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TRI-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBORO. 8. 0.. APRIL 17, 1883. ESTABLISHED 1848 J M 4 BY AND BY. There Is an angel ever near, When toll and trouble vex and trj, That blda our fainting hearta take cheer. And whispere to us—“B; and by.” We hear it at our mothera knee, With tender smile and love-llt eye. She grants some boon on childish plea. In these soft accents—“By and by." What visions crowd the youthful breast— What holy aspiration high, Nerve the young heart to do its best. And wait the promise—“By and by.'' The maiden sitting sad and lone. Her thoughts half uttered with a sigh, Nurses the grief she will not own. And dreams bright dreams of—“By and by.” The pale young wife dries up her .ears, And stills her restless infant’s cry, To catch the coming-step, but hears. How sadly whispeted—“By and by.” And manhood, with his strength and will To breast lile’s Ills and fate defy, Though fame and fortune be his, still Has plans that lie In—“By and by.” IKE BULS-KT-PROOr MAN. A bright, buruing summer day on the border of the Sahara Deeert; the huge bare cliffs of the El Kantarah Pass banging like a cloud ou the northern horizon, a quivering film of intense heat along the line where the rich bine of the cloudless sky met the hot, life less, brassy yellow of the desert; and in the fore-ground a group of Arabs, en camped beside a tiny stream, in the shade of the clustering palms tint over hang it S me w> re launching handfuls of parched com, ethers were lying f fast asleep, while one dried up old scare crow with one eye, and a head like a worn out scrubbing-brush, was droning out some interminable Eastern legend. The story did not appear to get on veiy fast, however, which was not sur prising, inasmuch ae the whole of it, from beginning to end (if it ever had anv), was pretty much in this styl •: _ ••Now when the Prince Selim (may his name be honored forever) came up to the gate of the palace—ft gate higher than the dome of the Kaabah (holy place) at Mecca, and built all of marble whiter than the whitest milk—lo! there stood before it a giant, mighty and ex oetding temble. Then was the Prince of Gulls tan sorely amazed, and said, “Never since I, Sehm, son of Mah moud, son of Savid, son of Ali, first wore a yatagt an (sabre) have I beheit such a monster as this! And so ou for another half-hour, keeping poor Prince Selim waiting at the gate of the palace. Bat on a sudden an exclamation of astonishment broke from one of the group, and all eyes were turned to stare at a spectacle quite as wonderful to them as any of the marvels to which tuey had just been listening. Sauntering leisurely over the burning plain, as composedly as if he were lounging a-ong the boulevards of Paris or St Petersburg, instead of traversing ono ot the most dangerous spots in the whole north of Africa, was a solitary man coming slowly toward them True, he wore the white mantle anc huge many-folded turban of the East, but he Was none the Icoo a European as his fair complexion, well-trimmer beard, and the jauntily ent pantaloons sufficiently showed, Instantly the universal listlessness- changed to bustle and excitement. The sleepers woke np, the lunch party sook their dates and corn, the teller and his hearers started feet together, and all alike ward to meet their But to their turbo] the strange visi them whatever oe y° nd rati Who can tell what he might do to them? For every Arab had heard the tame of the mighty sorcerers who could make wagons run without horses, ships go without salts, messages fly along a wire through the air swiiter than an arrow, little scraps of papej serve as money, and other scraps of isper, no bigger than a true believer’s tnrban, show the whereabous of all the wells, rivers, hills and caravan tracks over an area of thousands of miles. ' Evidently this unknown gentleinm was not a man to be trifled with. “I am a magicianf” repeated the mys terious guest, before any one could speak in reply, “and I have come to see if in the tribe of Ben-Asyr there be another magician like myself, and to try my power against his.”’ This challenge was followed by a gloomy and general silence. Bnt sud denly a conning twinkle showed itself n the chief's small, rat-like eye. Per haps this strange man was only boast ing in order to frighten them. At any rate, it might be worth while to see what he was made of, and how mneh he could really do.' fclo*the chief made a very polite bow, and said: “We are far from the tents of our tribe, and none of our great magicians are with us; but let the wise man of the ; franks show ns his power, that we may behold it, and honor him as he de serves. Tiiat will I do, willingly,” answered the stranger, with a readiness which rather disconcerted the worthy chief. “Look all of you upon this oin”—and le held out a silver franc—“which I have marked with a circle, as ye see. Thinkest thou, U sheik of the Ben-Asyr, hat thou oaust hold it too firmly lor me to take it away?” With the blessing of Heaven and of the Prophet, I can,” replied the chief, confidently. “Let us try, then, said the stranger, pressing the coin into the Arab’s ex tended hand, which instjpatly closed upon it as if meaning netiar to let it go again. “Presto! pass!” shouted the magician, in a high, shrill yoioe; and the chief, opening his band, found to his un feigned dismay that it was emptv. Amid the general silence and bewild erment, the stranger pointed to a huge, overripe date that lay rotting on the ground at some distance, which one of the A rab’s instantly handed to him. One stroke of a knife laid it open, and out tumbled the marked coin. There was a visible movement of surprise among the Arabs, and even the chief himself looked not a little disoom- fitted, “For a warrior of the desert, thou art easily conquered,” said the Frenchman, jeeringly; “but it is no wonder that ill fortune should come upon the tribe Ben-Asyr, when their ehief himgir^ follower of the Prophet, oarpj^j. j or . him the liquor which the P ■ bade.” /J the chief, “What mean you?” cf' “ jely. Mie other, as, thrusting let, he it was no use running, so I decided to face it out, and scare them a little in stead. The next time you make a raid through tlre^e parts, Colonel, take a few conjurers with you; they’ll he worth a whole battalion of infantry, take my word for it.” The Hero of Seu Jacinto. An old comrade ot Srtr.uel Houston writes os follows: When I first_&aw Gen- Houston his second term oi office'as Pres, ident of Texas bad not long expired. Of course I had heard of Him. There was □ot a human being in Texas wbo was not familiar with his name, and from iny very infancy I had been taught by my father to honor and love him. When therefore, one merBisg, as I was trudging along to school, I heard General Houston wss in town 1 determined to see him. The city of Houston was at that time the proud possessor of one bri® 1 * building, known to ail as “the tmek office." It was a small one- story house, containing two rooms, the front one being nsed as a lawyer’s of fice. Inquiring as I went along of eve-y one I knew, i soon learned that my biro was at the brick office. A. little child is an unusual visitor in a lawyer’s office, buf I knew this lawyer very well, and when he asked me what I wanted in his genial way, I answered promptly. “1 want to see General Houston." “But the General is engaged J'ist now and I don’t think you can see him.’’ But a voice, rich, sweet, sonorous, called out from the back rom: “Who is it wants to see met" “Only a little girl. General.” Certainly I will see her,” and as he spoke the realization of all my dreama—Roland, Bayard, Wallace and Washington, all in one—appeared in the doorway and came toward me with outstretched hands. 1 introduced myself. “Ah! the daughtei of my old tnead—my good friend I am very glad to see you.” •My father published a song A Direr** Uf*. day and once, ^for a long time, he ry little progress ry and expressed rted with, ‘Try i any better.' me have your ' it myself.’ He but I wasn’t It on and w«nt > 1 came up and wn diving ever “1 first began diving in 1863,” said Captain Anthony Wiliams. It was on shipboard, coming from Kingston, Jamal ca “I was a wrecker then aud was rais ing a sunken ship pff the Massachusetts coast. I had working {or me a diver who seemed a very lazy, cajeleas sort of fellow. 1 was paying him by tl after being under waf came up and reported in his work. I was m myself strongly. He it yourself if you can “All right,” said I. diving dress and i will thought I was only j< He doffed the dress, I t Ji«cbargea nnn ha Vo been doing m; since. ' ‘•subsequently, however, I placed my self under the instructun of a diver named Scott, Wheo he thought me proficient he said to me one day: ‘Tony, 1 think you have learned about alkl can teach you. Now I am going to puthrou to the test.’ Taking from a canvawbt^; five dollars in small silver coins he ti rew them into the sea. ‘Now go down an! bring those up., “As every schoolboy ; nows, a dime or a half dime under watci looks as large as trade dollar out of. rate*, so I did not consider the task a verirdifficult one. Down went, and up I Woe presently with every coin, whereupoq Icott pronounced my diving education tomplete. Poor fellow, he was drowne 1 about five years ago while bathing in tlq nver Magdalen, in British Columbia. j “Did you ever see Then I will put mine idea of one," and the state room, wheuCe hi in full divimr costumi cast iron helmet, wh company raised from upon him, thus maki Iviog dress? No? and give you an in retired to his •esectly emerged ixcept the heavy several of the te deck and placed his outfit com ?ver to look in ry thick leather °P tlx, Rain, when his “1 said : “My lather publisned a song * lete The dress is |»lly two dresses, about you.” “Indeed 1 .Can you sing it ?" one wilhin th9 other,' C h of India rubber. Yes, sir; I came here to siag it to you. stockings, pants and skirt are all Several gentlemen had followed the chief togetner as one arment, which the from the inner room and my ingenuous diver enterg at the Ql c feet first. The confession was greeted with a - isghter banclg are left bare, t > wristbands of the which mortified me no little until, quickly j^ber shirt-sleeves ghtly compressing looking up into my hero s face, 1 saw there lhe wrist8 _ T h ere i8 copper breastplate, only apleased expectancy which convinced b8ann g uvoa its 0 »r, convex surface me he only spoke the truth when he said : 8mgll which , adjusted through “I am very glad. Come, now sit on my ho , eg m tbe neck ot ^ akirtt W ht cht by knee and sing it all through. ’ which I m ean8 of nuts fastene ipon the scre^ did. It was only an adaption o “Bruce s ^ held ^ ^ ln p i^ 8 to render tbe Address” to our „wn circumstances and entirc dregg| frora u^eck downwards, k e 8 aD • absolutely air and wertigbt. Fitting “'leSSI’ w^omHS8X*HM n ofteu < ie<L” d ’ with e( l ual closeness to us breastplate is . ’ . , . . , the helmet meitiooeatbove. It com- but uThadheai Sontag or Malibra/and P \ e / b \ y b ea f , SS e c^fi n ron 1 t 8 ftnd? Plie a < t the song had been the most famous of 8 ^Tto ec-^^e f UU “ aria«, no more profound homage could have eacu . 8 "\ ™ pan- 0 f been rendered than I and my simple piro- any airL ‘ a A f to i 8ce dy received. Proud, happy, intensely flattered, 1 prepared to go. “Won’t you gee,” said t lie punished for being late at school f'^elmet had been remo/ed, after every- asked the lawyer. “1 reckon so, bulXC^y had am pie time to criticise his ap- seen General Houston I" was the^' ori ‘ I peanmee in it. “it takes about flfteeu whereupon the trieud of Jacksp'“ UB88et! J ‘minutes to put those logs on, and when gressman and ex-Governor /-tident of a the diV(jr ig n gg e d in them all but the hero of San Jacinto and g‘ Te kim his ueltnet lnere are placed acro ts his shout- Republic, asked someth with you, little ders sustaining two leaden weights, bat and said: “V your excuses and ooe ban g in g at his back, the other at his daughter, anffidme t» the school bouse ji e then goes down a ladder into actually wei>a ready pardon for my late- ^ water up ^ his armpits, and then the and obts r , , . helmet is placed on him, the glass in front ness, hot see him again for nearly two I 8crewed j n place and when everything .. when I met him on the street one reaC iy he is made aware of the fact by ,y and was instantly recognized by him & ^0^ 0 n the top of the helmet. He then and greeted by name. All the circum-1 down . mean8 0 f a rope previously stances of my visit to him were recalled lowem i hand under hand, to the bottom as freshly te if 1 were a person of import- Qf lhe gea> Sometimes, in very strong ance and he had had nothing else to think I urre j g neoe s8ary to make the of since. Cinnot the reader see in thrae wei _ alg extraordinarily heavy m order to two instances some of the causes of his liuj diver ,i 0Wn> notwithstanding the unbounded popularity? He never forgets ^at the dress alone weighs ntary name nor a face. At the time of my | iwq huadr e < i pounds, sud yet I do not down among the that of an ordl- the water. It bottom of the sea as I ever can under any circumstances. While engaged in raising the sunken schooner Dauntless in King ston, Jamaica, on the 18th of August, 1880, I became so disgusted at the stupidi- of the men above in answering my signals that 1 took a book which I found in the captain’s cabin, and sitting down, read it for nearly an hour. I once knew a diver, Tom Brintley by name, who, though a thoroughly competent man and a good fellow, was a little too fond of stimulants. On one occasion he went down with a pretty good cargo of spirits aboard, and the men above,not knowing his condition, became seriously alarmed when several hours passed by without their receiving any signals from him or any response to tho«> they made to him. Another diver was sent down to look for him, and found him lying on his back on the bottom of the ocean, sixty feet below the surface, fast asleep. “Wnat is the greatest depth I ever de scended to? Well, about ninety feet, and it takes me about three minutes to go down that tar.” “Must not s diver be a practical ship builder, also?” “Oh, yes, the diver who could do nothing but dive would be of very little use. He must be both a ship carpenter and a boiler maker as well, that he may repair sunken ships. Th« holus must be patched and the water pumped out before a ship can be raised. “Sharks? 1 have often seen large schools of them. They would advance to within a feet of me and would then stop and look at me in apparent wonder, as though trying to make out what manner of strange creature they were gazing at. They are a most cowardly fish, however, and the slightest menace on my part would frighten them away. As I was re pairing the schooner Shepherd in Kingston one day, 1 felt something tampering with my left-hand middle finger. Looking, 1 found a baby shark, evidently much too young to leave its maternal parent, trying to nibble it. “The pay of a diver? That varies. Divers generally work by the Job, and when the do that they sometimes make it pay very well. A diver will go down, look at a vessel and then slate what he wilt chargd to raise her. #1 raised the schooner Dauntless in two days and re ceived $760 for my time and trouble. The steamer Meredith, ashore at Jeremie, in Havti, l repaired with iron plates and raised her in fourteen days, receiving $7,600 tor the work, but I had to employ two assistants. Frequently, however, divers are paid by the day, and then the average compensation is about $10 per day of feur hours, clear ot all expenses, the diver Iteing furnished with first-class board during the period of his employment But some divers arc not nearly so well meat receive! only ten shillings a day. “Instructions in diving? You will ex perience great difficulty in finding a diver who will give you any instruction in the art. Most of us want to make all we can and we don't want our occupation to be come too crowded. Divers, as a rule, are very much opposed to taking apprentices. If you want to learn diving put on a dress, go down into the depths and learn for yoursel'.'’ I ootgear Of Actresses A Macaroni Mint. Six Italians assist Signor Scalchl in bis macaroni manu factory on Baker street, be low Seventh, Philadelphia. Three of the liHuds are women, and four or five babies are usually stacked up promiscuously in a comer ot the second floor back, where the pasty sticks are made. Sclralchl has the reputation of making macaroni that never can by any possibi’ity be mistaken for the imported article. He produces cheaply and pays his employees about twelve cents a day each. His macaroni is of the most unerthodox character aud quita unlike what usually passes under that name. It never gets beyond the Italian quarter in the neighborhood of Carpenter street. Scalchl once, Imbued with the idea of in- creasiug his business called on a whole sale grocer in this city and unfolded a oag of samples of the best macaroni ho could .make, carefully selected for its symmetry and whiteness. He has never since known exactly how it was, but he found himself on the sidewalk, samples and all That one kick, besides bruising him. knocked away all his enterprise, and he now carries on a desultory sort or trade, employing no drummers. A reporter recently picked his way among Italians who were picking mgs and, by a circuitous route reached the steps of the house where is the Scalchi tenement. A cunuus bundle oat on the second step and the reporter strode over it aud was be ginning to go up stairs when the bundle arose and began to talk female Italian. On the stairs were other bundles, which snored and swore. After a time a door was reached on which was painted (eyi- dently with a finger dipped in ink) the legend: “li. Scalchi, Macaroni Saloon.” Scalchi himself jumped up as the re porter entered the room. He is a small man, writh a black beard aud diminutive eyes. His myrmidons laid down their work and stared vacantly, with eyes and mouth wide open. Like a flash he grabbed a broomstick behind the door and brought it down with a sounding thwack on the shoulders ot a miserable little Neapolitan, who seemed only too glad of an opportun ity to be idle. “Worka, cobblestone, boarding house dam,” he shrieked, or words to that ef fect. 1 he effect was magical. The figures re sumed their occupations It may be here stated that an American hanger-on of the establishment subsequently explained that Bcalclu’s sentence was supposed to mean : “Work, you leather-souled sons of Italy I” This is all the English dcalchi knows and he makes use of it from the fact that his people think it a terrible imprecation. On tbe middle of the floor was a large crock of a sticky material, like paste. From this the macaroni was being fash ioned. The process in use was primitive settco B —*— * tf—l-a. iert vxsiore fiuger-markc, and commenced FOOD FOR THOUGHT. The only jewel which will not decay is knowledge. It is not a profession, but fruit that glorifies God, A sanctified heart is better than a silver tongue. Enterprise loses strength if its efforts bear no fruit not confined to any in right than sno- rlaud by a native jf tnat country, named Bausr, who spent a small couipentency in having it paten ed and in trying to bnng it into use, but he died a disappointed, heart-broken pauper, benefit of bis ueir for- itor. amazement no notice of a slight bow your aud the u>-« “Peace be with you! spoken 8°^ Arabic, though with an npowstakably French accent Stepping into the shade of the palms, he bent down to the stream, took a long draught of the cool clear water, and then seating himself upon the bank took off his turban, and began to fan his hot face with a 1 alien palm ieaf, as if wishing to show his coolness in a double sense. The Arabs were completely taken aback. They had seen men look pale, “4 of the heebie.. I ^ hlraaeFf taught” me with bit, of coloted ble Frer, ifrankl” roared the sheik, paper how te make a Texas flag. _ fwOeae* •‘do onr magical tricks upon a true behev- ^8^ j. ad lt Irom an Indian chief. 1 wish ar? Take that!” I could give his very words instead of my He snatched a pistol from his girdle, memo ry of them. “A long time ago. an<f aimed it full at the oonjurer’s face; when the Spaniards overran and plundered but it out, d«hod “ “d » he dafthed it furiously to the ground, his ^ wlo Qrsnde, and not knowing what lay unmoved opponent laughed disdain- before them entered upon the great salt fully. marshes. They traveled many days and “Do you Ihi ik, then, that I am to be I found but little sweet water or game. hurt by mortal weapons? Try it again. T'be “‘'f* ^ ’Jitt'erem I Tbro-ugn a hose this sir passes lui-. the f you will! o, tether let me led . 1 I o. hu helmet, emi om, ;u vieo. toi for you, and you shall see whether 11 ren died of tumt. one day, after ren died of thirst. One am bullet-proof or no.” I man y weeks of weary walking, a party of He drew a second pistol from the young braves k who had been sent t head to 8l Mt. el the eh*, ^“^,0““’.^°^".•“«. astounded to object; and loaded it be- news put new hfe into their vein* fore the eyes of the whole band, mark- I gnd slvh mgh nothing could be seen but a inu the ball with bis knife just before dry, flat prairie, the scouts were standing dropping it into the barrel. I sud. calling and beckoning to them and “Firel” cried he, putting the weapon in*o urn siieixa mnu. — The chief fired, and for a moment the smoke hid everything. When it cleared, the stranger, with a mocking | ineledy to heaven. Beyond, “ e ^ en smile on his face, was seen to let fall they had seen men at them pistol in hand; but a man who paid no attention to them at all, and who hardly seemed to know whether „ _,, T8 there or not, was a thing »hL tLy had never seen before, and the marked bullet from his month into T^inot know what to make of it. his hand, and hold it np for every one still calling _ pointing toward something apparently at At length they reach the apofc where the hraves are standing. Fiftyjfeet below them the limpid waters of the Colorado sang they di<* n °t , : , ^ fa ^, like most men of their class, ^ be moment they encountered .a man w *>ni they o,uld not frighten, they at uoe began to be frightened themselves. At length the chief, seeming to think Inmoelt bound to set an example ol courage to his followers, wa ked right up to the stranger, while the test ap proached more cautiously, very much as a man approaches a strange dog which may spring np and bite him at any moment ‘Peace be with thee, my brother)’ to look at. The dark faces of the Arabs turned perfectly green with terror; but before anybody had time to say a word a loud thout was heard from behind, and np •lashed three mounted French officers with a score of light horseman. Instantly the Arabs took to their heels with a how! of dismay, never waiting to see whether the new comers were real men, or phantoms called np by the ter rioie maginian. The spot was deserted in a moment, and fa out on the plain an Indian vision could reach, stretched green expanse. The tall mesquite urass, yielding to the breath of tbe gentle south- wind, rolled in vast billows of verdure under the art ent summer sun. Little “islands'’ of mesquite tree* dotted this grassy ma, aud herds of buffalo and deer grazed in peacefu : ignorance of an enemy’s approach. Forgetting hunger, fatigue and even thirst in this delicious vision the red men fall upon their knees and cry out: “Tehssl Tehasl” “Tehas” is the nearest approach I can m ah« in English to the correct pronuacia tlon of Texas, and it means—so the narra tor exifiained to me—Paradise. How LOU a U h Mile? •aid the in a voice not quite so I might be seen a confused whirl of arms, limbs and white mantles flying along like dost irivep by the wind. 'Really, M. Houdin, you must be more careful,’* cried the French Colo nel, excitedly. “To think of your van hiring alone among ail those cut-throats! What a fright you’ve given us!” “And somebody else, too, seemingly,” said Robert Hondin -for it was, indeed, the famous sleight of-hand artist— glancing slyly at the dying Arabs. “When I tint came upot them 1 knew steady as it might have been. “With thee be peace, oh, sheik (chief) of the children of the desert!” replied the unknown. “What seeks the Frank (European; chinf amnng the warriors of the tribe of Ben-Asyr?” “I am a magician,” answered the stranger, quietly. The Arabs looked at each other with undisguised trepidation. A magician mong them, and a Frank magician at A nautical mile, or an English admi- isHy knot, is 6,080 feet. The United Stales Coast Sorvey, always roost ac curate in such things, has adopter, 1,853.248 metres, .or 6,080.27 feet as the standard mile, which is popularly “a minute of latitude,” but more aocu rately the sixtieth part of a degree on the great circle of a sphere whose sur face is equal to the surface of the earth. A minute of 1st! ode, according to the head of the Coast Surrey, would be 1,861.666 meters at the poles, and 1,842.786 meters at the equator. One leaving others to reap the invention." •Dan you breathe as freeiy in diving dress as you can out of it ? “Yes, indeed. When ten or twelve fathoms under water my breathing is as wholly devoid of effort as it is when I am walking about on dry land. You know by means oi an air pump, woriced by two men, the diver is supplied with air. a I of entrance is a spring valve for its escape. This valve can be controlled by the diver, but he usually sou it before going into the water and seldom disturbs it afterwards The pressure of the Mr being greater than that o! the water a surplus o! the former readily escapes. When thL valve Is not sufficient the diver can open in his breast plate a similar spring valve, intended only i or suen an emergency. He cm also regulate tne amount of air pumped to him by signals upon the an' hose lo the m ;u engaged in pumping. Ooe pull upou the h'.»o means more air; two pulls, less air, and two pulls and a shake, *1 want to come up.’ Tbe signals on the air-hose are generally used by ail divers, but each <one of us has hts own private code of signals on the Hie Hue, watch is always fastened to tne diver’s waist, and by means of which he is drawn np out of the water These signals each direr writes down very carefully aud gives to the man iu charge ol the life line. By means of these we can send up tor tools, material etc. When a lengthy comiudulcati ns is to be made we suid up for a slate sod write wj, #e want to say. it is just as easy to tevi ao4 write under water as out of it.. One cau See Very piaimj. allobj ots ueilig grcail; magnified.” ‘Does a diver have any unpleasaut sensations while at worst ’ “None, save a drumming in tbe ear\ and this will sometimes destroy the bear- ing if the diver remains too long below. 1 Four nours—two in the morning and two in the afternoon—coaUilute a day’s work, aud it the diver restricts binueif to this limit there ia little or no danger of his be coming deal; but if he goes much beyond it he is pretty sure to injure his Leariug. 1 once remained under waier for nine hours, aud as a con* qvjnce completely lost the use of my left ear for three months, dur ing which time 1 suffered agony with ear ache. Eventually, however, my hearing became normal again. Aside - irosi thin, “Talking of small feet, ’ said a dealer in ladies’ fancy and theatrical shoes, re cently, “I am making now two ot the smallest pairs of shoes that were seen upon a public stage. They are for the Midgets, one pair tor each of them. They wiii be No. UJ, infants’ size, and will cost iil3apalr. “Tnat will be rather more than $5 an inch, won’t it ?’’ “Yes, the shoes will be about as long as your finger." “How small a size did you ever know a full grown actress to wear <” “I thin* a No. 18 is about the smallest slipper that 1 ever had the pleasure of selling to be flourished over the heads of an orchestra.” •‘What are the favorite shoes with feminine stars just now?” “Brocaded satin, either boots or slippers and made with high Lonis XV. heels The boots cost $26 a pair and the slippers $12. Then there are hand painted slippers imported from Pans. I do not think that these, however, will stand stage use very well snd they are not likely to be per manently popular. Just now they are all the rage. Then we have real dressed seal skin low-quartered shoes, whicn are quite popular. It makes very little differeuce what character a lady assumes, she will generally prefer a stylish modern boot to one perhaos more historically correct. The Sultan’s wife and the Utah settler’s daughter ate each bound to OOSue QP. the stage In the latest French slippers, lor the reason that these look much smaller and prettier and withal cense more palpitasios in the region of the tr ont tow of the par quellFor gentlemen, where the char acters assumed will allow it, the gondola slippers are very showy. They are made of buff alligator skin and in the shape of a gondola. Rob on and Ctane bought K ondala* when they were here for the •Two Dromios.’ Robson takes a No. 6, which is small ior him.” “How can the poorly paid subardinates and chorus-girls afford to buy $26 satin bo Re, which will quickly aid and spoil ?” ‘They do not. T«.ey buy wMe canvas or jeans boots, which can Urea be o ivered With silk, or even cambric, as desired The canvas shoes will outlast several cov and their first cost is only $2 or to beat it about with two little sticks. Then a child, apparently not more than eighteen inches long, who looked like a round ball, caught hold of a small pair of bellows and began working them for dear life. The air pumped by. the bellows had 1 through the stove and was hot. Next the artist began to build his slick of macaroni lengthways from the mouth ot the tube, and as the hot air touched It it became hard enough to retain the neces sary shape. The pastry pipe had, of course, to be constantly moulded by the hands to prevent Us blowing out into all sorts of sizes and figures. The process re sulted in bundles of unequal aud badly- shaped macaroni tubes, such as are never seen In groceries, it was impossible to find ont the exact composition of the paste, but it appeared to bo made of coarse hour, with a mixture of some thick meal. A. pan of muddy looking water, in which proportion of gum arable had been mingled, was what the meal was moistened with, bcalchi was, of course, unable to explain the virtues of the different articles or describe them by name, but he danced around and grinned as if exceedingly pleasca with his own ingenuity, every now and then stopping to give & playful knock with the broom handle to his associates or break over their heads any shamefully “botched" pipe of his national food. In the' midst of the work, while the leader ,of everything was putting ashes, stale potatoes and other rubbish in the stove instead of coal, there was a resound ing yell and the child who manipulated the bellows tumbled headforemost into the paste. For a happy, sohtaiy moment the boy stood perpendicular, wroi g side up, in the heavy mass, then he toppled over up setting everything on the floor. Bcalchi lost his self possession for a second, but was soon himself again. The small boy sat in the middle ol the arena with eyes, mouth, ears and lace plastered wuh dough. Tne thick paste traveled slowly but surely over the grimy boards. Dcaiehi uttered an mmortal yell, waved his broomstick, nghu ed the crock and in a minute every living thing in the room, except the reporter and the Iwy, was scooping up the paste and tossing it into the earthen vessel The stuff which adhered to the Infan' was carefully scraped off and thrown in with the rest. Before leaving the reporter was shown six large boxes of macaroni the color of cigar ashes. There is very little romance about macaroni-making, and Scalchi is the most uninteresting 'person in the world cringe, $3" RPHpmRH •"What do you cons-der a small foot i>>r a Urge woman ?’’ “A large woman who can comfortably wear a Mo. 3 may be said to have a smell foot. 1 have, howev'ef, seen such wbo only take a No. 1. A mediumn-sized woman, to have a small foot, would re quire about a No. 2, and a small woman a No. 1 or No. If But you take the smallest Udies, as they average, and not ope in the hundred can wear a No. 1 It is not once s week that we have a call for a No. I, and very rarely indeed is a No. 13 wanted. Happiness is sphere of life. Rather be beaten oeed in wrong. To laugh at roguery makes the ac- toon doubly dishonest. Love does not impute evil designs or thoughts of others. Gratitude, says some one, is the meuorj of the heart. The greatest truths are the simplest; so are the greatest men. Other men’s sins are before our evm oiu own behind our back. That man alone is worthy of a wo man s love who has judged her worthy ot ms respect. Those who come to you to talk about others are the ones who go to others to talk about yon. If we expect to achieve anything worthy in this life, we must set about if witn resolution. J^Th 18 ^ U not recipro- cated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart. To be able to bear provocation is an argument of great wisdom; and to for- give it, of a great mind. It matters not whether home is clothed in bine and purple, if it is only brimful of love, smiles and gladness. Never reflect on a past action which was done with a good motive, and with the best judgment at the time. Whatever exception occurs, it is a great tenth that man’s body must be sound if he is to be sound in mind and in body. Solitude is a powerful aid to reflec tion and imagination. Tue brighter faoalties necessarily dwindle in a perpet ual bustle. Nothing is easier than fault-finding. No talent, no self-denial, no character busffiS;* 1 40 " et UP the Grumbling Envy ia a littleness of soul which cannot be beyond a certain point, and if it does not occupy the whole apaoe, feels itself exe«i1«rit. and not dimples. Thera is nothing nobler in a man than courage; and the only way to ba courageous is to be clean-handed and hearted, to be able to respect ourselves and face our reoord. A good woman i<» the loveliest flower that blooms under heaven. What we know here is very little, bnt what we are ignorant of is immense. The sileuoe of a person who loves to praise is a censure sufficiently severe. It is best to have yonr cake, says an old adng-4, while yon still have teeth to eat it with. The man who can say all he has got to say in a few words is an ngly ous tomer to handle. Use no hartful deceit; think inno cently and justly; and, it yon speak, speak accordingly. Those who blow the coals ot others strife, may chance to have the sparks fly in their own faces. The man who lives in vain lives worse than in .vain. He who lives to no pur pose lives to a bad purpose. Men will wrangle for religion, write for it, fight for it, die for it—anything, bat live for it. Christianity proves itself, as the sun is seen by its own light Its evidence is involved in its existence. There is mnoh safety in the absence of the bottle; and the abstinent father is not a tempter of his child. Whatever the weight of a reason against fermented liquor, it is weightier still against distilled spirit. Cheerfulness makes the mind dearer, gives tone to thoughts and adds grace and beauty to the countenance. Misfortunes come to man tnrough excessive love of self. He misjudges things •just, good, and beautiful, through thinking he ought always to honor to himself in preference what belongs to truth. Rejoice not when thy enemy faileth, and let not thy heart be glad when he stumbleth. A benevolent eye, humil ity of spirit, and a mind free from pride characterize the true disciples of Abra ham. When yob have learned how to live It appeared that the persons who make th* wp ;i t yon will know how to die well. farinaceous article of food have to study long and tediously be t ore tbcjr can success fully work by Bcalchi’g method, which is said to be one of the earliest kinds. A Charming Ctucom. minute of the equator would be 1,846.-] the sensations are delightful, and I feel 346 gretera, or 6,087,15 feet, 1 just as w^l, happy and contented at % Avanoe is generally the last passion of those lives of which the first part has been squandered in pleasure, and (h* second devoted to ambitlop.. that silks under tbe fatym ot wealth, lulls l^a age W*th 11 > bpquress of saying it. There is a custom prevailing among the iotia iltacts of the bandeman Islands, which may throw a light upon the civilized use of wedding cake. Waen a native girl whose exceptional beauty bus brought her many suitors is knocked down with a ciub and carried off by her accepted suitor, the wedded pair, within forty-eight hours ot wedding, send a cup oi poison distilled from the hulahula tree to each and every one of the bride’s former admirers. If any recipient feels that he cannot become reconciled to the marriage, he drinks the poison and dies; but If he decides that he will survive the loss of hi* intended wife, he throws away the prison, and feeu pound m honor never to show the slightest sign qf dlssappointmeni. By this admir able system the husband is spared the pangs of jealousy, and, able to live on getting , -m _ . Utq tT lrlA " friendly tenns.with. the surviving admirers *M»NUe, Be not sorry if men do not know you, but bo sorry if you are ignorant of men. Not to correct yonr fan its is to commit new ones. I am ooustitntionally susceptible of noises. A carpenter’s hammer, in a warm summer's noon, will fret me into mow than midsummer madness. But those unconnected, unset sounds are nothing to the measured malice of music. The old in religion dies, the old error, the oW dispensation, the old su perstition, Tmt not the old religion. This is forever new and forever fresh. For this there io no decline, no decay; for it is the life of God in the souL Faith gratefully and reverently ac knowledges and uses the past, but she seta her face toward the future. The outward form of truths held sacred by men ia destined to be remodeied the progress of knowledge; yet in their dt iper essence there is a spirit which will move energetically. *ith the yto 1 .fa iH n good by th M iflrj development of all that is most pre cious and glorious in I