B. F. BOHWEIER, THE OOISTITUTIOI-THE UHOI-AID THE EHOEOMEIT OP THE LAWS. Editor and Proprietor. VOL. XXXVI. MIFFI JNTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 13. 1S82. NO. 37. I KK TI1K SI X r.OKS 10VN. I hive work enough to do Kre the sun foe down, F.ir myself and kindred urn, Krc llie sun yues down. Every hlie whisper stilling, With a purpose Arm and willing All niT daily tasks fu'fllling fcre the sun goes down. I must overcome uij wrath kre the sun oca down; I must walk the heavenly in Kre the sun goes down ; For it may t ile-th la wending Hither with th n:ht decendiug. And my life will liave an ending Kre the sun pies down. i must speik the living word Kre the sun goes down ; I must let uij iol-e be Uurd Kre the tun pues down ; Kery crj ol pity heediu?, For the injured liiterre.liiig. To th l.ght the lost ones leading Kre the sun g dwn ! A I J xirnet on my war, Kre the sun fine down, (....It commands 1 nmsi oir, Kre the son goes down. There are sins that need confessing. There are wrongs th it neeu redressing, 1 f 1 w otiid ot.'.ain the Mensing Kre the sun g-es U wu. aud disappointment then, when I heard tion. Part of a summer waa spent at that he had again left. As before, I ;a pleasant country place, from which asked where he had gote; but Mrs. I she was recalled lv thir ncor.rn. ;n i - -. ni- Tllr. UWI'Ei.Y EM'tAlXHi. I was spending the most beautiful part of the year at Ross Hall, my usual snin rner re-sort; and a gayer, happier com pany thau that w hich was then arouud nie. l have seldom found. Excursions, picnics, and all manner of ecjoyuieuls were continually on the list; snd never had time passed so pleasautly le'ore. One among us, however, seemed to take no interest ia onr gatherings, or in auv t'f our pleasure parties; and Charles Meredith's caldness and reserve were frequent subjects of cotr.ment, especially among tne ladies. Young and attract ive he certainly was, and possessed of brilliant colloquial lowers, which I Bivs-lf Lad often tested; for, s'range to tuy, Mr. Meredith had repelled all x.,.11tt s.lvancea from others, and it was only alter many persevering efforts that I finally drew him out of his reserve. Out sameness of pursuits had some in dueiice here, no doubt. We were loth ututs. I was strongly and irrosiatebly attracted toward the hauasonie, cnor getic enthusiast; and it pleased me greatly to fiud that in my company, at njuid throw oil tne mast oi least, he w reserve. When at length 1 pervaded him to mii gle with our little party ia the drawing-room, the fascinating young artist soon became a general favorite. I have noticed more than one fair lady's cheek blush with pleasure when Charles Meie .litl.a .nirk eve flashed iuto hers; but among all tho ladies of our little set he seemed to choose Annie lay, the mer .t little faiiv that ever danced "In tliA earth. One stormy t-veciug we were bitting in the well-lighted drawing-room, most of us in earnest conversation concerning ...l.re of woman." I noitced that Charles was unusually quiet as the -Wnssion went on. though his eyes ... ..i.;nT tr:in!Telv as he listened were iw,as to their various ideas. Suddenly I exclaimed to my opponent: what von will, sir, when a woman liaBouce lowered herself from her proper tphere she has lowered herse.f far in my estimation and respect." . t this I turned my gaze full uuju C!.arles Meredith's f.toe as if to Jjk nis opinion. To my terror I saw ri,.cr (r,..ii Lis seat with pale face and hands uplifte.1. as though suffering . .It. Several gentlemen ,UM:"a! ,'',tn aid him. when snd sprang - - , , -. llis lUuly his arms en ' -v , hastily inrmug, floss did not seem to hear my question; aud I immediately exclaimed to Annie Fay, who stood near me. '-It is veiy strange why Mr. Meredith thus sud denly takes his tit parture. Have yon any idea of the time of his return?" J j "He wdi not return at ali, Mr. Brook field, for he" Here Annie saddeidy stopped, and casting a quick, confused glance at my face, she turned away. I locked alter the little sprite in surprise. Why should she know anything of Meredith's affairs?" I thought; "and certainly she does, for she appeared strangely confused." The next weeK I packed my trunk and started off also, with no particular determination or destination in view. I visited every studio and art gallery I came across, however, half in search of Charles Meredith and half despairing of ever seeing him again. My efforts were unavailing. I never met Charles Meredith again. . . At last I settled myself in a fine old city, offering me many inducements to remaiu. Having several influential friends in the place, I eoon found myself in the midst of all the fjis'.ior.ab'.e pleasures then ia their height. Invita tions poured in upon the successful artist, and my time was lully occupied. As I entered my studio one afternoon I found there au invitation to attend an entertainment given by MLsa Helen Meredith. 'IVr'.-.apj this young beauty aa'd heir, ess ia some connection of Charles," I thought, and accepted the invitation. The lady was unknown to me by sight, but by report she was no stranger. On the siecified evening I entered the brilliant saloons, accompanied by a friend, who presented me to the lieanti- jful hoste-a. I noticed that the lady turned hastily at the mention of my name; and I fairly started w ith surprise, for Charles Meredith himself seemed to stand before me; only that the sad, worn look did not rest upon his face, and. urni i her surroundings. Miss Moro- tilth seemed peerlessly lovely. She must have noticed my long glance at her face, for Ler cheek was crimson; and merely speaking my name, she turned away. I was provoked at myself for allowing a mere resemblance to disturb me so; and then, drawn irresistibly, I turned to look at her again and met her eyes fixed full upon me. She waa very pale now; and a strange thrill ran through me aa 1 once more watched the strange resemblance to Charles Meredith. Pshaw!" I said to myself, "she must have a brother by that name. That is the reason of it. I shall certainly ask her if such is the case," During the evening I fonud :ui oppor tunity of doing so; and I was assured that she had no brother. "That is my sister at thj piano, Mr. Uooifield., the said. I felt rather foolish, and to relieve myself I told the story of my deep in terest for Charles Meredith. She list cned politely to the end; and then, after ud, side, p oru. Poor he f n.r " aid Annie Fay, onder im!eBfav.liyuik he is ill." ness of her sister. When relieved of anxiety on her ace Tint, she returned agniii to her summer nsort. but only to suffer mauydayjot illness caused by overexertion. During the fllnefs the lady of the house proved herself to be a true Christian, and a noble, disin terested woman. Day by day shj watched by the sick bed; and to her and a warm hearted sirl in the same house. was confined th. history cf the young, struggling artist. "After her recovery the young girl learned that a larga fortune had been left her by a distant relative. Once more the country place was left behind, and with thankful hearts the two sisters took possession of their ample inherit ance. And now. though Helen Mere dith earnestly draired Mr. Brookfield's good opinion, and knows that ha docs not appreciate a woman who has 'once left her proper sphere, yet she has told him her story, and ia ready to bear him spaak for himself." "And 1, Helen, having heard your story, uid understanding it, wait pa tiently to hear your answer to my ques tion," I answered, quietly holding out my hand. "Then you are satisfied with me?" she asked, tremblingly. "Perfectly, I aa wered, and her haml was lightly laid in mine. I had my answer. - o:l Jo... ! A High Bridge. f saw huge bear tracks in the sand, and awn-. N...ae.u i at onoe came to th conclusion that the j A Kuw In the June. Family. lld Jim Doohttle used to keep a store; The Inchest bridge in the world is in Cottoawood, Xe'o., but lie is now out rapidiv approaching: completion. of the business, lie was a very peculiar the Kinzna creek, on the line of the Hillrttllliail Tf a VljT.mr- .Ti.amt Imw V XT 1 a 1. .1 VIT 1..rl evening he looked a', Doolittle re-1 road extension. It is three hundred to, lmost Juns ?! T T - I garUed him as au open enemy. He and seven feet above the creek, and for took very little stock ia th mot o: "No ; geveral hundred feet it is over three trouble to show the goods." In couae- hundred feet hiah. Imasine more than el,n.lhd been carried off by the bear. the hunting of tne snars, by its ex- over , . , , 1 jMt4.tnnt ami mlnKsal dimensions, ahont lue lamiiy immeuiaiciy maue searcu i through the forest, which was grown corresponds t the noble chase of the bunalo or tne grizzly on snore, ana is search very slow. All day these anx- n experience wm wona travelling to ions narents searched for traces of their I Nantucket for. Every self-respecting quence of hia peculiar method of trans-1 a hundred feet on the Maionio Temple ! antmg bneuiess Dootittle s trade dwin- jn Philadelphia and it will give a partial died until he was able to enjoy all of ' idea of the immense height. Its length that solitude for which his nature seem-1 iB tw-jnty-two hundred feet The Kta ed to yearn. zn creek in itself is insignificant, ex- One day a lady strayed into Doolittle's ' ccpt as a trout stream, but at the rail- store and timidly asked the ioor lxxin ' road crosniBg thare is a precipitous of looking at some cheap calicos. Doo- mounUia on each side and from oce little clung heroically to his nail keg, 1 ; to t!. oihw rntw this and kept right on wuitling. I macniheent examulo of emrineerin " Tor want to look at some prints, do ' ,kiu Tt Imilt of wrought iron, manu- yer?" he snarled. I f.rtnrtH fnr ih nnrnnu at the Phpnii- "lf you please," replied the lady. Uille Bridge Works, on a solid stone "Well, now, efy.r air going to buy ; foundation, which extends but a few lumns, which form , -,JWi e,s "j : foucdaUon, which extends but some. I'll show 'em dawn ; ef yer ain't ft above the surface, and thecoi I don't propose to uclimber the goods ejght inches in diameter, whiclj inJ niniu nntut Aniittf " I.. . . . - and muss up the counter. The lady fled. the derricks on which rest this immense structure, look very frail. As one rats A man from the North Loup stumbled u, eye aOUK the corner posts from on to Doolittle's store and went in to 1 beneath he trembles for tho first train luy a pair of boots. The stock of men's that passes at that remarkable height, foot wear was not very extensively sort- Throvnh Mr. Kiefer, the engineer in cd up, and every pair the Loup Fork ' cilarge, iwrruission was obtained to go nwu tried were too small for him. The out on tue filliBlletl I)art, aud those only last pair of split leather kips were . who have been up iu a balloon or stooa mournfully laid aside, and with a sickly ! ou tLis bridge can imagine the feeling some ne saw ne guessed lie had better ; of awe whicu btrike8 tlie viliitor. The This time it is a Iitue out of the usual routine and looks rather serious Bridget, the one faithful servitor and general factotum of the house, has just taken her vacation of two week-t semi-annual and gone to vi-it her sister, Mrs. Mulhooney, aud her last words on leav ing seemed almost prophetic viewed by the b'ght of subsequent events, as the historians say. "Yese '11 be in a hapa of thruble afore I get back to yese ; I feel it iu my bones," was her valedictory remark. A successor was installed at ouce, however, and things seemed to jog along about as usual until one un lucky ilay, when Jones took it into his head to remark to his wife at table as the diuing-ro ni door closed on the new "ytutc a treasure not a uati-iooung girl either, Maria !" "Idou't know what yeu si-e good lookiug about her." suappod Mrs. Jones. "Hyon diiiiis rel hair and freckles and a smib-nose, why then I suppose she is to your taste" - "I didn't say she was god-looking, did I," askeJ Mr- J" wilh 'Ku'y w hile secretly quaking in his boots. " I remarked that she was not bad looting, by which I meant evil, vicious, etc. I couldn't have told you whether her hair was red or blue !" He looked so injured that Jixs. Jones hastened to pacify him, and they parted the best of friends, and when tie had come home at night ho had a little sur prise for his wife, though it wasn't just what he had planned, as it turned out It was Mrs. J.'s wifely habit to run down and open the froDt door when she 2i 1,!m , .ruin" in the evening, so that go somewhere else, "Then y.u don't want no lioots ter day," snapped Doolittle. . "Yes, I've got to have sum butes, pardner, but it seems these air are all too small erough," " ler don't act like a man as wanted view from the bridge is indescribably grand and fear is forgotten when the scene in the valley lieneath and the deep, green hills beyond present them selves. The hemlock forest appears like bhrubbery. The men scattered about on different parts cf the bridge any boots," said Doolittle, glaring at look like so many spiders. 1 wondered him like a wounded hen-hawk, as I gazel that men had ths courage to " They're too small, pardner," i enter into such an undertaking, bet it " Don't you call me pardner. yon old js indicative of the indoniitablo energy Luitern-jawed snoozer. Yer one of these J 0f General Thomas L. Kane, the presi fiunieky chaps as can't be suited no- of this extension, and the skill of the I llira tl.n'.. !... ... j ii . -J, mill a J ti mi. nun. yer have such cussed big feet for, any- ii..i t i.?i ...7 in 4liA jliirlr .UrnMUImotni. he WOUluuiuae i" wu , - ---- Te8tilinle fumble for his latch-key. t'irn to the room which we had left 1 1 K"LUIlu . .. sufHoit ut . re-u-!.-1 -s lithavior, aud we returned to eftvr . . .(..Ml CT1V11T .s,lo-v for bis ai.rnpt depu.t . 1 j glanced at the burning cheeks and bright eyes, and then did as she requested. . I went home that niht strangely happy, with Miss Meredith's pea mission to call again still ringing in my ears. I did visit her again, and many times. At first because she remined me so much of the lost Charles Meredith, aud, finally, because my heart was in her pos.essior. A year flew by; and then I aked Helen Meredith to be my wife. She ..t very aniet while I was speaking; I could not help noticing bow tight her hands were clasped togemor ana now Her words w ere verified when lie returns . , v an8wcr you, Mr. reason for Charles lhavior, aud were gaspingly came her breathy loruaiieo vinnllv. she looked full i Finally, she looked full in my eyes sudden liaieso - After that Charles Mercebth never joined us in the drawing-room again. More re-served than ever he worke L roomer with sketch book m hand s-nt days in rambling over tie MK 1 now seldom met him, and when I Oil I was pained and surprise to find that his interest iu me seemed entirely gone, so cold and discouraging was his beba- -i . ..;;, i.fllt-.ftus "rcinarkid -,r,,inr fter we had JUTS 14 )88 Olio """"-o break-fasted. 'Left us?" I exclaimed, he gone, and why?" "I do not know; be gave Now that he had gone. Ifounlhat a deep hold the dark-eyed boy had taken upon my affections. I recalled lus ,r.,i r. ., musical voica aud satl T.-.i.. ... i keenly that I tad . .' , to secure h not taKeu grtio i'"- fr;.,. loi.ii. - I was walking in the ganleu one d;y. hearing the just " t - - . .i of carriage wheels I i pj.roached the fr,.,,t entrance cate. A travelling car riage drow np before nie, Wliare has rce no rea- Rrookfield. I shall tell you something that may, perhaps, greatly change your Here she stopped suaueuiy, u aud as its 1 occupant sprang out and came towara me, I was surprised to fiud it was Charles Meredith. We entered the house to g. ther, but he did not ai'l'car at the dinner table. Mm. Koss was stating how glad she was to w him back again, and how pale and ill be looked when he entered. , The next day the bell w unfiled, doors were opened and closed carefully, axd the news of Mr. Moredith's danger on. illness flew from moutli te mouth. F.i, .' ln lima his lifa bung on threa.1: but at last our good ,f,,n 4.i.i n tit hia ture k . ;i. emed to leave my heart, and I now waited anxiously for his tappearance. Great waa my surprise . rreat effort continued: In a small country town, lour years ji i ALaA L'Aviuff ta'O ago a gcnueiusu n .i.idpra to the care of an uncle, who uwu u. V . had one son. This uncle, miserly as ne allowed bis nieces, and, wuoeu, . a. MVtoauthifl Ha nwn son. Oily me uarai cf life. - The younger of the sisters was -o1;h and needed more man iuee. mu laJ ti.;. l,. other soon discovered, aa ,ter. day by day, arproaej. therave. One day she applied to her uncle for assistance, but was roughly told that if she would consent to marry in son more would be done for them than had been hitherto. T!i ' nroposition was, fi.mlv and instantly .i,ot the persecutions fher and .on would soon be nneudura rrTJ. on day left their nncle s roof and betook themselves to a place Sero they were utterly unknown. For , .b elder sister sought in a iodb . ict to amnlovment; auu, avoid furtherpnvations w i---- l . liplnlees wuiu", OU" - . . , one- driven to a - -i - Jones was iu quite a festive mood this evening, owning to " snacks with a po tation after business closed, and as his wife held the door open he skipped in .,-,1 rrn IW a IOUMUIZ SUjact that . . ..,..1. iolit have bcem heard in the next oioea. Kitcheo-hitchee !" he said, playfully; ttli inn a Aita aionnd her waist "put u . . i ittla hand in my ovewat poctel auu find n ittle present there. But the screams that sounded tnrougn the Jones mansion tonk all the- playful net out of the unhappy man, aud as he asked, hollowly; -"Maria, what does this mean ?" Mai ia herself appeared in glare of light at the top of the stairs and saw the wretenca ooues m new rrl, and, not realizing that it waf ..a ?X1 .1 v.I a dreat'Jul mistaKe, lamieu & 1 .f ilia fTTHU1 1 awv. nereiKg,"u "o the weather in general, but tf this ao- tfi snuall doesn't result in an elegant. new fcpring wardrobe for Mrs. J., then the world is all hollow and cur do'J fil led with sawdust of course, refused. But, of both a hostess recovery. .1 ..1 VB, drent-tUto7donnmgmaleappareL "er:"T.araduallybreakin; ervu, . , i. mwpves r my minit ln " f : . rnpontheflooruntilshegained courage and proceeueo, . mrl now engaged a 1Ce a n loy TTtillll. nu , room for anariisi- --" nctions TZ a short time were apprec t 8he was enabKa Id , good achool, where her nf For u' to receive P-P "J .time the young artut I1 .. leaving her canvas, sanuy, ' " f honr8 of recrea- and trive herself but lew a founi engineer, O. Chanule, chief engineer of the New Ycrk. Lake Erie and Western Railroad. The cost of the bridge will be in the neighborhood of three hun dred thousand dollars. The object of this extension of the New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad is to reach the valuable coal fields in Elk and Jef- j fersoD counties, and along its route are ' i j . i r l 1. 1. A Millionaire's rets. H. Vauderbilt's great way?" " I guess I'd better be a-goiug," said the Loup Fork man, pulling on his old pair of moccasins aud stirttng for the door. " Yer had that, yer splay-footed old mud-dobhlar. Here, hadn't you better come back aud try on the case t Mebbe cllenslve fort6to 0r hemlock, cherry it il nt one oi your hog-tat leef anJ maT)1 oomecning iiae a crowd gatuerca in ; front of Doolittle's store immediately after this colloquy. There seemed to be a kind of theitrioal entertainment going on inside. Anon the Loup Fork man would swing something over his head a few times, and then ho would fetch the floor a thwack with it which made all the alabHster crockery and nutmeg-graters rattle off the shelves. The floor was strexn with canned peaches, cove oysters, boneless codfish and pants' buttons, Tho dust was so thick that the excited audie'neo couleln't see ex actly what was traut piriog withiu, but from certain ejaculatory sentences over heard it was surmised that some one was trying to sell Doolittle a bill of goods on thirty days' time, five percent off for caslu Bnt as he shot out into the heart of the crowd, and lay there in a kind of soft, pulpy condition, his face highly ornamented with displayed ad., and cuts, and a half pint ef teeth scat tered around him, the a-aenibled multi tude reverently made way for a tall stranger who issued from the store minus a hat, with a flnshed face and a long rent down the back of his coat child ; nor did they stop when dark ness came on, bnt remained in the woods calling the lost one by her name. Morning came, and their search was fruitless. A couple of gentlemen from below, who are traveling through the mountains buying stock, came to the house, and, being informed of the cir cumstances, immediately set out to find her. The gentlemen wandered about, and as they were passing a swamp spot where the undergrowth was thick called the child, or else they were talking loud, w hen one of them heard her voice. He then called herby name and told her to come out of the bushes. She replied that the bear wotdd not let her. The men then crept thr ugh the brush, and when near the sot where she and the War were they heard a spiash in the water, which the child said was the bear. On going to her they found her standing upon a log ex tending about half wuy across a swaaip. The bear had undertaken to cross tte swamp on the log, and being puisued le ft the child and got away as rapidly as iKjfttiblo. She had received some scratches about the face, arms and legs, and her clothes were almost torn from her body ; but the bear had not bitten her to hurt her. oniy the marks of his teeth being found on her back, where, in taking hold of her clothes to carry her, he had taken the flesh also. - The little one says the bear would put her down occasionally to rest and would put his uese up to her face, wheu she would slap him, and the bear would hang his head by her siJe aud purr and rub against her like a cat The men asked her if she was cold in the night and she told them the oM bear lay down beside tur and put his "arms" around her aud kept her warm, though she did not hke hia long hair. She w;n taken home to her parents. Forcing New Jdea. HouseketvpiBK hchoois. , Clerajnuui'a Dinner. In a tea-coast village in New Jersey clergyman lives who has a large family. but whose mean are exiremeij The family were one day lately in a sore strait, having no meat lor eunuer uoi m.i of purchasing any. The clergy man's wife and daughters were in tne back yard consulting about the prepa ration of a meal of vegetables, when a i fil, fell into the yard, apparently '"'O" . . - IA 1.. from the sky, lor no one Wu. . .i.-n it tliere. It reemeel to come eo ritlv as to be a f pecial provi "fF'-r . .V.VH. i.,a and was in any case ""J accepted. An explanation of the affair n nlterwaru uv somo uC witnessed it A large fish-hawk had t a wood down to the sea and rise with a large nsu in its -. hawk rose with difficulty, for the fish as heavy and wriggled " . Jnn twist frejd the fish. Ml to the cround, happily at point where it was very acceptable. The r . , ... .VnMont (dates that journal reiaung . . its truth is vouched i .or j " worthy people. " lUJB ' imn of the press tt " r ice cw - , . There are two interesting "House keeping Schools" in the kingelom of Wurtemburg, which have something of the character of a secondary school or college, no girl being admitted to them till she has passed through theordinary schools. The general aim of the course of lecture and of the practical work at these institutions ia the cultivation of c'eanlinees. order, punctuality and eflicie'ncy in house-work and farm-work." All the work cf the house is done by tne pupila during the day hours. The even ing is devoted to lectures on various subiects. sin'ring and drawing. In both institutions the programme is divided into three branches of instruction house keeping, woman's work, and continua tion of the teaching acquired in the primary scliooL The first of these t.raiiflips includes cooking, brcad-man- ing, washing, ironing, clothes-making, miiDntrement oi all ar- 11. 1.1 . 1 J t ties of ordinary food, such as nuin, 'tuit, meat, etc. Under the second .ranch are fcund the use of the sewing- machine, embroidery and even cobbling. with instructitin in the manufacture and character of the various 6tuffs and ma te ials, such as wool, sdk, cotton and l.. Tim third division embrace-s mental arithmetio ("head reckoning fiormans call iti. dictation, book keepiug, singing, and lessons on health Tnere are two terms m each y-ar, oc cupying between five and six months, .inrine which the complete course of in atrnction is carried through from begin ninr to end. The expense is very slight From eighty pfennige to one mark (18 to 25 cents) is charged for daily board n,l Iodine, and t'ae fee for the kurwa, or entire plan of mstrucaou, is only twrntv-six marks a term , The success has been so marked tuav a miuupuc.. tion of similar :iistitntioni is certain. W. H. Vauderbilt's great trottit.g pair, Maud S. and Lysander, are now domiciled at Charter Oak Park. They are in charge of W. W. Bair, under whose guidance Maud S. was developed and by whose driving she has made her most wonderfid- performances. The stalls occupied by the pair are very large. Opening out of them is a large shed, in which the horses may be al lowed still further room for exercise. Maud S. presents a veiy handsome ap pearance in the stall and when her blanket is stripped off her soft chest nut coat and exquisite symmetry show to perfection. Since lasi year she has fattened up cons'.dsrably and now weighs hty pounds more than when at Charter Oak Park last She receives the attention of visitors as a qnecn should, simply deigning to raise her large Hambletonian head and push for ward the ears for which the scions of this line are noted. Id the next stall to her is her companion, Lysander, a su perb chestnut, fit mate for the great mare. He has proved himself one of the finest horses to pole in the country amTalthough when Mr. Vanderliilt pur chased him his record was but 2.20; on many occasions since he has gone much faster and can trot away down in the teens. The stable equipments which accompany the horses are ad mirable and attract the attention of al horsemen who see them. Mr. Bair has brought with him the Caffrey sulky which was presented to Maud S. whea she made her great time of 2.10J at Ro chester. It is a marvel of the carnage maker's skill and weighs but forty -seven ratlin. 1 Tli wheels are almost like webs and the fastenings are light auu strong. There is also a trotting wagou in which the pair will be exercised and curious vehicle, the first that has ever come to these parts. It is what is known as a Chicago driviug cart. The running gear and shafts are similar to those of a village cart. In fiont and between the shafts is a purse-hke ar rangement in which the driver's feet are placed. The scat swings back of the axle and is so arranged that the driver's weight just balances the shafts, making Vi .rt vpi-x rasv on the uorse. n is for use on roads and cannot 1 over turned. The Minister or Education iu Saxony complains that grave dangers have arisen from the too rapid development of new ideas aud so-called reforms in higher education. He considers that the ever-growing criticism of classical studies as unpractical, and the desire to replace them by something more obviously useful arises from the mis management of these studies: first, by over-burdening the pupils; se-condly, by over-specializing the instruction. It is noted that with the rapid increase in numbers cf the Gymnasia, and the necessary employment of many young and inexperienced teachers, the home tasks and preparation expected from children are such as to overburden their brains and leave no time for wholesome exercise or recreation. This is the case not only in Saxony, bnt all over Ger many, where the pernicious law which shortens military service to these who successfully pass an examination is in force. Every stupid boy is killing himself that he may escape the com- pnlsoiy service as a private. The sec ond evil noted is the over specializing of classical teaching, especially in the direction of thee relics 1 syntax. The researched into the constructions of special authors, and the speculations on the logical use of particles, which have so deeply infected the modern grammars, encourage teachers of what they call at Cambridge "pure classics") ?) to set exercises which afford a mere series cf syntactical problems, and no practice in turning the natural idioms of ouo tongue into those of another. The mirute of the Minister insists that no learning off by heart of syntactical rules wiil ever teach a pupil the free and actual handling of a foreign tongue. The present school is described as teach ing "an abstract and subtle tirtgmaii;" which destroys all the pupils enjoy ment in the great literature of the past. NEWS IN I'.KIKF newspapers la the colored men, only tourist carries home a sharks jaw or some of the shark's curved teeth as tro plues, and small boys have their wonder ful pockets filled wiMi assorted teeth and scraps of shark's skin, on which they sharpen their jack-knives as on so many whetstones. To catch a shark you stop the boat while out blue-fishing and drop the line tlown in those shoal places off shore where the sharks chiefly lie in wait, but the blue-fishing company gen erally object to this and prefer to stay by their original spot A better way, and one partaking more of the typical island flavor, is to sail down the harbor to the little peninsula of Wanwinet and, crossing the narrow strip of sand, re-em-lrnrk in an old whale boat and, at a mile off shore, drop anchor tt the favor ite summer resort of the sharks. Hunting the shark is the nearest ap proach to 'tiittii'g oc a mountain to bob for a whale," since the Norcross boys present you with 200 feet of stout clothes line and an iron neat hock for tackle, and iuipule eight e r ten perch on the long iuirlied hook for bait When our nine lines were streaming out from the boat's side, and eueh one was braced for the coming struggle, first one female head and then a second was bent in pensive attitude by the gunwale. My own head was swimmuig, and sea and sky were redling together, when a shou from the man in the bow drove every such notion and seusation away, and we all stood np and shouted with excite ment The rope came slowly in, and soon the big fish was floundering on the surface, cbtiming the waters white all around, and drenching us witli the spray. The Norcross boy seized a club his brother held the line, and after a succession ot blow a on his pointed nose, the shark was hauled aboard, its jaws wide open audits ravenous career eude.L After this first catci there was a quinine.! excitement a l around and no one thought of the ground swell again. The Harvard prize man annonuceel that he thought ho had a bite, and, hauling n his line cautiously, found a little yel low crab clawing at the tempting bait. The shcut of laiif hter was drowned by my own shriek of victory, as there came a jerk from the other end of my rope. It may lie cruel and mnrderous sport, but there is a savage excitement in wa ging war against such wild beasts and pulling in that shark was equal to hold ing a runaway horse. With braced feet auu lading it nana over uauu, me hub 0 jEoO.OUO ou her approaching niur- guadually shortened and the body oi I riage with 1 mice Dona. the shark was seen darting around in The Trnstecsof theBritish Museum the water. "Look out, or youll land I have decided to refuse to ojiea that in- Great Britain produced 7,900.000 tens of pig iron last year. The area of Jiirtaa is aUw.t 1.m),0Oi square miles, comprising nearly 3,0. k) lslaneu. Chicago claims au increase of popu lation in two years of ST.t'OO or a total of 567,000. The Carson mint rate for fine silver baa been reduced to $1.47 7-10 per ounce fine. There are said to be 1,000 acres planted with tniatoes ou the Maaitee Iliver, Florida, Within the year the mines of Ari zona temtory have paid nearly $1,000,- 000 in dividends. mere are i . country edited by one of them daily. Notwithstanding Enslind is a great dairy country, S"Jt,22.",575 worth of cheese was inqiortcd last year. The mileage of railroads i i the United States is over 100,(MH) miies, with an invested capital of So.OOO.tjOO.tHH). No le ss thau 310 periodiids we're started iu the L'nited States lust year, the majority of them fiilingearly graves. The production of window f.lass iu the United States in I.nSI was nearly 2,250,000 hexes, valuedataboutSii.OOO,- 000, A Liondon snrgcou says that euly one fashionably dressed woman iu can draw a full breath with her clothes on. The new bridge ou the Cunibcr land Valley Railroad across the Susque hanna river at Harrisburg will cost SDO.OOO. The famous le'ud farji ia Bedford county has leen sold to a mining com pany for 7,315, and prospecting for lead will begin. In July 231 utrages, iuchiding two murders, were committed iu Ire land. Iu June there were 2S3, includ ing five murders. The number of Chiue'se, according to the records of the Custom lloii.se, who have arrived ia San Francisco for the four years ending August 1, is .", 047. The assessed valuation of t!ie c'.ty of Boston this year is Sti"2, 100,100, an increase of 20,035,500 since lust year. The tax rate is advanced to $15 l'J per $1,000. Miss Annie Louise Cary is now en joying excellent health, but has not recovered the ino of her voice. Her physician tells her she must not attempt to sing again for a year. Mr. Samuel Swan, who h;is re signed the otlice ot principal of the Phillips Se-hool, Boeiton, has taught in the public schools of that city without interruption since IS35. - Mrs. noiie has given her er.ind- danghter, the Lady Emily l'elliam Clinton, the hamlsome weil.ling present hiia in your lap," cried the yachtsman, "and if he comes in some of us wilt have to get out" The boys danced, the men shouted and the ladits ttood up and shrieked in chorus with me, while the shark lashed the mighty waters with stitution any longer at night ou the ground that ueit her gas nor eleetncity caa be used there with sidety. The widest-gauge railroad yet re ported is said by an exchange tu le in operation in Washington Territory. It is aa eiRht-foot cr-iuxe locriruu? r.Ki I its mighty tail aud sent the spray all I running back from Skagit nver. over ns aad the boats seats. The Nor- The largest diamond cutting house cross boys took the line aad drew my iiu Amsterdam, employing 400 jht- prize in, hammered on the head with a sous, where tho Koh-i-uoor was cut club, and putting another hook in his The trade to difficult, aud the wages are . J ii i i i . , i i from $i to $12 or even 14 a day. back palled him over and stretched him v out There he lav, his nose at one side 4. Tbe growth of mLssionary c.ntribn- , ., . , ", , . , , -i tions from 1820-30 to lSi0-sd has leen of the great wl.aleboat and his tad an iu h))IU(S miAli(1U3 frouI hanging over the other, 9 feet long $233,826 to $2,!21,B25, and in foreign from tip to tip, a good-for-nothing lump I missions from $. l,ll-i to $2I,i I0,l).i, of a fish, weighing 800 pounds. lSuslnesa Kale. A ISby and a Ilear. family on fish- . . i, nmtor and his Wypu. . r- the bnua oi " i . hawkopportunelybringinglamWush the ravens brought meat to Eljan by the Brook Cherith. - Mr. Mypror to Jt Scot land for a fbort t.me-nd then a toJKi -thwest of England. v English Schools. .' In tagland military drill is system atically taught to the boys attending i i7H .lav aediools : cookery is taught in 300 tchools; in 1,187 savings banks haveflr3en established ; and school lilirarip in 2.35KS. IB" the Board Schools are tteadily decreas ing ; the average cost per child throngh f fnolur-d and Wales lias diminished .Winer the last six or seven years by more than $1.25. Henry Flynn, who resides np iu the hills near InsWip, CaL, was in town re. ccutly and had the following incident to relate, in which a bear oi the cinna mon species abelucted his three year- old daughter, not with any desire to 1,01 tiiA ohil.l bnt through a strange kind of affection. It appears that llr. Flvnn started one morning to take i i,q nhm about two mdes dis tant from the house, and. as his nuie gill seemed anxious to g he put her upon the horse's back and let ncr nuc short distance, perhaps lony rous from the house, whsre he put her down and told her to run home. He noticed that she continued standing where he left her and, on looking back after going a little further, saw her playing in the sand, lie soon passeu ous sight and was gone about an hour, ex pecting of couise that the child would return to the house after playing a few moments. . On returning home he made inquiry about her of its mother, who said she had not seen her and supposed h had taken her along with him, - On going to the spot where he left- her I.ntle Paris. At one time Cae Haytien was c.dled Little Paris. But on the evening of May 7, 1S42, was a memorable date in the history of this lair gar.len. Peeiple were eating, dt inking, and makjng merry in their homes. No evil was dreamed of, no suspicion of calamity was entertained, no portentous signs warned them o? their peril. Sudde-nly, ike a thunderbolt from a clear sky, a errific noise was heard, nature was in her convulsive throes, the ionnd itions of the earth w re stirred. Men started up with blanched faces, women shrieked and wept, children crouched down paralj zed with fnght To escape was impossible. Already yawning gaps were seen in the massive walls, the avy roofs fell in with a deafening crash, giant buildings tottered and fell. tho air was filled with flying timliers and stones and sickening gases. Alas! ItiA partlinnak . so common m the West Ii-elies, hail visited this proud city. In a few minutes 7.000 persons with all their possessions were buried alive nn.ler tons of broken masonry. To ns it was a sad and mournful spectacle. What a gloo-xy and sightless cca,e rj There lay the u-"Cuffiued bones of the once rich and powerful and beautiful. No human hands had touched that monumental pile. Forty years have passed, and to-day the eye of the t unst surveys the same awful desolation that once filled the whole city with crying and bitter lamentation. All business letters, as a rule, demand seune kind of an answer, especially thoa containing money. To neglect to reply to a letter is an insnlt, unless the letter failed to contain a stamp. In vemr reply first acknowledge the receipt f the letter, then the receipt of the money, whatever it is. Letters asking for iuoiey or the pay ment of a bill may le postpoueujrom time to time if necessary. .No man hould tv ply to such a letter while angry, it the amount is small ana you are moderately hot, wait two days. If the snm is quit ) large, and you are tempted to write an insulting letter, wait two weeks or until yon have throughly cooled down. M. Saint Paul hits offered the French Academy of me-dieine a sum of $5,000 to found a prize for t lie discovery of a cure for diphtheria, the cou'iH-ti- tion to be open to the rnodie.d protess- -Mrs. R. P. Dana, a daughter of tiiu poet LoDgfe-llow, has purchased Healy's portrait of her father. Mrs. Duiia ap pnrs in the puiuting as a brht-eyed little maidun. with golden 'Jesses, peep ing oyer her father's shoulder. The golden rose which the I 'ope blisses on the fourth Sunday of Lent and sends as a mark of espesud favor to some Catholic Princess was this year sent to Stephanie of Ik-lium, bride of Rudolf, I'tuice Inijier al of Aiistnu. Senator Edmunds has given $5,00 for the endowment of a room at the Mary Fletcher Hospital, at Burling toli.'Vt, fer the use of young female patients, iu m mry ot his daughter, who die-J a sho.t time ago. It ia said that Prince Charles of Letters frem Railn-sd Companies ! Germany .brother of the Emperor, con referring to iuqiortant imp;-evements, I sumes dady from eiglitoeu to tweuty- etc. should contain a iass. not for four strong Havana cigars. publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. Neat ai;U be'autiful penmanship is very desirable in business correspond ence, bnt it is most important that you Ho smokes three at a time, iu a triple-barrelled holder made according to his own design. La.lv Agues McLean, the daugh ter of aa English marquis, the widow first of the Conite tie Moutmorenci, and la'er of a clergyman name. I jlcljesii, should not spell God with a little g or I died lately in London, in the waiting- eoilfish with a k. Ornamental penman-1 room of St Paucras work house, having ship is good, but it will not tike the been ejected from her poor tenemeut. cuss off tf you don't know how to spelt I A French Government vessel has I ... - i . :.. ,i... , ... . . ii r,, I recently succeeuea in uruugmg i Road your letter over carefully after . .,.,,, 17 feet you have wntten it, if yon can; if not, or hree and oue-tifth miles. The ani send it with an apology alxmt the lush jjj (onnj at that distance le eath the of business. surface were numerous, but of small In ordering goexla state whether you iBe. wiH remit soon, or whether the account -A very rare and interesting print should 1 placed ia the refrigerat-... b beer ituiri d oj - - DIIUSU .ttuatuu. ' - progenei of our most sacred Kkg Jamea L It is engraved oy uvuyMuui Wright, and published by John Wout neel, 1603. A locomotive boder, it is calculate I, will last until the engine has traveled 350,000 mUes. On some urn s. however, the boiler, under lavoraoie circumstance, particularly when pure water is used, may travel ai,af or 500,000 mile before becom ng unserviceable. The award to M. Nerot, a French rf.Vf nf th prize of $10. 000 for a dt!- Manitoba. he Mrs. Ingersoll, the mother of E. C. Ingersoll, the Washington lawyer, who was recently taken to an asylum for the iiisanA aavs that her son's mental alier- ration is the result of the habitual usa of qniniue. The rapid increase of population in Manitoba has stiuinlated the iuveuiive Keniuses of the Dominion to contrive houses that may be portable and quick- over lypnimp. L. Forett, of Belleville. Gut. has phuined one that is in three- f.mt sections and dove-tails tocethe. A house, for a hotel or boarding establish ment, has been put up at W lnnipeg, isv m a A n liirvh and divided into apartments sufficient sign o a monument to Uta . . . r i m I unci aw iruuj - firmed, despite the de termined opoi- to accommodate 250 guests. The found ation was laid on Tuesday and the house was completed on the Thurselay after noon follow ii g. tioa of the Italian pubUc. to whoui the idea of that honor ami reward going to a foreigner waa very distasteful. I- r t i j n 1 r. tt ! I rV 1 -i 0
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