Democratic Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 May 1878 — Page 4

A TRIO. BY OEOBOK LUKT. A whip-poor-will »»t by the edge of the wood, Perched on • log In his wonted mood. And ever he chanted his plaintive strain—- “ Whip-poor-will ’’—over and over again. Under the log was a cricket’s nest, Who chirruped away at his very best; In a pool hard by, where the pond-lllles flaunt, A bloated bull-frog had his haunt. Just as the shadows of evening fell. And the breeze to the leaves bade a soft farewell, Chorused in song with the whip-poor-will Were guttural bull-frog and cricket shrill. “Fool I fool!” growled the old bull-fiog, “ Sitting there on your hollow log, Making night hideous with your cry, While I charm all the passers-by 1” “ Cheer up, cheer up,’' sang the cricket small, “ Yon break my heart with your strange sad call; I shrink myßelf from the slightest touch, And why should you want whipping so much?” “ Whip-poor-will,” cried the lonely bird, But flew as the leaves in the air were stirred ; And soon he repeated his mournful lay, Softened by distance, far away. Sometimes, In moods when the cricket’s cheer And the bull-frog’s mutter offend my ear, Far to the depths of the forest still I, too, would fly, like the whip-poor-will. —Harper's Magazine/or Jane.

COME TOGETHER AT LAST.

Mies Carney walked up the loDg, green lane on her way home from a tea-party. She wore a brown silk dresß and a brown bonnet, and carried a large brown parasol in her hand. The brownß were of different shades, and ran softly into each other, like the tints upon a dove. All the lines of her figure were smooth and rounded. She was a very pretty old lady iudeed, and must have been a very pretty girl, though she was a spinster, and people who believed that ail unmarried women were left upon the boughs of single blessedness because they tempted nobody to pluck them must have owned that it could not be so in her case. Down the lane, coming toward her, walked a gentleman. He was tall and broad; his hair was gray, and his hat was gray; and his Bummer suit was gray; his beard was gray also. He, oddly enough, was softly shaded off like another sort of dove. The green trees were ail about them both, the green grass beneath their feet. The roses nodded over the fence. If these had been two young people instead of two old people, one might have fancied it a lovers’ rendezvous, but they were old. Of course there could be no romance about them. In the middle of the lane, shaded by great chestnut trees, stood au old house. Honeysuckle draped the porch. There was an old-fashioned sweep to the well. It was altogether a thing of the past —no modern cottage of architectural mysteries. It was so old-fashioned that it must have been the same when those two old people wore young. Yes, when their parents wero born doubtless it stood, by no means a new house, just as it stood now. -The pretty old lady in brown reached the gate of this house first. She lifted the latch and stood looking down the road, thinking that it must be that the handsome old gentleman in gray had lost his way and would inquire of her, for Ike lane was no thoroughfare because of a fence and a gate ai d a sigu, with “All persons are forbid so trespass upon these grounds ” nailed urion if. The old lady’s father had put up the sign tho day after the peddler had stolen all liiu pears. No neighbor minded it, but strangers did.

So the old lady waited courteously to tell tho stranger that he might take the short cut through the orchard if he chose. “Ee walks like somebody I know. Who can it be?” she asked herself. Then she suddenly blushed and looked prettier than ever. Yes, certainly, it could not bo because uo one had desired to pluck her that she remainc 1 a faded rose upon the branch—Miss Carney, not Mrs. anybody. On came the old gentleman in his gray coat., and, as he looked at the little old lady, lie doffed his gray hat. “ Madame,” said he, “this is where Mr. Edward Carney used to live, I know. Docs he live here now ?” But tho old lady looked at him with a sudden start. “Oh !” sho cried ; and added, “ No, ho docs not.” “ Ho is—” began the old gentleman. “ It is his tombstone that you can see under the great willow in the highest part of the churchyard,” she said, pointing through the trees. “He was 80 when he died.” “Time flies fast,” said the old gentleman. “ Fearfully fast,” sighed the old lady. Sho was not looking at him now, but at the flowers in the borders at her feet. “ Mr. Carney was a widower when i knew him, and had but one child—a daughter,” said the old gentlemau in grey. “ Sho is living, is she not ?” “ Yes,” said the old lady. ‘ 1 But she cannot be Miss Carney still, ” said the old gentleman. “But sho i-g” said the old lady, and looked him. iu the face again. “But she is, said the old lady, and looked him in the face again. Their eyes met. Hers were brown and his were grey. “People alter out of knowledge in forty years,” said she; “and how on earth I came to know you I don’t know, for you look like your own grandfather, Mark Tur er.” “Ask the old gentleman to walk in, then, Miss Carney,” said he; “ for lie ought to be more weary thau lie used to grow on the some road a life time ago, coming from the mill, you remember, Friscy, every Sunday evening.” “Did yon?” said she, pretending to forget. “ Oh, yes! of course I’ll ask you to walk m, Mr. Turner.” She turned. He followed her. They sat down in the parlor—one on either side of the polished table. Over it, between the windows, hung the looking-glass with its narrow gilt frame. The book-case filled t'.e rcctss. On the mantel-piece were some shell flowers uuder glass. There was the stiff sofa with the black cushion like a slice of a fluted column’ there were the six chairs to match, and the claw-footed sideboard. There had been no children to break or scratch things. All was the same as when he left it last and saw Miss Carney standing in the middle of the floor with her long black hair in curls about her shoulders" and a blue ribbon around her taper girl’s waist. Now he looked at her, and she was really old and stent, but somehow she seemed to be nobody else but Priscv Canuey. J She saw him looking from the furnithought lCe ’ aQ( * i u * e rpreted his

“Yes,” she said, almost angrily “is it not strange? There are the bits of wood, and glass, and china, just as they used to be. There are the oak trees only t,nor and greener. The very grass and flowers might be the same: and here am 1, old, faded nud lonely, and my handsome, bright-eyed father dead in hj s grave, and all I care for gone I wish I were gone also. I think people wno have not seen each other for forty j eurs need not seek each other again I they would not come to me after being all the same as dead for forty ghosts.” iS PreCißely like *‘ ei 4 She looked as though she wanted to cry. “Poor old ghost,” said he, “whom no one wapts to see—not eyep those

who promised to remember him forever. ” “ Forty years is much worse than forever,” said she, “ and 66 is a terribly unromantic age.” “ Yes, it is,” said he; “ but it is a good age enough for ghosts. By the way, do yon like ghost stories ? Let me tell yon one. “ Once there was a ghost—now I think of it, he wasn’t always a ghost; he was a boy once— the son of a miller down by the water-side. He worked in the mill, and was floury and white as a ghost should be most of the time; but he was happy and gay, and many things happened as he nked. One of them was when a certain rioh farmer in the neighborhood came to the milk The grain his servants brought in the great wagons, but he, the farmer, used to drive to the mill with his little daughter in the gig beside him. She was a pretty child,with long curls, and her eyes were big and brown. “ She made a pretty picture in her white dresses and bright ribbons, and she came when she was so young that she used to hold her hands out to this boy and cry, ‘ Come here, ’ittie boy. Show me where the flour sifTs from.’ “ For that was what she liked to see the best, the flour sifting through the fine muslin. Every week she used to come until the miller sent his boy away to schooL When he came home again she was a girl of 16, prettier than ever, and sho remembered asking him to let her see the flour sift, and she talked to him while her father was attending to his business; and the days when she did not come the boy eared nothing for, and the days that brought her were marked and picked out as blessed days. “After a while he got over the shyness that kept him from going to see her, and went, and she was not displeased. She was the mistress of the house, for her mother died young. She used to make tea for him on Sunday afternoon, and after tea her father would put his handkerchief over his head and fall into a nap. Then they used to whisper together. Long after the poor boy came to be a ghost he remembered those evenings, when he was a brightcheeked young fellow, the son of a rich miller, and had the hope of marrying the girl he loved before his eyes. “He thought the girl loved him as well as he loved her, and he had no fears of the future, no thought that trouble could come to him in any way until misfortune overtook his father. The good old man failed. The mill was sold. There was nothing but anxiety at home. At last worse came—his father died soon after his mother. He was very sad ; he was poor, also; but he had hope, for he was beloved by the one he loved.

“ One day he went to her for comfort. He remembered the day ever after. The low-built, old fashioned house, the great oaks, flower garden, the girl in her white dress and blue ribbons who camo to greet him. He was full of life still, but that night, when he turned away from the house, he was a ghost—the miserable ghost of his old self, for he no longer had any faith in love. “ Standing before him, pale and sad, and with tears in her eyes, it is true, he had heard her who had made the world bright for him soy: ‘lt is my father’s will that we should part. I cannot disobey my old parent. ’ “Then she had told him that she loved him as well as ever; but he did not believe her. “ He thought his poverty had turned her heart from him, that she had never felt tenderly toward him, and he left her in anger, believing all that had been said and written about the falsehood of women. Yes, he was turned into a ghost. ” “He might have known she was as unhappy as ho was,” said Miss Carney, from behind her handkerchief; “but what can a girl do when her father threatens to curse her, and sho the only child he has ! Only nothing could make her marry any one else—nothing. That she could do at least.” “But the poor ghost did not know that,” said the old man. “It wandered away broken-hearted. It found its way to the sea first, and then into the battle. For years it was a wretched ghost, greatly to be pitied, and only wishing to die ; but at last it grew content, though never happy, and worked in a great city at a trade it had until it had made a fortune.

“All tlie same, it was a miserable oldbachelor ghost, and never found a mate, and used to say, often and often, over and over again, to itself, that women were all false, and that the woman he loved had been utterly false to him. He supposed her married to some one else, and all this time he grew older and older, and long years lay between him and the happy time when he was a boy.” “Long, long years,” sighed Miss Carney. “ Long, long years.” “But one day,” proceeded the old gentleman, “ one day there came to him out of the past an old, familiar face; and, amidst the whirl of the great city, this ghost talked to it of the green lanes and rippling streams of the spot where he was born, and asked of the house under the oaks, and the girl who dwelt there once—the girl who had been, as he thought, false to him. And this old friend told him something that made him feel suddenly that he might come to life again.

“‘She never married,’ she said—it was a woman. ‘She lives in the old house uow. Other men loved her, but she never loved any other man but you. We all know that.’ “ And then the ghost said to himself —‘ Forty years of life lost,’ and went down to the green country place to haunt his old love, and hear her say sho was sorry to see him.” “Oh, dear! oh, dear!” sighed the little old lady in brown. “How could she help it? All her beauly gone, all her youth ; what could she feel but sorry, and just a ghost herself.” She arose and turned away. He arose and followed her, putting Iris arm about her waist. “Priscv,” he said, “you are the only woman I ever loved. Is not that something for a man to say, when it is true as gospel?” “Yes,” said she ; “and I almost believe you, for—for I never cared for any one else either.” “Then why not do our best to be happy now, Priscy? Why not marry o icb other and live again, not two poor old ghosts ?” “ Well, becauso folks would call us two old fools,” said she. “ Well, let them,” said he. “Very well,” said she, “I don’t care.” Then the old gentleman in grey kissed the old lady in brown, and said, “ What day shall we set, my dear ?” W hat her answer was may be guessed when the village beds, one month later, rang the wedding peal of the old lovers.

Fashion News.

Fans bearing Biblical quotations are a novelty. Ladies’kid gloves have a heavy stitching on the outside. “Mother Hubbard” is the name of one es the latest bonnets. Velvet pocket-bags have a monogram in Bilver upon the outside. A new design for a pin is a bnndle of wood with a hatchet across it. The cottage-sliape bonnet seems to be the favorite for straw and chip. Gold thread is a novelty used for stitching some of the new short dresses. Wide belts fastened with buckles are seen on the latest imported costumes. ‘* Modesty, rare, delicate and lasting, ” is the name fthd the claim of a new perfume. * ° * •- .

AGRICULTURAL AND DOMESTIC.

The Husbandman. Gire fools their gold, knaves their power; Let fortune’s bubbles rise snd fall; Who sows a field or trains a flower, Or plants a tree, is more than all. For be who blersee most is blest; And God and man shall own his worth Who toils to leave as his bequest An added beauty to the earth. And, soon or late, to all that sow The time of harvest shall be given ; The flower shall bloom, fruit shall grow, If not on earth, at last in heaven ! —John O. /*****■. Around the Farm. See tiffit the coops of young chickens are kept decently clean and oomfortable. The hatchway is now open, and thousands of chickens are entering the world through it The gape-way is open, too, and thousands of chickens go out of the world by that way. English breeders use blankets made of silk for horses and cattle, for the prevention and cure of colds,chills,and rheumatism. Moths will not touch them, and their warmth, comfort and lightness render them invalnable. Hot beds and cold-frames, in which seeds have been sown, will need increased care as the sun gets warmer. Let them have abundant ventilation during the day, early closing of the frames, and covering in cool nights.

The English feed for fattening sheep consists of cotton seed and turnips, They claim that it will put on the most fat, is the safest feed, makes the best mutton at a less cost, and produces the best and strongest manure. Where it is suspected that cut-worms exist in a corn field, more grains should be dropped to the hill than usual; then if the worms appear and go to work it is au easy matter to go over the field and kill them one by one. A field can soon be gone over. This idea appears in the Country Gentleman, and seems like a sensible one. Throwing salt or lime on its tail won’t destroy the cut-worm. As to rods to protect buildings from lightning, use round iron an inch in diameter, which your blacksmith will put together for you; tip it with gold or platinum; let the lower end run deep into the ground, say four or five feet, Have no sharp bends in it. When a lightning man comes around give him a $5 bill for getting away as quick as he can; if he then don’t go, boot him. Dairymen—the wide-awake ones—will not fail to plant a patch of corn now, to cut for fodder during July and August, when the pastnres are short. Drill in rows and cultivate; don’t sow broadcast. Field com will do; certain kinds of free succoring sweet is better. Holsteins and Ayrshires are tho best breeds to cross with native stock for milk producers; butter producers should have a big streak of Jersey blood in their veins.

After a wet piece of land has been tmderdrained it may be best seeded by plowing and sowing with oats rather thinly. Oats succeed well upon cold, moist ground and upon a sod, and if there are no more than two bushels of seed per acre used the grass seed will take very well with this crop. A mixture of four quarts of timothy, a bushel of red top and a bushel of blue grass per acre would be preferable.—American Agriculturist. Toward the last of May and during June the codling moth will lay its eggs on the young fruit of the apple and pear Each female lays between 200 and 300 eggs, distributing them over the tree, one to an apple or pear. Wherever an egg is laid the fruit will be destroyed almost certainly. Hogs should run in every orchard; (1) to root up the ground; (2) to fertilize the soil; (3) to eat the fruit that falls in consequence of being injured by the larvae of the codling moth. If all wormy fruit is eaten as soon as it falls to the ground there will soon be no moths to trouble the orchard. It is the second crop of the insect that does the most mischief, which hatches out in August and burrows in the full-grown fruit; but destroy the first crop and there will not be a second. Agricultural writers are inclined to recommend small farms. As well advo cate doing business of any kind on a small scale. Better have a small farm paid for and well managed than to owe for a large one, without the means to work it well. But, if a farmer is able to own a large farm, and has the ability to manage it, no one need to waste any sympathy on him. Large farms are often poorlv farmed, so are small ones. The difficulty is not so much with the size of the farm as wit the capacity of the farmer. Good farming can be done just as well and mare economically on a large farm than on a small one. Teams, implements and farmhands can be used to better advantage on the large farms, for the farmer can afford to have a variety suited to his needs. It is foolish to seek to get a large farm just for the sake of room, but if the large area is fully utilized then we see no objection to It.—Husbandman.

About the House.

Good bisenit is made with one quart of flour, one table-spoonful of baking powder, butter the size of a walnut; use water, don’t mix stiff, bake quick. A lady writes: “To wash quilts, comfortables, tickiugs, sackings, etc., soak in pure cold water twenty-four hours or more, then rub through warm water with a little soap and rinse well.” It is worth trying. Lemon Jumbles.—One egg, one cup of sugar, oue-half cup of butter, three teaspconfuls of milk, one-half teaspoonful of soda, and one of cream of tartar, juice of two small lemons, and the grated rind of one; mix stiff. A thick flour bag, that will hold twenty-five pounds of flour, is excellent to put hams away in for the summer. Wrap the hams first in brown paper, several thicknesses; tie the bag tightly and hang up. No flies will disturb the hams. Rhubarb ought not to be stewed for pies, but cut the sticks in small pieces; fill your dishes, already lined with the lower crust, and cover thick with sugar. After placing on a thin lid, bake in a moderate oven. Batter Pudding.—One pint of milk, four well-beaten eggs, two cups of flour, one teaspoonful of salt, and a pinch of soda. Bake three-quarters of an hour or boil in a buttered mold or floured bag two hours: serve with sauce, and eat at once. German Puffs.—Three beaten eggs, three cups of milk, three teaspoonsfuls of melted butter, three cups of flour, a small spoonful of salt; pour into nine well-buttered cups, Bame size as used in measuring; bake to a fine brown, and eat aB soon as done with sauce.

Mrs. A. had some marking done with indelible ink, which in washing became partly transferred to the fabric, causing ugly stains which it was feared could not be removed. However, 5 cents worth of cyanide of potassium, obtained at the nearest drug store, dissolved in three table-spoon fids of water, with a little rubbing, entirely took out the blotches without injuring the fabric. Our readers can try this with certainty of success. Pickled Fish.— Clean the fish thoroughly and cut into pieces about five iuehesloug; rub each piece on the cut side witli salt. Take a stone jar which will about hold the fish, put a layer of fish on the bottom, then a few whole peppers and allspice and a blade of mace, then another layer of fish, spice, etc., till the jar is nearly full; theD pour good oider vinegar over it until the fish is quite covered. Tie a paper over the

top of the jar, and cover this with flour paste; this keeps in all steam. Put the jar in the even and bake for three hours. The fish is fit for use as soon as cold, and will keep, in the pickle, for six months. Shad is excellent pickled, as all the bones disappear.

HARD TIMES.

A New and Novel Theory, A correspondent of the New York Daily Bulletin propounds a new theory of the causes of the last commercial crisis, whose devastating effects have been so widely felt. The universality of the collapse leads him to reject all the local American causes assigned for it, such as the cturency, the protective tariff, political disturbances, etc. He finds its prime mever in the revolution in communication and transportation consequent upon the rapid extension of telegraph lines all over the world and their connection by submarine cables—the vast increase of steamship traffic and the opening of the Suez canal, whereby the products of the world were thrown on the markets weeks, months, and even a year sooner than they otherwise would have been. This theory is illustrated by the change in the East India cotton trade. It is but ten years ago that cotton grown in India was taken, often in seed, in carts to Madras and Bombay. This required weeks, and the preparations for shipping consumed a good deal of time. The voyage to England was made around the Cape of Good Hope in slow vessels that took six or eight months to reach Liverpool. By the time the cotton had been manufactured into goods in Lancashire, and reconveyed to India, not less than two years generally elapsed. All this is amazingly changed. The cotton is carried to Bombay by railroad instead of bullock carts, shipped through the Suez canal instead of by the Cape of Good Hope, and, passing through theloomsof Manchester, returns to India in cloth in less than half the time consumed under the former system. The writer declares that this acceleration has been such that at least one full India cotton crop has been marketed, made into goods, and thrown on the market of the world ahead of time. Or, to state the case differently, the world has, during the last five or eight years, taken one crop of India cotton (and consumed it, for the stock is less by about 500,000 bales than it was four years ago) more than has been grown. The conclusion drawn is that the world has not been producing too much, but has marketed more than it has produced. The writer thinks the fall effect of the revolution has been felt, and that, as no further considerable improvement can be made in transportation, all that now remains is that something or anything should happen to restore general confidence. These view* have the merit of novelty, and are interesting, even if they cannot command general assent.

Why Senator Mitchell Changed His Name.

I saw seated on a sofa in tho Senate chamber the other day two men, whose presence in Washington is a coincidence if nothing more. These two men were Senator Mitchell, of Oregon, and Representative Thompson, of Pennsylvania. These men were law partners in Butler, Pa., in 1860. Mitchell had studied law with Thompson, and subsequently became his partner, under the firm name of Thompson & Hippie. The young firm was going on admirably in business, but Hippie’s domestic relations were of the most unhappy nature. Everybody sympathized with Hippie, and, as Thompson said to me recently, nobody would have blamed him if be had announced to the public that he oould not live with her any longer, and left town. At that time Thompson was in the Pennsylvania Legislature. During a visit to Butler, iu either 1860 or 1861, Hippie told him he was going to Pittsburgh for a day or two. Hippie thereupon paoked up a few things and departed, taking with him about $2,000 belonging to the firm. Nothing was heard of him for several days, and Thompson began to grow uneasy. Hippie’s, wife was also becoming troublesome. Finally, after several days’ anxiety, a letter came to Thompson from Hippie, dated from “ The Wide World,” in winch he said he could not live with his wife, and had gone away forever. He secured Thompson by mortgage, etc., but Thompson for many years did not know where his old partner was, but Hippie managed by sending letters to be remailed from various parts of the country to settle every account he owed and to forward money to Thompson for the support of his wife. After many years had passed the two partners met by accident in Pittsburgh, the old friendship was renewed and the warmest feelings have existed ever since. Now both of them are in Congress. What became of tho old wife I do not know. A divorce was obtained, and Hippie married again on tlie Pacific coast. After leaving Pennsylvania, in 1860, Hippie changed liis name from John Mitchell Hippie to John Hippie Mitchell, and by that name he has been known ever since. His present wife is a very charming lady, and he has two of the handsomest daughters in Washington. No man stands higher among his associates, and no Senator is more faithful to his duties.— H. J. Ramsdell, in Philadelphia Times.

A Centennial Celebration.

About the only centennial celebration this year is the one to take place along the Susquehanna river. On the 3d of July, 1778, the celebrated Wyoming massacre took place and added a tragic historical interest to the beautiful Wyoming valley. Three hundred men, women and children met a sudden and terrible death. Their fate has given to literature poetical tributes from Campbell, Halleck, and Mrs. Sigourney which have rendered, the fame of Wyoming world-wide. The celebration of the events of 1778 will take place on the 31 and 4th of July next. A classic ode has been written for the opening song, and will be rendered by 100 choirs, and addresses, orations, and poems commemorative of the event will be delivered by some of the leading literary men of the land. The Committee of Arrangements are actively engaged rebuilding the old forts and huts along the Susquehanna, so as to appear precise ly as they did 100 years ago, and neither time nor ixoense Will be spared in making the celebration a crowning success. So as to render the scene as realistic as possible, the services of a tribe of Indians—proffered by their chief—have been accepted, and they will appear upon the ground in their wild and picturesque costumes. The proceedings of the 3d of July will partake . principally of a solemn character, consisting of commemorative hymns and orations, and ©n the Fourth there will be a grand procession, followed in the evening by a display of fireworks, illuminating the Susquehanna river from Camp- ' bell’s Ledge to Nanticoke, a distance of | twenty miles, by a line of boats burning ! tar barrels.

A Suit for Seventeen Millions.

When the end of the gigantio exposure of the frauds known as the Credit Mobilier, 1871, had been reached, and Oakes Ames, then a Congressman from Massachusetts* returned to his home broken in spirit and ruined in prospects, the country at large, the pulpit and the press generally dropped the subject, until it ceased altogether to provoke any comment. Once or twice a ghost has arisen, in a legal shape, from the ashes of the buried fraud, but these have occupied but little of the time or attention of the public. Yesterday, however, a ghost of immense proportions loomed up in the Circuit Court of the United

States in this city, in the shape of a suit for #17,000,000 damages brought by Judge John Leisenring, of Mauch Chunk, Pa*, against the representatives of the original Union Pacific Bailway Company. The ground for the action is stated by Judge Leisenring to be thereyoking of a contract between himself and the Union Pacific Company, under which he was to build the read, and that, being thus defrauded out of his legal right to construct said road, he Buffered to the extent of the amount claimed.— New York Star.

Doesn’t Want to be Paraded.

“The Lotus Club and other dubs want to give you a reception, Mr. Edison,” said L “ The Secretary of the New Jersey Association to-day obtained Cyrus W. Field’s promise to" preside at a dinner in your honor over at Newark.” Mr. Edison said : “ I have heard from several dubs, but I didn’t know anything about this New Jersey affair. They may eat their dinners as much as Siey please, but they must excuse me. I shall not attend any of them. I should not enjoy them. ” “ But you are being much talked about, Mr. Edison; and you have made some great inventions; and these gentlemen wish to testify their appreciation. ” “Yes; lam not indifferent to expressions of approval,” ho explained; “I suppose complimentary dinners and receptions will have to be given, in the present state of society, and it is very kind of the gentlemen, and all that, you know; but such affairs are ceremonious and not in my line. I cannot be a party to them. ” “Idou’tsee how you are to forever escape,” I persisted. “You shouldn’t have been famous if you didn’t want to bo talked about and bored by dinners. How are you going to escape this tide of congratulation, when it bears down on Menlo Park?” “ Well,” said he, with a puzzled expression, disposing of the last strawberry, “ I shall run away. I went to Menlo Park to get where the people wouldn't come much, and if they invade that I shall take to the woods again.” Let me say here that Mr. Edison is as bashful as a school-girl (of the last century). He has much less than his proportion of the brass of the period, and to this in part I refer his disinclination to be “received.” Besides this, he probably considers that sort of thing more or less flummery and humbug, as others do who have seen a good deal of it. It is not trne that he is slovenly and uncoutli in appearance. It is a fact, however, that he is not particularly careful in dress, and frequently goes unshaven for a good many days in succession, but this is because he is an intensely busy man. You may, perhaps, have noticed that no man who shaved and changed his shirt every morning ever invented a phonograph and took out 162 inventions before he was 31 years old. Edison is fur above all affectations, either in diet or dress, and is as simple-minded as a child. —New York letter.

Obituary of a Bonanza King.

By the death of William Shoney O’Brien, California is minus one rich man, and that is all. The riches are still here, and so the rich man will not be regretted by the community at large. On the contrary, it is possible that some of the wealth that he had accumulated may be distributed, and then his death will be a souroe of good. It is sad that a man with such opportunities as Mr. O’Brien shsuld have died and left behind him no record; that his memory should depend for perpetuity simply upon the amount of money he was able to grasp between his two hands. The height of his ambition was simply to be rich; the most refined of his enjoyments was a game of seven-up in the back room of a saloon. He might have been a philanthropist; he was only a sensualist. He might have left a name that would have been remembered with honor and gratitude for ages, whereas his only epitaph can be, “He was very rich.” But if he did very little good to other people with his money, he took very little enjoyment out of it himself, and California may be thankful that fortune placed wealth in the hands of a man who was not capable of using it for worse purposes than the gratification of mere sensual desires. We may congratulate ourselves that O’Brien, if he did little good, was debarred by nature from doing much harm with his gold. —San Francisco Daily News.

Travels of a Letter.

From the New York Tribune we cut the following account, ol a letter’s re markable journeyings : * “ A letter was mailed in the New York Postoffice on February 6, 1876, containing ten gold sovereigns, and directed to Mary Botten, Aschueha, Australia. The letter was sent to San Francisco, and was returned to New York. Thence it was sent to London, to Australia, to the dead-letter office at Sydney, and thence, at the request of the sender, it was forwarded to JDemmuquillen, New South Woles. Not delivered there, it weut next to the dead-letter office at Melbourne, thence to the dead-letter office at Washington, and finally it came back to New York, almost two years after it started. But the sovereigns were missing. Inquiry at the Foreign Office elicited the response that the case was closed. It was afterward found from marks on the envelope that the loss must have occurred between Sydney and Melbourne. Renewed investigation was made, and the sovereigns weie found in the Melbourne office, in their buckskin covering. George Wilson, the sender, recently received the money from Postmaster James. More than forty letters were sent from New York office regarding the matter.”

Our Mining Industry.

The milling industry of the United States ranks next to the great iron interest in point of magnitude. Unlike the iron interest, however, it is not confined to spots here and there throughout the country, but is spread over the entire lacd. The flour-mills number over 25,000, employing over 60,000 men, who are paid annually in wages about $20,000,000. The yearly production of these mills is nearly 50,000,000 barrels of flour, of which about 4,000,000 are exported to foreign countries. Pennsylvania has the largest number of mills, there being nearly 3,000 in this State. Next stands New York, with nearly 2,000 mills. Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, North Carolina, Virginia, Georgia and Tennessee have over 1,000 each. Other States range from 700 down to less than a 100. Some of the largest milling States, such as Minnesota, Michigan, lowa and Illinois, while they have not proportionately so many mills, employ the greatest average of men. This is accounted for by the greater number of merchant mills and the larger mills there found.

Chess Tourney.

The French Government has inaugurated a grand chess tournament to be played in the Exposition Building, at Paris. There are four prizes, aggregating 10,000 francs. Mr. James Mason, the winner of the prize in our Centennial Chess Tournament at Philadelphia, and who vanquished the celebrated Mr. Bird, chess champion of England, has sailed for Europe to enter in the Paris tournament as the representative of the United States.

John Taylor will probably be hanged a second time for a murder committed ten years ago in Danville, Ky. He was lynched immediately after the crime, but was cut down by his friends before life was extinct, ard hurried off to Kansas, where he lived under an assumed panxe until he was recently recognized,

Adam and Eve and That Apple.

How many apples did Adam and Eve eat? Some say Eve 8 and Adam 2—a total of 10 only. Now we figure the thing out far differently. Eve 8 and Adam 8 also. Total, 16.— Boston Journal. We think the above figures are entirely wrong. If Eve 8 and Adam 82, certainly the total will be 90. Scientific men, however, on the strength of the theory that the antediluvians were a race of giants, reason something like this: Eve 81 and Adam 82 —total, 163. Gloucester Advertiser. Wrong again; what could be clearer than, if Eve 81 and Adam 812, the total was 893 ? Lawrence American. If Eve 811 st and Adam 812, would not the total be 1,623? — Boston Journal. I believe the following to be the true solution : Eve 814 Adam, Adam 8124 Eve—total, 8,938. — Veritas. Still another calculation is as follows: If Eve 814 Adam, Adam 81242 oblige Eve—total, 82,967. We think this, however, not to be a sufficient quantity, for, though we admit that Eve 814 Adam, Adam if he 8081242 keep Eve company—total, 8,082,056. — New York Mail. All wrong. Eve, when she 81812 many, and probably felt Borry for it, but her companion, in order to relieve her grief, 812. Therefore, Adam, if he 81814240fy Eye’s depressed spirits. Hence both ate 81,896,864. — Bosston, in Quincy Whig.

Flight of Storks.

In their preparations for migration storks are very interesting. They are never heard to utter any sound until the time of their doparture has arrived. They then begin to make a very singular kind of clatter, communicating with every member of their flock. They never start until each individual is collected together. Night is the time chosen. Strict silence is then preserved, and they rise immediately high up in tho air, forming themselves into a triangle, and one bird takes the apex. The duties of this position are too laborious to be long sustained, and therefore when fatigue is felt the leading bird retires and another takes its place. We could not manage better ourselves. Mackinaw is a great resort for hay-fe-ver patients. As soon as the fatal August day arrives victims rush to ihis most sacred of Indian islands. Here the distemper at once disappears, and tho patient stays in delightful rural quarantine until the first frost strikes the place he left.

Common Sense.

Many imagine all advertised medicines to be worthless nostrums, and iudiscriminatelj con demnthem; but is it not an injustice to the thousands of respectable citizens who give voluntary evidence of benefits received, to thus question and doubt their veracity and integrity? Fairbanks’ standard scales are extensively advertised. Does it necessarily follow that they aro inferier in make, and less accurate thau others? Have they not been demonstrated to be among the best? Again, is it common sense to suppose that a physician with capital could be induced to hazard it and a hard-earned reputation upon a worthless article? It. Y. Pierce, M. D., of the World’s Dispensary and Invalids’ Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y., is the proprietor of the most popular family medicines in the market. His reputation as a skillful surgeon and physician has been fully established for many years. Would physicians and clergy, after having tested his medicines thoroughly, unite in commending them to the afflicted, ’if they possessed no merit ? The undersigned take pleasure in recommending Dr. Pierce and his Family Medicines to all who may need them : C. B. Fairchild, M. D., Seneca, N. Y.; W. B. Cou-ins, M. D., Albia, lowa ; M. J. McClellan, M. D., Gavrattsville, N. Y.; W. F. Hazleton, M. D., Silver Lake, KaD.; F. S. Miner, M. I)., Veazie, Nev.; Geo. Dieterich, M. D., 105 Vine street, Baltimore, Md.; J. H. Sherrod, M. D., Paoli, lad.; Geo. B. Chapman, M. D., Plattsmouth, Neb.; T. J. Casper. M. D., Springfield. Ohio ; James H. Pcrter, M. D., Gorham, N. H.; D. E. Wells, M. D., Bristol, N. H.; J. A. Miller, M. D., San Le&ndes, Cal.; J. N. Camp.M. D., Baladan, Mo.; Jos. S. Burr, M. D., W. Lafayette, O.; Rev. E. N. Harmon, Elsah, Ill.; Rev. Isaac N. Augustin, Shipman, III.; Rev. Thos. O’Reilly, Newman, Kan.; Bov. L. Western, Bucklin, Mo.; Rev. L. A. Dawson, Homer, III.; Rev. W. S. Long, Graham, N. C.; Rev. Andrew Adams, Calnoun, Ga.; Rev. A. P. Moore; 712 Washington street, Boston, Mass.; Rev. I. A. Thayer, M. D., Baconsburg, Ohio; Rev. I. P. Profiit, Palmyra, Ill.; Mrs. Elizabeth A. Boyd, Falls City, Pa.; J. Spencer, Union City, Mich.; Geo. C. Bazzill, ltonovo, Pa.; Mrs. M. Kerns, Palmyra, Mo.; Mrs. E. R Daley, Metropolis, Ill.; Samuel Farner, Java, Ohio ; Sisters of Charitv, St. Vincent’s Asvlum, Troy, N. Y.

$25 or $2,500

Judiciouily u cd in Chicago grain operations invariably makes money. The old commission house of W. T. Soule & Co., 128 & 130 La Salle st., Chicago, lU., issues pamphlet and rc-poits gratis. Nervousness and Sleepless nights are cured by the use of Dr. Graves’ HEALiT REGULATOR. \Yo have the grateful testimonials of many who have been cured of this disorder. For subduing tho Nerves and bringing the Heart to its natural functions Dr. Graves’ HE YRT REGULATOR has no equal; it is not claimed a cureall but is a medicine which goes straight to its work, relieves the Heart of its burden, and enables it to produce the blood as it should, giving life and tono to tho system. If you have any trouble with your Heart, no matter how slight, try the HEART REGULATOR and you will say it is a blessing. Send your name to F. E. Ingalls, Concord, N. H., for a pamphlet containing a list of testimonials of cures, etc. Price 50 ceuts and $1 ; for sale by druggists. Mothebß ! Mothers !! Mothers !!! Don’t fail to procure Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for all diseases incident to the period of teething in children. It relieves the child from pain, cures wind colic, regulates the bowels, and Ly giving relief and health to the child, gives rest to the mother. It is an old and well-tried remedy.

CHEW

The Celebrated “ Matcht,ess” Wood Tag Plug Tobacco. The Pioneer Tobacco Company, Now York, Boston and Chicigo.

Don’t Forget that the country is full of tramps and thieves, and that yon ought to be provided with a weapon of defense. See advertisement in another column hoaded “ Doa’t Forget It.”

THE MARKETS.

NEW YORK. Beeves $3 00 @ll 50 Hoos 3 50 @ 3 89 Cotton it @ ni^ Flour—Superfine 4 00 @4 60 Wheat—No. 2 Chicago 1 22 @ 1 24 Corn—Western Mixed 43 (A 51 Oats—Mixed 33 @ 34 Rye—Western 71 @ 72 Pork—Mess 9 to @ 9 15 Lard 6V@ 7 CHICAGO. Beeves—Choice Graded Steers.... 5 25 @ 5 60 Choice Natives 4 75 @ 5 15 Cons and Heifers 3 00 @ 4 00 Butchers’Steers 3 75 @4 00 Medium to Fair 4 40 @4 05 Hoos—Live 2 50 @ 3 20 Flour—Fancy White Winter 6 00 @6 50 Good to Choice Spring Ex. 5 00 @5 40 Wheat---No. 2 Spring 1 10 @ 1 11 No. 3 Spring 1 01 @ 1 02 Corn—No. 2 39 @ 40 Oats—No. 2 28 @ 27 Rye—No. 2 68 @ 59 Barley—No. 2 51 @ 52 Butter—Choice Creamery 18 @ 20 Eggs—Fresh 9 @ io Pork—Mess 7 75 @ 8 05 Lard MILWAUKEE. Wheat—No. 1 1 12 @1 13v No. 2 1 09 @ 1 10 Corn—No. 2... 37 @ 38 Oats—No. 2 25 @ 26 Rye—No. 1. 58 *@ 59 Barley—No. 2 66 (A 67 ST. LOUIS. Wheat—No. 3 Red Fail 1 lowa 1 iiv Corn—Mixed 33 39''* Oats—No. 2 25 @ 26 STK--5 TK --- 57 @ 58 *± ABD 6}£@ 6% Hogs. 3 CO @ 3 16 Cattle 2 75 @ 5 25 CINCINNATI. Wheat Red 1 15 @1 19 Corn. 42 @ 43 Cats 28 & 31 Nxe 60 @ «2 Pork—Mesr. .. p 69 (A 8 75 Toledo’. Wheat—No. 1 Whit/, 1 26 (A 1 26 No. 2 Red 1 18 @ 1 19 Corn.. 43 @ 44 Oats—No. 2 27 <a 28 DETROIT. Flour—Choice White 5 50 @ 600 Wheat—No. 1 White.. .t ]sß@l 29 No. 1 Amber 1 26 @ 1 26 Corn-No. 1 42 @ 43 Oats—Mixed 28 @ 29 Barley <per cental) ’ 1 00 @ 1 40 Pork Mess 9 £0 @ 9 76 EAST LIBERTY, PA. Cattle—Best.... 5 12 (a 6 40 *’»ir 4 50 @ 5 (0 Common 3 to @ 4 25 Hoos 3 40 @ 3 70 Sheep 3 00 @ 6 00

Gen. Grant at the Paris Exposition. A cable dispatch to New York HeraUl May 11th says that Gen. Grant was placed upon a square, American platform—that of the Howe Scale. The General in fact was weighed and for the first time in his life “ found wanting,” having lost seventeen pounds by his Egyptian trip. After yon have read all of the important news in this paper read tho advertisements, and the “ Don’t Forget It ” advertisement in particular. Wilhoft’s Fever and Ague Tonic.— This medicine is need by construction companies for the benefit of their employes, when engaged in malarial districts. The highest testimonials have been given by contractors and by the Presidents of some of the leading railroads in tho South and West. When men are congregated in large numbers in the neighborhood of swamps and rivers, Wilhoft’s Tonic will prove a valuable addition to the 6tock of medicines, and will amply reward the company in the saving of time, labor and money. We recommend it to all. Wni£Lock, Finlay & Co., Proprietors, New Orleans. For sale by all Druggists. Instantly is none too quick to relieve croup. Many children have died while a fire was making. Joh/ison's Anodyne Liniment gives instant relief and is a sure cure. Halfteaapoouful on sugar. Every family should keep it in the house. The adulteration of condition powders has got lo such a pitch that one can now buy a pound pack of dust and. ashes for 25 cents. There is only one kind now known that are strictly pure, and those are Sheridan's Cavalry Powders. Don’t Forget It —That you ought to read the advertisement so headed in another column of this paper.

TO CONSUMPTIVES. Tho advertiser, haring boon permanently enred of that dread disease. Consumption, by a simple remedy, is anxious to make known to his fellow-sufferers the means of cure. To all who desire it, he will send a copy of the proscription used (free of charge), with the directions for preparing and using the same, which they will find a rube Cure for Consumption, Asthma, Bronchitis, Ac. Parties wishing the prescription will please address Rev. EDWARD A. WILSON, 194 Penn Street. Williams burgh, N. Y, The Greatest Di moo very of tho Age is Dr. Tobias’ celebrated Venetian Liniment! 80 years before the public, and warranted to cure Diarrhea, Dysentery, Colic and Spasms, taken internally; and Croup, Chronic Rheumatism, Sore Throats, Cuts, Bruises, Old Soros, and Pains ia the Limbs, Back and Cheat, externally. It has never failed. No family will ever be without after once giving it a fair trial. Price, 40 cents. DR. TOBIAS’ VENETIAN HORSE LINIMENT, <n Pint Bottles, at One Dollar, Is warranted superior "» any ether, or NO PAY, for the cure of Colic, Cute, Bruises, Old Sores, etc. Sold by all Druggists. Depot— lO Park Place. New York.

At this season of the year the human system is liable te become disordered from the insufficient efforts of tho liver to discharge the excess of bile. If nature is not assisted in her efforts, severe bilious attacks or prostrating fevers necessarily follow, causing great suffering and even death. A little timely precaution, however, will prevent all this, and may be found in that favorite house, bold.remed, SIMMONSi.UTER ItEO lI.ATOR. SIS SIMMONS’ LIVER REGULATOR has been in use for half a century, and there la not one single in* stance on record where it has failed to effect a cure when taken in time according to the directions. It is, without doubt, the greatest LIVER MEDICINE In the world; Is perfectly harmless, being carefully compounded from rare roots and herbs, containing no mercury or any Injurious mineral substance. It takes the place of quinine and calomel, and has superseded these medicines in places where they have heretofore been extensively used. Procure a bottle at once from your druggist. Do not delay. Give it a fair trial, and you will be more than satisfied with the result obtained. CAUTION. As there are a number of Imitations offered to the public, we would caution the community to buy no Powders or Prepared HIMMONK’ LlVfilt ltmiUliATOlt unless in our Engraved Wrapper, with Trade-Mark, Stamp and Signature unbroken. None other is genuine. OIIIGINAL -AJSTD GKE-NTTENTE MANUFACTURED ONLY BY J. H. ZEILIN & CO., PHILADELPHIA* PA. Price, SI.OO. Sold by all Druggists. I T TJ X KS S It ELI K V ED.No medicine. JuJjA l Book free. G. J. Wood. Madison. Ind. UCU Nervous, Debilitated and Exhausted should send HI Lls for painphlet and free samDle box of AOTON’S REMEDY to Hammond. Jones A Co., Cincinnati, O. H Warranted a PERFECT CURE (or money returned) /ur all the. unref ~ forms of Pii.f.s, Lei’Hosy, SchofULA, Rheumatism, Salt Rheum, Catarrh, Kidney Diseases, and all diseases ot SIUN and Blood. Montreal njid Host mi. everywhere. Jjji J .DO a Bottle. EVERY SOLDIER, have entered a homestead of lu»* than 160 acres, are entitled tc a claim for the remainder of 160 acres. I pay highest ensb prices for such claims. $0 00 pnid for information of person* entitled. Land Warrants bought. Address, JtLAt’K, 8. E. Cor. sth und Walnut Street*. Cincinnati, Ob In. WANTED":::^:!: ■BttfuaMnaMiMiMMMfl * |TAPLI •rilcUJust pat ent«d. Frrlutiv* right given . Liberal term*. Large profiti Small capital. ft. MO ft ft IS. Chicago. Hi. E-> W l/PAV—With Stencil Outfits. What iTW~ costs 4 cents sell? rapidly for 60 cents. Catalogue./Ver. S. M. SPENCER, 112 Wash 1 !! St., Boston T YPI! JPCfel A.L.£,, at Ixo Xjowest Prices, HE NATIONAL TYPE CO. Catalogue, six cents, PHILADELPHIA

KTL L THE POTATO BUGS AND SAVE THE POTATOES. WfTRE DEATH to the Colorado Potato Bug is only to be hid by the use of Paris Green. Prof. Cook and otlieis say that all other remedies have failed. INDORSED BY A. S. FULLER* ahkicultLKAL EDITOR OF THE “SIJN.” PURE PARIS GREEN, Made by F. W. Devoe A Co., can be relied on for the extermination of the Potato Bug and Cotton Worm. Circular on the use of Paris Green distributed free on application. F. W. DEVOE & CO.’S MIXED PAINTS. For the convenience and economy of consumers of PAINT the well-known house of F. W* DEVOE A: CO* now prepare PAINTS READY FOR USE FOR FARMERS find MANUFACTURERS. They are uniform in shade, and the colors can always fco matched. Any one can paint with them. No need of a painter to mix it for you. No need of a dryer or other ingredients. The paint is ready for immediate application. Send for sample cards showing different shades. They have very superior covering properties, and do not, like the so-called patent paints, eontnin either water, benzine or alkali. These Paints are in Liquid Form, and are sold in Gallon Cans and Barrels. They ore also put up in small cans of one to five pounds. F. W. DEVOE & CO., Manufacturers and Importers of Colors, White Leads, Zinc White, Varnishes and Artists’ Materials, CORNKR FULTON A WILLIAM STS. (OLD DUTCH CHURCH CORNKR), NEW YOKK CITY. ASTHIMA & CATARRH. Dr. R. W. Read’s Celebrated Asthma Relief is undoubtedly the best remedy for Astlmin. and Cuturrli yet discovered ; also a sure cure for (*b! (1 s n nd Con alls. Relief is guaranteed or purchase price refunded. Samples sent tree to any who may de-ire. The medicine is put up in two sized packages, and retails for sl)c. and $1 00. Doz. price $3 50 and $7.00. Those remitting retail price will have the medicine promptly forwarded by return mail. Address A. ETHRIDGE, Manufacturer and Proprietor, Rome, N. Y. The T, FJ' , N WeH Ilorii.fc and Hock Drilling: Machine is the only Machine that will succeed everywhere, h makes the best of wells in any soil or rock. One man and one horse can make from $25 Io SSO a day. Circulars and references sent free. No Pat- i i?nt Right Swindle. AVldress LOOMIS NYMAX, TIFFIN. OHIO.

CALIFORNIA. Advertisements inserted in a list of over 100 Cooperative Papers. The only list on Pacific Coast. Send for circular containing list of papers, prices, Ac. , Address CARLOS WHITE. 525 and 527 Market Street, San Francisco.' P. O. Box 2271. Don’t Forget It! After yon have been aroused at night by burglars in your house a few times, you will feel the necessity of Wing a good REVotVEIt. Probably When you do feel that necessity, DON’T FORGET that you can buy a FIKWT-CI.AsH Nickel-Plntcd RPVrtPvxS? 1 and Cylinder SEVEN-SHOT warranted perfect In every particular, for tbo small Bum of THREE DOLLARS, PAPKR d i d n iU t l he 'muted' ? 4 *' if Sear, postage paid. This Paper will be mailed FREE FOR ONE YEAR to every person who buys one of our Revolvers. REMEMBER, this is no cheap, cast-iron Revolver. It ts first class in every particular, and will be sent byinaii, to any address, on receipt of SB.OO. Or for we will send the Revolver and 100 Cartridges by Expukss. These Revolvers are manufactured expressly Iprue, iand are the best ever offered for the money. THE LEDGER is mailed one year FREE to every purchaser. Three Bau^eco^,of^ A cP r£^^n^h Add^,i|

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THE GOOD OLD STAND-BY, MEXICAN MUBTAN6 LINIMENT. FOR MAN AND BEAST. F.ftTABT.IRHKr) 35 YtiAße. Always cures. Always ready. Always handy. Has never yet failed. Thirty millions have tested it. The whole world approves the glorious old Mustang—the Beat and Cboapv, Liniment tn existence. Bft.cents a bottle. 7 Mussing Liniment cures when nothing oise will. ■S(/ijD BY ALL MRIUfttJtH VfMtT’Pt SANDAL-WOOD. A positive remedy for all dl«ts«s*o< the Kidney*, Bladder and Urinary Orffaost also, good In Dropsical Complaints. Bowsrproducesslckness, is certain ard speedy In Ua action. It ts fust superseding all other remedies Sixty ospsclee core in six or eight days. No other medicine osn do this Beware of Imitations* for. owing to Us great success, many have been offered ; sis most dangerov V Coloring piles, Ac. DIN DAS DICK He CO.’S Genuine So/'t tup. sule*. containing Oil of Sasuktl. Wood, told at ail Drue store!. Ash for r ircular, or oad for one to 35 and 37 Wooster street, Neto York, O. N. U. ~ No. 2» WHEN WRITING TO ADVERTISERS. please say you taw tbo advertise n' t! 1 lu this paper.