:i 3 to: fa? B. T. SCHWiSlER, THE 00IST1TDTI0I-THE TWI01 AID THE HfTOSOElCEIT Of THE LAVS. Editor and Proprietor. vol. xxxvi: MIFFUNTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. MAY 3. 1SS2. NO. i7. SEPARATION. A wall (frown op Mwhb the two. A strum, BiieS wall, thong-a mU i Sobs knew when tb first nonM ware laid, Nuc hsw tne wall waa Dalit, I weoa ; Ans w tteir lives ware quite apart, AUBosfth they shared oo board, one bed ; A carsiws eje eaw naught amiss. Yet each waa to tat other deL Da, much absorbed m work and fain, Grew auon unmindful of hia loss, A hard Indifference worae than hat I hanjed love'a aae cold to worthlaaa droaa. She soffersd tortures all untold ; Too proud to mourn, too strong to die : Ths wall pressed heavy on her heart. Bar white face abowed her misery. Such walls are growing day by day, Twlxt man and wife, "twixt friend and rrlend; Would tby could know who lightly buil t. How aad and bitter la the end ' A careless word, an mskind thought, A slight neglect, a taunting tone, Sach things aa I It Me. before wa know. Have laid the wail's foundation stone. SIR. MAY" ME.HOKT. "There is one thing you reus n't forget Brother Tom? "What is that, Emma?" "Don't forget to go to the help office and sand me tip a cook. Tbe new girl is good for nothing, and the old one can t do everything. lack or white, young or old, man or woman, 1 don't car, only send me up a competent cook liy tea o clock this morning. -Don't look so desperate, sis; Til re member it 1 want things in pretty good style for Maxwell; he is used to it is fond of good dinners, and I guess 1 11 send you up a good, smart man-cook, Emma." "I hope Mr. Maxwell won't expect things too nice, but I'll do my best in ether matters. Tom. if you'll only pro- Tide some one capable of serving a good dinner. Mr. Th.onias Maye disappeared with a reassuring nod. He had a proverbially bad memory, pretty Emma Maye knew it very well, et in this desperate emer gency she trusted him. Dangerous, but what could she do? During the two years sla had had charge of her wid owed brother s family, thev had been blessed by the most skillful of cooks; but Jons had taken a fancy to get mar ried, and ber place was hastily supplied by one who soon proved an incapable. Just as this juncture, Air, Maye re ceived tidings that his deceased wife's favorite brother, Arthur Maxwell, jast returned from Europe, would pay him a visit. The Maxwell faniilv were noted for their wealth and good breeding, and Arthur especially was distinguished for his agreeabihty. From the first, Emma had been ner vous over the responsibility of entertai ning this elegant young man whom she had never seen, she was lovely and ac complished, but she could not ccok ia fact she had never tried, Certainly, it seemed task enough for a young lady of twenty to suierinteud a family consist ing ot her brother and hertelf, two boys and their tutor,two littlo girls and their nurse-maid, with two other servants. But though arduous, it hat' been well performed. The house was the perfection of neat ness and taste, the children well trained and Emma was much beloved in her brother's family. The latter she had been Unvoted to in sickness and health, and he gratefully intended to make her tasks as bfc'ht as possible, lint, as x have said, ha had a proverbially bad memory, and, unlortunately.Emma had been obliged to trust to it. It was haii-past seven when Mr, Maye went down town. He took nothing but a cup of coffee at seven, and lunched at his favorite restaurant at eleven. - At half-past thiee the Mayes dined, and Mr. Maxwell was expected by the three ten train. "There!" sighed Emma, when, two hours after the brother s departure, uie house waa in its usual exquisite, order aud the vinnds and flowers sent up for .(inner- "if Tom doesn't fonret. and if he sends up a good cook, everything will be nice enough." She did not dare consider the possi bility of Tom's having forgotten or that of tho cook rot coming for any other rea son; bnt when, precisely at ten o clock, the door-bell ra.ig, a secret weight was lifted from her heart. She ran herself to answer the summons. A medium-daed, well-dressed, modest looking young man stood at the en trance, and she brightened at sight of him. I am very glad yon are so punctual; I was afraid I should be disappointed." she said. leading tbe way to the kitchen without an instant's delay. "Let me see ten o'clock. I shall have to set you to work at once to prepare a first class dinner. We are expecting company from New York, and my cook has left me, and I do not myself know anything about cooking. What is your name?" literally bereaving the young man of his bat, and hanging it as far out of reach as possible. His reply was rather faint, but she thought she caught it, "Mao? You do not look like an Irish man. Bat H doesn't make auy differ ence. Are you a good cook?" The smile t of the young man was rather puzzling "I'll do my best," he said pleasantly. "You see there's nothing in the house but cold chicken.' continued Emma, unconsciously wringing her little bauds as she continued to address the new cook, who certainly listened very at tentively. "But my brother has sent up some pigeons to be roasted, I sup pose..' "Yes'm." Can you make a celery salad?" "I think lean." "And Mayonnaise sauce for tbe cold chicken?" "Yes'm "Can you make a French soupl" "lean." . . "O well, I guess you will do, be ginning to look relieved. "Be sure th vegetables are not overdone, and the coffee good my brother is very parti ular about his cofTW- And we will ave a Florentine pudding?" with an nquinng look. "Yes'm." readily. Ths new cook was already girding himself with one of the white towels that ay on the dresser, and casting a scruti iz ing glance at the range fire. Quite reassured in spirit Emma was turning away, when she stopped to dd; "I will lay the table myself to-day, Mac, and all the fruit dishes and vases; ntifyengiTe satisfaction, I will ln rast yom with tho key of tin china closet, and you will have the entire care of the table ;" and with a gracious nod the young lady withdrew trom the kitchen. She piled the fruit-dishes with rosy pears, crolden oramres and whifo o-raruw filled the vases with roses, lilies and , ..." leras ; set Clusters oi dainty glasses, filled with amber jelly, among the sil ver and china and then, with a aio-h of satisfuctioh at the result, ran away to aress "I'll not go near the kitchen to even smell of the dinner. I don t know any thing atiout cooking it. and will trust to luck. 1 have an idea that Mao is real capable is going to prove a treasure. His dress was so neat, and he was so quiet and respectful," concluded Emma leisurely arranging her bangs. Her new dress, with its aonndant lace and cardinal ribbons, was very becoming and fitted the petite round figure so per fectly that Emma felt at peace with all tue world. "I have heard that Mr. Arthur Max well is very fastidious id the matter of ladies uress, mused Emma, twisting her head over her shoulder to see the effect ot her wash. "1 wonder what his first impression of me will be? I should like to have poor Ally's brother like At length the last bracelet was clasped, the last touch given, and re tiring backward from the mirror, with a radiant face, Emma turned and ran up to the nursery, to order the children dressed for company, and also to speak with tho boys and.it must be confessed flirt a little with Mr. V incent, the tutor. who was always at her service for this exercise. There was a delightfully savory odor pervading the house, when she came down and set out the wine and ice, and made a few amendments of the table. Before Alice died she had painted an exquisite ebony ring for ter brother, and this Emma placed with the napkin designed for Mr. Arthur Maxwell thin king how artistic and pretty everythin g was, and deciding that the gentleman's fiist impression mnst be pleasant. She looked at her watch- five minutes past three. Then she went softly to the end of the hail, and listened to the lively chatter in the kitchen. She could hear Mac chattering pleasantly with the little housemaid, Nancy, and all seemed to be well in that direction. At threo ten she repaired to the draw ing-room, and took a scat overlooking the street. Carnages came and carri ages went, but none stopped at the en trance. The little girls, brave in new ribbons, came down Mr. Mave's latch key settled in the door, the dinner bell rang. "Not come?" asked Mr. Maye.at sight of Emma's disappointed face. "No,"' she pouted; "and such a nice linnei?" "Very strange!" mused that gentle man, leading the way into the dinner room. "I hadn't the least doubt Why; my dear follow." seizing by the should ers the new cook ; who, acting also as butler, had just placed the soup tureen upon the table "dear, dear fellow.why how is this? Emma declared you hadn't come!" That young lady grew as white as the table-cloth and grasped a chair for sup port. "That Mr. Arthur Maxwell? I I thought it was the cook!" "1 came earlier than I expected, and in time to make myself useful to Miss Emma, ' laughed Mr. Maxwell, divest ing himself of his white towel and bow ing with exquisite grace to that young lady. The cultivated accents, the ambrosial locks of the bent head, the clear, elo quent, beautiful eyes oh, why hadn't she known? How could she have fallen into 6uch an error? '1 was so terribly anxious I didn't look at von twice. Mr. Maxwell I hope you will forgive me!" stammered Emma as red now as she had been pale. 'There is nothing to lorgive, it my dinner turns ont well," he added,langh mg, evidently the sweetest tempered fl,u ..-rl.l T loarnail tn ftook .11 .11 U "Willi. A - when I wai a student in Paris a French man taught me. I have been rather proud of my culinary skill, but I am a nine out oi practice now, mu " quite sure of the Florentine." "Emma! ' cried Mr. Maye, what does ail this mean?" Why. John, vou promised to send me up a man cook." Mr. Maye clasped his hands tragical ly. Emma I foreot it! 'iv i.l I Iia rcm in.st at ten o'clock. I i.nnTttt Iia -aa lia vuilr T tiMliprdd him LUU'lli. 111. OTCM .UV wvl into the kitchen, among the pots and V . t 1 ' A tnt )la pans, i quisuonea niiu as w knew alout cooking. I urged him to make all haste and serve the dinner and called him an Irishman?" sobbed Em- ma, hysterically. "No offense, Miss Emma. My grand father, on my mother's side Major . t;. !.. ,J ireiawny was mi iiluiuwui vuowidm Mr. Maxwell, coolly. "And, fciuce I have done my best, won't you try the soup before it is cold?" The others started, aud Emma cried; but Mr. Maye laughed laughed up roariously. The best JOKe oi uie seaooui on right down, everybody! Emma, you lOOllSh glXI, UOn fa C1J. aimui care. And as for your Florentine Ar thur, tell Nancy to bring it on. The proof of the pudding is the eating, you know." , "Miss Emma won't cry wneu sue tastes my soup," remarked Arthur, ladmg it out promptly, with an air of pride. And then they all fell to tasting and Ftnma to taste and praise, until she Ungh4 aad cried all together. But Mr. Arthur was so delightful, so winning and so witty, so kind to his ag- i-i. i , kti and he'd COoksd such an rxeellwit dinner frem the pig eons to the puaiung, eTwj"its iy ana-oy mtmn w --o- .. i ton.riit m a lesson, she said. "I never will be so desperately situated again. I will learn to cook. "11 me b-ku . wt i. i i .i i'n-ni tano-ht him to love her. There was a wedding by and m.. 1.1.1 result of my miserable memory!" Mr. Maye said. Philadelphia has 1.8C0 professional beggars. . The largest national cemeter is at The'rfteble'yalne of Londcn is just twice that of Wtiid. . . Texas sells annuaiij of cattle, at 20, per head itfoote up grand aggregate of $8,000,000. Suletd. lAto seems less valuahln in tho tlA dark, gloomy rcirions of the north, a fact long ago observed by Tacitus when speak- inn U 1 . V "s " mo uciuiaiu, ana remarked upon by Montesquieu ss related tn ... ihmn sad climate of England. The parallel of .uiciuai activity appears to be fifty degrees north. Yet Italy, under itschanged conditions, thoueh its ehmsta is the r.fw has shown a considerable increase s'nee swisuos have been kept. Extremes of hat and cold lesacu tbe tendency to sui cide; that is, it is less in very warm eoun tries and in very cold countries The smallest average per million is ia Portugal, Corsica, Calabria (Italy), Sardmi and Sicily. It is a little hmhir in the south of France and Venice, and still hinher in Central France, Switzerland and Bavaria, which are Dear the same isothermal line. On the isothermal line of about 50 degrees Fahrenheit the percentage greatly varies, being 35 per million in the United States, ia Ireland 16, in England 67, the north of Belgium 55, the Netherlands 35, Hanover 140, Prussia on the lthine and Westphalia 70. Prussian Sixony 228, Kingdom of Saxony S 10, Bohemia 160 and Moravia Silesia 155. 1 hese nations are so different in race, religion, habits and surroundings that they cannot easily be approximated. Saxony. Central Prussia. Sclueswig-Hol-steio and Denmark, which are on a line of severe winter cold, show a heavy propor tion ot violent deaths. From these facts it is inferred that the line of suicide crosses Europe from northeast to south west, and this may serve as a rule, though there are exceptions for ethnical and other reasons. There are more suicides in th? north of France than in tbe south of it and mora in the northern provinces ot Italy than in the southern. It would be difficult to apply these rules la the L'aited States, climate and social conditions show such a diversity. Our Califoruii climate is excep tionally charmsng, but the suicides per million, in San Fraaciscn alone, were last year about 250, a greater average than any other part of the world ctn exhibit, a few localities excepted. It is a little surprising that the effect of a fixed meteorological coDditiiiin upon the human system, and through the physical up jd the nieutal state, has never been taken into calculation. Prolonged states of weather tend to strain and disorder mind and body, while fre quent change and nciivity of the elements tend tj relieve and stimulate it. Madness in dogs is commonest in loce-coutinued spells of very cold, dry weather, or in similarly protracted states of heat and drought, while men and women are un nerved and (iiscreanized by tbe same causes. Our long periods of clouiiltea weather ia California become monotonous and dispiriting, while our north winds blowing constantly fatigue, irritate, ex haust and have, during this wister at least, most undoubtedly increased the deaths by violence as well as those by dis ease. I Ley may not be considered as a sole cause, but they seize en and exag gerate every melancholy predis.iosition. The Morse. The fidelity of the horse is a favorite theme of the naturalist. Frequently, a dog or a cat is the object of the attach ment, probably from the fact that those are tbe animals they are chiefly brought in contact with; but their devotednt-s) to their masters or attendants, and their gentleness to children have formed the ground work of a hundred tales. Youatt mentions many instances of attachment between horses and animals of other spe cies, such as that of Dimcsnnon, a well known racer, for a sheep, which it would lift into the manger to share its fodder ; but would permit no one else to molest it hi asy way. Chillaby, another famous horse, which only one groom ever dared to approach, bad also a favorite lamb that it loved and tended with paternal aaection. A wonderful anecdote of affection in horses is told by Monsieur de Boussanelle, and although it is not an instance of friend ship betwecj animals of opposite tribes it is too appropriate to our theme to be overlooked. This gentleman, a cavalry officer, mentions that a horse belonging to his company, being, from old age, unable to eat its hay or chew its oats, lor two wbole months was fed by two horses one on each side of it, who ale from the same manger. These two noble creatures drew tbe buy out of the rack, chewed it, r.nd nut it intact before the old horse, and did the same with the oats, which he was then able to eat. Youatt. it is presumed, is tbe authority for an account of the way in which a colt repaid the kindness and care of a farmer's boy who fed it. O.ie day the boy was parsued by an Infuriated buil, and con trived to reach a uitcn ana get mia it before it could overtake Urn. The bul. endca7ored to gore him and would, it is believed, have succeeded, had not the con come to his assistance. This grateful little animal assaulted the buil, screaming so. lou-ilv all the while that some laborers were attracted to tbe spot and rescued tbe ad from his perilous position. The Palm Tan. Thom !- HUtHrta nf Tinneveliv. in Southern India, where the soil is so dry aud sandy that it is surprising uiiug ;n ,m Vrf hor thi now (1 ltv red sand prevails for miles we have walked throiuh plantations oi the stately raimvra nttm the frre&t stems risinf to an immense height, and the trees in tbe moet vigorous health. Uerc, as eiscwnere, tue sap rowi tnnat froolv at the hottest time of the year. and when the sod is without vegetation and almost without substance, when the only shsde is that cast by these branchless trees from, tbtir narrow crowns of leaves when the cn'.y clouds are ciouus ot gum, ,on tli a itnimt are dry aud tbe wells are exhausted, and the largest rivers are only a bed ot glowing sand," there is the singular spectacle of these stately trees iw.ng continually wiin meir iuuuiaius oi sweetwatcr. llow is it possibler weotteo asked. Bishop CaldwelL whose house hes close to such a desert, tried to answer that quesbou for Litusell. lie aug into v.o rminii tst nh8rrve the couise of the roots; but as deep aa he djg 'the thread like roots oi the paint ourrowco urepa, until at last, "when forty feet below the surface, be came upon water; and here the roots, annaing 10 me reirasuws ujm ... nunntni n further anion ir navel UiCf (M1M1..M. " and stones, until he could follow them no more the riddle was soivec; anu any emayftel what a new beauty it gives the couipariKra here. The nots ot the Christian life sink down into the Jiving waters. They sre led trom tne perennial fountains of the Spirit far out of suht. And tbe service and freshness of that life. , all the influences tiat now iio-n it, ou tnn.i nn what we see. for the soil where turn life grows is often spuiu-ally k.m,. hut thev derjend upon its roots stria ng dewn among the living waUrs. Th father of St. lxnis bride presect- his son-in-law with eiguty taouaaiia head of cattle, "Fap, dear," "claimed daughter when sue neara oi n, iu . . kixH nf vnu to make such a eift; Charley's awfully fond of ox -tail sot p I The Ben4er family. The Bender family were criminals of ths blackest type. No story in romance ever sxceilefi in atrocity thir bloodthirsty system of assassination. They dwelt in a nouse ou me prairie, near Cherryvale Labette county, Kan., which was used as a wayside inn. Travelers slept there, and n iney seemea to nave well-ailed puises their sleep was the sleip ot death. It came to light a-'terwarda that they killed tieir victims by striking them on Iht head with a hammer and afterwards cutting thsir throats. They lest their caution, and insteal of concealing the body of their last victrm, they allowed it to be lound near tuer bouse. The murdered man was identil .-d as a brother of Colonel Yorke, the lee later who exposed the at tempt at bribery of Senator Pomeroy's. Suspicion immediately pointed at the Bender family, and they fled panic siricKen. llieir house was searched, and in tbe cellar ths corpses of Ave men and one inlant were found. This was in May, 1872. Tbe country was scoured after the fugitives, and traces of their flight toward Mexico were disc 'Vred. A man named Marion was caught by tbe pursuing party, and there was ample proof ot his connec tion with the crimlBils. On his way back to Kansas he made some important admissions, but fearful of being lynched, he shot himself dead. Oo the 4h insU, Hermann Y. Gnem, a German, laborer, of St. Louis, informed the police that old Bender was at tbe wharf that he knew Bender well had dined at bis bouse during tbe war, and had seem him frequently at camp selling vegetables. The police arrested the sup posed Bonder in a skiff at the wharf, where they found three mer, two of whom were young men, who gave their names as August Kloots and Charles Hammnd re spectively. The third, who wss an old and very singular-looking indiyividuil, said that his namo was Jacob tfalies, and that he came from Kansas. When taken to the station on Tuesday they were all locked up. Tho young men said that they met tbe old one up in Osage county, near the mouth of the Missouri, some time ac. They had told him that they were going to Arkansas to settle and he said he was going to the same state. They were not ready and be wailed for them and told tiiem that his name was UJies and that he thought Arkansas a good place to settle. These two men were dismissed, but Ben der alias Dalies was retained a prisoner. The N. V. Herald represent atative vUited tbe prisoner tn his cell and lound him in a very excited frame ot mind. In appearance he is villainous and wretched in the extreme. Wickedness and cunning are portrayed in eveiy feature, and in this he resembles tbe monster for whom he is anested. Before saying anything to him I took a good lootc at him in his celt lie answers the description of the Kansas butcher as near as it is possible for human eye to delect. He is an old man about feet 8 inches in height; says ne is 78 years old, but does not look it. lie is round shouldered and stooped, his hair is matted and gray, his forehead low.lhe nose hooked and curved diwnward. He has restless gray eyes, sunken In his head, and tbe face is tinned by exposure and saffron hued as though from a soaking of malaria. His teeth are promient,and just in tbe mid dle of the upper row there is a large gap, the edes being broken and rotiea on either side. His chin retreats. His whole expression, when he becomes interested is uninviting and ferocious. He is a good picture of an ogre which would throw a sensitive child into fits.- His clothes are a collection of rags and patches, and when taken out of his cell be threw a tattered old yellow overomt over his arm and put on a dilapidated slouched bat of a light color. lie was e iger to converse and said in broken English : "This is a shame, mister, to keen me here. I did nothing. I did not kill any body. W hy don't they let me go " -Do you know what tbey are keeping you ft?'' asked the reporter. "le,"he said eagerly and with evi dences of considerable excitement. "They think 1 am old Bender. Thai's not my name. My name is Balies Jacob Balies" 'Do you know wbo Bender is f "Ob, yes; I heard of him often. Once the people around my place used to talk of him. lie murdered lots of people didn't be?" "Have you a daughter Kate!" asked the reporter. "No, I never had a daughter by that name. My daughter's name is Margaret, and she is married and living la New Mexico. My names is Jacob Balies, 1 tell you. Just let them write to Union town, Bourbon county, Kansas, and they will find out all about old man Balies. I have lived there twenty years." "Where is your wife!" "My wife! Ob, she has been dead twelve or fourteen years. My sou hi a farmer la Kansas, and my daughter Is in New Mexico." ' But Orieni says he knows you well, and tbal you are Bender. "My God," said the old man excitedly, "I tell you I am not. I would not be Bender lor for anything. I am Balies and nobody else."" "The man who gave the information to the police says that be knew you right well for a long time, and that he is sure you are old man Bender." "I never saw him before, so help me God, mister, I did not. lie never knew me; I am sure he did not. How co.Ud I he Bender Are you a German . asked the re porter, noting that tne old man spoke with a German accent. "No, I came from Weisenbacb, in Alsace; I am Fiench." "Where are you coming Jroin now r T was in Texas witn my daughter Then I came to where I met these two men, and I was going down South." W hen told that his companions sus pected that there was something mysteri ous about him, caused by his strange con duct, he tolled his eyes together and called on G id to witness the ingratitude of such en. The authorities will investnrate the case, aud ia a few days the identity of tbe old man will be settled. Sensible Seeosula. Tarn miinr ITnnsanan noblemen, navintt quarreled, chose seconds to arrange a duel. The seconds met and decided upon the following nielhOJ ot comuai; iwo tiny ml, H the other black, were placed in a wineglass, and the principals, . . ,. . j i i . having oeen Diincuoiueu, wwc acacu j draw. But the wouid-be combatants, it should be observed, nau pieageo weir honor to observe the condition of strife prescribed by their seconds in common. Me to whose lot tne duck dsu ieu iouna himself, to his infinite surprise and discom fiture, condjmtxd to fast upon bread and water tor whole fortnight, under tbe supervision of his adversary's "friends." He redeemed his pledge and preserved his honor." - bo much for two pairs of sen sible seconds. Frtaemns Fence Fots. A rural correspondent says : I have tried a number of methods of preserv ing posts, and none have been satisfac tory except perhaps one to be mention ed presently. Heart oak, if seasoned, will last a great many years without any application whatever how many I am not old enough to say. Sap wood will not last. Coal tar hes some preserva tive effect, but having used it on thous ands of fenea posts 1 am almost con vinced that its application does not pay. In tact I am so nearly without faith in its efficacy that I have not nsed it at all on fence posts recently set, al though I have a barrel on hand pur chased chiefly for that purpose. About my yard and promises I have set, since the war, a good many posts of piue,that being the only sawed timber I could get. These have had to be replace! in four or five years after setting ; some have completely rotted off in three years, thoagh heavily dosed with hot coal tar. Now for the exception referred to above. Ten years ago I built a grapery at the end of the house, as a screen against the western snn, using sawod pine posts. Anticipating the difficulty of ever replacing tho posts after they be-caine covered with vines I took the extra precaution of completely saturat ing the lower ends with kerosene com mon coal oil before applying the tar. These posts are now perfectly farm, and almost aa sound as they were when put in. All other pino posts set at that date have entirely rotted and perished. The result of this experiment so thoroughly impressed mo with the valae of coal oil a preservative of timber under ground, that I now use it on all posts in building, after covering with hot coal tar. I add this, however, which I think will doubtless prove of great value : I bora a half-inoh or three-quarter inch hole in the post near the ground, slant ing downward and reaching beyond the centre ; this is to be filled with kerosene from time to time perhaps once in three or four years will answer. I feel sure that insects very greatly hasten the decay of timber, to say the least ; and kerosene being repellent to them, makes it a valuable application at any point where they are likely to do niisclt'ef. A Dos: Story. Was it Instinct or a grade ot Intelligence approaciing reavm ot tbe higher order, tbst moved a dog to that strange act in a store ic San Francisco? His master has (among other goodt) valentines for sale, and naturally the boys on the street are attracted by those of the comic order and miss no opportunity to examine them. Tbe merchant is Uie owner of a remarka bly fine specimen of the crossed St. Bernard and Newfoundland dog. Tbe animal has had lo special training, and had not been taught to watch or to know anything aliout property ownership; bnt it has been permitted to visit the store fre quently, and has undoubtedly noticed that people are entitled to remove fro n the es tablishment whatever a salesman hands to them or permits them to take and it may be reasoned in tbe same way that tbe dog has worked out to hisows satisfaction that what ever is removed without delivery being made by the attache of tne store is remov ed improperly, snd that all good dogs should resist a 1 such efforts. Certain it is tbat tbe otber day the dog acted upon th s line of reasoning, it reason it s when man ifested in one of the lower order of ani mals. A group of boys came into the store to examine the valentines displayed on the counters ia tempting array. They were a rather rough looking lot, and as soon as he ceuld leave other customers the nerchunt hastened towards the boys. Tbe dog was lying upon the floor near tuui. The boys soon concluded that they did not want to purchase, and were about to retire, when the dog aros; and barred their pas? ajre to the door, and growled threateningly. This surprised the salesman, wbo had never be fore kdown the animal to show any dispo sition to attack a person without apparent provocation. lie accordingly spoke sharp ly to the dog, and on his still continuing to menace the boys, and show by his man ner tbat he was opposed to their departure from the room, his master ordered him to tbe back part of the store, and started to enforce tbe order, when he espied the package of valentines sticking from tbe pocket of one of the boys. He immedi ately seized the youngster and searched him, and as a result found that he bail stolen and stored away about bis person a good supply of the tempting va:entines. Oa the property being taken away from the boy the dog appeared to be perfectly salisfled and gave the matter no further concern. It would be a work entirely without successful results for any one to alterrpt to convince that merchant that the dog did not know, when the boy stole the valentines, tbat he was stealing, and that tt was his duty, as a faithful servant of a kind master, to do all ia his power to prevent the loss of his property. Clenlnc Laces. Many contrivances have beeu pro posed and constructed to facilitate the cleaning of ancient and modern lace. Amongst the most practical is a cylin drical bottle, like those in which the Hunyady watei is sold, or a stone jar of similar shape. Cylinders made of wood have likewise been used for the purpose, but are apt to stain the lace. The lace is tightly and evenly wound round those cylinders, then washed first with soap lather and afterwards in clean water. It is left to dry on the cylinder and taken off when it still retains sufficient mois ture to be stretched or pinned out and ironed on a flat board. The cylinders for cleaning lace are now made of por celain, perforated with holes .a 11 ronud, and covered with fine linen. After the lace has been wonnd tightly round, and the end secured by a few stitches, it is washed in soap lather and clean water as before, and left to dry. If it is de sirable to impart to the lace a certain de gree of stiffness, the cylinder is dipped in a weak solution of starch or lump sugar. On these perforated cylinders the cleaning process can be done most effectively, as the holes allow soap and water to act c n the lace thoroughly and ovsnly. It Didn't al Her. But why dou't you get married ?' Baid a bouncing girl, with a laughing eye, to a smooth-faced, innocent looking youth. "Well, 1 ' said the youth, stopping short with a gasp, and fixing hia eyes on vacancy, with a puzzled and foolish ex pression. "Well, go on," said the lair question er, almost imperceptib'y inclining near er to tho young man. "Now just tell me right out you what?' "Why, I pshaw! I don't know." 'Yon do I say you do ! Now, coma, I want to know." "Oh, I can't toil jou " "I say you cau. Why, you know I'll never mention it, and yon may tell me, of course, you know for haven't I al ways been your friend?" ' Well, yon have I know, replied the beleaguered youth. "And Fm sure I always thought you liked me," went on the maiden, in ten der and mellow accents. Oh. I do, upon my word yes, in deed, I do, Maria!" said the unsophisti cated youth, very warmly; and he found that M:ui had nnconscionsly placed her hand in his open palm. There was silence. ' 'And then well?" said Maria, drop ping her eyes to the ground. "Eh! Oa well!" said John, dropping his eyes and Maria's band at the same time. "Fm pretty sure you love some body," said Maria, assuring a tone of raillery; "I know you'ro in love; ai.d John, why don't yon tell mo all alxmt it at once?" Well I " Well, I oh, you silly mortal! what ia there to be afraid of ?" "Oh. it ain't because I am afraid of anythiug at all; and I'll well, new, Maria, I'll teli you." "Well, now, John? ' j "iCh?" "Yes." "I am in love ! now don't tell; you won't will you?" said John violently seizing Maria by the hand, and looking at her face with a most imploring ex pression. "Why of course, you know, John, I'll never breathe a word about it;you know I wont don't you. John?" This was spoken in a mellow whis;er, and the cherry lips of Maria were so near John's ear when she spoke, that had he turned his head to look at her, there might have occurred a dangerous collision. "Well, Maria." said John. "I have told you now, and so yon shall know all about it. I have always thought a great deal of you, and " "Yea, John." "I am sure yon would do auything for me that you could?" "Yes. John, you know I would." "Well, I thought so, and you dou't know how long I've wanted te talk to you aliout it." "I declare, John, I yon might have told me long since if yon wanted to for I am sure I never was angry with yon in my life." "No, you weren't; and I have often felt a great mind to but " "It's not too late now, you know." "Well, Maria, do yon think I am too young to get married?" "Indeed I do not, John ; and I know it would be a good thing for you too;for everybody says that the sooner young people get married the better, when they are prudent and inclined to love one another." , "That's j'lat what I think ; and now, Maria, I do want to get married; and if yonll " Indeed 1 will, John lor yon know i was always partial to yon and I've said so often and often behind your back." "Well, I declare, 1 have all along thought yon would object, and that's the reason I've been afraid to ask you." "Object? No, IH die first You may ask of me anything yon please!" "And vou'll grant it ?" "I will." "Then, Maria, I want yon to pop the question for me to Mary Sullivan.for " "What?" "Eh?" "Do you love Mary Sullivan ?" "Oh! indeed I do, with all my heart!" "I always thought yon were fool'" "h?" "I say you're a fool! and you'd better co home. Your mother wants yon! Oh, yon you yon stupid 1" exclaimed the mortified Maria, in a shrill treble; and gave John a slap on the check that sent hini reeling. John went his way in a state of per plexity, wondering what in thunder Maria could get so mad about. He Had a Comfortlea; Redertloa. It was a beautiful little rustic pile the village church with a lecture room in tLe basement. One evening a farmer of the neighborhood who was driving by observed the latter apartment lighted np, and stopped to ask the reason why of a young man who stood leaning against the gate. "What's going ou to-night?" "A convention of the married men of the congregation." was the answer. "Fonnd ont snthin agin the minister, eh?" "You've rung the bell the fiivt shot old man," returned bis informant. The farmer mounted his wagon again with a thoughtful look on his face, and as ho drove off, muttered : 'Arter all, I guess it's a good thing my Sallie is dead." - A oiXTLkMsS inquired of a carpenter's boy, "My lad, when will this job you have on hand be done? "I can't tell, sir," reblied the honest boy, artlessly. "It's a day Job, and it will depend upon bow soon tho governor has another order." lloaaeU's Boat. The Namouna,Jamej Gorden Bennett's new steam yacht, Length ou deck is 216 feet There will bo over one hun dred and fifty electric lights throughout the vessel Tho main staircase is very elaborate and leads into apartments re gal in their appointments and finish. In tho extreme bows of tho vessel are the quarters of tho saloon servants, tho linen-lockers, wine-rooms, ic Next aft are two state-rooms of medium size, then two larger ones.each fitted with all that the heart could wish on a yacht Then comes the ladies' aaloon, 30 by 11 feet exquUite apartment Next is the owner's room, in rich Oriental style, with a carved bedstead and ceiling-piece over it costing over $1,000, exquisite bookcases.eacritiores, and bewildering mass of beautiful decorations. Mr. Ben nett's bath is beneath tho floor of his room. Abaft is the grand saloon, Zi ij 13 feet, with its sides finished in a plas tic material, grass-green and ornamented in gilt and bronze with the emblematic thistle of Scotland.the ceiling being in a rich tint of marine blue, with gold fishes and marine animals coursing through the waters.leaving behind golden wakes. The mantelpiece of the saloon is in the richest of oak, with s heavy uiekel plated fire- grate sitting in tho recess, which is most richly finished in tiling. After they are completed and ready for their owner, aud after the chandeliers, upholstery, carpeting, rugs, furniture aud veiling chandeliers are all in she will look like a fairy ship. The ladies' saloon, as well as soma of the larger rooms, will have their sides covered with cretonne, and wainscoted in hard woods. Under the skylights will be placed silk curtains to mellow the light admitted to the saloors, and decorations will be artistically distributed. Every room ia fitted with electric bells. The aaloon galley or kitchen is fitted up equal to any hotel in the world Light and ventilation are secured by means of over a hundred ports in the base of each of the companion and sky light hatches. In fact, nothing that skill, art or science could suggest has been left undone to make the Nomouna a perfeot steam yacht Her speed is set down at fourteen knots an hour on consumption of about a ton of coal per hour. r(JI raunlballsm. It was only people who had bees tilUlthat were considered good lor r.in.1 ThnM who died a natural death were never eaten invariably buried. But it certainly is a wonder that the isles were not altogether depopulated, owing to the number who were killed. Thus, in Namena, in the year 1351, 50 hmliea weie cooked for one feast And when the men of Ban were at war with Yerate they carried off 280 bodies, 17 of which were piled on a canoe and sent to Prtiwa, where they were received witu - . . i i a V joy. dragged a no til tne town, auu nu in jected to every species of indignity ere they finally reached the ovens. Then, too. just think of the number of lives sacrificed in a country where infanticide was a recognized institution, and where widows were strangled as a matter of course: wnv, ou ouo w-unniuu, " there had been a horrible massacre of Namena people at Yiwa, and upward of 100 fishermen had been murdered, and their bodies earned as bokola to the ovens at Ban, no less than 80 women were strangled to do honor to the dead, and corpses lay iu every direction of t he mission station ! It is jnst30 years since tho Key. John "Watsford, writing from here, described how 28 victims had been seized in one day while fishing, iney were brought here alive, and only stunned when put into the ovens. Some of the miserable creatures attempted to escape from the searching bed of red hot stones, bnt only to be driven back and burned in that living tomb ; whence they were token a few hours later to feast their barbarous captors. He adds that more human beings were eaten on this little isle of Ban than anywhere else in Fiji. It is very hard, indeed, tore i. ize that the peaceful village on which I am now looking has really been the scene of such horrors as these, and that many of the gentle, kindly people around me have actually taken pxrt in them. The house-mother s work is almost endless. She has no regular hours for labor: they never terminate. From the lighting of the fire in the kitehen or the waking of the children, to the ex tinguishing of the last light in the house woman's brain and hand must be busy, and wealth generally increases her lalxir instead of diminishing it. The shop girl has her work assigned to her; Bhe has only to begin, without any fore thought, at a stated hour aud end at another; but every successful mistress of a household, small or great, must combine the qualities of designer, over seer and workman, and realize that not only property but health, and even life itself, are in one way or another seri ously affected by her work. Ferhap ninety-nine women in a hundred f lil to realize the responsibilities of their po sition; but all the same, their work must be done. How it is done every careful observer knows, health is sacri ficed, and the average woman of forty looks older than her husband at fifty. Ths home work of woman needs revi sion. With a slighter physique than men she is expected to daily endure a strain that no man would tolerate for any length of time. Until what is mo destly called housekeeping is recognized as the noble science that it really is.and is carefully supplied, the slaughter of woman by overwork will continue, for at present it requires that every woman shall be a prodigy of sense, industry and endurance, in order to discharge her manifold duties with credit to . her self and comfort to others, , . NEWS IX DIIIKF The number of national banks ia the United States is 2,163. New Hampshire hs3 now a law mak ing education compulsory. The Bible has been translated into thirty-two African languages. About 4,000.010 white fish fry were placed in Lake Ontario recently. The population of Frauce.as shown by tho recent census, is 33,500,000. There are over 85.000. 000 pounds of butter produced annually in lews. Ontario has 10.4G3 prisoners in her jails and 3,065 lunatics in her asylums. -The British people expend annually 120,000.000 or about $600,000,000 for alcoholic liquors. Germany h is about 35.000.000 acres of forest lauds, nearly one-th'rd of which belongs tj the State. American railroad companies are treating with Austrian manufacturers for 1(0 locomotives. It is expected that a million of im migrants will arrive in the United States from Europe the present year. The amount of fruit shipped front California during tlio present season will bring about $1,000,000 profit to the Shite. Locust eggs iu Cyprus sell at $65 a ton, which it paid by the government in order to reduco the ravages of these hungry insects. Throughout the reigns of George Iir. and George the IV. of England the Whig party was out of office for about seventy-years. Tho total losses by fire in the United States last year agsrgata S61,2i,9J0, of which the iusur.iuce compjuies paid $11,641,900. It is estimated that 100,000 ele phants are annually slaughtered to sup ply the world with ivory. England alone uses 30,000 tusks each year. On the railroads of Continental Europe the introduction of mineral od for lubricating purposes is proving both efficient and economical . The estimated cost of snstaming the English army for th coming year is 13,500,000, or over $75,000,000". The force consists of 139,9iK) men. The Secretary of War estimates that $93,5f2,112 will be necessary to pay pensions to the survivors of the Mexi can and Indian warn prior to 1S46. A vein of hot water bos been tapped nfar St. Etitnne, France, at a depth of about 1500 metres. This new geyser seeds a volume of hot water aud car bonic acid to a height of 26 metres. Ex-Governor Oglesby, of Illiuois, bnilt a house at Decatur, in that State, twenty-live years ago, at a eont of $12, 000. The other day he sold the house for $16,500 and will movo to a smaller house in tbe same town. Paul Minor, who died at Auburn, N. Y.. rccentiy.aged Einty-eiglit years, served in nil the comraigus of the First Napoleon. He left Fia'iee for America shortly after hearing the news of Napo leon's death at St. Helena, From 1870 to 180 the in rcentage of increase of population iu Dakota was 833; in Washington Territory 213. and in New Mexico 20. The total popn'atiou of the first is 135,180; of the second 75, 120, and of the third, 180,430. General Gordon, who has made a great deal of money out of railroads since he resigned his seat in the United States Senate, is going to Europe oa business connected with the develop ment of land in the Southern States. The quantity of soda imported into the United States from .England in 1317 was 8,000 tons. Tho United States has expended $5,058,821 on Indian wars duriug tho yn&t ten years. The State of New York expended $9,675,982 last year upon her public schools. The yearly consumption of quinine in the United States is computed at 800,000 ounces. In the different packing establish ments or Maine. 750,000 cans of mack erel. 1.500.000 cans of lobsters and 250.- 000 cans of clams are put up annually. The savings banks of the State of New York represent financial resources of $443,000,000. The savings banks of New England represents as much more. Laboring men are in great demand at Apalachicola, Fla. One man recenty offered 25 cents an hour or $2.50 per day and board for laborers without ef fect. The emperor William and the kincr of Saxony went out hunting together re cently, the former killing thirty-nine deer and wild boars and Uie latter thirty five. Gen. George Macdonald. now over 97 years old, has the honor of being "father of the British army. He is colonel of the Bedfordshire regiment, and entered the armv in September, 1805. The proposed tunnel through Mount Blanc, Switzerland, will be 44,292 feet in length, will cost upwards of $10,000.- 000 and require six years for its comple tion. A pasture in Texas in discribed as containing 1S,(XK) acres, and requiring to enclose it sixteen miles of fence, which is all built of rock four and a half feet thick. The present su;ar crop of Hawaii is estimated at 100,000,000 pounds, the great increase iu the staple having been, however, at the expeuse of the Manilla product The Emperor of Russia has given 20,000 rabies to the St Petersburg Geo graphical Society toward meeting the expenses of another polar station at Nova Zembla. German soldiers have been giveu to understand that they are not at liberty to view those paintings of Wereschagen, the Russian artist, which portray the horrors of war. The sardine has disappeared from the coast of Brittany, where it used to bring the fishermen an annual revenue of 15.000,000f. M. Blavier thinks that some channel in the Unlf Stream may ac count for the fact The importation of eggs into Great Britain last year wss 750,000,000, or about two dozen for each man, woman aud child in the country. Their money value was over $10,000,000. Coal has been discovered twenty miles northeast of South Pueblo, CoL, and one mile from the Danver and New Orleans railway A company has been formed to work the mine. The 50,000,000 of oar population have a Protestant minister for every 723 persons and a Sabath -school teacher for every fifty-six. One in every five is a membf r of an evangelical church. sir : -1 . i Hi ;;'i ' 3 ' ft i
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