if I 1 B. F. SCHWEIER, IK si 3 TEE OOSSTITUTIOI-THE 115105 AID TEE E5P0E0EJIE5T OF TEE LAVS. Editor and Proprietor. VOL. XXXVI. MIFFLINTOWiW JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA., WEDNESDAY. NOVE3IUEK 20. 1SS2. NO. 4 gjpy t, Jif A MSC wifL S(A1K.ISIDT. a, melKxlr -JiuA the world all wring, Anj never has word In its praise ; i,a!U e wS:e JaJ lonS U the world nJ 11 it. wars, oocMdf . ' Qur 01,1 P'1. " wMre .. uf the peorte as thpj- atiool.t, H somrh.!.' think it full of grace, wouldn't change the folks if he coutd. soBrto-'J call crueI n J c!', ' p, ; ol on. nt sorrow, and pa n, Vint life " but frt'n 'r lt0l1 Md ooi re kn-t id se;flsa faai. fameiyvtf merri!j laiijhs and cries, " -B arrari tt :ch a ilear old earth, irtOi flwl! cr'wn the man who tnea 1 Ionian Sl nilirk uy h.-nest worth." Mif 1k1j groans aud shakes his heaT, till w Ioi a wreicne.1 one ; snarl.!? wii-bes that he were dead, Vint jwuoiwlJ eLe has all the fun. pat stu, I fan.-j, you're tore to find, Uo' P"-' or "t,!' or P'n OT fre lW eeruin fact o niae up your mind, jMIoaiw.ij alwajt (reu his thare. a tK OF X BOMNKT. i i reraised to buy my wile a uew l.amrt." remarked tLe editor of tLe i:(,r(lfT," as he crossed Canal stree t, tna ii arm with Lis bosom friend, AL Kuowlton, dodging a truck as lie ut tered the words, and stubbing tlie toe of tii'tit beot against the t ar lb in con tinence. Well, now that you are in town, and 0E Broadway, you ought to keep your vorii, a"11 buy her as Lice a bonnet as ton can liuJ, ' ans-wered bis friend, as lie steadied the newspaper niaa, re Rerisg tun to his 4 quilibrium. 'Tes, I know I ought to, but you 6ee we ce.tu.try editors ure not blessed, usually, with many dollars as there re qua.li in the case, 1 have come on to Sew l'oik to buy material and to see ltit cetiinu.-k'U nierchanLw' ads, and In.nt Lot iuu imseif short. Then, iain, it is a matter of two hundred Bilks to Freetown, and I must go up tLtnver on business b-fore I go hoaie ; to ihit, ou the w hole, the t xense and lie trouUe ot cairying the head-gear is is too ilucIi. 1 guess Ai'.gie will have to do witliout it." "Do without it !" excliiinied Know 1 ta, Witt a wealth of reproach iu his Vie. '"Do without it! You are a jiictty fiilow to grumble about expense, aud iiULce ! Your generosity is about v poor as vcur grammar, l'ou say you tte 'O'Eae on' to New York to buy printing iLateriai ; now I say 'coiae on l4 Lny a iiontiet for your wile ! You an do ilit t pi'or.iie. but she will bless tit exj.ei.se 11 it is a haLdsome bat, and tie can let in r niihU rs know it came iiithe ;y lrxni iew York." 'So, I iiu'-ss I von'i yet it this time," aaul Editor Bawshay. - ' Eut 1 gties you will, thonh," re !ii Kiiowiton. "111 tive you no peace ULtil you ptireliase a Vtiy love u i box.iiit lii Uiat eharuiiiij; woman to lUiu you luler so carelessly as 'my lite.' Cvuie, now, we will bekin with lie lilb &ture where tLeie is tue least iiituihotd of iinoing one. Here, old iciiow, is a place w here they bell aru liCial tiowtrs ; let s g in and see if by cLdiOe there is a bonnet for sale." Somewhat against his will liawshay tafcrnl hniiselt to be drawn into the tfcp, anu ireteiity Kuowltxu w as aek c to ' ee iAme bonnets.' "Well," said the proprietor of the e uliiiiuiHit, in reply, "well, we uou't tetp bonnets ; our business is confined to artificial tlowtrs ; but perhaps we jure one or two w hieh have been UsetX to Ji-jjiay anlples of our Roods, which we can let you Lave at a low figure. S.t'p th.s ay. hi the rear of the large store five bou nds were found and duly iiu-pected. Ibetiret four were unanimously con tinued, but the tilth was cuarming. So UioUjjut the two male counoisseurs Uiey jtzed at the delicate aflair Ueld aiott iu iLe lignt hand of tUe merchaut, wiioewavoj n giacefuliy in curvuiilear iiiua giTUij it a sheer now to hu board and cow to surlioai d. "I," quoth Knonlton who was a WLtior. and i l course au fait in all HMen of this sort "it is jtibt the tidtg jou want, Uawhay buy it," fcnjueuly the proprietor was blessed itii a iiaj i y tlioUK'iit "llere, Jenny," fctcned, auurts-sihg a bloomirg youug pfl, the centre of a giottp of live w omen l"ie bais Lumber as the stock of bon fctj Lo were engaged hi airaying aLti kaves not ten feet away "Here, J,.nuy, wiil you be so good as ,0 try tins on 't" Jtnty t a lovely creature, who Widesily cou'd mi ke ary bonnet seem Wiier than it wits by 6imply wearing it, Siiedul not aitar to hie the idea ol utportiLg herself before two strange "en in ot Jer to show oil" the btcoming " if an citfciuil head coveting as an eenient to them to purchase the fe; it was a httie out of her line; M "e came torward and trinu the bon ot, Oithmg gloriously the while, ""Lfi a moot lascmating picture, "kicu tue e-jiior and his triend regarded "uii ojeu una undisguised admiration. iue tat was lironounced nerfcctiou Uatif. 'aLd tue charming gill returned - w ine mercLant w itii a titucious air u iXiiiioMmi and cmbarrasMueut. Bawshay produceu a roll of bills, tus apparently glvuig the lie to the lo 81 aouut country ohior's iucurable tolCiiaioMty, au.i demanded : "Llow uiueUV" 'iliy n.illiner in town would charge J'-a at least twtnt -live dollars ior it; m o don't sed hats, aud tiiis is metiung unusual with us, you may Lu Sr hve doUars." "Five dollars !" said Know'ton, under hreatn. "Five dollars ! About "jwt as io value, but dirt cheap aa hat Pfices go." Aa nght," said Bawshav, "all right: Put it up." J110" Wed that the flower juui ; j"4 Prolong the process, for he was tTtU4:d witu tne lair girl who had jailed the article of dies iu such a "tm!k'I'1e tnanner. ad he could hU y ka l1 hls ei ts 11 her," aa the fgoes. .uav niiuri-,tl nimi though he luitiv, tiy reuruiiv the young Mik. i - " t J: ,Aifc bt:i vocation, btiil as red hm 1 Klid o , 1. ILe l jU tLu editor, as tit r1; ttaclied the sidewalk, with 'oaTtil cou,aLULug the treasure be- tSap1 yfc8' 1 am no ndstake !" wTT toltou. That's the gill I lookmg for I wonder how I l?ccome sequaiuted with tier ?" "TooTi enough." said Bawshay. &ot l5i4,lcy "toret hou't you? - "WiKn artuieial flower rtepart buy your stock at this estab lishment ; ask the proprietor to let this .'J u juu; improve tne ao- 4uajiiance, and trust to luck." vapiiau said ivnowlton, "IU Jo u i Ana ne did. The bonnet reached Freetown in due course, ana many blessings were in oaeu upon liacueier Knowlton s head by the delighted editor's wife, who had been informed of the incidents of pur chase, and who wore the hnsbaud's ap preciated gift so daintly aud with an air oi sucu supreme elegance as to win ai oice tlie applause aud envy of the wnoie village. Uawshay biniselt had more soiid comfort for his five dollars man any tiitj dollars he ever spent And while this "love ot a bonnet" was creatunt such a sensation iu Free town, it was exertiDg a powerful influ ence still iu New York. Following his literary iriend's advice. Kuowlton be came a customer at the store where the now famous example of the milliner's skill had "been purchased. According to programmo and arrangement with the owuit, the blooming young girl who had fascinated his sense at hrt eight waiieu upon mm She was not as dif&dent aa he pi pe c ted. She served him with exqui site grace, answered his questions, lis ten. -i to his diffusive and eflusiva m. marks with an enchanting air, seemed to like the young fellow immenselv and alter a lew weeks the proprietor thought he had not done a very good thing in allowing Jenny to wait on his new customer, as he took u. too much of her time over very small purchases, ana seemed to be waiting on her, rather uian siie on lum. At last . he. remonstrated. The next time that he dropped iu to buy be found the charming young lady more cordial and merry than ever before, and his in toxicated sense reeled with delight ; so that he did not know as his erand- tuother used to sy whether he was standing on his head or his heels." ah ai once, tne tair girl s sweet voice startled him beyond measure. In silver tones ot dulcet soltnet-s, with a world of insinuation, in them, she asked, as she leaned over the counter, beaming upon him with a melting suule : "l'ou are becoming very loud of me aren't vou ?" Like Ciark Bussell's "Orosvenor" iu a cross sea, bis mind was taken "all aback," and, dke the vessel, he was in danger of sinking wrong end first. "Because,' continued the lovely girl, 1 don't want to create a lalse impress ion. 1 am married, iuy husband is an invalid at present, but wi'i not always be so, and 1 exuect to leave this situa tion soon. I took it to keep the wolf trom tlie door, but I haven't found it necessary to grow pale and thin over it; and as I alaays believe in looking at the bright side, I am, my friends tell me, younger looking than I am." Knowlton was dazed, but he heaid every word as she went on : "-"ow 1 like you very much I liked you the first time 1 saw you. It seemed so good ot you to urge your friend so earnestly to buy a bonnet tor his wife. You continued a conversation about it, you reiueinoer, that had evidently be gun iu the street. Air. Kuow lton, my married life has been Very happy, and although my husband is sick, lie is iu a condition to get well again, and the fu ture is bright with hope. I have tuougut all along that you only wanted a gcod wile to complete you, and 1 have picked out one for you, who, it you take to and are fortunate enougn to win, will make your Jde happy, I have a sister who is just like me iu everything a counterpart, iu fact. Sue is employed in a store some-thing like this, tartlier up the street. I will give you a letter oi introduction, it you like. I sell flow ers, she sells feathers. You can make her acquaintance buy leathers, etc, and, in time, you may be ultimate euough to ask if you may call ut.ou her. 1 shall say nothing to her meanwhile, unless you desire it ; but if you make slow progress, I will arrange so toatyou can uioct her at my home. I am sure she wul like yon, and, if you . like me, you ought to like her. How does the proposition strike you ? At last the ntetry htlle woman ended her epeech, aud waited until her would be auuiirer had recovered siiihcient'y to make answer. The novelty of the whole affair, from the buying of the bonnet to the proposed introeluctioii to a second fair one. caused the 'domb-loundedly-perpJeed' bachelor to ex- claiai : "Well, this is the oddest experience! have ever had. 1 have always said that my state should be one of single blesseduese, and here I am iu the mat rimonial net, caught fast. Yes, I'll see vour sister." said Kuowlton, decidedly, jumpu g to his feet and giving the stool a whin "I'll see your bister. And if she is half as johy and good as yourself, I'd do my best to wed her, Feutl ers proved as excellent a pre text as flowers. Kuowlton made tx Uuoriliuary progress in afew brief wets, and "Bister iiattie," who was, if any thing, more lovely than Jenny, was cap tured completely. Then first meeting was an example of timultaneous, strong mutual hkiug. and as the days sped ou it deepened. Kuowlton prospered in his business and prospered iu his love, Jenny s huslxdid got well, aud there being noth ing in the war, the generous bachelor became a Benedict, married name, built a small double cottage ou Bergen Heights, so that the bisters are the next- door neighbors; and, though be may have occasion to grumoie as mucu as Bawshay hereafter, he has registered a vow to draw the hue at bonnets, foi, however reasonable it may be for other men to complain of prices and frequent changes in millinery styles, he will never say a word bo long as his wife makes good selections and hu sister-in-law wears a "Love of a Bonnet." Feathered Fasaeuire'a m t .;,.!. l.-v noniiuehoed leaving Canada for the South, and the vessels have a great many of them lor pass engers across the lake. Captain Saun ders of the schooner Oliver Alowat re- poits that, on his hist trip iroiu yu- lotte. to Kingston, anu wmuo acro.4 the Luu gret number of birds of various colors and species fluttered about the rigging and deck of the ves sel, They preeenred a charming siht. Many of them reuainea ou night They were very tame, and if HTe cabin windows had been open would have likely flown into the warm room. During the trip the Captain ght 6 , . Ai,t inn ha fcred only raised the feathers. Captain Ihx bis veel was ki "YTTV n his last fcnp aarosa au. - Ia a Baar. Mouth. une or the severest and most desperate icumura oeiWA?a man anl brute that nes ever taken place ia Califorai. oc curred recently in Mimmoln Park. Mam moth Oulch. W illiam Purenteau, foreman of tte Ounncll nuae, had stared out for a Paboatu day's sriort and reached the psrk rather early. Dunne the niirht a amrht snow had fallen and the mountains were covered with a light and delicate coatins oi wnite, wnic& was lncecd all that the hunter could desire, for it left the trail oi mm or beast plainly visible. Mr. Pa- renteau soon struck a bear trail, before he bad gone fifty yard be heard a shunt noise to bis left aud quickly turning around he discovered a lar?e female bear and a well-grown cub. She secmd to be hesi tating for Ibfl moment whether to give tight or not. Ibe mother and cub were not over twenty jatds from the hunter and his decision was made up as quick as a flash. He would kill the old one and take the chances of Hie younger running away. His rifle was at his shoulder in an instant, but as bis finger touched the triir- zer the bear made a lunge at him and the ball went wide of its' mark, missing the now infuriated animal entirely, lie threw his gun aide and jerked fr.au its sliea'.h a long hunting knite Unfortunatelv for him the bear caught the hand in which the knife was clutched as it was descend ing farenteau thought that it was over with him, but the near seemed anxious to get her victim around the neck end give hiui a death hug, so she released the hand and gDt her piwson both shoulders. Par- enteau doing all that he could to keep out of ber embrace, in tne meantime he was applying the knife with all the d.f peratim of a man who tuew that he was in the very clutchr of a terrible death. 'Ihe bear gave htra a fcariul slap in the face, lacerating the fkfh and almost blinding hiiu. S:ie was now fairly bowling with pain, as the knife would fink up to the hilt with every thrust. In the struggle Pare mean felt hisl.lt ttm-li heaving I'S Socket, aud he knew that li.e struggle could not Inst much longer. The pain aud loss of Mood were telling on him raptdiy, but he determined to sell his hfe as dearly as passible. Whenever an op portunity offered he buried h: truMy knife lu the body of the hear, who showed s ime signs of weakening, liis left knee-cap also reoetved a terrible injury and he was almost crazed with pain. Finally he saw an opportunity to drive his knife home be hind the left shoulder of his enemy and she loosened her hold at once. She stood over him for a moment, with the blood gushing from eighteen wound?, and then, tailing over on her side, expired. It was some moments before Parentcau could gather up strength tnough to even try to move, fie presented the appear ance of having been through a slaughter house. His wounds aud the blood trom the beast, which had been spurting out upon bun like water from a fountain, in deed caused him to present a saDguiuary appearance. lie was unable to pick up or carry bis gun, bat Cading a suck close by be hobbled and crawled along until the flaw-null was reacliei, uia two miles distant. A messenger was at once dis- oatched to Central for Dr. Asiibaogb and he soon responded. The wounds of the injured man were dressed and be was made as comfortable as pos-ible. Phil Paren- leau, a brotner of the wounded man, has arrived from AI amino', h Park. lie says that his brother's injuries are much more serious than at first reported. The bear got his bead in ber mouth and actually hewed on it tor a few momenta, the bridge of the nose was literally emptied aud shattered into small particles of bone. A cavity was created through which the wa.ls of the throat can be plainly seen. There is a deep incision between the head and the termination of the spinal column and the scalp is laceiated aud shockingly lorn in a number of placirs. A Police court at Cairo. The Prefect and his deputy were array ed in black coats and trousers, white waistcoats and patent boots. But they sat, as their predecessors sat a thousand years ago, cross-legged on the divan. Liti gants came up wnhout formality, kissed their knes or their bands, according to rank or favor, bent, with hands folded in their sleeves, to declare the grievance volu bly, answeied a brief, harsh question and took the verdict helpietsly. Cases lasted on an average two minutes each as near as I could time it- And ail the while men came and went in the htlle room, talking mostly in high, quarrelsome voices. Coffee passed about. If any one present was stiuck with an observation be onerea it casually, and bis worship listenea. After delivering judgment, always pre ceded by a grunt of general dissatisfaction, be clapped bis hands and a soldier rushed in at full gallop, holding up his sword Forthwitn the parties retired to discuss matters warmly outside in full hearing ol the court. A matrimonial difHculty te ferred to the authorities lasted but four minutes by my watch. A thin, peaking man looked the husband, while the wife, so far as one could juihje by eyes and nose, was very pretty. 'Ihe gentleman told his tale, the purport ot which I could not gather. The lady turned red to the 'ip ot her little nose and her eyes flashed. She took up her parable vehemently, and sternly tue Prerect asked further expluna Lions of the husband, who turned very pale, lie found nothing effective tj re ply ; his worship pronounced in a single phrase, the galloping soldier appeared and off went the pair. I asked of an offi cial who spoke Enl-Eh if the man was go ing to prison. "No," said he, "he go home.'' It must be admitted there is someihing to be urged for a system which can deal with domestic trouDles in this su perior way. eeea out of Buauieas. Among the Litest victims of foreign competition are the bees of Russia. Under the baleful influence of the free importation of a spurious kind of wax called ceresiua, manufactured in Austria the native industry is dwindling at a rate which threatens it with extinction. Of ceresiua, which bears the same rela tion to genuine wax that oleomargarine does to dairy butter, no less thah J ,000, pounds are annually imported, chief J for use in the manufacture of tapers, which figure so prominently in all Rus sian churches. Tne price of wax has fallen, nnd stress of competition with ceresiua, torn 30 to 47 roubles per pound. At this price bees are regarded as hardly worth their keep, and in one district the honey crop has fallen from 15,000 to 6000 pounds "per annum. By the new tariff an import duty of rouble pound has been imposed on oeresina; but according to the Moscow Gatttt; it will have to be raised to 10 roubles to give the poor Was a ehance. A Ureal ChM riaj.r. A little man, with a lull red beard, moustache and whiskers, a plentiful crop of light brown hair, aad a twinkling eiue ere, sat in the rxm of the Philadelphia chess club, at the Irving Ilouse.on Walnut above Ninth street. Half a score of mem bers sat around the Jolly little man, who, from wearing a constant smile, gives out the idea that be couldn't biok augry if he tried, not a little proid of their cap'-ain for there in the flush sat the greatest of living chess players, Wilheltn Steinitz. to the enteroise of the club chess player in this country are Indebted for an oppor tunity of seeing this great master ot the game exhibit bis prowess with queen and knight, rook and bishop. in engagement, extending over forty days, has been made with Mr. SteiniU, ami the first ot the series of matches be w'll piay in this city it is expected will begin on Saturday next. Uis first oppo nent will b-i D. Martinez, a strong playerJ who, it is boped, will make a good tight with the distinguished visitor. Messrs. Iteirhelm, Eison, Neill, Michacli. Roberts and Da'iser will later on engage in friendly rivalry with the great player. The match with Mr. Martinez is for 5U0. The play will begin eaeh day at 3 P. 51. A recess of an hour will be taken for dinner and the game continued during the evening. 1 ransterraa'e tickets admitting every cvenius throughout the match will be o. entitling the holder to a six months' mem bership of the club. 5Ir. Sleinitz arrived yesterday by the Indiana. We left Liverp-ol oi October toth" he said last night, "end had very rounh weather for the first five days. We had head wim!s and treoiendous seas, but the vessel behaved excellently, aud but for a little trouble with some ef the pack ing of the piston, which caused ut to lay to for half an hour, the machinery sIomI the strain all right. One ''ay, in the height ot tlie storm, down tumbled a whole lot of crockery, aud the steerage passengers were scared almost out of their minds. We bad one deafh during the trip, a poor little baby, and two Hun Marians in the steerage engaged ia a puiumeling match, but beyond a cut in forehead that one fellow got no great dam age was done. 1 am vety pleased that at length an opportunity baa presented itself enabling me to visit America, 1 look for waid with much curiosity to my games with Mr. Martinez. Capt. McKenzie, who has played with him, told me before I left London that he plays a very strong game. 1 am glad he dots ; 1 like to he put on my mettle. The winner of the tirst seven giuies will be declared the winner of the match. " In reply to a query as to whether he would play any games bliudf..ldea, Mr. Sieiniiz said : " Yes ; 1 believe th;.t is part of the progra-nme, and I am also pre pared to meet a number of players simul taneously, und.T like coudltioua." Mr.Sttinilz was born i- rrague, Bavaria, in lij'Ki. He has been prominently twfore the public as a chess player for more than twenty years. He has repeatedly beaten Biackbura, bis great rival, in the most de ' i-ive manner, iu li2 beating him six itames to one; in 1670 winning five straight gsuiea, and in lt7 defeating him : were enipted ot their contents. Ihen in a seven gabies in succession. In 172 he sn'u ,llwr "'''h we,e m,x Mme tuul met the great player Lukertort, wmnbig T w"h sugar aud given to all the seven games to his opponent's one. r or nine years Mr. Sleinitz conducted the chess column or the London field, lie has recently resigned his position ou that journ U aud purpose starling a paper ex clusively devoted to the giuie of chess on his return to EnHnd. The ext German Empress. It is not every friend ol monarchy who approves those traditions which, as in the house of HoeuZ'jl em, exclude the beir apparent and bis consort from participation in nearly all the important affairs of the nation and render it extremely difficult for them to develop and to manifest such spe cial gifts as they possess for acqturing the affections of their future subjects. The falling health of the Empress and the Em peror s great age are, however, at pre-ent giving an opportunity to the Crown Pri-ce and Princess for showing in bow high a a degiee they arc endowed with all those qualities and masters in all those arts that insure popularity to princes, la welcom ing the Crown Prince of Austria aud his young srouse on their first visit to the German Court, P.tnce Frederick William and our Princess R yal are discharging a duty for which they are eminently fitted, and which the cordial relations subsisting between the Imperial families of Austria and Germany render a genuine pleasure for all concerned. During the days pre ceding the Imperial visit the Crown Prin cess ot Germany has been receiving depu tations and visiting several hospital? and schools, Cathohc and Jewish as well as Prctestanl, and charitable establishments, giving proofs everywhere of a thorouph and uncommon knowledge of the art of nursing, the necessity of ventilation and all those branches of hygiene culture in which England excels the rest of the world. In the " oiskucbe" of a ladies' association she tasted the cheep and good soup made for the poor, received a report trom medical men on the excel eut results obtained by sending pale and sickly town children into rural retreats, or, as German designate them, holiday olouL-8, and complintt-nted the citizens of Breslau on the liberality with which their charities bad been endowed or bad been kept up. On another occasion she attired herelf in the "attila" of her regiment, the Black Hussars, and denied with her men to front of ihe Emperor, first in slo w and then in quxk time. On Thursday last, when the Crown Prince, with. Count Molt ke and the latter 't designated successor. Count Wai dersee, at bis side, was witnessing the ma neuvers from the supposed enemy's camp, Princess Victoria led ber regiment at full canter to an attack upon his position, elic iting from ber husband the reniaik that this was the first time in his lite that she bad figured among his adversaries." A Uuiqae Marriage Ceremony. One of the counties of the State of Couneticut boasts of a judge who, though pooily furnished with those lit tie refinements usually met with iu poli shed society, is au energetic, shrewd man and a promising lawyer. A neigh bor of his, Borne weeks ago, was about to give his daughter away ia marriage, aud having a deep-rooted dislike to the clerical profe-ssion, aud bomg determin ed, aa he said, "to have no infernal par son in the house," he scut for his friend, the judge, to perform the ceremony. The judge came, and the candidates for the connubial yoke taking their places before him, he thus addressed the bnde: "You swear you will marry this man?" "Yes, sir," was the reply. "And yon (to the bridegroom) swear yon will marry this women?" "We 1, 1 do," said the groom. "Then." in the fadgw, 1 swwuf you're majcied." Wor.nlpolna' Aeeoout-Boowa. A correspondent writes : "Dewalea, the feast ot lanterns, has often been described in your co'umns. I proceed to describe the interesting ceremouy ef Tahee Pools. which I was invited to witness at the office of a distinguished native Inn. Among the natives of India, whether they be Parsees, Mohammedans, or Hindoos, lor practical purpose the new year com me do 'w with that of the Hindoos. The ceremony of Vahee Poo a, at its name denotes, is the worshipping or the account-book for the new year, it takes place a day before the Dewalee, and is performed not only by every merchant and trailer, but even by private persons. In short, the new year among natives of India, whether for busi ness or household affairs, commences with the new year of the Hindoos. This ne cessitates the closing of oid accounts and opening of new ones, and for the latter purpose new books are used, but before they can be so utilized they must be wor shiped, ana each according to bis means does this. The wealthier native firms avail themselves of the opportunity to in vite their friends and constituents to be present to wish them a happy aud pros perous year. The firm who had invited me is one of the oldest firms in Bombay. 1 of course expected the pooji, or ceremony Of worshipping, would be performed b the nobeds or dustoors, a sort of jattin ce remony but 1 was surprised on eutenng the office to see the place of honor assigned to a half-starved anu very dirty-looking Brahmin. On the floor of one of the rooms was spread a clean floor-cloth, with huge cushions near the walls, in the center of which were piaeed s.lver travs containing yan-ttiparec, cocoanuti, battMa. dried dates, sugar-cice, coriander seeds, and silver and copper coins. In an adjoining room was placed a sdvur vase containing Hie, and rund It stood oue oi tue high priests, or dualoars, of the Parseea, at tended by Severn niobeds. Wben all the preparations were com pleted we took our seats by the well-adjusted cusuious,and all who knew Gur.Ta'j were given a new aceount book and a near pen, and each wrote on the second leaf ot the book what seemed to be a supplication to the deity invoking h s blessings (in as many names as he is known by in the Zj toastrian calendar) for the new year, which is writ lea ia full with its corresponding English aud I'.trsee dates. When some thirty books bad been written up, the B:ah mm who sat in the center amid trays containing the at tides above enumerated had them submerged in gutat and the red stuff used by natives on ail auspicious oc casions; and thus the dustoor aud his mo beds on the one baud, and the Brahmin on the other, invoked the deity's blessings. Tue duties of the Brahmin were not, bow- ever, cou lined to simply supplicating his gods to bless the undertakings for the coming year of the Parse firm; thy sett wed to be of a mulnfarous nature, tor ',e at peared to have bad to bless (by.mut- j 'e-S someluiug in Sanscrit) each article i 3 he took it from the tray, and after . besmearing it with the red stuff, to place 1 u u ouo of ,n8 many ne UQl fck , Cfcar Bim- Tuia eut on uuUl the trays guests to eat; aud Uen, as it were by way of a final dramatic effect, the Brahnun took a small silver vessel, and in it placed some of the red stuff with two or three pieces of iguited can.pticr.aud bad it taken about the room while be stood up shouting at the top of his voice, "Brahma! Brah ma!" Then were distributing money, nosegays, an.", pan suparee to all those present, and the proceedings terminated. 1 w as intoruied that the books and articles would be lett undisturbed on the floor as placed by the Brahmin until the new year's day. A lilt Well. The largest wed in California is now rapidly nearmg completion ic Wilmington, Los Angeios County. It is the enterprise of General Pnincas Banning, one of the most energetic citizens of this county, who hoe made this well bis hobby and pride for sevcrd months past. It is 25 feet in dia meter, aad has reached a level some forty feet below the surface of the earth, In the interi.H- of this circular hole a huge wooden tank, hooped together with iron bands, and each stave 12 Inches square, ban been built. The inside of this tank, which is bottomless, is hooped with bands of railroad iron, and formed so that the bot tom fl ires outward, aud is wider than the top. As the earth is removed from the bottom of the well, this mammoth bottom less tub, one foot thick, sinks downward thus forming a water tight walL On top ot this wooden structure a brick wall is being built as the hole becomes deeper The water enters the well at the bottom in large volumes, but is kept almost dry by the operation of a large steam pump, hicb runs night and dap. There is room for 25 or 30 men to work upon the bottom of this well. W hen it is completed the water will be pumped into a gigantic tank, which, be ing elevated above the ground upon scaf folding, wiil give suMcient gravity to send water in any direction for miles. VTitb the completion of this well Wilmington and San Pedro have an assured supply of water for all time. Pipes are laid to the wharf at San Pedro, so that vessels can take water with greater ease and without trouble. The cost ot this monster will not be lest than 3.00Q or ilO.OUO. T.-.m itot LtiUBra ul a Tear. The annua! report ot Colonel Parker, Chief of Post Othoe Inspectors, ezbibits a gratifying state of efficiency in the Depart ment, as relates to the comparative safety of the mailt. There were carried throhgh the mails during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1S82, 9,627,922 registered letters and packets. Compiamts were made of losses, which, upon investigation, resulted in establishing that, or a given number of complaints 4,076 bad sustained no loss and in 49S actual loss had occurred. There were still Under investigation 2,511 cases, aud if the prcportionate loss in these cases prevod the same ss in those already exam ined.there would remain to be added to the year's losses 233, which would make the sum toial 726. There were 21,527 ordinary letters re ported Iost,l5.1o0 with valuable enclosures and 6, 17 without contents of value. Of these, 2, 175 were found to have been de livered, leaving 19,o52 unaccounted for. I le totid number of letters and pieces of all kinds is not given, but the aggregate must hive been something enormoas,as in tae 112 cities iu which tlie carrier system was ia vogue the number of pieces collec ted and delivered amounted to 1,143, 18, ts7. A loss of about 20,000 pieces even trom tb s amount along would be an ex tremely small percentage. These lorses, it wdl be observed, "were from all causes fire, burglary, highway robbery, casualties, such as raihoad acci dents, and ordinary thefts. During the )ear oil offices were broken open and rob bed. 116 were burned and 99 mails were robbed by highwaymen. That from all these C4u-t there should hi.ve been real loss of only about 20,090 letters during the year seem almost incredible and says eve rything for the extreme perfection which ear postal system has attains. ftoman t rnelty.' The games 'of the Roman Colosseum, which, according to Jn venal, had be come as much necessaries of life to the people as their daily bread, supplies of itself a most remarkable illustration of the particular phase of human nature. That in an advanced period of material oivilizat on spectacle whereof the oue grand interest consisted ia theelaborate and wholesale torture a i l carnage ot men and animals should not only have been tolerated with scarcely a protest tor centuries, but should buvu formed the chief and indispensable amusement of both sexes and all classes of the population, including the highest this appears at hrst sight to modern think ers a moral fact almost incredible in its atrocity. Aud so firm, moreover, was their hold on popular sympathy that they lasted long alter the conversion of the empire to Christianity. Cone tan- tine, to be sure, issued an edict suppres sing the gladiatorial shows, but it was suffered to remain a deal letter, aud it was not until nearly a century later. when the Asiatio monk Teleinacnns leaped into the armia and separated the combatants at the cost of his own Life he was stoned to death by the indignant spectators that thus games were finally uolished. something may be due to the religous origin of the custom, which is commonly alleged to have npruuc out of a rite of humau sacrifice off red at the tombs of great men. thonzh some scho law, like Mommseu, deny the existence of huuiau sacrihoe. later on motives of policy conspired to sustain the prac tice, both as means of keeping up the military spirit of the people and aa of fering the Sole opportunity under a iIch- potio Emperor for the thousands of citi zens theu assembled in presence of their sovereign and his Ministers to present petitions and make known their griev ances. Still thee explanations do not carry us very far, Theatrical entertain ments such as the Ureeks delighted iu would have answered the latter purpose at least quite as well, but for appreciat ing such refined amusements these ghastly orgies of blood quite unfitted the Roman populace. And it is a curi ous fact noticed by a distinguished modern writer that, as different kinds of vice which might appear to have no mutual connection do yet act and react on oue another, to here the intense crav ing alter excitement engendered aud gratified by gladiatorial combats served to stimulate the taste for such orgies of sensuality as are described by historians like Tacitus and Suetonius. And hence not only was Hercules burn ed on the stage, not iu efligy but in the person of a condemned criminal, but the deeds of the gods ami heroes were represented, aa Juvenal says, to tho life. Nor can it be questioned and it is chiefly iu order to illustrate that terrible lesson that we have referred to the subject here that the gladiatorial shows betrayed no merely indifference to human Buffering, but that capacity for a real aud keeu pleasure in the con templation of suffering, as such, wluch many are loth for the credit of human nature to admit. Suetonius, tor in stance, tells us that it was the Bpecnd delight of Claudius to watch the faces of the expiring gladiators, as he had come to take a kind of artistic pleasure iu observing the variations of their agony. lieiiogabalus aud Oalenua used to regide themselves while at the table with the spectacle of animals de voured by the wild beasts, aud Lao tantius says of Uaienus that "ho never supped without human blood." Aud, what is more horriable still, "beautiful eyes, tremblii.g with passion, looked down upon the fight, pud the noblest ladies in Rome, even the Empress her self, had been knowu to crave the vic tor's love." A'ste.ry told by St. Au gustine exhibits the ghastly fascination of the spectacle, A C.iristiau fiienil of his hod Boineh .w loen drawn into the the ampliitheaiie, which Christian were strictly forbidden to enter, and resolved to guardagainst thetemptatiou to siulul injoymeut by keeping his eyes closed; a suddcu cry lod him to look up, aud he was uuabla to withdraw his gaze again- A Cave ot lee. A correspondent from Texas siys : I have just bad the pleasure given me of a visit to what is termed by those who have seen it the "Ice Cave." It is tne place of interest above all others in this section of the American desert. From Fort Thorn burg it is distant eighteen and from the Utah Indian agency thirty-eight miles. At the bottom of the tiresoma climb I found myself standing on the rocky bed of a ravine. The pine covered mountains on either side seemed to reach to the clouds, their incline being almost straight up and down. To the east the rocks presented a breastplate picture for a height of two hundred feet, an occasionsl small pine or scrub brush of some kind only relieving the sameness of the upward picture. Be low, the broad, dark mouth to the cavern opened out for a width of fifty yards, aad the height of the extreme arch was fully forty leeL Our candles and torch lighted, we entered the dark passageway, and with much difficulty reached the foot of the first ice monument, which stood at least sixteen feet h'gli, with a broad circular base. This natural pyramid was uearly two feet In thickness. At a distance of five hundred feet we came upou a slide of ice, which extended from the flix to the ceil ing of the cave at an inclination of forty five degrees. The narrow door at its base was covered with ice an inch in thickness, whd3 the rocks that lay about, as if at one time greatly disturbed, were covered with a coating of ice. A few feet further on the brii'al veil, a mass of tee several feet in thickness and not less than twenty feet in length, bung down from above. Its surface was made up of icicles falling upon one another in succession, and when the light was placed belund it all it presented a picture at once real and grand. From the ceding water tnc-kled through upon tbese ice pyramids, anC, freezing, added to the magnitude and picturesqueness of each. A thousand feet in, alter passing numerous large forma tions of K-e, we found our passageway clogged by a huge mass cf drutwood. i attempted to set fire to it that its destruc tion might be brought about f r the benefit of the curious inclined who might at some future time wish to penetrate the mysteri ous cave further on. aN'car the eutrance to the cavra the ceiling waa covered with crystallization, forming unique and inter esting views, sparkling and presenting different well-defined hues in the glare ol our torchlight. This cave was discovered in lSet by au explorer named Huffacre. who called it the Ice Cave. It is said that its floor forms the bottom of a stream called "Brush Cteek," where the waters from the mountains come down iu the spring, and that alter finding a channel through this cavern nuder the high m un taina for a distance ot eight mile the stream emerge from cave, a it enter and flows iate the Aahiav nver. End ot a Wicked Life. The jad at Nashville, Nash county, North Carolina, in which Jerry Cox. notable as one of the most desperate criminals ever known in the State, was confined under sentence of death, was fired by him recently and entirelv de stroyed. About midnight people were awakened by the roar of the flames, aud many hastened to the jail, but on their arrival they found tlie walls and bars glowhig red with heat, whde the murderer within was screaminar in his leath agonv. Iu less than' an hour the jail was a mass of ruins. Early the next morning the body of Cox was found. and a great crowd stood appalled at the territue fate which had overtaken the brutal murderer. Cox waa oue cf the leaders in the famous Worley murder, near Golds boro. in the early spring of 1878. Oue night he aud others of a gang of desperate swamp nek roes murdered Air. Worley by beating out his brains, after enticing him into the yar J of his house. They then caaght his wife as she ran out on hearing tue dying groans of her hus band, criminally assaulted her repeat edly, and then beat out her brains with clubs. The whole State rang with the story of the crime, and after a hot pursuit the murderers were captured. Four negroes were snbseqtiented execu ted on the gallows at Ooldsboro, having been couvicted principally upon the testimony of Jarry Cox, who, by turning Slate's evidence, escaped the gallows, but narrowly missed lyuching, aud had to be removed secretly by the authori tivs. For four years the whereaUmts of Cox was a mystery, but he finally made his appearance hear Battlcboro, where, ou November 19 lust, he committed another horrible murder. For a year be fore that time, Cox -who was a coal black negro of most repulsive form aud features, had lived with a degraded white woman named Mary Hawkins. Maddened by drink and Jealousy he ou several occasions nearly killed her, and he at times performed most menial ofiices fou him. He, having pretended to doubt her faituf utile's, met her one day at the house of a negro womau. Iney quarrelled, he struck her, aud theu went aw ay. She followed him to where he slept under a water tank when he took her to a secluded place near tue railroad track and cruelly murdered her. For hours he watched by the side of the bodv, aud before daybght, placed it ou the track of the Wiliiuugton aud Weldon Railroad, where the wheels of a ligtituing express train mangUnl it horribly. The station agent saw the body, aud, not far away, discovered Jenv Cx aud the negro woniia watching. Cox, liug interro gated, said fiat tho Hiwkius woman had walked e. i tiie track while dtuuk and thus met her death. He became greatly excited and was at once ar retted. At the trial the evidence of Cox's guilt was overwhelming, aud iu a few ininntes after being charged the jury renuered a verdict ot Vuiliy to murder. Cox was accordingly sentenced to be hanged at Nashvdie, September 20, but took au appeal to tue Supreme Court. W hue iu jail, Cox made a desper ite attempt to kill the jailor with a piece ot chain aud pauiock. He w;is beateu into submission, but several times after wards he broke chains aud was other wise violent. fcuect of Forcata. A paper has been prepared by Dr. Schomburgk, the Director of the Botanical Gardens at Adelaide, on the influence of forests on climate. The object of the au thor is to prove that the destruction oi forests usually bas the effect of reducing the rainfall, while, on the contrary, the planting of trees broadcast over a country is one of the best methods which cm be adi.p'.ed for ameliorating its climate and increasing the annual fall of rain. It can not, indeed, be proved tnat the climate of South Australia is altering for the worse in this respect. In fact, a corpp irisou of the meteorological records wul show that the annual average rainfall for the colony during the past ten years has been 21 1 inches, as compared with 20 1 incie for the previous ten years. Tue fact is, that in the agricultural districts of the colony, and especially in those which were not originally timbered, the bringing of the land into cultivation has had tl'e effect of sUghtly favoring the fall of rain. Plowed land attracts moisture to a much greater degree than Die unbroken sol!. In consid ering the effect which tue removal of for ests ptr $e has in altering the climate in South Australia, the only direct test c ml 1 be taken from the rcords issued by the Government Astronomer Is the experience of tue neighborhood of Adelaide, If ill'; time is divided whicS hss elapsed since 1SG9. the year in which observations were coninittnced, into two periods, then is found for the first an average raiufall ot 22 ( inches, and for the second one ot 217 Laches. It will thus be seen that, on the whole, the rainfall at Adelaide is dnmn ishing, though very slightly, and perhaps the diminution in the amount of timber may have something to do with the change. Dr. Schomburgk, in searching for illustra tions of tee c3ecl of trees on climate, goes further artel1 1, and bang forward some striklag instances in which it is evident that loss of forests means loss of rainfall, and vice vertn. He recalls how the Ru3 siaus.by burning down some of the Tiaus caucasian forjsls at the time of the strug gle with the Circassians, converted the country from a fertile laud into a desert, simply through the cutting off of the sup ply of rain. Similar instances of rain hav ing deserted a country denuded ot forests have occurred in the Msiuitus, in Jamaica the Azores, and, it may also be added, to a still more remarks ole extent in several of the smaller W est India Idands. No sooner had the forests ot these places been destroyed than the springs and nvuleU ceased to flow, the laiufall became irregu lar, and even the depos'tion of dear was almost entirely checked, On the ethei hand, it ii generally accepted as a f icl lual Mehemet All increased the fertility t iypt enormously by p anting trees. He alone planted some 2t), jO,000 on the Dal ta; hi successors fo'iowed up the work,and it Is a noteworthy circumstance that the ranfatl lose from 6 inches to 3i) incajs. Planting ha also, it would seem, produced remarkable effects in France and Algiers. Extensive regions have been planted with gums aud other trees, which, tor the most part, grew to be about 30 or 4') teet in height, and it is noticed that the quantities of raia and dew which now fall on the adjscent land are double what they for merly were. The official returns regarding the army show that the educauou of tlie German recruits baa been yearly on the increase ainoe lo7. In that year 2.37 jyer ent. of the rceruua could neither read nor write. In 1W1 it was l.L NEWS L BRIEF- The schools of Burmah are aim entirely monastic. Silk culture has become a thriving industry in Louisiana. San Francisco has a population o: 275,000, of whom 45.000 are Chinese. Pizarro completed the cononest of Peru at thirty- five, aud died at forty. -Philadelphia manufactured $10,- 000,000 worth of nmbrell is last year. Pennsylvania produces nearly one- half the buckwheat crop of the country. The coflee plants sent to Manatee county; Fla., from Cuba, are growing finely. A orakeman who lost a Land while coupling cars got $5,000 from a Chicago jury last week. At three vegetarian restaurants in the city of London the diuuers daily served average 1,550. Tbe population of Athens, Ala , is 8,000, aad its valuation 88,000,000 a thousand to each inhabitant. Ex-Governor Hubbard, of Texas, says that Texas will this year raise more than a million bales of cotton. -There has been terrible snow storm in the Sierras and flocks and herds are buried three feet deep. Cortez effected tie conquest of Mexico and completed Lis military ca reer before the age of thirty-six. Ninety death sentences have been passed in France since lf-7'J, tut only ten of them have been earned cut. During 1881 the British Talent Of fice received 5,751 applications, the lar gest number recorded for any year. Luminous paint ia now being uti lized for door plate, house numbers and signs. The advantages are obvious. The potato crop in Switzerland is said to be a total failure. The demand for American potatoes is expected to be brisk. It is estimated that there are about 25,000,000,000 teet of lumber in the nine States comjri ing the Southern pine belt. The first conference of Weslevan Methodists, waa held iu 174 1 to con sider "How to teach, what to teach and what to do." It is estimated that there are three thousand industrial estabiUhmeuts ia the Republio of Mexico where steam power u uaed. His Rov.d Highness the Prince of Wales has presented tlie Metropolitan and City Police Orphanago with a valuable American oigan. MeisoBier ia to receive 50,000 francs for his "Lcs Demiers Moments de It Vie de Salute Genevieve," which is iu hiud for the Pantheon. It ia asserted that iu the three veuis ended 1480, there were lo fewer than 252 theatres destroyed by fire, or partly resuiliug iu 4,i 70 deaths, .iiu .joj. 3,4')) iujunes. Tlie population of Manitoba, by re cent census, ia li5,'J54, divided among nationalities as follows : le.titJi! Scotch, 11,503 Euglish, 10.173 Irish, 9,040 French, and 8,tii2 Ucruiuus. The pension ag eut iu Topeka, Kan sas, teceutiy cashed the largest pension ever paid out to oue person in that dis trict. It was arrears to date, and the amount was upward of $7,000. Iu the high school of Dcdhain, Mass., the experiment la being made of using daily newspapers instead of text books in the reading class. The prin cipal thinks that the plan ia successful, James Collins, of Lawrence, Mass., claims to be 110 years old. He ia a na tive of Ireland. His father died be fore James waa born, aud his met her died wheu he waa but six mouths old, Dou Carlos, the Spanish Preteuder, has taken Dp hi abode for the winter in the Loredau palace, oue of the oldoet aud most splendid ducal houses iu Ven ice. He will visit Loudon iu the spring.. Of sixty-nine province of Itatv, only six are exempt from malaria, io abolish it 100,1X10 plants of the eucalyp tus have been lately set out by rad- roud companies aud private uidiridaaL all over Italy, The hay crop iu Iceland ha been uearly destroved, reuioriug tho whole sale slaughter of cattle unavoidable. Some flour is wautiug iu many districts. lud population are nuprepared to uuet the w inter. The revised census gives tin popu lation of Scotland at 3, 745,573, au in crease of 11 per cent, siued 1371, a rate of progress uot exceeded since tue tuird decade of the present century, inlaid the population was 1,000,9:00. Ot the 123,000 so laro uidcs which Norway contains, only 3,500 are pastn - rage aud ouly 940 are uuder the plough. lue couseqiieuce la that Uot ouly corn, but also butter and meat, have to be imported iu large" quantities. It is estimated that tiie not rove me ol the uiouey order division of the Post Odice Dopaiimout will ex;ee 1 i0,0 J tor tue past fiscal year. The total cost of the free delivery servioe for the ti:.il year eueled Juao M, lS-)2, was $2,023,- Z-jJ, au iuore-a.se ovjr last year ol 121, 311. The latest oIlioLd statistics of the Japanese Stitistical Bureau show that the total numlier of porcelaiu aud pot tery factories iu Japuu ia 322, and luat tuey give employment to 1,004 persons, of whom 310 are women. The single province of Owari contains uo lower than 2bT of thooe factories, leaviuj, ouly 01 to be divided among tho other twenty-three oroviuces in which suc.i work is carried on. A movement has been started ii Eurflaud for tho erection of a chapel or some suitable memorial of Joiiu Wesley, at Lpwoitu, hu birthplace. Iu the Madras PresWteuey, lalu lia. during lWl, 2025 ($10,125 was pud as rewards lor destroying 1 i i tigers, 750 panthers aud leopards, aud old octier auimais. 1,302 persous and S,'JiS aui- luala were lulled by wd I animals aud snakes, tigers killing 135 people aud 3,328 cattle. The cattle kiliei by wild auitnal m the Presidency during tie year are valued ut .17,876 (-tO,ij. The fortunes of four lea. ling West ern railroad men were estimated eigh teen years ago aa follows : Stanford, 10,000 ; Crocker, 425,000 ; Huntington , $100,000; Hopkins, 100,000; tetal, S265.000. Tuey are now ratuer sUul ingly recorded aa follows: Stanford, SJ,000,0oO; Crocker, $10,000,000; Huntington, $50,000,000 ; Hopkins es tate, $0,000,000; twl $200,0 jO.000. :::'i i i 9 't!.. I 4 1 m H2 $ : i 4 i'-'js H' , i ,' M - - m v : I
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