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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.
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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
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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
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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.