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Editor and Proprietor.
VOL. XXXVII.
MIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY, PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 29. 1SS3.
NO. 35.
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TL. parting morJ ot f()llJ M
VI cu ( l pretext, love liueri?i,r yrt
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t aching heart
tii'klf luttkM i . 1
. j -. n. Kl hot, iim.:.rt
i..iiin m their train
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. rtu 1 M.-umrj: thv Ming b'
Mu..! vuUh ith the ran.
1 U-Kfb udj.-r wui the .ng I trill
row,mith it plaintirl thrill, '
Add tnw to the strain,
A. trajrrant prrfunie iftlv How
t rtu hamthorn bl,w..ui bending low
l'-t down by wiud and raiu.
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A FAIR I'KIOI).
V-rillll wtftil.Inrv ...... f-
, I 1'".-, uunu 111)111 XI
carriage that liad been sent from Hoy
hks to meet hiuu. thoueht what
the
al
pretty picture she made that slender
tiat-eiui young (tin siandmg ia the
I-u d.orway i.f the grand old lnau
the westering sunlight slanting
uT, rv her wliito-rn)il i;riin. .. .. i
- - - ....... ..5,..., aim
l.iienng m a glory on her yellow hair
anJ r-ee-lntf complexion.
tvidently the was exjieeting some
ne, and Vernon could not fad to see
the l..k of inquiry in her blue eyes as
he went up the step towards her, and
the thought flashed over him that she
was like a young saint on her shrine,
aiid lie the worshipper.
A he went up nearer her, valise in
hand, the look of inquiry suddenly
t handed into a little flush and smile of
a-u ranee.
1 am quite sure this ia Mr. Ver
non?"' "And so am I " '-Only I am not
quite so sure who you are'
He laughed at this informal style of
liitiotlut-tion.
" h, I aut Genevieve haven't you
rwr heard Mr. Uascom sjieak of me."
"I have not seen or heard from my
trrandfather for twenty years," he said
gravely, "and I only come now in obe
dience to his dying request."
A surpri.-ied look was in her face.
'ou have not come much too soon,"
she answered. Mr. Bascom asks for
ou every tew minutes, and I told him
1 would watch for the carriage and
brinjj you at once when you came.
hail 1 take you to him now? lie is
a'.oiie, but for Miss Carlyon."
Vernon followed her iu through the
iu:ti;iiit)-eiit hall, paved with colored
marble iu fanciful patterns, thinking
with a curious little sensation that it
was the tirst time in a score of years
thai he had crossed the threshold of
Koyal aks to which he should right
fully be sole heir, but which ill all
human probability, he never would
possess, because of a deej-rooted long
standing grudge his grandfather held
aaainst him because he was his moth
er s child, and she had married Otis
Vernon against her father's consent.
And because young Vernon had his
father's name and his father" look and
manners, old Mr. liascom had one day
told him lie needn't come to Koyal
aks an? more, because as his mother
was dead, there was no longer any
lnediuui of welcome for him.
n for the Hi st time in twenty years,
Otis Vernon crossed the threshold of
Koal Oaks, aiid met his fate when he
looked in Genevieve's sweet blue eyes.
Everything was so strange to htm
this lovely fair-haired girl, whose name
was Genevieve, the other splendid
looking woman who was sitting by the
man's bed, and whom Genevieve briefly
presented "MissCarlyon,Mr. eruon"
a creamy-skinned, crimfon-luled
girl, w ith eves ami hair like midnight.
Old Mr. ilascom gave him a sniff ol
perforce welcome.
"Vou and Genevieve may leave the
room," he said to Miss Carlyon, in his
,.uw tli:it. reiuember-
ing so well, seemed the only lamilwr
thing about it all. , , ,
Then he told Otis to come up lside
-I didn't send for you because 1
tsix-cially wanted to see you on my own
account," he sail abruptly. iou
know I am not in the habit of miiR-mg
matters, and I see no reason for doing
auv differently because I happen to be
on my dying bed."
It seemed strange impossible to rea
lize that these hard imperious i words
came from a dying man, and eraou
was at a loss to know w hat to say.
"I came at once when you sent, he
answ ered courteously. ,
"And it is a good thing that ou
did the old man replied curtly.
What I have to say to you , is ust
this "I leave a fortune and estate
23" valuables worth just exactly two
hundred thousand dollars. It you
want tt you can have it by marrymg
Alii Carlvou. If you don't marry her,
yocaSCeit." That's all there ,
as you please." ... hanl. aj.
JuSHoi- up from
the pinched pale iace
"-1 '.ilitv " ThU Umyof whom
an uupossibdity. r1"" J er to me.
you speak is an entire Strang
rcareingforher
to order. . ... 11(1iT. and as
Vernon spoKe coiui . f---
he spoke it ure tZ long in
month a week would be too Jo g
all I have to say." a room
"I suppose they'U fg
somewhei you'd ",sBe'r-you
you are here untd aiter U s o ve J
can have an opportunity
uaintMwitMissyon.
ut the end was not qune
Vernon stayed tacj g J
be where Genevieve "faTfento.
he bad come to "fotegee
t;ie told him that f e flogusta
ot Mr. Bascoin's, but that 48
ffi? on-had
his favor.
Miss f'a.n, v . . "F"1"""""
superseded her in
carlFuTly11 'atched Miss Cbon very
c.mmirintd and
eruon
al.t!!:? .J.8inS P ay and
Ge,ievinrr1",s,le ;V. :'reas little
ever. Z T " eotuU0IU8t what.
Phiu"iW 8,.mJ'le ittle
Vet ma T B e eaf"est "ads.
love with , nin. fe" desItely in
I . i ,'.er' aud Wore one w-eak
e Iffi bny Lad I11116 P ' d that
iLrW..11"'' e would have
be hk I,uuuml thousand
"e l as far as he was concerned.
-OtU v!n wrthout, 8trKle though
or le n TU Would Lavt more
wilfc f ? hui"an,h "ebeen placid
;.i.u,-i . bucu a aariiug as
f ,i hi , t!' V ""truthful wirt
him J al llg,lted 80 at 8iSbt of
And Aumwta ...t.
have dou.,1 T!r"","u. C0Ula
.mi;..... : ... was no
wo. ii f "T? wouian, who
'l,have IlaUed "I- tm man she
VI. .
j.. . . tu aim
was nriiiiii owi i .
uu sue am not in the leant
utn we in uie very ptimouticwl devo-
I It ill I Lait U'llAi. I I. a t
... .. .nrru me lovers, and so every-
... juicily aiong until
One storniv Jnlv ni.Tiit .. i
, j m il a i null
"c.-auuwer mat had threatened for
hours, burst over itmni t .,i ;
I . - - . ... . -u .11 1UO.
- ...vm ociiicu iiuo a iKuring ram
storm. . "
Air. enion had spent the evening
with Genevieve in the library, and had
told her in a lover's frank confidence
just what was before him, according to
Ilia i.ra...lr..l T. . . .
6'""iiiuer a win, ana took lier in
his arms and told her how infinitely he
preferred her and her sweet love to all
the goods the gods could give him.
He asked her it she would be his
wife, and told her how he loved her in
all of love's most eloquent words.
And Genevieve, w ith a little happy
smile on her baby-sweet mouth, and an
upward rapturous hok of her innocent
blue eyes, did not say him nay.
"I almost believe I loved you that
very first day, Otis," she said.
"And I know I did, my darling,
when I saw you standing there in the
flickering sunlight, looking like a saint
throned on her shrine.
That was at 8 o'clock of that wet
July night, and at eleven a servant
rapjied on enion's door would he
please go at once to Mr. Bascom,
Miss Carlyon legged-he was very
much worse, and she was alarmed at
"his symptoms.
eruon found Augusta disniaved
and anxious but the thought that first
flashea over him as he oiieued the door
and saw her leaning over the sufferer,
was now ueaumui sne was.
The next, how niarvelousiy well she
had played her cards to have become
so great a favorite with this rich old
num.
I do not understand his symptoms."
she said disuiayedly. "Dr. Fortune
told me what to expect but there was
nothing said of such agony as this."
ee oh It is terriblel" 'Do send
Ilavis at once for Dr. Fortune, Mr.
Vernon."
That the old man was in mortal
agony was apparent, and Vernon in
stantly despatched a carriage for the
doctor, then returned to the bedside.
1 have done all 1 could," Augusta
said pitifully. "But I cannot endure
to see him suffer so."
Vernon looked straight at her.
"Are you so much attached to my
gi-audfatlier?"
A very taint utile nusn weni mio
her cheeks.
He has been very good to me," she
said simply. "He heard me sing, and
volunteered to cultivate my voice, ana
it ended in my coming to this beautiful
home."
"And completely ruining Gene
vieve's chances." he said, so sternly
that he felt chagrined as he saw the
look on her face.
A look that instantly changed to one
of haughty coldness.
"Genevieve lias not chosen to devote
herself to her best friend. I have."
A little sneering smile was on his
handsome mouth, he almost answered
her that she had played for high stakes
and played them well.
He was surprised at her next words
abrupt eager.
"You do not like me, Mr. v ernon,
why I cannot tell, but at risk of offend
ing you beyond hoie, I shall say this
to vou, Genevieve "
He stopped her by an imperative
gesture. .
"I sliall hear nothing unkind against
the charming girl w ho has honored me
by promising to be my wife."
Their eyes met iu a glance almost
defiant. ... , i
Then Miss Carlyon's lips relaxed
slowly into almost a smile.
"You are right. We will not sieak
of her. Mr. Vernon, do you think
Mr. Bascom is easier r"
"I should say he was."
"Can you leave him to me until the
doctor gets herer You must be worn
out you look very tired."
His sudden kindness of siech made
her cheeks flush.
"Thank you. I am tired, and 1
have done all that anyone could do.
If you will be so good as to wateh by
him ten minutes or so, while I gam a
UtSherwenTaway, and Vernon, seeing
the quiet into w hich the old man was
rekiDsintr laid himself down on the
loS at the head of the bed, to
wait until the doctor should come, and
to think over the intense bappmess
Uiat had come to him that night.
U n, silently, softly, stealthily,
with glance around the apparently
unguarded room, Genevieve came in,
went up to the little marble-top medi
cine table, and hastily, but firmly
oTred hali a dozen dropsof
iinuid from a vial in uer
the eoblet of medicine, and then glided
"ffle had come, leaving ernon
Svzed with horror and fear, scarcely
KEKSk to Dr. Fortune as he came
iuto the room a momeut huer
lia icilll aiid men wi'i - .
EdSftw gave an exclamation of
surprise- , . id tben
"Air. cascoiu i an
... i..m ..iniinu m. reiaiea jui
Miss vanj"" .
stopping as he
"Somebody has done n, "
Somel)dy has aone -
solemnly. "There w.u
investigation uei. iJe her
note that somebody had thrust under
ner uoor live minutes before.
1.- T, .
a ui ueaven-3 sate get away as
quick as you can! I was a witness to
i juu mo. i can understand your
motive to have us think your fortu-
uaie rnai was in naste to secure her
fortune, so that vou might nrofit bv
her disgrace. But I cannot endure to
think that the woman whom I have
kissed is in danger of the hangman's
ore. ei away ior Heaven s saKe.
Good-bye."
And when daylight came, Genevieve
was far away, and no one ever saw her
arierwanis.
Six mouths later Otis Vernon stoo.1
before Augusta Carlvon. srrave. eairer.
earnest.
"If you do not think nie unwnrlhv.
Augusta. I Was sure I loved her
but !
"Your sweetness and mtieuce and
goodness too has taught me my own
heart's needs, and, besides, you know
what my grandfather's w ill says. Dear,
w ill yon take me. and let us blot out
all the horror of the iwst, and make
Koyal Oakes the bonniust. hanniest
home that wedded lovers ever had?"
And she laid her head on his breast.
and let him kiss her for yes
It' s Wafer.
A few years since a man of high re-
sctability was tried on tlie charge of
forging a w ill, in w hich it was discover
ed he had an indirect interest to a large
amount. Samuel Warren, the celebrat
ed author of the "Diary of a Physician,"
was a socia ted with the prosecuting at
torney, and the case was tried before
Lord Denman.
The prisoner being arraigned, and the
formalities gone through w ith, the pro
secutor, placing his thumb over the
seal, held up the will and demanded of
the prisoner if he had seen the testator
sign the instrument, to winch he
promptly answered he had.
'And did you sign it at his request
as subscribing witueio?'
1 did."
Was it sealed with red or black
wax?"
With red wax."
'Did you see hiin seal it with red
wax?"
"I did."
''Where was the testator "when he
signed and sealed this will?'
'In his bed."
'Pray, how long a piece of wax did
he use?" -
"About three or four inches long.'
'"Who gave testator this piece
Of
wax?"
I did."
'Where did you get it?"
'From the drawer of his desk."
How did you light that piece
of
wax"
With a candle "
Where did that candle come from?"
I got it out of a cupboard in his
room."
"How long was that pieceof candle?"
"Perhaps four or five inches long."
"Who lit that piece of candle?"
"I lit it."
"With what?"
"With a match."
''Where did you get that match?"
"On the mantel-shelf in the room."
Here Warren paused and fixed his
large, deep blue eyes ujwu the prisoner.
lie held the will up above his head, his
thumb stdl resting on the seal, and said
m a solemn, measured tone: .
.Now, sir, tiiton your solemn oath,
vou saw testator sign tliat will he sign
ed it in his bed at his request you
igned it as a subscribing witness you
saw him seal it with red wax a piece
of wax, two, three, or four inches long;
he lit that wax w ith a piece of candle,
which you procured for turn from a cup
board; you lit that candle by a match
which you found on the mantle-shelf?"
I did."
'Once more, sir,, upon your solemn
oath, you did?"
I did."
'My Lord," exclaimed the triumph
ant attorney, "it's a wafer!"
A Young .lrl Room.
A young girl's room may be furnish
ed daintily and in exquisite taste at a
small expense. The chief outlay will
be for a bedstead. This cannot be con
structed out of a pine board and a bit
of muslin, though many other things
may be; but a handsome painted bed
stead of blue and white is the first re
quirement of this room. The floor may
be covered with plain wnue niaiing. or
of blue and white plaid, with a soft rug
at the side of the bed; a dressing-case
f white wood, covered with blue
silesia, with white wood washstaud is
also needed. This, like the dressing-
table, should have the under part en
tirely concealed by branches of the
silesia and muslin. These should be
gathered slightly at the top, so that
they will fall in graceful folds. The
curtains should be of the muslin, drap
ed, and the bedspread and pillow covers
ot the muslin over silesia also. The
bedspread should, of course, lie smooth
ly over the bed, and be tucked in at the
end and sides, unlike the lace ones,
which hang over. The muslin or the
pillow-covers may be shirred at the top
and the bottom, if you like the full
look the shirring gives; they need, in
this case, no edges, and in fact when
put over the silesia plainly, do not trim
them with lace, unless you add this
adornment to the curtains, but finish
with a plain hem. With the various
trifling ornaments a young girl gathers
about her, the room wm receive any
thing it may need iu color to brighten
it. A. room so prettily furnished may
be a real help to a girl; it will not be
easv for her to cultivate disorderly
habits there, for the effect she has
worked to create would be entirely
marred.
TM South.
Thirty years ago uie total value of
the Southern croi of cotton, tobacco,
rice, hay, hemp ana sugar-cane was
51 :m 005.723. The census report of
ISoU shows tne soumern iariu prouucia
were, in the last census year, valued at
$700,000,000, one-third of which was
the value of the cotton product, which
remains the great staple ol tne outu,
whose standing in the markets of the
world lias not been affected by the East
and West Indian, the Brazilian and the
EirvDtian cultivation. Instead of send
ing all the cotton to Sew England and
Old ngiana, uie oouui iu uaj io iwiu
inir ud as the seat of a great cotton ma
nufacturing interest, so that the cheap
er or coarse grades of cotton cloth are
readily made for home consumption,
and are competing with the Xew Eng
land mills successfully.
The Albany Penitentiary encloses
770 prisoners, of w horn muety are wo
LontioR'fl Foundling Uoapital.
The Foundling Hospital, situated in
Guilford street, was founded by Mr.
1 nomas Coram, a mercantile captain.
w ho became interested in the fate of the
numerous infants who, a century and
a halt since, were so frequently to be
seen exosed iu the streets, where they
were left to perish by their parents.
After seventeen vears of difficulties he
obtained the grant of a charter from
George II, Octolier, 17o9, giving him
permission to erect a hospital for the
support of deserted infants, and in Oc
tober, 1740, there appeared a notice on
the door of a house in 11 at ton Garden
to the effect that twenty children under
the age of two mouths would be received
there, ami that no question would be
asked of anv person so bringing an
infant, on whose clothing some dis
tinguishing mark, however, was to be
affixed. At the hour named a crowd of
women with their babies assembled out
side the house, and the strongest
elbowed her way to the door and depos
ited her child in Coram s safe keeping.
This clamoring and fighting was subse
quently ovoided by the institution of the
ballot, bags being provided with black,
white and red kills. Those women who
drew black kills were pronounced un
successful, while those who were so
fortunate as to secure the white were at
once relieved of their children. As for
those who drew red; they were per
mitted to draw again for any vacancies
which might occur in the event of suc
cessful children leing ineligible on the
medical examination. uch was the
origin of the foundling hospital. In
174o, the western wing of the present
building was opened, and the House in
Hattou Garden closed, the two other
tortious of the hospital being built soon
after,and in 1717, the chapel was begun,
a large, light structure, with some
stained glass wiudows, and with an
altar-piece by Benjamin West, repre
senting Christ blessing children. In
this chapel Mr. Coram was buried in
17ol. The organ was originally pre
sented by Handel, and although it has
been greatly enlarged and altered, there
still remain some of the actual materials
before which the great musician sat
when he helied to till the coffers of the
hospital bv the gratuitous ierforinance
of the "Messiah." The funds of the
Foundling are mainly derived from the
rents of the houses surrounding it, and
with which the hospital is endowed.
thanks to the exertions of its lienevolent
founder. Something also is obtained
from collections made in the chapel. In
the last annual rcirt, for 180-81, the
income was stated to be 11,030, and
theliumberof children maintained by
the institution was 041.
The placing of a child in the Found
ling Hospital is not effected without
trouble. Application must le made
before the infant is a year old, aud a
printed form is then given to the
mother to till in, stating her name, age,
occupation, inability to provide for her
offspring, the father's name, and when
deserted. After presenting this form a
long time often elapses before the
mother is summoned to appear before
the members of the committee. Then
she is closely questioned as to her former
life, her prospects should her child be
received into the hospital, and the
names and addresses of ladies by whom
she may have been employed. She next
receives instructions to come again
before the committee in a fortnight, and
during the interval careful inquiries are
made as to the truth of her statements.
Should they prove correct she is told to
bring her infant on a certain date. On
the day appointed (usually a Tuesday)
the mother, with her child,. presents
herself at the institution, and is ushered
into the room, where a fire bl.ues on the
health, anil before which a basket of
infant's clothes is placed. 1 he mothers
(for three children are usually received
at a time), assisted by a female attend
ant, undress their babes and wrap ejich
one m a large gray woolen shawl ; the
doctors present examine them thorough
ly, after which they are clothed in the
garments provided, but instead of a
dress a white nightg jwn is substituted
the shawl is once more placed round each
child, and its name written on a slip of
paper and pinned to it. l lie attendant
now leaves the room, the doctor presses
a bell, three foundling girls enter, and
almost before the mothers are aware,
their babes are carried away, never to be
known to them again, unless in time to
come they can prove that they are in a
position to benefit their children by tak
ing them from the institution. The
mother is given the clothes, the child
was brought in, together with a ticket
bearing a number, the date, and the
figure of a sheep holding a small branch
in its mouth, and, by presenting this
ticket at the office any Monday, she can
learn particulars, concerning the health
of her infant. Lnless it had previously
been christened, the child is brought
into the chapel the following bumlyy
for that purpose, when it receives a new
name, by which it is afterward known.
During the first year of its existence the
child is placed out to nurse in the coun
try, under the siqiervision of paid inspec
tors, usually with some cottagers, who
receive Ss. Od. a week, and a bonus of
10s. Od. at the end of the first year if the
infant seems healthy. At the end of
five years the child again returns to the
hospital and begins its education,ending
with apprenticeship to some trade, or
with some situation in domestic service
being found for it. The children ap-
pear at chapel twice on Sunday, and on
that day dine iu public ; the nurseries
may then also be visited by those wish
ing to do so. Personal insjiection and
inquiry as to ttie conduct ot those who
leave the hospital for the various occu
pations of lite are kept up, and every
year a meeting of the apprentices takes
place, and gratuities are given to those
who can show certificates of good
conduct.
lumli In China.
A writer in referring to fossils in
China, remarks that the Chinese have
never advanced a theory to explain their
existence. In their books references
are made to fossil shells, crabs, fish,
trees, etc., but no attempt is made to
account for their occurrences in solid
rock. The littie that Ls said is mostly
of the marvellous sort. Ammonites
are peti iiied snakes: fossil brachiopods
lamp-shells are called stone swallows
and are said to come to life and Uy from
their hiding places at the approach of
wind aud rain, changing again to stones
on the return of fair weather. Fossil
fish appear and disappear at pleasure,
and their appearances prognosticates a
plentiful harvest and prosperous times.
One author supposes that the figures of
birds, beasts and plants, which he had
seen on certain slabs, must be Uie work
of the gods or devils, for no human
hand could chisel anything so minute
and delicate.
Mmlacal Itu.
The knees are apt to be affected by
rheumatic pains, lameness and stiffness.
The reason it is so often these joints iu
preference to others, is due to their
greater exposure. They are often put
directly iiKn the ground, in place of
the feet, but without the protection of
the boots. We use them in pushing
gats and doors and to hold things, as
a harnessmaker uses his vise. Uie
knees are often the most exposed of all
the joints; as in riding either in a saddle
or vehicle, they are the first to get wet
or cold. They are above boots and be
low the coat. These joints should lie
protected, and when painful, should be
rubbed vigorously with hot water con
taiuing soda, then with a course towel,
and lastly with three parts of fresh lard
to one of oil of peppermint.
To avoid nightmare aud dreams,
sleep on the right side, never on the
back. Let the supiier come just five
hours after dinner and four hours before
retiring, and let it be very simple and
light. Eat no vegetables or cured
meats for supier. If you are still troub
led with dreams, take a little salt in
water on retiring. And let thosechild-
ren who are very sleepy in the morning
do likewise take supiier at five o'clock
and retire at eight; they will waken
early and feel rested. With dinner at
twelve o'clock a child is very hungry at
five, and if he eats his supper then, he
will have it digested enough by eight
o'clock, so that he can sleep and get
tuny rested by morning, ism if he is
obliged to wait until six o'clock (which
often means that the good housewife
intends to have supper at six and suc
ceeds at six and a quarter, and the
"nieufolks" get ready at six and a
half, and finish at seven), he is very
hungry and eats a great supper that
makes him feel dull and heavy; he re
tires long before it can be digested.
and, with sleep, every activity of the
body is slowed, and the stomach joins
the other muscular apiaratus in taking
a rest. The poor child is wakened with
difficulty, and feels worse than before.
ery fleshy people may lay aside some
of their burden by avoiding the use of
sugar, starch and fat, eating very siar
iugly of these. Vegetables growing
underground increase one's weight.
ltemember the fasts tliat have been un
broken for days and weeks without
harm. Ieau meat will not increase
obesity.
A dropsical swelling may occur al
most anywhere, and is to be distinguish
ed by its smoothness, natural heat and
color, and by the fact that, if firmly
pressed uiou by the thumb for ten se
conds, it leaves the imprint of the
thumb for a little time, gradually be
coming smooth again. A bandage is
useful, after gentle friction for a few
minutes. Best and quiet are useful.
But the cause should be determined by
a competent person. Among the com
mon causes are leaking or the heart s
valves; thinness of the blood, which is
sometimes watery (in which case the
sufferer is pale and emaciated), and
disease of the kidneys. The dropsy it
self is not a disehse, but the result of
disease. The causes are nearly always
mechanical; either there is too much
pressure, or the circulating fluid is thin
enough to escajie through its tubes.
The pressure on the veins of the tukle
is mechanical increased when one
stands, diminished when one lies down.
The heart pushes the blood in jets to
the extremities, its return is in a steady
stream. Veins have valves that hold
the blood above them from settling
back, away from the heart. Muscular
action passes the veins aud relaxes them
by turns, thus increasing the motion of
the blood through the valves.
4 The princiiial mixed drinks used iu
San Francisco," said the obliging bar
tenderof a popular hotel, " are punches.
cocktails, and toddies. It is very seldom
that mint juleps are called for. On a
warm day there may be some demand
for them, but you know how often we
have a warm day here. Xow, in the
hast, juleps, smashes, and all sorts of
fancy couuiouuds are drunk all the time
during the summer. All the bars back
there have "giggers" for measuring
the ingredients of fancy drinks, but
here they are seldom seen."
" hat are these 'giggers' ? "
" I have one here, and I think it is
about the only one in San Francisco. I
don't think you could find another at
any of the hotels.
He produced the instrument, which
an Irishman would probably descrile as
a small wine-glass made of silver. It had
a very small base, aud on the side were
a number of small marks denoting the
exact proiH)rtions of liquors used m the
solemn aud important process of com
pounding certain fancy drinks. The
last place viMted was a popular saloon.
'.No, we have no call for fancy
drinks," said the bartender, as he deftly
wnied the glasses and set them on the
bar. " Our customers are all kinds
mining men, blinkers and brokers.
W Insky punch and cocktails are all the
go here."
A party of thirsty men tiling up to the
bar confirmed his words and the report
er departed.
Topfty-Vopy UiuIuom.
A man who probably hailed from
Buffalo played a powerful mean trick
on a Detroit bridal couple at Niagara
i alls the other evening.
They went to a hotel and registered.
had supper, and then started out for a
night view of the Mighty ltoarer.
They had not gone far when a man
called to them aud said
"Have you just been married?"
"We have," answered the group.
"Going to stay here a day or two?"
"Yes."
"Well, I want to say a word to you.
I don't want any ducky -deary nonsense
around my house. I want no popsy-
wopsy business on the veranda. 1 want
no squeezing hands on the balconies or
feeding each other at the table."
The groom let his arms fall from his
bride's waist in a slow aud painful man
ner, aud the stranger continued
"The first time you call her ieaches
and cream, or she calls you her darling,
out you go!"
" l -yes, sir."
"She's uo sweeter than ten thousand
other girls, and you're uo more a darl
ing than 1 am, and 1 won't stand love
sick nonsense."
He walked away with that, and
people at the Falls who knew the bri
dal couple were amazed to hear them
address each other as Mr. and Mrs.,
and to see what precautions they took
to prevent touching hands or betraying
any symptoms of love.
They put in two wretched days, and
it was oidy as they were upon the point
of leaving that they discovered how a
bate villain had duped them.
Shako's Telephone.
"I guess I hafe my telephone took
out of my house," said a resident of
of the eastern itart of the city as he took
a seat beside Manager Jackson the other
day.
"Anything wrong?"
"Yes, eafrytiugs is wrong," was the
doleful answer.
"1'erliaps the battery needs more
water?"
"Vhell, maybe so, but I doan keep
no track of dot. You see, I vhas down
to my peesness a good deal. In der
morning, after I vhas gone a leedle
while, someiMxly rings aboudt sixteen
hundred times and scares my old vho
man half to death. She asks vho vhas
dere, und somepody answers: 'Hello!
Miake, vhas dot you Sav, Miake, how
aboudt dot leedle gal dot wrote you dot
letter? 11a! ha! ha!' Und dot makes
my vife so madt dot she shuuis oop
und down und pulls her hair, and vheu
1 comes home she goes for me like some
tigers. Vhas dot der right vhay to put
up some shobs on a man.'"
"'o, ot course not."
"Und pooty queek after dot somebody
else rings oop my house two tousand
times, und my vhife almost faints avhay.
V hen she asks who vhas dere somebody
answers: 'fiay, Shake, I saw you rid
ing oudt mit your vhife on der Lake
road last Sunday! Doan lie afraidt
I doan' give him away!' Und den my
vhife vhas mailt enough to bust in two.
und vheii I comes home she strikes at
me mit der teaixit. lo you call him
telephone convenience?"
"I call it a shame, sir."
"Vhell, some odder times somepody
goes r-r-r-r-ring-ing-ing-riiig like tund
er, und my vhife vhas as pale ash a bed
quilt. She tinks dot vhas some Occident
to me, or some steam poat blowed oop
nut her sister, ller heart beats like it
would shump oudt on der floor, and
vheu she asks who vhas killed tomepody
answers: 'lsh dot Niake? Say, Miake,
how much you gif dot policeman to
keep sthill ou vou. eh! Ah! dot vhas a
fine racket, Shake, but if der oldt vbo
nians drops on it you vhas gone oop like
some Gilderoy's kite!' Den my vhife
she vhas madt some more, und she
packs oop her trunks, und she vhas all
ready to go vhen I comes home. Vhas
dot some more convenience by electrici
ty?"
I shall certamly look into this mat
ter. ?uch things must be stopped."
Und sometimes someiHHly rings soft'
ly, shu.'t like cats, und my vhife wants
to know who vhas dot. Mel ho
vhas me? Katie! Who vhas Katie?
Vhy, Shake, doan' you know dot vidder
vhoiuans you met ou der boat. Say,
Shake, how vhas der oldt vhoiuans to
day L ud how vhas dot on me vheu I
goes home? Uud how can I make der
oldt vhomans pelief I vhas in my saloon
al! der time, uud dot I doan' know some
vidder vhomans from a load of hay? 1
tell you, MisserShackson, dot telephone
preaks oop my family if 1 doan' look
oudt. Eal'eiy day it Ls 'Hello! Shake!'
und eafery evening vhen I comes home
it is some more crying und talking like
1 vluis der worst man iu Detroit."
He was promised sjieeily aud perma
nent relief, aud as he backed up stairs
to the sidewalk, he said:
"Vhell, dot makes me feel like I vhas
happy.
If someiKxly vliants to 'Hello! Shake!'
on me let him come to my saloon. I
gif nun some telephone convenience so
he vhas lame for six months!"
A Lover's KeTence.
M. Francisque Sarcey has just fa
vored the public with a dissertation on
the delicate subject ot professional se
crecy and the obligation it sometimes
imposes of telling a lie. The circum
stances of a case cited by him in which
the seal of secrecy was broken are of a
very dramatic character. A lady whose
daughter was about to be married hav
ing acquired a suspicion that the ante
cedents of the fiance were not of the
most desirable cliaracter that he had,
iu fact, undermined his constitution by
early dissipation called upon his me
dical adviser, Dr. Delpech, one of the
most distinguished Professors of the
Montiielier faculty of medicine, confi
ded her suspicious to him, and asked if
they were well founded. 1 he Doctor
fenced with the question as well as he
could and tried to avoid giving a direct
answer. The lady insisted. "1 do not
address you as a professional man,"
she said, "but I ask you, as the father
of a family, would you giveyour daugh
ter to this young uian?" Overcome by
this appeal, the Doctor gave a reluctant
answer iu the negative, and the mar
riage was broken off. borne davs after
ward the carriage iu which the Doctor
used to drive to his class came to a
stand before the door of the medical
school, but without either the physician
or the coachman, who were both found
lying dead on the road at some distance,
each with a bullet lodged in a vital
part. The circumstances of t e mur
der were shrouded in mystery for a
time; but eventually the dead body of
a young man, who had blown his brains
out, was found lying in a room the win
dows of which looked up to the scene
of the assassination. It was the body
of the young man whom Dr. Delpech
said he would not accept as a son-in-law;
anl there could, of course, le no
reasonable doubt that he was the assas
sin. An old hip.
The old ship New Orleans is soon to
be sold by auction. The house which
was built over it at Sackett's llailior,
New York, at the close of the war of
1S12 was blown down three years ago.
Since then the vessel has been the sport
of storms. To-day it stands a sad,
weather-beaten object, awaiting its final
destruction at the fall of the auctioneer's
hammer. Many of its timbers have
walked off in the shape of canes. The
ship was built in sixty days from the
time the timber stood in the forests,
and would have been launched in thirty
more had not peace been declared. All
the rigging was couveyed at great ex
pense and under difficulties from New
York. There were no railroads, and
the Government road that ran out of
and into Sackett's Harbor was a very
rude affair. The anchor cliain of the
New Orleans, weighing from O.OiH) to
8,000 pounds, was carried from Utica
on the shoulders of 3u0 men, who traced
their way by means of blazed trees. The
New Orleans was built as a counter
match on Lake Ontario for the British
ship St, Lawrence.
Sudden and violent storms have
been recently visiting nearly every part
of this country.
New Haven wants $j00.000 more
from the Government for harbor improvements.
la Tangier.
Sunday is the liest market day at
Tangier. When I awoke at dawn
heard the throb of the darabuka down
in the place below, and the innumer
able hum of train -; ami when 1 looked
out Isaw that the Soko was swarming
like an aut-hilL NY hen we descended
into the motley throng the business of
the day was in full blast. The beggars
followed us about; the snake-chanmrs
and story-tellers had already formed
rings of delighted spectators; womeu
in coarse white stuff, with children
slung on their backs; stately, handsome
Moorish merchants m cool, gauzy rolies:
comely urchms in rags begging and of
fering to act as guides; sellers of unat
tractive goods crvius their merchan
dise; camels roaring, aud donkeys bray
ing, and dervishes posturing Uie pic
ture shitted like the bits in a kaleidos
cope.
Here was a fantastic dervish arrogat
ing to himself the title of Sheriff of
Beggars, with a variegated turban, his
dress thickly hung with ornaments and
four rings ou each finger. Here were
the unpleasant Uiffs from the country
men in dirty embroidered robes with
the head all shaved except one long
curl on one side a lock left for Lord
Mahomet to pull the wearer up to
heaven. 1 he high civilization and lack
of self -consciousness of these people are
shown by the fact that everybody may
wear any dress he chooses, or none, and
attract no attention.
In the town it was Sunday, also, aud
just as lively. The Jews form a con
siderable .portion of the population, and
are in appearance the most decent and
thrifty. We were admitted to several
Jewish houses, built with oiieii courts.
in the Moorish style, which were ex
ceedingly neat and comfortable. The
womeu, who have a reputation for
beauty, are of light complexion much
lighter than the men and many of
them have tine eyes, aud all the national
fondness for jewelry. Notwithstand
ing their wealth and orderly behavior.
the Jews are liked by uobjdy, and the
Moorish merchants, who are no more
scrupulous than other traders, always
regard the Jewasdishouest. In uo orien
tal community does the Jew rise abjve
this prejudice.
Ou a street corner was a roulette table
iu full operation, whirled by an honest
man from Malaga, who coveted our
gtxKl opinion, without expecting us to
join his game; supposing that, as for
eigners, we looked down, as he d;d,
upon these ignoble surroundings.
"You ought to be very gooJ here," I
saidT"with three Sabbaths the Mos
lem Friday, the Jywisli Saturday, aud
the Christian Sunday."
"Oil, yes," replied the devout Span
iard, giving the wheel a whirl: "but
Moors no keep Sunday. And" (said he
suddenly, as if it were a new thought)
"Christians uo keep it neither! Jetvs
must keep it; 'bliged by their law."
We left thii introducer of Christian
ways whirling his wueel and gathering
in the stray copiers. II jw much sin
it is to gamble with the Moorish copper
is a question. Having need to fill
my iK-ket with it to satisiy the beg
gars, I received from a money-changer
a large bowlful of it iu exchange for
a peseta, a silver piece worth treaty
cents.
Tangier, for climate, scenery, novel
entertainment, is a delightful winter
residence. In two weeks, at any rale,
we did not tire of it, aud every day be
came more in love with the easy terms
of existence there. Tne broken coun
try in the direction of Cape Sportel is
inviting both to the footpad aud the
horseman, and the e;ubasies, when
they are not paying their annual visit
to Morocco, the capital, must offer some
gool society.
We went one day to the plantation
of the American Consul, some two miles
out on the road to Cape Sportell, which
is laid out ou one side of a glen, shelt
ered from the prevailing wind, but oeii
to the ocean breezes. Here, in a pretty
oriental cottage, with an extensive gar
den, blooming uie winter through with
flowers of every sort, fragrant with the
orange, the kinaiia, the peppjr aui the
ac:tcia trees, one might forget that
snow aud ice aud "blizzards" and ioli-
tics, aud all the discomforts of civiliza
tion iu the temperate zone, exist.
Frencn Coinage.
Smie interesting tables have lately
been published of the gold and silver
coinage in France from 17'.ito the end
of l.-s. as also that of the bronze
money issued between 1S2 (when there
was a new mintage) up to lssi. The
gold coinage dur'iig the period named
reached the sum ot tn2,.5j4,JOOr.,
from which must be deducted the value
of the demonetized pieces of lor. and
f., which amounted to 71,08J,200f.
The amount of gold pieces in cut rency
was therefore r,lwl.al,Wf.. of which
i;j,o"H;,'.(Xf. were of luof., 40,s:i:!,4ouf.
of 00f., JO.j,43J,:hjOf. of 40f., 7,liis,i'i0-,-SOUf.
of Ltlf., tXj,0.jl,li'.Mf. of 10f 210,
y47,l'JOf. of of. The Issue of lour', and
Ml. pieces only dates from Louis aH
leou, and there have been uo 4' if. pieces
struck Since the fall of Louis Puilippe.
Gold coins of Uie decim d system were
only issued under the Republic between
184'J aud 1S.11, but :Jof. pieces have been
struck under all the Governments since
Louis NapoltMtirs time. The total
number of silver pieces issued between
17'JO and lv has been 5,5U,!4ii,017f.,
of which 5,UM,tiiJo,2 lor. were in of.
pieces struck during the different re
ijiims. The First and Second Itepul
ucs only struck on pieces of 2f., If.,
"0c., 'I'm. or 20. Since Louis FhUlipe's
time no 2oc. pieces have been issued,
but under 1auis Napoleon and the Em
pire S.i":2,70uf. worth of iJc. pieces
were struck. During the cour- of last
year 3,702,7ouf. in louf. gold pieces
were produced, together with 1,1511,
t7lf. of silver 50c. pieces. Of bronze
money there has been iasiieJ since 1.-452,
:.'!Iti'jll,57:!t. in pieces of 10c., 20,055,
lU7t. in 5c. pieces, l,SS-!,7Vi. in i;..
pieces, and 1,177,5'JOf. in lc. pieces,
f'netoial value of gold and silver pieces
coined up to January 1, 1:;, u i de
ducting the demonetized pieces, lias
been i:J,J4s,l44,2i4f. An interesting
feature in the report is Uiat of the minl
mgs ot the various pieces under succes
sive republics, such as Hercules for the
First Kepublics, the same being used
for the silver pieces of the llepublic of
1SLS-4U, while Genius was used for the
gold pieces; a g.xldess for the liepublic
of l&l'J-ol, and also for that of 1870-71,
while trom liiO the hgures ot Hercu
les and Genius have again been adopted.
Fob asparagus choosa a deep, light,
audy loam, and work m plenty of line
farmyard munnre. It is preierame, u
as convenient, t-j plant in vue long row
on side of the tardea, having the plant
bout 13 inches apirt.
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Miss Mary Anderson is in Parii
Mexico is making a study of tin
rubber plant.
The Western Union Telegraph com
pany employs 12,500 operators.
The London Missionary Society
owns five mission ships.
The income of the Church of Eng
land is put at $22,025,000.
Tliiscouiitrytiiruso.it 2,45Jvatche i
every twenty-four hours,
From SK) to 1000 berry baskets ar .
turned out in a day by an expert maker,
and by hand.
The post office in Nevr York does
a business, involving directly over $70,
000,000 per year.
The iuice of the red onions Is said
to promptly allay the sting of U-es.
wasps, hornets, & j.
A Chinaman has purchased the
water works at Elko, Nev., and will,
doubtless, make them go.
Madame Etelka Gerster sails for
this country, for a six months' tour
under Mapleson, in Septemlr.
Mrs. Abby Chirk Ford is re-engaged
with Alfred De Seve's conceit
company, for the coming season.
In Boston, which is now one of the
most important Eastern markets of the
trade, cojiI was a:i "untriel luxury" in
l&JO.
Boston has fifty three national
banks, with a combined capital of 5o,
450,000 and a total outstanding circu
ation of $.'S0,4 11,182.
The Mexican revenues, which in
1370 were but $10,12s,000, rose last
year to nearly $."12.2oo.OOO, and are ex
pected to reach $ 10,OUO,000 this year.
The 18 0 saloons of Missouri last
year paid licenses to the amount of
$157,000. The same numlier of saloons
under the new law will have to iav
ioo,ooo.
A negro killed lol'.t rats iua single
day at Clarksville, Tenn., recently, and
won a prize thereby, which was "rouirh
on" the other fellows who had co:u;x-t-
ed with him.
Marwood, who owes his fame to
his virtuoso executions on a single
string, recently occupied a seat in tne
galleiy during a session of the House
of Commons.
The programmes of the S;e:i!?er-
bund concerts at Buffalo contained the
names of few but German comiKisers.
Kossini and Donizetti being among the
rare exceptions.
The "gas war" has ceased in
Brooklyn, and the price of :ras will be
raised to $2 per 1000 cubic feet on aud
after August 1st. The two circum
stances have a close connection.
Boston has .'504electric Iainus. which
cost the city sixty-live eeuts each per
night. lhey displaced about out
thousand gas lamps tliat ha I coit les;
than six cents each per night.
Xo more mysterio:isassnsi:i Hi .i
of hackuien have been repirtel foil
tne city which recently tuiMisiis l tw.
cases of that kind: but the aveu-'er is
believed to be prowling around Niag ir.i
rails.
The Isthmus of Corinth Canal
Comjiany expect to use 2.500.UO0 pounds
of dynamite in prosecuting their work,
wnicu win probably take four years.
The entire cost is estimated at $5,
000,000. Iu the course of excavations in the
Via S. Ignazio at Koine, several Egvpt-
iau antiquities hare recently been dis
covered. They include an obelisk bear
ing the cartouch of Barneses 11. a
sphinx of basalt, and a cyuoceplialus.
Herr Koffell has devised a new ex
plosive substance, whic'.i, ha ded ires,
win oe less cosily man any other, an I
which will not be liable to explo Id by-
shock or friction. It iscom.xjsed prin
cipally of saltpetre, so Lt, sulplmr, saw-
uisi, cmorate ot potaia and chaivoil.
Japan takes to the newspaiier most
kindly. There are now 113 newspapers
published in the kingdom, besiles I II
miscellaneous publications, and iu the
three years, 1S75-IS77, the circulation
increased from G,l0,2iW to tl),5L.
The annual rate of mortality in the
towns of England aud Wales for the
week ending with the 7th inst., aver
aged l'J.3 ier 1000 in an estimate I
ixipuhition of 8,02 J,l72. Tae rate was
20,1 per 1000 for the same week in Lon
don.
At the three stations in Northern
Europe from which special attention
was given last wmter to studies of the
iiurora borealis, efforts were ma le to
photograph the pheuoiu cion, but no
impression on the sensitive platescould
be secured.
Germany has 2')5 inhabitants to the
square mile, the United States 17.2:.
n hen the density of population lseiual
to that of Germany, the United Slates
will have 5l5,.VU,4 J inhabitants, not
including the Indian territory and sun
tracts now unoccupied.
The Associated It lilways of Vir
ginia and the Carolines will refuse after
August 1st to check a pie':e of baaga
in excess of 20lbs. rJig'ieover
that weight may be divid ,.tl into two
or more parcels, otherwise it w ill n il
be accepted for traasportalioa.
Two men, namel Morum an I
Costa, the former a Belgian an 1 the
tatter a I reuchiuan, succeeded, early
in the present injutli, in crossing oer
the English Channel in a hallo m. They
ascended at Courtrai, lielguiai, an 1
made the landing near Brjinley.
The number of paupers in London
for one week in various years is shown
below: fourth week of June, 188:i,
85,555; fourth week of June, 1882, 38,
054; fourth week of June, 1881, 8i,4 4;
fourth week of June, I85O, tvl,12j.
fhese uumlxirs are exclusive of luna
tics in asylums and vagrants.
General Torres' annual reixirt on
the Italian army levies states that on
Septenilxjr 'M List, 714,!58 men were
enrolled in the permanent army, of
whom iVjy.825 were privates. Ot these
0'J0,S25 men, however, only lti2,34o
were actually under arms, including
18,000 carabineers.
Preserved milk, sealed by Nagilli
in 1872, has been opened. It haJ be
come brownish, and acquired a bitter
taste, isuthcient proof was obtained
that heating to 12 i degrees under a
pressure of from two to fjur atiuns
phcres is inadequate to destroy germs.
Primary education in America has
not yet produced such gold results as
might be expected. Of the 5O,0v)J,0oj
inhabitants, more than 3,00J,00 are
over 10 years of age. Ot" taese, 4,021,
007, or 13.4 per cent., cannot read,
while rj,2-ia,ao8, or per cent., cannot
write. Pennsylvania, the busiest of
the states, is at the same time the m jst
illiterate.
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