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B. F. SCHWEIER,
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Editor and Proprietor.
VOL. XXXYI.
MIFFLINTOWN. JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. OC TOHEK II. 1882,
NO. II
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mKmi:i.
A Imerv Line, where wi'.tl birds alug
AM through the Summer day ;
A teech-irre old, whoa branches Sing
Long allows o'er tha war.
A nest, baiit op In rustling houghs, '
Lined soft with nioss, so green,
A liny dwelling a wuodlaoU house.
Wits leave! for a sheltering arrem.
Three delicate eggs, that pearl like u
Beneath two brooding widish,
A mate that hovers all watchful by,
r arts ueaide, and lings.
A careless boy with a pitiless heart ,
That rares not for loving-thing;
A bird tfcat rises with limid start,
i id scared and flutter.ng wings.
A sorrowful note of plaint and woe
Kings out on the quiet atr.
And the pear-like eggs lie crashed below,
on the beech roots, old and bare.
And sU.l. In the boughs of the old beech-tree,
Mi J its rustling sprays of green.
The deserted nest, yon still may see
I'eep out from its verdant screen.
But the bird on its gay and g'.alome wing
lteturna to the u-t no more ;
And tlie mate that wonid sit on the honghs and
long,
11 u Suounex sougs are o'er.
And noaght can bring from the happy Past
When light and love hare fled
(Though the walls of the dear o'A home may la,)
The memories of the dead.
rXCLE SAHIIW WKDUI.VR.
Unci 3 Xahuni Nixon was reading tbe
paper in Lis back par.or. Xouody
wouK' think, to lock at tlie simple sur
roundings of the nnpretentioua apart
ment, that Mr. Nalium Xixou was one
ol the wealthiest men in town. The
carpet, it was true, was Axminister, but
it had seen twenty good years of ser
v ice, aiid was worn down to the very
warp ; the faded red eurtaiiis were of
moreen instead of satin damask ; the
old clock on the mantel was lo Parisian
affair of alabaster and gilt, but a sub
stantial Connecticut tuue-iieoe. that
btruck with a whirr, like partridge
spiing out of her nest ; the chairs of
old-lushioned mahogany and haircloth
stood bolt upright agaiutit the wall : the
jiortraits of Gen. Washington on horse
back and the biirreiider of Cornwallis
ori-anieuted the gray pajered walia in
lrames of sombre gilt, and the one ele
gance of the apartiuc-Lt was a casket of
preposterous wax dowers under a
cracked glass shade.
But Uncle Nixon had renienilxred
that furniture ever since he was a child,
and he wouldn't have exchanged it for
the linings of a Parisian boudoir, or the
choicest specimens of the modern East
hike pattern. Ht was a rich man that
was quite enough for liiui.
"11 jou ) dense, Air. Xixou," said the
trim little maid-servant, "Mr. Alannta
duke Bourne wants to see you if you
please, sir ; if you are quite at lcisnre."
"Air. Marniaduke Bourne, eu?" The
old geutlcuiuu look of his tpectac.es
and laid the:u Ulou the folded newB
paper. "Ask him in, l'olly."
And 11.: Aiaruiaduie Bourne came
in a tall, fresh-colored, young fellow
with spai lJing gray urown hair,
all iu a mat of cuils, and a straight
Greek nose that seemed as if it might
have been borrowed from some ancieut
statue of Apodo.
Well, sir V" said Air. Xixou.
Well, sir," counter-interrogated Mr.
Bourne, "did you get my letter ?"
"1 got yoiu letter,'' said Uncle, Xa
hum a So you want to marry my
niece Faith? '
"Yes, sir," valiantly acknowledged
Mr Maimaouke Bourne,
"An 1" nodded Uncle Nahuni. "But
peihas you dou't understand all the
lacts ol tue case."
The tacts, sir?"
1 want my nice a t j murry LOL Ash
land's sou," slowly enunciated Uncle
Nahuni. .
"But, sir, she don I love hum
"pshaw ! ' snarled Uncle Xahum.
"And it sue don't marry him she'll be a
beggar I'll give her no mcuty of nunc.
Now you understand matters. Marry
lier or ut, as you please,"
He took up the newspaper once more
a tacit intimation that the interview
was at an end.
-Sir" began Mr. Bourne.
That'd do," said Mr. Nixon.
T only wisn to"
"That'd do !" thundered M:'. Nixon ;
and so Marmaduke Bourne went away.
Little Faith Nixon came down stairs
presently a biue-,-yed blosom of a
Kirl witli yellow hair growing low on
Tier forehead, and a very little mouth,
exactly the suape to suggest tlu lueaot
kissing. ... .
Lucie Xahuni looked keenly up at
her as she liutier-d aliout the room,
straightening a taiilo cover there or
patting down a curtain fold here.
Yes " said he, witu curious twitch
ol the musclta. around Lis eyes, "he
lllfctt IhX-'U llcTti. "
.Iluuin't ask any questions, Uncle
Xahuui." .. . , , , , .,
-No but j our eyes aid, chuckledthe
old man. He wanw to marry you -the
impiovident young donkey 1"
irmtU tame to her uncle s chtur and
laid her Laud lightly on his shoulder.
"lhai isn't tu v.orst ot it, Lucie
ahum I want to marry him.'
Humph !' snarled Mr. Xixon, in
high contempt. "And what do you ex
pect to Lve on, I should like to know?
"We can loth, work, said iaitli,
You're more Lkely to starve," said
Mr ixon. "Mind don't count on
Lel'p Horn me. If you w;U get married,
you do it at your own nsK. '
"Then you consent, Uncle Nalium?
"X'jl" roared the old bachelor.
4.v..i.;.. .f tli fuirt-
'"But, Uncle Xahum, I should be
wretched witiioutDuke !" softly pleaded
" said the old man.
X - - ,
he couldu t Uve witu-
XUU A ww
out me." .
'And if you please, uncle, added
i d better go to my
i.wf Yu.iet hmith'a to make up my
wedding things, siuoe you disapi ro ye
so deciacdlyof my plans, fche lives vn
New York, you know, and it f wiU be
coLveuient lor shopping and
"And for all the other tomfooleries
iu general." rudely terrued tue old
gentleman, "its, B" ', a,.k
Smith's, but don't exH.t to come back
Lere." ...
"So, uncle." said Faith,
'But vou'li let me thank you
meekly,
for ad
NS n5d Uncle Xahum,
so suort that poor Faith neJ up-sUurs
in dismay and had quiet LtUe cry,
notwithstanaing she was bo very, VC1J
iWUnde Xahum, brusque and fCrab
bed though he was. was Hi the father
iheiiftd .ver known. But .he packed
her trunk an 1 went to Violet Smith's ia
Xew York, whi ;h was all the pleasauter.
in that Marmaduke Bourne h'td also lie
taken hucself to this modern Gotham
and gone to work studying law as if be
meant to take Coke aiid Blackstone bv
storm. And Miss Violet Smith, who
as a sentimental young lady, sympa
thized intensity, anil the young couple
were as unreasonably happy as many
another ronple Las been before and will
again.
But one day Duke Bourae came in
with a face full of tidings.
'Faith," said h "have yon heard
the news? -
"What news?" askel Faith.
''Your uncle will get the start of us,
after alL"
"What do you mean, Duke ?" -
"Why, Le'a going to he inarned."
"Uncle Xahum?" cried taitu, in
credulously.
"Yes, Uncle Xahuai. That accounts
for his lieing so willing to get rid of us
eh. little oue ?"
' And who is the bride?'" questioned
Fait n. -
"Why, that's the mooted point yet.
Xoliody seems t j know. Some s,iy one,
and some say another, but the general
impression seems to be thit it ii the
rich widow wno owns the brown stone
block on the comer "
"I'm sure I hope he will be happy,"
said Faith, with tremulous lips and
eyes suffused with tears. "But but I
think he might have said something to
us aliout it." -
"People nre not generally in a hurry
to proclaim the fact thai they are about
to make fools of themselves," said
Duke Bourne, bitterly.
"Whv," cried Faith, laughing tlirough
her tears, "that is pr 'cl-tely what he
said atKiut u."
But the next day a letter from Uncle
Xahum himself settled the matter. He
wrote : -
There is to be a we-Wing at my
houe on the seventeenth, and 1 want
you and Duke to be there without fail. '
"A wedding ! At his house ! cried
Faith. T supposed weddings were
celebrated at tue bride's residjhce,"
'Sj they are dear," said Miss Smith ;
"but your nucle was always so eccen
tric.
"What shall we do?" asked Faith.
"Why go, of course," said Marma
duke Bourne. "To show that we bear
no malice at being disinherited, if for
no other reason."
The seveuteeth of March arrived, a
cold, blustering night, and the old led
brick hous-2 was all in a glimmer ol
lights as the vouug betroth-! pair dre
- .t 1 - I. V'.i
up ui me uoor, - isueiu .iiuiuu
them ou the threshold, in his ola-fah-
ioued swallow tailed coat, with a huge
white camelia in his buttou-hole, and a
pair of surprisingly white kid glovea.
Have you brougnxyour wiuic irocs. r
wa? his first question to his niece.
"Xo, uncle, 1 ;
That won't do," said Uncle Xaham.
Xo one must come to my wedding
without a marriage garment. It s lucky
I irov.ded one lor you. Come np-
atuirs, qu.ck, and put it on, for the par
sou is waiting and the"' company are
uere.
"But, uuch;, the bride?
You shall see her by-and-by," said
Uncle Xahum, despotically. "Come
up-stairs now and change your dresi."
"BuU uncle, a white silk!" cried
Faith, looking in dismay at tht glisUu
mg dress laid out for her use.
What thenl Isn't white silk the
thing for a wedding? Put it on quick,
and I'll send some oue up to bring you
dowu ia Ave minutes."
Ami so, with a doubting heart, Faith
Xixou robed herself in the white dress,
with its trimmings of vapory blojde and
long trail.
"Where your veili" said Uncle Ga
lium, w hen he came hiaieelt, a few min
utes later, to the door.
"Uaole, 1 can't wear a veal," p eaded
Faith.
But you mtut 1" silid Uncle Xahum.
"Xobody comes to my wodd'hg without
a veil." And he placed the wreath
lightly on her head.
'But, Uncle Xahum, they
wiU take
me tor the bride."
-Let em," said the old gentleman.
Take my arm. Xow come down stairs,
and I'll snow you the bride. There she
is."
Uitiiig her bewildered eyes, Faith
Xixou oeheld her own liguie reflected
ui a full length mirror at the stairway.
"Here's the bride," chuckled Uncle
Xahum, leading kexup to Duke Bourne,
and here's the groom," touching
Bourne's shoulder. "And here's the
parson, all ready and waiting. Now,
reverend sir," to tue clergyman, "marry
em as fast as ever you can. auu, ue-
fore either of the asioaiaueu. jvui
people coald remonstrate, they were
made man and wife.
"Duke," cried the bride, as soou as
the ceremony was over, "did you know
of this?" ' ' -
"Xo, I didu t, said. air. uourue,
hia artu very tight arouud his little wile's
waist, "But 1 nius uj a "i'i""'
vel y hiuhly of the whole proceeuuig.
Uucie Aahnm svoou uy,
hands, with his wuole face wreathed m
one prodigious snnle. ,"'"'
"So you supposeu u
to be married, eh?" said he. "Xot a
bit of it not a ou oi iu xui w
bird to be caught with such chaff as
v little Faith. Did jou
U1UU v' . i ,
ti,i.,k I was coins to turu my weebmhe
out of her nest, alter all the years she
has been cherished there r o,
wanted to assure myself that your fancy
was a real fancy, and that this young
rascal here," smiting Bourne on the
shoulder once more, "loved you for
yourself alone, and not for the money
ne thought the old man was going to
leave vou. And you're to Uve here,
both of you, and we'll be happy ever
alter Strike up your harps and nddles.
Let a have a dance let's ail be merry
Uncie Xahum Xixon himself led off
the bridal quadrille, aaucmg .
i i.i ctie of titty years ayo.
K ..i kave weadiug every day,
ITiu-la Xahum, ureaiuiesM .
as he
cut one last pigeon wiug,
"ana 1 mean
to make the most. un.
. . Tue Webster r"nlV'
Th suryiving member, of tbe family of
Daniel Webster nave informed the Webster
Stricai Society, MassachuselU, throuKh
"istr". o wJhr. that ther wiU be
V"-, "T7t Marshfield whenev.
g cZ Tto make a pubhc de
at that home ot the statesman
in his honor.
. . i i t. .rm to ask
Ix is not cousiderea k" if
. young gentleman with a fob nbbon ii
1 7T. wiVe that the end of his suspend
er is hanging below his vest.
Old Jerry Rmaulus.
I b'lieye thit th bread o repent ance
we sometimes rat dunu' old age is rn.
out o' th' wild oats we have sowed dun
de
durme'
onr ioyiiood.
Xeiiessity is like a good many law
yers I km cdl t' uiuid, 'cause it knows
no law.
Dead loiuls a men Uk by th' yard
and think by th inch.
Doctors have th' best o all th per
fessious in th' world; ef they make
eure th earth proclaims it, an' ef they
make a fullure th' earth covers ik
Don't eyer fish fer compliment ;
they're aliers found in mighty shaller
waters.
'Nothing ain't certaiu' is an old savin',
but ef nothing ain't certain, I'd like t'
know how under th' blue cauteloupe o'
heaven anybody kin be certain that
nothing ain't certain.
Ihis yere pesky dueling ain't nothing
more r less than Folly tamperin' with
Aiuruer. xisi ngnis w a deal more
sensibler and less deadlier.
' Good wages is th' sweet oil thet lu
lercates th' hull human machinery o'
Ameriky, an' poor wages is like thick
tar not only disagreeable, but 't clogs
up the hull machinery.
A man 'thout a ch'racter iaj 1st "bout
es safe t' bey 'round es a steam-injuu
'thout no safety-valve.
Ev'ry man may be jedged 'oordin t"
his woiks, but I'll be switched ef every
fool is served aceordin t' his folly.
Mister Uis Phipps is like a man
8 tab L in' at a shadder; he sticks at noth
ing. When a woman and a man 's married
they are made oue, by th' dominie now
th' question is which is th' OL.e I've
observed, from my infancy up, that
they's generally a tumble scrimmage
afore th' matter's settled.
Makin' a arter dinner speech is hotter
work than mukiu' love to a country gal
in J uly.
Sleepiu' foxes ketches no fat geese.
Xever .bet ou a man's own game; ye'll
get took in ev'ry time ef ye do. You
can't beat any feller at a game o his
owu invent in', no matter how smart ye
be.
The Jedge has obsarved that a fire
gits hotter an' hotter the more it gits
coaled.
Th' way t' git credit is by alters payiu'
when ye. say ye will, and by not askin'
fer it too much.
Ef I could buy some men for what
they are worth, an' sell 'em lor what
they think they're worth, th' prohts'd
be so big thet I could retire trom In a
afore I not ha f way through my list o'
acquaintances.
A Clnnynians idea- o ambitiou is
'I us (rated by a rat-eater tryiu' t' ketch
comet by puttiu salt on lis tail.
The best gold conies from th' r jugh-
est country, ind th' best hearts beat
unuer th' roughest fares.
Poverty oughter i e considered a man s
bet friend, fer it alters sticks lo him
when all otaer fneuds desurjt hUi.
They hain't very many meu t lat kin
git up in a dark-room an', artar barkiu'
his shins on th' ruckiu' chair, hold a
equalliu', squiriniu' baby for two hours
an' km say at th' same tune "they's no
place like home."
Xh" button on th' back o' the neck
band o' a shirt prob'ly gits more talkin'
to than any iuau'niaw object in crea
tion. A av'ncious man s line a floe a tryiu'
t' swaller a sawmiil.
Th' best def 'nitiou o' th' word book
is "brains presarved in ink."
I'm not ez strong ei 1 usety be, ez
th cuiou said t' th' cook arUr it hej
been b'iled.
I hold that good speech is merely the
harvest that follows th' tlowenn' o
thought.
The pious be allers a gieat deal slower
t' help right then th' profane an' wuth
lcss be t' hui.ler it.
'Tain't safe never t molest a mule
and a editor.
Ffieuds is th only valuables a -man
kin hev nowadays 'tnont nafiu Ux on.
Micbupuidera,
There were three or lour ot us Mi3l 1 fan
ders t the same hotel in Montgomery and
all were aniaied at the sight of so many col
ored men loafing their time away on the
s.reet. The man from Ionia county finally
tho-tgbt he'd make a few inquiries, sod
beckoning to a stalwart black who had
spent the last two hours oc the curbstone,
he asked : "Have you any work to do I"
Xot jist now, sab.'" -Hive you ever
tried tanning I " "Oh, yes." "And how
did you come out I" "Mighty slim, sah.
De white folks down heahdoaa' encjuraire
de black folks tall." -How's that t"
"Wall, in de fust place, dar's de rent, of
de land. Dey might jist a well fww off
de rent, but dey won't do it, dea If 1 git
de land an' sot out lo borry a mule nobody
will lend me one." Suppose 1 had a
n-ule ?" "Den whar would I bony a
plow I Can't raise craps onless ye plow.
Den when I got de plow an' weal obex to
Kurnel White's to bony a harness de Kur
nel wouldn't be borne, or he'd be usin' all
de straps he had." 'Couldnt you make
it co if you had laud, seed, mule, an'
haruets?' asked the Wolverine. "I
reckon I ought, but 1 dunoo. 'eposia de
mule expired or de harness brokj, or some
oigcer stole my plow P" "Thai's sj."
"An' de oie woman might die, or one of
de cbil'eo git snake-bit, or it might raa
fo" weeks widoul a break. Tell you what,
boss, you men from the Norf dunk it looks
hard' I J see so many of us lyin' Vun" de
towns widout work, tout you do&n know
nufUn 'bout ae penis ot gilting rujni uuwu
t,, imrd work an' takin' all de chances.
My ole woman says it seetna like flyin in
de face of de Lawd, au" 1 recokon she's
mighty mg'i k red.
Tue Mualc Bird.
T,i f-hinese hold thst much of
their
..... ... hrmu'ht to them from neaveu
v. . uwii which thev named the 'Poang
lloang. 1 Ins was supposeu
f,.rt..ie bird, which never appeared any
. ..i hut in Chin, an, whenever it
came, it brought good luck with it. It
appeared whenever a goou emyeiv.
hnrn i iu n was ""rr'" j-
fr no one knew where it dwelt.
Tue'ir is a resemblance in this to the
Greek PLoiaiX. remaps tbe Greeks bor
rowed their bird trom tne uipcsc uw.
Ti.i. i.ir.1 anneared with i:a mate, when
Linn L-m, by the order ot the Emperor
lioang-Tit WM maaxng uis u.o. ..v-
in music. It ssng to him in six tones,
while its mate also used six different ones,
making a scale containing twelve notes,
just like our chromatic scale. But the
Chinese only nre five of these and call
me oihers fema'e tones." U China,
even-thing fema'e is he d to be useless.
Thus far 1882 has been ah extraor
dinary year for fires. Tho estimated
losses in the United Suites for the eight
months foot np more than $01,100,000,
or $7,000,000 mora than, thd average for
fomryeata.
Tbe Law ef ConrUhlp.
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ha
lately expounded, ia an elabnr ue opinion,
the law gover ing courtship. The opinion
was rendered in a criminal case which
turned cn the ques'.ton whether a valid
marriatre engagement bad been made be
tween Ike fair cotnolaiuspt and the faith
less defendant. This pint was left to be
determined by ctrcomstantiil evidence
afforded by the Incidents of tlie courisbip.
Tbe trial jndiie ruled that in order to es
tablish a promise of mamace it was not
necessary to show "tlie making of present,
writm; of luve leticrs and ail cf such
ih ngs tht pass between young De'p'e."
"We bave loog passed that dsy," te said,
"to far as courtship is concerned. One
man may desire to court the girl he wants
to tniike his wife in a sec'uded p'ace, or
hi muy desire to keep it quiet ; another
may te in the habit of keeping company
wilhajoune lady SLd appear up Ml tbe
public highway from time to time so that
all miy see hiir. Hence there is no
standard ; each Cose must stand on its
four legs as the puty built it up,'"
The Supreme C urt thinks that this is
a'.together too lax a view as to tbe legal es
sentials of a proper courtship. ' It viewed
with i-urprite not iinroinlcit with indigna
tion the fact that the jury hid found that
a promise of marriage bad been made,
when It appeared that t'e alleged wooer
had been m the house of tbe wooed one
enly lour times, but had "met her out in
the evenings, eornoMmes at church, walked
name with her and left her at the gate."
The court then proceeds to define the
true legal standard of such a courtship as
will warrant the int'ereuce of a matri
monial ebgagement. "Circuuistanci 1
evidence of an engagement of marriage,"
it says, "is to be found in the proof of such
facts as usually accompany that relation.
Among them may be mentioned
letters, presents, social attentions of vari
ous kitius, visiting together in con pay,
prepiralioa for housekeeping and the like.
1'hoie and similar ciicunist tnces, especial
ly when the attentions are exclusive and
continued a long time, may well justify a
jury in fluiiiuj a promise of marriage. But
the court bi low ignored all these matters
as being no longer essential or rather as
belonging to a past age, and virtually in
structed the jury that attentions paid to a
wnman in a secluded place are qi'.ite as
EaUslac'.ojy evidence of such promise.
la a staid community where tbe court
ship is protracted through extended peri
ods, not unfrequeutiy trom 10 to 15 years,
and where the wooing proceeds with mark
ed regularity, propriety and recognized
conventionalities, this mny be very satis
factory law. 13 U how will it woik in the
case oi thoe unromaniic go-ahead spirits
ho contract their u.a'r.iiionial alliances
on p'incip'.es of busiceis rather than senti-
meut and often on such sl.oit col ice as
puts lore letters, "visiting together iu coin
piti.v, prep-iratloss for housekeeping and
the liKe" out of the qu -siioii!
A l;iiel with IluraewbiiMi.
A novel duel took place ia Haimony
Grove, Jackson county, Georgia, be
tween Mr. Hid and W. I. Goss. Hill
was the clndieuKer, aud Ouss said be
liid'c care to tight him with deadly
weapons, but if Hill would not lie satis
fied in apy other way he would fight
him with buggy whips. The distance
aud other rules to govern the fight were
procured and the parties toed the mark,
about live feet apart, and operations
commeuced. The battle-ground was in
front of Freeman's livery stable, in the
heart of the town, aud it was not long
untd the most of the citizeue of the
place were looking on at a safe distance.
Xo one had interfered and the combat
ants were making steady and regular
hcks upon each other without flinching,
aud the strokes of the whips could be
heard several blocks away, as they
went whizzing through the air and upon
the backs of the two men.
Occasionally one or the other would
back a little from his line, but he would
sou come up again to the scratch.
Whenever they got tired one would call
out to hold up for a while aud they
would take a blowing spjll, and when
rested they would go at it aaia. The
fight continued for over tiiree hours,
with short lutervals Jtr rjsl. Alter
the second round Hill, who had no
covering on his back except a shut, in
sisted that Gis should pull off h i
coat, which he dil, and they t ok both
hands to their whiles and went to work.
By this time the news of the fight had
spread all over th'; lown; some oi tue
merchants closed their stores and ousi-
nesi was generally suspended to see
what woulJ Le the result of the encoun
ter. After they had worn oat seven
dollars' woitli of buggy whips and
were conioletely tired d wu they agreed
to qnit, and Hul toli Goss that he was
satisfied.
From narties who saw Huis back
we learn thai there was not a plaea on
it that you could place a silver quarter
ithout touchiug the welts inai me
whip had made and he was min ted ail
over in tho same way. o iearu iiwi
(loss was not hurt mute so bad aud was
able to be out the next day, but Hill
11:1,1 to lav ui). and it was rumored over
this way that he was serioubly sick.
lintel v. MeepiuE Cars.
Haviuc au inveterate objection to
sleeping cars and finding it also cheaper
to pav for a night's lodging in a first
class hotel than for one iu a sleeping
car, as well as beyond measure more
comfortable, l'make it a rula always
sajs Mrs Grundy to stop over night
when on a long journey u pruuueaoic
As to sleeping ccrs, 1 ulaays wouuer
why Uieir owners have not lief ore now
liroimht thiir rates neart r to those for
Ifiiluia? in a soou room in a uioiri.-i.wfl
hoteh At even a fonr-dollar-per-day
house two oersoufl occupviue the same
rrwini can have as elegant a one as ue
hotel coutains, and pay forsupper, lodg
ing and breakfast lor both $0, or at
most 87. while in the Bleeping car lor
lodging a!oue tor two (and a most un
comfortable lodging it always is to one)
SI must be paid, aud for eacn meal noi
less thau 81 lor each person, maioujj
ti lit II for snnoer. loilsiuc and break-
iot for two s. however inferior the
meals may be. ilv mother and I in
iimt' ri e in a palace and sleeping car,
tasiug two meals each oulVjliaa to spend
Kid exclusive of railroad fcire. Oace,
merely for the uw oi a compnnmeui
ni.W nir hours durinz the day when 1
was ill and obliged to nave a boia io no
upon at full lenKthwe were cnargeu
i it could have spent iwn; v-ioux
hours in any ol the nest iew j.ora
hotels aud had a luxurious room and
nieuls each for that pi ice. Where
fore I cut parlor and sleeping cars.
Ax old lady, hearing that John Brigh
ni, Emulated visiting this country,
hoped that he wouldn't bring his "dis
ease" with him.
Two Al-nture.
.Nearly four years sgi 1 was In the
bahit. durire my scliool holidava. of
p'nding a Ion? time at certain intervals
with my grandfather, who was an eminent
surgeon liviuz in a small town in euff ik.
1 was a gnat favorite of ht, and cou--qut-ntly
began to look on his boue as a
sort of second home.
One day, I regret to say the old gentle
man whilst rung his rounds caught a se
vere cold, which confined him to bed, but
from which he anticipated nothing r-erious.
Unfortunately, however, lo our great
sorrow, his illness proved more serious
i hsn at first expected, and in a few day!
the poor old gentleman was do morn.
1 went from borne with my parents a
distance of thirty two miles, to sttend the
funeral.
The distance in those days being too
Kreat to admit of our returning the same
day, we were compelled to stay the night
after the funeral at the bouse.
As the space In the house was r itber
limited, I was asked it i would be afraid
to sleep in tbe bed in which my grand
fatter die1; an idea which 1 indignantly
repudiated.
It was forthwith arranged that 1 shouli
pass the night in that room.
In justice to Uio-e who suggested the
idea of my beiug afraid, I ought to say
that that put of Suffolk was intensely
superstitious, and that, considering I was
only a boy of fourteen, my consenting to
sleep in the room was, under the circum
s'ances, somewhat courageous.
I retired to rest at the usual time, no
doubt with my thoughts full of stories 1
bad heard or read about ghosts and ghostly
visitants.
1 tinned my attention t tbe bed on
which 1 was to spend the ensuing hours,
as fondly hoped, in sweet ob.ivion.
It wa? a huge old-fashioned four-poster,
with heavy curtains hung on rings, which
rattled with every movement of the bed,
aud was, at the time of which I am writ
ing, a highly aristocratic bedstead; but
considering ail the attendant circum
stances, its funereal appearance was not
calculated to inspire my youthful breast
with any but tbe most dis uil sensations.
I undressed and irot into bed, devoutly
hoping that my slumbers might not be
disturbed by the appearance of any spir
itual visitor.
The curtains near the bead of the bed
stead beiug parlially drawn, by turning
my bead in either direction, my gaze
rested on them.
At that time, there was nothing equiv
alent to our modern mghl-lights, and save
fur the reliectiou of the tire in the grate,
my room was in darkness.
These curtains seemed, to my already
Uait -terrified fancier, to be hiding places
(or any number of ghosts, all ready to
confront me, the moment 1 should be iash
enough to throw off my earthly cares and
commit myself to the arms ot Morpheus.
Uowevcr, 1 at iast fell as eep.
My repoce waj of a troubled nature. .
I fancied I heard strange noise I id tbe
room, but at any rate I awoke alter being
."Sleep a short time 1 suppose about to
or three o'oloek in tbe normng, fancying
I heard the curtain rin-is rattling.
Imagine, then, my horror and fright
when 1 saw, by tbe faint glimmer of the
uow expiring tire, that the curtain on one
side of the bed was being forcibly jerked
asitie by some unseen band.
i ireuioie 1 from bead to foot, and cow
ered beneath tbe blankets, eipectirg I
hardly knew what.
Again and again did this unseen hand
j rk the curtain.
Il could not have been a trick of the
imagination.
1 was unable to cry out even if I had
been inclined lo do o.
At last, after having given abMil half-
dozen angry jerks, ineffectually as regards
pulling tbe curtain aside, 1 was left to sn
jt.y such rest as 1 could reasonably expect
to get before nioruing.
.Never was daylight more eagerly wel
comed by anybody than it was by me that
morning.
With the earliest dawn 1 sprang out ot
bed teeling braver than I bad done a few
hours before and proceeded first to dress,
and then to examine my room, in order to
ascertain it possible by what means my
ghostly visitor bad made h.3 entrance and
exit.
The door, being hiddi n from my view
when in bed by the curtain, presented It
self as the most probable means.
1 examined it as well as my sgi'ated
stale of mind would permit.
Nothing, bowe'yer, appeared to show
any signs of my visitor's entrance.
Ii was securely locked, as 1 letl it tho
izbt before; aud there wai do sliding
panel or anything ot the sort which
could have admitted anybody.
I then turned towards the window;
but that too was fastened; and 1 confess
gave the affair up as Incomprehensible.
1 went downstairs more thoroughly im
pressed with regard to eerie visitants
than 1 remember ever to have been before.
My preoccupied air for 1 was debut
ing whether or not to mention my adven
ture attiacted attention, and drew forth
many q lesUous, to all of which 1 replied
with very guarded answers, .
At last I told the whole story, adJing
that I had never believed in ghoss be
fore, aud should like to find out the
truth of this one.
My story seemed to them incredible.
But at last, in spite of tbe solemn
proceedings we had witnessed the day
before, a smile stole over the face of my
grandmother.
It was quickly suppressed, and she said:
I thiuk I can explain the mystery,
voung nentleman; let us corns and try.
We ail iciowea me oiu aauy upsuwa
into the room where 1 had passed tne
nipllt-
She went to the side oi me oeu auu
Pitnted to the curtain rings.
. . . .
We then saw tne expiaiaiioa oi me
whole matter, which was as follows:
My grandfather was, as 1 have said,
very celeorateu in ms uay, anu rouse-
aueutlv had a large practice.
ills Dlght-oeil, loonier not louisiuru
the other inmates ot tbe house, was bung
i j his room by bis side.
When the old gentleman was tasen ill,
absolute silence was enjoined.
This hell, therefore, was taken down,
and tbe wire fastened to lbs curtain rings.
Ou the night in question, some young
men. strangers in tne piace, ami couse-
auently ignorant of my grandlatber's ill
ness aad dea'.b, were gomg oouie raiucr
m.iailff at the somewhat early hour at
which my adventure took place.
Being bent cn niuvhiel, tnsy commenceu
pulling the nighi-betl handle, in order, a
they no dount observed, to rouse me oiu
gentleman.
Every pulL therefore, gsve a correspond
ing tug at the curtains; hence my terr
and fright in thinkniglluu some uneanuiy
visitor was in my room trying to pull them
aside.
Mv micd wts set completely at rest by
t
this simple explanation; and I went borne
tht ilav full v eiovinced that there is
1 ... . -ii . .
,-ea-ion to be lounu, u one wuiomj iij,
for the specious ghoul stonss which foolish
people constantly pa'i!ih for te N-uoflt
of the ignorant and credulou".
Mr other adventure, which happened
some years before the one 1 have just re-
lated. was not of so startling a nature.
At the same time, it was c&lcuUted,
young as 1 wa, to cause me a cous:der
able ainouul of uneasiness.
1 was staying at the same house during
my grandfather's lifetime
Being a mere child, I was of course not
perjittei to stay up late by my worthy,
grandmother, who used to tend me to
bed about evea o'clock.
One night I bad gone to bed in the room
I usually occupied; and en waking in the
morning, 1 found thd everyth ng in the
room had changed!
I could not account for it.
I was not aslp-wlken bat here I was
ensconced in another bed, with n.y clo'hts
nratlv folded nn at lha foot. -
r
I tried to run over tbe events of the pre-!
nedmir dav: but thoiitfh I remembered
everything that bad occurred, 1 could thiuSl
of nothing which mu-ht account br this
extraordinary metamorphosis.
VU J.ll l. J 1 v . ii
that I had been removed durlnz my sleep
However, the mystery was soon ex-
n. i-mi m.t nf m m i iwmh i
plaiaeit
After I hid gone to bed, an old friend
of my grandfather's hid arrived unex
pectedly with bis wife.
Ttey had calculated on stopping fie i
nigh and tbe only nxm avaiiaole for the
worthy couple was tht in which 1 was !
as.eep. i
After much deliberation, it was arranged
that 1 should be tinned out, to make room
for them.
Mv grandmother, a kindly old da-no,
proposed removing me, if possible, with
out awaking me, which was, as she said,
a pcy.
forgetful, therefore, of the prcbabls
consequences, the old lady took me in her
arms, and deposited me s-i'ely in the bed
in which 1 found myself in tbe morning.
Although this was done with the be-t
intentions, yet it was, I think, a rash pro
ceeding as the results in the ca'e of a
sensitive child might have been serious.
I think that these two adveutnres serve
to show that however improbable an event
may be at the time, there is generally an
explanation to be found for it, without j
ignorauiiy and foolishly attributing it to !
supernatural agency. I
f mn&iiier that tin nrtpnt man. f a.i t
doing is calculated to do an immense
amount of harm, especially to the young
and ignorant.
Mai-rlMgi m Ctatua.
Amorg the pure Chinese, au I espe
cially among the higher classes, the all.iir
is a much longer and more serious oue.
From the al.i.ost Turkish strictness
with which females are secluded, it is
comparatively rare tLat a couple sea ,
each other previonsto betrothal, audstidi
more so that there should be any ae'
qiiuintauce between tUera. This Lu-
iriven rine to tlm nrc.ssiii v f nulovm'Vit
of a character equivalent io the bazalaa ; ". '" ' resular muic, wnliea, t.r the
or mairiage broker cf ancient Brittany, ! "-j". adapted to its comDajS, bringing
to Mr. Toy's Parisian Matrimonial m ad the line effects of which it is cap
Agcucy Office, or the daily marriuf e in ' "ul,J aa i 8"ileJ lo th,s Tne'' flul1 of P11'"
t .e abstract, the broker will find ye.u a , ',0- wmple J'S o tbe most eUoo
httingpartuei first, and negcth.tu the ! r-1-' au'1 dlfflcu!t uliot ile vioiu
transfer after. If vou are less purely : aJ !'"; , "" l'-Bamni, O.e aull.
plhlosophieal, and iish to consult your rt nlieluij, Gaitschalk, aud other comp,-
owu tastes as well as the interests nud i
increase of the nation, you are only to ;
name the nartv, aud the broker becomes
.
yoar accretiitetl cmbas!aJur.
Tlt ia
however, one j-ivlnuiuary Kmt
asoertiiiiie-X lln
1UK II' IfVJi llir
intended the
same surname as yourseif ? If so, it is ;
fatal dilhculty, as the laws of Cuma
woidd not lwrmit the mairiage. If, I
however, she is Chum and you are Lu,
or she is Kwan or l'u, and you n-joiev
in any other patronymic mocysylUble, !
the next step is for the broker to obtain
from each a tablet containing the n nine,
age, date and hourof birth, etc, Tuese
are then taken to a diviue-r au J compared,
to see if the union promises happiness ;
if the answer is favoraole (and crossing
the palm with silver is found to be as
ueetual with foi tune-tellers in Cuius
it is elsewhere), and .the gates are
equal, that is if the station aud wealth
of the two families are siuiiliar, tlie
proposal is made id due form. The
wcuding-pre'acuts are theu scut, and, ll
accepted, the vonng couple is sonstd. r .
as legally lietrothetL A lucky tlay must
be fixed for tue we-ldiug, aud here our
friend the eliviner is called ujon. I 'rev
ions to the great day the biilegruam
gets a new hat and talies a new n-itue,
while tho lady, whose hair has Idiherio
hung down to he-r bee's iu a single beavy
plait, at thu time lnvom init.ilcl iutj
the style cf hair-dressi.ig ire'yaleut
among I biiKtiC miuried laities. wbie'h
consists in twisting tbe Lair i.ito the
form of an exaggerated tea-pot, and
bupiHir'jng it in that snapo with a li.ir-
iow plate ol gold or jade over the fore-
al, and a whole system of IkhKiu
behind it. Oil the wcidiug morning,
presents a"d cougratulations are s -nt
to the bridegroom, anil among tne lest
a pair of geese ; not sent, as e uii0lit
imagire, by some wicked wag or irre
claiuia'.ile iiaehelor as jH-rsouid r. llec-
tionn the nitellectaal state of Ins friend,
but as an emblem of domestic unity and
alTcction. The ladies, too, iu Cmu i as
well as elsewhere, indulge iu a little fash
ionable crying ou the occasion, and so
the relatives of the bride spend the
morning with, her, weeping over he-r
impeuduig departure, or, mere probably,
their own spiusterhood.
An Internal MscbiM.
A rather sad affair took place on onj of
our Btreets the olhsr day. A young 1 idy
with her arms full of bundles emerged
from dry goods store, waon one of lueai
fell on tbe 'sidewalk without her nolicini:
it. Just behind her wis a young man. and
Belfist young man who is not poule is
not aaythiog, and he q lickly su-pped for
ward I pica it up. o a bun-he done
up ia a piece ol paper with a dry gcexis
advertisement on it is apparently as ta mu
le ss as a mother's spanking, and there it
lay as guile lets tu an angleworm ou a side
walk after a rain. Just as he stooped to
pick it up Ibeie was a rustling of the
paper, the twist begun to come out of the
ends, and l'J another instant a bright red
thing, a eort of a eras between a balloon
and a devil Uh- fie into the air before
bis syes, and a number ten, uti inch, doa
ble j liuted. duplex, elliptic, steel bjw el,
busue attach neut, dollar an 1 a bdf. rj 1
heaiied boo(eirt, wallZcd around an-t gy
rated aud opened an! suut and fe 1 on lhe
wait as Dai. and thin as a restaurant pie;
and the young man straightened hnu.-ell
up, looking as if be wished the tail of
comet 2a 2 would sweep kiin from thi-
fair land; aud lhe young lady came back
with a face that resembled a sunset on a
fifty -cent cbromo, and she picked np tbe
wire contrivance, aud then she went toward
the east and be went toward tbe west, and
the sun ducked bis bead behind a cloud to
hide a smile, and three or four looked on.
laid down and laughed and doubled them
selves uo in a niaiincr that woa.d cave
I i . , F I..n4 t K-t r
iu'jcu " -i f"-"
1 beads hi shame.
11 rjf m Hie;
The arsiocralic lusuument ot tbe
present day is unquestionably tne banjo,'
' said a teacher of the art of playing on that
instrument, "an! that is why I have
come up here a'on the aristocracy. Time
was when Wostcr street was good
enough f the banj Sow Fifth avenue,
New York, yearns for iu It may be said
to te now a bandy harp, a portable piano,
yet more eafy to learn than either, and, I
inske bold to say, more satisfying, soul
eutbumg, and Billing at tbe price. .
' You would be surprise! if you knew
what a number of social l'ghts are good
; amateur bsnjoists and what a furore there
j is at present among the ladies for learning
to ply the banlo. Ird Danraven is an
excellent performer. Leonard Jerome's
; tlaug'utev, n w the wife ef Lud Kando'ph
1 Churchill, plays the banjo very well, and
among other ameteur banioists whose
- - . . .
names thw moment occur to me sre Peter
. t lopei 4 nieces, U tf. UdDtber, Jr., J11H8
E- K-id. niece of W nitelaw Keid; Miss
ti. 1'atterson, granddaughter ot ex-
1'resnlent Johnson ; Miss Nihaus, daugtt
tier ci it iiiiA'D ocQsus. trie an ueaier
'
Miss Sawyer, daughter of the well known
rnercha it; Ge rge Liw, Jr.; Mr. 31 ,
near relative of iKirdou I Mot I, of Motl
Haven; red, Vanderbilt; one ot the
Ilaveinevers doat remember his initials
just now; Arthur Clstln. son of H. Ii.
tlaln, one ol the best amateurs ol ISrooK-
lyn ; Miss Kmgn'and. Lr. lirandrelu s
son and daughter. Miss Carleton, daughter
of the 1'n-sident ; Lie-utenaut 11. G- SI -cum,
I. S. A.; Mr. Charles lUrrin.ai).
Mr. 1. -Noel, Mr. MttirUf, Judge Uiltou's
youngest eon. Miss V. A. Bigelow, Miss
Jenuins and Miss Mitt new, all ot Fifth
avenue; -Mr. UiMTe 8. Maliory. a grand
sin of ex-1' re-si lent Tyler, the to Misses
May, sisters ot Fred May, and but it's no
use tasking au 'elite directory." 1 bave
mentioned enough to give you an idea of
what kiud of people le arn, appreciate an I
play th.. tunji and 1 may incidentally
iHention thai we have nw among our
pupils nine young la lies moving in good
society aud who give every promise of be
coming such pertorm. rs as a teacher miy
feel justly proud of, to say nothing of
several more of whom 1 do not expect
'huc-h art-stical.y. It is nt every one
mat Begins u learn mat conuuues. me
lesson is apt to mate tue rosy lips oi
pretty lingers exceeuingiy teuuer, auu
even to raise blisters on them. 1 hen, u
the owne r of the pretty fingers has timply
taken up the banjolr. in caprice, or be
cause some other society girl of her ac
quaintance has done so, she drops it in
pain and disgust, bat if she perseveres she
will find that aftc-r-tluxe first blisters go
away do more n!l come and her fingers
will not develop big joints and a sprawl,
as they are liable to from piano practice,
or gel unsi ;ntly cil looses upon tlieiu, such
as come s-iuu-liuies Ipmh playing the hrp
n'i nways iroui nugenng me muer.
I 44 And hv the wav. wh n w have what
we ha-1 not at all when I urst bean teach
"8 'ur -se nruuieu s. ueu i ueau
"-"""'B -' -"-f"'-"
' , 4
til.l o linia this in inrifV ftf ff t hi kOA
ov, " " J
f .4 ... . r- .. r 1l I
Such was the
i demand for kiu that I male fro-u (15A
. A lion vara. ..uieu I Bin kn
... ' irUb.
,, i ,. ' i..... .....i-m -
raQte,j m fi(;n)! to Broadway. Meatily
.,.: ,.,.i v.r.h ,.k.
. . A . 2. . ,
. u or i;;o lor lhe numlx of
halt-hour lessons.
Do many thentrie-al and operatic peo
ple take kiudlylo tne bauj; (Kbers, I
new, ihin llio-e who make a business
specialty of it, like L t.a, lor instance,
and Ka'ie I'u'nam?'
"Very uiauy. Tbalberg was a gool
player; so U Ciara Louise Keilo aud
Christ ne .X.Isson, and E uuia Abbott, 1
have beard, aitho.'gli I am not so sure
about her, aud tbe Wallace sisters and a
host more tha' 1 do not at this iim ite.H re
dd1.' l Itne Jdeub.
FcW statesmen have wielded wieli a
Herfui iutlu.-nce as Johu C. Calhoun.
Ills hold up u the voung meu of tho
south was wonderful iu its teu.eity.
lie so f a-ciuutod litem that they became
his e-iithuslitf tic di-ciples, and were jroud
to call him Uin-.ter. His sway over tbe
"onervauveeilue'.ite.liiafiSe-s,cler(.iymeli,
tUictors, judges, lawyer. ami journalists,
was as po.vrr.ul as over tlie young in -n
From them ins habit of alodrusetboilgtit
and tho severe logic erf his utteia.uxw
seemed to U.voreo liiui. Ye t e-veu the
ili.c.lilott.-d clas-w-s loved liiui. Au an
ce-dote shows the ch.ir.ioterLstio Mwer
of tin i;reat South Carolinian, and it-
hiqs ludieates one of the qu illties ot
his character that gave him iullueiiee
over the r.iuiaiou jwojile. Whe'ii Mr,
Cidliouu lie-gaa bis iMiliiic.il career, a
fierce slrill 5 b gau in South C.urolina.
Oue party sought t overthrow an ar
Hicr.die fealurj of the state coustitu
tiou. The proponed" change was ear
nestly resided by the conservatives,
aud ihe oontot excited the whole com
munity. Mr. Calhoun and .Mr. fancy
were the leaders of tho hostile parties.
Rich was the idol of his band. They
met iu pulihe debate and then followed
one of tho strangest sceues in American
politics. Mr. Yaui-y publicly confessed
himself a ouwrt to his rival's views and
j .-hied his party, fancy's irieiids were
almost struck dumb witu surprise.
)je of them, au eccentric m.m known
as "Uuiie Jerry Marvin," was a violent
partisan who coiihl see uotuiug right in
au enemy and nothing wroag in a
frieuil. When he heard that his friend
and leader had gone over to his personal
loe and political enemy, he swore with
blasphemy that he would thrash Calhoun.
Straiirhtwav he st.irte 1 t execute bis
threat. Finding Calhoun, who had been
informed of M irviu's vows, walking ou
the piazza of the hotel, the angry par
tisan took a stand wuere his enemy
would uss him. Mr. Caluouu ap-
oroaeiied, lowetl, siioke a kiud work of
salutation, held out his hand, which
was not taken, and then, w.ti, a bland
rune, riasseu ou.
"Uncle Jaeo'o" was spell bound. Se
veral tunes Calhoun pissed and re-
piisse.l, each time with the same gentle
manly salutation. At last the uuni inueu
"Jacob" could no longer withstand the
genial advance of his great adversary.
lrapuliuvely he grasped tsalliouna
hand, and teiiuig hiiu his errand, beg
ged bis pardon. Arm in arm the two
walked tha piazza, while Mr. Colhouu,
in language adapted to Uncle Jacob's'
niiderstaudiug, cautiously presjed his
political views. This herce, parus-n
bee in?e another of Calhoun's converts,
aud after that one of the fiercest of hut
followers.
There are four nickel mines in the
United States.
Tlie lit of the E-igUsli clergy con
tains 26,000 names.
Angusta, Gi., has $6,000,000 in
vested in manufactories.
Camp-meetings werj held in this
country s early as 1770.
Banjivplaying is a favorite diver
sion at the summer resorts.
The Roman Catholic Church claims
to have 400,010 converts in China.
Alexander IL Stephens hns o-n-pletd
bin hiito y of tie Utiitad State.
At the Iowa S'ate fair forty-fonr
worue-n exhihite.l quilu f jr premiums.
Although it is s'ill nutiiiishe.1 tin
i ....... w.i . s.;n ui ii .iA-in; .i iuw
p.fcivn bridge has air idv cot SU -
OOO.OOvi.
Sixty thousand Ann r Jems have
been spndiug their money in Europe
this summer.
Cousnmptttiu has Ihjl-h cured
Germany with crex s ;te associatevl with
balsam of telu.
Mr. VT. II. Yau.Ietbilt has pur
chase! for S7.5IM) Little R uu.l Idaud
in the St. Lawrence River.
There arn in Dakota 1:5 Catholic
churches aDd 47 priiits, against 20
churches aud 12 priests iu 18.
It is found that the effect of the
electric light in enservatriii is stimu
lating to the vitaii'y oi the plant.
Tho artist commissioned by Q'leen
Victoria to paint a orirait of Cete
wayo, is Carl Solim, of lus--ldorf.
Three Jap.iLeso students in the
university of Glasgow carried off most
of the prizes at the last commeucemeut.
Ex Gov. Dilliu'iam ail wife), of
Vermont, have recently celebrated their
goldeu wedding at their home, iu Water
bury. Germany has s ibterrane.iu tele
graphs connecting two hundred aud
tweuty-oue towns aud coding 57,0K) -000.
It ia beiieveit that the sum which
the wLIow of John Brown will receive
from Chicago people will lie about
jjl.'jOli.
The Fall River mills turu out 1,500
bed ijuilts a day, and the liollistou,
Mass., mills 1,3.10 pairs of blankets a
week.
Citizens of Bath, Me., have sub
scr.bed Slo.OOU of iStd.lHIO needed to
establish an iron ship yard a.i 1 e.i-iue
works ther-.
Seventy mills iu tho South now
work up 20.1, 01)0 tous of cuttod seenl.
making 7.HM.liM gallo'is of oil. worth
321,000,000.
The cotton mills of tiie X.uth yield
but an average profit of seven p-.-r cent.
wl.de eighteen iht cent, is reidizei in
those of the South .
It ia proposed tc erect an equestrian
statue of General Il iniso!!, tho hero of
1 ipiec.iuoe, at one o; tli?gateof Circ'
I'arK. ludiauapohs.
"At Ilambur-sayst'i-' Whitr.'ui'r
!-, "the l'riiic-j of Va!-s. on i.is
arrival, devoted his attention particu
larly to the Americans,. "
The late I ord Iicactmsfic'd's resi
dence at Iliighi-uden is now oevn pied by
an Australian millionaire named Wilson
whose eldest sou is at Eton oho A
The Chinese res'de-hts of Boston
have estabhsheHl a bxlge cf Free Ma
sons, numlXTiug .5J members. Iu
China there are ni my thousands .f
Masons.
The I'ost 0:liie Deiiartmeut has
nearly computed its accounts tor tue
quarter whieh ended ou June ,'M:h. The
surplns for that p -riotl is estimated at
$1,000,000.
Mr. Guildford Ousluw. M. T
whose death bus junt been auaounced.
is said to have speut nearly $t j,000 iu
ix-uan oi mo liehixrueelaimn:it. wh os-j
advocate he was.
A member of the (j'leljcc Legi,Ia
tnre receives $.1 fO a year for his s.-rvi-
ces. lhe rettucii -n of this salary to
3ji00 is being agitated by sooie of the
Canadian newspnpors.
o'ustave liore has jitst laid the
foundation of Ids niagnilieeiit nui niau
siou iu I'aris, just oppwite the priucely
pal --e built by the late M. Meui r of
ehoiilate-makiiig fame'.
A red piLssion-tlower. secreting
honey in the glands of its young leaves,
was found guarded by a sjiecie of ant,
which consume. I tho honey and i rove
way all other l.isccls.
iu Russia the siinllower b..s a jirac
tical, if hot an aftne-lical value. It is
eliltivat. d for the oil it yields. The oil
w used m eiKiking, as eit as in lamps.
and for making soap an I puiu.
The elippiuirs ot' role leatlier in tha
Xew England rhoe f.u-torien, that were
lornietl . oudileri 1 worthless, are now
stanqietl luto buttons for clothes and
fancy taek heads for upholstery.
The paper makers of E -gland im
port annually eighteen or twenty thou
sand tons of r.ig-i. Some Euglish ones
require no bleaching at all, wuilo thosx;
of Italy bear away the palm for ilirt.
Of the 12 Methodist bi.dio,, only
six are oa iluty, tuu ethers. l;ishois
I'eek, Foss, Merrill, Scott aud Bowman
being disabled by sickuess or tha mfir
mity of age, and Bishop Harris a'osent
ou a tour to Africa.
Tlie thousands of doves in Milan
which have, for centuries past made
their nestn in the r.jof of the Great Ca
thedral, are finally making sad havoc
with the artistic mountings of this beau
tilul tracery of architecture.
Seine of the finest walnut trees iu
the mountains of North Carolina have
lieen sold at SI) each just as they
stand iu the woods, the purchasers re
serving the privilege to take them away
within a certain numlier of years.
Sir. ChrUbipher Wren's lellry in
on" of the towers of Westminister Ab
bey is in a sad state of untidiness. A
recent visitor to it says he does not
think the place has been cleaned since
yir Christopher finished the tower,
Jbe Biih M,LS(;Ula Uaa CllU
come in
to the possession of what is said to be a
hue marble statue of a Discobolus,
similar in typo to the well-known fig
ures of the artican aud Xiouvre. lhe
London Timrt which nuilies the an
nouncement, fails, however, to tell
whence the statue comes.
About $12,21 1,000 has Wa t.Iaced
iu increasing he nuailKT of cottou
spiudles in the Sonth dnring veal's
lfHl-l2. Georgi-s has added 10 ),
0OJ; Alabama, 34,IH-); Tenutssee, 24,
0J0; Mi-issippi, 32,000; Louisiana,
21,000; North Carolina, 4d,tJU(; South
Carolina, 96,000. Total new spindies
361.000.
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