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THE OOISTITTJTIOS TEI UII05-AID THE EHOEOEMIIT OF TEE LAT3.
Editor- and Proprietor.
VOL. XXXV
MIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 1SS1.
NO. 13.
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0 n aiuo iDJ blow free.
ib L.tu-r mouths along
1 bat k. ep "J trom m-
ru t re bl'rt " Ur' 1 ' Uk
Willi rl fru" " carled
And the wwie .ieep of the waiter
H cnt 'J world.
0 on 'O" u luU:r
Ao i bote w drawn the Klomj day
X!.-. li.Je my l"Te lrt,n nie
ire peeping through the pernio.
liu lit the lud uu.
0 bod blos-om. queken fast,
leoeek Ihe brren tree.
Aud tr.ng tue pnnr, for wuh the epring
Jlj lu cjwea Uck to me.
Ihf Factorj Url.
It was a little studio, quit at the top of
tie bouse. l'pn tlje eiisel thst oP"
thepos- of honor in the middle of the
roomT Ure P'4 of cnvas g'owe1 wiln
tLefft tiut of a spring landscape, and
Frank Seimour stood ln-fore it, pallet in
baud, bi large brown eyes dreamy with a
,.f insoiration.
In i comfortable easy chair by the door
t pluoip, rosy, little female, in a lace
cap, with a pletty of narrow white ribbons
gultenrg from it, n sil'ergray poplin
dress lire. Seymour, in fact, our artist's
mother, who nai J" ccne UP fr010 tne
basement 'to ste how Frank was getting
along.'
'Here, mother,' said the young man,
with an enthusiastic sparkle in his eyes,
'just set the way the sunset light touches
the topmost branches of the old apple tree,
1 :,t the bmn, subdued gold of that tint ;
it soaiebow reminds me cf Grace Teller's
hair.'
Mrs. Seymour moved a little uneasily in
her chair.
Yes, it's very pretty ; but it strikes rue,
Frank, you are lately discovering a good
many utnilitudes between Miss Teller and
yonr picture.'
Frank laughed good huinoredly.
Well, mother; she is pretty.'
'Yts, I don't deny that she's pretty
toouiiu.'
'Mow, mother, what's the meauing of
tlist amb'gjous tone ?' demanded the young
artist, p'easantly. 'What have you discov
ered about Miss Grace Teller tna: itn't
charming and womanly acd lovely ?
'Frank, do you know who she is ?
Vis, I kbow that she is a remarkably
pretty girl with a voice that sounds exactly
like the low, soft ripple of the little rivulet
where 1 used to play when I was a boy.'
'N'Xisense,' and Mrs. fceymour, sharply.
Well, then, if your are not satisfied with
my description of her as she is, would you
lite to know what she will be t
Mrs. !e) mour looked puzzled.
'llotUer, 1 think one day she will be ny
wife.'
'Frank! Frank ! are you crazy ?r
'.Not that 1 know of,' said Mr. Seymour,
composedly, squeezing a little deep blue on
hit pallet out of a dainty tin tube, and
niiiing it thoughtfully.
'rte know so little alout her,' thought
Mrs. N-ymour. 1 o be sure she is visiting
llary Eiton, and Mary belongs to a Very
good lauiily, if she does live in half a 'aouse
and take in fine embroidery for a living.
Bui Uifn she has no style at all compared
with Cynthia Far Wit. Cynthia always
did fancy our Frauk. Then, more jver,
sl has live or sii thousand dollars of her
own. B'lt, Cear me, a young man in love
i the most headatrong creature alive.'
ilra. beymour mused awhile longer, and
then put on htr mouse colored sila bonnet
tnd gry shawl, and set out upon a tour of
investigation.
'i'll dud out something about MissToIlf r,.
or I'll know the reason why,' thought the
indefatigable widow.
iiias Grace Teller was at home, helping
Mary iun m an elaborate piece of fine
embroijeiy. The room where the two
girls sat w ai very plain, carpeted with the
cheapest ingrain, and curtained with Tery
ordinary puk and while chintz, yet it
looked nug and cheery, for the fat black
bird was chirping noisily in the window,
and a bland of mignonette and velvet
bionsomed pansies gave a delightful lint to
this pretty picture of everydav life.
.Mary titon was paie, thin, and not at
all pretty ; there was a tremulous sweetness
about her mouth that teemed to whisper
that i! niiirbt have been different under
different circumstances. Grace Teller was
a lovely blonde, with large blue eyes, rose
leaf skin, and hair whose luminous gold
tell over her forehead Lke an aureole.
As Mrs. SejuHiur entered a deeper
shade of piuk stole over Grace's beautiful
check, but otherwise she w as calm and
self -resfd, and teadily parried the old
ladies interrogatories.
ery warm this morning,' said the
old lady, fanning herself. 'Uo they have
as warm weather where you came from,
Miss Teller?'
"I believe it is very aultry in Faciory
ule "d Grace, composedly taking an
other ntedlefull of while silk.
Factorjvillel bj that your native
place? rVrhai then you know Mr. far-ser-Cynthia
l'aitr's father who is
uperiuu;udent in the great calico nulls
ery well, I have often seen him.'
Are you acquainted with Cynthia V
jNo 1 belit-Te Miss Parker spends most
Ler time in ihis city.'
That's very true,' 'garf Mrs. Seymour,
sagely, tynthia says there's no society
worth having jn Fm-tnrvvillp nnl tlio
girls thai we ik m the factory; Cynthia is
-j (imusx excuge my cunosity,
Jiiss leller how did you become acquain-
wuu mi. i'a'ker and not with his
U(,ruier -race
colored.
"usuiesa br.uirlit m in ,niui
quently with the geatleman of whom you
darter U 1 DeTer taPPened t meet his
Mrs. ieymourgave a little start in her
tlTn " 'M fiinoing to see through
J jr.
- ciiuLw you have something to do with
caiico I)tct.l)ry j
ni:y t"'' &Ul 0race' wilu ca!m di8
t 't,facl0,7Sirl." gasped Mrs. Seymour,
:, "& ami While.
1 tli.r- . .. . . .
Mlu .T . ," J """ce n the title 7' qui-
wr. , , riCe aiaiuuKh her own cheeks
were dyed ctijiaua
Uisgracef Oh, nocertainly not jtherVs
. " la earning one s Uving iu any
JK le J.' turned Mrs. teeym,r,
in ii U,e fact was- fiue was thinking
10 Ler inmost nimrt -Who. -in v I.
my,,. I j 1 ' ' aa ww in a t lUJaV
Grar. 1 . UUe to confess. went on
e . lngMr8- Sej M tuU in the
"uoahie, I'm .ure,' said the old
'any, growing a little uneasy under the
clear blue itaze, only there are step and
gradations in all society, you know, and
I am a little ui prised to find you so lnti-
niaw wun iiis t-lton, whose tamilr u '
Mary rame tiver to Grace's aide, and
awieu 10 aiaa nercneeK.
'My dearest friCbd my most precious
companion, she murmured. 'I should be
quit lost without her. Mr. Sevmour '
The old lady took her leave stiffly, and
uici not asa urace to return her call.
anuougn sue extended an invitation to
Mary, couched in the politest and most
uisiaut terms.
. . L . 1 ' . . .
xrauai aue ejacuiaiea, never once
stopping to remove shawl or bonnet, and
burming into her son's studio like an express
messenger of life and dealh news, wno do
you suppose your paragon of a Miss Teller
is I'
The loveliest of her sex, returned Frank.
i.r .1 .. j 1 1
uiiuujr wuei txriupreueosiveiy.
A factory girl ." screamed the old lady
at the height of her lungs, a factory
fnH '
'Well, what of that V
M'hat of that? Frank Seymour, you
never mean to say that you would have
anything to say to a common factory rirl I
'I should pronounce her a verv uncom
mon factory girl,' said the young man, with
an aggravating calmness.
riant, don't jest with me,' pleaded
the poor little mother, with tears in her
eyes. Tell me at once you will give up
mis lancy ior a girl mat is in no way equal
o she is in no respect my equal,'
returned rrank, withe reddening cheek
and spaikling eye. 'But it is because she
is in every respect my superior. Grace
Teller is one of the noblest women that
ever breathed this terrestrial air, as well
as one of the most beautiful. Mother, 1
love her, and she has promised to be my
wile.
Mrs. Seymour sat down, limp, lifeless and
despairing.
'Frank J Frank I I never thought to see
my son marry a common factory girt'
And then a torrent of tears came to her
relief, while Frank went on quietly touch
ing up the scarlet foliage of a splendid old
maple in the foreground ot his picture.
'So you are determined 10 marry me,
Frank, in spite of everything ?'
Grace Teller bad been crying the dew
yet ou her eyelashes, and the unnatural
crimson on her cheeks, as Frank Seymour
caine in, and Mary Elton considerately
slipped out 'to look for missing pat
tern.' 'I should tnink so,' said Frank, looking
admiring down on the gold head that was
stooping among the pansies.
ilutyour mother thinks me far below
you in social position.'
Social position be ignored. What do
I care for social position, as long as my
lilllo Grace has consented to make the sun
shine ot my own home.'
'Yea, but Frank
'Well, but Grace?'
'Do you really love me ?'
For an answer, he took both tue fair,
delicate little hands in bis, and looked
steadily into her eyes.
'Frauk,' said Grace demurely, I'm
afraid you will make a dreadfully strong
willed, obstinate tort of a husband.'
'I ahouldu't wonder, Gracie.'
And so the gold twilight faded into
purple, softer than the shadow of Eastern-
amethysts, and the stars came out, one by
one, and still Mary Elton didn't succeed in
finding that pattern.
Mrs. Seymaur was the first guest to ar
rive at Mrs. Kandall's select soiree on the
first Wednesday evening in July the fact
was, she wanted a chance to confide her
griefs to Mrs. Kandall's sympathetic ear.
"Crying t Yes, of course 1 have been
crying, Mis.' Randall ; I have done nothing
but cry for a week.'
'Mercy on us !' said Mrs. Randall, eleva
ting her kid-gloved hands, 'what is the
matter T I hope Frank isn't in any sort of
trouble ?'
'My dear,' said the old lady in mysteri
ous whispers, 'Frank has been entrapped,
inveigled into the most dreadful entangle
ment Did you ever fancy that be, the
most fastidious ar.d particular of created
beings, could be resolutely determined on
marrying a factory girl t'
Mrs. Randall uttered an exclamation of
horrified surprise, and at the same moment
a party of guests were announced, among
whom was Miss Grace Teller, looking rather
more lovely than usual.
'YVelL thought Mrs. Seymour, as her
hostess hurried away to welcome the new
comers, 'will wonders never cease I Grace
Teller at Mrs. Kandall's soiree I Hut 1
suppose it's all on account of Mary Elton's
uncle, the Judge. Mere comes Mr. barker
and Cynthia dear me, what a curious
mixture oir American society is, bow
they will be shocked at meeting Grace
Teller!'
Inroluntarily she advanced a step or two
10 witness the meeting. Mr. Parker looked
quite as much astonished as she had ex
pected, but somehow it was not Just the
kind of astonishment that was on the pro
gramme. 'Miss Grace I you here t Why, when did
you come from Factory villeT
You are acquainted wita. jiiiss leuerr
asked Mrs. Randall, with some surprise.
'Quite well ; in fact I have had the man
agement of her property for some years.
Miss Teller is the young lady who owns
the extensive calico factories, from which
our village takes its name.'
'Dear me.' ejaculated Mrs. Deymour,
turninir Dale and sinking down on a divan
near her. hv. they say tne neiress 01
the old gentleman who owned the Fact jry
ville properly is the richest girl in the
country.
Grace,' said Frank, gravely, ana aimos
sternlv. 'what does this mean r
The blue ryes mied wiui tears as sne
clung closer to his arm.
1 can t help owning tne calico lactones,
Frank. Don t you love me Just as well as
if 1 didn't '
'My little deceiver. But why didnt you
toll rue J'
'Why should I tell yon. Frank ? It was
so nice to leave the heiress behind and be
nlain Grace Teller for awhile. And when
I Haw bow oriDosed your mvtber was to
1 ur enmurement. a soark of woman's will
fulness rose up within me, and 1 resolved
1 would maintain my incognito, come what
might. Mrs. Seymour,' she added, turn
ing archly round and holding out her hand
i tii fiicmmfitMl old ladr. 'didn't 1 te 1
you 1 owed my daily bread to the factory?'
And poor Mrs. Seymour, for once in her
life, was at a loss lor an answer.
Th nm in the Victoria docks at
Loudon was doubtless inctndiary.
Ths late Senator Carpenter's life
was insured to the extent of faU.WJW.
Freight trafle on the Pennsylvania
railroad still continues neavy.
Bob Ineersoll's railroad retainers
. . a A .w aWa
A Bull Htht ta Havana.
In Havana the buj ring : called the cir
cus. It is just like a circus, built ot wood
with high fence around the ring. The
fight don't amount to much, ordinarily, as
the war put an end to prosperity and sports.
In honor of the carnival, however, they an
nounced one, with a fierce bull for the oc
casion and a newly arrived Spanish mat
ador. Everybody went. The circus
would seat abent five thousand, and all
the great people were there to look on.
The bull was led in, or pulled in, rather,
i y a rope lied over bis bead. This was
jerked off as he entered, and the animal
stood still awhile, dazzled. Then he 1
eied bb head and began to paw the ground.
1 hree picadurc. two of them mounted
on splendid, w.ry lonies, entered from
the other side and rode around. The bull
paid liu e attention to them until one rid
ing by thrust the poiut of his lance into
the bull s back. The animal then dart ad
at his assailants and a lively chase began,
during which the crowd yelled. But the
bull was clumsy and could not reach the
mounted torturers. For twenty minutes
they hounded him. until his eyes were blood
snot and be wa- tired out. Ihen, after a
rest, the footmen CiUie in with red man.
ties and little sharp harpoons, which they
thrust into him. It w exciting to see
them dodge the furious beast and ti-row a
red nag en his bead, lie wou d sink
d jwn and paw it off with his fore feet,
evidently thiukiu be had his torment rs at
the end of it. Finally, when he was worked
up to a wui e heat, ant was trembling
with rage, the footman disappeared, and,
amid a flourish of trumpets, tne doors
opened and the Spanish matador skipped
in bowing and auiilin, with a long sword
in his hand. There was a thunder of ap
plaiise, which he acknowledged with his
back to the bull. Then he turned and
flung a red ba 1 in his hand toward the
brute. It unrolled from his band a bright
red silken Lanner, and as be drew it bact
the lull dashed toward him. Stepping
two feet a ide the matador just avoided
the charge and stood bowing to the ap
plause, while the beast, bewildere 1 at the
failure, staggerei around searching for his
euen.y. Alter some more maneuvres ol
th a kind toe matador grasped bis sword
and as Ue bull came on thrust it deep in
to the neck n ar the shoulder. The bull
reel d a little, and bellow : d with pain.
Then he started to chrrge a.'ain, but in the
effort wav. red and led headlong dead.
The matador was called out again and
again as they uo at the theatre. 1 am
told he is the darling of the lower causes,
but, ot course, he Is a lough fellow. Us
ually ilk. fignts are very puoi, and the
bulls and hordes are very poor and worth
less. Sometimes a bull goaded to lury
nps a poor old horse up, but never sue
ceeds in ki ling one of the uieu; mure' the
pity. It s uiigb y brutal work, because
the bull never has a chance. lie is bound
to die, and ij worried and tortured up to
the point,
A Sew Maaeppa.
One of the boys st Lamar, Missouri, had
been reading Byron's Mazeppa and he got
three or four ot the boys in a barn down in
the southwest part of the town and they
concluded to play Mazeppa, From what
we can learn not having been provided
with a complimentary the play was rather
more eurtiiug than instructive.
They got a cow and about forty feet of
claihes line and a number seven boy with
red hair and a freckled nose to do the Ma
zeppa part, while a gentle youth of twelve
or thereabout wrapped a saddle blanket
round hi head and, as the jealous sheik,
shouted:
"Bring forth the hoss." They "fetched"
her. In truth, sto was a noble steed. A
heifer of the niuly breed, and wild wild
seventeen kinds of Rocky Mountain
William H. Goats. They got her on the
barn floor and tied the boy on with the
rope and turned her loose. She took in the
situation and seemed to realize that her
credit as an actress was at stake, iler act
ing was splendid, and brought down the
bouse by sections. Whenever she run
over one of the boys you could hear the ap
plause ior four blocks.
Although the audience all had parquette
and pit tickets, tney thought Uity could
look at the play belter from the gallery,
aud so thty slid up into the hay mow and
tried to crawl out through the roof while
the old cow was churning about fourteen
year growth out of Mazeppa and bawling
ake a steam calliope, while Mazeppa
passed most of the lime ytlUng like a pig
last in a fence.
The play would probably have been in
progress yet but for the fact that the neigh
borhood thought a cyclone was wrestling
with the barn, and rushed in and got the
cow up in a corner and amputated the
boy.
1 be show wound up with that thrilling
piece of music entitled "sounds iroui
Home." which wss well played by an im
provised band of several parents, several
boys and several leather straps. The boy
say that the music made by the straps was
thrilling in the extreme.
loime aa. BilL
An excited man rushed into a drug store
and exclaimed :
Oh my! I'm ruined I Give me ten
ounces of camphire or whisky. Give me
the whhjky."
Be fell against the counter. His eyes
rolled back and his tongue hung out.
'What ail you. n.an?" He drew baek
his tongue, said "snake bite," and shot it
out again.
"Whisky, snake bite."
"llow did you get snake bit 1 asked a
physician, taking bold of the man's hand
and feeling his puiae. The tongue went
in and the words "foolin with a rattle
snake" came out.
"Where did it bite you I"
"Right here," he replied, exhibiting a
small hole on the back of his hand.
-Where did yon get the snake ("
"Museum. Gimmy some whisky."
"This bole wss made by a lead pencil. "
"Lead pencil 1 " said the victim, con
temptuously ; "made by the pizen fangs
of a copperhead."
"Thougut it was a rattlesnake
"Didn't say it was a rattlesnake. Oh,
I'm dying! Dying in a civilized land.
Dying within forty miles of home. To
tuink that litave traveled au over tne ansae
rouutriea. and then to come back and be
killed by a common black snake."
"Th ught it was a copperhead 7
'Now, here," said the man, untangling
his eves and siiffeiiiuK himself, "it don t
make any difference what you think. I'm
dvinir Irom the effect 01 a snaKe Dite.
Tuat's about as much as you want to know.
A gallon of whisky will save my life. Am
I among human beings?''
Just then a red -faced man stuck his head
into the store, and yelled:
"Ccme on. Bill. Them fellows wouldn't
care if you was swallowed by a booycon
structor.'' The tongue went back into the mouth,
the evidence of suffering passed away, and
the victim took up his hat and joined his
companion.
A Drlng Maa' TUIoa.
John Pope, pupil of Couture, associate
of the New York Xatioual Academy, one
of the founders of the Artists' Fund So
ciety, and an enthusiast in his profession.
died at bis home in Fourth avenue, New
1 ork, recently, be-1 eving that at last, after
forty Venn of labor, he had found the 1
cret of perfected art. A man more thor
oughly enraptured with his calling never
lived. lie painlid while daylight lasted,
and then spent the evening producing the
cravon drawings so much admired in the
exhibitions at the Academy of Design.
Though as a portrait painter he excelled,
the dream of his life was to produce strong
figure pictures, in which the background
of landscape would form as effective a part
as the figures themselves. 1 his was bis
ruling passion in life, and as he neared the
end the passion grew stronger. As be lay
back on his pillows, very weak and ill with
hemorrhage of the lungs, his wife, who
wuh their two children, was watching l
his side, wss startled by his suddenly ris
ing in bed and crying feverishly :
'Quick 1 give me my palette and brush.
I must paint. Don't attempt to stopjne
now, lor at last I see it all. I can do it
now, tor I have just discovered the ait
through the influence of visions of exquis
itely graduated music. It is plain as day
at last."
ilia wife, alarmed at his excitement,
made a weak attempt to dissuade Iftm, but
as opposition only increased his excite
ment, and it was evident that his end was
very near, she humored hurt. Hi paints,
brushes and canvas were brought to him,
and his tearful relatives arranged the cov
erings of the bed so that they would look
more like the drapery of his studio. lie
began bis work with a haste amounting al
most to frenzy.
'At last, at last, he cried, "I have
found the beauty which all my life and
over all the world I have been struggling
for."
lie painted falter and faster, evidently
believing that the canvas would show the
beauty that he conceived, although it was
iu truth a sad realization of the conception.
It was late in the day when he began his
death-bed picture, it grew darker and
darker as he went on, and hi sorrowing
family sat around hiiu powerless to ease
hi- last moments. At last it grew so dark
that even he in his excitement noticed it.
"Let us go to the studio," he cried, sud
denly.
"io, no; not to-night. Wait until to
morrow."
"We must go to the studio," he ex
claimed, making an effort to rise to his feet.
I he tax upon his strength was too great :
without another word be feU back on his
pillows dead.
A Celebrated Luck-Pelker.
It was during the great world's fair of
1651, as our readers will remember, that
the lock controverry, as it has been called.
fllle d the page of our scientific journals
and set all the mechanicians in the king
dom pondering upon the means of defying
the skill of the professional violater. It
was then that the celebrated American ex
pert, Mr. ilobbs, made the memorable and
alarming ctclaiaticn, that all the locks
which had hitherto been made in England
admitted of being; easily picked. . . .
One of these of perfect workmanship, and
of the most, unproved construction, was
shown to Mr. ilobbs during a visit he wss
making to a celebrated lock manufactory.
Its advantages were being descanted on
its entire independence of a key or other
separate instrument the length of lime it
would take to put it through its millions
of pei mutations and the consequent utter
impossibility of getting it open by any
illegitimate meansshort of wrenching or
sawing its Parts asunder. As the conver
sation proceeded, Mr. ilobbs was turning
the instrument about, apparently in an un
concerned manner, with his fingers, and in
a few minutes from the time he first had
possession of it, to the great amazement
and consternation of those who were sound
ing its praises, he showed them the lock
open in his hud. If a miracle had hap
pened they could not have been more
astonished. From that moment all faith
was shaken in the presumed impregnability
of the peruintat ing principle. The manner
in which Mr. ilobbs accomplished this feat
was a follow : lie first appiied pressure
to the end of the bolt or central spindle, in
the direction tending to draw it out and re
lease the bow. For the purpose of picking
the lock, it is necessaiy that a continuous
pressure should beexeitedin this direction,
pulling, as it were, against the interior ob
stacles presented to the withdrawal of the
spindle with itsatuds. To a clever manipu
lator like Mr. ilobbs, there would be no
difllculty in maintaining this gentle pres
sure with the lingers of one hand, even
while curious eyes were watching his move
ments.; under other circumstances a bent
spring would best answer the purpose. The
spindle being thus acted upon, the interior
studs, if the mechanism of the lock were
absolutely perfect, would all be pressing
equally upon the side- of the rings; but it
was at that time practically impossible,
even if its importance bad been foreseen.
which it wss not, to make a luck with such
extreme accuracy and nicety in it fitting
parts as that some of the rings should not
bind more than others. Mr. ilobbs then
lelt cautiously and delicately which of the
rings was tightest, by which be knew that
one of the studs was pressing against it.
lie then turned that ring very gently round
until he felt the stud slightly jump into
the transverse groove. Leaving it care
fully there he lelt for the next tightest
ring, and repeated the operation, aud thus
by turns, aided by a most delicate sense of
touch, be got the transverse grooves all
together in a line, and the spindle came
out,
GrapptlaT tar Valaablaa,
Yea, sir. I'm a grappier and searcher
for lost valuables, and though perhaps I
shouldn't say it, no man about the harbor
of New l ork is as sure of nnding a ring,
watch, cane, body, billiard table, piano or
any thing else that Ilea at th bottom of
the nver as i am. r or wny r oimpiy De
cause I'm the son of Henry Linesburg, who
was fot fifty years acknowledged to be the
best wrecker, grappier and searcher in
America. My father dug all the East
River ferry slip; raised 36,000 bars of
railroad iron that was sunk off Whitmore's
stores ; recovered no end of anchors that
were supposed to be lost ; made $50 an
hour for tweuty hours at a stretch by fish
ing np eighty four iron plates, weighing
1,400 pounds each, that were made for the
first iron monitor by Dclamter, and died
lamented by many. lie had an ancient
bead, he had an ancient head. I'm his
son."
"Mr. Linesburg paused to get a light
from the stove of his small shop in Hilary
street, Brooklyn, where he wss talking
with the reporter, and then leaned back in
his chair with the expression of a man who
has thoroughly denned Lis social status
and feel that it is unimpeachable. Ue is
rather small, but sinewy and tough in ap
pearance, and be (peaks deliberately and
quietly, and looks durctly in the eye of a
person when speaking. Not an old man
by any means, but one whose life has been
one of exposure and hard work from child
hood,
"I've been in the profession of grapplin'
since 1 was a wee kid under my father,"
be continued, "an' have been in the busi
ness myself for twenty years. You've
beard of my akilL It ain't skill so much
as his knowledge. You ma) think it
strange, but I know every hole, crevice,
rock or notch in the bottom of the East
river from Corlears Ilook to the Battery,
an' along the Hudson to Spuyten Duyvil
creek. If you drop a three-cent piece
overboard I'll find it for you, likewLw an
anchor."
"You must have brought some quier
things to light in your time."
"Must 1 1 True, i must. I have. A
good many years ago. Captain Jacobs, of
the second precinct, notified me to come
an' see him. 'Linesburg,' he sez, 'look
for a stiff.' 'A mystery,' sez L 'Dud
mystery,' sex he. I began next day at
dawn, an' within three hours I found a
coffee bag at the foot of Little street,
Biooklyn. In the coffee bag was the right
leg and thigh ot a woman. She had been
quartered, and I found one quarter. That
was all. it's a mystery yet, and I have no
more idea of its solution than a babe un
born. Nor do I know bow Captain Jacobs
came by the information that made Liui set
me on the searcn. The other three-quarters
were never found. They must bave been
burned or buried, for they were nowhere
in the harbor."
"Mights "
"No, they mightn't be in the harbor, for
I looked. That settles it. My father
(now dead) once found a box of complete
burglar tools in the New York slip of the
Fulton ferry, and you may take my woid
for It they were ueautiea, I never saw a
more elegant and finished kit in my life.
The find created a big excitement among
the police at the time, as it was hoped that
it would lead to the conviction of a gang
of burglars that crossed the ferry the night
below. It didn't, it was only a mys
tery."
'I've picked up more women along the
river than you can shake a stick at. Look
ing for a diamond ring that some lady bad
dropped overboard, and find some lady
that a ring had or no that won't twist
exactly but I've found an awful sight of
females in this old harbor. 1 bey kinder
take to the water, you know, and when 1
hnd one 1 tow it gently to the dock and tie
it fast, and then notiiy the police.. The
police take her to the morgue, she is buried
in Potters field, anu there an end of
it. Lord ! what books and books of mys
teries. "
"llow do yon find rmaller articles I"
"Several days ago a well-known merch
ant in Fulton street, Brook 'yn, named
Jewell, tell over the forward chain of a
Catharine ferry boat. As be fell, bis
watch, which wa very valuable, jumped
from his pocket, the turquoise shell chain
broke, and the watch rolled into the river.
1 went down to the slip in a row boat and
djopped a pair rf tones twenty-six feet
long into a hole I happened to know near
the end of the pier and nshed up the watch,
clapped it into sweet-oil, and sent it back
to tne owner. The tongs are lust like
oyster grapplers, only finer, and I knew
the tide swept hi avy articles into the bole
when the ebb sets in.
bow Toar Wmifi,
The other day six men sat around a stove
in a Detroit tobacco store. There had
been a long penod of silence when one of
them rubbed his leg and remarked :
"That Qld wound eels as if it wss going
to open again. I shall always remember
the battle of Rich Mountain. '
There was a slight stir around the stove,
and a second man put his band to hi
shoulder and observed :
"And i shall not soon forget Brandy
Station. Feels UMiay as if tue lead was
going to work out."
the interest now was considerably in.
creased, and the third man knocked the
ashes off his cigar and said :
"1 es, those were two hard fights, but
you ought to bave been with Nelson at
ran kiln. Lor', but wasn't I excited that
day I When these two fingers went with
a grape-shot I never felt the pain I"
ihe fourth man growled out something
about second Bull Run and a sabre cut on
the bead, and the fifth man felt of his left
side and said he should always remember
the lay of the ground at the Yellow iav
ern. Ihe sixth man was silent, The
other five looked at him and waited for
him to speak, but it was a long time be
fore he pointed to his empty sleeve and
asked:
'Gentlemen, do you know where 1 got
that f"
Some mentioned one battle and some
another, but he shook his head sadly, and
continued :
'Boys, let's be honest and own right up.
I lost my arm by a buzz saw, aud now we
will begin on the left aud give every one a
chance to clear his conscience. Now, then,
show your wounds."
The five men leaned back in then chairs
and smoked fast and chewed hard, and
looked at each other, and each one wished he
was in Texas, when a runaway horse flew
by and gave them a chance to rush out and
get clear of the one-armed man. it was a
narrower escape than any one of them bad
during the War.
jrpodennla lajeettoas af Morphine.
A number of persons more or less promi
nent in different walks of life bsve died
withiu a few months from the direct ef
fect, it is said, of hypodermic injections of
morphine. Most of them had, according
to reports, begun the injections in order to
relieve themselves of pain caused by neu
ralgia, rheumatism or some other distress-
iLg disorder. The effect was so pleasant,
so delicious, indeed, that they were gradu
ally seduced into sich use of morphine
when they had no need of its use, and, soon
completely yielding to it, were destroyed
by it. Physicians say that this has grown
to be far from uncommon among persons
of wealth and position, particularly among
women, who, alter having tried it while,
bave not the strength to relinquish the de
lightful anodyne.
The effect of the morphine under the
sun is described a peculiarly and won
derlully pleasant, A delicious languor
steal over the frame, the senses are wrap
ped in a voluptuous waking dream, and
most joyous consciousness of perfec: yet
fascinating repose softly overflows the
mind. Even strong men and women bave
frequently found it hard to resist its al
lurements, and have not been able to give
up the habit without arousing all their
will. On this account some physicians
will not administer or prescribe morphine
under any circumstances, fearing the con
sequences to their pitients. Not a few
women ot the finer type have been wrecked
by the habit, and many men, professional
and commercial, are steadily ruining them
selves by iu indulgence. It was bailed as
a great blessing once, and soil is, properly
regulated ; but, like so many blessings, it
may readily be converted into a curse.
While the proper and judicious use of the
drug is a great boon, its abusive use is un
doubtedly equal to its friend, opium.
aaaaal frodactioa af fael.
The severity of the last winter, the high
price of soft coal, and the difficulty ot ob
taining it. bave caused the farmers in the
northwestern States to use a large number
of substances fir fuel not ordinarily em
ph yed. In some parts of Minnesota stalks
of hemp ecl in pieces, have been used in
place of wood for feeding stoves. The
Mennonite settlers in that and other States
have burned prairie hay in furnaces especi
ally constructed for its consumption. In
some parts of Kansas and Nebraska the
leaves, stalks and heads of the giant or
Kussun sunflower bave been employed for
fuel with excellent retulta. The leaves
contain rosin and the seeds are rich in oil.
These substances ignite reaoilr acd pro
duce a Deauulul Dame. In producing a
cheerful fire on a cold winter night there
are few Ihints that equal the heads of the
suiiflower. The plants are cheaply raised
and easily prepared for the stove and grate.
1 he ashes produced from teem are very
rich in potash, and are accordingly valua
ble for soap making or for manuring the
sou. In Iowa, it is said, more corn ha
been used for fuel than during any winter
since the State was settled. Carefully con
ducted experiments made in various pans of
the state show tliat at the present price of
corn and coal, there is a gain of 50 per cent,
in burning the former. Farmers who burn
corn save the trouble of husking aud the
cost of transporting it to market, and of
bringing back coal. There is a prejudice
in the minds of many people against burn
ing corn, as it is valuable for food for man
and most xf the domestic animals. In Eng
land there is a similar prejudice against tne
use of wood for fuel, as timber is valuable
for building houses and constructing car
riages, while the growing trees add to the
beamy and healiJifuiness of the country.
These considerations, however, are likely
to give way to those of an economic na
ture. When corn is a cheaper article of
fuel than coal, it is likely to be employed
for cooking and heating pumnw.
The Tare Flowers.
Near the city of Rome, in Italy, not far
from the church of Su Paul, upon the
River Tiber, theie is the old monastery of
the "Three Flowers." in consequence of
the new laws upon ecclesiastical property
the monastery was appropriated by the
Italian government, but rented out again
to the Trappists, a Catholic order of very
strict observance, who had settled at the
snot about twelve years previously, and
were engaged in pursuits most useful to
the country. The monastery is situated
upon the borders of the Campagna, that
pestiferous district as yet ur redeemed by
the agriculturist. There reigned, there
fore, in the place, the malaria of the
neighborhood, which rendered it uninhaV
itable during the hot season, that is, in
July and August, which time the former
inhabitants 01 the monastery had always
been compelled to spend in the city of
Rome. The Trappists did not like taking
forced holidays in that manner, but com
menced planting the eucalyptus tree in
very large numbers, and, strange to say,
the tree overpowered the malaria, the air
continued good for breathing in summer
time, and the Trappists are now able to
remain in their residence all the year
round. That excellent result led to the
raising of the question whether it would
m be possib e to get rid of all the malaria
of the Campagna by raising plantations of
the eucalyptus tree all over that most valu
able grouud in the most fertile region of
Italy, and iu that way gain room lor an
immense population of agriculturists. In
order to carry out that idea, if possible,
the Italian government now furnish these
pioneer Trappists with laboring hands
from the state's prisons, and the monks
now go on extending their eucalyptus
groves from their monastery through the
regions of the Campagna.
The Kissing; Gaaie.
A corespondent gives this account of a
pretty game of cards now fashionable in
Paris. Tne participants were young ladies
and gentlemen who sat in equal numbers
on either side of the table. The cards
dealt to each, and one hand, as in
euchre, settled the wager. The wager
played for in this game is that the lady or
gentleman who gets the ace of hearts and
can take a trick with it, or beat it with
another card, has the option to kiss any
lady or gentleman he or she may select, if
a lady is the winner of the successful trick,
this option nay be used or not as she elect,
and generally she does waive her right;
but if a gentleman holds the lucky card, of
course he invariably exercises his right.
The result was that a gentleman when he
held the ace of hearts was sure to get it
passed; if a lady held it the almost always
had it taken, it was quite a study to watch
with what perfect taug lroid the gentleman
stood up to receive the stake be had wou,
and wun what consummate grace the lady
bent her head to one side so that her lucky
opponent across the table should receive
his full pound of flesh; not to mention the
utter indifference of bjth to the presence
of friends or strangers silting around, i do
not know how the players felt, but the
watching of a few hands played was suffi.
cient to satisfy me that it was but a poor
game after all. ilow it came about, i do
not know, but 1 saw one gentleman win
six games in rapid succession and kiss the
ssme lady many times. That destroyed
all interest I had up to that point taken in
the game, it satisaed me that it wa a
game in which the cards could be so man
ipulated that a poor player or a beginner
could have very Utile chance,
The Danish maces of 1649.
In the year 1468, the Chancellor of Scot
land, Andrew Stuart, was instmcted by
James 111- to negotiate a marriage between
the young monarch and the Princess Mar
garet, daughter of Christian I., King of
Denmark. Christian L was the founder
of the illustrious bouse ot Olden burgh.
whose descendants have ever since occu
pied tbe Danish throne. When the pre
liminaries were arranged, the king's
brother-in-law, a member of the powerful
family of the Boyds, was sent in a ship,
in the autumn of that year, to bring the
princess to Scotland, and in the spring of
1470 a Danish fleet was seen off the Scot
tish coast, bringing home the royal bride.
Tbe marriage waa solemnized on July 10,
1740. King Christian engaged to bestow
witn bis daughter sixty thousand Rhenish
florins as a dower; but owing to his being
engaged in a war with Sweden, he was un
able at that time to pay more than two
th usand, and, by way of pledge, gave tbe
Orkney and afterward the Shetland isles,
which he was never sole to redeem, anu
consequently those islands became lost to
the Danish crown. iLe marriage waa
promoted by France, which aimed at nni
linir Scandinavia and Scotland in a league
against England. For this purpose Louis
XI. effected a mains ge between his
daughter, the Princess Jeanne, and a
younger son of the Danish King, Duke
Mans. Tne Drincesa afterward became
the wife of the Duke of Orleans, better
known as Louis JUL
-AMUwir Uo Waa ! Wraag '
Society has lost Mr. Jones. An even
ing or two since be ventured out on his
maiden effort to make himself agreeable
with the ladies, but the fa'es wee against
him. for his timidity require-'some ga
t!e mannered person to lead him on, and
instead, jit as he bad screwed up cnur-
aje enough to be intr duced. te found
himself talking to one of those precise lit
tle women, whom we have all met at some
particular period in our lives. Tne first
emlarrassing moments were succewfuily
passed, however, and Ur. Jones was be
gincing to think what a fool te had been
all along to keep out of society, since be
now realized how easy it was to carry on a
conversation with the gentler ex, and so
he at once launched out boldly into tnj
stream.
Ctrtain'y, certainly, M.ss Smi'h,' he
continued; the music is simply delicious.'
Delightful, I' suppose you mean, Mr.
Jones. Y ea 1 am charmed with it.'
u.ad to hear you say so; for between
you and I '
Me,' spoke Miss Smith, solemnly.
Mr. Jones stopped for a moment; but as
the lady seemed perfectly unaware of hav
ing interrupted his flow of language, he
resumed.
'For between you and me, these strains
are fit for the gods.'
'Do you really think that Mr. Jones t
My own opinion is that violins and horns
would lie something of a novelty for the
Deities of old; and I can imagine notiiing
more comicai'than would be the presence
of Apollo with a base fiddle or a drum,'
sue added, without so much as the appear
ance of a smile.
'Perhaps I did allow myself an exag
gerated lemarx,' said Mr. Jones. 'I sim
ply intended to imply that these musicians
play good enough tor all common pur
poses.
'1 hey certainly do play well, chimed
in the lady, witli undue emphasis on the
ia word.
Jones was a little worried, but he con
tinued.
"One could almost donee to such music
without ever knowing Bow.'
'Now, really, do vou think so?' uueried
Miss Smith, in all earnestness. " I would
suppose that some knowledge of the step
would be requisite, anyhow."
well, of course; i didn't mean for an
actual lact that one could dance without
having first learned.'
But you said so, Mr. Jones.'
On! i only indulged in a little fiirure of
speech,' replied the gentleman.
Ur rather a flight of fancy, added
Miss Smith, as she toyed carelessly with
her fan.
But Jones' fancy had now fled him en
tire y. lie managed, however, to bid the
lady good evening; but be swears that he
intends in future 10 spend his spare time at
the club, where he will have at leas, a
chance to fiaish his sentecces uninterrupted
and wui not be railed upon to explain
every statement he may make.
Speed at Whl-a ftiaas are urlvea.
The speed at which some wings are
driven is enormous. It is occasionally so
great m to cs'ise the pinions to eoii! a
drumming sound. To this source the
buzz of the fly, the drone of the bee. and
the boom of the beetle are to be referred.
When a grouse, partridge, or pheasant
suddenly springs mto the air, the sound
produced by the whirring of its wings
greatly resembles that produced by the
contact of steel with the rapidly revolving
stone of the knife giiuder. It has been
estimated that the common fly moves its
mgs iM limes per second, l e.. rJ.SoO
time per minute, and that the butterfly
moves its wings nine times per second, or
540 times per minute. These movement!
leprescnt an incredib y high speed even
at the roots of the wings; but the speed is
enormously increased at the tips of the
wings, from the fact that ihe tip rotate
upon the toots as centers, in rapidity,
and as has been already indicated, the
speed of the tips of the wings increases in
proportion as the tips are removed from
the axes of rotation, and in proportion as
the wings are long. 1 his is explained on
a principle well understood in mechamcs.
if a rod or wing hinged a', one point te
ni&du to vibrate, the tree end of the rod or
wing always Dasse through a very much
greater space m a given time than the part
nearer the rcot ot the wing. The progres
sive increase iu the speed of the winga, in
proportion as the wings become larger,
explains why the wings of ban and birds are
not driven at the extravagant speed ot insect
wings, and how the large and long wings
01 large bats and biiela are driven more
leiauiely than small and short wings ol
small bats and birds. That the wing is
driven more slowly in proportion to its
length is proved by experiment, and by
observing tbe flight of large and small
birds of the same genus. Thus, large gulls
flap their wings much more s.owly than
small gulls; the connguration and relative
size of the wings the body being ihe
same in both, 'lnis is a hopeful lealure
in the construction of flying-machines, as
there can be no doubt mat comparatively
very slow movements will suffice for driv
ing Ihe long powerful wings required to
elevate and propel flying-machines. The
speed ot the wing is in part regulated by
the amplitude of the wing. Thus if the
wing be broad as well as long, the beats
are necessarily reduced in frequency. This
is especially true of thi heron, which is
one of the most picturesque and at the
same time one of the slowest-fly ing bird we
have. I have limed the heron on several
occasions and find that in ordinary flight
its wings make exactly sixty up and sixty
down strokes, i. e., 1M bea.s per minute.
In the pterodactyl, tho great extinct Sau
rian, the wing was enormously elongated,
and in this particular instance prooably
from fifty to sixty beats of the wing per
minute sufficed lor flight, Filly to sixty
pulsations of the wing per minute do not
involve mueh wear and tear of the wont
ing parts, and I am strongly of opinion
thai artificial flight, if once achieved, will
become a comparative y safe means ot
kjcomotiou as tar as the machinery re
quired is concerned.
Woodea thoes.
One of the most striking tights that take
tie attention of the traveler in Japan is
that of tbe wooden- sandals worn by tbe
35.000.000 of people. These sandals have
a separate compartment for the great toe,
and make a clacking noise on the street.
Straw slippers are also worn, and a trav
eler stanii g out on a journey will strap a
supply of inem on his back, that he may
put on a new pair when the old is worn out.
Tbev coot but a cent and a bail a pair.
They are right and lefts, and leave the
foot free to tbe air we never see those de
formities of the foot in Japan which are so
frequent in this country. They are never
worn in the house, being left outside tbe
door ; passing down tbe street you see long
rows of them at the door, old and new,
large aud auialL it is surprising to see
how raoidlv the Japs step out ot tiiem, and
pick them up again with their ftet, whenl
leaving the house.
BRISKS,
Over 50 000 imniiracts to St.uae
sota iut year.
Chicago ha 300 churvhes and 3,-3-J0
liq'ior saloons.
Harvard ha zraduUed 14,0i2
students; Yale. 11,9c!).
There are in this funtry 23.570,-
542 miles, and U 632,24 female.
The valuation f Miine hs in
creased over $11,000,000 id ten years.
The corn cmo of Illnoi-t for the
past year wa 251.0V0 000 buheU.
Uirriel Beeeher Stowe i six'y
nlne years old and her husband seventy-one.
Kansat now rivals Maine as a pro
hibition State. The new law goes into
effect on tbe first of Mar.
There are 1,700,003 Baptists in the
United States, and only 260,000 in
England.
The colored population of Arkan
sas ha increased from 122,669 in 1S70
to 210,622 in 1S40.
There are thirty-eight agricultural
colleges in th Untied Stales, 3S9
teachers and 3,917 students.
President Eliot says that In tbe
near future Harvard will have need of
3,000,000.
Vermont has 473.700 steep.
There are 4S0 churches in New
York.
In a Boston Sunday School there
is a class which contains fifty Chinese
youths.
The Pullmvn Company ii said to
earn on each ol its 474 cars about $100
a month.
The dividends paid by the Lake
Superior mines during 1SS0 foot up to
$3,055,CO0.
Minnesota has appropriated $4,
500 in the last five years to encourage
tree platting.
Of the 650 members in 'he House
of Commons, England an4 Wale have
4S5; Scotland 6 J, and Ireland 105.
Sixteen steamers and two hundred
and three sailing vesiels were lost In
December.
Dead cattle by thousands, frozen
ro deatn. are seen along the line ot the
Uniou Pacific
A statue of Beethoven Is to be
ere ted in Central Park, New Y'ork,
by the Pnilharmouic Society.
Mrs. J. J. Astorbas sent 313 home
less cbildreu to larms In the West and
South, at an expense af $11,500.
The thread for glass cloth U spun
from a bar of molten glass at tbe rate
of 20C0 yards in a minute.
The shortage of pork in Chicago
this year from what it was laat it is re
ported will be at least 100,000 barrels.
Tbe consumption of coffee in this
country las: year was 3O0.C0O bags less
than the preceding year.
A man has been off-red $20,000 for
a lot in Minneapolis, Minnesota, that
be purchased for $11.
-One of the itauing chemical manu
factories of Germany employ six
regular chemists, with saaries v try
ing from $1,50) to $J,5J0 yearly.
Within the last ten rear the
Methodists of Cleveland. Olio, have
ouilt over twenty church eJiunes at a
cost of ever $3J0,000.
Last year tbe South raised 600.-
600,000 pounds of tobacco, which ex
ceeds the production o.auy other year
oy i,vw,h,u pounus.
The salct istrict of Saginaw, Mich.,
has about ninety-five companies at
work, with an annual capacity of
:l,600,000 bus jels.
The State of New York hn la Its
various public schools, 1,183,765 pupils.
In its common schools U bad lat year
39,730 teachers, of whom 22,733 are
woniej.
A bill has been introduced in tbe
Texas Legislature Suing a man $300
and six months imprisonment for
carrying a pistol.
There are 2.S0O shoemakers in
Chicago. The average of wages is a
$1 a day. In the making of a shoe
snere are sixty -four parts.
Louisiana has S5.451 white and 8a.-
024 colored voters e tUcially registered.
Of the whites 16.913 cannot write; of
the negroes 11,413 can write.
New Y'ork has a police force of
2,579 men, but only 1,709 men are
available for night and 1,885 for day
duty.
Lieutenant Schwatka la writlncr a
book about his Arctic experiences. Ue
is a guest of General Haucock on Gov
ernor's Island.
Mrs. Garefild say that ber hu.
band may do as he chooses about hav
ing wine at state dinners, but for her
private household she will insist uoon
total abstinence.
A copy of Gilbert Stuart's orotrait
of Washington, now in the Boston
Atnenseam, was presented to General
Garfield recently by the students of
Oberlin College.
It it said that eighty-seven per
cent of the Amerieai emigrants who
nave recently arrived at Paso del'
Norte, Mexico, are professional (ram
blers
Mother Gohzag of SU Joseph's
Orphan Asylum, Philadelphia, makes
aud g'Vm away what most of the
Catholics of that city believe is a speci-
nc ior smallpox.
The cumber of vessels belonging
to, or bound to or from ports In tbe
Uuited Slates, reported totally lost and
ulssing during the month of January.
131. Is41.
ihe two facts that America con
sumes 90 percent more Ice water than
any other nation, and has 75 per cent
more ot Bright s disease have been duc
together.
Canada Imported $33,000 worth of
cheese twelve years ago, but now she
exports $10,000,000 worth a year, and
tier exix.ru of butter and cheese are
$4,000,000 larger than those of wheat.
Dr. Abraham Senseny begaa the
practice of oiedicina in Cnauibersburg.
Penna., In 1731, and his son, grandson
and greargrandson have continued the
same practice In the same place ever
since.
Tbe Mtssachusetts Institute of
lechuolozy at Boston has an unusual
pup'l in ex-Judge Grant, who is near
ly 70 years old and nas a large law
practice in Iowa. He is acquiring a
Knowledge ol chemistry for use in
mining iitigatien.
Leo Xlii has seat the Sultan a
spleodid mosaic table, as a token of
good-will on the occasion of the eleva
tion of Mgr. Massoun to the Sacred
College, and tne Sultan has returned
thanks tor this "precious souvenir."
which has been plaoed la his private
I caDinei.
are said to annually exceed