Seiii el mi rati B"F scHWEIER, THE C0IST1TUT10J-THE TOIOI-AID THE HT0XOEXEIT OP THE LAW8. Editor and Proprietor. VOL. XXXV. MIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA., "WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 1881. NO. 9. CSLT 05K. Tb. re are tna of pore affection idling sll aloe? I.f.'f ! then are briD wbete fond devotion Hourlv kneels, its w to py ; Theie'aie : ore of ou er chamber Where the f. lends we love may thron;. In the I earfa m.t facred tempi TmreMrooaforo-liouo! You niav coaut yonr friend, by hundred. You my find some kiudreJ soul. You way cherh pre.-tous I in 1 -gut on fi-iesi croll ; Wrii lint thr all life chniat kuoih, Wiutrv uos. or summers an. In oar bpait's bi sacred tempi 1 here i- rjom 'or only one ! I have hand ca-p far tbe many. And good chrer f-r U who come ; I have weakli in loyal frienlahip And the teudert r love of Lome ; Alote all other. Srcurir-a pa' t alone ju m; hetr: must sacred tempi T-ere te room for ouly on ! II7 She JUrrird for Monfj. ddit Arlington looked at herself in the riiirrnr. and then turned away with a little vuiile of happv satisfaction, that rippled ..rf-r into a joyous laugn as sue caugui uer ...nn Kilie's eves. You are thinning that I am Tain as a -caf in k. aren't you. Ellie I Well, I do look 'well, don't I ' And I'm awfully glad of it, U cause, cousin mine, it will be all tbe ..o..r forme to conie off victorious in the i-anipaura 1 have laid out for myself dur- .ntL vicit villi rmi !U" niv uirve u"""--'Jlie snuke with a charming frankness, that made Miss Nelliston smile back in the L.velv, gulish face. "And w hat may your plans be, Addie? Of course it is a s-ttled question that you shall take New York by storm. You know, uf course, also, that your pretty face will secure tLat haipiness to you. But further than that, what, little mischief maker ?" She looked fondly, proudly, at Addie, whose dusky eves were glowing like stars. Oh, ouly my arrangement for the chief end of woman marriage ! I tell you, El lie. I am going to make my hay while tbe sun chines in other wolds, while I am in New York. 1 am going to secure some rich oh, some awluiiy rich fellow, who can just smother me with diamonds and dresses and five me ail the money I want enough to buy even thing 1 can think of ! Jliss Neliiston laughed at the girl's hon est enthusiasm. "You rapacious little cormorant ! You certainly have erected a very ambi lous standard, but I cannot see who or where the dtsiraUe party is. 1 am quite sure you deserve jitt what you want, dear; but the question is. can you gt it ?" Addie shrugged her pretty shoulders. "KUe, 1 shall get it ! 1 know just ex actly my own worth. Now don't put me down as a vain, silly creature, because I frankly admit 1 regard myself good-look-iD and quite desirable for a wife gener ally. 1 am fairly good oatured am 1 not, Ellie? aiid 1 ought to have a good hus band, ougiiui t. l" hot icancd kg soft.' fair lute . CnVl i I ingly cn JLss Nelliston's face. "Indeed you ought, my darling. And if I could, 1 would conjure one to order for you. Addie, you are beautiful enough to win the highest and best in the land.' And she was very beautiful and all the more so that she it as not in the least rain of her charms. landing there, beside the dressing mir ror, in her evening dress of delicate pink siik, with her fair, white arms bared just below the dimpied elbow, the dainty hands cased in creamy kids, the joyous, nappy face, nLose features were so exquisite, iioe complexion was so richly warm and satiny in its pale, brunette beauty, whose eyes were so deep'y dusk, and lustrous, aud eager Addie Arlington was certainly sweet ex ouch, and winsome enough to warrant Mis Nelliston's loving assertion. "if only there was anybody rich enough, in or about New Y'ork, unmarried, to sat isfy you, childie 1" Addie laughed. "I'll tell you a secret, Eilic. I'm going to take my tort by storm ; and when you see me the betrothed bride of an English milord, Eilic " Jliss elliston gave a gasp of positive horror at the girl s audacity. "Addie Arlington, you don't mean you actually have designs on the illustrious guest that the Van liensellaer- are expect ing the English uoij'tanaa all New York is on the 'yut vivc about !'' The gin's silvery laugh accompanied a very defiantly positive shake of her silken skirts, as if that graceful little gesture added incontrovertible emphasis. "Exactly, cousin Ellie. You needn't not so horrified. 1 m sure the prospect in uavmg a Lady Grosvenor in the family ought to deliitul you.'' liut Miss ieiiiston was too taken aback to appreciate the prospective honor. "Addie, how wild you talk ! The idea! uy, you never have seen him ; von don't know whether he is young or old, a gentle or a not a gentleman. Suppose he is old, and fat, and ugly, and short breathed like apa"s British friend, Sir William iggieton ? ' "1'hechaiming estate everybody knows Lord Grusvcnor owns, and his rent-roll of a hundred thousand dollars a year, and bis wonderful mines in Wales, and his treas ures of costly elegance in his town house in 1 ark Lane, and his country houses in Sussex and Cornwall, will cure all these defects. Ellie. Come, we "11 be late at Jennie Jer nyngham s, and you know Jennie always "!.i.ii me urst oi any one." -viiu so uoes Jeniiit s brother I I am ready, Addie " i ne music, hidden in a covert of ferns and rose trellises, was playing a lovely tan- "o.e-, iu iuw, soitiy-dclicious chords, and uozens ot couples wire promenading the suites of rooms, Addie Arlington and Fred Jernyrgham among them, and the young geulieman evidently not deliuhtfullv inter ested in the tenor of the young lady's ani mated conversation. W by, he is the handsomest man I ever sa w in my hf e ! Of course, l'U except you, t red l" and the pearly teeth twinkled in a smile for a second. "But 1 want to hear uis name. 1 wau't to Know gji about bun. rred, is he rich?" It iS Ulll OSMtllf fnr matter f -f M vmnir JcrnynEham to understand whether or not AUdie was in eamesu -us name is Melton; and I know nothing whatever about him, except that ue is a member of an engineer corps at present m the city. 1 dou'l see what tueie is about him so remarkably hand soiue." fie glared at the nnmnsnmM tjervpt at his and Addie's eyes with a scowl that de- 'fiuiea tier. "lou re not to be supposed to see any 'uasLuune attraction beyond your own, reddie. But if he's only an engineer lark! that's our wallx." And or! they glided, a faint flush on Addie s cheeks, as Air. Melton's handsome blue eyes caught hers and held her glance econa, despite herself. That was the way it beican ; and a month later, when New Yoik society was stirred to its soul by the deferred advent of Lord Cuthbert Urosvenor, Miss Kelliston won dered why it was that Addie's enthusiasm had so completelv died out. ''You're a mystery to me, Addie," she said, as they drove home from the crush at Mrs. Van Kensellaer'a, on the occasion of Lord tiros venoi's complimentary reception. And, for the first time, Addie's reply was a little sharp : "I don't see where the mystery is, I'm sure. V hatever there is about a little, fat. bald headed old man to admire, I can't see. 'Uut be a a lord all (he same, Addie. "No. it's not ail the same at all, Ellie I How insufferably hot the rooms were to night! 1 have the most wretched head ache." Tbe next afternoon, a magnificent coach and pair, with the armorial bearings of the house of till ver land Lord Grosvenors il lustrious family with coachman and foot' man, in bis lordship's livery of silver and maroon, drew up at Miss Nelliston's door, and tbe iittle, fat, pufly old gentleman de scended, to pay his compliments to the prettiest girl ot the night before the only girl who had at all interested him Addie Arlington. Alter that well. Ellie hardly knew Ad die, so variable and capricious she grew ; now in the wildest spirits, again dejected aud petulant : until one day there came, by one of tbe livened servants, a written pro posal of marriage, on a satiny sheet of paper, bearing a crest aud a monogram in silver and maroon, and signed in a little crabbed, spidery hand "Urosvenor" a let ter that offered her. in a very gentlemanly, unenthusiastic way, all the grand, good things that it had been her sole aim in life to possess and enjoy. While by mail, not ten minutes later, had come another letter, that made the girl's heart thrill, and all her pulses stir, as she read the passionate prayer for herself to be given to the man who loved her Philip Melton, with his handsome face, and his salary as an engineer. For several hours, Ellie wondered what Addie was doing, so long alone in her room; and then, by-and-by, she came softly down stairs, a sweet flush on her face, a tender pride in her eyes, a thrill of perfect content in her voice. Ellie, dear, I want to tell you. I have refused Lord Grosveuor's offer of marriage, and accepted Philip." And without a question, Ellie put her arms about the sligut form, and kissed her. "You have done right,' she said, simply, gravely. "if you will permit me, might I ask why you decline my offer I" Lord Urosve nor said, an hoir later, when, her gentle refusal having reached him by messenger, he post-basted to the house. And Addie's lips trembled with actual happiness and pride as she answered, with a sweetness that was charming : "Because, sir, I 1 loved Mr. Melton best. You won't be angry I" "Air. Melton ! A fellow on a salary 1" "Pardon Die, my lord a gentleman, rich in nobility, in goodness, anil in love forme." "Oh, that's it ! But about the money I Miss Arlington, there is not a wish in the world that, shall remain a moment un- gratiMd, that money can procure, if you will honor me. I shall want only what Philip can give me, sir. l is kindky eyes twinkled good-naturedly. "Then, Miss Arlington, am I to consider your answer absolute t You positively de cline to become Lady Urosvenor, to live at bilverland Park, to be a leader of London society I" he smiled sweetly, proudly. 'I am sure I have decided. 1 thank you for the great honor you have paid nit! I shall be proud of it a1! my life, but I csi- not, because 1 love P hilip Melton more than all the world and what is in iu" 'Addie, my true little darling! Addie, little love!" And Philip Melton stepped out from behind the curtains of tbe bay window, and took her in bis arms, his handsome face all smiling and pioud, as he turned to Lord Urosvenor. "i told vou so, sir ! She loves me, and is true and sweet in ner loyalty to the man she loves ! Addie, perhaps you will not mind so very much that, after ar, you will be Ladv Grosvenor some day f c or Lord Urosvenor here is my father, and I am Philip Melton bilverland, next in suc cession. Addie, you wui not oe angry w un us tor our little ruse ? We bad heard you were so desperately determined to marry money, and the moment 1 saw you I knew there was a heart that would conquer am bition a heart I wanted to conquer on my own merits." Addie listened, bewildered, and Lord Grosvenor lautthed. 'Bless your bnght eyes, child: iou nearly tempted me to be treacherous to Silverland there. But you'll not refuse me for a father-in-law. I hope! And, in her almost royal home, Addie is happy as the summer days are long and shining. LMratng to Stow. To be handy with tbe needle, is one of the sterling accomplishments ot every educated woman. To be able to take the "suicu in time." is worth all the time and trouble that are reauired to learn the art. Like walking, reading, and maty omer tmngs which we come to do without special thought, the learning to sew is a alow pro cess, and should be begun while the child is still auite voune. 1 be girl suouia noi only have the use of the thread, needless and Dslchwork. but be instructed how to take the stitches, turn uie corners, ami uu - i - various thines connected with neeoie-Kora. We are no excluding the boys in our re marks, because they need lo learn to thread a needle, and do general sewing. Men are many times so situated tnal uiey mus ue- pend upon themselves ior ineir nwawj Hwinir. Even if it is an age of sewing machines. It is best that all children should learn to use the simple, common old-fashioned kind, which can never be wholly w- pe reeded. The amusement ana occupation that sewing furnishes little foik afford sufficient reason why all mothers should see that their girls, and boys too, learn to .w hut the verv practical use of the needle in after life is the principal reason, after all. lrIl1" Gnm' Ijand Th fnllnwinir nmiresin reeard to the ownership of Irish land are interesting A aav n H One man owns 170,000 acres; three men own 100.000 acres each; fourteen men ou, COO acres each; ninety men, 20,000 acres each; 125 men, K.0O0 acres eacn; ana js men. fi.000 acreseatn. i ne as wciauon ui s.lipnaov 19.000 acresMhe jpcrs. 2 000 acres; the Men hants 2 1,00 0 acres; the Skinners, 24,000 acres; the t L-hmongers, 20,050 acres, the Ironmongers, 10, 000, and the Grocers, 18,000 acres. It is cot,there fr tnr exaireeralion to SSV that of the tll5.000.000 which is annual bish reokl, t sfin 000.000 is soent out of the rountiv. and where, as in tbe case of Ire land, tbe country is not wealihy, and has no other industry except agriculture, this slate of things, until remedied, will be pro ductive ot want and misery. A Watch fnr a Mai: It used to be the saving in the army: "V hen a soldier is riding hosa, and the boss plays out, the soldier is played. " When mv mule played out after an all day's ride through Missouri snow storm. I dropped off into snow a foot deep, and more cmiing, ana telt a bit discouraged. It was a back county, if there are any back counties in that State, and the settlers had located their cabins just six miles apart, to a rod. When I set out to walk. and pull the mule to boot, he looked up at the iky, around at the woods, and keeled over in despair. I was trudging along in the snow over my boot tops, thinking how much easier it was to drown than to freeze to death, when the sound of a fiddle reached me between the snowflakea, and 1 discovered that I bad reached a six -mile cabiu. "lonie in, old no&V sang out a voice as I fell against the door. When I opened it I was in a room about sixteen feet square the only one in the bouse. The big fireplace gave light, and the furniture was home-made. A gaunt, long haired pioneer sat on a shake down bed, playing the fiddle ; a gaunt, slim woman was (lancing in the centre of the floor, and several children were scattered around as spectators. "Keep it up, ole woman 'd evening stranger; be through in a minit; find a cheer go in fur all yer wuth, Mary I" called the fiddler, as I shut the door be hind me. As I walked to the fire one of the child- ree wheeled up a block of wood, and the lather remarked r "Powerful storm outside, stranger keep them feet gwine, old lady you children wipe off your mouths and sing with me : I was forty mile from P.ka. And the road wa full of (now. -And the wind ws gitun' re iy Fur to bump itself and blow. "Faster now change off kick higher up with them hoofs round with yn hoe'er down ladies change that's all stranger, howdy I" 1 was made at home. "Wall, now, but this seems to be tbe hand of Providence," as I drew up to the table. "Here ye are, suowed in, ard here we are chock full of pervishuns ard happi ness, and to-morrer is Christmas. Slrajger, I II show ye more high steps, more boots and yells, more music and feastin' and dan- cm , and gittin' up sta rs to-morrer man ye ever saw m all yer born days! Ole wo man, if this ain't tbe Lord's doin's, then 1 in a petrified reptile, and never got re ligion." 'Ben, yer right ! added the wife, as she poured out another cup of burnt corn coffee. "We is a bos-pit-able family. When we can't whoop er up fur a stranger on Thanksgiving or Christmas or New Year's nobody else need try." After supper one of the boys took the fiddle and ths rest of th family limbered up for Christmas. When this process was ended it was time to go to bed, and the old man said: Now, then, ye kin see that we hain't bilin1 rich. Here's two beds, and nine of Me and the ole woman take one, you take t'other, and if the children can't keep warm afore the fire I'll liven their blood with a gad. Git right into bed, stranger. and if tbe children git to fightis in the night heave yer boots at em." If tbe children got into a raw 1 aian l near them. It didn't seem as if I had slept an hour, when the pioneer shook me by the shoulder and called out : "Say, stranger, diyhght has amove, and Christmas am here. Git up and prepar to ine in the festivities." The snow was four feet deep and still coming ; but the prospect aeiignieu my host, who cracked his heels together and exclaimed : "If this hain't Divine Providence biled down, then 1 don't like coon and corn. 1 ou children, stop that quarreling. 1 nomas Jefferson, did you forgit to say yer prayers? If ye did. l'U wollop ye like blazes ! e bad corn, meat, corn dodgers, apple sauce and coffee for breakfast. Seats were made for tbe pioneer and myself, and the mother and children stood up. There was lose and einbarassing pause after we were all ready, and finally the. man said : "Strauper, 1 was givin ye a chance to throw yerself on a blessin', but ye didn't tumble. Old woman, reel off suthin purty." She closed her eyes and uttered the fol lowing as if she had repeated it a thousand times : "Now I lay me down to sleep, and bless this meat and bread and sais. We are thankful for what we've got, and not jealous of our betters. Keep ns iu good health, make coons plenty, and cause us to escape the itch and ni ease Is. Amen 1" When the table bad been cleared away the pioneer and his wife held a consulta tion in a corner, and when it ended the man approached and asked: "stranger, are ye willin' to help us make this a .hoop- in old day 7 ies." Good ! As a family we are 99 per cent on a rough and tumble. I'm about twice yer size and heft, and it wouldn't be a fair show, but the old woman is a pretty even match, and she's just achin' to lay ye on yer back!" i(ut 1 never wrestieu wiw a woman in mv lif.' Well, it's a eooa time to oecin. one a wirv and auick. and she'll lay ye if she kin. Stand right up, stranger, anddo yer level iwat. to oblme me. I oblieed. The situation was new and noveL and in twenty seconds I was thrown over one of tbe shake-downs with a crash that Iarred the house. Tne woman cracktd her heels together and crowed lusti'y, the children laughed, and the pioneer helped me up with the explanation : "Straneer. sues pracucea mis ior ien roars, and sue li aown any man in uiu county 'cept me. 1 knowed how it would be, but 1 im much ouleegeu ior your greai kindness. The hull family will now swarm for their paternal dad." I retreated to a corner, and the old wo man and her six children made a rush for the father. They were seven to one. lney attacked him on all sides with great vigor. and were picked up and flung ten feet without being a bit aiscouragea. iney finally got him foul and brought him down, and as he lay on his back he observed : "Children, ye may wed feel proud over this. It shows that ye are neailny ana full of pluck, and that tbe itch has no busi ness in a family line tuts. We bad hickory nuts, popcorn, cider and armies for lunch, and at dinner we had bear meat, pumpkin pie, roast wooacnuca, . . J 1 . L snnle-buttlr and gingerbread. After the meal a half -tame bear, about a yecr old, was brought in, the floor cleared, and a grand hugging match took plaor. The old woman led off. Standing face to face with the cub, he hugged and she squeezed. It was nip and tuck. She sighed and coughed and he growled and strained ; but at last he whined in token that his ribs could stand no more. Then the two big boys tackled him, but Bruin had laid them both out. After the bear ws had a jumping match, in which the old woman beat the crowd. Then followed a target shoot, in which every one beat me. Then the bear and the dog had a bout, and the dog was used up. In the evening we bsd a dance, played old sledge and drank hot cider, and as we got ready for bed the old woman read seven or eight lines from battered Bible, and then the man knelt down in all seriousness and prayed: 'This 'ere day has drawed to a close, and we are one peg nigher to the grave. stranger cum along and we took him in. We've fed on the fat ot the land, and had a bustin' old time and expects to sleep like a load of brick. Keep us from growin pizen mean, continue our whoopin good health, and reserve plenty of room in heaven for us all. That's about all, onless ye want to put it into the mind of the stranger to offer me his watch even up for mv old milk. Amen I A Trip to th Uraal Geyser. In the late afternoon, the sky being some what overcast, "Koch," the guide, thought it a good time to see the "Ureal Geysers. From the hotel piazza they did not look so "great" In any sense of the word. In fact, all we could see wss a constant steam- cloud, drifting up and away from a rusty brown streak on the hillside. But the place turned out to be infernally interest ing. The approach is very deceptive. A winding trail from the hotel leads down to Sulphur Creek cool and clear : and over a rustic bridge and a series of steps on the opposite bank you come to the mouth of Geyser Canyon, where Pluton Creek tum bles along iu hot and sulphur blue-green water, as the nrst intimation of tbe toil and trouble and cauldron bubble further up the nairow and smoking way. Across the bank again, in and out, over and around rocks and under laurel bushes the narrow trail leads into the great laundry. First we step up to the Devil's Office" but not to settle, as many of us will have to do some day ; but pass through "Proserpine's lirratV' fst mat in rh rwvil'a Imuthair ' The -Devil's Kitchen" a little further 911, is more than ordinarily fascinating, al though the old fellow's diet appears to be principally hell broth. This kitchen is a cross between the "Poodle-Dog" range and a steam fire-engine. Here and there in tbe shelving rock are little springs and ba sius, bubbling, blubbering, and oaly wait ing for some carrot-haired Eastern tourist to tali in, in order to transform the whole ravine into a savory soup-house. Just out side the "Devil's Kitchen" is the "Devil's Inkstand," and the "Devil's Punch-bowl" and "Ueyser Smoke-stack," and "Witches' Cauldron,'' and "Devil's Canopy, "and the "Safety alve," and the "steamboat Spring," and the "Devil's Pulpit," and tbe devil knows what else. These things have been so Often described that it is a crime to do it again. Suffice it to say, that there is a canyon filled with fretting steam and boil ing water., and spongy miaeral-streaked ground, that smokes like the ruins of a re cently burned city. Commotion every where. Water hot enough to boil eggs harder than Pharaoh's heart. Steam that puffs and blows and shrieks and wheezes and climbs up your trouseis-legs, and takes all the starch out of the Boston Bchooi ma'aiu's underskirts, and brings the bando line out of the New York girl's hair, and turns the bismuth powder on the Sin Fran cisco belle blacker than her bang. It is as though the devil had upset here his entire apothecary shop and then turned on the hydrant. Leaving the canyon, we come suddenly on the "foatomce, aaa we Lover s lletreat,"and the "iiover a lea?. and the "Lava Beds," and the "Indian Sweat-bath," where the natives in their early days used to parboil their old rheu matic bucks. W hue pitching pebbles into the nozzle of the Devil's Ten-kettle, Koch" told us of all sorts of wonderful springs the iron spring, the hot acid spring, the eye-water spring, the lemonade spring, and a dozen other springs but none of them half as interesting or nimble as tbe "Kix spring," wnen be saw what he took for "a bear reaching for a leaf." A bear skin had been stuffed and placed on the hillside, and by strings cleverly con trived and worked from behind a tree the fraud was made to go through bear mo tions to life. One look was enough for everybody, the guide included, and the boys beat the lovers' retreat all to pieces in their frantic endeavors lo shake the dust of that hillside from off their flying feet. The bear adventure wound up the first day to everybody's satisfaction. Instinct of lueects and Birds. Eet us examine the marvelous instinct of the solitary wasp in providing for the worm that will issue from her egg after her own death. She brings grubs food that. as a wasp she never tasted and deposits them over the egg, ready for the larva? she will never see. The life history 01 every insect exhibits instincts of tins perplexing description. Ijook at the instinctive char-, acter of bees in their far-sighted provisions for the future. Witness the caterpillar, how at the proper time it selects a suitable situation and spins for itself a silken cocoon. Marvelous instincts are met with outside 01 the insect world; every little bird Is his own skillful accouchcr. We once observ ed the self-delivery of the chicken. The prison wall is not burst in pieces by strug gles. Bv a regular scries oi strokes uie shell is cut in two chippea rouna in a perfect circle some distance from the lar ger end. The bird has a special instru ment for this work a hard, sharp horn on the too of tbe uppermandible, which, be ing required for no other purpose, disap pears in a few days. Obviously each lndi vidual bird no more acquires the art of breaking its wsy out than it furnishes it self with the little pick-hammer used in the operation ; and it is quite clear that a bird could have never escaped from the egg without this instinct, flow were eggs hatched before birds had acquired the in stinct to sit upon them? A iowi mat never before willingly shared a crumb with a companion will now starve herself to feed her chickens, which she calls by a lan guage she never before used may have never beard but which they are Dorn 10 understand. Tbe ursaaea Sen This is the name given to a portion of the Atlantic Ocean covered with tbe sea weed. Sargassum. Its boundaries may be indicated bv tracing a triangle, of which the three corners are represented by the Azores, the Canaries and Cape de Y era. Within those limits the sea is clothed on its surface with 1 garment of vegetable mater ial, so thick as to re' ard the progress ot vessels sailing through it. Steamers avoid it because of the fouling of their screws and paddle? by the weed ; but sailing-ves sels bound to the West Indies, South Amer ica, the Cape of Uood Hope, etc., must pass through it. When Columbus, on his first voyage, had got some distance to the westward of the Canary Islands, he was amazed to find hi ships in what looked like a meadow. As far as he could see, the water was covered with a greenish-yel low plant, as water-lilies cover pond. This was tbe first time such thing had been seen and tne sailors were scared. Co lumbus could not explain the sight he si nnd might have thought with bis men, that the weed was the covering of some dangerous rock which lay a short distance down, ready to tear ana rend them. The lead was hove but no bottom was found. The ships kept on their course, and in few days, they got clear of the weed. BUAatBala. In the Bad Lands of Colorado an ani mal has been found which is by f ar the largest animal su prosed to be capable of moving on dry land. It fed on the forests of the time, a fact proved by the remains touna witn it. it was called tbe Titanasau rus, a huge animal, seventy feet in length ana eigmy in neignu i hat age abounded in flying reptiles and turtles, beside the monster saurians already mentioned. Some of the land turtles were nine feet in length and proportionately high. One specimen now extinct would easily hide or cover two men, being about four fee high. At that period a great revolution was culminating, and a perceptible change is noticed that gives indications of a new era. The body was elevated Instead of beiug dragged along: the limbs were lengthened, and in animal life at that period the iguanodon takes prominent position. The thigh when full-grown was more than four and a half feet in length, and the circumfer ence around tbe head was four and a halt feet. The teeth were obtusely conical and laterally compressed, so as to present a cut ting edge, which was serrated like the teeth of the Mexican iguana, from which it was named. As restored by Mr. Hawkins, it has a slight resemblance to sn immense ti ger. Mr. Hawkins says, to give an idea of the size of that animal, that the iguanodon as it now stands in tbe Crystal Palace is composed of four iron columns nine teet in lengtn by seven inches in diameter, six hundred bricks, fifteen hundred and fifty tiles, thirty-eight casks of cement, ninety casks of broken stone, with one hundred feet of iron hooping and twenty feet of cubic inch bar. The specimen was mod eled after the great Horsham specimen, and to snow more clearly the size, the mold was afterward converted into a "salle a manger," in which Professor Forbes, Owen and twenty other gentlemen sat down to dinner. The great cretaceous ocean of the West. that is now only known to us by its arid deserts and chalky plains was no leas re markable for its ashes than its reptiles. and swarmed with large forms related to the salmon and saury. Yertebite and other fragments of those species project from the worn limestone in many places, and one of them attracts attention by .its formidable appearance. The density and hardness of the bones had shed the rain off on either side, so that the radiating gutters and ra vines finally isolated the stony monster. 1 he head was some inches longer than that of a full-grown grizzly bear, and the jaws were deeper in proportion to their length. the muzzle was snorter and deeper than that of a bull-dog. The teeth were all sharp cylindric fangs, smooth and glistening, and of irrerular size. .At certain points in each jaw they projected three inches above the gum, and were .sunk one inch into deep pita, being thus as long as the fangs of a tiger, but more slender. Two pairs of such fangs crossed each other on each side of the end of tbe snout. That fish is known as Portheus MolossMs. Beside the smaller fishes the reptiles no doubt supplied the demands of their appetite. Tbe ocean in which nourished this abundant and vigo rous life was at last completely inclosed on ths west by elevations of sea bottom, so that it only communicated with the Allan Uo ao-1 Pacific at tbe Gulf of Mexico and Arctic SeCtT'ouinued elevation of both eastern and western shores contract ed its area, and when ridges of the sea bot tom reached the surface, lorming long, 1 jw bars, parts of tbe water area were inclosed, and connection with salt water prevented. Thus were the living beings imprisoned and subjected to many new risks. Tue stronger could more readily capture the weaker, while tbe fishes would gradually pensh through the constant freshening ot the water. W llh the death of any considera ble class the balance of food supply would be lost, and many larger species would dis appear from the scene. Tne most endur ing would longest resist the approach of starvation, but would finally yield to inex orable fate; the last one being caught by the shifting bottom among the shallow pools, from which his exhausted energies could not extricate him. The Demand for Nat; During recent years the trade in foreign and domestic nuts has developed wonder fully. New xork city has become the most important centre of the trade, tbe extent of hich indicates that people have either se cured patent stomachs, or that indigestion has lost its terrors. Africa used to tupply us with peanuts, sending them by ship-loads, but our Southern states have so success fully cultivated this popular nut that we are now independent. The states that fur nish tbe bulk of the supply are irgima. North Carolina and Tennessee. During the past seanon the crop of Virginia was 1,100,000 bushels, of Tennessee, 55,000 bushels, and ot North Carolina, 120,000. Tbe nut probably the most popular after tbe pesnut is the pecan. Tbe Texas pecan is especially in demand. While a few years ago several barrels of pecans abundantly supplied the demand, car loads and in voices of one or two hundred barrels are now not uncommon. Of the other nuts the hickory is among the most popular. While in many locali ties, especially in the Eastern states, they are becoming scarce, in the Western states they are sufficiently plentiful to ship to New York half dozen car loads a week when demanded. That delicious nut, the chestnut, is be coming scarcer every year, and there is much difficulty in obtaining them sound and in large quantities. Their great popu larity will probably prevent their total dis appearance, for they are already being cul tivated, and it is expected that within a few years the cultivated nut will equal in quality the high-priced Italian chestnuts. Black walnuts and butternuts are re garded as too rich and oily for table use ; but the former is largely used by conlecl ionera. The American hazel nuts are not an important article of c vimerce, the. fil bert largely taking their place. Only a few English hazel nuts find their way to the American market. It is stated that growers in California contemplate intro ducing a number of varieties of nuts native to Spain and Italy. Tbe trade in foreign nuts is enormous. The demand is said to have tripled during the last five years. As everybody knows the almond always has been in demand, and probably always will be. The Eng lish" walnuts, formerly called Madeira wal nuts, mainly come from France and Spain, the English crop being consumed at home. They have been successfully raised in the states on the Pacific coast. Tbe Brazil nuts are a kind of "linked grease king drawn out" a few of them go a long way For cocoanuts the demand is steady and so immense that our dealers feel site in buy ing them by the hundred thousand. Tbe process of dessicating them has widened their family use, and they are now a favor ite ingredient of pies, cakes and candies. It is unfair to ay that a man does good deeds only for effect, merely be cause he does them with effect. The happiness of the tender heart is increased by what It can take away from the wretchedness T others. The Orphan. At WiUiamsport, Pa., on the uighl before the execution of Mrs. Miller, the was vis- ited by her two children. Sheriff Wilson. who throughout the tryinf, ordeal displayed the most generous qualities of heart and soul, resolved that this unfortunate mother rhould have a visit from her little ones be fore leaving the world in which her sor rows have been so heavy. At his own ex pense be arranged with Constable Steven son, of Jersey Shore, to bring them to the city. Mr. Stevenson was the right man for the work, and without delay he bitched a horse to a sleigh at Jersey Shore and drove out into the country about three miles, where these children were. One was with a family by the name of Cable, and the other with Mr. Aaron Willis. It was soon ascertained that the children were anxious to see their mother, and Steven son did not have to wait long at either place for his precious passengers. Having been comfortably fixed in the sleigh Jen nie, aged eight years, and Eliza between five and six years old he started for WU liamsport. The first words spokon, after tbe horse's head was directed towards Wil liamsport, the fatal home of their mother, were from Eliza, the youngest, who en thusiastically exclaimed : "Oh, Mr. Stevenson, I was just saying before you came that I would like so much to see my dear mamma. 1 have two ap ples with me to give to my mamma." then Jennie, the oldest of tbe two, ap parently with a full knowledge of the true position ot her mother, remarked : "1 don t see what mamma meant by go ing out with such a man as George Smith!" 1 suppose 1 won t have any mamma, af ter to-morrow, Mr. Stevenson?" inquired the poor little Eliza. "Perhaps not, Eliza," was the response. "I don't know where I'll go to, Mr. Ste venson. I guess I'll go over luto the val ley, Mr. Stevenson. I wonder if mamma has had any apples I" "Ob! my poor mamma is to be hanged!" exclaimed Jennie. "You must not talk about that now," said Constable Stevenson. Then the unfortunate little ones com menced to talk lo each other, and simul taneously they commenced to inquire if they would be allowed lo stay all night with their mother. Arriving at the jail, Constable Steven son lifted the little girls out of the sleigh, and with one at each hand went up the steps and entered. He conducted them into tbe Sheriff's cozy parlor, and soon they were made to feel as comfortable as they could possibly desire. They soon felt that they were close to their mother, and their eyes became suffused with tbe brightness of cheerfulness. At this time several of Williamsport's Christian ladies were in the cell with the mother, fitting on her the dress which ac companied ber into the last sleep. Kev. T. F. tleeser, of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, William street, was in the jail when Mrs. Miller's children arrived, and wisely deem ing that the administering of the last sac rament to the unhappy mother should be made before her last and terrible farewell to her children should take place, he immediately made arrangements for his Christian and humane task. The sacra ment, was administered and at about six o'clock the Ththueu were taken up to a cell in the second tier of the jail, to partake with their mother of her supper. With al most the rapidity of lightning the doomed mother seized one child and then the other, embracing Ihem with such enthusiastic de light as to almost crush the life out ot them. T he youngest, Eliza, seemed to be ber spec ial object of affection. This child was the first to respond to her ruother's welcome, and it was with the natural simplieity of a child. Said Eliza, with all the enthusiasm of one of her years : "Mamma! mamma! I have something for you 1" at the same time bringing lo view those two apples. The mother plead hard with the Sheriff for ber children to remain with her during tbe night. This request the Sheriff gently informed her could not be granted. He told her, though, that he would leave them with her until a time (he would deem it necessary for them to be in their beds. The children left the cell at half-past eiht o'clock and the parting from their mother was a terrible scene. Both of the orphans threw their arms around their mother's neck and clung to her, uttering cries of the most intense agony. After the final scparalioi., they were tiiken to a board ing house close to the jail. A Dutch Victory. The other day a German called on a grocer to pay a bill, giving him a ten-dollar note. The grocer examined it closely, and said : "Hullo, where did you get this note ?" "Vot is dereasoLS nut dose note!" re plied tbe he nest Teuton. "Don't she was goot, hein I" "11. tod '." answered the grocer. "Why, you're a lucky man ; that note is worth $10.50." "Ish dot so t Why for t "You see the signature over here, dont yout" "IJose tings like a corkscrew nut de worms? Yh." "Well, that's Spinner's signature." "Vellf" "Well, MJ- New is now Treasurer of the United Stttea." "You don't tole me so, veil?" "WelL the notes signed by Mr. foinner are getting scarce, and people pay five per cent, more for them than for the new issue.' Py shiminy 1 Ish dot so f " "Let me see your bills. Whv, every one of them is a Spinner 1 Man alive, your fortune is made I ' . In pursuance of the grocer's advice, Mr. Schneider called at the sub-Treasury to get the premium on his bills. What success he had it is impossible to state, but he was seen later in the evening lurking around the street by which the grocer must go home, and being accosted by an acquaintance, the following conver sation took place : Der peeblea ven Sharmany fight well, hein I" "Ob, yes ; the Germans are unqueiti n ably a military nation of tbe first class " "Some big fights, hein I" "Yei." "Leipsic ?" "Yes." "UndSadowa?" Yes." "Uad Konnlggratzt" "Certainly." "Und Worth !" "Yes." "UndMars-la-Tour, und Uravelotte, una Sedan I" "Of course, of course.' "Dose vas all big battles, und the Deutch licked." Yes. "VelL too ioost vait till dot grocer store shuts himself, und you saw a Deutch vic tory vot makes vou forget all dem little ones." The Ohio Central railroad will build a $2,000,000 roiling mill In Tolede. SaMalagtas Prince of Wale The late Prince Albert, husbaad ot Queen Victoria, was noted for character. An incident reveals what sort of a man be was and how wisely he governed his family. Some years ago Miss Hillyard, tbe gover ness in the royal family, seeing the Prince of Wales in attentive to his studies, ad dressed hinithus: ''lour royal highness is not minding your Dustness; please look at your book ana learn your lesson." Uis royal highness replied that he would not. "lhcn said the governess "I shall put you in tne corner." His royal highness again replied that he Should not learn his lesson, neither should he go into any corner, for he was the Prince 01 Vt ales ; and, as if to show bis authority. be kicked his little foot through a pane of glass. Surprised at this act of bold defiance. Miss Hillyard, Vising from her seat, said to nun: "Sir, you must learn your lesson, and if you do not, though you are the Prince of Wales, 1 shall put you in the corner." 1 he threat was of no avail ; tne defiance was repeated, and that, too, in the same determined manner as before. Miss Hillyard, seeing ber authority thus set at naught, rang the bell and requested una ranee Ainert be sent lor. Shortly the Prince arrived, and having learned the reason why his presence was re quired, he pointed to a footstool or otto man, and said to the prince, "You will sit there, sir !" "lie then went to his own room, and re turning with a Bible in nis hand, said to the Pnnce of Wales : "Now I want you to listen to what St. Paul says about people wto are under tutors and governors." Having read the passage to him, he added : "It is undoubtedly true that you are the Prince of Wales, and if you conduct your self properly you may some day be a great man you may be king in the room of your mother; but now you are ouly a Utile boy. Though you are Prince of Wales, you are only a ci-ild under tutors and governors, who must be obeyed and who must have them under them do as they bid. Moreover," taid Pnnce Albert. "I must tell you what Solomon says," and he read to hint tbe decbua'ion that he who loveth his son chaslenetb him betimes, and then, in oruer to show his child, be chas tised him and put him in a corner, say ing: Now, sir, you will stand there until you have learned your lesson, and until Miss Hiilrard gives you permission to come out, and remember that you are under tutors and governors, and they must be obeyed. Calendar for the Boy. The sports and games of boyhood suc ceed each other in unerring rekulauty, al though it is difficult to give any deanile reason why. It has occurred to us that a sporting calendar would be of great service lo Ine Loys: Jaiuary: Make snow forts garrison them witb snow men, slide down hill and get your feet wet. This takes up all the montn. February: Go skating, fall into the 'danger" holes and get nearly drowned , stay in the house three weeks with sore throat and fever. March : Fish through rotten ice and run a'l the lisks possible. Get your hawkey sucks in thipe. April: First week, play pra"tical jokes till you get some mad enough to ' lick you ; "hawkey" and baseball the rest of the month. May: Paste up a few kites, spilling the paste all over the carpet, and try to fly ihem ; marbles a good deal, hop scotch and boiler." June : A little croquet, not mnch ; get out your fish poles, go in swimming and worry yotr mother uut of ber senses ; in sist on going barefoot; Sunday school pic nics; play circus. July : Tin horns, fire-crackers, hurrah, blow yourself up, and start in on your long vacation; a little fooling around in the sea, picking huckelberries, etc August; Ip at grandpas playing in the hay mow, eating green apples, taking paragonc, getting chajed by cows in your drean.s. September: Marbles again, general trad ing season of the year, jack-knife swap ping "sight unseen." October Politic al campaigning. Drums, torches, jack o'lanterns, capes, piocessions, badges, "xoung America let loose, set ting an ci.tbusiastic example to "old Amer ica which is followed. November : Clappers, tambourines, shows in the woodshed, testing thin ice, a general stuff of turkey, plum pudding and tbe natural consequences. December: Snow balling the school ma am, breaking window glass, bragging about "Christmas coming," growling be cause it served you no belter when it did come. The above is subject to cyclones of tag playing, jumping, leap-frog and tornados of new and brilliant sports mat appear on the surface for a brief time and disappear as suddenly as they come. DeaXand Damn sterner. Recently a man dressed in a thin sum mer woolen suit and a dilapidated straw hat entered our sanctum. "Sir," ssid be, "you see before you a reminder of the summer's sun, so to speak. am not from the tropics, neither am I dressed for enjoying all the comforts of a trip in search of the north pole. Excuse me, no north pole Ior me, ana his teeu chattered while a quiver of icy dullness seemed to run across his whole frame. "Are you cold?" we asked. "If so, walk up by the stove and get warm. No, sir; no! warm as the sportive Af rican who swings his iu venue upon tne equatorial line. 1 am needy, busted, broke, sir. You see before you a speculator whose cart is keeled over and broken, with the horses on a deep run so far ahead a greased streak of lightning cannot overtake 'em- Four months since I started a barber shop. Now, thinks L, l'U strike a new beat. So 1 just goes and hires four deal and dumb tonsorial artists aud then put up notices that customers coming to my shop would have a quiet shave by deaf and dumb bar bers and no questions asked. 'The thing look on the start, but when the confounded barbers pulled their slates and began wnting out the usual questions, blow me if I diun't discover thai I was a ruined man. Yes. sir, barbers is barbers, and whi n 1 closed my shop, busted up and started on a tramp, I just says to myself it's no use. If dead men could be learned to handle the razor over a Kan's face the blamedHbiugs would have spiritual med iums asking their victims the same old line of questions Ah, thank yer, sir U la with this dime 1 11 send a counter-imtanl down my throat that'll knock the thinness out of this summer suit and give my stomach a cleaner shave than any barber can," and as the shattered vase retired the perfume of tbe roses remained in the sanctum cn il an open window restored the natural tone of tbe atmosphere. BRIEFS. Last Jf r Idaho produced $5,CO0, 000 la gold and silver. The Queen of Sweden is travelling Incognito in England. Recent floods have caused immense destruction in Holland. M. Gambetta is one of the members of Cremation Society. The Duk4 of Westminister is the richest man in England. The school expenditures in Michi gan last year were 13.109,915.14. Q loen Victoria ha ordered a piin; lng ei tbe capture of Cetewayo. Public school real estate In New York State is valued at 11,000,000. To soften brass, heat it op to a cherry red and plunge it into water. The population of London is 3.707, 130, an increase of 452,370 since 1S71. President Hayes was tha guest ot the B-Utimore Prets Club on Febuary 12. Father Hennepin discovered coal in 1669, in what is now called Ottawa, 111. The new census shows the total number of Chinese In California to be 75.025. Tbe richest man In the I tilted States Senate Is said to be Mr. Fair, of Nevada. Mrs. Tbackara. General Shcrm-in's daughter, is now considered out of danger. Tte value of the tobacco crop In Clinton county in 1330 is estimated at $100,000. The most durable woods in drv places are cedar, ak. yellow pine aud chestnut. Sound ice. ten inchei thick, will bear a pressure of 1,000 tons to the t-quare foot. Wisconsin's railroad facilities have increased from ten miles In 1351 to 3, 133 miles iu 1331. Senator-elect Sawyer beto eil $100,000 each on his two daughters as wedding presents. It is estimated that 40.000 cords of wood are annually consumed by the people of Dubuque. In one trove, in California are 1330 trees, noue measuring lea than six feet in diameter. Tha average deposits in the Salt Lake banks in 1330, were more than double those of 1376. Canada has a public debt of 30.- 000,000 which Is t qua! to 7 10. per head of her population. Ten vineyarJists In Napa county. California, produced last year over 1,100,000 gallons of wine. A sister of tbe King ot Sweden is a missionary Iu La plan J. and has sold her jewels to aid her in her work. Mn. Thomas, the widow of the General, is now living quietly at Troy, N. Y'ork. Sh rweive no pension. The salary of that noted horseman, Joseph Cannon, as "trainer to Lord Kosebery," is said to be $10,000 a year. Pope Leo, who has been very ill for several weeks, 19 now recovered. He will be seventy nine years old In March. Mrs. Leopold de Rothschield has a new necklace which, although it is only a single row of pearls, Is valued at $100,000. The theatres and other places of amusement in St. Louis are open on Sunday evenings, and some of them give matinees. The SU Louis and San Franeisco railroad has sold 150.000 acres of land in Barry county, Missouri, to a colony of Sco :c lmen, The late E. A. Sothern, the actor. It Is taid, left only about $40.0u?, al though! he bad carried aa annual in come of $150,000. Ben Butler sends his yacht to Nor folk in February, aud will embark from that port for a three months' cruise in the West Indies. Lord Suffolk has so'd his famous La Vierge aux Kocbers, by Lonardo inci, to tne national Gallery, of London, for tbe sum of $45,000, The New Mexico and K:o Grande Railway, incorporated, eapital $1,000,- ' 000, from Arapahoe eounty, Colorado, to Soccoro county, New Mexieo. The net cost of the war in Afgha nistan, including that of the frontier railways, wa? about twenty-one crores of rupees, or 17,5110,000 sterling. According to the recent renins, Switzerland has a population of 2,t93, 000. or 120,000 more than In 1377 .when tbe last previous census was taken. Up to the close of the year the Lake Superior copper mines have pro duced siuce their commencemaut 300, 000 tons of ingot copper, valued at $1 10,- 000,000. Abraham Lincoln, the grandfather of the great President ot that name, was killed by Indians on Etnkhorn s Bun, as the stream in Kentucky was then called. School attendance in Georgia has had a remarkable increase. From 4!).- 576 in 1371. It ran up to 226.G27 in 1370. Of the latter number 79,435 were color ed children. The peach orchard of John Par- nell, in Troup county, Ga., Is the largest in the world. It covers 2."0 acres of laud, and will probably yield $70,000 this year. An ounce of silver is worth $1 04; a pounl (sixteen ouuces)$l6 90; a ton (2,240 pounds) $J7,t0J. A cubic lucb is worth $11; a cubic fiot, $19,003; a cubic yard, $513,216. Tbe number of the bee hivej in this country is estimated at 3,U0J,0U0, and the annual proJujt at $14,000,000, or seven dollars to the hive. The bee keepers number 70,000. The racing fund lu the United States for the current year will ap proximate $1,000,000. Niue English norses nave reaeneu - s w xork, to be entered In our summer contests. The Nordenskjold, the largest tor pedo boat in existence, was recently launched at Copenhagen. She meas ures 215 feet In lengtn and 42 reel in breath. She can make til tee a miles an beur. Shipbuilding on the Clyde was un usually active hut year. Two hundred and forty-one vessels tf all kinds were, launched, of a total of fully 239.000 tons, an excess of 71,000 tons over 1379. Their marketable value represents an outlay ot about $30,000,000. At Steyer, which Is the largest rifle manufacuxy in Austria, one thousand additional workmen were recently en gaged, and all the shops are in lull swing, doing work for tbe Govern ments ot Bulgaria, Servia, Koumania and even tor that of France. The introduction of American street cars into Rio de Janeiro has pro duced a great change In business life of '' two kind? footed -those '4 X