B. F. SCHWEIER,
THE 005ST1TUTI0I-TEE THION AID TEE EBT0E0E3IEST OP THE LAWS.
Editor and Proprietor.
VOL. XXXVI.
MIFFLINTOWX. JUNIATA COUNTY. TENNA.. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER U. 1SS2.
NO. 49
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I'u Kt the sha le of ute mapic-s
Toe bora are playme to-tUr,
A basin of sods between :kera,
Aai l a long-stemmed pipe of cjay.
eetD-m blowing the great brlithi babMe.
H u them laugh as they But im ;
Wbele b!iy, ciose by, on us pallet,
Seems aft eager and happy as they.
See him stretch his tiny Onsen,
Ami reach as the bubbles (all.
His brown eyes bright an 1 eager
lie thinks he can catch Hiem all,
" Baby's reactiina f.r Hie nub'.iles,"
Cries Char ie, his face aglow,
- He thinks that be couM hiM them
I-e's enly a ba'y, yoo know,"
Ah, t'harlle, life's full of bubble
We long lor, ami reach for in vain.
And like dear little baby Brown Eyes,
We try I; again and aga'.n.
We are sure at each gTasp we hve it.
And reach as we 'tare ip the past.
To nn'L like ilcar baby Kmwn Eyes,
A babble, and nothing at last.
THKSKCOND I.OVK.
"i-u't the lovcl?"
Torn Charl-bworth spoke enthusiasti
cally. II is w is a BHture ii t often stir
red, but very deep and e;.rue?st; and
Fernauel Wallace looked into Ida face
and wondered, with a h-lf smite, how it
would aceni to feel tilings below a mere
surface depth.
, i
He was very handsome, tliis Fernau i i
Wallace, with soft, treacherous ej es, !
teatures use me ajxjiio ieivuiere, ana ,
a iuie-swt.fi voice; I
worth, who read every one according to ;
the key-note of Lis own noole nature, wante(1 T0 to love me -Uned
Liu as if they had been brothers. .. w
"Shes well enough, ua W allace, ' ,. Charlesworth. half
debonairly. "Nose just a trine too : ,jv
hortar.d tbe lips too full, but otuerwit-e I , , , , '
V ,, ,' ... j As the weeks atid mouths rolled bv
what tne woria caus t-euu'.uai. i-H
you're hard hit, my boy, eh?" !
love iier uea.ij , ,
quwi ummpaiouea "
so much, "and, Oo-d wiling, I wul be I
good husband to her; and you d Utter j
remain to be my best man. It s haraly
worth while to retura to Eieter, forj
three weess. ,
"Well, perhaps you are rich". -'d fel-1
low, said tereana ujiace; uui nuj
one a trifle more olservaut thaa Tom
would have nolic.d that tlie haud-ome,
restless eyes evaxled his g;
bui'llety.
..n . rt -' .o'
w with stratig-i j
a ud Charlee-
JJ VlU lieu, AiSitr; ,
-.1. n.l';:,nl. r.r:ian.1 will sfuv lo
' .. ", , - .
.1 . 1.1.., T I-mhv n .t n il'l 1 1 Tli r-
lUe -T41UilX " x -
snade him."
Elsie Modaunt looked sudaeu'y up
from her faacy work, and something
wild and pit?ou ia her gaze attracted
Tom's attention.
"Elsie, are you il" "
Elsie laughed a Jit tie hysterically.
Vt lit nm,se!itfe. Tom: I'm well
I
enough.
Don't get any aiAtud no jons i..to
J
"The night More the wedding Tom j
Charlesworth
strode overtl.e fields to-
1. ClL-'j 1. .! i
t... i;.fl r,m w.'.j-e bhe was wont
to sit aa'i wait f..r him was , lurk, an.l j J""tt lo me. but you
the window jras open. Tom leaned his ' to fancy, nitd 1 tell yon
elbows on the casement and l.jked in. so. t.iat
, ,- . "Tliat what, Ma'garet?
"Elsie darling! .
Bat there came no answer. EUe wu , TJe aud taxer he waited for an a,:-
t th e. ' 8,1 er"
DUe went mroaud to the onholex en- j "That I h.ve you ! Oh, Mr. Charles
trance, feelling a little disapiuted; be! worlh. my m-.thers treachery I hghted
L Vnpw u-i,r Mrs. Mordadkjt ! your youth ; let my love and atlection
met him in
n.u m t i a white scareu ;
face.
"Oh. Mr. Ciiarlcswort'i, we were pt?t
going to send for you?" she cried.
"To send for me! ' Tom's face blanch
ed. "What has happened? Is Elsie ill?
Mrs. Mordaunfs lips trembled, but
gave forth no sound, as she placed in
r.i....inrfh' liir.us a note stained
lliVi II n... "
with her owu tears-a brief uote writ
ten by Eltfie:
"Don t blame me, mamma, nor let
him blame me, because I could cot help
losing Feruand the beet Tell him not
to feel bad; for indeed, ludeed I was not
worthy of his love, and he will be hap
pier without me poor Tom!"
And it was signed with tlie one word,
"Elsie." ,.
Charleiworth qtietly gave bacs the
note and walked forth into the starry
Kilenoe of the tight. No eyes but those
of the All -seems fihould witness the se
cret augnioh of his heart.
-Mother thought you would come,
Eir, if if you knew how poor she was,
ana that father was dead, and"
V burst of tears checked the child's
voice as she etood. with drooping head
auu hands tightly clapped together, ui
Mr. Charles worth's library.
"But my child, you bave not told me
wlo your mother is, nor who you are.
"I am Margar t, and mother is called
Elsie Wallace,"
Mr. Charlyaworth arose aud took the
child's hand in Lis,
Corns, child, and take me to your
home," was all he said.
It was Elsie Pale, sallow and wan,
the gho-t of her former self, her voice
interrupted by a cough, her hands trans
narcut and hot with fever yet Elie
Tn have fortnveu me, Tom?" "Oi't
Tom I could not have died without your
words of pardon."
"I forgave you freely, long ago,
Dsk." ,
"I have expiated my lolly on the al
.f ronPtitunc Oh. Tom. he was a
fiend in human bh5je,
hhnd leriiitrlv. "but r.ow
she adt'ed
She mntel'v motioned f nvard the scan-
tilv furnished room, te dying ure
4... i t, ui.i fchlvering ia
iue giaie, uuti
hnr r.m at t!i front of the bed.
"It is not lor myself," she faltered.
"Htsvea knows I have not long to
Miller, and I urn well Inured to it; but
my poor iittle Margaret, what fa to be
come o' her?"
. "Shall I take her, Elsie?"
"For my own," Tom answered quietly
I hare neither wife nor child; and for
the sake of wh it yoa oaca ww ti SJ,
Elsie, I will lore the child aud be kind
to her."
Elsie drew a long sigh of ineffable re
lief, as her fevered fingers closed on
Chants worth's hand.
"I can die ia peace now."
When the awls had been laid opon
poor Elsie's coffin. Margaret came to
Ctiarlesworth's luxurious home, a shy,
timid child, with big, hare-like eyes and
brown skin, aud a nervous way of start
ing w hen any one spoke 10 her.
'Margaret," said he, stroking her
jetty iiair, "what shall I do with you?"
"I should line to go to school," the
said, wistfully, "aud learn to be like
other girls. Papa always spent all the
money and mamma could never send
rue,"
"WeH," said Mr. Charles worib,
that's a very sensible idea of yours,
do yon know, little girl? To sehoo
you nball go."
Three years afterward Margaret came
back, royally beautiful as Cleopatra.
Mr. Charlesworvh had sent a little
brown girl to school, aud, to his sur
prise, a radiant butterfly floated into his
p-esence.
"My little girl," he said, fairlv coa-
. founded and taken by surprise, "how
lovely you are !"
Am 17'' ti1i.t fini.l jl..miir.ilv 'T am
, .
j,-a-t0 Tatiitv "
"Xo." bald Margaret
I don't thiuk
lt is alt ther vaijt but
you know I
the light and
saus'Uule ,jf 1W( Kf
.Margaret"
Mr. Charlesworth,
oue eVeuing, "I tave foud a husband
fof yoa . Ja y ?
xj,ttt j uke LilUj ,irf u Ue
tb(j ri?bt me lunglleJ tne fcirL
Tom feU a keen 1ang at Li8 j e.ut(
jUi j c,,f a brave countenance,
WeiL it is Harry MouUme" he
sai.l, ftriving to tpeak clier ril y,
"Tell him no."
"You don't Uke Liu?''
"Xo. Mr. Charlesworth."
"Bat lie is young and handsome."
"And the mau 1 love is not young
nor particularly handsome.
1 -
Margaret, are you in l ive V
i "Yes, Mr. Charlesworth, and-eo are
yo-i."
i "You huve no nsht, Margaret, to
look into the sanctuary of my heart."
j She came up to him, ard. puttinjt
I both her hands on his a .ouldeis, looked
' him full in tile face, and said :
3ut suppose, Mr. Charlesworth, 1
i t - . ,k aArirrniir-.- of mv own heart
- -
and see you enthroned there?
'f Tu mean, Margaret f'
" ' c " - -
. (iinteiuiiiiT as yoa may suppose, sir,
.sa d tbe Prl. uhlu'g archly.
"I have
of vour
J" t,--- i-
days."
"Margaret, will you reidly be my
wife ? '
'It you will have me."
Atid'tLns F.-rn.iLd Wallace's child
gave b;ick t Tom Charles woi .a the
eilt of love which her father's hand
i bad so rutule.v-dy p!m.-keJfroui his heart
twttity years before.
Hie Wertiltns C'itoiii or tlie Ti wsjm
In Central America :s a country
called Towka, and without doubt the
Towkaus, whatever else they may te,
are the jolliest pecple in the world at a
wedding. They appear to 1 such an
ignorant rce as to lje unable to keep a
record oi the age of their children, ex
cept in a manner similar to that adop
ted by robinFon Crusoe, with his
notched post for cn almanac. The
Towkans, however, do not touch their
children. They hang around their
recks at birth a utriPR with one bead
on and at the expiration of the year
- I A. I
they add another bead and so on, uie
mam object b ing seemicgly that there
m:.y be no mistake when the youug
people arrive at a mamagraoie -sc.
When a girl unnioers nueeu w
is marriageable, but the young man
mut possess a necklace of twenty be
fore he is reckoned capable of taking on
bims-elf so serious a respotibility.
Tint tl wedding feast is uie miug.
The invited guests assemble on what
answers to our village grsen, ana i
the midst is a can., the property of the
bridegroom, I rimming wuu i pam
' -"". . mid thickened
sweetened U"-'J -- , .
with crushed plantains, ine
cups are caiauaau, ,
i. nrhir-n are set uuai-
in in the fragrant niium, -
wound it, the company fall oa mark
of politeness tang to drink out of as
nnyedabashes that have been drank
out of bv somebody else, as possible.
It mould be mentioned, however, to
the Towkan's credit, that his wife is not
present at this tremendous drinking
bout, or rather boat. She remains in
her father's hut, and when her xntended
, with the calabashes he
takes his whistle of bamboo and Lis
"iltom." -ahlch is a hollow little log
.. , t arh end wita Pita
ofht parents-in-law protective, he
of ma pare tootle iweet
softeaed and they let
creature within is
him in.
hovering o nnnn oue or
H'ritten for the Cextiuu Ckiov.
Johnnie Country tor.
Children live in a m.imc world of thetr
wa It ianusi.n to watch them la their
p.ay, especially w'len tmperiating other
people liv are pir.ic i'.U ton! of
represeniini persocs wijj Pves are e
ryisvd n danger, suoli as tho sildier, the
sailor or the fioafMsnita In rami ham
leU whre the pmpnetor or the rjcerv
or "store," u c'atee.ued a wrt of deini god'
tbe country yomh consider it the very
acme of deiigiit to induce in the recreation
of "playiuK gtom." Two. perhaps Hire
boys form a partnership wuica req urea no
formal document to attest its validity
and Ue next t!nn in order is to decide
upon a I xatiuti tr the. et iblishment. Oae
of the firm desires to buid it near a crao
apple tree m bis father a girdu; another
proposes the ba-?k porch of bis hou3
1'iunlly the qii-stioa of locarioa is deci-ted
afler considerable dispute, for each boy
wilt express an oimi.o diametrically op
puie irom that of hia other conipanions.
A long, nairow-miuded shoe box is called
iuto '-uiainon and ma;le to serve for a
c ounter. As the stire is situated on tUe
ineiuifesof Jounnie's father, of course
Johnnie is allowed lo avume the authorita
tive d'gniiy of the head i4 the firm, and
he prouiiy calls himself the -bws."
The firet day is devoted to flulin? the
sh;re with stock in trale, which is -almost
wholly ompored of home manufacture.
Jjh.ii.itt spends his wei-k's allowance for
a s:ick oi hconce, which is cu: up into
small cbun&s and disaoived in a bottle of
wa!tr. '1 his delicious decoction is in high
favor amoug tue customers wh3 come
around aud drink it in the conventional
manner of old topers. The principal
merchandise of th "store" usuaiiy coo
stsu of paper win-Jmhls, kites, willow
whistles and pop-guns, all of domestic
manufacture, 'ibeu there are app'es,soda
cracKers and raisins, the two latter being
high-priced luxuries, because great risk is
invuivtd in procuring tbcui from the paa
try when mother or the treacherous "hired
girl" is not around. If Joknnie cm find
courage to siuugirle a can of preserves
from the eclinr and pi jce it on exhibition
it is a big advertisement for the burioess
and tends to draw trade from rival stores
of the n sguborhood.
Whenever Johnnie or his partners ven
ture to visit a nrai svxe, they are treated
with ''the be t tbe hiuse afford'. This
seems to be a departure Irom the usual
cus.om of strict business men, but it
works well among the boys. Tne circi
!aling medium used is pius and buttons,
and mativ a mothjr'spiu-cosliijn and but
tt n.ini hnTi in -nova leuee. suffered
In queut and extensive kas. Hhea the
htue robbers, are detected in depleting the
home ttockot p.ns and buttons they are
compelled to rtarciiiur currency on tne
btreel aud 1Q parhage piles. Oue button
is considered equivaieni to three pins, an,i
uianv an amateur merchant retires front
business with piu-i and b x.tons eaouli to
stuck a small sized business.
Truly, there is much in:iornt a'nusc
meut in "playing Slu e," and little does
the small boy ik.uk about commercial re
laiioas ad hardsliipJ wutle enj yi:ij the
piS'.-t'oit of c m'luiucj his "ot re.n
E IL D.
Munn Women' Attire.
The MHribh women aiipear in the
streets entirely envoij)ed in a number
of wide mauteis ma.le of hht woob a
materUia or a tiiianer white texture
the so-called haiks wh.ch cover the
heaJ and U:e who e body: the Ihccs are
deeplv veiled. Thi c permits
as lutie of the fin-.e biax see i s thj
ved does ot the feaiu.-es. The ap
pearance of the Mouiish wouioii iusiue
thi ir hoiihes is quite din" rent. There
their figures ur- to be seen, alter they
have liid aside the haiku and veiL Tue
principle charajU.r.s:ies of tuii costume
are the w ide boched-out drawer gen
erally whi e.'aj dun which lUerich wom
en are foud of expending very much stuff,
so that this altieie of eiolhiijg looks bke
a skirt reaching from head to leet. The
chemise cousimU of aw bili or tulle
( black behm tlie color generally choen,
in ord.-r to show otf a lut complexion.
while womea wit i dark situ wear ahite
tuilc), is perfectly traiu-p.d-eut; the wide
sleeves are Leiuifced with red bilk inside.
Xhey wear a sleeveless jacket over the
chemise, with Jlowtrs Woven in and
irimmet wiih go;d embroidery and but
tons. A sash is worn round the jacket,
of straw colored jellow sUk, Very lnucu
embroidered with gold, whieh resembles
the scarfs worn by rich Jewesses on
festal occasions, Lohg line silk threads
haK down at the ends. Tue hair is
hiddea under a siik handkerchief iuter
wcven with go:d, i tuat only small
plat, are vi .ib at the back of thenbek.
'p.i-i. lit mlored materials are generally
chisen for tnese handkerchiefs, Ihe
I,.rehead is adorned with a silver or
nament. Inclosing the oval-shaned face,
like a trame, is a chain c-f g'Jd and ail
ver richly decorated w ith small coins,
which haugs from one temple to the
other. Chains, coins and btrings of
ptarls, ottenot a very costly kibd, cover
tne ueik and brest in a very extrava
gant manner. Shoes without heels are
worn over the bare feet or white stock
ing; they ari rounded off in front and
made of yellow or rd leather.
How Uie World W "Mow P'you Do?"
Most of us say "Howdedo?" and
think wc have said, "How do you do?
"How are you?' is more elegant, per
haps; aud "Hope x see you wut
rim habit of loine people. Ihen
shake bands, and women sometimes
'UbS. ,, t,. .;. ,,t ;
In old tunes use r;ia"" rX.-o
t,;.i wrnn. sir."or"mauam,
pcoilesaid, "saveyou. sir, or- unw
...i .rvi bless vou:" and long
.n a. well as womtu "kissed for cour
terv " English and Aniericau wen now
'"..I...- cn.-li w salutation as absurd
ixruaiu't " "
, . rwrunna of tiieu own sex.
1 t.vh.mart
Frenchmen, nowever, iucuj".-.-
to kits as tney ask, -now uj
vourself?" and Germans crush each
?f.L, a.l.i..n. as thev cry "How
oiuer, -
ao you :rr.afiD aEd
kiss afU-r he has flourished his fingers
in the air and cned, "How do you
stand?" But the Dutchman's, "How
do you I-w?- K1"811 foUowed by "
'1 l. A irullHM i O lv" j c
olaij on tne fuuui".
cl,'t' . a -...I... f:i into each
When io unw-" - ,
other's arms and iooa -
of sadness, inquire, "Art thou
iu " Turkey people cross their arms
i .id say. "I will request ot
a Toaakei -of our own land re
Ss his aching friend without
S.?8 , i V and cinietly remaika,
smue oi -"How
is thee?
risttmte of the bun's temperature
.bout 13.000 dourer, r'auret h t.
P- .allFraZKhmt.
The following wai rltiMd to me by
the gentleman to whom it happeued.
and whom I shall call Mr. Kennedy. It
was mentioned in the most common
place way in the ordinary course of co i
versatior. not as a supernatural occur
rence, but simply as a singular and
puzzling experience. There is a loug
and very narrow strip of wooded laud,
known as "Peg Alley a Point." situated
between the main stream of Miles river
and oue of the navigable erects which
flow into it. This little peninsula ie
about two miles long, from fifty to two
or three hundred yards in width
bonnded by deep water and overgrown
with pine and underbrush. There is a
tradition tbat many years ago a arrt
of Baltimore oystermen encamped ol
the Point, among whom was a man
named Alley, who had ubandoiied hi
wife. The deserted woman followed up
her husbanl and found him at the camp,
where sone words passed iK-twenn
them, the result of which was th-it tbe
man induced his wife to follow him inlo
a thicket and there murdered her with
a club. The Point has ever since beeD
known by Peg Alley's name, and hor
perturbed spirit has been supposed to
haunt the scene of her untimely taking
off, Mr. K ;unedy had lived from Iwy-
hood on the p'ace and had never given
a serious thought to the story. Two or
three years ago he had a party of rail
splitters at work ou the Point, the fore
man of whom finally ref used to go back,
doclaring that queer things happened
down there aud that he had seen a
ghost. His employer laughed at him
aud dismissed the matter from his mind.
Some time after tliis Mr. Kennedy bad
occasion to ride through the woods one
afternoon to look after some -sheep,
there being but one road and the water
on either side. As he approacLed the
Poiut his horse started violently and
refuse! to go on, regardless cf whip
aud spur. Looking about for the cause
of this unusual fright he saw a woman
rise up from a log upon which 6he had
been sitting, a few yards in advance,
land stand by the roadside, looatug at
j him. She was very poorly clad in a
! fj cajloo jrej3 auJ wore a ijmp snn.
, health which her thin,
I.
ltnbl .ck hair straggled down on lur
s.'ionuers. iter tace was ima auu oi
low and her eyes black and piercing.
Kuowing that she had no business
ther., and occupied in controlling his
horse, he called to her somewhat angrily
to cet out of the war. as the animal
was afraid of Lor. She tnrned and
walked slowly into the thicket, without
a word, lookinc back at htm as she
went With much difficult v he forced
his horse to the spot, wishing to find
out who the intruder might be, but no
trace of any oue could be found after a
careful search, although there was no
ulaoi of cmoealuiont and no possible
way of escape, for whih, iudee I, there
m not anffiaieat time. Mr. K.-nuedy
declared that the thon jht of Peg Alley
never entered his mind until that mJ-
mpnl. bnt. uoon finding that no one
was ou the peninsula bjsides himself,
he turned his horse homeward without
looking further after his sheep and with
a decidediy sympathetic feeling toward
the recusant rail-splitter.
Her Mj J Klaes.
Have you never hoard of the British I
Household" Cavalry?" lt comprises tare j
regiments the First p.nd Second Lifu
Guards, who constitute tbe Heavies
and the Blues."
" Do they take their name from the
color of their uniform?"
Yes; and you ought to see those
uniforms," answered theex- cavalryman,
with enthusiasm. " The tunics and
coats are blue, with gold facings, a id
the breeches are of the finest buckskiu.
Gauntlet gloves and high boots ar.; worn.
The hemlets and cuirasses are of a metal-like
German silver, aad the he!mets
ai-u Biimionnted bv red plumes. The
men are oblidgci to keep theiruuiforms
and equipments in the best possible
condition constantly. They are sui
mitted to the most severe inspection
every day, and the least speck of dirt
or rust brings down a penalty. Ereu
the spaces between the points oi tue
auurs are critically examined. I
' ... ! . . 1 T . . . l.tct
Ueve that tne earur pan. "
oeutuary a certaiu jiri oi uxiora or
irauised a bodvot cavalry, wuose uuiy ii
. " . 1 nnnli r.iral
was to protect auu tjivi
persouages as might be thrown in their
way. These royal tro pers were all
"cntlemen and the sons of gentiemen.
Like other yeoman corps in England,
they furnish their own arms, horses and
equipments. After awhile, the or
ganization was turned over to the
Uovernmeut, and the men were paid
and fed at the public expense."
" Is gentle blood a condition of ad
mission to the rai'ka of the Blaea now.
" So; even the cffspnng ot a haber
dasher may enter the Household Bri
gade now, if he is at least six feet high,
measures thirty niue iuches about the
..l -st. can read, write, cit her, aud fur-
. rrtincta from a magistrate or
clergman that he has a Rood character
" What does her Majesty give sneh a
person for his valuable services?"
"A man in either of the Household
re"imenta should make sixteen pence a
day over and above all expenses, while
a man in the hue can clear only about
half that amount," wag the responsa of
the veteran guardsman.
" How many men are there in tb9
Bines?"
Tt me see ntty men io a uwp,
two troops to a squadron 5'JO men in
th resimcnt The troop couimaoded
bv the senior capuuu
th
Qeen,s Troop.
get their
nere uu
toi?from the Gorernment stud in York
shire. Th men are all mounted on
black horses, exsept the band, who
ve white horses. Part of the time the
regiment is quarted in u-u, " i""'
' Au .im in Windsor. When at the
;atterPUeethey take JZ"m
uraavrea at Aiaerauuu 'e,- ---- i
sented the Blue with a set of siive
kttUedrums, and Geoige IV. gaTe th.m
"Lagnificent standard, whict. stall
ostd on f tate cession."
Tlia PhaHtom sclionaer.
Good by, sir; there's no telling
whether we'll ever meet ag uu. There's
srot to le some great accident and a lot
of little smishes every year, and few
seasons ptas without a hundred or so
lives lying L-st. We often have long
talks alxwt the hauces we take, but
we're all ready to take them again when
navigation opens the next year. This
fall some vessel will strike where there's
neither lioat nor crew to help the sail-
rs. The ic will lie a foot thick on the
deck, the cabin full of water, and the
sails and ropes coated with ice so thick
:hat we cn't work her. The strong
-hip will bj lifted from the rocks and
Jashed down again until she breaks to
pieces, and the fellows who have
worked for days against fate will drift
whore one by oue, aid they and their
ships will soon be forgotten,"
This ia what a sailor sai 1 to the old
sail.ir man one evening this spring, after j
spi ining the yarn that fallows: He was
hern iu the ppri.ig, oue of the crew of a
vessel loading timber at the Northwest
ern booms for Garden Island. It was
growing dr.ri and he Bat on the bul
warks of the vessel. The cold water
curled iu little waves along the sides of
the bark. Up the bay a steamer was
coming rapidly, and behind were lights
of the city, with tha outline of the
mountain's crest just visible in the fad
ing twilight. It was a story the like of
which one seldom hears, and eveu as he
told it, in his rough, broke n dialect, it
was one of wonderful interest. Tiie
many pnuija while he sought for words
and the expres.-ion of his fa-c as his
story went on, coupled with his acting
the part for the want of language to
mnke it clear, gave it sueh a wide aud
picturesque force as several time
obliged his hearer ui.consciou.sly to hld
his breath as he listened. And yet it is
subCiptible of an explanation.
Yon may not lelieve what 1 tell you,
but it is true for all thai I paw it my
self, and more of the crew of the West
ern World saw it, too. You can't make
me believe that we are all miitaken,
because yoa djn't know anything aliout
it, while wo do. I spy this becanse I
know you will be inclined t disbelieve
my story. It is a strange oue. The
Wctoiu World fitted out at Kingston
this spring and Captain Abe Malone
was going to sail her, but he had some
tronole with t!ie owners and Captain
Dickson went iu her. They were pay
iug union wagea and Capaiu Dickson
was a good muu, and I thought when I
shipped iu her I would stay the whole
season. What I saw when I made the
first-trip will show yon why I am now
one of tbe crew of the Siberia. The
Western World went hght up to Grand
M irais for a load of timber, and Martin
Kennedy and I joined lr:r at St. Cath
erines. We had never sailed in the
vesH.-M before, but wo liked her. She
was j-r -tty n-?nrly new, well fi.u:i I and
kasily handle.
The captain I knew, for I had sailed
with Lim iu the William Hope, but the
mate was a bully from Garden IsIamL
We were one of the first yessels up tho
cauul a: d t-ie weather was rather cool,
as it was early ia tho spring. It was
eaily in the morning when we left Port
Colborne, but we had a nice working
breeze from the South and West. About
three o'clock the next morning I judged
e were off PoiLt Pelee, though we
couldu't see the light. I was on deck
and was tdl intc to Mirtin. who was
just going id-jft. That's Martiu there,
s'aii.l iig near the mainmast, with a red
-hirt ou ; ho left the World at the same
time I Oi l. Whea Martia started aioft
I turned urouud and lxked ever thi
lake. The moon was bhining aud taerj
was a slig'it mu.t ou the- water. Three
or fnr hundred yards away from our
sc .oorer I s w a r.pf Ie aud a splash.
thought it was a fish jumping, but in a
few ndunics I saw the fly of a soboouer
rising from the water.
It was fastened to a spar and soon
filled tud blew out, though it was wet
and heavy. Thea L saw the bipma-its of
a tiaee-n-ast-d schooner, far bi
than the Western World, rising from
the lake. She c.me up very slowly and
I could see everythitig plainly in the
bright moonlight She was a big vessel
and looked like one of those Buffalo fel-
loves. When she rose quite clear the
water strenmed from Ler decks and she
gave a great groan, as if glad to be on
the surface oace more. She had every
sail except her fore-gaff tupe;,il, but
her sails were torn and mildewed. Tlicy
were full of ragged ho:e, as if fish Lad
been rushing through them, and the
main boom was broken in two or three
pla, but the pieces were still lashe.
to the canvas. The water poured from
her tattered canvas ou to the decks with
a ho'low pla-sb. There was a gaping
hole iu her side and her bnlwarks were
smashed ; ose of her anchors dragging
in the water held her head do n a little.
She seemed to get a slant of wind
that we hadn't, and she stood away for
the south shore, reaching across our
bows. There was net a soul on board
this ghost of a schooner, and I don't
know where she came from nor how he
held her course. Xo sailor man stood
at her wheel, but I could tell by the
glittering of the briss on the spokes
that it t.ck a half a turn or so up. I
don't know where she came from, ex
cept that I saw her rise out of the lake,
and I don't think that any schooner
ever built bv man would come up out of
the lake and sail away without a crew
on board. When we were seeming to
overhaul her tha water rushed in the
preat blaci hole in her bide and she
cave ar-oiher hollow gioaa. iter Kern
pitc-hod high in the air and her wheel
took another turn, as if to guide her on
the course she was laying for, the hot
torn of the lake, tnd she disappeared.
Tbera was a roarinz sonnd as tho
f
schooner went down, and a gn gle as
the -waters cl.ed ovee her, but wl.ea
she was gone there was no sigu that she
hitd ever been there not a spar nor a
splinter to fhow where sbe had pone
down. I called aloft to Martia Ken
nedy and asked him if he Lad seen a
big schooner ahead. When be came
below he told me he saw the schooner
crossing our bows, but he didn't see
where she had gouo to. When I told
him what I had seen he kuew she was
the ghost of a schooner, aud we made
up our minds we would leave the West-
em World at Grand Marais. We did,
and forfeited our wages that were cox
ing to us. I told Captain Dickscu what
I saw, but he only laughed at me, aud
said that if Martin and I w -re going to
see a phantom schooner be would just
as soon not have us oa board.
Provisioning a 9tam.hi.
Three thousand nv nandred jioaiids
ot butter, 3000 hams, lG0f poinds bis
cuitsnot those supplied to the crew;
1000 pounds of "deaert stores." mus
catels, almonds, fis. eto., exclusive of
fresh fruits, which are taken in at every
port; 1500 pounds of jams and jd!is.
C000 pounds of tinned meats. 1000
pounds of dried beans, 3600 pounds of
rice, oOOl) pounds of onions, ii tons of
potatoes, 60,003 pounds of flour aud
20,0X1 eggs. Fresh vegetables, dead
meat, aud live bullocks, s'leep, pis
geese, turkeys, guinea birds, ducks,
fowls, fish, and casual game, are gene
rally supplied at each port of call, or
replenished at the further end of the ! c
journey, so that it is diflumt t obtain
complete estimates of them. Perhaps
two dozeu bullocks and 60 sheep would
be a fair average for the whole voyage,
aud the rest may bo inferred in piopor
tion. The writer has knowu 23 fowls
sacrificed iu a single day to make
chicken broth. We, therefore, shan't
starve, even if we are a day or two
behind time, which is considered a
great enormity now. The mention of
chicken broth suggests seasickness, and
seasickness conjures up the doctor, and
with the doctor is associated medicine.
His dispensary is as well furnished with .
try town, and when we observe tbat,
0 - ' i
among other things, it contains ii ,
ounces of qnin'ne, 4 gal'oas of blae'i-
draught, 20 pounds of Seidlitz powd.rs, ;
gallon of castor oil, a half a hnudre-d .
of Epsom salts, it is evident that if the '
sick people do not get well it is from no '
l,iV r.f ulivsiV Fonr tli.msin.I sheets.
2000 blankets. 8003 towels, 2 )00 pounds
of various soaps, 2000 pounds of candies.
except in those vessel whMa ure !
fitted with the electno light; 10 0
knives. 2203 Plates. 900 cups aud I
saucers,
3IH10 rlass:s-fancv what a '
uauasome iiiuoims euo aui-juut Ri"c
. . .1 1
sented by auuud loss from breakage :
would be! 800 table cloths, 2030 glass !
clotlis all these are figures exuibit. d
l.iiukwhat they would amount up to:
when multiplied by the number of
shii in each company's fleet, and then
trv to reahza the fast that this depart-
me ct constitutes only oue, aud by no
means the greatest of their incidental
expenses.
The Jliftckliic Biro.
The ruockir.g bird commences to sing
at the age of seven or eight weeks.
The first notes aro low and unfinished,
but as he grows older his voice increases
in volume and compass and his aptitude
for learning is greatly developed. His
natural song is sweet, bold, varietl, and
in his native wood ho surpasses eyery
competitor. He is the ereat artist; tlie
other songsters of the grove aie only
the chorus. Duriug tue utterance of
his song he apears to be ia a perfect
ecstasy of delight. His censtant, grace
ful motion, expaueled wi issand tail aud
dashing eye add to the musio a vivacity
and elegance of rendering civeu only
by this wonderful bird. His noU-s are
swetter iu his wild state than In cap
tivity, owing to the absence of harsh
noises which he so olteu hears when
confined in tlie habitations of mao. He
loses none of his power or energy of
song in confinement, aud Lis opportu
nities for mimicking are much en
hanced by the variety of the new
sounds which he constantly hears. He
improves every chanee offered him and
takes as much delight iu inn bit big a
buzz saw or rusty pump as he does in
imitating the sweetest cf flute notes.
His repertoire is uulimited ; he will re
peat any tiling from a snatcli of the
latest grand opera to the infinitesimal
twitter of tlie humming bird. He sings
the songs of other cage birds with a
superiority altogether mortifying to
them and his clucks oftentimes can
make tha lost chicken forget lt-t mother.
Mocking birds are very tongh ami
hardy and with good care live to be
twenty years of age. xbeir aliments
are few and simply cured ; a change of
food occasionally is good, the variety
seeming to please them and keep them
in constant song. They sing all the
year except during tha moulting sea
son and two weets of tae breeding
season. They are easily moulted, the
chief cars beinir to keep them out of
dra i ghU while sheddiug and to feed l,
abundance of fresh greei f d and in
sects.
The cage should be earefu'i kept
clean and plenty of gravel strewn on
the bottom, so as to keep the feet ia
order. They are very fond of bathing.
hich desire should be dai'y gratified.
The prepiared food, either moist or dry,
should be the regular diet. When the
dry food is used grated dry carrot must
be mixed with it. For variety feed tha
potato and egg mixture, with a little
Indian meal or grated carrot added.
Ants' eggs, soaked and added to the
fcod. are always baaendU; a meal
worm or two should be dady given.
Oncfc-liovtin mn t!ie Cbenapeake.
There are fully 330 professional gun-
ners residing at Havre de Grace who !
make a pros-p- rous living by duck-shoot
ing. In addition to the resident gun
nen, there are not less than 100 others
whesc habits are migratory, like those
of the game they hunt. The gunners
6t irt out at 3 o'clock in the morning,
and ce.ise (-Looting at 6 o'clock m the
evet ing. They aro a hardy class of
men. ley beards aud frost-stung ears
aud fingers are not miuued if the day's
gunning has been profitable. A gunner
will hLoot from 10 to 100 biros daily.
Some of the best shots Lave run up as
high as from 300 to 00') in a day. The
birds are sold at Havre de Grace to
agents cf Baltimore, Xew York and
Philadelphia firms. Besides the regu
lar gunners, there ia generally an army
of amateur sportsmen ou hand, many cf
whom c-iino in yachts from Xew Yoik
and Buitn. Most of tha birds killed
thus far are red-heads. Xow that the
weather his become colder. cauv;us
backs will be more plentiful than they
Lave been, lt ia said thut after the
first 10 day's shooting. r.unilcrs of the
red-lieails, which are not so highly
prizeel as the canvas-bu:ks. le'ave the
iliits and sack rivers where gnuuing i
less constant. The canvas back stauda
its ground ana elics pluckily. It is
claimed that more ducks are eaten iu
CJiiaiore t'an i:i any other city iu the
Uuit-d States. As a g. ueral thing Iid
tiuieireaus, eicept at clnbt. aud private
dinners, eat the redhead, which are
aier, an.!, until Dt-c. 1, lett-r than
th'i eanvas-l.a-k. The birds rrumiu in
the Chesapeake until February, when
must of them migrate south. They
couie to the Chesapeake from the wc;t.
The market here has been supplied for
some time from the we.-t, but the birds
have lecu inferior, as were a'so the few
that came Irom the south. A first-class
canvas-back will weir.h bix iKHitids or
more, and a red-head five iuuds,
The
biack-iieads. Ial piit- s. and mallariis
are also fine bird-, but not equal to the
canvas-back aud re-1-heals. The malt
iard is superior to t;.e bluck-heail, but
en account of the variety being scarce
is not oft :a quoted iu market, Tue
Baltimore tieaiers supply the U'udiug
hotels. restaur.uts aud clubs of tho
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1 r'
. , .
rre ot cr.uiiuta
l iieie is in L.isljoa an lUobtute knowu
as the Mieiicoroia, whose object is to
all vt all klu ts ot distress. Uue pe
cuiiur tui
tutv widd tho directors under
ta
;s the ciirei oi criminals. rom
el lhe crimu,:;i ,3 allowed three
the
t.lvs IO ,lt.1)iru fr death. Duiing this
time he is in eoarge oi the Miserieordia.
ueii tue i.oar comes he is clothed py
1 the brothers in
luo "Totuers iu wuiw.a cow
is put a-
1 - . . , 1 1, ... .1
iiouu'e 111a
a crucihx iu his
i,.,. ,,.!
uc-conip'.iiiied by a priest ou
lie proceeds to the place e-f
eitjt.r i e
execution. Connected with this estab-
lishmeut u theCutireh ot bt. iwtu.wiiicli
contauis piobably tue most sumptuous
. - - .
I a,itae t .ct iit it3 .leJictatiou to
the saiut oi his name, resolved to make
it a marvel 01 splendor. It was erected
iu Rome regardless of cost, and, wheu
complete.), put u- in St, Peter's, where
the Pope fi.t officiated on its altar. It
was then shipped in pieces lo Libbou.
Tue wall ou tue outside of the principal
arch is coral, the arch of alabaster.
The pavement is rich mosa c, inlaid
with p:.Tphry. Tue altar steps a'e ot
porpl yry M':d bronz -, the rails of vtrJ
ai.ti jue. Tue-re are eixlit culumns of
laj'is laz iii, their bwes Leiiig alabaster
studded with iiaethysts, their Capitals
broLZ . The lamps are of exquisitely
wrought silver. The chapel is further
enriched by entablatures of high art in
sliver, aud maguifictut pictures. Napo
leon couteaii la!ed the removal of the
whole to 1'i.iuoo, but before it could be
arrauged Lis st.T w.tmeel,
On Klulri Itiea.
Captain 'A ill m;uliy states that on Sal-
urday, (Jctotxr 21. the Xeah Bay Iudians
discovered the boely f an enormous
whale fl if.tiug naar Watoda bland aud a i
a ...... - n . ..IT ;n n. ..f kliil. I
fleet ol cmo-.s pat off in pursuit of blub
ber. Oauar.Llhe carcass they found
it 6ui rounded by a treat number ot euor-
inoiis bone shirks from tweuty-tive to
thiuy fe-et long, who were gorging them
selves wi:h bluober and were very aivage.
Captain Wtllonifuhy's n Oliver was in
one of tec taivjes to see the fun. A .-hark
came rufUi.ig at the ca:oj, and as be
he tur.ied lo take a b te at it one of the
lmliai 3, Boiy IS ilea, nred a pis'.o! into its
o,ie-n u.ou:h, killing it ir.s! uit'y. Another
big sh:iri Mee tinder tne canoe which
frightened iiaste-r Ollie so that he j uupesl
on the w;.a-e- oacs, iroin wntne 111c
bidiiins re cac.l him witt his clothes sat
uis'e'd aod rumed with the slinking turry
of liie whale. Tue ludiaas suecee-lcJ 111
lowing the carta's into .ad Keck river, a
liitle creek two miles east ot Weah bay,
where the lies I grounded in twenty el
of wa'.cr, but a pera n ot the bly an-l
tad wasexp ed at low ti icon the b.-aca
and the h.uni)' r taken oil 3y the Iu tuns,
who are having a ri-g-ilar j.Jhfi'Sttion over
their iJ)! 'it id luillS.
Tir interior He.u or tne flrth.
A c jiiiiiii.t.-e of the British Asaocu
tiou summar.zn t u-j duta as to the in-
ternal heat of the eart't, collected at
ti.ir:y-flve localities, maiy of them
wulelv w-pr.rttcd. O.-servnTioru: were
made in E i0iand, ia Firuce, ia the St,
Gothard tiiuiitl, iu Wul-s. iu Russia
and in ludia. At Livorp k1 the heat
inc.-viise l ne degree Fahrenheit for
each 133 feet ot lie.-ceut toward theceu
tre of tlie c.irth ; at Par Li the rate w.is
one degree for each 00 feet, while, sur
prising to relate, at Yakuia it was one
degree for 52 feet of descent. The mean
rate for til the o'wervations was oue
devrse for ee.cu 61 feet dowuward.
which ia a somewhit smaller rate than
has hitherto been receiveeL, At tne
depth of two miles below the surface of
the gl 'be the heat sutfiees to boil wafer.
At a-depth of between fifty and a hun
dred lade thi heat is supposed to be
saeb, as t- n.elt the taoet rafrae'ry
substance.
SEWS IS BRIEF.
A hnitiuevt m;in ja Rod,, 7
feet 2 inches iu hti'xLt.
The Governor of Eastern SiWria
was murdered at Icliita.
Thera are 117,000 Snnday school
scholars in New York State.
The annual spruce gum product ot
Maine is estimated at 843. 0K.
Dr. Boyntou bus put in a claim for
$t,500 for services to G.irfie iel.
The Hue Garibaldi of Paris is tbe
cew name of the heret f.re Rue Bona
parte. Twenty-one poste-Uiee towns iu tha
Cuited Slates now have the Lame of
Garfield.
The loss by the fires ia the Rusomu
timber jards is estimated at 3,!HI0,U10
roubles.
The c'amage to the Panama R.iil
road by the reeeut euttinU.ike is esti
mated at g0,000.
The Moravian Clmre-h claims to lie
the oldei-t Protectant Episcopal Church
in this couutry.
-A single bteaine-r took 30,000 bar
rels of apples from Xew Yerk to Lon
don last week.
Vivisection is to be rigidly prohibi
ted throughout Sweden by old- r of the
government.
Philadelphia manufactures 12,5;H),
000 artificial tetii, and tike to.,s of
tooth powder ye arly.
A freight car i-t used as a church
by the txs,le of Mi!e Riv r Junction,
Dakota Territory.
There are lifte-cu Bessemer steel
work iu this country, the annual pro
duct of which is 2,00.1,000 tons.
Fifty out of the seventy-three stu
ili tits in Jaffa colleg", CevUu, have re
nounced gHi:L m ior Clinsiistiity.
The biggest steam ii:iuu;:er in the
TTiuU d States btriUes a i'o.o,) iounil
blow. Its motto is put up or shut
P."
Alexander Graliuni lie II, ef Tele
phone fame, was nafundiztd in the Su
preme Court of the PNtnct of tVhini
oia. England ha statistics showing that
out ef 1J, of he-r jet"ple engaged in
btcrary pursuits, only twelve r-came
lunatics.
It is estimated tln.t there are aiotit
25,lj0,0"O,t-0.) leet of lumber iuthe nine
states cotnprismg the southern pine
belt.
The census for Victoria for 1 .SSI
shows a total population of 802,861, of
whom 42,12s wire Chit nnien, and but
"H i alioriines.
According to the assessment roll of
California, tn..re has beeu a elcprccia
tiou tf values in that state the past year
:,l 26,1 li.OL'S.
The pay ef ruciubc rg and tlclcgau-s
to the neit CoLcresa nmoimls to gl,-
065,000 ; mileage, SU'i.tl JO; ior cou-
tb.sUi.ts, J2-,IHKI.
The will of Mr. Catharine Fill
more, widow of ex-l'resiileut Fillmore,
will be onte-st-HL a lie propel ty is es
timated at S123.0.K).
The commissary-g. niTiil of sulois
teuce of the aru.v r. i-er'.s the expendi
tures of the last fiscal year at S3,7,
0iX, Ui'exneuded, gtiXI.000.
It is staled tht tiir.e themsaiid de
positors ia Connecticut savings banks
ituje not nade inquuries ais.ut their
mouey iu twenty years p:Lit.
The Marquis cf Loru-), Governor
General of Canada, a. id the Priuetssa
LouLse are expected to return to Ottawa
Irom the Pact tie cast )y the -nd of the
mout-u
The btock-rui--rs of Colorado esti
mate the aggregate value of their flocks
and herils at'J5,00i,e)i0. The number
of horueet cattle u plac si at 2.200.0 K).
Tue report of the qn:irUrmastt.-r-general
of the army says the amount
available during the l.mt fiscal year was
S13,02S,0OO. The disbursements were
12!4Pj,0i)0.
T;ie latest state ment c oLivnuiig the
Czar's coronation is that it will take
place next May, ni:d ili be re-U brkted,
says the .VocW', it;i even u.ore than
the usual splendor.
Scuator Morrid, of Vermont, is
building a tine public, library building
at his native place mi 1 present home,
Stafford, which lie will present t his
! feliow-towut-mcn as a ClirUtmas gift.
The transfer of $l,000.l00 gold
certificates Irom i-w loik to 1 hiludel-
i.hm has K-en ordered. K-equests have
. . . : . i i'. : (..- .
peen ree:eieii iioui e.ineiun.uo"i c
IKK) certirleates ; St. Louis, JoiX),IX0 :
Boston, 85.OuO.0OO,
Ijast summer a swarm of bees en
tered a knot hole iu tho weather board
ing of a house in Pawnee, Xeb., and
went to work gatheriug hcuev. The
other day the boarding was removed
and upwarel of forty ponud of honey
taken out.
Vise u lit Taibut. second sou d the
Duke of Sutherland and heir of his
mother a earii lorn oi v.rom:irii, u eu
Ins way to this country ou biwtitss
oiiuticted with Ins iHthet .s l.oi-i p'ur-
cliasos in tho N'uthwest.
Tiie Pans 1uj-h! cstiniMt s the to
tal stock of eold in the world iu use as
coin or as banking reserves m oneshape
or e tber at almt X-,l!0 01)0, of which
Utal England has 12;,i0.0,);, France
136 OIHl.OIHI, GTiu inr JESK.OOO.IMW,
aud the I'nitosl Stabs XJ2.IX 0,' JO.
Other nations c uue in for shares rary
mg from i0,000 iu the case o! Hol
land to 30,1)0,000 in Sain'a
Contrary to th! usual exiienence
in similar cases, Liter reports of the
lloo.Uiu Northern Italy are more dis
tressing than the first accounts. The
King contributed lOO.COO fraucs to the
relief fund and the people in all parts
of the realm are nobly imitating his ex
tern fie.
The German Govcmm'-nt hasado-
ted a new regulatiwi on its liues oi rail
way. In future the carriages will be
painted -f the same color as the ticket
of the different classes first. Yellow ;
second, green ; third, white.
Tlie Ciinreh of Eujjlad. as a whole
is the largest lan-lowner in tho King
dom, and Canon Willierforce. has fttiied
attention to the lae-t that n is ai i
urgest owner of public booses, ana
pronounced it "a cri. vo-.is bean iai."
It is stated that certain tutu unities
will prevent Sir Gaeuet Wolsriey re
ceiving any higher military rank in
recognition of his service hi Eypt. so
that he will remain on the roll oi Lieu
tenant Generals, and oJy be prome'.cd
hea his tnrn comes in reg-tlar omrse
He is now fifteen o the ht pn-m-
tisn to the rank of Owner !,