iiiiw etrtnel nil Mil B. F. SCHWEIER, t i-r TEE OOXSTITUTIOI-THE TmOI-AID TEE HTOSOE1CETT 07 TEE LAWS. Editor and Proprietor. VOL. XXXVII. MIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY. PENN A.. WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 26. 1SS3. NO. 30. SWKKTHEAKT. n,f trs iin out on the wide, wide aea With I'S111 'hat is ne'er forgot; Rut voor eye, sweetheart, shine out on me With hi'lit that the stars know not. nt Urks sine ft, in the fresh green grass, Ibeir heaven-taught melody; But the birds are dumb as your sweet wonls joss Sirill-winseJ as the light to me. jle ruse climbs up to my window-neat, And fciluis In its rich erfuiiie; Bat the breath of your lips is sweeter, my And tlicir crimson is love's rie bloom. Oh, Hps that were fashioned for kissing mine, XUat whiiT in love's low tone! Oh. ey iliat out of love's vast deeps shine! Sweetheart ol'niy heart, mine owu ! Von have feasted me, love, as the rose the liee, Ou the sweets of your lis and your eyes; y,.u have ojiened love's portals and given to me Tli cycles of Paradise. WAS IT FAIK OF UIM X lovely day in September. The raw of the sun are tempered by a slight iuie that lies over the sea, while the air is so calm that the flag at the end of the pier has hung motionless the hole morning. At the foot of the cliffs, among the boulders, sits a girl sketching a girl, who. in her pretty pale tinted dress, relieved by a bunch of ioppies at the unk and another in the becoming little sailor hat, makes a fair picture herself. f-he has a sweet, earnest face framed with curly dark hair that falls softly un the White forehead, which is just now prettily puckered in the earnest ness of her task. By her side, stretched to the full length of his tall, athletic figure, re clines au equally fair eciuieu of the unfile sex, his thoughts apparently air away, jui'ging by the absent look in lie Landsoine gray eyes which are looking out to the sea. Suddenly he rouses himself, and pushing his hat a little further back from his broad white brow, turns lazily on one eibow, and says, penitently: -I am awful sorry, Miss Grey. You mut think me a very dull companion, 1 am Mire, but the fact is, that from Iring alone so much when I was abroad. I Lave acquired a veiy awkward habit ef going into day dreams without the slightest regard to time and circum stances; so please accept mv most hum- hie ajiologics;"' he concludes, looking pleadingly into his comiunion s lace. A soli iar.iih answers his words, and Dora Grey says, gently, without rais ing fer eyes: Tray "don't aiologize, Mr. Carelton. I aui afraid I must plead guilty to the weakness of absent-mindedness myself occasionally, and at the present mo ment I was so engrossed at tins difficult piece of sky that 1 had almost forgotten vuiir jiresence." --"Oh," says Frank Careltou, blandly, under his breath, w hile the girl's sweet roice resumes, unconscious of the in lerniption: "1 ahvavs think that one of the tests of true friendship is being able to be 'with a jierson, and either talk, think, or keep silence, as long as you choose, without the expectation of giving of fence." Oli," says Frank, tesuming his old attitude, "1 suppose you go in for that sort of thing; most young ladies do for time." "I don't know what you mean by 'going in for that sort of tiling,' but I certainly believe that there are such rople to 1 met w ith as real, sincere lriends iu every sense of the word." "Naturally enough at your age, Miss Grey; but pardon me, when you have lived a little longer you will find people are not always w hat they seem, nor are their protestations of friendship1 much to be depended tllHili." -However old 1 may live to be," says Kr, -1 hoi I shall always have as much faith in my fellow-ens Hires as 1 have now; and 1 tirnily believe it iossi lie to meet with those who will, through riches and ioverty, good reiort and evil, lie steadfast and unchanging Iriends." And blushing at her own earnestness lkra resumes the brush, winch she had been neglecting for the last lew minutes. Frank smiles under his mustache at the girlish outburst, but turns and looks gravely enough into the charming, shy lace and says w ith a sigh: "Ah, child, you don't kuow what Jou are talking about. Just put it to yourself a moment, aud tell me, do you think vou could be such a friend if twed be?" " "I do!" is the quiet, earnest answer, and something iu the pure face makes Frank take, the little bare hand nearest liim into his and kiss it reverently. Tien, letting it go, he says gently: "1 supiiose, Miss Grey, your theory' would not allow friendship between two f opposite sex?" ertaiuly it would," replied Dora. '"I can never understand why the re gard which may exist between a man and a woman should not be dictated by a feeling of true, earnest friendship, and, as such, be frankly shown before the world. 1 dare say you think me very foolish,1' the sweet, girlish roice concludes, a little hastily; "my sisters at home have often laughed at what they call my 'peculiar notions.' " There is no reply for a moment, for Frank is looking earnestly over the sea; then he tunis w ith an air of having made up his mind to something, and says, uuietly: "Dora, w'ill you be such a friend to hie?" The girl's cheeks flushes, and she turns to meet the expected smile; but the glance which meets her is grave and earnest, and the clear gray eyes lik honestly into hers. There is a memeutary pause; theu she lays her pretty white fingers gently into the baud outstretched to meet them, and says, steadily: . ''I will, Mr. Careltou, as far as it lies in my jiower, if vou wish it." "1 do wish it," says Fiauk concisely, bis hand closing firmly round the timid little fingers, over which he bends his handsome head before releasing tliem, and upon'which he imprints a soft kiss to ratify the com tact. The pretty white house, nestling among the dark firs, which are such au addition to the beautyof the coast near Sandcornbe, belongs to Mr. Harrington, "u he and his pretty wife are never "wre pleased than when they can in duce as many as possible of their num "uus friends to visit them; and they particularly happy in the selection f their guests, and are never tired of vising some pleasant plan of amuse ment Kavenswood house is almost al ways gay and lively with pleasant laughter and merry chatter. Mrs. Barringtou wasa Miss Grey, and Dora is her pet sister, so she often stavs at ivavenswood for months together. ! Frank Carelton has onlv lieon dnu-n from London a fortnight. He is a ris ing young barrister, with a good private income of his own; but this has not prevented his overworking himself a little, and he has accepted Oscar Har rington's pressing invitation to recruit his strength iu the bracing air of Sand combe. There are not so many guests as usu-d at Kavenswood house just now, so Dora and Frank have been thrown together a good deal; and Mr Carelton is too fond of the society of pretty girls not to think it a very pleasant arrangement altogether. The day follow ing the little talk on the beach there is a large inllux of vis itors; but Dora finds, to her satisfaction, that iu walks or drives Frank seems ever at her side, as usual. One day she laughingly remarks the fact, but he merely says, quietly: "1 prefer friends to acquaintances, Dora. If you are tired already of our bargain, say so; but it is only natural that, under the circumstances, 1 should choose your society rather than that of anyone else." bo the two wander about together contentedly, though not unnoticed, for many are the glances and little innu endoes they have to encounter, much to IKira's expressed disgust as she freely discusses tne matter with Frank. "It is too utterly ridiculous," she says angrily, as they were cne day walking through the woods; as if we were bound to be talking a lot of nonsense about love just because we are alone together, "Ridiculous, indeed," calmly asserts t rank; "wait until Mr. and Miss Ilight appear, and we go off with them re spectively; then these clever teople will see the dinerence eh, Dorai"' Dora's heart gave a sudden jump, but she answers in her usual gentle voice, though she is rather silent during the remainder of the walk. "1 am extecting Miss Bruce down here to-morrow, so I warn all those of you gentlemen who still possess that useful article, a heart, to guard it well, for Nelly is a fascinating pussy." So says Mrs. Harrington at the lunch eon table one day; and to those who know the young lady spoken of, the announcement appeara to give univer sal satisfaction. "And who is Miss Bruce?" asks Frank of lora Grey, by whose side he is sitting. "One of the loveliest girls you ever saw in your life," puts in Mr. Barring- ton, betore Dora can reply; "and just your style, old man, I should imagine." I rank Carelton looks at lora, and rejieats, iu a low voice, meant for her ear alone. "Just my style. Can my fate be ap proaching already i ' "l'erhaio," is the only reply, given m equally low tones. "Do joj hoiie it may be so?" "I dont quite know,"" said the young man, gently. "1 have my friend, you know, Dora." "But, notwithstanding, Mr. Frank appears to find the charming, fair-hair ed girl, who is told off to his care the next evening at dinner, very attractive; and when the gentlemen rejoin the ti dies he makes his way straight to the Ottoman upon which Miss Bruce is sit ting. -How selfish I am," murmured Dora to herself, as she watches Frank's tall, handsome figure crossing the room in order to turn over Miss Bruce's music; aud somehow everything seems a little dull and uninteresting to the girl's mind, and a heartache accomianied her to bed that night. But it is gone by the morrow, and Dora is her own sweet self, and as days go on she resumes her nit her neglected sketching, thoug'i by degrees she finds how often she is without her faithful friend, and she misses his cheerful chat ter and genial laugh more than she will acknowledge. For Frank Careltou's jesting words seem to have come true, and he shows no signs of his evident admiration for pretty Nellie subsiding, forit is at her side he lingers now. And there is evidently a very good under standing between them, for it necessi tates much low talk and apiwrent ier suasive eloquence on Frank's iart; and somehow the thought of those two will persist in obtruding itself on Dora's mind, no matter what she is doing. At last matters came to a crisis. A picuic is arranged to be held iu some woods a few miles inland, and during a luu heou on the grass Frank and Nellie are, as usual, together, and the girl is in such a merry mood that it is evident she fells very happy. lora feels more than ever the foolish position into w hich her girlish ignorance has led her re flecting Frank, for more than one re mark reaches her, referring iu no very llattering terms to his conduct. But she defends him ou every occasion, and iu such a sweet, unconscious manner that suspicion is at once disarmed re specting the state of her heart. But the effort to dissemble her disap pointment in Frank's sudden avoidance is too great to-day, and she manages, after luncheon, to steal away entirely alone, intending to sketch a pretty little glade she had often visited. But when she reaches the spot she merely seats herself on the Uink, and fiercely argues out her own unreason ableness, as she terms it. But the pro cess does not seem to be satisfactory, for presently one or two tears force themselves slowly from behind the closed eyelids, and the girl gives way to a passionate flood of tears. By degress the sobs subside, and the soothing effect of the soft, warm air and subdued quiet around begin to be felt, and leaning her uncovered head against the hard trunk of a tree, she falls fast asleep. So fast, indeed, that the sound of advancing footstej does not make an eyelid quiver; and when Frank Carelton reaches her he stands for a moment looking down at the little fig ure iu its attitude of careless grace w ith au expression uion bis face that is not exactly faithful to the memory of Miss Nellie Bruce. Just then Dora stirs a little, and a weary little sob bursts from the pretty parted lips. This is more than Frank cau bear, and in a moment he is kneel ing beside her, and the startled girl is taken tenderly into his arms, while the curly head leans for a moment uncon sciously against his breast. "What is it? Where am I?" mur murs Dora, and looks up so quickly that a soft mustache brushes her cheek. "Oh, Mr. Carelton," she summers, trying to disengage herself and blushmg deeply at the position in which she finds herself. "Dora darling," says Frank, earnest ly, "what do these tears mean? Tell me, dear." And he holds her so firmly sue can scarcely cove. "Nothing much." falters the trirl. blushing again as she recollects their true cause. "At least, nothing I could ten you,-' sne concludes, as Frank s gray eyes look into hers as if to read her very heart. "Now, Dora," he says reproachfully, "I thought you and I agreed always to tell each other our troubles. Do you call that looking upon me as your menu.- "But I could not possibly tell you," rejieats Dora, succeeding in drawing herself away, though her heart beat wildly at the tender look upon the handsome face look ing into hers. "How is it you are here?" she asks, to change the subject; "and where is Nellie?" "1 followed you, child," is the reply. ignoring her latter question. "I intend to know the meaning of these pale cheeks. I have noticed them for the last tw o or three days, aud I want to unu out it mere is any reason for them. Do you know what 1 would give half my life that they did mean?" he savs passionately; while Dora, a little fright ened, raiters out a timid ".o" w ithout looking at him. "Well, 1 won't tell you yet," he says, more quietly, "but I will let you into a secret that will interest you, about Nellie Bruce. What is it, child? Are you cold or faint?" for Dora started and closed her eyes. "No," she says, with a smile, "Go on, Mr. Carelton." "Well," he continues, "It turns out that Miss Nellie was a few months ago engaged to one of my most intimate friends, Harry Sylvester, and a rare good fellow he is, too; but they man aged to quarrel over something, and the affair was broken off, though both were as desperately in love as could well be. I happened to hear poor old Hal's woes at the time, and from put ting two aud two together, and writing a letter or two to Sylvester, 1 think 1 have managed that all will bo well agaiu without any compromise of dig nity on either side. Mrs. . Harrington has asked Harry down next week, and so I told Nellie; so let us hoi when they meet they will see the error of their ways once and for all. Why, Dora, how pleased you look; you care to hear about a love affair after all." "It isn't that I thought you cared I mean, Nellie cared " "Were you jealous?" interrupts Frank, passionately. Dora, my own darling, is it possible that you love me after all?" and he takes the sweet, blushing face between his hands and looks dowu into it rapturously. "lk you kuow, my dear one, I have loved you ever since the first week I came herebut you seemed such a sweet, ca'ui little maiden that I despaired of making you even think of me, so, dar ling, may I confess and tell you I fell into your pretty little plan of friendship just to try aud see if I could awaken any deeper feeling iu that pure little heart." "Oh, Frank," savs Dora, reproach fully, lifting her lovely dark eyes to his face, then dropping them at w hat she read there, "was that quite fair?" "Everything is fair in love and war. replies F rank, fondly kissing the pretty lips softly, with au air of proud tosses- siou, "esjieeially when the strategeiu ends in surrender." And Dora leans back her dark head against his shoulder, sighs contentedly, and says nothing. lltcairn Ilaul. After a fine run the Bark l'arsee dropiied anchor a mile off I'itcairu Island, where she was boarded by eight descendants of the old mutineers of the ship Bounty. These people, iu the ca bin, sang several sacred songs aud held religious services, and upon taking their deiurtuie sang "l'ull tor the shore" as good si vie as the Captain ever heard, "even as good as the singing at the monster concert held in Boston se veral years ago," said he. They re imi ted the number of inhabitants to be lOo, and that all were well and in good spirits. 1 he females were m the ma jority, and instead of provisions those boarding the shiiw seemed to preier jewelry, castile soap and cologne. One young leliow was particularly anxious to secure a pair oi sleeve-buttons: so pleased were the visitors with having been presented with some of these gew gaws that they went ashore without the provisions and clothing they had been presented with. They informed the Captain that the Island was callable of producing enough for 000 iople, and that they had goats, sheep, pigs, chick ens, dogs and cats iu plenty, iney were all of somewhat darK color, snow ing their Tahitian blood, and while the meu were strong and handsome, the women were well-formed aud beauti ful. One young fellow aboard the ship was so struck with the beauty ol one fair damsel that he wished to leave the ship, but the islanders would not ir- ln it this, as according to meir law no stranger cau find a home with them. A Hone's yueer Pedigree. ' It was," slid Mr. CampbslI, "in the old, old days, when conductors wore conduct j; when he was 'captain of the ship,' as it were. In those days conductors were nabobs; thea it wa that Bdly Mains palled the bdll-cord of a glass window train on a Southern rail road. Billy was a nabob, aud Billy's dinmouiU flashed scarcely less bright than the headlight of his trmn a loco motive. Wheu his train pulled- up at the end of the run the high-stepper that trotted at the front end of Bdly s buggy champed his bit restlessly till his tooy master look the ribbons iron? me 'cuneu pusses' who held him. and drove rapid ly away to his hotel. Billy never waiKea any wnerei ana ue al ways wore diamonds, no matter who was aroonc), o wheu it came tune for turn to go to the general cuioe to mane out his report, the horse aud buggy stool at the door and he wot thre at a 2:10 gait. One day, after having made his report, Bdly came to the fuse door and met the 1'retUeut of the road (the horse and boggy and colored boy had waited for the conductor). 'Good mormnK. Billy. A ice horse you have lhere,' said the President. '1 should say bo a regular goer. smil.d Bdly. 'Blooded stock. lSHlyT asked M.T. T. Yes, oh yes, sir. What's his pedigree, Billy?' ontiu- ued Mr. Tyler. 'Ha's out of -Railroad by Conduct or,' replied William, and as he 'took up the ribbons again, he waited just long enough to say: 'and I think dammed by Stockholder . The Kimball House at Atlanta is to be rebuilt, The Haunted Lolt There it was again. That horrid scream. Eve.y hand in that great mill heard it and trembled with a dread of some unknown danger. It was one of the most mvs'erioiisaiid evasive disturbers I had ever attempted to straighten out, and it proved a ver itable puzzler, and took many long months before I at last got the ghost laid. And then it was by the merest acciden that but I have not vet told the story. Iu most old mills there are old men who have been for years among those who daily went their rounds, and on Saturday nights smoked the pii of lace 'neatn the shadow or their own lintel. In the Peacock, however, there was but one of these old fellows Geo. Wood by name a faithful old fellow who had seen the first suule full of earth dug which made a way for the heavy foundation, and he hail almost literally counted each brick as the walls slowly rose to their "four-storv- aud-attic" height. Somehow the Pea cock had always a difficulty in retaining its hands, various causes having oiiera- ted to keep them changing, but George nau, inrougu all the years of disaster or prostierity, faithfully and regularly answered at the gate to the morning rou can. lie had worked in all parts of the mill and at all times of the day or night, and was as familiar with all the ins and outs of the labyrinthine cellars and the cobwebby lofts as it was possible lor any one iierson to be. V hen 1 was first startled out of my composure by this most unearthly yell, and failed to find its cause. I sought George and asked if he had any idea of the cause, or if he knew anything of its origin, h hiie 1 was yet talking with him, near one of the converters, the most heart-rending scream acrain sounded, apparently from the rag room. wnicn was on me top noor of the east wing. It sounded loud and shrill, clear above the clatter of the null machinery. L gh. 1 he marrow in my bones seems even now to freeze into a painful solid ity as l thiuK of it. lhere was a liecu- liar vanty about it that w as boai start ling aud fascinating. Indeed, the thing came to have such a horrid fasci nation for me that I caught myself listening for it and simulating as to the probable character of the next ner- tormance; for, that it was human I telt quite well satisiied though who could be playing the disturbing prank I could not tor the lue of me determine. At times It was the wail of a lost soul, at another it was a cry of terror, men it would be as though m the agony of desimir, but the most riigbtful of all was a yell of demoniac rage, which seemed to ring and echo through the remotest iarls of the mill, and for time completely upsetting the nerves of every one withm its walls, and depriv ing tneui or au ntness for their work, Another peculiarity of it was that once outside the building even a few feet away not a sound could be heard. I hunted high and low. but had so far failed to tiud it. I grew mote and more determined that 1 would hnd it and stop it, or I'd own nyself dead beat and leave the mill; for that some thing must be done was evident. could scarcely keep together enough hands to keep the mill running. Aud, outsiue, n was the talk of the town. l studied the wuid, read books on deinouology and witchcraft, experi mented with all kinds of hideous sound ing whistles, but had not arrived at anything which gave even a clue to the mystery- Night work iu the lofts was at a complete standstill, 1 could get no one to woiK up there. "What! Go up there! Why, Mr. Green, I'd sooner die than do it." "I'd die with fright." said another So I sought Wood in my declaration, hoping to strike a trail which my mind s eye had but dimly seen that evening. I'll let George tell the story in his own words, merely premising that he had a quaint delivery, which gave a iculiar charm to the narration, although it was of no advantage to me in unraveling the all-absorbing mys tery. GKOUUK WOOD'S STOKV. "Lemme see, 'twas 'bout in '47 I reckon, thar stood right over that on what was then the river bank, a two- story frame house, which used to be used ior a tavern; so they sed, at least, though it hadn't but two rooms up stairs an' two down so far as I know. But it was a drinking aud litin' place, bein' a kind o' headquarters fur the raftsmen and other hard nuts that b'long 'bout rivers and river towns. L's boys were all feared o' that house, an' wouldn't none of us go nigh it il we could git 'round it any way. Peo ple used to pint thar lingers at it au' look kind o' mysterious and shake their heads whenever it was mentioned. I guess it was a purty tough place, and that many a murder was committed thar that nobody never knowed about. " 'Long iu the winter, or late in the fall o' 47, a handsome, big stranger came iotowu a huutin' lor his brother. He sayed they was goiu' to Mexico to gether, and that Jean had come down the river first, with some lumbermen, an' was to write when he got here. But they never got nary a word, and finally t:ie brother came down to look after him. There was some ugly stories floating about, but nobody seemed in clined to take much part, for in truth most was afeared to git 'Ole Greasy,' the owner of the shanty, down on 'em. n ell, one evening the stranger strayed iu there, iuteudui' to keep his eyes oeu and his head clar and mebbe he would find out suinp'u 'bout his brother. He had been thar praiis an hour, w hen there was a terrible rum pus iu the shanty a big fight was ap lrently agoin' on. Soon a crowd of us boys congregated and stood with oin eyes and stretched ears, but about all we could hear was a lot of cussin'; and one thmg l heard the stranger say, l ou kuieu my urotuer ana now you want to murder me.' "They fit out to the door, and busted it oien, and three men, with clubs in their hands, apiieared pounding over the head of tint stranger. They killed him right before our eye3. He told em that every drop of his blood and his brother's should grow iuto a demou to torment them, aud that nothing should grow or prosper on the cursed pot." "Boss, that wall stands ou the very spot where he was killed. An', boss, you kin believe it or not, but, sure as you are a livin' man, that man's sperit walks along hat wall every night at twelve o'clock, and if you'll take the trouble to put the lights out an' watch, as I've had to do many a night, you'll see yourself." 1 thanked Wood for his Btory, but was no nearer a solution than before. ! Shortly after this we found it necessary i to make some openings under the eaves ior ventilation, and we found what.' An old fruit can hung by a string to a rafter just in front of a knot hole. In the can was a round pebble which very successfully imitated at a distance the death rattle which all had heard aud shuddered at. The only mystery now was, how did the can get there. Cut Ubua. The manufacture of glass has always been an attractive aud interesting study, and many of your readers will doubtless recall with pleasure, prob ably, the only in-sight they have ever had into the details of its production. as they lingered around the glass-works ot our Centennial Lxpositiou, so fasci nated with the process by which the fairy-like shapes were formed in crys tal, they were loath to pass on to other attractions so patiently waiting to ab sorb their attention in some new quar ter. It will probably be news to some, but nevertheless a fact, that the cut glass now being produced in America rivals the very finest sjiecimens impor ed. in cutting as well as in purity and brilliancy of material. The present demand upon the manu facturers, from the leading houses iu New York and Philadelphia, and, in fact, all large cities, is so great they require a long time for delivering of orders. One of the largest furnaces for the manufacture of glass, from the most ordinary lamp chimney to the largest fruit bowl, destined to adorn some aristociatic sideboard on Fifth avenue, or perhaps our own West End, is located at Corning, in the State of New York, where one may follow the sand, creamy white and clean, to its fiery bed, note the addition of the 'flux," and theu turning toother aer tures in the great stack, see the nyjlten mass drawn from crucibles iu incande scent bulbs deejiening rapidly to orange, as it rolled, blown, and shaed into something comely and useful. This pure white sand comes from Cheshire, in Berkshire county, Mass That it may be melted there is mixed with it oxide of lead, sulphurate of liotash, saltpetre, borax, and arsenic iu proier quantities. This is put into crucibles, which are subjected to the fiercest furnace he-it for thirty-six hours before it becomes clear. These crucibles are made of clay from Mis souri called "Christie fire-clay." This is mixed and softened by treading with the feet and theu moulded into shaie by hand. .Each crucible will hold a torn' Ten of these are built into each furnace. In these furnaces tires are kept burning constantly, ten tons of coal being consumed in each one daily. The crucibles require tilling up every twenty-four, hours aud time given for melting. When the glass is melted it is taken out in quantities needed, on the end of au iron tube, about live feet long and an inch iu diameter, the glass being of about the consistency of mo lasses candy when ready to pull. Bv blowing In this tube the glass is made hollow, and of almost any shaite which may be desired. After the glass is shaped it must be put into ovens and heated, and gradually cooled in order to anneal or toughen it. The best skilled workmen receive as high as jJl per week for their services. The same deep interest follows the process of cutting. 1'irst comes the horizontal iron wheel, uiton which water and grit or saud, drip continually On this the edges of the glass are squared or smoothed. Then the arti cle passes into the hands of the skilled artisan, who grinds out the glass into any desired figure, uikmi a grindstone brought from Cragleith, Scotland. This is a thin stone, brought down to an edge, and uin it the workmen grinds the glass according to the pattern be fore him, the glass often being entirely unmarked. I his process is very slow. and therefore very exieusive, many days being required uinm elaborate places. It a mistake is made, ever so slight, or any flaw occurs, the whole is consigned to the waste as broken glass, ht only to be remelted. Ss precise are these manufacturers that some pieces uiou which worth of labor have been expended are frequently con demned for flaws which an unskilled eye would not detect. The cut dish goes next to a wheel made of wood of willow, for polishing, and theu from washing and liuishiug to a wheel of tarapico brush, wet with putty. The cutters receive from 2,00 to 1 a day. The Stomach. The stomach has no more to do with digestion than have the liver, pancreas and intestines. Each contribute to the process of digestion. By the constant motion of the stomach, the food is more fully brought into contact with the di gestive glands. Iu this, and its special action iu at length forcibly expelling food from it, the stomach is not parti cularly different from the vermicular (worm-like) motion and expulsive power of the intestines. The stomach acts as a receptacle by which we are enabled to take a sufficient quantity of food at convenient inter vals, so that we may not be always eat ing. Even its iower to reserve its ac tion, as in vomiting, is possessed, and sometimes used, by the intestines. I he glands near the intestinal oiieii- ing of the stomach (the pylorus) secrete an alkaline fluid; the others, au acid. .acn, however, equally digests meat. V onuting does not necessarily imply a foul stomach. A thought in a sen sitive person a blow ou the head, tickling of the nerves near the gullet, the synqiathetic influence of other or gans, may cause vomiting. It is pure ly a nervous action, and the nerves causing it may be irritated in many- ways. Even the foul contents of the stomach cause the vomiting only by irritating the nerves of the brain. Hence the pain and vomiting of sick headache may be due either to foul stomach or solely to an independent ir ritation ot the central nerves. Xfpat, isrfitfpstpi! in tlipstnmnrh? f:if bread aud other articles further along. But the stomach is not essential to the digestion even of meat. The latter can be digested just as rapidly and well in a bowl with iepsin at the right tempera ture. Of course, the pleasure ot eating depends on nerves in the mouth, not in the stomach. And the food, too, is as readily digested if put into the stohiach through a bole in the side. It is now found that, in certain diseases, the stomach may be thoroughly aud advan tageously washed out dally, and the food introduced through a tube, and the patients can be taught to do this themselves. No liberal man would impute a charge ot unsteadiness to another for having hpanged his opinion, The Art Loan. A visit to the Art Loan Exposition : building shows the work of decoration in the interior nearly completed and the hanging of pictures begun. Ihis latter task is one of not only ernormous pro portions, but puzzling, exacting and ofttimes exasperating iu the extreme, and there is none too much time to finish it. However, the same iudom itable energy and tireless determina tion which have characterized the leading spirits in the enterprise from the out set, will undoubtedly succeed in having everything in readiness for the formal opening Anything reflecting credit upon the City of Detroit in an art sense is of course ieculiarly gratifying to the cit izens. especially in view of the Ar Iuii ExiNtsition, therefore it is thai ike tret I na speaks with pleasure of works by two Detroit boys, which are already ou hand, aud will be exhib ited alongside the works of the leading artists of Europe aud America, where the citizens may have a fine opportunity to make intelligent comparisons, 1 he Detroit artists thus alluded to are Gari J. Melchers and Mr. Kols hoveu, sous respectively of Julius Mel chers, the sculptor, aud k KoLshoven the jeweler. The two young meu went together to Euroiw a little over six years ago,since which time they studied at Dusseldorf and separatiuz later sought according to their tastes, one the art schools of Parts and the other at F'lorence. Mr. Melcher's pictures are "The Letter" (which was admitted to the Salon in ltfsJ , "The Gladiator" aud "The Lictor,"i;aiutedat Home this year, a scene at Attina, Italy, aud "In the Cloister." Mr.Uolshoveu'spie tures are "A Southern Moor" aud two Italian laiidscaiies. The first one of Mr. Melcher's pictures shows a mother and daughter in picturesque Brittany peasant dress standing near a window, the mother listening to her daughter as she joyfully leads the last letter from her sweetheart, who has gone to Amer ica. I he drawing of the figures is de cidedly correct, while the handling of the light as it comes through the win dow to the faces of the women, their clothing, and uimui the window-sill and other articles iu the domestic interior, shows fine strength and appreciation iu modeling and handling colors. Mr, KoLshoveu's"Southeni Moor" shows an aged African of the intellectual type found on the Northern coast. He is dttqied in the bright yellow and white ropes of his nation, a.id is seated in a thoughtful attitude before the dark hangings of his cafe. The pose is per fect and has treatment ot the an itony and the contrasts in color evidences the utmost confidence in his ability on the part of the artist. In this connection it may be said that both young gentle men are prosiieriiig artistically and financially in their chosen professions. Uretliiis the 11 ft unit. The second of the three dredges built m ruiladelphia, for work oa the Pana ma Canal, the l'rosjier Huerne, named after a distinguished French engineer, was launched recently from the ship yard ou Petty's Island, formerly ooer- ated by Doughty & Kapella, and now leased and ruu by Slavau Brothers. The first dredge, the Count do Lessens, was I.. 1. 1 .1... 1 .1. . If . Kiuucucu vu me ii iii oi -iurcu, ami nas ueen used 0:1 the I'anama work since August 1, dredging 10,000 cubic yards a day. ihe l'rosier Huerne will be ready to start for the Isthmus about the first of October. Slaven Brothers are olhcers of the American Conti acting and Dredging Company of New York, which ha the contract tor dredging seven and a half miles of the new canal on the Atlantic side to Gettun, which is an iinioitant station. The excava tion to be made by them under this con tract will involve the removal of 8,000, 000 cubic yards, at a price or c.2,000,000. The machines iu iteration dump the dredged mat ter into a discharge 'pine which carrius it off bevoiid the banks of the canal. The De Lesseps digs to a depth of twelve feet and to a width of 100 feet. The Huerne, following in the wake of the De Lesseps, digs to a width of 20J feet, and the third dredge in the rear will dig the canal to the f ull depth of twenty-seven and a half feet, giving the sides an easy sloi aud a width of 110 feet at the bottom. Thus far the I'anama Canal Com pany has sjient ?2O,0O0.OO0 on the work of severing the two continents by a tidewater canal. As $:JO,000,000 of stock subscriptions have been paid in there isa margin of $10,000,000ou baud. De Le.sseis promises to finish the canal by lsss, the contract of Slaveu Bros, requiring them to finisli their sectiou in fifteeu mouths. There are 10,000 men now at work in the service of the company. They have been, brought from Jamaica and South America, aud are presumed to be able to withstand the dangers of that region. There is a story w hich may be true, but probably is exaggerated, that pictures th3 terrors attending such enterprises across the Isthmus by figuring that more lives were lost in building the Panama Bail road than there are ties in the line of forty-seven miles of road. This line is now owned by the canal comininy, and is utilized in distributing the machinery aud iu the multitudinous uses inciden tal to such a great enterprise. The conqiaiiy has erected hundreds of houses for its workmen, it has extended and deeiieued the harbor at Aspinwall, and is building a breakwater there. A large sum has been spent in this couu try for laud excavators, locomotives and construction trains. The highest lioint 011 the line of the pro;jsed e.iu il is 'MO feet above sea level. All this must be razed: TheKetiuctioouf loiter iostae. The Postmasters throughout the ejun ry are now receiving circular instruclions'rjm the Department at Washington relative to the reduction of postage which is to occur on the 1st of October nei. Ihi new sumps will be ready oa the 15 h f Sep tember but are not to be placed on sal until October. A two cent ttanip will cairy matter after that date, and the three cent stamp will be relegated to the mtcer- mg wartime. Tuere will also be issued a four-cent btaoip for double postage, Tois ill contain a he id of Jackson, and be omcwhai similar to lue present two cent stamp. ro change will be made in the present rates for drop-letters where there are free deliverers, and one cent will be charged for drop-lettera where there u no delivery. Tne rates for second, thud and lourth-cass mail matter will remain as at present. Tie Post Omce here is bemg deluged with orders from stamp collectors who disire to purchase large amounts of stamps of aU sorts, especially the threes and stamped envelope. In a mouth or so the three-cent stamps will be very scarce. A Line and lU OutUM." "I used to think it was my duty to cut 'eui with the whip, aud I took satis faction in striking hard, but I wouldn strike a boy now for the best thousand dollars ever coined." He was a car-driver, and his atteution had been called to three or four boy stealing a ride on the rear platform. "Yes, I was a sort o' terror ou this route to the boys," he continued after a time. "Not one of the crowd could put his foot ou the step and get away without a cut from the whip. Big or little, rough or gentle, 1 served all alike, and if the passengers scowled at me for lashing a little kid of or S, I solaced myself with the retL-ction tint it was mv duty." uwsenger was dropped at the corn er, aud as the car started up again the driver went on: Well, one day when the boys had botherei me more than usual, I dodged through the car and found a little bit of a chap, not over seven years old, seated on the lower step, lit! was all humped over and softly crying about something or other. At another tuuj I might have felt pity, but the boys had got my mad up and what did I do but give the little cnap a cut with the lash and call out with sucli a voice that oil he turn bled iuto the dust. I saw him rise up and limp away, and there was some thing 111 the look he gave ma that 1 shan't forget 111 a hurry. Wuoa! now!" Ihe car stop ed to take on two ladies ami presently the driver resumed: 1A you know that 1 felt so con science stricken that I kept looking for that boy on every trip, calculating to make up with him aud secure his tor iveneas for my brutality. I did not see him again until the atlemoou of the second day." And what did he say.'" was asked as the driver hesitated. "He was in his colliu!" was the reply, It was his funeral procession which stop:ed my car two or three minutes. I hat child was ill when he tried to steal ins way home with me, and death was wenty-four hours away wheu I lashe I him aud chuckled over the way he roll ed into the street! 1 tell you, sir, when I saw his colUn iu the hearse, and caught a look from the mother, which seemed to charge mj with being his murderer, I got a stab at my heart that pains me yet, and 1 wouldn't strike an other boy if the reward was to be the whole line and its outfit." The suae tu the Frnciil l-'luue A recent writer says; I will try a.i 1 descrilw the ap;earaiice of the Frau conia Flume. After crossing tiie brid (which was not carried away) iusteal ot" the open siace where the platform or mounting and dismounting use! to Ijc, you find the place covered with large boulders, iiebbles, pavuig-stoues, and gravel, scattered in wild confusion to the depth of eight to ten feet, pre senting a scene of desolation which makes the heart ache in remembrance of the former beauty aud piet-uresque- uess. Here and there are seen rem nants of hugo trees, stripped of their bark and splintered. Much of this debris has been removed in order to build the substantial wooden wulks. which make the ascent of the flume much easier than before. Soon you come to the smooth stone floor, dowu which the water slides as formerly, the stones and rubbish thrown iiia it by the avalauche having been removed to the sides. You go on to where the solid stone walls rise to 00 and 70 feet, formerly covered with beautiful mosses and ferns, now entirely denuded by the rusn of the avalanche which carried away the boulder. All this mass of rocks, trees, ami bouiders, starting I igh up on .Mount Liberty, swept down with irresistible and increasing force till the bridge was nearly reached, wheu it divided, part going to the left through the forest, aud part to the right, luis mass, coming in alwve with tremendous force, made an extension of the tluiue of several hundred feet beyond the end of the old' passage. In passing, it hoked the old channel and diverted the water to the top of the high wall on the left as you go up, and it now tumbles over the did 50 or iJ feet in a ery beautiful waterfall. This is the only coaqiensatioii for the loss of the old-time wonders and beauty. At the top where the channel w;is obstructed, huge boulder has lodged, leaning iaiiist the right wall, winch is tipied to meet it, making a sort of cave. rom this oiiit, looking dowu the hole length of the flume, the view is ery grand. Tonueut of the liorte. Among t:ie everyday tormeuts to which the horse is subjected we will enumerate the following: 1. Abraded breast, 2. liillamed back from defect- e saddle or harness tad. 3. Sore mouth from a too tight gag-reiu, a se vere bit, or both. 4. A sore tail from too tight or illy-made crupper. 5. An abrasion under the body, caused by a too tight or badly-fitted "belly-band. 0. Irritation of the eyes from blinders be ing strapiH.il too close together, or on the other hand being allowed to swing around, first striking one eye and then the other. 7. Ears chafed by the brow band being placed too high, or by lint a! lie rosettes with a sharp outer rim, the base of the ear pressing across this at every motion. 8. The excessive fa tigue of atl the structures of the neck under the influence of the bearing rein. The bearing rein, if made taut, and kept so for any considerable length of time, is a source of great discouiort to all horses, and an insufferable torment to many. A taut rein can be used with entire propriety on horses of tine easy tip-carriage, especially while iu motion; but if the muscles and bony structure of the neck extend forward horizontally from an upright shoulder, rather than striking ou; from a slanting shoulder, theu the most intense, suffer ing' will be indicted by straining the neck up to an angle entirely uuuatural to the annual, especially if th:s strain be long kept up. To strain a culprit up by the thumbs till only his toes touch the ground is certainly one of the severest admissible punishments that can be inilicted tqiou mortal, aud the check-rein is undoubtedly akm to it iu its extreme application. Cabrotsaxo ckbam 1'nm a quan tity of tne sm Ulest new carrots that can be obtained, and bod thea iu salted water. Wheu done, drain off the water. Melt an ounse of butter iu a saucepan; add to it a dessertspoon! ul of flour, pep per, rdt, grated nutmeg, a pinch ol powdered sugar, and a small quantity of cream. Put in the carrots, simmer gently a few minutes aud serve. NEWS IN BRIEF. A single pji bu i pl.rit.jl in II--mony, M.iine, hist spring, pn 1 1 1 " beans. A ennva of rj 1 h t ii 1 w n a 1 ancient piiaisiim !:it for re'jjls 1 1 1 rj ;i cides. The Gauls loved to decorate their helmets, swords and bucklers with coral. Celluloid is a complex cjiubin.it ion formed by mixing guii-cjttou and cam phor. The hair of the beard w.rs so.us t imes added to the seals of ancient deeXs ami character-!. The famous Marshal ilacMilua, now 75 years of age, stands erect an I soldierly as ever. Oil or essence of pine apple is ob tained from a product of the actio. 1 of putrid cheese and sugar. A hornet's nest being the finest woody substance known is the ia" polisher for ghiss lenses. The elephant was put upon th coins of Ca?sar because that animal wa. called Citmr in Mauritania. The average wages of workiugui ;u in i ranee are only t.ii cju.s a dav; those of woui3u ol 1 ceu:s. According to seamen a green hue of the ocean indicates soundings; an indigo blue profound depths. The annual cheese product isabjut 400,000.000 pounds, and the butter pro duct 1,200,000,000 pounds. The brick walls of Libby Prisja are covered with thousands of an:o- jraphs of Northern visitors. It costs $. iu California to pre pare an acie of land and grow grapd vines to the ienod of production. The old Touro Jewish Synagogue it Newport, K. I., will be reopened un der the charge of Kabbi II. P. Meudes. Among the Indians iu the Iuli.ri Territory there are ninety Baptist churches, with nearly C,000 church members. The Jewish p.ip.'rs are rej..ciu' over the fa;-t that Uvo Jews are 111 -:u- bers of the uiuuicip.il c jutioil of S o'lia. iu Bulgaria. The va'u of Ci-3 r lilr 1 U in O 11 . is a-isese 1 by thi St V.e 15 ir I of U lil- ro.ul h. pi.ilizitio.i, is $J.!,.l,si;.3l. This is au increaseof $tiJJ,.;iSl over the valuation for 11. Our imports averaged $s7,3 , 411 for the first live ve.irs of t!u pic dj- cade, against c"H,:Js,0"7 for t!ii tivj ears just elosxl. Tms iultj isj is 11 per cent. Mrs. Alma Tadem i. Mis. F:. W. Gosse and a third sister are the daugh ters ot Epps, of coe:oa fanu, aud are known as "Nutritious," Grateful" and Comfortiiii." In 1"J, California pro 1 1'3.1 from her vinevards lO.OJJiU) gi'lons ol wine, ." j j.o M gallons of br.n ly, I ) ),- 000 worth of raisinsan 1 ?t"J,0 )i worth ot grapes tor table usa. The new call8 ra'e b:t vjrru BV.izit ;ind the United States via G.il7esti.t is 2.'J2 per word. Bifjra t'n est i'lis!i. meiit of the AnLTictu line the eh irgj was $1.00 per word from this country la London. Miles of s:ruje forests inMiin.t are dead. L'im'jjriuiu are uo:are? 1 as to the causj. Aluut eiga: years a r the heavy aatum-i rains loj.-nj I t!i earth, arid that w.n follo.ve 1 b: terribla gales and a severe winter. Next to Texas, Wyoaiin is p.'j ably the greatest stojk-growiu 1 region in the United States. It is siil tu, about 1,000,0 JJ cattle are nw fee Jin on the plains, the estiuiitj.l v ihuof whL-h Is abjut o D,OJ,OD. The mut'ial bandit societies iu England are I"v'!7; in uiiu ,-r, wit 1 a membership of 4, J,0J I, an I fu 1 Is t the amount of JL'l i,U-,ojo. T u bail l ing societies h ive M,2j),i)) i iu fun Is, ami the industrial aul provid.'at s;i.--ties about i,'u,0Jd,00J. There has recently visited New Orleans Mr. Paekenliaui, a grandson of the British General wh lost his life while leading the desierate attack upon General Jackson's cotton-bale rampart 011 the plain of Chalmutte. One hundred chests of tea have been rejected at the Bay of San F'ran cisco by the inspector, ou the ground of adulteration with foreigu and ex hausted leaves, sand and other impur ities. The tea will be taken back to China. Canadian capitalists are talking about the region lying !etween Lako Superior and Hudson Bay. There is slid to exist in that region 00,000 square miles of laud, some of it valuable for farming putroses, much of it covefbd with fine forests, and some of it he la mineral wealth. Humboldt Ills estimated 41,010 pounds of bananas cau be produced on the soil that would be required for 1) pounds of potatoes, and that the same area that would be reiuire lt ) rais.r wheat enough for one mm would pro duce enough bananas to feed twenty live men. It is estimated that wh ;:t c r.i worth fifty cents a bushel is fe 1 1 fat ten hogs the pork produced costs tne farmer five cents a pound. Wheu corn is worth much over tweuty-:ive cjaU a bushel it dies not pay to turn it into iMirk. The estimate is a bushel of core for every ten and a half pounds of pork. gross. The South now has nearly 2 )J, or. more exactly, l'Jl cotton factories iu jiieratiou and in course of erection there, which is more than half the num ber in the New England Suites, though tne former, of course, are ou a much smaller scale, and they manufacture only the coarser yarns and fabrics. The large order for steel rails which the Burlington Koad has given to the steel works of the Colorado Coal and iron Comiany is not only a sign of continued pros;ienty for the works at Pueblo but an evidence that we can make as good rails in Colorado as can be made anywhere. The largest cable ever made ou the Pacific cxtst was finished at the Cali fornia Wire Works some time ago. lb is 1,000 feet in length, and weighs tons. Boiled on a shaft it makes a bundle about 20 feet in diameter and 10 in depth. It is made of steel wire, and cost c-O.Oi). The cable Is for the California Street Railroad. In Faris the Post-office Depart ment is at work laving additional pneu matic tubes, which are to be utilized for the prompt delivery of letters from one part of Paris to another. All let ters will be sent from the stations to their designation within au hour of their being posted, aud hi some locali ties ten minutes will le sufficient. 11. 1 il I I ki !; s 1 )
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