ill mm B. F. SOHWEIER, THE OOIT8TITUTI0I-THE TUIOI-ATO TEE EHOXOEHEIT OF THE LAVE. Editor and Proprietor. VOL. XXXVI. MIFFUNTOWN. JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER C. 1SS2. NO. 3b'. ' I " " LI. A CIKL I IM1ING. Forth titer set at oarly morn, llavpj la ;heir hope, A'iowu Ue path aiU through 1044111, And t7 a grass j slope ; 1 hen oVr a trctati of cloon sea-earnl. And ntchel a altpperj pier; an-1 there tha brother raised hu hand. And said, "Wall cast lines here. Aad oh, th tremor of ber heart A tackle straight they set ' She deemed her bruther had more art Than an; aagler yoC And at each bite she felt a glow or pride, that n!t her apeak In louder tancs; there came a flow Uf blood to either check. At last a caU-h ! the silvery ulilra (line twinkling o'er the pier he ahrieked with Joy ; bnt aooa the tMes of Jy were ciur.ged to fear. A ful'. ha looked upon the thine 1 hat writhed bef (ire her eye ; The heart felt for lt. gaffcring, She bcrtt in tears and sighs. And all her day waa clouded d:tn With i&nnpliu: she coald not speak ; The voice was low ; she Mood by him. Rat pa'.e was now her check. Her first Rlimiwe of the Ul and pain That hannts the world, that day IMsturhed her heart, and ne'er ajraia Will ahe so g'.atL'y play. Ah, little maid, tiiat my.-stery O'ershadowg all oar work, And onto many, aa to thee. Has tnraed the bright to dark. FROM A COLD. "Eieti by heart !" ijaculatod Alexis Verifond, in mingled accents of disgust and a bad oolj in the bead. Ho stood on the grass plot before the paternal residence, clutching his knap sack, and ruefully regarding the lighted front crossed by an endless procession of moving shadows and listening to the strains of a band in full blast that toll the whole story. "Bletbt ib 1 don't bcliebe they've gone and giben a barty to Dcloome me hobe," he communed witi himself, with anything but delighted appreciation of tnis mark of attention from the family. Of course all the pretty girls of his acquaintance were gathered within. Equally, of course, evtry room In the house wat thrown open and trans formed into that stream of chatting, laughing, fun-loving humani'y which would only see the ridiculous 6ido of his miserable condition head feeling as if a saw were at work inside, nose swollen, eyes watering. Any one who ever has been afflicted with influenza knows the deplorable plight in which Mr. Verifond was plunged. Add to this that he was a young gentleman who rather pnded biniseir upon his good lot is, that he was the 'catch' of Lis set for whom half the lielles present were daintily angling, that he had been traveling ail day and wanted nothing in the world just then so much as a mustard foot bath, a hot lemonads, and to be tr.cled away in bed for the next twelve hours without ques tion or hindrance, by which time he felt that be might recover sufficiently to re viT ih affectionate croetinca of his T.OfttjVOR. And now to be met with the necessity of f acinar that merry making throng. Til be hanged if Til do it not if I camp down in the back yard all night Achew I achew 1" And Alexis's resolve wound up m series of sneezes that threatened to be- it-t ti, T.r. iu'iioi he was so anxious to r conceal. Clearly, the camping down c peration was out "of the question, and, as he cast a last despairing gianco over the build iiiff. he was revived by the inspiration of a thought Atint rrunella's room S Xc.tl.in brighter than an oil-lamp o burned behind hex curtains. Rluss the dear old lady 1 Without doubt she was suffering from neuralzia. or Uo dolorcux, or nervous depression, or some other of tho thou c and and one ailments that piayed hide- 1 r.V irt Iiaf fill I.vnt fninie. "but she uu-acva wouldn't laush at his woebegone conn- fnance. nor ridicule the general misery of liis condition. t - i.nt the work of moment to ;.-.o around to the side of the bouse, to climb np by tho lattice-work of tie porch, and tap lightly at Aunt rrunella's window. clear fixe in the grate, i.. r. the- old ladv was comfor- l.AV7A J ar tablv toasting her toe. l ,n,ltl and wadded dressing-gown was airing on a chair, and sharing the t har .Hmt with a formidable .rrnr vials and pill-boxes was deeply ruffled, freshly-crimped night- t for fntnre use. Suddenly Miss Irunclla put her hand to her ear. . . Fi, " she remarket!, Inquirmg.y. v- ir T .nld hear. I should say that somebody was getting in through 0,. how such notions take a bouy. "I really believe Tm having a change. .x- :t r, deafness leaning me, r ... a riml ami see leUow X Oil gill W fcu i"" 'Don't screab, aunUe : idsbe, Alexis. .n, trA ta Draisod lor all His mercy," pronounced aunt . i rrunella, "Whv." you don't sy you was fridenod altoud be ?" -Alexis. 1 have snffered the .Utuctlon ... .l T rt ioice that c.f losing a'T neriut, a i. m;M-nlouslT rertored to me. -Under rrovider.ee I owe it to .you, for voir voice is the first i na i r vok ves, r. ...... t v. r heard a word, and so I tola lattm. rT,A It was th, custom in f VjjJ , x. . ll aunt rrunella w . . . t nousenoia vj ., , no fancies, ao Alexis never smded i-he poured out the trials to which her tern the breakfast- bell Frederick called "Fire ! fire T and she was frightened half to death, knowing that she would never hear of it in time to get out of the house until ahe dis covered that he only wanted Biddy to pat a match to his grate, and how Lucy walkad Fitewllkina lato the front parlor as though they knew ahe'd be none the wiser for their lovey-dovey talk. Having unburdened herself of ber own troubles, she waa a;nite ready to sympathise with his. If there waa aaytning la which aunt Frunslla excelled, outside of her own Imaginary invalidism, it waa in nnraing other invalids, so aha had Alexia com fortably installsd in ber own ioep chair, well wrapped In liar own long dresaing robe, before he could utter a protest "IH just slip down to the pantry and mix you a ginger toddy, and get you something to oat, for if the girls know you were here, they wouldn't give you a mite of peace so disappointed as they were when you didn't come by tie first train." "It id for be, denr askek Alexis. "Who hab dey, anyway?" "Oh, all the neighborhood, and Miss Lovelotte. "1 am sorry you can't sea Miss Love lotte. "Your aisters are wild about ber, and she's a perfect lady aereaa.ed every tune she spoke to me, and never minded when Lucy laughed." Alexis waa sorry, too, for unknown to aunt Prunella he had seen Miss Love lotte. lie was a kittle impressed by her, in fact ; without a doubt he would have fancied it love at first sight, only that, being bleet with young lady sisters, Le was a trifle distrustful of woman's arts. If he could only be sure that she was the guileless and loveable creature she seemed. He was dreamily comfortable by the time the door closed behind his aunt, and inclined to believe that Fate owed him somo recompense tor denying him the pleasure he would have found in Miss Lovelotte's socioty. It was in this mood that his glances began to wander to Miss Irunclla s nightcap. From his boyhood np, this portion of her wardrobe had always appeared to him as a thing fearfully and wonder fully made. Such crimps and lintings, such in sertions aid gathers I Such an incomprehensible combina tion of cambric .and lace An Insane desire came over Mm to take the thing in his hands, and put it on his bead. A pair of spectacle from the stand completed tie outfit, and he waited with some amusement for the moment when aunt Prunella would return and confront her bearded double. In here, Clara." "It's the old lady's room, but that doesn't matter." Alexis gava one wild clutca at the cap-strings which settled them In a hard knot, and then buried his face in his handkerchief with a dismal groan. What's the matter with her ? " asked a second voice. "Oh, toothache or something." "Lucy says if it' isn't one thing it's sure to be another. "She don't mind us, you see deaf as "I screamed myself noarse trying to uo the agreeable to her yesterday. To her what for? "Oh, don't move, you'll get tho pow der ia your eyebrows. "That's enough, isn t it 7 "What for?" Why you see, there a a nephew in the case, and 1 believe in mutuug of the family." I've set my heart on getting una Aletk Alexander, or whatever ms name is. Why. 1 thought you were engaged to Fernley." So I am. but I'd find a way out of hat Antnnirlement If 1 was sure of bo- Mrs. Teniond. Aro my ui o - toe red to-night, Clara 7 "About right" "You wear your hair dark nowadays, T n .v T don't know wnai pot. - . . .1 Klawr. it. IUO W av ... w r Til have to dye It now w me euu mT dava. " . i.trn T ran T!r. truvs one . . ,.nfT to matcn wHuom get my "6" . the least iruumc ( .t i,.t 11 vou wantea r You might have fixed in the dress- jug-room. homebody ul4 have found lout that I was touching up mj xrtnnA. tot instance. a,ocj t,tha Girls with mwns"'" are not; o " "Won't Fernley take it nam i Oh, perhaps. Tm reeJly fond of l.im you know. ..sTam L but I wish I had a thimble . . TvZLi., t chick up my spirits :a1. Tm too do-n in the mouth for any Uui since Ycrifo-d aaa disappointed UV, two radiant beings shook out rtwa?-. little Crateiue tuo Ti:MoMyounvethat'.trru. t-l. j mn snonose It was, nellanow. "uvu Claw TWotte?" ia "In my room, -r.miu voioe. a mi i x . There's nobody there tut my nephew when The poor fellow feels as if he weren't fit to be seen," "Wonder how ahe feels ? " muttered Aloxis grimly, tugging at the refraf tory string. And ever after he had a tender regard for aunt rrunella's nightcaps, which no member of the family could quite under stand. ... For Miss Lovelotte well, words tail me. Clara succeeded In consoling Fernley, but Miss Lovelotte is Miss lxvelotte to this day. CI earing Lmad. It Is sometimes a queston with owners of fanning lands, how much they can afford to do in the way of clearing land of stumps and stonea before commencing to plough and erop it In thist as in everything else, circumstances undoubt edly alter cases, and one must use his own best judgment when deciding how thoroughly he shall fit a field for handling before he begins to use it On general principles we should say put the land in good order to work Wore attempting to work it It doe certainly seem foolish to plough and cultivate around a rock for forty years, and then conclude to get it out It is true there is much land which, at the present time, is not worth the cost of clearing, but there are other lands which have a few rocks scattered here and there over tho surfaco, just enough to prevent the use of the meet improved manehinery, and enough f endanger such as is used, and which might be cleared at a comparatively trifling experso. Good, strong gram land that can be easily worked with improved tools ougU to lie worth a hundred dollars per acre in every favored lot lity in New Eng land. It certainly ought to be made to pay the interest ou that sum. Light, sandy soil is not worth bo much, as it requires a greater and more continuous outlay for manures, nor does sandy land usually cost as mnch in market as good loamy grass land. If we had land that would be worth a hundred dollars per acre after clearing it we should not hes itate to spend nuarly that sum in put ting it in first-rate order to work, for until land is fitted for the use of im proved machinery, it cannot be appraised at a very high figure for purposes of cultivation. A groat many rocks can lie sunk where they are, cheaper than they can 1 c disposed of by any other means. A sunken rock leaves no hole to be filled, ncr does it rednco the grade of the field and bring the surface down nearer another crop of underground rocks. Haying sunk all that can be profitably disposed of in his way, dyna mite or powder may be used for such as are too largo to sink. A suloil plough run a little deeper than an ordinary plough, will help very much in loosening up small stones that would throw out common ploughs. There is nothing that will pay better than tho labor of a man to follow the plough with a light crowbar, and rry out what stones can be easily lifted after the plough has uncovered or loosened them. If land, after clearing, can not be made worth the cost of clear ing it then it will be better economy to devote it to some other uses than cultav tion, until such time as land is in betteir demand. Very rocky land, if naturally good, may be worked over by swine. If they are kept in pens that can be moved from place, to plaoe, as often as desired. Orcharding may sometimes be made rT urofilable on such land. But do not work round rocks hair a lifetime, which ought to be taken out now. A Monnt Yernoa calamity. Visitors to Mount Vernon will regret to learn that the gigantic oak, a mon arch among trees, which lifted its brawny limbs and leafy crown in air midway "fJTuliinrrton'a tomb and the mansion, waa blown down in the severe storm of the 15th of August No other tree at Mount Vernon was so closely associated with the Father of his Coun try as this giant of more than two hun dred years' growth. Beneath its grace ful shade he was wont to sit ana ioob. out over the broad, beautiful river flowing at his feet; and there, too, he lingered with Lafayette and otieri whose names are dear to every American heart It was his favorite resting-place after the burden and heat of the day were past, and even during his lifetime came to be know as "Washington's oak." But now it has fallen. After having withstood the blasts and storms r . -nnrter of a century of time it has been compelled to yield to the inevitable. Its trunk is shattered ana scaiiruu over the ground in fragments, and Its ...w.rt limbs are powerless forever- more. A representative ol ine ttepuu- iWn broucht away some pioces and doubtless others who revere the memory of him whose name will avail themselves ol the nrsi oppur t aflctire similar lasting memen- twj , . , . f a visit to the Historic. i" i i, livod. loved, and was loved, Uu " ' . wl.ere his mortal remains now u enshrined in the hearts of hs country- men. - . l"e of CaSte. Statistics of the growth and consump tion of coffee throughout the world in dicate largo increase. A quarter of a century ago the total production was about 338,000 tons ; in 1879 It was 690 -000 tons, or la a fair way soon to double the former total. From 1828 to 1879, alone the increase was something over 10 000 tons. Our own country affords the greatest market for the article the consumption in 18S0 having been 180,- iaAaaa at I Mils O00 tons. Xhi was au " 000 tons over tho average year ending in 187C for the 20 T raffle In old ShoM. A New York correspondent iu that City says tho old-ahoe trade is confined almost exclusively to Baxter street, al though here and there in Sixth and Soventa avenues are places whure better grades of second-hand articles are sold. Both man's old boots and shoes and women's shoes are dealt la. From 5 cants to $1 a pair ia paid for men's shoes. Boots are worth a little less, because the sale for them is net so large. For women's shoes from 5 to 35 cents a pair is paid. So long as the uppers are not completely spoiled the shoes can be utilized. Shoes that most people would suppose were entirely past rsdemption can bo patched up and made present able. After solos and heels have been put on the shoes, and the rents con cealed by patches, tho price is increased about 50 cents oa the average. A pair of sliooa for which 25 cents were paid are sold, when repaired, for 75 cents. The profit to tho dealer is from 10 to 35 per cent The dealers pay their cobblers, as a rulo, 30 cents a pair for reconstruct ing shoes, and, In addition to this, they count the cost of leather in their expen ses, and thus it will bo seen that their profit is not heavy. One of the shop men was asked how long the shoes would last "Wo don't like to sell shoes in wet weather," he replied. "The soles are liable to float off and lea v5 the uppers without any bottoms. Maybe they will wear for one day, and maybe they will last for one month. We guar antee no goods, because the profits are so small. Tho cobblers' can't afford to pnt in many pegs, and we can't afford to put in much leather." The reporter picked up a pair of shoes, and he was not long iu reaching the conclusion that, like glass, they must be handled with care. The business Is not restricted to the retail trado, but includes the whole sale. A great many cases of the shoes are ship;ed to Baltimore, Washington, Boston and other cities on the orders oi second-hand clothes dealors. The pro fits in the wholesale trade range from 5 to lO per cent, under those in the retail' Tho patrons of the place are from the poorer clnssee. Tho busiest days in the retail trade are Sftturday and Sunday, more part icularly the latter. The shops open, some o them, as early as a o ciocx in the morning, and many of them do not close until midnight Tho rent of the basements is from 825 to 60 per month. Tlus is the greatest expense to the proprietor, and little wonder is it that he pulls his coustomers in by main force to make up for the heavy drain. Up ou Sixth and Seventh aven- . ... . ! . 9 nee, where Dcttcr business w none, from SI to 4 a pair is paid for shoes. Only the best shoes, not much worn, will be bonght, and the trado is entirely different Tho Baxter street dealers sell their finer shoes to tho men on the avenues. The largest stock of a Bax ter street shop Is 1000 pairs, and often- er it is much less. Noticing repaired shoes with Btretched-ont elastics, tho reporter asked why new elastic was not put in. He was informed that ths cost wastoojrrest The elastic would cost forty cents, and that would make the price too high; besides, the trousers covered tho tors, and it made little dif ference. The question will naturally bs asked where all the shoes comes from. lhe Italians, these soayengersof tho street, fished old shoes out of the ash barrels by tho hundreds. They know their value as well aa they do tho worth of rags, bones and bottles. They carry the shoes to their quarters, scrape the ashes off them, and tako them to Baxter street The junk and rag dealors buy or ask a gift of old shoos in their wan derings, and they take them to Uaxter street The bootblacks at the hotels and other places seize upon old shoes as prizes. Somo of the pawnshops and n1.l--l.tliefl atanda buy old shoes, and only when they are In good condition. It is only at tho shops that the snoes which neeu to w iwudui.'" bought Moderate fortunes have been made in tho old shoe trade in Baxter street Men have gone into it ana ad vanced to the trado iu new goods or re tired altogether. Many of tho present dealers own their places of business, and seem to prosper at least as woll as the old-olothes men. A Slam Nabob. Prince Frisdang is the title of a half- brother of the King of Siam. He ia about to visit this country as an emissary from his royal relative. Two years ago tie King of Siam sent a special embassy to England for the purpose of effecting an alteration in the treaty existing between the two countries. A draft convention was agreed upon between Lord 3auli- bury and the Siamese Minister of Foreign Afiairs; but about that tune tie Ambassador was taken ill and was nmrilled to return to Siam The treaty, therefore has never been ratified The King has decided to renew his overtures for a treaty, and has selected as his ambassador Prince Pnsdacg. In addition to ratifying the treaty between Siam aud England, tho Prince is empowered to offect treaties with this country. France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Portugal. The Prince is about thirty-two years old, of medium stature, and is well educated. He speaks English and French fluently, and be.ng unmarried is looked upon as a "catch" by marriageable young ladies. His dress" consists of a derby hat European coat and vest the latter but toning with gold buttons up to the necs. As a substitute for trousers the prince wears what In tie Siamese language is called a pennung. The garment ia not unlike tie trousers worn by the louavos .,v iia war. It consists of a skirt Tim hem of the reaching to the instep. . . . , , skirt is caught up in iron ana og aniwd between the legs, is iasieueu the waist behind. Tho legs, covered with bright, colored stockings arc dis played to tho knees, and low shoes with buckles complete the attire. The prince has thirty half-brothers, including the king. HU father had numerous wives, according to the custom of the country. The present King has one wife, who is a favorite and is his consort, besides a harem of several more. The King's annual revenue is about S10.000.000, out of which he supports his thirty half- brothers and their families in addition to his own family. Upon ascending to the throne he instituted a reform in the affairs of gcverment by compelling his half brother, who had hitherto led indo lent lives, to perform the duties of Cabinet officers and to attend to the vari ous departments i i his realms. The result of the innovation was de cidedly beneficial to tho government in the way of checking much wosUful ex travagance. The piodu3taf the country do not M i8 popnlarly supported, consist entirly of white elephants. The tuple product is rice, wtiich is grown in largo quantitiee, aud tho peasantry are mostly wealthy, wlule there is bo actual poverty in the kingdom. The population of Siatn is about C.000,000, of whfch Bangkok has 1,000, 000. The King is enterprising and liberal iu his views. Although tho state religion is Buddhist the French Jesnits and Ameri can Protestants work side by side in their efforts to convert the Siamese to their respective creeds, and American missionaries are even permitted to proach their doctrine in the Buddhist temples. The Siamese navy consist often modern war vessels. Tho King has also what is called a standing army, consisting of 10,000 troops. It comprises two batteries of Napoleons aud a battery of four Gatling gnu, while the infantry is armed with Winchester breech loading magazine guns. The military system conforms more nearly to the National Guard of this state or to the English volunteer system than to tho regu'ar armies of Great Britan or this country. The soldiers live and pursue the ordi nary vocations within a radius of twenty milos from Bangkok, the capital of Siani, and aoscnible in times of peace once in every throe months for drill and rt view by the King who ii tho Commander in- chief. One of the objects of the visit of Trinee rrkdang to New York is to inspect tho National Guard system, and Colonel F.icbard Vose, commanding the Seventy-first Kegimeut, has accepted an invitation to assist tho Prince in Lis efforts to obtain such information as he may desire on the subject Plata Bewtna;. I aUkd the other day upon a bride who was actually "doing" plain sewing. I could hardly behove tho evidenco of my senses at first; but it was true ahe held in her hand a piece of fine un bleached muslin which she wa making into a pillow case, sewing the seam over and over in tie old fashioned way our grandmothers did in the long ago. Soon the broad hem was turned down by a thread and sowed. Tha stitches were so small and true that one almost need ed a microscope to discover them. How beautiful the work looked! "But why do you all this by hand when you could do it so much more quickly on your mother's machine?' inquired a friend who was present; ''and why do you uv the unbleached muslin?" "Oh, it looks so much better when it begirs to be slightly worn; there are never any fray ed comers torn out by tho wind when the washing is out, nor dark lines along he hems when hanging on the line, and I really like to sew as my mother taught me before machines were so conmon If I had a great deal of sewing and little leisure on my hands, I should use a ma chine; bnt I have an abundance of time to do all I require. Of course, I might have had all this work done before was married if I had so desired. But then I should have been so hurried thut instead of helping mother, she no doubt would hayo worked herself sick in the endeavor to assist me. We did at our leisuro what we thought necessary be fore the wedding, and then enjoyed each other's society in every possible way by laying plans for my future im provement visiting pleasant, intelligent people and sometimes taking lorg ram bles together in the grand old wood. Now I have trunks full of clothes to le made into household accessories, and I shall find the task a pleasant one. The unbleached slice tin ir wears longer than the bleached, and washes easier; that is why I use it" Tha tfnu) of Faahlan. The great aim of fashion seems to be to render quite useless for this year the dresses that wero highly fashionable only last season. That is why short dresses periodically come in apd go out again. That is why the polouai-e ap pears and disappears in cycles that may almost be computed as astronomers calculate when ccmeta are due in our skies. That is why crinoline encircled the fashionable form, and also why it left off doing so. The tonrnure is mak ing useless the narrow and sheath-hko dresses in which the women of England encased themselves till lately. The secret of so skillfully draping a dress that it shall stand well out at the back without the aid of wires or buckram is to make It wide. Last year skirts were under two yards in width round the hem now tuey must be at least a half a yard over tha measurement The interests of trade are really at the root of what gibed at as the fickleness of fashion. There is much method in her madness, though it is but little consolation to the victims of the plethora of petticoats or dragging trains, to know that money is going into someoouy s pocKeis In ' consequence of the inconvenience snf ....l l, iliswxa wlm n1uv thn twhrttiz , A itiver Hnmancr. A writer from Pubuqne says seated near ps was a lady and her daughter, alwt;t nhitetip years old. She, too, was listetiing to Captain Asbury's yarn 4. They were about his adventures ou the river, his trials and tribulutious. Lis joys and sorrows. "About eighteen years ago," he said, ''when I was run- j ning between St Louis and Keokuk, there came oa the boat at Hannibal one of the handsomest young women I had seen iu all my life. She had a liHle girl with her, more handsome than tie was. The lady came up to me, for she was a lady, and asked me to take her to Keokuk, as she desired to go to Burling ton to her friends, and that she had not cent in the world with which to pay her fare. Her pleadiug eyes were too much for mine, and I baxle the clerk consign her to a stateroom, as it was in the middle of the night The boat was delayed by a heavy fog, and ws wero compelled to lay at the bank until long after daylight The lady approached and thanked me ever so much, and told mo that she was the wife of a Confeder ate captain who had been shot and kill ed by a party of scouts or guerrillas, her home had been robbed and burnt, and she, with her child, succeeded in fleeing from the scene of carnage, and was the next d ly brought to Hannibal by a kind farmer, in whose house she had songht protection. Girl's, that woman's story aud wrpngs and snffer ing mado my heart softer. I know it did, and I put my hand intj my pocket and give her a 820 greeuba:k, for 1 thought sho needed it Well, I haven't en or heard of her since, but I hope she is hapry, and that little girl of hers handsome and grown up woman." The la.ly who was listening to the upturn's little btory aroeo from her chair, and taking the hand of her dunght- approached the Captain, saying: Yes, we aro both happy, -and I will have you judge about the good looks of the grown-up daughter, for here she is." Captain Asbury stood as if struck as dumb us the fellow who caused the maiden to hnrl herself off yonder roek. for we were near that noted landmark. Ho reered int j the lady's face, plainly isccrniblo by the reflection of the elec tric liht in utter astonishment The Captain recognized the lady and even the now grown-up young lady, and ex pressed himself pleased to see them again. Alter mutual greeting and in troduction to us girls, the lady, Mrs. Russell, who now resides in New York, went into the cabiu and soon returned up )n the 'Toof with a piece of paper in her hand, which she handed to the captain. It was a check for 200 which she desired to return to him for his kindness eighteen years ago. Captain Asbury refused the proffered check, and no persnasion could induco him to ac cept Of course Mrs. and Miss Bussell were admitted to our oircle, aud the trip up tho river was made more joyous than ever, as she proved to be a very intelligent, worthy ladr, and wealthy. and her daughter proved to be as lovely In disposition as she was beautiful iu face and form. Frugal inaif. Cyrus, King of Persia, according to Xenophon, was brought up on a diet of waer, bread and cresses, till up to his 15th year, when honey and raisins were added ; and the family names of the Fabii aud Lentuli were derived from their customary and possibly exclusive ilict Eggs and apples, with a little bread, wire for centuries tie alpha and omega of a Roman dinner; and, in arlier times, even bread and turnips, if not turnips alone, which tho patriot Cincinnatus thought suilicient for his wants. It is singular that our temper ance societies direct their efforts only against the fluid part of our vicious diet; a leagne of temperate caters would find a large field for reform. But In Italy the thing was atUmpted by Luigi do Corn aro, a Venitian nobleman of the fifteenth centnry, who restricted hinself to a daily allowance of 10 ounces of solid food and six ounces of wine, and prolonged his life to 102 years. Though he did not organize his followers Lito a sect, his example and his voluminous writings influenced tic m Miners of his country for many years. Comoro would not have gained many converts in Rus sia and uermany; dui uironguoai Southern Europe frugality, in the truest old Latin sense, is by no means rare. acour, a Marseilles longshorman, earn ed from 10 to 20 francs a day, loaned mouey on interest, and gave alms, but slept at night in his basket and 3Ulsist d on 14 onions a day, which preserved him in excellent health and humor, but got him the nickname of quatvrze viy mm. A pound of bread with six ounces of , i i i poor cheese, anu suca oerries aa uie roadM-le may offer, constitute the daily ration of the Turkish soldier ou the march, and the followers of Don Carlos contented themselves with cvea less. A correspondent of the Daily JVetr was served with a dish of ratiiihcs in a Cata lan tavern, and ventured the remark that radishes wero taien after meals ia Northern Europe. "You can get some more afkr finishing these," was the re ply. The radishes constituted the din ner. Not that men s'iouU, but that they can, live on bread alone, is abundantly proved by the records of Old-World prisons. Silvio Pellico, the Italian patriot and martyr, subsisted for seven years on coarse rye bread and water, which experience had tanght him to prefer to tie putrid pork soup of his Austrian bastile. The prisoner of the Khedive wew fod on rice and Indian of vrn till the nravera of the Flench res- --- - - - idcut! aud hia American efficcw induced him to swectcu their bitter lot by a weekly bottle, of sukurra, or diluted uo j lasses ; and I learn from au article iu a French journal that some of these unfortunates, who had passed longyears without any hint of sakarra, were forced by chronic bowel compLtints to return to their old dry faro. Fedor Darapski, born 1774, in Kars kod near Praga, Eastura Poland, was bronght to the government of Novgorod , in his 22nd year as a conscript to the Russian army, and was soon after sen tenced to death fvjr mutiuy and assault with intent to kilL The Emprea Cath erine, acting on a recommendation of the Governor of Novgorod, commuted l his sentence to imprisonment for life but ordered that oa every anniversary of the deed (an attempt to kill his col' one!,) the convict should receive 40 lashes and be kept on half rations for a ' week after; the full ration being two Thero are 21'J churches an.l .M.0.H) pounds of black bread and a jng of cold church memlers anion,' tlio Indians .f water. On these terms Darapski was the United States. boarded at the fortress of Kirilov till The people of t!i Uuitrd St.ttea 1863, when at the approach of his 90th ' 8Pent $16,500,000 on theater l ust year birthday ho was agnin recommended to j a 'iU-Pe fuu 'uad. mercy, and liberated by order of the , T1,1e jVil tUl' iinmler Uf.. rv.r altogether 1,71), 7ol. of whom 775,100 P,; , , x. , . , ! aw wldtc, and 911,Gtft negroes Even the story of Nebuchadnezzar , it . -1 it it .i Cattle valued at ?14 OiVVOrtJ are may be more than an allegory, as the , ' ..... . . . . i now grazing la.whit waa six ve.irs aro wild berries, roots, and grass-seeds of i absolutely an IudLin conutrv." the Assyrian vallevs contained surely as ; t : n . , ' 15 M Ba'' '!iat the steam power mueh nourishment as sour rye bread actually in use throughout tiit, world is and who knows but grass itself might j equal to 13,500,U(jO hotse jxwer. do for a while, since the Slavonian Tho first exportation of orisige peasants often snbsut for weeks at a peel ever mado from the United Sut time on sauerkraut and cabbage soup? was shipped to Hivre last week. Corsican fiirmers live all winter on! A tract of 8),0tH) aeres of hnd has dried frmt and polenta (chestnut meal,) been purchased in Sumter enmity, 11 1., and tho Moors of mediieval Spain used I for a colony from Duluth. Mi:m." to provision their fortified cities with A French paper savs tint F.j'dish chestnuts and olive oil. During the siege of Lucknow tho native soldiers asked thut the little rice left be given to their British comrades ; as for themselves they could do with the up, i. e., the water in which the rioo had been boiled ! But the tic jiliii ultra of abstinence, combined with robust strength, is fur nished in the record of Shamvl, thw heroic Circassian, who fur tho last two years of tho war that ended with his capture had nothing but water for his; drink and rousted beechnut for his food, and yet mouth after mouth defied. the power of the Rrssiaa Empire in his , native mountains, and repeatedly CBt his way through the ranks of his and that tho crop will rich $10,000,-would-be cuptors with the arm of a 000 or 50 000.000 Hercules. i The philosophers of antiquity prided j the reason why the Italians wiil not themselves on their frugal habits, which cremate Garibaldi's Inxly, in accordance ranked next to godliness ia their ettima-1 with his last request. tion, as expressed in the famous aphor- Tho farmer who leaves his plough ism. "God needs nothing, and he is next , to rot ,u tl, neI,ls ftl1 'er is usually to Him who can do with next to noth- ! ,Lo ?n? with the . . . , , , conditiou of tho country, ing whoso material needs aro the smallest Primitive habits are certainly I ,!art ' tho ham hxu d? . , , . , , . S , w devoted to pmeuppta culture. A favorable to independence, especially in mmou anrf s iia!f of frit Ll4VO yvn a genial climate, where a man is above ' collected from a single acre. the fear of tyranny and aU social obli- j TIi0 cultivation of wadiroom is a gatlons, who, like Shamyl, can subsist paying branch of gardening in 1'raueo, on the spontaneous gifts of his mother whew this esculent is consumed every Earth. "Do you know," Cyrus asked 1 y0"" to the TaIl,e ,r f 1,800,000. the enilMirtsudor of a luxurious potcnate, I There are over 150, orange trees "how invincible men are who can live ! in Florida, and the number is rapidly on herbs and acorns ?" If the Sareaous j l-T." V?r'!w! nil"' , , a i i. , -. . At ' ycr 18 Imt 50,000,000, oranges, had persisted in the simplicity of their , , " . . , .. . . , a I Cnba bears an enormous burden ia fathers, the nineteenth century might the way cf taxation. The rate for tho see Moorish kingdoms in Southern En-1 coming year is something over $26 to rot", and Arabian science and fruit gar-1 each man, womau and child on the Is dens iu tho place of deserts and monkish aa- besottednens. Cato needed no prophetic The Iowa rapitol, work on which inspiration to predict tho downfall f a' city where a small fish could fetch higher price than a fattened ox. Km Itiglia Alooa;. "Mr. Blank," began an old clerk in a Chicago grocery house the other day, "I have now liecn with you twenty years." 'Yes James." "And I wanted to ask yon if you didn't think that my long experience and faith ful services justflcd an iucreaso of salary," "No doubt of it, James n doubt of it and you shall have it 1 1 xk yon iu here at 57 a woek." "Yes." "After nino years I mlwd you to $10? "You did." "In another nine years 1 raised you to $12?" "Yes, sir." 'And at the end cf another nine you shall have $14. My programme is to raise salaries every ninth year. Go back to your desk James and continue to be faithful; yoa have only a little over so ven years to wait and if sale increase as I hope for, I may jump you to $15. There, there no thanks run right along!" School la Turk? The snltan, Abdul Hamid, established in 1879 at Constantinople a school for tie daughters of Turkish Government officials, and,aa the German language was one of the branches taught the Emperor William sent five gold bracelets, set with jewels, as premiums for the best German scholar. The first f these Las just been presented by tho German Ambassador to the daughter of Mali Pasha, who received it with a grace ful expression of thanks in exoellcu German. A tpciineii Piinoa. G juuod was asked, by order of Her Majesty Queen Victoria to write a wedding march for the marriage of the Duke of Albany. He accordingly pro duced one for full orchestra and organ, but finding that the orgn loft at St- Georgea Chapel was not capacions enough, he composed a second march, which met with well-deserved success. For this double trouble, it is said, the renowned composer of "Faust" received a rhotograph of the young prince, with h's autnrraph on the back, and this withi ut a word of thanks or n gni!ion. NEWS IS lUUEF. Illinois last year produced: :,Hm, OWJ bushels of rve. The list cf the K:it.'Ii.-la CU rjy cin tains llti.OiiO names. Constant nse of the tel 'plioric m said to cause ilr:f uf i. Canada caught nearly Slli.OoO.IMM worth of codfish last j.-ar. Nazareth, in tho Holy Land, has a telegraph office, by order of the Sultan. India rises41,00O,0iX) pounds more of tea than 10 years ago. No clergyman U eligible, to a si-at in the house of common. Mtsrs. Moody and S:m'ey ill re- lt tnilf country i-xt spn Baton's pros.-nt valuation h "2,- . j 4'JU,1U0, a gam o Si,!)a.j,5iH) over last iyear. ' The district utssfUgera boys at ' Newport, It I , are to lie provide! with bicycles. soldiers clear their throats of oust by taxing tea.sKMinfnls of sifted sur if. It is proposed to bull 1 an under ground railroad in Paris. The e wt of its construction U put at $.V.1,0 ),(. Tho Paris Municipal Council has purchased 200 portraits of Washington, to be given as prizts in the cty sehools. 'lho Grand Duko Nicholas Nieho htievitch, uncle of tho Czar, lnis loen ; put on an allowance of 84,1(00 roubles a , year (355,272), with a residence, horst, A whale ship urrived recently at Shetland from North Greenland with -00 bottle-nosed whales aud 5 JO eeaU on !l.,, 1. cahmaW tuaA -wa of t j,. i.;:...i !.., 11..,i;.. wa commenced in is Hearing completion. The cohtof the edifice will be aliout 2,500,000, and it is to have a gilded dome. The city of Boston, by establishing ita own shon for thn rcimir nfmii'ir-Aiiiu belonarintr to the Fire Department, hns reduced the yearly expenso from about SW.00O to 12,0OO. Sone of the ists thut have troubled the vineyarHs of f ranco havo been discovered in Switzerland, to the great alarm of tie producers of wino in tho neighborhood of Geneva. Irof. Charles P. Boerner, the State Observer at Vevay, Inl, repoit Uiu remaikable fall of 7$ inchus of raiu iu that locality in July, 34 inches falling on the last day of tue month. A great Northern Railroad train, with an eight-feet eingio driver outside cylinder engine, lately ran from ix-eds to London, 1S6J miles, in exactly threo hours sixty-two miles an hour. It is cstimattd tint during tho year 1S81 there were 244 shocks of earthquake, eighty-six occurring in Winter, Bixty-one in Antnnm, iifty-six in Spring aud forty-one in Summer. The committee that havo in charge the erection of a monument to the late Lord Frederick Cavendish have en trusted the execution i f the work to Albert Bruce Joy, the English sculptor. Among other things shown by the recent census rcjrt was the fact that the cumber of working oxen in uso on tho farms of ti e United States had de creased twenty-five per cent, since 1870. The regular army of Great Eritiiin is cemposed of 1&,912 nou-cjuimis-sioned ofiict-rs and men. The total es tablishment of reserve forces is 411,170 men. Of the regulars, 'J7.0V3 are abroad. The number of schools in France, whew the system of a savings bank had been adopted, was 16,41)4 at the close of last year, against 1 1,372 at the lie ginuing. The average number of de positors was twenty-one per-school, against seventeen the year lefow. At Goodwood races, in England, the Duke of Norkfolk came ovsr with his Duchess and a large party from Arundel Castle in the old-fashioned ducal stvle. The dn lie's cortege con sisted of four carriages, each drawn by four splendid grays, with outrid-.-rs ou steeds of the same color. The census of 1880 showed that there were 1J,ST0,34U voter in tho United States, 11,343,005 being while, and 1.4S7.341 colored Theie wi ro 8.270.5H4 natives by birth, and 4,072, 147 foreigners. A mammoth true, fellod on a farm at Mexico, Me., measnred nine feet thwngh near the ground, was 1 10 Uxt iunh. the first limb growing at a h-ight of thirty feet from tho bane. Th troo was cut up into ftOO rails, 300 fence posts, and 10 cords cf firewood. .4 I -7 1 J Syou found him out, did yb norarr deainess How his mother forgot to call bar J l 7
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