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B. F. SCHWEIER,
THE OOISTITTJTIOH THE TUIOl AID THE EIF0B0E1CEIT Of THE LAWS.
Editor and Proprietor.
VOL. XXXIY.
MIFFLINTOTVN, JUNIATA COUNTY, FENNA.. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1880.
NO. 41.
FaJ'-s tbs daylight anl tbe shadow,
blow;? gather en the lawn ;
Now the uitjht fall, on the meadows.
An 1 the light of day 1, gone.
In the darknera which enfold, ma
Tendr memories come once more
How each thought enchains and holds me,
Of the dear ones gone before.
Not in paiu and not in sorrow
Tniuk I of the loved ones gone ;
Every night hu still a morrow,
llarkne-w but precedae tae dawn.
Were it not for ueart-t.e riven
For the friend that came D3 more,
Tiiere wouM le aa hups of heaven
In t'je br.ght foremimore.
So while shadows darken o'er me,
Sit I at the close of day ;
Love I, lost features are before me.
Faces wni-'h have "asaed away ;
Voices which made ka;py laughter
Come again in tones of love.
Sweet y echoes follow after
Twilight angels bead above.
It is da? light which is failing,
Ligh'of day which now must flee.
It is but the happy chad
Uf a brighter day to be.
So when twil.ght (Uv-a:ns have found ma.
Twilight voices fill the ax,
Loved. lMt bsins gather round nn,
Aui their forms are piss nj fair.
Magnolia's Lovers.
Magnolia Vane was a dart-haired, tropi-al-eyed
young beauty, who had come up
from an orange farm in Florida to spend a
seas.n in New York with her aunt.
"You see, Aunt Pen, I don't know any
thing at all,- frankly acknowledged Miss
Vane, "about people, and manners, and
customs, you kDow. Of course I've had a
governess and learned whole pages of an
cient history, and exercise books, and all
that sort of thing, but there isn't any soci
ety at Orange Glade, and I'm a perfect
barbarian."
Apparently, however, beautiful young
barbarians in white silk and pear's suited
the New Yorkers, for Miss Magnolia Vane
t-ecame the fashion at once.
"Don't flirt, my dear,' said Aunt Pen
field, gravely. "You must remember that
you are at eneaged young lady."
"Am I flirting!" said Magnolia, lifting
the black velvet eyebrows that we;e arched
so perfectly. "Dear Aunt, yon must tell
me these things, for 1 know so little about
s.ciety and its manners.'
And Magnolia took refuge behind her
ignorance with the most charming eonfl
tlenoe in the world.
. Major Brabazon, the Ca'ce of this be
witching "belle sauvage, took matters
very coolly. The match had been made
up between his mother, a handsome old
despot in point lace, diamonds, and a
Roman nose, and Magnolia's father, a
domineering Southerner, who believed that
marriage in Floridian families, like royal
alliances, should lie arranged while the
parties were yet in their cradles.
"Young people, my dear madame," said
Le, sententiously, to Mrs. Brabazon, "have
no experience of their own. It is only
right that we should give them the benefit
of ours.'
So, when Major Brabazon came to
Orange Glade, Magnolia looked out at him
from beneath her dark, drooping lashes,
thinking how handsome he was, and secret
ly wondering what he thought of her. She
supposed, of course, she must be in love
with him people always were in love with
the men they married, weren't theyf And
when she heard that he had obtained leave
of absence from his regiment, and was to
spend the winter also in "Sew Yoik, she
was rather gratified than otherwise.
"Of course he'll take me to the opea
and all that sort of thing," said she.
But Major Brabazon did not trouble him
self especially to make the winter agreeable
to the young la ly from Orange Glade.
"These early engagements are a con
foended nuisance, said the 3Iajor. "Miss
Vane is a pretty little girl t.nough but how
do I know that I may not see some one
whom 1 may like better? And if I once
begin systematically to devote myself to
her shrine, she'll expect too much of me.
I may see fit to break off the engagament
vet"
' While in her turn, Magnolia was solemn
ly considering the situation.
"Aunt Pen," said she, "when my uncle
was enga to you, how did he behave?"
"He was devoted to me," said Aunt Pen
with a little natural pride.
"Did he ever take you out?' questioned
Magnolia.
"Everywhere."
"And haunt you like a shadow at balls
and parties?"
"Of course he did."
Magnolia shook her head. "That isn't
like Mile Brabazon at all." said she.
"I think," very slowly, "he takes too
much for granted."
"My dear:" remonstrated Mrs. Penfleld.
"He has never once alluded to our en
gagement since I have been in town," said
Magnolia, biting her lip. "In tot, he
rather avoids me than otherwise. Do you
know, aunt, I think he's tired of me!
"Nonsense, my love!"
But while Major Brabazon was slow y
makins up his mind whether be wonld
marry Miss Vane or not, there was another
young gentleman encaged in the same so
cial problem-Wayne Clifford, .handsome
young artist with only his profession to de
pend on. . .
"Little girL" said Uncle Penflel
psiuoc Magnolia's cheek one day, as they
came home together from a morning con
cert, "take care." ,
"T.ke care of what, Uncle Pen?" inno
cently demanded Magnolia.
"Of Wayne Clifford!" returned the olu
gentleman. .
Os he regarded as dangerous id f
way!" solemnly questioned the girl.
"But yon may be dangerous to himJ
Magnolia looked up at her nncle with a
shy, sudden glance, like a frightened bird
and in one glance, the shrewd old gentle
man read the whole story.
"Wbew-w-w!" he thought, "I t
late. Well-it aervc. that conceited puppy
Brabazon right. That's all I have to aaf-
Just about thai ttma r.i. r i I
"j jraoazon
went to Boston in the train of a popular
contralto singer, with whose yellow tresses
and chinvblue eyes he had fallen desper
ately In love. But the contralto singer had
found a Bostenian, with a longer pedigree,
a deeper purse, and more settled intentions
in the matrimonial line than Miles Braba
zon possessed, and frowned ominously upon
him.
He returned, heartily disgusted and dis
enchanted, to New York.
"After all,- he decided, "there is no
one half so beautiful and winning as Mag
nolia Vane. I'll marry her at once; and
well dream away our houey moon on the
banks of the St. Lawrence river or under
the roar of Xiagara Falls. Let me see
it s a week to-night since I left New York.
I really suppose I ought to have told her
I was going away but, fortunately, bhe
isn't exacting."
And he ordered the hackman to drive to
Lexington avenue, where Mrs.
Penfleld resided.
"Yes, sir, she's at home," said the sol
emn footman, looking rather curiously at
Jiajor lrabazon. "But I think she's en
gaged, air. Mrs. Penfleld. I don't doubt.
however"
"She'll see me," said Major Brabazon,
imperiously, and the footman gave up the
argument as hopeless.
"riease to walk In sir," said he. And
accordingly, Mujor Brabazon walked in.
Uncle Penfleld was reading the evening
paper cozily in his own particular corner
by the lamp. And in the middle of the
room sat Magnolia Vane, with the young
artist bending tenderly over her hand.
"What does this mean?" shortly de
manded Major Brabazon, advancing into
the apartment with a lowering cloud upon
his brow.
Miss Vane arose and made a sweeping
courtesy. -
"It means," said she, that I am en
gaged:" "To me?"
"No; to this gentleman." laying her
hand lightly on Mr. Clifford's arm.
"But," cried out Major Brabazon, in a
stifled voice, "you are promised to we!"
"Oh, yes, that was in the old times,"
said the heiress of Orange Glade, with sub
lime indifference. "I have changed my
mind on a good many subjects since
then."
"Ladies are always privileged to change
their minds," said Wayne -Clifford, with
a bow that was truly ChestcrScldian.
Major Miles Brabazon, had played fast
and loose too long with the tropical beauty.
And he had never realized how deeply he
was in love with her until she was beyond
his reach.
Miss Vane weut back to Florida in the
spring, but with the wrong bride-groom.
"Mamma,'' said she to her scandalized
patent, "so loug as I am happy, what does
it matter, whether my name is Smith or
Jones, Brabazon or Clifford?''
"But my dear," groaned Mrs. Vane, "it
had all been planned since you were ten
years old."
"One must take these affairs in one's
own hand's, sometimes," said -Mr. Wayne
Clifford.
The "Nuta-
oft be Old Testament.
Twice in the authorized version
of the
Old Testament mention is made of "nuts."
As by nuts in our own vernacular, when a
differential adjective or the name of a
country is not prefixed, we understand al
ways the product of the Corylus Aveliana,
it may be interesting to what very different
things are intended in the two Scriptural
references. In the authorized version of
the "Song of Solomon," the great natural
ist to whom the authorship of this curious
poem is very generally ascribed, says : "I
weut down into the garden of nuts." This
garden would seem to have been one of
the many of the same kind mentioned in
the book of Ecclesiastes also ascribed to
Solomon, though not proved to have come
from his pen, when be informs us that "1
made me gardens and orchards and I plant
ed trees in them of all kinds of fruit" (ii, 5).
The word employed in the Song is egoz.
In meaning it seems to have denoted prim
arily, a hut of any description whatever,
provided that the sense was qualified by
some prefix or adjunct. When used alone,
on the other band, there can be little doubt
that it denoted the walnut the nut par
excellence The walnut being a native of
Persia, the importation of it into Palestine
took place probably at a very early period.
A tree so remarkable alike for excellent
produce, scent of foliage, and a handsome
appearance could not possibly escape the
notice of the early cultivators of plants, or
be left to exist exclusively in its native
country. Solomon s great love or cora-
mprrial ent;rrriie wouiu be sumcieni io
account for the introduction of it, at all
events, into the royal gardens at Jerusalem.
At the present day in is aaniirauie iree oc
curs in an apparently luuijjcuuuji
everywhere, from Persia to the Himalayas,
abounding especially in Cashmere. It is
found also in Asia Jiinoranu in rew,
looking in both countries like a native.
Introduced into Britain, most probably by
the Romans, completely has it now made
itself at home with that one mig'-t also be
tempted sometimes to think it aboriginal.
In the time of Joscphus it grew in profusion
round the Lake of Genneserat
fjonwndraras.
When is a wall like a fish?
When it
is
scalded. . , t ...
Ilow does a stove ieei wneu iuu "i
Grateful. ; .
Which of the repines is i.mauiauau-
cian? The adder.
When is a boat use a ueap """
When it is a-drift
When is a doctor most annoyed? When
he is out of patients.
When is a literary wwa c
When it comes in volumes. ,
wi. .. the letter G Uke the sun 1 Be
cause it ia in the center of
What is that wnicu uu
it nuinot aee itself? A mirror.
a Why Ue letter N like a faithless
lover! Because it's in constant.
How does a cow become a landed es-
Srb of good
ot
. 1ik-1 Like to be drowned.
nwJ5dSl Pronounced quieker
bvadTngyUaWetoit? Quiet
7 wh ia a miser like a man with a ahort
n,rVl Bemuse he u alway. forgetting.
mX7doesanor know th-re U a man
iX nS Because be has been to sea
fl . i fcurh station like a man
, :loon Because everybody app
body.
Bamming Birds.
A glowing circle of balm in flower is
great center of attraction for the humming
" iue.u cume 0ere I rum early morning
aim go westward and return again, at fre
quent intervals, until after nightfall.
naruiy gel seated at my open window be
fore I hear a buzzing, almost thudding
soend, as if a boy were at hand with a
tin wheel on a string, which he pulls so as
w uiaae me wueel swiftly revolve. Bat a
close look reveals a much more animated
mecliamsm than that. There is not lung
daintier or prettier to be seen than the
color, motions and enthusiasm of the hum
ming bird when he is taking his repast. A
little glossy, throbbing piece of vivacity,
sitting on the air with his feet curled
tightly up, and buoyant as a feather, mov
ing at nis sweet, lleel will from one tubu
.( i , .. ....
uucr io anoiner. ana lus liduid eve
siuuing aiar. naves of shifting blue
sweep over the glossy erecn black, in each
angle of the sunlight, giving the effect of
a suddenly transformed drapery, and when
ue turns to you in front, bis red e-oret. or
throat-piece,glirftgns with the redness of the
name-like flower he taJutes. His motion
IS SO 6UnaSSin!! SWlft I can think nt nn
winged motion like it. The bees would be
put out of breath to keeD ud with him.
The female bird of this specie (trochilus
colubns) the ruby throated dispenses
wiw me red neckerchief, and it is said the
young birds do not have it. In the autumn
the males in the young brood get a touch of
oi red color, but it is not until the follow
ing spring that the throat has its utmost
brilliancy. Recently both heads of the
family dropped down upon the little bairn
paicu, ana i saw that the female was a
much more demure and less aggressive
character than her gay lord. In size she
is a trifle smaller. The wings of both.
when used to buoy them up, seem more
Uke a flue mist or vapor than like any
fabric; gauze is not, and woven spider
wen would not, be half so aerial.
If you watch these birds long you wil
Dcca-ionally see tLeui aught, when they
almost always choose a dry twig, or one
not thick with leaves, for their temporary
pedestal. When one sits thus ftr a mo
ment it is never long you will se him
wipe his bill on both sides against the twig
branch two or three limvs, as if he wished
to be relieved of the protruding honey, af
ter which ceremony he w ill strike as di
rect a line as possible for his nest. Both
took a seat recently on a little bush which
puslies nearly into my window a distance
of not over three or lour feet, respectively
from my disengaged hand; but 1 directed
no motion toward them more violent than
the glance of my eye, which they bore for
the nstial space without flinching.aud then
took flight. The diet of the humming bird
is Composed of insects and houey inciden
tally, and they dj the flowers a service in
removing them. Audubon says their de
lightfully murmuring sound, as they arc
poised above the flowers, "is well adipted
for lulling the insect to repose." The
humming bird ha9 a long, delicate bill, aud
its protruding, double-tuned tongue is cov
erned with a "ghitnous saliva," by which
it overwhelms each insect it touches and
draws it out "to be instantly swallowed."
It is a bird of the Western hemisphere and
300 species have been discovered (some
say 400), which latter number is only loo
less than all other species of birds put to
gether
Iceland Ponies,
In order to travel with speed and com
fort, eanh horseman requires a couple of
ponies, which are saddled and ridden
alternately, wbile the loose Lorscs and
those carrying tlis baggage are driven for
ward in a littie herd, with shouts and
cracking of whips. Spurs are unknown,
and an Icelandic whip is certainly a most
humane invention, with a thin leather
strap for a thong, and devoid altogether of
a lash; the ponies despise it utterlv, aud
although it makes a noise, it evidently does
not hurt. Accustomed from his birth to
find his way over his wild mountain pas
tures, the Iceland pony is so clever and
sure-footed as to give his rider a sense of
security,even in the most awkward places,
and if left to himself he will never make
a mistake. He is as cautious as an ele
phant, sculling at every suspicious place,
aud testing it with his fore foot; if dis
satitJied, nothing will induce him to pro
ceed, and he turns aside to search for a
safer way, being particularly on his guard
when crossing water upon a bridge of snow,
or when in the neighborhood of boiling
springs. Even where the ground was
roughest I have not hesitated to throw tb
bridle on the pony's neck and open a knife
in ordr r M ?f rapo certain cartridges too
large for the rifle which I carried under my
arm. The gallant little beast picks his way
rapidly over all obtaclea, like the sturdy
Suilka, who can knit and stare al the pass
ing stranger, while she strides along over
"ilraun," as if she were on a shaven lawn.
Boggy ground is to a horseman always a
very troublesome obstacle; but so remarka
bly dry was tiie country in June, 1878,
that bogs could be avoided, and we were a
good deal annoyed by dust and drifting
sand. The potties got nothing to eat, ex
cept the scanty herbage by the wayside,
and were much disposed to linger wheres
ever they could find a few blades of grass.
To any such temptation the poor anima
were, however, not often exposed, and they
jogged along with great perseverance,
making up for little food with much driuk
at the. numerous streams which they had to
ford. Iceland pomes are generally of a
light color, dun, aale chestnut, white or
piebald; under a rough exterior they hid?
many good qualities, and are as well
adapted for the peculiar country which
they inhabit as is the noblest thoroupk-Dred
of Arabia. A vicious animal is almost un
known, and a dealer in ponies, who hs
passed more of them through his ban ds
than anybody else in the business assured
me that be has not encountered more than
one. me endurance oi me lime nags is
astonishing; they will keep up a steady jog
for hours U igether and will travel on through
the long summer days of Northern latitude
with no other sustenance than mty oe
picked up during an hour's midday halt.
A Bs"acement Blue.
"Say, mister." as he walked up to the
proprietor of a jewelry store, -xyio stoou
behind the counter, "have you eot any of
these here finger rings these here these
oh, I forgit what you call emt
"Gold rings?" asked the proprietor.
"Ho. not quite goid rings oh, yes,
hypocrite gold rings; that's it."
"Can't understand what you mean by
that," said the proprietor, with a stare.
"I mean," said the young man, "ims
kind of gold that looks like gold and isn't
gold; this here kind that most everybody
is wearin' nowadays. I want a ring for
my girl, and I want you to scratch on the
inside Jim Brown to Sallle Jones. Don't
care wnai It cosis; you can go as uigu as
half a dollar for it all if yon want to. It's
a begagement ring."
The boss took it all in, and soon fixed
him off with a "hypocrite" grld ring done
up (n the softest kind of cotton.
A space U tbrea feet.
Life la a German Sohloss.
The routine of life was uuiet, even inon
otonous, but to an American woman, fresh
worn the "fitful fever" of American house
keeping, sweet and restful The servants
were numerous and well trained, and psr-
lormed their duties with little noise, and
at the right time and in the right manner.
It must be said in passing that it took ten
men and women to do the work which half
that number would be required to perform
in an American household. Then, on the
other hand, it must be stated that tuey
nave not hall our conveniences. I he uten
sils are primitive and cumbrous, and they
nave much to "fetch aud carry :" but look
ing at renultt, one can oniy indulge in an
envious and useless sigh. The absence of
those pests of American housekeeping, the
weekly washing and ironing day, is one
reason why the German servants are able
to go about their work with so much more
regularity and thoroughness. I a Germany
the family wash is done no oflener than
ouce a month in many places not often er
than once in three or six montns and then
is done by extra help hired for the occasion.
On Monday of the week devoted to this
work, according to my observations, the
women came and began preparations. The
clothes, etc, were sorted under the super
vision of the lady s-maid ttr housekeeper
the wood laid ready for lighting under the
great boiler in the wash-house and every
tub, hogshead, eta, filled with water. The
water was pumped laboriously and brought
from some distance in cuin'TOus buckets.
The earners wore upon their shoulders for
this purpose heavy wooden yokes, like ox
yokes, with a chain aud hook at each end,
to which the full buckets were attached.
The next morning at thiee o'clock they
were at work, busy as bees, and out chat
tering the swallows in the ivy which grew
about the wash-house eaves. V ssh-boards,
those instruments of destruction, were un
kuown, all rubbing being done between
their horny knuckles. The ironing is done
in Germany by means of a mangle, where
possible, and the clothes are beautifully
smooth and clean. The whole atmosphere
of the place was peaceful and drowsy
Pigeons cooed, swallows twittered, from
morn until night. These, and the musical
baying of the hounds, the lowing of distant
cattle and the muflied rumble of wagons
u'ion the chaussce, were the sounds to
which the ear became attuned. The occa
sional shriek of a locomotive was the only
reminder of a world outside this Sleepy
Hollow of a place.
Capture ot Washing-ton.
In July, 114, it was rumored that
large force of British soldiers liad sailed
from th West Indies with the purpose of
landing on the shores of Chesapeake Bay
and destroying Baltimore and Washington.
-W particular tears seem to have been en
tertained for the safety of the capital bv
President Madison and his cabinet. Gen.
Winder was in command of the Fourth
Military District, which embraced the Dis
trict ol C oiuiubia, aud he had 2,0o0 men,
scattered over quite a large area ot country,
under him. As soon as the British, under
command of Gen. Boss, who was after-
wards killed at the battle of Stonv Point-
landed al Benedict, on the shore of the
Chesapeake, Gen. Winder became impressed
with the loci that Washington would be
assaulted, lie communicated his fears to
Mr. Madison, anl 15,000 militia from
Maryland, Virginia and the District of
Columbia were placed at his disposal.
Commodore Barney came up the the Poto
mac to the ratuxeut Kiver with a schooner
and thirteen ariuvd barges, and sailed up
that stream to its bead waters, where he
thought he was safe from pursuit, and
joined his forces to those of Gen. Winder.
Gen. Boss marched through .Marlborough
directly upon Washington. Mr. Loosing
says that Uen. indcr had 3.000 effective
men. He probably had 4,0u0 ineffective
militiamen besides. The numuer ot Com
modore Barney s men is not given. On tiie
night of the 2:id of August, 1814 It was
known in Washington that the British were
approaching. The American troops were
stationed on the old Baltimore and Wash
ington turupike. a short distance west of
Biadensburg, a village about six miles from
Washington. Gen. Boss was marching his
troops down the pike toward Washington.
At about eight o'clock on the morning of
the -4Lh the Cabinet met at the Executive
Mansion preparatory to a visit to the battle
held. About an hour later the party set
out on horseback, attended by a small es
cort, for the scene of the fight. Upon their
arrival the camp was found to be in great
confusion and disoider. A panic seemed
to prevail among the militiamen. The
marines and sailors under Commodore
Barney preserved better order. Mr. Mad
ison became convinced that the fight would
end disastiously lor the American troops.
He dismounted from his horse aud ordered
a messenger to ride as rapidly as possible
to the Executive Mansion and inform Mrs.
Madison to leave the city with all possible
speed. She packed what articles of value
could be conveniently carried in a carriage
and started for Mr. Madison's place at
Moutpelicr, Va. Before her departure she
directed two servants, John Lowri and
I homas McGralh, to remain In the build
ing and, in case it was fired by the troops,
to save the famous port i ait of Washington,
by Stuart. These comestics, finding that
they could not save the picture with its
frame, cut it out and secreted it. It now
hangs in the W bite House. A vast amount
of gush has been written about the preser
vation of this picture. Even Mr. Lossing,
in one ot his books, describes Mrs. Madison
as saying to a couple of gentlemen who in
formed her of the victory of the British ;
"Save that picture ; save or destroy it, but
do not let it fall into the hands of the Brit
ish." The ba'.tle began at about noon, and
Conuuodore Barney's men stood the blunt
of it for some time. He was finally wound
ed. The militia proved worthless, and
Gen Armstrong ordered a retread The
men fled in ail directions, throwing away
their arms aud equipments, and dashing
their coats to the ground the belter to facil
itate flight Most of them came turough
Washington, aud dispersed toward different
points in Maryland and Virginia. Mr.
Madison followed his wife. Every able
bodied man in Washington, excepting the
Roman Catholic priest, had gone to the
front. When they returned most of them
found that their families had already fled
from the city. The British entered the
city alout eight p. m. While marching
down Maryland avenue toward the Capitol
a shot was fired from a private house owned
by a gentleman named Sewall at Gen. Ross.
He was not hurt. His horse was killed,
however, and the troops surrounded the
house and l-urned it to the ground- Who
fired the shot has never been discovered.
Tbe troops encamped at the foot of Capitol
Hill, where the Botanical Gardens are now
located. That night they fired the Capitol
and Executive Mansion. The light of the
conflagratien was seen, it is said, as far as
Baltimore, forty miles distant Only the
walls of the buildings were left standing.
On the following morning the British set
fire to the Treasury, a two-story bnck
building of modest dimensions, which stood
J!rvL .J1""60' iTe7 Du"din u
leaded oa tbe corner of fifteenth street1
where tbe present Treasury bull dine
and Pennsylvania avenue, Tbe War and
Navy Department buildings, which were
bmlt where the present imposing structure.
now nearly complete 1, stands, on the
corner of Seventeenth street, and 1'ennsv
lvania avenue, were fired. The affairs
of State and the postal business of the
young republic were conducted from ottices
in private residences. They were not
harmed after firing the War and Xavy De
partments. Gen. Ross marched his troops
to the cornor of fifteenth and t street and
drew them up before a building occupied
by the Bank of the Metropolis, now tnc
Nations! Metropolitan Bank. This institu
tion bad loaned the Government $300,000,
and the plate from which its notes were
printed liore the words "a depository of
tne Government" Some of these notes
had fallen into the possession of the Brit
ish, and Gen. Ross believed it to be a Gov
ernment bnk. He was preparedto Are it
when a citizen informed bun that it was
private institution, and had no connection
with the Government beyond making the
loan above referred to. . "Besides," said
this honest citizen, "as the story goes, "ll
you burn this property you will destroy the
sole support of a poor Irish widow, a coun
try woman of yours.
"She must be a poor Irish widow to own
such a valuable property in ashington,
said Gen. Ross savagely, but he did not
destroy the building.
I he Uritiah remained in camp here about
forty-eight hours, and then left the city by
me same route they had entered it JS
demonstrations were made against them.
but they appeared to fear the return of the
American troops in large numbers and ani
mated with more courage than they had
snown betore.
The Feminine Foot.
There is no doubt that the foot plays a
most important part in social hie; often
wields an influence over destiny. We are
rpeaking now strictly of the feminine foot
upon which so much time, labor aad ex
pense are lavished. In dancing it becomes
vocal and expresses a whole language of
sentiment used to emphasize emotion.
gesticulates with start! uig force, and
lover who hesitates to annsunce his de
votion can be brought to an immediate
avowal by the transitory, but maddening
glimpse oi a dainty loot, encased in pink.
silk-embroidered hose, and Mignon slippers
inrust uistiacilngiy forward.
A story is on foot of a courtier who drank
his lady-love's health in a shoe he had
stolen from her, and at this day it is a prac
tice with the young bloods who ape the
manners nt the r rench rerriuie to have the
foot of their favorite cast in marble or
bronze and use it for a paper-weight
1 here aie no people in the world so ex
acting in the matter of feet as actresses, and
u is largely true oi them they do not have
patrician feet but they have artists for
shoemakers, and by dint of pinching and
compressing, wearing patent heel and
toe bands, having the heel under the mid
dle of the foot aud the .eagth of the upper
shortened by the stitched lines and other
devices, a small, symmetrical foot is secured.
It happens, however, with some of our best
actresses, that they can only endure the
pain without fainting diirng a single scene,
wnen iheir stage dresser i -.noves the shoe
and restores outraged nvire. So much
can be done by delusion tl.:i a No. 5 Loot
will not appear larger than a Xa 2 behind
tbe footlights. The doc;ri who treat
spinal and brain diseases can tell the rest
of the story.
Bautiful feet require flue adorninirs.
There are boots sold in New York City tor
$125 a pair. They are mi ported from
Paris, aud the cloth is a mixt ire of gold
or silver thread and silk. They are lined
with the finest kid, and the bullous are
gems. they are usually purchased
by those who "toil not neither do
they spin," and silk stockings worth $75 a
pair are worn with them. A pair of boots
made lor Annie .Uoui.se Cary, to wear in
opera,.are of light blue satin, soft and thick.
with blue silk lacings, tied with lovelv
tassels, lined with brilliant cardinal kid,
aud banded horizontally, with inch wide
ribbons of gold braid. The feet may well
be handsome now, for there is everything
to make theui so. Innumerable shoos.
tilled with the finest goods, fancy silk and
fancy boots and slippers; opera-ties, walk,
ing ties, patent leather and kid shoes;
emon-colored. old gold, lavender and Ori
ental satins, heels four inches high, and in
steps tliil lorin a royal arch, and a faithful
pedicure, who steps to the frout with his
salves and instruments when nature be
comes obstreperous.
After all, it is the willing feet the help
ing feet, the feet that are swia to do er
rands of mercy the "beauteous feet"
climbing the hill of Zioft, or of difficulty,
inai are tne most value in the world. There
are feet for whose step loving hearts watch
and wait, and when they come it is Uke the
coming of sweet, glad music. There are
heavy feet borne down by sorrow that drag
listlessly along, and there are feet that res',
from their labors.
Staiser Joseph and tbe Spielberg.
Up to a a few decades ago Austria divid
ed with Russia the honor of poseessinc
some of the worst dungeons in Europe.
and perhaps the most terrible of these
living tombs was tbe Spielberg of Bruno.
llajor von Rosanegg, of the Engineer Staff,
has just published an interesting little
volume on this now unused fortress. One
charuiinir and authentic tale is worth re
peating. It was in 1783 the first centen
ary, therefore, of the deliverance from the
Turks and Kaiser Joseph in person made
an incognita visit to the Spielberg to in
quire himself who was deserving of free
dom. For the centenary was to be marked
by the release of prisoners. Colonel Count
Auersperg was his aid-de-Camp. Jailer
ynll received his orders from the Gover
nor to show the two gentlemen the prison,
and led the way down the dark passages, a
mighty bunch of keys in his hand. Afier
viewing many sad chambers, where one or
more wretches, ill-clothed and d-rty, sat
moodily waiting for release or death.
Cyril conducted the visitors to the under
ground cells dark, clammy and reeking,
with evil smells. The jailer was in the
act of passing the first door and proceeding
further, when the Emperor stopped and
bade him opeu tbe cell. The visitors were
horrified to see a human flinire almost
naked and chained wrists and ankles to the
wklL T he man had gone mad from con
finement in solitude and darkness, and gib
bered and mouthed fearfully. The next
cell a model of the first, was empty, and
me emperor without a moments hesitation,
insisted upon being locked op alone for an
hour in it Remonstrance was useless and
the imperial will had to be obeyed. The
heavy door was slammed, so the others re
tired and the monarch was left to himself.
When they came at the end of the hour
Kaiser Joseph looked sick and ilL The
first words he said were, "I am the last
man who shall ever inhabit these under
ground cells; to morrow they shall be
walled up. The Imperial command was
obeyed, and next morning came the stone-
masons and bricklayers and cut off the
dread cells from the rest of the worl.t
Kaiser Franz Joseph tbe present Emperor.
abolished the Spielberg as a State prison
Jn not,, " 8
"I uuass 111 (W Atoot."
Half an hour before the departure of a lake
steamer from her wharf at Detroit the cap
tain was approached by a stranger who had
lieen inspecting the boat from the dock for
the last ten minutes. Introducing himself
as a would be passenger, he asked:
"Captain, is this boat provided with life-
preservers?"
She is."
"Are they all right?"
"They are."
"Can your crew launch a life boat?"
"They can."
"Is your life raft all right?"
"It is."
"Is the fire hose all ready for instant ser
vice?" "It is."
''Will your engineer stand to his post
in case oi disaster?
"He will."
'Do you call yourself a cool and collec
ted man in the presence ot danger!'
1 ao."
"Do you know exactly what you would
do in case oi a terrible gale or fire?"
I da"
"Can the mate be depended on to second
all your efforts.' "
'He can."
And will your crew stand by and obey
yox
"They will."
"Are your green and red lights all
right f"
"They are."
"Machinery in perfect order?"
"It is."
"Going to overload the boat?"
"No, sir."
"Expect to do any racing?"
"No, sir."
"Is she fixed to blow off at forty-six
pounds?"
"She is."
"Donkey engine working all right?"
"It is."
The stranger heaved a deep sigh and
was walking away when the captain asked
if his baggage was aNwrd.
No, aud I guess 1 11 go afoot was tbe
reply. "Every bout which has burned ud
or gone down for the last five years had
everything in the neatest kind of order, and
l ll either look for a craft makint six feet
of water an hour or run the risk of going
through a railroad bridge. Good-by.
ciptain I shall look into the dailies all
this week to see who of your passengers
were saved.'"
The Melttns Bastnesa.
In an alley off Hastings street Detroit,
just back of a tumbledown rookery, a
member of the sanitary police squad found
a man lying under a wagon and inquired
if .he was ill. The man pointed to the old
nouse, cautioned the officer to soeak low.
and replied :
"I ni the husband of the woman you sue
hanging out claUies over there."
"And why are you hiding here?"
"I've been off on a spree tor a whole
week."
'Ah! I see. It is the return of the nro-
dignl."
" uss than that s. The prodiiral had
no wife and didn't steal the renl-juouey to
get drunk on. Oh, 1 11 catch it, sir, if you
don't intercede fi me."
"But what can I do?"
"You slip around to the front of the
house and say that you have news for her.
atch her lace and see how she takes it.
Then tell her it is about me. Watch and
see if she gets white around the mouth.
I ell her that you have news that I was
drowned at the ferry dock. Watch her
tears at this point Tell her that I called
her dear name as I Vent down for Hie
last time. atch aud ee if mat melts her.
If I can get her all broken dewn and over
come I'll bust in on her and get her for
giveness before she gets over wiping her
eyes anu puiung ner nose. Uo, now. and
1 11 owe you a debt of gratitude all mv life.
1 think Mary will melt under ycur soft
words."
Th officers slipped around and told the
wife that her husband was hiding in the
alley, and theu took a position where he
could witness what followed. He had
hardly secureu it when the man came down
the alley on a gallop.followedat a short (lis
l&nce by the wife, armed with a hoe-haa-
e. 1 here were no words spoken, but
the man simply threw up clouds of dust
ilk his heels as he put on the steam, and
and as he passed the officer he somewhat
curtly observed:
'Ah! but ye ain t worth shucks at the
melting business!'
inversion of Gelatine Negatives.
M. Izard's method consists in making
two layers of caoutchouc dissolved in ben
zine; when the first of these layers is dry
he interposes a film of ordinary collodion
containing ahout 1-5 per cent of pyroxyline,
ana covers it with the second layer of
caoutchouc, this latter being itself again
coated with a film of ordinary collodion.
When this is finished, strips of the peculiar
black paper called papier a' aiguilles are
glued all round tbe plate, so as to form a
frame of thj required dimensions, and the
whole is then allowed to become thoroughly
dry. If now it be desired to at once trans-
r the negative, it is only necessary to cut
through the layer along me outer edge of
the paper frame, and by raising one of tbe
comers of tbe pellicle with the point of a
unite the whole may be stripped off in one
continuous movement Provided care has
biej taken to let the paper get perfectly
dry, the pellicle is sure to come off without
its dimensions being in any way distorted,
ll will be seen that by nearly all simi.iar
processes we are enabled to get films
which are so thin that we can, by invert
ing, print on either side. We can, there
fore, in case of necessity, prepare for the
inversion while leaving the piilicle adherent
l the glass plate on which a negative
image has been taken; and when we wish
to invert the negative, we have only to cut
through the edges of the film as above
described, and to strip it off the piste.
Ksatly iwtitod.
- When Catherine was arraigned before
the Police Court, New York, a smile of
recognition spread over the face of His
Honor.
"Back again, Katie," said His Honor.
"Y U, sor, since 1 cudn't go wudout see
in' me old f rinds wanst in a whoile," said
she.
"That's right, Katie, but you shouldn't
get drunk in order to see them," said the
Court
"Sure I cudn't get Yer Honor to luk at
me, av I didn't, for the officers wudu't lave
me near enough to ye," said she.
"That's a lame excuse, Katie'" said the
Court.
"No, sur, oh no. Bare warn't ye the
fusht Judge that gemme me tin days, and
warn't ye the lasht to gimme me three
months, an phoy wudu't 1 throy to see
1 er Honor,' said lamenne.
'You're pretty n.ar right there. Katie,"
said the Court "Suppose we aay three
months this time."
"Piaze yersel', Yer Honor, an' yell
plaze me," said she, turning away. ''Sure
1 was always aisy suited, an' it
'ud be i
ratner late in the day to begin to be panic-1
ku about a throifle av a nwnth now I
Mayor Cooper's NIcasL
Mayor Cooper, of New York, was recent
ly charged in with an offense with which
his worst enemy never accused the late
lamented "Boss" Tweed. Of course in tbe
days of the Ring those hateful contrivances
known as the "bell punch" and "cash bcx"
had not been invented as standing affronts
to the notorious probity of conductors and
drivers of cars of the bob-tailed species, but
even if they bad it is doubtful it he would
have been deemed capable of trying to
"beat" the "cash box."
The history of this most dreadful blXon
the municipal escutchtn is briefly told.
Alayor Cooper enters a B!eecker street
"bob-tail" car just opposite the Register's
office, am? so easy is the grace with which
he slings timsell on the back platform that
the driver first notices him sitting midway
on the left band seat absorbed in the Herald
dispatches from Maine. Thinking to
awaken him to the duty of the hour he
sounds a volley on his tinkling bell. The
Mayor pays no attention, and the tintinna
bulation wanders out throuuh the windows
to c nsort with the confu5sed mise of the j
great city. Again, in cadence less musical,
but even more emphatic, the bobtail driv
er's bell responds to his vigorous jerk, but
the minds of the foremost man of New
York is in Skowhegan and Androscofirin.
and he hears it not
With copious remarks of an impolite na
ture the driver flings open the front door
and yells:
"Dropamckelinthebox !"
His Honor, having finished Jim Blaine's
explanation to Garfield of how it happened,
raises ms eyes io see what is the matter.
"bay, young fellow, cet ver fare into
the box," howled the driver. lookie
straight at the Mayor."
His Honor looked to his left but saw no
young fellow. A fat boarding house keeper
was grinning at him, and noticing his sur
prise broke out into a snicker.
"Blank, blank, blank ver blanked im
mortal part," said the driver, "d'ye intend
to pay yur fare or not 1"
"Are you speakins to me ?" asked th
Mayor.
"les, J in talkin' to you. Dronanirkle-
intliebox!"
"I have dropped mv fare in the Iiot "
said His Honor.
"You don't look like a fellow that 'd trvto
beat the cars, but if you don't git yer fare
in here I'll bounce you," said the now
frenzied driver, tappiug the glass box at
the side of the d'Xir.
he Mayor, who was recoimized bv sev
eral persons on the car. protested that ho
had tiaid his fare and would not be imposed
on. The argument continued for some se
conds, the iu ver meanwhile animadvert
ing on the baseness of the man wh j would
wear a new fall overcoat aud try to beat
the "cash box."
At this juncture a passenger entered and
dropped his nickel into the box. On look
ing down into the receptacle the driver
found two coins there, and the mystery
was explained. The .Mayor's money had
caught on tbe top of the box and was jost
led down by the ne x comer's deposit
The driver was sulisequeiitly informed of
the identity of the person whom he had ir
revtrt-ntly called "young fellow," and his
ouly remaik was:
"1 wonder will the old man comnlnin
agin me."
A Flight uf Sand Lark.
To witness a large flight or, as it is
more correct to call it, a -lling'' of Dun
lins on the wing is a sight as curious as it
is mterestin? and beautiful. It is not when
they are flying with an apparently settled
Ihey are flying about hither and thitherover
purpose from one place to another, but when
the banks in a "nmg" of from a few hun
dreds up to thousands in the flock, that their
wonderful lightness and activity on the
wing are een to such advantage as to
strike even the most casual beholder with
admiration. At one moment the spectator
sees at a distance a deue, dark body mov
ing rapidly along, which a practised eye at
onceseesiaa larg, fl jckof sand larks. Watch
them, and, to your amazement, if they are
some distance off, the rapidly moving dark
cloud will suddenly alaiost, or sometimes en
tirely disappear. This is caused by tbe whole
flick simultaneously turning their sides and
the edges only of their wings to the specta
tor. Slowly then, aud lookiug at first like
a shadow, the bims reappear, the flock
comes into full view as al lirst, and one is
wondering what the next change may be,
wheu instantaneously every birdin the whole
flight turning its white under surface tow
ard the spectator, almost dazzles him with
a momeutary flash f bright silvery white
ness; the appearance of the flock under
this aspect haviug been most aptly com
pared to a shower of new shillings. These
graceful and attractive evolutions are often
repeated, each change being a surprise; for,
owing to the constantly varying shape of
the fl x.k, which one moment may be in a
long-drawnout hue, and perliapu the next
in a round ball, no two of the movements
are exactly alike. The flock, if large, often
breaks up, but only shordy n reunite
again.
A Good Used Rewarded.
Many curious stones are told of the influ
ence exercised by the Afghan chiefs over
their followers, among me most striking of
which is the following: A young English
subaltern, attached U. the ( abul expedition
of 15HI-2, rescued an Afdian pilirnui from
some British soldiers who were handlinghim
roughly. The pilgrim warmly thanked
his deliverer, saying with emphasis that
an Afghan never forgets a enul turn or a
bad one." " Some mouths later, during the
fatal battle of the Kurd-Cabul pass, our
hero saw one of the enemy point to him re
peatedly, and concluded himself singled out
for destruction. But, to his amazement,
he remained unhurt amid the hottest fire,
while his men were dropping around him
like leaves, those who hail 'molested the pil
grim beiu; the first to fall: At length sev
eral of lbJ enemy disarmed and dragged
him dovn by main force, checking those
who wished to kill him by declaring him
to be imder the protection of their chief.
Th? rnief in question proved to be indeuti
cal ailh the rescued pilgrim a disguise
assumed to aid his designs against the Eng
lish aud the officer, having been hospita
bly entertained, was dismissed without ran
som. Beavers Coasting.
Two boys who live in the State of Iowa
once concluded to see what beavers did on
moonlight nights. Therefore they crept
through the suow just about midnight and
went to the home of the beavers. At the
dam which the beavers had built the moon
was reflected from the ice with a great
glare. To their great surprise the boys
saw the beavers coasting down a long slide
from the top of the datn to the ice below.
It was fine sport The old beavers gave
the young one rides on their broad flat tails,
all sliding down very rapidly, Just then
one of tbe boys sneezed, when the beavers
disappeared uke a flash.
-.
A fathom is six feel.
Calllotino.
This machine, which was brought into
use in the early period of the French Revo
lution, is not altogether a modern invention.
Similar contrivances were in use in several
parts of Europe during the sixteenth and
seventeenth centuries, if not before. Ac
cording to Crusiua, in his "Annale Suevi
ci" (155), such an instrument of decapita
tion existed in early times in Germany, but
was superseded by the sword: it was
styled Fallbeil, failing hatchet A repre
sentation of it may be seen in two old en-'
gravings the one by George Penea, who
died in looO; the other b tleinrich Alde
grever, bearing the date of 1553 and also
in an old picture, which, according to Reit-
fenberg, is still preserved in the city hall
of Augsburg. Jean d'Autun, the historio
grapher of Louis XIL of France, narrating
an execution which be witnessed at Genoa,
May li, 1507, describes a machine exactly
like the guillotine. This is the matmaia,
which was used in ail parts of Italy for the
execution of men of rant, and is fully de
scribed by Pere Labat in his " Voyage in
Espagne et en Ilalie en 17o0." The same
had been introdued into Southern France ;
and Puysegur, in his "Meuioires," makes
allusion to it on the occasion of the execu
tion of Mommorency in ltf.33. A similar
contrivance existed in the Netherlands.
The "Maiden" of Scotland, which was
Uied in the decapitation of the Regent
Morton in 1581, and is still preserved in
me Museum of the Antiquarian Society at
Edinburg, was an instrument akin to
those above mentioned ; and either it, or
at least the pattern of it, bas been brought
from abroad by the very man who suffered
by it The decapitating machine, there
fore, was far from being a novelty when
Dr. Guillotine suggested its application in
J7S9.
It is a remarkable instance of the vitality
of a popular error, that Thackeray, who
wa evidently well acquainted with French
histry and French affairs generally,
should, in his "Philip," chapter sixteen.
have fallen into tbe common mistake of
Sipposing that Dr. Guillotine perished by
mains of tbe instrument that bears his
nime, but which he did not, as Thacttersy
says, invent Thackeray does not actually
assert that Guillotine died on the guillotine;
but he puts it in me form of a question,
the answer to which is, of course, intended
to be yes: "Was not good Dr. Guillotine
executed by his own neat invention?"
Now, nothing, I suppose, is more certain
than that Guillotine survived the great
revolution many yeai-s, and died a natural
death in 1314. 1 fear, however, that for
many a year yet the real human French
physician is doomed "to point moral
rind adorn a tale," along with Perillua
and others who have fallen into their own
trap.
Prefers a Leg.
When at last the work of carving is
done, the delicate and difficult duty of
helping" begins. There can be no peace
of mind for the man who helps his family
and his occasional guests to any food, ex
cept soup or oysters, both of which cau be
accurately and fairly divided. In the case
of chicken he can never give satisfaction.
There is no rule in this matter, beyond
that of giving the chicken's legs to the boys
which can be followed. To ask people
what part of the chicken they prefer is
simply madness. Either everybody who
telis the truth, and demand the b st cut, in
which case, all but one will be exasperated
by failing to have their wish gratified, or
everybody will reply, "Any part," "It
makes no diff r ncc, ' or words to the same
mendacious and aggravating effect Of
course, wuen the man who says "it makes
no difference," is helped to anything but
the breast he becomes an enemy of the
Carver for life, and nothing can disabuse him
of the impression that he bad been wan
tonly insulted. It is far better to boldly
help people without making any pretence
of consulting their wishes. They will then
regard the carver as a rude ami careless
host; but they will acquit him of any in
tention to impress open insults upon his
guests. Perhaiis the most difficult person
to deal with is the lady who says that "she
prefers a leg." In the presence of this try
ing person the carver is almost certain to
make a mistake. The chances are that
she abhors chicken legs, and expresses for
me sake of politeness an alleged preference
which she confidently expects to be dis
regirded. To help such a one to a leg is
to abuse her confidence and earu her un
dying hatred. On the other hand, if she
is one of those rare women who really have
an abnormal fonduess for legs, she feels
herself outraged if legs are withheld from
her, and decides that the carver is a selfish
brute, who has not sufficient decency to re
spect a lady's wishes. We shall never
know how many happy homes have been
broken up, how many friends estranged.
and how much mist elianeous misery has
been suffered merely because the duty of
carving has been placed in the hands of
fathers of American families.
American Glass Making.
The first glass factory in America was
erected in 16o9 near Jamestown, Vs., and
the second followed in the same colony
twelve years later. In lrto'J some acres of
ground were granted to glassmen in Salem,
Mass., probably the first year of the indus
try which was prosecuted there for many
year. The first glass factory in Pennsyl
vania was built near Philadelphia in 1U83,
under the direction of Wm. Penn, but it
did not prove successful. The first glass
factory west of the Alleghenies was set up
by Albert Gallatin aud his associates in
1785, at New Geneva, on the Monongahela
River. A small factory was established on
the Ohio River, near Pittsburg, in 17U0,
and another in 171)5. The earlier attempt
failed, me latter was quite successful. In
1810 there were twenly-two glass factories
in the country, with an annual product
valued at $1,047,010. There are now
about five times as many factories, produc
ing eight times as much glass. According
to the returns received under the recent
census, our flint glass factories turn out
210, 554 tons of table and other elasswure;
and the window-glass works produce 2,
U4.440. The total value of the product is
nearly $45,750,000.
Hollow Groum4 Raaora.
I'- is not long since it was confidently as
serted tuat, even if the required quality of
steel could be produced here, the United
States could never compete with England
in the manufacture of razors and other fine
cutlery, owing to the excessive cost of
grinding and finishing. Like a good many
other "insuperable" otwtaclcs to American
success in me art, this seems to have been
pretty well overcome, since large quantities
of Sheffield razor "blanks" are now sent
here expressly to be finished.. It seems that
the art of "hollow grinding," German
style, requires a degree of skill a httle be
yond mat of the Sheffield workmen. Ac
cordingly Sheffield manufacturers have to
pay double freight across the Atlantic to
secure the fine finish to their razors that the
trade now demands.
It ii believed that the word "never"
has been crippled for life.