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B. F. SCHWEIER,
VOL. XXXVIII.
MIFFLINTOAVN, JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. APRIL , 18S4.
NO. 15.
MOl'MTAI STREAM.
'From tbe rim it trickle down.
Of tlw- mountain's granite crown,
Clear aud cool;
Ken ami easr though it go
Thnmgh your reins with lively flow,
Yet it knoweth not to reign
Throtiirb 'be chambers of the brain
With mUrule;
Where dark water-cresses grow
Yon will trace its quiet flow.
With mossv bonier yellow,
So ii i!J ana sort and mellow,
In its injuring.
With no slimy dregs to trouble
The brightuewi of it bubble,
A it threaiis its silver way
i ioin t!:e granite shoulder grey
Of IVu I Mraiu.
Thn down the sloping side
It will s'-ip with plassy slide,
tient.y welling.
TiH it gather strength to leap
With a light and f.amy sweep
To the come broad and deep
1'iouiily swelling;
Then lends beneath the boulders
ratu the shadow of the shoulders
Of the Hen,
Tbrvngh a country rough and shaggy
So j:ig;y and so knaggy,
Fu.l i uuuiniooks and of hunches.
F'.ii! of stumps aud tufts and bunches,
Fall f bubes aud of rushes.
u the glen.
Through rirh green solitudes,
And wildly hanging woods.
With blos-Mini and with bell,
lu rnh mlumiant swell,
And the pride
Of the mountain daisy there,
And the forest everywhere
With tbe dress and with the air
Of a bride."
MY TAIK EOIU COMPAXIOX.
At I'tpite. where we baited lor a re
lay and refreshments, all my fellow
passengers took leave of me, very sol
emn!" assuring me tliat, if assailed by
the I'idn.iius or robbers, it would be
uiuili Utter for nie to take Diatters
uuietlv. and suffer myself to be gen
teelly plut.dered, than 10 run tbe risk of
l.avitig n.v throat cut for resistance, as
I had somewhat boldly proclaimed it was
uiv intention of doiug. 1 thanked iheru
for tlieir advice, aud replied that J
would take the matter into serious con
sideration. At I'erote, I reiat, all who had been
mt companions trom Vera Cruz took
leave ot me, this being the end of their
j luriity in that direction; but there was
one new passenger here to go forward.
whom, to m agreeable surprise, I found
to be a beautitul young lady, some 20
vers ot age.
e'"riia Paula, a3 I subsequently as
CtrUiii.ed her name to be, was Indeed
oLe i'i those rare beauties seldom met
with except in works of fiction tall,
cu' itul, with a profusion of long black
hair toil, clear, melting dark eyes
features as inflect as ever came from
ti:e Lauds of the sculptor, aud with an
animation the most fascinating vary
ing in expression with every changing
digoU ot the intellectual possessor. A
glai.te at her bewildering dark eyes
jf owcJ uie that she was one who was
uaturaily of a social disposition; and as
e tattied away from the gloomy town,
l toot the Lberty of opening a con
vei sitiou.
-They tell nie," said I, "that the
route Iittween hereahd Mexico is a very
Uaierous oae to travel."
"1 litre is little to fear," she replied,
with a sweet smile and in a melodious
tone, "except from the professional
robbers, and they seldom barm any one
who maKes no resistance."
'"It seems strange to nie," I rejoined.
that vou Mexicans should take such
tim e's as a matter of course, and deem
p-s;s:ance a verv impolite way of treat
ing the knights of the road, instead of
boiih v asrting your rights and abating
tiie evil ly a manly spirit of resistance.
lor n.jself, I must consider it the most
towaidiy of proceedings for any respec
table iiarty to start out prepared to
quietly giatify the cupidity of the la
drom, and unprepared to treat them to
their deserts."
"Kveiy traveler, Senor," she replied,
'should, before setting out, count the
cost ot his journey; and as of course it
is natural he should value his life highly
it bet nis to nie natural that be should
pay a certain sum for positive safety,
rather than put that life in jeopardy.
tor instance, in traveling from Vera
-iuz to Mexico, if be will hrst reckon
mat so much is the fare by the dilieen
ia, and that so much will be required
for entertainment on the way, and so
uutii ior the contingency you speak of,
he ili then have the exact cost between
the two points, and if he will look at
U wnole as the sum total of his jour
ney, he w in not seem to be robbed by
hy one tarty more than another."
' That," I replied, "may be, I believe
i?. the Mexican mode of doing business,
hut does not tally with the preconceived
ieisoi ioreisners."
' But every one," replied the fair
ieaner, "should conform to the cus
toms ot the country he visits."
''And do you. then go prepared for
this highway robbery? and have you no
ieur in Uius journeying by yourself r1"
eil, Senor, what can I do? 1 am,
as you perceive, an unprotected lady,
uo, ior certain reasons, am rea Hired
to uiake the journey between l'erote
and tLe Capital some two or three times
a year, and j ou certainly could not ex-
pect me to go prepared to resist an
wined hand. As to fiar, I will not
deny 1 tave my share of that, but, bo
i nave never met with any rough
treatment, and of course I trust to the
taints that my fortune wiil ever be as
l"op.lioUS."
"And have you really been robbed on
Tour journey back and forth?" I in
iUiied. "i think I have paid my share to the
M'l,-,tns for my transit through their
country," e laughed.
"Aud you expect to continue a repe
tition of the same for the rest of your
hie?'
"Who knows?" she replied. "At
least 1 hope to always be prepared."
. "-ud jour fellow travelers," said I,
'have you never seen any disposed to
iest the unlawful acts?"
'"Once, Seaor, an American and an
Englishman who were in the same dili
geiitia Wllu me fired upon the rol))jcrs
"j one and wonnJing two."
4'Aud did the robbers tire back?"
'ies, but fled immediately, and
fortunately injured none of our party."
's 1 should have expected," re
turned I. ' You were not robbed on
that occasion, I suppose?"
"We were not, senor, but tbe two
loreigners subsequently paid dearly for
their resistance, for in journeying back
and forth both were killed separately
hd at different times, near the same
"P0 You see these crosses by the side
01 the road, senor?" I
l ot1! vt ouserved them frequently,
here they seem to be mnch more
numerous," I replied, looking forth
from the vehicle.
"Each stands on the spot where some
one has met a violent death," she re
joined; "and as we go along I will call
your attention to those which mark tbe
places where tbe foreigners " met
their's."
"Do you know," said I, "that I am
resolved to emulate their example,
let the consequences be what they
may?"
"Holy saints defend usl" she ex
claimed; "you are not in earnest, sen
or?" "Ser'ously so, I assure you."
"You would only bring certain death
upon us both."
"Say, rather, I should lighten the ex
penses of the journey for your knights
of the road understand retreat as well
as advance and you yourself have ac
knowledged that firm resistance put
them to flight for -once."
'But there were numbers opposed to
them, senor, and you are only one."
"But fortunately I have a couple of
revolvers, which, in two good hands,
amount to ten or a dozen shots, and my
menus liave repeatedly told me I am
not a bad marksman."
"Ah, Santa Maria! you will think
better of this, senor? the very idea of
resistance terrifies me'"
"But not the idea of robbery?"
"Because 1 have never met with vio
lence." We continued to converse in a simi
lar strain tor some time longer my
companion gradually changing the sub
ject, aud seeminu much interested in
myself. 1 learned that her family name
was Valerde, that she was unmarried,
that her father and brother were officers
in the army, and so forth, and so on;
and in return I gave her my name,
stated something of my history, busi
ness and prospects, and altogether be
came more communicative than I would
advise any friend to be with any stran
ger of either sex in a strange country.
As we continued our journey, the
conversation gradually changing from
one thing to another, Senorita Paula
suddenly brought it back to the point
where it first opened.
"We are coming upon a dangerous
part of the road," she said; "are you
still resolved to defend yourself if as
sailed i 1
"With your permission, senorita''
"I do not think it advisable," she re
plied; "but still, if such is your inten
tion, I think it no more than right that
you should give me a chance to take a
part in my defence, since my risk of
danger will be as great as yours!"
"And have you really the nerve,
after ail, to defend yourself" 1 in
quired.
"If I had the means, senor."
"1 have two iistols " said 1; "if you
will accept of one of them, it is at your
service."
"You are very kind, senor but can
I lire it?"
"With ease, senorit? ;" and product
ing one of my revolvers, I explained to
her the manner in which it was to be
used
"And this, you say, will shoot some
half a dozen times?"
"1 think it safe to calculate that five
charges out of the six will explode, sen
orita."
"A very formidable weapon, indeed!"
she replied; "and 'with such lean al
most fancy we are safe. You have
another, you say, like this?"
I produced it.
"What a beautiful invention!" she
observed, reaching over and taking it
from my hand. Then extending her
hands, one of the revolvers in each she
continued:
"Armed like this, one might almost
count hiinseif safe against a host! Y'ou
say this is fared in this manner?" she
proceeded, cocking one of the weapons
as she spoke, and pointing it toward the
road.
"Have a care senorita. or you will
discharge it!"
The words were scarcely uttered,
when her finger pressed the trigger,
and one of the barrels was exploded
with a sharp report. A minute after,
and while 1 was gently chiding her, we
heard a loud, quick tramp of horses.
and several sharp, rapid exclamations.
The next moment our conveyance
was stopped suddenly, and we saw our
selves surrounded by eight or ten
mounted men, one of whom, in a loud
voice, exclaimed:
" 1 leld you prisoners, or die!"
"Quick, senorita!" said I, extending
my hand; "quick! in heaven s namel
give me one of those weapons! for now
is our time for decisive action!"
'Way," she replied, potting the wea
pons behind her, -you will be too hasty!
Bet them suppose we yield let them
open the door!"
"Oh, no! it will then be too later'
As 1 spoke the door was suddenly
thrown oin and three or four swarthy,
heavily-bearded men presented them
selves to my view.
Ouick, Senorita. for the love of
Godl" 1 cried, grasping at her arm.
Hold!" she exclaimed, instantly
presenting one of my own revolvers to
my head; "resistance is useless you are
our prisoner!"
"(iracious heaven!" exclaimed l,
perfectly astounded. "Our prisoner,
did you say? It is not possible that
one so fair and lovely as yourself is in
any manner connected with this ban
ditti!"
It is even so. senor, she replied,
with one of her most bewitehing smiles;
still keening one of my own weapons
turned upon myself, and significantly
pointing the other to the door. "You
will oblige us by stepping iorm anu
giving youielves into the care of these
good gentlemen, who will see that you
are treated as a brave man should be,
but who will trouble you meantime for
any little change and valuables y ju have
to sjiare!"
There seemed to be no help for it
the beautif ul Senorita Paula Valerde
was a spy and accomplice of the la
drones. She had entered the diligencia
at Perote for no other purpose than to
ascertain the exact condition of things
inside and be able to signalize ber asso
ciates as she passed along, so that they
might know exactly in wnat manner vo
conduct themselves and maKe weir
work sure without risk. By a simple
sti-Atpirein she had obtained my arms
just at the point where sne knew the
attack would be maae; ana ner uia
charge of the pistol, as if by accident,
was the sigu to snow uiem tnau
secure. ,
i actnnwWsre mvself conquered by
being outwitted!" said I, bowing to la 1
senorita. , , ,
Then turning to the robbers, who
had now collected hi a body in front
of the door of the diligencia. I con
tinned: .. .
"Gentlemen, will you permit me to
alight and rnaKe you some valuable pre
sents? lu the languigeof your country,
all I have is yours."
The leader of the party bowed io
litely in return and said, with a grim
smile:
"Si, senor, we shall 1 most happy
to receive anything which so dis
tinguished a traveler may have to be
stow." With this I quietly Etepied from the
vehicle, and one quick, searching glance
put me in possession of the whole state
of affairs.
The diligencia had been stoped in a
wild, gloomy place, and the driver was
sitting carelessly on his box, taking
everything as a matter of course. He
might also be an accomplice of the
robbers, or lie npgbt not; but, in either
case, there was little hope of assistance
from him, for any attempt of the kind
would certainly bring upon him a se
vere punishment soouer or later. I
glanced up and down the road, where
it wound beeween dark, oversliadowiug
trees, but discovered nothing to give
me hone. The robbers, some eight or
ten in number, and all well armed,
were collected around me, part of them
mounted, aud the others standing on
their feet, holding their mustangs by
the bridle. Looking upon my case as a
desperate one, so far as being plundered
was concerned, I still retained my pre
sence of mind, and did not w holly des
pair. True, 1 had been outwitted aud
disarr.ed, and now stood singly between
numbers, but the idea of yielding
tamely to this outrage was repugnant
to my very nature, and I resolved to
put any favorable opportunity for de
fence and retaliation to the strongest
test.
"Will you accept this purse?" said I,
producing one that held several gold
coins, and handing it to the chief of the
Uulrones.
"Thank you, senor, you are very
kind!" ho said, as he took it in his
hand, with a polite bow, and chinked
the money.
"This diamond pin may prove accep
table to your friend?" 1 added, as I
quietly removed it from the bosom of
my shirt, and handed it to the 'jeiitUman
on his left, who received it iu the sauiK
polite manner. "This diamond ring I
trust you will retain as a keepsakel" 1
continued, drawing the jewel from my
finger and presenting it to a third. "1
beg your pardons, senors, I pursued,
glancing at the Senorita Paula, who,
with my pistols still in her possession,
was quietly standing withm Uie diligen
cia, regarding the whole proceedings
with one of her sweetest smiles; "I
must not forget this beautiful lady! I
have here," 1 went on, at the same
lime producing the article, "a very
beautiful gold snuff box set, as you
perceive, with diamonds will your
ladyship honor me by accepting this as
a fclight token of my regard for the
pleasure afforded uie by your company
aud conversation?"
"Y'ou are a very gallant gentleman,
senoi!" she laughed' taking the two re
volvers in o.ie iajr hand and presenting
the other.
I reached the box toward her but
my hand trembled a littlj aud, just as
the present was about to touch her
lingers, it slipped and fell between us.
"A thousand pardons, senorita, for
my awkwardness!" I said, as 1 bent
down to pick it up.
INow was the all important moment
of life and death! All were iu a meas
ure off their guard; and one quick,
furtive glance snowed that the girl still
held my weaions carelessly in one hand
with the other remaining extended lor
the prize. I lifted the box carefully;
but, as I raised myself, I gave a wild,
startling yell; and as the senorita started
back, I w ith the quickness of lightning
seized both weapons and wrenched thorn
from her.
To wheel and commence firing upon
the party was now only the work of a
moment. The first shot, fortunately,
stretched out the chief ; the second took
effect ou the one nearest to him; and
by the time the third had been sent ou
its mission, there arose one simultane
ous yell of dismay, aud the astounded
robbers began to scatter in every direc
tion. I had no disposition to follow
them, however; another minuto they
might rally and turn upon me; and.
springing forward, I grasped the reins
ot a treed mustang ana vaulted into me
saddle. One more gUnce around me
showed me the Senorita Paula upon the
body of the chief, her laughter changed
to erief. and some of the scattered cow
ards bringing iheir weapons to bear
upon me.
"Adios, senorita and senores!" said
L bitterly; "he laughs best who laughs
last!"
The next moment I was dashing
away down the road, the hall-rained
robbers pouring after me a volley, out
fortunately not touchuig their mark.
They would doubtless have ioiioweu
me in hot pursuit, but for the whole
some dread they had of my still undis
charged weapon.
As it was. i escapeu ana entered me
town of Pueblo in triumph, where, it is
almost needless to add, a narration of
my exploit made me a hero and a liou
for the time.
Here 1 sold my captured mustang and
trappings for enough to indemnity me
for what 1 bad disposed oi in me way
of presents; and the next day saw me
an inside passenger of the same diligen
cia en route for Mexico, w here 1 ar
rived in safety, without any further
event worthy oi note.
What became of the robbers ana tneir
beautiful accomplice I never learned,
but the lesson taught me oil that jour
ney I have never forgotten; and during
the remaindei of my stay in that country
no pretty woman ever bad the houor of
being my business confidante, or of get
ting possession of my trusty and un
failing revolvers.
Palestine.
The results of the survey of Pales
tine, ete., have begun to create quite a
stir among Biblical and other btudems.
The statement that at the time of the
Exodus the lied Sea and the Mediter
ranean were continuous is starting. If
this turns out to be correet, a warning
will be given to writers on the distribu
tion of the human race, plants, etc. ,
when bo severe a blow is delivered to
tbe prevading assumption of the prac
tical immaUbiiitj of the great land and
wator masses since the appearance of
upon the earth. Great ohanges
must have occurred, according to Pro
fessor Hall, well within historic times.
It is not required, it may be wrong.
f 1 . n All WA IamI nr tin lit what i
required of us U not to show what we
do not feel or think, lor tliat u to be
false.
Sapdy J nil.
' Taiu't no nio-e u?en t would be to
xeud tnisftiou'rie to the monkeys,' said
Surah Ann, as the door closed after the
master of the house.
'What is of no use, 8irah Ann?" I
asked with interest : for Sarah Ann is a
wonitn of somewhat original opinions,
"Why. tryru' to help snch people as
8andv Jim and his mother, raid she.
"It's like thro win' sugar into the set;
if yon should put in a tnouaand birreh
at once, I don't s'pooe you'd change the
taste anyhow 't won Id be salt as ever
the next done the tide came np; and
that's just as much good fti 't will do
tryiu tJ swettiu 'Sindr Jim. He's
bad through aud through, and Mr.
Keepon's w-tiu' his sugar on him."
"1 m afrmd that's literal trot a, Sarah
Ann," I said, knowing that Josiah had
that morniiiir taken half a dollar s worth
of sugar and a pound of tea to "Sandy
Jim's" mother for Josiah is one of
those unseldsh men who will put them
selves to any amount of inconvenience
for the sake of doing a kindness, it ii
one of his pet theories that any heart.
however hir ieje.l, mxy be reached and
uelped, if only ti e right iudueuoe can
be brought to bear upon it; and he U
constau'ly putting his theory to test in
his work ainomc the street arabs. To
one he appeals thiougb books, to an
other through mutic; aud he seemed to
think th'it the surest way of reaching
'-SanJyJim" was through a agar and
tea for his mother.
Jim wai an over-grown, sallow-com-plexioned
boy of fourteen, with yellow
hair, aud dull, protruding eyes. Alto
gether, he was, to look at, one of tbe
most disagreeable specimens of boyhood
that I have ever encountered. Oar ac
quaintance with him began at the wharf.
We had gone to the boat to say go xl-by
to a party of friends, aud as we stood
exchanging the l ist words, a sp'ash was
heard at the side of the ship, followed
instantly with the cry, "A cniid oyer
boarJ!" Before we had fairly comp.e
headed that it was our own httle Phil,
a tall, gaunt figure leaped from the
pier, aud the next instant the child was
handed up to Josiah, dripping and
trighteued, bat otherwise uuiujnrei;
aud from that day to this, though he
rewarded hi in ut the tiuie witn a live-
dollar bill, Joshih always seemed to
feel that "Sandy Jim" has a claim upon
us.
"lie saved our boy, Doborah, and we
mubt do what we can to save bun, he
said one day, when I was inclined to
remoustrato on what seemed tJ me a
waste of kiudoesa, as well as of sugar
and tea.
"If there was anything to him to
save, it niiht ba worth while." said
Sarah Ann, who always feels privileged
to speak her mind, and who had been
particularly mcusad with what she
culls Jim's "coolness;" for not content
with our fres-witl offerings, Jim boldly
presented hiui.-ed at least once a week
to ass for additional c ntribntions. "if
he bad a spent worth savin', he'd be
above such meauness; aud as for his
mother, she ain't washel for ns once
this bummer that there wasn't somo
tuinj misniu' when bhe was through."
But Josiau refused to be discouraged.
He started Jim in business as a boot
black, and prevailed upon him with the
promise of a new unit of clothes, to at
tend both his night-school and Bible
cia;8. Iu fact, he constituted himself
the boy's gnar iino, aud, though twice
compelled to bail him out of prison,
where he had been loJged for disorderly
conduct, he did not abandon the hops
of reclaiming him.
"Tnere must be something in him
worth saving, or he never would have
dashed into the water as he did after
I'll 1 1," he said, in answer to Sarah Ann's
argument, and when I looked at 1'hil,
my precious darling, I, too, was movad
with a desire to rescue him. aud for
Jim's sake was willing to employ his
mother, in spite of sundry missing
articles aul Sarah Ana's expos tula
t.ons. But this labor of love came suddenly
to an end. One day as we sat at break
fast, the morning paper that merciless
revealer of the wickedness of the world
brought an accjuut of a robbery that
had been committed tae previous uiht,
and named "Saudy Jim" and his mo-her
as the chief olfondera.
"I shall go at once anil see if there is
any truth iu it," said Jolah, poshing
back his chair; "it doesu't seem possi
ble that Jim would do it."
But on reaching the wretchad hovel
that Jim and bis mother called "home,"
he found that their guilt had been clear
ly proved, aud that the mother hai al
ready been taken to prison, while Jim
had cheated justice by taking himself
to parts uukuowu.
! toid you sol" said Sarah Ann, with
the triumph of an astute but narrow
mind; "1 knew well enough how it
wouldend."
And i mast confess that I, too. was
inclined to let I that it was only what
might have been expected, but Jo
sian's look of disappointment kept me
fciieut.
"I had no very strong hopes for the
mother, but I did think, perhaps,
we could save the boy," he said, regret
fully. A year wetit by, and ' 'Sandy Jim" and
his mother had ceased to be mentioned
in the family, except by Sarah Aim, who
could not reiat the temptation occa
sionally to reler to '.hem as an example
of misplaced confidence, when there
came one evening a messenger trom the
city pritoii, saying that one of the
prisoners was lying at the point oi
death, and wished to see Mr. Koepoa.
"luu had belter go with me, my
dear," said Josiah; and when we reached
tue prison we found that it was "Saudy
Jiut'a" mother wuo had sent the rues
rage.
"I know'd you'd come!" she cried,
seizing Josiuh's hand. "He's been
here every week to see me, ma'am,
and he's been so patient like and for
givin' to me that I can't help feelin'
maybe the Lord 11 be patient and for
givin', too."
It touched me to know that Josiah
had .kept right on without saying a
word to any one: but it was like him.
"Perhaps t has not been quite iu
vain, alter all,"' be said, wistfully, as
we tollowed the old woman to her grave;
but i did wane to save Jim."
Some thrte years later we were jour,
n eying westward, and during a tempor
ary do. ay, one ot the brafcemen chanced
to pass through the car whicn our party
was oscnpymg. He was a tali young
man, witu something painfully fa
nidiar in his carroty hair and protruding
eyes.
"How much be looks like 'Sandy
Jiml' " I said to myself; and at that
moment, catching sight of Josiih, his
sallow face lighted up, anil, springing
forward with both bauds outstretched,
he exclaimed:
"Maybe you don't know me, Mr.
Keepon, but I'm Jim 'Sandy Jim,' as
they used to call me, Mr. Kiepon; but
I ain't exactly the same boy that I was
in thoe day?, sir. After I got away,
says I to myself, 'You'd ought to be
as'aamed of yourself, Sandy,' sez I, 'and
be a-prayin' and a-worktn' for you, day
in and day out!' and with that I made
np tny mind to take a new start, and
tbe lard belpiu' me, sir, I mean to con
tinue," There was a shriek from the engine,
and "Sandy Jim," with a farewell grip
of Josiah's band, hastened back to his
post, while Josiah drew out his hand
kerchief, and turnad his face to the win
dow, "He's one of the steadiest hands on
the road," said the conductor, in answer
to our inquiries concerning Jim; "and
he's been working for ns two years ana
over."
"I'll late it all back,' said Sarah Ann,
when sne heard the story; "I never had
no faitn in that verse about 'castin'
bread on the water'; it allers seemed to
me a good deal more likely to go to the
bottom than it was to coma back to
you; but it kinder seem as if it had
come true for once in 'Sandy Jim's'
case."
Deeoratlona.
Native talent is to be displayed in a
house now being erected in New York.
The ceding will be divided by heavy
moulding, into three compartments,
the centre one an octagon, and the
others, at either side, oblong. TLe
large centre panel will have a liie-slze
figure of the Goddess of the Dawn, robed
in white and pink, reclining ou a mass
of morning glories aud other early
opening (lowers. A crowd of Cupids
flutter about her, and all are surrounded
by gray clouds and Hue sky. In the
right-band oblong panel a female figure,
looking as though she were borne up by
her distended drapery, is letting fall
pleasant dreams in the guise of more
Cupids, while hi the left-hand division,
another young lady, with breast-plate
and morion on, is driving away bad
dreams, typified by youngsters of a less
engaging aspect. The room, of which
these charming compositions will be the
crowning glory, is to have all its wood
work carved in Renaissance designs,
and colored white aud gold, and its
walls covered with cherry-colored
satin,
In Gobelui tapestry, threads were ar
ranged vertically in a frame, and tLe
workman stood behind Uie frame with
his pattern by his side for reference,
lie had a number of wooden needles
threaded with wool and silk of the
colors required, and these were passed
through the upright .threads aud
brought back bo that each thread be
ta we covered with the necessary color.
And it was done so nicely and with
such delicacy and multiplicity of shades
of color, that but httle difference could
be detected between the tapestry pic
ture and the painting from which it
was copied. The oldest piece tn exis
tence is that in the public library at
Baye ix, France, it represents the in
vasion and conquest of England by the
Normans, and is supposed to have beeu
the work of Matilda, the wife of Wil
liam, the conqueror. It is believed that
she stitched the whole of it with her
own bands, or at least with the help of
ber maids. It is over two hundred feet
long and contains more than a thousand
figures. That rather outshines modern
needle-work. Probably Matilda spent
less time in planning aud making
dresses than the ladies of the present
dav.
A new papier mache proce3s for cov
ering tloors is described as follows: The
Door is thoroughly cleaned. I he holes
aud cracks are then filled with paier
putty, made by soaking newspapers in
a paste made of one pound of tlour,
three quarts of water and a table-spoonful
of ground slum. The tloor is coaled
with this paste, and then a thickness ot
niauilla or hardware paper is put ou.
This is allowed to dry thoroughly. The
raanilla paper is then covered with
paste, and a layer of wall paper of any
style or design desired is put ou. After
allowing this to dry thoroughly it is
covered with two or more coats of siz
ing made fly dissolving half a pound of
white glue in two quarts of hot water.
Atter this it i3 allowed to dry the sur
face is given one coat ot "hard oil fin
ished varnish," which can be bought
already prepared. This is allowed to
dry thoroughly , when the floor is ready
for use. The process is represented as
durable and cheap; and, besides taking
the place of matting, carpet, on clotns
or like covering, maKes uie-noor air
tight, and permits its being washed.
Money That Dustmen Kara.
The French papers, by the wy, pub
lish a curious statistical table, one of
the most striking items of whicn seems
to me the gams of the dustmen. Your
lucky dustman makes from 100 to
15i) a year, which is pretty well, con
sidering that his education for his spe
cial trade is of an inexpensive kind,
and that he is not obliged to keep up
appearances in the daytime at least.
Even the carriage he drives is not at his
own expense, xbese gams are partly
accounted for by the annual sales of
refuse articles found in the gutters and
bins. The sale of these oSioonrings of
social and domestic use realizes the
prodigious annual figures of 1,810,000.
ihia ia divided among tbe scavengers
I should like to know what our dustmen
earn. They are rather louder oi pick
ing my pocket than picking np prob
lematical treasures, or. in fact, anything
else ont of my dustbin. I may write
and I may storm through many a sum
mer s day, bnt the cook sua loots out,
and "she only saith he cometh not."
Perhaps in Paris the prospect of picking
1,810,000 out of tue unsayory mass
makes the dustmen more regular in their
attmition.
Lords Temporal.
The roll of the British Lords Tempo
ral and Spiritual has just been Issued,
as is usual at the beginning ot a new
session of Parliament, It contains the
names of 522. or rather 517 peers, five
of the members of the Government be
ing mentioned both in the places to
which their offices entitle them, aud ac
cording to the dates of the creation of
their titles. The youngest peers in
point of creation, are Brain well, .Fitz
gerald, Alcester, Wolseley, Selborne
Jearldom), and Tennyson.
A Medical Library.
Tbe finest medical library iu the
world is bono I in the old theatre on
Tenth street, Washington. D. C, where
Lincoln was murdered. Tbu-is pot mv
day, says a writer from that city, to be
statistical, and I shall not attempt to
say bow many books there are on the
shelves, how many of them are bound
iu sheep, how many in calf and how
ra my haVd gilt inscriptions on the back,
lest some statistical fiend snap me n p
by pointing out a dozen libraries in
Euglaid or China five times as large as
our library here. Speaking generally,
I have no hesitation in repeating the
statement made to me by a man who
knows that this is really and truly the
best of the sort. Years ago the Govern
ment gatnered together the few medical
books it had, deposited them in one
place aud called the collection the
nucleus of a medic d library. Two
copies of every medical work copyright
ed in this country comes to the .Library
of Congress under the Copyright law
when published. Af er tbe nucleus was
gotten together the Librarian of Con
gress, instead of putting the medical
books ou the floor of bis ctowJeJ
rooms with the rest of the publica
tions that flood his narrow quirters
every day, bundled them into his shabby
h tie wagon and trundled them down to
the medical library. A good many val
uable books are received in that way
every year. Congress had sense enough,
too, to see that the Surgeon General of
the Army ought to have some money
every year with which to buy pr fes
s:onul books for the use of his surgeons.
So it gave the Surgeon General money
and he organized a circulating library.
Every year he bought all the best new
books that did not come to him under
the Copyright law. After he had read
them himself h sent them to the near
est military post. Xue me.Ucal men
there were allowed to keep them a cer
tain length of timo. Then they most
seud them on to tbe next post, and so it
went until eveiy surgeon iu tha army
had read them, made his notes and
passed them on. At the end they went
into the library here. The permanent
library of standard books at every post,
eked out by tue books be got from the
Surgeon General, enabled every surgeou
to avail hims!lf of the accumulated
learning of his profession. Tbe Sur
geon General bought books of relereuce,
too, which did not have tj be passed
around, and rare old books aud pamph
lets. People who write medical books
and panipubts were kind enojgh to
seud them to tne Surgeon General some
times; aud so the library grew until
now it is remarkably near perfection. I
think there are now more than 100,000
bound books in this library, as well as
pamphlets and maga&inea innumerable
mavbe a great many more. Many of
these books are priceless, for the library
is rich in black-letter Volumes coming
down from the good old days that have
long since paused away. Oi oourse. no
library is perfect, though it speak witli
all the tongues of meu and of angels,
unless it has a catalogue, the melical
library is getting oue as rapidly as may
be. It is a very elaborate aiT-iir, and ot
itself shows w hat the library is. Here
is Volume i of this catalogue, the latest
out a thousand aud twenty quarto
pages in double columns, closely printed.
it includes 04.J authors titles, repre
senting 10,0iO volumes, aud 7Job
pamphlets, as well as 8572 subject titles
of separate books and pamphlets, and
2j,Slti journal articles, as well as 41Wo
medical portraits, let it carries the
catalogue only from C'Uoiecyauie to
Dzordi. It could not welt be otherwise,
however, for it gives a hundred aud
nity pages to Uie works ou cholera
aloue, aul a fourth as many to croup
and diphtheria. What seh-abserbing
work there is in this great volume!
What investigation: and then the com
pilation, and the very proof-reading!
Bat without it the treasures of this
great library might as well be at the
bottom of tbd sea.
A His Barber Shop.
There is a quaint an 1 lolly old German.
with a huge red nose, a perh ctly bald
bead and an immense moustache waxed at
;h ends, who may te sen any morning
ot tbe yeir gnng down Fifth sr. nae, Kew
iotF. with the march of a dissipated
Prussian grenadier and the smile of a
happy infant, He is gentleness itself.
Evenbjdy who knows him calls him
Jikey, but he owns tbe full name of Jacob
Atxr. Every morning about nine o clo.k
he stops at the msgn.ficeiit residence of
William II. Vanderbdt, gteets the servant
who opens the door blandly and goes at
once to Mr. anderbilt s barber shop.
Sj uiiic'i has been written about h's
house tliat it teems as though nothing
new co lid le told, but many changes
take p ace, and in tbe south wing, adjoin
ing Air. Vandert ilts t'ressiDg room, mere
has been filled up a barber shop. It is
s nail, and in the middle ot it is a barter's
chair made of dark msbogaay and iala d
wiih molher-of pearL The base boards of
the io ut, the eoroices and h". door and
wicdiw frames are of the same shade of
mahoginy, and the mother of-peatl deco
rators ire identical with those on the
chair. The chair is ot tbe regulation
barber-shop pattern. Old Jakey shaves
the two hundred millionaire, and then
drifts d wn tbe avenue, nodding grace
fully to stage-drivers and giving tbe occa
sional policeman whom he meets the Fifth
Ktgiraent salute, tie shaves several other
wealthv men on his way down and finally
en is with Commodore Garrison, on Park
avenue. Then he roes back to his humble
home in the lower Bo wet y and smokes a
ttrong German pipe and plays pecuch'e
wit!) his wife ui til 5 o clock in tue alter
noon. Then bs wanders up town again and
visits one or two old gentlemen who pre
fer to be shaved before dinner rather
than in the morning. He returrs again
to the Bowery, goes t3 a favorite lager
beer saloon in Roosevelt street and Bits
in one particular chair and at one par
ticular table every night until 11 o'clock.
Then be tta'.ks off to bed. He is close
to 60 years of are and is ssid to be the
best barber id Mew York. Us gets his
own prices for his work and probably
has older customers than any other bar
ber ia the world. He shaved Fernando
Wood thirty year?.
Oleomargarine.
One of the largest oleomargarine
manufacturers in the country, a man
who makes about 2,5110,000 pounds of it
every year, gives the following as his
recipe: 100 pounds of oleomargarine.
500 pounds ot neutralized lard, 10 gal
lons of benne oil, drawn into a churn
with 500 or bOO pounds of milk and 80
ounces of coloring matter, churned and
worked.
A TorkUti Bath.
An eminent ni dical man says: I
rarely prescribe a Turkish bath without
being met with the objection, "But,
doctor, it is so weakenincri" ana it is a
j most difficult thing to persuade people
that its action is just the reverse, it is
usual, I believe, to argue from one's
experience of a day's sweating in bed,
that tbe profuse action of the skin in
the hot room of a Turkish bath must
leave us similarly weak ana weary; but
if these feelings ensue, the reader must
blame his own indiscretion for them.
Doubtless, you would find the bath
debilitating if it ended with the sweat
ing process, and jou might also find
yourself liable to a severe cold on going
into the air, but all this is obviated by
the cold shower which concludes this
form of bath, and not only are you
strengthened by it, but rendered far
less liable to colds Asa cure for colds
and the tendency to catching cold, the
Turkish bath is unsurpassed. If taken
regularly, it is a valuable means of
keeping the skin in a thoroughly healthy
condition and removing from the blood
many impurities which, in an extrava
gant and luxurious age, would not
otherwise be efficiently go; rid of.
Hence many foruis of rheumatism and
gout are relieved by a course of Turkish
baths. As I have already remarked,
the different organs of the body are so
intimately connected that one cannot
sutler without another being affected in
greater or lesser degree, and the re
verse of this holds good, since if one
organ is kept healthy, it is only by care
ful treatment which acts on the organ it
self, and through it on the other parts
of the economy. There is no such thing
as isolation iu physiology; perfect work
is united, work and influences can
rarely, if ever, be confined to one organ
or oue pait of the system. This ex
plains how tiie means adopted to keep
the skin in good condition, briefly dis
cussed in the three papers preceding the
present oue, redound to the wellfare of
the whole body. A cold bath strength
ens the skin, and braces the nervous,
digestive aud other systems; sea-bathing
we have seen, acts iu a similar though
more emphatic way. Now we find a
Turkish bvJi purities the skin, and in
creases its action largely at first by
sending blood to it in large quantities,
and causing profuse discharge of water
and waste matters through the open
pores, afterwards closing those pores by
the application of cold, aud producing
a tonic, bracing effect, generally.
It Ls only of late years that the full
importance of removing waste matter
from the body has been recognized; no
more prolific cause .of dLase exists,
and it merits more attention, because
our mode of life is losing its simplicity.
Vt e eat aud drink too much, and our
food is adapted to our tastes rather
than our needs. There is often a large
quantity of nutriment supplied to the
body that cau never be utilized that
is, not required to sustain the powers
of life; aud this is capable of doing
considerable mischier it neglected. No
one can fad to observe how, with in
evitable compensation, a luxurious life
entails corresponding ills for each of its
pleasures, it is deplorable, but none
the less true, th.it Uie further we get
away from simplicity in living, the
further we are removed from a really
healthy condition, boience will help
us to wittistand some of the evil conse
quences of excess, and the Turkish bath
is one way of treeing ourselves from
waste matters, which are not only use
less, but deleterious.
1 have otten been impressed with the
remarkable benefit which neuralgic pa
tients have obtained from this bath.
Cases of neuralgia iu different parts of
tae body, which have resisted all other
treatment, have experienced immediate
relief in the bath. And several cases
have been cured by a few repetitions of
the process. Indeed, a Turkish bath
will relieve many things, though neu
ralgia and rheumatism have been most
benefitted iu my experience. Lumbago
otten gives way to it; while a severe
cold, more particularly if taken at the
commencement, is sure to be cured, or
very much improved. Some physicians
speak highly of it in the treatment of
hoarseness also.
IX) not remain in the hot room too
long, or venture in the hottest room
too soon; if you do not sweat readily,
the attendant will give you a warm
douche, which should set tne skin to
work ou your return to the hot loom.
A cold water cloth around the head is
very agreeable, as is warm water to
the feet; aud drink freely of cold water
while sweating. As you becooe more
accustomed to these baths you bear
them belter; but it is well to regulate
the duration of your stay in the hot
room by your feelings. As a rule, free
perspiration is all you require: and
there is no necessity for it to be very
prolonged unless there are special rea
sons for it, and from half an hour to an
hour is as much time as you need spend
there. If you feel any faintness before
that tune, leave that room at once. I
don't think it is wise to have the atten
tion fixed by reading or serious thought
whilst taking a Turkish bath. Let the
mind be at rest, and don't take the
newspaier with you, as some people do.
1 hud that the bath is not nearly so
successful, and faintness is far more
prone to come ou if one reads in the
not room. The hottest room must not
be entered first thing, possibly not the
first bath but never untd the body has
become somewhat accustomed to the
temperature of over loOJ usually main
tained iu the hot room. After the bath
allow yourself sufficient time to cool
down before entering the air; if you do
so, it is almost impossible to catch cold;
above all things, be thoroughly dry, and
take care the bead is dry. If in a hurry
to get away though it is wise not to
(hurry this kiud of bath and you are
unable to devote much time in cooling
down, dress slowly, and from below,
beginning with stockings, etc., this will
give the body time to get a httle cooler
preparatory to leaving the place. After
hard work or heavy exercise, when tbe
limbs are weary aud aching, nothing is
more soothing and refreshing than a
Turkish bath. It removes tuese feel
ings, and is of wonderful benefit. I am
afraid I cannot say much about its
power to reduce obesity, though it is
worth while to try it if you are fat. 1
nave seen siout, asthmatical subjects
much helped, by it. But do not wait
until you are stout or asthmatical be
fore you try a Turkish bath. Take one
regularly say every fortnight or three
weeks. Many take them more fre
quently with the best results. I now
regard it as a very agreeable duty nay,
a luxury, aud I am satisfied you only
require to try it to think as I do.
Continued civility merits and will
eceive appreciation.
Every Maa Bli On Lawyer.
Ignorance of the law excuses no
one.
Tbe law compels no one to do impos
sibilities. It is a fraud to conceal a frau L
An agreement without a consideration
is void.
Contracts made on Sunday cannot bo
enforced.
Principals are responsible for the acts
of their agents.
A receipt for money pud is not legally
conclusive.
Sienatnres made with a led pencil are
good in law.
Partners Etch individaal in a part
nership is responsible for the whole
amount of the debts of the firm.
Tae acts of one partner binds all the
others.
Notes A minor's note is voiX
A note made on Sunday is void.
A note obtained by fraud, or from a
person in a state of intoxication, caifhct
be collected.
An endorser of a note is exempt from
liability if not serve! with n itioe of
dishonor within twenty-four hours of its
non-payment. If a note is lost or stolen,
it doea not release the maker; he must
pay it.
Notes bear interest only when so
stated.
It is not legally necessary to say on a
note, "For value received."
An agreement of the holier of a note
to give the principal debtor time for
payment, without depriving him of tie
right to serve, doea not discharge the
security.
A day book o p.ed from a "blotter.
in which original charges baye been
made, wdl not ba received io evidence
as a book oi orig.n U eatries.
A stamp impressed upon an instru
ment, by way o; seal, is gojd as a seal
if it creates a darable impressioa ia the
texture of tbe paper.
A seller of goods, chattels or other
property, commits no fraud iu law when
be neglects to tell the parchasr cf any
nawa, (.elects or unsouadaess in ue
line.
A person who has been lei to sell
goods by means of false prepense caunot
recover them from the one wuo pur
chased them in good faith.
Money paid for the purpose of settling
or compounding a prosecatiou for sup
posed felony cannot be recovered back
oy the party paying it.
Administrators are liable to account
for interest on funds lu their hands,
although no profit Bhould have been
made upon tueea, uuless tiie exigen
cies of the case rendered it prudent
that tHey should hold the funds unin
vested. Wnen a bouse is rendered unten
able iu onstqaencd of improvements
on the adjoining lot, the owner of
such cannot recover damage?, because
he hai knowledge of tue approaching
danger in time to prevent himself from
it.
Permanent erest'oas and fixtures
m uie by a mortgager alter tue ei-ecacioa
of the mortgage upon lauds conveyed
by it. becomes a part of the mortgaged
premises.
Tne opinion of witnesses as to the
value of a dog that has been kdied,
is not adnussioie as evideneo. The
value of tbe dog ia to be decided by the
jury.
Uow farmers Iletp Eaeli Otner.
A successful farmer finds it to his
interest that his neighbor should also
be successful. A single instance ot
well-ordered and productive fields does
not make the reputatiou for an entire
locality for profitable agricultural enter
prises. It becomes noted for fertility
and acquires comparative importance
as a center of production, wnen the
number of good farmers is in the ma
jority; when its yields of grain or hay
or other crops attract general notice;
when buyers learn that such a country
town will supply the largest quantity
and finest quality of butter or cheese,
or wool, or apples or ether specialty;
when those who travel observe the
general excellence of the roads, the
beauty of the shade that overhangs
them, the neatness of the lawns by
which they are bordered, the orchards
and gardens that adjoin them, the evi
dent prosperity of the community at
large. To what extent the money
value of one's land who lives in such a
community is enhanced thereby not to
mention the Pleasure and prout of asso
ciating with those having similar aims
for improvement and gradually securing
similar means for attaining it would
be difficult to determine.
Afloat In an Opea Boat.
While some children were playing ou
the beach at Eltingnille, Stateu Island,
on February 20, they took a cat for
sport, tossed it into a skiff, and pushed
the skin from the shore. A strong
wind and tide carried the boat out of
sight toward Sandy Hook. Ten days
later a cod smack anchored off Elting
ville with the missing boat aud cat
aboard, The captain of the smack hud
noticed a drifting skiff wheu about 7u
miles southeast of Sandy Hook, aud on
drawing close to the small boat the
erew of the smack were surprised to see
a cat perched ou 'ts bow. hen near
enough the cat sprang ou to the deck ot
the smack without assistance, ana
seemed pleased at its rescue. It had
been nine days drifting about on the
open sea. it bad eaten some nounuers
lhat bad been left in the boat, and during
three storms, which must have buffeted
the frail craft about, some rain had
t alien into a bailing pan that had beeu
feft in the boat.
Abbey or Boekraau
The old Abbey of Buckfast, which
was founded by the Benedictine m the
old Saxon days, but in the time of King
Canute adopted the Cistercian reform.
is about to be restored. At the disso
lution of monasteries the roots were
stripped of their lead, and for two eon-
tunes the buildings seem to have beeu
used as a quarry ior the neighborhood,
the "Abbot's Tower alone being
spared. Now a community of Bene
dictines, driven from i ranee, have ar
rived in precisely the sams garb in
which tbeir brethren were driven away
by bluff K'.ng Hal. Taey have resolved
to restore the edifice.have unearthed the
foundations of the old church. 250 by
55 feet wide, and, after restoring the
Abbot's Tower, will rebuild on the old
lines, lit. Harry Keius, of Exeter,
whose admirable wood carving Ameri
cans visiting the international exhibi
tions will remember, is carrying out
this, the first restoration of an old Eng
lish abbey.