Sep B. 7. BCHWBIBB, TEE 00I8irrUT10I-TZZ UIIOI-An TEE S3T7010E1CER 0? THE LATB. Editor and Proprietor. TOL. XXXYI. MIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 14. 1882. NO. 23 WHY JiOTT "Is it wren to kiss?" asked a timid maid Of the animmerlng unds that border the Ceep. But bo answer aha tut rare the wavelet, plarad A roundelay gay as thej kissed her feet. sue asked the sua bat he only turned His saucy face from the eastern sky, Aad kissed her cheeks till they fairly burned. And a tear of vexation dimmed her eye. She asked t).e wind as II came from the south The self same question. '1 he answer came. Fur a zephyr sprang up and kissed her month And rulii, red lips till they seemed aflame. she a-ked a youth who chanced alonr. And the mora! question was solved in a trice; 1T he answered : -oh, maiden, it may be wrong Buf here he r roved it "it's very nice!" If sea and sun and ft south wind kiss uniiii k-steu hy bolt or ban, V here the heart is eager and lips and n-ind Are not reluctant, why shonldnt man? THE C.K.llMAX. Sit Io sen, Betsy Ann ; oucomiaon glad to see you. Yen, I nave been to Brighton on a visit to my nephew. I tell yon ttey live in the tallest kind of style, rigbt up to tbe handle. That wife of his' u, why, I never saw such a high and mighty creeter since I was born. Afraid like? No, not I ! I put my head in the air and kept it there, too. I thought I would show them I was a little airish as well as themselves. I arrived on the noon train, just as all those factor whistles were shrieking. I sartuin thought Bedlam was let loose, lint I finally got one of those fellows that drive a small house around on wheels to tke me to Jonathan's. They said "they were glad to see me because tuey were to have a german that evening." But between Ton and me they did not act tickled at slL But mind you.I didn't let on what I thought, but said, Sartiu. But who is this German over whom you are so pleased ? Hermans our way don't count for much: may be it's a lord.' Oh. Betsy Ann ! if you could have heard them laugh. I was downright mad, and said, somewhat stitnv, "per haps ii's the king, himself,." Upon that they acted worse than before. Finally, the young gal. Ester Essie, they call her said, "Oh! Aunt Jeru sha. don't you know, it's a dance ?" Then she went off again like all possess ed. After iea their grand parlors were lighted till you could pick tip a pin any whereabouts. And the gals and fel lows standing around it was a purty sight I tell yon. Such dresses as those voung girls wore was good for sore eyes. I didn't suppose they grew any where outside of store windows. And ith nice black clothes and kid cloves on thtir hands, white ties, looking all the world like a lot of minis ters, only they didn't act like them. Pnrtv soon the fiddles struck up. I such sweet music l'felt most as if I was in the air somewhera. After a while thev all pat in two rows. First I knew the head fellar and gal ..-m. rfliPr altont the weast and went bobbiuz all round those rooms. J couldn't tell Ton what they didn't do. Then all of them were clinging to each ,i. o.i'n r liV all nossessed. First ('LIU . O " " the feller would try to catch the gal, while she ecamtered backward away from him. Then he would ran back wards and she after him. Then whirl round aud round mitil I thought they were trying to see how long they could stand without falling. After a little ttey stopped", I suppose from she-r exhaustion, and walked up and down the rooms to cool off. Along came an uncommon pnriy girl, leaning on thu arm of an awfully tall feller. She was wipiug her face with a little piece of lace. I took my new bandana from rnv iHX-ket aud said, "My dear ere ter, do take a handkerchief to wipe off the presperation." She smile.1, and said, "Thank you, this will do very well," meaning the lace tiling. Mr nephew's gal, Essie, polled my arm," looking as red as a tiled lolster, and she said. Hadn't you bet ter sit in the reception room, then the dancers won't annoy you." Dancrs, said I "I haven't seen any dancers. I suppose they thought I said some thing funnv, for they all laughed but Essie, I told ter I didn't know what the reception room was but I was all right v.har I w as. The fiddle. again struck up and some ellow lad her off. What do you think thev did then ? But a gal, the one that seemed to take the lead throughout the whole performance, dropped into a chair with a footstool, hassock they call it, at her feet Along came the fellows one by one, and attempted to kneel npoD it, but she'd twitch it away, and they'd walk off. Finally, along came a fellow she liked, but he, instead of bit ctw.i went niumn upon the 11IJK I111 . floor He gathe ed himself directly and taking the al hi his arms off they went as before, with the whole crowd after them. I looked at the knees of those nice store pants to see if they were dusty, but they wasn t Sol concluded my nephew's wife must be an uncommon nice housekeeper. After that the fellers and gals curte sied up to some boxes standing on a table and handed each ether out of them some nice nine uuufe- ir,f tlit-ir clothes. I couldn't very well make out what they were, to I asked a pretty gal in pink. She told me "thev were fafois." "Wail,- saiu lietter now man aid before." She bit her lips and said nothing. She seemed a ple-sant kind of gal so I made bold to ask her, Why , went on their knees a few mo ments since. I did not know they ever knelt to anything save their Maker -Oh. yes" she said, "they often liuul ist an eels." s n imniiflpnt feller, standing by her side, clapped lu. hands, shouting "Pur . Miss Johnson, party good. rushing np, crying, "Please explain, bo we can all laugh." Ahen Essie puTed my arm and said, Aunt Jerasha, won't you please ask your questions of me?" In a twinkling she whisked out of a side door and returned directly with my nephew s wife. She wore the loveliest black dress all over shot work, with such signs of lacs, enough, I declare, to buy Jacob Morse's farm. I a vine her hand softly on my arm, she asked me "if I wasn't tired, and shouldn't she show me to my room ?" 1 thanked her all the same, ''but thought I would stay and see the show out." She looked, I thought, a leettle disappointed like. Just then a tall feller came along, who held his head so high that he was obliged to drop his eyelids to see, and offered his arm and they walked away. hen I looked around to see how much I had lost a lady sat in a chair with a looking glass before her, aud lots of fellers were brought up behind her. She'd shake her head until the one ap peared she fancied, I supposed, for he folded his arm around her, and thev went bobbing around the room. Then another gal sat in the chair. They kept that agoing until the whole of thtni were again whirling like mad. After they had exhausted themselves and were again walking like rational human beings, I forgot what Essie said and asked a short girl in red, ''What the performance wns for. If they were trying to raise money to send heatheus or to the blacks in Liberia?". "Oh, dear, ntither," she laugbiugly replied. "This is the pure essence of high-toned society. We are simply enjoying our selves. It is possible you have nev ;t seen the german?" and she looked at me if she thought I belonged to some other planet besides h r own. Just then the music started and the feller that took off my nephew's wife led her away. Afterward I saw them laughing heartily over something she was say ing. While watching them I lost part of the show, for when I looked again a fel low and girl were going round and round, as if the evil one were after them, and if you'll believe me another fellow was doing justl.ke them, only he was fanning a girl. Said L to a meek looking chap that stood by: "Are they afraid the girl will faint before she does her part ? If so, won't you carry her this bottle of hartshorn ? It's gen uine, I assure you, bought jnst before I left home. He looked at me for a whole minute and a half Ik-fore acswering. I suppose he was astonished to meet with so un selfish a person as myself. Directly he took the bottle aud started for the gal, who by this time was leaning on her fellow's arm, all out ol breath. Such an uproar as that hartshorn made I Everyone in the room smelt of it, and passed it back and forth, until I could b' r it no longer. What did I do ? Why, I spoke up in a loud voice, and said: "Oals, if you keep that ere coik out so long, you'll spile that hartshorn. It cost me just twenty cents at our store in Poketown. I felt some one touch my arm. and there stood my nephew Jonathan his wife calls him John and invited me into his house to see some rare paint ings. asked "if the show was over ? He said "for the present, as the young ladies and gentlemen were now going in for refreshments. "ItelreshmenU I X exciaimiu; -you don't mean to say all this; young cre- turs are going to eat supper at this hour ofnicht? It'll s&rtin sure soils their ditrestion." But when 1 looked around they had all gone. So 1 told him "I was tired, and would retire, it Celinda would show me to my room. But tell her I'll sleep anywar, in the garret or on a lounge. for with such a houseful you must be despnt crowded for bedi." He laughingly said: "We have plen ty of room Aunt Jerusha. These yourg ivoiiln all co home to-night." I was greatly surprised, bat followed him to my room, where he wished me happy dreams, and hoped 1 had been favorably impressed with Brighton, and Rrlo-h ton's voune people. T Auhi't let on what I thought, for "silence is golden." I had that for a copy in my writing book once and I never forgot it. Just as I turned off the gas 1 heard the fiddlers strike up and know the per formance had again begun. 1 did think quite strongly of going down to see the thin out. but was just a little afraid of mv nephew, so soon dropped asleep, but little figures kept dancing around mv bod all night and kept up a perfect -Lirlicrio- till morning. When I "awoke the sun was high in the heavens. Help l anted. A Wavne conntv farmer who is much anuoved by tramps came to Detroit a bile ago and had a hall a uozen Bigus Smallpox Beware !" painted to post . 1 j A1. nn on His nouse auu giwuuvo. . though he had one on ' either side of cute they had not ueen o hours when a rover parsed be tween them and knocked on the door and asked for food. .i-.-.t' .-r.n those sicns on the gate ?" demanded the fat mer. ..-.v . i.nt I .Min't read." ri ..It n a:ti.l he was near-sighted XilC lit and thought the signs read "for sal. The third had had smallpox and was the family. The fourth WUJU'g v. i w vaccinated and was recKiess. -in. fifth had a renie to sell, and the with a cold sixm alter b'o .. x.:.- rA to his benefactor and said "If you want to beat the boys knock down them signs and put up one reading: .ttt -.nt-vl It never fails to keep iiuii , n ; efriicrht along. ,:nZ tha advice, and iJtrUiC vaw - he hasn't had a call since. Cramatloa Japaa. A young cadet midshipman, with the Asiatic rquadron, writes from Yokahama follows: We wandered up a narrow path "Jetween black, barren kicking peaks. about half way up the mountain. L'pon iuiuiuk a auarp corner we came Into a gully between peaks, in the centre of which was a large atone Equate building wim a cupoia. idis was the crematory. Upon entering we found a square room. with a grouud floor, in the centre of which several bnck fireplaces were built. There wee formed by brick walls about three feet high and two feet apart. There are five of these fireplace two small ones on either side and a larze one in the middle. When we arrived ihsy were not burning any one, much to our disgust after our ong tramp. As we returned we met, at the bottom of the hill, a body being brought. It was in a laree box. like a sedan chair, carried bv two coolies. The hearse (?) was profusely decorated with white, the mourning color in this country. 1 here were two mourners, one man and child, dressed enliiely in white There were others in the procession, carrying white fliigs and paper lanterns, also, an old priest dressed in long, mud colored robes. We j Mned the procession and fol lowed in'.o the temple. The body was set down in the centre of the temple, and the priest, after ringing a bell to call the attention of the gods, began prayers, tbe principal part of which seemed to be ex pressive groans. During tbe service mourners and the other members of the profession were ehatlinz and laughing as if nothing wis going on. The Japi do not believe in the lmuioilauty of the soul, but think a man goes from one life to an other until he becomes good enough to be atisorbed into the Mikado or Great Gods. After the services in the Temple the tnnimings were stripped off and the body was carried up the hilL We followed. ctemuoed to see the end. The old sex )ii was ready, and had wood laid across one ci the h replaces. Ihe body was taken out, it having been encased in a cask about three feet high, the legs being doubled up along the body. This is the regular Colbn used Ufei in tbe country. the graves being dug in a cylindrical in stead of a rectangular shape. In this case the cc fiin w as laid upon the wood and straw piled around it. The chief mourner then lighted tbe pile and left, I suppose you will think we should also have left, hut we did not. 1 he straw soon blazed up and the wood caught. In a tew min utes there waff a loud crack, like the re port of a pistol. It was occasioned by the bursting of the hoops on the barrel. f he barrel soon fell off, exposing the body, wh'ch straightened out. The sexOn was very olilitrine, and removed tne straw, etc., from the body go that we could set the whole operation. After the body be- ean to burn it was its own fuel. We slaved tid it began to fall to pieces, when we lelt. After a body has burned to suits can be clcmed and buried by the friends; if not claimed the ashes are turown out the biJt door, where there is a great accumulation of such remains of the dead. The charge for burning the body is about sixty cenlir. llleaclilne lilack Woman. There is a colored iady in Cincinnati, who, after having b.en tor some time under peculiar medical treatment, is grad ually, from the ffect ot the drug admin istered, being cnancea to wune. ine physician having charge of the case was found and alter some hesitation volunteered to accompany the reporter to see bis pa tient. The lady is the wife ol a muialio man, at one tune a photographer in the city, but now keeping a stationery store, an j both are well known, airs. in a bora in Kredencksbun', Va,, and is at present about sixty -seven years old. Three years ago, after suffering about seventeen years with an ovarian tumor, Eue caitea on the doctor. L'pon examination he tound that to remove it in the usual way would sacrifice life. The only course, In his oDinion. wis to follow a method ot treatment that would give relief from the intense physical suffering which tne woman experienced. Ith this in view be began the administration of a certain drug, the name of which he withholds for the present until he has completed the study of the case aud is ready to give the facts in detail, with theories ana aeuue tions, to the medical profession, and through them to the j ublic. Shortly after the treatment was begun he no: iced white blotches appearing upon the Skin, which gradually enUrged and extended over tbe face, body and limbs. Just at Ibis time, too, the woman begun experiencing relief fioin her excruciating pains, and from that day to this has improved in health. untd she is now better than lor iwemy- five years. As though in progress wun ner health, the blotches increased in size until one-half of her body is as wiuie as ih r.nrpfct Caucasian, bhe was ontinany a very daik mulatto, tne puruoua skin still letaiaing then- original color are rv.1.1 and danimv. While tne wmieneu parts are warm and animated. inis change has been very slow, as it has been ininr nn for near v inree vean, amu transformation is only half completed. A Touch ol at are. "Your child is very sick," said the doctor, laying down his book to feel a very small pulse; "she has lever ana u threatened with inflammation of th brain." "What shall I do for her, doctor? asked the sweet little mother, looking an .-ith fon1 attention in her brown eves. "Give her this poder auu jm mustard plaster on Kr chest, and let me . . -1 - know if she gets better scon. The doctor returned to his book and the mother went away with her baby, but soon came back again. sii in mncli worse, doctor: I am afraid" she will die." The doctor laid down his book and looked attentively at the baby. lea, will .lio " be said eravely. "I can lo nothing more for her." The bn.ve little woman did not snea a tear. For a moment she looked grave while the doctor regarted her earnesly, then she sad. gently: ! ali:dl bnrv her in her best white dress and put her blue white stsh on and please, doctor, don't send in your bill until after the funeral." "I will not," said the doctor, and he looked crave for a few moments after he was left alone; then he resumed his readiu?. while a tender smile lingered about his mouth. He was a popular lawyer, but was playing a part for the benefit of his little daughter, and tbe hahv that died was an indestructible doll. It seems but yesterday, it was but a few years ago, that Mohammed AH sprung from the lowest origin. A Macedonian boy, wbo had a French merchant for bis patron, became succefsively a brilliant soldier, an influential leader in the dis tracted state of affairs in Egypt after the French occupation, secret mauager of Cairene politics and Governor of Ejjypt by the Sultan's appointment, and the most powerful man in tbe Mimeluke aristocracy which feared neither God nor Sultan. In 1811 he eave that memorable feast in the citadel 'A Cairo to which the unsuspicious Mimelukes came, to be shut in and shot down like dogs. By that mas sacre of 470 men, and the subsequent ex ecution of tbeir surviving friends, he re moved all obstacles from bis way and established bis family on tbe throne, which the Sultan was compelled to recognize as practically independent. Mohammed Ah was one of the ablest men Islam has pro duced, fie reformed Egypt, and brought order and the beginnings of prosperty out of tbe chaos and misery which had pre vailed. Be introduced all tbe industries out of which the revenue of Eypt has since been derived. He constructed tbe Mahmoudieh canal connecting Alexandria with the Nile and thus with Cairo. His expeditions for tbe conquest of Greece, his contest in Syria with tbe sultan, the brilliant campaigns of his soldier son Ibra him Pasha, all form a pago of the moet exciting history of Eastern politics. The Western nations weie compelled to take part in it for tbe repression of tbe rising power of the Egyptian dynasty. But for England's love of tbe Sultan in Constanti nople, the story of the last fifty years in tbe Levant would have been altogether another tale. These are matters of well kcown history, but it is well just now to recall and review them. By the Mahammedan law the succession of princes is not from father to son in the direct liae, but to the eldest male descend ant, in whatever branch of tbe family. 1 his was the order by which, until tne accession of I"!mail a few years a?o, the familv of Mohammed Ali reigned. The succession has been marked with the old Oriental use of poison and dagger for tne removal of one t make room for a suc cessor. e have no space to enumerate tbe murders in Egyptian palaces and else where. It is wholly out of the order of things for a descendant of Mohammed Ali to die a natural dtrtb. After Toosoon Ibrahim and Ismail had disappeared from tbetcrne Abbas Tasha reigned. Under him tbe wise counsels of the founder of the family for the good ot Egypt began to cive way to the desire of personal wealth and aggrandizement. Abbas was mnr-d-red in his bed by daggers hired by the family for these Egyptian murders were often family affairs. The fat and good natured Said succeeded. He was the victim of European plunderers. Eisy aud unsuspicious, he was led to pay enormous prices for European steamboats, and sugar mills and engines, and became the general object of robbery by English and Frerch contractors. It has never been quite cer tain, but always suspected, that Ssid died of a slow process of poisoning, leaving E-n-nt mortcaired to Western Europe. When Ismail eucceeueu no uesireu wj 'Europeanize-' E,apt, enrich himself and change the law of succession so that bis own son auu granusou iiugm him. This latter concession he obtained, at a high price, from the Sultan. But in buving it he brouyht the bitter enmity of all other descendants cf Mohammed All, and incurred a so the opposition of all Mohammedans who adhere te the strict law of the religion. New complications were thus lniroaucea imu j-wymui Plllic- .... . It must oe remeuioereu wu uunug this time there has been in tgypi a powerful tbouRh silent eamity to tae whole family of Mohammed Ali. That family is Turkish. Tbe Turks are for eigners in Arabia and Africa. They are hated in Egypt as tne ancient r-yiinaua hatnl ihe ahenberds of Asia. An Arab sovereignty would command tentold sup- nort in tVPt. lue limusu iuaici sustained his position by giving offices to Turks and excluding Arabs as far as pos- Bible. . . The Euroneanizmg no-ioas oi jsinau brought about their natural result. Desti tute of the satracity oi ms liiusinoua au- cestor Mohammed Ali.who knew just what European ideas, customs ana inventions were suited to his people, Ismail brought n in ass theatres, dance houses and all the abominations of French and Italian seaport towns. The calm of old oriental cities gave way to midnight orgies. Ten years made a fcartul change in Alexandria ni i:iro. ana ine cuhhkc w.io iciv up tbe Nile as Minieh ana s-oiou', ami even at Es-Souan ; and worse than au ier himself, he borrowed taropean money .nil fo.ind that his plantations and palaces. .nH crown were in the hands el European pawnbrokers. He was dethroned by the summary process of foreclosing ft personal mnrtjiw. and the pawnoroaers uave aiuce been trying to use for their own benefit ih. i.et remains of the power which was rrAtd seventy years aco by the son of Macedonian beggar. II has oeen mreca tenre sears and ten of blood, poison and plunder, and it is yet unchanged. Bii onH nn u ht not to be far off. Meantime the great popuiauou oi igypi a a nnuL BUlienun. oiicm vauu;i laboring from tunrise to sunset, and slwnme from sunset to sunrise , and this population has not for all this time mmnl hand ar foot, or taken any part in the buvin and selling of Egypt. The reader thouid always reniemoer that when Hisnatchea reDort the state of feeling in E 'vot. the action oi tne -oiamco mo excitements ol the people, none of this has reference to the millions wno are me hnn and sinew of EgVPt. Tfcey have never yet risen to assert themselves. Jehiel Jasper. nantinr most done. Jehiel V said the storekeeper, as Jasper dropped in for his weekly supply of navy plug. "WaalU no; not xerzacuy. mxan binder cold'a'raw. I ain't done much o nolhin." "Squire Perkins tel:s me he s got nis m in ornna in all but a lime paicu lor late vegetables." "That a lust toe way wun me squire, aud JehieL He denes frovidence plants his crops and generally makes out on it. I don't do that way. It ain't in me to be so all-fired pushin.' Uow s my account standi" "WelL JehieL" said the grocer, 'it's a little heavier than your credit. You dont seem to be any more pushing in paying your bills than you are in planting your crona." "Xo. taint my natur. I dont seem to rat hold o' money like some folks. Taxes i co darned huh. and" "Now. JehieL that's too thin. You havn't paid your taxes for two years, and " Just then Jehiel lounged out of the store and sat down on the stoop, ana enjoyea shiftless afternoon. There's no pushing the Jehiel Jasper. Crlmou Incident. Cordial terms prevailed between the British and French officers ot correspond ing rank. There was no more striking in stance of this among the older men than that of Sir Colin Campbell and General Vinois. The one commanded the High land Brigade at Balaklava, aad the other was at the head of the nearest French Brigade on tbe heights. Although the Scotchman could not speak a word of French nor the Frenchman a word of English, they were in the habit of break fasting together every Sunday, alternately in each o'her's tents, without an inter preter. There they would sit on the op posite sides of the table, helping one another to the best of everything, but only saying : 'My friend, Vinois 1" "Mon ami, Campbell t" Whether or not the Frenchman proved constant in his kindly feeling is not re corded; but it is a historical fact that, years afterward, on the Scotchman's death as Lord Clyde, a sum was found ap pointed in his will for the purchase cf a mourning ring to be sent to his "friend Vinois." Lieutenant Elliot, of tbe fi'.h Dragoon Guards, saved the life of General Scarlett by his admirable devotedness. A tall Russian officer, perceiving that the officer leading the charge must be of high rank, placed himseif so as to cut him down when he should reach the column. Gen eral Scarlett, bein extremely short sighted, was not prepared to guard bis left, Elliot, who was riding close behind bim as his aid-de-camp, gave his horse the spur, and dashing past him just as tbe Russian had raised his arm to strike, ran the latter tkrouiih the body with such force that the thrust went home to tbe hilt- The Russian was turned quite round in bis ssddle before tbe sabre could be disengaged, and then he fell dead to the ground. General Scarlett recommended Elliot for promotion and the victoia Crosr, on account ot his d'stinguisbed conduct in this charge of the Heavy Bri gade ; but neither of the applications was entertained by the Hone Guards, for what reason no mortal man can telL This beau sabrcur" as he was dubbed by many of bis Iriends, received no less than fourteen wounds on that ill fated day. After the battle, one of his brother offi cers went into his tent aud found him standing before a looking glass. "Helloa, E!hot, lieauliiying. are you r "Yes," was the answer, "1 am stick ing on my nose. It had been slashed nearly on ms iace in the melee. He was a most agreeable and kiLd-hearted companion, and a very able cavalry officer ; bu. his modesty never permitted him to talk oi nis services. When General Scarlett's two lecoinuien- dations were negatived, iliiot said mat he could not expect to be rewarded for having done his duly, and nothing more than anv other English officer miht hav done. Captain Morns, of the 17ih Jjancers, grievously wounded in the head, was lying with his bore 8 bridle in ois nanu, wnen voune cornet of the same regiment, fair George WombwelL whose horse had been shot under bun, ran past in the vain at- teinot to catch another, which was gal loping nderless. "Take mine," saia vapiain Morris. 'My riding is over." jo, no," answerea nomuweu. - x will help you to mount, and you will get back aU right," The cautain became insensible, ana WomhwelL thinking him dead, got on his charcer and rode to the hues unhorseut Captain Morns recovered nis senses wnen some Cossacks were robbing bim. He lay still, lest they should despatch him if they saw he was alive. After they dru leu him, up came an English troop horse, with his nose on the ground, evidently seeking his fallen rider. Captain Morris took hold of the bridle, and contrived to mount the animal, which stood quiet for him to do so. He rode in the direction of our lines, till the horse was killed by a round shot. The tall renacreu mm in sensible once more. hen he regained consciousness, he tried to walk. Stunib- linir often, and sitting down when he lelt exhausted, be found himselt at last beside the body of another officer, whom Be re cognized as Captain olan. Knowing thus that be must tie near tne unea, as noor Xolan bad fallen at the beginning of the charge, ke summoned up the remains of the indomitable resolution lor wnicu he was noted In tbe army, and hoa.ly staggered into the camp of tbe liigbt II n- traiie. 1 ui him ol ten aunng nis stow recovery Irom ms wouno, anu cougbituu the highest admiration for him. He was most deserved'.y promoted, and after the Crimean war was over, went with his reiriment to India, where he died. One is always sorry to near oi me ueaiu of one's comrades at the irom; our. whether it be that it happens so frequently that it ends by. leaving the callous, more or less, or that the uncertainty of ene's own fate encourages egotistical indiffer ence to the fate of others, it is certainly a fact that an intrenched camp is not the most favorable sphere in the world for the development ot altruism and benevolent sympathies. I recollect a case of an offl- cer, noteu ior nis amu-uomcuijcai aw affectionate manner toward those around him. having to give a message to his favimte aid-de-canip to carry, when the latter was struck dead by a round shot '1 must ask you to carry this message, aaid the ofller. turning to another aid-dc- camp, and explaining the particulars, whirh he entered into as it noining un usual had taken place. Another mend ot mine, a most wonny efllccr, never could speak seriously on any aiiidect whatsoever. He had received bad wound while going his rounds in the trenches, and had been conveyed to tne hospital at Scutari, where Miss XigLtin- cale nursed him. One morning he com plained to her most Diueriy oi me noise which other wounuea omcers in me same ward had made in the nigbt, having kept him awake when be wished to slewo. She told him that those officers had died irreat azonv. 0 ... i . 'Well, said he, l wouiu ieei sa niucu obliged to you next tune, if you would ask any mortally wounded officers you may be taking care oi in mis warn u tae qiuetly, without distuibing other in the night." . Th tilMil of Vonaa. Already about forty expeditions have heen nroiected for the observation ot the enmin? transit of Venus. The number will be considerably increased by those ot the TJcited States, Italy, and Austria, yet to be announced. The French have fixed upon eight stations. In the north, Florida. CoL Ferrier, Cuba, M. d'Abidie; Mexico, M. Bouquet de la Grye; Martinique, M. TiKerand. In the south, bintiago du Chili. M. Leclerc. Santa Crux, M. F.eu- riaia : Rio Negro. M. Petrol In ; Port Desire, or Chubiilt (Patagonia), M. Ilatt, These missions will start in July. Ea.h will have two equatorial, one 8 inch and ana 0 inch. ni-asa rawtmt shrink one-eight inch te the foot in cooling. Grief aad Hu There is a ludicrous nde to grief, as well as a pathetic one, and the disinterested observer at a funeral will often notice absurdities and incongruities which are all the more glaring and ridiculous from the trappings of woe by which they are surrounded. We can imagine the q mint expression of sorrowful indignation on the face of that little boy who, while weeping kindly at his grandmother's funeraj, dis covered tbat a little schoolmate who wJ present was also crying earnestly. "Look here," he said, in an angry whisper to the visitor, "what are you crying for, she (sob) wasn't jour-r-r-r g-g grandmother?" "I k-k-n w it," answered the other, ' but can't I f-f-feel b-bad too?" "No you can't, ' responded the mourn er, in a voice -hat nearly disturbed the solemnities. "Th-th-tbis a-l-nt n-n one of your f f-funeral !" Upon one occasion when a very flowery pulpit orator was called upon to make the tia&l address at the burial services of a lady wbo was highly esteemed, he had forgotten his notes, m which he had pre pared a peroration somewhat after the style of Edmund Buflte when be was describing Marie Antonette. Fixing his eyes on the bereaved partner of tne deceased, wbo was buned in grief, the funeral orator began : "When she who now lies so peacefully before us first struck her husband' here be paused and frantically plunged his hands into his coat tail pockets "first struck her husband " "It is false! she never struck me.' shouted the angered husband. But the orator paid no attention to him; with glazed eyes and the perspiration roll ing dewn his face hs continued mechani cally. "First struck her husband-er-er" then as his memory retorned, he went on joy fully : ''First struck her husband s young and romantic fancy in tbe early dawn of love and hope," etc., etc, and the services proceeded without further interruption. For genuine wit as well as genuine good feeling, the Irish surpass all other nations. and their funerals are both tearful and jolly, for it is almost impossible for an Insuman to give an answer to a solemn question without his mother wit getting tbe best of bim and his manner is so indescribably droll it is impossible not to laugh at bim. A priest who was officiating at a funerel where all present were stran gers to him, leaned forward and asked of man near him if the deceased was a brother, not knowing the sex hnnse!'. "No, your nverence,"' answered Pat. A sister then," said the priest, and he was about to resume the services, when at leaned forward and whispered : "Xayther. your riverence ; the corpse was no relation to me at all at alL" This was as particular as the sexton who called out, "The second cousins of the corpse will please come forward and take thir nlarra. At another ninerai tne per- son in power announced tnai "tne lateral i branches of the corpse will now join the procession. A recent widower in this city, noted for bis bne personnel and aauvity of manners abroad, and the display of "pure cussed ness" and animosity at home, caused no end of trouble at his wife's funeral by his revelation of natural and acqnired obstrep- erousness. The menus wno naa cnarge of the services at the bouse had arranged the handsome parlors to their minds, when, happening to leave tnem alone a few moments they returned to And the carpets covered with sheets, and were informed by me oiscons- uaie nusoana 'that he didn't propose to have a mob of ceonle destroying his property. Having dressed for the funeral with elaborate care. he informed his friends at the last moment that he wouldn't step rout of his loom if he didn't have a blaca bordered handler chief furnished. While tne ceremony was in progress and the minister was delivering a tearful tribute to the virtues of the young wife lying in her ooffla, the bereaved m in stepped to a friend who was leanine against the marble manUL and whispered : 'Don't lean on to heavily, it wai come down if you do, and I can't afford to have it smashed.'' At tbe grave he gave himself up to a paroxysm of grief that was known to be for the benefit of the people present, auu after returning to his desolate home his first act was to throw the funeral nowera out of the windows, declaring they ruined the vases they were in and litlered up the rooms. Of all things simulated grif is the most absurd and the easiest de tec tea. A man who insists upon being buried in tbe same grave with his wife and irquires two men to support him. while a third holds his hat on his head, is sure to marry again wtthin a twelve-month, for such an emo tional natuie cannot exist alone. Th AiItIm Card. A few days since a well dressed young man entered an express office in Cincin nati!, and said to the obliging niocey clerk. Mr. Clark, that he wished to send some money to bis wile; ana mat sne uvea in Bjston in a flat, and that her man Deiog sometimes tampered with, be would Uke to know how to send it, so that it would be absolutely safe. Mr. Clark replied by showing him the "advice card ' they use in connection with oraers, on wuicn is a clause stating that if the sendet of money bas in his posession a signature oi tne navee. and will paste it on ths card, the - .. ... .j .. persons calling ior me money can iucuhij thems Ives bv duplicating tbe signature. The gett eman replied that be had lots if l n. Sua pulling uia auu iu hruuirht cat a bundle oi letters, Alter examining several in succession a broad smile tpread ever his countenance, and with a fcaif doubtful expression he said, "Are vou a married man f Mr. Clark answered that he was. "WelL then. said be, "look at this," handing over one of the letters. Mr. Clark looked and found the cause ot the young mans amusement to be that tne letter was signed not with his wife's name, but with tbe endearing substitute, "i our ootaey toot sev." and it turned out that they al! were so. Mr. Clark then said, "WelL cut one of them off, and the agent will cauie hrr to duplicate lL" The gent!enan, after some hesitation, agreed, remarking. "I'll do it, but when 1 get home 1 wdl expect some lively hair pulling. The Chinese Chorea. There are one thousand five hundred templet in China, consecrated to Confu cius. The annual sacrifices at these curi ous churches are five thousand eight hun dred sheep, five thousand large foata, twenty-seven thousand pigs. The luxury I of Chinese worsmp may be Imagined by i the fact that more than twenty-seven thousand pieces of the richest silks are annual! r used in tbe temple of Confu j tins. Kaarawi Huatiaa;. Kangaroo-driving entails far arlier hours than the ordinary field spor's of civilization in which Engliahm-u in dulge at homu. Breakfast at hal'-past six or seven in the morning, and a gal lop it may be of ten or of twice ten miles to the rendezvous, will enable the "new chum," or stranger Irom foreign lands, to take stock of the company con stituting the field. He fiuds, as a rule, about thirty horsemen at the appointed tryst, of whom half are white men with guns in their haods, and the other fif teen ar ? black natives, mounted on cap ital lorses, wbieh they sit and manage to perfection. The beaters, with the masters of the station to marshal and keep them in order, are spread out at distances of a quarter of a mile from each other, in a ha'f moon extending over three or four miles. The guns are sent ahead some six or eight miles, and take np their station in line at points for which the kangaroos, when startled, are accustomed to make. The marksmen lie down behind bushes or among some logs of trees, nor have they long to wait before tbe "thud," "thud" of an "old man" kangaroo, leaving the van of the mob which follows him, strikes forcibly upon tbe listening ear. The nsud prac tice of expene iced hunters is to allow the first few kangaroos to break through the line without leing shot at, and when once the leaders have passed ahead nothing will deter the rest from follow ing. Then the deadly fusilade opens, the shot being poured into the hind quarters of the quarry. Three and a half drachms of powder and an ounce and a half of heavy shot make havoc with the game, which keeps bounding along on each side of the shooters until their guns become fairly too hot to hold. At last the first mob is exhausted, and stillness takes posses sion of the woods for a quarter of an honr or so, broken only by the occa sional cry of a d j hig kangaroo. Pres ently the second mob logins to heave in sight, and agiin there is rare work for the busy guns. At last an unearthly storm cf shouts, screams, and yells rings through the bush, and the black natives, cracking their stock whips, which make a noise like the discharge of a pistol, and branibshing their gaudy red and yellow handkerchiefs, bunt upon the view. Just ahead of the beaters ctmes a straggling array of wallabies, and it is imposssible for the shooters to thrust in their cartridges fast enough. Tbe sport goes on again just in the same way for a we,.k, at tbe end of w Inch the bag mav le some fifteen hundred kangaroos. and about a third of that number of wallabies, slain. If ever indiscriminate and wholesale slaughter be justifiable it must be in sach a case, for if the k i garoos were not kept down they would make the laud nninhal itable by the squatter. It may be mentioned tbat there are many other ways of killing kangaroo than bv driving them in the wav we have lust described : but. in i conclusion, we can promise those young English sportsmen who are fond of "hot corners" at home that Australia will supply them with as many shots as the best preserved covert in Suffolk or Cam bridgeshire, and that by killing kanga roo and wallaby without stint or abate ment they will be conferring an im mense benefit upon their hosts, for which they may count upon receiving a hearty welcome and a profusion of thanks. Itiatanr ol tn mars. It would take a ray of light travelling at the rate of 186.000 miles per second three years and eighth months t go to the nearest fixed star. In order that the niiad may be less confused in the midst of these thousands of sparkling points it has been agreed from the high est antiquity to class the stars according to their apparent brightness. The brightest stirs have been called stars of the 6rst order or magnitude, althongh this term does not imply anything rela tive to the actual size and brightness of the stars; those which follow, still in the order of their apparent brightness, have been called stars of the second magnitude; then cornea those of the thin! fourth, and fifth magnitude, ac cording as they appear smaller; stars of the sixth magnituie are the last stars visible to the naked eye. It is generally thr ught that the brightest are the near est, thougb this is not always so. There are said to be between 5,000 and 6,000 stars visible to tbe naked eyj. But when our f-jeblo sight gives way, the bdcoDe. that giant eye which increa ses, from century to century, piercing the depths of tbe heavens, constantly discovers new stars. After the sixth magnitude the first glasses revealed the seventh. They then reached the eighth, the ninth. It is thus that thousands, have increased to ten thousands, and tbat tecs of thousands have become hundreds of thousands. More perfect instruments have cleared those distan oes. and have found stars of the tenth and eleventh magnitudes. From this period they began to count by m llions. The number of the star j of the twehth magnitude is 9,556,000; added to the eleven preceeding magnitudes, the total exceeds fourteen millions. By the aid cf still greater magnifying power these limits are again surpassed. At the present time the total number of stars, from the first to the thirteenth magni- tadeinclasive, is calculated at 43, 000, 000. The sky is truly transformed. In th3 field of the telescope neither con stellations nor divisions are distinguish ed; bat a fine dust shines in the place where the eye, left to its own power, only sees darkness, on which stand out two or three stars. In proportion as the wonderful discoveries in optics will increase the visual power, all regions of the sky will be cove ed with this fine golden sand. Xh,W3 ES BRIEF The Koran was writteu atut 6 10 A. D. Maud Granger is too ill to sot at present, Edwin B xth i worth over half a million. Emerou's eataU is worth upwards of SJuO.OliO. Mexico is dead set against Apache m migration, Sasan B. Anthony is cousin of Senator Laphsm. Miiggie Mitchell has ma la $l'A000 during the season. Iowa farmers are now eating pota toes from Scotland. The finger rings of America are said to be worth $53,060. Ealakaua has a new two hundred thousand dollar palace. A San Antonio (Texas) woman baa 40,000 silk worms at work. Chief Justice Wait will spend most of the summer at Lyme, Conn. It is estimated that theGrpay cbilJ ren at England number 30,000. The first abbeys or mouaateriea were founded in the third ceutury. The creameries are monopolizing a large share of the milk at this time. There are manufactured 12,000 shove's weekly in the United Status. The cat was domesticated in Egypt. The Greeks and Romans did not possess it. Stephen Day was the priuter of th first almanac published in America, in 1639 A Quaker affirmation was first att empted as a legal oath in England in 16U6. During the time of tbe Norman conquest the game of dice was very com mon. The whale fishery first sprang up in the Buy of Biscay, in the twelfth ceu tury. A Chicago firm killed and packed 200,000 cuttle and 3,000,000 hogs last year. ' Bcuedict, au Italian, born 430, was the founder of the order of Benedictine monks. Jiiim-s Gorden Bennett has given Mrs. De Long $50,000 in government Ujlids. One hundred and ten whalers were sent out from the port of New Bedford in 1870. The annual consumptioa of beer in this country is only about nine gallons per capita. Seventy patents were issued to wo rn, n from tne United States Patent Office last year. Of the 133 ministers of tbe Metho dist new convention in Euglaad, liO are tetttjtalli.ru. The losses by fires in 1S31, a foot ed np bv fire insurance companies were $$1,230,800. Tbe Church of England has 907 churches m Loudon, 476 of wuich have surpliced choirs. Of the 519 women prisoners at Shar born, it is stated that 456 were com nutted as inebriates riie United States produces 30 per cent, of the grain of the world, and 31 per cent, of the meat. A $23,000 piano of unparalloled splomlor was the Prince of ales wed ding present to LeoohL The Washington aionnmeut reached a height recently of 250 feet. It is to be five hundred feet bight. The fleet and spirited horsea of Hungarv, are bred on wide plains, where they acamper at hlierty uutil they ara broken. In Gold Hill, Nev., bouses and lots which a few years ago were value! at from S2.II00 to $5,000 each are being rallied off. The Paris paiiers&avs that a French athlete has rnn 13 J mUes in an hour. This is a'ootit 2 luiles better thau the best Euglifh record Miss Gladstone, daughter of the English Premier, will probably be elec ted principal of tne flourishing Ladies College at Cambridge. The picture gallerv of fir William Armstrong, at Uothbury. England, ia lighted by the aid of the force from a little mountain rivulet. The iiii)Mrtation of eggs into Grat Britain last year w.is 750,000,000. or alxmt two dozen for each man, woman and child in the country. Howard Williams, colored, who has been selected as caterer for the Whittt House, has been for manv years body servant of Sunator Conkling. The rrincess Louise will return to Canada this month and spend the sum- mr there. In September, with Lierd Lome, she will visit British Columbia. A French millionaire, in order to encourage population, has left annual prizes of S1.2W, 300 and 3600 to the mothers ol the largest families in fans, with preference to the poorest in case of equality. The only child of Grace Greenwood, Miss Lippincott, is to make her debut in oera n xt winter in America, bhe is reported a a charming singer and lyric actress. The French Cremation Society now consists of 406 memlteis. The receipts for the first year were 7,000 francs. The average cost of cremation has been but three f nines. Count Von Moltke, Germany's veteran Field Marshal and Chief of StaiT, has taken leave of absence for aa indefinite period, preparatory to final re tirement from office. The value of farm products in the States of Rhode Island. Florida, Dela ware, Oregon, New Hampshire, West Virginia, Massachusetts and Connecti cut was 830,140.110. Charlotte Cushman's cottage at Newport has been let for the summer season of three months for $5009. All ber beautiful antique furniture, her statuary and her pictures are let with the house. -The ovster fishing and packing in- dustned of Maryland and Virginia give employment to 10,691 hands, who re ceive wages to tne amount of $tT,95'J,444 yearly. The amount invested in ihia Lusii.is is 3J,bU,,'j(0. The path of destruction of Ameri can tornadoes haa averaged 1085 fxt in width, according to Scrgeaht Fiuley. The storm ctoud moves at the rate of twelve to sixty miles an hour, while the wind within the vortex sometimes reaches the tremendous velocity of 800 miles an hour 332 miles being the aver age. i -i . vn om0any came Lfonuuu uw """" - r r.
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