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/ . ?????? ' -'* * 1? : ? ? T7~~~ T~ winnsboro, s. c., Wednesday, January ie, 1884 MAUD AND THE ROSES, [New York Journal.] TYithin the elaborately furnished parlor of a palatial Fifth avenue residence. ' ? ir* /Irtinf-r oHrV uer uauity xcco m uaxuuj pors of violet colored silt, sat Maud L'Acquilton, the eberislied child of.fortune. Beared in the lap of luxury she was ignorant of the trials arid sorrows which beset the busy mart where men battle for bread. In her hand she held the picture of a young man -who, like ? herself, had been rGared amid scenes oi elegant ailiuence. Mauu was a sweet-faced girl and was loved by all who knew her. There was o?% fori r7 pr r> in llCI great blue eyes, a soft, tender, jet -withal a linn expression in the slight compression of her lips, and a defiuiteness, as it were, in tho character of her face irhich stamped her as a woman whose compassionate'" nature was under the control of a high order of intelligence. As she sat before the parlor grate, her fair skin delicately tinged by fremiti mrmf.'h from tlift buminsr# em* ? ^bers^shewas-^ woman. ol^iivpassiag be𝔲 The loosaly-^ttEtg morning wrapper which she wore fell gracefully over her person, revealing occasional outlines' -of- tr form of which Psyche v - might have been proud. Horace L'Acquilton, the moneyed Y"^ master of the house, waa devotedly attached to his only child, and left nothing undone which he had reason to be lieve would contribute to tfce nappmesj of her young and innocent life. Thougi already a niillionnaite he longed for an opportunity to double his vast wealth, his purpose "being to present to his daughter, upon her arrival at the ag< of maturity, a fortune' which would make her tie wealthiest iady in the land. Maud was unconscious of liej father's perilous ambition. She onh knew that her every wantr was supplied even anticipated, and she was quite aj happy as it is possible for mortal to be "I wonder," she mused, the. while gazing intently upon the picture. u whether he really loves me ? Yet whj should I be so exacting when I- scarce know my own heart ? He is young, handsomer?" A gentle tread upon the velvet carpetirtrr attracted the auick ear of tlie sen sitive girl. * "Roderick V she exclaimed. ffWlu gave you permission to enter here?" Maud's beautiful face flushed crimsoz as she rc?o hastily from the snmptuoai ottoman and turned toward the intrader. The figure before her was that of i dashing man of the world. He was tall, fine looking and elegantly attired. Hii mustache -was long and silken, and hii eyes, though bearing the evidence o] dissipation, -were still lustrously black. There was an expression of sadness ir his face which deepened when he caughl sight of the picture in Maud's hand. .. . "Had I known so much," said Roderick Froyart, his voice husky "with eaio+i/vn "7 -nnf. Tifirra xrcnf.nvfri Tir>TA-' : -Thiols folly, Roderick V exclaimed Maud, biting her lips in nervous vexation!, - Really, you misjudge me?yor cannot, understand, I?" itha picture upon an ivoryr ^o;mted; centre-table, she threw herseli f hspk'mio tlie -ottoman., and buried hei ?aoe in her hands. | ?or a moment Roderick Froyart stcoc :.gazmg fixedly .upon the form of the 3**~ xTjoman whom he madly loved. The rose in his fingers dropped to the floor. tr and lav there unheeded. "And-this is -why you have ceased tc care lor me!" he said finally. ,A deep <jhange had taken place in the man? He seemed to have aged a score " of years in" the brief interval during which" he had surrendered himself tc the conflicting emotions ot iiis Heart. "It is for this humiliation that I have "given voti the truest and best love of s man, and would hare" died rather than . cause you one moment's anguish." " Roderick," gasped the unhappy girl, "you misjudge me!" As she said this" she lifted up hei curl-laden head and gazed at him be--"'S?eehin?rlv tlrrousrh her falling tears. "Olio -week ago," continued the man, tsnmindful of the interruption, and Seemingly unconscious of the fact that. < his every word sank like a poisoned ar/' row into the soul of the listener; "one week ago to-day you heard the words of burning love which I poured intc #our listening ear. You returned them word for word, and with your arms around my necl^and your soft breath upon my brow *ou promised, on the honor of your womanhood, to be my - wife. As you are now I" was liken the spoiled child of lux ury. What has Happened sm? to so change your feeling towards me? Listen, Maude, and I wall tell-you Tuesday last my father failed because lie foolishly sought to uphold the credii ?;.:pf the haughty house of Yanderbert. i. arid I suddenly find myself a penniless wanderer, driven to the extremities oi the adventurer in the effort to: uphold mystanding at the clubs. You have been informed of this, and your heart? fronrWv-jmisp and ' given over to anvr^'T i ?,1; v ?tae*v ifiij.x iiiew had undergone a terrible' cTiange, 'and 3 ;iia^ come Sere to surrender. mj rights, it to retnba/yonrfond,Ietters-^heh I am sadd^r^aa&eB^to the~-fMS> 'tfiki^reni | '""never"loved met" Oh, Jfendt- MSad!: ; ;Yim Eave'destrbye3 'mef . v.. | . <rRoderick I" cried the srrrl. sprin'sincr to. Jier feet and rushing', towards'His j retreating " figure with. <mistretched arms/ ^-?<>?-wreng me. cruelly when you say I do not love you. -:The heari that^vcas yosirs oifrMondaylast .befrfcis as truly a^fS^uBy for you to-day V j UieEtfiy.meJ" cried the mail, as he encircled her slender waist with I his.arm and half dragged" ^er'^iaJbis frantic ]*oy towards the door_... '<Z% u Ha!" lie exclaimed, snddstiy reusing his hold"" and' gazing'at %er mtb fixed features and distended eye?. "Yon ' Rhrint from me!" ' ! ; "Do .not blame me, Koderick," she said, in a low voice, "for I am only a poor, weak child. In your present con dition you could not support a wife, Indeed, you are unable to support yourself. Do not be angry with me, for I speak for your good?as one, in fact who loves you more dearly than life itself. Ti the cruel mandate of societ? prohibits me from becoming your wife it cannot t3ke from me the right to love you through life as a sister. Leave me, I beg of you, and never oome here again, xne nonor 01 my iatner s nouse | commands us to part as strangers." There was an imperial grandeur in : the girl's delivery that staggered Rod- j erick Froyart, accomplished worldling i though he was. His eyes fell to the | ground, and with bowed head and ach- | ing heart ho dragged his heavy feet into : Fifth avenue. As the door closed behind him Maud ; L'Acquilton's courage forsook her. She j reeled into tha-toom-and daicbtfji ; tue lallen rose as she fell prostrate vL the floor. "Unhappy child,1' groaned her father, as he pushed aside the :apestried parti -r\-> n **1- ?1/1 /lixrici/vn f\f TllC , L?V/X1 >V JL1?^JLL Xllcfri. VUV V4X ? ACAViJ. w*. ??AV ; spacious parlors, and rushed to liis i daughter's side, "what wretch has dared ! to tell her that I am a 3 uned man?" * 4c * * * * * As Roderick Froyart descended the steps of the L'Acquilton mansion Oscar 7 ) 1* n AA?l< 1 J-JXJOl'VI, UUU ?? ^V4, iVli'vV-k soi: of a haughty millionaire, began the ascent. There was a triumphant gleam | in the eyes of the latter, for ho read in i I-.oderick's face the stcry of a broken ! heart. 1 Roderick glared savagely at his : rival, and clinched his fists in the agony of jealous despair. "With a mighty efj fort, however, he mastered his emotion i and passed on. An hoar later a man : whom he had esteemed as an oldj friend J refused him the loan of a dollar. ! "T1-.<vc- sr-v if. ho said to himself, "but I will do it. Ave,-oven this very day I will go to work and en! deavor to win back the fortune and : honor of my faraily.' I : One week later Roderick Frqyart I -was a salesman in a' Bowery hat'store. lie had made rapid strides in the all'ecj tion and confidence of his employer, j and had begun already to look forward ! to the hour of his appointment aa cashier. At last his proud ambition ; was crowned with success and the funds ! ox nis employer were m j:is seeping. J In safer keeping the honest hotter could | not hare intrusted his hard-earned health. "If nobility is lacking in any of : America's upper middle classes," I thought Roderick Froyart, "if 'shall i never suffer by act of mine." - . As ho -wandered to his boarding house : that night his attention was attracted I to a young ana ueautiiui gin v/iio stood at the corner of Third avenue and ! Ninth street, offering bouquets to the passers-by. "Roses," he thought, "roses that once I showered upon Maud." Something in the manners of the girl's face appealed to him. He. stopped to buy a rose. Again the flower dropped from his. fingers. " AFftiiri\" hft A-vrclftimfid. "Can this j be you?" "It is, Roderick," replied the poor girl, bursting into tears. "Father is j dependent entirely upon me for Ms daily bread. He hopes, however, to rer brieve ids fortune as soon as he recovers I from rheumatic fever." VHas he rheumatic fever?" asked ; Roderick, his ^ voice showing the emotion which racked his frame. , i* "Yes,. Roderick;" replied :tha girl. ' The "old love look was in her eyes. She : stooped and picked .up her rose. An hour later the wretched fioweri girl was the. wife-ot* Roderick Froyarfc, ? .1 T-'~ 1. * ."l*~ I ULLU one intpp^ jj&zry p:c>wuMj i provided for.- the ^necessaries of Dr. | L'Acqnilton/.-.took the first train for - Chicago. The next day the Bowery j hatter failed. v" ' \ Two months' later, Roderick Froyart," i who with his voting wife were hiding | in Adrian^Michigan, received the foli In-T-inrr rJi^nn.fr'li frnm liia fp.fli^v-ir>-ln.\v. "Come at once. Have settled with tbe hatter, and am rich as ever. ; / H. Zsphonts-^'Acquiltox." And now Boderick and Maud reside together in the old Fifth avenue mansion, and laugh merrily as they think of how Oscar Bristol strangh3ct"btnrTcli by tight lacing. , ; Mr. L'AcquIlton lives with his child: ren, and sings nursery songs to a new i little Maud, who prattles "papa" when! ever she sees Ptoderick Froyart. And I little Maud when- she. plays''with the ; roses that meet -her-. everywhere never i dreams of the romance they tjpify in tliat happy Lome. Dcrul Pica's Shoes. [Washington Republican.] "Dead men's shoes ?' Yes, sir, several [ dealers make a specialty of them, and j sell large numbers." The speaker -was I the proprietor of one of the innumer* [ able second-hand stores which line D r <;frrp,of. from Eichth to Tenth streets. { and whose presence has christened that | thoronghfare the "Chatham street" of i Washington. "How do yon get them?" "Oh, that's easy enough," he replied, ! with a strong German accent, accompanied by an odor of onions. "We have agents. They go about town, and: whenever they see crape on the doof they put down the number and street in their memorandum book. Then, after waiting a reasonable time, until the burial is over, the agent calls again and makes an offer for the dead man's shoes, which is generally accepted. Sometimes the agents buy clothing in the same way, but boots and shoes can always bo bought. If they are; out .of repair we mend them*: I gness at least ?,000 pairs are solcl on D street-alone 1 every week at an average price of $1 [ per pair. Colored men are the bestl ! customers." At this point the dealer in I rip/Iil nnverm^s of defunct citizens was j called inside by the miner' clerk, who j was trying to force the sale of a large | ulster on a very thin man, with , the ; frequent remark that it "fit him like j the paper on the wall." I t; ; i < ~ mtpm - O11'the Wrortg Foot. [Norvalk Hour,] . A little Norwalk boy got a sliver in | his foot, and a motion to poultice the wrotmcl.made by his mother and seconded by his grandmother, \ra0*carried in spite of Ms objections. Ee kicked and : screamed, and protested that he would not submit to any such indignity, but j the majority against him was two to one,*'and the poultice was made ready. ! It was-arranged that the grandmother should apply the poultice while the.pa| tient's mother stood over him with a i stick -with authority and instructions to . apply that also if he. mado the least show of resistance. i "When all was ready the youngster was j placed on the bed and operations bei can. As the hot poultice touchcd the | boy's foot, be opened his mouth to say j something, but his mother, with the stick, awed him into silenco. Again ; j the boy strove to make himself heard, and again the upraised stick "warned : I him to be quiet. In a ievr short min| utes the poultice was firmly in place, : and the boy was tucked up in bed, there ! to remain until the medicine had done ! its work. As the urchin's tormentors I moved avrav. a shrill, small voice from j under the bedclothes: j "You've dot it on the wror^r ! 5 Spelled It All. [Exchange.] A farmer went to hear the great Wesley preach upon the subject of monev. "Get all vou can," said "Weslev. The farmer was delighted. " Save ail you can." The farmer was still more delighted, and thought "Wesley the most practical preacher he had ever listened to. "Give all you can/' At this the farmer exclaimed: "Pshawi ti-. i-.&i arvd SDCi.lt it'sl? Travelers in Africa assert. that the most certain cure for malarial fever is strong coffee. "ABBY CRIED AND JACK CRIED." Mow a Carrier Boy Fell in Love with' a Little Whitehead. ^ f"TVA^?/-.if TTnrvA Pr.lCV 1 L.L/CL1 UlVUCVAi V^. J It lias been going on for a year past, j Jack is a carrier for one of the dailies, j and his circuit takes in a house on Scott street. One day last spring a baby crowed at him from an open door on that street, and Jack tossed an apple ! into the hall. The next day the baby j was watching for him, and after three j or four days the boy made bold to slip up the steps and pat the little chap on the head 'and leave the stick of candy * " ' 1 A Ac f.O illUl pui'cniisuu l-au uuuo .a.> tiiiio wont 011 Jack came to know that tlic baby was fatherless, and that its mother was palo-fa-.-ed and hardly | able to drag about. It was weeks I before she .' poke to liim, but tho baby took to Jack right away and was always ready for his coming. After the first week it was always clean-faccd, bat it was a good while before Jack roased . --it* +m.i ^nnvn.orn to nivo him a Idss and ' O - -- ? to ask for one in return. After thai it wits plain sailing, anil the neighbors became interested. It was queorcnongh that a boy like -Jack, having his own way to make and roughing it until 1ft had become suspicious and hard-hearted, should catch on to a little .whitehead, and be move than a big brother to him, but that was what happened, i And something more. One day he broucrht up a quarter of a pound of tea and left it where the mother -would find it, and this was followed by other parcels and articles. One day he missed the baby, and crept into the hall to find that he had cried himself to sleep, and that the mother was ill and helpless. Jack roused up the neighbors, and whatever was eaten in that house for two weeks was purchased with Jack's money. Tlie mother could only thank liim and weep. coma noc speas ten words of English. A fortnight ago Jack missed baby again, and again be found the mother ill. Friends -were with her this time and she did not suffer for care. A week ago there was crape on the door as the carrier wen1 his round, and baby had ^ - ^ ft i-?Ai'TTliflr* I iJC^LL (JiilUCU. U1L IJ J iM. UCAkuwii II JUVW Jack came around next day, tlic mother had been buried, and people ? ore "watching to tell him that the ]"*nse -was to bo vacated and baby . was to go to a distant city. He had been brought back to bid the carrier goodby* and the poor and lowly people drew off with tears in their eyes, and Jack sat 032 the door-stops and took baby in his lap and smoothed his white head and kissed his red cheeks.- Baby clung around his neck and seemed to realize that he was to loso a friend, and, as one who stood by expressed it: ' "The baby cried and Jack cried; and . the women put their aprons up and sobbed like children. When they finally took the child away Jack's heart was big enough to break, and throwing his arms around the little child for the last time he turned and ran away,J!fnd never looked back!" t , How They Conquer. [New York Cor. Utica Herald.] It is often a matter of interesting inquiry how a performer conquers an audience. To this it may bo replied that John Philip Kemble rendered Hamlet in such solemn majesty that it won ad-1 "mifailTO. t?arnc!r~oif tire -crttieT Hamr mastered the sympathies of the public by the intensity of Lear's misfortunes. Mrs. Siddons enchanted every one by stately dignity combined with her power over the emotional nature. Cooke had so much natural mischief that he made an inimitable Iago. Kean was master of the passions and electrified the audience by displays of this character. Forrest's greater power was his fine ? ? ?1 j. ngure uuu w.'ciiituiu.uuc> v^u, indeed rendered him often ' a mere ranter. Booth, like Kemble, gives ns the dreamy, meditative Hamlet in all the fullness of dignity awakened to indignation. Miss CusLlman liad a strong magnetic power, wliicli made her very ugliness fascinating. Coming down to other performers, it lias been said that Mary Anderson attracts audiences by a peculiar ease of glibness of voice, while Fannie Davenport's power is in her tine personal appearance. Eose Eytinge works upon the sympathies. Maggie Mitchell's forte is youthful vivacity, while it is said of Clara Morris that she has tears in her voice. Hence she finds no difSi culty in making the audience weep. lvane uinxtoa, usz IUB uoiiui .uu>iiu., w always burned out, or else in some otlier danger of tlie fire king, and this, of course, renders lier an object of curiosity. The dramatic stars thus differ in glory to a degree that often surI The JK attorn Average Con~rc?sii:an. ! [Joaquin Miller's Yv"a?l::ngtoa Lotto:-.] If we could onlv set a law passed to ! | keep congressmen <;ufc of "Washington it ' j would l>e a Letter place. The annual j ; inundation of unwashed, arrogant, liay! seed congressmen is the greatest afiiic; tioii that over overtakes this city, and I we have the malaria here some, have j even had the small-pox. Of course, if ! this howling congressman did not deJ sceudr upon Washington with' such a | pomp and air, I would not feel it my i duty to say this of those who otherwise | might he my friends.. But there is no disguising the fact that the modern average congressman is a nu: -ance. It is & fact, a siiamefui fact, r.iaci all ins own fault, too, that he is studiously "cut" by the best society here in Washington. And society is a thing a congressman desires. His face '?? brass is not accustomed to ImT^many-'dborr. .against, it. 21c is a- Sttle lord-at home, where his audacity is mistaken-* for ca- j pacity, his brass for brains, aud he docs ! not like to be snubbed and kept in his j place in Washington. v.n course, this v/as not aiwuys su, ; and it shonld not be so now. It would noi bo so if tho people would send up gentlemen to the "federal capitol. But air.s, (he very qualities which have A X * "CORN-PONES" IN ITALY. Two-Thirds of the Italian People Eat t:crn-3ri'aU in the America:: Sense of the Wort!. [Naples Cor. American Register.] Indian-corn is the grand staple of the people's food in northern Italy, an 1 macaroni is more widely known in 5o::t!:ern Italy: hence the Alta-Italiuna ire nickname ! msugo-pclcnie (mnsh?a'.eryj. and the southern Italians, roangc - macaroni (macaroni - eaters.) iJut it is an ordinary mistake of Auv.-vlean and English travelers to suppt so that all Neapolitans, and the groat l.-oil v oi tiie people ci' the former kingdom of the Two Sicilies (more than one-thirdot population of :iil Italy), eat nothing tut macaroni morning, noon and night. say that out of the lir.ll' million i::l:;ibihints oi' Naples, not more tlmu n hundred thousand taste macaroni daisy, with the exception of Sun-lay, when t.vc-thirds cv.ttlia favorite food. J fc is too ccsily for the low clause? to indulge i.-i it daily. A groat dcai of Tndiau-m is ust'd up in bread for the common people; while in tho country perii:ip:: . tv.'o-t'iii'ds of the peasants eat cornbrcaa in the American sense of that word. _ast December i was with a party of friends going over the plains of I'resiu:u to visit the famous temples, when at noon we happened to pass near the railway ihen constructing, but now open. It was noontime, and the peasmi t wmnnn wavp lianlinnr carts as lar-?fl those propelled by donkeys in the city. These carts "were filled with golden yellow-and-brown ''corn-pones," fresh and hot from the ovens. In vain we endeavored to buy the delitious looking loaves, for the picturesquelooking women said that they were for the railroad hands. Hon. Mr. Book- ; waiter of Ohio was one of our party, ; and he seemed more disappointed than : _1 J*a*. T.? ? .1 1 I uii v unt; iMbt;, jur ne leuittiuutuuu, wnuu a hard-toiling boy in the valley of the Wabash, in Indiana, how good cornbread tasted about noontime in the far- : away Hoosier state. ; "But Indian-corn here is not merely : used for bread and polenta by the common people, it is eaten green in vast I quantities. You will see men here in ' Naples prilling around a large caldron on low trucks sucii as boys in America use for their little carts and wagons; and the sight of urchins and grown-up people , "U: x"L ~ iUUUCililiy iiiitJ IUUHJ5>UIU<J JLUUU ?5> fcUUii UU I every turn. The supply is continuous ! for nearly five months, as there are thres crops of green coca ;in the year. About cnid-June the first is in the market; then a second, iu August and September; and the third, towards the end of November, i'helndian-com crop has sometimes boon , so plentiful that there have boen ship ,mPT?fis nf it, f.n "EncrlftniL CRYPTOGRAPHY. Tie Cipher Code of t!ic Army aad Ita Arrangement?The Cipher in Business Circles. [Chicago Inter Ocean.] In the early days of tlie rebellion was . invented:?^ of the best?possibly the I r-z-vvrr rtrs/1 nc arAT* Tfa VOXjr UMU vvuvw x? ? W4 author -was Gen. Anson Stager, assisted j by Col. Lynch and several of his aides. This code was very flexible; that is, its j capacities for expression covered a wide j ravge: its principles, once understood. ! it was comparatively simple, and wis!?-1 out the iev a message written in it was ; an impenetrable secret. It was the first j code in which phrases were determined by a single word, and from this pecul- : iarifcv it was called by its inventors an | arbitrary cipher. Thus the expression ; " Hoed is coming north," was indicated ; by the word "13rate;" "Animals in poor condition," by "Adam." Every phrase ' and sentence describing the condition of field and camp, the state of the army, j movements of the enemy, every event and incident likely to occur was de- i scribed by a single arbitrary word. Names of places, states, counties, townships; the name of every promi Yi/vnt. Crx-li-firl nol ill civil ?vn/l mili+.CI'V I life in the country were all iittecl with ; code words." -This of-itself constituted a cipher practically impossible to. read. But, not content with one band of secrecy, the inventors provided two. A system of arranging the message, after it had. been turned into cipher, was in- { eluded in the edder^ The arrangement ; was in a square, divided by vertical* \ and parallel lines, called respectively [ routes and lines, into smaller squares, j In every separate instance the j arrangement varied, and its j r*Artrtlior?fTT TT'Q C? nnflT fllO ! last -word of the message was translated the key word did not appear, and tlie proper arrangement was not manifested. This wonderful code was known and understood by not over two hundred persons. The cipher operators of the United States military telegraph corps (who have maintained their organization in civil lii\. .nd were last week in convention in this city) were its custodians". One of them was attached to the j stall of each division commander, but j even .the commanding general of the j army was as ignorant of tiie code as the j veriest shoulder-strapper. To guard against the contingencies of an operator's capture or of a copy of tho code being securcd, the code was divided in twelve books, each set numbered and being made up of a totally different set of -words. Book No. 2 -was dropped in a southern river, and book No. y was captured with its custodian, an operator named McKeynolds. Ho chewed and swallowed six leaves of it before the rebels seized and wrested it from his grasp. Their capture was of small ad ventage to them, however. An arrangement was in force which made 4-lv^ o*r? A7NAVOT~?/~\TtTT"> l-ill? V/X UU1 VJ/OiUWl 41,UV1?M immediately by Gen. Staler, and "within twelve hours after McEeynold's capture book No. 9 -was abandoned by the army. At the close of the war tne army cipher; - - micas' the' arrangement of routes and lines, which is manifestly too!complicated for ordinary uses, came into wide use among merchants and individuals who patronize the telegraph. "With scarcely an exception every commercial and governmental cipher is now built on the arbitrary plan. There r.re a vast number in use, each fitting one particular kind of business and none other. Their present object is less to insure secrecy than to serve the purpose of economy. A message of perhaps sixty words may be condensed by means of an ordinarily copious cipher in ten. It is'for this reason that telegraph companies do not regard them with a lasting love and control their use by rules which limit the length of code -words and also force their selection from Webster's or other equally well-known dictionary- . American "Ways. [Chicago Tribune.] London is fast adopting American manners. There are now seven hotels, each to contain i,uuu pcarooms, in j course of construction in that city.} M&riy rich London people prefer board- ( ing^in''h'otel3;to''keepmgrhoTm," ? t 3 K * * i . '* 4 ! DOV/N PICCADILLY. A Xijrbt Sfeuo One Oii^ht Xot ta IVisli to See 5Iore Than Once 3 Lifetime, [ Lo:i2on Letter in Inter Ocean.] Few male-visitors to London are unacquainted with the neighborhood about Piccadilly Circus and the top of the Kajxaarhet, and many American ladies also know it, but the latter only go shopping there, md are, consequently, only acquainted with its daylight character. At night it v;oars a different aspect. No respectable woman should be seen in this locality after S or 9 o'clock without an escort, and even with a protector she would better be in a cab than on the sidewalks. One sees here a miniature view of the gayest life of Paris. The glare of tfie cafes, the rich and tasteful toilets of the females, and the many inca to ba scon in full evening dross, all remind yon of that city, though, of course, tho scene lacks much of the Parisian brilliancy. This panorama of gayety begins when ? tiiGv <Iiops 1 ave closed; and its culmination and grand finale i3 reached when, Half an hour after midnight, the mixed crowds pour out from the fashionable places of entertainment. Then jou witness sights such as one ought not to wish.-to see more than once in a lifetime. - The Criterion side of Regent street, bc-low the circus, is one conglomerate mass of pleasure-seeking humanity?the sterner and gentler sexes mingling with the utmost abandon, the police seeming to have no i higher mission than simply to keep the throng in motion. You may sing, swear, caress, and uttar the foulest tallr, but you must more on. The females are elegantly dressed, and many of them, in the gas light, seem to have pretty faces, but liquor and shame have destroyed all sense of decency, and as you watch their frolics you blush for the sex they disgrace. The men, Ire gret to say, are not all yonng, nor are the youngest the most reckless in their actions. One can excuse folly in those who know little of the world, and have few obligations resting upon them, for the hope is that age will teach them discretion. But many gray-bearded sinners are there?some, doubtless, having wives and daughter.-, at home -who regard them as gems of innoeency. This scene is enacted nightly throughout the whole year. The characters ciiang.% but tiie play ;roes on. a iew weeks hence many of the male participants will have resumed habits of respectability. The older will have gone back to the bosoms of their unsuspecting families, and some of the younger may, perchance, have led some pure maiden to the altar. Some of the females, too, will have gone, but the change for these will mean, not an upward, but a downward career?a deeper plunge into the abyss of vice or a plunge, Mb lUiiJ ue, UM bUIUti II1ULL1 clIO Ul U\fi" whelming despair, into the Thames. Occasionally, as a week ago, this scene is varied by the introduction into it of additional elements of uproariousness and even of violence. That night the* cafes were closed at 9 o'clock. They 1> n /I i/-N (I nl ! ' + ^rt JJ.ilU uu VslUOC up ill CUli.AUi iM mob of medic :L students took possession, and were rapidly makingkindiiiig wood of tae furniture; Turned into the gfcc&Ms. these m.s.s, jvhosa natures T>'OuI3^-m??l?rM.<?..r~ fnp firgf.letter in these initials were changed i'or an a, "betook themselves to the noble pastime of smashing gentlemen's hats, and of heaping grea-er indignities than usual upon tin; luckless females whc> infe3fc that neighborhood. The fun confined till the early morning and noOW.K-f C TTAVA r.TlA Avnlorjo firm 1 ing that it was the anniversary of the prince of Wales' birthday, and that these gay young sparks were given annual, license to thus make -merry over the event. JIudse Mars-tall and tlie IVIae. [Louisville Courier-Journal.] The following incident is related bv Josiah Quincv as having been told him by Justice Story, of that court, the father of the sculptor. It was mentioned in speaking of the rule prevailing in 1820 among the justices of the supreme court in regard to the acceptance of social invitations and the use of vine. Judge Story said of himself and the other members of the supremo court: ' "We judges take no part in "Washington society. We dine once a year with, the president, and that is all. On other davs we take our dinner together and discuss at table the questions which are argued before us. We aro great ascetics, and even deny ourselves wine, except in wc-t veather." Here the judge paused as if thinkingthat the act of mortification he Ixad mentioned placed too severe a tax on "? Tl? -_1 . ... il I . human creauusy, aiitL p.-essimy auaeu; "What I say about r..a wine, sir, give.;, you our rale: ...:f it does sometimes happen that: .-.^ef justice will say to mo, when -uo cloth is removed, brother Story, slep to the window and s.e if it docs not loolc like rain.' And, if I tell him that the sun is shining 1 >rightly, Judgc Marshall will sometimes, reply, 'All the better, for our jurisdic tion extends over so large a territory that tho doctrine of chances makes it certain that it must be raining somewhere/ . "You know that the chief was brought up upon Federalism and Madeira, and he is'not tho man to outgrow his earl/ prejudices." xnc iscw Aasociittc punw. [Inter Ocean.] i . * _ 17 r ? A certain xoung .ugui rame num. me West to a Great city, and having much Confidence in himself knocked at the Door of an editor, asking Boisterously for Work. "In wliat Line has nature best Qualified you to sweat at your Brow?" quoth the Editor. "I am," liesyonded the Party addressed, "Multidiuous in the matter of Revamping the Ideas of Others." "Come, bo Received nnto me, Then," exclaimed Joyously the editor, "for I have Sought with mostsad Disasters for lo these many Days that I might find a Humorist. Even, such Shalt thou be with Me." And the Young man Humored. Vivitl in Verbal Exereisc. [Detroit Free Press.] "Mr. Smith do you know the charort+ov nf A TV .Tories 9" "Wall, I rather guess I do, jedge." "Well, what do you say about it?" "Wall, he ain't so bad a man after aH." -?r "Well, Mr. Smith, what-we want toknow is: Is Mr. Jones of a quarrelsome and dangerous disposition?" "Wall, jedge, I should say that Tom. Jones is very vivid in verbal exercise but when it comes to personal adjustment. he hain't eager for the contest. "Yes, I'm a cop, and I've several little* copies," remarked the policeman. IKss M. E. Bxaddon lias written fortyone novels. % KNIGHTED. I [Sarah D. Hobarfc] Because she takes me as her very own, maiming my ieaiw wnue me snau last, j My soul renounces'all th' unworthy past; ! With ruthless hand its idols I dethrone. : I walk life's devious path no more alone; Her eyes' sweet magic binds my fancy fast. j All aims ignoble from my heart I cast, For youth's mad follies striving to atone. i Because she loves me, firm I take my stand, Unflinchingly to battle for the right; * All womanhood is sacred for her sake. For cach oppressed a lance I freely break. I walk cncased in armor pure and bright, j Crowned with honor by her spotless hand. SOMETHING BETTER THAN FAME, j 3iro. tiardner Speaks of Several Men TTJio arc ilappier Than the Ancient i Sa^es. [Lime-Kiln Club.] "Do odder night," began tlie presi- j dent as tlie club came to order, "de ole man Birch cum ober to my cabin an' i cried bekase he had not becnm a great an' famous man. Datsot me to Union'." "Cicero was a great man, but I cannot find it on record dat he eber took any mo' comfort dan Samuel Shin does. I Samuel has 'nuff to eat an' drink an' w'ar, an' of an ebenin' he kin sot down in a snng co'ner an' eat snow apj%s an'J read de paper. He am harmless to community as he am. Make a great ; man of him an' he might invent a new sort o' religun, or originate a new theory in pollytics, or do sunthin' or UtUCX IU upuu U.O IJI I 11 vi uuui people. ?;I)emosthenes was a great man, but J can't find dat a coal dealer's collector could put his hand on him when -wanted, as ho kin on Giveadam Jones. You can't find dat his wife was a good cook, or dat he had a bath-room in his house, or a cupalo on his ba'n, or dat he relished his dinner any better dan Brudder Jones does, while he had do same chilblains an' headaches an' nightmares. As Giveadam now iibs ail' circulates children kin play with him, wood-piles in Lis nayborhood am safe, an' mo' dan one poo' fam'ly am indebted to him far a shillm' in money or a basket of?taters. Make him a great philosopher an' who 1 kin tell how many rows an' riots an' broken heads could be laid to his door. "Plato was a great man, but I can't find dat he was fed on pertickler fine beef or mutton, or dat his tailor gin him an extra fit, or dat he got a discount when ho bonght ten pounds of sugar all , to once. "When Waydown Bebee gits sot down in front of his cook-stove, a checker-board on his lap an' a panful of i>oi>com at his right hand, wid five pickaninnies rollin' ober each udder on de floo', he am takin' a heap mo' comfort dan Plato eber dreamed of. He has no soarin' ambishun. He neither wants to save de world nor spite it. He makes no predickshuns fur people to worry ober, an' his theories nebber jar de dishes off de shelf. Make him a great . man an' his comfort an' happiness ily away, an' hevsots himself up to teach an' command an' beeum eberybody's antagonist. <*rV - 1. +/\ fo V "ue IHSII AVLLU S>1?LU> lu * - wages, a warm house an' a peaceful : ii'arthstun fur de glory of Bonapart am I a dolt. ; : "De man who sacrifices his clean, ' humble cabin?his easy ole coat, his co'ncob pipe an' his^pitcher o' sider fur ; de gab of an orator or de delushuns of a philosopher trades his 'tater fur r .wind-fall apples- Let us purceed to nmmnnt*9" A Pleasant liittlc Gamel'"* '" [Detroit Freo Press.] He is a young man with, a thorough I understanding of the leading traits in i human nature. He dresses well, car. ries an extra cigar, and he drops in and presents a card to the effect that he is engaged in canvassing for an embryo ! work to be known as "The Encyclo. pedia of States." '"* ' j "Y-e-s, but I .guess I don't care to j aubscnoe," replied tue ciuzcn. "Oil, but I don't -want you to. The | book -will be sold ou its merits. I am i calling upon a few of tlie most emi; uent?" : Here lie makes a pause to allow the : shot to strike, and then continues: ?"citizens of Detroit?the most eminent and prominent citizens of Detroit : to secure brief sketches of their lives." "All!" says the other, as he begins to i melt. "We desire to take five of the most 1 prominent citizens of this county. In j the sketches we desire to shew how they : have risen from poor boys to great and \ honored men." I [Here occnrs another panse to allow [ the victim to tickle himself.] 1 "You were the first of the five se ; lected," chips in the young man. "My mission is to secure vour chotocrrauh its j order to make a steel engraving. In the i course of ten days I will be followed j by the gentleman who writes the biog? rapines. Have you a photograph ?" \ "Weil?ah?I think so." j "We want one which does you fall ! justice. The engravings cost us $55 : each. This we pay out of our own : pockets3 but are compelled to make a \ charge of $5 each for the tint papei I and the reference in the index. Let's I see, what does the initial in your midi die name stand for ?" It invariably stands for a $5 bill, and the yotrng man leaves behind \ him such a pleasant impression that the j victim keeps grinning for two weeks, j- At the end of that time he becomes I suspicious, and in the- course of a month | he becomes a dangerous man to society. WliaaiiS' a?<l tiic crortcrs. rLminnn Truth. 1 | That insatiable^Ximrod, Mr. Winans, has slaughtered 196 stags in the vast j combined forests which he rents from ] Lord Loyat, Theo. Chisholm, Sir A. \ Matheson, and other proprietors, being j an average of'seven for each day's shoot! ing. Mr. Winans* preserve extends to | nearly 250.000 acres, and bis .rent is 1 about ?17,000> a year. If one estimates fairly for extna.expenses, it would apj pear that each beast which ho slays ! costs him at least ?130. Last'season he I killed 186 stags. i A Mr. Colin Chisholm was examined I before the Crofters' commission Friday last. Being asked, ""whether he'thouglit I another man -would be found, when ! Mr. Winans was dead, to indulge to I the same extent in what Mr. -"Winans : 'calls sport,'" he replied that he did i not think that Great Britain would i allow snch masses of land to remain in ! nf o man that no : line puoowoivu v* ?*. ?? ; good-with it; and added: "I am not j sure there are not men without con science in the world as well as Mr. j Winans." Being then pressed as to i whether he objected to deer-staBdng, j he replied, not if it was conducted in a i sportsmanlike way, bnt that he did*not i like Mr. Winans' "way of ^butchering jgame at all." "What is Ms mode?" ] said one of the commissioners. "G-?th: sring the deer together and driving them to the muzzle of his gun." j *Does he stalk the deer ?" "Him stalk! 5 You might as well send an elephant i deer-stalking." How Henry Irrlnj- Besran. [Chicago Tribune.] j "Know Irving?" said Frederick Maocabe the comedian. "Let me tell you when I first knew him. It was twenty ?ears ago in Manchester, England, that Irving, a numuer 01 otner actors, ana myself belonged to a social clnb called the 'Titans.' We met every Tuesday evening for intellectual intercourse, and we all had funny names. I, for instance, was named Othello on account of my gentle nature, and Irving "was called Apollo because he "was not considered handsome. The Davenport mediums were then a reigning sensation, .. ? 0 _ t* and irmlup Day and myseii, after three months' study, succeeded in mastering their ropes, tricks, etc., and gave seances in imitation of them, exposing all their methods. We played for charitable purposes, and all that sort of thing, and created quite a sensation. Irving was with us, playing the part of Dr. Ferguson, an individual who did the talking for the Davennorts. I wrote a few funny lines for him at the time, and lie elaborated the eS'ort into a humorous speech worthy of Hark Twain. Although we never gave one of these 'sv-fS.c^s^^one^v.'e consented to appeaaSStjWlng's Ocnefit before he wert to London, ana wo performed all the operations of untying the ropes, etc., in Ai. . v .i i t _ _ ^ j i. cue iigu^ instead ui111 cue ui&rji. ^.uullci/, as tlie Davenports did. Tlie benefit realized ?300. Irving -went to London, and his career of success has never stopped since." A roint on Perjury. On one occasion, s^vs Oakey Hall in his reminiscences, a v.-ifcness, to all moral conclusions, perjured mmseir, and jet he seemed cool and natural. Presently the recorder of the court turned in his peculiar, affable way, and said: "My friend, the room is not hot, the day is cold, and yet you are in a perspiration, are yon not?" There were no signs ol*. this, bnt the witness instantly caught up Iris handkerchief unci began to mechanically wipe ms forehead: "Are yon ill; yon look so pale ?" He responded by turning pale and gulping down some -water. Here the counsel for the defense showed signs of wishing to interfere, being afraid of his -witness breaking dotTn; but the recorder interposed with:' "Sorry to have agitated yon, but my duty is like yours" (the recorder had an impressive voice), " to ascertain nothing but the truth and the whole truth." Then the witness turned and said: "x'lease let me go; x am mueeu ill." His testimony was -withdrawn by consent, At the conclusion of the case the recorder said tome: "I knew he was committing perjury, for he had a peculiar tremor of the eyelids, which, for my nearness to a witness, I can always see. And this tremor may generally be noticed in men and women who are lying." An Unknown Hero. [Joaquin Millers "Washiugton Letter.] "What a small world we live in, after all! And how round it is, too! Here on the heights, alone, save for the many beautiful babies born to him since be sat dcnni under hjs oaks, built his-hous', and planted his vine and fig tree?many vines ana many fig trees, in fact?I find a dear old sailor, a fellow world builder of the far west. A dozen , years ago or . so lie found this spot with the encircled -ifrT ?g jgg Potbrnaa far" away.; yet in his very rT'rr ij ? I 'ill iimnj Tii^ii, the old Koman arena before him, aye, the very wild beasts devouring. Christians over yonder at the capitol?finding all this before him, I say, he sat down here, would go no more away, but gave up his commission and has been here ever since, planting grapes, growing Jigs, looking down into the president's dooryard. And this silent little man, too modestto let me mention his name, is the very man, the humane and gallant soldier who went out unarmed, all alone, some fifteen years ago, ana bronght in more than a thousand armed Apache Indians, a feat that startled the country at the time, I remember. ?? ' 4 Fpp^j Paris to "St. Petersburg. [Eastern Letter.] The carriage of the fast train which is to run from Paris to St. Petersburg will be supplied with adjustable wheels, i which will enable them to travel on va! rious gauge's. From Paris to the Eusfiian frontier the same gauge is used, but there it changes, and at the frontier stations, Eydt Kuhnen and Warballau, the wheels will have to be readjusted. Travelers will thus be able to go the 1 whole distance without the inconven ' ience of having to change carriages. The speed of the train ivill be one not Jiithcrto attempted on the continent. It is to be ninety kilometers, or fifty-six miles (without stopping) an hour. It is announced that the trains are on "the American pattern,'' including J kitchen, dining saloon, reading and drawing rooms, and all the other comfortable arrangements essential to mod em .traveling. Taking Walking liessona. [Arkansas Traveler.] "I ^rculd like* to know," said a white ; man to a colored gentleman, '"'why you i are skulking aronnd my premises?"" : "What does yer mean by skulkin', boss?" i "Walking around here in .this man: Tipr." 1 "How does yer 'speck a manter walk, ; ho:-:s? Sorry I can't walk ter suit yer. ! \Speek I'll iiaftcr go away an' take a i few lessons.5' : ' I am not talking about your actual unanner o" walking. I mean that I j v.ani to know what business you have Lere?" '"Oh, datfs it? Gladdatyer ain't got i no .fault tor find wid my walk. Beckon I'll11st the lessons go den." JLafayetie s xomo. [Exchange.] Gen. Lafayette's remains lie negi lected and almost forgotten in tho old j Picpus eemetry, on the outskirts of I Paris. Very few tourists ever ask tobe _t on/i wit on fhov r?o make i BUUJ wXX w? ?^ ; the reqtiest refuse to go on being told ; that they would be cupelled to drive : through narrow, crocked streets,entirely j deserted save for the few solemn and glooiny-looking convents which line tiic i Cremation in Portugal. [St Paul Pionoer Press.] ; The cremationists have won a decided i victory in Portugal. After a long and : bitter fight between the advocates oi i the t>lan, led bv physicians and scientists ; generally, and the opponents, who were { chiefly priests, the government has | decided to make cremation optional ; with the people generally, and comi pnlsory in all cases of death occurring I in districts infected with the plague. '( The government is said to favor a \ general compulsory cremation law, bul ' is restrained from making so radical s i change out of fear of the church. A Dinner of Horseflesh. [Paris Cor. Chicago Herald.] Upon the same wide Ijpulovard, and nearly opposite, is found the Abbatoir Hippique, \7l1ere horses are slangh-} fnr fnod. A number of carLs were j in waiting labeled Baucherie Hippiqtte, I with the name and number of the street : where the horse butcher may be found. On entering, the carcasses of twenty or ; thirty horses are to be seen, strung up i in the usual fashion of beef for market, i When divided into quarters they are j neatly trimmed and covered with clean, ; white cloths, and present a rather en | ticeable appearance when one does not ! know they are hippophagi instead of | bovi. About a dozen donkeys had been 1 treated in the same manner, and I -was ! assured they are esteemed much bet| ter for food than their more showy and | aristocratic relative, the horse. The i animals are all inspected*by an officer : of the health department blforo ' being offered for sale, and those not fit ; for food are sent to the zoological gar dens to regale the dogs,-bears, ostriches ! and other brutes imprisoned there. | About a dozen living horses av/aited ; their trim to minister to the exquisite : taste for fine cookery so characteristic ; of the French. | paring the sieg9 of Paris the inhabitant found, by vroful experience that L -W- - n?v 7 s 7? r? ; iiorswuesu cuuiu u? uijuaw xux and since that time special restaurants liave been established where roasts and ragouts are prepared "with great care and served up in good style at mnch less prices than beef or mutton. The Grand hotel of this city provides an annual dinner in great style, at which no : other viands are served. Our prejudices j vanish under the facts of experience. : To verify the opinions of others I have partaken of the entertainments offered bv the Cafe Hippique, and can clrtify that the viands served'therein compare favorably with the flesh ordinarily indulged in by the human biped, ion . will say it is disguised by the refined methods ofTrench cookery, so that any 1 peculiar flavor is hidden under vegetables and sauces used in their preparation. Not so. Many of them "V^e plain dishes, prepared, by the ordinBrv methods of-baking and broiling, and d^ ; positive experience I can testify that the viands thus served' are most delicious. The liessonfof PeteiSCtooper's life. [The Century.]' "Observing him carefully for a long -? -i. series 01 years, appesreu. ouau tciiaxu parts cf his nature were cultivated intentionally, as the result of a wisdom which discriminated what was really worth caring for from what "was not worthy of pursuit Personal amotions or selfish aims-had no weight-with him, and disappointments and annoyances which would have left deep wounds with many, passed off from him with scarcely an observation. * He was most kind and loving; but if he were nseFnliy employed, no aomesac : loss or separation from friends seemed to touch his happiness seriously. He I spoke often of ins preference for plain ! living, and hisiabits -\7ere as simple as ! those of a child. Love of pomp or : display never touched him in the slight . est, and he had an innocent openness oi j, character vhich concealed nothing. . Never, nnder any. circumstances, did heu^^g show a particle of malignity, revenge or "V'"*' meanness. If people disappointed him -noacdri rvvpr the TTotmd it made and i let his mind dwell 011 something | more satisfactory. Swedenborg'siphraae, 'the wisdom of innocence,' "hOfSCB?-tictnirr.^rL io m-v in obseTV; ihg Mr. Cooper. He knew wlia? was : wise, and to that his heart was given. Sensitive as any young man in all works of sympathy or kindnesst the mean and i bad ways of tie world fell off from his | perception. i -> "So his life passed in Xew York and in Cooper Union, serene, happy and contented. With iionor, love and ooe! dience, hosts of friends, he -was an example and encouragement to those who j had not gained the quiet heights on ! which his inner self habitually dwelt." How Indians Capture White fish. [Cor. Now York Tribcce.! ! The Indians on the Sault Ste. Mario have a peculiar method of capturing 'Vhitefish which abound in the rapids. | Two Indians enter the rapids in a canoe, one, occupying the bow and the i other the stern, the boat's head being kept np stream by a paddle in the hands of the latter. The Indian in the bow stands upright and by the use of a ! long pole keeps the canoe steady. A nin-npt fonr or five feet in diameter, and attached to a pole fifteen feet long, ! is in the boat, lying where it can be i quickly and easily reached by the ! Indian in the bow. The boat is kept ; at the foot of the rapids by a wonderful j display of skill ontha part of the Indian with the paddle, now holding it in one spot, now forcing it a little further up the stream, and now letting it float side j vise, all at the signaling of tae maiau : in the boiv, who keeps a steady watch on the water. It is rarely less than ten feet deep where they fish, and the Indian fishermen possess the power of seeing the fish as they appear at that j depth in the rnshing water. As soon as the Indian sees a fish he siezes the net by the handle and thmsts it savagely into the water, gives it a peculiar twist ' and jerks it to the suriace, ana never without some of the finest specimens of i whitefi sh, frequently as many sis. Two j Indians in a boat of this kind will often j take as many as 1,200 pounds of fish in : a.day. Bric-a-Brae. [Detroit Free Press.] | "You ought to see our moon," said the young lady from Texas at the boardin^i house table. "Why, v,*e have moor: liglit nights all the time, not just once i in a while, as you do here." There was a painful silence over this, | and the empty boarder at the foot of i the table called for more pancakes. " And you should just see oar stars," i pursued the fair astronomer. "They I are much larger andibrighter than yours and tlic-y look as if they were just pinned i; to the sky." "We nail ours on," said the thirsty |! youth next to the milk-pitcher, and j closed the discussion for the season. ' | Epitaph copied in a French cemetery : i "I await my husband. 30th October, ; j 1820." And below: "Here I am!I 7t? February, 1880." A MilkrarinVi Zllliz, [Exchange.; "Pa," said Polio, looking tip frcr.: 'Ploughing It," "v/iiat is goid-lfcaWn*: ; piartz?" "Well, my .so::," said i^ulo*:< :utiier, who was glancing in a tvouiilo i 1 nunner at the milkman's bill for /"?ct > ! )er, "vrhen a man sells diluted v.v.tt ? I O /wife o nrravf. T tiling lift l-rt'J i truck better gold-bearing quartz tlr.v: | :ver Mr. Mark Twain dreamed ox/* Sunset scene in Georgia from 7::c 1 >Idcon Telegraph: "The rosy aee'.~ c r : ho c.-y, a.s lie racks down the wester?) . > urnpike, has been greatly admired hy Vis> WHps