ? a horizon having a circumfuwi ! raMe. the Green and Adirondack mountains Itein' visible in tbe west, Canada in the uutlh, the Atlan tic ocean in the east, and the ridges ot ttie Franconia range in the south. The detaiU of this view are lnnumeraoie, comprising some of the most interesting see wry in New Hampshire and Vermont Near by rise the rocky crests of Mounts Adams, Jefferson. Clay and Madison, the former reaching an altitude of 6,794 feet. But. after all, the chief and deepest pleasure to be derived from this comprenensive view is to be found, not in details of topography, but in one's own imagination; for on a kingly summit like that of Washington the soil and body of a man seemed to be lifted above the common level of earth and merged into an ethereal and grandiose solitude. Here, more than anywhere else, perhaps, one may look passively upon life " . 1 . 11 I L - "if as a long ana sun unuroavu uicmu, v. which the ages have flawed in their wild torrent courses, and from which, in a late hour of the world, have been shaped those spiritual atoms that wa call men. Here, too, the imagination is stirred as a strong ind stirs tne sunken waters iu a i'i abysm, and one is aiuiosi icuiihcu i believe that the stands amid those ancient i-ionrta since overrun by the ice and snow nr . !riaJ nenod. which are now the - " - r II ,!.;,. lovely altitudes oi me -iouij-". ranees, lnis laucy is sireutucucv. looks down upon uie suiiuuau.u6 -which when the clouds hang low about the .ni over the ridires of the lower ntaddTng Wri resemble a aea in a storm, atmospuere, - - -, - .:.k .vm rtAAtin? asrainsi. iuc ea-uuw . M.,. milinir hither and thither as though disturbed by some tremendous internal force. Here in fine, one feels himself placed amid that adjust . u,i,w.h mloa pvprv nhvsical condiUon.amid tbe intimate relation of fSomsr.f turn the kingdoms Ctllity of l,lal-Honea. . i If von have ever crossed the ocean and j have approached land in the night-time, vou know aomething about the -utdity of Uzht bouses. It was in this way that 1 wned my first practical lesson on the subject 1 came tome from Kngland in a Guion steamer during the stormy December of 1872. With ordinary good fortune we jboujd hare been In New York on Christ maVbay, but instead of that we were 1, goo miles away, tossing about in the wild, aaass. Fiva dtsplritad passengers ate a rriT Christmas dinner together la the Si with our good old capula at the baidof thsUbla. Th steward had klud- ly sought to cheer us with a tiny plaster of Paris ISanta Claus, and as if to cast our drooping hearts lower, a lurching wave (truck the vessel abeam, and threw the smiling little figure to the other end of the saloon, breaking him into a thousand chalky atoms. Then we all prayed to be able to make our New Year calls as usaa); but New Year's day came, and still we were afloat in a driving storm, with tlie wind dead against us tbe air filled with snow, sleet and rain, and the decks flooded. We did not meet a passing ship in all the long voyage. One day we were crossing the banks of Newfo indland, a dreamy lit tle owl was wafted into the rigging, and was caught and given to tbe .stewardess, who cned over it; but that was all we ha I to remind us that we were not in a world without form, and without land for its boundaries. In our'twentieih day out, the reckoning showed that we were near Long Island, and the wind feu, only to be fol lowed by a dreary mist. The captain was a mirth-loving old salt, but now his face wore an anxious look, and he was not for a minute absent from the bridge. It was lime for a pilot to board us and guide us past the shoals hereabout into the port l'he night came on, and the q iivering en gines that had been ploddag ce aelessly these twenty days weie ordered "dead slow." Men were on the look-out at the bow and at the masthead. At intervals was heard coming from the watch over head, as out of heaven, a long-drawn cry: "AU-l-l-l-'s well-1-1-1-." And oftener yet was heard tbe cry of the quarter-master a; he measured with a line attached to a lead en plummet tbe number of fathoms of water in which we moved: "By the deep, nine!" "By the deep, ten!" and so on through many changes. The captain was grave and silent, almost rude to those who interrupted him. The fog whistle shrieked discordantly every minute, and all ears were awake for a response. The steamer labored cautiously onw rd in the mysteri ous night as if uncertain of her position. We passengers stood shivering in our thickest wrappers near the wheel-house. 1 The mist came down suddenly, and sud denly it rose. 'r ire Island lisht ahead: That was the glad sound that we now heard. We could see th light glimmering in the haze on the starboard bo-. Soon, too, there appeared ahead of us the yet brighter beams of tbe Highland light The captain then came down from his dully post on the Inidge, with his rmlrly storm beaten face wreathc.l in smiles, and how tcreat was the care that bad been removed from bis mind by these sentinel "pillars of are." He had crossed the ocean ten liuies a year for nearly a quarter af a century, and since tue Fire Island and Highland lights were built they have ever been the best of friends to him, throwing warmth and joy into his heart wh. n its care were heaviest. Many other res-els were besting o wards our coast on that bleak January night with :ts deceptive mist and angry seas, and many hundred mariners were . I kinir in darkness fiw tne lights that noint : " , . ins way iu saiciy. n is lue Mine every nuht in the year, wiuter and summer. The ships have their composes, and the ofllecrs their sextants an.! quadrants, rt hen the sun is in sight they can determine their position wuh tolerable certainty. Hut sometimes the sun is hidden under the clouds for days together, aud they have to depend on what tbey call a "dead reckon ing, which is not so certain. 1 he mys terious currents of the ocean may carry Ihcui miles out of their course without a warning. Tbe Toilet of the Fly. The toilet of the fly is as carefully attend ed to as that of the most frivolous of human insects. With a contempt for the looking glass an article which he reserves for the most ignoble uses he brushes bnust It up and wabb'es his little round head, chuck full of vanity, wherever he hapyens to be. Sometimes, after a long day of dissipation and flirting, with his six small leirs and little round bodv all soiled with sirup and butter and cream, he passes out of tbe dining-room and. ings bis way to the clean white eord along which the morning-glories climb, and in this retired spot, heedles-i of the crafty spider that is practicing gymnas tics a few feet above him, he proceeds to purify and sweeten himself for the retresh ing repose and soft dreams of the balmy summer night, so necessary to one who is expected to be early at breakfast. It is a wonderful toilet detaining himsc . on his front and middle legs, he t blows his hind legs rapidly over bis bcvJy, binding down bis frail wings for an instant with the pressure, then riking them over with a backward motion, which he repeats until they are bright aud clean. Then he pushes the two legs along hjs body und r 'die wings, giving that queer structure a thorough currying, every now and then throwing the legs out and rubbing them together to remove what he has collected from his corporal surface. Next be goes to work upon his van. Hefting on his hind legs and middle legs, he raises his two fore legs and begins a vigorous scraping of his head and shoulders, using bis proboscis every little while to push the accumulation from his limb. At times be is so energetic that it seems as if he were trying to pull his head off, but no fly ever committed sui cide. iSonie of his motions very much re semble those of pussy at ber toilet It is plain, even fo the naked eye, that he does his work thoroughly, for when he has fin ished he looks like a new fly, so clean and neat has he made himself within a few minutes. The white cord is defiled, but Floppy is himself again, and he bids the mormng-glories a very good evening. The Mrdloal lea Hat. Dr. Kichardson believed that by icing blood that went through tbe carotids to tbe brain and blood that came back through the jugulars, we should directly lower the temperature of the brain itself; and pro bably it may have been donetx; eimental y but in practice it wa) net found easy lo d It was difficult to keep any kind of cravat or collar that was tried filled with ice, ent; It slipped i off, mod theold India robber bag or ice I h-lme, so well known in lunatic asvluma. ' ! had to be resoited to. After a time Mr. Thornton combined a particular form of cap, which answers the purpose extremely well. A pail of water, with a large lump of ice in it is placed above the bed of the patient and the stream of ice water runs "K" the cap, which u formed of a coil of India rubber tubing, lined with linen. That is placed upon the patient's head, and it is made of different sizes ana shapes to fit the patient ; the other extremity of the tube is put into a second pail at tbe side of tbe bed, and by this means the head is iced. The effect in lowering temperature is very marked, the thermometer in almost all instances indicating a fall of tempeia turc within an hour. If the temperature be rising it is checked, and if very high it can be lowered, and so time is gained for the recovery of the patient Not ha la profane who rejects the gods of the vulgar, bat ha who aoeepts them. Hall a Ioir of 'Em" At a rtore in Virginia, Neva'la,- Is s patent fly-flapper, fly-frightencr, or what ever it might be c died, that is an nppira tus of rather unique appearance. It rhes somewhat in tbe shape of a tower or light house from a central pedestal, and from the topextend large vanes covered with canvas. Inside the apparatus is a clock work, and When this is wound up it runs for an hour or two, whirling the fans rapid ly through the air. The horrizoutal arms of the fans are of sufficient length to effec tually protect a large tab! : from uie. Recently the machine was put in motion, and had not long been in operation before it attracted tbe attention ol a ranchman who was pass.ng the door. "Hello: What you got there?,' "The model of a new style of wind mill," said a bystander. "Ah, yes, I see. I supposed as much," said the rancher, "suppposed as mucv' and he walked round and viewed it from rarious points. "A big one after that style would be just the thing for pumping water on a rancne," suggestid the bystander who is something of a wag. "Ya-es," hesitatingly replied the rancher, glancing towards the door and holding up his hand to see if he could feel a breeze coming in "ya-es, but bow in thunder does It go without any wind?'' "Ah," said the wag, that is the beauty of this invention that is what I got the patent on." "You!" cried the rancher, and he sur veyed tbe wag from heid to foot with an expression of mingled awe and adinira. lion. ' "Yes, I got it up. I studied on that fifteen years. Many a night I have lost from twelve to eighteen hours sleep figur ing on that little machine." "Well, well! And it goes without wind? Most assuiedly. Any fool can get up a windmill that will so with wind, but you don't always have wind, and often when you want water worst when your thirsty crops are all perishing for waut of water there is no wind and your pump don't work." "Wonderful:" cried the rancher "won derful! And you got the thing up ard it goes without wind.'" "I am proud to be able to say that I in vented the machine." "Aud so you shoulil, young man so you sli'Uild be proud, and you deserve to make a lo:tune out of your invention. Now, Ive liecn acu lin'ed on the C'omst-ick about twenty yean and that is the first thing I ever saw m Yiriuia City that went without wind ami a sight of wind: Young man, you have this day given etc a grr u pleasure! You have lint the young man the wag was gone. 'Nice game that r.vister wa? given me!" said the rancher. Why, I'm running four teen of them fly flappers down ou my ranch at the tiu'i ol the Carson to keep the flies off my hay-makers, aud I want to get about half a dozen mote of 'em" Krttrctlnc; Matlc Lantern In Court. During the reccut trial of tbe Whittakcr will cat-e iu I'hiladelpliia, it became necessa.y to s iow the differences between a genuine signature and an imitation or forgery of Hie same. For this purpose Dr. Cresson brought into court a jxiwerful re flecting magic luitern. The roxu wis daikeued, aud images of the two signa tures, euoiiuously magnified, were thrown side by side uton a screen before the judge and ury. 1 he false signature was at once revealed In the ordinary niatnc lant rn, the object to be shown on the st-reeu is photographed or painted on a slide of glass, and the light p-uses through the elide to tbe scrccu: in the retketing lantern the light is thrown against the face of the object itself, and as the reflected rays from tbe object appear on the screen, a stronger light is required for the reflect ing lantern than for the ordinary instru ment In the present cae the illumination of the writing was alTcCted by means of two powerful calcium lights contained within Ibe lantern. A watch placed in the instrument and reflected on a tinely ground glass s. reen li-ads the spectator to bciieve that he has suddenly co.ue in contact with the city hall ciock. '1 he pores of liie skin on the cheek or band are shown with un pleasantly magnified faithfulness, and to see the face of your dearest friend tlirougb tbe megascope almost moves you to tears, under tbe false impression that he has been riddled with bullets. piece of writing which to the naked eye, or even under a strong magnifying glass, appeared as if each letter was made with simply one stroke of the pen, on being placed iu the lantern was easily dissected. 1 he work of tbe skilled penman in "painting" the letters was laid bare. The ragged edges where the shading began and endi d was as plain as were the letters themselves. Defects in Ibe paper, though ever so slight, by erasure or otherwise, and even the texture of the paper iiself, were presented as clear as sunlight For Uie Jituruey f Llf. Never ridicule sacred things, or what others may esteem as such, however ,ab surd they may appear to you. Jiever show levity when peopw are en gaged in worship. Never resent a supposed injury till you know the views and motives of the author of it Always take the part of an absent per son, who may be censured in company, so far as truth ind propneiy will allow. Never think worse of another, on ac count of differing wuh you oa political and religious subjects. Never dispute with a man who is more than 70 years of age, nor with a woman, nor any sort of enthusiast Never affect to be witty, or to jest so as tolhuit the feelings ot mother. Act with cheerfulness but without ltvity. Never court tbe favor of the rich ty flattering their vanities or their riches. i-rxak with calmness and deliberation on all occasions, especially of those cir cumstances which tend to irrate. SonntH Imbrellaa. In Siam aud Burma U, China, Annam, an 1 Cochin China, tbe umbrella is not only th necessary protection aeainst the intrusive rays of a vertical sun, but it has functions of its own, to discbarge, which are qirte foreign to it even in those countries where it is as it was, intended to be, a ".ittle shade." It is a distinctive feature in tbe lives and characters of tbe natives of those parts, and their kings and emperors, when writing to one another, aliude to their sub jects as 'wearers of the umbrella" in con- irioirtiuctioa to the ignorant and mis guided people of other climes. Gold or gilded umbrellas which In tne provinces may be carried by anybody, are reserved in the capital for princes of the blood alone; asd red nmbrei.'a) are affected by tbe gay sparkaof Burmese society as being the next thing most gaudy in appearance. Etiquette has also fixed tha exact number of umbrellas that Burmese nobles may dia play whan they approach tha "lord of the goidea paiaea.- Dinnar-Glvina;- As a general rule, we believe that an ap proaching ainner party is more agreeable to the hostess than to the host To a woman there la something pleasant in the fuss which precedes her entertainments. She is mistress of tbe occasion, and ber orders are implicitly obeyed. With a man it is different. What amuses his wife ej ects him. He is restless and uneasy. When he goes to his study for a quiet hour before dressing, he finds it has been taken possession of by his wife's maid, aud con verted into a temporary ladies cloak-room. On the very altar stone oi his sanctum, right in the center of his writing-table, stands a looking-glass. His precious hand books and dictionaries, his papers, note books, et cetera, are profanely piled in a corner of the room. Finding his study desecrated, he wanders about the house a burden both to himself and to other-'. He is in a fidget because his wife has not yet returned from her drive, and be fears she may be late for dressing. He Is himself dressed far too soon, and finds nothing to do in tbe drawing-room, which is all pre pared in state fcr the reception of guests. tl-i employs himself in opening and shut ting windows, regulating lamps and very possibly upsetting a flower-van.'. As the party arrives he begins to talk with each person, but he is too pre-oncupied with the grouping of his couples for dinner to be able to give bis mind to any contii ous con versation. Somebody has not arrived, and keeps nervously lookinging at bis watch. When all has come be suyly walks from one man to another with a piece of crump led paper in his hand, at which he casts sheepish glances, and teils them, in a mys terious whisper, whom they are to lake in to dinue(. with the air of a man who is doing something of which he is ashamed. Arrived in the ining room, instead of quietly directing his guests to their allotted seats he orders them to their places like a sergeant major, a ;d aftet makiRg an apo logetic grace he aits down. Once seated at the table there is not much left for the host and hostess to do. They may try to at tract the attention of the butler and ask him to cpen the windows wider ; but. If things go badly, all they can do is to look on grimly. It might often be well if hots and hostesses were to endeavor to make themselves more argeeable at their own tables; but as a rule, people are pleasanter companions iu the houses of others than in their owu. At their own eu'.crtainmnts they are apt to be too much pre-occupied to lie able to give their whole minds lo any subject which may le mooted. Thy are fredtng because the soup is cold, or becau-e an entree is over-flavored: they are in agonies at a long pause which occurs be tween the courses; they are observing that a coup e at tie othe eud of tbe table are not talking to each other ; or they perceive that the Ix-st judge of wine at the table is drinking light claret, instead of the liest c lauipugne which has been produced for his special graliiication. We lately saw a hostess much perturbed in spirit Slic had provided tbe bust of meats aud drinks; but some of the guests failtdtodo justice to iheui. One gentleman had taken up total aistinence; and instead ot enjoying the excclleut wines, he lectured upon the sul ject of his favorite hobby. It happened to be a Friday, and two of the other guests who were Roman Catholics, touched neither souw, entrees, joint nor jellies, to the great sorrow of their hostess wh did not per ceive that they made capital dinners on nsh, vegetables, sweets aud wine. Krce.trle Animals. The subject of a depraved taste in animals is an interesting one, which has not been studied as much as it inutht Iu human beings it would seem to depend on iil-healtb of either bodv or mind, but In animals it would seem as if it mishl be present and the'aniiuals enjoy good health, tine re markable instance in a herbivorous animal we can vouch for. It occurred in a sheep that had bet n shipped on board one of the I . and O. steamers t help to supply the kitchen on uoard. but while fattening it developed an inordinate taste for tobacco, which it would eat in auy quantity it was given to it It did not care much for svgara, and altoip-th-er objected to burnt ends: but it would greedily devour the half chewed cud of a sailor or a handfull ot roll tobacco. bile chewing there was aparent ly no uudue How of saliva, and its taste was so peculiar that most of the passeugcrs on board amused themselves by feeding it, to see for them selves if it was really so. As a consiquence though in a lair condition the cook was afraid to kill the shevp, believing that the mutton would have a flavor of tobacco. Another very remarkable case has just been c Miuiiuuicatcd to us by Mr. Francis Gjod- lake: this time a fleih-i-atins; animal in the shape of a kitten, about five months old. who shows a passionate fondness for salads. r. eats no end of sliced cucuralicr dressed with vinegar, even when hot with cayenne pepper. Alter a little lencing it has eaten a piece of boiled beet with mustard. Its mother was at least once seen to eat a slice of cucumber which had salt, pepper, and vinegar on it the kitten is apparently in good health, and its extraordinary taste is not easily accounted for. Even snpposing it got a feed of salmrn mayonnaise, why should it now select to prefer the dressing to the fish t Eay pfs Scattered OMllsks. Thirty obelisks transported from Egypt from time to lime are now standing in vari ous parts of Europe. Of these there are in Koine eleven, of which four are higher than the New York obeiisk. The highest of these, and tbe highest in Europe, being 106 feet without the base stands before tbe church of St John Latcran. Tbe obelisk in the piazza of St Peter's is eigbty-two feet nine inches high, both of these are mounted on high pedestals. The pedestal of the rt. John Latcran obelisk is forty-four feet high, making the entire height of obeiisk and pedestal 150 feet Tbe pedestal ot tbe St. Peter's obelisk is a trifle less than fifty feet high, making the whole height of the' monument 152 feet two inches. If Commander Gorringe has brought with bim the entire pedestal on which the New York obelisk stood at Ale i anuria, about tbe same proportions will be observed as those of bt John Lateran obelisk, the pedestal of the former being twenty-seven feet one inch, and its obe.isk sixty-eight feet eleven Inches, making tbe whole height of our obelisk ninety-six feet ot John. "Some vat years ago," said Abraham Voglesplatter "my son John he got in his bet to run avay mit home ; so be comes to der oil country. Some vat more years iadtr his fadder comes mit der oil country some more as den or fife dimes to see his son John. But John he geeps mit himself away aomeveres, tint 1 no more sea him nor de tuyful. Dis morniu yen 1 vas goomin' out der stbred mit Congress, I happens to look onp, tint dere vas my son John cooui m' along, by thimminny. I ahoost rim unt pat my arms around my son John's neck and pegins to cry soma more aa a paby, den my poy he puts hia anus around my neck, ant he cries more as rot I did. fhea I looked into my son's face, unt p der holy I tmbnka, it vas m mora my son John as noacinga. A Flowar Farm In England. In a corner of the County of Essex, Eng land, the Messrs. Carter, renowned through out Great Britain and her dependencies as flori-culturiMts, have established a farm de voted to tbe growth of Ho wets. These plants are not destiued to cdorn the gar dens of the wealthier classes, but to fur nish seed from which flowers mar be ulti B.a'ely obtained. A recent visit to the village of St Oyih pronounced by iu inhabitants "Tovsey discloses a tract of Weil-sheltered country, which, in its vari ety of colors, reminded oue of a stained glass window gone mad. in one place an expanse of the deepest blue is ormed by a few acres of Xetiusphila Mtni. Next to it appeals a perfect sea ot the purple saponaria. Then omes a dash of the deep-blue lobelia, and further on one en ters a space covered with the Venetian red of the Phlox Drummondi. These are followed by smaller beds of sweet william, the yellow oialia, the pink euchartdium, the purple ieptosphon, and these masses ot color are relieved by the wuite nemophila. Another portion of the farm is devoted to petunias, with purple and white leaves edged with green; these are followed by a yellow sea of Eschtcholtzia erocea, and then comes a promontory of the odor iferous sweet sultan, white lilac and yellow. At the end of this appear an island of verbena, surrounded by the blue lupin. A sea of the bright scarlet goditia, named after the princess of Wales, and another pond of the same color is formed by the 1'incaria cardinal!. Every color Is found here ; the blue of the Lobelia pe ciwtiL, the pale blue of the campanula, the yellow of the snapdragon, the rosy tint of i ho sweet-pea, the deep orange of the Kivlun-holizi i mandarin, the bright scailcl of the Tom Thumb nasturtium, the old-far-liioned Virginia stock, the French gray and purple colored U ditia Witiwyi, the white Vlarkia, dedicated to airs. Laugtry. whilst Lord Beaconsfleld and Mr. Gladstone's names are immortalized in different kinds of chrysanthemums. These flowers are not picketi, but are allowed to ruu to seed, which is carefully gathered and sent to headquarters, whre it is made up luto small packages, lalielled and sent out to their customers. One cor ner of the farm is devoted' to the cultiva tion of tho seed of lees ornamental but more useful products. Here msy be found a bed of American parsley ; and a plot ot the ucw maiiuioth wheat lately lutroduced from the SUUes is regarded with esiiecial interest. This cereal produces an car of luuuen.-e cl:, but bearded like barley. These "horns' as the Ixar 1 is caiied, drop off a the t ir ripens leaving it perfi-ctiy sows ft h. The straw, too. is long and vigor ous and promises well for thatching pur IOre8 and as bedding for annuals. Next to the extirpation of weeds, the gardeuer's greate.-t difficulty is lo keep the different kinds of flowers iu their own beds. Tbe small birds, ou the oth'T hand, do their best to mix tiiem up aid seem to take a spec al deli ;ht in carrying the seed of some bright scanel flower and dropping it i:ito the midst of a bed devoted to a flower of another color, where next year it wi 1 ap lear in all its pristine lieauty, ouly to be ruthlessly erauca'ed by the hand of those specially de ailed to s-.-arch fur such in truders. Ilrartlanjsh's Nanwult. "Mr. Horatio ISradlaugh." The word had banliv ceased t echo ' hrouirh tbe crowded court-ntom in Atlanta, Georgia, when a tall, handsomely dressed, courtiy mannered young man walked quiet ly to the front Everything about the wit ness betokened the thorough (rentleman. With folded arms he stood facing the desk. Kiss the book." ''I respectfully decline, judge." His bou r looked aghast, the chiefs hair lifted his hat almost off bis head, and the spectators, of all Colors and sizes, were sttuck motionless with amazement. The witness stood with folded arms and erect figure, bis tine head turned from the ex tended volume. "Are you an infldc! ?" "I am not." "Perhaps you are an atheist?" "Not at all." "And you refuse to kiss this book i" I decline to kiss that book." "Are you mad, man ?'' "My mind was never clearer. "Do you believe in the Bible?" "1 do ; but I'm not willing to kiss that one. "Within is tbe moral law thundered from Sinai." "It Ls so." ''And the words of the prophets burning with cebfStial fire "' "You speak true." "And tbe sweetest story ever told to the ages. "ltieht again. "Belter men than you ever d-ired to be have kissed this sacred tome. 'Worse men than I ever dared to be have kissed that holy volume." m oman s thin red lips have kissed it. "Woman's thick blue lips have kissed it" "Merchant princes have kissed it" "Moon-eyed hackmen have kissed it" "Statesmen have kissed it" "Humpbacked tramps have kissed it" "The rcsy lips of health have been here." " fhe fevered lips of sickness have been there,'" "The quivering lips of distress have prestel it" 'Yes. and barbers have bussed it. "Genius has imprinted ttpon it a kiss.' "And so have snuff dipping spinsters. "l'he chissclled hps of beauty have touched it" "And the onion-tainted lips of draymen have smacked it." "it breathes a beautiful spirit" "Yes, and su.ells of fiyj-ceut whisky. "It is the good b ok. "Yes, but it s streaked with tobacco juice." "It is " "That's all so; but its greasy and dirty, and " "It is the best book in tbe whole world." "On the inside; but the jrorst book in the whole world on the outside." "You have refused to do" "What both races, both sexes and all sizes have done." "Yes, thousands of ell ages and condi tions have kissed that book." "Vou bet, and you'll have to bring in a new book, judge, if you want me to do any kissing this morning. ''Is your name Horatio Bradlaughl" "No, sir." "And you know noGing about this easel "Not a thing. " "How dare yon answer to that name, then, and get up here i "Judge, I'm a book agent ; can't I sell you a Bible V Mirk Twain has made II90.COO from hia books. At the end of I87B Franca had 14 2U miles of railroad. TSkm Cattla of Cb.lloa A correspondent writes, to day the Cas tle of Chdion was the poiut of attraction. This was accessible by rail or by the lake, and U open to visitors every day. . We crossed the bridgu. passed through thf galea, and were within the walla of the castle. Our gude led us across the court yard into tbe dungeons. The castle walls are built upon the rocky bottom of the lake, or. to express it differently, the rocks o tbe lake intrude themselves into the founde tion of the castle, and may be seen, were pointed ou ttous.lt was in a small chamber and was flat and a litile inclined. Here tbe doomed man passedjhis last night, sleep ing or not as tbe case may be. A step led him into another little chamber, where was the gallows, and, when this had per formed lis office, a d.jor in the wall opened and the remains were dropped into the lake with little ceremony, lne Genevese pa triot, Boonivard, was kepi in one of these dungeons for severe! yeirs, and tbe ring to whioii he was cnained is siul shewn. I p stairs is the hall of justice, so called, a room of ample dimensions, paved with cobble stones, and furnished wuh a huge (ueplice SMue vrcive feet across Fire wood was cheaper then than It is at presat. t he room adj.nu.ng the hall of justice was the room of torture, in which a pillar, said to be of tne good old time, is slid standing, furnished with the identical pulley as we were assured- -by which the accused were drawn up when subjected to the torture of burning the soles ot the leet Tne oubliette is another of the essentials ot the castle. f hree stone steps, and the last takes one down no one knows how. many foct. Here and there knives projected from the wall. lor what purpose it would be di moult to conceive, since certain deatn would end tiie fall without tha help of kiuvwi. It U un certain when the Ca sue of Chiiliou was built or who was the architect but the evil one bira-elf was at his elbow. Those who doubl the existence of such a being ha7o never been to t 'billon, or were there to lit-' 1 lie purpose. The bedrooms of the duke and Oneness of Savoy were shown n. They would hardly satisty duke Mid duchess of the present day, but the lovely, gloriuous view of the lake and adjarent shores might make any duchess cor.tent with Uie room. Oue would think that tbe siirht of such loveliness would have inspired those who beheld il with a little more compassion . than was current in those days, but, if all accounts are true, the castle has been wit ness to devils, harmou.zing very little with its surroundings. Tbe external a.'pjar ance of the castle must be familiar to all your readers, or rather, they thin it is. uut the painting aud drawings, wbica are so numeriHis, ard much loo tlatt.'ring. Neither iu iropordou n tr iu olor has it anything pieau; tj o-fer to the eye. It isofa din y, uiug y color, while neilhtr lro land or sea has lue castle a com manding appearance. As a curonicler of days roue by, however, it will always con tinue lo be an object of great merest. Mount t.Urn Mill Attivr. Irofe-sor Silvestri. of Catania, reptrts that since the shower of adics on July 15. Etna has shown various sigus of activity. The latest manifestation is a pha.ve of mud eruptions al Palermo, on the southea-t of the mountain. Two craters have been violently ejecting abundant bfrrents ot mini, more consistent than usual, and of a higher temperature (14o degress Fahren heit). This mud, accumulating in tho basins in lante ma-sea, finally nroke through all barriers, overflowed and de stroyed the adjoining fields, and buried several mills and farmhouses. In this eruption there was an ab'indaiit develop ment and pressure of ga-cous ma'ter, of such force that it produced oscillations strong enough to tear up the old lava, form ing rents out of w hich the gas rushed with the noise of a bi'cr letting off its steam. Coincident with these phenomena, clouds of vapor issued fnm the eruptive fissure of last year, confirming the opinion that this fissure, lying between tlie two principal craters of 1 n79 and the great cent ral one. is still in communication with the central eruptive axis, for vapor, mixed with a-hes which fell all over the cone, also isiud from the central crater. This activity con tinued during several days, and still con tinues with dccicased intensity, seen from Catania in the shape of d- ns.: clouds cov ering the whole summit ot Etna in a clear sky. Changes have also taken pla-e which have entirely altered the form of the central crater. The old ravine, which formerly crossed the crater, and made two-third of it mlo an ample and easily accessible basin, a natural laboratory for the study of the products of the volcano, now exists no loneer. The central crater, from the effects of violent commotions, has crumbled, and, with part of its sides and the high point whence it was formerly psihle to enjoy the sunrise, has been precipitated into the ravine, diminishing the height of the moun tain by aliout 40 fe't, while the circumfer ence of the crater has liecome wider by half a ki ooictre. The general destruction of o'd sides has in a Certain way rejuven- ze tlie crater, which has regained its characteristic form of a tunnet, at the bot tom of which is now the eruptive mouth. KltFlvms Eatrmordlnary. Kite-flying is an expensive recreation in Bodie. A saloon keeper of thai mining center recently made a kite of a $300 plate glass, 6x10 bar-room mirror, tying it to a string of demijohns and brown jugs for a tail. The novel kite went up with a rush, and, reflecting the rays of the sun, dazzled the eyes of all that beheld it Its focus ex tended as far as Mammoth, where a hay stack was set cn fire by concentrations nf the sun's rays. Tbe inhabitants ot the lat ter place was greatly alarmed at the singu lar object in the heavens, one correspon dent having compared it to "a ball of con densed lightning." Unfortunately the saloon keeper's stock of jugs and demijohns was not large enough to supply the necessary counterpoise to the ilea vy mirror, and, after ascending to a great height, with amazing rapidity, it suddenly turned and fell with a crash to the earth, breaking it into a thous and fragments. The whistlng of the wind in the jugs and demijohns made a peculiar sort of music, the stone jugs supplying the base and the glas demijohns tbe treble. It happened thai tbey were ail in accord, and a fine harmony was the result The Raaur Claio. VV ben tne tiue is out, one may find th razor fish, so caiied because the shell re- semhles the handle of a razor. If laid hold of suddenly, tbe chances are tbat be fore be can be drawn out he will slip out of his shell, leaving that empty in tho hand, while the 'soul and essence" of him has gone down half a fathom into the stcd. Yet he is not more slippery than many an individual, who, when pressed to do some magnanimous deed in behalf of the community, slips out of his shell, and losing the grip, you can no more find the soul and eewnce of him than yju can find ta soul of this razor fish, which has gone deep Into tha mack and sand. In tUhar lu st anc. tha empty shall is the only sign of I tha thing wan lad. I M PI ' Mi Slip t r H v i i r 3' 4 ' f 1 . ft ''4, I - : I F cold, never loving word or care, silence or npUraldin. .. . j t mi our awry so matters now "
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