i B. F. SOHWEIER, THE OONSTITOTION-THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS. Editor and Propria tor. VOL. XLVI. MIFFLINTOWN. JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 2S. 1892. NO. 41. 54 A VtCHTAELE POETRY. tMian f-inn" f"'n "Or Viretn'a ; firs rV ' uS I1'""' SritlnU; rnchliran.. l. w .-r- inn on the earth To iutn In.ll i tri.-ceili.-irl.lito. Ral v it.-l l Miner-, e ay .mil Mil. flint ci nib u;. i your it.inien wall i d,e lu! sit-"' :lM ;,r 1 In Soii'D Air.erici. Her-- (,.,m I imoii'oh inivpn-.i lu-r from Spain, 4.e ieK fro'ii -wit7-rund ea.m A,-;ic inm -vcUy .-hi-On. -I -pi :c ! I" ' S-ru k'ruW'.. jV t m.irnl J'-.'r- an or inure, ir.;i' if"' 1 1 : 1. .K -.cut nVr: i'n.l - " I-iirnpe'-i sea-col"! SUora, Bci n "" n r, t - a li "f Fin-'P- -avi it claim vi teni". t. it if tr -m Kiiypt fame. Tur rii-it-hf. li thin .urn -itout, Nit v ' M l',na -lrt 1,0 tlttllTt ; VUT tui i'i crttT'it' and --a kale. M tli rl-rv, -i i ri-p ami pale, A it l ; M u- r ff mi own fair Kind ; Ami f iiiu'' Bonillv tnlic, , 'ii iL 'T p-'t i nii-int well describe Arf a ' "' -- I iin-l'' 'land. A MISTAKE THROUGHOUT. Mr. MrU'iiiai Coldlemau was a Diuki-r iu ilit c.fy, aii I like many other Winier, Ii- wm p as;ssed of a small b,use a;i garden m one of the outlying suburb in to-vns, to which he was wont t-. retire when his day's work was over. He was, in short, a plain, ewry-day merchant, about thirty years old, and bv no means 1 ickiiig Iu niaaly dignity kali J(0 "l loo'ss. Mr. Matthias C'oddlem.in certainly -,-euied to be a verv matter-of-fact and gcoJ young man. for lie regularly at tended tj his Imslne.is, and was, rnore-ov-r, tlie superintendent of a Sunday K-bool in tin town where he lived. He was nevertheless possessed of a romance, and a very substantial romance It was, weighing, 1 should tliiDk, nearly two hundred pound?; for Mr. Matthias was nurrled ruau. This is how it came about. Some two 5 ear before the, time at which 1 write, he hal taken his summer out in? at nne of the jmpulnr seaside res-jit, grid there had lu.-t for the first time the future Mrs. Co.ldletnan. Etta Sayle-, gs ilie was then, was a plump and preity nial.len, undar the charge of an old aunt, her father lieintr dtad, and ber nioi tier and only sister in Kurope. Ktia's aunt had but one failing, a id tUt wa the the I'atationian savages. O.i leirtiiiij of the deeply religious na ture of Mr. Matthias, this estimable (tentlewouiaii pounced upon him forth with: and so much was ehe Interested iu dcus-iiifr wltu him plans for the cuiiversinn of these heatiieus, that she lien eived the conversion of Klta, as alfe leil by 1 ive and Mr. Codiileman, t.li It us too late. A Mrs. Savle.s win ft great Invalid sill bad trone t ) Europe for her health, II seime l nselesi tj wait for her return Sj idi r nru h letter-.vritliig and ais cuss uii, It was decided that the yonnir cnupie .ihutild be married, and they vere t'.c very next ?prlng. I:.tr tad now been man and wifefor mure tl in a year, and thus far nothl itf Dad o L-urred to mar t!ieir traiiiuili;ty. Iiidee l, theTd was no reason why f it re annul-, for Mrs. M.tihias blieved her hub u.'l to be perf-jctiou, and Mr. Mat-tb'.a-. iclurued the compiiiueut. Ills wife, in l'-e f , almost mer ted that be lief, for she h it hut two fa l.nsrs; one a f tiliiu of eye-si-i'iit. and the other a most inordinately jealous disposi ion. Of the Qrst of these failings her hus band ji aware; of the second te knew noth nir, because he was ancli n thoroii.bly (? oJ young man that even bis nloua wife could !lnd nothinj; to carp :it. J he day of the tenth of July, 1S75. was no'.el for two things: the arrival of Mr. C'Hl lletLi,ins sis.er-iu-law from Europe and the arrival of thegreen-eyeJ itonster, jealousy, in his household. Shortly before the time of which I write, Mrs. bayles had died abroad, and ber daughter was now returning to live with ber married sister. The day la que-tion opened auspiciously enough, for, though sultry, it was very beauti ful. As Mr. ard Mrs. Coddleman rode into town that morning, he to his busi ness and she to meet her sister, no pair of turtle dovei could have been more devr.ted before the train had pro ceeded far on Its way, however, an accident ocvurre 1 to n-rtie the om pure of Mrs. Matthias, and tH3 was the lus of her glasse. "Oh. Mat:!" she cried, when she had discovered the fact, "I hive left my glasses behiii I me at home; what shall I do? Why, i should not know my sliter without them unless she was wltbiu three feet of me." "Well, my love,'' replied be, it stiiies me that you can't Und ber without them, and can't go back to get them, the bt-st thing will be for you to wait at the s'.ation and let her flud you." His wife screed with him In tlila.and o tlie natter ended. All through the heat of the day Mr. Codd'eman toiled at his desk, stopping occasionally to wonder how h9 should like lis s;9!er-it.-law, whom he had never met, and whether she had yet found hi? wife. When four o'clock eitD he arose froai his work and scuht the railwav station wirh joy. AH the trouble frooa that unfortunate "fternoon aros- from his extravagance, fo-as he kntw that the common car would be both hot and crowded, he determined to treat himself to the lux ury of a drawing-room seat-. tnt; ring the first of the coaches he 'und it full, and passing through It, secured one ol the two renaming chairs tnthe forward car. He Had scarcely ettled birr self: wnen, just as fie train tarted, the porter Bhmved a lady, l ideu w-th many bngs und bundles to the e-UBeat j,Ht tllen tbo car KftVe a wch, and before she comd seatherjeir, wbajgage flew in every direction. tte porter had meanwhile disappear i Matthias came to the rescue and collected ber scattered belongings. " bo kind of you,'' she murmured, as . f;ink hack lu. her seat with a sigh of comfort. "Not at all, ': i,c replied, "but you could Lave some one to assist vou with 't-e-e bundles they are too heavy for youtocirry." "f,'l'exl0-'nff some ons to h lp returned, "but was. dbap POiBted.'' Atter a moment she cou 'inue i, "I jo 1)0t ,.,low tuls part of the lountty, an 1 if i would not be asking f mucl 1 should be so much obliged ", " W0lllJ 've me some luformatiou aoout reachiiut my destination. " e h.uitened to assure her that, far roi-s being H trouble, he should esteem I ftreat ''"nor to be of any service to er, and l-em-ed that she would tell him Where she w as ROlw. Ll ' l" ' "ure-" sl'e replied, "the ii, 181 dec'are 1 have forgittsn Hut I have It on a card in "J pocket-book, which is in my little no, not tint, n,,, i..v..i UD a -.,,.7, 3 lie pioncu n!... a travfilhSf casp, "th one you. Ah, thaoits Why!" she btr. ' e 0lllea ' the card is not after an, i muw have ,0Jt ,tJ but wa itajoij tae name, X guess. L me see, BellBell-Bellvme; that's' it, I think. In taere such a plaoe?' Mr. Coddleman said that there WW aud told her. rurtheimore, that she must change at the next station, and that be himself would put bBr on the other train. Mr. Coddleman waa by nature re tiring, but the lonely position of the lady and her trust in hlji inspired him with the Idea that he must make him self agreeable; in which hj succeeded so well that it seemed but a moment before t'ie juaction wasre-achad. "Oh, really f.uia is too mucu!" she expostulated, as he loidad hlmielf with ber baggage; "I cau't think of allow ing you to carryall oC it" "ionotspe.tk of it, madam; it it nothing at all," ha panted, from be neath his load of r;gs and shawl straps. They bad crossed the station and boarded the oJier train, when Mr. Coddleman, happsuing to turn, saw bis wife standing on the platform of the car be had just lert, with a hard, coll look oa her face that boled no good or him. He waa aghast; she had seen part but not all, and evideutly thought be was going off with a strange woman. He must hasten back to explain her mlstaae. But lirst he must eel rid oi his load and likewise cf the lady. He there'ore hurried after ber, found ber a seat and excused himself as quickly as possible; but before he could leave the train it was in motion; and by the time he reached the platform it was moving at a goad rate of speed. Mr. Coddleman was inclined to be stout, and, moreover, was much flur ried, and this fact, coupled with an absolute Ignorance of the laws of mov ing bodies, may account for bis Jump ing with both feet together, and in the opposite direction from which the train was moving. The result of this manoeuvre was a complicated series of somersaults, which landed him in a heap on the floor of the station; from which he g ithered himself up just in ti-ue to see bis own train disappear in t le distance. This involved a three hours- wait, during which he meditated on the events of the afternoon and the reception that awaited him at borne. It was aftjr ten at nig'it when he at last, weary and worn, reached bis bouse. It took him a little while to summon up courage to enter. In the parlor sat his wire, bolt up right In a chair by the table, reading the family Bible an ominous sign. "My dear," he faltered, in bis m-tkest tones, "I mlfsjd my train, aud have just arrived. 1 trust yoi nave not been worrying about me." Mrs. Coddleman on his entranct slowly closed the Bible, laid It on th table, folded ber hands before her, aud waited. M itibias began to get nervous. "Has has not your sister come, my love,' he a.skel hesitatingly. 'Wretch!" returnei his Bpouse, and dissolved into lers. "What is the matter, my angel?" he inquired, iu a Valu attempt to appear at ease. "Monsterl" she ejaculated, ana swept by him, out of the room and nr. stairs, and this was tbd extent of then conversation that night. By personal observation he discovered that her sister had not yet arrived, but of the circumstances be could learn nothing. At breakfast the next morning, Mrv Crvldlemau wore the expression or a martyr undergoli.g torture; she poured t ie coffee with a Christian resignation beautiful to see, and the manner in which she pased her husband the butter would have brought tears to the eves of the most hard-hearted. Mr. C ddleman determined to make a bold break, and summoning up all bis cour age, addressed his wife. "My dear,' be said, "I fear you din not rightly understand the event ol yesterday; in short; that " "Xo explanation can avail, Matthias; I raw It aiL" "Saw all what my love?" "Do not attempt to deny it. I fttw you when you passe 1 through the rear car, though you did not see me; I followed you lu'o the front one to speak to you, and saw yon meet that odious woman by appointment, I've no douot. 1 aw you devote yourself to ber, and fiua'ly go off with her, I don't know where. It is well for her that I was without my glasses, and could not see ber to Knew ber again, or" J ust at this moment a carriage laden with trunks drove np to the door. "There -s your sister, my love," said Matthias. "For Heaven s sake don't let's bave a family row just as she is arriving." "Coward!'' replied bis wife, sjorn fully, and left the room. Mr. Coddleman groaned, and await ed results in the dining-room. He now heard the voice of his sister-in-law in the hall; it sounded strangely familiar to him. "My darllDg, what a happiness this is!'' she cried. "I thought I should never get bere, for I could not find you at the station, and one of the stupidest men you ever saw offered to help me, and put me on the wrong train, and sent me off ever so far. I got the name of your town mixed up to be sure, and told blm I wanted to go to Bellvllle instead of Bellmont; but he ought to have known, even it I didn't; men are so dull why, that's the very man!" she gasped, as she entered the dining room. "Who is her" "That,'" replied Mrs. Matthias, smil ing tor the first time that day a smile in which surprise and relief were curiously mingled "that is my bus-band." B.ches do not insure wealth. Some ordinary bouse fties which tad been imprisoned in the snaft of a mine at Bangor, Cal., for a long period by ?he closing of a light well were found when the shaft was reopened, to bave turned to a clear white. A bicycle relay run between Indian aDolis Ind and Columbus, Ohio, a distance of a little less than -zOu miles, was made at an average speed from Eart to flnlah of a mile in three minutes 27j seconds, or 17.35 miles per hour. Eolls' beads of thin iron are now soldln the fancy shops in London. Tne heads are said to be well cast .and when enamelled aud finished by a handsome head of hair, a lookin if nther heavy-headed doll is Z re-fu-t. The bodies are made of kid as heretofore. Considerable aa-onishment was re cently excited in a zone of Sweden and Russia, comprising the towns of Mock bolm. lisavetgrod, Fins, Kovno a. d Petersburg, by the appearance In rt, iuSd theewntral deposit on the Iround of large clouOs of powder of a pecallar pperanca. Why Sta. Was Slulr. 11 was In California. Judge Blanfc ssked after tlinJinalth i.f a uantl. j man's wife. "She's si-si-sick," said the husband who stuttered. "I'm sorry to hear that. ot seri ous, I hope?" "She a-a-ate cucuruliers." "Great heavens. Ate eight cv, clim bers? 1 should think she would be ill," Texas Sif tings. 8wtepitakt "Well, 1 11 be durned, Tildy. I've tasted beef steaks and pig steak, but I'll swar I never see sweep steaks afore." Truth. Didn't Iare Take tlif net "How time flies!" said the fat man, who always rides down-town on the front platform of the car. The driver thought he s-ented an Invidious comparison and merely grunt.pd. "My son came of age to-day," con tinued the fat man. "I don't sup. pose I would have thought of it if he hadn't offered to bet nie lu 1 was a liar in answer to an assertion I made at the breakfast table." Exchange. Tli. Farming That I'bj. Bunker 1 see that Iiucklow, who five fiut. nf the ritv nnw has rn.irlp J quite a success of funning. Hill es, I undeistood that he M- making money from it. and I lidn't know how he managed it. Bunker Easy enoutrb. His fartu Is right off the railroad track and he got all the clothing men in town to put their ads. in his back yard. Ex change. A Bail Sign. Mrs. Vat 'Winkle Is Vourliu-baiid any better? Mrs. Von Iiluuifr 1 didn't know the man was ill. What do vuu mtan? Mrs. Van Winkle Why, he to!d my husband that the othr iiinlit while you were away the boys had beaten him out or his shirt. Clothier and Furnisher. riante Nev.r Saw it. Jinks I don't believe liatite's de scription of the inferno is correct. Winks Why not? Jinks ot one of the shades said to any other shade, "Is this hot uough for you?" New York Weekly. A I tult Tk stttiil. Employer What do you do with yxiur Saturday half holiday? Clerk Oh, 1 have a good time thinking where I would go and what fun I could have if it were a wholo holiday New York Weekly. Jmk In tue Pulpit. Logxsy How do yon like your new minister, Woggsy? Woggsy As a preacher he amount? to nix, but as a contortionist he i a howling success. Brooklyn Eagle 7f ruthful. G. W. I did It with my litt'.e Hatch It. lp to HI. Motto. Quest I have been bere a whole month and have given you nothing. "Yea, sir." 'And you bae been verv polite and attentive." "Yes, sir." "How does that liappeu?" I am living up to my motto, sir." "What's that?" "The patient waiter Is no loser." Detroit Free Press. Hard to Bear. 'ew Nurse I'm going to loavu when the week Is up, mum. Mistress Dear me! What's the matter? Sew Nurse Nease. mum, yoia jbildrcns is just gettin' the measles an' all the other nurses cuts me dead. New York Weekly. An Ro-roir. Judge Duffy I hope I shall not see you bere again. Begular Customer Not see me ncre againl Why, you ain't tfoing to resign your posisli. aie you? Texas Siftjngs. Th. K.wanl of Imlustry. Le Grand Stanned Why Is the crowd being kept back so forcibly? Klrby Stone So as to give the police a chance to see the procession, I fancy. Texas Siftings. The biggest tree in Northern Ver mont stands on the main str. et of Derby Unp. Its height by careful measurement is 102 feet. Three feet from the ground its circumference is exactly 20 feet, while at 5 feet it Is IS feet and 2 Inches. M. Dameny has taken successive photographs of he lips ff a speaker, so that on arranging them a dear mute, able to read from the matlon of the Ubs. oan understand them. TALKING BIRDS. Bow many talking birds hare we, hen?" a the exo amation of a few riends one eveni ig, our conversation having run i po i singing birds and their powers oi spsakini?. Welh I will tell yon, bavinp studied the subject a little. I Rhonld say about eight or nine possil lv, who possess the ear and power of miinicry, and imitating the voice of other birds and Bounds. But 1 bave not known all these to have pos sessed the power of speech. I should ay that gift was confined to aliotit five, beginning of course with the parrot. tSecond to that bird is certainly the myufth, or mind-bird of India, t pro fur his voice myself toibe parrot. Be is a pretty cr sture, bin color being a deep velvet black, with the exception of a mark on the bae of the qnill feathers of the wing. The bill and legs are yellow, and from the eye to the back of the head are two wattlex, of a bright yellow color. Well, as 1 a.ii i before, 1 prefer his talking powers in preference to tha well-known grey parrot, lou may doubtless have no ticed a certai hollowness abont the voice of the parrot, which, to my mind, is not ho perceptible in the tny nuh. Of course it always is so more or less with all birds, as that well-used instrument iu the human body, the tongue, does not come into play with birds at ail, so natnralists say. The voice and formation of words no donbt comes straight from the larynx, so the tongue takes no part in uttering fouuils. The vocal organs of birds aro attracted to the termination of tho trachea, or wind-pipe. There ar- four pairs, or muscles, at ta lied to the windpipe in singing and talking birds, whereas in the stork there are none, showing and a counting for the entire absence of voice iu that bird. There is a mem branous tongue at the opening of the larynx, which no doubt helps to modu late and articulate words. You may have heard of ignorant peo ple splitting the tongue of singing birds under the impression that it will give value to their notes; but 1 need scarce ly soy t hat it is a very crnel and useless practice, trom which more often than . not a bird dies. Carefully watch any talking birds, and yon will then se that the voice comes from the throat, al- j though tho Bev. J. G. Wood, in his . J rrithrrrrl friend. Bays tlie construction . of the bill and tongue and other corres- I ponding organs of the parrot, is very enr- , ions, as it is that construction, together , with its implanted imitative instinct, , which enables it to give ntterance to artimilnte sonuds. 1'be reoonnncs of human sounds is produced by the hoi- . low construction of the beak, and the thick fleshy tongue gives its aid in the formation of consonants. . Bnt naturalists say the tongue has nothing whatever to do with it, so at present we trust to their knowledge as I think they have settled the ques tion. Many are the interesting anecdotes one naturally bears in couversation with tbose who take io'erest in -onr dear little feutheied friends. But I should like to ceo oar Utile birds bet ter understood. People like them and pet them, but don't study them. 1 am ' often astonished at the ignorance of some folks with the advantages we have now in natural history literature. My esteemed friend Mr. Wolf, the well-known animal painter, tells me it is not so in Ger many. He sa,s people there are much more onlihtouod regarding ornith ological r.tady, and even at the small-i -3ht cottage door yon will see little boys teaching their bullrinches to pipe. 1 often have a deliRhtful evening with Mr. Wolf, and many are the pleasant stories be has to telL He possessed i one little jackdaw who could imitate 1 any sound that was repeated a lew times within his hearing. For instance, when he got np from his easel to see to . hia lire in his stove, he had a habit of I tapping his pipe upon it, to clear it before charging it again, when the echo of the sound was sure to come from some corner of the studio, where Al aster Jack would sit watching his master. Of course, jackkaw-like. he got into all sorts o mischief; but when taught young they will learn a great deal, although they are not the best talkers of the crow tribe. It has often struck me as odd that the power of speech should be confined to a few small birds, when Sally, the ape that used to charm ns at the Zoo logical Sooiety's Hardens, had been tanght to count as fat as ton by pick ing a de-tred number of straws from the bed she sat on, and could distin guish the difference between a little piece of apple and a big piece. Wben , told to take the smaller, she conld do so without a moment's hesitation. Why, that is clearly understanding. : Vet not a word could she ntter or be i taught, although she appeared to learn anything else readily enough. I Now the little jaokdaw, with all his , impudent cleverness, has no snoh great ! reasoning power, 'the late Rev. J. G ' Wood gives an instance of this in his Anecdotes of Bird. A jackdaw he was watching was carrying a long stick to his nest in the hollow of an oak tree. I Well, he held by his bill in the middle, I bnt could not get it through, and he had not the sense to take it at one end and try again, bnt, after a number of ineffectual efforts, gave it np, qnite ex hausted and went for another, perhaps with the same result, except by acci dent he mi;; ht have been sncccsaful. So we must, acocpt things as they are, as it is intended no donbt for the best. I have given a few sketches of birds that I have known the two mynahs, one of whiob is unfortunately dead; but the one still living can be seen any day, and he will afford a great deal of amusement to all those who wonld like to hear him. He will prob ably address yon by "Who are you?" "What do you want?" "How are yon?" "Good mornicg. Pollyl" "Be quieti" "All right!" etc His words are qnite distinct, and nttered qnite humorously. And then, perhaps, if you should be nnfortnnate enough to have a cough, he will mimic you. 1 recollect an old gentleman once came into the house while I was there sketching, and I was very much amused to see his face when j he heard somebody addressing him, as ' be thought "Hallo! ho are you? He thought I was speaking to him, as I was apparently the only person in the house. So I pointed oat to him from whence the voice came, and he ap proached the cage and began to laugh at the comic birds, and they mimicked him: so for a moment or two it was a laughing match. And he told me he had never seen or heard the like never knew any bird could talk but a parrot. So it is with many, who ap pear to go through life with their eyes and ears closed. The sketch of raven and monkey In fact, a ventriloquist cultivates his voice, and uses It in mucb tbe same mny as a bird peaking- straight from ihs larynx, u tni tbe tongue but little. Wbac wonderful veutrilo auiati birds would make. illustrates an amnsing Incident I heard of a raven belonging to the Rajah Da leep Sing. He had beautiful place, where he kept many animals and birds. Well, this raven wonld worry a monkey that used to be chained np in the yard all tne sumxer-time in this way. Whenever he got anything he thought the monkey would like, he r.sjd to pat it down within an inch or two of his reach, then say, "Get itl" when Maater Jacko wonld make an ineffectual effort to get at it and then retire. Master Kaven wonld thon pnt it an inch near er, and say "Try again!" This kind of thing went on until they fell oat, and had a regular tight, the poor monkey almost invariably getting the worst of it. Ravens are excellent talkers. 1 heard a very good story the other day about this intelligent bird. It appears he had tbe run of a large park, where a number of rooks and crows and daws nsed to assemble ronnd bim. When there was a sutHoiently large crowd to suit his purpose, cur friend the raven wonld suddenly bawl, "Hallo!" Tbe sound of the human voice among them naturally terrified these wary birds. and sent them off in every direction, to tne complete gratification of tne raven, who tbeu had the field to himself. 1 have made a littlo sketch of a mythical story I read some yeare ago winch is worth recording of Apollo and tbe raven. In the olden days, when Apollo had entered into the first state of his perpet ual youth, he chose his favorite bird. Jupiter, his father, took the eagle; Minerva, his sister, took the owl; Juno, his stepmother, chose the pea cock; Venus, preferred the dove; he himself the raven. Ia those days the raven was one of the most beautiful of birds, for its plumage was as white as snow, its b;ak was rosy pink, its eyes were blue, and its voue surpassed the nightingale in melody. There was on earth a grove sacred to Apollo. Tbe trees were vines, and figs und roses stretched themselves up their trunks, and, bending over, form ed aa arbor, in the midst of which the fountain Helicon sparkled. It so felt ont that Apollo thirsted for the waters of his own sacred fountain ;so he called the raven to him, and, giving tbe bird his cap, bade him descend to the earth and bring him some of tbe cool water, Tbe raven took the enp and sought the fonntain. Now, the raven was a verv vain bird, and if he had been formerly proud of his looks and voice, he was ten times prouder since he hid been the favorite of Apollo. So he stood at the edge of tne fountain admiring his beauty, and then burnt into song, extolling him self and his patron. Then he thought he wonld refresh himself with the fruit; bnt it was not quite ripe, and, after tasting several bunobes of grapes and some tigs, he determined to wait until the morning, when they might be ripened. In fine, he idled away bis time, nntil he remembered he had been absent for several days. So be filled the cup, oad, seeing a brilliant serpent gliding tu i.iu -.-r-w, seized it in Ilia beak aud carried it with him. He came before Apollo, and made the excuse that he bad found a serpent polluting the t-acred waters, anu that he had just vanquished it utter a com' at of seven days. But Apollo seized the lying bird and hurled him to the earth. He flew immediately to contemplate him-s-jlf at the fountain; but the first glance revealed black plumage, and when he uttered an exclamation of horror, his voice had lost ajl its melody. A very amusing bird is the piping crow, the one 1 speak of Has evident ly been brought up in the poultry yard, for he imitates and mimics the fowls, and the crow of the old barn door cook. But these birds do not ap pear to catch hold of the human voice so well, although they correctly imitate any sonnd. Master Magpie, you see, is np to his usnal tricks, always attracted by an ir resistible desire to eteal anything that looks bright and alittenng. But he is also an excellent talker, and a very amusing bird. The title of tne bird is a componnd of "mag" and "pie," the latter being the primary name and the former added. 1 suppose we get the word "pie" from the word "pica," or from tbe ancient British name "piogen," and the syllable "mag" is aa probably addr4 on account of tbe chattering propensities of this individ ual; for the word "mag" isnsedin many parts of England to signify an amusing talk; so that tbe whole word simply means "chattering pie," which, it mast be admitted, is quite appropriate. Home people fanoy that the bird is called a pie on acoonnt of its pied col or; but that is a question, as magpies were known long before colors were mixed. Shakspeare called the bird a "magot-pie,"frcm wnich magpte may possibly ie derived. Magot in French signifies "monkey;" and as he is a very monkey among birds, it is a very ap propriate name. Master Jackdaw is tanning away with a spoon, which he does not appear at all anxious to give up. He only ejacuj lates, "What for?" when remonstrated with. In the sketch of the two mycah birds, one is saying "How are yon?" the other coughing. Now we come to the starling. I think there are very few of our readers who know what powers this very pretty little bird has. He belongs to the crow tribe, of which he is the smallest resident here. They are great favor ites with fanciers, and when taken yoang.can learn anything. If taken from the nest, yon can bring them np well on a little bread and milk and a few mealworms; and as to their ills, why, they have scarcely any, as the crow tribe do not have any of the ail ments that singing bir.j usually suffer with. But of coarse for all such mat ers there are plenty of excellent books to refer to upon the management and treatment of cage birds. Naturally, my only jbject tn this little sketch is to open up a subject which I have not seen treated before, and which must be of interest to many of my read ers. Our sketch represents Master Star ling sitting on the tack of his mistress's chair, evidently very much interested in the tea-table talk going on, and putting in a word or two to keep np the conversation when it flags a little, as 1 haveoften seen him do at my friend's bonse. The grey parrot wo must say some thing about, although of course he is a well known talker, and many are the quaint stories told about him. He is represented as laying down the law to the piping crow. Mr. Crow, in reply, is simply crowing. I conld give yon many interesting anecdotes concerning these birds, but space will not allow. W hat I want yon, mv good readers, to do, is, to study these biuls for yourselves, and I am sure they will amply repay you for any trouble you may take; and there are plenty of bird-fanciers who willprocnre you any bird von may want. Of course the mynsh is more expensive as it is a native of India, and especially as you naturally want yonng birds. Old birds aie slower to learn, i and never speak so well as when taught from the nest. A. T. Klwes. j COLUMBUS' FLEET. In. Sitlu Maria AllKdj Built and Inn I er to Be Constructed. j The Santa Maria, which took pari' In tbe Spanish celebration of the J 400th anniversary of the departure ; of Columbus for America, at Palos, Spain, is supposed to be an exact re- COLUMBUS SHIP P1NTA. production of the Santa Maria of Columbus' fleet. The vessel was launched at Caraca, Spain, June I'll, 1892. Her length over all is 29.10 meters. The length between the perpendiculars is 26.80 meters; the extreme beam, 9.86 meters. The weight of tbe hull is 187 tons. There are five decks, a mainmast, foremast, tuizi-enmast, and bows-prit. The armament consists of six falcon ets and two lomhards. The lombards are on the main deck. The expense of building the Santa Maria was iiorne by the Spani-.h Government. Reproductions are to be made of tbe other two vessel of Columbus' fWt, the Pinta and the Sail Juan. They are being constructed at Caraca by a joint committee of Spanish and United States officials. The expense 4. COPT OF COLUUBCS' SHI- SATA MAill RECK.NTLT BUILT IS SPAIN. of building these two vessels will be borne by the United States Government- As soon as the other vessels are completed It is expected that they will start for America, arriving in New York to take part in the Co lumbian celctration. After that celebration tho vessels will sail by the way of the St. Lawrence River and the lakes to Chicago, where they will constitute a feature of the Co lumbian Exp jsitiou. A Juggler'" Trick. The wonderful feats of East Indian Jugglers have formed the theme of many a letter from travelers In the Orient, but none are more surrisin than that for w hich an old sea dog, now lying at the water front, vouch es. While he was an officer on board the P. and O. steamers, two natives came aboard at Madras, he says. They were a juggler and his assist ant. After they had performed a number of minor feats and gathered quite a crowd around them, they called for a sack and a piece of sai' cloth. These having been provided, the chief juggler made a small, tent-like structure with the canvas and some j stools. He then placed his assistant In the sack und allowed a sailor to tie the knot which bound blm a fast prisoner. This done, the chief car ried the sack Into an open space, warning the people to stand back some distance, and theu carried on an animated conversation with bis assistant, whose replies could be dis tinctly heard coming from the sack. Suddenly the chief rushed forward, picked up tbe sack and dumped it overboard, where, to the horror of the passengers and crew, it sank ou of sight. Immediately the captain rushed forward and seized the man, under the full belief that he had murdered his companion, but the juggler only smiled, and, pointing to the canvas, asked that It be raised. This was done and tbe supposed drowned man was discovered squatting on the deck. So realistic had been the throwing overboard, however, that it was some time before the surprised passengers could realize that a murder bad not been committed. San Francisco Call H. Proud th. Button. A resident of Riverside, Cal., owns a lazy horse. He fixed up a battery In a buggy to give the animal ao electric shock occasionally instead of , using a whip. He was to press the button with his foot, aud the elec- j tricity was to do the rest. At tha first pressure, however, the horse kicked the carriage so bard that some portions of It hare not .come down yet j Streator Ha Slvals. I A corporal, not long ago, seeing a recruit iu the ranks with long and unkempt hair, at one knocked the fellow dow n and asked what be meant by appearing with untrimmed locks. Then he had kerosene oil poured on tbe private's bead and a lighted match applied. It is gratifying to be able to add that this happened la Austria, not in Pennsylvania. Rllroad. Art Increasing. Statistics recently compiled show that about 1,200 miles of new rail road were built In this country dur ing tUe first six months of this year. A silver dime of 1804 is worth H. of 1797, U00 and 1s j2 3, and of 1784 I2.5U Silver half dimes of 1S02 will fetch $30 each, and a value froi XI to $3 attaches to these coins of the Issues of 1794, 1799, 178?, 1801, 1805 and 1318. WONDERFUL ST. PETERSBUSO, A. 8hi Throinjh tn Ey.. or m Famou American CorrespondenW I wish I could give you a stereoptl cou view of St. Petersburg, writes Frank G. Carpenter. It Is one of the queerest, one of the fastest, oue of the gayest, and by all odds tbe most unique capital of the world. Lying as it does on the great Gulf of Fin land, a river as wide as the Missis sippi at St. Louis runs through it and great canals cut It up so that it looks like a second Venice. It is a city of wide streets, of big three, four aud five story flats; of vast palaces, many of whh l cover acres; Of a mul titude of gorgeous churches, of great schools, of art galleries, of factories, and tbe thousand and one othei features which make up the capital of the greatest empire on the globe. You have heard the story of its build ing. I stood yesterday in the log hut ST ISAAC'S CATHEDRAL. One of St. Paten-burg's mo-it ljiutftilBceni .unices, j that Peter the Great built on th swamp here when he decided that he would make this ioint his capital. All this was a forest, a marsh and a wilderness. The Russia of t hat day, a the Russia of this, was in the in terlor, but Peter decided be wanted to have his capital where he could look out upon Europe and he called St. Petersburg his window, and, like Aladdin, he made it rise upon the mud in almost a night. He made every noble iu the empire build a house here. Every boat ou the Baltic und the Russian rivers bad to draw a load of stone to the city, and 40.00C men worked year In and year out till the great capital rose. Fully a gen eration after New York was founded the wolves howled in the wilderness on the site of St. Petersburg; now a city of stone and brick twenty-five mAes In circumferance floats here, as It were, almost upon tbe waters, and 100,000,000 heads bow down to this as the seat of their ruler. Piles iy the million bave been driven down to make fouudations. The great Rivet Neva Is walled for miles with granite docks and all the streets are paved. Our public buildings at Washington are large, but those of Russia cove: far greater areas. The only thing: that compare with them are the mammoth structures of the Chicago Exposition, and as to the churches here, one of them, St. Isaac's Cathe dral, has cost nearly $20.oo0.roo, or as much as will tie the total outlay of the Exposition. There are other churches nearly as expensive, and the whole city has been, built without regard to cost. It is almost a Sab bath day's journey to go through some of these palaces. The winter palace, on the banks of Jlie Neva, would spoil the area of a ten-acre field, aud Its corridors, if stretched out, would reach miles. There is a trad itiou that some of the unused rooms were turned into a barnyard by the servants in years past, and that when the palace once burned a cow was hauled out with the furni ture. It is tbe same with private houses. The people live in Hats, and these flats make upiu area what they lack iu height. It takes nearly a square for the ordinary house, and the Hotel de 1' Europe, where I am stopping, has halls which seem to be a mile long, and I lose myself again and again going to my room. The business blocks are big, and there Is a great bazar bere, whore hundreds of merchants have stores facing a vaulted arcade which covers a vast area, and which Is thronged from morning till night with thousands of shoppers. Aroulkd In Twanry-flv. Second.. Medical workers have made many curious experiments, but none more wonderful than that bv which they ascertained the exact time required for the Mood to make one entire trip through the system, which all stu dents of physiology know means a complete circulation through the lungs, veins, arteries aud the gen erai capillary arrangements. Profs. Dalton, Hering, Poissenille, Mat tucl, and Blake have been the chief Investigators In this line, the first named having become more eminent In this particular branch of research from having the experience of others to fortify himself with. All the old school anatomists believed that a con siderable time elapsed, say from three to nine minutes from the time when the blood left the right side of the heart, traversed the whole system, and then again returned to the start ing point; Dalton has shown that the time is much shorter titan was form erly generally supi.osed. The chief agent used in his experiments was a salt known to chemists as fer rocyanlde of potassium, which can be readily detected In the blood on ac count of its chemical reactions. Prof. Dalton describes the operation in the following language: "Blood was drawn from the jugular vein of the opposite side, and tbe interval which e'apsed before the appearance of the foreign salt In blood drawn from tbe second opening Indicated the time re quired for the blood to pass from the point of injection through the vena sava to tne heart, from the right side of tbe heart through the lungs to the left cavities, from the left ventrical through the carotid arteries and the capillary vessels of the head, and thence downward to the Jugular vein on the opposite side. Dozens of care fully tabulated te&ts of this some what extraordinary subject show that the blood of man makes a com plete circulation once every fifteen to twenty-flve seconds, according to She physical conditions of the subject ixperimented upon. "Medical Bec rVaiN BRIF.F. The ancient Greeks' was Ells. Holy Land There are 300,000 blind people lr Europe. The new testament was first prluied in Irish in 16C2. It cost the present Emperor ot China $10,(00,000 to get married. Four salmon weighing from eight to thirteen pounds, were caught In the Hudson River recently. The English mint possesses an electrical machine which counts coins i with precision and accuracy. I A pet rattlesnaka at New Smyrna Fla., recently committed suicide by V-. . . . t m . a. . . . uiuu-f, iiseu iu ine ueci, Eight nationalities are said to be represented in a cboir of sixteen little girls at St. James' mission, New Tors" city. The shortest street in the world it Mansion House street In the city of London. It Is not more than a few yards in length? Father Cre, a French priest sta tioned at Jerusalem, recently found a talent ot the time of King David In hi. door yard. A novel feature of the Springfield. Mass., street car system is tbe letting ol electric cars to parties who wish to hire The price is $2 an hour. In the time of Henry VIII parlia ment passed a law which declared that oa and after that date pins should no' be sola for more than Cs 8d per 1 ,000. A pair of gloves pa ses through about 23U hands from the moment the skin leaves the dressers until the glove ire purchased by the iutendeJ wearer. Squiirels are bothering the farmers in Oregon and destroying their crops. Many acres of grain have been com pletely destroyed in various parts of the state. In speaking of the solidification of a boJy cooling, Professor Dewar say? that water cau be made to become solid by the evaporation of a quarter ot its weight. The colored population of the Unit d States consists of 7,470,040 ol African descent, 107,475 Chinese, 2,03: lapanesp, aud 5S,90ti clvili2ad Indians; 7,0.33, SOU In all. A curious relic of old Kouiau life found recently at Lanuriutn (Porto Por tese), and now scored In the British muieum, is a thin slab or stone that was anciently a circus poster. At Aix la Chapelle there Is a news paper museum founded by Oscar Von Korckenbeck, which contains files ol specimens of more thin 17,000 difteren' newspapers. Russia has recently celebrated the nine hundredth anniversary of ttit foundation of the first Christian biahop ri: in the V loyn'a, under tbe reign of Vladimir. The Romans used the first shaving brash and razor, B. C. 300, and Pliny tells us that Scipio Afrioauns was tbe first lnulvliual Roman to sbavf daily. Mrs. Anna Jack, of Farmlngton, 1 1., was taken with a severe coughing aped some time ago, and a lump was ejected which Is reported to have beet a mass of common pins. A Japanese soldier has Invented n gun which enables the possessor to send a "cloud ot blinding dust'" Into the eyes of a foe at a distance of twelvr feet. More than 13, TOO letters are at la the postoflioe ot the United tnates every day that, through tje misdirec tion or miscarriage of some kind, bring up In the dead letter office. There has just died in Poland a once celebrated beauty, who refused the hand of Napoleon III. She was the Princess Helene Sagonsko, and died unmarried at the age of fifty seven. Mr. Peter Marie, of New York, is said to have the finest collection In ex istence of the miniatures of pretty women, unless there ls excepted the collection of the late King Ludwig of Bavaria. The ladles ot Arabia stain then fingers and toes red and tbelr lips blue. In Persia they paint a black streak around their eyes and ornament theli faces with representations of various figures. Elizabeth Robins Pennell advo cates that a perfect cycling dress should be a skirt of gi ay tweed, made with out foundation, with a deep hem turned up on the outside and secured by rows of stiching. Newcaatle-on-Tyne spent $50,000,- 000 some years ago in digging out a shallow slrea-v. The income from that investment has since been $23,000, 000, besides the increase In trade and tlie enhanced value of property. Polo has been rapidly gaining In popularity in France, and there has been a good deal of play this season upon tbe ground belonging to the Cer cle dea Palineurs, in the Bois d Boulogne, Paris. Mrs. Joseph W. Delano, of San Francisco, possesses the dress worn by Lauia Keeue ou the night of Lincoln's assassination. Lincoln's head rested for a moment on Miss Keene's lap, and the bloodstains thus caused are stilt visible. Rhode Island will present Its World's Fair building to Chicago aftei the exposition closes. Tbe structure will be very picturesque In appearance, ben.g a reproduction in part of tbe famous "Old Stone Mill" at New pott. Four cities In Europe stand wholly or In part on islands. VeDice is the best known on account of its historical past; next comes St. Pe ersburg, tbe capital of Russia, and the two last are the cities of of Ghent and Amsterdam, 1 kuated respectively In Belgium anc Holland. A census bulletin shows that out males within militia ag; number 13, 131,108. Is there another civilized nation on the globe with over 13,000,000 lighting men? With so much food for gunpowder we are sleeping over our op portunities. M I le r h. r Iistp, w hose crops will be fairly large, expect to reap a golden harvest tli s ear on account of tbe prac.l ;al f tdure of the apple crop in New York anl Michigan, tbe two grea apple producing states. A shad tweuty-s x inches long, three and a halt inches thick and wel ihlng ' nine iroumls three and a half onnces was caught in the Hud ion River recently atEsopus, M. Y. It is considered to bs tbe largest shad ever taken from the river. r0-l r. HrWnnlMrTMMlf.iHVVl.
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