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B p. SCHWEIER,
TEE OOIBTrnmOI THE UHOI AID TEE ETFOBOEKEIT OF THE LAI'S.
Editor and Proprietor.
VOL. XXXY.
MIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY, PENNA.. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1881.
NO. 47.
WHAT ISTHEKAIS?
Wbat w the pun 7
lf we ak -oM run a nolile race,
LwwH1 n,", hBI
, hjne-tle!d of waste ""I lpr8.
c'rf turnwil and of buried tnwt,
Hull wiin dea.1 b"la "J bitu,r Ulwt
abJ anfe, nJ sneer, mod ceaseless pain,
W lut w the fain?
Wlut is the gain 7
HT.cn. kav:njr rea.bed a sunlit height
ntr-mf barren (.weeps of giuoiuful night,
liaise to ' v"nJ tne crw,t
fjir ton "f '" ua of
mtr lie tfore. "tretrhe J far away
Vnw the cmline of the day,
. JrtoUle an .1 shadeless plain.
What k the gain?
What U tie Rain 7
To tail for mouta of cold and toil
irTam wide sea, where winds recoil
(m;, wnifct otrewtth and roar
A l"a.irclui:'nire lBB before,
tnl aii'l. h11 through fog, thick and dun
7. m-t j coast at lan la won.
So luven fr.im the storm-vexed main,
W hat a the gain T
W hat is the gain?
Tiieri"n: we see the light ;
we conquer where tbe storm-winds light :
lr .bow the way to those who wait
Willi faint hears b. the walla of Fate;
oar tanners uuer in the Tan
tit tattles foturht for Thought and Man,
nd ifO'iran and uarknei wane :
What is the gain?
JOB IAVTO"S MODfeX
'Mark, vou will never find a model to
Castrate your idea. There's no woman
in America with a face beautiful
eiiongh."
Joe, Ive fouud her."
"Where is sha?"
Joe Dayton knocked over the cigar
ftinJ and stood up before Mark Hat
tUL "She may be in the next room for
sight I know. I expect her every mo
ment, and I'm sure I don't want to
frighten her away."
"Where did you find her?"
"IaB spiare, No, 12."
"Why that is Clifftou's!"
"Precisely!"
"You don't mean Isabel Clifftou? She
is as u:;!y as a squaw.
"Xo, I don't mean Bel Clifftou. Joe
keep still, I hear the belL"
"Ah, Mif Cliffton! You are very
jiaiK'tiiid, riease walk this way. This
is my studio; where you are to spend
tuny tedious hours." lie held the door
vide open and she entered.
Snewasata'l, plainly dressed girl,
without a tinge of color in her face, save
in the curved lips, and w ith ripples of
black hair sweeping back in graceful
landeani from her queenly forehead.
Bat there was all the artist desired great
suulfal eyes and an exquisite regularity
and perfection of features.
"My friend "and "brother artist," Mr.
Dirton, ICas Clifftou."
She turned and scrutinized him
with her clear eyes, and bowed
quietly.
"When am I to begin my work?"
"At once, if you axe ready," he said,
with his impatience showing itself plain
ly in the fevered flush on his cheek.
Sue went forward with that same
quiet air, ad sat back in the arm-chair
which Mr. Day ton arranged for her, and
tahniitted to the artist's arrangement of
the greceful folds of the curtain, and
the turning of her splendid head to
enable him to trace its outline.
Once when he put his hand leneath
ber chin, there came a grieved expres
sion aiwut the fine mouth, and strange
to saj, Joe Dayton, who had delicately
tpped into the deep recess of the
window, and yet, man-fashion, was
watching her all the while, gave an otto
man a furious kick and frowned like a
brigand.
Then an idea struck him, and he pick
ed up one of M irk's pencils from the
floor and went on sketching for an hour
on more, until the lovely model went
out with a regal sweey of her plain
black dress.
"Where on earth did you find her?"
aij Joe.
"I told you at Clifftou's."
''And I suppose vou are in love with
lr?"
"My dear liny, she has not a dime to
Was herself, or why sh ,uld she come
here? She Ls a sort of a nursery gov
erness to her cousins, the young Cliff
t"Us. I'm not a marrying man. If I
as I should make advances to some
olike the fair Isalx.1, who has dollars
faoiigli to hide any little imperfections
of feature she Kay have."
"H'ln! I suppose you will be around
uiere to-night?"
"Without fail."
The home of the Clintons was quite np
town, and was a wonder of elegance and
te, conseqiieutly there was a crowd
f pleasure-seekers ever ready to respond
to even a shallow of an invitation. There
ere very few present on this evening,
W 111, the oldest, was in excellent
hunior, and came forward and with good
P greeted the artist friends without
distinction, although one numbered his
ealth by thousands and the other by
Pmies. Mamma Cliffton was radiant.
There was a big, bronzed-faced old
Mlow, witu a heavy tread and a voice
J thunder, who was towed along
l'.T his good lady, like a man of war by
heezy puffing tng boat, and who
ooltd quite as uucomforable as his con
tresg did happy.
"Ur. Dayton, my brother, Captain
Uifftua; Mr. Hatfield, Captain Cliffton.
"cse are our artist friends of whom we
Wfi spoken."
growled the old fellow, "I re
nieiubet. Are you making your for
tune?" Mr. Dayton's fortune is already
"e, and I expect my own will be
founded when I complete the work I
nw in hand," said Mark.
"Ah!"
1
lea, su And we have a member of
.Tour faadly to thank. He found his
"del here," said Joe.
"Here?" thundered the captain.
"Here? ' cried Mrs. Cliffton.
ies, nere," went on the inc arable
Joe, without a glance at Mark's imidor
mg face. 'Tour niece, I suppose, Mrs.
Pinion, sue is Mr. Hatfield'
icodel."
"What, not my niece Honona, sister?
mat is strange.
T i . .
fill mth. (Jliflton, with that skilful
1 1 . ..
imuu .i ners, quietly varnished the
matter over and whispered to Joe:
"Pray don't mind him. H is
strange creature; but, for all that, an
angel. Uo is immensely rich and
iei is his lieiress."
t
Poor Bel!" thought Joe. and tehn h
looked back at his discomfitted friend,
from whom the blustering capUiin was
pumping every drop of information he
required.
Mark Hatfield went home that nisrht
uonestly believing himself a mined
man, and that his model would never
again make her appearance, but at the
appointed time on the following day she
swept in. She took her seat iu the
chair, as usual, and sat back without a
murmur, and Joe Dayton peeped
through the curtain until the sitting was
over, luen he came out. and with
almost unpardonable boldness, begged
leave to see ber to the stage.
She accepted the kindness, as she did
every tlang, with perf ect composure, and
they walked away.
"It is tedious work for you, is it not?"
he asked, when they were in the
street
"I do not like it"
"Why do you accept his offer?
Because I am poor," she answered,
frankly.
He was treading on delicate ground so
he called her attention to a handsoms
carriage w hirling up the street and asked
her if she liked driving.
"Very much."
"To morrow I shall be at your door
with my carriage. Will you drive with
me?
She looked down at the plain black
dress and shawl, and then looked up at
him with a shadow on her face.
"If you will not be ashamed of
me."
"Miss Cliffton, you are hasty in your
judgement"
"I am not certain that I can with pro
priety accept your invitition."
"I shall come," he said, smiling.
He did call and she came down on the
arm of the sun-bronzed captain, who
placed her in the light buggy, say
in jj:
"I hope you will enjoy your afternoon
ride. There's a regular nor'easter brew
ing, and I am going Jo just ait aad enjy
it"
He pointed backward and laughed, and
Joe caught a glimpse of Enima Cliffton
and Isabel looking wratlifuUy from the
parlor window.
This was the first ride, but it was not
the last. Never again did she walk alone
from the studio, for Joe was always
there to escort her, and, as of course
you will infer, he asked her in good time
to be his wife.
Even though she had held, since her
father's death, the position of governess
and nurse to her little cousins, for her
board and an occasional present, nd
been treated in every respect as a meni
al, yet in her happiness she went to her
aunt and cousin and told them of her
engagement
They had been in excellent humor all
the afternoon, and when Honoria had
completed her story she looked np for
their approval. Isabel was white as
death with suppressed rage; but the
anger of the mother knew no bounds,
and, springing to her feet, the pointed
to the open door and cried, iu a voice
thick with passion:
"Do you see that door, you ungrateful
wretch? Leave this room, gather tip
your effects and leave this hotise at once
Tou are an arful hussy! You cave tried
your best to alienate the affections of
vour uncle from Isabel whom he adores,
and now you have caught Joe Dayton.
Xot that I care for the act itself,
but the misreable spirit you show.
Go! I never want to see your face
againl"
Honoris stood up, nervously working
her trenbling hands, wondering where
in her extremity she was to go, for in all
the great city she knew no one of whom
she might at k so much as a night's lodg
ing.
Von need not hesitate, said her
aunt
"Xo, Honoria, you need not hesitate,"
said her nucle, stepping from the
library.
"Get your hat and leave this house at
once."
"You hear what your uncle says," said
Mrs. Cliffton, in triumph.
"And don't you ever daro, Honoria
Cliffton, to again set your foot over the
threshold. I've got room at the Fifth
avenue, and I rather think I can find you
a suite there, too. I've been waiting for
an outbreak of some kind that I might
take you away. As for you, Sister Cliff
ton, I'm afraid you'll have to find anoth
er purse, and your daughter Isabel an
other rich uncle, for I can assure you
that you will never get a dollar from me.
or another hour's drudgery from this
wronged child.' .
In a luxurious carriage the girl was
home awav to the hotel, and hencefor
ward her life was an easy ona. She went
steadily to the studio, where she met her
t.i. -,1,.1 until the uicture was com-
UrJUUVNivwf
pleted, and then resolved to be her hus
band's' model alone. She was married
before the year ended, and proud, happy
Captain Cliffton gave the bride away,
and with her a brown stone palace,
whieh made his grasping sister and her
daughter turn green with envy.
As for Mark Hatfield, his picture was
a success, and eventually be made a lor
tune and wedded for love.
Taltoolngas a Trade.
Alongside the door of a house on Oak
street, New York is a framed sign bear
ing an elaborately executed and vividly
colored Goddess of Liberty, with the
equally glaringly tinted words under
neath: "Tattooing done here by Martin
Hilderbrandt" Ascending a narrow
stiirway and turning to the right, the
reporter found himself in a small room.
Inquiring for the owner of the sign, the
reporter was t.ld that he was at present
tattooing a man, but would be done di
rectly. Under the impression that the
reporter was a customer, the woman
who had gtven the information handed
him a book which she said contained
the designs her husband was capable of
executing on the human epidermis.
The book was a curiosity iu itself. It
contained abont 50 crudely executed
and highly colored drawings and de
signs. 1 here were Goddesses of Lilierty
in profusion uf all sizes and styles, the
coats of arms of the United States, Eng
land, France. Germany, Spain, Italy,
Sweden, Deumark-and Russia; anchors
and cliains.a full-rigged man-of-war fir.
ing off a cannon, ships of all kinds; the
flags of different nationalities; a ballet
girl with a very short skirt and very mus
cular limbs; a Venus; a willow-surround
ed tomb with the words, "My mother'
on its face; butcher's knife and cleaver
crossed; black smith's hammer and
tongs: mermaids sitting on a rock play
ing on a lyre; Masonic emblrms; burn
ing hearts, eagles, lions etc. Under
neath each design was the cost of hav
ing it executed, the prices ranging from
25 ets to S3. It was evident that the cus
tomers of the shop preferred realistic
pictures to allegorical hints, and a heart
pierced by an arrow cost only 25 cents,
while the design of a jauntily clad sailor
embracing a short-skirted female cost
2.
While the reporter was still admiring
these works of art, the artist himself
entered. He was a short thick-set man
some 50 years of age. He was very
willing to give information concerning
his peculiar trade. Seeing his book of
designs in the reporter's hands, he has
tened to assure him that "them's not
all the designs I kin make by a good
deal; I kin tattoo anything a customer
calls for."
I suppose sailors are your chief cus
tomers?"
"Oh, no, mechanics, tradesmen aud
'long-shoremen are the class of men I
do most of my tattooing on. I have cus
tomers from all over the United States,
all kinds of people, and have even had
gentlemen- come to my door ylfryT JP -
Tate carriages. I am the only man in the
city who has a permanent place of busi
ness. There's an old fellow who goes
around among the sailors on the docks,
but his trade isn't big."
"What designs are the most popu
lar?"
Well, that's all according to taste or
hobby, American sailors like Goddesses
of Liberty, sailors of other nations the
coats-of-anus of their country. An In
dian w aving a tomahak is a great favo
rite with some tars. Then I've put
many knives and cleavers on butcher's
. gl
aring, hammers ana tongs on uiacii
smiths. Masonic emblems are always
in demand. Sometimes there are sail
ors who want the initials of their sweet
hearts' names put on their arms. Some
times men who have been jilted by their
girls afterwards have their names
or initials covered with other pictures.
Some of the fellows who used 'to run
wid der machine in the old volunteer
fire department days, have had me put
pictures of a fireman with a speaking
trumpet at the mouth on their hands or
forearm. Young men have the coats-of
arms of their country or State put on. A
design of a willow-surrounded tomb
with the words To the memory of my
mother, is a great favorite with old
men."
"Have you executed a number of de
signs on any one person?"
Yes, I've tattooued one man from
head to foot He has a large design of
Washington's tomb on his breast, and
smaller figures of flowers, leayes, etc.,
on the rest of his person. He exhibited
t Coney island lat year, and got $40 a
week. Another man I almost covered
with picturts was a Spaniard abont 50
years of age, He brought his own de
sign with him, and these I put on him,
smaller or larger than the pattern. They
were almost all of a religious character.
On his back I put the Virgin Mary sur
rounded by 33 angels. A large picture
of the crucifixion I put on his breast,
Then there was a picture of a blind man
led by a little girl to the end of a preci
pice, and saved from falling over by an
angcL Three mermaids I tattood on
one side, a rooster and cat respectively
n each shoulder, and more religious fig
ures on his arms."
"Did he go into the show business
too?"
No. I asked him if he intended to
do so, he said, no: then I asked him his
reason for having himself tattooed all over
but he wouldn't tell me."
Do many boys come to you to get
tattooed?"
Sometimes fathers bring their boys
and have their name or some mark put
on them, so that they can be recognized
when stolen or lost A sea captain was
lately drowned in the East river, and his
body was only recognized by an India
ink mark on his arms. When I was
with the army of the Fotomae I put the
names of hundred of soldiers on their
breasts, and many were recognized by
these marks after being killed or woun
ded. I learnt my business from an en
graver with whom I served on board of
the frigate United States during the Mex
ican war."
"What is the beet time of the year for
your work?"
"The winter, as tha work dries quick
er; but I am also busy is the summer,
as there seems to lie more money
round."
"With what do you do the tattoo
ing?"
"With six needles tied together in
line, one much higher than the others.
The wounds are very slight and heal in
a few days. The Burmese are the only
nation who now practice tattooing-
They use a hollow instrument contain.
ing the India ink, something like one o'
them ere fountain pens.'
"An India ink mark can never be
erased?"
No, it is impossible to remove it
See here," showing his right hand.
covered with the design of a ship "I
had a gathering here some time ago.
and put a poultice on that ate away the
skin. When the new skin came there
was the design as plain as ever. I've
made as much as $30 in one day. I've
been in the business for the last 25
years."
uo you ever have any women cus
tomers?"
"Very rarely. Fve had some,though
who had their lover's or husband's
names surrounded by roses and other
flowers, put on their arms."
Mr. Hildebrandt's business is eviden
tly well-known in the neighborhood, for
as the reporter was stepping out of the
door he was accosted by two small boys
with the question: "Say, mister, wot
did yer have put on yer arm? A ship or
yergalsname?"
Her Flock.
An irascible sea captain settled down
to Portland life by the side of a well-
tempered man, and the two got along
very well until the beu question came
up. Said the captain: "I like you as
a neighbor, but I don't like your hens,
aad if they trouble me more 111 shoot
them."
The mild mannered neighbor studied
over the matter some, but knowing the
captain's reputation well by report, he
replied:
"Well, if we can't get along any other
way, shoot the hens, but I would take
it as a favor if you would throw them
when dead over into my yard and yell
to my wife."
"All riiht" said the captain.
The next day the captains gun was
heard, and a dead hen fell in the quiet
man's yard The next day another hen
was thrown over, the next two, and the
day after three.
"Say," said the quiet man, "couldn't
yon scatter them along? We really can
not dispose of the number you are kill.
IrT - '
"Give them w your poor relations,"
gruffly replied the captain.
And the quiet man did. He kept his
neighbors well supplied ia chickens for
some weeks.
A few months after the captain said to
the quiet man:
"I have half a dozen nice hens I am
going to give you if you will keep quiet
about that affair."
"How is that ? " said the quiet man.
"Are you sorry because you killed my
hens?"
"Your hens!" said the captain.
"Those hens belonged to my wife. I
did not know she had any until I fed
you and your neighbors all summer out
of her flock."
Do Not Trespass.
Don't occupy the attention of your
friend or acquaintance, or indeed any
body else, longer than is absolutely nec
essary. When you exceed the measure
of necessity yen commit a trespass on
his time which you have no right to per
petrate. Whether yon meet him in the
street, or call on him at his store, his
stall, his office, his workshop, or what
ever may le the title of his place of bu
siness, you have no right to presume
that he has time to spare because yon
happen to have a superabundance of it,
or that he is not pressed by the demand
of business, because you have nothing
to do. It is a moral impropriety, which
some are in the habit of indulging in,
that of trespassing unnecessarily upon
the time of their friends and acquain
tances thus f.H-eiug them either to neg
lect their business, explain the nature
of their engagements, or incur the im
putation of a breach of politeness. Do
uot then put your friend into such a
disagreeable position. If you meet
him on the street, and he gives sign of
haste, do not stop him nnless to do so
be indispensable, nor delay kim long
er than is absolutely necessary; and if
yon have to call upon him at his office,
store, or shop transact your business
with him as soon as possible, and then
'be off.
The Ruins of Ninevelu
There were four sites of the royal Assy
riaa residences discovered on the left side
of the Tigris, in what was considered As
syria proper, and which were in the time
of the preaching of the prophet Jonah,
within the metropolis Nineveli. These are
Kuyunjik, lSebi Yunis, Nitnnid, and Khor
sabad. There are ether important ruins
within what I consider to be tbe radius ol
that 'great city,' such as ariaija, BaJawat,
Karamlais, Bahshika, and Sharifkhan.
Taking the oblong distances of these dif
ferent rums, together with KuyuDjik and
Ncbi Yuais on the western limit Wimrud
on its southern border, and Khoreabad on
its northern side, they make the size of the
old city around about sixty miles, or three
dajs' journey, as mentioned in Holy Writ;
because twenty miles are reckoned in that
country, according to the traveling of a
pedestrian, about a day's journey. In all
these mounds there have been discovered
Assyrian remains; aad at Balawat es
pecially the famous brorze gates and
temple dedicated to the gd of war by As-sur-nazii-
pal. There are besides these
mounds, several others, scattered all over
the above-mentioned space, which must
have been formeily temples or watch
towers to guard the several quarters of the
great town, with gardens and orchards en
closed.
Kd ItiU Paper.
una oi .uciroiis railiioniures was
. . . . ... .... .
walking homeward, when he encount
ered a lam man with a greasy paper in
his hand. As the pair came to a halt
the lame ma. asked;
"Will you do me the favor to read this
paper?"
"Can t do it left my eye-glasses
home," was the reply.
Then I will state the contents to
yoo,"
"No use no use. I'm so deaf that
couldn t catch more than one word out
of three."
'I'm a poor man with a wooden leg,
sir."
"Yes I see I see. Lota of psor men
have no wooden legs. You are lucky,
sir, and I congratulate you. Must have
cost you fifty dollars, and 1 presume it
is a nice leg."
"If you had any clothes sir."
"Yes, but I haven't"
"Or old boots."
"I'm wearing my old boots, you see.
You are just six mouths too early to get
em.
'I haven't had a meal since yester
day."
'Nor L either. We are cleaning
house, and for the last three days I've
had to eat a cold lunch off the piano."
Then yon couldn't spare a nickel?"
How can I? Ain't I walking home
because I haven't money to ride on the
cars?"
"Is that so ? Then we're both hard
np."
"Of course we are."
'And being you're the worst off her'es
a cold sassage I got at the house below.
and here's a nickel to ride on the car! I
tell you, sir, us poor folks has got to
have more pity for the rich and do bet
ler uy em or we u ail go to the poor
house!"
la the 1-enitentlary.
"You are living a very secluded life,'
said a traveler to a man tit whose eabin
he had stopped (or a drink of water.
Yes, rather. I got tired of society,
Must find it lonesome out here in
the woods. I must confess that you
like the woods of Arkansas tietter than
do. Say, are yon tired of society?"
"Yes, worn out I have been in dif
ferent circumstances. Last year I lived
in Little Rock. I had a fine house and
plenty of company. Frequently when
men came to town from the country
they'd stop with me, bnt I grew tired of
(company. X gave up the large house
and left town."
CoJkjnto delt,J suppose."
"No ; dTdiTl owe a" cent Gave np
the house willingly, and am mnoh more
contented In this little hut"
"Very strange case. Don't under
stand it"
"Perfectly plain. I was in the Peni
tentiary." rjoako I'oiaoa.
JL Gautier the celebrated French savant
has just shown, indeed, that there is not
luni h difference between human saliva and
the secretions from snake fangs. Taking
some twenty grammes of the falivary fluid
aud purifying it the other day, he obtained
a substance which, after be!ug j -cted in
the form of a solution under the .-km of a
bird, threw it into a su.te at coma and
complete stupor, aud finally killed it in
half an hour. Impressed with so strange
experiment, M. Gautier went further and
found that the poisonous character of sa
liva was not effected even wtcn heat! d to
a very considerable decree, aud after much
careful research he cauie to the con
clusion that inasmuch as in its efforts it
greatly resembled the bite of the cobra,
both as respects the periods of coma, ex
citation, convulsions and tetanic contrac
tion, it is after all only a ni'xl.fiect form of
the venom from which we fly when the
Indian terror shows its teeth. Fur
ther experiment! reveal the fact that the
poisonous matter of saliva when mixed
with the ferrocyauide of potassium, pro
duces, like cobra poison, a Pro&iau blue;
and there is now reason to bdxvc fiat the
active principle of it is an aika'uid simi
lar to the cadavcic pnt-ous cilled pto
maines, which Mil. Broardci aud i&mluiy
have isolated. There is nothiug at all un
reasonable in all this. Pojaioly rnougb the
poison aerpeuls conceal in tbe gland at the
back of their fangs do aid them ia the di
gestion of food, just in the same way as
the human saliva is utilized by men; and
if it is somewhat degrading to think that
Uabdais was right after all when he claim
ed a poisonous property fir the human
bite, it is just as well that we sbotiM know
precisely w hat is ii that the cobra inj.ct-t
into its victim, so as to be able eventually
to couuteract the effect.
Mlueral I'roducu of South. Alriea.
The diamond industry in South Africa
continues to lie exceedingly productive.
The gross weight of diamonds sent
through the Kimberlcy post office last
year was 1,440 pounds avoirdupois,
valued at nearly $17,000,000. Accord
ing to the .Manchester Courier, the
annual value is estimated as follows:
Kiniberley, 4,000,000; Old de Beer's,
2,000,000; Da Toit's Pan, 2, 000,000;
Bultfontein, 1,500.000. At the end of
last year 22,000 black and 1,700 white
men were employed at these mines.
From the Kimberlcy and Old de Beer's
mines alone diamonds to the extent of
3,200,000 carats are annually raised,
while the other two mines above named
yielded 300,000 carats last year. At the
diggings on the Vaal River about 250
men were at work last year. The other
important mining industries of thj
colony are the copper mines of Nama
qualand, from which last year 15,310
tons of copper were exported, valued at
306,790. From the manganese mines
in the Paarl division 206 tons were ex
ported; while at the coal mines iu the
Wodehouse and Albert divisions aliout
1,000 were raised. The salt pans in
Simon's Town, Malmesbory, Piquetberg
Fraserberg, TJitenhage, and Cradoek,
yielded about fi.OOO tons of salt Mineral
springs abound in the colony, many of
them being well resorted to, but accom
modation for visitors is, as a rule indiff
erent
The Value of Scrap.
Few peoplo appreciate the value of
little aud apparently iusiguifieant things
Iu some foreign countries the litter of
domestic animals is carefully c illected
and sold to farmers. Not a few people
make a living gathering fertilizers in this
way. In the shop of jewelers and others
where articles are manufactured of gold
and sdver great care is taken to prevent
the waste of the precious metals. Every
particle of filing, scraping and grinding
is preserved for the assayer. The wheels
nixm which gold and sdver have been
polished, whea worn out, are burnt, and
the fire develops particles of the pre-
eious metals which cannot be seen bv the
naked eye. Even the sweepings, after
great care has been taken to pick up
every bit of metal that may have fidlen
to the floor, are preserved, and iu New
York city sell for $70 a barrel. It
is calculated that when a jeweler's shop
floor is to be renewed, the dirt accumu
lated in the crevices wiil more than pay
the cost of the new floor.
It ia said that the receipts from the
sale of the refuse of starch mills, which
is uaed by farmers as feed for hogs and
other stock, constitute a large part of
the profits, and that if this refuse could
not lie sold some mills would lie com
pelled to stop or run at a loss. The
paper "trimmings" of a large printing
office like the Harpers or Appletons, are
worth thousands of dollars a vea'. Lum
bermen have found uses for nearly every
part of a tree,and scraps that a few years
ago accumulated so rapidly as to be a
sonree of inconvenience and consequent
ly expense, ore now sold for a good price
and are in great demand. There are in
nearly every branch of business "scraps'
of various kinds that, if carefully collect
ed, could be sold at a pecuniary advan
tage, but is particularly so in the tolwic-
co business. The value of the tobacco
scraps is more highly appreciated in
Euroje tlian in America, but even here
in the manufacture of cigars very little
is allowed to go to waste. Tobacco costs
too much to be wasted by the manufac
turer. Heeuty Iu America.
Thanks to more generous diet, a freer
outdoor air, and a larger outlook, the
present generation will leave a rich herit
age to posterity. It is astonishing to
see the improvements in the human form
that have accompanied the increase of
ealth in this country. Poverty may be,
and often is respectable, but is the ruin
of many a fine physique, and it is a mat
ter for jubilation that we have 'within
our borders a large and. growing, class
who can afford to be comfortable. Of
course there is danger of running to the
extreme. The sleek and well-fed busi
ness man is sometimes suggestive of a
gouty old age ; as is the buxom and ro-
bnstuous beauty of the waddling dowa
ger ; but on the whole, there is a most
decided betterment. And, although it
may not be in our times, we may indulge
a reasonabe hope for a not far distant
future when the rulliug nxe of New
England farmers' wives, that sallow,
skinny, saleratus-fed sisterhood, shall
be extinct, and in their places shallstand
a hale, hearty and happy following, who
live on the fat of the land and sell only
that which they cannot use themselves ;
who have time to array themselves in
something besides a damp cotton gown,
and gladly make concessions to fashion
in the matter of coiffure; who read some
thing besides the Bible, and, on the
whole, have almost ts easy a time as
their spouses' beast of burden. Take it
for all in all, we believe we have good
right to felicitate ourselves in the face
of the world over our fair wo
men. The great and overwhelming ad
vantage that la Mle A mericaine pos
sesses over her foreign compeers is that,
although she revels, as a ttirl. in what
the French call la ftcante du (liable, her
clmrois do not fade with the fleeting
years of youth, and wo are spared the
horror of seeing the English transforma
tion of delicate, highborn lovelinses into
the semblance of a big.flabby and some
what iutcniperate cook, or the frightful
spectacle afforded by our continental
sisters of the shrinking and changing of
a pretty, piquant face to the weazened
features of an el lerly female monkey.
Of course, innocent, unconscious beauty
is a tiling of the past that we can uot
hope to regain. The young woman of
tlie present day knows her good points
as well as she does the couteuts of her
pocketbook, and what they will buy in
the market a good deal better ; but what
she has lost in ingenuousness she has
probably gained in practical common
sense.
ternuui Wives.
Some statistician has discovered thai in
Germany tbe best ages for marriage among
women are from twenty-five to thirty-five
years; that few take place before nineteen,
the number slowly increasing until twenty
nve 13 reached, when the hich numbers ap
pear, teceeding af'er thiity-five. Few
Getuian girls marry before nineteen and
few after forty. The tierman girls are
taught housekeeping thoroughly, and by
tbe lime they marry they are able to lake
excellent care of a house, relying but little
on imported cooks. A Uermen lady's
kingdom is her kitchen; her parlor she
enjoys, but to display her talent as a
pianist or conversationalist she would not
sacrifice her ability to appeal to the hungry
sentiments of ber husband and his friends.
Probably if there were more marriages be
fore nineteen there would be less happy
homes in Germany and less wives of ex
perience, discretion and good temper.
Reading- la Kd.
Beading in bed is not a custom to b
commended. The brain should not be
exercised when the rest of the body is
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this rule
giving itself up to repose,
applies especially, of course, at night, j
after the labors of the day, aud when tha
brain is in a state of weariness. We ap- '
prebend that this is the point of the iu-'
f .. .. i- 1 1 m
juactaon not to read in bed. The mere
recumbency of poature while reading ia
not calculated to injure the brain. ,
Iroulna;.
To iron shirts well a bosom board
essential. It should be made in the fol
tuning manner : a lie ooaru ougm to
well seasoned pine free from gum ;
should be one and a half inches thick,
one foat nine inches long, and eighteen! era with all the paraphernalia of the
uicues wiue ; very smooiu ana straight,
rounded one end, and cct smooth, lea
lug no edge ; the square end should
smooth, with a hole in the middle near
the edge, large enough to let through
uuiig spine- or nan, so nang u np by
cover me ooara on one side with flannel,
it ?i .i ..I
unmu is as tnica as a common cotton
couuonaiue, lacaing eacu layer to tne
iKB w ki uraw a ugnuy over tne Doaru;
luo lwu '"ye buouiu oe canton
flannel The other side cover with thick
uour pasio, ami men cover u wim uan
ton flannel ; after it is perfectly dry,
paste on another layer, and so on nntil
four layers are pasted smoothly to the
board, aiane cotton cases to slip the
m, aim cnange tnem every weeK.
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... riuunMuerj UTlIUilg,
.uarsenies vests, and oilier ngured arti- that weaioa. Yet with its keenly sharp
c es ; and the hard side is to be used in elleJ he lake9 off tlie sUortest Lairs
givmg a polish to shirts and collars. A
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then tlie sleeves and remainder of the
body, then the collar, if on the shirt.and
lastly the bosom, lf desired to have the
collar and bosoms polished, turn the
board, which should have been placed
the soft side np, under the bosom on the
hard side, pass the bosom over lightly
with a damp cloth, and iron it hard and
quickly with a polishing iron, which diff
ers from others by being rounded in-
tead of flat without an 1
smooth as class, leaves no mark of the
iron as the flat irons do. This iron is
useful in ironing vests, cap, and many
other articles.
iiecenuy a Nevada man invented a I
lying machine, and went around trrine
tc sell 'em. The machine was warrant-
ed to trot out a first-class lie on any sub-
ject, at a moment's notice. But it
didn't sell welL He took it to a horse
trader. Sziid the trader: '"Come, you,
get out 01 tnis. x teU the truth in my
bnsiness." The inventor presented it to
lawyer, but he also looked horror-
stricken and offended. A fishing party
looked haukeringly at it, but their
language was to the effect that they
abhorred untruth. A young jnan who
was engaged. to three different girls also
felt indigiuU' at the pfTi'T..' k lasf-thit
disheartened inventor tried an eoitor.
The writer flew mad ia a minute.
You scoundrel," he cried, ''do you
mean to insult me?"
No," tremblhisrly answered the poor
man,
Then what the blazes do you mean
by offering me that thing?"
"Whv, I I thought vou irdcht
occasionally want to use it in your
business."
"Ycu wretch, what do you take me
for?"
"Oh, sir, I didn't mean to insinuate
that yon were a liar! I don't for a minute
thins, sir, you could tell a lie!"
That's it!' cried the editor,
"that's what I'm niad about! You con
ceited ass, you think you're able to in
vent a machine that I can't lie all around ,
and that without an effort I never
was so Lusulte.l iu all my life! Get! ! !"
Jutting Tlsae For CTaiiarea.
There comes a tiuie in the household
when the head thereof must decide the
momentous question as to whether the
children shall be allowed to eat between
meals or not. The question can be deci
ded ; no ma-ter how persistent a child may
be. this can be settled, nit simply be laid on
the table. A woman who has even a very I
supetm iai an.w.euge 01 tue wcis.11 g o.
il.a c.trai.iah iari sw rtlMi n it ta Hot H 1 h I in I
such a way that it iil make a slrou im-
pies-ion upon bis mind. Ta represeut to
an lmainnative child that the stomach isleit
like a mau who when you have eaten your
breakfast goes to work upon that with all
his might, and w ho does not rest till he
has ground the fold up, and given the
good part to tbe blood, so feeding each
portion of the bady, not forgetting the
fingers and toes even, aud who rejects all
the bail, keeping you from sickness snd
pain, will awaken intense interest in the
child's mind aud ba a great aid to obe
dience. Put it before him, and-ask him lf
it U cot unkind and even cruel t give out
another task before the first is finished and
a Utile time bir rest Ixcn given. I', will
help you greatly in eurorciog it up in his
mind that he must uot ect at irregular
interval.. A child's di ."-stive organs may
be wi nit ; he may need to eat uiore fre
quently than a grown person, but it should
invariably be at some stated time. When
au early breakfast has been eaten an1
children have a ling walk to school, they
may te allowed to have a simple lunch to
eat at the recess which usually occurs long
enouuh before the dinner to give time for
digestion. A piece of bread and buiter
and an apple, or a Utile basket of berries,
or one or two flint and some fresh crisp
crackers make a wholesome lunch. It will
be eaten with great relish if the children
do not known just what is ia the Utile
basket and hidden by lb neat napkin, and
tbey will open it with a feeling of pieased
wonder as to what mamma has given
lluiii t'Mlay. While culling on a laity
once, bir little daughter of eight or nine
years old, an extremely unhealthy look
in; child, with the dull eyes and muddy
complexion that tell so plaiuly of ic lies
tion, can e i ito the r xm and whispered to
her mothtr that she was hungry. "Vio right
to the cake jar, lore, and help yourself."
As she turned away, and while still within
hearing, her mother said, "she is such a
deucate child is never well, in fact that
I can refuse her nothing." I thought
perbaiis inhumanly that it is a pity such
a child should lire to become a burden to
herself and to those around her, or to per
petuate the false ideas, or the entire lack
of ideas, exhibited in her training. This is
a subject upon which I feel stromrly, for
1 have the best interests of childhood at
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played by those who have the charge
of
children is something which partakes of
crime for it is inexcusable. It is terrible
'?iok lhrt V'T, Z00 no.m'
of the human body than she does of tbe
9omvoti1iim of tbe sua b&g u in her poWer
to ruin the digestive organs of a whole
family of children!
A Celestial Rirber.
is I He sits down upon one of the barber's!
- 1 stools the other, which acts as a bal-
ue I auce m i ne carrying, being neadeii witha
it brass basin filled with water, a liliputiau
toweL and UDderneath a series of draw-
trade and has his queue unpiated. HL
v - 1 hair reaches down nearly to his waist.
be but in its dressed condition it almost
tonchm tli
a authorized deception easily arianrred by
; the addition, in the Iaitiu!?. of lotur
black-colored silk threads, of which ma-
I terial the greater part of an ordinary
I Chinaman's pig-tail is compost d. When
m mourning, the color of the silk is
chanced to white or liirht blu Tl.
hair beinr well mml-wl i.u,ri, ;.;..k
- process the operated ntion close hi
Lyes, as if, in a kind of trance, h was
lenioviuar the soothin? influence eansoJ
by the friction on his scalp) the barber
I si, .am rnnr .U.ol.;rlinm
o m,.r!.i : .,, lr.. - iin,.i,B..a
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Hir auJ size not mncn 8m:mor tbaU
OQ the beaJ aroaniI the me
eyebrow. Tho Chinaman gets a "eleau
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shaved, save at the crown, on which a
small circular patch is left, constituting
the foundation for a pig-tail. And the
earn are shaved inside and outside, a
delicately shaped little lancet style of
blade being inserted, and cunningly
and dexterously twisted round and
round, removing all hairs, but produc
ing the common effect of deafness so
proverbial among Chinese, as well as
amoneT their neighbors, the Japanese,
noluaul6e similar narmlul treat-
ment to the ear. Tbe shaving being
over, the hair is rc-phuted, and being
paid a few cash, off struts the merry
little barber to t"M lat good story
to some one else.
At least one-third of our lives Ls pass
" ,n onr beJ" their arrangement and
furnishing is a matter of no small im
portance. The new stei-I spring bed is,
of course, the bed of the f uture. Ful
filling every intention of flexibility, it is
durable; it goes with the bedstead, as
an actual part of it, aud it can never be
nest or receptacle of any contagion or
impurity. On the subject of bedclothes
the points that have most to lie enforced
tlia' heavy bed -clothing is always a, ,
niistsie; and weight in no -true sense
means wajrmUu.ThV'Joght dowa quilts-
or coverlets which are coming into gen-
I era! use are the greatest improvements
1 1' l173 In made in our time iu re-
gnzd to bed clothes. One of these quilts
takes the place of two bhuiketa.and they
cause much less fatigue from weight than
u,Ter nPn laJer blanket covering.
I !he clothing must Le regulated accord-
"S to the needs ol each mdividuai; the
body under the clothes must be neither
too coid or too not ; but n is better to
sleep with too little than too much cloth
ing. The position of the bed in the bed
room is of moment. The foot of the bed
to the fire place is the best arrangement
when it can tie carried out The be J
should be awav from the door, so that
the door does not open upon it, and
should never, if it can be helped, be be
tween the door and fire. If the head of
the bed can be placed to the east, so
that the body lies La the line of the
earth's motion, I think it is the best for
the sleeper. The furniture of the bid
room, other then the lied, should be of
the simplest kind. The chairs should
be uncovered, and free from stuffing of
woolen or other materal ; the wardrobe
should have closely tittintr doora
tbe
uUsU6lL4 Bj,oalJ have cl()scly miu.r Cov-
-
rs ud everything that can iu any way
(gather dust should be carefully exciud
riwotl Motnlna:, Sir.
The family hail only lately moved into
the DeiehborbooiL A diy or two after
their arrival the head ef the fair.i'.y went
to the prucer in ti e neighborhood and
asked the price of a can of condensed
milk.
"Fifteen cents, " said the proprietor.
"Fifteen devils!" t-xclaime-1 the cus
tomer ; ,lwuy, man alive, I doa'l want
to buy a dozen cans, but only one. What
do yon ask for half a can, wholesale
aVrurtvt
"-Never Sell half a ca-j. "
"I reckon you never scM anything, if
you make up your cooils in that way. tu;v
pose 1 take the wliole cm, wdl y;u Cimie
dowu to a dime 1"
'Fifteen cents is the usual p-iee.
'That may be with unreliable, transient
customers, but I am an old ri:izcTi of
Galveston, and the s'o.-e tliat catches
my permanent trade will h ive to be en
larged within six moot In. Say a dime, and
throw ia a pound or two of so la crackers,
and it's a whack."
"Do you buy a good deal m the course
of a year I" aske l the pr.)j rielor, with a
"Do I buy a gool dex'J I s'l-ril 1 say I
did. Why. it won't he more thaa two
months before I'll buy a box of matches.
Tus box I'm using no U more tu ui half
gone, and 1 only got it last February, too.
say a dime for the condensed milk, an 1
one of them stale wateruiel as thrown in
as a sorter inducement and you cau put
thes3 two nicklcs in your burgiar-proof
safe.''
Fifteen cents U the lowest price.
"I wish you could see my blacking
brush. It can't hold out over Christinas,
and then I aal bound to neg t:ale tor a ne .y
one Throw one box of bl-wking in with
the condensed milk, and it's a transac
tion," "1 won't do it"
"All right 1 You won't do it I'd just
keep my eye on yon. l'il bet your a ock
is insured for twice what it's worth, and
you are going to have a fl.e pretty soon.
When a merchant don't care to bu.id up a
trade, he is flVrng to fail or swindle some
body somehow. Good morning, sir."
Green county iu Texas has two mil
ions acres of unappropriated land.
Nsvta breed from a vicious sire; tem
per is hereditary in animals as well as in