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THE COISTITUTIOI-THE UHOS-AID TEE EHT0B0EEET 01 THE LAWS.
Editor and Proprietor.
B. F. SCHWEIER,
NO. 13.
MIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY. FENNA.. WEDNESDAY. MARCH 2S. 1SS3.
VOL. XXXVII.
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IX SANU11ART.
I u.hU.lllMllad. I HllIUUUUi" " 1 I I
W sue pal wilS rage the wild turf springs.
At Swart the baruor bar.
The sale alups fo'.d their snowy wings
rit-neath the evening star.
In this calm haven rotted to sleep
All night the; swing and swaj.
Till maatles o'er the morning deep
The golden blush of day.
Here, safe from all the storms of fate,
From worldly rage and acorn.
Thus let me fold my hand and wait
Theoomlngof the morn;
When all night o'er moonlit turf.
The wind brings in from far
The moaning of the baffled surf
Athwart the harbor bar.
KIS.MC THE TOLL.
I could have something new to wear. At
sight of Ned and the team, however, all
my troubles varus iieil into air, and I ran
down-stairs laughing.
"i do wisa you'd be a little sober
minded," said my father in his fretful
way. "It seems kinder hearties to be
laughing when there ain't a cent in the
house, and robody, knows when there
will 1.'
'Why, father, there's always potatoes
and meal," aa my merry re j under.
"Yes, and there's always cares aud
troubles." he answered iusubriouslv.
I don't Beem to Kit ahead like other
folks, and I've pretty nncli about given
np trying. If you girls was only boys
now!"
"Think what you'd have to lav out in
boots alone," I said, still laughing, at
which he frowned and turned impatient
ly away, while I ran out to be helped
"Just hint at Tunning the toll' and
grandma will tell you a story " eaid
I.ilv Weatherbee. dernnra an a. littl
ink. r and sweet as a wild roup lookimr into the handsome carriage.
ni) from her Kensington stitch. "What a glorious day it was! The
Grandma overheard her and answered es lining each side of the read all
with a smie that made her piercing seemed dripping with sunshine. The
Mark eves eparkle like diamonds. shaded valleys, the dancing brooks and
I don't think you will ever run the tue highways bordered with maples and
toll, Trace and Plenty," she said. That elms and then my escort beguiled the
was the name she tad given Lily when uonr 'ltn J an1 nierry fancies, talked
- . 1 .. i r . - i t -
bhe was a baby,
"'So, indeed ;oue in the family of that
sort is quite enough," laughed the girl;
"but here is liattie waiting to be
amused, and you must tell her about
it."
"Well, how shall I begin, chatterbox?"
'Why, teli her about the old house
with the gray moss clinging to the raf
ters, and the haunted window and the
great barn, first.
"The haunting was easily enough ac-
about his farm, his hopes, his aspira
tions, and if I bad not willfully turned
the subject once or twice," said the
pretty old lady, with a prim little ges
ture, "1 think lie might have proposed.
But 1 wasn't ready for that yet. 'Iu
the quiet of the home-going, 'I said to
myself. "I will listen to him perhaps.'
At last wo reached the water-fail.
which, with its accompanying heights
and charming scenery, repaid us for the
long ride. It was hard to tear ourselves
away, and when we lid turn the heads
to
counted for." said grandma, rolling up OI mm apinwsa norses ia me direction oi
tl. etsv-tiima J,a had in mum nir '"J w
.i n v,..r Biw.r..iAa. ti.ta e snail never be in time tor the
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the tapping of the old horse-chestnut '"""K"1 ueocucu
t hen the wind blew, but it was a Ion into ausk. -aiusi you pay ai me iou
time before I found out the meaning of
the three mysterious knocks always
three and when I did, what fun I had
at the -xpense of Miss Silena Cross, our
dress-niaker. who had taken infinite
pains to prove that I was favored with
spiritual visits! Foor Miss Silena! I
never saw a creature more disappointed,
As for the barn, it had originally been
built for a meeting-house, but never
having been finished on account of lack
of funds, my grandfather took it for
debt and turned it to very good account.
That old barn was a great institution.
and was regularly farmed out during
winters for revival meetings, dances.
hubk us frolics aud sundry other things,
One night we let a tramp sleep there,
and the consequence was that by noon
next day there was nethiug left of the
barn but tnioke and ashes. 'oor lamer:
It had been a source of income, aud
nothing could take its place. Every
body mourned the destruction of 'Uncle
Hiram's ba?n," but nolxxty offered to
rebuilt it.
"We weie poor, not that we suffered
for the necessaries of life. The farm
gate? The old man is half-blind, and it
will take him an hour to hunt up change.
Kan the toll, just for the fun of it you
can pay him afterward.
"That won't do," said Xed, "I'll have
to get a bill changed though. Just take
the reins a second, Uy the way 'L
never heard the end of the sentence. At
that moment the spirit of mischief
seized me. 1 snatched the whip and
touched the near horse. 1 hen 1 only
heard the thunder of hoofs and the whirr
of wheels, taw Ned's eyes flash fire in
the semi -darkness ami his face grow
pale. Before he couid take the reins
from my inexperienced hands, we had
'run the toil in good earnest, ana me
horses were flying oyer the bridge as
only faightened horses can. It was as
much as ed could do to guide mem.
an I twice we were ia deadly periL
On thev sped, young Hamilton stand
ing without a hat, his teeth set. his lips
white, his frame rigid, while tne veius
of his forehead stood out like whip-cord.
I just sat bark aud held my breath, too
frightened to cry out, and catchiug
to steady niyseii
"Hem! hem!" couched Chas. Ural ton
as he limped out and toed the mark.
I waut to know where 1 am.
At the Central Station Court," De
troit, answered His Honor
"What foi?"
"The charge is drunkenness.
"Aud who's the Judge?"
"I am."
"Well. I have right , and I am bound
maintain them. Before this trial
goes any iurther I want to go home and
put on a clean shirt aud get some chew
ing tobacco. 1 want to look half-way
decent aud feel half-way human."
'Can't let you go."
"Then I won't be tried!"
"But you will! The law doesn't care
a copper what sott of a shirt a prisoner
has on, and if you are dving for some
thing to chew on Bijaii always has a
chunk of fchoe-makera' wax lying
around."
, "Did you say I was drunk?"
"That's the charge."
"Well. I won't be tried on no such
charge. The idea that a man of my
years and dignity would get drunk aud
be staggering around tho Btreets is all
nonsense."
"Officer was this man the worse for
drink?"
"He was almost helpless, sir."
"I was. eh?" uueried ihe prisoner.
"Now, 6ir, do you niakeoath that I was
drunk?"
"I do."
"How did I act."
"You cried, talked silly, and said you
would like to adopt me for a son."
lour Honor, I can t stand tins; l
appeal this case, and want that mail ar
rested for perjury.
"I shall fine vou ten dollars."
"I'll rot in the hostile before I'll pay
it."
"Then you go np for sixty days.
"I never wilh"
Bij ill keeps an empty barrel in the
corridor for iust such occasions. hen
Mr. Grafton began praucing around,
and declared that he would sell his life
at the bik'hest market price, he was
picked no aud doubled together in the
center and crowded into the barrel, and
six minutes had not passed away before
he was as humble-minded as a boy at
the bottom of a welL
whatever was nearest
a tuui I . , , ... ...- i,;l!..tny
kept our table, but my father worked ' ' Tt ,7.; r.Tw ch thev
0,1.1 tiia imrK i m . ....... , - -
too hard for an old man,
were all ciris." The fact of our poverty
never troubled me, however; I was too
rmni.v. Onlv cive me plenty ol lun.
plenty of sunshine anJ nothing seemed
hard to me. My genius at improvising
all sorts of amusements made me a
Tnral favorite in society. obcdy
looked down upon me because I wore gray? agaln-.
Calico and WOlieu mui muis ., i,i.t.l,.,,rt...l rver. it any
fact. 'Jack was alway in b"J f -o
it was 'Jack' who tooK tne "";;v---- x- , l,,,.,,,..
X auui , , .ilu
r,, tho n.i.Ut f the fun.
wim some auuau'jua 1 1 1'
slackened their sieed and were soon
under control.
"That was a mad freak of yours, was
all the young man said, a he helped
me out at the door; and I knew by the
expression of his countenance that I
never should he asked to ride behind his
I went to the party, seemingly as
Somewhat over two years atro M.
Herisson, the French Minister of Publio
Works, issned a circular enjoining all
French railway companies to snppiy
their passenger trains, running at me
rate ot 37 miles per hour and upward,
with continuous brakes within a rpace
of two years, aud altough this tima has
now elapsed, no definite measures have
yet been taken to carry out tins plan.
Various railway companies, it appears,
are making extended experiments with
different kinds of brakes, and according
to accounts, the State railways were re
cently trying the vacuum brake, the
Westinghouse automatic and the Achard
electric brake. Although the lists have
been quite exhaustive, none of the com
panies have adopted any of the different
patents, and it has been found necessary
to put fresh pressure on the companies
to induce them to furnish the pr per
security for their passengers, aud M.
Herisson has now issued another circ u
lar, informing the companies that suffi
cient time has been allowed for experi
menting, and that it is necessary for
them to make a definite choice. He
distinctly disallows the chain brakes as
unsatisfactory for or.linary nso, and,
judging from all appearances, desires
to see the Westinghouse system gener
ally adopt-d. A tochnical committee
that was appointed to consider the sub
ject reported igaiust the adoption of a
uniform system on all the lines as tend
ing to discourage invention and hinder
the introduction of improvements. M.
Herrisou, iu setting forth pointedly the
alleged merits of the Wtauger brake
concludes by leaving the companies
entirely free to adopt any model which
Cbo-
This delicious breakfast beverage,
although almost entirely unknown in
America aud eveu iu Europe, has a very
distinguished origin. It was invented
by the celebrated French Philosopher
Voltaire. Voltaire hit upou this new
and brilliant idea while he was guest
at the Sans Souci. a favorite residence
of Fredrick the Great ol Germany. He
partook of it constantly at breakfast
Voltaire mode iu one part of coffee and
milk and the other part chocolate. He
made the nauu by writing the first syl
lable of cnocolate cho-aud cafe-ca!
these two first sylablts made cho ca.
Eiich beverage was iu a boiling state
when he uuited them. Ho poured them
into a common vessel slowly. He held
botu at an elevation of about eighteen
inches. This he said made i extremely
wheels of all the vehicles and automatic,
aud capable of beinflt worked by the en
gineer or brakeman. Whatever type
they adopt must be fully applied in the
course of the present year. It is thought
rather sineular l-v some that the Wenger
brake, with which very little experience
has been obtained, in meeting with so
Au Eastern railway company has
adopted a sj stem of drawbridge signals
wine a, it is claimed, win greatly reauce
the dauijer of accidents. These signals
are worked by a series of levers, five in
uumler, rue first two working sema
phore signals at a distance of 1,900 feet
aad 800 feet, respectively, from a bridge.
The other three work the switches ot
U t siding and the lock of the bolt
which holds the draw in place. Before
the bridge can be uulocked that a ves
sel may pass through the draw, these
levers niuf.t be worked in their order.
It is inipossiole to work them in any
other way, the interlocking preventing
the draw-tender or signalman from mov
ing the higher numbered lever until he
has first moved the lower number. He
cannot, when the draw is closed, re
place the levers except in the regular
reverse order. It follows that a danger
signal must first be shown at a distance
of 1,900 feet from the draw, and if that
warning to bring his train under control
for a stop is neglected by the engineer,
the signal is again given at 8'JO leet dis
tant Should this warning be neglected,
the engineer will fiud his train switched
to a side track, and thus prevented
from plunging iuto the open draw, for
the draw cannot be open unless it has
previously been ui locked ; it cannot be
unlocked until the safety-switch has
first been unbolted and set for the si
ding ; the switch cannot be set until
the home signal kas been set for dan
ger, and the home sigual cannot be set
for danger until the distance signal has
been so set These operations are re
peated on the other side of the draw,
which is titted witu a boil at eacu enu.
both continuous, controlling all thfrTSupplenieutal apparatus la provided so
that the signalman may kuow at dis
tance of 1 J miles that a train is ap
proaching, so that the draw may not
he opened and trains delayed unneces
sarily. It is Iurther churned that when
tLe draw, even if closed, should be on
locked, the safety switch cannot be
thrown on the main line either by acci-
h approval by the Minister of Pub- dent or design, and therefore uo train
he Works, who regards it apparently as
an equivalent for the Westinghouse, the
efficiency of which has been so exhaus
tively tested in this and other couutries
aud with such excellent results.
HI. Puciltatic fa.
"Where did yonr pa get tho
eye?" asked the grocery man.
night lu
requisition;
tiia irau with some
ttl..i nnlirulv knew what to say, who
was afraid of liothiig who was, I am
ti,r Knrrv to add careless of conse-
oueuces. so that she had a good time.
"But I was happy; nobody can ever
take that consolation from me, I never
sighed for what was unattainable. Fair
weather or foul, washing or baking, at
i. ,,r at the country-side parties,
t lwva at peace with the world,
thoii' h my ote best muslin gown uau
never know it
when I was holding my little court, and
the laugh and the jest were goirg round,
who should appear upon the scene oui
father, in his homely, patched
clothes, quite regardless of the figure he
cut in the niidtt of that brilliant com
pany. He walked suaight up to me,
his hair in oisorder, ms iace ua yjue u
death.
Jack," says he, 'old you ran the toil
to-day?' ....
"The horses ran, 1 said, with a toucu
done duty for several years. i..vitv. thotisrh 1 trembled from head
nave .-- ,-, iwm
exclaimed
Oh frandma! what would you
n..,i.f thou of a pink satin ro ption
,ir and everything to match, like
the one I am having made?'
T.i v
Shouhlu't a' 1 ecu a bit happier, my
inldn't a been." was the calm
response, "Besides; young girls never
wore satin in those days, bites you:
ufain white mull was considereu dressy
amouirh. with flowers, which, to my
"r nrrttier than jewels and day,
And now 1 am coming to how I ran the them away
tolL S od Hamilton I if you can, how 1 felt,
of the best young men iu - ,.AUow me to pay, sir,
to oot hat did tliey tnow auoui,
"Well, the bridge-keeper has been to
the house. Jack. He told me the young
man was getting the money wheu you
caught up the whip and set the horses
to runkiug. flow, uieic
that an Kl to B15 uijn J"6
-.-nn't ll me off and I ain't got five
cents to my name, rears stoou in uu
poor, weak eyes, and, regaruiesa oi iuo
surroundings, he took out las handker-
xniagiue,
-u a' been handsome bui ui fl,rwa,j:
thin and h.s eye s were too close l ,. T LaTe creamed with
together, though they c Unification. I just ran out of that
At all events, he was a great favorite, wiUiout waiting for wraps or any-
tha cirl who secured nun ior , , fltJW uome BO ashamed
partner
said Ked,
block
"Did
the miuLster hit him, r was it one ot
the sisters? '
O, he didn't get his black rye at
prayer meeting," said the boy, as he
took the mittens off the stove and
rubbed them to take the stiffening out
"It was from boxing. Pa told my chum
and me that it was no harm to learn to
box, cause we could defend ourselves,
and he said he used to be a holy terror
with tbe boxing-gloves when he was a
Kv, and he has leen giving us lessons.
Well, he is no slouch, now I tell you,
aud handles himself pretty well for a
eh lire u member. I read in tuo paper
how Dick Bruce played it ou a friend
by getting Jem Mace, the prize
fighter, to knock ui in su:y, auu a aseu
liKht aud digestable. This drink be- pa u he woman lei me unuB iw
. it ...v. i..,. i w, r.,tl..i r tr.Mi'li turn
Came a great lavome, aiso, witn nie i wi , kuo uou - -
Teat Xapoleon. He used it constantly, boxing, to our house to iraru to uo,
It was frequently remarked by those and pa said certainly, fetch him along.
who attended his person that alter me "Ha aaid he would oe giaa to no auj-
excitement aud fatigue of a great battle thing for a poor orphan. So I went
two or three cups of this beverage dowu in the Third Ward aud got au
seemed to restore all his wanted energy Irish boy by the name of Duffy, who
and strength; ou ordinary occasions he can knock the socks off of any boy in
used only one cup. the ward. He ht a pnze-ngus once.
The celebrated culinary artisi, ooyer, it would have maue you laugu
admired this beverage exceedingly. In p tell him how to hold his hands and
regard to it he wrote to his wife iu the I how to guard his face. Ho told Duffy
following enthusiastic manner: I not to be airaid, bin to strike rui ou.
Here, dear tloise. is an entirely and hit lor fceei. uuby saiu ue wa
new aliment which has never yet been afraid pa would get mad if ho hit turn,
introduced into this country. A semi- and pa eaid, 'Xousense, boy; knock me
epicure of our acquaintance, on return down if you can, and I will laugh, ha!
lug from our v.'sit to the National Guard ha! Well, Duffy hauled ack and gave
..t Pranni nnwnt(il me with a pound ni one in the nose and another in both
of it which he purchased in Paris. Bat I tyes, and cuffed him in the ear and
evea there, he iaid.it is almost in lis punched him in the siouiacu, auu
infancy. You niav fancy ll 1 were not lammed him in the mourn and mauo
anxious of making an immediate trial of his teeth bleed, and then he save him
it I have found it most delicious. Mr. side-winder iu both eyts, and pa
B. has not yet tasted it, being for a pulled off tho boxing-gloves ana grab
bed a chair, and we aujourueu auu
went down-stairs as tuougu there was
I haven't seen pa since. as
can r Visibly run into the draw.
Roiled Water.
a panic.
and that capped the
him for
considered herself fortunate. - lUiuk j uarJly what 1 was
who secured
.lrcl llOTHtilf
partner wua.. , T that x tuiua a uv - ,
kobody treated hjjn : doing. As you may sup, I crted
week in the country, but I am confident
he will like it, especially for breakfast
As usual, dear Eloise. you will no
r. iir.iach me lor havius so such his eve very black?"
enthusiasm. ' Black, I should say so," said the
I wiil now give you my formal recipe grocery man. "And his nose seened
f.r niskinir cho-ca. Make your beat to be trying to look in his left ear. He
.viff.: bleud hot milk with this coffee, was at the market buying beefsteak to
Imlf and half: tliis makes cajc-au lait, put upon it
or half milk and half coffee; now, in o. beefsteak is no account I must
irnnr nsnal way. make Tour beet choc- cm auu see him and tell him that an
olid: and these vou are supposed to oyster is the best thing for a black eye.
have in sept-rate vessels, boiling hot aud Well, I must go. A boy has a pretty
.lniv awmti-iMl: now hold both well hard time running a house the way it
ui, say eighteen incues, auu pom i
uether into the same vessel; now say
rM iu your devoutest manner and
o -
proceed to siy.
did, for I would W-ll luai v "TZ rett, mnch all night aud it was a long
Le was conceited, though secretly I did i ' j recovered my spinta.
. i i ......i i,w ins attention. 1 snp- ,... ,mnl.t it lost me Jed
... u llnsedale farm had some- ..,, inn aaiA the old lady, with
S to SoTitli it, and the two grays 'ttie toss of the head; "but that
tm??, ",,...i.m. rsrrvalL Perh ps 1 mnch. He lelt and took
anu uie u""- - -,. i,nw i uiuu i - , .i.,ir
was ambitious ana aiau i. r . Jiry Uean, old beacon , "0"7j
for to tell the truth, wheu I did think frf propriety, and who would
'V Mm at all seriously it was the big hl4Ve dared to say her soul was
TT was about to take a Woodward
avenue car in Detroit, when he changed
hi. mind and waited for a man coming
nn tl fctreet He looked stem and
T locked up, uot uig for - would have dared
i fr ua Mrs. risUiuiKvu i i. nnraea. xi
. ,,Ato step from our - fi. bnt fter his marriage
SHU m - J I J 1 IV AUia. - -
homely ones
solemn ana uureicmiuK Two-Line Euglisb, The second was
ice iu his mouth as he replied: . . &CMd now onr Donbie p,ca
Yes. fine day enough. Mr. Jones, . rn r,rp.t paraf?or. The
do you remember that you met me one thirJ wM "Tertia," at present our
goou - old 'jb "k. , , - almost
."",;..77. had stood ouis r?,??TA t .m positive MoUy
m Trrt wM some- K?-",;y his one new bonnet a
forTroor We child to achieve. Vsoul!-thougu by this time
thing f or a poor uu he J' .rL. n where they don't
I was veryprouu -a -rw t
cured from that
attention.
8howea me -J hftd to see his
did StlT wnaK - , .
dress, with pernaps o-j -
tt Zmln hand-
MiA Tidv.
some, gww"..--" TZUr mv dear,
"That's not ior hu,
need bonnets.
timeof my ou8htless pranks. I went
v annn paid back the 8o, and
more than that, i " "
.it. i. in li 1 1 if.
on our wua 5 : - mnAmif
And theu you o
v-a nmilton but poor -- -
ArArthdidcaiimera beard him say that 1 was
uiouBu T- - . Hamilton invited ,
....e- line aay ..
articuiariypiea . .. -- wheTe hot wawr p.p
a 41. ot. time. IW uvw . . u..., .n llftHl. IUV uvm
" LJSL and the atmos- w tere douhie eau- - mS
e-i"l'"- , 1
should be run," aud the boy went out
and hnncr no a sizn iu trout 01 tne
grocery:
I rowy butter a speshulty.
Honor KilcliU
Trp slaes.
Oriirinallv there were but seven size?,
The first was called "Prima." whence
the name Pnmer. It is now known as
day two years ago and astou ior sue
loan of 810?"
Two vears ago S1U askeu ior a
loan? Let's see. o, 1 do not remem
ber but 1 do not wish to dispute your
word."
"Well, sir, you asked for a loan.
"And did I get it?"
"Of course you did."
la that so? Well, if I did, it was
the only time ii my life, and I ought to
remember it Did you want to lend me
"Xo sir! I want you to return that
loan'" . . T i
S.WTT verv sorry, but I can t do it
r.roat Primer. Then there was the
middle size, still being called iu Uer
man "Mittel," but it is now our Eng
lish. After these came the three sizes
on the opposite side of the scale Pica,
Long Primer and Brevier, in uermany
the names Secunda, Tertia and Mittel
are still retained.
"Pica, in France and Germany, is
radled Cicero, because the works of
that author were originally printed in
it Euelish printers so styled it from
being the type in which the Ordinal or
Service Book of the Eoman Church
was oriffinally set This Ordinal also
was at "first odled "Pica." "Bour-
In au article in Knowledge ou scieu
tifio cookery, Mr. W. Williams cabled
attention to tUe danger of using driuk-
lne-water full of organic impurities.
Such water, he says, supplies nutriment
to those microscopic abominations, the
micrococci, bacilli, bacteria, etc.
which are now shown to be connected
with blood-poisoning possibly dj the
whole of the poisoning business
These little pests are harmless, aud
probably nutritious, when cookeil, but
iu their raw and wripgling state are
horribly prolific iu the blood of people
who are iu certain states of what is
called "receptivity." They (the bacte
ria, etc.,) appear to be poisoned or
somehow killed off by the digestive
secretions of the blood ef some people,
aud nourished luxuriantly in the blood
of others. As nobody cau bo quite sure
to which class ho belongs, or may pre
sently belomr. or whether the water
supplied to his household is free from
blood-poisoning organisms, cooxeu
water is a safer beverage thau raw
water. "Ketlection on thi subject"
says Mr. Williams, "I have been struck
with a curious f;ict that has hitherto
escaped notice, viz., that in the country
which over all others combines a very
large population with a very small
allowance of cleanliness, the ordinary
drink of the people ia boiled water fla
vored by an inf usion of leaves. These
people, the Chinese, seem, in fact, to
have been the inventors of boiled-water
beverages. Judging from travelers'
occounta of the state of the rivers, rivu
lets, aud general drainage and irriga
tion arrangements of China, its popu
lation could Bcarcelv have reached its
present density if Chinan'eu were drink
ers of raw instead of cooked water."
A Judge fooled.
As niustratinsr some of the remarkable
laws of Indiana on the subject of divorce.
the Hod. Thaddeus P. Holhns yerter-
iv related a story of a divorce winch
he procured in Cass county some years
81UCO belore JUtlge vnaae. xue
allegations in the complaint were
drunkenness and general woruiiessnesa
of the defendant hen the case came
on a witness was called to prove the
liaraeter aud habits of the defendant
Mr. Kollins asked him the question:
Do vou know Mr. . the defendant
r- i!11;,1',y' Tl DTiKpr
lliU) HI'. IMuu, "
was in tne anirmativo. ai mu wmi
Judee Chase looked up aud said: "Mr.
Baud, tell me if that man is tne same
Mr. who was in Company K of the
Indiana Regiment daring the war.
Tli same man. Judge." was the
answer, "iou need go no iuruier, jix,
llollius," said the Judge, "the divorce
is granted," and judgement was entered
accordingly for the plaintiff. After
Court adjourned the Judge was joked
about the hasty entry of the judgement
referring to the fact that no evidence
had been introduced into tne case.
Wi.t trpntlemen ." said his Uonof. "1
knsw that fellow. He was in my com
pany during the war, and I will never
let a woman live with him if she asks
me for a divorca 1 know him better
than any witness that can be brought
here."
The weather not being propitious
divine service was held on the main
instead of tbe upper deck. Iu the lat
ter case it is more impressive. Sur
rounded by the wide waste of water,
the restless ocean, type at once of our
lives and of eternity, the small distrac
tions, trifles, and "ircidenU of shore
exist not Nature is at her grandest
and noblest; man cannot be irresponsive
to the influence. The church pennant
was flying from every vessel, and for
the time being all other considerations
were lost sight of and put aside for the
combined act of worship. To-day, ou
the niam deck, all we could see of the
water came through the portholes.
Service was held iu the battery of the
vessel, the guns pointing on each side.
A readiug deck was arranged, draped
with a flag; the singing was led by a
harmonium. The bell tolled a few
minutes b fore servii-e began, but the
siugle stroke struck at intervals had
the melancholy sound of a "passing
bell" rather than aught else. Being
nothing but the slap's bell, however.
it was a very mild edition cl a chorcu-
peaL The men, row after row. were
on benches in front of the chaplain, so
that he had them well in hand. The
captain and oflicers were at the side and
behind the reading-desk. It was im
possible to sail with the chaplain ol the
Defence without 60on feeling for lum a
high esteem. He was the type of what
parson should be iu daily lile and in
all manner of conversation. For the
sailors he was especially the right man
iu the light place. Aud a difficult
and discouraging task often is that of
chaplain to a man-of-war. Sunday after
noon was always pleasant ou board-
There was a sUlln-ts and repooe even
iu the very air we breathed. Sanskrit,
whist, backgammon, arguments, every
thing was put out of sight for the day;
we enjoyed rest and leisure. Setvice
was held twice every Sunday on board
the Defence. The meu were obliged to
atteud in the morning, but their pres
ence in the evening was optional. The
chaplain instituted his own lor.n of
worship at night A shoit prayer or
two, then the sermon; alter that a por
tion of the evening liturgy. Always
plenty of singing, which the men liked,
ai.d occasionally would joiu iu rather
too heartily. Ou the main deck you
have a low roof to contend with, a very
different matter from the long drawn
aisles and fretted vaults of a cathedral.
It was more acceptable to sensitive car.,
when service was held cn the upper
deck. There the men's voices rooled
upon the air as they "the strain up
raised." But the blue sky, unlike the
fretted vault, could seuu back no echo
or make response. Yet it was the
grandest of all domes; nature's 011
minister; pure and beautiful, far off aud
eternal,
Strain u Uifht Kellectur.
Murara in Winter.
NEWS IS BRIEF.
A correspondent iu a t ebruary letter
from Niagara says we were driven to
Prospect park, and theu wo walked
down to the stone embankment close by
the American falls. It is difficult for
the pen to describe this scene. The
surgiug waters, tinged with a dull earthy
hue, were hurrying, leaping and roar
ing over the brink iuto the boiling caul
dron below. Theclouds of ever-rising
Indiana has 60,000 more sheep now
than iu 1880.
There aie 60,000 colored Baptists
iu Tennessee, with 150 churches.
In 1880 only one-thirteenth of all
the uianufacturttd product used came
from abroad.
Anthony Trollope left his family
120,000, and the copyright of fifty
novel.
rm . ir . r , . ,
1 fi ,..?0.1 -i" Jiarquis ui lAirue asys ue
BptBJr no uiiiuu punceas Louise was ordered to Bermu-
masses, wiuen coverea every ig ana
branch near by with fairy frost-work.
this month." I ceois" was so named because it was in-
ueiore oaiuruaj tTnAntvA ;n,0 the country from France.
was pi
tation
home were
pheie
. . ..1 an ordinary
A Olia) I .ast riiall.. Vk
Leen paying 'Xcrs he heating suris-
that always maue r Tue as .'71" because red
;xactly, but very the8omld Th sun HX" re.. - of power
ight of his sorro..- . -u to naye a gn rav. ,hus
can be made
exai
of his depressed voice
less wretched.
.at the house ot Judge MtU.
olpeuetra uoa deu at-
feel more or fes w---- enabhng mem - h elUlcr bHie or
ZT0 JudTeMSs. They -0, ; S" either or
nday tbrMl rJS he
birthday. Alat rmik can w . . . M
fhn CCCaSlOU o. " - ; -
gave one , ,
Meeny wui ""-- but the U19e milk a in an
A homelier gi" " nil the curdiing , ,nlntalioii. whicn toe
imlra was rich, never cipiew .eiierates, hence
" . , . on neruapa 1 - . r the nre k-"-'j . ...: r,.
t vwn 1 ueai . , :k ia rnrmeu uuum
x m -T i..tir- acid wim." - . f
A-i-,,i(y 1 Lite . . 1, np uaciu. w-
H. LttJUO I - - ....mi KlL
. I mAnr.i uu,
"I want that money
or I'll take steps!"
All!"
"I'll poet you as the meanest man in
Detroi'I
Honor bright?'
..V air"
" said Jones, as he looked
traduced into the country from France,
where it was originally dedicated to
Bourgeois or citizen printers of that
capital. "Brevier obtained its name
from having been tirsl nsea ior priming
the Breviary or Roman Catholic abbre
viated Church Service Book.
"Minion" is also of Irench origin,
fashions, so
realized how plain she WW.
realized now - - ... .jrcss. taking 7.- mixing wu
ereaUv reJieYod, ! wibUyouu goaueau , wa8 termed owing to haying
aud do tuat. x ye uUtummUv.... -B rapijiT become a special lavcnte on its
no social standing, and am continually jmrojncflon 1B that country. La
..tnna in a half-way position be- , .,,. jftri:n(, Xonnareil"
tween being able to get credit at d dodge M namej because at the time of
old creditors, u you u ; iy "- its introduction it had -no equai,
I'll know just where I stand and what bein the gmlest and finest type then
i,-v nnt for. and it 11 save me work- ..,,,,1 ..p,,l i of Knclish orimn.
IU IW ill I 'IVAUVV aw - CJ J
ii,g half an hour to get a peanut-vendur Xhe Frcncu naVe type of the same
.rood-natured enough to trust me five . . tUe Pansienue. It is
cento worth. Ah! Smith, I knew you d 1 BmaUer ijve than XonpareU, and was
do me ft good turn if it ever came yjoucht 'the pearl of all type." "Dia-
handy! mond is another fancy name given to
tlv kindred bead of sheep sold in what was regarded at the time of its
TwLTliinareaneu y fA(jfe o
price on record at a large sale.
I fooudary achievement
As everything pertaining to the im
provement of the methods and paraph
ernalia of lllumiuatiou is at the present
time looked upou with sjecial interest,
we reproduce, for the benefit of our
readers, an account of a recent pateut
granted in Germany to Uerr L. Brau
dau, of Berlin, iu which he proposes to
utilize the emissive properties of steam
for illuminating purposes. In describ
ing his plan, the patentee refers to the
fact that strain in condensing forms
dense white vapors, which possess the
property, wheu exposed to an intense
source of fight of partly reflecting and
partly absoroing and subsequently emit
ting it, as the clouds behave toward the
sunlight, diffusing a mild aud uniform
brightness, lu adapting his system to
overhead and side lights, Herr Brandau
employs au apparatus consistiag essen
tially of a glass chamber iuto which
steam is admitted, ou passage way for
its exit being also provided. This is
then either illuminated directly, or with
the a:d of mirrors, by the source of
liKht
ovel as it may seem, the plan ap
pears to us to have decided merit, and
it is not impossible that the iJa of
Herr Brandau may contain iu it the ele
ments necessary for the successful
moderation and diffusion of the blind
ing brilliancy of the electric hght, which
has iu most situations proved to be a
serious drawback to its usefulness. The
hich absorptive aud emissive properties
of water vapors, both for heat and hght,
are well known ph ysical facts ; and the
commonplace allusion to the sudden
gleam of brightness that loliows tne es
cape of clouds of ste ini, especially no
ticeable when the suulight is Hidden,
will atrye as a familiar example ol a
principle that Horr Brandau proposes
to turn to usefid account
UeU.us lakes.
Below the falls was the vast ice-bridge
completely spinning the chasm, and large
cakes of ice were eontiuuallyhnrleddonu
on to it by the mighty descending waters.
Of course we went down tho inclined
railway to the ice-bridge. We seemed
to be stan Jins tomewhere in the Arctic
regions near the North Pole. Thirty
feet of solid ice were beneath our feet,
aud the ragged ma-s, rising in several
places into small ice-hills, stretched
completely across to tho Canada side.
The clouds of ice spray, blown hither
and thither by the changing winds,
were touched now and then by a bright
sun-ray. which formed them iuto bril
liant rainbows; and the tireless rumble
of the falls sounded a grand national dia
pason. Returning to the shore, the
ladies again took there lives iu their
hands and ascended to the park by the
inclined radway. Here we rejoined
onr carriage and decided to visit the
Canada side by way of the new suspen
sion bridge. The constant tolls now
demanded at every point bnt the visitor
in anything but the calm and contem
plative mood appropriate for the quiet en
joymaut of this great natural wonder of
the world. Perhaps it is but jjst that
those who own the contiguous land, or
who have devoted time and mauey to
the improvement of roads and the erec
tion of costly briuges, should be recom
pensed by strangers who use them; but
if the Stat?, by right of eminent domain,
should take the whole projerey at a fair
valuation, and 8ve p away the cheap
mil s and factories that now disfigure
its sides, and should then throw it open
to the public, the number of visitors
would be greatly enlarged, and the gen
eral prosperity of the town would be
materially improved. All the hotel
keeiHTS and even the hack men agree in
this opinion. The charge of two dollars
and a half for four persons in a carrage
to cross the suseiision bridge may.
perhaps, be pardoned wheu the eye
roams over the coastly structure that so
gracefully spans the stream, but we
were rather astonished to be stopped
da by her physicians.
The director of the mint states that
he coiuage of the new five-cent piece
will be continued.
A full kit of bank burglars tools
is said to be worth $2 00 ).
Boston reports an increase of 330.
000, last year, in the amount received
from fees for licenses
The cable system of &tret car
traction is alxnit to be introduced into
England, at Uighgate.
Pennsylvania made 8o0.90S tons.
Illinois. 302.250 tons; Ohio, 113,806
tons : .New Yolk. 10o.021 tons.
The semi-annual dividends payable
iu Boston in March will amount to SI.-
231,831.
A resident of WoodbuvTenn.. but
30 years of age, has just been married
for the fourth time.
A Florida orange grower has order
ed 200 barrels of snuff from Connecticut
for use as a fertilizer.
Charles Mackay. LL. D.. the Eng
lish Ijr c.il poet is just recovering ftou
a long and dangerous illness.
Russia had last year . 16 periodical
publications, including newspapers.
Ihe largest circulation was 71,000.
Canadian papers report the arrival
of a new bird iu considerable n ambers
which preys upon the English sparrows.
Sir Moses Montefiore, the oldest
Eoglish baronet, will be one hundred
years old ou the 25th of October next
The production of Bessemer rails
was 1,138,155 tons ; iron rails, 227.S 17
tons ; opeu heurtii steel rials, 22,765
tons.
Of the 1,700 mules employed iu the
Philadelphia and Reading company's
mines but lew see the light of day or:ce
a year.
The value of onr farm products for
1882, are estimated at $7,500,000,000.
Exports of same, S600,000.00, or eight
per cent
Captain Shaw, the Chief of the
London Fire Brigade, has sent to Cut
eago for some f the fire appliances
that he saw in that city.
Wagner, the composer, died iu an
arm-chair, of disease of the heart, from
which he had been Buffering, fie had
expressed the belief that he should not
live long.
The old "Red Church" located
near Orwigsburg. Schuyikiil county,
Peiina., which was built in 1773, is to be
again just below the bridge on the Cau-1 orn down and a new structure
adian side hv an old man standing in a modern in architecture erected.
httle hut. who demanded ten cents.
"W uat is it for? we cned ia wouuer;
"do let us know what we are getting for
our money. " "Quite righ t. " murmured
the old m m ; "it is a macadamized road.'
We never could have believed if he had
not assured us of it? And so it went on,
a toll here and a toll there, and at every
point which promised a beautif id view.
We went dowu mother inclined railway
at the Whirlpool rapids, and then drove
slowly back to the hotel.
Turned Cnf a Might.
Trepanning in Prehistoric Times.
One of the most curious traces of
primitive belief which have come down
to us is found in the trepanned fckulls
which have been discovered in several
caves and dolmens of Franco belonging
to the earlier tnirtion of the new stone
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age. Ur. 1 am uroca uas uevoteu
pamphlet to the description of these
trepanned skulls ana tue uisciishiou 1 1
their significance. The fact is certain
that a great number 01 uiese sauiis
were trepanned during lifetime proba
bly in infancy and early youth aud
that they healed up again, the subject
of the operation surviving it for many
years. M. Broca supposes this trepan
ning to have constituted sacrcu nie
of some sort, for we bud that tne skulls
of these yerv parsons who had under
gone the operation in their lifetime
were after death subjected again to the
same operation. A number of small
disks were cut from them in such a way
that each disk contained a portion of
the cicatrized edge made by the original
trcpauuiug. These disk were used as
amulets by living persons. . But the
skill; thus treated was in its turn pro
vided with one of these talisziauic disks
in place of thnse which h id been cut
from itself. From this custom M. Bro
ci has argued a belief in the survival of
the dead man, and supposed that the
disk was placed with the skull to serve
as a kind of viaticum into another
world.
The following hints on photography
were given to hs recently by a reuowu
rtit: Too mueh lewelery siiouiu 00
avoided. It imparts an air of vulgarity
and also a too elaborate arrangement of
the hair, which makes the head appear
lu all ahanes and sizes. The comp
lexion must be considered for a picture",
T'.tnndea can wear fighter colors than
brunettes. The latter will "take" best
in dark colors, but neither blondes lior
hmnette should wear positive white.
Violet contrasts of colorsspoil a picture
nnless it is tinted. The best of all dress-
pa for a blonde is black silk. Not cash
mpra or merino, or any mixture of cotton.
A good effect is obtained from the shim
mer of the silk, which is full of sub
dued vet reflected lights. A dead-black
without irloss. appears like
blotch, and a dead-white is too Hat like
a r.i-hnard. A combination o oiaea
l.uv, over white is effective and unco in
mon. Nothing is better for any type
n,n amilxkin or velvet It gives soit-
noH.4 aud deotli of color.
ISloudes suffer most iu pictures. They
dnnld always powder their hair white,
Freckles show more ou a puoiograpu
than on the human face. They should
l. .liucrniid for the occasion. In the
,1 mini n it. rnnmft of the Xew York studios,
a mWtnre is kept for this purpuse. It
is composad of zinc and glycerine, thin
ned with rose water to the consistency
nt iiv&m aud ttDuIl- d to the face with
sponge. It is poor taste to become the
lav ficnie of a landscape. It is fatal to
the portrait to stand against a back
ground of pillars, balustrades, snow
storms, woods, waters, or anything that
tends to make the ngure nuicuious
like those in swings or boats. 1 eopie
ould look equally pretty in baby jum
pers or balloons. A plain background
13 lietter, unless in the case of an actor,
when illusions are sometimes necessary,
A iiASTEBPlBC iu bronze ordered for
an English gentleman incloses a clock.
The design represent a Christian ex-
poundiug the gospel to a Saracen; this
piece is flanked by two Saracen figures
armed cap-a-pie.
The ice harvest from the Kennebec
nver is now estimated at 617.000 tons.
and there wsre 200,000 tons left over
from last year.
Senator Sherman has preserved all
the letters which he has received dur
ing the last twenty year, and they
number nearly forty thousand.
Mrs. Augustus Hemeuway, of Bos
ton, has giveu SovAH) to the permanent
fund of the Women's Educatiomd and
Industrial Union of that city.
Ihe total production of irou and
steel rails last year was 1,038,7'J! net
tons, or 1,507.851 tons grtws, a failing
off as compared with 1881, of 8 per
cent
Many remarkable tal.js have been I Mr. Dennis, the British antiunanau.
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told of persons who, by reason 01 ingni 1 nas bought the site of the temple ol
or other causes, have iound that their
hair has turned white in a stogie night
But there is not. we believe, anywhere
on record a case wnere a person went
to bed at night in a culm state of mind,
rutted souudly until daylight, and
awoke in the morning to find that dur
ing tleep his or her hair hail changed
ironi ebony tc silver, mat is to say,
there never was such a case ULtil l ist
week, when just this sort of au incident
occurred in Boston, iho subject was
lady, who retired at her usual hour,
taking with her to her room anoint r
and an eljerly lady, a visitor, who had
arrived late in the day, and for whom
no other accommodation couli be ar
ranged. The subject of this incident
was noted for the fineness and beauty
of her hair, which was said by good
imlgea people who had been abroad
and were acquainted witu uie appear
ance of ravens to rival the raven's wing
in blackness and lustre. Being blessed
with good conscience, and having
eaten nothing indigestible at supper,
the lady slept peacefully during the
nielit. and awoke refreshed lu the
morning.
But on looking toward the niirror
she saw that her hair, instead of being
black, as when she went to bed, was
plentifully streaked with gray. She
sprang up at once t assure herself by
a nearer suivey, and had just become
convinced that her first view was cor
rect, when at that moment her elderly
companion, who had already dresseu
and gone down stairs, entered the
room, and with the words: "It was so
dark when I got up that 1 put ou the
wroug swith," replaced noon the bureau
a black, and glossy coii; catcmug
then the gray tresses that had lor a
moment so alarmel the young lady,
she deltly arranged them in their ap-
nmnriilu nlufs. aud a?altt OUCH?
i" - r a . - -
withdrew.
Alasa nausea.
It is certain that the glass houses o!
Alexandria were celebrated among the
ancients for the skill and ingeuuity of
their workmen ; and from thence the
Romans, who did uot acquire a knowl
edge of the art till a later period, pro
cured all their glassware. Most of the
large, greenish glass vases iu the Brit
ish Museum are probably the produc
tion of extensive Egyptian or Roniau
works: they are large, aud of excellent
form and workmanship ; but the glass
is somewhat impure, of a greenish tint,
has numerous globules and utrur, and
is not like tne modem common crown
Cybele, at Sardis, Asia Minor, and great
hopes are entertained of the discoveries
among the ruins.
Saint Gaudens, the well-known
sculptor, has modelled a colossal las
relicf of Dr. Alexander Vinton, to be
placed in Emmanuel Church. Boston,
where he has so lon officiated.
Lords Wolsely and Aloes ter have
been presented with swords of honor
by the Egyptian people. The weapons
have fine Damascus blades aud hilts
studded with jewel, aud cost $8750
each.
William Beach Laurence bought a
farm at Ochra Point, 'ewjort, forty
years ago, for 12,000, which having
becu cut up iuto building lots and sold
has netted the Laurence family S80O,-
000.
During 1882 over 1,200 electrical
patents were issued. The electrical
division is the largest in the pateut
office. Considerable attention is now
being giveu by inventors to secondary
or Btorage batteries.
The Moody Church, in Chicago.
built during the Moody excitement in
that city some years a"o. has a Sunday
school which, perhaps, is the largest iu
the country. Two thousand names are
enrolled ou the school register, aud the
average attendance is filteen hundred.
Iu 1S81 there were examined iu the
Municipal Laboratory, Par's, 3.001
samples of wine, of which 271 were
fouud to be good, 901 passable, aud 1,
731 bad. Iu the first five months of
1882, 1,869 samples were analyzed, ot
which 372 were good, 683 passable, and
bll bad 145 of the latter being very
injurious,
The Censn reports show that dur
ing the census year, the railways of the
country transported 290,807,305 tons
freight for au average distance of 112
miles, at a cost of 0,76 cents a ton l-r
mile. The passengers numbered 26'J,-
583,340, carried au average of twiuty-
three miles, at an average cost of 1. 1 1
cents per mile.
The moving bog tu the vicinity of
Cast lerea, in Ireland, is advancing rap
idly toward that town. Several thousand
acres of land are submerged, mills are
stopped, brlilges are choked np, aud
trathc on the road from xialiinagara 10
Castierea ia now suspended. The bog
at Bastlick, which moved some time ago,
is also breaking up in several places.
The Scotch production of pigiron, for
1882, ss elsewhere quoted, amounted to
1.126.000 gross tons, a decrease of 50,-
000 tons from the figures of 1881. There
or sheet glass in quality. Strabo re- were 112 furnaces in blast at tne ciose
late that a glassmaker ot Alexander 01 tue year, uicu iaa K'"u . "
informed him that au earth (probable over the total of the year previous.
manganese) was fouud in Egypt, with- I The consumption reacneu -w.uuw ions,
out which the valuable colored glass against 397 000 tons in 1881, though
could not be made. It ia also related I Uie consumption in Scotland was 345,-
that the Emperor Hadnan received as a 000 tons, representing a tailing ou m
present from an Egyptian, priest sev- 75,000 tons. Of the consumption of
era! glass cups, sparkung wuu emrjr nwuuu pig,
color ; these, as costly wares, were or-1 ted to foreign countries, a gam for the
dered to be used ouly on good festivals, year of 70,060 toua,
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