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LOVE ON* THE ICE .
Lake Austr'ce, the skaling pond ot
Wliiteslown, was a perfect flower gardtn ;
scarlet, ami purple, and amber and divin
e>t shades of azuie flirting about hither and
thither,shading carls and flax and brightest
ebony. Silvery laughs rang nut high
above the sharp elick of skater's steel, and
soft eves grew tenderly lustrous bci.cath
the fire oi others held all too dangerously
near
Remington Ashe looked on with admir
ation in iii> daik. bright eyes.
Suddenly a little figure shot out from llr
shore, and sped iio T n the lake like an ar
row. Now keeping close to tne wooded
shoic, tlieu gliding like a sunbeam through
the very moist of the skaters.
The scarlet feather in her cap floated
hack bebind In-r, mingled with the black
hair, which escaping from her net, tumbled
into masses ot glitteiing linglets 011 her
shouldeis.
Ashe touched the arm of a gentleman
near him
"Who is she, Churchill ? '
Verae Churchill's dark check showed a
touch of crimson.
"Which ..lie?'
"As jf there was nior>- than one ! She
with the scarp t featliei amj ve.Vct savque.
The queen of them all "
"Oil ; dial's Asia Vance."
"Asia! What a name! How came she
by it."
"A conceit of her father's I have hee.i
told."
"Humph ! An odd fancy '. Do you know
her ?"
-Vis."
'lntroduce ine, please. I cannot return
to ikMon without hearing her voice. It
ought to he roveet a> ,-iivt-r bells to accord
wiili hei face and fig ;re. '
"I see no opjH). tunitv, at present, to
gratitv your desire," said Churchill, rather
eoldlv. *
"We v.ill seek the opportunity. Buckle
on your skates. We will overtake her.
"That is easier said than done. Miss
Vance is a swiit skater.
"At least there is no harm in trying,"
A>he said and presently the two gentlemen
set forth in pursuit of her.
Both skated w, II Ashe a little m >re
spirtlv perhaps; hut Churchill his superi
or in < nduraiii e.
Asia saw tin in coining, and divined their
motive. 11 pleased her to allow them to
overtake her.
Her brilliant eyes softened slightly, as
thev met the expies-ion in Churchill's, and
a little conscious rose—color flushed her
cheek He touched lightly the dainty
hand in its soft-furred gauntlet.
"This is Mr. Affile, of Boston, Miss
Vance."'
Sh • acknowledged the introduction with
a gay courtesy. Ashe was tully a match
for her m small talk, and the acquaintance
progress, d lapidly
1 two .-> lat- Iv all angers wliir ed oft
tog. ther, i. aving ( lnueliill to return or to
follow tin ni at I i-ure.
lie li silaied a moment, and tlieri joined
Mau i Lastiold,
Maud was unusually brilliant that day.
The kc.-n air had colored pale cheeks >car
let.and her blue eyes flushed like sapphires
Maud and Asia were rival beauties. Maud's
had become loosened. She seated herself
on a fallen log, while Churchill arranged
them.
Just then Asia and Mr. Ashe swept by
Clmchill saw the bright flu-.li on Asia
face, and caught something of the subtle
fascination in A>he's dark grey eyes.
And he. who had loved with nis who'e
soul A>ia Vance for three years, had nev
er h en ah e to win from In r a sinih* half
so tend ;• a- that which now wreathed hei
face for thu stranger.
Churehill's lb 'Ugiits xv. re hitter. 1> r—
haps his counietianeu expressed soxmth'ng
of what was pa- ing within. Maud bent
toward* him, 'one. curl of perfumed gold
touched his cheek. hat a sweet voice
she had.
"What troubles you, Mr. Churchill ?"
For a moment the man was tempted.—
He looked up into her beautiful face, so.
Ids own that he could I ave touched
the s-arlet lip with hi> Mnud loved hint
and Asia was a cold-hearted emjuette.
He took the hand Mru.l laid on his
shoulder, and half enc icled her waist
with Ins arm, hut hi- native truth con
quered. Because one wo.ua flirted, he
would not be !' l>e hirn-e.f In answer
ed Mau 1 quietly :
"Thank vou. Nothing troubles me
Shall we join the company ?"
And piqued and disappointed, Maud re
luctantly a-sented.
Asia little coquette that she was, could
not he unmindml of the attractions ot Mr,
A-he. His blonde face with its golden,
brown heard and hair, would have won the
heart of almost any young lady. Asia
liked the courteous deference of his man
ner, ar.d she was not averse to reading tlie
admiration expressed in his eyes; h sides,
the marked attention made the other belles
spiteful towards her, and Asia liked that,
she did not care how hard the girls felt
against her; she knew her bright eye
would set all right with the other sex.
Ashe walked home with Asia, and ob
tained permission to call.
He went there frequently.
His stav in WLjtiStown was prolonged
from three days to a week, and to a fort
night, His business had taken more time
than ha thought, he said, byway of excuse.
"TO SPEAK HIS THOUGHTS IS EVERY FREEMAN'S RIGHT." —Thomas Jefferson.
TUNKHANNOCK, PA., WEDNESDAY, FEB. 21, 1866.
But lie could stay no longer. His partner
was becoming impaticut at hiN delay, and
had peicmptorily recalled him.
The lat day of his stay he went down
to the lake. It was the first of April, but
th ice had not yet broken up.
The old people said it was unsafe to ven
tnri '>ll it, hut old folks ar • pr.<ne to croak,
and the young people gave little heed to
them.
There was quite a crow I 011 the icc, and
amo io them Asia Vance.
A-ia had never been gayer. She glided
up to the gentlemen mentioned, ami chal
lenged them to a race.
Ashe's eyes glittered meaningly.
"What shall be the stakes we contend
for, Miss Vance?'
"Whatever you please," she answered
quite saucily.
"Verv well. I accept the condition.—
It shall he yourself, if you please.
She blushed, hut was too high spirited
to retract.
"So he it. But. you must catch me
fairly. I claim that."
"Right. We are both gentlemen, 1
think," bowing to Churchill, who stood a
" ~ 7
little apart.
".I she said gaily; hut in spite of
her ligiit to ie, there was a sober fright in
her eye seldom seen there. She could
see that by the way they looked at each
other.
What if A-die w..n ? and. again, what if
Churchill won ? She duieu not think lest
they should recede.
They started oft' faiHv—all together.—
A-ia went straight up the lake toward the
head waters. The gentlemen followed
her. None of the party as yet exerted
Iheinselv(*. They glided on easily, saving
their strength lot tlie final contest. Swift
er and swifter flew the slight figure of the
girl, the distance between her and her fol
lower- materially lenghtened, and now the
race began in earnest.
People called out that it was dangerous
to go so n-'ar the mouth of the Rocky Riv
er the principal tributary of Lake Aus
tiice ; hut they did not heed the warning.
Thev were too much exc ted to think of
peril.
On went Asia, the scarlet feather Stream
ing out behind her like a war flag and her
silvery voice of defiance now ami then
floating hick to them.
The color and texture of the ice was dif
ferent here. It was dark, and they could
see the water gliding beneath. Still they
would not hesitate to follow where she
dared to lead them.
Asia swept around the ia-t point of land
out into the broad-st part of the lake, op
posite the month of "Rocky River. The
g •iith'ineu followeA-he was ahead,
Chin chill was a little heavier, and not so
agile.
Ashe's handsome face gleamed and his
eves sparkled as he sped on ; the ice bend
ing beneath his weight, and the water huh
ling through the air holes with a hoarse
soun !.
He knew bow insecure was his footing,
he knew the ri-k lie ran ; hut Asia a little
before him was beckoning b in on.
He made the attempt t > advance ; hut
the ice cracked beneath his
t< r \va> ankle d' ep, and it was frightfully
cviden; that the lake was breaking up.
"Good God !" lie cried, "all is lost !"
To go ON WA death, lie was not ready
*0 facrifice himself for the desperate
chance of out skating Asia Vance
II" turned quickly, and like lightning
gl d- d hack to where ihe ice was yet intact.
Ga:ln riug hi< strength for an instant, he
made for th • shore.
Churchill*.- eagle eye took in the scene
at a glance. lii-breath came quick, and
liis lieait bent like billows of the sea. And
his great strength served him. Over the
yielding ice lis glided on gaining percepti
bly on the scat let fi ath -r. A moment
more and lie should he beside her.
huddenlv h stopped, transfixed with
horror; ljl st she realized the deadly peril
of her position
Churchill strained every nerve, never for
a second losing si"ht of the graceful figure
standing so fridgidly erect amid the roar
and tuinu!' all aroued.
Another instant—it seemed hours to him
—and lie had thrown hi< arms around her.
"1 have won you,"' cried he hoarsely.
She was white as death, and li r stiff fin
gers clung to his arm with the grip of des
pair.
"0. Verne, we are lost." she cried. .
"We mu-t trust to the water. See it is
growing deeper."
Even as lie spoke lis feet were swept
from under him ; the whole mass of ice
heaved and groaned ; and then the large
cakes drifted tunmkuou-Iv around.
Churchill was a strong swimmer, and
battled bravely for the victory. Sometime;;
it seemed as if lie must go down ; but his
will was like iron, and his strength was in
domitable.
lie fought his way through the missive
cakes of ice, torn an I b ceding, but never
despairing.
At last lie caught the nlFnt branch of a
wiliow which swept far out over the water
and by its aid drew 1 iinself and his burden
to the shore.
Asia looked into his face with wide open
eyes, and a glow of crimson stealing over
the ghastly whiteness of her countenance.
"Have I won fairly. Asia?"
"Yes ; you have won," she said, avert
ing her eves
"I do not liol 1 you to it unles# yon will
it. Are vou mine freely?"
"And what then ?" she asked toftly.
"Asia !" their eyes m't.
She flung her arms around his neck, and
put her face up to his. J
"I give myself, to you, oh, ko free !
Verne did you not know that I hare loved
you always.
Mr. Ashe returned to Boston the next
day, without calling to bid Asia good-bye.
She did not think of the omission until
Mr. Churchill askeu her opinion of Boston
breeding.
She answered him saucily:
lam quit-- satisfied with Whitestown
manners sir."'
ROMANCE OF REAL. LIFE.
There was a fine old General once, who
having spent most of his life in the field of
Mars, knew a very, little about the camp
of Cupid. lie was one of those rough and
li'nest spirits often met with in his galhr t
profes-ion ; innocent as an infant of almost
everything save high integ; ity and indom
itable bravery. He was nearly fifty years
old and his t .iU were over when master
Dan brongnt him acquainted with a Wid
ow Wndm in, in whose eye he began to
detect something that made him feel un
cas v. Here was the result of leisure.
At length, however, the blunt honesty <t
his disposition rose uppermost among his
conflicting plans, and his course was chos
en. At school he hail once studied "Othel
lo's Defence" to recite at an exhibition, hut
made a failure; he now recollected there
was something in this defence to recite,
very much like he wanted to say. lie
got the book immediately, found the pas
sage,clapped on Ins hat with a determined
air, an l posted off to the widow Wadman
with Sliak-peare under his arrp.
"M idaine," said Gi neral I ucle Toby,
opening his hook at tin* marked plac •, wi h
the solemnity of a tpccial pleader at tin
bar—"Madam—
"Rude am I in my spo< ch,
And little blessed with the set phrase of pence;
For sin- e the.-e arms of mine ha t seven years pith
Till now some nine moons wasted, they h.tw u et
Their nearest" net ion in the tented field;
And little ot this great world cau I -peak
Mo e than pertains to teat of broil and b itt!,-
And the ot'ore 1 —"
Hcie the general closed the book, wiped
hi- foiehead, lo k-d up at the ceiling,and
said with a spasmodic gasp "I want to get,
• 1 f)
married .
The widow laughed for fen minutes hv
the watch before she eould utter a syllable,
and then she said, with precious tears of
humor rolling down her good- >atured
cheeks, "And who is it you want to many.
General ?"
M Yo'i," said Uncle Toby, flourishing his
sword arm in the a : r, and assuming a mil
itary attitude of defiance, as if he expected
an a-sault from the widow immediately.
"Will you kill me if I marry you ?" said
the widow, with a merry twinkle in her
eye.
'No, inidam," replied Uncle Toby
in a most serious and deprecating tone, as
if to assure hr that such an i lea had nev
er entered his head.
"Well, then, I guess I'll marry you,"
sain the widow.
"Thank you, ma'am " said Uncle Tobv, j
"but one thing lin bound to tell you I
wear a wig!"
The widow started, remained silent a
moment, and then went into a longer, loud
er and meriier laugh than she had indulged
in before, at the end of which she drew
her seat nearer the General, gravely laid
her ha- d on his head, gently lifted his wig
off ar.d placed it on the table.
had never known fear in
battle, hut lie now f.-It a decided inclination
to run away. The widow laughed again,
as though she never would stop, and the
General was ahont to lay his hat upon his
denuded heal and bolt, when the '"acetious j
lady pi ic'd her hand upon his arm and 1
detained him. She t!.en deliberately rais
ed her other hand to her own head, with '
a sort of military precision, ited a rap 1
id manocuver with her five fingers, pulled i
oil' her whole h ad of fine glo-sy hair, p!a- j
c <1 it upon the table by the sale of the j
General's and remaim d scafe 1 with lodic-,
rous gravity in front of her accepted lover, 1
quite bald !
As may ho exp cted Uncle Tobv now ;
laughed along with the widow, aiftl th *y j
soon grew someirv over the affiir that |
the maid servant peeped through the key- ;
hole at the noi-e, and saw the old couple |
dancing a jig and bobbing their bald pates
at cadi other like a pah of Chinese mada
rines. So the two verv shortly had their j
heads together upon the pillow of m.tri- |
mony.
A man was brought into court on
the charge of having stolen some ducks j
from a farmer.
"How do vou know they are your ducks ?
asked the defendant's counsel.
"I should have known them anywhere."
replied the farmer, wli > proceeded to de
scribe their peculiarities.
"Whv," said th" prisoner's counsel, j
"those ducks can't he such a verv rare brec 1 1
for I have some very much like them in
my yard."'
'That's not unlikely, sir," sa'd the far-!
mer, "they are not the only ducks I've had,
stolen lately."
■ ■ ■ „ . ,
fjf Senator Cowan stated in his seat the
other day, that the Aboliionists had pre
sented in that body over seeenty amned
mnnts to the Constitutions of the United
States, all looking to the interest of the ne
gro. but nut one for the interest of the
white race ; and that the leaders did more
to produce our late civil war, than Davis
and his adherents. This is certainly a
6trange confession for a member of that
party to make but it if as true as Gospel.
TERMS, 82,00 PER S 3"o*®
WJNTER RUIiES,
Never go to bed with cold or damp feet
In going into a colder air, keep the mouth
resolutely closed, that by compelling the
air to pass circnitously through the r.ose
ard head, it may become warmed before it
reaches the lungs, and thus prevent these
shocks and sudden chills which frequently
end in pleurisy, pneumonia and other sen
ous forms of disease.
Never sh ep with the luad in the draft
i of an open door or window.
! Let more covering hi- 011 the lo\v< r limbs |
! than on the body Have an extra covering :
: within easy leach in case of a sudden and :
1 great change of weather during the night. |
Never stand still a moment out of doors, 1
e-peei Hv at street corners afier having!
w.dked even a short di-tance.
Never ride near the open window of it ;
vehicle tor as ngle half minute,especially if I
lit has deen pieced'd by a walk ; valuable \
1 lives have thus been i<>st or good health ;
[ permanently destroyed.
Never put on a new hoot or shoe 011 be- !
i ginning a journey.
i Never wear India rubbers, cold, dry j
weal her.
If compelled to taee a hitter cold wind,'
throw a sdk handkerchief over th • lace, its .
agency is womlcriul in modifying the cold. ;
Those who are ea-dv chilled on going j
out of doors, should have some cotlou hat- |
ling attached to the vest orolli r garments
so as to protect the space hetw. en the
shoulder-blades behind, the lungs being at
! tacln d(o the body at t hat point; a iui le
i tli -re is worth five tun;- the amount over j
j the chest in front.
l more than a minute at a time !
with tlie hack ag nasi tin- liic or stove,
i Avoid sitting against cushions in the j
hacks ol pew- in churches; if the uncover- j
ed hoard feel- cold, sit erect without touch- j
ing ir.
Never begin a journey until breakfast
li iS been eaten.
After singing, speaking or preaching, in
a wai 111 room in winter, do not leave it for
at least ten mit.ijtes. and even then close
i the in-null, put on the gloves, wrap up the {
j neck, and pat on eloik or overcoat before :
i jas> ng oit ol the door; the neglect ol |
I these has lai l many a good and Useful man ;
; in a premature grave.
Never speak under a hoarseness, espc- ;
! etal yif it require-an effort, or gives aj
i hurting or a painful feeling, for it often re- ;
j suits iii a perm neat 10-s of \oice, or long
life invalidism.
A Literary Bltcr Bit
Mr. Fields.a London b< ok seller, is known i
j for his verv wonderful memory and knowl- j
I edge of English iiieiatuie. It is said that, j
when any author in the neighborhood is 1
at a loss fr a particular passage, he goes \
at once down to the "book store" for the j
desired i .formation. Orft* day at a dinner
party, a would he-wit, thinking to puzzle
Mr. Fie ds and make sfluie spoit for the
eompanv, announced, prior to Mr. fields
arrival, that lie had himself written some
poetrv, and intended lo submit it to Mr.
Fields as S..uthc\'s. At the proper mo
ment, therefore, after the guests were seat
ed, lie began :
• "Friend Fields, I have been a good deal
exercised of late, trying to find out in Sou
ther's poems, his well known lines run
ning thus—repeating the lines he had
composed—can you tell about what time
lie wrote them?"-
"I do not remember to have met with them
before," replied Mi. Fields; "and there j
were only two periods in Souihey's life j
when such lines could possibly have been j
written by him."
"When were those ?*' gleefully asked
Alio witty questioner.
".Somewhere,"' said Mr. Fields, " bout 1
that early period of bis existence when he ,
was having tie measles and ,cutting his ;
teeth ; or near the close of his life when
the hraiu had softened, and he had fallen
into idioev. The versification belongs to j
the measles peiicd.hut the expression clear-;
ly betrays the idiotic one.'
The questioner smiled faintly, but the
company roared.
THE WIND AS A MUSICIAN.
Th-- wind is a musician by birth. W'e
extend a silken tluead in a crevice of a win- j
do\v,aiid the wind finds it and sings owr !
it and goes up and down the scale upon i
it, and f'agariin 1 ioii-t go somewhere else,
for honor, for I<>! th : wind is p rforuiuig :
upon a single stiing It tries almost eveiy-1
thing 011 earth to see it there is m.isic in
it—it persuades a tunc out of the gieat j
1> 11 in the tower, win n the sexton is at j
home asleep ; it makes a mournful harp of j
tlie giant pines, ami it. does not disdain to
trv what sort of a whistle can he made out
of the humblest chimney in flic world.—
now it will p!av up m a tree until every
leaf thrills with a note on it, whilst a riv- ;
er runs at its l.a-e in a sort of murmuring j
accompaniment And what a melody it I
sings when it give* a concert with a fm.l j
choir of the ulivcs of the sea, and perforins
an anl hem between the two woihh, lliatj
goes lip perhaps to the stars, which 10-e
music most and sung i fir.t. lnen, how
fondly it haunts old houses; mourning un
der the eaves, singing in the halis, opening ;
door without ringers, and singing a meas
ure of some sad, o.d sotig around the fire-'
less and deserted hearths.
"1 SEK him on his winding way, said
Mrs, Jenkins, as she saw Mr. Jenkins cork
screwing his way home just as the shades
of twilight were creeping over the land
i scape, i
VOL. 5 NO. 28
MINING UNDER THE SEA.
.Some of the coal and copper mines of
England are at this time being worked in
what appears to be a singularly dangerous
manner. They extend out fonr hundred
yards, (nearly a quarter of a mile) under
the bed of the sea, and, in some place 9,
two hundred and sixty feet below the sea
level. The constant beating of the wares
against the shoe and rocks is distinctly
audible, even in calm weather, when the
explorer gets near the sea level. When
storms me v the to tr is tcriifie, and the
boldest men are at times afraid to work,
lest the sea should break through and fill -
the whole mine. Nor is this fear without
great came, for tin* salt water actually 00?-
es through undid rips. impregnated with
the copper ore, into the i ine. I hree feet
of roek is all that is left between the uiine
and tin* sea in many of tin) galleries,
ilas's svork in (In* wrong direction with the
pick-axe illicit caiise the destruction of th£
wiioie works. Indeed, in stormy weather
the s.dt water jets and spurts through in
thin coiiuuousstreams. I'lugs, sometime*
of the thickness of a man's leg, alone stand
b I ween the minor and the sea to keep it
out. No acident has ever yet occurred;
hut tho-e who remember the ! hunes Tun
nel. twice or thrice till-d with water, iputf
feel that some <tay an accident is' almost
i c rtai'n to happen. If it should, the dam
age must he immense, and the loss ot life
I great and certain. The veins of copper,
i however, aie rich, and the men will follow
] "hem tilth* uttermost, the proprietors of
the mine* feeling that were there an inia
| -inn f.the waters to fake plan ■, they co'd
I stop ihe leak. a* Mr. Biunucll did that of
i the Thames Tunnel, by sinking bags of
lel iv over the hole, and then pumping out
the water hv those enormous engines.
ijtii!,iVai)<.
Evrvlio !dy seem- tew he gitiing crazy
nvi-r a new game whi.-h has jest ben dis
kovered, eal ed billiards
It iz plade on the top ova tabel which
iz a little longer th ai it iz square, and the
game seems to kon-ist in pashin sum round
red hi I- agin some round white bawla
until tint drop into slim little pildd ng bags
whio.j are hung onto the outs.Ue ov the ta
ble.
11 takes 2 men to pla the game, boi 4 or
5 kan look on.
They take oph their cotes and stand
cluss up tew tiie label, with a short piece
offish pole in tiieir hands which has achok
mark unto the end ov it.
Then one begins by givin one or the
bawls a punch in the belly, which sends it
agin the next ones heiiy, and so on till the
toi her feller's turn for punchin comes on.
Hut y n ougnt fusee the game; it kant
he delimatrd hi words.
One feller generally b. ats the other fel
ler, and then he pays the landloxi or th*
konsarn 2o cents for the priveledg of get
tin heat, and buys somegin with lemonade
in if, arid awl hands drink.
Then 2 more takes hold of the fish pole
and they punch lor a sjiell. and so it goes
till 2 o'clock in the morning, then each goz
hum, having enjoyed line exercise, a leetlc
drunk perhaps, hut tiie muscles in their
luea-t ar so • xpanded that they kant kech
the kon-uinption nor the sinaul pox.
This iz BtHyard*.
—JOSH BILLINGS.
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HOLDING BICK THE SHOULDERS.—Fo
a great number of years it has been the
custom in France to give to young females
of the earliest age, the habit of holding
hack the shoulders, and thus expanding the
cli' st From the observation of anato
mists, lately made, it appears that the clav
icle, or collar hone, is actually longer in
females of the Fieneh nation than those of
tin; English. As the two nations are of
the Caucasian race, as tln re is no other re
markable difference in their bones, and this
is p. cu iar to the sex, and it may he atirib—
uted to the habit above mentimicd, which,
hv the extern ion of the a<ms, hasgradm Hj
pio uc d a natio nl • lji gi.ti.ni ot llns b ine.
Thus we see that habit may be employed
to alter and inpn.ve the solid bones. The
French have succeeded in the develope*
iwent of a part that adds to health and
beauty.
gg" A friend from the country attended
church last Sabbath, w here they have scien
t tie quartette siugingi and was surprised
at the ditf'-rence between scientific singing
and that he lias hern accustomed to in the
back-woo Is. He brought to me asp ci
iiicn of tlie st_\ L* which he copied. from the
original:
\Vw kaw swaw daw aw raw,
Thaw saw tluiw law aw waw ;
Whaw law thaw raw vaw yaw,
Aw thaw raw jaw saw nwe.
Which rendered into English, read* a'
follows:
\N e'coine, sweet day of test,
That SIW the Lo d arise ;
Welcome to this revivi* g breast,
And these rejoicing eye*.
Ourfiiend -ays that ill the eoillitrv thev
are gieen enougn to think it neci s*arv for
good *ineino that the words of the hymn
should he sung.
A DUBIOUS landlord, at C<dd*kill, a
short time sine*, wa complaining that his
sugar ilrawer was overrun with ant* A
"setter" ever present, proposed that if Bon
iface would ucai. that he would inform
him how to get rid of the ant> in a very
stunt tinre. The landlord accepted the
proposition when the "setter" coolly adx
vised liomfaee to "kid an ant every tim
he took • driDk."