The Fairfield news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1881-1900, May 21, 1884, Image 1
"Aunt Nellie, You's Being Bad."
Aunt Nellie hadfashio^ied a dainty thing'
Of Hamburg and Vibb'on and lace " i
And mainmu sxid. as she settled it round
Our be: unulbaby's face, ... . <
Where the d.jn;>:e- p!ay and the laughter lies
Like sunbeME - Liu in her violet eyes,
"IS thc'oay ;> p\'?*aaE and the baby is good
She may ;o iV> church and wcar:her. now
hooa."
Then Ben, seed six, began to tell, .
In an e.'dor trotherly wuyjl . .
ra How very. very ^ood she must be
BT If she went to church next day,
B Ee told her of the church, the choir, the
crowd.
And the maaup-iu front who, talked so loud;.
Bat she most not talk, nor laugh, nor sing,
But just sit as quiet as anything.
And so, on a beautiful Sabbath. in-May,
Wheu the fruit buds burst into Sowers
{There wasn't a blossom on Dusn or tree
So fair as this blossom of ours),
All in her white dress, dainty and new,
Our baby sat in thefamily pew. ; : ' J
Thc-grand, sweet musics the reverent air, i ;
The solemn hush, and the voice of prayer.
Filled all her babysoul with awe, - I
As she sat in her littloplacc, ^-s :
And the holy Jook that the anjrels/prear
Seemed pictured upon her face:
And the sweet words uttecod so long ago
Csme into my mind with a rhythmatic iiow?
"Of such is the kingdom of heaven,**,saT<Tl:e-?
And 2 know that ho spoke of such as she. ?
The STeet-v.oiced organ pealed forth again.
The coll&ction box came round^*-*- |
And baby dropped her penny in .
k. And smiled at the chinking sound.
Alone in the choir Aunt?*eiiiesfcdod. sS 42ft:.
"Waiting the cJose of the soft prelude
To begin her solo- Hlgfc and strong
Che struck her first note;"clear aad long'
She held it: all -were charmed but one.
Who, with all the might she had,
Sprang to her little feet, and cried.
"Aunt Nellie* you*s being bad ?* f <
The audience smiled, the minister coughed," 1
The little boys in the corner laughed.
The tenor-man shook: like an aspen leaf,
AUU uiu Hid ittUC iiia. uauuACivuiu.
?New York Mercury.
"IT IS YES."
Handsome Melton Mayne tramped
savagely along the river bank, indifferent
to its sunset beauty, unconscious of
the perfume he crushed from the violets
under hisieety-half w$d. with, dife;
appointment and thepaiiof xejectei "
love.
It did not matter to him that the :
shining water was a mirror of the' sky's
brilliant dyes, that the May wind
touched his face with a fragrant caress,
that he had that night youth,
" wealth, health, and beauty?everything
went as nothing since Avis" Earle had
shaken her gentle brown head and so
decidedly said, "No."
He had not expected rejection?why
should he? Avis was only a factory operator?he
the only son, of the rich
owner of Fcndon.MilLs.
He had met her at a picnic before he
knew: her station, and been charmed
with-her. The. style of ?ar beauty
suited him?the warm brown eyes and
crisp waves of gold-bright hair?and
the little air of reserve with which, she;
received his attentions piqued him from
the first
During the whole six weeks "of their
acquaintance it could never be said that
Avis, like other girls,'had thrown herself
at his head.
From the day he had. met her first,,
with her hands full of arbutus, to thai-memorable
evening when he lisch proposed
marriage to her and peen refus- .
ed, she had been tho .same sweet, reL
mirfflwr k*" which she was
pfr-'"" ?Srthe beginning?the one who had won
P and kept his heart. " -
To bo sure, he was full of bitterness
and displeasure, goaded to some little
meanness of spirit and injustice; but
Melton Mayne was too noble a fellow, to
lonor harbor dark thoughts. ' c "
He suddenly threw himself upon the
grass, and pulled off his hat in the soft
wind.
"It is my first disappointment, and I
suppose I am taking It very*badly.'?.
Yes, it was -mean to mentally upbraid
himself for falling in love with
"jf factory girl." When had Avis professed
to be aught else? With all her
exquisite daintiness .and appropriateness
of dress, her fastidiousness of
speech and refinement, she had never
#in"the least concealed her habitrof daily
-tqn.in the noisy, oil-smelling confined
..mills. She -eaiae aad wena^t# "the
. :
- rhe only difference was; that she res:
a!liffllvrreTVeUed all that could soil T>er
son, mind, "or manners.
In the Sunday-school "she led. a class
-of little ones who loved her dearly, and
_ "during the week the mill had stopped
for repairs* he had met her frequently
at the house of a mutual friend, Miss
Vnn-cr T.rvW? t>io Tvocfnf" Grnful "Tittle old
77,--maids.
Miss Lucy expressed love and pity
for Avis. "Site was once far better off,
poor child j but she bears up bravely
under her afflictions." So inuch she
said, but seemed disinclined to say
more, and Melton disdained to urge
further revelations.
But sympathy for her unknown
trouble strengthened his love for sweet
- Avis. i. She must marry hifcj, and let
him.guard and serve her.
And so, like the headlong young fel*?
VIA Vio/1 rM?A.-\AfOf Intro
IUW UU >T-iiOy AXdU. Wiuiu AV*Vly
sunset hour by the river, and?been
refused. ? ,
"It can't Whelmed," said poor Melton,
crushing his soft grey hat nervously
between his hands, "any more than
1 CQuld help falling,ip. love with her.
She is the prettiest, sweetest-^irl in
town; not,another, hi?h or .low, so beautiful,
I swear! OK why should she refuse
ms? I thought she liked me! she
knew I loved the ground she trod on;
then why need she have planted that
dreadful "No!' in my memory? I never
L- shall forget it as long as I live?or the
look of her face. She was quite pale?
- > J ?:? j Ci.?
; sat# seuiiieu jJiilUUU. cue uuu a vu,
quette. Oh, what can the matter be? I
. am not stupid, or u^ly, or a brute. I
T have money?I could make her life
I beautiful But she said 'No!'" concluded
poor Melton, with a groan as he
.rose to nis feet again.
- Painfully at*aIos3 what to do with
himself in this crisis of his young life,
he continued aimlessly walking, but in
another direction.
He paused at last at the top of the
rhill and looked back. Beyond the road
the sky was faintly tinted with dying
gold, and there was no one in sight.
Yes, a woman walking wearily, and a
man staggering at her side.
Once or twice, as he watched the
couple, he saw the-woman, or girl rather,
stretch out her hand to her compan'
Ton?to bo repulsed. The latter was
an old man and evidently intoxicated.
He stepped behind a tree as they ap
proached. Ho pitied the girl, who
could hardly enjoy being stared at by a-,
stranger. The man was evidently so
inebriated as to be past shame. ; ^
Soon, they came opposite him, and the."
man stopped and'looked back. The
girl caught his arm.
"lieb'm' be!" he growled. '
. ... "Dear father, comc home with me
now," syllabled the girl's sweet roice
pleadingly; and in one breathless moment
Melton Mayne recognized Avis.
?iT Va T 11 rnn VJ oirr>
UV\J Ui KfWj JL fcVA* JVW. VAV4-4U4VU
the man, giving her a furious push
which sent her reeling to one side of
the road.
The next moment the drunken man.V
Collar was in Melton's strong grasp.
"What are you doingj?^ he eried,
; giving i>is prisoner .1' iot very gentlef f
shake, "ifow dure you strike a wom-j ;
:an?"' 1 y /. 1 j < '
i 'Oh!" cried Avis breathlessly.
I 'Oh, I beg of you, don't hurt fcim! He
j is my f:fther."
Meltoa looked at- her, ;and. released
j his hold with an air of disgustraud great.
j dejection.
} "I must get him home," said Avis,
{ who was trembling like a leaf.
"Can I help you?"
"No, no?only please go away."
; She took her father's arm, and with
j a beseeching look of anxiety into the
j sodden face, started again.
Melton looked after them. This.
then, was Avis's affliction?the drank- |
i en disgraceful father she could scarcei
ly inflict upon a husband?a burden she
! must bear alone. The tears filled his
! eyes as he watched her delicate frame
I trying to support her companion's un
steady steps.
| It was a trying sight for the young
i man to behold. "He shut his teeth and
! muttered some threatening words; but
' it was only too evident that, for some
reason, Avis dreaded his interference.
Perhaps she knew her gentle patience
to be more effectual than another's
iorce would be.
.. . The- two shopped before one of tho
smallest and neatest of the houses, but
afc-the-gate Avis's faihor pushed her off.
"Get out!" i ;
"Oh, father, dear father "
"Get in, if you want to. I'm going
back. " I want -something more to
drink, "and I'm goirrg'to have it. Do
you think I'm a fool to be pulled
around by a girl? Leb m' be, I tell ye
again!" - : . .
But Avis clung to his arm. :;
J " w/vw/inf CnnnflT* *1 <2 t
V^UJJjLU 111 1U1 a iUULUVUk. *W I
all ready. Oh, father "
' Such a cruel blow on the pretty^ upturned
forehead. '
A cry of agony, and the girl fell.
Melton sprang forward now, but it
' was throngka strange clond of dust,
'the>s9trlM erf- cries; the whirling of
wheels, then all cleared.
He stood looking down upon the
dead man lying in the middle of the
j road with his face upturned to tho twiI
light sky?A vis's father.
The iioofs of the maddened runaway
j horses had anticipated his vengeance?
I more than avenged the cruelty he had
! hp.p.n wild to resent, for the man would
never speak again.
But Avis was only stunned. She
moaned -as he bent over her and then
he took her up in his arms.
A little maid came out from the tiny
cottage, and the neighbors gathered ,
about, i ;; ? 1/" Vj ? ?
'Forgive me if I?m- wrong, but the ;
i Lord is" good," muttered one as they
examined old Mr. Earlc and found him ;
: stone-dead. :
"He'll never strike her again, poor
lamb," exclaimed another. .
"What she's borne with him!".cried ;
still another. "But you'll see she'll ;
mrwimrt no if lin ho/3 lionn *V?/> hncf. fo+lior '
in the world."
.Ikwas tjiougtobest to place the body
of the dead man in one of 'the unoccu- :
pied cottages, as Avis's condition might
prove dangerous, and it might be found i.
i best to keep the news from her as long j;
as possible. And for two days she wan- j <
dered in her mind and was quite delir- [ ]
iOUS. j ;
The funeral had taken place and aU j i
was over before the doctor consented to !
the danger of communicating the truth ]!
to her. It was Melton who undertook j;
the task. i
She could not but feel the tenderness i
of his gaze as he pityingly regarded j
her, and gently extended ner hand.
"You are so good! Uh, I hope yogu
did not blame me that night by the rivf-.'j j
er. I did not like to tell you how it j j
was with me and with mv father?he ! i
was a good father once, he was indeed.
Drink ruined him, killed my mother, ;
brought us ail so low. Oh, I have suf
fered?you cannot guess. 3ut you
know how it is now. I could inflict 110 :
such, disgrace upon another, and I must i
stay with my father." , J
"But if there has been a . Mange, i
Avis?you know'all' drcamstanjfys are
liable "to change?and if. " your'lather
need suffer no more, nor cause %6u to
suffer "
Her eyes widened with affright as sho
caught his arm. ;;
"He is dead! He never would reform! <
Oil, he is dead!;' / . ~ ,
And he must needs suiTer her to Veep
^undisturbed". - x
All respected her natural grief, and
none dared -whisper in her presence
that the death of the selfish and self-indulgent
man was considered by them, a
matter for congratulation^. but after <
weeks of pallor and weakness, Avis :
began to brighten and bloom as never
before since Melton Mayne had known
her. _ :
Without restraint, now, she welcomj
ed him to her little home; and when he ;
J asked, with earnest eyes, "Is it 'No,'
i now, Avis?" she gently shook he"? pret-,-|
|4y brown head once more, aud answer
ed:
"Instead, it is yes."
Her Last Resort.
The other day -when old Pungleup,
the grain merchant, went home to
lunch he was surprised to find an unusual
number of wet umbrellas on the
rack, so he ascended to his wife's room
and-said:
"Anybody in the parlor, my dear?"
"Yes, dearest," replied his betterhalf,
who was putting the finishing
i touches to an elaborate toilet "Yes," <
j dearest, quite a lot of people. There's
j the 'doctor, an expressman, a hack|
man, a grocery clerk, a telegraph re|
pairer, ana nine messengers intnepar|
lor."
! "What on earth are they here for?"
j "Well, you see, lovey, my new
i nlnsh nr.r? ro.n r*rmcesse came home five
days ago, and it has been doing nothing
but rain ever since. T . e stood it
just as long as I could, and so when it
rained again to-day I just rang for ev- ;
erybodv on the telegraph indicator, sp.
I could"have somebody to show it to. . >
Isn't it too lovely for anything?" and,
with an expectant smile, she rustled
down-stairs.?San Francisco Post.
An Honest Verdict.
| A man had met a girl in a lonely place'
j and forcibly kissed her. She was terrii
bly indignant, and had him arrested,
j She gave an account on the witness
; stand of-how he gazed.at her intently,
j ana then, suddenly"throwing his arms
I around-hery- imprinted a kiss upon her
j -lips. The prisoner- made, no defense, .
[and the jury was expected to. promptly
j-co^'v^t him-of-assftuit /T^eyre turned
to me. OTurwvom. -ju-ju-jury j
w-w-would 3ikc to ask the youn<r lady '
two questions." the foreman said. The j
judge consented, and she/went on the j
stand. - "D-d-did you wear, the j-j-jer- !
sey that you're g-g-got on now?" j
"Yes, sir," was the demure reply, j
"And w-w-was your Iia-ha-hair b-b- i
banged. Uke that?'5 "Yes, sir." "Then, L
your honor, we acquit the p-p-prisoner
on the'-ground of emo-mo-tional insanity."?San
Francisco Post.
* V
HOUSEHOLD HELP.
The Skeleton of the Kitchen Closet.
The servant girl; how to: find hef^in
her perfection or her imperfection, or
how to do without h'er! This is the perpetual
spectre thp.t.haunts our households,'which
brings- premr 'ure- gray
ness and wrinkles to our wives and
mothers and-sends, many a man in desperation
to a cheap restaurant.
The fact is plain that the supply of
domestics competent to do the duties
of the average respectable family kitchen
is unequal to the demand, and will
be increasingly less as more families
attain to the ability to support a servant
" '
Aiid>as it is in every other departmefttdflaborso
hefortha hfehar the
order of service required' the "more
nearly impossible it is to procure the
skilled worker. The first-class cook is
very apt to make hor own terms, with j
only now and then a show of resistance
to the tyrant by some valiant economist,
and to change her place with a
facility which leaves-the domain of the
kitchen in a perpetual state of semianarchy.
The question "v^hat the housekeepers'
are going to do about it is unlikely to
receive-any complete answer just yet,
but there are two directions in which!;
the American women may -turn. as of-,;
ferine some promise of the solution of
One of thpsc is a more earnest effort to
cducateigdrls who are willing-butig-*
norant into fitness tor good serviced
While there is an increasing, reluctance
on the part of young women, native or
foreign, to beeomo domestics. so. long
as any other possible occupation is.'
open, there is yet a pretty large num-?
ber of unskilled servants capable.of doing
only the drudgery of the house who
are not too unintelligent to be trained
to something higher, and many of
whom do succeed, after some years of
rough experience, in becoming tolerably
expert as plain cooks, but not
good enough, it may be, for the preparation^
elaborate;' (dinner?, : but equal
to baking the bread and roasting the?.{
meat. .AVhen.it is considored how utterly
void of acquaintance with the demands
of a well ordered- >h?usehoId
many of the girls are who are set in
charg(vof <?uri kitchenSr-fre&bt ilanded.
immigrants, who, likely enough, were ,
field hands in their native lands, guileless
of any cookery more elaborate than ,|
the boiling of a potaXo, to be eaten
with salt?itis s, hi?h comoliment to i
their reaoia^ss to leaxn to say that they
often b&oijljc mtf^Shstworthy and
satisfactory ^ervan^^ipon whom the
mistress throws resp&xsfbilities which
she herself would shrink from assuming.
Why should there not be schools
for cooking and for housework, in
which all such inexperienced * girls
afi^ouhf he able to serve an apprenticeship,
such as would fit them to be, at
least, second-class servants, and 'in
which, now and then, a woman with a
genius for her business might develop
with that rare culture?unrealized vision
of whose coming flit before many
a housewife's mind?a first-rate cook?
In no trade requiring so much intelligence,
and so many yirtues, are thero
;o few opportunities .for learning the
business before actively engaging- In' It
as that of a domestic, and in none is
the'caU so loud and desperate^for experienced
laborers. The wis^ wdtmen
of America w6uld do well to consider
if the domestic training school does nofc
offer some gleam of light upon theip
present darkened souls. 31
Another source of relief is the possibility
of some device for disoensins: aI
together with the delusion, and snare,
tlie inexperienced cook. America^ res^
idints in Paris haye. frequently had occasion
to accent the services of thos$
trained caterers who, at a not extrava^
gant price, wilTprovide families with &
varied bill of fare, brought to the housed
promptly at the meal hour, and in a
thoroughly palatable state of heat
cold, as the nature of the dish requires.,
P?hqre is 110^reason why every moderate
sized-city should hot support' such
wKa AAnl/1 "frtrtr? V? 1 c T>QfrATUfti
A V* U-W V^UIUU i-VVU Jk/ M? WJk VMW "
better than the average family is now
fed, and at a cost little, if any, above
that which is now incurred, while all
the worry of marketing, andJ all the
anxiety about-the coot's temper: or
skill would bo .done pway with. Un'? doubtedly
some of our precious family;
traditions would .have to be laid .aside :
ojider this'experTmeut.: - y 'ixi< & 11
^ > m i t.-i"
Alkrut Gougbs and Colds.
, Coughs and colds are prevaleatjibw,
especially among children, -too oft^a
from the ignorance or carelessness
their elder guardians. Many mothers
appear to accept with resignation t^i9 ._
repeated and violent colds, from which
hVif>ir ohilflren suffer as o?o^v-identftll
and .unavoidable. A cold' is by no
means always due to exposure. InjU;.
ges^ipn, (constipation,-a. lack pi scrupfci;
lous cleanliness, -the 'unwise*'habit of
sleeping in much of the clothing worn
during the day, unaired bedchambers
?all, or any of these things may have!
far more to do with your, "child's
tendency to . cold than the' keenest
breath of the bracing winter air.: jAhcl;
in a great measure these things are Trader
your control. M<?hers should understand
that. this, is a fact,, whether,
they Can see low it is or not, that nu- -;
merous sore throats and colds are directly
traceable to indigestion and dietetic
errors. Quantities c ? greasy food,
fried meats,pastry,and the like, ill-ventilated
rooms, a&d continued constipa-1
tion, have to- answer for many eases of
croup and putrid sore throat. All
these things weaken the system and
render iMar less, arne to resist cnanges
of t|5?periture. #,Give 'every bedroom
a thorough airing;.every day, more especially
if severaFchQdren are obliged
to sleep together;-or with their parents.
This is to be avoided, if possible;' if.
not, always lower the window slightly!
from the top?or,if this cannot be done,
raise it from below. There is frequently!
bad air enough generated and
bseathed in the sleeping apartment' of
a family with small children to supply
them all not onlv with colds but .with
a number of so called "malarious" diseases,
to last a year, perhaps^ longer.
Neglect of bathing is another prolifia-.
source of colds. A child from 3 to 10
years old shouM certainly receive an
entire bath twice a v/cjk in printer. A.
warm bath at night, taking especial,
care to avoid any chill after, will frequently
break up a sudden cold. Keep
children from playing in chilly, unused
rooms in autumn and winter weather.
Let them play 'out of doors as much as
possible, taking care to have their feet
warm and dry. A flannel suit .and
rubber overshoes will frequently save
much cough medicine and doctor's bills.Keep
them warmly clad, but do not be
content with thick coats and worsted
hoods, while short skirts barely cover
the knees, leaving the limbs chilled.? '
Mrs. Lucy Randolph, in American Agriculturist.
/ i - 'I mj w*
" - ' .
A Texan, who raises goats for- their
flesh, says that kid steaks aro more del*
icate than fenisoru
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IA Little Romance.
A romance of peculiarly characteristic
flavor was related to the Graphic
correspondent regarding a member of
the family of the Hon. W. E. Chandler,
Secretary of the Navy. The lady
in the case is a charming Connecticut
girl of respectable but poor parents.
Ihe young man' is the son of the New ;
Hampshire statesman and politician, ;
jiis name being the same as that of his j
yl A/? ? n f
U~Ld blll? UiOiX^U. ^vituu
To commence aright, the young man, J
who is a half brother to the secretary's
young family, was .left by his greataunt
on his mother's siclo a fortune of
$6,000. This was abdutthe time (1877)
he entered upon a course at Dartmouth
college. Ho was graduated after four
years' study, a portion of that time
being also devoted to the ardent court?4ip
,p? *he? charming JEEs
.^gp%2^Dir$m(Kith was. that of any^ot&er
young man of gay spirits" and the'reputation
o? .belonging'fcfa family of substanc^
"In otlie? words, hfer expenses
lor ^Snltion an? pother .necessaries
amounted to some "$1,500 perannum,
for which he in due course drew on
Ins father, the drafts being ais promptly
..honored-.' He did not meSnMbn -in .
his letters - homethe young lacly
whoso image filled' his. dreams, .and
whom he had asked to share his . forturtes.
But. when h.e. returned home
and held his customary conversation
rtrrth V>!c .f?.ilipr as to his fnture. he
casually remarked that .about the first
thing "-he intended to do was. to get
married, naming the lady of his choiee.
"But what ..have you" got to marry .
upon?" asked the astute parent, who <
had other matrimonial -plans for his
eldest son. .
"Well, $6,000 will do for a starter," was
the reply. "I hope to make my '
way in--?he world afo'out a? you have "
done, sir, and I don't-think you-had a
larger capital to .commence upon." >
'Wait a minute, young man," .interrupted
the elder man, "you have no i
$6,000 to start with. You forget that
you have been drawing on this sum for
the last four years. There is about $50 i
to your credit at,the present time." '
Wfiat-^oHowed-nrfgh'tinfet be- exactly.>
right to relate, but this much comes <
from a reliable source and!-is a neces- >
cow narf; - nf t.hfi rhromfile. The first if
thing with. which, the public has any jp
legitimate concern, is the fact that the ;
young nian sought and obtained a posi- _
tion on the Concord railroad, a corpora- ?
tion occupying, a strongposition.of an-v "t
tagonism to liis father in the Granite *
State. He was appointed brakeman,*
and while serving in that capacity had ^
abundant opportunities of seeing his '
father who had to use the line frequent- ( '
ly when at home, and who often rode
on the train on which his independent. '
son acted as brakeman. Finally the
youjo^ man found a more lucrative ;
position on a Western road. He worked
hard, rose to such circumstances that 1
he felt justified in claiming the prom- <
ise, renewed after his severance of re- 1
lations with his family of Miss , 1
and a few days ago they were married
<?.nd proceeded to -their Western home. ^
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Vn
__ -- XvSSaropc lii f OUT Kiy?r ;
A French engineer, M. Sebiilot, pro- \
poses to shorten the time between this 1
continent ana Europe to four days. 1
His idea is to adapt to ocean naviga- 1
tion, ion a.moreaeate-and longer^sc^e, i
the-Sdea wHch models the" North nver \
Eastiiver.'" itrfS vir- '
tuallytwo hulls; a lowers and anSup- 1
per, the lower and the :center to be !
deep^ long, i&rrow,- aacL-#t the- bbws ]
vety sharp, redncriiglhe an^eTforward (
by the line of the bows where they cut 1
'"the water with;the HneSi the vessel's 1
3i^ti(Htfrpm-tto 1? degbespa*. now, 1
To even*" 3^egrees. \^b ;Iower -hull 1
wiBr-jth&arpreserT^ a.^dta^t&m ^em 1
^stier^b^oj^y^3^d^esi?id% of the I
ruppe?hi^Ai^/?I^iatter>rs6ill "Either J
be ov$ ioif water,' or,': when "ffia' viSsel is
deeply-laden; will barely rest ixpon the 1
W6efc' -He estimates "that a vessel of ]
12,000 tons as compared with the new- \
est fast steamers, with 10,000 horse <
power, 1,200 feet immersed: cross-sec- 3
tion, and running tweatyTJcaols per- I
hour in caim "water, won;a snow, a
gpeed of thictyrtwe keofcsaed probably
l-iairty-five Icaoti- * $? ;Mlows such
ijgvesseJ ccfcfld 11 ii,1 ijfcfliW iim?nT calm 1
.water, from- New Xorkv to Eusgpe in ]
about four days. Thlsis- by ??means 1
an extraya^antsupposiiionf Wiiu^fine- Hessof
tip lines is" out of comparison 1
with the usual lines in fast steamers; tind^a^e.comp?0^d^tJy;with^lhose
j
of stooie fife -rscSJftw? for
<A^rj^ee<t gnd .bniltr 'either* shallow <
l^'-w^^r'j^row an^L desp^e' new j
fee shape^^S^pw;w^r^^fe#tich \
'a vesper t<rb<Tmuch l&s*r-4fi3uen'ced by rough
weather than the ordinary shape. 2
The ocean-traveling public would glad
ly welcome the day wheal MvSebiBot's
new rapid-transit idea shafi become a
fact?HartfordFost/ .T
a ' ->? .f | K "
He Didn't fnowEer. j
* .<4^h?re ift-acbotA jry^i h^Isggpose," ]
does^^t rrmem- j
tier tSfc K?-"div'dpca^smu ' It was a '
great case and made quite a siir at the '
time.- Lawyer V?- C? ? was in it [
and " appeared" before' Judge G-^? on :
*- - Tf PA
Otll ixupui ta-JLLU i-LLU UXVi-U JLU OW J-14* ?/ JM WMUM
that the learned Judge's second toe oh
his left foot had been playing the deuce ;
with him the night before "aid his >
Honor was not in a sweet humor in i
consequence. Now, as a rule, there
never was a better tempered judge on ;
the bench, or one who would give a '
lawyer a better show; but when that ;
'toe "was on tiro rampage it was.-not a .
-safe thing ' *&, presume on. h^Honor's
. patience too much. l?e^fLawyer |
V?- C- made a tremendous argument,
over an hour and a'haif long, ;
full of flourishes of rhetoric and elegantly
molded sentences, delivered in
a semi-clerical style of vojge^VPeriod ;
after period 'flowed and still tho soft
and somewhat affected tones of the
learned counsel filled the otherwise
silent court room. At length Mr.
y~? C raised his right hand and
"aiming it at the learned judge closed a
splendid climax with the question:
"Your Honor, was not Potiphar's wife
much older than Joseph?'
" *1 know nothing at all about her,
sir,' said his honor, almost savagely,
leaning forward and wagging his head
to emphasize each word.
"Lawyer V C sat down as
though he had been shot. It knocked
the wind clean out of him."
The Circassian beauty of the dime
museum is a Pennsylvania girl who
speaks low German; the Zulu chiefs are
cx-waiters for ten-cent basement sa
aooiis; trie laitooea man was va.riegau;a
ill a New York sign-painter's shop^
and the white elephant is neither whiter'
nor sacred. Has honesty no show on
earth??N. 7. Com. Advertiser.
i
-Jctj .. . , ;oQ
G^RAOTS: ; EQgapaTABXjB;
llmythc Public Domain- Has Been
: ::: LSqitaiutoeiSo-'farascan'be
learned; ;b? a -careful
st?dj- ot rtiaerccords, the Mis \ lively
to texfltwiwtta'j^ie pnflGK domaim' in
case t|ip -Supposed; ;bi?te?%ecoBao-i.-laws,
an&in -eas<r*h? la*v? are -ool&ced, are
as .42a^a?^c7^PQ9 :.Wes<
ofyfaich 350,000-are the Mobile. and Girard''
rdilroa?\]laa$'grant; 180,-000' .the
Selma, jfcomS and' Daltbftj'jii^DOO'Me
Coosa and i/Chaitanoogai; -^2,000 the
Coosi ^;T^ess^w^^1her;Giflf
^nd Ship .Island. '.In Tennessee. 375,
WL> acreB-qranteg w *ae oauioraia,
Louisiana amTTexas roaTT; "lOIenda
So^ODItcr^grsjafd^ the Atlantic
ahtWestIn<?a"Transfl;] add lSfSfOOO to
tho 5idriiJ%. Atlantic and . .California
CentraHgflroad; In Arkansas 55,000
acres granted to the Littlo; Rbck and
Fort Smith, railroad, in Mississippi
600,000 granted to the Iron Mountain
r<>ad- j,In Michigan 325,000 granted to
tfifc*Detroit and Milwaukee roadj' 305,
000; to the .Port Hnron and Jdwaiukee; j
&H),000* to the Jackson, Lansing anp:
Saginaw company;-190,000 to the Marquette/and
Ontonagon road, and 35,000
to'.the Ontonag&n and Brule River company,
making over a million acres in.
Michigan. . In :Iowa there, are 80,000
acres granted to the Sioux City and St.
Paxil road", supposed to he yet unearned.
In Wisconsin 450,000 acres granted
to the . West Wisconsin road;' 5o0j$00
L\J LLUZ XWJk U1 TT AJVWIHIU ViUVMgV) I
St. Paul and Minneapolis), and 1,200, ' (
0Q0. to the Wisconsin Central. In Minnesota
800,000 acres, granted to the St.,
Eapl,. Minnesota .and Manitoba road,
S21000 to the .Western rsiilroad, and 1,300,000
to the' Northern Minnesota;.950,000
to the Hastings and Dakota
railroad, and 125,000 to the Lake-'Su-;
perior and Mississippi Railroad compa-'
njr. " . v., ' ;
The aooreV grants were made tor
states for the benefit of the roads men?;:;
^oned. In addition to this there are!,
the following, granted direct to thoj
railroad companies, and as yet nnpat-!
ented, and inpaost cases,.it fs alleged,
unearned: In Wisconsin 907,000 acres
granted to the Northern Pacific., ?ai
StTinnesota about 18,000 oftho 25,000..
miles of the Northern Pacific road wejre,'
completed at the time specified, yet',
there?remain 4,500.000 acres :of: its};.
lands not patented to the road, probably^
by reason of .the neglect of the company
to apply for such patents, by wjuchaegiect
the payment of taxes, on the'
land is avoided, In Dakota 8,432,000
acres were granted to the Northern Pa^
V ' t AAA AAA
cmc road, ana aoout 4,uw,vw were,
earned at the expiration of the time|ix-: :
sd. for the completion of the -road,
though very few of the lands have been
patented to the company. This would
reave about 4,400,000 acres of land to
be forfeited in Dakota. In Montana
the "Northern Pacific grant was 17,138,)00
acres, none of wmch was earned at
the expiration of the time fixed for the
completion of the road, and all of
rrrV>?rtK maTr nncaiKltr Tva fr>r?
fflUVU IMUtJ L/WWM* WiJ WW MWWMA
feited. In Idaho 1,900,000 acres are
forfeitable. In Oregon 2,575,900 grantid
to the Northern Pacific are forfeitaDie;
3. roo.000 wore sainted to the Oregon
Central, now the Oregon anao?iiEornis,
of which 2,000,000 are forfeitable;
1,180,000 acres were granted to the
Dregon Central, of which~l,000,000 are
forfeitable, making 5,500,000 acres- in
Oregon forfeitable., In Washington
territory 11,250,000 were granted to the
Northern Pacific, of which about 9,000,XX)
were unearned, according to the
present allegations. In California
ibout 500,000 acres granted to the California
and Oregon company were un?arned.
Of the 6,355,000 acres granted
to the Atlantic and Pacific road, all appear
to be liable to be forfeited. Of
the 5.500,000 granted to the Southirn
Pacific, about 1,000 are forfeitable,
and of the 1,315,000 acres
granted to the Texas Pacific all will
arobably bo forfeited. ..In Missouri
300,000 acres of the Atlantic and Paci
C ? fArfoifoVllo
LIU ^jl?Ulb AlC O i/vr w av4avawmi/av^.which,
in addition to the Iron Mountain
tract mentioned above, will throw
1,000,000 acres of public lands into the j
market. In the Indian Territory the f
pant to the Atlantic and Pacific was
L8,500,000 acres, of which little, if any,
appears to hare been earned. In New;'
Mexicothe Atlantic and Pacific grant
ivas JO,000,000 acres, ^ o? which will
probably be declared'forfeited. Should
ihe Texas Pacific grant be declared^forbited
by congress, 8,500,000 a.c?es of
ihis will be found in New Mexico. In
Arizona the-Atlan ;ic and Pacific grant
imotmts to 9,000,000 acres, and , the
Texas Pacific gran t to 9,000,000, both
>f which will probably be declared forfeited.
To sum up: Of the 35,000,000
icres granted to states for the benefit
>f railroads within their borders about
16,000,000 acres have been earned and
),000,000 may be forfeited, and of the
145,000,000 granted direct to railroads
ibout 50,000,000 have been earned and
55,000,000 m'rty be forfeited.?Chicago
Times. > : I
? ' = I
la appearance Arabi Pasha is a big,...
strong, broad-shouldcrcJ, good-natured
fellah. His fez thrown well back displays
a broad. m .. s.ve forehead sue-wmounting
large, soft, eyes, which have
in ordinary moods a kindly, dreamy
expression." There is an undefinablo
something about the man which impresses
favorably all who come in contact
with him, and for those who understand
his native Arabic, the only
language he can speak, there is a singular
cnarm in his conversation. His
stock of useful arid theoretical knowledge
is, unfortunately, not at all in
proportion to his powers of expression,
so that bis love of discoursing
sometimes leads to a lamentable display
of ignorance. Like all men liable
to be intoxicated by the How of their
own rhetoric, he could be wildly inconsistent
without being hypocritical.
A dutiful son, a good husband, a kind
father, and, on the whole, an upright,
respectable man, he was never the determined,
stoical hero or the blind,
uncompromising fanatic he has sometimes
been represented.
/rnwAiio o/*nno tiroc AD
J.lie lUliU >V VUiiVUJ JX/VMV ?. ^
acted in the mayor's court in a certain
town in Lincolnshire: "Unfortunately
for the mayor, his duties on the bench
claim his attention as he rises from the
table, A man was brought up before
him on the charge of being drunk and
incapable. The mayor, who had previously
been smiling benignly around
on the crowd assembled in the court,
looked at the man unsteadily for a moment
with blinking eyes, and on the
completion of the evidence said: 'Prishner,
you?you ora be 'shamed o' yerself!
You'll 'ave a pay four and tenpence
orra month!' The prisoner was
removed by the constable, and the
magistrate was assisted out by his
clerk.?Pall Mall Qazcttc.
There are in the cities of San Francisco
. and Oakland fifty-one labor j
unions and twelve local ningnts 01 JLa- j
bor societies. ...
Healthy Homes. . >
Highland houses include, indeed, the
finest; residences of the old and new
^*>rld?Probasco's country seat at Clifton
on the Ohio, Dom. Pedro's PctropoQlis,
Captain Nichols' octagonal castle :
near Mount Yonah in the North Geor<r*
ian Alleghanies, the castles c? Heidelberg,
Gastein, . Salzburg, Linz. Pau,
Perugia andMcdellin, Lismorc Hill, the
seat, of "the Duke of Devonshire, the
abbeys of Johannisberg and Monte
'Casino and the incomparable Wilhelms-.
hohe, near .Cassel, a, > fairy realm of
fountains, terraced precipices, mount- j
aih forests, lakes , and orange .gardens;; ,
Li an absolute ^lairi an artificial mound j
need -not -be very high to command a '
fairnrosoect: the "Hancdnz.Gardens"!
of Scmiramis were in truth, nothing. but I
home made hills covered withgarden
earth and pi anted "with trees; and who
knows if the hillocks- of :our mound.
:builders were not the pedestals pf their' 1
dwelling houses?On plateaus ofj
limited extent the residence' Maty ftsrm| .
the acropolis, wi& efafr '
buildings at the -loqt Jcifi thd/ 'hi^iwiJt
never vice versa, for, drainage cannot
be controlled to the~extent ot protecting
the deHars Gf'&loi+er fccdsei iBousesj at.the
foot of .a. 7 , [ J--,':
S:' 1 : ...
are liable to -other objections,. rbeing cx-j
posed to: rock s-no.t^ slides water,
bursts,, etc., :bes^lcs flic?disadvantages! >
incident' to a circumscribed' pirospeCt! ;
and obstructed air-currents.- Otdythe; ..
French kin<rs cvinced ' a. remarkable; ?
predilection for valley palaces?per-' ;
naps, as \yieland suggests^. because: tney
cared, more to "be seen than W'see.! 1
'On the slope of a-high hill the south; v
aad west isidesr are, on the whole, pre-; "<
ierfible^ ?ew;peppie can bepersuaded "
to rise .with, .the, sun, but all enjoy a '
lingering sunset; .beside that, in the
higher latitudes, west slope plantations J
have the advantage of the afternoon '
sun. Four hours after noon on about J
six days of the week the t weather is J
wanner and less cloudy tHan four hours '
before noon. 1 *"Jl! u> j _ -j
: Science protects our forests and
ought to countermand the impending \
crusade against, shade, trees.. Leafy J
trees in the close proximity of a dwelling
house arc ; supposed to make the 1
lower rooms damp .and chilly; but* the \
Golden Age; wouM.,stilf flourist.i?^4'
causes of,unman.disease were limited.*'
to 'dangers from, that' source. "I'shall 1
iiot attempt 'to; explain,'!'f:says Ben fj
Franklin* "why damp.clothcs occasion j
colds, rather than wet ones,;, because I !
dqubt the fact: I suspect that neither 1
thfe one nor the other contributes'to *
this effect, andtfcat the causes of 'colds? 1
are totally independentof wet and even *
oi| cold." ; .. , . |
That our snccstors emanated from
the shades of a tree"' land "is one of the"
few points on which - - va : j
MOSES AND DAKWIX '.'. J j
agree, and- it scenes. hardly probable. 1
fVi of tVi/> rl ncnpnrl 5* ntc nf <i fnrAcf: rtiffl '
should be damaged bv a little tree f
shade, especially where that shade is i
confined to the sa wannest months in. *
the year. .After October, when sun- *
shine becomes preferable to shade, (
trees do not obstruct the rays of the 1
sun. They merely moderate its sum- *
mer glare, and . at noon offer the best- 1
possible relugc: u.omtb-c?Uvuti?*
No human contrivance cahriyal the'.1
anti-caloric arrangements of a leafy *
canopy?free access to all the winds of ;
heaven, and a roof impervious not only *
to the direct light of the sun's ravs, but *
also to their warmth, which "is felt 1
through a- shingle roof as plainly as 3
through a flimsy sunshade. But a shade E
tree, with its hundred strata of light ?
absorbing leaves, interposes an effectual *
barrier to the .hottest sun; and, moreover,
plants have a direct refrigerating !
influence, analogous to that of animal *
bodies in generating warmth. Even. *
under the blazing sun the juice of c
oranges, watermelons, apples, etc., is
from ten to fifteen degrees colder than v
that of stagnant water, and on cloudy 8
sumiser uays lau ;u; ui. it urueiusa uis- tract
is considerably .warmer tftan the. 1
atmosphere of a shady forest on sunny J
days.?Dr. Felix Oswald in Lippincot&s *
Magazine, . ... >: .. '
A Thrilling Situation. ' ' ?
u. : i : .
An incident occurred in the lag 5
canyon on Fraser. riper last week of a; c
nature so terrifying .that it makes the j
blood oi the narrator run cold while he;.
writes. A young Victorian who had I
been engaged on the railway line, be- !
ing mustered out of service, started for 1
Victoria. At the point where it is pro- *
posed to throw a railway suspension T
bridge across me rrazer raver iivsia io stretched
a cable from which depends T
a sort of cage or crate such as is used t
to pack fruit or cabbages in on steam- '
ers. Passengers desiring to cross the s
river enter this conveyance. Wires or 8
stays extend from the crate to a pulley
on the cable, and by means of a line
to which a horse is attached the crate
is drawn from side to side of the river.
The cage hangsabout one hundred feet ,
above the stream,: which boils and '
surges beneath in a manner that tem- r
fies any person of weak nerves who
may intrust himself to the conveyance.
Ten days ago, while making the crossing,
the crate turned upside down, and c
ten UiUU^aiiU vaiiauiuu ? . .
quantity of other light goods dropped [
into the Fras?r ana were lost This; 1
incident was stall fresh in-the jnindoi ]
the young* Victorian when he entered
the orate and was drawn toward the ?
other side. His equanimity was. not \
restored when, having accomplished k
abont one-half the passage, he saw the j
ferryman leisurely unhitch his horse !
and drive of? The day was biting cold.
A sharp wind blew down the river and, [
whistling through the bars of the crate, j
made the solitary passenger's teeth
rattle and his flesh creep. The situa- *
tion was alarming. The frail bark !
swayed to and fro, threatening with
every blast that struck it to capsize
and send the voyager into the depths 1
of the river. No one responded to his
call for more than an hour. Then the 1
ferryman, having finished his noonday *
meal, returned with his horse, made
fast to the line, and drew the half-dead {.
young man to the shore. The situation 1
of a person seated in the cage is one of :
danger under the most favorable cir- 1
cumstances, but under the circum- :
stances in which our young friend j
crossed it was positively alarming. The
ferryman, it is supposed, desired to J
play a practical joke, but it will strike '
most persons as being an exceedingly '
ill-timed one.?Victoria (B. C.) Colonist. :
"Gentleman," said the professor to ]
his medical students assembled in clin- ,
ic. "I have often pointed out to you the
remarkable tendency to consumption
of those who play upon wind instruments.
In this case now before us
we h&ve'a well-marked development of
Inns' disease, and I was not surpris?jJ^
to find, on questioning the patient^gS
be is a member of the brasses?
Now, sir," continued the
addressing the consumptive
please tell the gentlemen tw|
ment yon play on?" Vgl
drum," said the sick mapffl
TRAIN TRAVEL SS-VIRGMA. !
One of 'the "Darned Folks From tip j
North" "Wakes aSwitchman." J
Tijne in Virginia has no value whatever,
and' as it is the universal practice
there never to :do :to-day what can he
put off 'tmtil -tomorrow, ?little, inconvenience
arises. The railways are. ran
on a hap.py-20-lucky schedule," which is
extremely diverting'to those who have
time in abundance,' and- the- few who
are pressed for. minutes,. being in. a
hopele^; minority, rather afford occa?
,sion for mirth when'they "be^in to kick
at Virginia methods. The railway time
tables are in- perfection in the rural districts.
Not long ago. a night-train with
? party of New Xqrkers on, byardwas
^mping along comfortably at a'tenmiles^an-hoUr
gait"through a"" remote
part;of Virginia,-; when all at once, with
a: tremendous jerk, it came to a' standr
still. The natives in..the sieeping-^ar
did not think it worth* while to .ask' the
reason .of'the suddxin -s^pagey' th'6
aEfoa7-anidjWheit- tne-oonds'etor.
strolled tkrouglgthe car a roaj
of indignant inquiry; .went'.uix....Tijp
conductor saoifelnglj^^splafaied t&at
tbeyvalways- stoppc$ at a switch-jfor.
fear ft might not^po.s'e^ , "".** .
."^utr good ^aici^,"-fe;cJairbed "sh,
irate New Torker,' ^whercisf the switdb- bianP";.:
-'W.-mu as >i it ;i :
The . co^dup tor .explained; 3 that the
particular ^witchmrm they, then needed .
A IiVA rt % ? / . T? AW Al^Prt/? 1 IsW
jur<jatiori,:'4h? 'coftcuct?? the
train, went. to-: -the/s tataoa house, .and
pounded yiao*p.oilyfc.shouting at; thje same
time: . ' . :* ; :
'"."Git up, Jim^the train's here, and a .
pa^sel- o them dnrned folks -fromNorth
:is Taisin'. a breeze. 'cause. the
switch/ain'tset." _ ...
' Jim 'called 6ac? "1 in a comin?,"
sad eftd^tly inrned over and Wiehtl to .
sleep -kg sin.- T-he Virginians -on- /the .
train-began;-to .chuckle. .Their. sympathy
was.entirely with ,Jini and the 'r
sonductor." The "latter continued 'to
iirge.Jlm; ivho: was al^a^'^omn^V"
but didtft come.-' i Ti<v conductor; ''at ,.
list apologetic,-being the i
Kew. Yorkers, no.w became pre^ng.
"Do,. Jim,", he anxiously said,
set th<y durn*:tlnn^: 'sb the ttanx '
;sh go-by.- - i->u ? .
ji Jim continued obdurate until one .of i
She; New Y.oxkQns, arose irom.his berth, 3
ina," .claa'in rage and a checked ulsfejr, J
rot off'the 'cnr and -threatened to set '
ire to the station btnase? and make a
Durnt offering *4 JinprHh&t switch was i
lot set in; ten minutes.* ' Within" the .1
specified timo Jim appeared, hoiling .1
with indignation, and threatened to re- 1
sign if he were again subjected tosimiar
in'convbniencc.;'> - It
is the custom along these provin- 1
rial roads to stop the tram at any point <
lpon being signalled. People can be
iken on and. put oft' anywhere they
ike.' A fast train?that is, what they
;all a twenty-milo-an-hoiir train?was (
joing through a plantation a.month or *
10 ago, and the passengers observed J
;hree little girls on the wayside waving 5
heir white ; aprons frantically at the 2
jonductor. -The train, of course,-stopied.
The tallest of the girls, a 10-year 3
>}d, with long eyelashes, bashfully re- <
narked: "won'tyou piease give me
in d K"ntiaianxLJEamaj^nd tiie doggie a 1
ide?" The conductor promptly esn.? ^
;ented, and assisted Miss Eyelashes,
ler companions and the doggie on c
>o'ard. They rode on' for a mile or c
wo, and then they announced their z
eadiness to get off. The train was I
itopped, and they jumped down and s
campered off. Just as the train had j
tarted Miss Eyelashes scampered wild- c
y "back. ^
"Oh, mister, if you please, don't go s
iway till we get 'cross the creek- Mamna
doesn't let us go over it 'less some-1 ^
jody's watching us, and we have-to r
:arry the doggie." - s
The conductor- waited until a final <]
saving of white aprons on. the-other s
lide oi the creek .signified that his pas- ^
engers were safe. Nobody in the r
rain expressed surprise except the a
iliens. Nobody who has ever been z
here before rushes to meet a train in
Virginia. YY hen the nrst railway tram ^
ventthrough the ancient town of Willamsburgh
in October. 1881,. it was ad-.
rertised for 9 o'clock." It was the time
the Yorktown Centemual, and the
.own was full,of.strangers. Tho&e ra'shy
appeared at the station at,'9, o'clock
>recisely.- The natives meanwhile went
ibout their business. Toward 12 o'clock
hose p^'Jbhc natiyes who meantto board
he 9 o'clock train assembled. After
waiting awhile they went off and sat on
he.Court house' isteps, leaving orders
rifif a negro to' call thtfm when the
Aom/i Tf AW1 cAmn *?toa 5n
he afternoon, and the negro, running,
ibout the town, informed *the passsei>
rers when the train would start.
' " < a - a.
How Medicine is Taken.
it is to be feared that to most people
nedicine is not an erudite science or a
earned art, but'is little more than the
:ommonplace administration of physic.
Dhey cannot understand medicine withmt
drugs, and its virtue and power
ire popularly measured by the violence
>f its operations.' Its very name is, in
>rdinary parlance, synonymous with
jhysic. Take from it its pills and poions,
and for them' you take away its"
vhole art and* mystery. They do not?
>elieve in a scheme of treatment, howsver
deep-laid-rad skillful, which does
lot include a certain statutory dosage.
>o that, as a rule, medical men are j
tactically compelled to give their pa-' (
,ients a.visiole object of faith in some ,
brm of physic, which may be at most j
lesigned to effect' some very subordilate
purpose. And it is remarkable
i- cvnn imnncr f.hft ft.'l 11 filter!
ivnr v,v? ???0 ?- ?
ilasses, tliis feeling prevails. Cures 1
jy the administration of mixtures and 1
xiluses is so fixed and ancient a tradi- *
ion that it hi only vory slowly that the j
,vorld will give it up. The anxiety of '
iie friends of the patients wants to do *
nore than follow the simple direction 1
>f "nursing," -which have been so care- i
lully indicated, and possesses appar- ]
mtly so little remetl:al power. There '
s nothing of the unknown about them :
,n which a lluttering hope of great ad- *
rantage can nestle. Tlius it is neces- ^
;ary to educate the world into a belief :
.n medicine apart from drugs, which
ittds its power of curing in adaptation i
>f the common conditions of life and <
implications of physiological facts?a '
nedicinc which..takes into its hands. M
;he whole life, and orders and.fashions i
ts every detail with scientifTc'deiinite- 1
less. It is found in everj-day practice 3
;hat this popular misunderstanding of J
;he modern spirit of medicine, constant* <
y checks the little tentative advances i
>f a more scientific treatment, j^iit is <
lecessary that
mderstoodJ^sgfiMS
' GliEAJTINGS.
; Nearly 1,0^000 people receivedchar-"
ftable" aid in' Great' jSritaiiithe- '"pastyeart
. . ,, ~. ..
. A two-year-old child at (Jainesville,
Ga., can already repeat: the entire
lphabet.' 1 .
The twenty-five firms who publish
school books inthis* country do. a business
of about $8,000,600 a year.
Mrs. Louisa S. Vaught, of Freehold, . i
N. J., who died recently, , left $70,000
to a number of- evangelical societies. .- /
A petition .has.been, presented, to the
Connecticut Legisl atgge. asking for the v;;
passage of a law prohibiting. .lie use
.of tobacco in the public.schools.,f .
. Dfinntr ITmfori States Marshal Gnm- v ,
roper, of'Spnngjfield, Mo., undertook
'to li^ht a fire with "kerosene.-' It didn't
kili-Mm, but he won't do it again. A?
disagreeable witness" in a Black Hills / court
got a stinging blow under
ear as ne left tha^iozwihiL.dcfendant in
thg:casc.^^fo^nirg the suggestion.
-!^r?aa^.is;goi^inftheayiily for beet
jpot7cijlture. .^.JCnety. new factories ?g
werV starred last" y?atJ* and' nearly as
many'are;in cbtftrse cfeornstruetion. '
Thlrty^thre^ :th6i?aind deaths from
diphtheria xDecurred ins the .province: of
Kharkof,. the^outhcrn part pf European
Russia, betw^e3a4h6-563X3 of 1871 and
B.eecher's double, thc/ma^;whQ goes
to tfc'eaiires 'ind :?e?s the Broaden pastor's
liamMrtthe pauer?,isij^ff''^
nian:.- Thcir.Te2emblan.ee is very^tiife;- ;
.. Arthur J^^son of the flate Sir Bob
ert Peel, -will'"probably be. the Vaextx ^ i.
Speaker in the English Hqti^ i&f Com*
mons. He is 54 years-old,; arid'4s of : r;
stately presenew -r - A^Yenci
scribblerrimtingbf Qfaeen
Victoria and'her late gillie,' Brow3,
has had the indecency, to say .-that she
fcake^ ?er.second widowhood even harder
thaa,.the fijc5t
In the. wood's of BelmOht,' jS. JBL, is
living a . married * wpniaa^bf thirty
years, who wears overalls-and chops
wood with her husbaad, averaging a
eard of wood a day. . j
Ifls~.said?tiaAt - Gladstone's private
life is jvfrsll^ above, suspicion.;! iHis
home at Hawa^&oa Castle Jls as. happy
as .any .in England>^*ie has no petty
rices and' noyeccentricitlej? "<J> '
A negro m.Virginia wilo has' been^^""
tried for abducting;1 a'~white- girl cries
khafcit is- ^'ntigbfr c^rd^ta-sea' a;.cnlard.man
to'i&e.gea'tenshary 'cause.a
white .gal runs artcf'hiim"\
,.The Ogaliala Cattle "Company, of
Dmaha, which fought; 45,000 head, has
&ken also, tne l?oslef"Ecrd of 45,000 for
&125.000. -JThe company now has over
LOO.000 head and =$3,000,000 invested.
Mrs. Franks, the first woman to land
>n Galveston. Island, .then inhabited
>nly by sand-crabs, and. the mother of
;he first white child born there, is still . : i
ifive and Hale and hearty/though at
in advanced age. '
A Des Moines intelligence office has
received an order for a cook to go to
Colorado. Thflb- person writing says: ' There
are ten men hereto <m& womm,
and a good, cook can--get large
r/im naatratni.^ -.1. .. m?? m ? ~ m\%
A TTfiAo (Yflnflowon rcT^foe* of
JDt. \J IVUtbVtf V??U)U iXXJ
mce asked Theodore Parker, who was '~i
lining with him, a .question cancerling
Wendell Phillips' orthodoxy, and tklr.
Parker replied:. "I do npt care to
lay that he believes or rejecte 'the five
joints,' but I will say that - he practises
one of them?the perseverance of
he saints?which-is *a?eh better than
i belief in the other four."
At hunt breakfasts in England the ' :-v
able has rolls, toast,, omelettes, kid- ;
leys, bacon, eggs and sausages, tho -~
ideboard having game and tongues. - -7
[he tea and coffee of the. tabic are
ometimes neglected for the wines and '
iquors of tie. sideboard. Befreshaents
are usually taken out to ladies,
ind frequently to gentlemen who 'do
Lot care to dismount,1- : ' "What
become" oft'ettyfpg that uster
ive here?" asked a' visitor of Gilpin '
it the stcire Saturday niglity "Oh, he's
ocated in_a Western town, practicing
aw.'How does he get along." is ne *.aw
raocessful? 4?3Xot very. He has never
von a suit jet" "^'o, that is, not a
?Ho1g one. He won aJ hat on Ohio last
all arid a pair of boots' on' New York.
3ut that's as near a suit -as he eivcr
fen. .. - ^
Not only in Paris, but in Germany,
rad in fact ihxpughp&t. Europe, the cry '' '--hi
)f the unemployed is rising high. Hoiand
19- much troubled with it at pres- jA
:nt. In both Amsterdam and Rotter- ' ?
fam there is a large amount of labor ?-^8
>agcr but unable to'get work,, and ^
iriven into destitution. In Amsterdam
he government has devised some temporary
work and in Rotterdam 2,000
>f the "disinherited" 'have issued a
protest against: the subvention of the
jpera by the municipality during this
Ostress.,
* In the shadow of a tall blue granite
sHatt in Uaiyani uemecery, near .cura.- *
ivood, Mo., s5nds"a small headstone
)f the same material? bearing the inscription:
"Our i Dog Shep." This
nemorial is in accordance "with the
rashes of George C. Hammond, whose
ast.will and testament made ample
jrovision for the'ddg's comfort in life,--' ? ?-?
lare and medical attendance: in sick- .
less, and final repose at. his piaster's
:eet Too much rich food cut "Shep"
>ff untimely, but' a doctor, " a shroud,
i coffin and a tombstone hare all combined
to preserve his memory. ... ...
Thirty years ago a peddler mad? his
ippearancc_.in_5ittfiburg under the
lame of John Foley, He was indus- V
xious, but seemingly poor. He died
iboat a year ago at the age of eighty.
EEs estate was found to be worth about
p23,000, and his will developed the
'act that his'right name was John -
Johnson. He left his properly to four
ihildren, wherever they could be
iound. The search for the heirs was
'or a long time unavailing, but it has
it length resulted in the. discovery of
some of them. Why Johnson left Ireand
and how he got his wealth remain
i mystery.
A correspondent^ of ' the Worcester
Spy, in an account of a conversation he
>ncc had with Wendell Phillips, says:
UL asked him if he had any pleasure in
lighting, if contest gave him any satisfaction.
He said-'not a bit,' that he
lated fighting, and was the very last
3jan who ought to have to do it, 'but,'
le added, 'when I was in college one
m - ~ /am**/) ?y\a
>1 my iuuuu lauit mm iuo
or always standing up for any person
>r thing that was denounced;1 he said;
Say anything against a man, and
teyymps Phiil ip5 tot- defend him, no
man is right or
fci^^knows any