Si Ki 'i 9 6 1 B. F. 8QHWRTT?T " ' . " " . ' SOHWEIER, VOL. XXXIV. " DOBN HDRRT TOO FAST TO BK RICH. Tour road through life may be thorny. Your bed not of rosea or down Keoiember what Bhakespears has written Of theme on whose head liea a sown i It U biri to toil lata and toil early To delve or to wearily stitch Do your beet to improve your condition Cat don't hurry too faat to be rich S We ud in the Oood Book this sentence f lone aa the wor'.d twill endure "lis who to be rich" it aaye ' -faaatenetb, ISecometh the suddenly poor ;" J u-t turn to the passage and read it When for lucre yonr fingers shall itch ; And of the camel and eye of the needle, And don't hurry too fast to be rich ! There are those in a palace residing, Ve. many. I venture to say, Whd rejoice and be glad to change places With you, my dear fellow, to-day Ah : little we know of the troubles i The cares and anxieties which Attend, like a shadow, these people i-o dou't hurry too fast tj be rich 1 How exalted and noble the wages llut always reward honest toil. Ee tLey earaed 'neath the fierce sua of noon day. Or by those who eonsusas midnight H TLere lies between Wealth and Contentment O.'time an Impassable ditch ; Don t fall in it, brother, be careful I lAaut hurry to fast to be nch t Slippery Courtships. "Hal May come" Yes, Bertha. I have stowed her away safe and sound la the carriage." And Mr. Webb, of Fratuington Hall, busied Limself in lifting various parcels, bags, itc., front the old family carriage. While so engaged he did not perceive the antics of his irrepressible ion, who was capering about the road in the rain en deavor to catch a glimpse of his cousin May's face. At List Mr. Webb assirted his niece to alight, in response to her impatient remark, that he was going to keep her there all day." Sue was a slender, delicate girl of about eighteen summers, with a soft, pearly complexion, and great laughing brown eyes; her hair fell in ringlets about her shoulders, and looked like a shower of g"lJ as the setting sun lit up the darker tl.adows of her nut-brown hair. She was the orphan niece of Mr. Webb, and had Ut-a brought up entirely at a fashionable iKairding-school. On the completion of her education she came to her uncle's borne, iu accordance with the wish of her mother; but May did not like the idea of residing iu a -Mull, stupid country place," as she dejcril)ed it. She was Fpoedily made welcome by her aunt and cousins, who had collected at the garden gve, all impatience to see her. Mrs. Webb was a gentle, placid lady, with a kind, ttcfierly manner very com forting to the stia-rjer. Her cousin Bertha was a very pretty girL . Her hair was fastened into a careless knot behind that became her wonderfully. Kdwin came next, and it did not take May many minutes to learn that be was the most incorrigible tease she had ever met. lie was a good-looking fellow, with a tall well knit figure. "ft ell. May. I suppose your mind is filled with rapture at the thought of spend ing your future dsys in this country place?" sail rdwin, looking, with a teasing smile, at his cousin, who was leaning against one of the columns, covered with ivy, that i supported the verandah. A shadow fell over her bright face as she replied, warmly 'I should think not, indeed:' Edwin laughed slightly, and went on to say, in the same light vein: "I know you would like to be a farmer's wife. You would make a capital one, with those dainty white hands. May said, emphatically, with pout, That I will never be! To have a great clumsy fellow treading on your train con stantly I could not bear it!" . '-What areyou talking about?" exclaimed another voice. And Bertha came slowly towards them, swinging her broad hat in her hands, for it -was an intensely warm day in July. "May was expressing her delight at the prospect of settling down as a farmer's wife." Bertha looked at them both, and said: "Oh, I know you have been teasing her alrefttiy. Really, it is too bad. But it is no use to quarrel with him, for he is incor rigible." May found that the time passed very quickly even in the country, and did not regret her town home. What with her drives, boating, walks, croquet parties, Ac, her time was so fully occupied, that she did not find aa opportunity for griev ing shortly after her arrival at the Hall, she niade the acquaintance of a wealthy young farmer, who owned a large farm and coun try seat a few miles away. He was not handsome, but possessed a frank, ingenuous countenance that was very attractive. His manner was a trifle awkward sjH constrained; and May made hiin the butt for her constant ridicule. He bore all this with undiminished good humor, and was her constant companion. From the first he bad been her devoted ad- iulrer. . It was a pleasant day In September, and early in the morning young Oakland drove up in his pretty phaeton, and stopped before Mrs. Webb', door. He Jusped down, and darted through the flower beds, regard less of the damage they sustained, to the lawn, where he had seen a little figure in w&,e muslin vanish. At last he found her Jemurely sitting on a fallen log. and look ing as dainty and fresh as a rose. "Miss May, will you come with me and -What! at this hour? Why. surely not, Mr. Oaklandl" .' -Never mind tie early hoar. The road, are so good, end this air will revive yon. Do come, please!" pleaded be, eagerly. She looked mischievously at hmsayln yareyou-anxl' O. za r: , . ner WUh y- win ui-iigntea i pax sure. . akland turned away at but h hy her refusal, .nd In a moment she was, mm, a rosy flash mantling her cheek, - -; j -.iu ner rea lips. I did not think you would desert me she began. e looked at her aearchingly, but she bore his scrutiny well; upon which his vuanceiostiugloomyexpreetfon, "d a bappv smile nl.ri x.,. . . - - r j uiu uis leaiurea. He helped May to . sea, beside him. and they started off at a brisk trot. Tkw t;.i . .. - -J return till near noon, and when they arrived, Edwin came out to "e uieui at the gate. Oakland leaped out of the carriage, and stood by in readiness to lift her out May glanced from One tn tH rinA Anally allowed her cousin the privilege of helping her. Oakland looked on angrily, and drove off uuoui oeigmng to say a word. Several days later, Oakland called at the Hall, and was taken into the parlor, where the family were assembled. They all wel comed him gladly, for it was a dull, wet day, and they did not expect any callers. Bertha sat at the piano, talking to Gerald Oakland from time to time, and flnallv coaxed him Into giving them a song. He usu a ciear, melouious voice, and sane with great taste; but he was sa very shy of his accomplishment that May did not know he possessed a fine voice, and complimented him so highly that he begged her to desist with blushing face. Edwin at least seated himself beside Gerald Oakland, and, after some desultory conversation, said, in an audible tone: "Do you wish to know what my cousin said about you the other day!" May turned round at this and said. quickly and imperatively: lulwln, do Dot repeat what I said to you.'" He looked at her with a provoking v In nocent face, and went on, heedlessly: Well, she told me privately that she would never marry a farmer, and that you were too awkward and simple for her re fined taste." Gerald glanced at May's downcast countenance, and asked, quietly: "Is that true. Miss May?' She shot a withering glance at Edwin, and replied "Yes' in a low tone. Gerald clianged Col., r.e abruptly, and bade them all good night, lie kept bis eyes studiously averted irora May us he came to her side; then he went hastily away. After he had gone. May went up stairs to her room, to sad and mortified to remain with the family. Oakland did not come to the Hall for some time after tiat : tmt be treated May with a marked coolness that pained her excessively, al though she, true to her womanly instincts, retained her gay, co quettish manner stilL The monOis passed swiftly on, till, be fore anv one realized it, winter bail come wirh iu keen, frosty breath. Then racie the liveliest time for the young people, ttDd May soon learned to be skiliful in tkatirg, as she was in 'valuing, and almost every duy her slight, graceful figure could he seen flitting as lightly as a bird over the ice. It was a clear, cold day in January, and May accompanied y her cousins, pet out for Glen wood Brook, which was situated about two miles from their home. They had not gone far before they were overtaken by Oakland, who came along whistling, his skates slung over his shoulder. "Ah, Oakland; just the fellow we want ed ! You help May along, and I will take care of Bertha," exclamed Edwin, who good-naturedly wished to bring the estrang ed couple together. . Thus addressed. Gerald could not do otherwise tlisn ofTtr his nervier to May, who accepted tbem nonchalantly enough, although her heart was beating loudly at the same time. The pond was a large one, and soon May and Gerald found themselves quite separa ted from the rest of the party. She started along fearlessly, and was making for the opjiosite bank, when Gerald called out, anxiously: "Do not go too near that bank, for there is a swift current underneath, and the ice is thin." May did not pause in her course," and sent a ckar, silvery peel of laughter after her. "Ah, I am not afraid, and I am deter mined on reaching that bank." The words were barely uttered when the ice gave an ominous, creaking sound, and in a moment she sank under it. She gave one quick scream, and then re mained silent, holding on to the ice with fast benumbing fingers. "Oh, I hope he will soon come!" she moaned. Gerald was soon beside her, and, bracing himself against a tree, he tor her little cold hands in his and, after considerable exer tion succeeded in drawing her out of the water. He held her half unconscious form In his arms, and murmured, softly: "My darling, what should 1 have done bad I lost you?" She opened her eyes, wet with tears, and whispered: "Would you have cared, GeralaT "Cared? Life would have been worthless to me had yon gone: i ha exclaimed. Das- sicmately. He was very pale with suppressed emo tion, and his eyes shone with such a clear lieht that they fairly dazzled her. At this interesting point they were Inter rupted bv the appearance of Edwin Webb who could hardly conceal hi. laughter at the turn affair, had lute-. "Well, Cousin aiay, n meyetf Had it not been for me, yen would never have appreciated each otheraomuch. do you y Gald-o you not owe me many thanks?" have known the depth lor we should never THE MIFFLINTOWN. of our affection for each other if it had not been fcr our quarrel." 'My advice to you Is to get her home as ooe as possible to change her wet cloth mg, said tAl.win, who was of a practical turn ot mind. His advice was so good that they accept ed it without a question, and all started for the Hall, two hearts filled to overflowing wiu happiness. Good use for Sawdust. What shall we do with the sawdust ? is a question which puzzles the economic orain of the man wbo realizes that the utilization of the fast depleting forests is accompanied with an amount of absolute wastefulness simply appalling. "Make it into railroad car wheels," says an enthusi astic inventor of Chicago, who has dis- ewverea a means of compressing sawdust, pran, tea, and kindred bulky substances into from one-'.enth to one-third of their original bulk. The Lumberman some weeks since spoke of this invention in terms somewhat of disparagement, which It subsequently modified ou seeing speci mens of sawdust and bran compressed into a remarkably small compass. Its credu lity is further shaken on beine shown a model of a car wheel consisting of an iroif rim oi seven inraes outward diameter by one-half inch thick, fitted with a well pro portioned hub, the snare between the hub ana run niled with pine sawdust, preswd in so solidly that we are readv to believe we assertion that, restine the ircn nm upon bearings, a pressure equal to 23 tons applied to the hub failed to develop any signs oi weaKness. V e hesitate lu these days of progress to assert that anything is impossible, and we begin to think that even sawdust possesses elements of value hith erto unsuspected, and that the dav mav come when the filled grounds adjacent to au saw muis may be seen to have a great value in the mechanical development and utilization of the now useless debris placed upon them to get it out of the way. Saw dust car wheel?, sawdust lrick, sawdust fence posts, railroad ties, and even saw dust window and door frames, wainscoting and mouldings, begin to appear among the possibilities of the immediate future, haw dust hair pins, watch chains or cases, and sawdust knives and fuiks, or sawdust shovels pitch fonts, or hoot, will probably not be urged upon this generation, which will remain satisfied with utilizing saw dust in place of the more expensive bass wood in tne manufacture of bains and cakes of soap, but the held of pneoihilities is still large enough to utilize a vat amount of this valueless material, tx-riotisly, bow over, the coinpreSHion of linn aud oats into one-tenth of their original bulk, wita eut injury to the substance, means cheaper transportation, which will enable their shipment to foreign lands at a profit which their bulk lias rendered impossible, while with the freinht on tea from China, cost ing about f"-!5 per ton vn account of the tpace it occupies, a compression into one third its bulk would bitan a saving cf from three-quarters of a ceuu to one cent a pound on freight and labor of handling. It is not by any means impossible that we may buy a 44brick of tea" in the near future which we can carry home in our vest pocket, or that the housewife may keep her truant husband at home evenings to saw the coffee up into thiuiblefuls suit able for the preparation of the morning draught. Verily it would ecemthal with the recent discoveries of the Hip Van Winkle of the press who after being absent from borne for a year had to have a pilot to show him about the city of his former resi dence, and wbo in his absence developed a sixty year stock of pine on the Meno minee, and about as large a supply through out the State of Michigan, there is no danger after all of a timber famine, at least so long as the sawdi at holds out. Wind-Powers. In a section of from fifteen to twenty miles around Philadelphia wind-powers have so greatly multiplied within the last five or six years that they are to be seen in ainiost every direction, and have become regarded as one of the necessities of a farm. especially where much stock is kept. It is true that their first cost draws sometimes a little heavily upon the general farmer wbo may not have his place cleared of in cumbrances ; but when once this expense has been incurred, (which is not more than the CTrt of a good horse,) the subsequent expense of it is not felt, while the great convenience is found to be indispensable and would not be given up for twice the expense. The labor to pump water from a well, and especially a deep one, the wives and daughters of fanners need not be told of ; and it amounts to about the same or more labor even when there is a spring on the premises. With the wind power the water can be drawn from a well or a spring and delivered by pipes wher ever it may be needetl in the kitchen, house-yard, bath-tub, garden or stable-yard, always ready for use and requiring no car rying. It is true that where there is a spring of sufficient volume and fall, a hvdraulic ram may be introduced, which can be done at very much less cost and in some respects possesses other advantages over the wind-power ; but it can be ap plied on.y where, as we here sav, the spring has the necessary volume and fall. But one or the other would seem to be of so much real importance to a farm of any considerable size as to warrant its use as an improvement of actual economy. Down, Tire, SUV "Any chestnuts 'round here?" asked one f the three city boys wu0 vet an aged, benevolent looking farmer out in Livonia township. Michigan. The old man hesi tated. "You don't want to steal em?" he ask ed. "Oh, no, we just wanted to find out" "Well, there's a few trees back there, but if I thought you wanted to steal them I wouldn't have told you, for the owner's gone to town; but you're bright, honest looking boys.' The boys blushed with the pride ot con scious goodness. When will the owner be back!" "Well, not before dark, I reckon. The boys respectfully tbanked the old man, waited till he got out of sight, jumped the fence and were soon shaking down the burrs. The shaking was easy, but the open ing of the chestnut burr, was more difficult and unplcasvnt. At last the boys bad a splendid pile of handsome, brown nuts on the ground, and they prepared to put them in the bags they brought with them. "Please don t take any more trouble " said the benevolent old man, who stood by the fence beaming tindly on the startled boys. l m not so strong as 1 once was nri f fear I Can't hold in this dnr nuvli longer. It you'll hurry, though, 1 guess I ! can keep him here till you get to the rail- j road track. Down, Tige, sir!" As the boy. looked back from the rail-! road fence, they could ase the stooping ' figure of the old man cooping the rich, brown chestnuts Into a two bushel bag. J O0I8T1TDTI0I THE OTIOI AID JUNIATA COUNTY. The Name "Dee Moines When Fathers Alarquet and Joliet, in I6i3, visited a tribe of Indians near the mouth of the river which now bears the name "Des Moines" they learned from the nativds that they called their settle ment or cluster of villages Moninruinat, after the river on which it was situated. On the ancient French maps of the conn try the name appears as Moingona. It a French corruption of the Algonquin word tmkonano, sitrmfying "the road. When the French established trading posts on the Mississippi river nearly one hundred years ago, they applied the name Moin to the Indians who resided on the river we call Des Monies and in speaking of that river they would say, "la rtviere des .Vofns" or "the river of the Moin." Long after this in soma way, the name became associated with that of the Trappist monks (Moiius ilela Trappe), a people whewere living with the Indians on the American bottom. After this the id.-a prevailed that the true reading of the "rirUre des Moin" was ''riviere des Moines," or "river of monks." And so the name Des Moines began to appear on modern maps. The firift part of the name, des, is clear'.y t rench, while the latter part has been cor rupted from the original Mom to the or thography of the French word Moines, the pronunciation of which is the same. It is interesting to note the changes which tne name has undergone. The foregoing we believe to be the true explanation of origin of our beautiful Iowa river, and of the manner in which the name has come down to us. It is tn accordance with Nic ollet, a most excellent authority, in big Ileport of the Upper Mississippi," which was published by the authority of Con gress in 1843. The Dakota or Sioux name of the river was Iityan-Sha Sha- Walpa. or "Brother of Bedstone river." This name was formed from the Dakota words inyan, stone; sha-sha, red, and tcatpa. n ver . bat we call the hast t ork of the Des Moines they call Jnyan-sha-Sha H arixt-Sunkaaee, or "the brother of the Bedstone river." The Sacs and Foxes tribes which belong to the Algonquin race, and spoke a language quite duTerent from that of the Sioux, called the same river Ke-sauk-kee-sepo, after the national name of the Sauk-kcc, or Sac tribe, as we call them. 1 his name is interpreted to mean "the river of the Sauk-kee," the termina tion sepo, meaning river in the Algonquin language. At the bririuningof the present century the Sacs had a village near the mouth of the river, and hence the name, Ke-sauk-kee-sepo. From this name comes that of our present Keosauqua, in Van Bu- ren county. .rick lur 1U1. They drove into town behind a cross- eved mule and a stvined horse. Thev looked contented, but one member of the party was the head of the house, for she handled the ribbons and wheo they halted she hitched the team, while be stood de murely by and took the basket of eggs and ber shopping satchel as she han .-cd them out. 1 hey disposed of the produce at the grocery, and then entered a dry goods store. Sbe made a few trifling purchases of thread, pins needles and such things and then called for two knots of yams. That won't be enough, Mary, said the man, plucking at her dress. "I guess I know what I m buyinc. she retorted. "But it ain't more than half what Ton have had afore," he persisted. aL that 's noue o your business these socks are goin' to be for me and if I want em short, you can have yours come way up to your neck if you want to." The old nun bowed to the inevitable w ith a long sigh as his partner turned to the clerk and said: 'Two yarls of cheap shirtin'. if you please. "That ain't enough, Mary," said the old man, plucking at ber dress again, "Yes 'tis." "No, it ain't." "Wal, it's all you'll git," she snapped. 'Put it up then Mister," taid he turning to the clerk, put it up and we won't have any." 'Who's doin' this buy in' I should like to know?" hissed the woman. You are, Mary, you are,"' he admitted. "but you can't palm off no short shirts on me." "You act like a fool, John Spiner!" "Mebbe I do, Mary, but I'll be durned to gosh, if I'll have half a shirt no, not il I go naked." "WaL I say two yards are enough to make any one two shirts" she snapped. "Mebbe that's enough for you, Mary," he said very quietly, "p'raps you can get along with a collar button and a neck band, but that ain't me, and 1 don't propose to freeze my legs to save 8 cents."' "Git what you want, then," Bhrieked she, pushing him over the stool, "git ten yards git a dozen pieces if yon want 'em; but remember that I'd make you sick for this" "Four yards if you please mister four yards" said be to the clerk, "and just re member," he continued, "if you hear ol 'em fludin' me with my head bursted, friz to death in a wow drift, Just remember you heard her say she would make me sick." And grasping his bundle he followed his better half out of the door. Milk mm e'ood. Unadnlcrated, undiluted, unskimmed and properly treated milk, taken from a healthy cow in a good corditiou, and pro duced by the com-utnption of healthy and nutritious grasses and other kinds of food, contains within iifelf, in proper propor tions a;l the elements that are necessary to sustain huKian life through a consider able period of time. Scarcely any other single article of food will do this When we eat bread and drink milk we eat bread, butter and cheese aud drink water ail of them in the best combination and condition to nourish the human system. AU things considered good milk is the cheapest kind of food that wc can have, for three pints of it, weighing 3 pounds and costing nine certs, contain as much nutriment as one pound of beef, which costs eighteen cents There is no loss in cooking the milk, as Here is in cooking beef, and there is no bone in it that eaunot be eaten; it is sim ple, palatable, nutritious healthful, oheap, and always ready for use, eith or without preparation. This is to say that, chemical ly, 9.7 pounds of milk is the equivalent of one pound of beef in flesh-forming or nitro genous constituents; and 8.17 pounds of milk is the equivalent of one pound of beef in beat-producing elements or carbohy drates. We must therefore assume, from the data offered, that the relative values of beef and mdk as human food are as J to 11 J, or as (in round numbers) one too. If milk U eight cents per quart, then it is equal in food value to beef at twelve and a half cents per pound; and, vice versa, j when beef is at twenty-five acute per' Pound- then milk should be sixteen cents P quart, calculated en iu food value, We thus see that, at any ruling price, milk certainly oue of the cheapest, if not the cheapest, food that can be furnished, to the fanuly. while all experience Is In favor al lt healthy qualities. TEE EaTOBOElfEIT 07 TEE LAYS. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 1, 1SS0. ttlstory or 1re-lrwr gafrs. In regard to the invention of fire-proof aieM in America, tne accounts we nave are conflicting. It is said that something over nlty years ago the discovery was made by a mecnanic wno attempted to boil water in a kettle that wascovered with plaster of Daria. He found that it was almost impossible to heat the water to a boiling point, and con cluded that plaster of pans therefore, was a great non-conductor ot heat. In relating his experience to several there probably was among them some one who conceived the idea of applying it to fire-proof safes. After this discovery little, if anything, was used in this country for filling safes but plaster for about twenty-five or thirty years, rhis substance for filling kept iu 'place until about fifteen years sen, when it was generally given up. '1 lie reason for aban doning the use of plaster is thus giyen. It was used not in its dry stale but mingled with water, and allowed to set after beinc poured in between the casings This fill ing, it was found, attracted moisture from the atmosphere and either produced oxida tion of the metal in contact, or formed sulphuric acid of strength enough to corrode the iron. It is not an uncommon thing to find old eaics that were filled in this way wiui noics eaten inrouirn their panels When it became apparent that the set plas ter was eorroainp the metal, it was thought inat dry piaster might do. but, though i poor conductor of heat, it was found defec live in haviue no water to irive off. and alum, which contained a large percentage of water, was mixed with it and found to answer the purpose very welL . Some twenty yeari ago before the use of plaster as a muni; wag abandoned, the use of hydraulic ana other cements was commen ced. The cement was siuiplv mixed with water and put in to set in the same way as plaster. The property of absorbing water varies with ln; different kinds of cement. but that vanety which absorbs the most water is obviously the best fitted for filling purposes. Some kinds of cement will absjrb one-third to one-half their volume of water, while there is a kind used which, it is said, will absorb an equal volume of water, that is a barrel of cement will absorb a barrel of water. Cement at the present time seems to be the favorite filling with most safe-makers and it is found not to corrode the iron on account of the alkali wliich is in it, which has a preservative tendency on that metal. Pure cement is used by the best safe-makers though it is said some mix in said, which injures the tilling, and destroys to an extent its non- conducting properties. Asbestos has been used, but was found to bo not a good non-conductor, and was soon abandoned. Aliout twenty years agn a Boston man took out a patent to line safe doors and flanges with toajwlone, but in practice it was found that, in a long-continued fire, the sonpstone heated to a very.b'eh tempera- line and retained its heat, so that It in turn was abandoned. In 18'H) a patent was taken out for the attachment of the plaster oiling to plates suspended between the walls that in shrinking its diminished size will not permit its falling from its place; patents were also taken out for the use, for filling, of pure alumina; and also, for the sainu purpose, of sulphate of iron mixed with plaster of Paris. In 1803 the following patents were taken ouU For the construction of a safe with two air and steam tiuht casings one within the other. ami with the intermediate space filled in with material capable of eeaeraline steam under hiph heat, the latter melting fnsi-, ne plugs in the outer casing to per mit the exit of the steam; also for the use of filling made of piaster of paris set with a solution of starch; also for a filling formed of a compound of calcined and powdered gypsum and alum in pieces embedded in tue plaster tu such relative proportions that the water of crystallization in the alum evolved by heat shall set the plaster (this was the alum safe already alluded to) ; also lor the furnishing of the fiiung with cavi ties to prevent the rupture of the papts irom tne expansion ol moisture by freezing. In 1661 a patent was taken out for a fill ing of alum in small lumps rolled in plaster auu men tinoeuued in dry clay. In 1865, a filling of epsom salts either alone or com bined with sulphate of bine, was obtained. Throwing tUe Hatchet. In the fourteenth centurv. the situation of public executioner to the city of Flor ence became vacant, and, as it was a place oi consiui-rame emolument, there were three candidates. A day was appointed for public display of their several abilities. The first candidate, with a knife, e'everly separated the head of the victim from his shoulder. Po was outdone by the rapid stroke of the secoud. whose elittennir broadsword struck terror into the hearts of the surroundinK multitude. The thir.1 and least promising, held in his had a short hatchet, and, when the victim was extend ed with bis head on the fatal block, sn- proached him, and in a low whisper in quired if be was a swift runner, and if he could swim well. On being answered in the affirmative, he desired him to snrinir on his feet and cross the river. The ex ecutioner then put on a fierce look, swung his weapon round his head, but, instead of making it descend on the devoted creature's neck, struck it with great force into Die block ! Shouts of execration rose from the crowd, and the treiublinir wretch, aston ished at his wonderful escape, had nearly gained the opposite bank of the nver be fore any steps were taken to pursue him. Ue had scarcely, however, iroue ten varda on dry land, when the executioner, taking steady aim. threw his hatchet with such effect that the body continued running some time after the head was off! From this rather improbable accident the common phrase of throwing the hatchet is said to be derived. Adventures of vatek Frank.. Of i rauk Burry, or Dutch Frank, who was killed at Gold lial, Nevada, recently, many anecdotes are related. He lived alone on a ranch near Silver City Switch. possessed plenty of the precious metal, and was miserly. His escapes from imminent death had been so numerous that tbe first report of his taking off was nit credited anywhere. The miners said that he owned "the constitution of an oppossum." Once he was surprised by a band of Chinamen, who robbed hint and suspended him by means of a rope to a neighboring tree. When tbe heathens left him he was black in the face. An hour later he mopped np tbe street of Gold Hill with oce of hi. as sailants. He bad cut the rope after the disappearance of the rebbers Some years ago the fingers of one of his hand, was frozen and he neglected to take the proper care until the flesh began to slough Off the' bone. When he went to a doctor and was told that the flagcr must be amputated and that it would cost him f 100, he said he would keep t ie money and perform the amputation himself. He procured a pair of horse Clipping shears, and fastening one blade in a vise, placed his finger, between the blade, and struck the other blade with a hammer. It was a sucoesful operation, and Immediately he was seen at his work, with a big glove on tbe sore hand, but not apparently suffering much pain. terror wild Man. In the yeas 18 there moved to thi country from Germany a couple, man and wife, by the name of Harrier, who took up their aliode in the eastern part ot Penn sylvania. They had several children born to them while in the East, and in the year 1820 they removed, with their children, to this country and settled on a farm in the north ern part, where one of their children, James who is now eighty years old, resides. About three months ago the mother died at the extreme age of 103 rears. Tne familv beine oi trernian descent, speak very little tng. liah, ami consequent! v live verv secluded. At the time of the death of the old lady many ot tne neighbors taking advantage of the opportunity offered, visited the place. more through curiosity than from an hon est, sympathetic motive, and inanv stones were current of the peculiarity of the fam ily at large. The husband of Mrs. Harrier died some years ago at the age of 1 05 years, while his father, who lived in Germany, reached the ge of 1 15 years. The eldest son is eighty years of age, and wields the axe and handles the plow with as much vigor as any man in the neighborhood with but half the number of years. His hours of laltor are from the rising of the sun to the going down of the same. illiam. the younger brother, is a wonderful strange being. The story of this person, which shall reproduce, was related by ooe who made special inquiry concerning him of one of the members of the family to the wuter. W hile living in the East, illiani, whose sge is not exactly known, was a mere child just learning to walk, when an old woman, who was itoii compos mentis, angered by the insult, of other persons raised a heavy club and struck him on the head, from which time he was never beard to utter an intelligent word. W'jeu the Harrier, moved to this country William was yet a small boy, although he could be managed, and was compelled to wear cloth ing, and he ran about engaged in the sim plest sports. He gradually became very distant, even with members of the family, as he grew beyond their power to restrain. be refused to wear the clothing that was put upon him, and if they ever did suc ceed in gutting him dressed, he would tear awav from them and return in an hour or so naked. His clothing would he found iu the woods or on the bill torn to shreds. The family finally abandoned even the thought of trying to keep his bodv cover ed, and for the last forty-five or titty years be bas been running exposed to the scorch ing summer, and winter blasts until bis body is a dark brown color, and covered with a thick coating of long, taggy black hair. The house in which the Harriers live is a small one storied frame house, and stands among a thick cluster of blackbe.ry bushes in a stony section, about one hun dred yards from the road. 1o the main part of the house there has been attached a small-shanty, the door of which opens in to the kitchen of the main building; this is the winter quarters of the wild man. lie always goes to his winter home reluctant ly, and when occasion presents itseif breaks out and joins the companions of his summer house, although this is very sel dom, as a heavy bolt secures the door upon the outside. It cannot be said of this man, although he knows nothing, that he docs not enjoy life. In his dungeon he has a pleasant countenance, which shines out through his long straggly beard of half a century. When at his liberty in the sum mer he capers about from place to place, digging roots and he aud the animals of the farm form one common society. As we said before, the family live very se cluded, aud old men in the immediate neighborhood (ay that, although they have been watching for this strange being for many years have failed to see him. He is very mischievous and always has eye open for passing strangers. Sportsmen who have been in the Harrier neighbor hood and by a sudden turn in their path way would come upon the man, would be come frightened to such a degree that some of tticm have been known to faint away. No sooner had he become aware of the presence of strangers than be would start and run away with the greatest velocity. He always takes advantage of a chance to get away from a stranger, but whin brought fare to face with them be is very offensive. A9a.aoaa ffeddlny. A great wedding is about to come off in Samoa. A leading chief of Falefa has been courting M'H, daughter of the high chief of Apia. As the chief is an old man and Jloe aoout nineteen, it has required the most strenuous efforts of both families to bring about the match. The Falefa family have carried to Apia over three hundred pigs killed and cooked, and distributed theui among the young lady's relations In return for these, tho family of the expect ed bride must, give fine mats and tluy have been busily engaged collectiug them from all over the islands till the gover nor's house is ha'f full. A vast decl of eeremonr is connected with these wed dings. All tbe maidens of Falefa went in procession to the governor's bouse, each carrying a stick with a bunch of red feath ers suspended from the end. A, the wed ding some member of the government reads a chapter from the Bible and then reads a ceremony. The couple being mar ried are seated all the time, and join hands toward the close of the ceremony, as in more civilized countries. In this instance the lady it amiable and interesting. Na tive dances were taking place nightly, and a part of the wedding festivities. A I the young dandies appear on the stage at such a time, and the maidens of the villages as semble on the scene in coetmncs like the primitive garb ef Eve. Preserving Tlmtter la (Iround- In speaking of the well known methods er preserving post, and wood which are partly imbedded in the earth, by charring and coating with tar, it is said these meth ods are only effective when both are ap plied. Should the poles only be charred, without the subsequent treatment with tar, the charcoal formation on the surface would only act as an absorber of the mois ture, and, if anything, only hasten the de cay. By applying a coating of tar without previously charring, the tar would only form a casing about the "wood, nor would it penetrate to the depths which the ab sorbing properties of the charcoal surface would inrure. Wood that is exposed to the action of water or let jnto the ground should be charred, and then, bef ore it bas cn tirely cooled, be, treated with tar till the wood is thoroughly impregnated. The acetic acid and oils contained in the tar are evaporated by the heat, and only the resin left behind, which penetrates the pores of the wood and forms an air tight and water proof envelope. It is important to impreg nate the polesaUttleslxivethe line of expos- sure, for here it is that the action of decay af fect, tbe wood first, and where the break always occur, when removed from the earth or strained in testing. The Princess Olga, tbe youngest daughter of the King of Greece, died race sly aftet a few da;.' Illness. Tnmrj Wrk. Basket decoration U a great preoccupa- tion, end is extended to the commonest wicker receptacles used in a household. Work bankets of new shapes are made on the same principle as the nursery or baby basket that is with maroon, mulberry or tarnet satin linings divided by stitched success. Whenever the bear was wall ad compartment, for the needlecase, scissors TaBced on one lio.b, aud dangerously close and numerous other small accessories. The to one twin, the other twin would sally handle, aa well as borders are set with from the other limb aud null his taiL Th dangling balls or tiny tassels of combed wool with lemon, medlar, pale flesh and olive hues prevailing. Square pin-cuahious are nuuie of old gold plush, in the center a braided desiirn through which runs a sil vered or gilt chenille. The same braid is much employed fcr outlining a woolen brocaded material, which imitate, dun - col ored Indian goods and which, thus enliv - ened, looks at a distance like a material having silver or gold fibre in the tissue. The usual inventions for photo frames have again broken out like an epidemic disease. It is almost impossible to enumerate all the novelties. The most fanciful are col- ored plush frames, painted a la pjiiacht: to figure porches and Gothic gate or cathe- dral entrances. These are very suitable, as the face reproduced appears to be look Ing out for the person in contemplation. i minting is a great feature on drawing- tables. The palette is an artistic tnfle, which sometimes attains verr high nricea. It is made of walnut, and in the center is ketch ed, or entirely finished, or perhaps again only begun, a bit of landscape, a portrait, or a family scene. The colors are dabbed all round, as they would be by an artist squeezing them out of the tubes wnue preparing his palette for a work of art. i uese palettes are negligently hung up on small satinwood or ebonv easels.. The new antimacassars are of a soft linen and washable canvas finished all around with a broad handkerchief hem. The cen- ier in crewti wora, or me anucassamar is a Japanese landscape, hiving for a border a wide Torchon lace insertion and a deep band of silk edged with very nirnw lace. S)fa coverlets are oatmeal cloth of gray and white or drab and white. This is worked with a flowing tambour design in any of the art colon. If olive green is se - eciea it is snaoca irom very dark to its palest huc,and the foliage is generally a vine or au ivy pattern, but Moorish arabosques are more appropriate. The coverlet is sold with two small ones for the elbow ends of tbe sofa. Between each band uf oatmeal cloth alternates one of drawn threads, in and nong wbich a geometrical design la work ed, the border is a fringe made by draw- ng out the threads of the oatmeal cloth. and by knotting the strands together. Helping Alone a Cnuren Fair: Mrs. fugleaon is quite wealthy, and ways on hand at church fairs a man- vr, of course. Nic had one recentlv. "I have thought of a way to raise a little more money at our fair," said that lady, as he entered the hall where the other mem-1 hers of the committee were setting out and preparing tue long tables; and taking a bas- ket from the boy who had accompanied her, she produced an old plated sdver tea- set, which had done good service for a quarter of a century, but was not needed any longer, a new and much better one s.ving taxen its place. 1 Ilils tea-set will bring thirty dollars bv selling it in sixty chance, at nftv cent I e-v h," continued the lady. I 1 he proposed plan struck all the ladies I glit, and it went through with a bound Uie set being placed on Mrs. Fugleeon's . " nen ola maQ3 are ill they tie up their table, and her son John appointed to take I nd in P"cket handkerchiefs, take homes charge of hnc sales and receipt. One gen-1 Patbic pellets out of two bottles alternately tlcman loon ten chance, and another six; I aot because they wanted the tea-set, but thought that a good and quick way to put u.ui- uioie money in tne treasury. At tbecuxeof the fair, it was announced that Miss l'riscilla Jones the lucky girl. jmg omy one chanre, and that a gift. as the owner ol the set; w hue Jlrs. Fugle son. announced that the ravnma wen. .11 I ngui, tinny uouar?. i "And here "continned the larlr tin-nlni. I It.. .i.:-.. j .11 I to the treasurer, "is seven dollars for you. me remaining twenty-three dollars of I course belong to me, that being just what my nrst nusoana paid tor that set twenty- seven years ago. Mrs. Fugleaon has a couple of old bed steads also a silver-plated warming-pan, which she intends to laffle off at the next tair, and give the church all they bring. alter UMiucung nrst era. ATaelllatlns Hear. My negro gardener came to me one eve ning in great alarm, and stated that his own twin sons Mango and Chango, had taken out his gun that morning and had leen missing ever since. I at once loaded my ritle, loosened the Cuban bloodhound, aud followed the man to bis but. Then I put the dog on the boy's scent, following on horseback myself. It turned out that the young scamps had gone on the trail of a large bear, though they were only thirteen years old, and their father had often warned them not to meddle with wild beasts They began their adventure by hunting the bear; but ended as often happens, in being hunted by the bear; for Bruin had turned upon them, and chased them to hard that they were fain to drop the gun and take a tree. It was a. sycamore of peculiar shape, sending forth from it stem many small, but ouiy two large branches. These two were some thirty feet from the ground, and stretched almost horizontally in the oppo site directions. They were like each other as the twin brothers themselves Chango too retmge on one or these, Mango on the other. Ihe bear hugged tne tree till he had climbed as far as the fork. Then be hesi tated an instant, and then began to creep aioug me tinmen wnicn supported Chango. The beast advanced slowly and gingerly, sinking his claws into the bark at every step, and not depending much upon his balance powers. Chango's position was now far from pleasant. Ifwas useless to play the tnck well known to bear hunters of enticing the animal out to a point where the branch would yield beneath its great weight, for there was no higher branchwiihin Chango'. reach, by catching which, he could save himself from a deadly fall, thirty feet sheer. Three more steps and the bear would be upon him, or he would be upon the ground. Brave as the boy was his teeth chattered. At this moment, Mango, nerved to hero ism by lis brother's peril, moved rapid! v from the opposite limb of the tree. Step ping behind the bear, be grasped with one hand a small higher bough, wbich extend ed to where h stood, but not to where bis brother lay; with the other hand he seized the animal firmly by iu stumpy tail. The bear turned to punish hi. rash assailant; but, angry as he was he turned cautiously. It was no easy task to right about face on a branch wbich already had begun to tremble and sway beneath his weight. Chango was saved, for the bear evident. ly had transferred his animosity to Mango, whom ho pursued, step by step, toward the extremity of the other Ub. But Editor and Proprietor. NO. 49. Chango was not the boy to leave his broth er and rescuer in the lurch. Waiting until 'he enraged lrute was well embarked uoti Mango's branch, he nulled his Liii h I had seen bis brother do before. Aam I Bruin turned awkwardly, and resumed the I interrupted chase of Chango. I The twins continued their tietics with J silly animal always would yidd to hi. I latest impulse of wrath, and snff.-r himnetf I to be diverted from the enemy who was I almost in his clutches. - 1 After two hours of diinnointiiinn ,. I learned his mistake. He was now, for the I tenth lime, on Chaniro's brnnrh n,l - I near Chango. In Ibis binder extremity; he kept grimly on I 1 Mango, forced to choose between let- I tin? P the brute's tail or the higher branch I which enabled him to keeD his feet, let m I the former. I Chango could now retreat no fnrtw he was hardly a yard beyond the bear's reach. The branch was savirg more lIln ever, and the beast seemed qnite aware that he mitht tax its stn-n-th n - 1 fr. After a pause he advanced one of his forfeet a quarter of a yard. To increase the bear's difficulty in seising him. the ter rified bov let himself d iWn finil mm with his hands from the bough. tie was hanging in suspense between two I frightful deaths. His heart was sinlcimr j his fingers were relaxing. I Then the dcen having of a h. Hind trunk I his ear, and his hands again closed firmlv I oa the branch. In a moment, a blood- I nound and a horseman sprang throe "h the I underwood. I Chango held on lite prim K..i.t I n till he heard the sharp report of a ride I ringing through the air; held on till the Kalunz carcass of the bear Passed taffm I " CJ es; n :m on till 1 had climbed the tree crawled along the branch, and grasping his rvieu wnsu cau assisted I. m to et back to the fork of the tree, and rM . bit. U that bear had understood in tlm tlmt a boy in the hand is worth two in the bush. 1 ae wight have lengthened his days and gone uown with honor to the grave." Comfort 'or U1 HjUd. Old maids are useful. They can cook. sew and take care of the children and nurse sick people, and generally play the piano. Old bachelors are useless. TLey do not even know how to drive nails or split wood. Old maids are amiable. If one w.it anything done that requires patience and kindness of heart, a single lady is sure to be the one to do it. Old bachelor, are ill-natured. Thev DU cuuuren, uespuse babies and hate roung mothers, and are always so busily I emPloyf a " seeing that other people take OI loem ln!" luf J tare n'-t a laumeul 10 PTe.t,J ny oae else. uld miuJa mce looking, and "young fof their years" Old bachelors generally naTe red D8e3 rheumatism in the knees d heads and mouths that turn down at e corncra t)i n""''" a make a home of one little rooul and they cook delicious nieals f.r OTCr ,nc SM 3et " cunning little tin tetue. besides making ail their own ward- roiies. old bachelors need an array of ""'"J. " antra, cooks ana disunt relatives ,0 "P tnem comfortable. ao Scl weU agaix Vhen old bachelors are ill they go to bed and seud for four doctors; have a consultation, a mantle piece full of black bottles a!l the amiable mamed men who belong to the club to ait up with them at night, besides a hired nurse; they telegraph to tueir relations and do their best to persuade the wnrl.l that they are dying. n n' t, an nl.l , 1 ., . " ' . v uiu t'avei sue takes a sandwich, a piece of pound cakp ami . b"lllc 01 lemonade in a basket, and lunches -"""" ic carnage. When an oId Dacuclu' travels he orders a meal in wu,oc "lBllon Biul raves because ue oas uoiinie w eat it before the "fifteen uiinuies ior retrestimcnls" has expired. Old maids drink weak tea, and it cures their headaches Old bachelors drink strong liquor and it gives them headaches. Old maids are modest. They think thelr youth is over and their beauty gone. If after a while some autumnal lave w given them they take it as a sort of a miracle and hope people will not laugh at thtm for "marrying so late in life." The Dignity of the Vmw. As a prominent lawyer was eniovinw hi. otium cum dignitate in his rrivme r.in,. the door was pushed hurriedly open and the head of a flustered and eicii.-.l wnm.- was thrust into the aperture. Are yee ml' she asked ia a hoarse voice; then she advanced to the ttil laid down fifty cnts. "My good woman." said the lr i his most judicial voice, "what ia this for?"' "Ets your relay ning fee : sun-It's a Iyer 1 want, and one that wili see thai jus tice is done mc mr, that's as dtceut a woman as iver lived to be called a tliafe and a blaggard by that nitddlesome old Moloney woman. Oh, dear! oh dear! Ye see. it was just bke tiiis: We !ivi fr ninst each other, wid a brick wall between- and her ugly spalpeen Jimmy he came ever on our aide and he says says he, 'And me mot ner would be onl.eged if ye d loan he the loan of her own fiat-irons tbst sbe brought from Tipperarv wid hr Anrl t ses see I, 'Your mother never was in TiD- pcrary, no mare she was your honor; and she never bad no flat-irons' no nuu-a she had, your honor ; end wid that he picked up a brick and " "Stop, stop, my good woman." wid the bewildered lawyer at this point in the nm. cccdings "This s I understand it, is a controversy between two persons You crave the law. Let me explain. A con crete legal right exuta only when the con ditions are to be found which the atxtras-t principle of law has attached to its bein. 1 bis desuetudo corresponds to lota of mn. ciete legal, rights by non-user. Do you follow me, madam. This is an actio ,n. jumrum. Modern iurisorudecce hm iie. cided " "Oh, holy mother of Moses gimme rwu-k me fifty cints" exclaimed the eonfmww client. "I've had me fill of tbe law. i I was sajin', Jimmy picked up a brick cd broke me last pane .f giats. but it ouid be chaper to bnv a whole window nan to go to law about it ; your honor's oquence uas convinced me of that." Bi when she see. Mrs. Malonev she fays f her neigh bors "I'd 'av had the law her, but I consulted wid one of the la-ng trtr. of tho city, ard he advised .0 the contrairy. hist. ' says he. 'she t worth it. The coort niver cuuid coll the cash av her,' and thin he gave v ome bootitul pint, uf law!" Out of v pupils in Cha-rton. public scb,u 6. are colored. 1 t ! v
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