B. F. SOHWEIER, THE O0I8TITUTI0I THE UKOI-AID THE EITOEOIKEIT OF THE LAVS. Editor and Proprietor. VOL. XLI. MIFF LINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY, PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 9, 1SS7. NO. 7. IK in.it Hoy. Throu -li the bouse with laash aud shout, i-rts breadhare anJ elbow out. Mamma bears, with anxious doubt, Tbat boy. Vain are all the lessons taught. In one short hour they are forgo! ; Gentle manners r..eth not That boy. Thus she iur.se while she trie To soothe t he wakened baby 8 crle.. ; While to other mischief hies That boy. With aching hea.l this mother mild Looks to the future for her child ; Sti'l heedless yells, in accents wild, i'hat boy. SLe hears the d.'a 1, un-arthly tone. And s!it!-s sjm-tbing iitte a groan, To oui" !'! en'1 WI" surer Cdm That boy. rvir: t mother, wait awhile. Summon back thy lovics suii'.e, Soon will graver c.ire beguile lh.it Uy. S,xn the boy "with iheek of Ua" Will he the brawny, bearded man. If thou would;-: trn-t and honor then That boy. Trust iiini now, and let they car SLiel'i Lis soul from every suare Tha' w.i!- to cap:"1'', ""aware, That boy. RHOPOUA. OBe of li t" lke steamers bad just ome in at Sault mit Marie and there ias bustle a:.d confusion on the whaif, ve at the farther em', where sto-ni nree gentlemen le-Jrely talking. They ji teen watching the boat as it cauie up the r.ver a;;d were among the first o announce that the smoke of the steamer l ad ben seen. Two of them wore the uniform of the United States irmv; ti.e third, a tall, handsome fellow :ta a tawny mustache, was dressed in t suit of gray tweed and wore a dart iijca tat, which he drew down over eyes every now and then, as If to hale them more effectually. The least jreak in the dull uionotomy of garrison ife was welcomed as a godsend, and ie three men had come down licie purely for amusement. 'Look, Halstead," said one or the jfi.'era, plucking the sleeve of the man n pray, "there's a pretty girl." The man a Jd rested and the other fficer, Capt. Greene, looked upward ud saw a tall, finely formed giil ttaiiding by tUe sieaaier's railing. Her j.-.'irn hair fell in so.'t rings over a low :orelaJ, her mouth was large but aeautifully shaped, and a row o iarly shite teeth was ls:iosed by her parted ips. her nose was a trifle saucy, bat je: eyes her eyes were a mystery. "She is a stylish girl,'' said Capt. Sreeae, "hut so much depends upon iheeyes. "Can't give an opinion until I see the eyes, you kn:w."' "0 bother:'' said L'.eut UoJney. "You couldn't see her eyes from this liitaace, even if she didn't have that than up." "1 thick she is a Detroit girl," said the man they called Halstead. AU three laughed at this, and Lieut. Eodcey said, Tou think it highly improper for a fOULg lady to be gazing around in tbat manner through a pair of opera glasses, Seaceyou immediately set her down as I Detroit girl your bete noire!" "Exactly,"' replied llalstead slowly, The laughter evidently attracted the attention of the young lady, for she turned her g'.asses ia that direction, but as her eyes fell upon the group the expression of her face instantly changed to a look of digust, and turning abruptly she entered the cabin. Each of the men noticed it Not tae of them mentioned it. Each knew that te could cot be the cause of this liBjCSt "J. can't see why you should have uch a strong aversion to Detroit girls,'" Jail Capt, Greene, turning to llalstead. Itey are supposed to be remarkably pretty and bewitching " 'Jon't, I beg of you." said Hal lead, holding up his hands depreca tJfe'.y. "Ever since we 'came in' I uave heard of nothing but Detreit girls, Detroit girls I suppose we'll get a stack of thm in our regiment. They always marry in the army. Detroit is the mother-in-law of the army. You jant tell me anything about them that I don't know. I wouldn't care to meet a Detroit girL" A pair of large gray eyes with dark, carhng lashes were turned in wide as tonishment upon Lieut. llalstead as a tea girl In brown swept past him, ac companied by a handsome elderly lady, but Done of the group noticed the young girl to whom they had given so much attention a few moments since, and Haxead went on: 'Ter haps there are some exceptions to the ml.;, bnt I doubt it" "Ah," laughed Lieut. Rodney. "Hal stead is preparir.2 to slip in on an ex option." "Nothing of the kind," said Lieut. lUotead, "and to prove it we'll take a ?er that I won't be introduced to a Wtroit gir; this season." . Takeh:" they cried, and prepared io settle the amount of the wager. meantime Mrs. Black and her daugh ter had arrived at the Hotel de Vtlle aa been taken to their apartments, wuere Blanche lioseufelt burst in upon iflra and, after embracing them super latively, seated herself, out of breath, saying: "(j Rhodora, I'm so delighted you came. We have been here just two weeks, and it's distractingly lovely tuisyear, We'll have no end of fun." ao Much Miss Rhodora replied; "It a nice to see you, Blanche, but I am not one bit glad we came. We've been ery summer since I was born. 1 f fln hear to get off the boat." r-, VP"'11 llke il Immensely this Jcar. The hotel is quite full and the vT,-'?, " he fort aie perfectly lovelv; J oil d he charmed with them, and ' taem!n l ' filirly hitte very one of iV",fc m l y are a11 delightrul jo-i'-e, said Miss U,nfelt, with an air tteue-.,,'T,ie'oi,Jycaine in froal ino horrid pUins about two months ' uK- TLey are a miserable uLa i il tadu,t beea for thm 1 might tad a lovely time this smer-I iuTL Mayecome Lere-but they have m2$ "en-thing. I " they'd riSl Where lhe' eame om.'' hdlig.thls cnversation lira. Black had d?v0Vi',er room and Mis3 l''hoJora tdnrf,10"?11; tbt-n she P-r.andwe had trade eudlea plans. when suddenly their regiment was or dered to exchange places with this old thing, and all our lovely times vanished. I begged mother not to come to this loky place, but father is devoted to fish inghe never caught anything yet and it isn't too far for him to ruu up here from Detroit; so here we are. I know 1 shall have a miserable time." "IVo, you won't," said her ftiend reassuringly. "It's just bewitching out on the river in the moonlight, and here's a Lieut Rodney at the fort that's just too handsome, and " "O there! Excuse me. Blanche, but 1 think that's the man with our trunks," and Miss Black hastened to look after the baggage. A little later, as Mrs. Black and her daughter were about to enter the dining room, the former waited for some Oue to come up to them and then sa4d: "Rhodora, let me introduce you to Opt Greene. He and your Uncle Will were old comrades." "How do you do," said Jlisa Black, trying to call up a smile for the sake of her Uncle Will. They found themselves seated at Capt Greene's table, and in a few moments the waiter drew out the chair opposite for a tall gentleman with a tawny mustache and dark brown eyes; his uniform denoted the rank of llrst lieutenant Rhodora had seen him before and had admired him, but she saw now, with a little start that it was the geullemau in gray, who had changed his tweed for the objectionable blue, lie was introduced to her mother, but Capt. Greeu did not pie lent him to Miss Kuod.'ra, which sent a rush of blood to her neck and cheeks; it also broke her filence. aud shs launcaeJ forth into a brilliaut conversation, so occupylug her mother aud Cap:. Greene that Lieut, llalstead seemed to luve been utterlj forgotten by them. "Mother." said R ioiora. when they had gone to their rooms, her cheeks dushed aud her eyes brilliaut, "never let me be introduced to that Lieut llalstead. He has asked not to meet me. " "Why. my dear, didn't yoa meet ijitnV I did not notice. I must have turned to speak to Georje." 'No; and t was very decided." "You uniit have Imagined it, my near.-' . '.Now, mjt'iei!'' 'Well, well, as you like, but it is a icolish freak." Rhodoia was half inclined to Ul her uuiher of the remark she had heard as she passed the group of officers on the wh.trf that morning, but she decided not to s:eak of it. R'Kkiora often detained her mother that, they might be late to dinner or lunch, but go when thy would Lieut. llalstead always seemed to b9 there. He ate slowly, and Ubodora declared that he took everything in courses from olives to cheese, and that his digestive apparatus was certainly lu excellent trim, for he ate with fifteen minutes' interval between eac'.i mjuthful. When she was invited to join a large party the next day she adroitly had the hostess run over the list of her guests, and when she found that Lieut Hal stead's name was not among them she gladly consented to go. It was after 7 in the evening when she returned, tired and hungry, but sighing with satisfaction to think that she could eat a comfortable meal with out a pair of staring brown eyes oppo site. She had finished her soup when the hall door opened. Alas! she knew this firm, decided step too welL George smilingly pulled out the chair opposite and Lieut UaUtead seated himself de murely. U was just too bad. Tears of vexa tion gathered in those large gray eyes. He came on purpose to annoy her. He was the rudest man she had ever seen. Her first impulse was to leave the table, but she wouid not give him the satis faction of knowing she was angry; besides, she was hungry. She would eat very slowly. She did not care bow miserable she felt if only she could make him uncomfortable, so with a studied air of composure she reached for the crackers and upset her glass of water. She didn't care, but it was rather embarrassing. She was sure he was smiling. She ate slower than ever, and looked quits serene gazing off into space. The room was oppressively quiet lie was taking an endless time for his dinner, so she hurried and al most choked herself, but he seemed to be hurrying too. now that she tried to get through first She bad just decided that she could uot endure this a moment longer, yet determined that he should uot have the satisfaction of having spoiled her din ner wheu she heard in sonorous tones: "Mis3 Black, may I trouble you for the pepper?" She started, but said, in a frozen manner "Certainly," handing him the catsup, 'The pepper, please," he said, smil ing, at the same time half withdrawing his baud from the bottle, while she, supposing he would take it from her, let it slip from her fingers. "I beg your pardon," he said, but not before the brown liquor had deluged the table. 'It is of no consequence," said Miss Rhodora, quite confused, then pointing toward his elbow she said in tragic tones: "There's the pepper!" "So it Is," he said, his brown eyes smiling at her. "It's too bad to have troubled you." It would have been natural for Rho dora to make some polite response, but she bit her lip aud remained silent. "I presume you bad a pleasant barge pirty?" he said, agreeably. "Quite pleasant," was the frigid an s wcr "I was out hunting, and could nit go. I only came in half an hour since." He had evidently only had time to change hii hunting suit and couie down to dinner. Rhodora repented a little; possibly lie had not come in late for the purpose of annoying her; still she re membered his remark about Detroit girls and ceased to relent toward him. She had finished her dinner and risen from the table. Lieut llalstead arose also and held the dining room door open for her to pass. "May I come into the parlor with you?" he asked. There was nothing for her to uo but to acquiesce. Now that he was her iuest she was obliged to show just the least air of cordiality, but she tried to make her mother bear the burden of the conversation. Mrs. Black liked Lieut llalstead, and Rhodora found herself listening with interest to their conversation, for Mrs. Black had the rare faculty of bringing out the best that was in one, whila Lieut llalstead was utterly un conscious that he was making this con versation a monologue. A'd three started in surprise as the bule call for "tattoo" sounded through the open windows. Lieut llalstead arose in baste, and Mrs. Black refrained from asking him to return because she remembered her daughter's aversion to the thirty-first regiment. Rhodora, repenting of her coolness. accompanied the lieutenant to the door. "Thank you for a delightful even ing," lie saH h?artily. Rhodora considered this a reflection upon her manner, but when be said eagerly; "Are you busy, will yon be engaged after tattoo?" she answered with charming candor: "I have some letters to write. " But she never touched peu to paper that night; she sat by her window in the moonlight star gazing. ana wnen sue fell asleep she had ro mantle dreams of a cabbage with gold shoulder straps dancing attendance to a sick mouse covered with mustard poultices dipped in catsup. The next morning, as Miss Rhodora came down the hotel steps attired for ner usual morning walk, she nearly ran into Lieut Halstead. Good morning," he said; "I was coming up to ask if you would not go out ior a waik witn me, it is such a beautiful day." l'oor RLodora! something always seemed to interfere with her dignity and make it impossible for her to ef fectually snub this fascinating man, for she confessed to herself that he was fascinating, and his air jast now was a little determined, as though he bad a perfect right to say she should walk with him. This manner in any one else would have annoyed her, but she was proud of the interest that this usually indifferent mm manifested in' her, and it was more than ever pleasing when sue remembered that as first he had not desired an introduction. She 'o.-rame generous euough to taluk he had soma good reason ior not wishing to meet a Detroit girl; vet what could it be? But she had heard that recently ha had promised willingly to pay the water if oue of the officers would in troduce him, but they, enjoying the joke, had each declined, and when he thought of asking one of his friends at the hotel he had chancel tj hear Miss B ack's remark to Mrs. Mason. Rhodora meant, now that she knew hini, to be frigid in her manner. She w ished to be severe and punish him if she could. At present he had tiken her unawares, and she allowed hitn to accompany her, but they did not take the walk along the locks tbat she had intended; he led her to the shade of the woods, and they came back laden with mosses and wild flowers. People are apt to drop drawing room conventior alities in the freedom of open air inter course, and before they returned the lieutenant bad told her that his aver sion to Detroit girls was an altogether sympathetic affair, caused by his par ticular friend having been jilted by oue of these fair girls, and be had theu and there declared be knew them to be heartleis. He admitted tbat it was au uupardonably hasty and possibly un just conclusion. He told her when he had first seen her on the steamer deck with her opera glass up, and she ex plained that t-eing nearsighted and not wearing glasses she always carried an opera glass when traveling. "If you had noticed," she said, "you would have seen my glasses were turned wrong side to that time. I wanted the Sault to look as small and far away as possi ble," and then she explained why she did not wish to visit the Sault this year. He regretted her disappointment, but could not say he was sorry the regime at changed places. When the dinner hour came Rhodora insisted upon her mother proceeding immediately to the table. It was ridic ulously nnromantic, but after this the lieutenant and Raodora were always on time to-their meals. Several weeks had passed when one bright afternoon Misi Black received a bunch of passionate purple rhodoras. and in their midst there lay thU little note: "Aloha! "Will you wear these for my sake? I found them in the woods. I'erhap3 you know this little poem," and below be had written these few lines from Emerson's 'Rhodora": Bbodoral if the sages ask the why This charm is wasted on the earth and sky, Tell them, dear, that if eyes were made for seeing, Then beauty is its own excuse for be ing. Why thou wert there, O rival of the rose! I never thought to ask, I never knew; But, in my simple Ignorance, suppose The self same power that brought me there brought you. He had underscored two words me and you. She reread the lines, and then, strange woman, she passionately kissed the flowers but tore the note into little shreds and threw it away. At the dinner table that night she wore a bunch of purple rhodoras in her white gown, but Lieut llalstead could not get a glimpse of those wonder u! gray eyes, the eyes that lightened, that smiled, tbat grew sad, that were un fathomable, that to-night were con tinually veiled by the dark curling lashes. It was unusually warm lnDetroit this summer, and Mr, B'ack was anxious to speedily arrange his business affairs that he might join his wife and daugh ter soon after their arrival at the Sault, but it was quite nine weeks before he was able to do so. They came down to the boat to meet him, and he was mystified by the anx ious manner of the one and the serious air of the other. The morning after Mr. Black's arri val Lieut Halstead might be seen im patiently pacing to and fro in the coxy room tbat served as the Black's sitting room. The door was gently orened and Miss Rhodora came in fresh and smiling, her eyes twinkling with sup pressed lauzhter. "At last' exclaimed the lieutenant, his face radiant, as he held out both bands to meet her. Miss Rhodora Black was one of the prettiest brides Detroit ever saw. She wore a soft tulle gown and carried a bunch of purple rhodoras. Tbe Parseew Sacred Frc Lighting the Parsees' sacrod fire is an expensive and elaborate process on the institution of a new temple. Sixteen different kinds or wood in 1,001 pieces of fuel are required to obtain the sacred flame, which is afterwards fed with sandal wood, and the coat of the process averages 2,500 pounds sterling. There are still three Urge and thirty-three smalt fire-temples at Bombay. "Arc" is the French name for bow, and "Kansas" the Indian for smoking water the combination of which is applicable U the leading stream of Arkansas, , TK.WEIa IX BOLIVIA. Au AdvciiturnuH Ride Thronzh a Thinly-Populated Country. After a busy day 1 started down hill for Macha, bound for Orufo, I reached mere snoruy after noon, nere even my government order did not horry me o2. They bad mnle, but no postillion; they were nil out At last I bethought myseu or ine oorregidor or the village. I found him. but he told me that thn Indians were all off in the valley farm ing. I invited him to take something wun me. men l began talking about my busihesi and against Chili, and showed him my papers. That woke nun up. He sent out a couple young sters for one or the alcades at Quichoa. Half au hour later I was on my way rejoicing. I wanted to reach Aconca hua the same evening. All went well until I cams to a place where two trails separated. My servant, with the bag rage, was rar behind, and I was alone. 1 took out my map, but only one road was marked down. Looking at the sun 1 went on. At 0.33 o'clock 1 reached a large village. 1 congratulated myself on my fast riding. Entering the main street I asked for the posthouse, but was told that th?re was none. Then it occurred to me to ask the name of the place. They gave me some outlandish name. "Then this is not Aconcahua?" 1 asked. "Oh, no, sir: that piace is thirteen leagues from here." After some diligent inquiry for it took much trouble to find any one speaking Span ishI was told of a shortcut an Indian trail, which reduced the distance to eight leagues. Something had to be done. Here I was, in au Indian vil lage, alone; my baigage with an Indian I did not know, at the place I was seeking. Using a little boy as inter preter 1 at last hired an Indian to act as guide. We started out at sunset, he afoot and leading. I pushed on as fast as my tired mule would go. " Such a road 1 had never dreamed of. Down we would go into some canyon dark as night, acro3 a stream, then up again. We kept on until ne-ar midnight, wheu we reached a placu of more level but broken ground. My guide, whom I ever kept In front, stopped. I told him to go ahead. Three or four times he stopped. Each time I urged him on I confess I felt uneasy, but there was only one thing to do to go ahead. At last we saw an Indian but with out houses. My Indian started for it. aud I concluded he wanted to stop here, and urging my mule on headed him off. At the same time I pulled out my revolver and ordered him forward. He raised both hands, saying in the most piteous manner: "No. no." I felt sorry for the poor fellow, and thought to myself: "go ir you want to." He slipped by aud disappeared. I turned my mule, expecting to pick my way alone. I weut seme live hundred yards. ti find there was no t: ail. The moon was nearly down and it was getting dark. I returned to the inclosure 1 had just left, found an opening in the wall, and led my tired-out animal in. I began to prospect. First I discovered a little door. I pushed it open and found myself among a lot of goats. "This will not do," I thought After bunting arcuud 1 saw a bundle of hay. 1 took off the mule's bridle, and, re moving my poncho, prepared to spend the night on the ground. Of a sudden I heard a shout. Looking in the di rection whence the sound came, I saw it was my Indian. Forgetting that he could not understand me I shouted back: "All right, old man; come here." He did uot more, but kept yelling and po nting to the west. I fixed my mule up oa the double-quick, mounted, dug the spurs into her, and rode up to him. He started off and I followed behind him. Suddenly I saw two figures ap proach me from behind. "An am bush," I thought I quickly made a half-circle with my mule, so as to bring the three Indians lor such they were In front of me. At the same time I brought my revolver to a "ready" under my poncho. As the two Indians came nearer I recognized a woman and a girl, who, as I soon learned, had got out of bed to show me the way. My revolver went back into the holster, and I looked around to see it they had noticed it As a token of repentance on my part I gave them each a chirola. At 1 A. M. we reached Aconcahua, tired but happy. I gave my Indian au extra dollar, so all ended welL I then mule myself a cup of tea and went to sleep. I made a lazy morning of it, getting off at 9 o'clock. From here to Livichuea was mostly down-hill. Some two miles from that place I came to a stream. My mule wanted water. I got down and took off the bridle. After drinking I pulled on the rein to bring the brute nearer. It turned, reared, and kicked. catching me on the left heel. 1 tried to hold on, but the mule pulled back She went one - way, I fell into the stream, and the saddle flew in another direction. The ungrateful beast gal loped off toward the station. I picked up my saddle and straggled in, my foot swelling already and paining me much. I was glad afterward I had put my revolver away, for I would have taken a shot at that mule. Early the next morning I had fresh animals prepared, had a man to lift me into the saddle, and made tbat day tifty-one miles to I'eizna. I reached there tired, but my foot was much bet ter. I bad now reached the celebrated pampa, which extends from here to near L t Paz. I had imagined this to be a long stretch of very level ground, but soon found my mistake. I started early in the morning. A light mist lay over the plain. Oa the left there ap peared a large lake. At first I took this to be Lake l'oopo, but it was only a mirage. At first I saw hillocks ap parently hanging in the air. The next point reached was Poopo. A silver mine is worked there, giving good re turns. They have also reduction-works driven by water power. The mine is a short distance east of the road, in a chain of hills running due north and south. The croppings can be plainly traced a long distauce. From this point north we meet another tribe of Iiidlaus, the Ayraaas. They are dis tinct from the Qiicboas, and I consider them inferior to them, morose, and said to be treacherous. In former times the Quicboas, or, as they were then called, lacaj, governed Feru, middle and south Bolivia, and the north or the Argentine. One after another different tribes submitted to the Incas, some of their own account, others by conquest Long wars were carried on against the Aymaras, who for a long time proved a disturbing element The conquest by the Spaniards ended these wars. To this day the Aymaras form a separate natloq and do not associate muitl with the Quichoa. Both tribe.1, however. are eutireiy controlled and kept rjes: by the whites. North or Poopoo what little vegeta tion existed disappeared. As far as the eye could reach all was sand and rocks. In many places the wind had formed hills of shifting sand. Luckily it rained heavily a day or two before, hardening the ground somewhat. Without being Informed, anyone could tell that he was among a different class of Indians. The Quichoas, without exception, when meeting strangers lift their hat and sa lute you. The Aymaras pass you with out notice, looking at you sideways, as ir they were either afraid of being attacked or preparing to attack you. Their women are badiy treated. Tucy carry thn loads, while the men carry the dignity. They are more like the Xortli American tribes. 1 can only ex plain the great difference by the change of climate, which, although in a lower latitude, 13 much colder, owing to the higli latitude, and In the barren soil, which makes the gaining of a livelihood more d:flicu!t Still, 1 was informed that the Aymaras can not be trusted when properly treated. You have to deal with them justly, but with sever ity. Many of them engage iu raising llamas and freighting. They are usually in debt A leading firm of Bolivia employs hundreds of the n and has never made a loss with them. As they can not read or write, all contracts are made verbally. Often when a man isn his death bed he calls his child re u together. The eldest son takes the father's place, as the debt owned by the father becomes a family lien. Some houses attempted to overreach the In dians, and the result was that thev lost their investments. The Indians once ia their debt rau off and moved to another part of the country, taking their mortgaged flocks with them. TIIR WORMV3 CKXTF.ft An Interesting: Tale Told by the lirali- mio4 of Hie City of Delhi. About seven hundred miles northeast of Bombay, and about the same distance northwest of Calcutta, stands the an cient and very important city of Delhi, the former metropolis of the Great Mo gul. Its walls, gates, palaces, tombs and other great works, are wonderful for size aud for beauty of architecture, aud would require a large book taor- oughly to describe them, while the his tory of the great city, which once con tained two millions of inlMbitants would almost form a library. Not many miles trom Delhi stands an enormous tall tower, but by whom that tower was built, and for what purpose, no one can tell. The Brahmins say. however, that it marks the center of the world, and the story they tell about it is this: Uace upon a time a certain King it Dlhi, being anxious to reign long and to leave his throne to his family, and be in;: disturbed by doubt about it, called a council of pious Brahmins, who informed him that just under where they were In consultation, and just wnern tne great to-.ver, called Kootub. now sVaaia, was thai Lead of the great serpe't which supported the world. "2i ," they said, "ir the King wdl drive down a great iron into the earth, at that spot, in such a way as to trans fix tho head of the great serpent, lie may be sure that he would reign long, and his children after him." The King made the great iron and the tower, and drove down into the earth and trans Qx;d the serpent's head or at least the brahmins told him that he had: but doubting the word of these holy men, and wUhiug to see for himself that such was tke case, he had the iron pillar pulled up again. Lo, and behold, it was covered with blood; showing that the holy men bad been right; but, un fortunately, when he wanted to drive it djwn again, the animal very sensibly got out of the way, and very shortly afterwards the King was beset by ene mies and lest no', only his throne but bis head. This signal confirmation of the Brahmin's story cause the it itives to believe that the bead of the great ser pent Is still there, supporting tho world, although, as they say, it may not be exactly under the tower since the at tempt of the King t - transfix it a second time. Not far from this wonderful tower is a wouderful well, lt is about thirty feet square and oue hundred and twenty deep, and generally contains about forty feet of water. In addition to its use for drinking pursues, the natives make another use of this huge well whenever there are visitors attracted by the fame of the tower which is the center of the 1 world. To jnmp from the top into the darkness of the pool, eighty feet below, would be like leaping from a six-story house, and would appear to be certain death. Yet the Hindoos of the village close by will make the jump for a very few pence. A dozen men and boys, with nothing oa but the very smallest waist-cloth, will stand upon the curb stone, ready to jump. As old gray-headed fellow will bal ance himself, and then leap. For the first fifty feec or so he extends his arms and legs widely, then he brings his feet close together, puts his hands close to his side, and strikes the water with a c radii which echoes up the stony sides as his head disappears iu the inky-looking pool. You think he is gone! But no in an instant his gray head appears, he swims to the wail, climbs up the side to a equare hole which leads to a reservoir, and is at the top again in a moment, to claim his half rupee. Next, perhaps, jumps his grandson, a naked imp of nine or ten. You shud der because the little fellow appears to have jumped too far, and to be in dan ger of striking the stone-work. But nol He misses the rocky side by less thau a yard, arranges his feet and hands just as bis grandsire d id, and falls like a stone in the water. You wait a long time on j minute, two minutes but the little round, bare pate does not appear. Will they make no effort to save him? Is the boy drowned? Not a bit of K! In another moment, the grinning imp, dripping with water, is by your side. It turns out there is in the well another communication with the reservoir, un der the water, and to this the boy has dived, and thus come out; the silence and pretended alarm of those at the top being only another trick to excite sym pathy and extract more money. Then, as fast as possible, the whole lot will begin to jump, pell-mell, on the top of each other almost, through the openings, up again, and down again as long as there is a chance of extracting any coin from the strangers. The village people do not s?m to think the water at all spoiled for drink purposes by being thus turned into a bathlng-pooL The name of Colorado Is derived from the Spanish, and denoted a muddy or florid appearance, character istic ci the Colorado valley. A GROCER'S PATENT EGOS. How a Boetou Man Supplies Thirsty Neighborhood with Refresh ments. There is a little back office on Con gress street, near Franklin that looks very much like a small grocery store, kept by a neat old maid. On the coun ter is a pair of scales, a show-case. brown paper, thread, and all the fixings ot a country store. On the shelves against the wall are red tin boxes full of tea, and jars and bottles innumer able. In front of the counter on the door is a large wooden egg-case, capable of holding forty-nine dozens when full, while near by is a small pasteboard box, partitioned off into twelve com partments, in every one of which lies a big egg, white and clean as chalk. In tact, they are so very white that a man well acquainted with "hen fruit" would at once suspect them of being nest eggs, such as unskilled pullets use for patterns when they begin to lay. Such at least was the impression or a artist, who entered the place last week in search ot fresh eggs. 'There are some there," said the proprietor, po.ntlng to the box, "that are as fresh as any in the city. I'll warrant them every time." now moch are they a dozen?" One dollar. Don't be in a hurrv." contiuued the propr etor, with a smile. " just take one or these and try it, and if you say you ever saw such eggs be fore I'll buy you a dozen at any mar ket In Boston." Sayiug this he took up an egg, loosened the wax that adlred to the small end, drew out a woo'deii plug, inserted a straw, pushed it over the counter and said: "Now she's all ready. Suck away." The artist compiled, and instead or tisting egg, he found his tongus as sailed by first-class slierry. The egg was no egg at all. but just a glass shell filled with wine and stopped up. A re liable hen or a twenty horse-power in cubator might sit on one of these eggs ior au eternity and not get a chicken. It is one of my ideas." remarked the grocer. "1 got it ud to sell in Maine and other places where such stuff is forbidden. The eggs hold twe thirds of a gill, or two-thirds of a com mon whisky glass; so, you see, one will furnish a good square drink to any man who isn't a hog. The eggs are made of common ;lass. At first I put on cemented cloth, but tbat leaked, and I had to plug the hole with wood and cover it with white wax. That works first- rate. "As yet I have filled them with but three kinds ot liquor whisky, sherry, and claret; but I am going to make tome brandy eggs soon. I sell my eggs for SI a dozen, and they retail for 15 Dents each, though I shall have to ask a little more for those that have brandy. I studied up the idea about a month agrv aud have applied for a patent on It, which I think I shall get" How many have you sold? Oh, I haven't pushed them much on account of not getting glass eggs fust enough. I have sold 200 or 30U dozens in Maine, and have about as many more ready to ship. As for Rhode In land, I haven't tried that market any to speak of. I find my eggs sell ver: well right here. People waut them as curiosities. II a man is on a train he can just reach into his gripsack, take; Ait au egg in his banakerchier. put m it his straw, and pull away without at tracting notice. Drummers and others who have used my eggs say it is much better than to drink out of a bottle. It doesn't draw any attention. " ben the glass factory with which . I have a contract starts up again I shall push my business for all that it is worth. It ls not illegal. The fact that I sell them for 11 a dozen is enough to mow they are n at eggs. Safari have not sold them as eggs to any one. A man orders so many dozeus of me and tells me to ship them in egg cases. I lend them as he directs bis address, and that is all there is to lt So long as I have got a license to sell liquors at i wholesale I don't see what they are going to do about it If an officer in Maiue or Rhode Island finds they are not eggs, but liquor, he can seize the proierty just the same as if it were in barrels or bottles. But that do:sn't trouble me any. I sell my liquor in Boston, where I have a license. If they can find anything wrong about it I :ave vet to learn where it is.' Order and Xeatnce Mothers, ir you have any com miseration for the future mothers of your blessed grand-chiidren, if you would have those unborn darlings grow up In an atmosphere of purity and do mestic tranquility, take your boys m band at once and train them to such habits of neatness and order, that ttio. e habits will become as second nature to them, as they do to your girls. In your laws of order, tuake no distinction on lbs score of sex. Teach your boys to love neatnss for neatness' sake; teach them that it is not beneath their manly dignity to know the place for each article, and put it there when done with it Tach them that when making a change of toilet, they must not leave the wash basin in the middle of the room, the towel flung over a chair, combs, brushes, soap aud blacking scattered indiscriminately, and eaoh discarded article of apparel occupplng as many different place. Teach them the nse of a door mat ; and, if they must indulge the manly vices of chewing and smoking. Insist that they shall practice these vices with all the delicacy that the nature of the case nrlll Qilmif Offensive habits become doubly disgusting when indulged ia a ' coarse and offensive manner. Teach your boys all this, and future daughter-in-laws will rise and call you blessed; for it Is likely that what a man learns to be in his mother's house, he will continue to be in the house of his wife. Of coarse some of the above applies ' to girls also, but girls with neat moth era are apt to grow up the same, through the mediums of example and Imitation. J The "Devil's laeaT of Java. ; ! At Timor, near the island of Java, there is a Dlant called the devil's leaf. ! whose petals, being of a thorny nature, possess a fatal sting when penetrating ting the flesh. I once met a gentleman m Honolulu who had been stung by this plant and barely escaped death.and who had great raw sore like tbat some times made by the stingray of southern Pacific waters on his left arm. He al luded to it facetiously as his strawberry mark, and said he thought he should pose as the long lost brother a term often thrown at us with other "chest nts" from the minstrel show. PEXIXSUTal SfPEItSTITION. Prevalent in Lower Delaware andla PartK of Maryland, A Washington D. C, dispatch says: "A belief in the supernatural and In the forecasting of events by and signilica-tion-ot signs and omens is not, and is generally supposed, restricted entirely to the negro race cf the Maryland and Delaware peninsula. Superstition is prevalent to a considerable degree among the whites, and it is a curious fact that in many families where wealth mil intelligence predominate and impli cit llier is placed in signs ami tokens and what they portend. They are sin cere in this belief, and will cite nnmer aus instances where a mysterious knock upon the door, the startling rattling of a wiudow-sash when the air was calm and serene, or the dismal howling of a dog have been followed by 'bad luck, to gie apparent strength to it. Among the white laloring classes superstition holds their minds with a wouderful iover. Any strange phe nomena iu the heavens, any abnormal condition of the weather or any unusual commotion on land or on sea, each have their own special significance, and while they al! exercise an undue influence upon the minds of these people, each one formulates his or her own opinion aud draw his or her own personal con clusions as to tho probable sequence of thee signs. A lady, venerable in years, promiinnt iu .society, living in affluence md residing in a Marvlaud town, once dismissed a most dear and intimate ac quaintance with a severe reprimand for trenching on her ideas with regard to this belief. The subject of superstition was under discussion and a large circle of friends were present. This lady friend was ridiculing such lelief ns pre posterous and ignorant, and It was com mented upon adversely by several other members of the companv. But the hostess vas invulnerable to their attacks and humorous puns, and giKRl-nutured- ly rebutted them by several incidents which occurred which were in fresh recollection bv all present and incident ally mentioned her horror of a person looking over her shoulder while she was standing Itefore a Iwking-glass. The evening wore on, and when the compa ny was about to disterse the hostess arose to arrange her hair before a snuill toilet looking-glass. Her friend came up behind her suddenly and peered over her shoulder. A remarkable tableau ensued. With blanched features, the hostess threw up her hands, and, witli a wild shriek, fell swooning to the floor. The proper restoratives were resorted to, and when she recovered conscious ness she arose to her feet, nervous and timorous. Pointing her tinker at her heretofore bosom friend, she said, in a linn, determined voice: I "We are friends no more. Go!" Expostulation was utterly useless: , she would listen to no cp!anation. and ' with a wounded heart and her face I Lathed in tears, the lady tok her ile- parture. iius occurred twenty veins ' aiio. They have never exchanged woU ;sinci. 15y a strange coiuritleiict f cir ! uuistani-es a month or i afterward intelligence of the death of the only Ibrother of the hostess, who was in In- !U;a. was received. On the fir t day of the new year the negro Ls debarred the privilege of enter ing a white iei son's house, :is their presence us regarded as an omen of had luck throughout the entire vear. Woe ,Ie to any person with a Mack skin who erisses the thre-liold of a white man's house on the first day of the new year. ' A negro man camo near pnying the l penalty of his forgetfulnos in this re- ?Ie(-t w ith his life. He started in the ' gate of a house and was advancing to ward the door, when lie was confronted by the resolute and angry occiii:iiit, who stood ready to receive him with a wood-ax. The frightened negro sud denly collected his senses, and remem bering the day, turned to flee. -Ts he did so the ax was buried after him and went whizzing over his head, the heave knocking off his hat. Then; is to-day living in Lower Dela ware an old gentleman, once conspicn ous in public life, who constantly keeps his gun charged with the old-fashioned three-cent pieces, who 1ms an ex la-it belief in their virtue to destroy the power of negro conjurers when lint! at them. There are several more who keep their revolvers loaded with Hie same metal for the same purpose. Why . the annihilating qualities of silver are : more superior to lead or gold, they are unable to explain. Yet they are pro ' foundry sincere in their belief that a volley of the jingling metal fired at, not into," the body of a conjurer, will dis- QrJ.ce tiw inrtiFDriiilK mvpr n?nl nrPVPIlt him from committing harm. ' Suierstition in the negro is proverbial. e can easily understand tiuit the root from which springs his absurd ideas is ignorance. But why it should hold men and women of brilliaut minds and of high social distinction in its grasp is a psychological question we. cannot answer. ! In some parts of Maryland the ieoplt will not have the house leek, a small green plant bearing a pink flower, upon their premises. This plant Mooms, ac- cording to their theory, but once in seven years, and should one of them be in or near the house at the lime of blooming, wheu the tiny bud begins to develop some one will be taken sick, and as it continues to expand they will : .. . 1 ; i..,- i.f., . ... 1 I uuisr, nun n lieu lb iidi uit'iiiieu into the perfect flower they will die. j Another superstition cliaraeteristic of ' tins ostracised plant is that so long as any one carries a leaf about with them adversity will be at their heels. ! There are countless numbers of signs and omens of ill-luck, sickness, death, disappointment etc., that makes a t-u- j rious and interesting category. The howling of a dog is a sure sign of death, and when throwing your shoes on the floor, should they turn upside down the grim specter will claim some member of the family ere the year has iassed. 1 lie dropping of the dish-rag foretells the coming of a stranger; U meet a funeral ' on the street is au in omen, and many will go squares out of tlieir way to avoid meeting an approaching cortege; to g, oul Ul w "UU3,! iuisohius mmui- simple article, have to return for it pre- sages disappointment, and you must sit down and cross your legs if yon would dissolve the spell and lie successful in vour errand. These and many other e iual!y absurd notions are prevalent among ine people oi me lower peninsula. and it seems as though the advancing ' element of enlightened civilization and intelligence will never be able to destroy tkem. A woman of Jefferson county, Georgia, who confesses to a murder, has bad a disagreeing Jury, and it is thought impossible to conv let her. It is believed that she assumes the crime to shield the troe murderer. NEWS IX BRIEF- Gothamites are said to consume six million barrels of beer every year. The heads of 17 Apaches are pre served in a museum In an Arizona town. One Australian fanner has shot, trapped and poisoned 13.000 rabbits la the last year. The people of Greenfield, Ind., have made up a puise of $1,300 with which to drill for gas. Women are now employed as ticket agents at the stations on tba Staten Island railroad. A farmer at Batavia.N. Y.,Ss said to have devoured thirteen dozen of clams during one day. Ex-Prer;deut Arthur was a mem ber of the Thirteen Club of New York, and was the first to die. The largest library in the world is the Imperial at Paris, which contains over 2.000.000 volumes. In the library at the British Muse um there are over thirty-two miles of shelves filled with books. A party of southern capitalists are talkiug of establishing a beef-canning factory at New Orleans, La. Brick Pomeroy writes from London that English capitalists are spoiling tc tunnel the Rocky mountains. At Somerville. Mass., a woman has contributed SiW.W.0 dollars Tor estab lishing a home for aged women. Rhode Island owes its came to Is! of Rhodes (Rises) mthe Mediterranean sea, which it is said to resemble. The number of daily newspapers in the United States is over l.'iOO, with an aggregate circulation of 4,800,000. Sig. Camimi, a Venetian, is credit ed with the ability to speak and write ninety six languages and dialects. II Peter Jenkins, of Buffalo, re cently made ten wills. After his death all cf tl.cm were offered for probate. Louisville's colored fair is said to be a great success, being visited by the white pe, p!e as much as the Ethiopians. One of Cincinnati's chief industries i the manufacturing or lead, fifteen million p junds of which are made every year. AH the curiosities in the Chateau of Laugeais, in Touraine, France, have len sold- A single statuette brought ?i2jij. Harvard College has 1,077 students this winter, against l.Ot'iS last year, while the university has 1 ,0S3 students, against 1 A new coloring m nature Is the "toboggan complexion," consisting of deep red on the cheeks and carmine on the ears ami nose. Out of the twenty-six Baron3 who signed the Magna Cliarta, only three could write their names. The remain der made their mark. The 59,000 tons of soot which are taken out of Loudon chimneys each year are used for fertilizing purposes, and ic Talued at fli XJ.OVO. The river from which Connecticut Is t amed was known to the Indians as "Cjinn tticut,'' which interpeted means "jt t'ie lorg river." A Barllett, (N II.) man crawled under his house to make repairs, but got wedged in so thut the neighbors had to cut a hole in the Poor to release him. The number of divorces per 1,000 marriages, is 4 in London, 10 in Berlin, 15 in Munich, 23 in Vienna, 25 in Paris, 7o in Boston, aud 223 in -San Francisco. A visit to the sewers of Paris, was a feature of a press festival recently held In that city. Five hundred persons availed themselves of the singular pro gramme. Two women ia Connecticut Lucy Luther, at Hadlyme, aad Elizabeth Buck, at Wethersfield celebrated then 103 birthday anniversaries within a few days aat. Isaac Murphy, the colored Ameri can jockey, is the nearest approach we have to Fred Archer, his annual earn ings being placed at from fl'UKX) to $15,000. The Plonk family in Lincolnton, N. C, is long-lived. Joseph is now 9S years old; his sister, Mrs. Tetbrow, ls 100 years, and Mrs. Weaver, another sister, is 1U2 years of age. The Crst recorded coal mine ia America was situated near Ottawa, II!., being discovered aud opened in l'jtiO. It is estimated that the state contains one-seventh of all known coal in North America. The word "California" Crst occur red in a novel entitled "Las Sergas de Esplandinn," published in 1510, and the name was first giveu to this coun try by Bernal D.az Costello, who served under Cortex. At the Presidential election of 1SS4, out of a vtng population of 13,7t2,S9 only 10.0.310 voted, while 3,754,473, or 27 per cent, did not vote. The greatest percentage of non-voters was oi per cent. In Rhode Island and .South Carolina; the smallest, 7 per cent, in udiana. Of ninety-two red-wood trees in Calaveras Grove, California, ten are over thirty feet in diameter, and eighty two have a diameter of from fifteen to thirty feet. Their aees are estimated from 1,H) to 3 500 years. Their height ranges from 150 to 237 feet. An Iowa railroad conductor who found a pocketbook containing $250 and hunted up the owner, who proved to be au aged granger and his wife, was met with this remark from the old lady: "It was a good thing some one seen you pick it up or we never would have got it again. -1 water-proof paint for stone etc, is prepared by fusing equal arts of alu nvnum palmitate and colophony, or mixing aluminum palmitate with wax and dissolving in soda and water. A solution resembling soap is formed, which ciin be used with advantage for well-paintiug and the like. After the paint is dry it is washed with a weak solution of aluminum to render it is soluble. D: P. P. iK'c.r'Uix maintains that the electric light contains rays which are hurtful to vegetation, bus these; he says, can he held lutu by transparent g!as3. Ti:e light itself, he finds, con tains enough of the rays useful to vege tilion lo maintain the life of plants for t wo m iiuiis and a hair, but the quanti ly of fuvon.h'e rays is too small to bring croi to a condition of maturity. "a fat woman entered a crcwded street car and, seizing the strap, stood on a gentleman's toes. As soon a he could extricate himself be aross an l offered her his seat." " Von are very kind, sir," she said. "Not at all, madam," he repliedi "it's not klndorss, it's r?U defense." ) A
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