& to mm. B. FM SCHWEIER, TEE OOIBTITDTIOI-TKE TJ5I0I-AH) THE EJT0B0OCEIT 01 TEE LAVS. Editor and Proprietor. VOL. XXXVI. MIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST -2. 1SS2. NO. 31. WW ' ' SUNG OF IDE GK&SS. Peep! peep! peep! peepi. Now I hi-at in; winter sleep ; Sow In silence win my way 1'pward to tbe light of day. Througn tbe dead yet fragrant mass, Of tke last year's tangled grass, l'p, by every random stone, I p, by every tree o'erblown. By tbe brushy fence's side. Where young Tlulcts lurk and hide, I am coining everywhere, . O'er the earth all brown and hare. Greet me gladly, gratefully ; Summer's faithful herald I, Kindly to my tender spears Bend, and lend attentive ears. While I whisjier sweet of flowers. While I tell of summer showers, Prophesy of golilen grain. And of loaded antumn wain, (reet me gladly, for in me Prophet true of good lou see, t'omffig, coming, everywhere. Making all the brown earth fair. ANOTIIF.R 61DE OF I T. "Now, Miss Gray, we have missed our car, and have a long walk before us, clear to Lincoln Park, so I am going to take the opportunity fc tell you the story I spoke of before, for I don't jant you to think that Xo. 21 is haunted only by ghostly memories. Well, to be gin with, one dreary, rainy night, there was a ring at the bell after everybody had gone to bed, so I threw on my wrapper and went down myself, think ing it must be a telegram. But when I opened the door there stood tbe queer est looking man, tall and big, and my, oh my ! what great hands and feet he did have, and such a shock of sandy, bristling hair ; a freckled face, and the most comical nose I ever saw. And you would have laughed to hear his Voice such a fuuDy one. His only baggage was a thin old carpet-sack and a cotton umbrella. "Well, 4iow d'ye do ?" said he. Be you the landlady. "Yes." 'Wal,' says he I did put op at the tavern and was cettiu' ready to rcost, when they said they'd charge rue SJ a day, and I jest thought, 'fore I'd pay it for thtru gimcracks and sUttt-ra and dishes, tuat ver grandmother couldn't tell what's made of, I'd set on the fence aH night, though they mostly be made with pints on top in these parts. aow kin you give me poik aad beans and sensible grub for a fair price ? "I think so : anvwhere troin $4 to $S a week, according to accommodations. HilY T "That'll do." says he let's squint around." V 21 h.ii linked to be the only va- cant room, so I shewed him that, and told him it was the highest-priced room 4n bor.se. but he said it would do. and sat down in the best chair, and it throueh from his rain drip ping clothes ruining it in five minutes. w looked so suspicious that I made him pay in advance, and then I saw him tiio Mn ciroet-uas anu take out wooden boot jack, then alone in his glory. I left him Next morning he apieured at the table with that irresistipble hair fiercer l.on ATar r.nw that it was dry. and the IUIUI V- V " - - amount he ate would have rnn a steam tut I saw tie young gents smile at each oth-r and tue older oces looksd amused, and I trembled for the poor WIow The only ladr boarder I had was Misa Birch a seamstress on the fonrth floor and without meaning her any harm, I must say she was the homeliest crea ture that ever offended my two eyea, and as good as she was ugly. And the new loirder Barnabas Capstack, his name was no so ner saw her than he seemed to fall in love with her. Why, i..t irfrv firt lav. when he "reckoned he'd walk down to the cross-roads kwII " he brought her rive ceuti' worth t ,,nia nnrl fr. m that tnie on his Ul ltuu"f .tTitions were unttrin?. lie was al wava brincmg her thiugs, candy, illus trated papers, tiuit, nooons, cueay iewelrv. and once yellow dress pat- tern. He asked her to go to every en tertainment that he heard of and she .1.-. rfnuad. but that made no uu- ference. On tbe 14tl ol February, he sent her thirteen valentines, all directed in n, om hand. And really I think it was t-n her account solely that he stayed so long, as the other boarder made it so unpleasant for him. There s no st pping young gents when they get started with their jokes, mere w two in 241. one in 25. those up 36. and some from the fourth floor, that spent tneir winter in tormenting poor Mr. Capstack. They would fill his pitcher with kero or.,1 1, would wash his face in it, and say tliat tbe BUU IJUCix v-raw mi was certainly leaking in his room. smeltsostrong. They cut fine horse-hairs over his bed in htUe fine bits, and these .. , lit. in 0C0 mosquito, if O lUUK " - don't know it. Then the roor fellow would come down in the morning with i.'ttlA nvpr his face, and 1 suppose, the rest of him, where he'd scratched the skin off. They would pew up his clothes and exchange his pantaloons for a pair that wouldn't reach his blue socks, but he'd tie them down hke the 77 T t. n was. and remark Uroiuer ' . . that, "that air goods shrinks. Pv,n clayed the old snipe trick on nim-took him out to Bnrnham i wi.;m holdinsr a candle WOOUB mu " .... ,in no the game rndSeirnTtiecandleuntditburnt nowder in the end and exploded : and the way he came gallop- - j V afreet about 4 o'clock in the morning suggested that he j in BUT the least. was But, my ! he took it all so patiently rmrJ hnmored, and was anu woo dw t . , -, faithful to his true love, and be paid Ida board so very prompUy, u i.oln likine the fellow. self He said that he had got tired of fanning, and he could find something to do in the city, and was employed in a big wholesale house down on Broad street. So he lived on with tss for a number of months, bearing all the jokes patiently, di inking castor oil in his glass of milk, salt i J his coffee, soap in his pie, and I suppose, a thousand otber things that I never knew of, and grew more and more devoted to Miss Birch the more she snublwd him. uutil one day she came into my room, and I knew she had something to say by her looks, so I let her talk on, i jid finally she says : Mrs. Compton, I do believe I'll have to marry that fellow to get nd of him." Well, says I, "that's a sensible way, lor it s a sure one. just marry him. and hell trouble you little after that, I'll warrant" But bless von, how the flow up 1 ' "Mrs. Comptou" savs she, "I didn't expect to be insulted by you. You know as well as I do that Barnabas is above the common run. He's so faith ful and true. Why, he asked me to marry him four times last week, and five times this, and hist night he sent np the loveliest note along with a quart of oysters and a pair of shoes, and now if you think he is going to neglect me like other men, you're very much mis taken !" and then she bounced out of the room, and wouldn't come back for week, and I learned, my dear, not to take a woman at her word. One night, a few months later, in came Barnabas, bristles np, and flainiug necktie, and he seemed to have some thing to say. He wiggled and squirmed on his chair, cleared his throat, stared at the pictures and the ceiling, npset a vase of flowers on the table (by the way. he was the most destructive creature I ever saw, always spilling, tearing, break ing things, bluudering over delicate hail's, and putting his foot through screens I. and this eveninz ne uiu more damage than usual. When the hours had passed until after 11. and still he sat, I told him I never sat up vety late. I sLould have to ask him to leave. But he only fidgeted the more, and at last I thought he was choking, his fsce got fairly purple. Mrs. Compton," he says, "the Ilible says, ye know, it is not good for man to be alone," and I thought being as how ye was once thar yeself, that may be it wouldn't be too much to yer to be so kind as to step dowii. It a at the brown church of a Tuesday morning, ye know, and if you'll be there 'bout 9 o'clock we'd be much pleased," and with that he bolted through the door and was gone. Of couise, it got out through the house, and Monday night presents from the boarders beg-an to arrive. Sacli loads and loaJs of thiugs. I went up and there stood Barnabas and his bride in the midst unspeaking. There were brooms, scrub brushes, curry-combs bed-bug poison, mouse traps, boot jacks, scrap enough for a century, a canned cat, a rolling pin and poker tied together with ribbons and labeled, Firearms," dangerous," a barrel of beans, hair oil and goodness knows what else. Miss Birch was offendej, and Barna bas said : "Never mind, Nanna, them things is all useful articles, and will come mighty handy in our shanty. And, Mis j Compton, if you will kindly say to the boarders that we have got a shanty down on a cross-road qui'e a step from here, and we 11 be happy to see 'cm thar to-niorrew night. 111 be obliged t ye. I'll send up a wagon to take 'em down, saein they ve been so handsome. Next morning I went down to see them mairied, and now when Barnabas had his hair oiled down to his head and his new suit on, he was quite a gentle man in appearance, though one of the 42s did say something about flour bags whon he saw his white gloves. And Miss Birch was as tr m and neat as a pin, as she alwavs was, and made a very trood appearance. When the ceremony was over they went out and got into a carriage, and were driven away. That night we were all ready, and I saw that the young gents were in for gome fan, when a row of carriage! nice ones drew up at the door, and a driver gave mo a queer note from Barnabas and Mrs. iapstacit "Ha is eoinsr to be estravagant forever, T thoiiffht. but I knew his turn anu . ... i wasn't surpi-ised.' But when we drew up at the beautiful gray stone house oa the finest part of State street, I was amaaed- I knew there must be some mistake so I ran up the steps and into the vestibule where I could see a vista of lovelv rooms opening together, wnn beautiful furni- lure, looking through the glass door. t ii T?arnalas. sure enough, smashing over the loveliest ApoLo .n his haste, coming to open x. . j v;mif And we filed in and iiie uuui uiiujvw ,t down, but we hadn't a word to say, And to think of the elegant Mrpper t and the music and lights, and poor Mr. Captaek rushing around " i .Mimat v" 114 nd cracking his sums . .. i- t.: nv.r4a to entertain us. lurnuure "1D i . Artrt mnih for cravity. And don't you think all this tame he d .. .rfpr in the wholesale au. and some of those very gents are his . . 4i. of oi.ncd him so! And cieras now, m" - , 7 . ' amA hnsband. and he is the mi u"" Mrs. Capstack manages her house as nicely as if she'd been born in it. But, my dear, never trust appear ance.: itiaadeeeitfnlworld. Of tbe fifty picture. & by toe Frencternmeut from the SoffUare byforeetheof whom are Atnencaiw, x""J.'ZkTj.. , -Bogga, of New. York; asylums in rilXof Philadelphia, and Frank PW"',,. A Wh.ua;u Moaumeut, ! Sketches and plana of the model for j A correspondent at Niagara notes that the great Washington Monument for ""ice the fall of Table Bock, thirty-two Philadelphia are now being executed at ' years ago, the Horseshoe Fall have lost Be, lm by Professor Rudolph Siemenng, that regularity of outline which sugges who, t inee the recent death of Pro-' t i i . i - fesor Drake, is probably the foremoS U name' a?d ln l sculptor of Germany. In November ! two spote PTe thtm "n nSIuar last the contract was signed by Pr j- .ppearance not uniiko the letter W in lessor Siemering and the America a 1 general shape. This is accounted for delegates, by the terms of which the j by the wearing away of the brink more tn r1 594,7 ""f3' ?r rapidly at these two points than any SHO.OOO, tor executing this gieat work. , , , . , . , . This sum also includes the Un w where eL alonK the eatlre eJKe of the the final erection of the comulete monn. l ment at Philadelphia within ten vears. While completing the miniature model. which received uubounded praise from j wuuwuHcuw, m. luitrsRjr oiruiemig nas ! had a lartre navilion hnilt in &illition to hit- studio, under the glass roof of j oknmly declare that this curious spec which he is now engaged in executing fade has been growing more and more me inn size model lor the colossal 1 equestrian statue, as well as the other 1 numerous figures and relievos of th I monument, .full description of which! follows: All the dimensions of the ; monument are of gieat size. Its sub structure consists of a huge stone ter race, with two great steps, on the lower of which all four sides are occupied by bronze groups of human figures and animals, all of them a'tove ii e size. For the latter the most characteristic species of American quadrupeds have been selected the deer, horse, bullock, grizzly bear, buffalo, American panther, A-c They are all in a lying position, and bwtween each pair cf them are placed the human figures which repre sent an Indian warrior, an Indian squaw, a river god and a gixldess. These are also in recumbent attitudes, with partly raised upper bodies. In the centre of the upper terrace stands the pedestal, which on an oval platform lcars the (olow-al, equestrian statue of Ciencral Y ashiugton. both horse and rider being twice the natural size. The Father of His Country is waters as they hurry toward the edge represented in the well-known unitom of tue precipic6i only to be transformed and mditarv cloak ; his head is turned . . , , , ' , ... ... slighUy to the left, with a keen glance u, b1roaJ aXieet ,of whiteness, or the eyes toward a distant point. In hen Plunge and disap his right hand he holds a field glass pear in the eternal clouds of mist that pressed against the thigh like a ' envelop the foot of the cataract. Sud mar.hal's staff, rr fe-sor Siemering ! delliy there rises to a level with the top has certainly admirably succeeded ! of the falls a mas. of sorav. increasing expressing asuingtou . chiel charac- L . .... I tenstics in the face as a great-minded. man and an intreoid mihtarr leader. The large side panels of the pedestal are : hllcd by two bronze flat relievos, with numerous figures, representing on one side the departure for the war and on the other the return of the troops. 1 he front and rear are occupied by two other allegorical groups in high relievo, or nearly full figure. The former re- represents liberty awakened and calling np the sleepers for the defence of their menaced rights, and the latter snows tke blessings of a gloriously gamed in dependence in the figure of Victorious Libert", holding in her hands the sea- governing Indent and an overnowuig cornucopia, while the soldiers are placing laurel wreaths and captured flags at her feet Professor Siemering is a native of Koenigsberg, in rjmiern Prussia, where he was born in 1835. He expects to be present at the un-j veiling of his great work in Philadel phia in 1P31. The women of Calcutta, are asa rule. very beautitul, in so lar as we ran reconcile beauty with the olive complex ion, but fade rap dly after reaching the age of maturity. It l. not infrequently that we see women at the age of 25, with furrowed jowl and crow, feet visibly encroaching the corners of her large, lustrous, black eyes, and, at the age of 30, many have a decided stoop and decrepit gait This early decline is due to two causes the very early and tender age at which nuptials are per formed, and the destructive influence of the climate. Barring a relio of barbarism, the nose ring, there is no creature more comely, more lovable, than a lady of Bengal, between the age. of 12 and 18. Cleanliness is their con stant care, which is a virtue to begin with. A figure somewhat below me medium height, and unhampered by corset or weighty .Kirt, arrayed in a loose flowing rolie of white, the upper portion of which is thrown carelessly over the left shoulder; exposing to view tbe swelling bust and well rounded arm. The upper portion of the body is enceased in sleveless jacket, generally of Borne brilliant color, and tastefully worked with silk or gold and silver thread The arm is bare from shoulder to wrist save a goodly portion ot the wrist, which is encircled by many bands of either silver or gold. The lower part of the ample robe is drawn tightly over the hip. and looped at the leit siue, much after the manner of the entrance to a circus tent, defining boldly the contour of a faultless figure. These ladies, in the matter of stockings, are not desultory, as they wear no shoes, and consequently no stockings, and httle ot the ankle is visible between uie borders of their robe and the curious little mirrored to 3 rings and resonant .nki.. Tlx. liixnnant black tiesses are parted at the forehead and comoeu in thick folds behind the ears, which are pierced in many places, and stuaaeu thicklr with jewelry, and fall, in close braids over the shoulders. No orna ments are worn in the hair, ineir uinna rA t-etniliir and delicately .nill.VI bnt too often the nose is dis figured bv pearls and the wire-uae nK .f o-oM thut unties irom me uunuu. ThA larov ana leuaeriT eiunaM" -, the handsome mouth, when wreathed in smiles, exposes a double row oi peiieti teeth. StmplT a jJOTimoa liar. "Old B." say. that some year, ago, in .Carolina town, a crazy man was brought before the examining board to settle the question as to whether or not h ahould be sent to the asylum m Colnmbia. After the doctor got through with his examination, one of the com mittee, an old farmer, said: 'My friend, did you ever borrow any bags or jugs?" "Yes, lots of them." "Did you ever borrow your neigh bor', newspaper?' "Yea, many a time." "Well, new, what became of the jug., bags and newspapc a?"' "Why; I carried them all back." The old farmer gave a Wow almo-t as loud a. Nancy Hart', whistle, and aid : ' .,"." "Gentlemen, he', no lunatic! just simply common liar, and all the the world won't cure a man lying. Change at Macara Fall. Canadian fall. Another change, and one at which the natives of these parts greatly marvel, is the spouting of water by these same Horseshoe Falls. The i 1 j i ... noticeable for the past three years, until it has become so well defined that the , ., .. , nwn,e "f f Sp0Q g H?T " " "PP1"1 to Portion of the Canadian Falls None of them pretend to know the cause of this singular action of the waters. They content themselves with pointing it out as another curious freak of nature, bound to add a new attraction to the vicinity and to .well an income which has never been inconsiderable in the dullest of summers.' It is best ob served on a clear sunshiny day, when but little wind disturb, the surface of the river. From the center of the Sus pension Bridge, which is a short quarter of a mile below the Horseshoe, the spouting is clearly visible. On such a dBy the cloU(la of r rise to a , u r . .i I t .1 , u i J"3" two-ibird. of the falls, and l,lc "'"' uc.wuuKureu uuc rn.l .....1. .i.,i;t.. l.s l...o on U ... . OUV11 U.'UUll.UUlI J V. up. .... unobstructed view of the dark blue . , , . . . . . , . ., in vnlnma anil nalllr 111 hoifrlit Tl TIT 1 1 " " " " lrom out their midst spout a number of well-defined jets which mount upward many feet rnd then melt away in vapor. Assuming 150 feet, the generally recog nized figure to be the altitude of the Horseshoe Fall., these jets seemingly must shoot upward to a height of 200 feet They certainly add a variety to the scene, and attract at once the atten tion of visitors. The duration of this phenomenon, if such it can be called, is from 10 to 15 seconds. The clouds of vapor, like volumes of white smoke con tinue to fill the air above the Horseshoe for full half a minute after the jets have lost all outline, and then they, too, gradually die away, and for about 10 seconds longer the spot is again free from all turbulence, and nothing but a stretch of waters as far a. the rapids is Dresentedtotheview. Sometimes these jets of water drop their tissel like tips in a graceful arch, inclining toward the Canadian shcre.and again they fall over nnoa the brink of the Horseshoe. The regularity with which these slender. tapering jete appear and disappear is one of the features of a peculiar exhibi Hon which promise, to excite as much attention as any disturbance in the out line of the falls themselves that has been noted in recent year., Coral Beauties. Sig. Casalta was at the Edinburgh Ex hibition and won the large gold medal, (only one of many of a similar kind won at several of the great world, exposi tions) for variety of coral, for artistic work in this precious material, as well asMor cameo-shell work. Some of the objects shown are the result of not only mere mechanical labor, but of the nnest art labor which could only come from the skilled hands and practiced eye of men brought up from childhood in an atmosphere of art Sorne of the cameo were remarkable for their size and lor their artistic value, copies fro u soma o the famous floating figures f rand in the so-callei "house of Cicero" in Pompeii. Among the cameo, were two magnifi cent pieces representing "Le Fncina di Amore" (Cupid's Forge), and "Jj'Anima Qevata dalle propria Virtu, which might be considered th perfection of t. Sitr. Casalta was represented at Edin burgh by his son, who apeak. English, and who. at the conclusion of the ex hibition, presented a fine collection oi specimens of unworked coral to the mu seum of science and art, an institution somewhat famous, the laying of the cor ner stone of which was the last pubhc official act of the late prince consort I have written once before ia regard to the immense prioee paid for precious coral, and have stated that the best cor al is worth five times its weight in gold. I now find that I understand the price, for Mr. Casalta informs me that the finest pink coral (known in the tra le as "extra rose"), has often commanded from i00 to $600 per ounce and that he once paid for the very finest piece of "extra rose" that he ever saw at the rate of 6000 franc per ounce i. c, in round number. $1200 per ounce. Now as each ounce of gold is worth $16 we can mi that this unsurpassed piece of fine coral wa? worth seventy-five times its weight in gold. But Mr. CasalU of fered another consideration i. ., that in cutting up and filing away, and wash ino- this fine coral enough was lost to make its price rea'Iy more than one huu dred times thai of gold. He further in formed me that coral of this precious nesa was, when worked up into orna ments, really valued by the carat, and was treated as a precious atone, and was set with oearla and diamonds. I asked him what such highly-prized and high- priced coral was used for, and the reply was that "the English nobility and mil houaire. greatly esteem! it when set in rings, and a few of the crowned ladi e. o Europe had it among their choicest jew elry, as breast-pins, earrings, etc" Lluriug the time of the first Napoleon red- a deep red coral was in style, and that color commanded the highest price; but the English of late years, following the styb of the ex-Empress Eugenie, have taken to the "extra rose," as it bet tor suits the blonde complexion of fe Analaitcs. Besides, it ii the rarest of coraL In Spain, on the contrary, the extra rose is at a discounl, as the fli-u-nctlcs cf cMi(ne want the deep red of the first empire to set off their darker complexion. In India, Persia, China and Japan the dark red commands a very high price, being, in the first two centurie", used to adorn iheir turbans, and the handles of their swords and poniards, and also as rosaries by the r priests end as charms placed on the bodies of the dead to drive away vil spirits. In China it has a great value as buttons of office for mandarins' caps, la Japan coral is also used as a ladge of distinction. Just here comes a curious fact From Italy coral has hitherto been ex ported to Japnn, but recently there has come to Italy a pink coral of good rose color, purporting to be found in Ja panese waters. It is of immense siz one piece is said to have measured fif teen inches wide and five feet long. The Challenger, in i s dredgingsoff the coast of Japan, never found it, neithtr did any of the staff ever hear of it from the Ja panese, and Piof. Mosley fa inclined to doubt if it comes lrom Japan. Never theless it has been brought to Italy, and I havo seen specimens at Sig. Caaalta's as fiuo as the btst rose of Sardinia. Let ters have already been sent to Japan concerning it, and I hope some day to find out it. "local habitation" and write you thereon. Models of I.OTy Hand. The craze has been revived among professionals and fashionable beauties upon whom nature nas uesiowea mat rarest of her gifts, a shapely hand and a graceful wr.st of having them mod elled in the finest Carrara marble, and presenting them to lovers and friends as souvenirs less readily recognizable by the crowd than photographs, and yet more vividly suggestive to those who are familiar with the nervous grasp or "velvet touch" of the living hand they represent In the great lennese exhi bition of 1S73 there was to be seen an exquisite leproduction of the left hand of the Princess Pauline Bonaparte, of whom it was said by sculptors and critics that from the crown of her head to the Bole other foot no flaw orbhmish could be found, and who had so large a charity for those w ho Hhould b born too late to see the full perfection of her charms that she allowed herself to be modelled in every conceiveable costume and attitude, and most frequently in no tftoetnm at all TAitin0 flnlv thut tllA I studio in which she sat suouiu oe well j warmed and tuorougniy procecieu :- . .1 1. Ti.A ... -l .1.. vAn,l ??Z"Zitbeh who drove sutlers' wagon. lonc.I to a Roman matron or Puritan maiden, so suzgesuve was it ol gentle and refined womanhood. The work was attributed to Canova, but the fact that the marble was slightly tinted, the pile flesh color deepened in the dimpled knuckles and underneath the .long filbert shaped naLs, makes this improb able. On the third hnger was a wed dina rine, guarded by a brilliant soli taire set in black enamel, and the wrist which rested on a cushion of black vel- vet was encircled by a blacK enamelled bracelet The effect of the whole was real and life-like beyond anything that chemicals or paint-brush can produce, and tbe fair ones of the present day are ise in their generation when they seek to revive this most lasting and beautiful method of perpetuating one of their greatest charms. The draw back to it is that alas I many lovey women have hands which their most sincere adorers would never wish to see copied or re-produced hands which in England are maliciously termed mut- ion nsw, and oi wiucu tue nuge moa as if an Indian's hatchet had trimmed their ends. But this fact will probably only make the fortunate few doubly anxious to have their digital perfec tions perpetuated. . The Ihleag-o, Bock Island Kmllwaj. A Facta This railway is the favorite, most popu lar and comfortable line to Peoria, Rock Island. Davennort Des Moines, Kama. City. Atchison. Leavenworth, Council Blufu, Omaha and point, intermediate ana westward to Colorado, new Mexico, Arizona, California, Oregon, Washington Territrcy and British Columbia In fact The Ureal liocK island inuie Is the only one that run. thrown car. to all the Drirjcinal Missouri river points and to Minneapolis and St Paul via the Albert Lea Route. Examination oi me map oi the United Stales .bows that this line oc cupies the central position among the great Western railroads, and is therefore able to reach more of the commercial cities oi the West, with les. mile, of track than any comrjetitor. At the same time it connect, airecuy in union depois, with every line ot road that crosses the continent or pierce, the agri cultural acd mineral reeioo. west of the Missouri river. This being the case, it ia naturally the line inteuieent people choose woo wisn 10 so quickly to their destination ; and al ways having most comiortaoie cars upon Its trs.na, charging as low rates oi tare as any otber line and cnecamg racg&ga through, it obtains an unparalleled support. and year by year grow, in popular rsieem. We think we give irood advice ana wai which is worth heedine when we say to all who are lourneying west oi Chicago, purchase your tickets over this route for you will get your money's worth in th. pleasant Journey which aocn acuoa laniresv Live Muck. According to the Census returns the live stock on farms in the United State. on June 1, 1880, was as follow. Horses, 10.357.981; mules and asses, 1.812.932; working oxen, 993,970: milch cows, 12.4U3.593; other cattle, 21488.500 sheep, 35,191.635; swine, 47.683.8ol. The rate of increase from 18.0 to 1880 was. in horse, 45 per cent ; mule, and asses, 61 per oeni. ; mucn cows, as per n - in. rs . cent ; other cattle, C5 per eent ; sheep, 24 per cent ; aud swine, J per cent In working oxen there was a decrease of 25 per cent Chiaese Stork Fmnu-. An interesting account of the estab lishment of a stock farm by the viceroy of tbe provence of Chiple, in China, has been given by the American Consul-Ge-aeral at Shanghai In one of his prev ious reports he bad pointed out that the Mongolian herd could be greatly in creased in value by the establishmeut of a farm at soni? convenient locality, at which fine stock, horses, cattle, end sheep could be bred. This report camo Under the cognizance of his Excellency Li, with the result that an interview between the Counsel -General, a breeder from New York, and Li was brought about The New York, breeder urged the advantages of a good stock farm very strongly, and Ids Excellency took up the matter warmly. Through his active interest and influence, Mr. Tang King Sing, an active and progres sive mandarin, was convinced of the superiority of Western ideas, and at once declared bis williuguess to give them a tr'aL His farm consists of about 5,000 acres, near the Ksiping coal mines, now being cpened by foreign engineers under his superintendence, situtou about 80 miles to the north of Tientsin. He has obtained some United State cat tle, whicii will be used with the native stock for the purpose of testing the practicability of the suggestions w hicli have been made. Mr. Tang King Sing announces that in the promotion of this enterprise his object is to afford his coun trymen an opportunity to become poss essed of at least a portion of the science ahead attained by Western nitious in the improvement of their brcedsof cattle. The result of this movement will be watched with no lit Lis intrest. "Bo-Haagad, Slrr A ranger who walked with a limp and carried a cane freshly cut fivni the woods, halted a citizen on the steps n the City Hall, and inquired: "How about the reunion?" "It's all right, I guess.?" ' I suppose all the big generals have been provided for?" "Oh, yea." "And the brigadiers and colonels have been take l care of?" "Yes." "And the majors and captains and lieutenant, have been assigned places?" "I presume so." "And the sergeants and corporals and privates are going t march, receive ' "Andrew Jackson, you are my young honors and show off the lt they : est, and I bequeath yon the care of my an?" 'That is the programme. Have vou been left out?" "W..11 T 1nnnn Tel lint T ulinnldn't .. , - wouder. Say, have you read up pretty filnca n tli . nrrurramn;t V .j nave .. , , . . -ii i "And has anything been said alwnt , , , . a ' 1. n.-. m-lii .lmv till I !..r T4ffnn5 . through ihe iron hail of death any thing about tue sutlers who opened np for the bovs when tha shrieks of the dying were drowning the roar of bat tle?" "I I don't thiuk so In fact Ian sure of it" 'That 8 me; and here I go, said the man as he gave his right leg a tremend ous ship. "A reunion that doesu t pro- a fniir-wliei lol bncfrv for a sntler . ,. . , .,.,i.. e-i . . Union can go to Texas, sir to Texas and be-hanged, sir lie-hanged, sir!" Frr. Pre, raiutms Honaes. For country house, we would advise for open, exposed places, a pale gray, or drab. There are complaints niade frequently that drab looks cold. It can not look colder than white does, and tuero j.no reason why it should look, cold . j. care is taken to have the trimmings of the house of some warm, cheerful color. 1 know a drab house with deep, warm-toned brown cornice and blind, with plenty of vine, climb ing up it to break monotomy of the surface between the windows, audit is one of the warmest-looking houses I know of. In the summer it is refreshing to ook at it It does not pain the eye. with its clare. It does not assert itself the moment yon reich the top of the hill and come within shrht of it A white house would drawyourattntionatonce; and no matter how you might try to look at something else, the white blotch on the landscope would leave its impression in youreTe.andyoucouldnot helpseeing it This Gray house seems part of the landscape. Itsc lor blend well with the green about it There are no large tree. around it, but there are vines, and tbe general effect in summer is cool and subdued, and in winter it gives a sense of warmth and comfort Why it give, a sensationif warmth at one season and of coolness at another is explaiued by the fact that summer is a Mason of high, bright colors, and the drab is in a lower tone of color than those prevailing in the landscape, winter is a season of but httle color, and then drab, in contrast with the .now-covered earth, become cheerful and the dew -toned trimmings which should be seen on every hons n,nfo,l in ,lrh ,,r trratr iri a ,m of warmth which they would not have in v would Tint hav summer when all about it la in high, decided tones. ViXKOAt will remove the disagreeable I odor of kerosene from tin ware. The oldest equestrian statua m the world is that of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius, in the piazza of the CapitoLat Rome. Michael Angelo ia said to have been so struck with its appearance of me and motion that he exclaimed to it. I 'Move on, then!" 1 David Davis seat in the United 1 State. Senate is an object of contest i r- - I uovernor uuuom, xieuienani u iveruor HmmiUo Commissioner Green RRanm. Ex-Governor Oelesby. Congressman I Farwell. Consressmau Henderson i George Hunt and John I. Rinaker, Tha Sura Canal. The Suez Canal which now has as sumed a position of greater importance thau it has ever before, was begun towards the close of I860. Wotk was prosecuted steadily until1 1862, when there waa a kink among the authori ties, and had it hot been for the enter prise and liberality of the late Emperor of France, who advanced $19,000,000 to the Viceroy to be paid to the Company, it is doubtless whether the gigantic undertaking ever would have been fin ished. The water began to flow from the Mediterranean in February, 1S69, and from the Red Sea ia July, and by the middle of October of the same year, navigation was a settled thing. The whole length of the navigation is 88 miles; of this C6 mile, are actual canal, formed by cuttings, 14 miles are dredged through the Likes, and 8 miles required no work, the natural depth being equal to that of the canal. The depth of the canal throught-oat is2G feet tor a width of 72 feet at the bottom. The width at the surface is 325 feet Its actual width does not permit of two vessels parsing or crowing each otber in the cacal itself, but there are numerous sidings by which vessels are enabled to cross one another and the passage i. quickened. The lar gest vessel that ever passed through the caual measured 130 feet in length, with a draught of 25 feet 9 inches. The cost of the whole undertaking was 17, 518, 729, exclusive of 1,360,000 issued to pay for coupons on shares in arrear dur ing part of the period of construction. Nearly 30,000 laborer- wcr3 employed, and for their use a supply of fresh wat?r was conveyed from the Nile at Cairo and distributed along the whole length of tin canal, a work which of itself was one of no small maguitned. During ths work about 8), 000 000 cubic yards of material were excavated and at one time sixty dredijing machines were at work Tbe Wis PeaaanU x wultliv rjeasant. who felt that hi hours were'nunibered, cslled his sons arjund Lis bedside and begun: "Jauies, you are tha eldest and I liequeath you my blessing. ' The second son came forward bowed head, and the father sail: "T,.hn H-nrv. vou have been a with good good boy, and I bequeath yon my name. The third sou thowed up and the old man kindly remarked: grave, uood-uye, my uear num. " of yon press my hand for the last time, and then skip back to the field, for this is clorioufl weather for corn." , . -1 T.-....1. Uut, dad, you ara wortn ?m.vm: ! thev irot:sted in a chorus. "That is true, boys, but I have tried ! . , i l to niiiKe an niiiiw uncivil, x icn l" , ' , all the honor to you and all the money pu - to the lawyer. They would have got the sugar, anyhow, and ia the getting would have left yon nothing, and prov ed your mother a fool and your father a lunatic, besides, I die happy and full of peiv-e. "Bury me jut to the left of the old cowshed, and pay for my tomlwtotie on tire monthly instalment system." Moral the lawyers were of course dis satisfied with the will, and carried the cast into court Sua Tracings. Ihe Pennsylvania Knilroad Company has adopted a process ot copying plan, aad outlines so simple and yet so effective as to hive an Important bearing on all the methods ol engraving, lithographing, puo- tograaby and even drawing as at present conducted. It U what is known as the "blue print process" and is a sort of easy photography, by means ot which a mere child may copy in the most pet feet and fxact manaei any object whatever the lir.ei ot whicb can be ein'iraced ia the di mensions of a large pane of window glass, for in stance. Larger outlines can b copied, but require more care and a little more apparatus. A piece of pure, untimed paper is taken and made 'sensitive' by means ot a chemical wash, consisting of 1J ounce, of red prussiate of potash and 1 i ounce of citric iron and ammonia, dissolved in 16 ounces of water. This, when applied to the paper in a dark closet by means of a broad cloth-brusb, give a peculiarly rich, elisteuine. yellow surface. This paper when dry is ready tor printing. If at this stage a teru leal is taken or a few sprays of grass or a feather or any drawing exe cuted on translucent material, such as onion-skis, paper, it may be perfectly copied in every minute detail within the spice of four or five minutes. 1 be object is simply laid on the paper and a piece of g!a . put over it to bold it in position and then exposed to the meridian tun. 1 he yellow paper thtn turn, rapidly to a dull blue, then to light gray, whereupon, at the eipiration of about three minutes, it is withdrawn, liut one thing remain, to be done ; the sensitive paper is given a bath in pure water and instantly a perfect copy of tbe fern leaf, grass or drawing appears on the blue surface of the paper, in white, as if traced by hand. The philosophy of the process i. that the black line, of the drawing er the filament, of tbe grass or fern are opaque, and consequently refuse admittance to the light wnich operates upon the open, sensitive spaces, causing Ire o to undergo a chemical change. As utilized by railroads, iron compames, ship. baiiden and architect, and artists, bow ever, in mu'tiplving their mauy maps anil ; plans and even circular letters, the process becomes a nine more compi.caieu. in- stnmiUj inc the design to be primed oyer the sensitive sheet and leaving the rest to tbe light, large glass frames. wi-h wooden 'ids, are used, inside of which the drawing is placed, face down ward, and covered with the sensitive paper. The frame is then reversed, leaving th. plan exposed to tbe light. A full bright sun is not atstKitely req'uslte, but longer tune is required for exposure on a cloudy day. There is one photographic firm that use the electric light entirely and print, by nieLt as well as by day. A step further bai been made ahu in pro ducing a white background with blue lines. Thirteen gold watches, of French make, were dug up on Soituate (Mass.) beach they were all made prior to 1820. it is believed by many Buetonians tnat luiuiT uwwuuuji. u tliey were burned by pirates, several whom were hanged id on .Boston JNeck 182. XKWS JX BRIEF Mr- B-ecuer iu a recent lawsuit ro fnsed to swa-ar upon the Bibio The tobne - crop in Missouri give most excellent promise. After the first of July Canada anil abolish postage on newspapers. There are &1,000 Mind people in Great Britain. Carrier-pijreoiis are leing trained for me in the German army. More potatoes have been planted this season than usual. There w tut one negrj voter in Siewtou county. Ark. Georgia ' this year's wheat cror. will be th best in twenty years. It is said thut Alabama has had but four Governors who are ratives of the state. Herr Bittern, of Gerniiinv.has been decorated with the order tf the Red Light o.TM5; Cl,areu KiuK. 'f the United btates Geological Snrvev.w travelling in Europe. - Thi Pofe conferred the Cardinal's hat niioiilhu Arehlus'iop of Algiers recently In EUvau. is one snsrar-cane factory capable of producing 125 ton of suar per diem. Tennessee has 2C copper furnaces that turn out 2,tWO,000 pounds of cop per yearly. The ladiis of Xew Orleans have formed a society for the propagation of silk culture. - Ashes from cornet bs contain three time as much tah as the average wood ashes. T'l I'ri'l,ertJ' ,,f Trinity Church New lork, is estimated to be worth ' -SoO.OOO.UlH). The cotton worm is estimated to destroy S15.000.00J worth of the cotton crop every year. The leus takes iU name from a bean which grows in Itully, aud which ia the shape of a lerjs. Concentrated essence of flowers ia very UDpleasaut. Otto of violets smells like pnissic acd. Gold iens have been imitated bv pens made of galvanized iron, and tliiniv plated with gold. The ensilage advocates say that their opponents are tliose who have not tried the prucesi. lu Loudon has been founded a na tional society for the suppression of juvenile smoking. A movement is afoot for tbe erection of a bronze statue or the Scottish poet Tannahil, at Paisley. President Arthnr is to ha his portrait for the White House taken bv the artist Le Clear In Asbautee the teeth aud smaller Ixmes of the i-hun are worn by the vic tors about their jiersons. The languages of the Algonqnin family of Indaus are as diverse as the Indo-European tongues. There are over 6,000,000 children in Americi still outside of any direct Sunday-school influence, From January 1, to June 1, 1882 in the Southern States 1:152 miles cf rail road have bevn constructed. It is said that permnnT:inntA ..f potash is an effectual antidote for the venom of snakes acd insects. Virjiiuia. Xev.. is said to sliding down hill, owing to the settliu" i me ground over tue mines. -The electric lltrht f ides tl cloths as well as paintings, the same as moonlight, though not so quickly. ver iw.mxi Uibles were eiven to emigrants during the past year upon ar riving m iuis country by the American Bible society. Colouel Chambers, who Garibaldi's sword to the city of Rome, has been cfeated Commander of the Order of Maurice and L.'izams. Louibiana is said to ly liquors the aggregate owt of which am- monuts to more than the selling price of her cotton, sugar and rice crops. -Ihe semi-auncal dividends n.vul.l- in Boston this mouth aggregate S10,0O8 3!)2, which is an excess of S45L01K nwr July of last year, but $280,007 less than m January, Mrs. Jane Van Wart, a niece of th Isaac Van Wart who assisted at capture of Major Andre, near Tarrytowo, died on Tuerday, in Jersey City, in her eighty-first year. The Duke of Sotuercet has accented the presidency of the British Archaeol ogical Association, and it expected to deliver ai addres-i at the opening of its twenty-ninth cougress,at Plymouth, Au gust 21. A IdU-sa KatmlillUiment. One of the largest mauufacturing es tablishments in Etiropj is the Cockerill Iron and Steel Worts, at Seraiug, near Liege, in Belginm. The works, on the right bauk of the Mense, cover an area of 207 acres. The Dumber of woikmea aud em ploye, is 8,770, having been 9,100 in 1875. The capital of the copmany ia $3,000,000. Thi: amount paid yearly in wages and salaries varies between l.fiOO,- 000 an 1 S2.000.000. The total horse power of the 230 engines is 1 J.660; and the daily consumption of coal exceeds 1,000 tons. When the works are in full swing the products reach a value of 8.- 000,000. The twelve divisions under which the various departments are clas sified are capable of turning out yearly 100 locomotives, 70 steam engines, 1,500 pieces of mechanism, 10,000 tons of roofs, bridges, tnra-tables and boiler., and fourteen .team vessels, in iron or itetl, besides hydraulic presses, cranes and travelers. The yearly production of coal from collieries owned and worked by the company is 400,000 tons, and of coke 110,000. The mines owned by the company, situated iu Belgium, produce 150,000 tons of iron ore; and those in foreign countries -170,000 tons. The blast furuaoea turn out 10,001) tou. of common and 700,000 tons of Bessemer pig a year. Castings to the amount of 6,000 tons; bars, plates and joist, to tha tune of 26,000 tons; steel rails, tires. cannon, etc., weighing 70,000 tons; 28,- i , . , , l,;., ..! of i " .j. - in oo,uw nui w ctkk3i- wu w annually. i 1 He never gave much account of him. fold, of Buffalo.
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