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B. P.
SCHWEIER,
THE OOISTITTJTIOI-THE UHOI-AID TEE EBTOBOEMEIT 01 THE LAW8.
Editor and Proprietor.
VOL. XXXVII.
MIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER ssl. 1883.
NO. 47.
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STOKM-TOSSED.
Out in the nieht and darkne.
Out in tbe Monti and rain
Mil fa never a tar to guide him
lo haven and home agaiu.
lie to-ses afar, my sailor,
Ou the breast of the storm
M ith the pitch-black heaven above hi
niinureuiy.
The ihosihorent waters parting
Leave a i rail of nery foaui-
Tlie good ship flies from the tempest
Hut farther Hies from home.
Out in the wild night's black now,
Athwart the shadowy height
Is a bio. d-red plow on the breakers
'I he gleam of wreckers' lights
The rush and roar of the tempest
The roar and rush of the sea- '
Pray, pray to the white Christ, sailor
hor haven, for home, for me 1 '
A U.UNTLEM MiK.
Away up among the Blue mountains
of "Western Arkansas is a neighborhood
which was once noted for tlie peculiar
ity of its people. The coniuiniiity, you
might say is or rather w;ts, almost self
sustaining for it received but little
lienefit from tlie world. Coffee was
unknown there until it was introduced
by some doctor who went there to
practice medicine. The concoction
was promptly examined by old man
Gressom, w ho pronounced it worthless
and calculated to injure the commu
nity. There was no appeal from the
deii.-ion, and the doctor w as informed
that unless he discarded the use of the
stuff l.e would lie driven from the
neighborhood. He would not agree
to give up the use of his only stimu
lant, and one morning, shortly after
the promulgation of the decisive edict,
the doctor might have been seen in
fact he was seen, carryiug a iuir of
dingy saddle bags down the moun
tain. This community had no other name
than the "District" and if any one had
attempted to change the appellation,
he would no doubt have felt the heavy
hand of revenge. The "District" peo
ple had no regular religious creed.
Every Sunday they would meet in a
rude log building and listen to the
illiterate discourse of John Sumpter,
an old fellow who took upon himself
the duty of instructing the people upon
the principles of religious morals.
Once a uewiaier man of discredited
eiitcrpri:- attempted to publish a
weekly journal in the little village
known as the capital of the "District,
but before the first number of the paper
came out, a committee headed by old
man Gressoin, called ou the journalist
and told him that they did not want a
newsaier.
'We did not send for you," the old
man said, "which is a mighty good
evidence that we didn't want you.
We don't want no man cotuiu' around
pray in' inter our affairs, an' if it's all
the same to you we'd ruther you'd go
lack whar you come from, or leastwise
leave the "District"
The editor urged that a newspaper
would materially assist in the develop
ment of tlie country's resources.
"We've got all the t'evelopuess we
want," said the old man. "Develop
ness is what makes folks miserable. We
never go down from here an' try to
run the world, and we'll be blamed ii
the world shall come up here and try
to run us. If you want to come here
and fall in with the rest of the folks,
au' work fur a liv'in' a'l right, but no
lazy man can live here."
The editor explained that the publi
cation of a uewstiaiier required the ex
ercise of great industry, but the old
man. losing patience, said:
"We've duu give you fair waruin'.
We have been kind enough to tell you
what's the law, an' if you don't profit
by it, we can't help it. Now let us
tell you once for all: If you print any
of "our pai-era here, we'll lling you
often the top of the mountain."
The next day a hand press might
have len seen, in fact it was seen", go
ing down the mountain.
In this way the people of the "Dis
trict" lived. Sous grew up, married
and settled near the homestead, and no
one thought that a change would
t ome. John Sumpter, tlie moral lect
uier, had a beautiful daughter, who
despite her crude surroundings had to
some extent, acquired a knowledge of
books. She was tall and graceful. She
was a kind of Sheila among the ruder
inhabitants or a Barvabost Once, af
ter long persuasion, she induced her
father to let her go down ill the world.
She w uld not remain long. She only
wanted to see w hat other places looked
like. The iieople of the "District"
objected. They told John Sumpter
that nothing but evil could result from
such a wild exploit, but the girl's
shrewdness outweighed the arguments
of the sages, and she went down
among the strange people below. A
lew weeks afterwards she returned.
Every one noticed that she had
chanfMi Tipr wonted laugh bad died
away, and in the evening wbenJ
sun "died, melting behind the rugged
Deak of tl.B mountain. She Would 8lt
under the great oak in front of her
father's house, and muse. Her fatier
u i.nni T.amnth he said to
her iuiv niiiuir her by name
"I want you to tell me what's the mat
ter With vonV"
"Nothing," she replied without
Tnnvinir 1...- mi frrmi the deCP
re-
blue
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siace where distance seemed toievei
itself out into a great tuiquoise
plain.
"Nuthin, "related the old man,
"if there ain't nuthuT the matter,
Mhat makes you mope? "Why don t
Jou go with me to feed the sheep, ana
ing like vou uster?" . .
"I didn't know' I was moping, i
lou t go witti you to feed the sheep,
because I don't think I can be of any
to you and I dont sing because
ou't want to hear my own voice.
Come now. iral ii.'- n .
Tieoa I. , ' ' JOOIISU-
, Jeff s,aS'e m there
"'-'u ior you."
"I il.mH
- . ui w see him." she
, ... gazmg lnto t(e Uue
t "What!" the old man exclaimed,
IHmt wanter see Jeff when you know
he's nigh dead arter you?"
"Let him die, then."
" er foolishness," and
without consulting her willingness to
pw-uny n,ui, i,e led her into the
ST" .S!'e treaU?d t,,e ou,,8 Iua
w an cool dignity, lie was astonished.
lie asked her to sing. She refused,
and he was amazed. When he went
away, which he did very soon, the
girl's father scolded her.
Jeff told several of the neighbors of
the girl's strange actions and before
hed tune they called on John Sumpter
to consult with him. They agreed
tliat immediate action must be taken.
Jeff Magle was regarded as the coming
man of the "District" Maidens had
sighed after him and young men had
envied him. To see him thus crumble
and fall from his great social height,
was ominous of a coming evil of great
consequence. A community thus di
vided against itself could not stand.
"Yes," exclaimed John Sumpter in
acquiescence, w hen one of the callers
had expressed an opinion, "an' about
me next thing we know the state of
Afkansas will send men ui here an'
try to make us live under her laws, an'
men lellers w ill hop up an' wanter go
to the legislat u re. "
The neighbors groaned.
.
As young novelists would say, sever
al days after the startling events detail
ed in the last chapter, the people of the
village met in John Sunipter's lecture
hall. After the singing of a kind of a
see-saw hymn, the work of a "Dis
trict" composer, John Sumpter arose
to begin his discourse when some one
called
"Hold on a moment please."
Every one turned in surprise and
looked in the direction from which the
voice came.
A tall young man, neatly dressed,
adv inced.
"Wlio are jou?" demauded John
Sumpter.
- "William Lock wood."
An' what do you want in the Dis
trict? an why do you come here an'
pester us when we are at worship?"
I haven't time now, my good man,
to answer all your questions, which
are no doubt, m order and tieriectiy
natural. I am a Methodist minister.
Conference has granted me the grati
fying privilege to go around and preach
tlie gospel where it is most needed. 1
have traveled around a great deal and
am fortunate in finding this place.
Stand aside a few minutes and I will
proceed to dedicate the house to true
worship."
"You git outeu here!" demanded
several voices. "You ain' got no bus
iness a-tamieriu' with us."
'Brother Simmons, give us another
tune," said John Sumpter, addressing
the leader of the choir.
"Hold on!" demanded the Methodist
preacher. "We are commanded to
preach the gosiel to every living crea
ture, You are living creatures, al
though you attempt to impress a
stranger with the Idea that you are
not. I don't want any trouble but I'm
going to preach hi this house. To
further my plans and to increase the
resiiect which I know this congregation
has for me, I will state that I am re
garded as tlie best pistol shot in the
state," and he drew a couple of revol
vers, and advancing to the table, he
shoved Joint Sunipter's hymn book
aside and deposited his weapons. "I
would advise my hearers that in order
to enjoy that exuberance of health
which a kind Trovidence has bestow eu,
not to leave this house until the bene
diction is pronounced. Hold on," and
he cocked a pistol and leveled it, at a
man who rose. "Sit down." And the
man sat down.
"If any of tlie women desire to ie
they can do so. Women nae iie,
had an equal chance with men, but on
this occasion I have dccuieu to B.
them sicial privileges. Haying thus
explained, I will proceed win my ser-
"The men were so uiystiiied by the
boldness of the stranger that they sa
, . ut him. He took a text and
proceeded at one to expound his vfew.
rTsubiect. He told them howthey
God and
-ira violating me
t... i.o;r pvclusiveuess,
and de-
ruUihem for bringing up their
i -I iXhi in isruorauce of the world,
rbeuiediflcan stand this."
exclaimed John Sumpter arising and
turning upon the preacher. Several
emboldened by their h ader also
arose,
preacher." "i
S'areabar.houted Jeff Ma-
g,e . r.-ir " exclaimed a voice,
beensitiuis -" - ,,h a uiajesty
her
hands, advance
which
ied Uie meu i --
i. pxclaimed
John
-You, A""',,, v-ou mean?,
Samper. u"7'you know that
JUSt 1 fSeeu raUl hi ignorance
we have all beeu ra it anJ
Vou know it am c"
-n the truth."
. it . uro'l
. 1 rirl " said Uie r""
"My f'Sastad, extending his
not in the least abeo.
baud. "I told " v0Ur help
here,
0W-r..,Ll, much."
... T a til
can accomf" . .
'Weu, si.
you are, and let me finish my sermon
for I fear the congregation will become
impatient,"
The congregation remained quiet du
ring the remainder of the discourse, and
when the benediction was pronounced,
every man an we and quietly walked
away. "
"Johu Sumpte-," saiJ Jeff Magle.
"Yes, Jeff,"
"That's what made her mope."
"That is what made her moiie, Jeff.
"When she was away she seed him
an' fell in love with him an' told him
to come here "
"That's about it, Jeff."
"He's got the bulge on ms."
"'Peers that way."
"Iteckou' I'll travel." -"B'l'eve
I would Jeff."
Tlie preacher walked home with
John Sunipter's daughter. Old Sump
ter was slow at first m entering into
conversation with him, but after a
while he begau to thaw and then he
grew warm. The stranger was very
interesting, and was so kindly disposed
toward every one that John Sumpter
began to like hi in. The next day the
preacher was introduced all around as
John Sumpter's future son-in-law, and
the next week, just after the perform
auce of a marriage ceremony, a church
was regularly organized.
A railroad now runs through the
town and near a new church, not far
from John Sumpter's new house stands
a commanding school building.
John Sumpter was a member of the
hist Arkansas legislature.
Mechanical Science.
It may Im that to the end f time in in-
kt' d mast earn 'heir bread by the sweat
of their brow. AU tlieaaiu it seems as
if mechanical inventions will eventually
make existence easier all rund, and
save the human machine from the most
distressing and life-shortening results of
wear and tear. Unr firnt pireuU made
themselves aprons of fig leaves, clearly
demonstrating by Holy Writ that pri
mitive sewing was toe initial industry,
and that every other form of occupation
is less ancient thau that of tailoring or
drees making. As Adam delved and
Eve span, so countless generations of
ladies and gentlemen of the highest au
tedeluvian antiquity got their breal and
made their clothes. Heuoe manual la
bor became honorable, as judging by
the signs of the times, it may again be
come, aud at uo distant date, lue in
teresting correspon lenee which we pub
lish from day to day, bewailing the
curse of haplea gentility, pniutatoa
change in public opinion with
regard to the honorabi'ity of
hard work l'eopie are oe-
irinnin to recognise mat tue genteel
callings are overcrowded, and that it Is
better to teach their boys a trade by
which they may earn a resiectable live
lihood, than suffer them to starve as
clergymen, lawyers and scribes, unat
tached. Alexander rope very neatly
formulated the trouble in the age of our
great-great grandfathers' days: "Honor
and shame from no condition rise; act
well your part there all the honor lies.
Probably the greatest disabili y of me
chanical employment rests on the con
ventional objectkra to duty hands. Gen
teel iolk, more or less remotely connect
ed with county families, will not readily
consent to their sons stepping down to
the artisan pi it form. Bat is it not pos
sible to raise that platform to a higher
leve.? The dignity of a calling does
not make itself; it is made by those who
practice it Amateur turners and car
penters, engineers, farmers and garden
ers abound, and a gentleman is not less
gentle because he amuses ins leisure
time with the lathe, the tool-chest the suc
cession of crops or the occupation of re
moving flies from a rosebush, bir Wal
ter Scott wished ail his readers "clean
hauds. clear head and patriotic heart,
like Pitt-" Science will make his desire
Dn)v practically and to every calling.
Very soou the wheels of labor and the
work of the world will no ny macninery.
Men will have fewer and fewer mean
tasks to perform, and presumably no
one will be too proud to mind a mach
ine. After all. it is not to long since
clerkly tkili was beneath the dignity of
a boru aristocrat, wnen earis ana tniguis
signed their names to deeds of settle
ment with the butt-end of a dagger, or
a eouv ntionsl symbolic, cross. Grand
folk who lived uncomfortably in huge
drafty catties, dressed magnificently,
and were as proud of their gentility as
proud could be looked on school learn
ing with o)en contempt. Folks of this
generation have gone to the other ex
tiemi School leariung and scholarly
refinement cannot be overestimated, so
long as they do not help to pauperize
the educated classes; but it is mistake
to assume that a well stocked memory
and gentle manners are incompatible
with mechanical employments. Sack
inventions as the improved sewing ma
chine go to prove the contrary. The
management and conduct oi maouinery
while it ne.tner naruens nor ntoMmu;
begrimes the bands ol tne operator,
leaves the intellect free play for reflec
tion and affords leisure for self -improvement
It will be strange, indeed,
should the spread of mechanical science
whicU has too long suffered under the
imputation of degrading sentient skill
below the mindless craft of machinery,
not in the end help to euLODle aud dig
nify minual labor.
Am Uld Kuxaian.
nun ef extraoedinarv longevity is
reported by Kussian papers from a
liessarabiau province, where Savtchuk,
a man of above 130 years, enjoys per-
feet health ana sirengiu, oui nis w uiie
knir iisia a irreenish tiuce. He is a
1K.1 1 mm 0 . i
Little Kussian by birth and settled m
Uessurabia when it was yet unuei
Turkish dominion. His eldest sod,
who is more decrepit than his father,
s si years old. The village of 120
houses, where savtcnus; now lives,
has risen from one cottage, which he
built a long time ago with the help of
a friend, and is exclusively inhabited
by direct descendants of tlie two first
inhabitants. The tribe of the Savt
cbuks is compased of fifty- families,
n-i.ieii live in ueace and quiet with
out ever going to law.
Over one hundred and thirty
million cans of tomatoes have been con
sumed in this country within the last
three years, it is figured out.
Llrlng on Hi own Flesh.
For forty-two years past Richard
Rossiter. commonly known as "Grand
father Dick." has lived in tue South
west Recently he returned to his old
home ou Staten Island. He was soon
surrounded by a group of relatives and
friends, to whom he told many startling
stories, of which Uie following is among
the mildest It should be said that
ainid many temptations to exaggerate
"Grandfather Dick" has preserved an
untarnished reputation for veracity:
"In while Texas was yet an
indeeudent republic, 1 was engaged as
manager for a herder named Francis
Seph. I was eucamjied with a party of
raucheros upon the Rio Grande, near
Laredo. Just across the river was a
Mexican town, also called Laredo. The
river at this point is nearly a mile
wide, but during the dry season is ford
able. The fall of M3 was uncommonly
dry, and every day our camp was visited
by miners and herders from the Chi
huahua mountains. They were rough
bearded fellows, who would rather fight
than eat, and thought no more of blaz
ing away with a pistol than I do of
drinking a glass of beer. One night
we heard the familiar plash of the mus
tangs' hoofs in the water, and soou no
fewer than thirty greasers were loung
ing alut our big lire. ' In its ruddy
light their tierce, swarthy fiices looked
darker aud wilder than ever. Alvie
Dederick, an escaied Prussian convict,
one of my gang, after drinking pretty
freely, began to tell how Dick Tuloul,
a Canadian miner, was very unlucky,
never suiting it ricu, out always beg
ging aid of his comrades.
" 'Its a lie,' replied the Canadian,
who was lounging in the long, tramp
led prairie grass on the other side of
tlie lire, 'and even if it were not, I'd
rather beg of the boys than steal their
dust'"
"What do you mean?" demanded
Dederick, jumping up with his eyes
sparkling like a tiger's and his hand on
his knee. .
'lou know best what I mean
thief!"
"A moment before you could have
heard onr noise 'way across the river,
but now all was silent as death. We
were as still as though turned to stone.
In the white heat of the Prussian's
sudden rage his face turned fairly pale
as he strode deliberately around the
tire to the sjiot where Tuloul stood erect
to receive him."
"No one offered to interfere, for it
was not considered in good taste at
Laredo to meddle in the personal con
troversies of gentlemen. The men
near Tuloul moved back to make room
for the muss. Quick as lightning the
x-convict threw his brawny arms
about the miner and bit a good-sized
steak out of his ear. He then backed
deliberately to his former position,
chewing the delicious morsel. One
hoarse, terrible curse came from Tu
loul's liis as tlie blood poured down his
hairy neck aud over his soiled tlanuel
shirt"
"Then, in the midst of a silence
broken only by the crackling of the fire
and the sighing of the night wind in
the grass, the Kanuck m turn stepjied
toward the Prussian. The two wrest
led for a moment in close embrace, and
when they separated Dederick 's nose
was missipg aud Tuloul's bearded
mouth and chin were red. Both men
diew their weajious, when old Xine-
ungered Jim, who had the voice of a
Texas bull, rushed between them and
cried:
"Hold on, boys! Et you are so fond
of fresh meat, have enough. We'll
chain you together an' lower you to
the bottom of San Fstebau Canon.
Thar's light enough downthar ter fight
by. t ight till one of ye posses in his
chilis, an' then the other must live for
hve days an' nights on the dish you
both seem so fond of."
"Maddened and writhing with pain.
the two men consented and the whole
party hurried to the canon, which was
mere crevice in the earth, San Este
ban, but so deep and dark that it seemed
like the very gate of death. To tie a
score of lariats together and lower
Tuloul and Dederick into the chasm
was the work of but a moment The
combatants were firmly chained to
gether, with no weapons but their
knives. Lp through the unpenetrable
darkness came t o us the faint clash of
steel as we leaned over the edge and
strained our eyes vainly to catch a
glimpse of Uie belligerents.
"tte can not see nothin' to-night.
boys, said .Xine-fiugered Jim, in a
tone of disappointment, "let's go back
an' all promise not to come here in five
days," All hands promised, but 1
think that d uriug those days of suspense
more than one man in the camp was
tempted to break his word. Sunset on
the fifth day found us again at the
brink of the canon. I leaned over the
edge and looking down, saw the
shadowy, motionless forms of the two
men lying on the rocks at the bottom.
"Alive, Dick?" I called.
"Xo answer. 'They are both dead,'
whispered the men. To make sure,
however, a burly herdsman was lowered
and we saw him examine first one
body, then another. At last he raised
a limp form in his strong arms aud
gave the signal to be raised.
JSever shall I forget the awful.
sickening feeling that crept over me as
we dragged the two men up. The
herdsman's broad shoulder concealed
the face of his burden, but when both
were lifted over the precipice, we
recognized the sunken, mutilated feat
ures of the Prussian. He was uncon
scious, and, we thought for a long time.
dead. But frequent doses of Laredo
whisky, which we forced between his
lips, revived him. With his head rest
ing against big Geronomio's knee, he
told his story, while the men crowded
close around to get within sound of the
feeble voice.
" 'Soon after we got down ' he said.
the 'circus begau. Bound together as
we were, we could not see each other
and did little damage for a long time.
l ben I teit faint aud lost my senses.
When I came too the sunshine was
beating upon my face and Tuloul was
lying at my side. He was cold and
still. His jaw had fallen, aud his eyes,
like glass balls, stared at the little belt
of sky. I tried to rise, but could get
no ' further than a silting position.
Upon taking an inventory of myself I
missed large slices from my thighs and
breast 1 saw them on a rock at the
Kanuck's feet 1 teaching for my knife
I chopped off his left hand, thereby
freeing myself from him. Then I passed
two days of horror aud starvation.
Gnawing hunger finally overcame all
else, and I ate' here tlie voice sank so
low that only those of us who were
very close to the speaker caught the
words 'my own flesh. May God for-
give me.1
A wood Bd.
n the first place it is dish-able to
have a good bed to make. One excel
lent housekeeper assures us that she
has no spnug beds in her honse, and
yet tht her beds are considered in-
ecmpaial 1 j. This seems hard to be-
licye. Spring beds certainly seem to
mofct people the best foundations to
rleep on. There is great choice be
tween the different kinds in vogue, but
tue length of one's purse generally de
cides the question of which to get, aud
a very lair one may be purchased for a
moderate sum. Then, if possible, get
a thin mattrass of wool or cotton, or
even straw, to place just above the
spilugs. If more convenient put a
pair of old blankets, or a clean (il time-
worn) comfortabld in tiie placu of this
thin mattrasr. the prime object of
which is to protect the thick, main mat
trass from the springs or woven wire
which form the foundation upon which
we are budding; It possible, have for
the piece de resistance a good hair
mat trass. This mattrats should be
turned over every day, being made in
two parts, in order that this may be the
more easily done. The ordinary thin
white comiortable used between the
mattruss and the lower sheet is not
thick enough for winter weather in the
higher latitudes, bnt thoold be supple
mented by a good blanket or comfort
able. Llanketa are preferable to com
fortables in all cases, as they are lighter,
warmer, aud bear cleansing muah bet
ter. These, once smoothly laid, put
on the lower sheet, which, like all
sheets, should be three yards long and
two yards and a halt wide. Tuck it in
first at the top, then at the bottom, then
at the tides. "luck" dors not mean a
vague fumbling about in the crack be
tween the mattrass and tlie bedstead.
It means a raising up of the former, and
a s uooth and firm laying of the sheet
enongh to hold it well in pla-e be
neath. The upper sheet should be first
tucked in at tha bottom. The blankets
aud counterpane should then be added,
and the eider-down ' extra," or Afghan,
hud neatly across the foot of the bed.
Tuck everything in carefully, and you
wdt have made a bed that would make
even a tooting "lnsomuiaiA. like Her
bert Spencer rest comfoitably, though
he could not sleep. Tho mam thing is
to lay smoothly the portion of the
sheets and blankets to be "tucked"
nnder the mattrass, instead of pushing
it in a wrinkled wad down between the
mattrass and bedstead, to be readily
displaced when a nervous sleeper turns
himself about, and to yield untold dis
comforts and nightmares by exposing
his bare feet to the outer air, or almost
as much discomfort (it he be not a
German cr old enongh tohke the warm
ing touch of the blankets) by bringing
them in contact with the rough woolen
coverings just above the sheet. In the
morning throw off every partirle of the
bedding in such a way that fresh out
side air, aud, if possible, the sunshine
shall penetrate every portion of it Do
not allow the bed to be made up for at
least an hour better six hours after
taking it to pieces, and Luewt upon its
being mails with equal care every day
of the year. Use cotton sheets in
the winter, aud, if practicable, linen
ones in summer, fat the head of your
bed wherever you tike. Scientists have
decided that it doesn't make the slight
est difference whii:h way tha electric or
magnetic currents run. A person can
sleep as wed, they say, with his head
to the South as to the North.
Above all things, aud here is a point
which an elderly friend wishes to have
particularly heeded, do not allow the
blankets put on with the doubled end
at the beaJ. They should be adjusted
so that one thickness can be readily
thrown back U the sleeper so de-ires.
Limitless annoyance has been often
caused by neglecting this simple rule.
II a feather bed is liked, it should be
ustd on top of a firm good niattras of
almost any reliable kind, and should be
even more industriously aired and
turned than other kinds. The eipan-
enced feather bed maker knows exastJy
how to poke and punch the refractory
mass ol bulowy softness into proper
shape; but the "green hand" will olUn
find, upoa lying down to rest, that, in
spite of well-meant efforts to provide
different things, the heels aie higher
than the head. As for pillows, the large.
stuffy objects nnder that name, which
are m much affected nowadays, cannot
be so good as softer an I lower ones. It
cannot be that man was intended to
sleep sitting up. Given a clear con
science and a good digestion, a bed
such as we hav-t described, aud have
metaphorically made np. is warranted
to yield a comfortable night's bleep, and
pleasant dreams to the most confirmed
iusomniant
Two Fmnliloa '-Kane"
Tucking and pleating are a rage.
Among some very novel breakfast
dresses just imported are long gowns
of finest cashmere in cream, peacock,
and electric blue, shrimp pink, straw
berry, and rock-gray shades that are
tucked lengthwise from top to bottom,
back and front, and trimmed with
cascades of tinted Fscurial lace in
which are flots of satin ribbon. Silk
cords confine the waist The sleeves
are a little full and slightly flowing,
easy upon the arm and trimmed with
lace.
Another style of morning dress is
cut with a moyenage waist which
clearly defines the waist and hips.
llie skirt is laid in very full, small
perpendicular folds around the elonga
ted centre at the back of this bouice
and to the sides, which may be )aneled
or simply made to meet a front formed
of two kiltings, with a rim of rose em
broidery between in solid, self-con-trastimr.
or varied colors between, as
preferred. Certainly upon white is1
more elegant than any color, especially
if the hip belt, which covers the edge
of the bodice and defines it, is of black
velret
Still anotlier morning gown is of
gray surah, the fulness laid in length
wise pleats upon a straight lining,
which strictly outlines the figure, but
is easy as weil as graceful. The hip
belt is of ruby satin and is passed un
der the pleats, reappearing upon the
plain parts of the bodice and tlie color
is repeated in the cascades of lace, '
which are carried down the front It I
is very common now for ladies to adopt
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in their boudoir, generally a lovely
secluded room, with stained glass
windows, an open fireplace, and per
haps rose silK curtains to give a becom
ing tint to the complexion. These
gowns are for boudoir breakfast pur
poses, and those with a moyenage bo
dice are particularly adapted to wom
en of stately, handsome figure.
Lacquer W arc-
A snort description of the mauner in
which lacquering it ''one may be of
interest to oar readers, and Here we
will describe it as briefly as possible.
The operation depends, of course, on
the peculiar properties of the lacquer
and the effects to be produced. The
raw larauer. chiefly the Seshine uruthi.
is used for priming; with an adition of
burnt clay dust, or fine stone powder,
so as to produce a coating of the utmost
harduess. The prepared lacquer, S'ter
having lieen strained, is slightly trans
parent when applied in ihin layers, and
possesses a color similar to that of
shellac; this transparency is occasional
ly increased by a small addition of dry-
lng-cil, which, by mere hardening; pro
duces a sufficient glossiness of the sur
face, whereas the pure lacquer ha to
be polished. For coloring, the lacquer
is mixed with ciunaba or pimeut, red
oxide of iron or Prusian blue, etc.
The black lacquer is pre oared in the
fol owing manner. It is effected with
out any addition of solid particles,
such as lampblack or similar substanc
es, but merely by stirnog the crude
lacquer for a day or two in the open air,
whereupon it alanines a very dark-
brown color. Towards the end ol the
operation a small quantity of water,
winch ras been kept standing for a
few days, mmglej with with irou filings
or a gall-nut infusion darkened by the
addition of iron, is added, and the
whole stirred again until part of the
water has evaporated; then the lacquer
acquires proper consistence and color.
The addition of tiiis water is said to
cause the highest brilliancy and black
ness of lacqner. Sometimes the colored
lacquer is used when the final coating
is required tobeola tiauspareutnatare.
Either the unmixed, strained lacquer,
or that peculiar kind of lacquer which
has been thinned by an addition of oil,
is used.
The mixing of lacqner with harden
ing or coloring powdets is geuerally
enected by the lacquerer himself on a
wooden board with wooden spatula just
before using it. Finally, the thick
mixture is forcibly stra ined through a
piece of paper called yashinoyaini.
Should the lacqner become too stiff for
use, some bits of camphor are crushed
and thoroughly mixed with the lacquer
by spatula, and then it becomes more
liquid. Before beginning to lacquer,
the artist often lines the exterior ot the
objects, especially the joints and corers,
with linen gauze oryoshitwyami pasted
on with raw lacquer so as to give the
objects grea-er solidity and to prevent
iU breaking.
The primary coatings are put on with
a mixture of raw acquer and bamt clay
powder, and afterwards stone powder;
when hardened they are rubbed with a
grindstone to smooth and polish the
uuifacj. The next two or three layers
are done with inferior kinds of the black
or colored lacqner, according to the
color to be produced. The lacquer is
applied in the first place with a woo len
spatula aud afterwards with a vei-y stiff
fiat brush, so as to smoothen fad spread
the lacquer equally. The surface is
then ground with water and charcoal.
of which latter two kinds are used, the
one coarse and hard, and the other
light and soft Ai a peculiarity, it may
be stated' tint the Ireshly lacquered
objects are placed in large wo jden
boxes, the inside of which has been
sprinkled or washed with water, so that
tiie procasa of hardening takes place in
a dark and damp atmosphere; according
to the statements of professionals, this
precaution is absolutely necessary to
produce the t-peedy hardening aud hue
appearance of the lacquer.
'the final coating is done with the
best lacquer of the kind require! m tne
particular care, and after having been
carefully ground it is polished with
deer-horn powder. The black lacquer,
when finished, is repeatedly rubbed
with a ball slightly in the Sethime lac
quer, and each time carefully polished
with ponder made of deer-horn. The
gold sprinkled lacquer, called Xasi'jt
(hte:ady pear-surface), is produced by
sifting a certain amount of gold leaf cut
into small pieces on to a fresh coating
of ikshiine lacquer. When burdened.
the surface is smoothe.' and then coated
with a choice quality of lacquer, ca'led
the Sash'jt urushi. whfch is prepared
by carefully straining and mixing it
with a small quantity of gomboge. The
lacquer when applied in thick layers,
is opaque, and only becomes transpar
ent in thin layers; so that, by grinding
the final coating with charcoal, tne
gold sparkles underneath can be made
more or less visible, according tJ the
will of the artist
Finally, after being carefully pohuhed
tlie object receives a very thin coating
of the same lacquer to prod ace the
glossiness. For common ware, tinlod
is used instead of guldleaf, but owing to
the yellow color of the Xuxhiji uruin.
the UufoU has a gold-like appearance.
The method of lacqneiiug always re
mains the same, but the number of
coatings can be reduced. The priming
may be done with cheaper material, or
the lacquer mav be of inferior quauty.
The final process of decorating the
objects is one which admits an almost
innuite variety of devices, and consist
either of paintiog-t or of lucrustatious of
mother-of-pearl, metals, etc., or else of
a peculiar preparat on of the surface.
The DwU'a IlaW
The members of the Xew York Oil
Exchange are a rather swell set of
young men, but the lead in the matter
of clothes is taken by a youth known
as "the dude," whose name ii with
held for the sake of his relatives.
This dude strolled into the Exchange
during a dull hour recently, aud
Solomon in all his glory was never ar
rayed like one of him. To begin near
the bottom, his feet (the dude's net
Solomon's) were enceased m the glos
siest of patent leathers: his trousers
fitted like the paint on the lamp-post;
his coat had never a crease from tail
to top; his linen was starched untd it
shone, and his collar was perfection
itself and raised bis chin so that he
could only gaze at the floor at the
hazard of cutting hi throat. But
his tout ensemble, so to siak, was
completed and set off by the darhng
est silk hat imaginable, with the broad
est aud most curling of brims . and a
beautifully bulgeut top. Altogether
he was radiantly, dazzlingly beautifuL
The dude stopped near the middle of
the floor, struck an attitude much af
fected by garden statuary, and gazed
serenely aud pityingly upon his com
mon place fellow-brokers. But, horror
of horrors! A rude man came behind
him and jerked the silken tile from
his head, and the next moment it was 1
thrown to the floor, bad received a
t
vicious kick, and a dozen brokers wete
! running after it. They surrounded it, '
scuttled for it, and away it failed agaiu
towards the ceding with the entire
membership of the Exchange, save
only the owner, in wild pursuit Round
and round the floor gambled the
merry brokers with the hat before
them. Xow it was suffering in their
midst, then it shot over the floor in
desperate efforts to escape, only to be
again overtaken, trampled, kicked, and
trodden untd it presented an appear
ance as if it had been Iain down on by
a cow and then spent a summer under
a dust-heap, aud the gay brokets were
tired out aud perspiring.
The dude during this terrible period
stood aghast, and with horror depicted
in every feature, turned in frozen de
spair as the gambols of his wicked as
sociates led them to the four cardinal
points of the room's compass. But
when a griuning messenger boy
brought huu the battered corpse of his
precious dices, he forced a smile whieh
was only a desolate mockery of happi
ness, and remarked:
"Aw dawn't care, anyway. It was
an old hawt"
Then the rude man who had torn
the tile from the unhappy adolescent's
head approached and handed him the
silken hat uninjured, and the dude
learned that he had been the victim of a
wicked joke. An old hat had been
substituted on the floor, while the joker
neid ihe victim s tile behind his back.
And it came to pass that the noise ot
unholy laughter was so great as to jar
the ticker into the taiie-basket. and the
dude will wear a derby hat to-day aud
lorever after while ou the floor of the
Exchange.
Electricity " Stage Illusion.
The advantage of electric over other
lights Tor stage purpose is its intensity,
whieh produces sharp outlines to all
shallows, and its jierfect similarity to
sunlight, the most delicate colors being
unclianged by its rays. In the "Proph
et" the rainbow is most faith fully
represented by its aid.
"In the second part of "Faust" M.
Behrend utilizes incandescence for
working a miracle. A bottle is seen
suspended or balanced in the air. Sud
denly it becomes dimly illuminated,
the light gradually increasing ,iu bril
liancy, aud a human figure is seen
witluu the bottle, this bottle, which
is made of gelatinized gauze, is held
suspended by two iron wires. Au
oqaque band about the neck of the
bottle serves to hide the direct rays of
the iucaudescent lamp, while the
lownward reflection lights the figure.
This list is of rubber, and a wire at
tached near the middle serves to render
it niisshappen. By degrees the wire is
slackened, aud the figure, through its
elasticity, rises and amuses a human
form.
In the second part of "Faust" a
mysterious key Is tendered red-hot,
apparently while in the hand of the
actor.
This key, which is quite large, is
made with a frame of iron wire cov
ered with thin mica painted red with a
transparent pigment In the interior
of the key are some platinum wires
connecting buttons or less resistance.
1 wo flexible conducting wires lead
from the battery to two disconnected
point in the shaft of the key through
the platinum. At the proper moment
the actor presses the key, closing the
circuit aud sending the currant through
tlie hue platinum wires, which by their
high resistance are thus made lumin
ous, and the whole key seems to become
suddenly redhot
In ."Der x reischuetz" a skull rises
from the earth and launches fire from
the eyes and mouth. To accomplish
this, small bundles of wire are arranged
so as to bring them end to end to each
other, as if you were to place the
brush ends of two brooms together.
These are elastic and only iu slight
contact. From each of these a wire
leads to one terminal of the battery.
Xow, w hen the head rises with a tot
tering motion aud "solemnly wags,"
tlie motion breaks the contacts, and
the escaping sparks scintillate at every
bredk point
In the "Glass Slipper" the incande
scent light is used to render the slip
per luminous, aud the diadem of the
(Jtteen of A ioit m the "Magic t lute,"
a lighted iu the same manner. So of
St Elmo's tire in the "ltiautom Ship;"
and the diamond rocks in the same
ipectacle, and other gems, are equally
well represented by inclosing the lights
in mica, glass or gelatinized gauze.
The star in 'Faust" is aluost of mic
roscopic dimensions, in fact, until illu
minated, and the effect produced by a
sword combat, where these form the
connecting terminals of a heavy bat
tery, is fully as near akin to the mar
velous in the spark shower thus pro
duced.
laaa AufttntliiUi i'urcst
Morning and evening the Australian
forest is awake; at noon it is asleep. So
greater contrast can be imagined than
between the morning hoars and those
at mid-day. In the former, the very
flowers seem to possess an active ex
istence. Myriads of such, larger and
more brilliant than those under English
skies, load the air with the sweetest
scents. Magnificent tern trees wave
their fronds or branches in the light
breeze. On old stumps of trees great
green and yellow lizards lie watching
for their prey. The magp.e throws her
voice from tue wattles, aud possibly the
vre bird in the denser scrub; and in
tue tall gum trees numberless parokeels,
parrots, rosellas, cockatoos, butcher
birds, love-birda, etc, screaming aad
darting to and fro. But by-aud-by tha
intense beat will silence all these, aud
nothing will be heard but the chirp ot
the grasshopper and the shrill sound ot
some unseeu insect At twilight again
there is a rev.val of life, but not ol so
cheeiful a description. Tue cicadea
shriek by my r ads their deatening
'p-r-r-r-r-r;" drowsy oppossumi suarl
in the gum bolts, aud flocks ol cocka
toos scream as some great gay kangaroo
bouuds past them like a belated ghost
If there is marshy ground near, the
deep boom of the betteru, the wad of
curlew, t e harsh cry of tho crane,
mingling posaioly with thoe of a pass
iug or returning fleck of black swans.
will add to the concert. In a moment
of silence one may be startled by the
mocking laughter of the jackass, or the
melancholy "me-irake of the bird of
tb.4 same name. The dead of night is
not so still as the universal hash of the
burning ooou.
Fate is the friend ot tbe goo. I, the
snide of tbe wise, tbe tyrant of the fool-
isb, tbe envy of the bad.
Sheep tor Aarlla.
Mr. Winter, tbe great Australian
sheep farmer, has arrive-1 in New York.
and talis freely about the objects of his
visit "I am." aaid he, "here for the
purpose of purchasing bheep to ship to
Antrtralia tor my ranch. I was here last
spring end made some purchase, md
shipped a numlier ot sheep from San
Frauci co. Since then I have lieen in
Englaud aud Scotland examining stock,
and I have jnst letnrned.
"The foot and raouth disease is over
running the island, and 1 was airaid to
buy auy hing for fear of introducing
the plague among my stock. The foot
and month diseana is a new one that
is it is only about fifteen years since it
was first luard of. In Sootlnnd I ex
amined some stock, and learned there
that bares, rabbits and dogs spread the
disease, i shall remain in the city a
few days only, aud am then going to
Montana. 1 may buy there, but will
surely bny in California unless the sheep
there has the plague. But my buying
depends on whether or not the colonies
will admit stock from this country. I
notice that New Zealand has shut her
door ou the importation ot sheep and
cattle, and po.-sibly the other colonies
have followed her. I buy Spanish
merinos, the "Infantas." which have
beeu kept pure nowhere outside of the
United States. Wn-n I get them to
Australia they will be crossed with our
entire slock, the Australian merinos. I
sell my fleece for thirty cents undressed,
and sometimes have received fortj-five
for it" Mr. Winter, when asked how
large his farm was. said: "I have abont
3o,U00 acres, of whiuh 7,0(10 are in the
Lucerne grass, or alfalfa, as it is called
in California. The Lucerne is capable
of supporting titty sheep for a season
on one acre. My farm has stocked on
it about 15,000 sheep. 1,000 head of
cattle, and 500 horsey. There is one
man in Australia, Mr. Sam Machev. of
New South Wales, who sheared 1,500.-
000 sheep last yeaj. and tuis year he
expects tJ havo 2.&00.000. His lauds
run 700 miles in one direction and com
prises 5,000,000 acres, ami have been
nearly all reclaimed troji the desert"
The Wltchee' Carnival.
The witches held hub earn iral on the
nifht of October 31. and being iu merry
mood their kindly offices wUl be invoked
by young people throguhout Christen
dom to divine the name of Inture hus
bands and wives, and otaer ma ters ab
out which young hearts are wont to won
der and surmise. It is All Hallowe'en
The eve of AU Saints aud about it clus
ter a host of superstitions and legenils
that have been treasured for centuries
and handed down intact from one gene
ration to another. The sober, work-a-day
citizen who mayhap has forgotten
that tue 31t of October is any but an
ordinary occasion will doubtless have
the fact recalled to mind should he ven
ture out on that evening. He will meet
troops of boys and young men in grotes
que costumes parading the streets to the
noise of tin kettle bands, he will see
mischievous bovs ringtugdoor-bells and
making their escape before the summons
can be answered iu a way
mote hasty than dignified, and
he will probably meet young ladies run
ning madly down the street, each with a
mouthful of water and a hsndful of salt.
Each of these latter are endeavoring to
win from the wilches the came of lur
lover. Whatever name the hears
Bpoken or shouted as she m dus a hur
ried circuit of the block, that is the name
ot the mm who is destined to be her hus
band. At lea&t that is tbe suptrstition.
and whether the fair creatures beheve
it or not. they are very fond of trying it
They will also burn nuts, each one of
which is first named. If the nut cracks
and jumps its namesake is fickle; if i
burns, be is constant ami true: aud if the
nut named after herself burned at the
same time, she will marry him. Names
written npon htue slips of paiier are
rollnd into balls of meal and these balls
are thrown into a basin of water, where
of necessity they quickly dissolve, allow
ing the papers to rue t the top and
float The first one to appear is of course
the name of the one most worthy of af
fection, ihesearea few of the tests
which will be made. Apples and nuts
il be ia en in unlimited quantitus and
weird drvams will be tie real! mere of
the evin g than cf the occasion.
la the 11 ay aud Harvest rield
l'eopie drink too copiously of ice-
cold water, and every summer the list
of deaths from this cause is a long
one. Excessive drinking of ice-cold
water becomes as initch of a habit as
some other forms of drinking. If ice-
cold water be used to reduce the tem
perature of ordinary well-water
"halt-and-balf," it wiU be found to
quench thirst quite as readily as wheu
taken into the stomach at the melting
point of ice (?-), and there wUl be no
danger of sunstroke and sudden pros
tration in the hay field." Still better
than ice-water is some prepared drink,
to be taken iu moderate quantities.
Nothing is better for those w ho work
in the hay and harvest field than the
old-fashioned "Switchell." This i
water, sweetened with molasses, to
which are added vlneg.ir and ground
ginger. We do not know of auy defi
nite proportions, as the ingredients are
usually mixed "according to taste."
It is a most refreshing draught, and if
cooled by adding a moderate quantity
of ice, the ginger prevents any un
pleasant effects. Another capital
drink for workmen in the field is "Tea
Punch." Make strong tea, sweeten
it, and then squeeze into it the juice of
one or more lemons. This may also
be cooled by adding ice in moderate
quantities, and tlne who like tea at
all, will prefer it to any other harvest
drink. Strong coffee, with sugar, aud
milk, placed on ice until well cooled,
is an excellent drink for the field.
freezing lvina feuple.
A German savant named Grusel
bach. Professor of Chemical Science in
the University of Upsala, has been de
voting a considerable time to perfect
ing an apparatus to freeze living people.
and keep them in a torpid condition for
a year or two. In any case, he an
nounces that be will undertake by his
process to freeze up any lady or gentle
men willing to submit to the experi
ment, and benumb them, deprive then
to all appearances of vitality, pledging
his word to bring them round again at
the expiration of a couple of years, with
no prejudicial effects to mind or body.
As no adventurous person lias come
forward to supply the savant with the
desired opportunity, he has submitted
his invention to the Swedish Govern
ment, with a request that a criminal
condemned to death sliall be provided
to "enable him to d monstrate the
efficiency of bis discovery.