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B. F. SCHWEIER,
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Editor and Proprietor.
VOL. XXXV.
MIEFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY, PENNA., WEDNESDAY, APHIL 20, 1881.
NO. 16.
TEE PSISOSEB.
V. hr art thon mtlaa, fooluh heart,
Heating aiUiin my bre-t?
In nun I strive to quiet thee;
Lie still and rest
Thon eau'et not break thy prison comm.
For Jore bath bound tuem strong,
pram on until the bitter mi,
T Jl not be long.
!, life soma-j Meanings bold
That tfcoa canat fail to grasp
Tue crumbs of joy that round thee fall
With tender c'asp?
Dik k the eetne9 wh le 'tie near.
Wreaile no more with fate ;
GclJen is every fleetinj hour
Wbtn love comta late.
ITjeead and painful "might lave been"
Tis el tton ahould'Bt forget ;
f 11 not Ufe'8 cop w th bitter Uara
And vain ret ret.
Wait thoa and rcet beside the heart
Tlwt clasps thee to its own ;
Too soon thy bitter cry will be,
Alone: Alone!
Over the Mires.'
First, I niust tell you who I am, and
i.-.w I came tt be in the Baysville Bank
in the " saia hours" one dreary De
cember night, some three years ago.
V.v name was then Olive Hudson, and 1
was 1" ytars old that same December
. ,1 . I. .. . . 1 I''
D;Ut, ana SO suiau iui jui. ivuiuv B
Dolly, who was not 12 years old, was
liiif a head taller than myself.
We were rich folks once, but father died
and left us wry poor. Mother struggled
along in weary hand-to-hand fight with
poYtrty tiil I was 16. and then died. She
had anted two rooms of Mrs. Knight,
idow. also, with two stalwart sons, an
used father, and two daughters. After
Diuilicr died I was adopted by the Knights,
and, although 1 was earning a support as
u.u-ic teacher in the Baysville Academy,
I a like one of the family when 1 was
Ui my guod landlady's home.
They were all in good positions, but by
uo mtans an aristocratic family. John,
the eldest son, was in New York in a
niiuieta.e sugar house; Tom was the night
g!chman ot the liaysville Bank building,
hud grandpa we all call him grandpa
was telegraph, operator of the town, while
Mary 'as a milliner, and Dolly stayed at
the i Ciu-e, sending and receiving messages.
JJjvsville lianK building was a large
trauiie structure, containing the post-office
and bank on the first floor, the telegraph
tfiice and a number of private law offices
on the second floor, and other private
i&cvs on the third floor. In the basement
were post-ciSee rooms for sorting the
nai!, and also the large bank vault.
J knew the building well, for I was fond
cf tiiiiraphiu;, and spent half my leisure
tiiae perch up beside grandpa while he
s t-ft pcacelully or read the newspapers.
And that was the beginning of my
amusement at Dryden, the next station.
TLe curator at Dryden was a wit, and
fla-Lf l nonsense to our office when busi
ness was duli. It fell flat when grandpa
was in the effiee, but if I were there I
sent back jest fr jest, and sometimes an
hour slij jt'tl by like a minute as we talked
over the ires of every topic under the
sua. lie called nixisell "Don, and 1,
for D'.ufense. signed myself '-Elephant,"
lauU!:;g as I did so at the reflection of my
liuy figure in the office mirror.
iieyuud Dryden, and only five miles
from Baysville, was C , a large com-
n.e:cial town, the nearest railway station,
and where an effice was always open for
the accoiianouation of travelers.
As 1 have said, Tom Knight was the
night watchman of Baysville Bank build
ing, and a lonely time he had of it- The
last uiad came by stage at 4 o'clock in the
altcnioon, and the p'jbt-ofllce was vacated
at six. 'He bank closed at tin ee, and by
eh o'clock every office was deserted for
the night.
At seven Tom was on duty, and grand
pa, who was restless at night, was in the
habit of taking down some coffee and lun
cheon, as the building was only a stone's
throw from the house.
On the December night I have already
nicutioiicd, it had stormed heavily all day,
and 1 had taken a new class at the Aca
demy, coining home later in the (lap than
usual, and ticit'.d over my increase in
salary.
Everybody else had gone to bed, and I
was Urge-ring over the kitchen fire with
Mrs. Knight, dreading the plunge into my
cunt room, where I had allowed the fire to
go ouu
The clock struck twelve, and Mrs.
Knight, lifting her face from over the fire,
said:
"Do call grandpa, Olive; he's asleep on
the fola in the sitting-room. I'll have
Tom's basket ready by the lime grandpa
has his hat and coat on. 1 hate to call him.
lor he was Complaining of tbeumatism all
day, and the ground is very wet, although
the storm is over."
"Let him sleep," I said; "I'll run over
with the basket. It is but a step."
"But it is so dark; are you not afraid I"
"ot a bit; 1 li slip on my waterproof
and rubbers, and draw the hood of my
cioak over my head."
"Well, if you will, though I am afraid
Tom will scold at my letting you go."
"I'll put down the basket and run, and
he will never know who left it."
'Sio into the rear basement door; he
leaves mat open for grandpa.
"1 know."
I grasped the handle of the basket, and
uurned across the space between the build
ing and the house, and stole softly in at
me iiasemcnt door, in pursuance of my
pian lo drop the basket and run.
in my rubber shoes my steps were
noiselese, and I had scarcely Dassed the
threshold when I stood rooted to the floor
in terrible amazement.
Somebody was talking.
1 crept forward and listened. There
was a man in the vault, and a light shone
unuer me door.
bile I listened, some one said:
"Tuere is a confounded draft here; did
jou suut tue door. Smith?"
"Yes, but the wind might have blown
u open.
1 had just time to dart under the stair
case and crouch down, when tte door of
ine vau opened and a man came out.
lie crossed the entry, drew two heavy.
noisy bolts, fastened the door bv which I
had entered, and returned without closing
me vault door.
1 could look in by the dim light and see
two men working at the safe lo cks by the
aireainot light thrown from a dark lan
tern.
I here was the outline of a man bound
and gagged upon the floor, but 1 could only
conjecture that it was lorn, fori could
not see distinctly.
There 1 was nicely caged, for it would
oe impossible for me to draw those heavy
bulls without attracting notice. And the
bank was being robbed, that was evident.
tiuw could I prevent it? I could not get
out; l could not reach Tom. Suddenly
remembered the telegraph office on the
second floor. If I could summon help
from C , it was only five miles, nd
there was long job for the burglars
before they could J pen the safe.
I could creep around the staircase f If
one of those busy men turned bis head i
was lost. I softly crept out on all fours,
slowly, watchfully, and gained the stairs.
Up I darted, blessing my Indian rubber
shoes, till I gained the door of the tele
graph office. All was dark there and I
dared not strike a match.
I listened, and then leaving the door
open, groped my way to the well -known
desk and gave the signal for C .
could hear my heart throb as I waited
for the answer. It came 1 Still working
in the dark, 1 sent this message:
"Burglars in the Baysville Bank vault!
Watchman gagged and bound! Can you
send help T
Again the agony of suspense in listening,
but at last the sound reached me:
'Yill send help immediately t"
I crept to the head of the staircase.
afraid the clear ring of the instrument
had been heard in the vault, but no one
came up stairs The windows of the
telegraph office faced the street, to I re
turned, bolted myself in safely and sat
down to watch.
The town cIock gave one resonant
stroke, breaking the deep silence, and no
signs of life were visible in the long
stretch of road leading to C . i was
numb with cold, wishing heartily that I
had not left Tom's basket under the stair
case, thinking regretfully of my own cozy
bed, when 1 heard afar on the sound of
horses feet.
No sister Anne, in Bluebeard's lower,
was ever more watchful than I was then.
Would the burglars take the alarm?
Ibe building made a corner of two
streets, and I saw eight mounted men
dash up the road, separate, and while four
dismounted in front, four went to the rear.
T he burglars were unprepared for this
flank movement, for while the police in
front were thundering at the main entrance,
the robbers rushed to the rear basement
door rurht into the arms of the police sta
tioned there.
I could hear the hubbub, pistol shots
fired, the scuffle ot feet, cries, oaths and
general confusion; and I slipped down
stairs and out of the now deserted main
entrance and ran borne.
Everybody was in bed, and I went to
my room and bad a good crying spell, and
comforted my half frozen body in double
blankets, where I soon fell asleep.
All this was on Friday night, and I had
no teaching to do -until Monday, so I slept
late, but coming down, I found all the
family prepared to make a heroine of me.
I never knew until mother told me
this morning," said Tom, "that it wasn't
grandpa who sent the telegraph to C .
By Jove, Olive, you're spunky, if you are
little.
"I gave up when four of them pounced
on me from one of the upper rooms. They
must have got in during the day and hid
there."
I tried to make the Knights promise not
to tell my adventure, but could not.
Before night all Baysville knew how Olive
Hudson caught the burglars. 1 was in
the cilice with grandpa, when over the
wires came this messace:
"What does Olive Hudson look like?
everybody In Dryden ts talking about her
great exploit."
1 flashed back.
"What do you suppose such a woman
would look like? She is nearly six feet
tall, broad shouldered, and loud-voiced,
a perfect Elephant."
" as it really yourself, Elephant?"
"Dear Lion, it was!"
"Do you know, I want to see you. I
am going to .New i ork to-day, but 1 11
be back next spring."
If he came to Baysvale he did not see
me. 1 ran away m a fit of shyness.
In March a wonderful thing happened.
My mother's brother, who had been seven
teen years nearly all my lifetime in
Cuba, came out to New York, found me
out, and took me into a life of ease and
luxury, making me pet in his splendid
house. lie was a bachelor, over fifty
years of age, handsome and well informed,
and with large wealth.
lie introduced me to eld friends of his.
and my circle of acquaintance widened
every day. I was entirely nappy, for we
loved each other well.
One day Uncle George brought home to
dinner a stranger, who he introduced as:
The son of my old fnend, Olive, Mr.
Roberts."
I made mvself agreeable, as in duty
bound, to Mr. Roberts, man of thirty or
thereabouts, with a face that was down
right ugly, but pleasant from the expres
sion of frank good humor and intelligence
upon it. We talked of everything, and I
surprised at the congeniality of taste we
soon discovered, in an animated dis
cussion of heroines, Mr. Roberts, turning
to Uncle George, said:
"You were kindly inquiring this morn
ing about cy fortune since father died,
but I did not tell you one little episode.
Before I was fortunate enough to obtain
my present lucrative situation, I was for a
time telegraph operator in a small place
called Dryden, and then I heard of a real
heroine, of whom the world will probably
never hear."
I knew what was coining, but kept my
face perfectly composed to listen. When
the story was finished, giving Uncle
George a sly pinch to keep him quiet, I
said:
"What kind of a looking oerson was the
wonderful heroine?"
"1 never saw her. for although Bays
ville was the next Tillage to Dryden, I
never went there. But she was described to
me as tall, strong and masculine."
"In short, my dear i-ion," 1 said
gravely, " she was a perfect Elephant."
Such a stare as irreeted me 1 am certain
never came upon Leo Robert's face before
or since that hour. His eyes dilated till I
thought that they would pop out of his
dear ugly face, and his mouth opened in
utter amazement. ' Finally he remembered
his manners, and gasped:
"Pardon me, 1 was it really your"
"Uncle George," I said, "will you be
kind enough to introduce me .properly to
Mr. Roberts? I believe bethinks your
niece must bear your name."
With a flourish, Uncle George arose and
?ravelv introduced:
"Mr. Leo Roberts, Miss Olive Hudson;
Miss Hudson. JMr. Roberts."
"After that we could not certainly oe
strangers, and Mr. Roberts came often to
dine with Lncle George.
And one day there was a wedding,
where the bnde was very small, buried in
lace and orange blossoais, and the bride
groom was ugly and good natured; but it
was a true love match, a nt ending lor ine
flirtation commenced at Dryden and Bays
ville, "Over the Wires."
Bunnos Ay res has 54,000,000 sheep.
Larkin J. Meade, the sculptor, has
an Italian wife.
Ee an Importunate beggar at the
throne of grace.
What wonderful condescension !
God beseeches me to be reconciled to
him.
TJof Tttmt Lmn.
The last gleam of day was silvering the
waters of the Guadalquiver, at the mouth
ol which stands the ancient city of alencia
Above other buildings rose the tower of
Miquilet, with its bell sending Its solemn
tones far and near, calling the inhabitants
to prayer. Far as the eye could reach ex
tended tie ferule valley Uueru de V alen
cia, studded with thriving villages, vine
yards and cottages, bound by the sea in the
distance and surrounded by the lofty moun
tains of Catalonia. The stars were gem
ming the fields of azure and the crescent
moon ascending the vault of heaven; it
was indeed a night of beauty a scene to
attune the mind to happiness and paace.
I he service had ceased, and the congre
gation was slowly departing from the
Cathedral of Saint CeUiusi Among the
last of the worshippers was a young female,
closely shrouded in a mantilla, yet of to
thin a texture was it that her face and fig
ure were almost perceptible. In her hand
she carried a fan of the most exquisite
workmanship, but seemingly more fot
ornament than use ; behind her hotbled an
old duenna, who with difficulty kept pace
with the tripping feet of Donna Isabella,
for such was the name of the maiden.
Close by her aide walked young and
noble looking cavalier, whose deep dark
eyes were riveted upon her, while ever and
anon glances of recognition were exchanged
between them, till at length the suspicion
of the old lady was aroosed, who shoulder
ed aside the youth, and seizing the arm of
her young charge, quitted ber ot till they
reached noble mansion in the neighbor
hood of the ever verdant Gloriet'-a.
But the young cavalier was not to be
thwartsed in his design, which was to con
vey to his lady love a billet of appointment,
nor was Donna Isabella deficient ot inven
tion in favoring the wishes of her lover, for
just as she was cn the eve of ascending the
stairs leading to her mansion, she dropped
her fan as if by accident. The opportunity
was immediately seized by the young cava
lier, who, lifting it unseen to the duenna,
slipped within its folds a billet, and kneel
ing, presented it to the blushing girl.
lou are Ux forward," muttered the
ancient lady, "it Is well her brother is
not at hand, else he would chastise thv in
solence, "
"He durst not," replied the cavalier,
my blood is as noble as that which flows
within the veins of any of the race of
Valasquez."
"Hoity, toity, we shall see that," said
the old crone, anil raisine her voice, she
called for assistance.
" Leave me, leave me, for the sake of
the virgin mother!" imploringly spoke
Donna Isabella.
" You will meet me, then, as specified
within the billet ?" said the youth.
1 wiIL 1 will, God willing, and an
opportunity offers. How leave me."
1 he youth hastily snatched her hand and
pressed it to his lips. The next moment
he was lost among the mazes of the Glor-
ietta.
The noise of the duenna had alarmed
the inmates of the mansion, who hastened
to her assistance, but the calm demeanor
of Isabella converted their alarm into
laughter, especially when she informed
them that the old dame's cries arose solely
from tue polite attention of a passing cava
lier in tendering her her fan, which she had
accidentally dropped.
lhat night when the bell of Miquilet
told the midnight hour, Isabella stood in
the balcony, which overhung the garden.
A slight movement was soon heard among
the orange foliage and a tall figure, shroud
ed in a flowing mantle advauced and stood
beneath the balcony.
Are you ready l" asked the mask.
"I am?" answered the maiden, in a
breath scarce awdible from terror.
" Secure then this ladder to the rails and
descend." And throwing a ladder of
silken cords, it was caught by Isabella,
who, having fastened it as desired the next
moment was in tne arms of her lover.
" Now, then, for the chapel of the Lady
Mother ere morning you will be forever
mine.1
"That morning you will never see,"
cried Don Henriquez, brother of Isabella,
advancing from an umbrageous shrubbery
close by, "Traitorl villain! would you
seek to dishonor the noble blcod of v elas-
quaez? Draw, coward, and defend thyself ?"
With the speed of lighting were the
rapiers of the opponents crossed, and with
the speed of lighting was that of Henriquez
buried in the heart of the mask who, fall
ing, exclaimed ; " Henriquez, you have
killed your prince!"
The alnnn speedily brought the domes
tics to the scene of slaughter the mask
was removed from the face of the departed,
and too surely were the gallant features of
the noble Pedro, Prince of Castile and
Arragon, revealed to the horror-stricken
gaze of Henriquez.
With difficulty did the domestics untwine
the arms of Isabella from the body of ber
lover. Sense had forsaken her, aad when
she awoke to consciousness it was only to
murmur the name of Pedro with her dying
breath.
Mournful yet grand was the funeral of
the ill fated Prince, and in pity to his love
was the sweet corpse of Isabella consigned
to the royal tomD to remain in death with
ber lover, while weary of his ufe
Bennquea fled to Venioe, and embarking,
Flung it away in battle with the lurk.
In the Cathedral of Sr. Cellius may yet
De seen the tomb of the unfortunate lovers.
It stands in the east nave, containing the
brief and simple inscription
" THE TOMB OF aFFXCTIOS.
Mode of Walking.
An ingenious contemporary gives the
following summary of the different modes
of walking adopted by those who go to
and fro upon the earth:
Observing persons move slowly, tbeir
heads move alternately from side to side
while they occasionally stop and turn
around.
Careful persons Uft their feet high and
place them down slowly; pick up some
little obstruction and place it down quickly
by the side of the road.
Calculating persons generally walk with
their bands in their pockets and their
heads slightly inclined.
Modest persons generally step softly for
fear of being observed.
Timid persons often step off the side
walk on meeting another, and always go
around a atone instead of stepping over iL
Wide-awake persons "toe-out," and
have a long swing to their arms, while
their hands move about miscellaneously.
Careless persons are forever stubbing
their toes.
Lazy persons scrape about loosely with
their heels, and are first on one tide of the
sidewalk and then on the other.
Very stong minded persons place their
toes directly in front of them, nd have a
kind of stamp movement.
The salary cf the emperor of Russia
Is $10,000,000.
Key West cigars-makers pay every
month a contribution of 21,000 toward
the internal revenue fund.
Bow to Bebave mt m Partv.
I remember that when I was quite young
going to party was nearly as much a
trial to me as pleasure. Being different.
1 dreaded entering the room and encounter
ing the eyes of the people already assembled
there; and once fairly in, I was over
shadowed all the evening by the dreadful
necessity ef, by-and-by, retiring. Besides,
1 lelt a sense of responsibility which was
very oppressive, and was so afraid of not
doing or saying what was expected of me
that I moved and acted awkwardly, and no
doubt looked perfectly miserable. Perhaps
some of you may have bad experiences
similar to mine, piow let me tell you that
I have lived to laugh at my foolish shyness.
and to be very sorry for boys and girls who
suffer from the same thing. When you are
invited to a company, the first thing in
order is to reply to the invitation. Ibis is
polite, whether you accept or decline, and
it is imperative if you decline. Send
your answer as soon as possible, in seme
such simple phrase as this: "Harold,"
or "Florence, thanks Mrs. for her
kind invitation for Thursday evening, and
accepts it with pleasure," or "declines it
with real regret," as the case may be.
Arrived at your friend's house, you will be
directed to the proper place lor the removal
of your wraps, and the arrangement of
your toilet, and then you have only to pro
ceed to the parlor, where your hostess will
relieve you from embarrassment by meeting
you at once. She is, of course, the first
person whom you are to greet. Having
spoken to her, you are at liberty to find
other friends. Do not think that people
are looking at you, or coticing your dress
or your looks. 1 hey are doing nothing of
the kind. Engage heartily in whatever
amusement is provided for the occasion,
but do not put yourself needlessly forward.
If spoken to, reply modestly but intelli
gently, even though for the moment there
may be a hush in the room. If you really
wish to enjoy yourself, seek out somebody
who seems lo be more a stranger than
yourself, and try to do something for his
or her pleasure. Forget that you aie not
acquainted witn everybody, and remember
that it is your duty to help your hostess in
making her party a success. Should your
greatest enemy be presant, you miut, of
oMirse, be perfectly civil and agreeable in
your manner to bun, for in your friend's
house you are both under a flag of truce.
W hen you say good-night lo your enter
tainers, be sure to thank them tor the
pleasure you have had. Do not stay too
late, but avoid being the first to go; or, if
you must leave early, do it as quieUy as
possible, lest your withdrawal should be
the signal for others to leave, thus breaking
up the party too soon.
Bow Wall Paper Is Sfal.
A quarter of a century ago plain white
walls and ceilings were de rigcur in
America, except in the homes of the
wealthy, where the hand of the fresco
painter took something of the coldness
from the walls. In looking back it seems
strange that the ancestors of the present
generation were so devoted to the cold and
cheerless white color, and this can only be
explained by regarding it as due to Puri
tanic plainness. W ben wall paper began
to be used the ceiling was still left white,
but a change has come, and now both wall
and celling are made to harmonize with
the surroundings. The better to under
stand the subject of wall paper, a reporter
recently visited an establishment where
the article is manufactured, and saw the
entire process. The paper is received
from the manufactory in suitable lengths
and a proper width, and of a pure white
color. To do this the paper is put through
machine constructed for this purpose.
The color is applied f ret with a large brush,
and then the paper is carried on to a series
of stiff brushes, which move diagonally to
and fro across the surface, to give a smooth
ness and equality to the ground and leave
it devoid of shade or unevenness of color.
After being properly dried the paper is
ready to receive further decoration. One
end of the long roll, which has received a
"ground," is placed in a pair of nippers
attached to a large printing machine, and
the work of adornment goes on. Tne
printing machine has a large cylinder.
around which the paper is earned to the
printing cylinders. These are made of
wood, with raised patterns ol brass, whose
interstices are filled with flock or felt. The
cylinders, however, do not contain an entire
pattern, for each color in the paper requires
separate impression: bence it follows
that each cylinder bears only a portion of
a pattern. The printing machines of the
day are capable of printing as many as
twelve distinct colors, and carry thirteen
rollers, the extra one being used to apply
the varnish. It seems amazing to the
spectator to stand by and see a roll of dark -
brown paper go in at one end of the ma
chine and come out at the other end
elegantly adorned with coloied figures.
Having thus received the pattern, if gilt
is desired in the figures, the roll is placed
in another machine and bronzed or gilded.
The bronze is contained in a large box and
the paper passes over a cylinder, over
which is a large brush filled with bronze
powder. This is passed rapidly over the
surface, and the portions of the pattern
intended to receive it . retain the gilt.
Then the roll of paper is drawn over an
other cylinder, surrounded with stiff brush
es, which clear away all superfluous pew
der. There are two varieties of bronze
paper the single print bronze, which
contains only one color and gilt, and the
colored bronze, which has a number of
colors.
The latest improvement is the embossed
or pressed paper. Formerly all patterns
were perfectly flat, but by a new process,
portions of this pattern are raised or em
bossed. This is done by a machine con
structed for the purpose, and consists in
forcing the paper down on a duplicate of
the original pattern, thus elevating the
desired portions. Velvet paper (so-called,
but known technically as mock" paper),
which U so often used in paneling, has
long bothered the brains ot the usual house
holder, yet its manuiacture is exceedingly
simple. The paper first goes through the
'grounding1 machine, and then receives a
sizing, after which it is placed in a long
box about two feet wide, two leet deep
and twenty-four feet long, with a canvas
bottom. Lnderneath this bottom are a
number of wooden arms which, by the aid
of cranks, beat a tattoo on it. The paper
thus placed, a quantity of fkck is thrown
on it, the arms beat the canvas, and In a
short time it emerges seemingly a roil of
soft velvet. A IScw York man has recently
patented an improvement on all previous
efforts, known as "mica," or "Oriental
satin" paper. By a secret process mica is
applied U the surface, giving the paper a
glittering appearance, the rolls are then
run through a machine which embosses
the paper, giving it a 'ribbed" appearance.
The rolls of fanciful wall paper are retailed
at prices ranging from two dollars to five
dollars each, and when properly laid upon
walls and ceilings give an apartment a rich
appeal ance, fully equal to the handiwork
of an expert fresco painter and at one- fifth
the cost.
Unfortunately for good taste many per
sons are 'all at -n as regards the proper
arrangement of the room. They decorate
their walls with beautiful paper and then
bide the beauty behind rows of pictures.
In papering the walls of an apartment some
definite arrangement should be decided
upon before the paper is placed. Another
outrage on good taste is in selecting wall
paper to match in color the furniture of
room. This is said to be all wrong, as wall
paper should oppose in color the furniture
of a room. Contrast in this respect gives
entire harmony.
"Wood paper" is the name of a new
idea. In this the paper is given a thin
veneer of the wood desired, and can be
rolled up like ordinary paper. This paper.
properly applied, gives the walls of a room
all the appearance of being worked in hard
wood, liy means of machinery the manu
facture of wall paper is materially hastened.
An ordinary machine will print from 2.500
to 3,000 rolls per day of eight-colored
paper, while fifty rolls is a good day's
work by hand. The latter process, bow-
ever, is used on the very finest paper. The
paper after having gone through the vari
ous processes described, is run on long
spindles and cut into rolls of eight yards
each, packed in bundles of twenty-five rolls
and la then ready for shipment.
A rarllamrauary Boy.
The boy came home chuck-full of par
liamentary tactics. At the dinner table
he moved to reconsider the vote by which
boiled ham was placed on the bill of fare,
and demanded the ayes and noes on the
question of a new pair of rubber boots and
a spring velocipede. He hadn't been home
two days before be observed to his mother.
'I move the previous question on that
hunk of maple sugar in the pantry.'
'You can't have it.'
'But I must. My motion cuts off all de
bate, and 1 shall announce the question as
carried in the affirmative.'
His father suggested the idea of an
hour's exercise with the ax, but the boy
called for a general expression of opinion
and succeeded in passing a vote to recom
mit the question to the Committee on Rules
for amendment. Things went on in this
way fur a week, and the old man finally
hod enough of it and felt called upon to
administer, a caution.
'Don't you know that an amendment
takes precedence of the question itself?"
replied the boy. 'I amend as follows :
'Jicsolvtd. That this family recognizes
Cushing's Manual as standard authority on
questions of debate. Are ready for the
question ?'
'Ho, sir!' replied the old man.
'Do you wish for a call of the House?'
'I Wish you to understand that your talk
displeases me!'
'Well, while I must respect for the rights
of the minority I still feel that it would be
a safer plan to table your motion. It can
come up again under the head of 'Unfinish
ed Business.'
In about ten minutes the old man was
ready for him in the wood-shed, and he
remarked:
There is a quorum present and we will
proceed to business.'
1 move we take a recess, replied the
boy as his back began to ache.
Can t do it,' said the father as he hung
up his hat. 'I am now going into the com
mittee of the whole on ibe whaling buu
neas, and if I can't tan your jacket in ten
minutes I shall ask leave to sit again.
Stand out here!'
Please call mother to the chair?' plead
ed the youth, but it was no go. Tte old
man had a twe-lhirds vote on him, and the
question was so well settled that the boy
was able to buy two bars of soap at a gro
cery that afternoon without a single allu
sion to Cushing.
Englaeirtna' Work la Franoe.
The railroad now being constructed
from Maroejols to Saint Flour, in the de
partment ot Lozire, in the south of France,
presents one of the most remarkable tri
umphs of civil engineering that the world
has witnessed. This is the viaduct of
GarabiC Reaching the valley of this
name, the road terminates abruptly on the
edge of a precipice. On the opposite
side, a distance of 1,656 feet considerably
evtr a quarter of a mile rise the basaltic
promontories of the Contal Mountains.
The valley is a sort of colossal chasm, at
the bottom of which flows the river Froy
ere. Plans for a viaduct across this val
ley were presented by the young engineer,
M. Eiffel, and he was told, as Americans
would ssy, to "go ahead." 1 he structure,
now nearly completed, is of iron. The
central arch spans 541 feet (163 meters),
with an average rise of 6j meters or about
218 feet. The rails will be about 402
feet from the surface of the river. Place
the Cathedral of Kotre Dame on this
stream and the Column of the Place Yen-
dome upon its towers, and thire will still
be considerable space above the platform
on which the road is laid. The span of
this arch is much greater than any in Eu
rope. Our great bridge at Albany has
four arches, each of ISo feet span; Hie La
Salle bridge in Illinois has arches of 160
feet span; those of the Augusta bridge over
the Kennebec are 160 feet, while those of
the famous Is'ew River bridge in West
Virginia are only 273 feet. The height
also of the Garabit Viaduct is exceptional,
in Europe at least, where from 60 to 63
meters is considered the limit of safety for
iron supports; though the great viaduct of
Fribourg, la Switzerland, passes this limit,
being 7a. 75 meters. M. Eiffel has not
overstepped the traditional prejudice, for
the metallic part of his supports is only
61.16 meters, the rest being masonry of the
most solid character, but he maintained
before the European Society of Civil En
gineers that he could guarantee safety,
with the combination he use?, to iron sup
ports 103 meters high. The uarabit Via
duct is exceedingly light for its size, the
central portion representing only 10,500
kilogrammes to the running meter, or a
Utile over 1 1 J tons, while the weight of the
metal for the entire viaduct will not exceed
3,200 tons.
Preparing Peo&nu for Mai keu
Peanuts to be prepared for the market
are placed in a large cylinder.trom wticn
they enter the brusbes,every nut receiveing
fifteen feet of a brushing before it becomes
free. Then they are dropped on an end
less belt, passing along at the rate of four
miles an hour. On each side of the belt
stand girts, and as the nuts fall on the belt
the girls with a quick motion of the hand,
pick out all the poor looking nuts,allowing
only the best to f ass the crucible. Those
that do pass drop into bags and the floor
below. When the bag s filled it is sewed
up and branded as' -i ks," with the figuve
of a rooster prominent t . s sides. The
peas caught up by the ;n J are thrown to
one side, again picked over, and the best
singled out and branded as 'ships."
These are as fine a nut as the first for
eating, but in ahauc and color do not com
pare with the "cocks." The third grade
is branded as 'eagles." They arc picked
out of the cullines of the "cocks" and
"ships-" The cuilings that are left from
the "eagles" are bagged, sent to the top
story and what little tnec t is in them is
shaken out by a patent sheller.
A look aS Teaavliu.
Vesuvius has displayed her fireworks
and given us a brilliant reception one so
grand and beautiful that 1 sat up half the
night to watch the shower of sparks which
every few minutes blazed upward to
considerable height. Lucky I have a room
which overlooks the city and bay of Naples,
and commands a fine view of Mount Vesu
vius. The volcano at night looks not un
like a huge light-house with a flash light.
low brilliant, now subdued ; or, perhaps.
like a large beacon fire built on the top tf
a mountain, burning brightly, with frequent
small eruptions. Showers of sparks come
forth at intervals of a few minutes. And
occasionally streams of lava, which run
partly down the side of the mountain.
These streams from tne city look like
masses of fire. It is only at night that
anything can be seen. During the day
nothing but smoke is visible coming out of
the crater. Sometimes the smoke ascends
directly upward, at others it floats away in
clouds ana again assumes fantastic shapes.
Vesuvius is the great lion here, its prestige
being only challenged by the ruins of Pom
peii. The people are proud of their idol
and glory in Us eruptions. As the guide
saul: "Ah! look now at -that,-where you
nave such thing m America 7 And. when
I told him we didn't want anything like it,
he was very much offended at my lack of
appreciation. The ascent to the crater is
now comparatively easily made by a rail
road built on the same plan as the one up
Mount Washington, Hewever, it neither
starts from the base of the mountain nor
goes entirely to the top. That sort of thing
would never do. To start from the bottom
of the mountain would be to ruin the busi
ness of the hack-drivers, who for consid
eration eonsent to take you to the observa
tory, a point about a quarter of the way
up, where the railroad commences. From
the terminus to the crater is a geod fifteen
minutes' walk not easy, by any means.
The view from the summit is fine and ex
tended. The view down the crater is not
what one expects. If you expect you are
going to have a look down into Hades, and
see the Styx and Chacon, you are mistaken.
The sulphurous fumes and smoke roll up
in clouds, and one whiff will satisfy you
and keep you busy coughing for some
minutes. The formation of the lava and
the directions which the streams from the
different eruptions have taken are very in
teresting to note, the lava from each of the
great eruptions being of a different color.
The ground under your feet is uncomfort
ably hot I poked my cane down into a
crevice, and it immediately took fire. For
the fun of the thing, we boded or roasted
eggs bard by letting tbem down into the
crater. esuvius was too lively to be very
attractive at so close range. Frequent
showers ef atones, some of which came
down unpleasantly close to us, hastened
our departure, and we returned to town to
look more at our leisure at this wonderful
curiosity. The volcano inspired me with
a good deal of awe, and were 1 living, as
many thousands are, at its base, and within
reach of Its terrible powers, I should not
feel at all easy.
Vt Dderlal Memories.
Some examples of the marvels of mem
ory would seem entirely incredible hal
they not teen given to us upon tne
highest authority. Cyrus knew the name
of every soldier in his army. It is related
of Themistocles that he could call by name
every citizen of Athens, although the num
ber amounted to twenty thousand, jliluri
dates, King of Pontus, knew all his eighty
thousand soldiers by their right names.
Scipto knew all the inhabitants of Rome.
Seneca complained of old age because he
could not, as formerly, repeat two thonsand
names in the order in which they were read
to him; and he stated that on one occasion,
when at bis studies, two hundred uncon
nected verses having been recited by the
different pupils of his preceptor, he re
peated them in a reversed order, proceed
ing from the last to the first.
Lord Granville could repeat, from be
ginning to end, the New Testament in the
original Greek. Cooke, the tragedian, is
said lo have committed to memory all the
contents of a daily newspaper. Racine
could recite all the tragedies of Euripides.
It is said that George HL, uever forgot a
face he once seen, nor a name he had
heard. Miraudola would commit to mem
ory the contents of a book ifry reading it
three times, and could frequently repeat
the words backward as well as toward.
Thomas Cranmer committed to memory, in
three months, an entire translation of tha
Bible. Euler, the mathematician, could
repeat the -Eneid, and Liebnitz, when an
old man could recite the whole of Virgil,
word for word.
It is said that Bossuet could repeat, nit
only the whole Bible, but all Homer. Vir
gil and Horace, besides many other works.
Mozart had a wonderful memory of
musical sounds. When only fourteen years
of aire, he went to Rome to assist in the
solemnities of Holy Week. Immediately
after his arrival, he went to the Sistine
Chapel, to hear the famous Misarcre of
AUeeri. Being aware that it was forbid
den to take or give a copy of this renowned
piece of music, Mozart Disced himself in
corner and gave the smevst attention 10
the music, and on leaving the church
noted down the entire piece. A few days
afterward he heard it a second time, and,
following the music with his own copy in
his hand, satisfied himsell ol the ndelity
of his memory. The next day he sang the
MMcrcre at a concert, accompanying him
self on the harpsichord, and the perform.
ance produced such a sensation m ftome
that Pope Clement XIV. requested tha
this musical prodigy should be presented
to him at once.
out- Edged.
Not long ago a Detroit grocer selected a
roll of the choicest butter in market and
placed it at his door with the sign : "Please
taste." Along came citizen in about
two minutes, and after carefully examin
ing the roll he put a bit of it in his month,
spat it out in great disgust and said :
"I can give you my opinion of that mis
erable stuff in a York second ! You may
fool some folks on oleomargarine, but 1
can tell it a block away."
."Then you don t like it f"
"Like it 1 Why, pound of that would
kill a man 1"
The second man lifted up the roll smelled
all around it, and finally put a crumb into
his mouth.
"Pretty fair article, isn't it!" queried
the grocer.
"Well, yes, though there's a trifle too
much lard in it. Sot going to keep the
stuff for sale, are you?
"Oh. no.
"I wouldn't, either. Faugh! How that
lardy taste sticks to my tongue !"
In the course of an hour seven worthy
citizens of acknowledged taste sampled the
butter and turned from it with disgust.
At one time two men almost came to blows
because one called it butterine, and the
other knew it was oleomargarine. When
the fun began to grow monotonous the
sign was changed to : "New arrival of gilt-
edged, ' and the first man who tasted
ordered ten pounds to be sent home right
off.
Stiver Instead of Gold.
" How much will this cost in your pa
per ?" asked a quiet looking man, as be
banded in the following advertisement at
the J-.agle counting room, Denver.
" Smith. Busted a trace, in this city.
Friday, just after dinner, Mary Smith, wife
of the undersigned, and daughter of eld
Sim Pratt, the leading blacksmith of Den
ver, Colondo. The corpse was highly
resrected bv the high tonedest families.
but Death got the drop on her, and she
took up the bucket with perfect confldenc
that she would have a square show the
other side of the Divide. The plant trans
pires this afternoon at her boarding house
on Willow Btreet. Come one, come all.
Dearest alary, thon has left on.
For you on earth there wasn't room ;
Bnt tia heaven that bath bereft oe.
And snatched onr dariing op the flume.
" Denver papers please copy and send
Dill, or draw at sight."
By her late husband, P. Smith."
I dont believe you want it In just that
way, do you?" asked the clerk rubbing bis
cnin dubiously.
W by not.stranger? asked the quietman.
"It don't read quite right, does it?"
asked the clerk.
' Was you acquainted with the corpse.
stranger f demanded the quiet man.
Was you aware ot the lamented while
she was bustling around in society down
at that boarding house I
1 don t know that I ever met her.' re
sponded the clerk.
'So 1 reckoned, judge. You wasn't up
to the deceased when she was in the living
business. How, judge, the deceased wrote
that oration herself afore she died, and I
want it in. IJo you hook on. pardner ?
' Btu it isn't our style of notice.' objected
tne ciers.
' Hot mine, neither ' acquiesced the ouiet
man. '1 was for having a picture of her
and a lot more talk, but she said she want
ed it quiet and modest, so she whooped
that up. Say, stranger, is it going into
your valuable space without any diffi
culty?'
' I dont know,' said the clerk, dolefully.
I know,' partner. This celebration
comes off to-morrow afternoon, and that's
going in in the morning, if it goes in out
of a cannon. I got grief enough on mv
hands now, stranger, without erecting a
fort on the sidewalk, but if you want war,
1 ve got the implements right m the back
part ot these mourning clothes. What d'ye
ininK, iede?'
Djcs it make any difference where it
goes I - asfced the Clerk.
I want it in the paper,' said the mourn
er, and it s going in if it takes a spile
driver, i tunc you twig my ntcset- stran
ger?'
All right,' repUed the Clerk. 111 put
it in the Salad,' among the other mournful
remarks. rour dollars, please.
'That's business,' and the quiet man
paid the money. 'If you aint busy come
around to-morrow. I'm going to give the
old woman a send off, and if that gospeller
don t work up a pretty good program be
fore he gets at the doxology, his folks will
think he's been doing considerable business
with a saw mid. She was a good one.
jedge, and she was pious from the back of
her neck to the bunion on her heel ; you
can tell that from the notice;' and the
mourning widower wiped bis eyes on the
sly and later in the day was fined $10 for
thrashing the undertaker who had put
siler handles on the casket, instead of
gold.
Stoek-BaUlna- In the West
The freedom to pasture cattle on excel
lent grazing land, together with an acces
sible market, are the main reasons why at
present stock farming is particularly profit
able. The first of these conditions is pre
carious, and it is evident that in ten years
there will not be much good free range left
east of the Missouri River. When immi
gration to that extent shall have shut him
off from tree pasturage, the stock man can
either sell his farm at probably four tunes
its present value, and move to Dakota or
Montana, or else turn his attention to fat
tening stock on grain for other parties.
For instance, as a practical case, there is a
cattle man of Council Bluffs who is said
to own 100,00 , head of cattle in Idaho.
He has a range of sixty square miles of
land not worth one cent to the acre for
agriculture, yet affording excellent pasture
for cattle, lie has ten men employed at
wages varying from twenty-four dollars
to forty dollars per month to look after the
stock. These men require 200 ponies to
handle the cattle. An overseer is hired at
$1,200 a year. During the winter, how
ever, four men can do all the work re
quired, which is mainly breaking the ice
in the streams that the cattle may nave
water. Streams serve as the great checks
upon the cattle straying away, for they
never will go tar from water. In the
spring of the year the cattle men have a
grand "round up" (as it is called), the
stock is picked out by means of the brand,
and those cattle that are meant for Eastern
market are started for Omaha. They travel
about ten miles a day, and generally take
the whole season in the journey from the
winter ground to the Missouri bottom. At
Omaha the cattle are put on the train and
shipped nominally to Chicago, but really
to different points along the road, to be
banded over to farmers for fattening. Mr.
Stewart delived over 1,100 head to farmers
last fall, and of these only eight were lost
during the winter. The parties who re
ceive the cattle agree to fatten them at the
rate of five cents for every extra pound
they add to the animal. This seems small
at first sight, but where cattle put on 200
extra pounds during winter, and where
two hogs are fed from the refuse of each
ox, the farmer finds that the result to him
is equivalent to selling his corn at 100 per
cent, profit. The large cattle raisers, of
course, have their inspectors, who trawl
from farm to farm to look after their
property, and gather it together in the
spring for shipment to Chicago, where
they are either slaughtered or shipped to
Europe. The cattle men have a great ad
vantage over mere farmers, in that they
are to a great extent independent of rail
ways, it they are badly treated by one
corporation they have a simple remedy in
driving their stock a tew nules to the next
road.
To Letter with ooid i
i Silver Leaf on
To letter with gold and silver leaf on
glass, prepare the size by dissolving one
ounce of isinglass in just enough water to
cover iL W ben dissolved, add a half pint
of rectified wine-spirit, and make up to a
quart with water. Give the clean glass a
flowing coat of this and carefully lay on
the leaf, which will then readily adhere to
the glass. Let it remain twenty-four hours
to dry. The design or letter is drawn on
paper, and the lines pricked with needle
holes. Place this against the gilded surf
ace, and dust it thoroughly with powdered
whiting. When the paper is removed there
will remain a correct copy ot the design
on the glass. Now fill up the outline with
oil gold size in which has been ground
some orange chrome, thinned somewhat
with boiled oil and turpentine. When this
has thoroughly dried, wash off! the surplus
gold with water applied with tuft of cot
ton.
NEWS IX BRIEF.
The Eie Rtilway December earn,
ings Increased $365,000.
Ex-Vice President Wheeler will
go to Europe this spring.
Lord Beaconsfleld' "Endymlon"
paid him about fifty cents a word.
The United States makes the bsst
and purest glycerine la the market.
The inhabitants of the globe pro
fess more than 1,000 different religion.
The average consumption of suar
In France in 1875 was 12.12 per head,
In Paris alone 178,000 females earn
their livelihood In come department ot
trade.
The estimate tor the new Tay
bridge, S.-otland. is close on to $3,500.-
000.
Michael Soils of Bogota is 160 year.
o'd 6o years above par, and 8 above
i-arr.
The total numberof lan?ua?es and
dialects spoken in the world amounts
to 3 ltl.
Queen Victoria received lat rear
$205,000 clear cash from her ducbyof
Laneastor.
The Black Hills mine are report
ed to have produced In 1SS0 nearly $3,
000,000. A dealer in Vermont has an order
from the West for 1,000,000 pound ol
maple sugar.
The son of Manzoni. the treat
Italian novelist, has been put In a luna
tic asylum.
Milan Is the second city of Italy In
population, and the first In wealth and
art attractions.
The famous conrer mine of Fahlnn
in Sweden, has been worked for
thousand years.
Four hundred miles of railroad
have been constructed la Missouri dur
ing the past year.
Canada received nearly 85.000 Im
migrants last yeur, as allium 61,000
for the year previous.
The Atlanta cotton fair, in Ooto-
be
wiii uraw. it is e-jtimated. 50.IHX)
stranger to that town.
King Humbert, of Italy, is about
to viait Paris under the traveling tlrl
of Comte de Pavia.
The Chinese ot Imi
large school, in which the Eaglish
branches are taught.
Overl5J new butter
factories will be erected in Iowa thi-t
year, making 400 In all.
John Clay, the brother of IlVnrv
Clay, is living in Kentucky, and is still
a strong and active man.
Ground was broken on the Tellow-
so:.e I" vision of the Northern Paeifio
Kauroad on September lih.
A 50.000 acre tract; of laml on rh
Northern Pacific has been bjuirht lor
a colony from Belfast, Ireland.
Mme. Lettelher. the eldest sister
of the late Alexander Djmas, U still
living at Grenoble, at the age of 80.
King Humbert Is 37, and has been
on his throne three years. I1U assas
sination has beon attempted only onee.
The railroads killed 30 venom
during February and injured 182 the
Diackesc state wen; for any month on
record.
Bishop Littleloha. of Lona- Islami.
has just received the degree of Joe-tor
of laws troin Cambridge University,
cngianu.
The Empress Eugenie is a very
wealthy woman. Mie has estate) in
Hungary. Soalu. Frauce. Swirz ?rl in.l
Italy and England.
The Crown Prinrs Vi..fri-i nt
GermaSy, is in ill health, said to bo
caused by her grief over her bereave,
menu of last year.
Hoe t Co.. are scid to rim imi.l
$2,000,000 to the widow of William
Bullock, inventor ot the priuliu?
presses, for his patents.
The highest rate oi indebtedness.
per capita, is that of Maryland, $103
Ul. and the next Maine, with 10ii.J2.
he lowest is Oregon, $4.25.
The annual oroJuction of toh,c.
id the counties of R ek. Dane. JruVr-
son, and Green, in Wisconsin, auiouim
10 nearly ,wu,uyu in value.
Chief Justice Waite is of medium
height, straight, strong aad firm. His
noee, mouch and ehin are large, while
his hair and bear ! are iron gray.
Josiah Deloaeh. the maa who U
said to bave saved Geueral Grant from
capture by the enemy near MeinphW
in 1862, has just died in tha; city.
At a sale of autographs in Paris, a
letter of Catherine de Medicis brought
$82. one of the Marquise Maintenou.
$78. and a letter of Miry Staart $.82,
The Governors of New York and
Pennsylvania each receive $10,000 per
nnum; tne uovernorol Louisiana ii.-
000, and the others from $6,000 to SI,
000. The difference in the value of sil
ver by the gold standard, as comp-ired
witn our stacuar J silver doll ir. is about
$3,000,000 a year on our total produet
ol silver.
The number of Immizrauts to the
United States la 1880 wa 475.257. a
larger number by alcjon 39,000 tuau
ever came to the couutry hi a siuglo
year belore.
A celery garden of fortv-six acres.
believed to be the largest In the world,
is cuIJvated In the suburos ot London,
and produces annually about hair a
million plants.
The total number of periodicals
published in the L'ulted Stice at the
beginning of the present year was 10,
131, with an aggregate circulation, per
issue, of 20.677.53S.
Governor Johu Endicott's auto
graph soli at auction in Boston recent-
y lor JJl, Kalph aldo Emerson's for
$1 05, John Brown's for $5 75, aud
cdward Everett's for 55 ceuts.
-The public debt of the United
States is $08 per head ; of Spain $154 ;
ot Franc, $U6; of England, $147; ol
Holland, $114; of Canada, $27; ot
Mexico, .".; of Switzerland, $2.
The shearing corrals at Delano.
Kern County, Cal., present a scene of
curious activity, no less than 120 ex
pert shearers being engaged in clip
ping the fieece from 200,000 sheep.
The passage ot the Coercion bill
finds Ireland garrisoned by an armvnf
26,580 officers and men, 4108 horses and
and 72 guns. This enormous military
lorce is distributed ail oyer the couu
try.
Probably the longest pastorate in
New Hampshire was that of the late
Rev. Labaa Ainswortn, of Jaffrey
seventy-five years an.l six month. He
died March 17ch, 1858, at the age ot
100 years.
Germany now ranks third in popu
lation of the great countries of the
world. The recent census shows a
population of 45,1!)4,172. Russia and
the United States stand first And
second, France fourth.