n J - . hi I ft I fill 1 .'. : 1 I B. F. SCHWEIER, - THE 00I8TITUTI0I-TEE UKOI-AID THE EHOECEMEIT OP THE LAVS. Editor and Proprietor. VOL. XXXVII. MIFFLINTGWN. JUNIATA COUNTY. FENNA.. WEDNESDAY. APRIL 5. 1SS3. NO. 17 ipwwm MSmma, www 1 iii i r 1 i i i ! i i BOYS WANTED. Ilnys of spirit, Iiots of will. Buys of music, brain and (lower Fit to coe with anything Those are wanted every hour. Not the weak anl whining dronea That all troulle magnify; Not the watchwonl of "I can't," Hut the nobler one, "I'll try." l.i whate'er you liave to do With a true and earnest zeal; llend your sinews to the task. Put your shoulder to the w heel. Though your duty may lie hard, Look not on it as an ill; If it lie an honest task, IK) it with an honest will. At the anvil or the farm, W heresoe ver you may le, From your future efforts, boys, Comet; a natiou's destiny. IN THE W BONO HOl'SK. It was in Boston. TTie first snow of the season had fallen the night before, and the wiud was dashing it off tbe tops of the high buildings, filling the air with tiny particles that glittered like diamonds in the brilliant sunshine. It wasn't qnite so pleasant to have it come with a rush right into ore's face, but every one was merry aud brisk: this morning, and why shouldn't the wind be so too? Two bright-faced girls were rap;diy threading their way through tbe crowds that thronged around the great dry goods stores, for an hour they had Ikmu flitting from place to place, attending to matters important or other wise, hovenrg over the pretty things piled high upon the counters, but laughingly shaking their heads over their enpty purses. 'I shall have to appoint myself your guardian, Alice, and put a veto on your buying what you don't need." And the speaker linked her arm with that of her companion, and drew her towards the door. I ought to be grateful, for I am in debt now, and I really ought not to pei;d a cent. Did you ever see such good-natured crowd? Sow, you have that call to make, and while you go there I w ill run in and see Moilie. Don't stay long, will you, Grace?" No. 1 won't. What a wind! I should think it came straight from Labrador. This was rightly named Winter street! Here, give me your hand. Let ns get into the 6uitthiiie, somehow, as quickly as we can. Hand in hand, laughing, breathless, with heads bent to meet the fierce winds tnat came tearing around the Winer, the cousins struggled forward until they gained the corner, where Alice halted for breath; but Grace ran on, across Tremont street, and stood in the flooding sunlight, waiting for her companion. 'Which way shall we go?" asked Alice, when they were together ag-iin. "Up Tark street or across the Com mon?" 'Across the Common by all means," said Giace. "I go out of my way when in Boston, to walk on the Common. It is such a relief to me to escape from the cold shadow of the high buildings." So on they went, with faces so bright from the cold air and their merry hearts that all who met them smiled and went their ways more blithely. Suddenly their path was blocked by the snow, on which men where still at work. An un broken white expanse lay between them and their goal. Three alternatives, exclaimed Grace, gayly; to wade through this enow, which looks rather deep; to wait till the mea finish the path lor us, 01 to take this path over to Park street. ' "In view of the lateness of the hour, perhaps we had better make a conces sion and accept the last. See, there is Mollie's house. You see the house with the roof higher than the others?" Yeb," said Grace, not very decided ly. "-Well, it is the third house from that If yon finish your call first you can stop lor me, or rice versa, I will go to meet you. Now don stay long." And they parted. Alice keeping on down Beacon street in the sunshine, Grace turning north over the bill. Neuher had far to go from the corner where they separated, and, Grace was Boon waiting lor admittance at her friend's door. The seivant who took the card returned presently with the intelligence that her mistress was so ill that she was quite unable to receive anyone. So it liappend that in a few moments Grace was again upon the street. , 1 . This is nice," she said to herself, as she retraced the steis. "Alice will not hurry herself, and, meantime, what is to become of me? I do not wish to shorten her calL I will walk down the street very slowly and try to kill time.'' What an exquisite picture it i! And truly it was beautiful. The leafless trees on the Common lifted the delicate tracery of their branches against the cloudless sky. The newly fallen snow lay, still spotless, on the street and housetoi s. Along the few paths that had been opened on the Commou people passed and repassed. The roar and rush of the great city came softly to the ear across the white piain. Near at hand the State House raise its shining dome high in the air, and the tinkle of sieigh bells and tie merry shout of chiluren added life and interest to the "1 am getting somewhat tired oi this promenade, although I doubt if there could be found a pleasanter place for it in oil tlio eitv. Which house did Alice nit I m mire I don't know. If I walk blowly iast this club house a few more fixiu l ahull fM-eate a sensation. That will not do at alL Le nie try street." But as she turned the corner ti... ..-ih inl met her. and her feet slipped dangerously on the icy pave ment. "Can't stand this, in more senses than nno WliT doesn't that girl appear? If it wu. not for the snow, now, 1 might walk in the Common in the most unno- tioeable way possible. I will cross over and studv these roofs. What did Alice say? What a stupid not to ask her the number. But then I shon'dn't have heard it if she had told me. Serves me right lor giviug audi careless attention to what people are saying. I declare I .i,.'t -.i. know ii er ineuuD tii..ii,- i,.riia nrimt? I ought to know. I have heard her name times enough when I have been here before, She one of Alice's classmates, but she did . . loat hum this niorn- K the house, Snail J. - i. ,o,l lwxrn carefully sur- vevino the house that she was approach- 1 JL i,wdrv verv determined, mounted the steps and rang the bell. The door was opened almost instantly "j uiguiueu om servant in livery. "1 beg pardon if 1 am makeinir mistake," she began, in her most win ning voice, -indeed, I am quite at vr-u, iai expiaiu myseit. ias a young lady called here within a half hour to see a fnend, a Miss Mollie ; my couin did not mention her surname." And she paused with an enibarassed half smile. Bui the old servant had already shaken his head. No, miss; no one has called. I Know, because I have bteu right here an me time. "Ihen I have made a misfc.ke. 1 am sorry tc have troubled you. But, could you. possibly?" she hesitated. "I think there is a young lady next door, indicating the house with his hand. "We have no voting ladies in this family. "Thank you." aloud. To herself J-hat accounts for a slight trace of crustiness in your bearimr. mv eood sir. However, you treated me very well ior a tramp. Should she dare again? Her- blood was up. The merry mood of the morn ing had not passed. It would be no worse than this horrid Momenadinc. and sue might hnd her. This time the door was otened bv a pleasant-faced young mulatto, who seemed instantly to appreciate the situa tion, for a suppressed twinkle in his eve answered to the smile that, do what she would, Grace knew was twitching at the corners of her mouth. I beg pardon. she said, with an air of frankness that would have disarmed the most suspicious mind: "My cou sin Miss Raymond, left me to call on a friend, while I made another call in the near neigt b rhood. My cousin pointed out the bouse to me, but really I do not Know the house, the number, or her friend's name. She called her only Mollie. Is there a Miss Mol lie ? Das a Miss Raymond called? You see, I It is really very absurd," and the young lady ended with a little appealing ges ture of the hands that would have done credit to a i rencli woman. The young fellow smiled, yst verv respectfully, "There is a Miss Molly," he said. Grace looked relieved. But she was not yet sure. "A lady may have called, he con tinued, "although I did not see her. Miss Mollie is iu New York." "Oh, then," began Grace, preparing to retreat. But he went on. 'If you will 6ten into the parlor, if you please, miss, I will go aud iuquire." 1 thank you. I am sorry to trouble you. "How utterly ridiculous this is, she said to herself, as she took the proffered seat in a most elegant apartment. 'To think that I. Grace Carter, should be in such a scrape as ti'is! That man is true gentleman. How does he know what I may intend to carry off iu my pocket while he is gone? What would Alice" The sound of a half suppressed couth iu another part of the room started her. She became conscious that she had ieeu thinking aloud. Throwing, for the first time, a rapid glance around the room. her eyes met those of a gentleman who was almost hidden from ner view by an angle of the room and the dep chair in which he was sitting. He rose from his seat, seeing himself discovered. Grace arose also, turning towards the door, for she heard the sound of returning footsteps. The lady is not here miss, 1 am sorry." Ail Grace thought of now was to get out of her awkward position as soon as Dossible. The gentleman advanced to offer assistance, but Grace lapidly and somewhat incoherently uttered her thanks and apologies to the servant, fled, and drew a long breath of relief as she reached the sidewalk once more. I feel as if I had lived an nee, aud it is not fifteen minutes since 1 blundered into the first place. If that girl dots not sppear before I reach the next corner 1 shall go iiome wimous ner. There she is this very minute, bliss fully unconscious of the mischief 1 have been into." How nice; you are just in tune. Grace. I told Mollie you might call for me, and I have been listening for the bell for some time. Via you nave uleasant call? Mollie was looking verv lovelv this morning; she had on a new WTapper that is extremely becom ing. Mrs. Benton was indisposeu, so mai 1 did not see her at all," said Grace, ra ther crinilv. Alice looked up ana laugnea qniti exnression on her cousin's lace. ' by ' she ask- what uia you uu an uuo umo Grace hesitated. ' Can you Keep it to yourself, if I tell you someuungf "Yes, indeed ; "WelL then. 1 have been making morning calls, on New Year's Day, up on the elite of Beacon street, Boston! Grace Carter! lur.ilvT that's iust what l say. And half lauglnng, half rueful, she told the whole story. - Meanwhile the gentleman wno uau suddenlv disturbed in his quiet doze did not seem inclined to return to his chair. . . You say Bhe gave her cousin s name as Miss Raymond, Alfred?" Ytjfl bit. "Very well. That will da How long before dinner? I think 1 will go to me store after dinner. My neadacue teems to be better. . ,, ,. , "What a face thai giri uaui no con tinued, when left alone, "She must be a stranger in the city. She is not a iiostonian. A needle in a Yet I am '"und to find her. ami 1 w;' Raymond, that is all I have to guide me." , , .- . ,.; Alfred went away cuucs.mj8 pelf- "Jlr. JrranKS su-ue. With a country girl too. But she a little lady, that's a fact!" But Mr. Frank went to the store auu wu. directory with great care. u invited to a little New Year's party that evaning, and as it was , - . ,1 affair llA to be a very quiet, ,., k had consented to going, for although belonging to one of the most aristocra tic wTaithy families in the city, he was no society man. He wished now that he had not promised vo go, ior UD ... toward beginning his Search for the apparition of the morn- Fortune favors the brave. "As Mr. Elhs turned away after paying h respects to his hostess, his eyes mel .the very eyes that had looked into his that morning in his mother's parlor, and Sthougi they tant turned away the swill rusn "" . . he was recognized, wun an about "a very striking resemb- excuse lance," he soon gained the desired :n troduction and made himself so agree able to the young lady that Grace forgot her determination to be frigidly polite, and ere long the two were chatting together like old friends, to the utter astonishment of those preseut who knew Ellis. Among his coupauions he was considered a little short of a "woman hater," and there he sat completely en grossed by a little, plainly dressed conntry girl. The months fly swiftly, aud again it is the eve of the New Year Comewitn me to a house in one of the .plcasantcst suburlis of BoFtou. A few snowflakes are beginning to falL Look! the door is ceiied and a servant stands on the threshold, and, shading his eyes, peers into the surrounding gloom to see it there is a promise of a storm. We recognize Alfred. Let lis slip iast him iuio iue ugm ana wariniu oi tun uau, and looking into the drawing room where the ruddy fire light is dancing on the wall. Two persons are standing le- lore the open hre. and the the taller nas his arm thrown carressingly arqund the slight little figure at his side. -Grace, my darling," he is saying, "1 never can le thankful enough that you got into the rong house last New Year's. It was the making of my for tune and Alfred's." he adds laughing. "Do you know," Grace answers de murely, but with the merry sparkle in her eyes as of old, "I am not sure, in the light ot subsequent events that it was the wrong house." There is one article of nierchacdise enumerated in the now tariffbill on which an import has leen laid for the purpose of discouraging i's importation and en couraging its home production, which is largely a California product 11ns is borax, of which large quantities are gathered in that state and iu Nevada. Few people, except those engaged dii- ectly in its production aud sale, are like ly to taka much Interest in the tariff on borax, and yet it is an article of almost universal use. Prior to the discovery of the California and Nevada fields lar e quantities of the mineral were imported from Turkey and Italy. Its value then was about thirty-five cents a pound. At present the production of American bor ax has depressed tho price to ten cents a pound, and it would have gone still lower and camea the cessatiop. ot mining operations in California, if mnung it can be called, if Congress ha 4 not imposed a customs duty upon the foreign pro dnct. This duty is five cents a ponud, and is to be levied alter July 1st. The local producers look forward with much satisfaction to that period. The production ot borax in the United States at present is not sufficient to sup ply the demand. But it is thought that when the price shall have risen- a few cents under (he tottering iL-lluences of the duty first imposed the production will increase sufficiently to supply the entile market. At now ruling prices, borax making in the Pacific states is not a business which yields a great profit. There are; it is true, immense fields of the mineral, but they are in distant dis tricts, not easy of access, and while the cost of condensation is not great, the cost of treighting is so heavy that there remains but a very smalt margin. A numliei of incorporated companies, who, in the enthusiasm engendered by the first discovery undertook the business, have crone the way of all tlesh. Some years ago there was one company which operated quite successfully in lj&Ke county. There was in the employ of this company a young engineer who sometimes struck an idea. The borax in that particular locality was conduct ed from the waters of a Utile lake, which was very ttrougly impregnated with, the mineral. The engineer, therefore, con ceived the idea that if the water ou top IxLued so much borax, that under ground must cottiin so much more. He therefore induced the company to bore at the banks of the lake. The au ger went down and 6trucK, not lorax, but a good, ttrocg stream of fresh wat er, which began to now into the laKe, and thinned it so much that it did no longer pay to condense its waters for the sake of the mineral. The borax fields which have been worked so far have been generally small in extent. Only those in the neighbor hood of good roads have been operated upon. These are easily exhausted, and the operators have to hunt for new bor ax-fields. This is the cause and origin of the numerous borax mining compan ies whicn are incorporated each year. Several of those lately formed are to operate in Inyo county, where the borax fields are very extensive. The water of Lower Owens' lake contains a very large" percentage of borax. In early days prospectors loved to wash theirjgray or black woolen uian&eis in iuiu furaiise it removed not only dirt, but also color. They also luted to batue iu it behause the poorest swimmer would fioat in its saline fluid. But the . water was not good for drinking or oookiag niirooses. and a very small quantity is sufficient to produce sea-sickness. The use of borax has materially increased oi lata vears. It is now uned for a great mv manufacturing purposes, such as makine aitate household ware, pigments, &C. The trades, also, use it in liberal quantities, and so do the soap-makers and housewives, who hate grease-spots and cockroaches. The industry promis es to become important in California, 't Inoulted. "Tint man to whom you sent me, in sulted me." said a young drummer, who h.l onlv been a few months in the busi ness, to his trainer in a large hoiue in this city. Insulted you." reiterated the trainer, with an expression of contempt almost sutlicieut to make the novice sink into the flnnr. "Were you never insulted," timidly re- innnded the voune man. "Never, sir; not even during the period of my uovitiate,whicu passed through very r-niiilv. and I have twenty years in the hiuunesa." "That is very strange," said the novice, abentirallV. Very strange if you dont und rstand it '' ferociously observed tbe old drummer, 'l Imve been often badly abused. 1 have been ordered peremptorily to leave the n remises. I have been frequently knocked down for standing en the order of my go ing, and several times,! ba been uncere moniously kicked down stairs; but," he rnniinued. eazing fiercely and tnumphant- io .t the voune man. "I have never been insulted- luemouiein uiuumra i himself insulted he is no longer fit for besiness." I f Eci ink is a solution of alum colored with Brazil wood, or an ammoniacal so lution of cochineal. About the ll4l. A Spanish minister signalized his ac cession to power by going straightway to led and staying there, lest be should be expected to do something. No English minister ever adopted that ignoble expedient to escape performing his duties; but Walpole relates that William Pitt and the Duke of Newcastle once held counsel together iu bed. Pitt had the gout, and, as was his custom when so afflicted, lay under a pile of I ed -clothes in a tireless room. The Duke, who was terribly afraid of catching cold, first sat down upon another bed an the warmest place available, drew his legs iuto it as he grew colder, and at last fairly lodged himself under the bed -clothes. Some body coming in suddenly beheld "the two ministers iu bed at the two ends of the room, while Pitt's long nose and black beard, unshaved for some time, added to the grotesque nature of the scei-e." 'The great Commoner was aled and asleep when Wyndham and others of his colleagues burst into his room and shook their chief out of his slumbers to tell him there was mutiny iu the fleet, that tLe Admiral was a prisoner on board his own ship, and in danger of death. Sitting up iu bed, Pitt asked f r a pen, ink and paper, and wrote: "If tl.e Admiral is not released, fire upon the ship from the batteries;" aud turned over on hfc pillow, and was in a sound sleep a few minutes later. When, in lSl-t, the military affairs of the allies looked somewhat unpromis ing, it was around the bed of General Knesbech, at Baruur-aube, that the Emperors of Russia and Austria, the King of Prussia, Hardeuberg, Vol kousky, Schwartzenberg, Metternich, Radetskv, Diebitsch, Nesselrode, and Castlereagh held their council f war; and the issue of the campaign culmi nating in the occupation of Paris was virtually decided by Castlereagh in sisting upon the immediate transfer ence of wavering Bernadotte's battalions to Bluchers command, and taking the resoubibility upon his own shoulders. It was in bed, at the little inn at Waterloo, that Wellington received the terrible casualty-list of the memorable 18th of June; and as name after uanie fell from Dr, Hume's hps, he threw himself back ou the pillow and groaned out: "What victory is not too dearly purchased at such a cost?" Wellington, who possessed the faculty of sleeping at will, held that when it was time to turn over it was time to turn out. Napoleon, a man of another tempera ment, provided for wakefulness by keeping the returns of his army under Ins pillow, to be conned andcousidered when tired nature's sweet restorer re fused to share his ''bed uiajesticaL" One of Johusou's earliest veutnres iu book-making was the translating of Lotto's "Voyage to Abyssinia," whicn put fifty dollars into his pocket. Lying in bed, he dictated sheet alter sheet to his friend Hector, who carried them off to the printer without waiting for John son to look over them. When the fit was on him. Rousseau remained in bed, carefully drawing his curtains to keep out the daylight, aud gave himself up to the fascinating delights of composition. In bed, IViesiello composed hU 'Barbiere di Seviglia ' and "La Moli- n ira. One at least oi liossim a operas was composed under the same condi tions. Swift, fond as he was of lying in ld of a morning thinking of wit for the day, wrote to his lriend Sheridan: '1 my do not employ your tune in loll ing abed till noon to read iionier. Better, iierhaps, do that than mutate George IV., aud he in bed devouring newspapers the best pait ol the day. Many very clever eopie, however, have scouted the idea of health, wealth and wisdom coming of early rising. Macauley read much in bed, and anxious to keep up nis uerman, im posed upon himself the task of perusing twenty pages ot Schiller every day before getting up. Maule won Ins seuior-wraDglcship by studying hard, long after ordiuiry folk were up and about, snugly esconced under the blankets. John Foster thought his sermons out in bed; methodical Anthony Irollope regularly read for an hour before rising; and Mary Somerville made it a rule not to get up before twelve or one, although she begau work at eight; reading, writ ing, and calculating hard with her pet sparrow upon her arm lour or nve hours eveiy day, but those tour or nve hours were spent in bed. A Wooden Leg I'nder Fire. A fashionably dressed matron sat id tbe rear cabin ot a Fulton ferry boat. New York. She was accompanied by a thin lecged, restless-eyed little girl of 4 or thereabouts. A few seats away was a man with a wooden leg. With ur.emnz inftinct tbe child's eye bad lighted upon this man. Tbat eye at once became nxed, dilating with concentrated Interest. The child crawled down from her seat, upon which she had been kneeling, in order to afford that eye better facilities for observation. 1 be object of scrutiny squirmed uneasily in bis seat, t urning to me moiuer we child exclaimed in a portentous whisper: "Oh, ma! Look at that man." "Hush, my dear. You must not be rude." 'But ma" (in a very audible whisper), do look at his leg." "Be quiet, EtheL I tell you," frantical ly urged tbe matron m agita'.ed tones. "The puor man has lost bis leg. tt a very rude to notice it." "What's tbat one made of? "Hush ! ot wood, ray dear. Look at that pretty little boy over there. See how good be is." "Did you ever have a teg like mat. ma!" "No. mv dear. Look over there at that " "Will pa or Uticle John or I ever have one, ma r No dear." "Ooild be kick ball with that leg I" "flush, dot" " "But, ma " At this juncture the man with tbe wood en leg sought, m turn, to create a diversion He diew from bis pocket a pretty uiue bonbon box and offered the child some sweetmeats. Tbe child accepted them with some hesitation and mistrust. An instant later the boat reached tbe slip. Tbe mother rose, and smiling graciously, said : "Tbank tbe gentleman, Ethel, and say eood-bve. Ethel advanced, her eyes still firmly fixed upon tbe object of interest. She held out the tins of her little fingers. . "Good bye," she said, in a voice full of emotion: "irood-bve. vou poor man. Tbe mother seized the child by the band and, hurrying through the boat, gained the bridge," Mexican Common Life. You will find tbe miserable (seals (huts) of tbe Mexican lower class on the outskirts of every town, made of mud, s'icks, straw, cornstalks, barrel staves, ahoe boxes, tin cases any old drift that will bang together when once faster ed into place. They are tLbtly roofed with tule thatch, which elopes almost to the ground. Sometimes Lbey stand in rows in the suburbs . some times they are perched on the top of a clay cooe, and sometimes tucked away in the cracks of dry ravines. Every jacal has its garden pa'eh, where tbe women cultivate a few onions, red pepixTf. beans and sweet potatoes. A little mud oven stands close by. A Mexican family can live on s hill of beans per day. In the winter a five penny soup bone and a yam will satisfy their needs. Nearly every one keeps a small donkey and a few chick ens, a couple of goats and a blue-skinned dog. with no hair on except a white tufs on the top of bis bead and tbe tip of hie tail. They singe the thorns off tbe cactus and feed the pods to the donkey ; cive tbe soup-bone to the dog and the poaw have whiil is lef in the tean-hill. O'.her dogs have they, marvelous in number and va retv, whose bite dislurljs do one, but whose 'n icturnal biying divides the voices of tbe night with tie cock-crowing tbat resounds from b'Hise to jacal, and from tarm to Pinch, in surges of sound like the waves of the sea." Of the interior of these huts, it nuy be said tbat the earthen Coots are always swept, and tbe gaudily covered bed looks clean aud neat, thanks to tbe house-thrift of tbe women, who seem always busy. There are abundant evidences of extreme poverty, but not of filth or equator. As for pater faimlias, who dozes in tbe sun or shade alternately, according to the sea son, it costs him a mighty effort to turn over, even to light his cigarette is too great an exeition. Occasionally, in des perate straits, he musters energy enough to bestride his d nkoy and ride out to tbe chaparral for a black load of nief quite sticks, which he will tell for a ''bif on bis return, driving lr.s beast before him. Tbi is the most momentous event of his life, and stimulated with tbe proud conscious ness of having earned a shilling, he rises in his ratrs and salutes you with tbe grave courtesy of a Spanish don. It is the cli max of his ambition, but it is punfuL UIs children are more active, and they vary their out-door play l.y throwing tbe lasso at each o'.htr, the dogs and the goats; but they never lasso tbe old man. lie is too digufied to be trifled with. And you will notice that be never demeans himself by attempting to speak English he has Dot sunk so low as that; but he will accent American money without question, it pre sented to bun in a respectful way. Vul- game dios I It n interest ing to T alk through these strange purlieus ot the towns and watch ibe btyears at the church doors ; visit tbe coffee stalls on the plazas; note the water outs ou their uinc.ful errands ; the wo men at tbiir spinning wheels or pounding corn lor their frugal meal, and tbe erotes- q'ie uiilkman astride bis donkey, going bis morning rounds, dipping from one can or tbe other as be serves and sells. It is ail verv strancc and foreirn, but not a bit hke the balls of the Montczumas or tbe Alhambra. I see tbe accquios run ning through the streets, and tbe irrigat ing ditches dug by the early Spanish co lonials. I sauuter under Ibe shade of buze grape vines with stems as large as a tree, and bear the clang of tbe iron bells in the old stone belfry, built two centuries ago. 1 recognize (11 these traces of an alteu.pted civilization, like halt-obliterated footprints in tbe mire, it is tbe ucnrint of tbe sterling coiu upon tbe basest sort of com position. I would fain Dee in disgust from the tqualor, poverty, ignorance and seuu- barbarism wuich bas settled in the villey like a mixsma but already I behold the sun of a new dispensation; I see that all these Mexican features are being rapidly irxd out by tbe settlements from the East, which have followed the completion of the railroads. female llalliiiim(ln. "Dr. Leorand du baulle, physician to the S.dtetnere, Pans, describes in his standard work. 'Lee Hysteriqnes.'some remarkabls casesof hallucination, where females laliored under the belief that they have been struck or stnbled by others, even after having inflicted blows and wounds upon themselves. In one instance a young woman was found by her husband lying on tne floor of her room iu a fainting fit, her face covered with b'ood. Ou reviving from her swoon she stated that she had been at tacked by armed men; the Paris news papers related the case, aud within three weeks two similar events occurred in the r rencli metropolis. Ail tuese cases proved to be fabricated by the supposed victims. A young girl wound ed herself slightly with a pistol. She gave the police authorities the most minute details about an imaginary as sassin, who, according to ner account, fired the weapon, but she was fouud to be highly hysterical, and it was proved that she bad wilfully wounded herself. In a third case in Dr. du Saulle's ex perience, a young woman was found in a railway carriage stabbed in the left side. The incident caused great excite ment, but it was proved, contrary to her assertions, that she had inflicted tbe wound herself, and was a hysterical subject. A housemaid was found lying behind a door, bound, gagged, and covered with bruises. She stated that she had been brutally attacked by two burglars with blackened faces! but she was a highly hysterical woman, and there appears to nave been strong evi dence that she had contrived to tie her own hands and to gag and bruise her self. Perhaps the strongest case of all occurred in M. Tardieu's practice. A voune lady living at Courbeyoie wished to make herself an objiict oi public in terest by passing as a victim of a politi cal conspiracy, which she pretended to have discovered. One night she was found in a state of the greatest mental perturbation at the door of her apart nient. She could not talk; but stated in writing that she had been attacked out side her own house by a man, who had attempted to garrote her, at the same time striking her twice with a dagger. Only the lady's clothing was injured, and'the body of her dress and her cor set were found to be cut through, but at different levels. She tried to make out that the attempt at strangulation had caused dumbness. M Tardiea re marked in her hearing that this infirmity rapidly disappeared when produced un der circumstances of this kind. She soon managed to regain her speech; and. in a short time, admitted that the whole narrative had been developed out of her inner consciousness. Everj invention that reduces the cost of a material, or makes it cheaper, in creases the consumption, and consequent ly me aemanu tor u. A Queer Joka. The cash office of the Treasurer s De partment in tbe Treasury Building at Washington olten contains many hun dreds of thousands of dollars, aud great care is taken against the possible de predations of thieves: The room is very high studded and contains a gallery which can be reached by the general publio from the floor above. Tbe inter est clerk is an auburn-haired individual of the most nervous temperamett, and notwithstanding the fact that he has been in his position for many years he has never lott siht of the tremendous re sponsibility of handling the vast sums of money which daily pass into his pos session. His nervousness has grown chronic, and he is made the butt of many a quite practical joke. The greatest of these was played some time ago by one of his intimate personal friends wno ob tained permission from Treasurer Gilfil lan to try his little scheme. - Tbe gen tleman armed himself with about twenty-five feet of twine, and attached to one end of it a machine composed ot a steel prod pointed as fine as a needle, and a solid piece of rubber as a ballast. Be stationed himself in the gallery directly over the interest clerk's desk, where there were heaps of money all nicely done up in packages. Then he slowly let down his string until it was directly over a large package, and releasing his hold on the twine, the steel prod impal ed a bundle of notes, which he quickly drew to the gallery, and having secured them, rushed to the Treasurer's olhVe with his prize, which proved t be G, 000 in legal tendei s. Meanwhile the in terest clerk saw his money going sky ward and gave the general alarm, but not in time, howver, to detect the cul prit. The clerk was nearly crazed when he received a note signed "James Giifil ian," asking him to come at once t the Treasurer's office. He went as fast as' his legs could carry him, and . imagine his joy when the Treasurer handed him the missing $i,000, advising him to be more careful that his money did not "tike nntj itself wings and fly away" in the future. This practical joke has taught tbe department a good lesson, to-wit; that it was possible for a clever thief to abstract money in the method mentioned, and so double precautions have been taken, and under the existing state of affairs such an event is not at all likely to happen again. Saved by a Sea-Bird. A singular story bas been related to us by the master of the bark "Gladstone." which arrived from London at Sydney, Australia, on tbe 22d, of March. While the vessel was in latitude 42 degrees south and longitude 9-) degrees east, a seaman fell overboard from Jbe starboard gangway. The bark was scudding along with a rough ea and moderate wind, but on the alarm of "man overboard" being given the was rounded to, and tbe starboard lile bat was lowered, manned by the chief officer and four men. A search for the unlorlunate man was made, but owing to the roughness of the sea be could not be discovered; but tbe boat steered to tbe spot where be was last seen. Here they found him fioatiLg, but exhausted, clinging for bare life to the legs 'and wings of a I huge albatross. Tbe bird had swooped down on tLe man while the latter was struggling with tbe waves and attempted to peck him with its powerful beak.T wice the bird attacked its prey unsuccessfully, being beaten off by the sailor battling with twoeuemies the water and the albalro?a both greedy aud insatiable. 7yt tbe third time the huge w'jite form of the bird hovered over the seaman, peeparatory to a final swoop. Tbe bird, eager lor its meal, fanned its victim with its wide-sjVcad wings. SudJenly a thought occurred to him tbat the huge form so close to his face might become bis involuntary rescuer. Q nek as thought be reached up and seized the biro, w hich be proceeded to strangle with all bis might. The huge creature struggled with wings and paddies to free iladt. In the contest the sailor was beaten black and blue, and cruelly lacerated, but he held bis own, and slowly the bird quivered aud died. The carcass floated lighty on tbe waves, its feathers forming a comf-jtiible support for ti e ex hausted man, who had so narrowly es caped a lingering death. But another danger awaited biiu. lie was not much of a swimmer, and the excitement of the extraordinary conflict began to tell upon him. He was laint and grew giddy. But with one arm around tbe albatross' body, under the wing, aud one band clutching tbe bird's feet, tbe sailor awaited his chance of rescue. Presently he heard his eomrades shout from the boat, and in a few minutes more was safe ou board the bark, though a good deal shaken aud ex hausied. A Had Man. A story Is told of a prominent Wilming tonian. who several years ago was inclined to be full of fun, a little irreverent aDd somewhat short ot cash. One afternoon, perhaps seven or eight years ago, be was met by a friend wbo addressed tim thus: "I say, Charley, wbo was that nice look ing old lady, vou bait out riding the other day on the Kennett pike! That," replied the young man, "was my rich aunt. She is about 5 years old, and 1 was afraid she had been forgotten and was never going to die, so I took her out to show her to tbe Lotd." The questioner was somewhat shocked at tbe reply, and made no further remarks. In about three weeks, however, he met his friend Charley, the old lady in tbe mean time having died and been buried, and thus addressed him: "vVelL Charley, 1 see you plan worked, and tbe Lord bas taken your aunt. How did you make out by her will." "Only a part of thft scheme wotked, Georire." reDlied the voung man, with a lugubrious cast of features and 1-haveD't-got-a-cent-in-the-world-volce. "The old lady was taken, that s true, out wnea ner last will and testament was read 1 found she left all ber wealth to two oid darkey servants and a home for aged men, while 1 only received as my share of tbe estate a dog-earned and thumb-marked family. Bible. The trouble didn't pay at an. De- sides I am a dollar and a balf out for car riage hue. Tbe next time I trot anv one out that has been overlooked, you'll know The Navajo Indians in Arizona have 900,500 sheep and 2 0,000 goats, the result of an investment of 50,000 for them bv the Government 2 or 3 yearc ago. Thia heretofore expensive tribe required an appropriation of only 85000 a year and are now considered self sus taining. They occupy an immense tract of lard, however, which is held for settlers. Bad points, or unsoundness, are as easily transmissable by the parent stock as the coed qualities; tneretore. I tile greatest care should be exercised in selecting breeders. The Canadian Faeitic When completed, together with connec tions, this line will extend 2,8 j0 miles, from Montreal, Canada, to Port Moody, on the Georgian Gulf. The main hoe be gins at Prince Arthur's landing, on Lake Sun-nor. and bas been built to Winnipeg. 435 miles. Westward, of 500 miles con tracted to be built, grading has been coin pleted 4b'J miles. Iron pas been laid to a poirt within 61 miles of tbe Saskatchewan river. A portion of tbe last sixty five miles bas been graded, and reduced crews have been left at different points along tbe uncompleted seetious, so tbat work bas not altogether been suspended. The line is open for traffic west from Winnipeg 93o mues. On the Tbun:er Bay division, tbe road is opera' ed from Winnipeg to tint Portage, :!5 miles east of VSiampeg. The remainder of the distance, about 325 miles, to Thunder B iy, u being operated by tbe Canadian Government contractors, trains passing over the entire road two times weekly. Contracts have been let upon the Ltke Superior section east from Prince Arthur's banding, end work wdl be Continued simultaneously along tbe whole section. This eastern line is nair the shores of Lake Superior, making s more costly road, pet baps, than if the builders bad sought easier paths, but tbe tacihtits for getting supplies along tbe numerous rivers which the road will cross so belis '.hem in their construction wotk tbat this route was considered tbe most feasible. On the west the proposed poi-it of crossing tbe Kocky Mountain, as found by Engineer Rogers and settled upon by the cuiurany, is Kicking Horse Pass, which Is about 140 milts north of tbe boundary line between this county and the British Possessions, and nearly 200 miles north of fend d'Oreille, where the Northern Pauac enters the mountains from tbe west. From Kicking Itorse Pass the Canadian Pacific roaj passes due west to Mi us way lake, and then turns al most due iouth and runs 200 miles to Thompson river, then bends to tbe west and strikes the Pac fic Boast at Port Moody, on thu Ueorgian Gulf. A Color- IlllnU. "I shou'd think you would meet with funny mistakes!" "I do. 1 often get on tiie wrong car late at night, and, alter a while, find my seit almost beyond walking distance of my destination. Of course I swear; but that don't btlp matters. Tbe other day my wife said: 'Henry, do get a black suit ot c'otbes this time, and don't come home hete wearing tbat eternal brown cloth.' 1 said Sill right.' I bought whnt 1 was supremei)' confident was a jet black' suit. Upon going borne I fazed prou'Uy at my partner and said: See. I have got this time a black suit.' She laughed, and to this day 1 am wearing those clothes, which are a deep brown in color. When 1 want a little .circus all to myself, 1 ciose my eyelids and vigorously rub my eyeballs. I never see over seven colors, but I see these seven mighty quick and they dance around in spots and streaks and ziz-ig shapes like demons. Blood has a dull gray appeirance, like stone. My inability to uisunguisb colors renders me more sus ceptible to music than most people. Tbe lost power is thus compensated lor. "1 am also magnetic, but whether this depends upon my color blindness I do not know. See!. I brush my bair, you hear a cracking sound and sparks jump from under my bat. I do this without any effort. To a certain extent I am insensi ble to pain. I think this is consequent upon most color blindness. My nerves are blunted. Once I dropped a heavy piece of iron on my toe, cutting it com pletely trom the foot. It did not buit me. 1 saw blocd, but tbat was all. But 1 must say good-nye here; we are a the depot," and ihe stranger jumped out and diyppeareiL The Color of Uore. Considering how important a factor color is in the selling value of a team, especially if tbe buyer places a high value upon the general appearance the attrac tiveness of bis turn-out it is a little sing ular that da greater attention is paid to breeding for colors that are especially attractive, ll is well known that a team of richly dappled grays, having long, well carried tail, never go begging tor a buyer, even though they may be a httle p'ain iu form, have only a medium gait, and feet and limbs that require gentle uage and frequent aid from the veterin ary surgeon. Such a team dors fairly well for service before tbe f amily .carriage, If put to light use, and in the bands of a careful groom will wear pretty well. While selling quite readily at f50O or $(M0, for city use, on account of iu show qualities, if it Were stripped ol these, by giving it a plain color , aud the tail of a common plug, such a team would go slow at if0 or so. Tbat is but an nUiistration of what we see in other lines, for instance furs, certain shades selling for very high pnets as compared to others. What if uue of a nice dapple-grey, is also true of a rich black or bay tern, provided they have tbe accompaniment of full, flowing mane and tails, and fine, stylish appear ance. Therefore, when it is considered that the demand for horses, for the pur pose of making up showy equipages, is very great in all the larger cities, it is a littic singular tbat no special attention is given to breeding horses through wbicb scientists term methodical selection. fhrougn adherence to a system, the qual ities mentioned could be secured, whereas &ow, rich colors and ornamentation only come occasionally, through chance. Mar I KIM Tbat Habj? To a soldier, tar away from home, there is no more touching sight than that of a baby in its mother's arms. While on their way to Gettysburg our troops were march ing by night through a village over whose gateways bung lighted lantern3, while yonng girls shed tears as they watched the brothers of other women march on to pos sible death. A scene of the march is thus described by tbe author of "Bullet and Shell.-' Stopping for a moment at the gate of dwelling, 1 noticed a youjg mother lean ing over it with a chubby child in her arms. Above tbe woman's bead sw mg a couple ot stable lanterns, their light failing upon ber face. Tbe child was crowing with delight at the strange pageant, as it watched the armed host piss on. "1 beg vour pardon, ma'am, said Jim Manners, one of my luen, as be dipped the butt of his ruusked on tbe ground, ud peered wistfu:tv into the faces of the mother and her child. "1 beg nardoD, but may 1 kiss that baby of yours i I've got one just like him at home, at lea 4 he was when 1 last saw hun, two years ago.'' The mother, a sympathetic tear rolling down ber bloom ing cheek, silently held out the child. Jim pressed his unshaven face to its innocent, sujli-g lira for a moment, and the walked on, saying: God bless you ma am, tor that I Poor Jun Manners He never saw bis boy again in life, i bullet laid hun low the next day. as we made our first charge. NEWS IN BRIEF. Many Catholic priests in Italy re ceive only $- a year. Monks have doubled in number in Belgium since 150. A ton of pure gold will nuke some thing over 5Hi'J,7s.,. There is a projeet to revive ancieu t Koiiutn names in the Coliseum. Snow has fallen for eleven success ive Sundays at Bar Ilarlmr, Me. Longfellow's daughters are spend ing the w inter in Washington. The JWt-iKrt J7ri.-.f savsthat snri.,.r is the very worst season t'orselliiiztiow- ers. Osrar Wilde is studving for llw stage. One of his first efforts will be " Borneo.' In the United States one nerson in -2S5 is slid to 1 a pauier; in England one in .si. There are 2.1S7 miles of telephone wire in Paris, and what is l ;ter tbev are all under ground. I nder the new law. the Stat Trp.-is- urer of Colorado has to give IhuuIs in th sum of half a million. Ex-Senator David Davis is t. 1 presented by admiring friends in Texas vviui a chair made of ox horns Dr. Yates, of SIiantdiMi uvi !, Chinese iijiv ?1-V.7-V INK! nnnn.'.llv r.. quiet Hie spirits of their ancestors. Oil each l.OOO of smer il..ll:nsc Government clears ?ls::.7."i. Th silver costs .so.;.7.-, and the Ialsir 512 50 The Crow Indians of .tioiir:m:i num. lier aUmt :5.4il and are ehu tlv ed in agriculture and stock raisin.r " " A thousand dollar bill was nl iee.1 iiln the contribution plate in t. l'anr Church. Pa wt ticket. 1L I K.isN.r i. A lady tourist at Jacksonville. Fl.i took to a jeweller a live lizard, asking that it be mounted in .'old for a scarf pin. Franklin Pierce's old home in outskirts of Concord. X. II is t.. l transformed iidoa Protestant Kiiiscnai school for girls. A man up town made a wager with lady that he could thread a needle (dicker than she could shaiin-ii a lead pencil. 1 lie man win. Tarring and feathering is a Euro- laii invention. It was one of Ki. l. ir.l Cteur de Lion's oidiiiances for seamen in punishment for theft. Edward the Confessor was the liivt monarch of England who used a seal in us charters. This is the origin of the Toad seal ot England. Between the veal's of 17s.'! and ls.77 ix great earthquakes took place at Xa les, which lost thcivbv 1.5m inhahit- mts ier year lor that i-riod. Orange trees are cultivated fr.u.i seed. A tree requires fifteen vears to reach maturity, tut produces lI;h il.,- ere and fruit iu the fourth or fifth M ar Canal locks were know n m l pjier gjpt from the most ancient: hi known to hi.storv. Thev were intr. I need into England fn IU Kl.lNil-w iii 552. f the $150,lKli,0.io worth of wheat ihiiioi-ted by tJi-eal Britain hist venr jlin,iiiyKiti woi-th was from the I'nited tales. There is talk iu Georgia of pin alias ing 1-U.erty Hal!. Alexander II. Steub en's late residence, by voluntary contri- uilioiis, and to retain in it his famous olling-chaii- and other relies. Mrs. Carter, of Bellair.O.. savs in icr application for divorce that herhus- and compelled her to swallow sinmiU nit tons, long strings of w rainiiii" vm ind marbles as puiiUlmieiit for smiling it other railroad nit u as thev -assed m.m louse. f the 11,inio mm a. -res of land oc upied by the Si.,uX Indians in lkk.it i Liicle Sam will take .kni.inhi for white ttlemeiH, placing the Indians on sena- ate reservations. The Indian territory west of Arkansas w iil In- the next cus tomer. For a long time otiicial circles in London have U-en agitated over the piestion w ln'ther or Hot a Woman should lie appointed to liesunerintenileiit of tl. female emploves in the iH.st-oiii.-e It lias at last liecll decided l.y the aoiuiiiit. lent 01 a woman physician. French mails have increased in in- losi ires, etc.. sent from SeUYnno iDNt in 177 to 1,.;Io.iiim,iiih in issi; French telegraphs from S.17t.0tl ilisieitehes in ls70to l'.ltO'i.mHlin lssl; French monev rders from ?l..:il,iniii in 17; when icy were established to r'.i 775 tKi in issi. ' ' Since the Cotton Exhibition at At lanta last year. 51.5mm 10 of canital ie liccn invested there;a grain elevator and a cotton compress biiilt;aspuuiiiig com pany completed, and nearly tilled its capacious building with machinery, and 1 concern organized lor the manufac ture of oleomargarine. -There is an earnest attempt beimr ni;ule to root out the terrible disease of leprosy from the Hawaiian Islands. i itty leiieis have recently lieen removed from Honolulu to the lci r settlement it the island of .Molokai, to)-separated from their friends and families forever The law library of the late Justice. Clifford, of the I'nited States Supreme Court, is now offered for sale at Port land, Mauie, and tin effort is U.ing made to have it purchased as a whole and kept ui mat cuy as a imtilic library, it is lid to be the largest law library in New England except one in Boston. ' ir William Thompson finds that sunlight has alxmt 7o,inj times the in tensity of the light of the full moon at auy place 011 the earth, atidalxuit.V'.mio that ot candle name. 1 lie latter result liners, widely from that obtained bv Arago, who found the light of the suit to have atiout 15,000 times the intensity of caudle tlaine. Antwerp, a citv of 2ml,mH) has no water supply but wells and canals, and in ls7'j works were built to tikcr the waters of the Nellie by Kiting them through filters of sind and sjiongy iron lint gravel. Ihe plan has proved suc cessful, but the supply is very small, ac cording to American ideas, lieing receiv ed in a tank of only .'51o,im) gallons. -The numlier of news:a!ers no-.v published in Great Britain and Irelan (' is 'X1, of which 15: are published in England alone, London claiming .'lso ot them. In Wales there are 75 paers, in Sotlaud IS I, iu Ireland 15J, iu the Isles 21. The daily uitK-rs are thus distril- uted: 1-J7 iu England, 4 iu Wales, -22 iu Scotland, li in Ireland and 2 in the Isles. In Hd the numlier of newsu (icrsiii Great Britain and Ireland was only 551, or about one-fourth the num ber now, and only U of them were dai lies. The magazines now in existence, including the quarterlies, number Till, of which-o-JO have a decidedly religious character. 1 ? ! h 1 i J
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