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~ WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JUKE 18,1884. . ;|j|jS A Western Maid's Dream. If I could ketch onto tbe winjrs of a bird, * I would li^ht ia the loftiest tree, And twitter a twit that could plainly be heard From JJmtown clcar out to tbe sea. I would warbk* a note of such terrible force ; That the elements wildly would crack, ? And the Indian chieftain would fall from his ! horse And split his shirt clear up the back! . . ... L If I wore outfitted with elephant's lect, g|fe My terrible troad would resound M * a.'i animal life would In terror retreat Ten thousand Jc ajrues under the jrround. And if I had the voice of a lion I'd roar JkSTtI Tiii the wide universe icst its wits. And the birds would fold up their licet wings gaSST and keel o'er, " And die in hysterical fits. If I were a dweller teneath the deep sea, JJF V.'itb the figure and power of a whale. Every creature around ine in terror would i tieo : | At tbo fantastic flirt of my tail. T vaiiU ivinnin n.croilt v??n| or tWO CVflrV I day, And down in the ocean so blue, O'er the feast I'd say tn-ce in the usual way, f And make a square meal of the crew. rBut since 1 am only a modest young maid? A wild, tender flower of the West? These longing desires I am really afraid 3iust be downed, as it were, and suppressed. I Since I cannot raiso Hades by sucn a rank play, My lias; of desire I must furl. And dream the delectable hours away As a sweet, timid, jrcnt'e young girL ? T Pnnripr .ToiirnftL 1 [ONLY A PIMPLE. Lord Bertie Ellesmere walked into his wife's sitting-room one afternoon, with an unusually serious expression on his face. For Lord Bertie was a *" young man of a cheerful disnosition, not given to serious thoughts, fie found Lsdy Bertie in her room, engrossed in : the absorbing occupation of looking in 1 the glass. She did not turn when ho j entered, but continued to study the j& dimples in her chia. She had been a J R recognized beauty when she married* j t h/vrn-frkTA 1 I 11*I ^4. $1111 JLLCIli vLltfri/ ^/WiViVU j vu.w*.w?.w?.w she must be forgiven for continuing to look in the glass without apology, whether her h'usbnnd or any one else entered the room. Actresses do not apologize for settling their ruffles and studying the effect of their "make-up" in the green-room mirror all the while they carry on a conversation; why, then, should not :i society beauty watch her own face while she talks? It is rDUt H mailer (JL UU5iiiC5? in uuiu (jjiaca. | Lord and Lady Bertie had been married two years, and they were still excellent friends. No jealousy or misunderstanding had, so far, marred k their content with each other.r wL Lord Bertie sat down and looked, at^ tentivoly for a moment at his wife's back, but its prettiness did not occupy his mind at this moment, v "May," he said suddenly, and in a grave voice, *-:s mere nnyiaing you ll|Sfe "Anything I want!" exclaimed Lady IP* Bertie. "Well, I should think so! I want a new idea for a ball dress; I .. wan: an Esquimaux dog; I want my _ diamonds reset; I want to go to St. Petersburg this winter; I want?I can't B^yV think of tliem ail now, but I want a Kmkc ? hundred things." "Do you want money?" ~" "Money! Xot particularly at the moinpnt; Lint if vou arc overburdened P * " ^ wii h fotnk notes I feel^ spre*! cSi nsa 4'Don't talk 'nonsense, May; Fm in. \ ^earnest. And I do wish yoc?cL turn. "I'm busy," replied Lady Bertie. And so, indeed she was. She was applying with the greatest care and skill a minute patch of sticking plaster to a tiny defect which sho Lad discovered on her chin. "Fancy you being in earnshe went on. "What can it bo r about?" ' * - t \iuay, nave you oeen gaauuiugr asked Lord Bertie abruptly. " "Gambling!" cried Lady Bertie. 'Certainly not Why, I should have hollows under my eyes in a fortnight! What can have put sr.eh an idea in your head?" "I'll teil you," said Lord Bertie. t"Just now, for the second time, I have seen a dreadful looking Jew, with any quantity of watch chain over an immense waistcoat, going out of this house. Now, what on earth can you want with a Jew, if it isn't to borrow money?" "Dear me!" said Lady Bertie, with scorD, -wnai a povuruy-si'riu.tkvu nuagination yours must be! One might \ want a great many things of a Jew, I should tbink. Jews are very clever people." "Don't you mean to tell me what that man comes to see you for?" asked Lord Bertie in a gloomy tone. L"Iso!" said Lady Berlic airily, but with much decision; "no, I don't "Now," she added, turning around at last, "am 1 looking well to-day?" g& "You are getting handsomer, I believe," said Lord Bertie, but in the Wjp same gloomy tone. |pr "I very glad you think so!" exY claimed Lady Bertie, with fervor. "That's ail right then." And she left the mirror and came to a low chair near her husband. She was exceedingly graceful and could sit down in an P"*1" artistic manner worthy of the great A* Sarah. She formed a "lovely picture, in her white- wrapper that was little more than a cloud of Valenciennes, as It she posed herself in her favorite lounge and crossed her pretty pink slippered III feet. Lord Bertie had thrown himself into an easy, but hardly graceful attitude?his legs outstretched and his heels on the ground, his hands in his 1111. trousers pocket. Sitting thus, he eyed his beautiful wife all over, with a de|jir jected and perplexed air. "It's not all right," he said, after a mnmont ?'T Vtoto m-rctAridc W rkept clear of them so far, May. If you won't clear this one up, I'll cut it short by telling the servants that Jew is not to enter this house." "Oh, do!" said Lady Bertie; "that will make such a nice little scandal for the servants' hall! And by to-morrow it will be half over town." "Well, I don't want to make a fool of myself, and I'm sure I've 110 desire gjt that "you should be talked about; but I can't stand this state of things." BaflB|BHrah "In fact, vou arc dving of curiosi& ty?" "Not at all. But if you are in di2igfl culties, I'm ready to get you out of |HHH them. There's my baud on it, May; lg and all I ask is, don't go to anybody 11, else." "What a dear boy you are," said K Lady Bertie. "But there's nothing to be so serious about, I assuro you. I'm Hi not going to tell you why my friend comes here, or what my business is Bsvith him; because that would be countenancing absurd tyranny on your part lllilia?Mhich. I don't mean to do." tm? it- _ i. xr T ngHS9m^>(Jii i. i;ni>wcr me i.i? tutu, m.sv, x afe stand it. The light comedy manHkn't always appropriate. I'm in W, and you've done nothing but Ke since I came in." BMBfli well, I'll drop into melo wild norses won t crag my |p me: you may take my life, Lot speak! Now I must dross Hp good-by.'" Wvcnt away to her dressin^the bell for her maio. ??aea?tammm?ggaagg iiTtraa?mp? bo tne conversation ended of necessity. For three weeks Lord Bertie lived in a state of gloom and uneasiness, playing the am.iteur detective, and playing it with no results. He saw no more of the Jew; and as the conviction forced itself upon him that the man had been told not to come, he grow more gloomy and more uneasy. For three whole weeks he said no word to Lady Bertie except in public; and ever, then he sometimes fixed his eyes upon hor in a truly melodramatic manner. For a young man of a cheerful disposition this seemed strange; but he was haunted by a conviction that Lady Bertie was much cleverer than himself, and he was resolved not to be deceived by her apparently light-hearted indifference to his displeasure. The breach gradually widened until it became evident to their intimate friends thai Lord and Lady Bertie were no longer on good terms. As to their domestic life, it was - shipwroeked, and thatVvery easily. Lady Bertie went through her accustomed round of social duties, and was just as gay and just as bright as over; but she never saw her husband except when he offered her his arm as a matter of business. For a little while this amused her rather; it was like playing in a French comedy to have a sulky, jealous husband, ana to de consoiea dv a auuureu vuaiming creatures, all admirable specimens of the various approved types of ladykillers. For consolation of this kind was offered on the instant. Lady Bertie recognized, with a half-angry and halftriumphant amusement, that the admiration offered her to-day was of a different order from that which had j been hers three weeks ago. Perhaps this sense of power, the consciousness that there was abundant mockery of lovo ready to hand, helped her to understand the value of the real love which the world already believed her to have lost One morning she sent a message to her husband, asking him to come to ^er room. He camu, ?nd stood silently at attention. As before, she was looking at herself in the glass. "Good morning, Bertie," she said, gayly, and turned from the mirror to look at him. "Don't you think that this nonsense has gone far enough? I expcct in the next twenty-four hours to IsnTtr. In'oof Vinlf o (!nwn nTnwot.e nf V/ bill ICOOU vfc UV6VU ^IWJVV? ? . elopement submitted for my considers- j tion. Now the Duke-^vgoulda't like a scandal of that sort, would.lic?" "Perhaps not," answered Lord Bertie dryly. C? v "> - Z ? ''VVeIl,. I don't propose to run away just now?that is, if-you'll be reasonable. The present "agreeable state of things has dated, I believe, from tho day when I wouldn't tell you who my friend the Jew was. Now I am going to propose terms. If I take you into my confidence will you keep what I tell Kxrinrf CATll'P" JV/U UVUi c-r V^J >uri^4^ wvv**? That depends," said Lord Bertie, cautiously. "Then I will not take you into my } confidence. Consider that nothing has been said. We will go on as we were, and things shall take their course." - **But?I m awfuDy tired of it. Max., come; say waat you have, and ril swear iayseli to secrecy y _* 'Absolute?^ ~ I "Absolute." " y "The subject must never bo mentioned when my maid is in the room; I know she talks." "I won't forget" "No member of the family is to ever hear of it; Til kill you if you toll your sister." - "I have sworn." "Yes, I know, but you must swear also not to tease me or drop hints." "I swear." "Well, the Jew is coming this morning, and you shall assist at the interview, if you like. Do you see this spot, pimple?call it by any bad name you like?" see it." "Well. hn is coincr to take it off." "Good heavens! May, you don't mean to say you'd let that man touch you?" "I'd be touched by?by anything, rather than have a pimple on my face. But he only does it with a camel's hair brush and some stuff that stings." "But this; is ridiculous nonsense, my dear May." ~ "Not at all. He is supposed to understand all about the skin, and he has invented all 3orts of lotions for clearing the complexion. Half the women you know employ him, I assure you, Bertie; but I don't want anybody to know I've come to it yet," "But what's the good of this absurd secrecy? He'll go and tell all these UVI11CU. "Not he; he's too wise to risk- his fees". ''lucre's something in that; I've no douiir. But I c:m hardly believe any e liilnjr himself a man can have Kil.'isy. tr.-lij-l'." r . W- is'.M he here in two minntes; vi>:: <-.-u -ti.J s??c for yourself-that ! is r truth. "" Are yon go' ,... ; r :ho iife you'vo led : i'il toll you what, / r a our complesionelearer for the future. We1fl go yachting to the Mediterranean this year; that'll take away the spots, and you can throw this brute over." "Agreed!" cried Lady Bertie, just as a knock came at the door. Lord Bertie did not wish to assist at the ceremony, and he hurried out of one door as the Jew came in at the other. But he came back later in the morning, and went out with Lady Bertie in her carriage in the afternoon. They seemed absurdly contented with each other's society; and the many aa- ; mirers of the beautiful Lady Bertie saw j very soon that what they had- taken for a very serious affair was nothing moro than a lover's quarrelLord Bertie kept his word; he never "told" and he took Lady Bertie to the Mediterranean, where they spent a sort of second honeymoon. And at present Lady Bertie is independent of her Jewish friend's assistance.?Ijondon World. m i m The Same to YonFritz, as he is familiarly called, is a j genial old German who keeps a beersaloon. He labors under the disadvantage of being extremely dca? hence he } has a deputy who attends to the spiritual wants of the customers. Ope day a fun-lovinsr youth, named Read, en tered the saloon with a few friends, their object being to test some of the beer, probably in the interest of sci ence. * Fritz was as smiling as a basket of poker chips. Read rfused bis mug? the ono with tho beor in it?and banorl'nn trt T?Vl 19! ? "Here's to your health, you miserable old reprobate ; you are a disgrace .to the nineteenth century." "The same to you Mr. Read," replied the old image, bobbing his head and smiling, under the impression that some extraordinary compliment had been paid him. A GREAT LANDLORD. Pen and Ink Sketch of the Third Richest Man in the United States. The third richest man in the union, according to the Now York Morning Journal, is John Jacob Astor, the chief owner and heir of the Astor estate. Unlike many millionaires, says the Journal writer, Astor lias botn name ; and riches?a name linked with fabulous wealth for three succeeding generations. The estimated value of the estate is from $90,000,000 to $100,000,000, a veritable mountain of gold. John Jacob and William B. are its solo own- ! crs. the former's interest said to be two-thirds. - 4 ' For nearly a century the title of being "the landlords of New York" has attached itself to them. John Jacob's interest in bouses, lots and farms may be computed in the thousands. Among the valuable buildings principally owned by Mr. Astor as chief heir to the estate i3 the old landmark, the Astor house, which was sold to his father bv his orandfather. tho founder of the immense estate, for $1. Its present valuo ;s said to be $2,000,000, beiag assessed at $1,750,000. The Guaranty and Indemnity building, j chiefly owned by Mr. Astor, was purchased a short timo ago for $1,000,000, while the Astor estate pays taxes on $50,000,000 of real estate situated below Chambers street, most of which consists of business houses on Broadway and Wall street There i3 scarcely a ward, street, or avenue in the city ~ ' in which Mr. Astor does not own real estate, on which the total amount of taxes is over $400,000 annually. Another point of difference between Mr. Astor and other millionaries is in his investments. In Wall street his name never appears as a speculator and seldom as an investor or seller of stocks, bonds, or other similar securities. Having an income of 10 per cent on the gross amount invested in real estate, he quietly buys more houses or lands when opportunity for good investment offers. In an inventory made pf his various properties an item of $G, 000,000 in cash appeared as "money in trust companies and banks waiting in fisfjitA.11 Mr. As tor is a man of striking personal appearance, being over six feet in height, stout, somewhat inclined to corpulenco, and straight as an arro w. When on the street his quick, elastic step and smiling face, fringed with small gray side-whiskers, invariably attract attention. His dress is simple and surprisingly neat. At business or ?r> tho strpot. }ia wears a broadcloth cut away or frock coat, with trousers to match, comfortable-looking shoes, always lightly polished, while in his hand usually swings as he walks a large, purple silk umbrella. In summer his costume is changed to a black serge coat and trousers of some lighter color, while an easy straw hat rests lightly on his ivory-white hair. Mr. Astor, though seldom speaking of himself, recently told a friend that although he had completed threescore years, he felt as well and hearty as he did at 40. Benevolence is his fitpfeiaa; -characteristic, one p'A'uiflSUiy inherited ^ ttoax the founder the Astor "ibrary. Many of -his charities are pu Wished, though the actual amount of good done with his every-day check-book is little known. In nearly all the charitable institutions of this city the names of himself and his wife and often jointly, appears as large givers. During the winter months Mr. Astor is either at his office at No. 21 West, Twenty-sixth street, or at his home at No. 338 Fifth avenue. The latter is familiar to nearly every resident of Fifth avenue, and is conspicuous for nothing but its plainness and the spacious grounds which surround it. It is built of line molded brick, with trim micgs of brown stone, and has a double stairway leading to the front entrance. The interior compares favorably with any palace. During the late illness of his wife, Mr. Astor's time was chiefly devoted to cheering her weary hours at the bedside with the same untiring affection he has shown throughout the many years of his married life. His principal rCUrU&LlULO iU V YXSllO tv UUO tiv^auu | seat at Rheinecliffe-on-the-Hudson and | yachting. The country seat is an an- ! cient-looking establishment, kept in the finest order, ?nd is a reminiscence of olden time. Well shaded with trees of every kind, its immense lawns and gardens *\re traversed by long drives and walks. Here, in the long days of the summer months, Mr. Astor sits on the cool piazza or under some shady tree and reads. He is having built one of the finest pleasure yachts yet launched in' the waters of this country, the cost of which is placed at a trifle over $200,-' 000. It will be completed early in the coming summer. A Georgia Snake. So many snake stories have been published by the Southern press that every -wortnerner who crossus tue vyuiu i River begins to look for serpents. A Michigan man, who was taking a brief trip fast fall down into :snnland, reached Rome, Ga., without having seen a snake, and he iki.fc- so glad over, it that ho couldn't keep his feelings to himself. At the hotel were several quests who determined on a joke at nis expense. A darkey in town, who 1 ^enolrao LLiiU. bCYUTJH SilLLl jkJIUd Ui omut-u ouaavj, i was interviewed to the extent of half a j dollar, and a plan was perfected to J give the Micbigander a terrible scare. Snakes had been talked of for a day or two, to get the man's feelings properly worked up, and one evening he was invited to take a seat on the veranda for a smoke. His chair was so placed that a boy could creep up and deposit the specimen under it, and when this had been done some one began to talk about the way snakes sometimes crept into houses. "One evening last summer as a lot of us sat out here," observed one of the crowd, "a rattler about seven feet long crept up there, dropped down on tho floor, and such a time you never saw!" Every man bent over to look under his cliair, as if suspecting the presenco j of a snake. The Wolverine caught ! sight of the serpent under his, and ho j slowly rose up, pulled the chair away, j kicked the reptile clear over the railing of the veranda into the street and sat down with the remark: "Weii, i spose i q ges usea vo it after living here awhile, but just now the sight of a snake makes me rather nervous. Who tells the next story?"? M. Quad, Furstenfield, in Germany, boasts of the oldest tree in the country. It is a huge linden, believed to bo 1,000 years old, and growing at the back of the village church, in the midst of the tombs of two centuries. Its trunk is fully fifteen feet in diameter, and its twisted branches stretch out far and wide, seemingly covering tne enure in-1 QlQgure. Jt is still growing, | A- ~ ' Snobbery in Gotham. The New York correspondent of tho Atlanta Constitution tells something about a dude" clothing store : We worship that which is expensive. I was reminded of this forcibly by a firm which has won its way to the top rank in its own particular line by unblushingly and shamlessly overcharging for everything they sell. They describe themselves as "haberdashers," and keep what is known in the vulgar parI lance of the day as a "gents' furnishing goods" store. They have a superb establishment. It is the size of two stores; is fitted in polished mahogany from lloor to coiling, and filled with a small army of snobbish clerks. A page in livery opens the door for those who enter, and they never allow a customor to take any article home himself. If it is only a neck-scarf they will send it to him, though- he lives five miles away. They have two delivery vans for that purpose, driven by uni j formed coachmen with flunkies by their I sides to deliver the goods. Altogether, | the style of the establishment is stun! ning. The prices are so high that men | of modest means do not buy there. This is entirely to their satisfaction, as they do not want that 'kind of custom. Nothing in their shop can be bought at the regular prices. Collars, for instance, which sell usually at 25 cents, are 50 cents there ; and they charge 80 cents a pair for cuffs that are elsewhere 00 to 4U. It IS JUlpUSMUIW IV UUJf sort of a scarf or necktie for less than $2, and the prices for smoking-jackets, bathrobes, and articles of that sort are positively enormous. They demand ?28 for a bath-robe of Turkish toweling which could be bought anywhere else in town for $12. A few days ago a friend of mine dropped in casually to order some shirts. The door was swung open by an obsequious attendant, who bowed and pointed to a clerk who was leaning gracefully on the end of the counter. The clerk stepped forward, bent and smiled. "I want some shirts," said my friend. "Will you be kind enough to step this way, sir ?" and the clerk rubbed his hands together and walked softly ^nwn tli/i ctrirr* The customer followed until they arrived at the office in the rear. There the clerk was met by a member of the firm, who was introduced to the cusI tomer. The customer, rather aston| ished at so much ceremony, was asked j with great politeness to step up-stairs, | which he did. On the way the proI prietor asked him if he would exchange j cards. This being accomplished, the j next floor was reached, and proved to j be a richl}--upholstered and heavily carpeted parlor- The proprietor touched an electric bell and conversed easily with his customer until the shirtmaker appeared. He said nothing about the shirt, and seemed to treat the call as purely social. After he had been measured, tho customer said: "You may make me a sample shirt first" ' ' . \ . "We never make , less dozen shirts, sir, and a dozen," laconi^^Sut"l do>i!t caro to pay- a?|l" a" half a dozen shirts, and then find that they do not fit me ; and I think it is an extortionate price, anywav." 1?-? " "V/Ur UUSLUlUUi.9 3?i.U, Uiiw pivptiUtor, grandly, never suspect us of illfitting them, and never ask the price." "I don't care whether they do or not," said my friend, "I want one shirt for trial and I will pay you $5 for it, and that is the end of the whole matI ter. If yoxi wan't to do it you may: if ! not, don't trouble yourself, There are plenty of shirt-makers in t'own who charge at least reasonable figures." The proprietor looked at him coldly, twirled his eve-o-lasses in his finders. and said : "Our customers, sir, arc not grumblers." Thereupon my friend freed his mind, stalked down stairs, and out into the street, while the ilunkey opened the door and bowed to him respectfully. And yet, this sort of snobbishness takes in New York, for the firm is the most successful one of its line. ^ The First Ice-Palace. The first ice-palace \vas built by the Empress Anna Ivanovna, on the Neva, in 1739. Tn the construction of this work the simplest means were used. First, the purest and most transparent ice was selected. This was cut into large blocks, squared with rule and compass, and carved with all the regular architectural embellishments. No cement was used. Each block when ready was raised to its destined place by cranes ana pulleys, and jnst before it was let down upon the block which was to support it, water was poured between the two; the upper block was immediately lowered, and as the water froze almost instantly, in that intensely cold climate, the two blocks became literally one. In fact, the whole building appeared to be, and really was, a single mass of ice. The effect it produced must have been infinitely moro beautiful than if it had been of the most costly marble?its transparency j and bluish tint giving it rather the appearance of a precious stone. In dimensions, the structure was fifty-six feet long, eighteen feet wide, twenty-one feet high, and with walls three feet in thickness. At each corner of the palace was a pyramid of the same height as the roof, of course built of ice, and ax-ound the whole was a low palisade of the same material. | The actual length of the front view, j including the pyramids, was ono hun- ! dred and fourteen feet. The palace was built in the usual style of Russian architecture. The facade was plain, being merely divided into compartments by pilasters. There was a window in each division, which was painted in imitation of green marble. The window-panes were formed of slabs of ice, as transparent and smooth as sheets of plate glass. At night, when the palacc was lighted, the windows were curtained by canvas screens, on which grotesque figures were painted. Owing to the transparency of the whole material, the general effect of the illumination must have been fine, the whole palace seem- i ingly being filled with a delicate pearly j light. The central division projected, | and appeared to be a door, but was, in i fact, a large window, and was illuminated like the others. Surmounting the facade of the building was an ornamental balustrade, and at cach end of the sloping roof was a huge chimney. The entrance was at the rear. At cach side of the door stood iccimitations of orange trees, in leaf and a ?:*i. ;? ? JUUWisr, wiiu iv;u-unua jjuitucu VJU. tuv branches.?Sc. Nicholas for April. uT\/\ 4-\* ^ T a1>A O XJ\J VVU U.KJIJ LLi.UJ.Ck. JL >Y UUILi UiilHl" U very attractive angel?" said a dude with very large ears to a }*oung lady. "Well, no," "she replied, pointing to his immense ears; "I think your wings are too high up.1' 9 : X . i ... , A Virginia Romance. j v7Jiilo visiting an old friend in a Vir| ginia-yillage a month ago I attended . worship one Sunday at the parish i church, and was very much attracted ; by an aged and handsome couple who ; sat in the pew opposite me. The pas ! LUI piCiiUUOU ii. V UXJr lULCitJiiU^ ^vijluuu j on ."The Prodigal Sou's Keturn," ! whist, I noticcd, affccted the old lady i to ..ears, aud had a marked effect on | the gentleman. I mentioned the circumstance that.evening to my friend, when she related to me the following sacf. true slory: _?. The" old" couple were Mr. and Mrs. 0>ihel D They, were both of the , mo.*t arisfocraiic, - wealthy families of | Vi^lnia. Colonel D? was an hon .oralt-3, upright gentleman, but very propel and passionate. He had one soil', "Gas," his only heir?a warm! hearted, generous, pleasing young man, j just turning his twenty-first year. He i was well known throughout the country, and was beloved by all who knew him^ He inherited his father's pride but not his violent nature. About a mile from Colonel D 's residence lived a gentleman between (whose family and the Colonel's a feud j of long standing" existed. Colonel j D had frequently warned his son I not under anv circumstances, to visit nv member of the*gentleman's family. A daughter of the hated house, on her eighteenth birthday, gave a large party, 'o which all the young people were incited, including the venerable Colonel's son Gus. On hearing of the party and his son's invitation to it, he sent for him and most positively forbade him to attend. The son promised he would ! not. ! The invitations were for four o'clock, as a supper 011 the lawn was a part of the programme. About three o'clock on that day Gus called for his team, a splendid pair of handsome grays, and ordered the coachmr.n to drive him. Some time after his departure, Colonel j D , who hud been away since morning, returned, and on asking for his son was informed that he had driven out a couple of hours ago. The Colonel llew iulo a passion, called for his hunting whip, mounted his horse .r>nd rode | swiftly 'toward the mansion of his neighbor. As he dashed rapidly past he saw his son's team under the trees, and cared for by his own eoach| man. He kept on to a small shady i lane leading in an opposite direction : from the house, when he suddenly came | upon his son walking with a young ! lady, and, without a word, he rode up, j seized him, and cut him several times I over the facvj and back with his riding I ivViin- "YmV iincrrnltifnl scoundrel. said he, "never cross my path again." The Colonel's face was white with passion as he rode away. This happened over fifteen years ago an& although thousands of dollars have been spent, and every effort made to find some trace of the missing man, they have been ineffectual, and not one person who knew him before has ever 3*cen his face since that day. The sad ivas that the Colonel's son, it was found afterwards, had not gone to the [pitx,-butloanea-fcis~teani-t?-a> -young-H jljll"; . . 11.J l1 1 bis father and j himself were warmly attached, and who^rove Giis as far as the lane where hi^ father had met and chastised him in the pi'esencc of her whom he loved, and w'.oru he had accidentally met.?Philadelphia Press. Saved by an Albatross. A singular story has been related to ! us by the master of the bark Gladstone, I which arrived here from London. While the vessel was in latitude 42 degrees south," and longitude 90 degrees east, a seaman fell overboard from the starboard gangway. Tiic bark was scudding along with a rough sea and a moderate wind, but, on the alarm of "man overboard" being given, she was rounded to, and the starboard lifeboat was lowered, manned by the chief officer and four men. A search for the unfortunate man was made, but owing to the roughness of the sea, he coula not be discovered: but the boat steered to the spot where he was last seen. Here tlicv found him floating, but al I most exhausted, clir.gingfor dearlifeto ! the legs and wings of a huge albatross. | The bird had swooped down on the man while the latter was straggling with the .waves and attempted to peck him with its powerful beak. Twice the bird attracted its prey unsuccessfully, being beaten off by the desperate sailor, battling with two enemies?the water and the albatross?both greedy and insatiable. For the third time the huge white, form of the bird hovered over the seaman,, preparatory to a final swoop. The bird, eager for its meal, fanned its victim with its wids-spread wings. Suddenly a thought occurred to him I that the huge form so close to his face might become his involuntary rescuer. Quick as thought he reached up and seized the bird, which he proceeded to strangle with all liis might The huge creature struggled with its wings and paddles to free itself. In the contest the_ sailor was beaten black and blue aru cruelly laceratcd, but ho held his own, and slowly the bird quivered and died. The carcass floated lightly on the waves, its feathers forming a comfortable support for the exhausted man who had so narrowly escaped a lingering death. But another danger awaited him. He was not much of a swimmer, and the excitement of the extraordinary conilict began to tell on him. Ho was faint and grew giddy. But with one arm over the albatross' body, under the wing, and ono hand clutching the bird's feet, the sailor awaited his chance for a rescue. Present1? he heard his comrades shout fro.n tho boat, and in a few minutes more ne was safe on board the barque, though a good deal shaken and exhausted.?Sydney (Australia) Telegraph. <?-o-o Alice Stone Biackwell, who writes in the Boston Herald that the services commonly rendered by wives are considered worth much more than board and lodging, when they have to be performed by a hired servant, further remarks: "In 1880 there were in the United States, according to the census, 9,9-15,916 families, and only 1,075,655 domestic servants. Thus only about one family in nine keep a servant, even if no family kept more than one. The great majority of wives do their own ; worK. ' The Connecticut Senate has passed an act prescribing the studies in the public schools, which specifics that these shall be "reading, writing, arithmetic, English gramma#' geography and such other studies, including training in the manual arts, als mav be prescribed by the school visuors." Senator Plunkett, a member of^the Ncvr Haven board of education, s^id the system of manual arts had b*en introduced there, children that tftood perfect being allowed a little U&q to work -with carpenter's tools, ahd it was found very successful. / ,ii T % j>j. Jill Is the Englishman Superior to the j American? An English baronet who traveled re-1 Gently in the United States has written} fcn article for the Nineteenth Century' Review, in which he compares English men and women with American men; and women to the disadvantage of the! latter. Our women, according to him, are not as handsome or as well devel-; oped as those of England, while our1 men are inferior in physique. This he says is due to the greater attention given in England to outdoor sports.: The Englishman plays cricket and j lawn tennis, practices in boats and in: j yachts far more than the American, j The latter is absorbed in business. He j goes to see a baseball match.by pro- 1 fessionals, but rarefy p!ayd himself. | Then, the average Ens-fish- ^mail and : woman do far more walking than do our people in the United States. All educated Englishmen hold to the view that tho practice of athletics is very desirable. At a recent rural dinner, Sir Charles Dilke, the well known cabinet minister gave it as his view that "England owed to the practice of physical exercise not onlv a great deal of its muscle and power, but also a great deal of its success, and, under Providence, much of its <*lory in the world." Had Mr. Gladstone been called upon he would doubtless have given the same testimony. For, although , in his seventies, he spends hours every week in felling trees and in taking long and rapid walks. A New York writer who was at the Carnival in Montreal thus describes tho type of girl he saw: "The English girl is tall and strongly built, j bhe walks with her figure rigidly erect ; and her head held up, from consciousness of strength rather than from pride. Her cheeks are like the sides of a peach that has just begun to ripen. The rose blush blends with the pink, that is in turn lost in the general creamy tint of the whole face. Waves of flaxen or light brown hair curtain the forehead, or perhaps her hair is rm-frpr? intn a r>1rvnd that nmiflfits ho X'?-?- ? ? rm t* 7 yond her sealskin cap. She has big, deep-blue eyes, eloquent of good health and good nature, and blazing at a touch of excitcment. Being an athlete ! she is a model of good health, and the J equal of her brothex*s at the dinner I ta'ble. Her nose and mouth are not too ! fashionably small. They match her fine stature, and the healthy, graceful carriage that tells of stout limbs and developed muscles. What a lesson the Montreal girl teaches to the New York mothers who bring their daughters up in-doors like hot-house plants, for fear they will not bo lady-like and womanly! These robnst mrls. in modestv. in ffrace. in softness of speech and femininity generally, are the peers of the daughters of Murray Hill, -and yet there is hardly one that cannot stand by her brother's side in whatever sport ho is enjoying. These girls can climb a mountain like deer, tney can skate like the women of Holland, they are at home on snowshoes, the mad sport of the toboggan hills is evcry-day fun to them." There has. Imwovor, hAnn <i rofnrm-. juntas cou^jft. during the last quarter of a centur^BGymnasiums are more common, espt^Uy in colleges. Outdoor sports are 7-r more popular than they were, and the educated young man has plenty of chance to improve his physique by good muscular exercises. Our girls, however, are not so well off as tlieir English sisters. Long country walks are not popular with our young women, but making allowance for these shortcomings, few Americans will admit that our girls ,irr> nnf. in everv resneet eaual to their IT English sisters. Bismarck's Dislike of America. Bismarck is not enthusiastic in bis love of Americans. He believes in blue blood, and thinks there is but little of it in America. He is convinced that we are an uneducated people, or we should send educated men to represent us in foreign courts. He snubs Minister Sargent every chance he gets, for the reason that he can speak neith- . er German nor French, and is a mere figure-head in the German capital. 'The book "Germany Seen Without /"> . . . _1._ 1 TT Y"> 1 ope^acies, ay jtienry xiuggies, recently published, in Boston, has kicked up a good deal of bobbery ever here, from all accounts. It has had a large circulation in Germany, many copies having been sent by German-Americans to their friends in fatherland. The author says he has lived two years in Germany, and several chapters of the bock give the Germans rather unmerciful criticism in their habits of living, customs, treatment of their worn en, duelling, beer-ariniong, etc. These chapters have been translated and extensively copied by the German press, and of late one could not go into a Berlin club or cafe without hearing the bock energetically cussed and discussed. A few weeks since, report says, a Berlin publishing-house had made arrangements for issuing an entire translation of this book, but Bismarck on hearing of it sent a note to the publishers, with his own signature, which quietly put an end to tne matter. A German told me seriously, yesterday, in the Cafe Bauer, that Bismarck would never smile on Americans as long as they published such harsh things about the Germans, even if they wero true.?Berlin Letter. Reports to the Lime-Kiln Club. The librarian reported the receipt of i * "?-l - 1 J ! A I. ^ severax vaiuaoie uooj^s uuriuij tu? paai, j week, one of them being a volume containing the history, trial, and execution of thirty different murderers. Ho announced that the roof leaked in seven different places, and that much of the literature bad to be placed in the oven and dried previous to being lent out to members. He asked for an ap * _ _ + _ ^11 1 propnation 01 $j.zo xo siop ine leass. "Dat's zactly de way wid some folks," replied the president "Dey buy a $400 kerridge to bo pulled by a $50 boss When wo expend $125 to preserve $60 worth of books we shall have inaugurated a financial policy dat will soon obleege us to rent post-office boxes to receive our dunnin' letters." T'no trAftsnrnr s.iid ho had discovered an attempt to tamper with the club safe. Some one had evidently tried to unlock tho door with a boot-jack, as the key-hole had been found filled with scrap-iron. He would announce for the benefit of crooks that the safe never contained above 30 cents in cash, and that any attempt to blow it open would surely result in bringing down the entire roof of the hall. The janitor reported that the northwest corner of the hall had lately sunk eight inches, but he had no recommends to make. If the rest of the building didn't sink to the same level members would soon get accustomed to walking on a slant end and no expense would be entailed. As most of the lamps had gone out for want of fodder, the meeting then adjourned.?Detroit Free Press. Teaching Animals to Converse. H. Stusrt Wortlev writes as follows to Nature: A dog of mine knows instantly whetkei ho may go out with my housekeeper or not, according to wrV)OtV>OT sHo nrn'vrc lipr lint, nr Tier HAYI net In the first instance lie knows she is going where he may gc, and he is on his feet barking with joy as soon as she appears. If she has the bonnet on, he knows it to be church, or a visit to friends in the country, where he cannot go, and, like the "eldest oyster" (I quote from memory), ho "winks his eye, and shakes his hoary head.'1 If drawings of hat and bonnet were made, he would know them at once. ; Some years since I had a remarkably clever Syke 'terrier, whose wisdom .yas at the tiro J 'hown in a letter to the Times. ' This dog I taught .as follows:When I went out it was quite sufficient' to say "Yes" or "No" in an ordinary tone; but wanting to take him beyond that, I taught him very quickly to know the two words when printed on cards, YES or NO, and after a few weeks' teaching"'lie ' never mistook them. I have no time now for much teaching; if I had, I am sure it could be done with the dog I now have. The intelligence of cats is greatly underrated. My wife's favorite cat follows her everywhere, and comes when called wherever she may be. Cats, too, are very grateful for kindness. When I went into the Malakhofii I found a cat on whose paw a bayonet had fallen and pinned it to the ground. I released it and took it home, and it always followed me all over camp till the end of the war. And thi3 cat did as follows: I took her to a doctor of me ueaieit lugiuient lur tvv u muruiiigs to have her foot dressed. The third morning I was away on duty before daylight, and the cat went herself to the doctor's tent, scratching the canvas to be let in, and then held up her paw to be doctored- The intelligence that can be developed in almost any auimal depends on our treatment of it. Lime Kiln Club Domestic Economy The following resolution, forwarded uy UiUtllVi ?JLJ.\J2?U\J.LLJ Vi OJ-4.vuuv Ala., was "then introduced: Resolved, Dat It am de dooty of de Lime Kiln Clcb to-encourage de orsanizashun of a cull'ed socicty for dc discusfaon an' dispensashun of domestic cconomy. The resolution being open to debate, Bullru3h Jinks took the floor, and hoped it would prevail. Shiftlessness In domestic matters was the bane of the colored race. He had known a famiiv to heave a bushel o* frozen po- j tatoes into the alley, when the same would have made a score of rich puddings, or could have been saved to lend to neighbors in the place of sound ones. Uncle.Luther Perkins hoped to see such a society formed without delay. Domestic economy was the last thin? thought of in the average colored household. He knew plenty of families which lited on fried oysters one day and bean soup the next Sevarffbther members spoke in the game vein, and the resolution was put rdLCC V7??* W | feer then appointed Nelsoii Slabs, "Czar Anderson and Transparent Smith as a committee to organize such a society, and suggested the following points to he considered, investigated and promulgated: 1. Is it better to go without table butter than to be without two big yaller dogs? 2. Isn t it possible to invent a mince pie Tvith cabbage and carrots for a foundation? 3. Can't potato skins and apple parings be worked over into a pudding for the children? 4. Do we eat more than is reallynecessary? Isn't the variety greater than the health demands? Don't the maLi who fills up on pudding and milk feel just as good half an hour after eaung as me man. who oas ieastea at a i first-class hotel??Detroit Free Press. A Cool Client.. An acquaintance of mine?a young lawyer, tired of being briefless and feeless here in San Francisco?determined a year ago to establish himself in some interior county seat. A few months after he wrote me that he had won it It was a hard case, he wrote, one that required much study and ingenuity, but he had won it, and assured me that he considered his fee?fifty dollars, I believe?as well earned. His client was an old countryman, simple and unsophisticated, and he had enHpavArpd tn r>nst liim on the wavs and doings of courts, so that he should attend the trial without embarrassment or trepidation. By his coolness in court the client did honor to his lawyer. My friend came down here to spend the holidays, and we met. I asked him, laughingly, whether he had had another case since his first. He looked at me curiously, and told me that something incredible had happened in regard to that affair. That same morning he met his former client, and over an appetizer they had discussed the matter. "That only cost me a hundred dollars," said the client "A hundred?" asked the lawyer. "Yes?I took the judge out for a arms, anu. gave n:iu ullj viviiais* That's why I was so cool in court" The feelings of my young lawyer friend can be oetter imagined than described. Still he looked upon it as a good joke. 1 rather spoiled his amusement by asking him whether he had returned to his client his "well-earned fee."?San Francisco News-Letter. The Grocer "Who Caved. There was, up to a year or two ago, a man in the grocery business in one of the villages of Western Michigan who wa3 famous for his hatred of drummers. Travelers for Chicago, Detroit and other houses were ordered out of his store in the roughest manner, and several wero assisted to leave in a style more hurried, than graceful. The boys, however, rather enjoyed it, and a sort of ring was formed among them with a solemn agreement to keep calling on the grocer uncil he gave some one an order. On day, eight or ten months ago, an agent for a Detroit house entered the grocery prepared for the worst, but what was' his amazement to tc received with a smile of welcome, fhis was followed by kind words, and later on by an order for about $800 worth, of goods, xne agent was so eiatea tnat he telegraphed the news home and to several of his acquaintances, and it was a week before he recovered his equilibrium of spirits. "And did he continue to buy of your house ?" asked one who had listened to j the drummer's story. "Well, no." "Why not ?" "Because, within ten days after ho got our goods he failed and couldn't pay five cents on the dollar."?Detroit Free Fress. GLEANINGS. Hereafter the postal notes will be ; printed on blue paper. -% "3 The libraries at Yale College contain 161,000 volumes. The college li- - . j brary proper has 115,000 volumes. fl The Supreme Court' of British Col! umbia holds that a Chinaman's mar- f|| ! riage under the Methodist form is void. Children employed in the lace-mak- ^ j ing schools in Belgium work twelve j hours, and sometimes earn six cents j per day. j The bullet that killed General WarI ren at the battle of Bunker Hill, is in -?T?J 1 the possession of William H. Montague, I of Boston. j ! Archibald Forbes, the war corres1 pondent, has made his numerous forLeign* -orders into a necklace for his A jcaughcer. ' md A quartette of baggagemen who run r through Manchester, N. EL, bear, tho names of Loveland, Lovering, Love joy j and Lovely/ ^ Abram Fisher, of Knox county, IndiI ana, has been married five, times. He a I is now ninety-six years of age, and his - 1 [ present wife is sixteen Joaquin Miller's mother has bej^on V^J suit against him In Lane county, Oregon, for the partition of certain real estate held jointly by themFrance offers $10,000 re-ward, open to all competitors, to any one who sue- . cessfully and economically applies electricity to the heating and lignting of dwellings. An apple tree in Mercer county, i 'K'pntnfttv Tins hnrnfi frnit for shctv J seasons without failing. ' Five feet \ from the ground its trunk is ten feet and nine inches in circumference. Deacon May-berry, of "Windham, Me. recently sold a quantity of hay that I had been cut twenty-two years. Hp | has been holding -it all that time for ?22 a ton, and finally got his price. One of Davy Crockett's old hunting knives, with a four-inch wooden handle M 21UU SJ-V-UUL^JU UiaTU.U, VI iUU A OUTOJ. band around'tile handle, has been presented to the Tennesse Historical Society. ] Mrs. A. R. Allen heads the list of millionaires in ZL Louis, paying tax on J $1,197,300. Henry Shaw is put down t J as worth $1,176,130; the heirs of Jesse l G. Lindell $1,115,460 and Miss Bernice Morrison $964,990. A young lady in Hartford objected - ' to the mutilation of a tree in her front ;_yard by a party of telephone linemen. They didn t heed heT protest until she i r-3 covered them with a revolver, and then they decided to stop. "I was a soldier for two years," said Sig. Salvini to a newspaper reporter in London recently, "and fougnt under Garibaldi at the siege of Rome, in 1849. My campaigns on the stage have happily been more fortunate. ; -V Classing women who never marry by y their complexion, it is said there are . fi more blondes than brunettes among them. This is supposed to be due to the preference of marrying men fo^; "bru'iictTes. But' perhaps me" wonien who do not marry fade out The Psychological Journal gives the increase of the number of -insane per- *, ervn a tlio TTnif-o/^ Stotiis of frnm to 1860, 8,332; 1860 to 1870, 13,390; :/ 187Q to 188C, 54,566. The whole number of our usine is given at 91,987; idiots, 76,8t>J. More than one-half are Wk not under hospital treatment. The influence of Japan is beginning to be felt very considerably in archi- . .'.7^1 tecture. Some things in Japanese architecture we shall, of course, says a prominent architect, probably never introduce?the heavy roof, for instance. But for verandas of country houses, for screens, and for interior decoration Japanese art and architecture is rapid ly coming into use. At the recent annual meeting in Scotland of the Northern Accident Insurance Company, the chairman stated that they had abandoned all risks in connection with foot-ball and bicycling. The risk was so great that the ord> - - >. nary premium would not cover it. The present policies of the kind were nearly run out, and they had determined not to renew them. Alice Stone Blackwell, now in Boston, is good enough to admit that men . V v moan woll dnnnfrh Hit wnmps anr? make such laws as they consider for >their good, bat she wants to know who gave men the sole right to decide what is good for women? : She reasonably concludes that if women had absolute legal power over men, however well pm they might treat them, the men would rebel. ^ / General N. P. Banks' daughter, . V J Maria, is an accomplished elocutionist, inheriting the gift from her father, who V vr>nr? acrn was a mpmhfir of a theatri cal company in Boston. Before attempting to be an actor he was a dancing master, but his most famous exploit in the terpsichorean art was when Stonewall Jackson led Mm such a fearful dance down the Shenandoah Valley. Last year 220,922,650 lottery tickets were sold by the lottery offices in Italy, on which 71,826,6S3 francs were staked, being 2 francs 44 centimes on'an aver- % age for each of the 29,000,000 inhabitants. The -winnings on these ventures amounted to 44,411,528 francs, leaving a net profit of 27,415,154 franca to the state. Only forty-foor winnings were above 10,000 francs each, the highest two being one of 78,000 francs made in Turin, and the other of 50,000 francs m JNapies. Edward King tells one of the most delightful anecdotes of Carlyle yet put forth. That portentous pseudo-philosopher, Mallock, called on the old Scotchman and let himself loose, talking Carlyle almost to death. Carlylo listened "impcrturably, invited him to tea, and had him to smoke in the library afterward. When at last the - . J youthful sage thought proper to take his leave, Carlyle accompanied him to the door and "said: ""Well, good by, I've received ye kindly, because"! anew yuur uiutucjrj uuo a iievet waw to set eyes on ye again!" The-City of Mexico correspondent of the San Francisco Alia says: "The wife of President Gonzales, and mother of lis ten children, affirms that he has neglected her, in these days of his prosperity. In her pique and jealousy at her fancied and actual wrongs, she injudiciously abandoned her husband and children, rented a shop upon the most fashionable promenade of tho capital, not three blocks from the pal- . ace, and there scandalized the entire ^ country by opening a milliners shop. *" i --J -A?ru: me sign was auu sujuuug, m* forming the public that "The wife of . Manuel Gonzales, President of Mexico, was ready to serve her patron* with latest Parisian, importations, etc.' She continued in business for several months, and criticism ran high, but at m last a cessation of hotilities occurred, and she crossed the border into the United States." 1. - '^82 minntffck , >, I