r-...t-- . v & At THE OOISTITUTIOI-THE UHTOS-AHD TEE E3TOBOIIIT OP THE LAWS. Editor and Proprietor. MIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 12, 1881. NO. 2. VOL. XXXV. .ISCHWEIEB. ROUGH! rVnin" boliow coogb- . ;lT!X.tUn8h enough!" j bt'.M ""' ' ueali th M "- though." M id , ,Htm.k"doa8,l! ' , - olJ friend throuKb, urtDl lie- - j .totem0"00" Caught. -n tai ""se tlnies In tbe s in the imKI 1 ""7, . , i. .hi a- bail 10 lu " ' " . .i.r lhsvior wait not nt iu ; . . ira.. " .,... I i F,sini i!n obefirls living in town, had given . . .mi a dozen or more of 2n!irti. lud'un incited, nd the in- i. n ubn :tuu 10 ine "--"J- Afl 1 lime ueis. tlie f.rJ ioj.cuK.1. v1(e'!irLt wa comm?. and if the & iuut i toiJ. there but one sunny miong tlie group, uc"fe bad. ... , 1 ;e 1 cidie to stand between you and i-t"i; rstii'iial enjoy nient, I shall VlU"id 10 request "Wall ,0 retura ' L" . n T lull --vll tmlcr thai 1 aw not only responsible ur ILl'K anil cuiin.i:uis lur jmu iu lh atr-n vtnieut, but tor your social . . .i ..in. Miss Fessenden's - tROrll'.S 01 i.ic , 1ui mi uufi a. re i. He sitlilc lear in my own mind ittd to Uje acciUhintaaces you may 1 Hxtt, tlie caiure of my office oompoU 10 tlx coune 1 have mentiom-d. 1 feel - I, . . . l...t rw 1 ... . us re, juuigiai-irts utlie rvBtClloo wiii .u.e vuu lO.J i riClaie lue very ucuoue -lkii'i it iuutfu-i ' said Laura Cary to :lv, b li.ey ILea oui 01 mu i'rujeiaur a i tk-uiU I ihuuld lite to go," replied T, -IjuI uf &'ur.e the prolefcsor knows i." w d! set L'Jier and muthur would never Li if saving do if 1 were at home," jciiid laura. "The idea of a girl cma.nuaR.o!J btiug tied up in this t : u ui cugii'. to Lave high chairs V,- lJ i.nrsci." said another cirL ait Ui- un:u,s and blauketa, and ciiui.;mLi.uua. Ptvf. Montrose is an sic.:' Timi's iust wLat he is, said another, j-ctul -j.L lie's so old he can't en soiiiurj Uiiitit. and he thinks no sy use can. 1 iLean to go, anyhow." 'l jou U-Ulit I iive said something, :;v." mi in t'arrv D Leniaa. "11 you J it-astil a hitie, and remised that we ju.d ail btuave ctirselvcs, 1 m sure be .d Lave cuiiK-uleiL lie lust aclea as jetipw-iuiyou to spwik." 1 inter atii anyuii.-ii: enough to teae it," n j'uttl Kiitj, pli-aiaiitly. "I felt jjud dm! core srry for him than I did l kuuw it hurt him to refuse O, pshsw:" cidaiii.td Laura Cary. I'Tol. Ji.iDirusc has never granted me one ciLce 1 LaTe been in this seminary. juit Uiies lain to toruient us." u & on the end of Eilty's tongue to ;o AI..-S Laura ILat u she had n-ceived iialmsi irom the proiessr, there could ut ui.e rcuon lor it, which was because W never dttt rved any. But so many lLat LiQ Ut n on tlie tip of this little ""T n-iii-Ur Lad drupped off before , acu miux lit trouble, that she de ii to kup a light rem on it now. Kmy Laa ld a good dial on her mind tiy, lo juti at lUis liuie sili doubtless 1 tu c:rtipuiL'.n.tut iiiuch less than she Jn Late a foiue otLtr. One of the a KLu:ai a young and Yt-ry lovely "i, Lau Utu UkiUhUudtuiy and strangely - htr u.ajai:y was a btflling one, lrom e fact ol at btmg wholiy ot the brain. Uis 6 kLowu oulv to the mother, the Uiitttol Itjtc-.iiie, tlie minister's wife. o Kmy buLe. -J n-pt ouce started -at hLej Ue was crazy, the mother well "al eie Kr daiiLttr to live a hun ed years, iLe would aluvs be called :y by tie iuUabiiatits of Koscville. j Una ltature ot the iiluess was keDt a mi Tiitn tkn: was another reason. Mrs. as a ;cor, and Dostessed of small r""- H) tiitat etotiojiy, she bad been Me to tduCiiiB Ur daui hier, in the hope lullt till tl i ti 1 .... . i r i . .ui jc.n ueibcii oy teacuinir. unkid Low uLly s.X UiUULLsof r orari. H"H, ainr which the had been promised tA rii : ., . . ... w.... ....... 7 . .. w .iit otitic IKTIUai SClHKJi. lUspruiiirfLad oriiv been secured in vani u, i.xel iy iLeprm.cai jmins acd aWLce. ills. Lee tu 1 Mlo jK.riiiiHLtiy reex.ver. The doctor ",ir i 's'"; audliy ""tlie, the ' hiD" being who could calm her - eatins larciyMLs, wasture shewould. uJuI1 H UoM-nlle, whose powei Ctilain rifLieis 1 . k,U given Kitty permission P to tie Lee's whenever she was wiur. Tiee haa the kind hearted woman sum--OLtd Kmv tr,,,,. i,... : . ., ... "A 'A aity, n i crit-c. l.i.n . t fnr i UU g, lu , scuntj h..r ...na.if f li )rul't',i on. d at la the night -jai,',l ittit,""en, fany arrived . - -o-i " lire cAt;iieuieufc ! re- rieitM , d,tu ou'; aud com .'"J u " I'd irom Kuti's mind that -"oaciuaij foueniuuate. , tvtuas, aovut half-past seven, lUn- i"6 'm:'u-OE:'1 1" tue mauon's r.iom. JtwHlMw.Col.iiiM, the niin Wkei Ki" 'UiL: I0,ake Ufcr 10 tiie Lees'. iiLti c ,,tluruea "tr room for her Hi-: i- Lit.. Mu.uic I vni tiurct Lor vvwn. ao L.'t:' Pt oul' aLd 8Ue cod leave it Let r,, U1 tt u" t-alhariue was not WuT'Ul tor Kitty 'isitecw f lrl Bas "nd that Kitty '(w . j,uo!lli,!8 u"t tbe facw of aai u t. 7 c a"6'ercd as an excuse 'ir.er.d! nmU KiU7 ' TiJlK .'TV.. . tttv-.I 7s tMu-i WM verv wiId Md '! tor . i l 01,1131 hw were unsuccess- ur ihc i 5 ie- ior mole than an ''oscea''11141"11 'wuhnerin- IoVm llEa no1 ""'H were pwtL. ""ecuty of the cerebral .10 O'clock, snrt . . " I-aat. an , T ouxierer was quiet; iitv- ,.:B,u..tI'ew8 8lepiDitDeliUlv: - u Ui,y covid wiihoraw her tired arm from under the burning head, and pre pare Ui return to the seminary. Tbe minister had Joined his wife, and escorted by these kind friends, Kitty walked slowly home, being very much ex hausted and frightfully pale. She had just bade her companions good night, and was about to step up on the porch leading to tbe servants entrance, where ahe was about to adoiit herself with the matron's night-key, when a group of girls rushed around tbe corner of the house and ran up th stoop. They were so disguised by their water proof capes and hoods that Kitty could hardly have recognized one of their num ber. Suddenly it flashed upon her that this was the evening f Miss Fessenden's party, and that these girls bad attended it. Then the leader, whom Kilty strongly suspected was Laura Cary, opened the door. It was found afterward that they had bribed the cook and obtained her pass key. As they all crowded into the ball, still as mice, Kitty bringing up the rra, there stood href. Montrose in the door of his study, the blight light from wiihin shining full upon the girls, and making each face perfectly distinguishable 1 As the profes sor threw up his band, there they stood, looking like so many monks in their long black c.oaks. Where have you been. Miss Cary I" inquired tbe professor, in tones that made even tLe bold Laura tremble. 'We have been to Miss Fessenden's party, she replied, after some delibera tion. There were seven in this group, and three of the number were so frightened or so conscience-stricken, that they began to cry. Then the professor's eyes fell upon Kitty. "Miss Bache! he exclaimed looking like a man who had been struck, and start ing forward a step or two, as if to make sure his eyes had not deceived him. For a moment Kitty's self-possession en tirely deaerted her, and she looked the guiltiest one of the party. She was so completely tired out that she had no strength left lor this trial, and her heart sunk within her as she found probably fur the first time in her life that she was actually un able to speak a word. She leased against the door for support. One of the girls, who saw how pale and weak she was, took hold of iier aim, and tried to lead her away. She was afraid she was going to faint, and doubtless thought Kitty had as good a reason as the ret of them for desiring to keep her own counseL Seveial times Kitty opened her lips to speak, but was powerless to a.ticu htle a single sentence. Then the profes sor spoke again. 'loung ladies, go to your rooms. I will see to vou in the moraine." Ob, how tad and grieved his voice sounded! Then Kitty tried to move along with tiie rest; but there seemed to be some thing right before her all the time some thing tail and dark, that would certainly knock her down if she took another step. How she ever climbed the stairs and reached her own room the never knew, but Catharine was aroused from a troubled dream by something failing on the thresh old, and when she nastily turned up her ligut, there was poor little Kitty in a dead faint. For an hour or more, Catharine .did every Oiing m ber power for the gul s res-' toralion, and was just on the point of sum moning the matron when Kitty recovered a little. "How can I ever live till morning and have the professor believe me such a bad girl?" she sobbed. "But, Kitty, how was it possible lor you to go off with those girls, anyway I" taid Catharine, sobbine too. ".t tu, Brutus!" raid Kitty, raisin? herself on her elbow and looking Catha rine full in the face. "I steal away to a party 1 Why, Catharine, you have broken my heart !" "But w here have you been, dear I in quired ber companion, tenderly. ".Libel Lee was much worse, and ALTS. Coleman came after tue." I wonder if you can ever forgive me. Kittv." said Catharine. "Of course, it seemed impossible, but when ten o'clock struck and tbe monitor came around as usual, and told me with tears in ber tyes that she feared she should be obliged lo re port you with the rest of the runaways, 1 was nearly frantic She finally promised me that she would wait till to-morrow, and see what account you would give of yourself.' Then Catharine made a nasty touei, ana before Kitty knew what she was about, left the room. he ran down stain quictuy. determined if she saw a light in the pro. feasor's ttudy to ask pennU&ion to make an explanation. There was no light there, and lamer. ine concluded that the professor had re tired. "He ha cone to bed, I suppose, said she, on ber return, "and we must be pa-1 lient until morning. I There was very Uttle sleep for either ot the girls, but Kilty was able to rise, though still looking very pale and worn. After breakfast, she sought the profefanr's study to make an explanation. Three times she went, but there wan no answer to her timid rap. Then she went to the matron's room, and found ber out. Then receiving no sum mon' to the ' professor's presence, she waited until it was time for the geometry claw, and entered it as usuaL The truants belonging to the class tun not aDDear. and it was some time before the professor came in. When he did, and his eye met Kitty's, he seemed for a mo-1 ment quite undecided what to da Then i he said, very lowly, but very distinctly, I the rest of the class looking on in mule as tonishment, 31 IBS Bache, how dare you present yourself in my presence this morning un announced I Kitty's fingers pressed her book like lit tle clamps as she answered : "Because, piofess-jr, 1 am not guuty oi the disobedience with which you accuse me. 1 have enoeavortd to see you all the morning, but failing to do this, I could not see why, having committed no sin against you or the institution, I might not go on wuh my classes as usual. Then the girl clapped their hand, and the professor's eyes biighlened. "fcthel Lee was much worse last mgui, and 1 went to see her with the matron s pet mission, and under Mrs. Coleman' es cort. I wa not able to leave her until that very late hour, and then I was too ill my self to say a wont," "If 1 bad only been informed,' said the professor, more to himself than to Kitty and then : "The circumstance were very much against you, my dear, but I should have known better. There is such a load taken from my heart, Miss Bache, that I don t know " "But what you could forgive the runa ways?" put in Kitty, arch'y; and then the girls all clapped their hands still louder. "I don't thiak they will ever do so again, sir. It was a very great temptation.' Tn vnn lliaa liacha?" ."Xo. I should like to have gone, bad you thought it best; but then, God has made us all with such very different dispo sitions, it was no credit to me not to go, because I prefer to obey. They might have struggled harder w itn temptation go ing than l did staying home. Then there was more applause, and the prolesaor said : "The das is dismissed. Mis Bache, I would like to see you in my study." So it came to pass that tbe seven runa way were pretty thoroughly disciplined. but not one expelled. Three weeks after, Ethel Lee was able to resume ber work in school, and no one knew she had ever been "crmy." A Konii BUakaMltau At one forge later on, between nine and ten o'clock, in tact, I discovered a female' nailer working under disadvantage that might have daunted an anchor smith. Whether she had a husband whose absence was accounted for by bis being addicted to beer-shop fogging, or whether she bad no husband, 1 did nut axk ber, and she did not tell me. Anyhow, ahe was working alone. and she spoke of having "all these brats" to piovide tor, as though the whole responsi bility rested on her poor narrow shoulders, the bones of which were so sharp that they threatened to cut through the tLiinsy mate rial that covered them every time she tugged at the heavy bellows. There were lour little chudrt n, the oldest about seven, the youngest a baby in "long clothes' in a calico bedgown, in fact, and nothing else. This solitary article of raiment bad once been white, but was now approaching the completion of acoal-sack. The two children who came liet ween the eldest and the youngest were disponing in the ashes, and pummelling each other's awfuily dirty little bodies in a fierce strug gle for the mangled remain of a wooden dolL There was only its carcass lelt, and i.s hair was singed off its head, and the paint on its face all tcorched and blistered; but the two infant nailers could not have fought for it more furiously bad it been the choicest prize in Mr. Cremei s collection. The other two children the oldest and the youngest, the former acting the part of nurse to the latter were di posited in a kind of wooden cradle that shared with the bellows the hearth where the fire was. The buby was shrieking, and the bey was shout ing out a bymn in a vain endeavor to quiet way and another, the mother, poor soul she wasquiie a young woman sented well-nigh distracted as she banged away at her work, bent seemingly on getting some set tatk dune; the perspiration streamed down her face as though she was crying, ahe stuck to her work, however, and kept the sparks flying, showers of them be sprinkled the occupants of the cradle, but without producing the least effects on those young salamanders until a shriller thriek than hitherto caused the woman to throw down her hammer and tnke the child on hei lap as she sat down on the nose of the auviL "Hard work!" "It is just that, master," she remarked, in reply lo an observation of mine; "and oiWn 1 wish I was in heaven, and out of it all, 'pon my soul and body, I do; 1 raley ge; to sick of it!" And a she took tbe sooty handkerchief" from her bead and wined her wet face wi& T!7 tniioer form oTassereration would nave t satisfied me of the probability or the change suggested being to her advantage. It was in vain she tried to pacify the squalling child at her lean boeoui. -Hush, then, and mammyll spare a pen ny for half a pint of beer presently, and men, perhaps, sue'li tuckle down a bit," said the poor soul, as protesting against the mockery offered it, the little rebel stiffened itself oat aud refused either to unbend or leave oil shrieking. "Haven't 1 got no help in working 'em all! o, master, I've got no help. How much can I earn? W ell, it right-down sla i ery to earn a penny an hour at it. More often especially when this young tin o' mine is cross it isu'i more than muepence for the whole day. o; we don't quite hve on that, sir, I'm 'lowanced two loaves a week, but it's nigh on four miles to fetch 'em, so I don't kuow, reckoning the loss of time, that I'm much richer alter alL I'm sure I don't know what's coming to the work, aud the price they're giving for it. it's almost as bd as chain-making." "Is that worse than nail-rmikingi' "For the women it is. Just you go to Cradley and ask 'em." It was wo late to follow ber advice that night but 1 did so next day. Journeying- on Friday. Conductor WUliam Coulter, of the Penn sylvania liailroad, has been running on trains between Jersey City and Philadel phia for about forty-live ya-s, and be sceius to have twenty years f work in him yet. Oue of the thousand o. tr .veler that lie knows remarked to hiin lua oiher day thai his train was lighter than usuaL Oh, well,'' said Conductor Coulter, "it's Friday you know." .. , , . . . "What eUUerence doe tnat maaei asK- cd the passenger. "tt by, there is always falling oil oi travel on Friday. It may seem strange, but the old superstition that Friday is an unlucky day to make a journey on, still keeps many at home on Friday. Any rail road man will tell you that." Captain Dennis, who runs another train to Phihulelphia, Conductor James Fields, who takes a night train to Washington, and Conductor Thomas Gallagher who runs to Hew Brunswick, are the oldest conductors on the Pennsylvania Kaihoad. They all confirm the veteran Conductor Coulter's averment about tbe falling off in travel on Friday, and share his opinion that it is caused by the popular superstition thai Friday is an unlucky day to start on a jour ney. Superintendent McCrea, of the Sew l ork Ln vision oi uie reunsyivama roau, was disposed to disbelieve Uie theory ol the old conductors. He thought if there was any tailing off of travel ou Fridays, it was explainable by the fact that Friday falls hue in the week, and many people re turn to their homes on Salurdvy. Super intendent McCrea, however, courteously procuied from the general office a series ot tabulated Ogures tlijwing uie numuei- oi oassengcrs carried on eaun day of the week lor two mouths. The figures show that there is probably some slight ground for Uie theory of the old conductors. Of the passengers earned on the six wees, aay s, 15 per cent, are carried on Friday, wniie liieie is ac average of 17 per cent, carried on each of the oluer five week day. In other words, there is a falling off ou Fridays of nearly one-eighth a compared wiui Uie average of other week days, ine days ot heaviest travel (giving tue figures aiificxutialely) Monday, wiui IV per cent., and baluitiay with 18 per cent., there being many persons going lo and returning trom business on those days. The percent ages shown on other week days are: On Tuescay, lo.S per cent,; ueonesuay, 16.75 per cent.; ihurselay 16 per ceuU, aud Fiieiay 10 per cent. - There are 85,000 mora female than male In Philadelphia. R Guessed Hot. Not long ago two gentlemen were look ing out of the window of a house on Mar ket street, Saa Francisco, obterved a cab bage roll off a market wagon that was pass ing. Instantly over a dcxen well-dresed and apparently sane person began yelling after the wagon as though the vegetable bad been a gold watch or a tboufand-dol- lar bilL Tbe dr.ver stopped about bait a square off, looked back at the cabbage, pawed and drove on. "What an absurd fuss people in the street make over trival occurrences," said said one of tbe gentlemen, "Now, I'll bet a silk hat that i could get a crowd of Sve hundred persons round that cabbage in aide of thirty minutes and yet not leave this room." "I'll take the bet, "said hi friend, pulling out his watch. "Are you teady ':" "Ye; give the word.'' "It is now 11:30. Go!" The proposer of the wager led his friend to the window, threw up the sash, and, taking a cane, poiDted earnestly at the mud covered cabbage with a terrific expression. Presently a hack driver noticed tbe action, and begnn to stare at the vegetable from the curbstone; then a bootblack stopped; then a billposter, a messengerboy and a merchant. "What's the matter!" inquired a Ger man, approaching the innocent base of his national dish. "Dem'l touch it I Look out there! Stand back!" shouted the gentleman at the window. At his horror-stricken tones the crowd iell back precipitately and form ed a dense circle around ine innocent cab bage. Hundreds came running up, and the excitement increased rapidly. "Look out there 1', frantically streamed the better, waving his cane. "Take that dog away, quick! ' beveral stones were thrown at a cur that was suifhiig around the cabbage. 'lake care! said a car driver to a policeman, who was shouidtring his way through the mass. "It s an internal mach ine, lutro-giycerine or something." Meanwhile the sidewalk was blocked. the street became iuiLassable, women screamed and rushed into shops, and a storekeeper underneath began to tie a bucket on the eLd of a long pole with which to pour water ou tbe fiendish inven lion. The crowd by this lime numbering over one thousand, the two gentlemen moved away from the window and tat down, in a lew moments there we s hurried ti p at the dour, and there appeared a man wno had been seul a a delegate froai the niass-niceuug outside. "1 should like lo know, gentlemen, he said, "what the facts sre ?" "What facial" " hy, what there is pceuliar about that Cabbage out Uie-re-i "Nothing in the world, was the soft reply, "except that it seems to be surround ed by about one thousand of the bige&t fools in town. Ho any thing eise for you!" I he man resected a moment, said be 'guessed not," aud retired. Before he handed in his re-port, however Captain abort's watch had dispersed the mob aud clubbed two hundred aud eleven separate person for creating a disturbance. , ' Th DtHnary. - -s Beveral lecal liaua were warn ine tMr t&uaf mroana thci stove In' Judge LaRue's office, LafayeUe, Indiana, oue day last week, and all was quiet as a house on Christinas Eve, w:Ui the chileirea an ticipating a visit trom Santa Claua. 1 he stulness was finally broken by a gruff dis ciple of Blackslone, who senienuously said: "I he eucUonary, as far as its words are concerued, has passed into decay and disuse.' "How so?" asked all in chorus. "Why? I'll tell you why. Society has become debased, and the speech of its members is saturated with the slaug of the slums." This remark woke up a young attorney who prides himself on beini; a society man, and he defended himself and Lis "society'' friends. "Vou can say what you like, continued the first speaker, "but I attended a society ealhering last night, and 1 teil you the slang used by the young ladies, was just such as I had beard in places wuere u.o.-aliiy is ai, aid wherj plea sure is the only object. 1 was iu conversation wiih Mis , wben up stepped a giddy creature, who cried ouu It wouldn l work. ' 1 hey tumbled lo the racket,' 'got on to me, and, 'I had to cherae it. It seems that she wanted to play a joke on some one of the company, uul luey bad discovered her belore she had time to carry out her designs. But 1 was simply horrified when the young lady with whetm I was conversing upbraided her friend for her stupidity, in language like this: 'Well, I must say you're a pretty plum,' to let them 'guys' 'twig' our liuie scheme. Why didu t you Mouse the glim'! You just fell right over yourself.' V bv, genUemeu, 1 hevd more ot that kind of talk in an hour than 1 could repeal in a day, and 1 repeat my assertion that the conversaUoa of soci ety is soaked clear through with 'slang ol the slums,' and the Oicuonaxy is obso lete." A strangei Mlatakn, A few days ago a western merchant who wanted to do some sight-seeing and buy his fall stock at the same time, entered a dry g'wela jobbing bouse on Broadway, New York, and accewlcd tbe first person he met with : "Are you the proprietor here?" "Not exactly the proprietor, was the re ply. "At present 1 am acting as shipping clerk, but I am cutting my cards lor a partnership next year by organizing noon prayer-meetings in the basement." lhe stranger passed on to a very import ant-looking personage with a diamond pin, and asked: "Are you the head of the house !" "Well, no ; I can't say as I am at pres ent, but I have hope of a partnership in January. I'm only one of tbe travelers just now, but 1 m laying for a fZUO pew in an up town church, and that will mean a quarter interest here in less than six months." The next maa bad bis feet up, his bat back and a twenty -cent seyar in hi mouth. and looked so solid that the stranger said: "You must run this establishment? "Me! Well, I may run it very soon. At present I'm the book-keeper, but I'm expecting to get into a church choir with the old man's darling and become an equal partner here.' 1 be stranger was determined not to make another mistake. He walked around UU be fouud a man with his coat off and busy with a case of goods, and said to him: "The porters are kept pretty busy in here, I see." " l es," was the brief rep.y. "But I suppose you are planning to in vent a gospel hymn-book and sing tbe old man out of an eighth interest, aren't you?" "Well, no, not exactly," was tbe quiet reply.' "I m tbe old man himself." And all that tbe stranger said, after a long minute spent in looking the merchant ever, was: " Well, dura my button. Tat Wonders of Mimicry. A very striking illustration of the possibility of mimicry without drollery was afforded once by the famous Coulou, who may be described a at once the fool and physician at the Court of one of the Louis. He actually mimicked the deceased Minister Villele with such accuracy a to afford the mean of painting what has been declared to be a wonderfully faithful por trait. It appeared that alter the dealn of the minister hi friend were grieved to find that there weie no satisfactory por traits of him in existence. Coulton waa present when expression was given to their regret at the circumstances, and agreed wuh them that no likeness of the deceased statesman represented, a be said, "the profound cubUety of hi character and his evanescent expression. ' Ashe spoke be assumed the features, expression, attitude, j and tone of voice of the departed man with the most startling accuracy, aud was at once requested to sit lor a portrait. A to the feature something, we suppose, must be accredited lo the imagination of the beholders, lhe artist probably was satisfied to catch the expression from the mimic a lace aud to rely on hii memory or ink nor portrait lor the ekunealion ol lea lure, unless the two men bore a resem blance lo each other to a degree which would have robbed the perloruiance ol much of its merit. One oi the most re markable facta about lhe most skilful of mimics is that they are able to overcome the apparently insuperable difficulty pre tested by the endless and radical variety of feature, and will give to a face an aspect and exnrtssiun whiiii have been characler- isUc of tome visage totally different in every respect. '1 hue can be (to doubt also that Una is the real secret of much of the power of amusing possessed by the mimic, lhe vagaries ol expression, voice, lone, aliiluue and utterance, present a constant series of striking iueongiuiuca. Thai which in oue person require a very keen obsei vauon lo catch, and is not particularly sl.iklug when caught, i no fcouuer douuud by some totally dissimilar person Uiau it bccoti.es ludicrously inctnruous and is found to be irresisubly amusing. There was nothing, so lar as we are aware, specially exleis about Chantry, the sculptor, yet bir iulwin Laudseer ouce put a dinner party lu a roar of laughter by cleverly per suuaUng biiu. The sculptor put Lauuaeer iu his cuair at the head ol the table, and went hiLasell aud aloud by the tlie. "Coaie young man," said Laudseer, iiiiiiiilating to a nicety the tone and manner ot the indi vidual whose chair he occupied, "you thiua Jouisclf ornamental; now make your sell useful aud ring the bcLL" Laud seer was ouu ot Uie Cleverest mimics thai ever lived, llii simulation were described as perfect iu every particular, displaying Uie nicest chscriiiiinauuu in points ol cnar- acler, and lhe most asiouistung accuracy. lhe bewilderment of Uie buuer who, ou Uie occasion just rel erred to cauie into tho room and saw his master at Uie fire-place, while Le heard his masters vcice al Uie head of Uie table ordering more wine, Was very H"ill,M"g A Coortlm In tbe Olden Days. Thirty years ago, Michigan people were a frank and truthful att. Mrangers could come herd and trade horse with their eyes bpy V 'yactl.-.ol .-. ureiiuie. cajm wtre OBkuon n. folk meant wiiat they said, and when they gave their word stuck to iu Lxacuy thirty year ago this mouth, a man appeared iu Lansing ou business. '1 he same busiuess carried hiui over to He Witt, eight miles away. While on the way he slopped al a log farm house lo warm his coid fiugers. He was warmly welcomed by the pioneer and his wife, beiih of whom were well along in years, aud after some general talk, lhe woman queried: 'Am 1 right in thinking you are a wid ower?" 'Yes." "Did you come out here to find a wife?" "Partly." "Hid anybody tell you of our Susie!" "Na" "Well we've got as bouncing a gul of twenty-two as ever you set eyes on. She's good looking, he tny and good tempered. aud 1 ihma sue 11 lite your look. "Where is shef" "Over in the woods, there, chopping down a coon tree. Shad 1 blow the horn for her." -No. If you'll keep an eye on my horse I'll find her." "Well, there's nothing (tuck op or af fected about Susie. She'll say ye or no as soon as s:k looks you over. If you want her, don t be afraid to say so. Tue stranger heard the sound of her axe and followed iu He found her just as the trees were ready to falL She was a stout. good-looking girl swinging the axe line a man, and in two ininule he had decided lo say: 'Susie, I m a widower from New York state; I'm thirty-nine years old, have one child, own a good farm, and 1 want a wife. W ill you go back home with rue!" bhe leaned on lhe axe and looked at him for half a minute and then replied: "Can t say for certain. Jusl wait till 1 get these coons off my mineL She sent Uie tree crashing to the earth. aud with his help killed five coons which were stowed away in a hollow. "Well, what ou you sayf" he asked, a the last coon was stopped irom kicking. '1 in your nl was the reply; "and by the time you get back from He Witt I'll have these pells off and tacked up and be ready tor Uie preacherl" He returned to Uie house, told the folks that he should bring a preacher back with biin, and al dusk that evening, Uie twain were nirrried. Hardly an hour had been wasted in courting, and yet he took home one of Uie best girl in the State ot Michigan. CurUunas an Korway. In the mountain districts the day is kept with hearty hospitality. All work is sus pended for thirteen days. The entrance ol every 1 ouse is tlecoraleei, and tbe wall of the kitchen are roughly adorned with gau dy pictures, fantastically painted in water colors. Throughout Christinas Eve and Christinas Hay, the merry making is en tirely domestic, restricted to Uie members of each household. Not even friendly visit is paid. On tbe following days the neighbor assemble at each other' houses by turns, tor carousing. No regular meal is provided, but open bouse is kept, tbe tables richly spread for all comer. No stranger is permitted to leave Uie bouse untU he has partaken of the strong I uie ale, which is served up in true Norwegian fashion, cask following caik in rapid suc cession. On theke occasion the servants sit al the same table with the host, his wife and family. All are dressed in their gala at ire of rich colored cloth, trimmed with gold and silver braid, the women wearing caps and aprons of brilliant hues. Gologtcul explorations have shown the probability that Busaia contains bed or phosphate of lime of sufficieui extent to supply Europe for an Indefi nite period. How to Clear off the 1 able. We would like to know bow many of our httle gul had read the hints we give them recently, and more (UU, if any one of them have commenced to make that fart of house-hold work one of the daily duties. We hope if there is, that tbey will write and tell us so, it will encourage us to write more for them, as it is not easy to write unless we know it is read witn interest. After all have lelt the table, set tbechaim back in their proper places, gather tp the knives and forks all in cne pile, then scrape off the plates, pulUng the refuse in one re ceptacle so that the plates can be piled up together. If any meal is left put on a com mon dish to put it away on, so that the platter may be clean for another meal so with tbe vegetables if the dishes are set away with food in them it make trouble when they are needed for another meal, and it is not nice to set them back again without being first emptied and washed again, particularly is this neceMary with the butter-dish, be sure to have that shiny aud bright, cut fresh slice off for every meal; always put a knife by the butter- plate, so that those at the table will not be compelled to use their own knife for this purpose. The pieces of bread left should be put in a jar ur box to use for puddings or tor stuffing. If bung in a clean flour sack behind the stove, it will dry and keep without moulding tiii wanted for use. Where there are chickens, pigs or a cow one need not be so particular about saving the scraps, for if fed to animals they are not wasted a they would be in town life. Fresh, smooth slices of bread are better for each meal, so care must be taken not to cut loo much at once. Pile up the cups aud saucers together, gelling Uie dishes all neat Uie ehsh-pan in neat put. It Save labor to be systematical about it, we have auen some wash Uie first thing that came to baud a cup, then perhaps a tumbler, then a knife, while wuh a little care and thought Uie same pan of warm walar may cleanse many disnca, which could not be doue if dishes weie washed indiscriminately. After everything U removed from the labie. gainer the cloth carefully so as not to crush li, shake oil the cruui bs and fold in the same ci eases. Brush the boor, putung the broom away so as nut lo have it rest on the brush end. 1 hen you are ready for the dishes. Put a litUe soap in the water, which should not be too hot, as it crack the hands as well as Uie dishes; wash first the glassware, rinse in warm water aud wipe wuh a clean towel which has no lint on il; then the spoons, i ups and saucers; then Uie knives, but be cartlul not to wet the handles, tbeu rub Ihem bright and rinse off and wise; then do Uie plates aud other dishes, giving tbein a good rinsing. The pots and kettles are west too heavy for the little folas, but it mother wishes you to do it, wash with another cloth kept especially for that, as il is nice lo have two for Uie dishwashing bus iness. When ail Uie dishes are piled away in their places, wash the iabie and UU clean, also Uie towei and dishcloths, aud then lliey are dry by the Umetbey are wan led again. It is quite as necessary thai Uie Una aud cooking dishes should be carefully washed as the tableware. Try and not leave any uisbea over to next time, a little girls are often templed lo do. for yon never kuow al what unexpected moment that particular dish may bv exiled into use, and H I always harder lo eio it alter the regular work is duo,. T-u. if you distike m washdisls, dou't Hop to Uuna of it, but go right at it and be dune with it, and by -and by you wul feel a pride in doing it, if you dj it wed. "Juan, Is 1 oat Vonf Women are timid creatures, and hate to be left in a house alone at uigbt, so the other day when Mr. Gallagher, went a ay from home, leaving his wild with only an ignorant servant, sue was very much wor ried, and readily barkened to the voice of an agent who called just alter Gallagher had gone around the curuer, and wanted lo sell her a machine which would prevent burglars from getting into the house, bhe bought three. 1'huae placed al Uie front and back doors were so arranged that, when the door was opened, a hammer would strike down trom above and knock down the person trying lo enter. A third con trivance of different pattern was placed on Uie stairs and aneHher al Uie front wmdow. Gallagher uuexpecledly returned late that night, and, al'tcuipUng to enter the front .toor, got a blow ou Uie nose that knocked him uou the steps iuto Uie street. He was both surprised and annoyed at lhe circum stance, aud, utterly unaule to understand it, he tried Uie dour again, baine result. He then thought somebody was b hind Uie door trying lo assassinate him, aud, getting up very mad ran around to Uie bava dour to get in that way. ihere be got a thump thai sent hint backward into the swill-bar rel, and he was terribiy cross when he got up. He grabbed an axe, and, as he opeu- ed tne dour, again struck wiih IL But he hit nobody, and got another kcock-down. Then he went aud gut a policeman, 10 that one could tackle each eluor, and une be sure to get in; but alter both had enjoyed three knuck-oowns they met and compared notes. and decided that two men must be in Uie house. They then tried the front window, and, raising it, a deluge of icy water from a huse arrauged lo brmg it flew upon thein. But they braved that and got in. Ihen they ransacked the lower part of the house, bui could Dud nobody, and meantime Mrs. G., up stairs, heard Uieui, and nearly died of f right. They started up-stairs, Galla gher nrst, and near the top a stair, fixed un a pivot, rolled under Gallagher and hurled him backward, and he weul to the bottom, taking the polios man wiih hi in. i hey both yelled, but Gallagher yelled the loudest, and hi wile recognized hi voice and hi lavurue oath. Her courage return ed. She weul lo the head ot Uie tair and cried: "James, is tut )ou?" James was painfully hurt atd a vnd mad then, and the pohceuian was U J la ' lo gel back Uie breath Gahagher had squared out ot biiu. "No," cried James, u s not rue; it' some other tellow. Jim Gallagher was never knocked down seventeen liu.es in one mghU1 Bui she ki.ew u was be, and explained matters. And then Gallagher gave the policeman UU to say nothing about Uie matter, and Uie officer relireu; and then Gallakuer jawed his aife for to hours, and the next uay went seven mite lo overtake tue man who sold her the machines ad kick the Uf e out uf him. He admit that the tilings would be dreadfully discouraging to a burglar, though. The Story of an AreHlteet- Ho is a Detroit arcuitecht, We shall not orive. his name, because if we did some other city would bribe him to pull upstates. One day last lail a ciuzen went i j mm auu said: "Draw me the plans for a residence; I am willing tu nv itoOO if thev suit." The plans were drawn and they suited, and yet lhe arcuitecht said that $200 was enough. He estimated the cost at $12,UuO, and it amounted to only ayio.oou. tie es timated U i time in bmiding at twelve weeks, and tbe bouse waa finished in nine. He will of coarse have offer to lecture and put himself oa exhinuoa, and other cuie will offer him a bonus to leave Detroit. Blondenaa; by Electricity. Anna Dickinson was once telegraphed to by a committee, inquiring the subject of ber lecture. She replied that it would be "Breakers Ahead." Tbe committee tele graphed back: ''All r'gbt; come and lecture on 'Break his Head," which was what the niea.e read alter being "improved by ye intelligent operator. A "bull" was also perpetrated last win ter in connecUon with the Ulle of a lecture by Hon. Sunset Cox, of New York. Mr. Cox telegraphed Mr. Bain, of Atlanta, that his subject would be "Irish Humor, but wben the message reached Air. Bain, it read, '-Just Human." When the lecturer took his stand, he faiil: 'the niet&tge was only bulled, ladies and gentleman, but 1 in sorry to say that it was certainly an Irish lu'.- On one occasion tbe message "Arrived all right," dispatched by some ladies, was delivered ' Arrived all light." In another case a husband who had gone to the sea side to engage apartments "All right, come to-morrow." He was astounded that his wile did uot come to hhn, but the mystery was explained when it was discovered thai "All light; home tomorrow, bad been the message actually dehved. A member of Uie Masonic fraternity once telegraphed to a friend to "make room fur leu Koyal Arch Masons, coming to-day; and on lu arrival touud a neat pen erected in the yard; the message as tleuvcred a-kin.; fur accoiumoc alioua tor ten rama. A gentle man in California was much astouished to receive a message informing him Una, "David goes up this evening ou a spree." Tne dispaicu originally read "This evening on Osprey. Au Associated Press dispaicu pubhsued tome years ago, coutained the clause: "Colonel Gilbert a fierce eci.eir ol the Valparaiso "Videtle and Republican." As Lied it read, "Colenel Gilbert A. Pierce, editor, etc" A New York merchant was once considerably puzzled over a mejsage he received irom a correspondent, Soulu, saying "it den t ram uiusu nere." A grocer wno had pursued a runaway chra named Galusha, and lound him witu the money raid repenleut, telegraphed lo his (.tne grocers) anxious wile; "Found Galuaua. Hope lor bet.tr things." t hen she got lhe mUsivu it read; "r ound girl; shall elope and get her ihiugs." Sue started lur lhe scene of action by lhe first train. How often the operator in leisure mo ments uudcra upuu the sequel of some stir of torrow, ot joy, of strange mystery, peuuaps or crime, a part of winch, and a part only, comes to his knowledge! But lur him the unfinished taie is never coin ple.ed, the mystery never solved. With all his sympathies aroused, he wondeia what becau-e of Uie poor wouiaa who tele graphed a fneud lo meet her late al night in a strange city, and departed on the tram. Wlial did she eio wlien sue found no oue there, as the operator knew, too late would be the case, from receiving word Uiat tbe message was undeliverd "no such (.erson to be lound." And the man who was ' i j a terrible fix, come quick;" what had he done, and how did ne come ouif What with the respousibuies always rosaug on his shoulders Uie constant wear aud tear of nerves and paueuce, tue lear ot making some inirfake mat may prove ot the must serious consequence, tue irksome coDiinerienl tie small compensation, trou bles on Uie wire, etc., lucre is more ul prose than poetry lu lhe Uie of Uie trans lator of dott and dashei. Runuuice m Colorado. The brigand style of some of the moun taineers is very attract ve to Uie fancy ot some of the young ladies of tne asieru Stales, who are louring through Colurado, or are visiting there. Oue bright and pretty girl from the tast fell viuleully iu lovu with onu of these rovers, and lo gun favor in his eyes, and seem a little nearer his ideas, ahe purchased a fine broncho, a scarlet saddle cloth, and over her hand some dark green, gold-buttoued habit she wore a gold-mounted leather belt, to which was attached a sneaihed knite with a guarded hilt, in the band of her Derby hat she wore a lighter knife thai glisieued when she rude. Attired iu this brigaudish habit the was happy, i.nd openly expre&te i her admiration aud love for this neiied des perado. "He could and would protect a woman's houor with his very lae," she lisped to the stanch feliow who crralied her tired bronchos. "Yes, and kill her, too, when she was in his way or veieJ Liji, aud that is what he bas done more than once, as we all know, but we can not prove it. He'll be lucky if he don't hud himself undo into a lasel by Mr. Lynch some bright midnight." The poor girl cried a huie, and then laid off her belli rom knives, and with a deep lia awoke and ber bngnt dreams. The Origin of WniaU Whist is a well-known game at cards, which require great atlenuou and silence; hence Ike name. To be a good whist player require not only very high mental aud intellectual power, but considerable study and long practice. This fine game has always cormianded the atteutlou ot men of the first order of mind. Whist is unquestionably of Knglish origin, though to Uie time and place ol us tirui we do nut possess any precise evidence. Whist is not menUoned by Shakespeare, nor by any wriler of the Kiizabelban era, lrom whicu we may inter that lhe game was then scarcely in existence. The game seems to have manifested seductive power in 1630, lor Taylor, the water poet, mentions wnist a. inducing the prodigal to "ffina: his money tree with carelessness." Il is prob akle that at this period the character and friends of whist were decidedly low. Whist even appears in the "lock-up" la the questionable company of Jonaman Wild. Fielding records that when lhe ingenious Count la Kimse was domiciled with Gcol fery Suap (who enjoyed office under the SlieiiH ot Loudon), his couuiship sought to beguffe the tedium of his in-door existence by recourse to the amusements of Uie day. It was the Powder. A lady's change of color at Avon Springs was accounted ler quite looeatily the other day. She had gone from Rochester with a party for a day's pleasure. While the was Fhipping mineral waters at the springs her face began to assume a mot led appear ance, black aud white altercating. Sue was asked if she was not sick and replied in the negative, but ber face became to discol ored, that her friends insisted on sending for a physician, who on arriving and ex- aaiing his supposed patient, smiled and asked ber what kind of paint she used. The lady tartly replied that she did not paint, but only used a powder similar to taat used by iter daughter, who was present and whose face was blooming, The phy sic, an attributed tne discoloration to lhe powder, and it it supposed that it coutain ed some chemical that changed color ou contact wiui Ui sulphurous vapor trom the spring. NEWs IN KK1KF. St. Louis population is 333,000. . Melbourne has a population of 233, 000. There are 230,000 bead el cattle in Nevada. Cardinal MeClosky la seventy-one years old. There have been destructive flood in England. Austin. Tvxm is to have capital, costing $1 510,000 Two thousand cabinet milter of Pari have s ruck. The, State of South Carolina has 2,073 public schools. There are 040 students at Queen' University, Dublin. Them are at least 100,000 Idle young men iu New Yoik city. There are about 3,000 Indians la extreme southern Caliloruia. Tl earl of Beaeonsfield U visit ing tbe Q ieen at Windsor cast'e . Tlie Heading KiilroaJ rolling mill is turning out if) tons of rails per day. I 'urm the fiscal year endttd June 31, IS 50, 73,-139 Canadians cttne to the United States. Bueno-t Ay res bas been (elected as ihe definite capital of the Argentine Confederation. In England there are 1.300 science ami art schools, with au attendance of 0,(00 studeuts. Mary Anderson purchased $3,000 wonn of diamonds curing a recent visit to St. Louis. There are In the United States Ti' paper aiilli, n aking 1,3j0 ton a day of all kinds ot pap ;r. Tbe Government ot the Argentine R-publfo offers to make a laud-grant lur an Irish colony. N ar!y one-eighth of the commer cial population oi the city of Boston is couipiwrd of Shop girls. w !iii:itou territory possesse 20,ObU,UOJ a.-res "of the finest limber laud ou the fa;-e of the earth." Tbe total value of the property oc cupied by the relnj'om orders In Pari amounts iu all to HQ 5 JO ,0V 0 franc. The B won an d Providence R til- road made $1J2,173 the past year above txoeuses, aud paid i per cent, lu dividends. Tbe first settlement of Mnnnnltet In Minnesota was made in 137t. Turee tetrs latter the community numbered 2,SU members. Buddhism Is rapidly losing its hold In J iparv. Since 1873, in a single district, 71 temples have been diverted t) secular 'jses. Senator Thurman, It I reported. inteuds to l ve permanently iu Wash ington and practice at the bar of the Supreme Court. There are in the United Stales 343.- 8SS miles of postal route, which, io ciiiilinsr all expenses, cost annually about $22.000,OJO. The gecgraphial center of tbe United Sutts Is al 95 deg. 47miu. west loa. itu te. which, is abjut the vicinity ot Omaha. Carriage building his become one of tbe great Anit-rican industries. Thu trade employs 75.000 men and they noiuan auuuai couveuuou. Tiffany 4 Co., of New Tork. have j let reveiveit a yellow diamond valued a 111 000. It is beautifully cut, and is l'J carat heavier than the Kohinoor. Tere are now in tne in New Zea land 5QU0 reaping machines, and more than I NK) thra-hing machines, of which 374 are worked by steam-power. Oibkosli bas the largest mated lae-turv iu tbe we rid. Iu o:ie year i,- 000,000 leet of log were cousuiued t.u.1 $300,000 worth of reveuue stamps used. The number of yearly thorough bred from thu great breeding estab lishment of England sold during tne part year aggregated 431, the progeny oi Hi sires. It is said that the British Foreign Office has ordered C'jlouel Synge to re luud the 12,010 advanced to him as hi ransom troui lhe brigauds who had captured him. The remain of Simon Snyder, who was governor of Pennsylvania from 1804 to 1817, lie iu a church-yard lu Selingsgruve, iu that StUe, unmarked by mouumeut or tablet. The Mormon temple at Salt Lake City ha beeu iu course of construction tor twenty years, and is not yet finish ed. It it bull of Uiah granite and lu total cost will be over f 28,000,000. The Nuns in the convent at Manilla spe-it one year in tbe making of a piece of lace from tl.e fibres of the pineapple, and their work is on exhi bition at tne Art L au in Washington. Tbe Patent Office has a surplus revenue of -H),0c0 annually. To this extent there Is a tax ou inveutioua. As the number of pateuts taken out last year waa 20.000, the average lax was 10. In the last week ot October the wrecks iu Europe were almost unpre cedented iu number. The appreximate value ot the property l ist i put at $20,000,000, ot which i 13,00 J.00O waa British. The Euperor William of Germany has been duriug the past year earning lhe gratitude ot the arubae jlogiats. He uas del rayed from hi owu private purse lb expense oi the excavation at Oiyuipia. A silver vault, to be 13 by 13 feet, and to cost $7jVU, is to be built in the Baltimore custom H juse. Tnere are at present lu the u'j-l'reaury tlere $1,- 44 i3i 28 in fractional silver, aud Out 17f ,alti gold com. The Prince of Wales rides about a reat deal iu a private hansom cab which has many vuuilurtable Improve ments. Among ibese Is a travelling clock with a iumiuuui dial-face set In Uie ceutre of the splash-board. Baltimore is to have a direct Hue of six steamers to Liverpool for the development of her came trade, the bUUiuioro aud Onto Rulroad agreeiug loluruisUlhe Ireuui, while Eaxlisu capitalists wlU provide the steamers. Tbe registration ot women quali fied to vute lor a school cooieuitiee at the Boston muuicipal election show .bat interest iu tue suffrage qusilou U iircltumg. The uumner tins year is 772, a tailing off ot 217 from the regis try ol 1879. According to statistic made by one who lias au ppoi tuuuy of kuowing, i here are 1 J,00o,oo) milk; cow in tue Uailed S.aiea, 62,000,000 acre ot laud to lurnish teed lor lUat n uul ber. Tue uiilK produced by the cow annually at 12 ccuu a gallon, is worth $iai 7tk -000. The first lighthouse in America was built at Bra ui. Pulut, the entrance to Nantucket llaroo.-, in 1745, and a light was maintaiueJ th.re lur for.y rive years tbruugn private ubscnp iious of the merchant uf tu3 lowu, be loie it passe J, iu 17 j1, iuto the laud oi the UuiLcd States la.hihousa Board. "A
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