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i *»*v rjpj v;MiPr , S < - % •Uf**; '"Vt TRI-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBORO. S. 0.. SEPTEMBER 0. 1883. ESTABLISHED 1848 r, THE VERDICT —or- THE PEOPLE. BUY THE BEST! Mr. .1.0. Boao -Dear Sir: I bouglit tiie first Davis Machine wold by you over dve years a|{o for uiy wife, who has Riven it a long and fair trial. I am well pleased with It. It never Rives any rouble, and is as good as when first bought. J. W. UOMCE. Wlunsboro, S. C., Aprl. 1883. Mr. Boao: Ton wish to know what I have to say lu regard to the Davis Machine bought of you three years ago. 1 feel I can't say too much In its favor. I uia le about <180,11(1 within dve mouths, at limes running it so fast that the needle would get per fectly hot from friction. I feel conddeni I could not have done the same work with as much ease and so well with any other machine. No time lost in adjusting attachments. The lightest running machine I have ever treadled. Brother James and \\ Ilhams' families are as much pleased with their Davis Machines nought of you. I want no better machine. As 1 said before, I don’t think too much cau tie said for the Davis Machine. Respectfully, hi.l.KN 8TSVKSS0N, Faird“ld County, Aprl', 1SS3. A WIFE TO HKK HUSBAND. Mr. Boao : Mv machine gives me perfect satis- faction, i Und no fault with it. The attachments u'e so simple. 1 wish for no better than the Davis Vertical Feed. Respectfully. Mrs. R. Mim.ino. Fairdeld county, Aprl 1 , 1883. Mr. Boao: I nought a Davis vertical Feed ew.ng Machine from you four years ago. I am elighted with it. It never has given me any rouble, and has never been the least out of order. It is as good as when I drat bought it. I can cheerfully recommend If. Respectfully, Mrs, M. J. Kireland. Moutlcelio, April SO, 1888. This is to certify that I have been using a Davis Vertic.il Feed Sewing Machine for over tw lyeirs, purchased of Mr. J. o. Hoag. I haven’t found it p issessed of any fault -all the attachments are so simple. It never refuses to Work, and is cenamly the lightest running in the market., 1 consider It a drat class machine. Very respectfully, Minnie M. Wiiainouau. Oakland, Fairdeld county, s. C. Mr boao: i am wcii pieasen in every part lent with the Davis Machine nought of you. 1 think a drsi-claa, mac nine iu every respect. You knew you soul several machines of the same make to dulerent members of our families, allot whom, as far as 1 kuow, sre well pleased with them. Respectfully, Mrs. M. if. Mobi.kt. Fairdeld connty, April, 1888. This is to certify we nave nai in constant use the Davis Machine bought of you about three years ago. As we take lu work, and have made the pi ice of it several limes over, we dou’t want auy better machine. It is always ready todo any kind of work wu nave to do. No pnckerlngor skipp ng stitches. We can oniy say we are well pleased and wisn no better machine, t.'ATBKKiNk Wylie and Sister. April A i8s«.i f have no fault to and with ray mach ne, and don’t want any better. I have nu le the price of li severa. times by taking in sewing. It Is alwayi ready to do Us work. 1 think it a drst-dass mo chine. I fee! I can t say too aucl*. for the Davu Vertical Feed Machine. Mrs. Thomas Smith. Fairfield county, April, 1883. Mr. J. O. Boao—Dear Sir. It gives me m ich pleasure to testily to the merits of the Davis Ver tical Feed Sewing Machine. The machine I got of yon about dve years ago. has been almost in cou- ataut uae ever since that lime. I cannot sec that it is worn any, and has not cost mo one cent for repairs since we nave had it. Am well pleased and don't wish lor any better. Yours tru'y, iiOBT. C’RVWFORD, Granite Quarry, near Winnsboro S. O. We have used the Davis Vertical Feed Sewing Ma bine for tne last dve years. We would not have any other make at auy price. The machine has given us unbonndeu satisfaction. Very respectfully, Mrs. W. K. Turner and Dauohteks) Fairdeld county, S. C„ Jan. XI, 1883. One of us, dear— Hut one— Will ait by a bed with a marvelous fear, And clasp a band, Growing cold as it feels for the spirit land— Darling, which one? One of us, dear— But one— Will stand by the other’s coftin bier, And look and weep, While those marble lips strange silence keep, Darling, which one? One of us, dear— But oue— By an open grave will drop a tear, Aud home want go, The anguish of an unshared grief to kuow— Darling, which one? One of us, darling, it must he; It may he you will slip from me; Or perhaps my life may just be done— . Which oue? Having bought a Davis Vertical Feed Sewing Machine from Mr. J. O. B mg some three years ago, and it uaving given me perfect satisfaction in •very resiiect as a tamilv machine, both for hea y and light sewing, ami never needed the least re pair in any way, I can cheerfully recommend It to any one as a first-class inachln- in every particu lar, and think It second to none. It Is one ot the simplest machines made; my children use It wltn all ease. The attachments are more easily ad justed aud It doei a greater range of work by means of its Vertical Feed than any other ,Ra- chlne I have ever seen or used. Mrs. Thomas owinos. Winnsboro, Fairdeld county, 8. C. ANNIE’S REVENUE. We have had one of the Davli Machiues about four years and have always found it ready to do all kinds of work we have had occasion-to do. Can’t see that the machine is worn auy, and works as well as when new. „ _ „ Mrs. W. J. Crawford, Jackson’s Creek, Fairdeld county, h. O. My wife Is highly pleased with the Davis Ma chine bought ot you. She would not take dounle wnat sue gave for it. The machine has not been out ot order since she had it, aud she can do any kind of work on it. - Very Reapectfullv, V J as. F. Free. Monticello, fairdeld county, s. C. The Davla Sewing Machine W simply a treas ure Mrs. J. A. Uoouwyn. H.dgeway, N. C., Jan. 10.1&83. Annie Ilamson was twenty-seven, and the handsomest young lady in Lar- onville. Her grace of manner was wonderful, and the women who envied and dis liked her were won to admiration by her matchless courlesy. And, of course, it was difficult for any man to withstand her. She was a flirt. Hearts and fortunes innumerable had been laid at her feet, but she rejected them all. To do her justice, she never sought admiration and the men whose wings she had singed closest, all averred that she had never encouraged them. By and by Julian Erskinecame home from the Cape. A handsome fellow, with self-conceit enough to sink a ship, and fortune enough to enable him to practice his profession, the law, or let it alone, as he chose. Erskine was in some degree unprinci pled. He has been left an orphan at a tender age and adopted by a miserly, eccentric uncle, who alternately petted him and swore at him, until the boy l»e- came, in a degree, reckless, and very nearly desperate as to what any one thought of him. When he grew up all the women went to work and made a fool of him, its they generally do of a handsome man. Then his uncle died and left him a fortune; so there wasnptihng for the young man to do but to enjoy himself. He traveled extensively, and broke all the hearts which were ready to be broken. Indeed, more than one sweet girl’s happiness lie blighted for life Against one unfortunate girl he had commtited the deepest and bitterest wrong in the whole black catalogue of crime and sin! Helen Andrews died when her child was born and was glad to hide herself in the grave. Julian Erskine held up his head, and fair women, virtu ous women they called themselves, smiled on him Of course Mr. Erskine soon met Miss Harrison. He admired her intensely and left every other fancy to devote himsqlf to her. And I think no man w as ever more a devoted slave to a woman than lie was to her. It went on for three months in the usual way, Erskiue everywhere Miss Harrison’» utieudaiil. In February there was a fete at Harri son lodge. All our set were present Miss Harrison was magniiicunt. Her dress of black velvet with diamonds on her neck and arms became her perfectly; and among her guests she moved with queenly grace and beauty Burton whispered to me, and she had jilted Burton some two years ago; “Look out for breakers ahead, Alden. Miss Harrison is on her high horse to-night and Erskine is spoonier than ever.” . ,Pshaw!’ replied I;‘Erskine cut his eye teeth long ago, and Annie Harrison knows it. ‘Perhapsso,’ returned Burton, quietly. ‘But 1 am satistied this is a real tiling with Erskine. Look at him now, while she is talking to him. Why, man there’s a flush on his cheek like a girl’s blush at the ttrst kiss of her lover. And she, by Jove—don’t I know the meaning of the steely gleam in those eyes of hers? Well, 1 rather think I do. I laughed, for I had not given Julian Erskine the credit of having any heart; and as for Miss Harrison, I accepted s >- ciety’s verdict, aud looked on her as a scientific coquette. A little after my conversation with Burton I strolled into the convervatory. 1 heard some persons come in, but did not notice them until the intensely pas sionate voice of the man arrested my at tention. 1 glanced up and saw Mr. Erskine and Miss Harrison. ‘1 implore you to answer mel’lie said, grasping her hands; ‘for three intermina ble weeks you have kept me in agony A week more like tins would kill me.” ‘Oh, no, indeed,’ she said, ‘1 think you exaggerate, Mr. Erskine. People are not so easily killed. ’ ‘But I love you! I love you!’ he cried almost savagely. ‘Ho you? That is very kind of you,’ she returned, languidly. Ho you mean to drive me mad? Annie Harrison, 1 love you with my whole heart and soul, with every nerve and tibre of my bodyl 1 want you for my wife! my own, own wife! Come to my arras—it is my right to hold you against the heart which knows no life but that you give it.’ :ier without a word. His face was white as death, and his eyes had in them a sort of stony desperation, which seat a chill to my heart. Half an hour later I was sent for In haste to the lloyal hotel. Erskine stayed there. He had shot himself, the mes senger said, but was still living. 1 found him conscious, but sinking rapidly. He was bleeding internally, and the agony lie was suffering would soon lie over. There was nothing l could do but administer something to make ids pain less jioigiiaut. “Alden,” said he, feebly, I meant to do the job without bungling, but failed miserably. You know the reason why 1 judged it better to die than live. Miss Harrison ” “Yes, yes,” I said, I heard your con versation in the conservatory.” <( She was Just. Idon’tblaftieher. But oh,doctor, I loved her so! and she might have changed the whole tenor of my life! I would have been just what she had willed I should be! And I must see her before I die! I want to ask her forgive ness—to hear her say that she will accept the sacrifice of my worthless life as an atonement for the wrong I did her sister.” I tried to dissuade him, for I knewMiss Harrison’s haughty pride. As I was ar guing with my patient the door of the room opened and Annie Harrison came in. She went straight to the bedside, knelt down, and lifted Erskine’s head against her bosom. “My darling, she said, in atone whose wondrous tenderness made my own blood thrill like wine, ‘will you forgive me? I had no right to take God’s ven geance out of His wise hands. I had no right to spurn you as I did. And yet only He knows what it cost me, for Julian, I love you as I have never loved any earthly thing! Oh, my darling! my darling!” and bowing her face on his she gave way to a tit of sobbing which shook her from head to foot. I left them together. When I went back death was already dropping its palor over the brow of poor Erskine. He knew that he was passing rapidly; and with his last strength he turned his lips to her cheek. “Farewell, dearest,” he said softly, I will wait for you in another world. His eyes closed—he lay still. After a while 1 touched his pulse, and knew lie was dead. Annie Harrison is an old woman now, but she has never married. She is liv ing out her life quietly. How CmU are Taken. Base Han as a Business, Houses at Home aud Abroad. Spices. J.o Boao, Esq., Ag#nt-Dear Sir: My wife has ueen uslug a Davis Sewing Machine constant ly for the past four years, an t it has neve- needed any repairs an i works just as well as wheu drst bought She says it will do a greater rauge of practical work *nd do it eaaler aud bet'er than any machine she uas ever used. We cheerfully recommend it as a No. 1 family machine, Your tru.j, Jas. Q. Davis. Winnsboro. S. C., Jan. 3, 1883. Mr. Boao: I have always found my Davis Ma chine ready do ah kinds of to work I have had oc- •aslon to do. I cannot aee that the machine la worn a panicle and it worka as wed aa when new. Respectfn ly, Mrs. R. U. Uoodino. Winnsboro, B. C., April, 1883, Mr. Boao: My wife has been constantly using the Davla Machine bought of >on about Sve years ago. I have never regrened buying It, as it is always ready for any kind of fan ily aewlng, either neavy or light. It is never out ot flx or ueeurng wp&ira. Very respectfully, A. W. Ladd Fairfield, S. C., March, 1888. There are large quanUlies of spices irn ported inti) Ihm country. Black pepper, however, has the preponderance, the ag gregate for the year ending June 30, 1883, lieiug 70,000 packages of 120 pounds each, or an aggregate of 8 400 OOO pouuds of whole pepper. Of this nearly 100, 000 pounds has been ground by one house within the same period. White pepper aggregated 2 500 packages of 100 pounds each, or a total of 250,000 pounds, about 6,000 pounds of which had been ground. Bed or Cayenne pepiier aggregated 3.000 packages ot 80 pounds each, or 240 000 pounds, of which 6 594 pouuds had I et-n ground in New Yore. Pimento amounted to 10.000 packages of 100 pounds each, or 1,000,000 poun imported whole, of which neat ly 12 500 l>ouuds aie now annually giound New York. Of Cassia buds 10.000 packages were imported from Saigon, Caina, and 10 000 packages from Rstavis; making a total of 26,000 packages of 80 pounds each, or an aggregate of over 2,000,000 pounds, of which about 35,000 poumls are ground here instead of being im ported in the manufactured stale. About 20,000 pounds of cinnamon are annually imported from Ceylon, but as this spice is mainly used in Mexico, where the natives chew the sticks, very little is ground here; only such quantities as are likely to be required for domestic use. About 8,000 packages of whole cloves are imported from Zanzibar, and 1,500 from Amboyna, making an aggregate ot 790,000 pounds, of wbicb about 12,000 pouuds were ground by oue house from the bud only. The records show, however, that there are also imr.orUd over 100,000 p mnds annu ally of clove stems, which are useless, being devoid ot taste. These are used by unprincipled persons for the adulteration of ground cloves being cheaper than the bud, aud easily ground with it. Ginger is very largely exported from Africa, Cal - cutta, Cochin C nna and Jamaica. The first named place supplied during ihc year jest past 10,000 packages of 100 pouuds each, or a total of 1,000,(’00 pounds; Calcutta 6,000 packages or 600,000 pouuds; Cojhm China 2,000 packages of 110 pounds each, or 220,000 pounds, and Jamaica 2 000 packages of 120 pounds each, or 240,000 pouncs, making the total amount of whole ginger imported during the year over 2 OoO.OOO pounds; ot this about 60,000 pouuds are now ground an nually in New York. Nutmegs aggregate 12.000 packages of 60 pounds each or 720,000 pounda, and the mace reaches a total of 90 000 pounds. Of the former very little is sold ground;* but of the latter the aggregate for this year was about 2,000 pounds. The total amount of the above mentioned importations is 25,755,000 pounds. A Noted Mountain. In Grand street. New York, stands a plain-looking, three-story building. Sur rounded by an atmosphere of restless busi ness activity, it nevertheless has the ap pearance within of a veritable abode of silence. None of the hurrying passers-by would suspect that its frout wall hides from view a “oitv ot the dead,’ the mina- ture streets ot wtiich are lined with the torms of many who have gone over to the great majority. It may be entered with out dismay, however, for its ‘‘sheeted dead’’ are but plaster-casts, quite unable to “squeak and gibber,” though many have mdecd a “speaking’' likeness. Here may be found the gods and goddesses, the emperors, generals, statesmen and authors of the ancient world, and famed ones of the modern world as well. In the con structive eemomy o4 tl.hi museum the dii- tinctions of casts obse»A»d In tiro outside world are no longer found. On the same shelf are the “Ox-evcd Juno, Queen of Heaven" ami the “Greek Slave,” Jupiter Touans and the “Supplicant Youth,” Augustus aid the “Hying Gladiator,” Nero and St. Francis, the Madonna and a Venus. Here Mercury is ever “new-ligh ted on a heaven-kissing hill,” there the heroic Fallas Athene stands with upright spear, Diana the Chaste again starts for the chase, the Discobolus never quite lets go bis quoit. On the extended arm of the Fighting Gladiator the Mow is ever coining as of old. About are scattered relievos of fruits, flowers cud leaves; animal torms and heads arc jumbled together in a happy family; prizes, medallions, vases, pede- tals and brackets fid up the interstices. One feature of the collection, the fractions of the human body, suggested the follow ing conversation between a reporter aud the proprietor, C. Ginocchio. “Does auy one ever come here to have a cast made ot an arm or hand or a leg? and what is the process and time taken?' “We have frequent calls for casts of hands; not so much for arms aud legs. The casting varies in regard to the time, a leg or an arm taking much longer, of course, than a foot or a hand. Tne pro cess, however, is the same in all these cases. First, the hand is coveted with piaster from an inch to an inch and a halt thick. We wait till this settles and grows lukewarm, perhaps twenty minutes in the case of a hand. Then 'with a string the plaster is cut into sections and removed. It is now put together aga ; n, the iuside hollow having the exact shape, lines and thickness of that part of the hotly to which the plaster was applied. This hollow Is next washed with oil, because we are now to fill it with plaster, and this must not be allowed to stick (as it would without the oil) to the outside plaster first put on. Then the mold thus filled, is laid away, for five hours or so iu the case of a baud. Afterward, the workman cbissels away the outside plaster, working down to the baud formed within. This of course re quires care aud deltoaoy lest the inside hand be cut. The ctussehng takes a half a day, and the whole operation consumes a day. Two days are required for a leg or an arm.” “For what purpose,’’asked the repor ter, “are these casts generally made?” “For personal gratification, or for sur gical operations—a surgioa frequently finding a cast of a dlaortcd or diseased limb, useiul for study before the o|K-ration is performed. Also, you know, art schools need them for anatomical study. A cast is copied iu marble sometimes. ’’ Is the mark of the human face ever taken from hte?” “Yes, it is done. We have taken such a mask several tunes, though we dislike it end wd! probably refuse to do so again. The plaster is put on in three sections separately, the space around the mouth forming one section, aud a line reaching from the centre of the forehead down to the tip ot the nose dividing the rest of the face into two sections. A small pipe is passed through to the nostrils for breath ing purposes. The plaster is likely to stick to any hairs on the tace and hurts a deli cate skin. Our charge for this cast is over eight times as much as for a band, so you see that wc regard it as a matter requiring great care.” T suppose you are called upon to make masks of dead men’s faces?’' “Yes, and busts, too. The cost of these is rather high; $15 for the mask and $60 for the busi, but we have had a number ot calls in that department of our work. This operation requires more time than others, a half day being needed for applying aud removing the plaster, aud then three days more for the mask aud a week for the bust.” “Are there ever cases of 'monstrosities' applying for c ists of themselves?” “Well, i don’t know that you would call this a case of montroflily, but oue woman recently hail a leg taken iu plaster . ust above the knee which measured twenty-two inches. It was to be put in a show-case, she said.” Site retreated a pace or two and raised her face to Ins. Every word she spoke was clear and distinct, and yet her voice was lifted scarcely above a whisper. ‘I will answer you, Mr. Erskiue, with pleasure. Y r ou have heard of Helen Andrews? Yes; I see you have. She was my half sister, and 1 loved her next to my God. You know your part in the tragedy where you and she were the principal actors—you know how it end ed. It was fortunate for you, coward and hypocrite, that I was in a foreign laud at the time she died, for if I had been on the same soil with you I should have killed you. When the wretched tale came to my ears, I swore to be re venged on you, and I have taken my own way to fulfil tmy vow. Sooner than wed you 1 would make myself the wife of the lowest brute in the universe who could be called a man. There, you have your answer! Go!” She pointed to the door. He obeyed Sky-Augusta is a Georgia mountain that viewed Irom ngkt point, presents the outline of a prone Indian, and in cites a spectator to this florid descrip- tiod: “Aa tne sun dipped beyond the verge there was a general oonfljgratiou, and Sky-Augusta was seemingly burned upon his funeral pyre, as no Bom an or Greek or latter pagan was ever wrappei in fire. And yet a httls later, nncou- Burned »' d everlasting, we beheld the mighty Indian still battled in rosy floods of radiance.” Accepting the correction from a lady, the Augusta (Ga.) Chron icle says that the Indian profile on the mountain range near (Jlerkesville, that State, is ca led “Skiajagu-tah,” and not • Sky-Augusta,” as it first printed it and adds:—“Skisjagnstah was a famous Cherokee chief, who in 1730 went to England with Sir Alexander Gumming. In a perse nai interview with the King he formulated a treaty that was ob served for years afterwaids. He was an eloquent savage, and deserved the im mortality of fame that the late Robert I can remember, said Harry Wright, the noted Base Ball player “when the first admission fee of 10 cents a head was charged by the Atlantics of Brook lyn. It occasioned a vigorous kick, for up to that time base ball had been the game, but the crowds didu’t dimin ish, ami when the Rail Stockings, of Cincinnati, went East they charged 50 cents admission aud got large crowds from the start. I have seen crowds so dense that the gates were closed long before the game was called, aud, fear ing a rush if the gates should ho opened to admit the players, the latter had to dimb the fence. The great base ball event of this country was the formation of the league, composed of representa tives of ionr eastern aud four western clubs, formed in 1876. It has raised the tone of base ball, made it next to impossible for players to sellout a game and resulted in inspiring a degree of confidence iu the game that horae-rac- iug doesn’t enjoy. The penalty for throwing a game is expulsion from the league with no prospect of reinstate ment. Four men were expelled from a Louisville nine on charge of throwing game, aud although they have applied every season for admission to the league they have been refused. This league is one of the most perfect aud strict or ganizations iu the country. It has dis couraged pool selling and done away almost entirely with drinking on the part of the players. This league was organized by the late W. A. Halbert, a member of the Chicago Board of Trade a man of promptness and great decision of character, I believe that base ball instead of deeming will become more popular. One of the features suggested by the League is a uniform system of salaries, so much for the catchers and pitchers, who are the most valuable men as a rule, so much for the iu-lielders aud so much for the out-fielders. The league employs four umpires at $200 a month and all expenses. As to the justness of the laws, U upire Burn ham, now at the Weddell House, thinks that the rule mrking it possible to dis miss an umpire upon the complaint of four clubs, without hearing his side of the story, is unjust. “Four clubs, Buffalo, Chicago, Detroit and Boston, have combined against me, aud I ex pect to get my walking papers Saturday night;" said Burnham. “I don't much care. It’s worth $500 a month to stand the abuse that an umpire has to en dure,” “Has any of these players grown rich on their good salaries?” was the part ing qaestion thrown at Wright. “Yes several of them are reported to be well off. My brother George, who invented many of the tricks, so called, now iu ball playing, is keeping a sporting goods Mtoru in BtNitou, Mpuluiug, Uu old bauo player, runs a similar business iu Chi cago, and Al Reach in Philadelphia. They all do a big business. The item of balls alone is an inqiortaut one. The regulation ball, fist made by Mann, of Boston, now costs $15 a dozen. It is made of an ounce of pure rubber covered with worsted yarn, then a cover of horse hide, then more yarn and then the outer cover of horse hide, riinee a new hall is provided for each game the number used in season is not small. A player’s expenses are paid by the club while on the rood, but he is assessed 50 cents a day. The hotel bills are from $2 to $2 50 a day for each player, and the traveling expenses two cents a mile. Balanes are paid uu the 1st and 15th of each month.” “How much capital dees the League represent?'’ was asked of George Howe, president of the Cleveland club. “That’s hard to answer,” was the repjy, “It cost $10,000 or more to start this club. The stockholders had to stand assess ments until last season, wheu we made a little money. This season we will also probably make some. The l.lbrary. A correspondent recently makes some re flections on the subject of carriage entran ces, as arranged in Parisian houses, which are quite worthy of attention. Very few of our architects, aud still fewer persons of other professions, understand the value of this feature in giving dignity aud import ance to an elevation as well as a plan, and aa a consequence many opportunities for the display of architectural maguificence, which would lie eagerly seized aud adroit ly used by a French architect, are iu this country thrown away. In fact, the whole subject of dignified domestic architecture needs serious study among the profession here. The increase of wealth ami expend iture has been so great that scores of houses are now built every year \u New York, Boston, Philadelphia and other cities which would, so far as cost is con cerned, be classed in auy other country as palaces, just aa their owners would rank among princes to the extent that money aud luxury cau give such disliuction; but these structures, so far from presenting any grandeur or stateliness of aspect, gen erally have an air of in Hated mediocrity, like a hotel, rather than the appropriate shelter of that complex organism of serv ice aud responsibility winch even here goes to make up a large establishment. With all our democratic ways, there is no need of planning great houses, as we often find them, in which hundreds of visitors aud guests are entertained every week, with exactly the same provisions for re ceiving them that-would be furnished in the cottage of a mill operative, with the difference that everything in the mansion would be on a larger scale. On the occa sion of a reception or ball the friends of the owners of houses ou which millions of dollars have been spent are generally ex pected to land from their carriages on the sidewalk, to be welcomed by a gibing crowd ot ruftitus, restrained by one or two policemen from pressing upon the dirty little strip of carpet which leads up a steep flight of stepi to the scene at the festivities, which proclaim themselves to the hearing aud sight of all the passers-by, in a manner quite destructive to dignity. Common as this disposition is to large houses iu Lmdon as well as in our own cities, we imagine that there are few per sons who cannot seo the advantage of the French plan, by which the guests of the bouse, instead of landing on tne sidewalk, an brought directly into the coirtyard, where they are received, if not by their hosts themselves, at least by their servants, instead of a dirty mob, and lake their leave in the same way, without fear ot annoyance from the rudeness ot strangers. Such distinctions as the carriage entrance and courtyard give are easily obtained, even iu a house built with strict economy in regard to the amount of ground cov ered; but where the owner of the mansion can afford the cost a great increase of dig nity can be obtained in buildings placed KTtCre COUr n Jurittn, the otroot front being formed by a law structu'e, contain mg the rooms of the concierge aud other servants, with the carriage entrance in the center, flanked sometimes by two project ing wings of the main house, which are brought forward to the street. These, willi the low structure ou the street, en close the courtyard, beyond which is the higher portion ot the building, containing the state entrance and the grand saloons, whicli extends across the whole width of the lot; a id behind this portion, whose lacadc gains greatly iu distinction by its haughty withdrawal from the public thor- ou*hfare, is the garden, which is entirelj concealed from the view of auy one ex cept the inhabitants of the house, and is oiien brought into very close connection with this, as a sort of open-air parlor. Every architect cau see the admirable way in which this Hriaigement lends itfelf to stately and convenient distribu tion of rooms, as well as to perfect light and venlilaiiou, and although a house so planned would not be cheap, there are many people now who would be both able and willing to pay for the advantages which it would possess, if they were once pointed out to them. Put* and Calls, “I believe you have gambled in Wall street, Mr. Breezy,” said Mrs. Breezy, helping her lord and master to a cup of coffee. “I have speculated a little in stocks, dear, if tliat’s what you mean,” said Air. Breezy, unfolding his napkin. “Same thing,” said Mrs. Breezv, “you can call it speculation; I know it’s gambling. How do they do it, any way? I read about puts and calls and straddles, aud buy a three’s, but I never can make any head or tail out of it. I suppose it’s all some horrid slang you men have invented.” “Well, no, dear,” said Mr. Breezy, helping his better two-thirds tqa chop, “it isn’s exactly slang. Yon see, for instance, I buy a hundred short ” ' “You do what?” cried Mrs. Breezy. hny a hundred short,“ repeated Air. Breezy. “Well, what In the name of common sense do you mean by that?” asked Airs. Breezy. “Why don’t you talk United States—I mean English? You buy a hundred short, and what has short got to do with it?” “If you will give me time I will ex plain, my dear,” said Mr. Breezy. “You see if a man is long ou stock lie is ’’ “Long on stock?” said Airs. Breezy. “Now, what are you getting to? First you are short and then you are long. What dres a man want to get on stock for. anyway?” “Aly dear, if you will allow me *” “To be sure. Go ahead. Tell me something about Wall street, hut dou’t talk nonsense,” said Airs. Breezy. “Well, my dear, we will suppose that I have a put on Wabash, and ” “There you go again,” said Airs. Breezy. “Will you or will you talk iu a language I can understand? What is Wabash, anyway? I suppose it is another slang term?” “No, that’s a stock,” said Air. Breezy “you see. dear, if I have a call ou Wa bash or Northwestern— “If you call on the Northwest?” cried Airs. Breezy; “are you really go ing mad, Air. Breezy? Well, I might expect as much from the life you have led recently. What with clubs and polstics, you are going headlong to some terrible fate.” “My dear, it will he impossible for me to explain anything unless you will give me five minutes to do it iu,” said Mr. Breezy, with unusual warmth. “Now, at the beginning of this week Omaha preferred started at 1064 aud 105 ” “Omaha preferred!’' asked Airs. Breezy. “What is preferred? Who preferred it? What lias Omaha got to do with New York and Wall street anyway, aud what do you mean by 1064?” “I shall have to give it up,” said Mr. Drcccj* in <t doapairing? voice;. “No, Mr. Breezy, l have started out to kuow something about Wall street, and 1 won’t allow you to get out of it iu that way,” said Mrs. Breezy, setting herself more firmly in her chair. “Nowq Air. Breezy, you will please drop slang and come to something I can under stand. For instance, what is a bull- bear?’’ “11a, ha, ha-oh!” laughed Mr. Breezy. “What do you mean by laughing at me, Mr. Breezy? I’m sure I ” “Ho, ho, ha-oh!” and Air. Breezy fairly doubled up with laughter. “Air. Breezy, , you haven’t the mau- ners of a savage,” cried Airs. Breezy, pushing back her chair, “aud I don’t believe you kuow any more about Wall street than a two-weeks’ old baby,” and Airs. Breezy made Hazael time to the kitchen to take revenge upon the cook. Should Women Bide Like Men? Campbell helped bestow upon bun."'greaterpressure. Be Finn. Never knock nuder. Never! Always rally your forces lor a more desperate assault ujKiu adversity. If calumny assails you, aud the world—as it is apt to do in such cases— takes part with your tradneers, don’t turn moody or misauthrop o, or worse still, seek to drowu your unhappiness iu dissipation. Bide your time. Dis prove the slander if you can, if not, live it down. If poverty comes upon yon like a thief in the night, what thou? Let it rouse you as the presence of the real tliid would do, to energetic action. No matter how deep you have gone into hot water—always provided you did not help the father of lies to heat it— your case, if you ore of the right kiud of stuff is uot desperate, nor is it in ac cord with the divine order and sweep of tilings that life should have any diflu-ul ties with which au honest, determined man, with heaven’s help, cannot sur mount. U. icks t’roiu Slag, The utilization ot s.ag waste is fast asanmiuK considerable economical im portauce. The maunfaeture of bncks from granulated blast-furnace slags will soon be begun in Germany. The slags are run into water, and the grii thus ob tained is mixed np with lime, concrete, or plaster of Paris, and formed into bricks, which are dried for a month, They possess greater solidity than com mon brick, and seem to resist a much Books whicli children cau read should be put ou the lower shelves of the book- ease, so that the children may be temp toil to take them down for themselves aud have a try at their contents. These books within a child's reach need not be “juveniles,” aud, indeed, had better not be. They ought to be travels ami bio graphies, brightly writteu aud full of pictures. Especially should the file of Harper's Magazine or the Century stand w here the young ones may readily get at it. Ou the other hand, liooks which children should not handle should not be within reach of their bauds. Lead not ttie little oues into temptation. Lock up your Rabelais, and perhaps even your Fielding, where little fingers may not hapi*eii ou them. Put the Etizabethau dramatists and the comic writers of the Restoration where no Paul Pry, Jr., or his sister, may chance to spy them. Out of sight out of mind. All books need air. The doors of all book coses should be opened now ami then, every few days, to let iu light, and to change the air. Books are no more benefited by solitary confinement than are men. AM l>ooks get dnsty. Every shelf should be cleaned out once in six mouths, every book beiug dusted and returned to its place. The best duster for fine bindings is a bit of soft chamois leather. Never cut open the pages of a book or a magazine with auything but a paper- cutter, a Huger is too blnut, aud tears the edges. A knife is too sharp, and cuts the edges unequally. The best paper-cutter is a thin slip of ivory. Wood ami bone are nearly as good. Metal is not. A good book is a good friend, and should be treated with the respect due to a friend. Never wet yonr fingers to turn over a leaf. Be warned by the fate of the king in the Arabian tale. Never turn down the corner of a page to hold your place, Never put in a soiled playing card, or a stained envelope, or bit of dirty string, or piece of damp newspaper. Never allow yotu: books to get damp, as they may mildew. Never allow them to get hot, as the boards may warp and the leather may crack. Never put them on a shelf high np near the ceiling of a room lighted by gas. Mine in ilie MalakoflT Tower. During the Russian aud French, E ig lish and Italian war a formidable mine had been duz aud loaded nailer the Alal- akoff tower. If General MacMahon had not chanced to discover in the barrack one wire leading from a well-concealed voltaic-pile to a large quantity of powt’er under it, and another connecting it with the powder magazine, the whole viclo nous force might have lieen blown Into air after having gamed possession of the tort. The wires were cut, but the pow der magazine could not lie found. Some of the French soldiers were setting fire to the empty gabions which had l>een thrust into the small windows of the tne bomb proof cellar under the tower, iu order to barricade it. One of the gabions ap- peared to be moving. A French officer called out that, if any oue was there who could speak French, he might come out without tear. The gabion was pushed through the window, and a very young Russian officer crept, out. He was as sured that he and any others surrendering as prisoners of war would be well treated, Alter saying a few words in Russian at the window he was joined by four officers aud 200 co umon soldiers. They begged, thiougli him, to lie taken away at once. This request suggested some knowledge of an impending explosion. The voting offl. eer was ti erefore ordered to point out the p* tion ot the powder magazine. The lad made no answer, A French subalUnu said in a loud voice to the commanding officer that the Russian ought to be shot if he refused to obey the order given to save so many lives. The youth kept silence, with a haughty glance of indignation at the subaltern, apparently for supposing that he would heiruy a secret under a threat. Tiie French chief formed a pla toon to shoot him and be turned to face h'.s executioners. An old Russian Major, who seemed to understand French, ran forward, to k the commandant by the hand, drew him to a heap of earth, and pointed downward. The earth was quick ly ahovcied away, and barrels containing 88,000 nounda of gunpowder were discov ered. A strong Ftcnch guard was placed over them The young Russian officer was told to go with the other prisonera. He gave a military salute aud kissed the old Russian Major’s hand “Do not blame him for showing you the powder,” he said in French to the commandant, with trembling voice and tears in his eyes. ‘ ‘He is my father.” Such is the question which is beiug seriously discussed. Perhaps it would be as well to leave the determination of the question to those whom it principal ly concerns. We fancy they have no wish to change the custom. As a mat ter of fact, although it may not appear to be the case, tiie seat which a woman enjoys on a side-saddle is fully as secure and not nearly as irksome, as that which a man lias to maintain, unless he simply balances himself, and does not grip the side of his horse either with the knee or tiie side of the leg. It is curious to note the different ways in whicli the legs of men who pass much time in the saddle are affected. Riding with a straight leg and a long stirrup almost invariably produces what are popularly called knocked-knees. • Near ly all the mounted soldiers of the British army suffer from this deformity, as any one who will take the trouble to notice the men of the Life Guards aud Blues walking may satisfy himself. On tiie other hand, riding with a short stirrup produces bowed legs. Jockeys, grooms, and most hunting-men who ride frequently, are more or less bow-legged. The long stirrup rider grips his horse with the knee, while the short stirrup rider grips him with the inner side of tiie leg bidow the knee. Tiie difference of action explains the difference of re sult. No deformity necessarily follows the use of the side-saddle if the precau tion lie taken with growing girls to change sides on alternate days, riding on the left side one day and the right on the next. The purpose of this change is to counteract the tendency to lean over to the side opposite that on which the leg is swung. Waste in Gas. The waste which takes place in the manufacture of gas is estimated by Dr. Siemens at £2,000,000 annually in Eng land alone. This waste occurs in the non-utilization of the tar, sulphur and ammomacal liquors produced in the process of extracting gas from ooaL The only element bexides tne gas that has been used is the coke. A new oven is now being introdnoad in England which, at an extra cost of only about thirty cants per ton. saves something more than a dollar's worth of the ele ments hitherto wasted, besides produc ing ten per cent, more ooke than the old ••bee-hive” oven. —Twice as many men as women diq of pneumonia. 'fgjjms. . 'mm