The Fairfield news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1881-1900, September 03, 1884, Image 1
WINNSBORO, S. C.^^DNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1884 ^
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^ The Ancient Miner's Story.
Oh, yes, I'm fixed as solid, sir, as most of folks I
you see; 1
At least, the coyote. Poverty has ceased to j
snifZ at me;. , . , , I
That mine is worth a million down?that is, it
to is to-day;
E What it miirht cost tc-morrow, though, I i
couldn't exactly say.
. A boy in old Connecticut?this dream I used
3E& to hold; _ i
I&k What if the cellar of our house should spring j
a leak with gold, 5 ?V/ . - <.? r j
Mb And I from there at any time a shining lump '
Bl could bring 1? .. ? , j
& rvegot a cellar ia tbis.roci that's just that l
Hp sort o' thing.
Wr ^^^The sum my father slaved himself for twenty j
HP rs t0 pay
Wp rVefHm^ut of that there hole in less than j
Wjr Tf T eould leadMft??iLP von path, Td make
r ^ him smile, at leastr*""*-But
his old labor-hardened hands arc moider- >
- ? ing in the East.
J I'd pack my mother up.this hill, and open to !
k Enough-to grre a'beircflttoi all'the poor she 4
?& knew;
P Td pan a heap o' happiness (put ?of her .dear f
old face; ? & > J A J >
* But mother's struck a lead of go-fdin quite a j
different place. $ S
My jn'rl? Wc>l m^b&jaus is soft; bat since
the question's put,
(I wouldn't tell it to any one except a ."tenderfoot"),
k "We used to climb those Eastern hills (she was
W ?rtharmiQg yitch>. mmt j*tg? And
nrcspcct ao>hivt ve-Would d?wben I
fle^ld farafrhadn*fl^e hearf"to let"us""'
marry poor.
So I shook off Yankee dust and took a "Western
tour. 8 , " " Y~ *>
My trip, it lasted several years, "The'old man
L grieved, no doubt, /
I swore I never would come back tiE I could
r buy him out.
You don't know what it is to hunt and dig
j rJLf\jUX.u.aj vw uo-ji, L
Torstrike a- vein that; almost' shows, then j
dod?es clean away,
Totf do? WelVyes; but have you "etSrVeS, i
' and besr?fc<f, andnlrtost'died. " "~ ~
With treasures that you couldn't find heaped |
^ np on every side?
And ihea-her letters wandered, like; then I
. papered Jo an end; ?* >
. I wondered'onit for a while; theft wrote a p1
schoolboy friend;
And.justaslhf.d struck this mine, and my
W heart beat higrli.
Xhere came a Letter up the gruich?it was my :
} /ftfedd'rteply. ; "
"S'oe.'s bg<|n a-wandering-in her mini; the |
^ other afternoon
She went within the asylum walls, as crazy as !
a !oon."
*******
A rush a,cros6 the barren plains, a snailish |
railroad rige,' \ ~ 1 ; .' !
AncKr"was in the asylum, too, a-kneelinff' at !
4 her side. ? s ^ ? v
I thought she knew me, just at first; but soon
^ f ?be shrank away, * j '
SL And never looked at me again, whatever I
J might sajv r . . / '<
U She wanaere round, or crouches iu a western
^ window niche,
J And says 4"3Iy love will come to me .Tthenhe
has 'struck it rich.' "
No worclbr ^oa&jtar^ae. ".Oh, but tie Eastern
ATad^cmerhTnjr seefia'eS to always" eayr "Go
back and love your pold!"
n; And I came back; and in this hut my purpose.
- is to stays'
A miser with his treasure bright already
B ; , .stoweday$y- >. > ;
Tm President, cashier, and board, of quite a
wealthy bank.
With none exccpt myself to please?and no
ontf els? to thank;:
But nothing jnakes. my heart boat fast?and
I am srrowing'oid.
With not a thing- to love or leave except this
r pile of gold.
. &S
But I have learned a thing or two; I know, as
sure as fate.
When we lock up our lives for wealth, the
rgold key comes too late:
And that I'm poorer now than through those
happy days in which
i-owned-a heart, ano^iid not know that I had
struck it rich.
?Will Carlton.
A JIBSOTJftCE. /;
v? .j* . J.v -.V V?'
Fannie Gerrard was engaged to be
married to Harry Raymon \,,r the
nephew of a wealthy physician, whose'"
extensive practice was expected soon to
descend to his young relative, in uie
? meantime, Harry wenfroif on a long
. sea-voyage with an invalid friend, leavB
ing a be troth airing on the little, white
R hand of the lovely girl who had promised
to be his wife when he returned.
The ring was handsome and unique,
with its splendid solitaire, and their
combined initials ia.tiny diamonds, im- .
bedded "inside the golden hoop; and of
. course Fannie valued it for its beautv, 1
-* 11 - - ?xi?i~
I as weix as iur me j.<jv c ua. ?yjluuu jl?
the pledge. But 'when news came to
her that~the ship in which her lover
sailed had not been heard of for many [
weeks, and that it was considered lost, i
having been last spoken in latitudes
where a terrific hurricane had done
fearful damage, their'- th& ring became
ra sacred thing to her, as the last gift of
^ the dead. **- -$ ?5
Fate.had brought otfier; trials to the
poor- girl . since the loss ; of; her lover.
>Her f2thef"lfad died, and" subsequently
her mother's money, upon which they
-were almost dependent, had been swallowed
up in a lank failure, f
k It became necessary for FannfS to eke
b, out the small remaining income by
are turning her accomplishments to ac|?.
count. This she did cheerfully, and
even thankfully; but, -with all her ef
forts to be economical, necessity bore ;
hardly upon the small household of
which she was now the sole stay.
It was then that the thought of parting
with her precious ring occurred to
ber lor the nrst ume, aunougn aii ner |
? ofh:r jewels had gone long since. The i
^ - idea came to her with a sharp pang
that was almost an agony; but having j
once come to her, it became a settled I
purpose. |
JL - need no" reminder to keep me !
a true to his memory," she murmured, I
while heavy tears overflowed through
Bp the long, curling lashes, and. loll, glittering
rivals, upon the diamond whi6h i
she raised to her lips, and kissed again i
and again with passionate fervor.'
Having made up her mind to the sac- !
- rifiee, Fannie ph&oni - her drooping hat, :
? and tied a black veil tightly* over her j
I fair, sensitive lace;-then, with- rapid !
steps, she left the house "and hastened i
to a jeweler's, at the windows of which j
,$he, had oftesh stopped ..to _ adnin. c the ;
dazzling contents.
B / ? "J&j* your own?" asked the old -man, j
BP ** '^th' a^.eafcSinglc^k in"2u^ieeh,'grey
wk' eyes's&ihe jj'onag:girl,. who had made |
her request in such low and trembling
flfi '"Oh, yes!*5 she- answered, simply,
unconscious,of suspicion. ,"It was my
engagement ring,1/* and she colored
W* faintlv, then paled again with painful
thoughts.
V "It is arvery" valuable one for yon," i
the jeweleFlfontinued, slipping it on 1
8 the first .joint of his finger, ^nd glancW
ing at Annie's neat but decidedly
shabby-raiment- ~ -
"The gentleman was rich and so was :
I, then," she answered, quietly, check- 1
ins her,ri?og indignation with the selfHt
control which experience had taught
pir her. . % . - . |
Then looking into her questioner's
face,, and. finding it to be a kind and
fatiierly^d?^;'notwithstanding some
V* V/AUiVOOiVU, OHO IViU. iVlXLL ,
her story inhn impulsiye burst of con"The
gentleman to whom I was
engaged to be married'went away on a
long voyage and was lost. at sea, " sle
said; "and then my .father died and left i
& us poor, so that I have been obliged to
11^- sell my jewels. I -kept this till the
last Will you please to buy it, sir?" i
The old, man, being a Scotchman, |
BaiMHadMatMHaBMainnDoannBEa
v VUmph, umph!" and polishing his j
spectacles, murmured "Puir lassie!" i
Then he told her he would value her j
ring, give her a receipt, for which she i
had not thought of asking, and told her
to come back"in the morning.
About ten minutes after Fannie i
Gerrard left Dugaid Blaikie's shop a
young man walked up the street with i
long," rapid strides, watching the |
passers-by and the objects'around with :
a half-curious, half-familiar, and wholly ;
pleased attention.
He was a tall, handsome voung fel- I
> > * !
low, witn a oroazuu moustache,
arid a pair of fine, observant
blue eves, looking out from under
magn¢ eyebrows, and lids heavily
fringea like a girl's.
He entered Mr. Blaikie's shop, and
drew out his watch.
1 /'I wish you would be good enough
tb examine this watch of mine," lie
said pleasantly. 4 'Something has gone
wrong with ; it "all of a sudden. No
sooner do I arrive at home, safe and
sound, thans it becomes refractory,
after serving me'~faithfully through 1
'hair-breadth 'scapes by flood and ,
field??especially by flood! 1 hope it is j
not ominous?''^. _v v- ^... - I
And' the returned traveler laughed as
Jhe*handed the time-piece to "the- old I
'man. ^
-m r>-rr> nlftrrmnrr than a !
broken ^main-spring." replied Mr. j
Blaikie, . smiling.'- - "We will have it
jreadjjfocyou to-morrow, sir."
And then as he watched the stranger
-ga-out, with- his youthful, swinging
stride, his mind recurred to the girl
who had fold him'of 'the lover "losl at
.sea," and he sighed over his work. ,
Harry Raymond- had not gone far
before he was accosted by the ringing
voice of an old friend.
"Hallo, Raymond, old fellow! Where
in the name of all that's wonderful
have you sprung from?" Why, dear
boy, everyone believes you long since
at the bottom of the sea, or blown
away by all sorts Of simoons, typhoons,
or whatever you call'em!"
'"Blown away as much as' you like,
old boy," laugitfed Raymond, wringing
bis companion's hand 'heartily, "but
not under water yet, as you see. But,
come?give me some land" news, won't
you? This is' my first day in London,
and I haven't seen anyone yet. - How
is?everybody?"
' - "Well, much as usual, Iexpect. But
come over to my rooms, and maybe I
can be more definite."
The youag man slipped his arm
"tKrough Raymond's, and they sauntered
on together. ;; . j
' l'Oh,_ by-the-way," said Jack Gordon,
suddenly bursting in on one of his
own speeches, "you have just turned
_np.itt.tame_to betoo late ior the marriage
of an old sweetheart of yours?
Fannie Gerrard. -Married an old chap
with heaps of money, too."
t,What?what did you say?1' said
Harry, clutching the arm that lay on
jiis, and stopping short in' the street.
"I said that your old flame, Tannic
Gerrard, was married yesterday to old
" ' - ?hi: :? vm.?
JMLr. JKrODercs, tae muiiuiwuc. n ny,
what's the matter? What are you
'staring at? You look as if you had. j
.seen, a ghost!" . j
Harry Raymond drew his hand j
across his face once or twice before he ;
replied.
"I beg your pardon!" he said. "I |
. have just ^remembered an important |
engagement! :-I-^?-will have"'to'leave 1
you now."" " ' **" "v
"Oh, I'm sorry! But, never mind!
Drop in . in the evening, and have a
chat. Good-bye, for the present! Delighted
to have met yuu!" 7
And Jack disappeared around a !
corner, savagely condemning his "long
tongue7' and thinking all kinds of hard
things of the girl who could so soon forget
a fellow like Raymond.
Harry Raymond walked on with bent
head and downcast eyes. All the ani- j
.mation and brightness were gone from j
his face?all interest in his surroundings
tranished by a few carelers words, j
- -- ?* 1. I
married: no xcjjt\;iuu? ma-iiivu .
to another,' and my heart true to her j
through-all! Oh, fickle, faithless heart
cf -woman!" 't
And, with a harsh, bitter laugh, ho ;
drew his-hat,-over his.browsraDd strode j
on, he -knew not whiiSer, until night j
found him in- his own rboms, worn out j
by fatigue and misery.
."Why am I here?" he groaned, his j
head buried in h;* arms, which were ;
wildly thrown out upon a table. ""Why
did I fight so desperately for my lifo ;
when danger assailed it? Why? For !
hor "FooL fool! to fanev she i
would grieve for me!" Ah, would to ;
Heaven" I had gone down with my
more fortunate comrades!"
And so passed the first night of Har
y Raymond's return home.
When Fannie Gerrard entered the j
Jewcbr's next morning, she was somewhat
embarrassed to. find a : young '
gentleman talking to Mr. Blaikie, and :
withdrew shyly to. the furthest end of j
the counter.
The old gentleman, recognising her i
at once, bowedplcasantly, and in a few j
moments came to wait upon her.
"I will buy your "ring for fifteen.;
pounds," he said. "Will you part
'with it for that?"
Fannie's face showed her disappointment.
"I thought it was worth more than ;
that?intrinsically,''' she said. "Twice j
as much, at least7'
The.Scotchman shook his head, and
pressed his lips together, for although ;
he was interested in the "puir lassie,".
he di'd not forget the precept that
"beezness is be'ezness."
Fannie's eyes filled with tears." She
was the most unmercenary of human j
beings; but how paltry the sum ap- j
peared compared with her valuation j
of the ring!
She looked at it with longing eyes, j
half-tempted not to make the sacrince
at all, when she was startled by a voice
beside her:
"I will buy the' ring; for twice as
mucn, since,, tue laay is so anxious 10
obtain a good price for it!""
Well did Fannie Gerrard know that
voice, though never before had she
heard it ring with the contemptuous
scorn as now it fell upon her ear.
With a strong inclination to scream,
which she. suppressed to a- gasp, -she
turned and involuntarily held out both
hands, while a look of mingled amaze- j
ment, deiight and love shone in her
face. Then meeting nothing but a
strange smile of scornful bitterness
upon the features that . had become to
her those of a saint, and where, hitherto,
she had seen naught but glowing
tenderness, she drew back as though
stung.?
One piteous look she gave toward the
old man who stood watching his
A 'ill 1 J
strange patrons wren an-aosoroeu interest,
then, she shuddered, reeled, and
would have fallen to the floor, had not
Mr. Biaikie caught her in his arms.
He bore her into an adjoining room,
and calling his daughter, left the fainfcing
girl in. her care and returned to
where Harry Kaymond stood, with a
pale, set face, gnawing his moustache.
"Is the young lady better? I am a
physician. Can i be of any use professionally?"
"So you arc her lover?the iau who
was lost at sea?" said Dugald Biaikie,
not noticing his question.
"What do you kdow about me?or
her?" Raymond asked sharply.
"Enough to know that you have
caused sullicient trouble aud grief by
your absence, without breaking the
bairn's heart altogether, now that you
have come back. . Hech, mon," continued
Dugal, falling into broad Scotch
unuer tne lnuueuve vi k.wuviuviu, u.i
lad ever had less cause for caulunesi
or suspeecion."
Harry Raymond's lip trembled and
his face flashed.
"You do not understand," he said.
"She was my betrothed wife, and 1 return
to lind her?married."
"Married!" exclaimed Dngal, blankly.
.
"Yes, married to a wealthy dotard;
and anxious to get rlu of thai ring, lest
she should be disturbed by its unpleasant
associations."
And as he thus expressed this suggestion
of his fevered fancy, his voice
was raised ia resentful passion.
The bewildered girl heard the words,
and standing in ilia doorway witii a
face of marble pallor, and her si en tier
figure proudly erect, she said,?
' "You are strangely mistaken, Mr.
Raymond. I am' not married, nor ever
'have been. I wished to sell my ring
because I was in absolute need of
money. However, it. is yocrs now,
r without any equivalent!" ' .
A?,l k.ni/v-ltttr i->f t.1>A
AUU >> 1UU
; head, she would have passed lnai by;
j but Harry suddenly turned and caught
j her in his arms, and before she could
| protest, she was ceated on the sofa,
i with her repentant lover at her feet.
"Oh, forgive me, darling?pray fori
give me!" he pleaded. "I was hasten!
ing to find you immediately on my ar!
rival, when "l was told that you were
I recently married! But I was mad?
I'Wicked, to doubt you, and I throw my-.
?eif on your mercy!"
; And he seized the little hands, nerv!
ously clasped together, and covered
| them with kisses.
"It was my cousin," she answered,
' reproachfully.
"Ah! but I knew naught of her, and
; to me, sweetheart, there is but one.
: Fannie Gerrard in all the wide world!"
And as he then proceeded to clasp
I that particular one tcrhis heart, she
j was obliged to accept the cunning ex!
cuse and forgive him.
j Fannie still wears her diamond rinsr,
| though Dugald Blaikie has since sup!
plied her with a plain gold one, that
she values yet more highly.
The Kinds of Life Not Worth Living.
A life of mere money-getting is always
a failure, because you will never
get as much as you want. The poorest
people in this country are the millionaires,
and next to them those who have
$500,000. There is not a scissors
grinder in New York or Brooklyn so
anxious to make money as those men
who have piled up fortunes for years.
The disease of accumulation has eaten
into them. That is not a life worth
living. There arc too many earthquakes
in it, too many shipwrecks, too
montr rvorrHtirtnc TflPV hlllld their
castles and open their picture galleries
and make every inducement for happiness
to come, but she will not.
So also a life that chiefly strives for
worldly approval is a failure, The
two most unfortunate men in the
United States for the next six months
will.be the two presidential nominees.
Two great reservoirs of malediction
have been gradually filling up, and
about midsummer they will be brimming
full, and a hose will be attached
to them and they will begin to play on
the two nominees, and they will have
to stand and take it-^the falsehood,
the caricature, the venom, the filth,
an'd they will be rolled over in it and
choked with it. To win that privilege
a hundred candidates are striving.
The Same thing is seen on a smaller
scale in the strife for social position. 1
Good morals and intelligence are not
necessary; but wealth, or the show of
"-* - > T?
woaiui, is ausuiuieiy luuis^cu^aiuic. j.u
don't make any difference how you get
your wealth, if you only get it Perhaps
you get it by failing four or five
times?the most rapid way of accumulation
in this country. If a man fails
once he is not so very well off; but if
he fails twice he is comfortable, and by
the time he fails three times he is affluent.
But when you really lose your
money, "how' quick they drop you!
High social% life is constantly in a
_ change?insecurity dominant, wretchedness'dominant,
and a life not worth
living.?Dr. Talmage.
The Fashion in Dogs.
One of the commonest studies of
man in New York is woman in her
fashionably changeful aspects. She is
a kaleidoscope for shifting her bits of
.sweetness and lignt at every turn of the
^seasons. It is not three months since
Irt.I n nnnr e1r\rr in ViOT* nromiA
iUU iu M(vMv?v
promenades. - The brute's neck was
'bigger than his peculiar brainless head,
and so there had to-be a harness around
his body to attach the leading string to,
while the mistress daintily held the
-other end. The pug has been already
put aside into disfavor. Of course she
loves.'him still and cherishes him in the
retirement of home, but he has been
superseded as a pet for publicity, and
the do? she now leads is a- huge mastiff.
The hitching point" at his end of
the cord is a mere collar, and the harness
i_s on her own parson. Sometimes
it is a'wide bracelet of stamped or embossed
leather, with a staple in it, and
at others it is a belt. In either case
Mm ntilitv of the device lies in reliev
:ng the-bauds from the tiresome strain
of holding the canine giant. However,
there is artfulness, too, in? the matter
of the belt- Piease consider a slip
of a girl, weighing no more than a
hundred pounds, even if we admit the
unreasonable proposition that she does
not wing her way along angelically, I
instead of stepping solidly on the earth !
like any other ordinary mortal. Then
picture"to yourself a dog outweighing
her by halt "His collar has more circumference
than her belt. Between
these two circlets is a cord, kept taut
Nr- fliA cfr;ii?tir>or ahead of the dopp and
the resistance of the girl. Don't you
see that the contrast afforded by the
two crcatures is all to the advantage of
the two-legged against the four-legged?
Is it not clear to you that the sturdiness
and dullness of the one mates an
effective background for the frailty and
brightness of the ether??New York
Cor. Baltimore American.' . ;
- There is one official in a great English
library who knows how to do a
pleasant thing. A distinguished novelist
one day received a package con
i uu vAvwgVYVJLU auu auucu
copy of one of his own stories. With
it came a letter fresh from the librarian
explaining that he had sent the book
t6 'show" its author how much his work
i was appreciated in the provinces.
I ' ' I
The Wrong Path.
An English scientific person is en- j
[ ga<:cd in teaching his dog to read, and :
! a German scientific person, wholly dis- !
regarding the finer feeling of his dog, ]
has actually succeeded in teaching him j
to speak a few words of German, j
These two facts are supposed to justify j
i the hope that in time dogs Will be able j
' to converse freely with men and read ;
our books. It does not seem to have i
occurred to the scientific people who j
are striving to bring this about that it j
would be simpler for them to learn the
dog language than it is to teach dogs
English or German. ^ The
language of the dog is not a dif~
** ' 1 - -c_
Ucuit one. iVjlosx peopie louii&iu* nu- i
; agine that a dog makes but one re;
mark? "bow-wow-wow." in like man- !
; ner a grossly ignorant person,'on hear- j
1 iug two Japanese conversing' in fheir j
own language, would imagine that j
Japanese consists oaly of a few almost :
i inartiqulate sounds.. In point- of fact, i
the dog not only^has- a large vocabu- I
! lary of spoken words, bat he adds to
! these 5, system of gestures by the aid
of which he can express almost any
] thought. His tail ?lon? ia mow elef!
ant than s*Spanish woman's_fan, and
e can conduct a long .evening's..'conI
versation with his nose..and .'ears. A
j man of ordinary intelligence, studying
' under an accomplished dog,:- can, by
the aid of the .Meisterschaft system,
; learn the language in less than three
| months,-while it would probably - take
| years to teach a dog to read English !
words of one syllable, or to speak cor- j
rectly a dozen words of English.
j It is pleasant t'o:find that the scien
| tific world has discovered tne impor,
tancc of establishing free communicaj
tion between men and dogs. There is
j very mnefi. that dogs can teach us. A
I profoundNewfoundland . jLog, well
i versed in Ills'native" philosophy,' could
; deliver a'lecture on ''the intuitive cogj
nition of tramps at~ the back door"
j which would far surpass in depth and
j interest the best philosophicaLwritings
| of Sir William Hamilton ;.-and the Brit1
ish bull-dog could give" us- instructions
I in Carlylism which would-enable every
; man "to beiiis own Carlyle. The views
j of rats and cats entertained-by able
I -terriers1 would seem extremely novel
| were they^ presented to .the public. The }
terrier does .not disapprove of rats aad
fpic.e;per$e. * On the contrary, he often
ieals;i&spsct ai^ifcteB'iwinj'ration for a
reallpbeaotiful and'accomplfshed cat,
hut.foir all' that he. shakes her up at
the first opportunity. The reason is
that every terrier who is able-bpdied
.and of good moral character is a member
of a secret oath-bound association
devoted to the extermination .of rats
and cats. This, association originated
3gesf-ago, andithe terriers have perpetuate#
.jt, doubtless because p? .their
revereijpO' for riradition'r:;. The " terrier
puppy; who is sworn into the association
on two crossed: tails of deceased
cats, is not at liberty to give qua: ?er to
anyanimalof the oat- or rat species,
But he seldom has any- active personal
hatred'of then}.
* Themisfmcterstandingsbetween'dogs
and men "which-are now so frequent
would- be almost entirely avoided could
all speak the dog language. How often
doesTa xnaiL to, .whom .a strange dog
affably wishes good-morning imagine
that he is insulted and about to be attacked,
and how familiar is the spectacle
of the timid man cowering because
a terrier has, without the least idea of
hostility, simply touched the man's leg
with his '.C-. ih in order to ascertain if
"U~ ^ vtt lofo ?r*-f/vnrn n t.inn c tr> t.Vi A
liO LitAO a.i.LJ 1U.IU luiUiJXiMwtvu .
whereabouts of cats. The motives of |
dogs are so often misconstrued that it J
is greatly to be desired that both men !
and dogs should speak the same language,
and thus dwell together in peace
and confidence.
A Fampus Gambling House.
Pendleton's gambling house was one
of the sights of Washington before the
' war. The entrance was through a narrow,
lighted hallway, opening from the
avenue near the National hoteL A
pair of stairs at the farther end of the
hall were closed half way up by a door
fastened on the inside. A lattice was
opened on the ringing of the bell, and
a colored man scrutinized the new-comi
ers to see if all was right If there was
no apparent objection the door was
opened, and the visitor proceeded up
stairs, where there was a large front
parlor, elegantly furnished, with a center
ta'uie on which were the leading
newspapers and magazines of the country.
Around it one generally found
several gentlemen, some of them members
of Congress, reading and discussing
the news of the day. The back
parlor was more luxuriously furnished,
and at one end, in a massive gilt frame,
was a life-like picture of a huge tiger,
with fiery eyes and open mouth, apparently
ready for a spring on his unsuspecting
victim. Beneath this picture
was a table on which was the lay out
of a faro bank. In a box were piles of
bank bills and gold pieces of different
denominations, and in another box
were the "chips," circular pieces of
ivory, inscribed "$1," "?5," "$25" ,
and "$250," which were purchased by .
playeis as a matter of convenience,
orir) htr tVift hantpx at. tho end I
of each game. There was a supperroom
where a free supper was served
every night. The cook was the best in
Washington, and at Pendleton's those
who did not fancy the poor fare at the
hotels and the worse eating &t the private
boarding houses, could feast on
turtle soup, "oysters, terrapin, canvasback
ducks and venison. The best of
wines and liquors were also supplied.
Mr. Pendieton belonged to an old Virginia
fimily, and his wife, who lived on
Capitol hill, went hi the best_ society.
After his death President Buchanan attended
his funeral.?Ben Pcrlcy Poo're.
Our Leisure Classes.
"Aw, well, don't you kr\ow," said
t.hfl distin.crushed titled Englishman
who was being entertained at~a prominent
club the other afternoon, "What I
miss here in this country is the exist|
ence of people who are not in business
aDd money-making?you have no leisure
class here, don't you know." And
his friend told him he was altogether
mistaken; and, when thoy went out for
I a stroll on the street, pointed out to
I him an organ-grinder, who was play!
ing dolefully upon his lugubrious inj
strument, and piloting a monkey up
: the side of a house after pennies, while
I a crowd of several hundred lined both ;
; sidewalks and filled the roadway, and
' when the performer and his compan- !
ion moved on accompanied them in a j
body. And later the pair observed j
ninety-seven persons watching five men j
who hoisted a safe into a four-story :
window, and eightyrsix others who
! killed time by inspecting a dozen Irish- j
j men engaged in-digging a cellar. . And
' the Englishman expressed hin' self as j
[ haying gained a new notion of Ameri- I
! can society, and learned that the leis:
nre class flourished in this country to a
j most extraordinary degree.? Boston j
I Journal. . 1
f
The Vision of a Dinner Pail.
A portly but amiable old gentleman,
with a shiny silk hat pushed back upon j
his ruddy forehead, and a reckless profusion
cf gold watch-chain dangling,
from his waistcoat pocket, leaned
against a post on the Montague street
pier, in Brooklyn, shortly before noon,
and with lazy interest watched the-loading.of
a big clipper ship with merchandise
from the neighboring warehouses.
\ , , .?, , .<5 *
xne. gnucr 01 wmu-iossea ioam suuue |
in his eyes from the troubled expanse i
of water out in the Bay, and the labor- j
ed puft of -a little hoisting-engine on the
pier and the droning call of a sailor on
the ship's deck made music in his indifferent
"ears. As he stood there indolently
watching .the scene something
down "behind a big dirty hogshead
glittered in-the sun and caught his eye.
Years and years ago, in the far off past,
he had scen:'just such a'glittering at
noontime-on in any-a-weary day, and ho
could not mistake it now. It was that
white and penetrating dazzle caused by
the unrelenting gun''^hi'ningr.clcar and ^
full upon a:-W-kf!fgTiBfl,S*$jBcL tKntier-;
paii:?Qncasoon sneh an Illuminationcarr
never be forgotten. The portly old
gentleman took a fresh braoe against the i
pd<jt and gazed blinkingly at the radiant j
magazine of dyspepsia. It was .the-j
regulation' dinners-pail, with two rings |
around it and a small tin coffee cup j
fitted over a tin cylinder on the greasy ;
cover. *
A wave of memory seemed to sweep I
up and 'take possession o+ the old j
gentleman, for a smile broke across.his j
face, and lie went over to the big hogs- j
he^S and gazed vacantly down at the !
white' tin nlJiiL Then he sat on the i
edge of the wharf in the Ice of the hogs- ;
head; arid1 d'angted- his'"feet over the !
' waiter. A moment later he put out his' j
haiiij timidly, and touched the tin paiL :
There was lio illusion, it was a genuine
dinner-pail, such as the Pilgrim Fathers :
m&iit have carried in their war of j
examination against the basket-carry- !
irigj/Quakers of jftew England. There
seemed to be an affinity between- the
dinner-pail and the old man, for in a
short time the cover came off and his ;
hand wont into it on a tour of investigation.
A tin tank of black coffee came
out;' and underneath was a slab of cold
boiled beef as thick as a board. The
old gentleman forgot his shiny silk hat
anefhis elaborate gold watch chain, and j
/drifted back somewhere in .the past, f
wh?a life was yotinqr, when the burden [
wis* heavy and ambition strong. He >
hela the pail between his well-clad !
A-wl m ia +1Va? cl o r\ r\$ V*rv/%^
j&..LlQTC2f UUU ta&iU^ up CJUO CUkiu v/A UV V^x j
id' ijoth hands be??p to eat like a half- J
starred Indian. A'chunk of bread of
home-made stability came next and j
' foHcftved the boile'd beef. Then an J
egg was found.
* . t^ThisiS' something like, this is," said
'- the^ portly old- gentlemen, in glee, as
he rshulked off tho sh'ell and laid bare
tb#?reehish-yello\v color of the solid
yolk. "That's the ^ way to boil an
eggf'
*' Two cold boiled potatoes, soggy with
mush cooking, went the way of the
otk'er things. Then the home-made
mince pie was poised for a moment in !
^ disappeared, and the pail was i
- > f-here, yon old duffer, whose
dinner have you been eating?" demanded
the big. heavy voicfe of alabormnn
trliot +-Viof -momont lirroa in
XXI^ XXXtilX uuv UU tuuu iav f v ***
sight from behind the hogshead.
The amiable but portly old gentleman
struggled to his . feet "Yours, I
suppose, " he answered calmly, flecking
the crumbs from his coat with a
white silk handkerchief. "Why, do
you know," he continued, as the labor- i
ing man made ready to explode with
wrath, "d'ye know I haven't had such
a genuine home-made dinner since I ,
swung the pick and shovel on the first i ;
section of the Union Pacific Railroad :
years ago. There! Don't swear! It's ;
all right. Come up to my house on
Pierrcpont street and my cook shall 1
give you my dinner. Fair' exchange, i
you know."It's an even chancCwhcther !
you get the gout or I gefc: the dyspepsia?a
mere toss up, I might say. Come
along."
And the honest laboring man, wiping
his hands on a piece of waste ancl
polishing his fa.cu on his coat sleeve,
went with great alacrity.?New York
Times. : i
m -?
UA Dream in Marble."
That beautiful dream in marble will
stand in my memory, tinted with- the
rose of dawn beneath which I first beheld
it, and flushed with the soft evening
sun when I parted from it, .and
between the dawn and moonrise, as I
returned to it again and again, I beheld
not one Taj, but several. As the statue
atMenon was said to emit music when
the sun touched it, one may say with- i
out fable that the changing sky of the
day brings forth varied architectural
harmonies from the Taj. Now it is of <
the faintest snow-blue tint, now purest
white, and again pink in its response
to dawn or snnsoL One cannot see it '
of a sudden. I met an intelligent lady
of- fho who was disaDUointed in I :
the Taj. Toward the evening I met
her seated before .the edifice in speechless
admiration. It is vain to ^attempt
to describe this wonderful monument
or tell the secrets of its fascination.
The Taj occupied 50.000 men twenty- ;
two years, and cost?3,174,802, and it .
was a small expenditure to give the :
earth such a jewel on her zone. It would
require a volume to explain the <
flora of the Taj alone. - In its mosaic
ornamentation the rarest .flowers and
leaves are traceable, and the way in
which these things twine and frame <
the sentences of the Koran remind one
of the pleasant fact that the materials
of the ancient literature wore the leaves,
bark or tablets of trees, still preserved *
in the words by which we call them :
paper, library, book. <
At the gateway to the park of the
Taj there is a' very interesting little ;
museum of Buddhist and Jain antiquities
discovered in the neighborhood. -
?>0H16 OX tncse urc very
them are Hindu deities, who seemed to .
have laid aside much of their sensual
and fierce aspect, and I think one
might in this museum trace the growth
of some new religious movement
through modification of Krishna and
Vishnu up to the flower of them all?
Buddha himself. Beside the Taj flows
the Jumna, on whose banks Krishna :!
dwelt among the cowherds and milk- j
maids, chartned the lowly with his lute
and danced with the rustic beauties !
those marvelous dances where each j
believed that he was her partner. It j
is a peaceful, languid river, with alter- j
nating meadows and sandy beaches, ;
where in the bright warm morning the _
mild-eyed lotus eaters were visible, ;
seated on the yellow sand or bathing '
in the sacred stream. The whole land
scape was a picture of pastoral ccauty.
?Moncure I). Conway.
A student of -Yale college has just
been expelled for stealing books.
That's the last thing in the world we
should have expected a Yale student ;
would steal. I:
.
THE MASSACRE OF CAWNPORE.
A Visit to the Scene of uThe Blackest
Crime in Human History."
Cawnpore is a thriving manufacturing
city of some 125,000 inhabitants.
In commercial importance it is . only
second to Calcutta and Bombay. It
furnishes the railroads centering there
with more traffic :than any two or three
interior towns put together. Its greatest
notoriety, however, is .associated
with its past. Here was perpetrated
what many have called "the blackest
crime in human history," the horrible
Cawnpore massacre.
T shall onlv review the scenes of the
massacre which are necessary- in. connection
with my. visitatiba;Qtthe scenes
which it invomd. *
Early one morning- after Chota Hazree,
I rode over to the Memorial Church
in company with a- citizen, The Memorial
church, as its name implies, .is
an edifice of .the "State religion., 'erected
tear-the scene -of- the -memtit'able-dfci
fens? of 4fea?ratW^eler.:.j JEhechurch
is a splendid European-built structure,
with, memorial . tablets,'^ exquisite t$e
floors; and all the appointments of ahigh
toned house of- worship." Indeed,
the, building- is-so modern: and elegant,
without regard to the climate, that in
summer it is found impossible to use it.
Summer services, by the way, commence
at 6 o'clock in the morning in this part
of the country, universally, .
Just without the church was the intrenchment
of 1857, a miserable mud
wall about four feet high, every vestige
of which has now disappeared. Here
1,000 persons defended themselves for
twenty-two days against the hottest
kind of fire from thousands of pagan
foes. Of the number 556 were women
and children' and only 440 men. The
suffering of these .women and children,
was almost beyond belief. They had
no shelter save such as their distraught
male protectors could improvise for
them. The thermometer went up to
140 degrees in the shade, and the sun's
rays penetrated , every part of the intrenchment.
Many perished from sun^r:
stroke or disease. "Their food was
scarcely sufficient to keep them alive.
When they wanted water they, had to
risk their lives by venturing out to a
well, which is still to be (seen here, in
plain, view of the enemy. Shot and
saell wrought sad havoc, until the 27th
oE June, when the men ordered a S6mi?
surrender, chieiiy on account of the
dying women and children. -2fana Sahib,
leader of the Sepoy mutineers, had
promised to honorably conduct the party
to the Ganges, embark them ' and
send them down the river in perfect
safety.
Accordingly the people who werq
not sick emerged from the entrenchment
ancl ponfided themselves to the
protection of the treacherous Han?. It
was understood that the sick should be
returned for. " .
The eager prisoners marched .down
to the river, and embarked from the
Gate Chowra Ghat.' No sooner had
they be'e-n loaded upon the boats than
hundreds of unseen natives opened fire
upon thorn. Their boats were stranded
and though they did their best to return
the lire and get off, they eould
but become easy Ylutcxaa ?? tills, tlic'
foulest instance of trcachery in military
history." Only three men in ail that
company of 1,000 escaped death, and
but 206 women and children were left
Among the massacred were a few Americans.
Thesfi women and children were
then dragged to a building which has
srone down into history as the House of
Massacre. They were crowded into
two small rooms, twenty by ten feet in
dimensions, and kept there' until July
15th, when, by the order of this same
Nana, they were every one slaughtered.
Nana had heard of Gen. Havelock's ad*
vance, and while he boasted of the
strength to vanquish' him in battle, he
gave orders .that this most shocking
deed should be carried into execution,
lest by any chance a rescue should be
effected. But even the cruel Sepoys.
rebelled at the thought of such a crime
and Nana had to hire five butchers of
the city to enter the house and carry
out his will professionally... This they
did, and the five men consumed an
hour and a half in taking' 206 lives.
They were paid one rupee per victim,
or in American money, about $80 jointly,
for. the bloody deed.
Then by order of Nana, the bodies
were dragged to a well in the immediate
vicinity,- and cast down, tho dying
with the dead, into its crimson waters,
fifty feet below.
It is a matter of regret to every sympathetic
traveler to know that this in- ,
human monster Nana soon after disap- j
peareci, and has never since beenheard
r>f. c/-> thot Ho iirnVinHIv t.hft
"'1 vv? f- ?J ?:?i I
punishment he deserved.
When Gen. Havelock, the pious soldier,
arrived .at Cawnpore and repaired,
to this Assembly Koom, he foundr that
he was just thirty-six hours too late.
The floor was still ne'arlv ankle deep,
with coagulated blood, while .shreds of
fiesh and tufts of hair told of .the barbarous
violence that had been administered.
The cuts on the walls that had
been made by. the butchers' knives
were low down, showing how the poor
victims had crouched before their assailants.
In the meantime the sick who
bad been left behind in the intrenchment
had also been slaughtered. There
were many other massacres .'in the
country around that were as shocking,
but none that were" so..wholesale.. I
have talked with men who saw as mere
boys the forms -of European women cut
open, a bottle of 'gunpowder inserted
while they were still alive, and then
the whole body blown to atoms.
How. different is the Cawnpore of tola}'.
Jhese scenes that were-so bloody
in 1857 are now the fairest spots in India.
Lovifcg hands and an appreciative
government lihve caused: .lovely
flowers to spring up out of the ground
that was so drenched with innocent
blood, and marble memorials tell the
sad story.?Cor. New Orleans TimesDemocrat.
A lady writer in the Rural New Yorker
says: "'.'A mother who allows, her
boys to grow up'ignorant of wholesome
cookery and the line art of sewing fails
in her duty.' Henry Ward Beecher's
mother taught him at an early age to
sew; and for lads full of activity, who
cannot be kept qui<5t, sewing is an excellent
pastime for discipline. If boys
sewed more and romped less, the girls
sewed less and romped more, the gain
would be mutual. Then, too, if every
member of the family knows how to
prepare a meal the x-eiief io the mother
or wife is- almost immeasura'ble."
The roc was the boss bird of his day.
"Sinbad, the sailor," knew something
of it?in his mind. Marco Polo heard
of him in Madagascar, and declared
that it was like the eagle, measuring
sixteen paces from wing to wing. But
the Persian authorities give.the wildest
account. They represent him as carrying
an elephant in his beak and one
in each of his claws.
High Style on Wheels.
I crossed Madison square and wandered
far up Fifth avenue, with the
palaces of the millionaires on either
hand. Here there was a change of
scene. .There were-not a.great many
people on the sidewalks, but the street
was* crowded with superb equipages, in
\yhich the wives and daughters of the
millionaires were airing themselves.
TKa nrnc rr-oT/a oil nf tViA Anon enrf
so that those who rode in them could
get the full benefit of the fresh air and
see and be seen to the best-advantage.
I perceived no disposition to. hide any
lights under a busheL . The horses
were such as would fill the. heart of my
old friend' Dr. Ferris, oi'Fort.Bond,
with delight Their . weH-grbbmed
skins ?jlitt?re? in .the; sun almost as
brightly as.lhe gold .and silver trappings
on jthe harness aid carriages.
Almost every carriage had* one or two
postilion^' believe', that 'is'
. what they, .call them?and a .driver in
-'front,. /All' otr$ese: yere 4ressed.. .in
"The^
yfote snjowy-wiiite.gloves and silk Hats
w;th oockades ofbiack feathers, which"
were fastened to the 'nuts with'large
.button's of siiVc'n Their, pants were
what are called knee-pan is, I believe?
after the style..of Oscar Wilde and the
Revolutionary fathersl They were generally
of a vellow.color. had a row of
glittering buttons down each leg, and
ftttbd so tightly' that they s'e'emed to
me to be constantly on the point of
bursting. 01 course, they wore stockings
below their knees. They wore
;boots also, with low and broad tops,
from;which a number of pretty silk
tassels hung down, The postilions sat
like statues on their seats, with their
arms.crossed in. an exceedingly dignified
manner on their breasts. They
seemed never to speak a'word or to
move their heads,, or even bat their
eyes. They looked steadily ahead, and
so solemnly that I couldn't help but
wonder what the devil thev were thinking
about. They seemed to me the
j very picture of dignity on a monument:
yet, in spile of all that, I could not
help but believe that they felt themselves
to be asses. I am sure . I would
feel so if I were .in their places." Their
special duty, so far as I could make it
out, seemed to bo to march up to the
heads of the horses and stand there
like statues while the carriages
stopped. The ladies in the carriages
were not so solemn hy a good deal. 'On
the contrary, they left all the solemnity
and dignity to be used by the postilions.
They chatted and laughed
merrily, and bowed and waved graceful
recognitions to their acquaintances whom
they saw on the street. Bless
me!-it was ail fine, very fine, even in-,
eluding the solemn. posiiiiorL3.--Cor.
Galveston Sews.
A Pen. Picture of Sam Ward.
Stephen Eis&^in his" iust published
"Off-Bicd Portraits of Prominent 2^ew,
Yorkers," thus makes a pen-picture of
Sam Ward:, \D.opi-nun ut Saiher
^ j u. '
iauu b restaurant one aay 10 enjoy
some -wild trout, which is cooked there
to perfection, we noticed sitting alone
at a table near us a short, stout old
gentleman, with_a ruddy, pleasant facei.
a bald head, fringed with silver gray,"
round, shrewd, intelligent eyes, and a
closely-trimmed gray mustache. At
first sight he might have been mistaken
for a retired colonel of the French
army, and he certainly seemed to be
enjoying his dinner with French gusto.
But.between the plates he. read by
matches, from a little book, which,
when he laid it down to resume his
knife and fork, we saw was an edition
of Horace in the original Latin. John .
Sutherland himself, with all the dig-,
nity of a Scotch lairdr waited upon this
literarv eourmet, who feasted upon the
I best of viands and the best of epicurean J
| poetry together. 'That gentleman,'said
we, as Mr. Sutherland passed to give
[ some .order to the waiters, 'must be Sam
Ward.' The.reading diner looked up
from his book, as if he had hoard his
name, bowed a recognition, and renewed
a former acquaintance. When.
our seat had been changed, to Sam
[ Ward's table we protested against the
\ introduction of a book during dinner,
j 'I agree with you,' said Mr. Ward
I pleasantly; 'but I do not like to dine
alone, aud when I have no other friend
present, I invite my Horace.' "
A Bit-of Timely Philosophy.
Happy is the man these days who
holds no stocks in railroads, car companies,
banks and other transitory enterprises
of this fleeting world.'
"Blessed are the meek, for they shallinherit
"the earth," said the Savior,
looking down serenely from the hill on
fhe humble people of the world around
him, and on the earth, the enjoyment
of which was their sure' possession;
Quite likely he uttered those wbrds in
the spring time, certainly in some open
season when multitudes could fouow
him and listen tb outdoor teaching.
There is a wealth of comfort and' even
lurury in enjoying the freshness of
spring, ite familiar but ever mysterious
development and its clothing on of nature.
"Those who thus "inherit the
earth" can afford to be indifferent' to
anything moro than a fair competence,
a comfortable livelihood, from the monev
counters of the world. Many who
are far from humble in circumstances
are so cumbered with the cares-of the
world and crusted over with sated appetites
that they have a very pitiful
share in the.ihhcriiance in-the simple
pleasures of'life.A happy home,* in
modest circumstances and sensibilities,
alive to all the innocent delights-of
life, are more comforting-to the hearts
of men than any amount of fortunechasing
am:d the vicissitudes of Wall
street.?Springfield Republican.
Keep Your LT&s.
. In the.desire to make a girl feel at
home and pleased with her place, the
young housekeeper is sometimes apt to
take,her too closely into her confidence,
especially if she is a pleasant girl and
useful in the house. But it is a very
/lonffnrnnc Tvrn/?t.?fiTif} almost alwava
j makes trouble. All may go well
i enongh while she is with you, but in
j the chances and changes of life she
; mar and probably will drift into some
| other kitchen, where all the news she
; has gathered in yours may be rehears!
ed without stint. She will not dis!
criminate with regard to those things
you havo enjoined'her "not to tell." In
fact, these will likely be the first points
| "fished out" of her by "some meddlesome
woman. There is a surprising
enjoyment in being the first to "tell
news," and an inexperienced, undisciplined
girl will rarely be found who
can resist the temptation.
You can treat a girl with perfect
; kindness and yet not give yourself into
I her power. Keep your own counsel
! about your own affairs. Do not let her
j sympathy or great interest beguile you
--i-- w'i r> 4- TTrtn rt yr\ riAf /tnifft
: ILLi/U I'ClUtmg JVU aiu avb \^uiw
['willing, .to have told over in other
| places.?Rural New Yorker. -
GLEANINGS. -
England's army contains' 63,050 En-' '
glishmen,. 14,415^[nsEinenr and. ,2> 45S;
'Scotchmen.
There are 81,717 clergymen aid 17,* ;
I 267,878 church communicants in. the t
United - States* f : . { i
The black poodle, with . his hair
shaved into knobs,_is the, correct thing ' ' - -".M
in. canines' in Engtandlust how. .., j,
The great organ at Westminster .
bey, which has been 'reconstructed,'^' 1
said to be now-one of the largest-and >
finest.instruments in JEurope.- :d;xi -, ><< l>c.a
According; to the Napa (CsL\ Resort* .
er, not only is-the opium habit prevalent
among" the youn^ men of the'town, ' 'l
but a few girls are also opium fends.. .
New York city is to have a new park'
which' will be'-'on the picturesque
heights ' beyoii& High Bridge, and yea- ^
eluding the romantic^cliff ioveilooki^g,, ,, .
'^^S^es^is^i^^opr,m ...the', diar*' "" '
two years ago; woukLJ?: willing to sell: <?
it now for
An engraverafc-Eersailies-is safch-to^
affirm that he has. discovered a;meihodr "".! : ^
for taking photographs in colors, being
^ able thus to'reproduce the . color of "the
individual or lahdScape photographed '
ael egg, measuring tea *ana cme,
quarter by eight inches, .wafe the "ctHio' ' :
a Gridley,;. CaL, henlaid Jastw^ck. ;
When broken open ^two. perfect, eggs,
each in a separate sneH,"were, discovered
inside. ' _ . .
The society news of the Spart^Cfeofgian
reports the visit" of 7 Mr. Edwin .
Swmt to that town, wearmg-lite1 same
ruffled shirt in which' .he' was: married .
twenty-two .years,; ago?a line-looking ...
shirt-to.this day. .; There
is. a clause . in. the .^MSssonri
game'law which prohibits non-residents' ~
shooting game" within - 'the -state.
law has been found a nuisance 'to the.' >
sportsmen of that state, and ^efforts are
being made, to have it repealed^ . *
Emile Zola denounces cuhrent !Eh.glish
fiction as sickly sc-ntimenialism,
"catering exclusively'foFyoung girls,'7
but be may console himselfwith -the
reflection that his own-books rirebyno '
means calculated for. that class of '. .
readers. . , ;:i ,
Tennyson wa? thought to have touch- ".
ed bottom when lie descended to take
a place in the order to which Lord St
Leonards belonged, but an American
publisher has had the cheek,.ta offer
him ?20,000?not to read or to lecture,
but to exhibit himself for^three months'
.'athisconntiV. .
The Luke Yobrhees" cat^e"range; of.
Wyoming is the largest in tie" world,;;
no doubt It composes 1,000,000: acres.'!
of land, 40,000 of which, are; inclosed
with a a barbed wire -fencej^dhasa
water frontage of thirty inil^s." The
range will freely accommodate - TSjOQO1**
cattle. It has now ^OQO head. $ f&l s
Texas is cow supposed to. have a'f
population of .about 2,000r000 people.
Of the cities in the state Galveston, %
with 65,000 people is the largest- Houston
has oyer 20,000, Fort Worth over
20,000, San.^pXopio more than' 20,000, jfi
and there are^a number'tjf cities rang- ~v"*
ing from 10,GQfr to 15,000 ^
Did you ever hearof biacm^-4x?ts ? *
without blacking?. Jt js.done. here. _I
went on board the American wardship ~
Essex the other evening ani. sawfhe'
operation." A banana skin is used,' and 1
with gOotl effects I thought' at-first
that the rind simply served to moi^n ;
blacking which nad been previously r
applied, but I ' was assured 'that' tie'
shoes of the officers aboard _ had. not
seen any blacking since lie.sHp 'ca'me f
he'rei'qnite a number of weeks ago.' -
11 throw this hint gratuitously for:the-J"
benefit of t he American, bootblacks.?
Canton Letter,. ,r ... .r"
The wife of Attorney General Brewsv^r
is described as "perhaps the handsomest
woman of the Cabinet fcirela^
She has a plump, un wrinkled: face, a.;
rich growth of' silvery. haij^- aod a.
pleasant snijle.* She /was a daijghter of.
Robert J. Walker, at one time secretary
of the treasury, and after an unhap*'
py marriage with'-ja -frenchman she
was employed in the ^treasury--department;
Her husband- having:,-. <&ed/;
Brewster liruried, herv and the. twoar^:
most h.appiiy mated."" ~ '"I."
Recently we'were" shown 'a curiosity*
in the-shape of aquHt It is- caHed th^'
"Grandmother Bowers Album Quilt"-;
It was gotten up'as a. family record o?;
the Bowers, family, beginning at, PoHy,
Bowers, litis mother ", of * Job Bowers,'
and quiiio'i jnst after the' war. -It-gw^s
a complete iist--of the child?enr grand1-*
children and greatr^andchildren np to
l the time h was quilteiL. .The squares.
are cat to represent' * trees.'i The Urst
tree lias thirteen limbs, with <~a flowery
at the top'of each limb, and a
name in each flower. And so.Oon. 16$
the fourth geireration^:i-Tire total number
at th6 time the was finished
was 244.?Georgia Su;i. oj :xl
Professor Reuger, 'oh-'feeding:-.Jas;
monkeys,, in Torquay, with eggs, ob->
served that at first-.they smashed them
and then wasted much ot their cbn-'
tents; but they soon learned to 'hit one . :
end against some hard body: and pick
off the bits with their paws, and if they - .
cut themselves once with any sharp.
tool they would either not touch it
3g3in or handle it with the greatest^
caution. Lumps of . sugar were given
them wrapped up in paper, and; some- "
tinier a iiYe wasp was putfo try
them, so that in: hastily opehirfe the
pa^erthey got stung; 1autr after
Aad once occurred tkey always heidth?
packet to their ears to,; detect. say
movement. .. . . .
Perhaps the _iuost curious 'battaEoii
in aa army is tEe Nonvegian. Corps , of s
Skaters. It is composed of picked'.men
armed with rifles, which-they use with
great precision. The skates. used, "are
admirably adapte&for traveling, , oy&c
rough and. broken ice and frozen snow,
being six inches broad and between
nine and ton inches long.;- The= soldiers
can be maneuvered upon ice oT -oyer
.the snow liajlds of the mountains .with a
rapidijy equal to tnac 01 tae oest-iram"ed,
caralry. As* an instance of the
speed at which they cangei' it is stated
that a messenger.attached to. the. corps
has accomplished" 120 miles, in eighteen
hours and a halt over mountains.
Kate Eluld is very angry at Felt, a
Mormon elder. He once'told 'her,'in
Boston, that no Mormon practiced poj
lygamy without the-consent .of .the first
i wife; that women did not.object to poi
lygamy, and that polygamous families
J were filled with the spirit of peace.
I She .finds, on visfting Salt ~Lake City,
! that his matrimonial careeris not proof
! of happiness incidental to. celestial
I marriage. She declares, that when lib
! said that women never complained o*
\ polygamy and lived harmoniously In it
j he quite forgot his mother's'experience,
: that of his father's plural- Wives, and
| lost sight of his owa .second veife?fl
Leland Stanford offers GenTCrfaht
! and his family a home as long as lie