, k aepi i : BV. SCHWEIER, THE O0I8TITUTI0I-THE TOIOH-ASD THE ETPOBOEMEHT OP THE LAWS. Kditor and Proprietor. VOL. XXXY. MIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1SS1. NO. 32. THE WINDS. Tbf tooth wind Rings of happy springs, And summers hastening on their way ; The oonth winds smells of cowslip bells, And blossom spangled meads of May ; ma sweeter ta her red, rad month Than all the kisses of the sonth. The west wind breathes of russet feeaibs. And jellow pride of woods grown old The west wind flies from auramn skies. And son ckrads overlaid with gold ; But the bright locks 1 lova the best Outshine the glories of the west. The north wind sweeps from crystal deeps. The Arctic halls of endless night; The north wind blows o'er drifted snows. And mountains robed in virgin white ; Bnt purer far her maiden's soul Than all the snows that shroad the pine. The east wind shrills o'er desert hills And dreary coasts of barren sand ; The east wind moans of sea blanched bones And ships that sink in sight of land ; Bat the cold east may rave and moan, K her warm heart is all my own. HIS LEAP YEAR. It'B a very pretty parish," said the Rev. Mr. Racquet, "and arerjeSSast people. The elderiy-fadies are steady, consistent workers ; the yonnger, active and enthusiastic. I don't think, if I had possessed the privilege of selecting for myself, I could have found a more delightful position." Mr. Roderie Racquet was six-aud-tweuty, with a straight nose, pleasant blue eyes, and a general talent for being satisfied with everything and everybody. He was located in his first parish, a pic turesque little knot of houses, over hanging a brisk cuturact, which made work for mills aud factories, and no far he was one of those exceptions in life, a perfectly satisfied man. " Ah," aid his friend, Mr. Alton, who waa a niiaanthroiH'. " The ladies, eh ?" "Yea," said Mr. Racquet, quietly; " for of course, much of the prosperity of a country parish depend npon its female, tiicuil rs." "Yes" observed Mr. Alton, dryly " You are nu unmarried man, I Wlievo." "1 am an unmarried man -yc, cor tainlv." "And this is Is-iip Yeur." " Nonsense !" cried the parson, brisk ly. " hope yon limy Ibid it nonsense, Hui.l Mr. Alton, pursing up his bps "but 1 am ('I.I that there are n gtssl litany single Indie this year who are driven deHT.ilo by the prosHH't of piiihtrltood " " Noliscllsu 1" again csclliilllod Mr, Racquet "Mr dear Alton, this is hi tie to much of u burlesque.. You dou't seriously believe ill this this ab surdity?" Mr. AlUm only sln'k hi head, us lie row) slid reached fur hi hat. " I'll get my IsM.k, Racquet," said he a he looked lugubriously around the riiu, "and go out for a stroll iu these piue-sivuted winIs. My diN-tor saya thut pine imp is very healthy for lungs that are consumptively iuelined." " Very well,"' said the Rev. Mr. Rac quet, with u glance at the scattering sheet of the half composed sermou that lay on hi desk; "and I will join you after a little." He took up his JH-Ii, dipped it deter minedly in the inkstand, and weut reso lutely to writing ; but, the words of his iiicoiH .elastic friend rung persistently iu hia ears. "If there should le any foundation (or Alton's absurd idea !" he poudered, with his 1 U suspended ttlove the par tially written sheet. "But of course there can't 1 ; but if such a tiossibility did exist a married man is really a I letter meiiils-r of msnety than a single me. I never did adhere to the dH-triue that clergymen should 1h celibates !" And ali the while Rosa Appletou's cherry click aud yellow hair were duticing a bunion will-o'-wisp l-fore the horizon if his mind's eye. " She's young," he said to himself; "and perhaps a trifle inclined to le giddy, but she's certuinly very chnrm iuir. And. since the Appletou's have failed, and the mother has opened a boarding house, and Lueilla has gone to teaching. I do not think I could do let ter than marry " "Rose Apph-ton, sir, if you please." It was a timid little voice that broke iu upon his reflection, and Rosa herself stood liefore bun, coloring (ike a pins, carnation, with a basket of late jw-aches in her hand. "I've called on business, sir." said Rosa. The Rev. Rxleric moved forward a chair. "Pray lie Rented, Miss Appletuu'' said he, not without sonic confusion on hi own part. Mis Appleton sat down, pulling ner vously at the fi!i''.-rs of her thread gloves. " It's itUmt our Lueilla," said she. Iud.t-d ?" said Mr. Racquet. We want t get Iht well settled iu life," said R.ia, apis -alingly. " Rut I thought she was t aching !" ri-d Mr. Racuet. She .l'.o"i like teaching," .-f.-ss. j Rose ; "or, rather, to lie candid with yon, the trustees dou't like her. She iioi't verv voiuig, vou know, aud has some odd, formal little ways and only ... 1 si.- ,.l.n.1r. ....ike fun of V., . ....i..,w LV - wnurua-..,.-.-. o "Verv uufortum-te.- su- Mr. Rse- Sowers which uivanably garnish the ta .,uet lieudin-apearl paper cutter back ble in pretty smen vas, they give Yl:, " ",. I. J.vL indifferent ' ral air of pleasant esthetic refine- ,:..' m ..j ... .l,.,.l:.r toward .1.- .i..,l . ..f ..t'..-rs. "If Tuere - . I -...,1.1 .!.. " "OI. but there i, r said Rosa. " Eh ?" ejaculatod Rev. lioderick. 'She thinks, and msmma thinks HV11 " . ..-n... i., l.re - ui.r IWwith her blue eve. fixed ou the young clergyman', face'. Tu. -i.i.. ....i .1,- .... .rf the paper cutter flew into opiosito cor - mrsof the room. TT. r cried Mr. Racquet" to the paracmager "Yes," innocently assented R-sa, She isn't pretty to look at, to le sure, bnt as you yourself said in your address to the Sunday school last week, beauty is only a mere nothing ; and you will find her very intelligent" " Indeed ! said Mr. Racquet, frig idly. "She has been liighly educated," went on Rosa, gaining confidence ; "hut at the same time she woidd not despise descending to menial duties for the sake of one she loves and knows as well as she does yon. And so, Mr. Racquet, she wants to know if youll have her." A cold perspiration broke out around the Reverend Racquet's mouth. He drew back in his chair with an instinc tive movement of self defense. Leap year was npon him in very truth and fact. Alton was right, and he should lie coerced into matrimony before he knew it. I I'd rather not!" said Mr. Rac- Igue decicjfidly-. Rosa looked at lum, half U&fi&ed, half offended. "Rather not?" she repeated. "I don't think Lueilla expected that de cision. Perhaps she'd lietter come and see you herself." " No, no ! She needn't do that," gasped Mr. Racquet " My decision is irrevocable." And hurriedly gathering his piqHT, he hurriedly caught his pen aud feigned groat assiduity. " I see you are busy," said Rsa, soft ly, after an instant of hesitation. "Yes," said Mr. Racquet, "I am rather busy." "Then 'perhnps I had lietter bid you good morning," said Rosa. "Oixsl morning, Miss Appleton," said the clergyman, with bin eyes glued to the paper. " What I" ho cried, after the fashion of the soliloquising hens' of the stage ; "Marry that wrinkled, one-eyed hag, just lieeausc she wants some one to pro vide for her, and it is leap yeur ! And, worst and crudest of all, to think that Rosn herself should come to piojiose it !" Just then 1 toss's voice, soft and plain tive, talking to the old housekeeper in the kitchen, chimed upon hi ear. In voluntarily ho listened. " I know it i very foolish iu me to cry, Mrs. Megon," faltered Rosa, "but indeed, I cau't help it. You m e, we heard you were going Away, aud Lueilla wo so anxious to oiuaiii tun summon oi housekeeper, Khe'a mi nilddlo-iigcd Ultd steady-going, you know, that it would be thu U'st place for her. " (Vrtainly, certainly, Miss Rosa! suid good nut tiled Mrs. Megsoli. "And vhat objection did the master jsissibly have to it f" I don t know, said Rosa, " I. lit lie was so hteru and short with me. He ilidu't si-em a bit like himself. And oh ! Mrs. Megson, please to give me a glass of water, for I feel all 111 a flutter, I ilidu't even T.'u a chance to tell lam thut Lueilla was willing to come without wages for the first mouth, for the sake of learning thu ways, and " Rut Roderick Racquet heard uo more, Scattering the sennou sheets right and eft he seized his hat and rushed down the back garden to a certain walk, by which Rosa Appleton must return to her . i i a own dome ; ami when tue iigm ngure came, moving softly along like a shadow, he stepped out and stood directly in front of her. She started like a flight cued fawn. "Rosa." he said, "do not be afraid. I do not think we quite understand one another. Your sister wanted to take the position which old Megson is about to vacate of housekeeper. "Yes, sir," said Rosa, with downcast eves " " But I should prefer another house- keeler, Rosa," boldly spoke out the parson. "I should prefe.-you as my wife, darlimr mv own life-treasure !" " I never thought of such a thing,' said Rosa, lieginning to color and treni ble. " Think of it now," went ou Mr. Rac quet "Lueilla and your mother can live with us, if you like, but you mnst lie the little housekeeper, my Rosa. And after a singularly short period of deliberation, Rosa Appleton decided to accept the situation. When Mr. Alton came in from his meditations among the pine groves, Roderick met him with a radiant coun tenance. "Old fellow," said he, "I'm saf No more of your leap year intimidation for me. " I'm engaged ! " She has asked you, eh ?" groaned Mr. Alton. " Xo," said the paixm. " I ask her !" la th Wot Indie. Strange as it may seem at first sight cveryUdy in the West Indies eats very bir;ie meal. The climate Ls so hot that vou take fond freelv to make up for Na ture's losses, and the appetite has to lie stimulated bv a great variety of dishes, as well as I y the copious use of those verv insidious capsiennis and the still more delicious little red and yellow bird ' pepiicrs. A lew OX mese wiupuug irmu. 'are (uaoed in the salt-cellar at every ftnL w.tU hrisU uietit to the whole arrangements. Ureat f:ut is a really solid and sultantial re i lust, usually put off till half-past ten ' oVJ.K'k, the pangs of pressing hnnger Uing stflli-d lnrfore the early morning canter by a enp of coffee in the liedroom. With it sometimes comes a cassava-caKe, one of the lt Jamaicaa insUtutious, ' made by the negro villagers from the roughly-scraped meal of the arrowroot i,lant This meal is rolled into a turn ' paste and then baked hard and dry into irouml cakes about the thickness of Scotch oatmeal bannock, but much more Jdelk-ate in taste. Wolves and Coyotes. The coyote is much smaller than his gray brother. The latter is nearly as large as a Newfoundland dog, the former about twics the size of a cat The co yote fancies a camp fire, and sits on a hillock within sight of its place, barking for hours. The gray wolf bays the moon like a dog. Graham sys he has seen them sitting on the highest rocks gazing at the bright orb with their heads thrown back uttering unearthly howls. The wolf scorns the eoyote. When the large wolves drag down an old buffalo bull the coyotes huddle in the vicinity, lick ing their chops and barking, as though begging a share of the prey. Should these venture too near, the big fellows utter ominous growls, and the coyotes slink away, tails between their legs and heads turned over their shoulders. The coyote quickly determines the status of a hunter. If he finds him killing wolves he keeps at a respectful distance ; bnt if he is only hunting bears, antelope or buffalo, the little fellow becomes quite social Whilo a Jiear Limter was butch ering game coyotes patiently watched j his operation, and a gray wolf loped hungrily ou an outer circle. The trap per threw a piece of meat to the small Hows, who ran off and were waylaid by the big wolf. They dropped the meat and returned, but seenud to learn nothing by experience, for they fed the robler as long as the hunter chucked them the meat Many coyotes pick tip their supplies iu the prairie-dog colonies. If one is lurking in the streets and sees a dog away from his hole, aud he steals uion ini with the utmost secrecy, striving to cut off his retreat An old dog, how ever, is rarely caught napping. Some f the fraternity are sure to espy the olf. aud a warning bark sends the dog into his hoh, with a tantalizing shake of the tail. The coyote dtpotidnlly peers into the hole, bikes away tho dirt with a naw. nml sniff at tho lost meal. Ho get hi eye on another dog, and ornwl ward the hole like a cat uism a mouse. The warning bark is again heard, and a second meal disnplM-ars. Infuriated by is disapisiintment, the wolf frequent y urn uiMiii the little sentry, and for a ew s.i'oii.1 makes the sand tly from the iitnmcc of hi resiihtiee. Woru out .. .... . t ii.. . i iV III (utile elTori. n lumen iiiiumui hiii the sand ls-hiud the hole, and, .... ..i..: motionless a a annuo, wnteima it tor uuir. If the dog jM.p out hi head he ..i... I gone. The won springs upou nun, the jaws cnuiu together like thu snap of trap, and the lielnles little, canine 1 urned inb) a succulent silplcr. One Meier, a well-kuowu buffalo hunter, was riding acm a dog town some years ago, when he saw what ho supiKMted to hi a dead coyote stretched out at one of the holes. He disuiounte.l ami lifted it y the tail, iuteudiug to take the Isaly to camp and skin it. The coyote niade a smiii at hi leg, wriggled from his grasp aud ied over tho prairie more surprised than the trupper. Ue was iu n sound sleep when caught Wt tlie coyote's greater harvest is in the spring of the year, wheu they fattou themselves at the expense of the luexpeneueed young dogs caught wandering from home. Whole families eujoying the cool evening breeze ou the mountains above their burrows are taken unawares, and the teuder young snapped np before their parents can force them nnder the ground. Not (ienermlly Known. Keys were originally made of wood, and the earliest form was a simple crook similar to the common picklock. The ancient keys are mostly of bronze, and of remarkable shape, the shaft termina ting on one side by the wards, on the other by a ring. Keys of this descrip tion were presented by husbands to wives, and were returned again upon di vorce or separation. Hats were first made by a Swiss at Paris, iiOl A. D. They are mentioned in hishaty at the period when Charles VII made his triumphal entry into Rouen, in 1449. He wore a hat lined with red velvet, and surmounted with a rich uliime of feathers. It is from this reign that hats and caps are dated, which henceforth began to take place of the chaneroons and hoods that had been worn Wfore in France. Previous to the rear 1510 the men and women of England wore close-knit woolen caps. The custom of crowning the poets originated umong the Greeks, and was adopted by the Romans during the Em pire. It was revived in the twelftji oen tury by the emperor of Germany, who invented the title of poet-laureate. The French had royal poets, bnt no laure ates. The title existed in Spain, but little is known of those who bore it The tradition concerning the laureate in England is that of Edward HL in 136' emulating the crowning of Tetrarch, at Rome, iu 1341, granted the office to Chancer, with a yearly pension. In 1630 the laureate was made a patent office. From that time there has lieen a regular succession of laureates. Until the close of the eighteenth ceu tury the finest muslins in nse were ini ported from India. The earliest mention of cotton among the classic nations of antiquity is br Herodotus, who speaki it by the name of tree-wool, which name it still liears in German anal several other continental languages. Cotton was not known in Egypt until about 500 years lx.-fore Christ Then it appears probable that it was imported, for all the cloths found enveloping the mnm- niies of earlier age have proved on ex animation to be linen. Cotton cloths are mentioned as having been imported into London in 1596, the knowledge of both the culture and manufacture bar ing proliably been conveyed there by the Moors and other Mohammedan na tions. The former were the meant of first bringing this mftBufactlur into Europe. Toad Among riant. In the matter of feeding the toad is not very particular, either as to quality or quantity. Anything that creeps or crawls will do for him wood lice, bee tles, spiders, slugs, worms, even snails with their shells, are put out of sight as if by magic, for he has a pecnliar way of catching his prey. He watches the moving insect for a second or two; then suddenly darting out his tongue at a distance of one or two inches, the insect is snatched np and swallowed instantly. One evening a gentleman gave one a wasp and a bumble bee. . Both were snatched np directly, and they com menced to move, apparently without causing the toad the slightest discom fort, though they must have reached his stomach in a tolerably active condition. plant houses, especially forcing houses, where insects increase their numbers so rapidly at all seasons, the toad's services are especially valuable ; and if a suitable ladder, made of narrow board with bits of lath tacked on it two inches apart, lie set in a corner, slanting from the door to the stage, he will climb ;, and thus lie enAbW to make himself still more useful. But perhaps the most remarkable fact concerning the toad is, that though he can, and does, eat a great deal, he can exist a long time without eating anything. Years ago he buried one for a month in the earth, as an ex periment, and when dug up it was ai- pareutly as well as ever. More recently, aving been bothered with myriads of ood lice in an early cucumlier house, and not being Bble to find toads in Feb ruary, he, later on, when they liecame plentiful, buried three in a nine-inch pot with a slate on top, eighteen inches under the ground, that ho might linve them handy for the next early forcing season. But that season lie did not re quire them, so they remained buried until tho following one, and wele then, ou lieing taken up, apparently not much the worse for their eighteen month fat, though they did not have any lee water or alcoholic baths. At Hi While IIiiiiw. In il.u isu.v fiiinilv diuiltir I'tNilil the President' seal is liiiduay the length of the table on it west side, and Mr. lnr Held sits opIHisitc, with Hurry, her eldest a decided "uiotlior-lsiy, a near iters the presence of almost constant gunst will liermit, whilst Jimmie sit coitc ismdingly near hi father, where aIo (IriUHlitia uamciii no an nouoreu place. Shu i always wiuteii ou iiim, whoever elu limy no preeui. .inuiu' iU at the lioitlt end of the tnhle, nml the two younger lioys are disKiel a lit tle proinieuoiily, according to the exi gencies of the case, Harry i H, bill and graceful, with the regular feature of hi mother. The dowu of UialihtHHl uplH-ar ou hi check. Jimmie. 10 vcttnt old. is nearly or nnite as tail as his brother and broader shouldered, with the Kaxon hair and large features of hi father, whom he bid fair to resemble strongly in t r- on and intellect Molllc. Ok'i d ( 1. hu the dark brown hair of her mother and the liucaments of her father not unhand aoinclv reiirisluccd. When womanluxid has softened the charms of her face she will lie verv fine looking. Since the trouble came I notice that the news' paper writers speak of her caressingly as "little" Mollie. but she is already as large as her mother and of the "Ikiuiic- inn-" tvne of trirL Mhe is a great pet with her father. Irwin, aged 11, and Abram, aged 9, you already know through descriptions, especially the for mer, who is the eccentric one, possibly the genius of them all. He is named for General McDowell, and insists that his name mnst lie always written, not Irwin M., but Irwin Mcl). Meal time is almost the only time the President has lately had w ith his chil dren, and he devotes himself iu great part to them at that time, after asking questions on some interesting point of Harry or James or Mollie, to draw them out, and then explaining it at considera ble length, instructing by the Soc ratio method, as it were. This is a pleasant relic of his sohoolmaster days, of which also a gleam appeared, you will remem ber, on the very evening oi me irageuy, when he asked a messenger if many tel egrams had been received. "A great many.sir.expressing sympauiy ior you, was the reply. "Sympathy with, not for, you should say," replied the Presi dent pleasantly. "You must lie care ful of your grammar." The food on the White Honse table is scrupulously well prepared and well served, Mrs. Garfield insisting more strongly on this than did Mrs. Hayes, who was toieraniy pnncunous, out. uiu not make so much a fine art, a consecra tioa, of the table rites as does Mrs. Gar field. An AJderner cow. rrom me men tor home, furnishes delicious milk and cream; the tea and coffeo are trinmph- ... . , i a. -a anuy good; mere is auuuuuui imu ui breakfast and dinner, and there is deli cious soud always at lunch, followed by choice cold meats beef, fowl and other game. This is a refinement on the "codfish and prunes" of the Hayes lunches, which, however, were perhaps maligned. Flowers from the ample con servatories adorn the table at every meal When guests are formally present there is Little need of change in the menu, there is simply a sulwtitutiou of a larger and finer set of dinner service. Steward William Crump, who was Col Hayes's orderly, and came in with him to the White Honse, remains in mav capacity stilL and is now the President's special nurse, lifting him in his stout arms as no other can. There was a change of cooks when Mrs. Garfield came in. The rosy health and strength of her husband and family is due no doubt in a great measure to this lady s thorongn iieiiei in the gospel of good food. Conscientious, loviiiu supervision of these matter in the past is one of the ways in w hich her strong though quiet nature has expressed itself to them. In time of health she site cheerful, but silent, rather than otherwise, at table, a listener to her hus band and her bo vs. She dresses neat It, bnt very plainly, at breakfast and lunch but makes a more elaborate toilet for dinner, usually in rich black silk. The after dinner hour the President has adopted for recreation, going down stairs to the billiard-room usually for a it. ma with his bovs or his friends. It is a favorite nine with him; Colonel Rock well or General Swaim, who are more than frequent guests at his table, often join him at this diversion. Mrs. Hayes whose devotion to flowers was a specialty, con verted the billiard-room of the Grant regime, which adjoined the state dining room, into an additional conservatory there were only eleven previously mak ing a fine artistic effect with the foliage disclosed to view from the dining-room through the long windows. When President Garfield came in he re-established a billianl-room, for which his predecessor had no occasion, but placed it in the basement, in the nmni that Fannie and Scott Hayes and the two or three little companions who shared their studies had for a school room, their governness lieing an accom plished young Virginia lady. It was a subject of frequent query why, with that large house at their disposal, Mr. and Mrs. Hayes, who so delighted in their children and in the sunny side of life, should have fitted np abasement school room. Gen. Garfield, lelieving devout ly in plenty of light and air, promptly transferred the shrine of the scholastic deities in his new home to tho cheerful northeast chamlier in the business part of the mansion, where the morning sun conld shine njion the bright young heads of his sturdy boys. Don Rockwell, the mm of Col, Rock well, studied with his own sons. Their lessons for the day have ended at I o'clock. Ho holds their tutor in high esteem and pleasant personal relation to himself, and made the selection with scrupuloun care, calling him away from a lucrative meiLVal practice iu Helena. Montana, because of w hat he had heen told of his rare gift for training boys, as developed in four years teaching at Plullqis Academy (Andover) and else where. During 'the present dark days at the White House tho studies of the sons are naturally suscudfd, but Dr. Hawkes is on duty day and evening at tho mansion, rendering quiet skilled service in many ways. A Snake Charmer's Frals. Mr. Howe, of Camden, New Jersey, it a iniike charmer. Behind the counter of Ins liquor and billiard room, corner of Arch and Filth streets Camden, Mauds a pine box with a glass front, and in this recently, s visitor found a six-feet pine-snake, which at a distance of three or foul feet closely resembled a t M'iiake. Mr. Howe thrust so arm Into thu ux and lifting the squirm ing reptile by the neck toss ml hint on a billiard table to the consternation of a nisn who was reaching across for a hull. "Tliul'a thu only one I have at present," stid .Mr. Howe, us ho stroked (he crea ture's hack, "ltut loxpuclto get more soon. This fellow I cauglit sUmt three months aire, neiir Chemung Hint Inn, Svw Jersey, nml lie lias turned out one of Hie nicest IN'M 1 have usd. Uo was pretty ugly at first, but by gentle liuinllinij I have inadua decent snake nut of bi in. Why, ha wouldn't vat for three weeks after ho was caught, but I got hint recoutiU'd to Ins fate st lout Uo now rniti p'gulurly and is quite lively. I fed lum on sparrows, mice t'gs and milk. I put tin) birds ill alivo, and 1 sometimes feul sorry for tho nor things, they Uo tuko on so. Ho kills Ilium and thou swallow t In-in whole, fin Iters and all. Uo swal lows su vkk without breaking tho shell. Thai sound llko a pretty stiff snake story, hut tho throat of a snake U capable of wou derful diatriialoiu 1 feed hlin three and four limes a week. After a meal he will Ho for four or live hours without stirring a II i tin-If, "Thu rut'.luiimke," the suuke fancier coiitlii'icd, Trily feeds mora than three time a week. Uo is much more vicious thau the piue snake, aud it requires much more skill and patience to subdue him. It is the sumo way with the bluckauaku. The VnUler' has (ho nature of a bulldog to a great extent ; the only way in which any thing can ho done with him at drat Is by brute force. I have to whip a ratilor luto subjection. H.-w's that I Ob, the whip ping? Well, sir, I find that a snake has about as much initiliouce as almost any auiuial, and when it strikes at you it knows it haa done wrong and understands why the whipping is administered. 1 take a small switch and whip the snake over the bead. Rattlers are stubborn at firet but they can be conquered flunaiiy by the whip, and then ttiey give htlle trouble. hen a rattler gives in sua tqueum men i know 1 have conquered him. If I should take a switch and whip that snake there on Hie head it would cry like a hurt child. That's strange, isn't it I But it ia true. There is no need of whipping a snake more than two or three times, lor after that it fears you, and if you go at i' in the right way it will soon learn to love you the same as a dog or a cat Before 1 tamed this one it jumped clear out oi the box one day in an endeavor to strike the clerk. It never made a single pass at me, and it probably never will, because I treat it kindly. Would vou like to see it climb a tree t Well, then, come out here." The snake-owner carried the reptile to a tree in tront of ihe store and hung It over the first limb. In a few moments it climb ed to the very top of the tree and swung to and fro in the summer breeze. 1 here was a commotion among the birds and loud and angry protests were made agonist tue intrusion. Mr. Howe and the reporter sat down nnder the tree and talked of snakes and lizards and all manner of creep- log things, the former discoursing volubly on his preference for snakes as pets ana play things. He claims to have owned and handled all sorts of small animals, iuclud init birds, rats, mice, squirrels, opossums, raccoons, ground-hogs, foxes and other creatures common to this country. He pre fers snakes to any thine he has yet owned, arguing that as much confidence can be placed in them as in a dog. While be was giving an interesting experience a man stepped under the Ireland became an at tentive listener. lie was a miauiea-sgea man, upon whose features rum had placed its mark. lie was evidently no stranger to delirium, hU mind was cloudy and hu speecn incoherent. As he su listening tne snake, tired of the tree, dropped from tue tower .imb across his siioulders and instant lv coiled itself about his neck. "Merciful uod I ' ne suoutcu, springing to his feet and clutching wildly at his throat, his face the picture of (error. Tike it off; take it off I On, horrors Take it off. for Heaven's sake! " Got 'em acaw I " said Uowe. as he re lieved the man of the coid clammy cons. ''Jim-iams ture. this time, uo home and CO to bed." But but wasn t that a snake mat (hvrined on me i I fairly ra-ped the man "lou ve ot em airs in, 1 aay. now would a snake be in that tree, I'd like t know i " "Boo ! uiih ! Yes, I've got 'em again I and be ttarted off at an unsteady tnougb fast pace down the street convinced that delirium tremens was upon him with all its terrors. "If that fellow hadn't got rid of the snake it would bavechoked him to dcatb." said Howe, as he tucked the reptile under bis coat. "It has a powerful back bone, and its tqueezing ability is something re markable." Fifty-three million forest tree have been planted in Nebraska. Palestine Kxploration. First in interest, perhaps, comes Prof. Sayce's commentary on the newly found inscription at the Pool of Siloam. A text which dates from the time of Solo mon is, indeed, a rare monument There is next a discovery made by Lieut Condor, which may prove of even greater interest He has found, close to the spot where he places the site of the Crucifixion, which is still called the Place of Stoning, a Jewish tomb of Herodian period, standing alone, cnt in the rock. "Can this le," he asks, the new Sepulchre in the Garden ?' " A drawing and plan of the tomb have been made for the Society. Another drawing has lieen made of the real month of Ja cob's well, recently discovered by th Rev. C. L. Bardsley. The well month is much worn by the friction of pipes. It was formerly covered over by a Christian church, and if, as is possible, this chnroh dates back to the second or third century, the stone should be no other than the very stone on which our Lord conversed with the woman of Samarin. Another discovery, only in directly connected with the Bible, is that of the ancient Hittite city of Ka desh, on the Oroides. Xot the least surprising about this are the facts that Lieutenant Condor found it from an Egyptian record written three thousand years ago, and that the old name, though it has disappeared from history since the thirteenth century before Christ, is still attached to it. Another pajier in the same numlwr of the journal clears up a curious mystery attached to Aili Gndis, the probable site of Eadesh Baraca. It was visited and described in glowing terms by Mr. Rowland, forty years ago. o one has since lieen able to reconcile his statements with thoso of other traveler. Mr. Trumbull, of Philadelphia, has now, however, disco- ered that no other travelers have seen the real fountain since Rowland, having all Wen taken to another spring teu mile distant from tho real Ain G.idis. It is a most remarkable spring it issue a fiiM-gPiwn stream from the rock ; it 'i mis an ousts i'l which them is nbiin- liinee of gru, with great tree, even iu he arid desert of the Tih; it run away and lose itself in the Maud. The place may or may not be Kitdesh Itaruen, but those who believe that it i will hence- irtli rend the history of the event which took place (hero w ith far greater interest and fuller understanding. At all event, it in quite clear that there is leiitv of wider, anil to spare, uud even or large number who encamped at Ka- ilesh. Itaslroy lug Pyramids, The hows will bo received with groat ra grot that In Kgypt the baud of the destroy r Is at work. A traveler who has recent ly visited the pyramids at llheexeli, and hi we investigations extended to Pahkarab, Daahiatr and Maydooii, reintrts that fcol only was the work oi destruction pris-ecd- lug at a remote place like Ucihoor, but at the Tory scene of M, Murlett's operation. There have beou re moved from Immediate ly under the eutrauce to the great pyramid some four or five large stones ; aud this traveler a correspondent of the t.yyitian Uazcttem Informed, on what ho could not hut regard as trustworthy authority, that this wanton act had been committed by order of the Khedive, the stone being required for the buildmg of the new mot quo which overshadows the beautiful mosque of Bullan Hassan. When the Government itself sots an example of this kind, we are not surprised that it is prompt ly followed by meaner folk. Uasuoor place seldom visited by tourists, ana whore consequently, the marauder thought himself safe three camels were, during our stay, being loaaed with the square white limestones of the casing of the larger pyramid. Few of these stones remain. The upper part of the pyramid has long been stripped. The adjoining pyramid, which is so couspicuous iroin lielouan, and to remarkable from being built in two different slopes, had till lately its casing nearly complete. This casing is of the greatest importance ; and, I regret to say, there can be no doubt that here also the destroyer has recently been busy. Si ones loosened from the top of the building have been rolled down the side, tearing and smashing the smooth surface. Three or four large stones have also been removed from below the entrance, which is now in accessible without a ladder. It is in 'iltle known places like Dashoor that such de struction is most easy to perpetrate and most difficult to prcyent. Bat there can not be much dimiulty in watcbiug the great pyramid of Uheezch." Taa Xoetnrnal Cow. Laramie has about seven cows that annoy me a good deal The prevailing cow for this seasoa seems to be a seal-Drown cow with a stub tail, which ia arranged as a night-key. She wears it banged. I he other day I bad Just planted my celluloid radishes, and irrigated n.y royal Bengal turnips, and sown my hunting-case sum mer squashes. That night the blow fell. The queen of the night was high in the blue vault of heaven ; so, too, the twink Unz stars. All nature was bushed to re pose. 1 heard a steathly step near the con servatory, and I arose. It was a lovely sight. At the the head of the procession the-e was a seal-brown creature, with tail like the handle of a pump. That was the cow. Following at a rapid gait was a bewitching picture of alabaster limbs and Uoihic joints and anisut a muslin night robe. That was me. By-aod-by there was a crash, and the seal-brown Cow went home, carrying the garden gate with ber as a kind of keepsake. She had plenty of garden gales at home In ber collection, but she had none of that particular patttro. The writer of these fines then carefully Dnisheainesanaonnuiieeiwiinapuiow- sham and retired to rest. Tue next morn- ing I went out to feed my royal, self-acting beii, and 1 found this same Cow wetlgcu into the beno.op. 1 secured a large pit kit from the fence, and took my coal off, and breathed in a full breath. I did not want to kill ber ; 1 simply wanted to make her with she had died of membranous croup when she was young. I brought down the picket with the condensed strength, and eagerness, and wrath ot two long suffering years. It struck the corner of the hen house. There was a deafen iig crash, and then all was still, save the low, rippling laugh of the cow, as she stood ia the alley and encouraged me as I naUed np the hen house again. Looking back over my whole life. It seems to me that it is strewn with nothing but the ingnd ruins of my busted antiapalioae. west Point. At this place army officers are manu factured. During the Revolution this was the Gibraltar of the Hudson, and the saddest lesson of those stern day is connected with its history. Here Bene dict Arnold, the story of whose treachary is familiar to every school-boy, was in command. It will be remembered that he met Andre at the house of Joshua Hett Smith, at a place now known as Treason Hill, near the village of Haver straw. Major Andre was sent as the representative of the British commander, Sir Henry Clinton, and with the papers and plans of Arnold secreted in his boots was captured ou the Tarrytown rool below, npon which a monument erected by the citizens of Westchester county now marks the spot and it is said that the tree lieucath which the arrest took place was struck by light ning on the very day of Arnold's death in London. Arnold returned from the meeting at Smith's house aliove alluded to the Beverly Hotel, where he was then living, which stands a mile south of the Garrison depot, near the magnifi cent residence of the Hon. Hamilton Fislu Ou the morning of that eventful 24th of Septemlier, as Arnold sat at breakfast with Alexander Hamilton and General Lafayette, Colonel Jamison's letter was handed him, which he hastily perused, excused himself from table, bade his w ife good-bye aud told her he was a mined man, kissed his baby-boy in the cradlo, fled to Beverly dock, and ordered his men to pull off down the river. The English man-of-war "Vul ture," which lay near Teller's Point, received the traitor whose living treason was atoned for by the blood of the noble and true-hearted officer, Andre. Arnold lived long enough to be hissed iu the Floiise of Common us he once took his seat in the gallery, and died as he de served friendlons and despised. A Water Klr. The great Stttro tunnel, cut to re lieve the celebrated Comtock mine a, Virginia City, Nevada, of the vat quantities of hot witter which i en countered in them, affor 1 an outlet of l'J.tHH) ton every twenty-four hour, or alsiiit n.lMNI.INHI gallon. Some of the water, a it find it way luto the mine, hit a tclnN-llitiire of 1115 degree, while four mile from the mouth of the tunnel the teniN'rturi range from :',0 to IM." degri'. To obviate the inconvenience which would arimi from the Hr hih-Ii a vuit quantity of water would give nlf, the flow I conducted through the entire tiiiiiii l, four mile , in slight lliimo mode of piue. At tho jsiiitt of exit the water has lost but lie veil degrees of heat. Sixty feet lielow the mouth of tho tunnel the hot water i utilized for turning machinery ladoiiging to the company, from whence it is carried off by a tunnel 1,101) feet iu length, which serve a n water way. Leaving the waste way tunnel the water flow to the Carson river, a mile aud a half distaut - This hot Water is lieing utilised for many piirpoMc. The liys have arranged several jmmiIh where they indulge iu hot baths. The miners and others use it for lauudry purpaies, aud arrangements are being made whereby a thousand acres belonging to the company is to lie irrigated. It is ppiposed to conduct the hot water through irou piiHis, lieuoath the surface of the soil, near the roots of thousands of fruit trees which are to be planted, and iu a similar manner give the necessary warmth to a num ber of hot houses to lie used for the propagation of early fruit and veget ables. A Place for Kvrrythnii;. Experience show us that unless the habit of Wing orderly is cultivated in youth it never will be ours iu mature years. The disorderly girl may be sul ject to spasmodic fits of tidiness, and at such times her closets, bureau drawers and boxes will be put iu order, but as these attacks are but tenqiorary they are soon over and the old way fallen into again. Such a girl may lie good aud clever in many respects, bnt her want of order and system, liesides Wing an incouveuience to herself, will also (, more or less, a trial to those alsmt her, Girlhood Ls the time wheu habits are formed, and if an impulse to lie orderly is followed theu, it will gPiw upon u until it will liecomea secoud uature, and diMtnii-r will be a pain to us. If, how ever, during these years we are careless, put things iu their proper pLuvs if it is convenient, and if uot leave them around for some member of the house hold to pick up aud put away for us, we are doing onrselvt-s an injury which, if uot appan-iit now. will lie w hen we have reached womanhood. Some girls make their thiugs last so much longer thn others, and we wou der sometimes by what magic they can lie worn so hmg without looking shabby. The reason is, that they take good care of them. Their dresses are hru-hed carefully and the slighb-st it upon them removed U-fore hauging them awav, riblsuis and laces are folded and laid away with care, gloves are tueud.-d wheu the tiniest hole shows itself, a but ton lt from a slus is restored imnirdi- . u., a ,nhe titcU ia tinh, - l k, i nianv a wardmlie looking fresh and new, which otherwise would iH-come old and woru out if neglected from time totinie. Girls ! dou't give way to seif-iudtilgi-nce and laziness in regard to y.wr own per sonal liclougiugt. If yon have a desire to leave things around, or to put off mending a garment, localise you don't feel like being tidy at that time, or in a ruood for mending, don't yield to it, for every time you do vou are strength ening the impulse to l disorderly, and are taking the stepi that will induonce your character for the whole 4 your fu- ufe I I Plato died at 31 pea in hand. NEWS IX BRIEF Tobacco crop very poor in Connec ticut. Germany has now 8.000 miles of un derground wire. Has were first made in England by Spaniaida in 1510. A signature in lead ix-noil is an legal as any other. Th pse gardens of Adriauoulo cover 1- ,000 acres. Wa ;ch spring temper iu steel is ol- tained it 554 deg., T. Lu ay Cave, in Virjiiua. is to be lighted ith electriiity. Th "e is oue mad man iu France out of everv 400 inhabitants. Pvl silver Ls the best Conductor of heat am electricity known. Th' Irst pharmacopoeia was pub- ished i. Xnremburg in 1542. Tli -i ? were no horses on this conti nent at ' e time of its discovvry. Tlit floating ixtpulation of Xew York ciy U estimated at 200,000. The oldest note in the ltossession of the Rank of Engluhd is dated 1G9S. Rli stodendrous have lieeu planted in St. Paul's Churchyard, London. Anion;' the Gauls, cutting off the hair was inflicted as a punishment. Photography was known to I.eouar- do de Vinci in the fifteenth century. The recent prosecution of ritualist cost the English Govcmniciit S'21,000. !,'onl gas, for the purisise of light ing, was known ages ago to the Chinese. The idea of fertilizing hind with salt was conceived by John Nupier iu 159M. Australia has produced during the iiast tvciity vears, Sl,3."5,(K)O,0s) in gold. Since 1H51 there have emigrated altogether from Ireland 2,637,137 per son. Blind person are admitted five to musical performance at the Boston Theatre. The estimated value of railroad pnipcrtv in the United State in 4, 410,:ilO!7. The ;ionev owed in shnlie of foreign loans in d fault to Engluud amount to $0,05l,lk.',lsMI. The I m! two steamers from t'liinn to Han Frr ncisco brought nearly a thou sit li I Cbim se each. Mr. Henry Irvinit ha Uieu oleetod President of the Slmkesiirnre and Burn HiN'iety of loll.loll. Building i uetivti iu liitllil.iote.ovei llHMI iN-rniit liuiiug Is-en granted since ' the 1st of .liiuuarv. - One hundred and thirty threw stu- lent have passed the entrance itamt- tin! ioll lit I'rilteeloli. -I iregoii oldest pioneer, Andr La- shupi'lle, who recently died at IN) year f ;, w ii it t uuudiali. The Mis I'.IimmI whom !ip Colin ('iimp)H II did imt marry 1 named .uiu not "Ucrtruiln, - -'i "e r. i a chestnut tree iu Ogle. 'p. 'culy, (la., which i nine feel '.it.li-t.v at the base. - Smith College, ut Northampton, lm v. ied a gift of 2.V1) tot the est.ili mme'it of an art gallery, The Newfoiiii.lltiinl cod fisheries promise to lie more prolific this year thu. i for the post thirty year. I is said Miss sH.rothv lux, thu great h.-urted nurse of the late war, is slowly dying at Washington. - Contracts have Wen made in F.ug- laud to carry sixty thousund Swedes ami Norwegians to the I luted Stutes. The annual exiieuse of the British Government are more thau one-third larger than those of the United States. The uuudier of deaths from starva tion, and of deaths accelerated by pri vatum iu Loudou, during l&SO, was 101. In bSoo the planet Neptune was dis covered, by which the solar system was extended J.OOO miles Wyoud its former limits. Mrs. Van Pelt, of Xauuct,Rocklnud aiunty, N. has just preseuted her husband with a sixth pair of twins in suecesMo-.. Silk lrt came from China, aud thd Chinese still have many important secrets connected with it unknown to Eunpeani. Allot' n r mou.-ter war iroucbtd has had its k( el laid at Naples. The Italians say that t le Mediterranean must 1m un der their M.preuiacy. Iu Nevada, within a few weeks, au Indian w. man has lo-en sacrificed on tho grave of a man whom she was charged with havi'ig lewitchcd. lmrii'g the last six months there were, aci-ordiug to the official statistics, t!3 murdi rs ami 5:13 robberies iu the beautiful i'aiid of Sicilv. Puriiig the glacial period, the ic iu America, latitude 41 V, is supposed, from evidences knowu to scientists, to have lieetn li.OOO feet deep. Louise, Victoria and M.tud, the three little daughters of the Prince of ah-s, had a narrow 'escape from senou injury while driving out recently. Tho voting men of Milwaukee Wis. , are actively interesting themselves in tlie proposed ept-tion of a nxmument to the late Scuat.ir Matt H. Carpenter. The increase ia the groo earning' f thirtv-.--en railroad during the month of M:ir-h, Ls stat-d by the Finan cial Chronicle at 31,l.4,filJ, or uearlv ') js-r Celit. Tlie r.uuil-r of couverts made iu San Frauciseo bv M.aJv and Saiiker daring twenty week of revivalism la placed at it.Oiai. and tlie churches ar greatly qiiiekeUcl iu vitality. Notwi'htaudiujr the unprecedented immigration of the present year, it is uud. at CVtle Garden, that tlie d. cand for lalmrrrs cainot le met and that l.lk st m n are now wanted. Mr. W. W.tv--rAU. of Wahuig ton, has purchased the linai!ia and Washing?-mi iapcrH sold Lotidsl this ruoutii. and has )r uled theu U die Virginia Historical S-jrty. .V hti'c dauu'atcr of Mr. Wa. H. S-aard vis baptized Ust wrk at Aa K"r.i. N. Y.. with water which waa hri!"lit from th River JorUa bv Sec- refcu-y S.-w.ird many yran ag. Iu ( n aonvui allowed to Uk a druik at a puMtc lmr without takuif ait a 5 lsvus, and the rcwpper l-ubiL-h il l. rv-titi4 ht- from tins to Umr f tite men who mT o(4.unti U- evi-v s. - I'u 4 the choscvM fans La th a. -ild I- tht bvk-ngwl to Mae. Iiloour. It K aua.li tf lac. s L-.rn? sears ia making and coat JCSI.ISM. Tho ivory fat. that was prx-smtoi by th cily of IHeppe to Mane Aetiwuette, oa the orcwatoii of Um birth if the Dan-hiq Ls st U in tusteace. l iAMswAi
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