r;- . 4 STl!H!nifl!nr!fl HlBt It n. p. BCHwninit, TUB COSSTTTOTICJ-TEE U3T0I-UD TK5 nTCSOIJCEIT 01 IBS LAWS. Editor Proprietor. vo'- xxxix. MIITI.IXTOWX, JUNIATA COUNTY. PENIS" A.. WEDNESDAY. NOYKM1SE1. IS. 1SS5. NO. 47. Sal A' GKS. fnAAA-A.-Affl 3 li ' v , i Vvr. WWB cl the U depamng r W U ioDn ro.iuJ ! wool, of , 7 UCtt wU co'e And flow me lo uy , feo.enm aud .low? WTin, lyjne ou my tartUt bed II, icy .uei fc "y affection led J the p. DM implaw'the roM . , .V100 ny boast Oue fiuarul l Lean would then be keeping v ?ch all around. 1 As if some e,.m Ia v shrineJ b(,neath 1 hat coid sod's cloom TOu,,lU!lti2:ite the of deatll And l;Ut the U-icb. Tes, In iLat Lour if I could feel And beauty's presgure one would steai in MriTecy And come aud sit or stand by ma In niKlit's deep noon, Oh, I would ask of muinory No oiber boou. But ah, a lonelier fate is mine, A deeper woe. From alt I've lovei in youth', sweet time 1 soou mcst go. Draw tound me my pale robes of white, In a dark sjot To slep thro' death's long, dreamless cisht, Lone and forgot ONLY TWO BEECliyUTS. An old brown farm house lias stood for years on the Liphway between Ridgefield and south Salem, Connecti cut. It was so near the Xew York and Connecticut boundary line that a stotie could be thrown 20 yards or more from the door steps into either state. It lias sheltered generation after gtoeration of the same family for more than a hun dred years. A few years ago it became pecessary to tear down this old build ing, and in removing the discarded fur niture that had grown shaky with years of solitude in the musty garret, a small chest was found. Xothin? was in it but a package no larger than a spool. On opening the tattered, faded paper covering two beechnuts were disclosed, exactly alike, perfectly preserved, and whose shells were as hard as glass. An examination of the crumbling enclosure revealed some writing that was scarcely legible. The almost vanished sentence was deciphered as follows: "Thp.- are the leehnuts that PhlliD and Martha exchanged uctober rj 1775." T!ip littln Tints that had lain for a hundred years untouched am to be carefully preserved, especially associa' rut vitli tlipm ia a family tradition The history which the discovery of these beechnuts has revived is as iouows: a rrniTB hnnldpr frowns Ution the Old Sa lem turnpike perhaps a mile from the JCew York state line. It conceals the highway toward the west by reason of the sharp turn that is made around it. Leaning against the boulder one mild afternoon in uctoner, i wa a j uung man. ' His eyes were resting on the Tista of buff, brown and scarlet foliage that stretched far away, and through which patches of blue water of the lake beyond couhl be seen. 'Beautiful," he said. "Ah, if I only if I had not this business in hand; and their outposts are just beyond. " Even as he spoke he started, listened and in an instant so changed his man ner that he seemed a tired and listless soldier, with no care for the landscape that bad charmed him. As the f jotsteps that had caused the change of manner approached, and about to round the boulder, he Sill kept bis eyes half closed with an expression of weariness, nor did be lift em until the steps stopped in front of him. Then looking up he Bf , a girl f 10 or 12- DWbelre'is your musket?" she asked. -Are vou then so used to seeing sol diersitTguns, mv maid, that you IffiSllS: Why. my fath er andmy brother Jobnhave Boneaway wiKxmnskets,and so has every D-kayhapthey hav gone shooting "SffK'tor they put SowSSdid not suggest to """JSmE? burned within opened the case, i ed a c knM't, fe! my maid.is set so the'portnut" sparkled, but she Jf.WereUredatdalmostasleep arcame." n thoUgb tern- A. slisht, Qulf flitted over the dwitu sadness, . 1M. "Yes, ttWild's face. Botj gopattbecnu Atieagth U,er does mAewUl com6 back. Tpy the turnpike rialns." of course, to the .-On, ho! ob, hoiduig P wUm W Tf eSve foreshortfined L?Zri Tthat it will 0 tbe afewra.-th tl'-e. isut ,t?'' 1 Ue- TUat uc a.uu.ed it a moment and was atmnt sound. . , . lu best -n u ,: , B U15 stee(1 to his wai U'.e. Almost abruutlv tl, joung aoldier seized tlu ...n .P .f...,V.le, lift. frt i - vu"" auu icu wiL. s,vh a U tUe Iuck- Then ff' CaUSed Lert0 i Z n ? 80,136 8unri3e, he spoke of tnepicture.ar.il - . h( i,,tu.i.:i.r " . "ius enSigea, as ed bT The hwaTcS n;,,Zr..",Te"Pon tall ch ,i tZ: T, , WI1(llnS over the 1 1 1' ,rned slow!y' anJ te look ed up the weary, careworn expression -"asainonhisface. It was changed however trt a l,rir . :. .. J ... .j u. ouipriae mai was not counterfeited as his eyes fell oa the ffi?, woman- Tlwugh the soldier stcadiasUy received the look that the gal gave him from eyes that were rounded with astonishment as they were luminous and searching, yet he -w, iaa io note tue exquisite pic ture that she made. The high and jaunti.y poised ridirg hat that the miming leaves of maple almost touched as with a hery plume; the thick coil of hair, the complexion that was brighter than that of a leaf that almost rested on the cheek; the figure, seated as luuugu uorse and rider were moulded together; the coal black animal irent.lv pawing the earth, all backed by the brilliancy of the forest this picture giaaaenej his artistic eye. Yet his active mind was busv with queries as to her identity. U'ut the little girl on eu me question. She said: "Oh, Patty, see the picture of me the man did draw." The older sister put out her unoccu pied hand aud receive 1 the portrait not yet taking her eyes from the soldier At last she glanced at the portrait, then scrutinized it more ciosely till it seemed to the young man that many minutes uaa passed. At length she turned to him aud said. "You did this!" The soldier bowed, and the young woman made mental note of the grace wuu winch this common soldier made court esv. "What for?" she asked, though her tones were not so abrupt as the words. 'The little maid pleased me." "It is almost perfect." "I am as well aware as you that it is not so." "Who are you?" He smiled slightly, for he could not help it. at the imperious manner of the girl, but he said quietly: "A continental soldier." "You were ill, mayhap, and fell be hind." The soldier bowed. "Don't you know you are on dan gerous ground? You are within the British lines." "I hope soon to be safe," The young woman gathered up her reins, sayiDg as she did so: "Ruth, you should not stray so far from home. Come with me." Then she seemed to hesitate, and at length said to the young soldier, who had not stirrea: ' How long time needed you to draw this?" "But a few miuutes." "They are precious. Dare you draw mine?" "It would be a pleasure." "Will you?" ' "Remain, then, as you are," Again drawing forth his portifolio, and fixing oue long, searching glance on the girl, he began his work. As he went on she had both desire and opportunity to observe him. She saw the quick, some times strong, sometimes delicate stroke of the crayon, and saw grace in both. He ventured not a word. At length the girl said: "Whoi3 your comman der?" He seemed not to hear, and she asked aiin. Without pausing in bis work he said: "Colonel Tyler of the Seventh Conneticut." "You are from below?" "I was." "That is what I mean. ou weiea portrait sketciier?" "Yes. in Xew York, before the war " Suddenly she said: "Do you know you may be killed to-morrow?" 'Terhaps." , . "I mean that a great battle is expec ted." The young man made a most vigor ous stroke, but without looking up.said quietly: "Vou are better informed 1 than I I shall reach my command to-mznt. " "I have been doing my part, too," she said. "I myself rode, to Danbury this morning, bearing the commission to Se commanding offlcerthat the British troops were gathering at the A Into S and that he and his command must rnarcl at once and concentrate i at Bedford before daylight I teU you, she added, "because by taking the short cutS"t faU in the sooner with TTprTtne young man snapped a cray on and, while sharpening " "lu "Thank you fortbe suggestion. Itmuat be 10 miles to Danbury t" y w must have pushed your horse?" un done He gave It to uer wi wa3,0P, .ndthe manner of in- eTomf fed gpgu mytery tru hful FraSi. I SSw 3?" nd she extended her hand. .. ,, 0(Mai1: "T wish I thi3-" . m and have repaid "You nonorcu m "We may meet again, sir, when I lie B""t , eround he Then as uis ejw ----rhat had TnSr of beerhnuta tltat had the tree overhead. He Picked n? two of them acHi aU the other. If we meet again will keep the jde by side as they we will put them ae cy are now- " . -.Kim of mine," thi?. tin, curiously for a I will," a:id she thrun the beechnut under her c' v. Wheu she loAtd tati after sw had eon down th apiece he still nood tl.e:e with hal ; uncovered asw:i!:e qu.tted him. I Had she looked U1.- r (-he would have : seen t'.e young old.. r rushinx with j "fcuLj mriu.es in a Uiiction opposite to what he had all day h. . n taking, and j it she had read his thoiijhu the would have known that he was th.i iking God ue uaa met her. Oae evening iu midwinter more tha-i a year later, there were gathered about the open fire-place Li the livimjroorn of the l'li!!ip3 mausion the youug women Martha, her htttle sUter ltuth, and au elderly woman, who was plainly the mother. A tap r.t the door did not fail jo cause all thres to start a little. Troublesome times this part of the country. Humors of an advance prevailed. Father and brother had again set out with thernn. Ungent troops to repel a threatened in vasion. However, Mistress Martha did not hesitate to open the door. So tar, at least, tlieir home had been respected by both armies. There stood on the sieps a tall mau, whose great coat was susuuy spnnKied with the snow that was beginning to fall He did notoffer to enter until bidden; but he said with great courtesy that he was a belated traveler, compelled to ask shelter and food, if so be the inmates felt safe in extending such hospitalities. "B:d the gentleman in, Martha," said the mother, aud when he had, with exquisite grace, bowed and thank ed her, he asserted that nothing but the direst necessity would bavo"com pelled him to intrude himself. "These are, inl(d, sad times, sir,',' said the mother. "Twice before my husband and son have been called away to defend their country. I know not where they may be to night, but the good Lord 'will protect them and us." "Is there then disiurbance in these parts?" asked the stranger. "Have you not heard and seen, sir, and you a traveler?" "I had supiiosed the operations were to the west, else I would not have ven tured on my journey." The old la'Jy glanced quickly at him for a moment, as though wishing to scan so strange a pjifon as thi3, who did not know what was going on about him, but neither by hint or word or action did she betray any surprise. The stranger was young and neatly dressed iti a heavy, close fitting sur totit that reached to his top boots. His hair which was long, fell in curly locks almost to bis shoulders, and it was of a yellow tinge, almost approaching white ness. The old lady at once irceived that whoever her guest was he was a gentleman, and as he addressed him self entirely to her she soon found her self inierrested in him. Though she frequently referred to the topic that w;ts uppermost in her mind, lie seemed to zare little about the war. The old lady decided that he must be a mer chant from lielow, who had ventured thus far toward the British outposts which then included the Phillips home stead for purposes of business. Mean while Martha had herself prepared a repast, of which she at length invited the stranger to partake. Then for the first time he took note of the girl. "We neve . simple fare now," she said. "The simplest fare has always been my choice and habit," he said, and then added: "This must be a lonely life for you, though perhaps an exciting one." .. . . "Xot lonely when father and brother are here and when there is no war." "Your father and brother are in the field?" "Ye3, sir." "It is a pitiable lot for you indeed!" "Xo, sir; uo ludeed! AVe are glad we have a father and brother to light for our country." The stranger looked at her for a mo ment with such admiration as could give no offence. Then he said: "That is indeed true patriotism.. She was silent for so long a time that he stopped for a moment as be ate and said: "Is there, then, to be fighting near by?" "Father did say to us as he went away: 'There will be no general battle. but we are going witn ine contingent and regulars to cut off the approach of the British.' They do expect by night or to-morrow to have thrown up such forts or defences as will head oil the British, and as it is but 12 miles away where they do so at the Carmel cross roads, maybe father, and brother wiir he home Saturday. Here the stranger seemed much oc cupied with his meal, nor did he pause in tho eatine of it until, seeming con scious that some one was gazing fixedly at him, he looked up ana encounterea thnsteadv eves of little Ruth. He smiled pleasantly and said: "How, then, little niaiu ao you, too miss your father?" "You do make me think of my pic ture man," the child said. "Have you a picture man?" "The man who drew - my picture. Shall I show it to you?" "Indeed." The child brought not only her orn, but the crayon of her sister. "They are well done; wen uone, nine maid; but you have grown older since this was made. "Yes, a year oiuer." "A year, indeed," said he, half med itatively. , . . "Mv sister Fatty, looks every day at hers, and. sometimes I do hear her say. 'I wonder u i suhu cci oca uuu again.'" "Hush, Ruth, the gentleman cares for nothing of that sort," said Martha. "But I am interesiea." As they sat by the fire, later, chat- tin" and wnne inarm was meuiu tin'upon which of the two spare rooms to put the stranger into for the night, there was heard without a sound that rose above the moaning of the wind. "Whatisthatr" Tho st ranker hastened to the win dow, aud even as he did so tne sosnd grew louder anu more aigniutimu was the yell of maddened men, and now as the curtains were tossed aside, i heir mw a veilow light through aud beyond the tnitk falling snow flakes. The light grew brighter and brighter. 'It is the army," saia ju.an.oa. "Which one?" asked the mother. Th British. I think. Look, they are burning Neighbor Keeler-s house. Thev will come here. They have threat ened before. They will burn the house and they may kill us. Se there, over the hill; they are coming. There they have set firs to the hay-iick. Mother, becalm, they shall not hurt you. I will not let them," and the girl turned with flashing eyes and flushed cheeks and seemed to be going to seek for a weapon. Bat she was stayea. ine transer wuom iney nau"-iuiv.i.cu j had gently restrained her. She looked ' at him inquiringly, and he faid: "They 1 will do yuu no harm " I The madmen rushed ou down the hill ; and there were two b!g fe'.Iows at the i front. - They wore the -uniform of the j British army. They were, indeed, on i a tour of devastation aud ruin. Just i as they reached the stone fence that eu j closed the yard before the house, and j were about to surmount it, the stran ger went out aud stood with the snow whitening his bare head. He lifted his arm, and the two big men stopped, as did those behind them, and after the stranger had said a word or two to them they turned and went their way. AVhea he returned to the house his manner w:is as calm as it had been an hour be fore. To their thanks he simply re plied: "You deserved protection. You have earned it." Then he bade them farewell, though they expressed much astonishment thereat aud pleaded with him to stay. l must hasten on , my journey," he said. "Before I go, however, I would ask if Mistress Martha can produce the counterpart of this?" . And, thrusting his hand into his bosom he drew forth a beechnut. "I knew it. I did know it," said little Buth; but Martha made no re sponse, only turned lor a moment so that her face and bosom were turned from him, and when she again faced him she too held in her hand a beech nui. "I am very glad," he said. "When we meet again you may then not know me except by this same token. He said this somewhat sadly, and be fore another word was said, departed. A moment later he mounted horse that had been held in waiting for hitn in the highway, and galloped forth into the snow and darkness. When the bud3 were bursting into blossoms, some rive months later, and when Martha was reaching her dim pled arms up among the lilac flowers, one day, she turned suddenly and there behind her stood a tall young mau in the uniform of an American olliccr. His hair was black, his face pale and unshaven, and he was plainly laboring with excitement or trouble. He said nothing until she had first spoken. "Von have come again," sire said, with a tone half tremulous, half cold. "This time a suppliant. 1 see you know me now, I am my natural self but for these clothe?. Protect me. mistress, I beseech you!" "Protect you I" "Yes, for unless you do in an hour I shall be captured. I can escape no further." "Why should I? You saved us that night you no, I will not. You be trayed my girlish, foolish confidence twice, ani may thereby have cost us onr country's cause. From my words the day you drew my picture you learn ed enough to enable your army to de feat us at White Plains. From my foolish speech the night you rescued us you gathered enough to foil the plans of our people, and cause thereby my brothpr to be brought home dead. I trusted you then for what you seemed to be. They have told me whom I did harbor." "Then yon know my name?" "Yes." , , - "Well, tell me." She leaned forward, and her face was white as tier neck as she whispered. "Yes," he said, "I am he." "Then you must go your way." "You forget. I only did my duty, and I never asked you for the words you spoke." "And I must do my duty now." "My pursuers will bo after me in a moment." "Do not ask me to do this. I can not." He turned and saw the cavalry com ing over the hill, and then he turned again and looked at her with unspeak able sadness. She saw the horsemen, too, and knew that he had given up hope. He tore open his vest and drew some papers therefrom that he rapidly destroyed. Reserving one. ho held it to her and said in the saddest tones she had ever heard: . "To-morrow will you read this?" She would neither take it nor speak, but the paper was taken from his hand by little Ruth, who had come there un observed. "I will. Mr. Ticturo Man." "'Thank you, and God bless you, my child I You keep it, and give it to your sister by noon of to-uiorrow." . The cavalry had now spied htm, and were putting their horses to their best. He held his hand out to Martha. In it was the beechnut. Without taking her eyes from his, she thrust her hand into her bosom, and when she withdrew it there was within it the other beechnut. When tho soldiers a moment later seiz ed him he bade Martha farewell and kissed little Ruth. Then he took Mar tha's limp hand and placed therein the beechnut. Then they led him away. At evening two soldiers delivered to Martha a crayon likeness of herself that they said their commander had instruc ted them to bring. They said it had been taken from the man who was cap tured there that morning, It had been drawn from memory, according to tho note at the bottom. "Where is he now?" she asked. , The soldiers seemed confused. At last one pointed to the ground, aud then they both rode rapidly away. Dead," she said. "I did not think It meant that. 1 let them kill him," and an hour later they found her there under the lilac trees. AVcen, a year later, just after they returned from the old burying ground, there they found among her other treasures the two beech-nuts wrapped together. They put them away in an old chest. Aa Ice Palaca. It has been finally decided that Sc. raul will have an ice palace- this win ter. Fifty men have subscribed 5200 each ioxard its construction. The movement ta not a 'money-maKing scheme, for after tho subscribers have been repaid, the balance, if any, is to ba divided among the charitable organiza tions of the city. The palace Is to be 130 by 125 teet, with numerous towers of the Jforman style of architecture. The main building will be surrounded by a fence made of shrubs covered with ice, a beautiful effect being secured by spraying the shrubs and allowing the spray to freeze. Between the ice fence and the walls of the paiace will be con structed a race-course. The interior of the palace will be lighted by electricity. Electric lights will also illuminate the race-course and the entrance to the palace. The interior arrangements will be similar to those of the Montreal pal ace. The ice blocks to be used in its construction will be sixteen inches thick and four feet square. I 1 BallooiiiDg has been the dream cf . man for S.t'OO years and more. He . locks upward at the stars, and feeht ' longing to discover some agency that ' will overcome tue force that caains his . body to the earth from which it sprang, and Lear kin through Uie bght and ' ln-inikii. .fmmiih.ra (hat mmtnnili if ! and, in tho height of his most daring aspirations, he tries to imagine tha te stacy of voyaging to the moon, and after inspecting that lifeless and unin teresting cinder, continuing his jonrney into the serene depth of ppace beyond. Aud yet, strange to say, this is not dream; it is a fact. Man is actually silling amid the stars all his life, only the movement is so overwhelming in its magnificence and vastness that the poor creature lives his life of Uireescore years and ten without appreheEding it Em barked on a vessel which bears him onward at the rate of 60,000 miles an hour, which moves, he knows not how, eometiniea faster, sometimes slower, but never hailing, and, through all fast and slow staged, making its voyage to tue second of schedule time, he is per petually passing through a region whose shifting land-marks, or eky-marks, be can note as plainly as he notes the changing land-marks on the Mississippi on a water voyage from St. .Louis to St. Panl. Anyons who even casually ob serves the heavens at night detects, in addition to tho daily apparent motion of the stars round the earth from east to wart, still another much slower mo tion of the firmament in the same di rection. It is an annual movement. The whole arch of the heavens is divi ded into 3C0 degrees, and it makes a complete circuit In 3G5 days. The celestial vault, therefore, slips from east to west at the rata of one degree of space or fonr minutes of time every day. This looks like a slow movement, but it takes an actual earth-rate of traveling of 00,000 miles an honr to produce it. The apparent slowness is due to the same optical causes which make a far-distant ship appear to move elngKishly against tho sky back-ground, if the sky be watched night after night, it will be found that a bright star or constellation which shows ittelf jtut on the eastern horizon at 9 o'clock at night, will, six months afterwards, be on the western horizon at 9 o'clock. Tho star appears to have moved. But it has not It is the observed who has changed his position. Without feeling it, and perhaps without knowing it, he has been sailing post the star and left it behind him. In the six months, he has met and passed other stars and con stellations to the east of it, precisely as a steamboat travels from St. Louis up the Mississippi, passes Alton, Hannibal, Keokuk, Rock Island, Dubuqne, and Prairio dn Chien, acd at lost reaches St. Paul. This inexplicable air-ship we coll the earth, which, in spite of its enormous weight of rock and iron, oetacs and mountains, possesses in absolute perfection the buoyant quali ties of a balloon, has in tiie halt-year bowled along a distance of 275.000.000 miles, carrying a passenger list of 1,500 000,000 souls and revealing to their unobservant and indiffarent eyes, a new celestial region marked with new stars ami signs, at every nccessive stage of tweuty-fonr hours. One by one, the royal etars of the first magnitude, Alde barrn, Kigel, l'rocyan, birins, Regulns, Spies, Arsiuru?, Altair, Antares, and Fomaihaut; all tho constellations, the sweet and gentle Pleides, the mystic Orion, the Lion, the Virgin, tho Scor pion, the Northern Crown, and the Northern Cross all have been sighted, met, passed, and left behind, tUI the end of tho voyage is reached and the wonderful air-ship, supported, we know not by what, and moving wa know not how, etarts without halting on another circuit. I t Inioi Paper. Paper being nearly air-tight will ex clude cold, and should be used more than it now is; bniidets place paper between the beards and clapboards of a house, and wa should do well to follow their example in smaller mat ters. Farmers havo found that the extreme warmth secured by tacking several thicknesses of uewepaper aronnd the iuside of hen-houses, etc., has saved extra food. A layer of paper under a carpet is preferable to straw, which is sometimes used, and if the paper made for this pnrpose cannot be obtained, several layers of newspapers will do nearly aa well. Papers spread between bed coverings will take the place of 'extra blankets. A folded paper is an excellent lung protector; one over the chest and another aroand tha shoulders, under the oatsida gar ment, which often saves a cold, and perhaps pneumonia. Dissolved in flour paste newspapers make a useful filling lor cracks in floors aud elsewhere. Scraps of paper, wet and scattered over tho floor, when sweeping will save the dust in the room as well as brighten tho carpet. Bits of paper with soap suds are effectual in cleaning bottles, and are easily removed with the water. Greasy dishes and kettles, it first rubbed with paper, wash much easier; the paper absorbs the grease and is all the better for kindling the fire. A grease spot can often be taken ont of a carpet or garment by piecing two or three layers of paper over it; then pat a warm iron on the paper. The heat softens the grease and the paier absorbs it, and by changing paper and iron occasionally, all tue grease will disappear. Soft newspaper or tissue paper is preferable to cloth for clean ing lamp chimneys, windows, mirrors, etc., as it leaves no lint; also for knives, spoons and tinware after scouring; aud a stove will not need blacking so often if now and then rubbed with paper. Scraps of writing paper for that use oa one side only may be utilized in several ways. Bowls and glasses with out covers may be used for jelly, by cutting a round of paper the size of tho top dip in brandy and press down evenly upon the jelly, cut another cover of soft paper larga enough to paste down on tha outeides of the jar. Paper in bread and cake tins protects the loaf from burning and insures its safe removal from the tin. By this help a tin with holes in it may ba used, litid over a loaf of cake in the oven, paper is also a protection, but unless it is warmed first tha cake may settle. Cu: in strips and curled with scissors, writing paper makes a good filling for pillows for hammocks. Couxsel: "Then you think he struck you with malice aforethought?'; "Witness, indignantly: "You can't Ox .mft no like that. I've told vou twice , that he hit me with a brick. There i were no mallets nor nothing of the kind about T A Voii Throatb lb tafe S.u-lk.ailmx lata aa The old brick build:.-!? on OriaJ, ' between Fourth and 1'iiZi street, j WilLanaburg, X. V., former'? occu- j pied as a Methodist church, but re- ! cent'y converted into a museum and menagerie, wa-t shortly artr in. a night on Tuesday. October 2.J1. the ; scene of a tierce combat between ai . enraged elephant, a tierce black-tamed ; lion and George Goodwin, their keeper, i The trumpeting of thee:ephaut. the , howls of the maddened lion, and the cries of the other frightened animals confined in the menagerie, alarmed be lated pedestrians in the vicinity and awakened Goodwin, who was asleep up stairs. On rushing down he saw that a ten-year-old elephant about six feet high had broken his chain and was engaged in a mad endeavor to batter down the bars of a cage, in which was confined a lion of the black-maned species. The elephant had thrust his huge trunk into the cage and twisted the lion's tail, and the latter had turned and caught the elephant's trunk be tween his teeth The elephant suc ceeded in breaking away, and twisting his trunk around one of the lion's hind legs, be endeavored to drag the kintr of beasts through the bars. The howls of the lion, which could have been heard for several blocks, gave evidence that he strenously objected to any such proceedings. Goodwin and two other employes en deavored to subdue the elephant, and Goodwin finally succeeded in sticking his prong into the animal's tongue. The beast was led back to his stall, aud chained to the floor, but the keeers had scarcely turned their backs when the animal again broke loose and rushed toward the lion's caze. The men again attempted to lead htm back to his stall, but without success. Suddenly the beast turned on Good win, threw him to the floor, and stamped upon him. He paused for an instant, and Goodwin immediately sprang to his feet and got out of the elephant's way. The elephant made another rush for his keeper, who this time eluded him, and the beast's huge tusks were buried deep into the heavy planking which formed the walls. While thus held prisoner, the men quickly tied him to the floor with ropes and chains, but not a moment too soon, for as the men were engaged in secur ing his feet, the elephant making a frantic effort to release his tusks, his huge body swayed to and fro, and hU long white ivories snapped, leaving the greater portion imbeded in the wall. But the animal was exhausted and he quietly submitted to his keeper. The elephant's injuries consist of several long cuts in the head and his trunk is scratched and bitten in a ter rible manner. The hind legs of tho lion are believed to be dislocated, as he is unable to stir, and his face is greatly scratched, George Goodwin, the keeper, re ceived a number of severe contusions over his whole body, caused by tiie trampling be received at the feet of the elephant, and he considers his escape from instant death miraculous. He is confined to his home, and it will be several days before he will resume his duties at the museum. A dislike appears to have existed for some time between these two animals, aud the elephant has frequently an noyed his neighbor by pulling and twist ing his tail. This is the elephant that about two years ago, while with Coup's circus, killed the keeper, and a week )aterK while the show was txhibiug in St. Louis, attacked his new keeper aud also killed him. He was recently pur chased by the proprietors of the mu seum, and a cage much stronger than the others was built in which to con fine the beast. Attrolugy. Astrologers divide tha heavens iuto twelve equal parts, called houses. This is done by dividing the verticle circle or circle passing through the zenith and the east and west points of the horizon into six parts of thirty degrees each and six corresponding divisions Uo be low the horizon. In regard to these "houses," Lilly says that "tho exact knowledge of them is so requisite that he who teams the nature of tha planets without exact judgement of tho houses is like an improvident man tnat fur nishes himself with a variety of house hold stair, having no place wherein to bet tow them." To ach of these "houses" is ascribed a particular significance. For instance, the first honsa refers to the 6tature, health and life of a man, or it stands in State astrology for the common people; the second house refers to wealth gen erally; the third to brethren, to letters and to messengers, etc., and so of tha other houses. The seventh houe is singularly heterogenous in its significa tion, aa it refers to lovers and husbands, animals strayed thieves and things stolen; so that it a young lady was to in quire after her absent lover, or an eld erly lady after her favorite cat, the as trologer would look to tho "seventh house and planets therein and aspect leg." The next things of importance in astrology are the zodiacal signs. Aries, the first sign is described as being fiery, choleric, bestial, luxurious, intemperate and violet; and, beside, it "roles" gum boils, toothache, baldness, places of re fuge fcr thieves, and, among other countries, England. Campanella says that "Aries makes people ferocious, stubborn, fierce, bold, presumptive and crafty, like the EaRlihh." We ought to. feel complimented. Taurus signifies people given to pleasures, like the Nea politans. Virgo signifies the best ma thematicians, astronomers, learned aud ingenious men, ets. Libra points to those given to tha delights of musio, and so on. A Jeweled Volume A small book the value of which i nrnh.M..'ni,.hnnj.Ar thnncn.L i,f ,t.,iio; hi thA Ait i er Gotha, was shown at the Interna- cltXe6 le3S ,d "'"ny t" variety tional Metal Exposition recently held at e arevauaal,it!? nS1in"Vt",2ost Jsurembourg. The binding is in em- F'S? (Jaa'luca bossed gold richly decorated with i tlha n,A 2?,"? r,i 5iam H.ndM. I stalks, to which fact IU great product- ThrTtVr Tha work was formerly ascribed to ' Benevenuto Cellini, and made for Pope . I'.jul TtT aa a iirocAnt f'harlu tla 1 Fifth. This, Is erroneous, as the Gotha volume is illustrated by II. Goedfg, who lived in the second half of the sixteenth ceuiurj, tuu mo uuiuiug la tuouuu.jr the worK or. a German goiusmitn, wto also lived at the Court ol Prince Au gust of Saxony. If you would never have an evil deed spoken of in connection with you, dout do one. Dr. Yarrow, cf the 5".s; 2eo"ocUMl survey, wad "stood, up" ivf ro-.ul az.fc dax:xi! rm-en; trip out ; west. -Th te&i. ti-a.' he sav j ; c ; Lka wbar, tou. r?ai ab-'nc. Tli--! i rot;Oecs were not a.i poiii?. raev doa t wari u? tl you Wltl m tbeir biindi m cn;va:r.ja way jou read .lbo,lt teL- yoil taey very to -smii TO etc. A5 Wjst ti;e ouea - k - mv - , j Watctl ;uli c. money out in th wiltU of Arizona did not do anything of that sort. They may have been amateurs. They were in a great hurry, and were very rough and brut!, cursing and abusing us iu the worst tort of way while they robbed us. 1 had a sott of presentiment when we started out that we would meet with some a J venture When I asked the driver if there was not danger of being stopped aud robbed, he laughed at the idea, and assured ma that I was just as safe in his stage for that trip as if I were in Washington. 'This route was never robbed' he declared. 'Bjt' said I. oue of the cowboys tells ma you were stood up about two years ago.' 'He lies,' was the brusque reply. My revol ver was safely stowed away in my valise. We were just nearing two big sand-stone boulders, and I was saying, 'Well if we are stoiied it will beat one of two places. One Is here, and the other ' "At this point I was cut short. The stage came to a stop very abruptly be tweeu the two rocks. One man stood with a Winchester repeating rifle cov ering us while another covered the dri ver. Two others stood in the road one in fror.. and th? other behind us, while a tilth w&s at some distance holding the horse.-. They wore long yellow oilcloth coats buttoued hi:rh about their necks and coming almost to the ground, aud had broad white sombreros pulled down over their eyes, and each had a big red handkerohief tied over his face so as to cover all below the eyes. They cursed us roundly, told us to" jump out aud ba quick about it, which we did. Then they stood us up in a line, aud mudo us hold our hands up. One kept us covered with his Winchester, while the other with a cocked revolver In his hand, went through us for money and valuables. He kept the pistol pointed at the head of each as he searched, using his lelt hand for the searching, All the time they poured forth a volley of abuse, aud made themselves alto gether as disagreeable as possible Tl.ey seemed to be very much excited, and the fellow's hand trembled so that held the pistol that I feared it would go off accidentally. I called his attention to this when he was searching me. 'Look, here, my man, I said, 'there's no use getting so excited; that pistol might go off. You have got the drop ou us. We aren't fools enough to show light. There's our money and goods. Take tthem. but be civil about it.' He only cursed me for my advice ami said if I didn't keep still he would blow the top of my head off, and 1 thought ho would do so, so I kept still They took all our money and things "of any value we had, besi les the mail -pouch. Then they let us go. After we got about four miles away they changed their minds and came after us again. I don't know what they wauted, unless it was to kill us. But we didn't care to wait to find out. We put our mules ou a dead run aad raced t'jem for our lives. It was about as exciting a race as I ever had. It was very nervous business. They were gain ing on us all the time, but we ran them until our mules gave out. By that time we had reached the top o a hill, m sight of a cattle ranch. As the mules dropped I junied from the stage and ran lor the ranch, waving my hat over my head in hope of attracting the at tention of some of the cowboys. The robbers knew that assistance was at haad, and were frightened off. My im pression of them was that they were a blustering, brutal set of fellows. I'banirD Culture. Rhubarb like our currant bushes, will grow almost anywhere under any treat ment, and consequently receives more ill-usage than any other "green thing growing." But for this reason it should not be supposed that when growing under neglect and abuse It will do its best and produce as abundant cropj and of equllay good quality as when good treatment is given. After it is once planted rhubarb requires little cultiva tion, but it must have at all t.me3, deep, lich soil, the richer the better. In field culture the roots are planted about four feet apart each way, and cultivated like any heed crop. Iu the family garden they should be planted two or three feet apart, iu a single row, at least four feet distant irora, other plants. It may be raised lroin seed, but as' there is little reliance in the seedlings being ol the same variety as the parent' plants, division of the root3 13 the method of propagation usually adopted. Any piece of root with a bud or crown will grow if planted about two inches deep in mellow soil firmly, pressed around it KooU may ber planted In autumn or early spring. Plantations are usu-.lly renewed every four or five years, yet when a liberal dresswg of manure is given every fail the roots will produce a crop for an almost indefinite period. Heavy manuring, clean culti vation, and liberal space are the essen tial requisites for raising largo succulent ihubarb. The varieties best known are the Lennams, grown extensively for luatKet as well as home use. It is early. very productive, aud cf a brisk, spicy flavor. Its principal fault is that it seeds so freely that unless all Cower stalks are cut off as soon as they appear the crop deteriorates rapidly. Victoria is later, has large leaves and stalks, aud requires a rich, rather heavy ground for its best development. Paragon is a new variety iiginated in England, and now introduced here. The stalks are bright ' u. neuy, aiiu prouueeu ui quics sue t cession anu great, iiuuuuauce, it is i earlier, of more delicate flavor, and de all the strength of the plant bemg used lor the development of its leaves. ! j AN exchange says that there is a I iarge failing off in the population of . t,e western part of Massachusetts. The bicycle is bourn The bicycle i bound to make its way everywhere. At a college examination a professor I askd: 'Does any question embarrass you?' 'Xot at all, sir, not at all. - It is quite clear. It is the answer that bothers me,' replied the student. IX r-UIET- ii.:;e-k aaa i yoKl ir-r T!: Jim. JaaaxstheX aiai:r3 'is joaa of a ieventeen jejx oid poAi.a. In ll.iva.ii Cifir manofac'-rers ay their bands three times a day. Mrs. Langtry purchased two gen uine scalps from aa Indian out We-c Mrs. Oscar WiMe, that is to be. b exhib tu:z her br.dal dress in London. The town of Bernst;u!t. Ky. is Pvpu:ated entirely by to the num ber of 700. "Secretary Lincoln resembles his lather in personal appearance only from the eyes up. The farmers in Vermont and New Hampshire complain that this is a poor sugar season. Oregon is the place to hunt bears. The Portland Oawwh says the State is full ot them. Hundreds of young women in Jew Vork city earn only 45 cents a day by making shirts. Ennl Scarla, the great basso, is a comiKiratively young man, but his hair is white as snow. The German "kaffee klatetV' is superseding "high tea" in Xew York fashionable circles. Adult unmarried persons grow more numerous in France and less nu merom in Germany. Henry Berg has begun a crusade against the practice of shoeing horses with red-hot iron. Augustus Schell, the New York politician, rocently deceased, left an es tate worth oer 5",0U0,IMJ. Illinois, following tho example of some other states, has just had her bat tle tlaza enclosed in cases. A co' out of 83 people recently left Mount Joy, Lancaster county, Fx, for llickinsju couuty, Kansas. Prof. Northrop of Ya'o has accept ed the presidency of the Minnesota state university at Minneapolis. M. de Lesseps says that his com pany inv.v pays out 75,000 francs a day lor work on the Panama canal. A Brooklyn teacher has been ar rested for threatening to kill one of her pupils whom she caught whispering. Senator Fair, it is s:iid in Washing ton, will be remarried soon to the wife from whom he was divorced hist year. Aerator Lamar is not quite 00 years 1 1. At the age oi 21 In was professor f mathematics in the Mississippi un:- versitv. -"Don't tip the waiters"' is the. per- .:t;is, superfluous advice screamed by a p:irrot hi a r niton street (. i.) res taurant. -An Oconee (Ga.) county man has list had taken lrom ouo of his legs a ::iinl.; ball he had been carrying there 'or 22 vears. Miss Ottbrieile, daughter of the late Horace Greeley, is still a lovely girl, iikI has, it is said, refused many ambi tions suitors. Cities aud towns in Massashusetti ill hereafter bo obliged to furn;sb children in the public schools with freo text books. The Charleston (S. C.) Xors say! hat there is a man living iu Lauren) county, Ga., 74 year old, who is tin father of 47 children. -Warner Williams, foi inerly of Ana- inoja, Iowa, died rcccutly at Anita, Iowa. Though only six years ot aire. his weight was 200 pounds. -Living near Snapping Shoals, Ga., is a ce'lored woman whose age is report- e l to be UO. Her husband was though! to be 120 vears old when he died. Grape culture in California is ra pidly increasing, and it is thought that it hast live miiliou vines will be planted :i Los Angelei county at once. The hillsides near MarshGeld, Ore gon,, were recently strewn with dead rubin3 that perished iu the cold and snowy weather of a few weeks ao. The Kentucky House of Represen tatives has passd a bill prohibiting bicyclists from using the public roads of most of the counties in that State. Great Britain consumes annually l.i.0O,'X) tons of potatoes, of which )),W) tons are imported, while the re mainder are raised oa 541,000 acrs3 of land. During ihe 12 years ircrn 171 to 1-2, the numlier of lives lost by tho lisasters to BriUsa ships was .i.-.i22, of whom 35,000 were crew and S..03 pas- sengers. At the New York Bench Show this year there is to be a special prize each for speed, leaping and trick dogs; spe cial attention will be ,;iven to ladies' pat dogs. More than a million head of cattle wintered in the Territory of Wyoming, aud the general "round up" of this enormous number will begin about the middle of May. A four-year old boy at Felicity, O., is the sensation in that town, as he can, or is alleged to be able to, read books and papers at sight, though ho was never instructed. The most expensive book ever pub lished by a single individual is Lord Kingsborcugh's "Mexico." It has seven volumes, with 1,000 colored illus trations, and cost 300,000. At Tennille. Gi, last week. Jerry Jen!:i:i, aged 90, and Eliza Browu, aged 93, tremblingly stood before hymen's altar aud pledged their young lives to each ottier. The mines of the Black Hills in Dakota have mined and milled 1,512, 0C7 ton3 of good ore, yielding J10,434, 110, or an average of 5.7S per ton. The mines paid in dividends to the shareholders 3,1 12,500. It is calculated that there are now residing iu the United States nearly a thousand Japanese, and of this number it is said that not oue has ever been con victed of any criminal offence in an American court. The celebrated collection of Signor Ca3tellatH is about to be dispersed. The city of Rome has offered two millions for it. which txt been refused by tho family. The estimated value of this nniqne collection is about 4.000,000 francs. A paper chimney, fifty feet high, hits recently been erected at Breslau. France. Compressed paper puljj Is stated to bo one of the least mflammabln ft substances, and to make an excellent material fcr lire-proof doors. Li Fiance, according to statisti c;a:is, suicides are rapidly- increasing, not only among adults with real woes or sufferings to account for their rash act, but also among juveniles, who make away with themselves for the was; trivial causes. ' ft i 3ff Sw doi batilouwlt .Al1 H.I1U fci"" f ifttt " L1V r ::itvimyfacelit'8 W - . I - the " " 51 j - - - C
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