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IBitllefttt JOHN H. OBERLY, PUBLISHER. CAIRO, ILLINOIS, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1872. ffiatfo THE BULLETIN. msTomoAL SHADOWS OK SHASTA. JOAQUIN MILLKK'S It It 1 1)1',. TAWNY TilR CHILI) OK A POBT'H 1.0 VK. Wrinkled and brown as a buj,' of leather, A smiaw lt mouliliiK l"x and low. Yeitcrday she wax a wife and mother, To-day "he i rocking tier to niidlYo, A desolate widow In weedi and woe. SiiiiK oftlie .Sierra. ThuH wroto the wild pout of tlio Sierra!), Joaquin Miller, but littlo did the world kuow of the depth of mean ing in these lines. Never did it dream that thin squaw, who nut "rocking to and fro, a desolute widow in weed and woe," was his own clunky spouse. And yet such seeins to have been the fact, und in the Han Francisco 'Chronicle' we have the whole of the wonderful story. The writer tells uh that fifteen yearn ago, on a little greou vulley on the batiks of the Upper .Sacramento, there dwelt a remnant of the once powerful tribe of Tascbastas. But little i.s known of the hihtory of the tribe ex cept that they were far above the av erage California Indian in all that in vests the aboriginal character with sen timent and romance. They were wild, fierce and exceedingly warlike, and for years hod held in undisputed possess ion the region overlooked by the kuow capped dome of Mount Shasta. The memory of thin tribe has been immor talized by a wild, wicrd, romantic poem from the pen of Oregon's long haired versifier Joaquin Miller who, in his youth spent nearly a year in their company, residing in the wigwam of tho chief and fishing and hunting with the young warrior. This roman tic incident in the life of the .Sierra songster is not generally known ; but when tho fact are fully recorded hie admircr will be at no lois to account for the inspiration which guided hi pen through the mazed of poetic thought and mournful fancy which gave birth to "The last of the Tascbastas." TIIK I'OKT'S KIllsT I.OVK. Here it was that Miller first felt the awakening of the tender passioii,and here it was that he first aroused into being the love of one who clung to him even unto death. .She was a dark-eyed, raven-haired creature, with a wealth of love and affection which she lavished upon the adventurer. Joaquin Miller's treatment of this poor savage girl re flect but little credit upon the soul of no iutense a being as he. It finds a parallel in his subsequent demeanor towards the fairer-haired and more cul tured being who bears his name and shares fat a distance) the glory that is his. The two incident confirm the itiiprcssiou that, alter all, poets can do very mean things in a very prac tical way. TIIK nitVT MKKTINtl. Ah the story goes, Miller was at one time a stockherder, or something of the kind, in .Siskiyou county. One day in attending to gome cattle in the sou thern part of the county, he came across a party of three young Indians. Believing that they were ou a cattle stealing expedition he fired at them to frighten them away, but unfortunately they didn't scare worth a cent, and in about two minutes the young disciple of cattle herding and poetry fouud him self bound hand and foot, and with an ugly bullet hole through the fleshy part of his leg. The next morning be fore day-break he was in the Indian camp a prisoner. Not knowing what was to be his fate, bliud with anger und mortification, and suffering in tensely from his wound. Miller lay upon his blanket the very picture of despair. It was while he was in this condition that ho first met the woman who was to exercise such an influence upon his destiny. TIIK INDIAN MAIDEN. She was the daughter of the old ctief of the tribe, young not over eighteen and as beautiful as an angel's dream. Miller, in his poem, draws the following picture of her: Hard by stood the war elder's daughter, Taller than the tnell'd eorn, Kweiiter than the kin ol mornllij:, Had a oiiio sweet star or morn, Half defiant, half forlorn, Itohcd In skins of Hilpud panther, Lining loosely to the air, WIUi a faee a idmde of sorrow, And black eyes that said, Hew are ! Nettled In a ntorin of hair. With Iter striped robes around her, Kasten'il by all ougle's beak, Stood she I))' til" stately ehleltalli, l'rolld and mire as Shasta's peak. Her eyes were black, her faee wax brown, Her breast were bare, mid thein fell down Ktich wealth of hair, It uliiiot hid '''be two, in its rich Jetty fold Which I had sometime fain forhlu ; They were richer, fuller far Than any polished bronzes arc. And richer hued than any (old. On her brown anus and her brown hand Were hoops of koIiI und gulden bands, Hough-hammered from tho virgin oils so heavy they eould hold no more. PITY TIIKN I.OVK. Tho maiden naw tho captivo and straightway her heart went out in pity for his Buffering. She unloosened his fastenings, dressed his wounds, and leaded with her father for his safety. Ipr efforts were not in vain. For days and, days she was unremitting in hor attention, and Jfimjuess, and in a inqtith Millar's wound, waspntirely healed, and ho bethought him of his future. The tribe, through tho intercession qf the girl, offered him a sufp conduct back to his cattle herd, but some stiango invisible power seemed to hold him, and weeks went by, fiuding him at thoir close still a guest of the 'J'asclias ta, lie kuow tho girl loved him wildly, and ho knew also that to loave her would cost him a bitter pang, so he lingorod on, oven against his better great deal of inner satisfaction. The love of the two ripened fast hers faster than his for in her wild imaginings she looked upon him as her Ood and worshipped him accordingly. .She taught him u dialect by which they could exchange their thoughts and give expression to tho heart ytarningH which overwhelm them. Ho taught her a few snatches of his first lovo songs and instructed her in the first rtt diluents of the English tongue, lie filled her mind with glowing pictures of civilization, far beyond the mighty range of snow covered mountains in the cast, and she listened with absorb ing interest to all he told her of the great world, of which she knew so little and he so much. TIIK IOHKST NUPTIAL. And so the green summer wore away, and gave place to golden autumn. Joaquin still lingered inthe .hospitable wigwam, with no other thought but to bask in the sunlight of the Indian maid en's smiles. She had bewitched him with her artilcss grace and bewildered his ruusou witu the passionate love she so fieely gave him. As for him, he was all in all for her, her life, her world, her d'od. .She had no word for any but the pale faced, long haired stranger, and no thought for aught save his wel fare and happiness. And so ono day they were married. Not within the massive stone walls of a splendid ca thedral, with a gorgeously surpliced priest to mumble over the few formal words which society has set up as a moral safeguard, but beneath the broad branches of a mighty oak, with no eye save that of the !reat Spirit upon them, nor any voices save those of the chirping beetle and the silver toned birds to bless their union. .Mil ler in later years has told us this about the bridal 'guest. and the wedding fes tivities : "The lilll were brown, the heaven- were blue, A woodpeeker iioiinded a pine topfhell, While a pnrtrldce ulil-tli'd the whobi day through, Kor a rabbit to dance in the rbnpiiaral, Andagrev grouse drummed, "All'- well! All's wll J" TIIK Ul.OItlOfS IIONKVMOO.V. Tor the next month there was but one heaven for Joaquin Miller, and that was inside the old chiefs wigwam. The frosts came and the young war riors made up hunting parties to go oir and secure the winter's supply of pro visions, but Miller refused, on all oc casions, to accompany them. He sat for hours at a time gazing into the liquid depths of his dusky partner's great dark eyes, and had no joy, no happiness, save when in her presence. The old chief soon became aware of the turn in his domestic affairs, but he seemed to view the matter with a very philosophical sense. He treated Miller well, mid regarded him as affection ately as a father could his own sou, al though he wondered that the pale face could so long content himself away from his home and kindred. The win ter came and went und still Miller lin gered by the side of his forest bride, though an interested observer would have looked in vain for the same pas sionate devotion that held sway in the beginning. TIIK MKIUIllAN. Their love had crossed the meridian of happiness, and the young couple had beguu to look each upon the other as n matter of course. A quiet indifference sprang up ou his part, which boded no good to the confiding child of nature who had placed her trust in him her fate in his keeping. He no longer sat at her feet or pillowed his head in her lap at eventide, but sat apart gazing into vacancy, bin thoughts far, far away among the ranched of Siskiyou, or tho pleasures of the City by the Sea, He longed for a change, and began to look upon the possibility of a separa tion from his jbride with a feeling a kin to satisfaction. The wife saw all this, hut in her innocence saw nothing to give her alarm. Besides she already felt something which, when told her lord, she knew would fill his very soul with joy, and draw her closer to him. THE CIIII.I) OF A POKT'H I.OVK. One night there was a great commo tion in the wigwam. The old chief and the long-haired poet were both hustled out in the midnight air and left to shiver in the gloom of early morn. Troops of Indian women, "Wrinkled and brown as bags of leather," Hurriedly passed in and as hurriedly iiassed out again, Anxious looks und lurried whimper passed between them, and mysterious cercmonios seomod to be going on within tho sacred portals. As tho sun lifted its golden halo above the snow-broastod oliffs of the sierras, a plainttvo wail grated curiously, nay, perhaps, a littlo harshly upon tho eager ear of a palo. faced listonor without. In another hour an old woman appeared in tho doorway and bcokoned to Miller that ho might enter. Ho wnut iu and anxiously approached the low bod where lay enrappod in a fancifully wrought blanket the littlo piuk-facod, blackeyed token of his early passion. TIIK HKI'AIIATION, And now Joaquin became still more desirous of putting an end to tho ro mance of tho past year and return onco more to tho scenes of his former life. His was a restlesss, roving, dissatified disposition, and tho sentiment of his passion gone, it could no louger brook a humdrum existonco in the wild homo of tho forest. "His watf uncommon mould ofinliid, lliltlipi.leoiailliqidlllorgqoilf 'J"t I" another laud and scene, HI reckless, restless will hail b I A curse of blessing to Ids kind." Ono day ho quietly went up to his dusky mate and told or ts was going on a visit tg bit friends in Siskiyou. 'J'oars stood in hor groat dark oyes as tho aiiuouiicoiiiout full upon hor ours, for something within her soeumud to say : 1 ! U ...til. I,. ..tt.nl HUi VyIWUUI kjUf mill li iiititu iijjjujui her away from him, and giving only ono look at his little dusky daughter, strode out into the sunlight and wended his way toward tho north. IlKTKIW-'TION. That, so far as is known, was the last that Joatiuiu Miller ever saw of his lor mercy, sue tnrcw ncr arms wiuny J no eastern pari oi mo cuiuce is con- i no vtation nus tno loiiowmg no- j wire from n reel on one side, and turns east wind blows he can turn up his coat about hitn and sobbed as if her heart sidercd to bo of peculiar grandeur. . count of a curiosity, illustrating the out perfectly finished and polished pins i collar, button himself up snugly, slouch would break. Hut it tnado no differ- ( Tho Chapel of Houry IV is celebrated j wonderful instinct of birds, which may ou the other side, at the rate of 105 his hat over his oyes, thrust his hands onco. Miller was determined to go, for the simplicity and elogance of its be seen in tho Museum of lirown Uni- per minute, 0,000 per hour or 00,000 into his pockets and brave the weather, and, kissing her brow, he gently put I design. The shrine of Heckct is be- versify, at Providence : ' per day. Forty of the, machines in ' Hut imagino n woman removintr her tawny, forest bride. Years passed t ccdcnco as first 1'eor of the realm next of instinct, so-called, and to bo clearly, away, lie met, wedded and deserted the royal family. He crowns the sov-' referable to reason. A bird had built the lady whoso letter in recital of her ereign in Westminister Abbey, and, I her nest in n tree, hanging from a slcn wrongs has made her as famous in lit-1 among other privileges, confers degrees ' dcr branch, not much larger than a e rat u re as the poet himself; but he . in divinity, law and physic. His juris- pipestem, which grew out of n small never again acknowledged the Indian diction embraces twenty Suffragan ; limb about hull' an inch in diameter, woman, who. out of the depth of hor 1 Bishops, and his diocese covers 258 Passing over the use of strings, wound threat love, had borne him a child. Not ' a great while ago that little child, born iu the forest gloom, came into his pos- session. How exactly, when or where, docs not appear, but it is living und calls Joaquin Miller "father." Hhu is now fifteen years old and is living iu .Sun Francisco, fcupported from the poet's purse. She is described as strik ingly beautiful. She has her mother's deeji, dark eyes, and wealth of raven hair, and her father's clear Caucasian skiir Hurueighbors call her the beau tiful Spanish girl, for they know not her romantic history ; but to her own immediate friends she is known as the poet's gifted child. .Miller to say that It is but jutico to he is exceedingly loud ol her, and does everything in his episcopal chair and the stone seats an power to make her comfortable and i cicntly used by tho monks. happy. He has provided for her edu- ' cation, and she already shows traces of that genius which has made her father MISCELLANEOUS. laiuous ami uerseu prouu ami nappy hi be called his, though the child of love ( only, TIIK LAST TASCIIASTAS. Of her mother nothing is known. The child herself has but little reeol lection of her, and says the only pic ture she can recall of her early years in the memory of a sad, sad faee, and a weary, desolate home iu a hut ou the banks of the Sacramento. "Wrinkled and brown as a bat; of leather A tiav sit moaning long and low, Ye-U-rday she wa a wife and mother, To-day she h rocking her to and fro. A deolate widow In Weeds and woe.'' CANTERBURY CATJIEDRA I.. Canterbury is the premier Archi episcopal See of England. When St. Augustine arrived in Britain, 51)7, he found traces of a Christian people and indications ol tueir worsuip. joiner bert, who was then King of Kent, as signed Augustine a home iu the Island nt 'I hntKit vhnrn twitinH nti i n f nrt'lntir I . . ..W- ....w ..v.. ! ltl HiA unlit nlt.in tulimlt llA nAOIIHMAll him to reside in tho City of Cantebury, which was the metropolis of all his do minions. There was, says Bede, at that time, on the east side of the city, a church dedicated to the honor of St. Martin, built whilo the Romans were still in the island. St. Augustine was "informed that this church had been built by the ancient Roman Christians, and consecrated to the name of our Holy Savior God and Lord Jesus Christ, and there established a residence for himself and his successors. n . .1.- r !...:.. l.'il, ciuvti vivii;u tim luuuuauuu ui mi; nf flin Church of St. Peter and Paul, aud en .1... i . ...:.u :.. i j uiiviiu ill,: ,-i it ,11,11 .iiiiiiiia iiitiuLa ui land. Augustine died 005, and his body was deposited "close by the ' Church of the Apostles.'1 Hero also were buried Ethelbcit and his Queen, Bertha. Iu 019 Millitus, the third Bishop in the see, improved the origi nal structure, and saved the edifice from a calamity similar to that which we record to-day. occurrence thus. Eedc describe the I "It happened that tho City ot Cauteruury, bciug by care lcssuessset on fire, was in danger of be ing consumed by the spreading of the conflagration. Water was thrown upou the fire in vain. A considerable part of the city was already destroyed, and the herce name advanced toward tj10 I Bishop, when he, confiding in tho Hi vino assistance where human failed, ordered himself to be carried toward the raging fire. (The old man was suffering from an attack of the gout of which he died.) The church of four crowned martyrs was in the place where the liie raged most. Tho bishop, being carried thither by his servants averted the danger by prayer. Immediately the wind, which, blowing front tho south, had spread tho conflagration through tle city, turning to tho north, prevented tho destruction of thp sacred editjee, and tho flaincs were immc d'mtply extinguished." Militus died qii 2th April, Q2-1, aud was buried iu tho monastery. His successors added to tlo original edifice, which was liber ally endowed by the reigniug sover eigns, Duustan was JJishop ofthis see, as was Stigaud Iinfrauc, who rebuilt and enlarged tho edifice. Ausclm aud tho celebrated Thomas aud Rcoket. This unscrupulous prolate attempted to rival tho king, and aped tho show of royalty, Jlo was usually tittonded liy about seven and men ut hundred barons, knights I arms ; two hundred and fifty boys went beforo him singing songs houuds and horses swellod tho train of the proud churchman, und we are told that tho calvacado was "succee ded by twelve stumper horses, ou each of which rode a moukey, with a groom. In a moment of passion tho king ex pressed a wish to be of u Bcckct, und some officious followers took tho hint and dispatched the Archbishop at tho foot of tho altar." Local suporstition made a martyr of Ieoket, and wo tiro told tat'thp payeiu'ent in front of his gorgeous shrino was worn into hollows by the knees of innumerable pilgrims. Tho humiliating penance to which Henry afterward submitted is u limttor of ljistory. a 1174 tho church was again destroyed by tiro, flervaiso, a mqiik of tho diocese, nud, an oyo wit ness, describes tho conflagration. The present building bciug coustrnotod at tlifTeront periods, und each addition par. taking of tlio then prevailing stylo, is a mixture of what is known ns thu Saxon ' iti lAUno In tl.n V.,.i..n.. 1 uuu uiu inu iwnvin in inu iiuiuiuu ntj iu. hind the high altar. The wholo length ' of the building within the walls is 511 ' I feet. Cardinal I'olo, Cranmer, 'tho unfortunate Laud, and 1 the celebrated Tillotsea, filled the See of Canterbury. The Archbishop is J'nmate ot all r.ngland, and takes pre- parishes, besides 100 parishes iu other 1 sees, Cath The spacious crypt beneath tho thcdral is used as a church by the . French Protestants. Schools, riofily endowed, are attached to the church. The old "Chccqucrs"Inn, immortalized by Chaucer, is in the neighborhood. The poet was fined two shillings for beating n Franciscan frier "within the precinct." The precinct oovers an area of three-quarters of u mile in cir cumference, and contains within its limits a library with a valuable collec tion of books, and a cabinet of (! reek- and Roman coins, u chaptcr-houso and ' other offices appurtenant to the Cnthe-1 dral iMany interesting objects are I fouud within the buildings, the old JENKINS GOES TO A PICNIC. Maria Ann recently determined to go to a picnic. Maria Ann is my wife unfortun ately. I She had planned it to go alone, so far as I was concerned, on that picnic excursion ; but when I heard it I de termined to assist. She pretended she ! was very glad, but I dou't believe she j was. "It will do you good to get away from work a day," she said, "aud we shall so much enjoy a cool morning ride ou the cars and dinner in the woods." Ou the morning of that memorable day Maria Ami got up at five o'clock. About threc m;tluN.s (atcr.hc disturbed me, and told me to come out to break fast. I told her I wasn't hungry, but it didn't make a bit of difference, I na(J ,0 j,., J,,,, slu, -J . I had no idea the sun commenced business so early iu the morning, but there he was. "Now," said Maria Ann, "we must fly around, for they start at half past six. Eat all the breakfast jou can, for you wou't net anythitii; before , noon." 1 could not eat anything at that time iu the morning, aud it was just as well that I could not, for I had nil 1 that I could do. There was ice to be pounded to go around the . :i p : i .i... i pan ut ivc cream, auu ine suuuwiunes n , , . . vui, u.iu i iuuuiii i uuui niiuiuu n a uiu icun ui uiu uuivivuu tu uiai l. i could geUhe cover ou tho big basket. 1 . . , .. . r ii . uiu ie'r3 ui uiu uiiieiveu su uiai ... .. . ... Am. l ew aroumt and piled up " . , . p rectious to the girl about takin care of the hou putting ou her a great perhaps ure.-s all at ouce. 1 Here is deal of energy iu that woman a trifle too much. At twentv minutes nar-t six I stood 011 "I0 P Wlt a baHet on o)o arm, ( auu ,Jarw A,m. s . waterpraoi on the ui hu i iiijv (i 1 1,1 11 ituuvi auu a bottle of vinegar in my coat skirt pocket, There was a camp chair hung on mo somewhere too, hut I forgot just where. I "Now," said Matin Ann, "wo must run, or we shall not catch tho cars. ; "luaria, said l, "that is an unrea-1 I sonblc idea. How doyouoxpect I can run with all this freight V" i "You must, you brute. You al ways try to tease me. If you don't i want a scene on the street you will I start, too." So I ran. I had ono comfort at last. Maria Ann fell down and broke hor para sol. She called me a brute again for laughing ut hor. Maria Ann drove me all tho way to thu dppot on a brisk trot, atd wo got on, tho cars j but nei ther of us got a seat und I could not find a place whero I could set the things down, so. 1 stood there aud held them, "Maria," said , how is this for a cool morning ride V" Said sho : "You are a brute, Jcukins," 'Said 1 1 "My love, you have mndu that obser vation before," I kept my courage up, yet I know thero would be uu hour of warmth when wo got homo. Whilo wo woro gotting out of the ears tho bottle iu my pocket got broko und consequently 1 hud my boot full of vinegar all day. Thafkept mo pretty quiet ; and Maria Ann ran off with a big whiskered musio teacher, aud lost her fun, and got hor feet wet, ami toro her dress, and enjoyed herself so much, after the fashion of picnio goers. And Maria culled me a pig becauso 1 wanted to opeu our basket beforo any of tho vot of tho baskets woro opened, At Inst dinner time came tho "nico dinner in the woods," you know. Over threo thousand little red ants had got into our diuncr, and they were worso to pick out haq fish bones. The 190 cream hud melted,' and thero was no vinegar for the cold meat excopt what was in, uiy hoot, aud of course that was of no iiniiicdiatousp. Tlte muRic toaohor Bpillcd a oup of cqffo on Maria's head, and pulled ol) the frizzled out trying to wipe off the ooffeo with his handker qluef. ThenJL sat on a raspberry pie t . 1 I . Mtl I . . ' . . ii. . I 71 i . .w - . . - . ana spot loci my wnuo pants, anq con A WONDERFUL BIRD'S-NEST. "Among other objects of interest in I the museum are several thousand spec- iniens of birds, together with a good showing of nests, and among the latter is tho curiosity of w hich wo speak. It ' appears to reveal an act of intelligence and knowledge entirely above the plane arouud tho branch, tho ends of which were incorporated in tho nest, to assist i iu holding it supouded, and which is no new expedient m ncst-ijuiiduig, we wish to call attention to a remarkable device of this bird to meet an unexpec ted emergency. After the nestlings were hatched, and had grown well to ward maturity, their increasing weight revealed the weakness of tho brunch, and the mother birds seems to have becomo alarmed for the safety of her brood. What should she do? The cae might well have seemed remediless to a creature necessitated, as we nro told, to work iirnorantly and blindly iu a prescribed routine, over which she had no control. Sho had found her mistake in selecting so siciiuer a branch to sup j port her house and cradle, ami must t nave been appalled by the threatening ( consequences. But 'instinct,' or else good sense, came to her assistance. She had some knowledge of the func- nuns ui a string, oi us piiaiiiniy, anu of the mode of attaching it to u twig by winding it round and round, and, perchance, of tucking under the end to prevent uncoiling, a convenient substitute for a knot. But it was nec essary to advance n long step beyond this ; aud, after tying one end of the string to the branch which supported tho nest, to carry up tho other to the ( main branch, and tie that also, as well , as stretcti it tight, i, uuiu a tiny bird ! effect this process of reasoning? If i she could, was the act itself within the compass of her physical powers, with , but a beak and talons in the place of hands ? This is tho precise remedy the bird got at and carried into cxectttiuu. j The nest itself atttosts and records the I fact. All we kuow of it we take from I this witness. To savo her little family she sought and found a piece of twine several iuchos iu length, wound it scv-1 oral times around the branch outside of i. ... .i i i i !.., no,l;.i i". 1 branch, over which she drew it as tight I of ' Hlt-cellnr ' o face and its appendages, as she was able, and wound it around I "1(luia' 1 he p'y Mmco that we . After tho board had been taken off several times until it held firmly. Thus, I w.oro are of, eonsisted m the em-1 and it was done in a very short time as a buy, it supported the slender I Payment of bleached wax, costing then 'o barber took a bug, sharp, needle hrnnnii tirith itu rktrn crrnnntli ntwi trt. I with its own strcii"th and nro-1 vented it from breaking under the I weight of the nest and its occupants, ch cake. 1 hough these cakes were The professor in charge of the museum ! tho" oaBi c,ther PInlH .or "f a himself took the nest from a tree ot. or 1 r!""3 L' .ors' wc presume it was the near his own prembcs. Ho should ' r,bbo1" 'improvement that added so havo it photographed, aud send the pic larSoly .tho commercial value of the turo to the 'Naturalist,' with a precise muoh "d"red little workbasket unpen and minute description, aud then should ' dak'u as ,"1adu 11 f",d " wady market at AA i i r . .1 I LI 1 ?U.nd P"t'cularly tO he probable oh- tfWmn Hint unino Lrinrl TioiNnn mil tno jeetion that some kind person did the mother-bird the service of making a safe nest safer." A PERPETUAL WE AT II Ell TABLE. The following was sent to onu of the widely circulated iournals of the day In- Mr .T Pnnl Tml it was constructed by thu celebrated j)r. Uer&cliol, upon a jiluloftOpluc con sidcration ol the sun and moon. It is confirmed by the oxporioneo of many years' observation, and will suggest to tho observer what kind of weather will probably follow tho moon's entrance into any of her quarters. As n general rule it will bo found wonderfully cor rect : If the moon changes at 12 o'olock uoou, the weather will bo immediately afterward very rainy, if in summer, and there will be snow and rain iu winter. If between - and I o'clock p.m., changeable in summer fair and mild in winter. Between A and 0 o'clock, p.m., fair in both summer and winter. Between 0 and 10 o'clock, p.m. ; in summer fair, if tho wind is northwest ; iu winter fair and frosty, if north or northwest ; rainy, if south or southwest. Between 10 and V-J u'olnok, p.m., fair iu smumor and frosty iu winter. lletween IU at night ami 2 o'clock, a. 111. ; fair iu summer and frosty in winter, unless the wind U from tho south or Koutliwust, Between 'J aud -1 o'clock, a.m. ; cold and showery in tlio summer aud snow and storm iu winter, lletwoou d and 0 o'olock, a.in, ; wind ami rain iu tho summer aud stormy in thu winter, Between 0 and 8 o'clock 11,111. ; changeable iu summer, rain, with a westerly wind and snow, with uu east erly wind iu winter. Botwoen 10 nnd 12 o'clock, jj.m; showery iu summer, and cold and windy iu winter. HOW PINS ARE MADE. A correspondent of tho Boston Dally Xem thus calls attontion to tho pin factory iu Winstcd, Conn., which turns out two million plus a day : I wonder some poetical genius has not immortalized himself before now rehearsing in heroic verse the exploits of ono of these leaping, laughing streams, as it goes rushing down from its source iu the mountain tops to tho peaceful bosom of tho Connecticut. There is no cud to tho versatility of its operations, and no limit to the amount of its product. Toko, for iusttmce tho stream that goos down tho orgo by Winsted aud Colliiisvillo. In a smglo mile, us ittumblosthrough Winsted, it is ipadu to elaborate uu ondless variety of artiolos to bo distributed all over tho the touch of human hands, takes the J the little chamber turn out two million , per day. The most curious part of thin machinery is for sticking them in pa-1 pcrs. It is not permitted to nnvhodv to see it, and of course it can only be known by its works. We arc told that i the pins are thrown by the bushel into i her bauds into hor pockets I She would n hopper, hclterskelter, and the machine , be taken for an improper character out straightens them out, parades them in on a mild spree, or for an escaped in regular ranks of twenty each, crimps mate of a lunatic asylum, should she on tho strips of paper lor them, punches deavor by any impromptu arrange them into it, and semis them along, ment of her habiliments to save her We can only see tho strips ns they , health. From thr Scinur llenllli. come uown iiirougu a crevice in t lie ceiling with their battalions nil in ret; ular order, without touch ol hand. Tho chief manual labor of tho wholo process is putting for market. them up in grosses One would think the world would bo pinned nil together; but thanks to somebody's carclessnc-'s, they say tho demand is inereii-iiiL' ! HOW TO CTIM.I-: WAX. A correspondent of the 'American dred years, when the bark of the paper Hee Journal' writes as follows : "liees- ' mulberry canio into use ns a snhstiiutn wax is limited pretty regularly iu the in tho price currents, as worth- thirty live to forty cents per pound. This means in large cakes of pure weighing several pounds apiece. wax This price would hardly pay a man for get ting it out, it he had anything anything else to ay be worth thir-1 do. A ton ot iron m ty or forty dollars ; but converted into steel, nml made up into needles, it would be worth probably 8200,000. On a small scale, beeswax may be sim ilarly increased in value aud made 1 worth much i e than forty cents per 1 pound, simply by converting it into small cakes of a size such as every wo- man wants in her work basket. Look- ing about the hou-o the other evening ' for a mould of suitable size, I found a dozen small glass salt cellars, having a , cavity about an inch deep, which 1 im- mediately made use ol casting nearly two hundred small cakes ot wax. weighing about sixty to the pound. They would no doubt detail' readily at five cents apiece, or threo dollars per pound aiiiidvanco ol six hundred percent. They can bo cast and cooled rapidly, aud the moulds used over and over again, care being taken to giease them properly before each casting." To this the editor adds : "We have known beeswax to be thus 'utilized' more than twenty years airo, and for tno same nurnoso exactly, tnoiiuii to "'"ch greater profit, and by means, too, clf'luy ccl"9 llur pound, and tlio wiser- Uo" of? II!"?W fuspensory ribbon in tun ui ihumc uuiur, uauii , ui , ui. uiu rate of six or eight dollars per pound.' NEWSPAPERS. Their value a by no means ciatcd, but the rapidity with ipprc whieh people are waking up tu their necess ity aud usefulness is 0110 of tho signifi cant signs of the times. Few families are now content with a sitiglo newspa per. Thu thirst for knowledge is not easily satiated, and books, though use- dried the skm with towels, and de ful yea, absolutely neccseary in their , dar"1 that his work was done. Price, place, fail to meet tho demands of , ' wo cents. youth or ngc. Tho village newspaper is eagerly sought and its contents us eagerly devoured. Then comes tho do- ( maud for the county news, stute news, national and loroigu news. -Next to political come the literary, aud then the scientific journal. This variety is demanded to satisfy the craviugs of the active mind, 1 Newspapers aro also valuable to ma terial prosperity. They advertise the village, country or locality. Thoy 1 spread before tho reader u map on 1 which may bo traced character, design, progress, If a stranger calls at a ho tel he first inquires for a villago news paper: if a friend couios from a dis tance, the very next thing after a fam ily greeting, he inquires ibr your vil- lagu or county newspaper, and you feel j discomtittcd if you aro unable to find a , late copy, and eonfouiulod if you aro I compelled to say yuu dti not tako it. 1 Tho newspaper U just us necessary to tit a man lor ins true position 111 1110 as food or raiment. Show us a rugged, barefoot boy rather than uu ignorant one, His head will cover his feet iu after life if ho is woll supplied with newspapers. Miow us tlio child that is eager for newspapers. Ho will make the man of mark iu after life if you gratify that desire 'for knowledge. Other things being equal, it is a rule that never fails, fiivo the childron newspapers. THE MIES.S OP CIVILIZED WO MEN. I do deolnro that I think it would bo better to die nnd get ol'torinont ut once than to have to rise every morning for some fortv or fiftv years and box ones ones leei into suoes 11 iiumuer wu n . ..... ..1 1 . small, and wit of tho right shape, and with heels liko stilts ; und then set about doing tho wholo duty of women with a cheerful fnco and a spry air, for from fifteen to seventeen mortal hours out of tho twenty-four? That there aro so muny wouiou who aro not fright ened into a decline at such a prospect, and that thoy bravely undertake to do t nav. more, that tney even ureain that under such disadvantages thoy can I body up in u sort ol oompressivu armor, 1 - i ;j :aY" f hia w. hauiMYoights ,0 ones hips and more to this subject. 1 lie gist of his con eigl. s upon the head which lust are elusion is contained 11. this brief ex s.ni.orted by the roots of the hair j put tract: "Ifa visitor passing through a his clothing from his shoulders. If the hat or bonnet from the angle at which fashion says sho must wear it on ac count of the weather, or turning any of her "fixtures" up to protect her neck and throat, or buttoning up anything that was unbuttoned hernm. or stiekini? PAVKIt MAKING 1'aper-makinL' amotiL' the .Innanese 1 ....i lias reached a degree of art nnequaled ,jcm. prouauiy uy any people in tlio world. According to their own account they wrote on silk, faced with linen, and also on thin wood shavings, till near the end of the third century of our era. At that tinio paper was first im ported from Corca, and, superseding tho home-made fabric, monopolized the market tor more than three huti mulberry canio into use as a substitute lor all other material, and lias contin ued iu use to the present day. From this and from trees and shrubs having fibrous barks the Japanese manufacture, it is said, no less than two hundred I and sixtv-thrcc kinds of rmnor. while they have several plants from tho roots or seed or sap of which they extract a superior sizing lor the surface of the sheet. And now from paper wo are told that they make pocket-handkerchiefs, water-proof overcoats, pails, kot- ties, and even saucepans, which are Of safely used over charcoal fires. what we would call writintr nanor thov have an immense number of styles some for deeds and public documents, some for letters, some for notes, and four distinct kinds to bo used only for poetry aud songs. Thero are also kinds tor umbrellas, hats, lanterns, candle- wick, and drcsstnt' dolls, aud special kinds used only as wrappings for . . . various styles of religious, social civic gilts. HOW THEY SHAVE IN CHINA a lenow who lias been shaved 111 China says that his barber first stroped 1 11? the r.i7nr nti liia Imr nml limn .lt.1 tin. P" ...w. .... .W. IIIV . tdlfivilwr iv itlmn ni' l..il..it. Ti.m ... I SO in; rninnr rnmnnut ro f ml tint tvna 13111 ,w'vi iviiiuii.iiiutvil) uiu i a. l Wilt IllUk I the lather was entirely useless, and had aKcnt a tendency to make the hair stiff and I,0,at' tough, and was, therefore, never used ' by persons who had any knowledge of ""apeu spoon, anu iiegan to explore his customer's cars. He brought up from numerous Ittlo crevices bits of wax and dirt, that had been accumulating since his childhood. The barber suddenly twisted his subject's neck to one side in such a manner that it cracked as it the , vertebnu had been dislocated. "Hold on I" shouted the party, alarmed. for the safety of his neck. 1 "All right!" replied the tensor; ''mo no hurt you ;" and he coutinud to jerk and twist the neck until it was , its limber as an old lady's dishrag. i Ho then fell to beating the back, 1 breast, arms and sides with his fists, l t lien he pummelled tho muscles until they fairly glowed with the beating 1 they received. Ho then dashed a I bucket of cold water over his man, SAWING WOOD WITHOUT A SAW. l'he 'Scientific American' records 1 the change of ono of the "impossibili 1 tics of the past into a reality." Geo. Itobiuson, M. I)., of New York, basin vented a mode of sawing or cutting , wood without saw or axe, by electric ity. The galvanic current when passed over planitum wiro iu sufficient quan tity heats the wire to white heat. This wire thus heated does the work of saw or axe, without any appreciable expen diture of muscular force. By arrang ing tho wires with handles or other means, by which it may bo guided, any kind of lumber whether iu trees, logs or plunk may bo cut as desired. The battery need be only of the simplest kind, as quantity not intensity of cur rent is required. A child by this means may fell tlio largest tree in the forest. divide it into log, or cut it into boards, without saw or uxe. Only think of it I I Tho idea of cutting down a hugo pine tree with a wirel Some wiseacre stands , up and declares : "I dou't beliove it. It can't be done," but such should renieni t her that they talked just so when the telegraph was projected. It is only nnother proof thut the impossibilities of to-duy nro tho scientific facts of to morrow. EliRORS IN PHILOLOGY. "Such" is seemingly a very innocent and convenient, if uot a very handsomo member of tho word family ; but it seems that there aro some wonderfully nice poiuts involved in its use, and at he late meeting of the American Phil ological Association. Mr. Charles Astor uuvoieu erovo trees.' ho speaks ungrammatically. If a traveler, describing degraded follow creatures says, 'I never saw audi hu man beings,' ho speaks grammatically." It may seem at first that this is a dis tinction without a difference, siuco "such" is used ill both cases beforo an adjective. But there is a difference, nevertheless, and one which it argues no euphuism or pendantry tJ opscrre. "Such" is an adjective. and should rwthr ndjeo. - iEiurmi f.Dfiti ti tifiinr minim uuiuluu . remarks, -i never saw sue 11 tan terid 1 tho I is tl of tu poir , and clear Wl farm acre ; fashil from! 100 150 thesel to sll greatl and rest oi mer : ply static ' tities.l Fo Englti haiistl agcncl and wl vegct want i havo 1 such ! so Ion reasonl - laud, ; its p(l I removl Her .1.. I b".-" I quirei or ; but b the fiel to the contaii potato lenol CLOVI Wo; afraid as a ins iu. This! oonntat clover : ver, if 1 on thej draws riches but clo most vl manure is tho it impr it the ci this evil much il crop ii much manurel plant wl get its 1 atniospl gathers the enei Aud j for you I applied j nud it 1 bo a thil chance ter willj showers surprisi stemmed ing sonil when it ubout tl and thej dew coil ing, and two ami hay is And the perhaps I Luc 8ttl As fh from thJ followin in twclvl ble varil groves a I and thirl one foot I high ; iu diamJ low wilh and thii poplar, tl feet Ma inches high; b iuchea nign; el twenty hickory J twenty- varieties crage grl dies id A aerl (est the 1 ing, aba wheat 1 Prom 1 mr will hel)cd 1 cents thai lollir a judgment.