TEE OOWT1T0TI0I THE UHOI AID TEE EEFOEOEXEIT 01 TEE L1W8.
VOL. XXXVII.
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MIFFLINTOWX. JUKI ATA COUNTY. PENN A.. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 19. 1SS3.
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NO. 51.
In.."" T was engaged in-Wr.I
in ICT" CJotas he was
Wieu we I
Bat nether nigh, nor d7y Chance!:
- .- uj mwt uivine,
Aw ayJ'T 2y,.the 'eaered ,lnitar
atble. forth hU pure delight
Bound th. able skirts of j,
And day by day iheir worahip choru.
1 ids ua aft our .ul. on hiX
A lr V kLre us,
And to God oft xni uio e nljjh.
,iJ!lffiVidIf" y? Ur revw
V v 1 thou ht unseals!
itol.a or promis unsung
All the future tell we phunlv
How much nobler I can b-
W hat I Ion hT. fallrd to aen.
KJRK-KCHOICK.
A curious old mau was Hamilton
Kirk and a good old man "
I? had the best means of known
uaiumuu auk i,aa gone &broid
""r" - jouin, having been
thrown upon his own resources by the
death of his parent, and he had re
inaiiied abroad until he was forty-five
or thereabouts. Then he came home'
and having found a woman who could
love bun. lie married her and settled
down. He built him a spacious, hand
some home, and hud out his grouuas
very beautifully, promising himself
much comfort in the new phase of lite
upon which he had entered But he
Has doomed to an early disappointment,
la one short year his wife dii Wv,,.
aa infant daughter to his care and pr
tection. r
And from that time the child never
brought a cloud upon his brow by any
act of hers. When the was a maiden
jutt blooromg into WBil-deve:oi-d 1
man.
weight of
a TWir t . . . .
who eemPin"":;"lv."ra-,.?uK"1?
years and
beneath the
and
ragged.
wh,Ts;.' . -uu uiurmities,
Tii "r. " ,sinc and ragged
Tbeoldma a a,kej for cuarU
VauVhao.110111 40
Byounfed'klnd--
i tell you I can't,"
said
Help
store m th
of bust.
And the old ma went ..
ftWrt if 8 had nvals in fde, and he
aflkiii 1 1. """"f w Dls own
imr ,i i v . n.i good-loot
ing, and he had thn iun t v. i
war , V nn me ragzed,
wy-worn b!ffr urn .1 B
tr.r.?irrity plead1 tli appSant,
tre.JV.b'ln "Pt a hU staff. 'ucanl.
iih want helu?" i,r..nr.iA
exauu the old fellow from 1,'ead S
I 'Yes I am in teei"
,'Well how much do you want?"
ti ,Uot for much kiuJ
tod?" 0Uilr WlU tbHt hdP
"'es very much."
"Then it's yours and
uuulo a good use of it,
see that rou
the young man returned to hi work
leaving tne 1. t.. ... . '
ple.iaed. " 6" "ucu
Chauncey Stewart was a shoemaker
and he not only employed quite a nunil
r Ot Workmen in m:tnnfsu...r;n k...
he had Quite a sti anA ...1.1 . 1 I
uiany slioes at retail, iu
thiee or four-nnd-tweuty; was very fair
looking, and had tne reputation ot being
one of the most steady and industrioas
yuung men in the viliase: but hi nhr.
K'f Kei.eiO.-lIV fill!
womauhooOL, Le was an old mau with! h'sa l,ax mS uiJ fcdows as did that of
Kray nauH. Aott ane teiuid hun an,
M ??'it7 Pssed-bis money.
His heart : 19 warm, but the heat would
aorms. In short such a heart would be
. , -pv wjirove a spendthrift in its af-
V vtnat think you? Arevou
And Myra whispered :
'No."
"Xext I called UDOn (Millllitrav l.nr.
art. 1 found him with his sleeves rolled
ua." wort- 1Ie greeted me
ii-- j. j A MKea 1,1011 for charity.
Ue Studied m frnm mw lL .vni
ffS. 'J16? 80118114 10 188111 now be could
best hebj. me. He did not offer me
, Ior ue eonlessed that he had
httte 1 to span ; yet be would divide bis
last dollar ere hi would send mo away
empty-handed. He learned that I had
not brokeu fast, and he took me to his
home, and his mother prepared me a
uieau iiien ne learned that I
wanted to go to W , and he harnessed
up bis horse and sent me on my way
onch a heart is not only true and warm!
but it may be replied upon in the hour of
need. Its impulses a-e governed by
principle, and its duties are onlv cir
cumscribed by the boundaries of human
ity. It cannot become bankrupt, be
cause its issues are sure to be upheld
by a permanent fund of sense and rea
son. What think vou. mv darlinir ?"
vvi Aiyra made no reply. She bowed
tears!
lor all the care he had beatoro.1
her duriLg her caiidhood.
But Myra was now nineteen, and tlie
time for new scenes was drawing upoa
her.
".Myra," he said to her, as they sat
in the library cue summer afternoon,
"I've beeu thinking."
"Well, failur," she replied, looking
up wnh one of her sweet smiles, "wuat
have you been thinking atwui?"
'l'e been thinking that you will
be wanting a husuuid one of these
days."
Then I wouldn't try to think any
moie," she said, liut she iidut siak
with such simple assurance as usual.
! am serious, my let,', he resumed:
'and now lei us aik seriously atut it.
lam not goiug to give you up, for the
mau who takes you must lake my
house, and me will ii; or, I'll taxe
Urn, just asjou please. But you know,
as well as 1 do, that very soou you may
be loving somebody, aud theu it will be
too Lite to leason."
Myra tlidu't dispute him: but she
only hung down her head and thought.
be continued
"uw, it s all very well to marry for
love, it oilier things are as they should
Le; but love is a curious tiling, and
very olien brings U. dies together that
can have no moie harmony in lite thau
lire and water. 1 know that many
people tcout the idea ri exercising
reason in conjunction with love; but
the ioeas of the woild are not aias
safe Kuidrs. 1 woulaux have rtascn
take loo much of the ground, but 1
would have it go ahead and lifht the
way, so mat love may go ou more
saiely. Den t that teem roper."
"Yes, lather."
"And now I'm coming nearer home.
Theies Joseph Vaughau; don't you
think he nouid like to propose for your
Lan-'i"
rcrhai so."
"Come, cuine, JJyra be plain with,
me.'"
Well I think he would."
"And Ueiiiy Walsh wouldat he?"
"Yaw 1 uaLk he would."
"And Jacvo Jjoirau-erf "
"1 hope not," lepuea the girl, with a
shudder.
"Weil, well we'll throw him out,
darling. I'm sure, however, tnat lie
vUid very quickly apply ior your baud
it he thought he could gel iu But as
1 wouluu'i have hiui, aud as 1 dou t
think ou would, we'll tunaider him
lisioeU of in advance. But there s
t-luuuuey btewart how Is it with him?
liou't you tu4nk he would hke to pro-
. ,
"I am sure I don't know," returned
ilyra, oiuing her book, aud pretend
ins bi d souiething interesting tlice.
"But what should you ihmkr "
"1 never thought anjtning about it,
lipa."
But her father had thought about It,
Mid te landed that wbcu the erotic
-ut came it would come with the heai t
t those tur.e, whom he liad mentiou
", impaled uou its shalt, Bater in
i:.e aiteiuoou, as ilyra walked m the
Curdeu, ponderuig Very ceeply upo"
.'inetiiing that had occupitd her
tiiouguu ever since her iu.erview wuu
ir later, ane was sUrtud by ihe
ei .peal ante U an old be-""-"" u
l ai.ii. lie looked wan and Wtai J, and
Lis tarb was scant and poor.
"Cnanty. -ciuuityl" he murmured
ltaiiing upon his St.au.
Tu ..... r, I. uii not been at
friiiliteufcd ouly surthnl from her on
hiisy thoughts and she quickly torgot
ail th m her bjuiiathy loriuepwr
old mau Ltfoie her. , -a
"Come with me to tie bouse, ane
s "aud you shall 6nd what you need,
ju.e."
-But not Uiere. Give me money
here."
ni give thee rest, and food first,
good fatner."
Ha, ha, ha!" laughed the oldman,
throwing oil the wig. and the beaia,
ii'd Uie false eebiows, l1
tbe ciook out of his back. "Uu
iu' it's pietiy good. If
loLiu d.dn't kiow me, who !1oWiai,rh)n
ilira was veiv mucn astonished when
lie saw her uwu lilber step
iu
but when
all
You must know that
"Alien ii ,irh 1 ai't'LeU W
tne teSSZ with
- was suilic ent 10 g.ve assur
my ees, was ,.hivation that I
-Uce to any u - lbevc0uld have
waB not on that account
no fear of l,rufl n8 yr Vaughau lirst.
Vvell I lei coldly? Id lumed
lie retned me er . w kiXj
Mir ner ou ,iri iiip aaav w""""-j ,ji,,,,,r to spare,
lhind the duguise. aud she need. naa. haiM hard as a
xceediuly wnat object couiu - tI louna to r r
"eh a suange leriormance; uui ..d-and u m -
. aked him he only lold br W "" I not (jisappoiteu in , she spoke
nothing ot what 8l.e had se fjuher .-"V, m meas-
Bocd time she sbouid know all about ifc o, feU ed, in a m
That eveninz IlamUton K-rk went as Henry
ay, aild he told his Wa " -Well-ne" 'Jed in a moment,
nouid not return brlore tue Dext I W-Wt ll!9 beuar. He was
imaps not untu wie uy 7"-; snd be uire" - - rm.bearteu ouv
Ue went in . liaise, aud he tooa " ue was lld nota
CujIUkvv was in )ii frnn. aV.rwn nni.V
poiiio lkjois, wueu au olu b-jccar
maneiiteni.
Ah good day, sir," said the shoe-
uuiher, stopping tiom ms work
A g.iod mornhisr to vou. fair air "
turned the old mau, in weak, trembling
tones. -1 dou't want to trouble you
I only seek a little aid ouch as you
can afford to a poor, needy one like ru "
Cnauncy Stewart r.m his eye over the
vu mau 9 tviiu au i iuen saui;
"1 must first kuow what help you
need, my good sir, aud then I am the
Luer Judge ot my abuity to help you.
a.re you peuniiessr '
"All the money I have in my pocket
Is a ijoor pittiauce which I begged this
morniug."
Have you broken your fast this day ?"
No."
"Well you s'aall go with me and get
something to eat, and then we can see
what lurtUer cau be done.'.
"But 1 would not trouole you kind
sir."
"It is no troulle. I can furnish you
witn lood more r -adily than I can with
money ; though God kuows 1 would not
send a wcrtny sufferer away empty
handed if I divided my la.t dollar. But
come. My house U not far off ".
Thus saying Chauncey lei the way
from the shop, and the old man followed
him. The house was soon reached, aud
the youtu introduced his companion to
bis widowed mother, who received him
kindly, and at once proceeded to set a
substantial breakfast before hun.
While the beggai was -.'Uiig, Cbauncey
tried to find out how he could btsi h-Ip
him.
-Have you any friends in this re-
t iou ?" he asked.
"I think I have."replKd the old man.
"If 1 could raise money enough fb pay
mv fare in tbe stage I nrgbt reach
t iem.
1 might Cud a better way than that,
U7cresttd Stewart. 'I shall nut use
my horse to-cay, ana 1 coma nave you
taken ten or lilteen mdes ou jour way
without anv expense to myself. I aan
easily find a boy who wid be glad to
drive for the sake 01 a ride."
And so the Hhoeicak r went on trying
to hud out what the old mau s most
pressing needs were that he might meK
Idem witn Uie most ease wiu a
Kii.Hllv the beczar said that if he cou d
be canied to the aujoiumg kjwu ue
thought he should find friends there who
would now mm
rtntiinnHV went out and harnessed
his hore, aud readily lound a faithful
boy who would dr.ve over and come
back with tbe team. U assta ine oiu
it tiire was anything more he
could do lor him, and when assured that
there was not, he oaue mm s-;
and saw him off.
..tr-11 Mvra" said Hamilton ivus,
taking one of daughter's hands. -I
have been on a mUsiou in the beggai 'a
'"What! been away in that guise ?"
exclaimed the ixl in surprise.
- v. 1 rnluuon Joseph Vang-
han, and mmt U--ury Walsh, and upon
vhauuee; J'""-'-
-Ou, latuer 1
What must they have
th?.u-nvldoubuess, that I was what I
anneared-a poor beggar,
theydidu't know you J"
"DiJ you know me ?
.NoVdid they. I w ? ilTl
jam w 4 fcwjiia thpv bare. I
n mx what aiuu ui
to see , . thv were r0
keew ,,ld tnatthey
" v i,.t what kind 01 a iouuuo.
w, . h-Hi.ir the loves ana anec
.!! one had ior iud v
Hons of earnest l ife.
So 1 tried tbem.
.!, result
nallor about me
her head aud trembled violently.
' "Can't you answer me A h
What, precious one, have I hit so near
ly ? Had your heart already sinirlw) tht
one out ?''
And Myra whispered :
"Ves."
W ell, well," returned the old man
J am not sorrv for the uaina I hue
taken, for it has proved to me that the
ueaitot my child is in the light place,
and its instincts true and aafa"
In course of time Joanuh Vanohun
aaea ior tne Dana ot Myra, and was re
fused. Then Henry Walsh tried his for
tune, and he, too, was sent away disap
pointed. At ieiurth Cnouneev 8twart.
when he bw that ebe still remalae I free
tremblingly told her of his love ; and ere
ne ju ner tie una not only peen assured
that his love was returned, but her curt
ons old father bad frankly given his con.
sent 10 tne proposed match.
Rig Tetyoinea
A thrlUlBC Adventure.
Mimic Amon. ADtmal.
Although there are millions and
millions of porpoises along the Atlantic
coast Uie first scientific catch of this
shrewd although clumsy fish, was made
Jjoot outr said a cataralUt as the
reporter was abont to sit down in an
olive-green plush chair. An investiga
tion of the seat brought to 1 Kbt a green
ansae cl the eiact hue of the p ush.
Mr. Rodney Harlem, a gentleman
living nearer Springfield Ohio, relates
the following story, which wouM be
almost Incredible were It not from a
at Cape May recenUy, and one of them P trustworthy sources and well coiled up and fast asleep,
is now on exhibition in Philadelphia. ulu"nucaieu in every particular: "VaU up another chair." said the
Hertfnr ii effort, Hvi . Recently in company with bis lather-In- snake owner with a laueh.
by which porpoises could be captured ,aw- Mr- Jttme9 Crumbagh and a neigh- L6 reporter picked hi way across
v 1... 1 oor. air. ueorcre sticanev. Mr. iiarinm 1 . - "wura kwu
m iuu.uiii Mio uaie uum, uui that waa hnHrlKvi flrvu tn msm Tn.H.l.
the enormous net which Mr. Cook, of went on a nutting and hunting expedi- U0Zat
Cape May. has mounted and in which Uo" to Clifton, a romantic and rocky of another chair occupied by a bright
the two captives were taken at Cape SP near the headwaters of the Miami, preen haard from South Africa. A
May, is said to meet all the demands At one Plnt the rocks rise to a height third trial, however, was aucceasf uJ.
of the vexed problem. The bin net is lw or more awng tne stream, -o. - saia ine nawu-aiisr, who was
n thrMmri. .rut nmh. .4 linn contain many Bssures ana small """J w,t" -ni, "intT nave
-.-w m-vv, eai.va ..viau v.wv luuug. " I i fF d 1 1
ThABrfiai, r u, -ti k. caves. As the huntinz partv were ""VI. a, wiogicai uaraan up
" . "J . w inliiiT , "t.V ' "ere. but i have quite aa good a displar
enormous wings or uie net, eacn 15U0 1 " " -- 7 - r J thonsh on a smaller scale. The dim
feet long and 24 feet deep, into a great tn8 01 lnem PP0. ana, m fall- uly you ba I iu seeing the snake and
bag 120 feet long, 60 feet wide and24,llg' nm feet swaped the side ot the anohs. and tbe fact of your stepping on
feet deep, which will hold six carloads I oeiow uie pain untu ne nnaiiy got I me wwi, are uinsrraiioni 01 uie su
of porpoists. Tbe manner of flshlnit o"ng on a leage a few feet below. i .
with Uiis net is to take the bag out to a Ue Immediately recovered himself, and, , yon have ever thought partiou
nNna m- . l,rx1 4M:M 1 I Oil lOOKilil? &L Uie D I at ft WHtTft hft hJUl J Vw. i-aifcUJUfJU,
viovd xxcraa a aL,iiirvu ul uui iniiaEa mini - . inn. : .
Place its mouth toward the tide, Th. d tbe rock, he was surprised to . ! J!SLS
two wiugi are then fastened, one to f that Lis feet in slipping had laid that in all nature there is a strom? tend-
each side of the month of the bag. and 1,1 luo aiuo lue ' "i aney to aaaptation to losabty. This is
are. bv means of boats, made to inclose bruslimg aside some undergrowth that especially so in regard to color, and
a circle 3000 feet in circumference, and uad conealed it. ne immediately
t
one of tbe O sso and iti trQ Is a per
ieci mimic 01 ise pim trees noon
which tbe animal fee Is. Tol m the
ridges and the frayed en U are jost the
same; m ixct they seem m ide of eien
"'her. Here is another, cille-i th
L'af tailed Gk, iu tail resembling
a leal so exsetiy thit even experts are
deceive. The animal when observed
Trloki on a Train .
do?:
often true as to form. The little snake
Betldlnc Toama Qejeklr.
Iwo gentlemen of moderate fortune
bought several thousand acres of land
and a mountain of iron some ten years
airo in Alabama. They built a charcoil
iron furnace and be can to tiake a town
around it. They graded the streets, laid
out parks, made a system of water
works, built stores, hotels and depots.
and called the place Anniiton. They
now nave a city of more than 6.000 in
habitants, growing magically, lull of hug.
industries and worth several million dot
lara. Besides making a mo lei city that
will become a great city, they have en
riched and distinguished themselves.
A company of capitalists, without much
capital, bought a large tract ot Hnd
about sixty miles beyoad Annistoa. Ala
Dtma, and, laying It oE Into lota, oalled
it Birmingham. This was about twelve
veara aza. Birmingham now has from
12.000 to 15 000 inhabitants, the equip
ment ot a great city, and is doubling up
its population ana wealth every decade.
Its industries are enoraious and increas
ing. Tbe land corns my tnat established
the city had its outlay more than re
turned in cash dividend, and it bas
barely begun to sell its e'ast property.
One stockholder, who baa put $12,000 in
tbe original venture and has had about
double that much returned in dividends.
estimates his stock 10 be worth lully
lijo.ouu.
rioQie gentlemen interested in the hheu
andoah Valley railroad thought tbey
would try a little town building. Tbey
bought a number of farm at tbe point
where their road was to ln ersect the ftor-
tola ana extern, and started a city
which tbey called Uoanoae. luis was
nonet five years ago. Tne city now has
8,000 inhabitants, enope, lactone, lean
streets of stores, waterworks, floe hotels,
and Is a marvel of rapid srrowth. Toe
company has spent nearly $1,000,006 in
improvements, retrying from the sale ol
lot oaly enough to make interest divid
ends on their stock, 'fhey conld close
out what property they now have for four
or five millions prom, but have no Idea of
loin so, as by selling gradual! tbey will
make much more. Tne profit on the city
ol Itoanuke, which was considered a small
per.u'atijn at first, if cashed at osce,
would nearly pay tor tbe building of the
Shenandoah valley roao.
These are some of tbe examp'es of town
building in the Saith. A company ot
gentlemen mat in Ailajta lately for the
purpose of making a similar exoeriment.
Tbey bave purchated a bold bluff on the
banks ot the Tennessee river, in Ala
bama, at tbe bead of navigation, and
propose to establish a city to be known
as bbetueld. Tney bave one advantage
over the places noted above a navhja
ble stream, that leans from the loet ot
their cliv into the water ways of tbe
world. With the same abundance of iron,
coal and timncr tbat bave made tbe other
new towns prosperous, tbey have a rich
outlying agricultural country and a noble
navigable river, at tbe ravigable head of
which stands their new city. What per-
ntage ot advantage tbia will give tbe
tuture will quickly decile, the Atlanta
Constitution lift iu bat to the new city
of Hhtfll -ldand wishes it a brilliant and
pro 1 porous career. .
A foreign aclentifio journal remark
as a curious plns'ok gical fact, that al
though open-air life is so favorable to
bea'ta. yet it has the apparent tfict of
(.tnntimt the growth in early youth.
Thus, whtle the children of well-to-do
parents, carefully housed and t aide J,
are found to be taller for their age than
tbe children of the poor, they are not
eo strong in alter years, tna laoorer s
children, for instance, wh play in tne
lontlr conn try roads and field all day,
whose parents lock their hutnbld doors
when leaving f work in the morning.
so that their offspring may not gain eu-
trance and do miaobisf, are almost in
variably short lor their age; the children
of working farmers exhibit the tame pe
culiarity. Alter sixteen or eighteen
rafter years of hesitation, as is weretie
lads shoot up aid Decorce great, balk
ing, broad feiowa.poiaes.ed of immense
trengtb. Aooordiug to these statements
it would seem that ind or U e force the
growth at the wrong period sad thua in
jure it. Is it ao?
elve bundle with hiui.
Jeph Vaugban was in bU ore
"any to wait Uiwn his
Je as a handsome jonng man and nw
"al character waa good.
tatUfer brided. hjBuwf J0 U
rm-bea
.Ida. I
the feeing was ay f?r
Drmcipie. "ZZZm. nor did neoe-J
my toriorn d th. me
anv symi i- - us) 01 v-v
.raallJ. ar - -
MaVa
J 1 a v.. . I innr wvva aama maabs aiMm i.
11,.-. i..j m.. .. caiieu Uie others, and soon all wm r" v""""1"u8l"""
cuugucuiani up. inn poipoiaes . ,. - - 1 Iect mimio of tliA Tl.h rran in
a 1 I cmilflincw Ctn triaa nnnu- oHraa IIam I O" ta
iuu3 criitjiUDsji niu iiub iiuuuuver LUC 1 " "w -"
net, nor will they go twenty-four feet path 5,x,kin8 at the opening in the
below it. Wlien a school nf th Ao s. Alter Uie remaining under-
fish are thus surrounded a steamboat brush had been removed, the opening
- -
will be placed at the end of the winirs. waa Ionna t0 be about three by four
and, by pulling away from the anchor- Ieel m 8,ze- A damp wind was blow
ed bag net, will gradually force the fish mS o the mouth of the opening.
which always swim with the tide into wnn consiueraoie draught. Ihe party
the big bag, and when that is filled its made a cursory examination, one by
mouth is closed un with strona ropes. one. with a bit of lighted candle, which
so fitted that this is an easy matter, and sIlwed nothing but a narrow, tortuous
the game is eaught. In this great net Parage about twenty feet id length,
there are 325 pounds of lead for sinkers, 'n1 "ruptiy to the right. The
1500 cedar floats and 11.500 nound ot "oor was strewn with the bones of birds
small tarred rone, woven Into meshes 1 ana small animals.
eight Inches square. I Believing that it was only on9 of the
The o ubber of the porpoises can be many caves with which the region
made into an oil much more valuable I abounds, tue party, with the exception
thau whale oil. and it is for this in Jus I of iIr- Harlem, who was much interest
try that the net has been invented and ,n the cave, abandoned the esporta-
will be utilized. An ordinarv pornoise tlon- They cautioned him to bo on his
will weich 600 pounds, and contains againt concealed clefts, aud told
blubber euotiKh to make about ten """"""enisgunii ne neeaeu ueip,
pounds of oil, worth $1.30 a pound. I Harlem, after lighting a candle and
mere is also a valuable oil. especially Bct""a reauy w action, ii,h ...,. m ,f .
prized by watch-makers, w hich can be entered the opening on hands and knees, gra known aa chromMtonhn t
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extracted from the Jaws of porpoises, I ino 001 lo 01 tne passage was ary, dui 1 their contraction or expansion is due
and w hich the company that has bought 1116 mowing through it wa3 damp tue coloring of Virions animals, for all.
the patent of the new net expects to na Aliening, causing the candle to - ", um-rmg
v- I hn Him nH i.i,,.. r.ir. no,,. n oolor ia different individuals and iu
mi.uwuiiiiaiiuwcuue. it is creuioiy . Uw,-.6 v..- m . , i;ff.
a . . Miiw if f.v nKAl f..n4 I J -
reponea tnat recently a gentleman ') ee. mc au.eu- coor, or drers of intensity seem to
succeeded In getting out two quarts of lurer lauM 10 lne lnm wnicn leu into cau-e contraction or expansion of the
a large cnamper 01 tne cave. Just as I cells, thus, m the Uobins, the pix
he turned the corner be stumbled, and ment cells, that aie now yellow wheu
in steadying himself put his hand on n"ended, ass.ime an orange-ealoreJ
the floor of the cave, where he was
shocked to feel something round and
smoeth. Starting back with terror, he
raised the candle high above bis head
which it is found, and you would never
suspect its presence if you did not see
it move. I am confideut tbat it can
adapt itself to darker and lighter a hades.
Ihia morning 1 had it on a hght-trreen
cushion, and in a few minuiea it adapt-
ea uaeu to it so tbat it was almost in
visible, and now you see it has assumed
an entirely dihtsrent hue.'
Is the change a physiological
secret.
-ot at all. We have well-define!
Ideas concerning it - Iu the first place,
we snow mat many amaaia change
innr coior at a moment s noticj, epeoi
ally fishes naJ rep'ife'. Amor'g the
former tbe stiekleback, ptrcb, borranai,
ana oojpnin are the moat reuiarsab e.
In mauy this change is evidently made
at the option of the fish. This is also
true ct the reptiles, and soar for the
explanation. Here is a microscope sej-
tion of the frog'' (kin. Yon see it con
sists of two dutinot portions, the epi
aennis ana tne cum lne former is
made np of cells, while the latter con
tams nerves, liners, and cavities for
cell elements. These cells are filled
this nil on Long Island. He died sud
denly and at the sale of bis effects the
Waltham Watch companr paid $300
for one of the quarts, and the other
was sent to Europe. Tbe owners of
tbe net say tbey have demonstrated
that they can take porpoises in their
big bag by capturing tbe pair recently
and they will soon make a big catch.
une wnen contracted, and the orange
or red cells when thrnnk Uocuie browu
I or black, ss the case may be. How,
I a hen a fish that habitually iivea ou a
wmie doiwu paaa?a on to a black one
and looked down. ' There lay the coils change is conveyed by the eyes to
Olrla 0 reoc
Tne first oammeut an English traveler
makes npon American women as a class
is that they are not as strong and healthy
looking aa English girls. This is main-
due to the indoor life our young
girls lead thougbout the year. Ot
course there are exceptions, but with
the majority of yonng women walking
and riding regularly every day is out of
the question, habit, custom, and tbe con
venience of horse cars bave made walking
dead practice. True, the English
climate is less severe; but still there
are few days In the year when the
weather la either too bitterly cold or too
intensely hot to admit of a comfortable.
brisk walk of a few miles. Tbe narrow
shouldered, flat-chested, and shapeless
looking girls, with pinched, colorless
faces, would fill out by the best exercise
the human frame can enjoy. A vigor
ous youth brings'about a bale and hearty
age ; and with women physical health
is by far more to the advantage of the
race than a figure squeezed into shape
by tortuous corsets and lacing,
of a huge serpent. In his terror Mr.
Ilerleui let fall the candle, and remain
ed motloulesj with fear, on Pis knees.
As luck would have it, tbe candle did
not go out, but remained sticking in
the sand on the floor of the cave, and J ground to another, in
throwing a dim light over the scene, j Ule' ia no change at alt.
Like a flash the hideous head of the
serpent darted up from tbe floor and
tbe coils began to move. Mr. Har'em
said he could bave fled had not some
thing seemed to chain him to the spot.
It seemed as if enormous weights were
hung on every member of his body,
absolutely prohibiting flight The ser
pent's eyes appeared to give forth ablue
the brain, and telegraphed, so to speak.
to the p gnieut celis by way of what are
called pympathetio nerves, and the
change is prodnceil.
"How do we kaow thl-? Rr wnlnh.
log a blind fin a i.iss from cue colored
sue'i a case
The eve is
the medinm. yet there is proonblv no
intelligent appreciate on the p.rt ol
tbe animal that tbe charg) has been
made. Ths experiments With the svm-
gametic nerves are very remaikaole.
By cutting one a fish has been shown
spotted ou one blue and stnwea on tbe
other, and, iu fact, tbe coloring is at
the will of the skilled anatomist Tbe
anolis, our common Southern l'zard.
tbat tenia to take the place ot the the
Wheu the conductor of tho Chicago
Barlington and Q lincy night train wras
taking up tickets he came to a farmer
looking mm in :he sraokinj car, where
there were several stock meu from
Kansas.
'Conductor, I haven't a ceut to mr
creeps upon the undsr surface of the nai Ksaia U? J-", '-but I've got
limb and holds up its taiL that exactly K-f.- V'avte deposit from the First
resemble a leaf growing on the limb. TnT v".. :Uomaiouth where
When hard named the animal ha I an- lm.slns' WlU T0U Csa for
other expe lient Finding itaelf cornered
iy a bird or larger animal of any kind.
it gives a lerfc to its tail and throws it
off to a distance of several inchet and
tbera it leaps aul toes about, at
tracting the attention of t'te pursuer
until the l'ztrd ha escaped. "
"Bat this won d oily serve for one
attack." enagest! the reporter.
' That is the str invest p.irt of it"
was the reply. "Taa tail grows again.
and not only that, but two tails biten
appear, giving the ere it u re a most
atriking appearance. Another OioVo
is luminous at n'ght, a protection that
fngh'eus off its foes aud attrio's its
food insects. Birds are also protected :
tueir eggs invariably m-it2h tuegrouni,
and are spotted with dirlereat colsra to
make them in general inconspicuous.
Moy of the northern animals are whiti,
as yonng and defensleea seals, tbe bear,
and the artio fox; and a great mtay
birda and animals change to dark in
summer, to match the vegetation, and
wheu the ground ia ooveroJ with snow
assume a i ne white hu4. The eraune
aud ptarmigan are familiar eximDles
In fact th'a mimicry is nature'a endow
ment to her defenseless dependents.
The Stgnta t Pane.
The Boulevard des Italiens. ons of
lue principal boulevards, at night is
grand; the stores all open, the civa-
ment filled with people and the streets
imed wttl vehicles of a-1 kt i K l'ke
No. sir. of course I v,mt '
Bat, gracious, what am i going to
You're a-oiim to nav v.mr f
get off at the first stop."
IJjtlt you SUDDOSH f ean flr.,1 a.,,,-
body that'll cash my certificate?"
ut course you can't. Peonle il.m't
go about cashing check for stran
gers,"
The stockman looked ar ,-h tk.
and winked, and those that wr n.r
enough together to talk te each other
said: "It's astonishing wh-.ii-. aisfi.i ,11
these coniitlenee mnu h-ivA t4- tvi ia
work a comAiotor with tkit old game."
One young man from Kansas said to
las seatmate: "Why, anybody might
know that fellow's no farmer. i'ye
s'pose a farmer would be traveling
arouud Chicago with nothing but a
bank certificate ou 'ini?'
"Of course be wouldn't replied the
seatmate. "I knowed that feller was
a confidence man as soon as I seen him,
I ve saw him before. He won't catch
nobody iu this car.'?
"I never saw him Ivfore,' said the
young man from Kansas, "but it
strikes me a faruier'd have rougher
looking hands than his."
"Y'es, an you kin see by his eye he's
no (rood. I'd spot that feller any
where, even if I'd never seen him be
fore. There's somethin' ab jut au holi
est mau that a fellmr kiu pick out on
the first siht."
AI.er awhile the fannnr renl
a chur, and as soia a yon are seatji a through the train to find soav-boJy who
TiTcr raif aaa oil vj vit cin'o-i
undsr ynn' taa, aa I yo 1 hvd wi:ie ail
cake and i ft buz j in s lent al nt aV.01
at tha gay cro J as they pa a and re
veu, 1 nev.-r aaw sncu aplaoe in my
life. The cama?e aud coavevtnoes
don't get out of the way; if tbey run
over you, they are not pnnishe 1: vou
mnst get ont of their way. There are
immense medallions in the streets ai I
bwlevards, ornamnntel with maz ii l-
oent lamps and closks. aad als with
eolosaI eta'nes in bronzs a-M marhla.
These meddlions are raised a litre
above the street, and you cn get ou
inese, anortbut be proteote.1 from the
rnb. In daytime, and night too, it
seems to me tbat all Paris is rxsliag ta
the races.
If you eonhl onlv see ths Cliiuips
Elysees (.Elvsiaa fiehis) at nlrnt. all
ighted up three concert gsr.ie is. the
feuces of les toons an i pvt urn Is of nine
anl white globes all light -d ami the
knew nun. Ticty soou he came back
tfo u tlie nest car with a man. and he
wasabjut the happiest-lookius farmer
one w apt to meet. He had found a
Monmouth man w ho knew him as the
wealthy owner of a la riTft firm iiairrf.
of Monmouth, aiid wn gl.utiy p4id
ins lare.
In a few miliums tlm r..,i.ir i,i ,n
from Kansis left the car, aud a little
later ins seatmate. who could tell an
honest man by his eve. raised a tre
mendous din, telling the onductor he
had been robbed.
The young mm from Kiusas e..ul,i
not be fouud ou the train.
The Sraln-Warkeraml Xuim-,
Bad noises, bad air, bad smells, bad
light, an inconvenient attitude, ugly
surroundings, little misfortunes that
have lately been endured, little mis-
H-Ueway, all lhriitel with gaas. and the fortunes that are soon to come, hunger
loanians pUyinj, magnificent statuary and thirst, overeating and over-drink-toweriug
above tue tre. and the in" uutil tit..! ni- t,wr. ..,.1.
phosphorescent light as they flashed in I chameleon, is the most woudtrful 13 it-
the gloom. Slowly the creature began
to move Us head in circles, as if to pro
duce the same effect as the mesmerist
who puts his subject to sleep by passes
with bis bands. Gradually Uie coils
grew neater to their victim.
Mr. Harlem says he knew all the
time that the bead was approaching by
degrees, aud that the circles were
gradually narrowing. -He knew that
he was experiencing what is called tlie
fascination of serpents, but found it
impossible to break the spell. His
nerves seemed completely powerless
power of changing color, adapting itself
o a varie'.y ot naes.
But probably tbe most sinking
mimics are tnose that imitate otuei
objects ana animals in lorji. HuTd, he
o.n tinned, taking out a larce it .l m-
graving, "is a nan allied to our Lophiu.
tnat was captu'e J by the Challenger ou
her famous trip. You see, it is all
covered with barrels of flewh that ex
aciiy resemuie seaweed, both in aaape
ana color, ana when cimging to tne
bottom it is perfectly inv.aible. so to
peak. A number of our fiJiea are
equally proteo el. Here is a sea horae
that has recently been du-covered iu
Autnralian waters. It has a prehensive
and hia iiiiIsa A(4innl in aton aril hi
vv J i u 1 I
r.i. uu soouiu mai up. Skin was moist with perspiration.
Nevertheless, his mind was reasonably
clear, anl the events of his life ran in
quick succession before his mental
vision. Witli anguish he thought of
the home which he bad lett but a few
hours before. The feeling of helpless
ness 1 eenied to increase. Suddenly he
thought of his gun. He dared not re
move his eyes from the snake long
enough to look for the gun, which he
had dropped on the floor in bis excite
ment, because be felt that the moment
he turned away from the creature it
would be upon hiui. He groped on
'he floor with his right hand, and at
last found the nun and raised it to hia I "ilhiii thiaf It ia ssarith twaaat- si', fit mis.
Itta the direct outgrowth of tbe folly if side. The snake was too near for him distinguished from the flower. Iris
parents who have bad their daughters to raise the gun to his shoulder, and a defence from large enemies, butsxali
educated at the expense of their health, he simply held it at his side and reached "7 taking it for tbe fiowor come near
Yonng girls are made to study and to back unt il be fait tha ritr nd " caght tnat its mimicry serves
snpnd honranm a nlanr. tn t .r.rn.l . . .L. j... .. I two tnua as a Getoy aud a protecrfoa.
.. 7 . . . . I " ueaiening report ne reil DacK 1 Amoufl- moths ti.a oimo of mim-nr.
Phshed,and and kMWnomore until ai.olnpeXt and TTveseTnThm
umx. a. , 11, .an no ior tue 1 ur louiiu ma irienos oatning nis race in aliebt direttv in lront ol iu anJ hw
on out-door exercise. The muscles de
mand it quite as much as the stomach
100a or the iu gs pure air. A young I
girl confined for hours in a room heated
by poisonous blasts from the infernal
machine known as a furnace, should be
sent ont regularly to walk with a free
untrammelel step. We aay untram
meled, having in mind thne ridiculous
dresses which were so fashionable fcur
years ago, and which bound a woman's I
limbs so there could be no free move-1
ment
We bear on all sides of nervous pros I
tration, What is this new disease ? It I
is simply the result of bad education.
tail, and clings hke a niig-t uK d monkey
to tne seaweed, and Ironi its back and
tail at intervals these long piuksa
t reams float, exact in their imitation
01 tue fcurrounaiusr weed. Other sea
horses have more del cate ornaments
that look like fin laoe 01 streamers, and
o ekcape detection,
''Among insects there are even more
striking examples. Here is a cater
pillar ihit I received froi China. Tiie
under iufo ms me tbat when aronsjd it
umtatts a amad ahiew. so that biid
that are following it suddenly draw off.
wnen tne inonenaive creature stops and
raises it head, which appears to length
en out and widen, assuming a feroi ions
aspect ' Many iuacets resemble leaves
and sticks, and one so lei-e i.bles a pink
unaoie 10 perceive uiem ior a lew mo-
mbta. The httle mo ha ot the eenus
(i4caa are remarkable for their nn ta-
tion of the down of thistles a id various
plants. Tne wings are beanufuily
rayed ana silvered, and tuev cjnie
FXBST THXATEBOOEB "The Clitic of
Moutreal say that Mrs. Langtry's act
ing has improved."
Second Theatergoer "I am not nr
priaed." Firt T. O. "You really expected it,
then?"
Second T. O " fes ; when thin-
are at ths worst tba eMf ImgVtfT
corset, they could not sit np half tbe I vinegar and water. It seems that his
day ; the back needs artificial support, acompaniona, aa soon aa they beard the
Half of the reputable physicians in any leport of the gun. crawled into the
city will confirm this statement, and al-1 cave and found him lying unconscious.
so will agree with us when we aay that Their flirt thought was that be bad shot
mne gurlsoutof ten are prematurely himself, but a few drops of water re- tumbling and robing towards you 00-
raium iv nw un i w ue op raw mo, i caaioaauy s,entiy augnting on tne bush-
triment of the muscles of the back. I From tlie neighbors it was learned I es, and you would almost alvays take
i.i . . -
Youns ebrlsloU about sink Jntnanatji that a traTelina- show which had bad an mem me nmcoeut dowu ot sojue
irith anff r-m o,l Ihll,iiinn ,w. r,, lyuun. a. iuu more wonuenui luseot
xwu a-vw waaauawo. aUa AU lUtUMUUlUir I vuuiivu AAVCM SUUV ISVUivJ kllUD l,6Vi mimi im tliA , a a, I ,.4 a
1 1 a . . , m Ii a - , ... .... 1 '""ai'W !4t(X kV LA - OA U V.
auouiu grow ooiu, ciamor ior a ure naa lost a ooa-constrictor, ana it be- w'hen outspread aud duxiue flht it 1.
auiu Muti aooub iu ane result oi itaiiiueteu iuat mis was uie snaae in uie I very eontiicuLUs. but when in m,
is iu, a kui on ner mamage comes 1 cave. - is was, air. 11 ane m says, about I ouaoes it ireqaeuts. wuu its wiair,
a useless dolL without any strenrth to I fourteen feet in length, and as thick ass I lolud, it fiuds perfect protection in
fit up, much leas to show off those tre- man's thigh. Residents In the vicinity lU "semblance to the flowers. In fact,
mendous accomplbhmenta of which we complain of having lost poultry and
hear so much, and which an few km. turkeys in a mysterious mauner. 'o
Ko. ..o .-.rl .v, !. . liuiuio! uwxviuniuiueiiHwni UlS
rZl 7Z v7V , , , . - 7 covered, and it is thought it was killed
iuuuj ueu. uy air. llarlem s shot, Jio one, how-
uiris, rer- taeir own sweet sakee, bad ever, cares to enter the cave and see if
better enjoy, good health ; and mothers I the dead serpent is there.
should see that their daughters take
plenty of exercise, We hear of Ameri-1 The re w green Is a cross between
can girls walking In Switaerland ; aup-1 myrtle and botUe greea, aad U
pga fee worn aaaa to walk at ho.'aw ttkiokaUkaaaye.
t
persons who who have been pur.-uiag it
I have been aatoniahed at it disappear
anoe right under their fiaxir. in
India tnere are butter rliea tbat are exac
in their umUUona of flowers and leaves
Sot only 1 the color imitaUd, but tne
Iapo ot mildew that are common on
leave at ci tun times.
"Here is a tzarj " tbe naturaust eon-
Itnaed, taking down a specimen that
waa preavavea in aioobol. "and is one
of th mot wnarkahla ksowa. Is ia
sta.e ablsn with cLryftil and gold
aua s-as. and pagodas, bl"i up above
the trees hiled with beautitul flower-'.
ablasi with lizbt! Herd laaies and
gentlameu ait, drink wine and e it ices,
grapes, peaches, etc. I was up in one
of the.e places several tunes, ai 1 1 was
charmed. Tne Elysian ti :lJ at night
are a s)ene of enohantmeot Tae Jar
dia Mibiile Is nit in existsas any
more. The Ely-nan avenue is broad.
beautifully paved with aiphaltjm. bril- ept for me, I could sit
luintly Ughte-J on eich Bide with gas. I writ my love story with
ine veuiciea goinz up and down on
aimer siai at nigur, remind me of a
torchlight procession, and as far as the
eye cm reach. Tue lamps on this ave
nue look like a string of stars. Tais
mignificent avenue is flankel with
nandaoaae palaces. Here liva tae
Rtthaehilds, Munro, the banker, anl
amy others. This avena ia a fash
ionable promen tdd. From 3 to 6 o'elock
yon see nnmtrons esmaes. iiden an 1
pedestrians on their way to the Bois de
uoniogne. At the U lamps t. ysees one
cm witness the eharacteri tic phases of
ransian nie. i be Hois de lionloene 1
a heauuiui park, covering an area of
"i,2j0 aorea, b mudjd by the fortidcat oas
ot laris. ihere are letntifnl drives.
rivers, tikes which are use I fc skntiu
iu winter aud boitim; iu su n uer. It U
rom intio an 1 eh urming, 1 n J we drive
throigh the B is fre inently. Tbe
garJeu of the Tailenes ii beaatifaf.
dlkd withoolossil statuary, migairloent
lonuuins. lak- filled with blaoc asil
bite a warn, aid I can't tell you alt
ftiere is scarcely a sqiare m tnis eity
tnat is not orniaiented witn unmen-ie
oanlans aud atataarr ia broazj and
marble.
I epent three days in tbe ni!aie of
the Louvre looking at punting, stitn
ry, jewels, and all kinds of arts. Tue
1'alaia Io7al is a eraud palao a an 1 it
oeutd into a court tilled with flowers
Lil fountains. At 12 o'clock a canuou
is fired by the heat of the sun. Tbia
palace is us d for handsome stores. A
fine band of masio 1 in tbe garden. 1
also visited toe palaod of Luxembourg
an J its lovely fou itain. I have been to
see the opera bouse, the grandest iu the
world, it coot 80,00J,O0J. I cau t
dosuribe it; it is a pojm in koIJ, bronxa,
mtroie 01 every aiuw and oolor. tljors
of mosaio, bronze aud marble figures,
ceilings frescoed, etc. I saw "L'Afri-
caine. 1 never saw anything mounted
ao gorgeously oa tbe stage before, and
tne singing was diviue. There w-ra
8 JO persons on tbe stare at oocj. Went
t- ine t iea theatre, the fiuest in tne
world; RU m tbe ballet Went to the
cburuues, wbiih are all superb. ,
I visited the tomb ot Kaooleou I. and
SI .
did not think there wai auythiuaa
haudome in the world as the tomb aud
obapek It is in tbe church of thj
Hotel of Invalids, tae home ot the vet
eran soldiers, a maguifleeut place, wita
museum 01 aruiiery ejntatnia ar
mor wora by iluTrent monarohs of
Fra-eai
Woe. into two courts. AU dignity
and pranilenr: carpeted bean; if Jiv.
Behind the jadge on the wall is a large
picture ot the crucifix. This ia in all
the conrtd. Went into the sraitery of
Louis IX of Frauoe. Visited the grave
ot adau Jlenkea at Mount raruasee, a
p'aiu abaft of granite, with 'Alah
Isaic Meuken, bora ia Loaiaians, died
in fan. and oa the other side.
rhoa Kaowest" Weut to Pere la
Cnaue, a grand cemetery. Saw the
tomb of Hetoise and Auelara, the vault
of l.jesiui. and mso others.
A ntAO nre-urooa j liaaid is being
introddotd. It is a baa.o aiiioatcoiala-
mina,aad it is said to be far better tuaa
tungsute of sola, becaise the cyanite
d mm not Male off or evaporate, while
the soda reqaiM raaf pUoauoa every
WVSA.
tight boot, a starched collar, are ail
inimical to thicking. I do not name
bodily ailments. Tbe feeling of heroism
which is created by the magnanimity
of overcoming great evils will some
times make thinking easy. It is not
the sorrows but the anuoyances of life
w hich impede. Were I told that the
bank had brokeu in which myall was
down and
iluost BUb-
limated visions of love; but to discover
that I had given a sovereign instead of
sixpence to a cabman would render a
great effort necessary before I would
find fitting words for a lover. These
little lacerations of the spirit, not the
deep wounds, make the difficulty. Ol
all the nuisances named noises are the
worst I know a hero w ho can write
his leading article for a newspaper In a
club suiokifg-room, while all the chaff
of all the Joneses and all the Smiths
is sounding in his ears; he Is a hero
because he can do it. To think with a
barrel-organ within hearing is heroic.
For myself I own that a brass band
altogether incapacitates ne. JN'o
sooner does the lirst note of tne open
ing burst reach my ears than I start
np, fling down my pen, and cast my
thoughts disregarded into tbe abyss of
some chaos which is always there ready
to receive them.
llalil -.aweiry.
Tlie piety of tue luitutul aJiraediu
the fifteenth anl sixteenth centuries the
images and the Virgins in the o athadrals
of Spain, says Ei Dis, with artistio and
precious jewels. Partly our ova civil
diaoords, aud partly oar foreiga wars,
the "alb moo" with wuiol the Eijriisu
"favored" us, and the days of euught
rnment and inJepealenod caisej those
precious possessions to disappear froa
our cathedrals, aud we find thnot now
and then in great aales at Paris, Vienna
and Liondou. Mr. Wilkin, of Man
chester, has receut.'y bought at Paris
gems of tbe value of 4),U3J francs
which once belonged to the Cathedral
of Toledo. Tney represent the g de of
Betblewem, and the Virgin, yr. Joseph,
and Jeans are surrounded with bril
liants; above. Ihe Holy Spirit spreads
out its wings, anl witu a bord.tr of
lewels, representing cjrnnsopw anl
Corinthian flare. is j i lea auoiuer of
rubies, pearls, anl other prsoioas
tonei. Oa the reverse tae sane fig
ures were reproduced, anl the centre
was formed by a small relic represent
ing Piety. Baron Alphouse de Raths
chdd has also acquired aeveral precious
pendants of the sixteenth century. At
Madrid Mate. Baner has obtained a
maguifioent brooch made of the j iwels
of tbe Virgin del Pilar, which were sold
iu order to continue the building of her
temple. Of modern jewels we have
during this year seen some very precious
ones, among them the sapphires of the
Marchioness de la Ijigaua and the
branch of diamonds which shines among
the possessions of the Lady de Bru-
guera a branch which rises from the
oeit, crosses the whole chest, and ter
minate on the shoulder. Tne Counts
of bantevema have given a wedding
present to their sister, the Lady de
tierrano, a carnation of sapphire and
diamonds, reMmblimx the one given by
tne .Linpresa r,ageme to the daughter
of tae Date de Farnan-Xuoez at her
mamage witn tbe Hake de Alba.
A scbdebxs gardener say lawns may
be eared of ante by blowing Parsiajt
powder into the hole th anu auk ia
tiM ground.
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