The Fairfield news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1881-1900, September 10, 1884, Image 1
WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1884. ^ . ' '' j
is. ? A Year's "Wooing.
*Twas Autumn when first they stood on the !
bridge:
Ripe pears on the pear tree, ripe corn on the !
ridsre;
Tfco swallows Hew swiftly far up in the blue, j
L And speeding still southward, were lost to j
I view. J' "j
f ' Said he: "Can yon love rne, as I can love <
' . you?"
She said, quite demurely, "Already I do!" , 1
'Twas winter when next they met on the i
The pear frees were brown, and bare was tho j
The swailows were feathering their nests in
She lQ?te-i in bis face, and she burst into j
r* , o *
His noge it was pincbed, and his lips they !
were blue.
Said sbe: "I can't lovb you!" Said he: "Nor j
Iyoui"
'Twas Aprinjrtime when next they .stood on !
<dbe bridge:
.And/white was the pear tree and green -was ;
f the ridge:
ThiC swallows had thoughts of a speedy re- j
^.nd the midglets were dancing a-down the j
He savd: "Pretty maiden, let bj-gones go
V Can you love no again?" She said: "I can .
'Twas sum:,icr when next they stood on the j
I'here were pearson the pear trees, tall corn j
on the ridge;
The swallows wheeled round them, far up in '
the-blue. ,
Thf>r? s-wnniied down and snaTJoed ui>a mids
let or two. '
Said be: "Lest some trifle should come in the
v. way.
And part .us again, will you mention, the
day?" ? c
She stood, looking down on the fast-flowing
w rill.
Then answered, demureiy: "As soon as you
will!"
?Chambers Journal.
ONLY A GOVERNESS.
A "I suppose I had better dress, and 1
W call on the lady. It's always more
satisfactory than writing, as dear papa
l used to say,'' murmured Kate Dagnall,
lb. as she brushed' vigorously the unruly
curls off her broad forehead, that would
stay there in spite of all remonstrance.
"I'll gam it down," she exclaimed,
laughing?a low rippling laugh, that
i disclosed a row of little white pearls.
k| "O, don't, dear Kate," said a sweet
4*7" T">r* cr* tit*Kn-ri
ViULiiUaOH IViVV* JL. ^uvv?iu wv
py if you did anything to your pretty
nair."
"Then I -won't,'darling," said her
sister, tenderly shaking the pillows unk
aer Erie's little fragile form with deft
|? finders.
V' The poor little creature had laid on
W _-~~that same Couch for two years, with
S.' curvature of the spine. And it was for
the little sufferer's sake that brave
pretty Kate was going to battle with
the world this bright May morning.
. "Shall I do, Evie?-. I "don't look too
smart, I hope?"
mL "You look as you always do?lovely
ly!" replied the girl.
" She certainly deserved the praise too;
her dead-black silk robe hanging in
graceful folds around her little stately
figure, a dainty little spotless collar
fastened by a simple knot of violets in
the place of a brooch.
Ihv- But above all there was a dewy
AnW . a Vi Art f V. av? TT7>4vt]iiir>/y Kta
r ? AU\J U.U XttsJ. i.uvwt J
a wild rose sparkling with the early
mornimr dews'.
"I sEall not be loeg, Evie lore," she
Kissed, as she tripped out of the room,
Hr^Hrat not before a little slipper, which
B^^ the sufferer had been hugging jealousS?
ly, came bounding toward her, and the
wr weak little voice said:
K. "Good luck, .sister mine!" and to.
lafeft herselishe added: "Please, dear Heaven,
bring her back safely to me."
"What a grand place!" thought
B Kate as she looked up"at the palatial
mansion on Cariton-house terrace. "I
B thought dear papa's house handsome,.,
B? but that was nothing to this."
To her question if the Countess of
Elslie would see her, the butler, a very
o-entlpmanlv man. in deeD moumin?.
said kindly:
"Step this way. You are Miss Dagw
call, whom her ladyship expects, I
m suppose?"
IT; "Yes," she said "somewhat shyly as
Hft- he led her across the marbie hall up a
flight of stairs*-gorgeous with, pictures,
B mirrors and costly purple velvet hangings,
into a^iiry' bower, all turquoise
r plush, and billowy lace, wh re an elegant
woman was seated at a silver and
^ malachite davenport, writing letters.
The countess was a true patrician in
looks, voice, and gesture, with the
noblest attributes, witnout a. tinge of thev
BBt usual false pride ox her class.
"Be seated, Miss Dagnall," she said
[,f kindly, "and be good enough to excuse
me one moment till I have sealed my
T letter.":.
Kate began" to pluck up heart of
dgik grace now that she found herself placed
at ease by the unstudied grace of manner
of the true lady,
ft "I think we shall get on very nicely,
Miss Dagnall, and our darling May
|p^ will have a lady whom I shall Tike as
waIT trust T am released von con
fided in me, 3nd told me all, because I
hare heard of the sad reverse of the
(once eminent hanker, but never knew
what became of his two daughters.
Now, confidence begets confidence.
Your little charge is not my own; my
darlings have been gathered in by the !
Great Reaper. May is my brother's
child; he is a widower. I hare her
under my care till he returns to En"Then
she is -motherless, my lady^'
? "That is so," she replied" sorrowfully,
"but you will, in some measure,
make up to our treasure her sad loss." j
All was settled, and as Kate tripped i
down the staircase she could almost
ha-e burst out into song, like a bird
who jiad lost its way and its mates,
BB and found them again;
^ "Oh, Fm so Jaappy now! I wish I
KB had wings to fly to my darling Erie,"
she murmured, as she flew along St.
B James' Park, light as a fawn. "It was
B the slipper that did it," and she began
mm humming. "OS, those golden slippers,"
unknowingly?how golden she had yet
There was joy for the orphans that
BK^^^ day at Camden Town.
B "I told you thaf you were a fairy,
and would win the hearts of everyggpr
body," exclaimed Erie, raising herself
with difficulty to take a peep at her
sister. "Only fancy a countess, too,
and to shake you by the hand as if you
were her sister. How I shculd like to
see her! Is she very beautiful?"
"She is more than that; she is a perB
feet woman, nobly planned, what I
Hi . was reading to you about the other
f?Q.v. mv darlinor." .
pi "I wonder if I shall ever sjee' her,"
WJ the poor little thing said wisfxully.
MA "Why, of course you w21, Evie.
Some day you shall be"* brought to see
me in a little invalid chair that I mean
ill to buy you when my ship returns laden
|fl " with good things." * .
The thought of such happiness
Brought a sunny smile into the child's
sweet pensive face, and she was satis''My
papa is coming home, dear Miss j
Ra^nalL 'Won't I be~Iiappy then:" ex- j
claimed little May one delightful morn- i
Wgr ing in August, as" she dashed into the j
|?r schoolroom, a very Hebe of child-beau- j
ty "Amity has just got a letter?ch, 1
IIIrI "
such a duck of a one, with dozens of
kisses. Aren't you very pleased?"
"Yes, May, very, of course, because
you are. But perhaps your papa won't
see me with the same indulgent eyes
as you and Lady Elslic do; he's a gentleman."
"Fudjre! he'll love you as much as I
do. Why, my papa is only like a big
boy?he plays witn me an hour every
morning, and even helps me dress my
dolls. "He's not like other papas': he is
my friend, my playmate!" and the little
lady looked up into Kate's face
with innocent confidence.
"Qr? Sor IriflvcVnn nntP" T,nrH
Severn, a line handsome man about
thirty, with dark earnest eyes and a
frank sweet smile just like his sister's,
the countess.
"Yes, my lord; but Miss May is at
home with her governess."
"Thanks, Graham. I hope all th<j
servants are well, and that this time I
shall stay among you."
"I am sure, my lord, that I can say
we all wish so from the bottom of our
hearts," returned the butler?
4'Ah, there's no place like home to a
man who has been knocking about in
that arid waste, Egypt and the Holy
Land,"'mused his lordship as his valet,
assisted him to change ills dust-covered
habiliments.
'Til just steal a march upon my lito
r> nn SPA what sh0
is'doing. Ob, the fun and joy of the
surprise! How she1 II dance with delight!"
;
A beautiful room, covered with rugs
of bright colors and polished birch furniture;
laced draperies and preLty rosecovered
chintzes on pale-blue ground
draped the chairs and cosy couches;
birds sang cheerily from their fairylike
cages; flowers everywhere; an
open piano in the corner; a few beautiful
pictures of the Holy Child from
babyhood till manhood. This 'is the
sanctum of the little heiress, and her
friend and instructress, Kate.
A veritable Eden upon earth, purity
and innocence reigning supreme.
As the weary traveler watched with
.breathless iaterest, a feeling of awe
came over him, and he resolved not to
interrupt by his presence the sweet
home-picture.
"How lovely!" he thought; "she has j
the face of an angel. My darling is in-;
deed blessed."
There sat Kate, perfectly unconscious
of the admiring eyes that were taking
in <rreedilv the scene that she was play- '
ing the heroine so artlessly in. The
crimson twilight was just flooding the
chamber,-and touching up with its
seiner glory the bonnie little golden
head and the witching face as she read
aloud a touching story of our Redeem
er when a child to May and her little
invalid sister, who lay on a couch in
some filmy white robe, one tiny hand
clasping May, the other a tea-rose, a
gift from the countess before going
out
"Oh, how lovely, dear Kate!" exclaimed
the two children in chorus
when she had finished the story.
"To-morrow, dears, I will read, the
life of his friend and follower,. St. r
.Tnhn; now we will have our usual lit
tie concert" ' > *
In a few seconds Kate's sweet, fresh
young soprano lose clear and thrilling,
joined by the little ones' childish voices,singing:
"Abide with me, fast falls
the eventide."
Lord Severn stole noiselessly from
the room,muxmuring: \ will
not break -into their* sweet
sacred converse to-night; tomorrow
morning will be better.
His lordship had been home a month
and a few intimate friends were invited
to dinner.
"It is the wish of my brother, dear
child," said the countess.
"Bat I shall be so dreadfully, nerv-.
ous. Oh, do let me come in quietly
after dinner. I am deeply conscious
of the great honor you have offered me,
my lady," replied Kate with sweet
simplicity.
"?USl. ?5 VUU picii&y tucu, ucai. j. i
will tell his lordship that you would
prefer to join us later on."
What caused Kate to tremble and
blush so when May ran up to her with
two exquisite white roses saying:
"Papa plucked them, and told me I
wis to give them to you to wear now."
"Are you sure, darling?"
"Yes?quite sure," answered the little
damsel positively, adding: "Oh,
don't you look pretty?better than all
in the drawing-room."
The child was quite right, Kate certainly
made an exquisite picture in her
simple black-net dress, its square-cut
bod\- half-revealing the alabaster neck
through the delicate lace, where she
pinned one cf the white roses.
Her success in the drawing-room
was complete^ and Lord Severn's attentions
most marked:
"Oh. that I was a princess or a
queen!" she manuCrTC when she found
herseif in her own room. "I would
do like our p-racious maiestv was com
pelled to do?offer this king" of men my
hand, half ray crown and kingdom,
Wel!, well, I can only pray that such
naughty thoughts may never assail
me;" this as she breathed a little sigh
that was wafted up 16 the angels,' who
in turn hovered around ihe innocent
sleeper, investing her dreams with a
radiant bliss and joy which gave the
"weet face an expression of perfect
peace and happiness.'
"Wants to see me, Graham?" said
Kate perplexedly, about a week after
the dinner-party.
"Yes, miss, that was his lordship's
command."
"Where am I to go?"
a
XJLC ? ai bULl" ILL bJUC UlrtTVU'.^room."
"Oh dear, oh dear, what can it be?
I hope he is not angry about .darling
Evie living with me; her ladyship
wished it;" and smoothing down her
rebel hair she made her way to the
magnificent room to meet?what? Her
little fluttering, palpitating heart dared
not even stop to think?dismissal, perhaps.
She entered, looking very shy, but
very lovely.
"I have seut for you, Miss Dagnall,"
he said, placing a chair for her, "to
say tha't your services will not be needed
anr longer as governess to my little
May."
Poor Kate! she turned white to the
lips, and could not think of a word to
say for a brief moment, then summoning
all her courage, she said-:
. "Is my fault commission or omission,
my lord?"
"It is neither/' he replied. "It is j
simply my desire: another lady will
take your place more fitted for the position.".
#
.foor brave little haze. Jtniswas tne i
last straw, and she burst into a flood |
of tears, sobbing:
"What?oh, what have I done?"
"Done, my darling, my love, my
queen! Bobbed me of my heart," cried
Lord Severne, clasping the slight form
to his breast, and raining down such a
passion of kisses that Kate nearly
fainted.
"You love me?" she gasped.
"Love you, sweet Kate! I have loved
you from the first moment I saw "you, !
when you were reading to my chiid, i
and your sister and you then sang ;
'Abide with mo1?the night I arrived j
home."
"And you saw and heard us?" she !
asked in sweet confusion.
"I did, my swuet wife that is to be,
and I registered a vow that you should
be my May's darling mother in reality.
Say, do you love me? Are you happy?"
"res. iny king, my love," she "replied,
and Kate was no longer "Only a
Governess."
The Champion Liar.
"Every time 1 look at the North
star," said the nautical cop, it makes
me feel pale. It is ail on acceount of
a balloon experience I had in 1863.
You probably remember that mammoth
air-ship" built in Hong Kong to
foto ? t-rirv T W9.1
there at the time, and the owner of the
balloon engaged ine at a salary of !
$1,000 a week to accompany him in his
perilous voyage. It was a bright summer
morning," 1 remember, and an open
lot on the outskirts of the town was
filled with 200,000f"people to see us
make the start. The aeronaut got into
the car first-, and I followed him with
two native servants, who carried our
provisions.
The signal was given to start and the
ropes cut. The immense bag of gas,
with its human freight, shot up into thei
air like a rocket. In twelve minutes
we were 6,000 feet above the earth. In
twelve minutes moro we had attained a
height of 10,000 feet. The revolution
of the globe was then plainly perceptible.
At 8 o'clock in the evening*
we had beaten all previous records,
and were sailing through the clouds
at the frightful rate of sixty miles.
Ttia Yifnfnoc/vr -Dene 171 t.hft
face but very enthusiastic, suddenly
announced his intention of attempting
to get beyond the attraction of gravitation.
I at once demanded an increase
of salary, and ho saw the raise and
made it ?1,500.
"All our ballast had been thrown
out, and, as the balloon had ceased to
rise, it was necessary to make the car
lighter, so we pitched one of the servants
over the side, giving him a cookbook
to read on iris way down. Up
i shot the balloon another mile. Then
; it became stationary again, and the
; fellow had to be disposed of in the in[
terest of science. I dropped him out
very carefully, because he was a very
nice man and generous to a fault. Up
and nn went the balloon, until we had
reached an elevation of 118 miles.
"The professor saw that we were
about to stop agaii^ and kindly asked
me to step out and let him continue the
voyage alone. He refused, however,
to further increase my pay, so I took
him by the heels and let him drop over.
Then I sailed the airship for the next
three days on my own hook very satisfactorily."'
"Where did you land after making
this terrible trip?" asked the listener.
'Believing that my salary was agenous
one, I permitted the professor to
take his barometer along with him,"
.said the nautical cop.?Pfttiadelphia
Recordi
Why They Couldn't Hear Him.
General James C. Strong, of Buffalo,
was here this week. He arrived on the
22d anniversary of the day upon
which he was shot down upon a
C 14A Tfr<v? cfmoV* I
OUUblieill uatuo iitiu. nuo
in the hip (the wound is famous amoilg
physicians and surgeons, I'm told) in
a very peculiar way, and lay by a log
in great agony all day. In the evening
after the battle he heard the voices of
his men calling him from different
quarters of the field. "Colonel Strong!"
they shouted. He replied by shouting
at the top of his voice: "Here
I am!" ."Here I am!" Still his men
kept shouting: "Colonel Strong!"
"Colonel Strong!1-* Again he replied
with all his might: "Here I am!"
"Here I am!" The searchers came
nearer, still shouting Colonel Strong
always replied: "Here I am" with all
his might At last they were within
three feet of him. "Here I am!" he
shouted. They came nearer,' but in a
slow uncertain way. Finally one of
them leaned over the log, flashing his
lantern light full on the prostrate man.
"Why, here's the Colonel now," he
said to his companions in tones of surprise.
So they gathered him up and
carried him to the hospital. As soon
as he was well enough he asked the man
who had found him on the battle-field
why he had not come to him at once
when he heard him shouting, "Here I
am!" "We didn't hear you, sir," said
the soldier, "until we leaned oyer the
log, and then we heard you whisper in
scarcely audible tones, 'Here I am.'?
Philadelphia Record. ' .
Non-Marrying.
It is a melancholy fact that young
men of the present day are less impulsive
and more calculating than, if traditional
reports are to be credited, they
.formerly were, and are rarely inclined
' to barter their liberty except for a proportionate
quid pro quo. * Love in a
cottage has been an exploded myth,.
and the pleasant fallacy, that where
one can <ime two can, only requires a
few months' trial to be at once and for
ever disproved. We are gradually accustoming
ourselves to regard matrimony
as an affair not to be entered
upon lightly, but demanding the fullest
and most mature deliberation; like
Talleyrand, we are inclined to distrust
first impressions, although not precisetllfttl
RPTltfl
ly LKJl Hit -J
diplomast. Many .young men who
willingly succumb to the attraction of
a pretty face, and plunge unhesitatingly
into "a flirtation on every available
opportunity,, yet, however closely they
may flutter round the candle, take
especial care rot to burn their wings;
while, on their side, the fa'ir ladies, we
may be sure, are equally cautious as to
the amount of encouragement they
may safety venture to bestow. On the
whole, match -makers were never more
essential than they arc now; and when
wc hear of a marriage, we are morally
certain that some good-natured busybody
has had her linger in the pi&
/ ? O ?
Sixteen of the statues erected at the
Government's expense in different parts
of Washington have cost $550,000, and
it is probable that the Washington
monument, on which work is now progressing,
will add $1,000,000 to the total.
Chief .Justice . Marshall's. bronze
e+??+vio rn/vontlr rmTroilor} fnct. SidO OOO*
WWW ^
Greenough's Washington, at the. front
of the Capitol, cost $43,000, and the two
statues facing it $24,000 each; the naval
monument, on Pennsylvania avenue,
$25,000; the statue of Freedom, on the
Capitol dome, $23,000; the Emancipation
group, $17,000; Gen. McPherson's
statue, $15,000; Admiral Farragut's,
; $20,000; General Scott's, $73,000; Gen>I
Thomas' $65,000; Andrew Jackson's,
$50,000; General Greene's, $50,000;
General Rawlins', $10,000, and $50,000'
for the equestrian statue of WashingI
ton. .
HOW TO RUI/E MEN.
A. Lecture to Women by a Woman
Who has Studied Mankind.
"I do not entertain much," said a
lady who has been an acknowledged
leader of Chicago society for twentyfive
years, "but I receive a great deal.
I do not believe in entertainment, although
I am mindful that there is very
much stress laid upon 'the socialty of
refreshments'. People do not. call on
you for eatables; they can buy their
lunch anywhere. But the society of a
cultivated lady or gentleman, is not so
easy of access. People want mental
food; they want to exchange tneir laeas
for some newer-ones; they wantto talk
and laugh, and to make you talk and
laugh; they want the society of some
sweet women of sense , and vivacity,
who will skillfully draw them into conversation,
and, for the time being, direct
their thoughts from the subjects
that have engrossed them all day. Tho
woman who has to appeal to her table
?who thicks she must pamper the appetites
of her guests in order to please
?openly confesses that she is not accustomed
to society, and not eguai to
its demands. " ' .
"Besides, look at the way women
entertain nowadays! What does a
man care .for ices, cake, frappe, and
bouillon? Trnlv their own observa
tion should teach them better. l ean
get more real social enjoyment and
create more conviviality with a dozen
sandwiches and two quarts of cider or
hot coffee than I can with ten pounds
of angels' food and three ' gallons of
ice cream. I have been in society for
twenty-five years, and when I have reeived
my most charming companies
all I served was tea and wafers. If
there were gentlemen present I substituted
coffee. I am a great admirer of
card parties and musicales with not
more than ten in the group. About 10
o'clock I invite them into the diningroom
and refresh them without ceremony.
* I have a dish of salad, and
some nice bread and butter, with a
pickle or an olive and a cup of hot }
coffee. More often I simply - a big
dishful of nice sandwiches in the center
of the little table, and have a dozen
bottles of ale brought in right from the .
ice-box. That is what men like, and if
you mean to please them that is one of
the menus to use.
"You should never feel obligated to
serve refreshments in the morning or
afternoon, for no well-bred person expects
it unless invited especially to ;
spend the day. If you ask him to dine
with you, then serve an elegant dinner.
"I think if women only knew how
sweet and lovely they are and how
much they can do with men they would
pay more attention to their personal
cultivation than they do. "Why, if a
woman only goes about it right she can
do anything with a man, and make
him conform to her ideas in every par- r;
ticular. She has tact, skill, talent, *
beauty, refinement, and, combine her '
intuition with her fascinating powers, ^
she can change his politics, reform his *
religious ideas, alter the whole course .
of his life, and shape his career to suit *
herself. But she must not be' a fool, I i &
can tell you, nor must she forget for an p
instant the art and finessee by which
she rules.
"Man is at best a brusque, selfish,
impulsive creature, full.cf conceits and j
vagaries, and1 anxious to rule and con- *
trol. He has strength and he. wants to j
use it: he has creative faculties and
lives to execute. But whatever he
is he looks to woman for his pleasures,
and the one who can please him can
rule him and do with him what she wilL (
A woman is young until she is 25, and i
a man retains his youth ten years long- <
er, but after that there is nothing to j
live-fott but. home. Life has-lost its j
zest, and the? is no charm in the toys (
and amusements of yesterday. You j
must admit that a woman marries for j
convenience, She wants a home, pro- ;
tection, immunity from labor and the.
delights of companionship. . Now, if a v
man makes this7 home, if he stands be-' 3
tween her and danger, if he contributes "
the best interests of his life for her :
maintenance, he certainly is entitled to ,
his reward. He wants his home beau- 1
tified, filled with friends and good ]
cheer; he wants to be petted, admired, j
respected, encouraged and loved. He <
wants to be king, in short
"Ob, yes, you may say petting is all '
nonsense, but just let me tell you that .|
you are mistaken, and if the husband ;
cannot get that loving affection at ;
home he will get it some place else. :
Caresses can-be bought like every other
luxury. ; . ,
"A wife must be a sweetheart ail her '
life. She must never get to old to be :
charming. She must cultivato a sweet ,
temper and an affable manner, and her ;
only anxiety must be a dread of offend- ;
ing her husband. Another thing; sar- (
casm won't work, it is an unpardonable
offense in the home circle, and, no
matter how pertinent it may be, a wo- (
man cannot afford ever to say a harsh
word to the man she loves.
"Beautiful? No woman need be
anything else. If she has a poor complexion,
there are powders and cosmetics
that defy detection; she can have beautiful
eyelashes and eyebrows; no
matter how poor and coarse her hair
is, it can be .remarkably wtfll-kept and
so becomingly arranged as to be ad- ;
mired; the most irregular teeth can be (
polished like so many pearls, and clean
teeth and a sweet breath are not so
common as to be despised; white hands ;
and tapering, polished nail will atone
for a very ill shape of hand. What if ,
the feet are large, if they are well shod? ;
If the figure is poor, it can be so clean, j
so healthy-looking, and so delicately ,
perfumed that your very presence will
be wholesome and refreshing,- and, I
tell you, clothes makes the refinement
that belongs to a: Jady or gentleman.
Indeed, the raiment is typical of much <
that is within. If -nature htfsmeagcrly ;
bestowed her charms that is the very
reason why a woman should have re- '
course to art If she cannot shine in >
music, painting, or the sciences, she 1
can become a pleasant, if not a bril- (
liant, talker. She can read and ob- j
serve and be an authority on current >
literature, and if she will but study the
why and wherefore of things and the ;
very best points in her friends, she can 1
make for herself a circle that will be
the very envy of her prettiest competi-' '
tor.
"For instance we will suppose she is i
invited to a theater or a concert. Let 1
her procure a programme in advance !
and make a study of the play, the act
ors, me music, or tau trusts, ueu uct
have 6ojne interesting, matter to talk
about The gentleman goes to the ex- :
pense of the entertainment and has a '
right to expect that the lady ho has favored
will show her--appreciation- in
some-way.
. "Natural? Oh, I hate natural people!
They are rude* curt, heedless, I
and presumptions. I like people to :
anticipate mypleasures. I like to hear j
them-s^y pretiy .things, to use pretty <
laagua?e, -and to acquire pretty man* ]
ners. C)ne need not necessarily be a
Hypocrite, but if there is any choice I
prefer the"; polite hypocrisy of the
French to the rude candor of the BritXotlsSI?Chicago
Neias. .
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Second Hand Tobacco.
pijustsee them ?0 for them! I snppca#
they enjoy the 'old soldiers', as
mi&h as we do our Haranas."
Two gentlemen, one of them a Bos
iUJL UWC/f- rupurbCl, llO-U. juau wou UAIUJUL
haSf smoked cigars into the street, and
th4 above remark was called out by
setin|^a couple of gamins dive into the
gutter for the stumps.
"Enjoy them? Well, I guess not-'
Do y<&" imagine that they smoke all
thrt old 'buts' they manage to scoop in
arou83 'the city?"
;<Sti^vcr gave it a thought, but I
donssee what else they want them
foi jP?:
"Ton wilLbe surprised then when I
teli yon Ai^-tbese- stamp?fc-yrhlcih.,.
ara^fclwMSed by the ton around tfceo&yy
frcsKJio'tel cuspidors, sjtlooirasb-bcx^:^
runway waiting-rooms, 'and public
placesgenerally, as well as from the
gutters, are manufactured into cigars; i
ahjrtobacco, but I am informed that,
such is the case, and.this 'second! hand1'
business -is becoming quite an industry.
Why,- a dealer was explaining the process
to me the' other day. Of course
you UUJLL b SCO 2U1JT WUJLLUCi.lXI> VIAgaged
ia the business. The trade is
carnedrOn in obscure shops and tenempnf-Jiguses,
and hence few people outside
of tiaose engaged in it haye any-,
idea of its-extent: There are probably-,
hundreds of people engaged in the business
right-h.ere in Boston. . , _ r
.'"Tlie process bf transforming' the
filthy accumulations of gutters and
cuspidors into bright, finely flavored
smoking tobacco, is . thus explained:.
lie old cigar i tumps,"after the charred"
are cut ofij&re soaked in a solution of
ammonia ..aucL somo ..other - chemical,
whicli-takes-ncar^f aH"the nicotine out
of the-tobacco and remq^esjall trace of
smoke ; and. creosote^ THe mass of
pulpy -tobacco.: is .j&en--pressad into
cfckes and-sliced by a.cufcting. maehine,
after ..which-it is giycn ai& thrift. some
Hnfl*of-ii fteaclyn^^lTS^.-wMch feair.
thR- -bronerties of
which the weed^is '.possessed ; when it I,
comesfrom the:.plantation.. It ds- nowtaken
to the roof':in trays . and left to
dz&in the suijl: " "When thoroughly dry
it is carefolly.taken up in the trays and
carried. below;- 'where, it j^-pass^dTinder
an ^torsuser, ^y-wtioltitVd&'.daiapened.
witha, .-^ej^^oh^of-- -glycerine and
someflstforiSg extract, afteTwhich it
is iQ^hapeJb.lje made-into. cigarettes
<>5,?ut njMn. packages as-sinoking tobacco.
The. business is said to -be perfectly
:legitimate, as the manufacturers
Qgviply with the revenue laws and the
tobacco tEus pays a-double-.taJu''
wItiS5&_'goOd thing 'that J^Osje who
mokejhik seeond-.hand-tobacco,do not
jealizS-what^tis;. or its use.'m%ht be
fessened:"
"I don't ktiow ;aboufc that; Those
who,ought to know eay;|hat> the cigarettcs-are
far less-harmful than many of
ihoSevput up-in more - attractive shape,
and t^tit^wmld-he a^ good thing, -for
t-hn youtfeyt^fe^eouiflyy if*"a^tfigar-"'
ettes were mad^f f?condhi&id"t6bacco
preparedhy4hisproicess." - Shaviiig
Drunken^jtfen.
"Glad that job" is over," said a Madison
street."" barber,1 as a. customer
talked ont of the shop with unsteady
3teps"Why?'*
-was asked him.
"Drunk!" sententiously.
'Have many of that kind?"
"No, thank goodness! You see, a '
irunken man when he sits down to get
3hayed is always shooting off his month
and is always- sure to do it at the
throng time." Just when the 'razor is
passing over his chin an idea will
strike the fool in the chair, open will go
bis mouth, down will go his chin, and
it is only by the greatest care that a fellow
can keep from cutting.him."
"Ever have any accidents?"
; . "Don't insult me. I never cut anybody,
drunk or sober. But I remember
once the chap that had the chair
next to me, a sort of green hand, who
came near cutting a man's nose off.
The customer came in drunk, threw
himself into the chair, and kept perfectly
quiet while he was being lathersd
and during the time the first onebalf
of his face was being shaved.
Then when the barber was about to
shave his upper lip he forgot that he
bad a drunken man in the chair and
held the blade close to his nose for an
instant. At that very moment something
funny struck the mind of the man ,
and ne threw his head back to lau<?h.
The next instant a razor struck his
nose and a stream of blood squirted
clear to the looking glass. The boss
had to pay for patching up the organ
and the green hand was 'docked' accordingly.
But he learned a lesson,
and I guess the customer did too."
"Ever have any men go to sleep under
.the soothing influence of a shave?"
"Ye3, but not often. Sometimes a
man will come in. from an earlv train
who lias had no sleep all night, and
will doze off Mighty mean customers
to handle, too."
"How's that? I should think they
would be the more docile."
"Not much. You have to tu? at
their heads to get them to turn them,
and then run the risk of giving them a
snip when some dream is running
through their minds, or cutting them
when they suddenly awake with a start.
For myself, I prefer to shave a sober
business man. He may have his mind
on his affairs, but he is also aware that
he is in a barber's chair and that a
sharp razor is close to his face."?Chicago
Uetos.
Jealous Millionaires.
Speaking of the hatred of wealth, I
jbserve a great deal of rancor between
millionaires themselves. Gould and
Vanderbilt are reputed to loathe each
other. It is only lately that the As tors
and the Vanderbilts came to speaking
terms. When Villard went under the
expressions of delight were by no
means confined to those who envied
tiim in prosperity. And now that Jim
Keene is suffering a disaster, there is
positive hilarity among the Wall streeters.
It seems to me tnat a mob which
would pillage one millionaire's property
would be aided and abetted by
most of the other millionaires. The
joy is quite unconfined over Keene's
downfall, however, on account of his
personal obnoxiousness. Few men went
near him, no matter how trivial the
business, without going away inveterate
enemies. He had a needlessly harsh,
insulting manner. It is not manly to
strike a dead lion, but there are few
men in wall street who are not doing
it?N. Y. Cor. JJtica Observer.
Director General Burke, of the New
Orleans Exposition, announces that the
main building of the exposition has
been increased to 1,646,000 square feet
covering thirty-three acres, and now
Larger than the London Exposition of
1862/which covered twenty-three acres.
M ad
Short Stops. ';
IMPORTANT INFORMATION. :
"Papa, what is a bat?"
"It is what base ball players use, my
child."
"I know that, but isn't there another
kind, papa?"
"Yes, there's a bird called a bat."
"I know, that, too, but isn't there another
one?"
"No, I guess not deaf, why do you
ask?"
"Because I heard Uncle John tell
mamma that you went on a-frightful
bat last night."
Papa said nothing, but made up his >
mind to give Uncle John a laylhg-ont
next time he saw-him.?New York
VUWrTtW*.
wanted to strike it.
"Mr. Dupree," asked the little 10year
old, after the big sister's beau had
taken his .seat, ' 'won't you let ,pa hit
your Tbre&sh jtast fSrfcrn?""
?iWhy xjerlainly^-my little iaanfbafc
why do you ask such ^gseetimt?^ *
"^Eausali^^aid thismorning.
could' Ht^yocr brea&^any time and;
knock'a quart joT^ whisky out of it; I;
think'it would be'so funnyto: see any-:
thing knocked out of' a man's breath,
don't you?", :
Dupree didn't stop to reply.?Atlanta
Constitution. .
a considerate husband.
Mrs. Blank?"Here is a funny item
which says that a married man can be
distinguished by the way in which ha
carries an umbrella over his wife-, care frtlT-c
ctiiplrKnor himself and Iftavintr hf>r
exposed to the drippings."
Mr; Blank?"It is not true, though."
Mrs. .Blank?"No, it is not You
never do it You were a good deal
more awkward at carrying an umbrella,
over me before we.were married than
you.have been since." .
Mr. Blank?1"Ah!"
Mrs. Blank?"Yes; I had several
bonnets and two dressed ruined by the
drippings in those days. But you have
become ever so much more carefuL"
Mr. Blank?"Yes, indeed. I have to
pay for your things myself now."?
Fhiladelphia Call. . , .
THEY WERE SUPERFLUOUS.
A iTXTU n J/N 7 T-rr O -rrt nrrtn 1? A
IT JuLj UU JUU O-XYVikJO VYCai. ?fe uuuwu
of flowers in jour buttonhole?" inquired
Miss Fassanfeather, while Mr.
Titepants was calling the other" evening.
"Oh, it gives one an air of freshness,"
responded the poetical young
man. .
"Well," replied the young lady,
frankly; "I don't think .yo'uneed any
artificial means to' prove your freshness."
And then Titepants went out and sat
on tbe hitching post to think it', over.
ENGLISH AS SHE IS SPOKE IN LONDON.
"Hi say, 'Any, did you. hever see
such ha blarsted country has Hamerica
his, hany 'ow?" . r
"Whv, what's the matter now,
John?"*
' 'Hoh, they speak; such beastly. Henglish
hin this country,' Arry. Hi cawn't
hnnderstand them hat hall, you iniaw.
Now, hat 'ome the very street cads
speak passably good -Henglish. hasher?erybody'Il
tell you hit yon haskthem."
YOUTH HIS ONLY CKTME.
"Sirrah!" exclaimed the solemn Factto
the little Joke, "you are too fresh.""Yes,
I know," humbly replied the
little Joke, "but this is the result of
my education. In our family, you
know, the only crime is to be stale, likea
Fact. Freshness is greatly prized. I
would be ever fresh."
"Away, slight thing!" haughtily replied
the solem Fact. "You will outgrow
it I once was young myself, a
thousand years ago," -t:And
calmly adjusting his wig he
rubbed some burnt sork on his face and
sat down at the tamborine end, while
the timid little Joke lingered around
on the sidewalk, wishing that hek too,
were old enough to join the minstrels.
Poor little Joke! He will loiter long
in the bourgeois columns of many a
patent inside, and take apartments by
the year in many an almanac before
that fond hope shall grow into bright
fruition.?Bob JBurdette.
"Where Blackburn Met His Baby.
Four days before I went to the front
with my'regiment we had a little girl
baby. She is now grown and you always
see her with me at any social gathering.
Well, in otfr army the furloughs came
very rarely. When we got into line
there was no great chance for a man
to get home. It was about three years
afterward that a few of us were one
night going down the Mississippi on a
river steamer. I had been sick and
was returning to my command, but
pretty well broken up even then. As
for money, we did not have any, and.
the night was hot as I laid down on
the deck, my throat almost parched
with thirst. Pretty soon a little girl
came along with a big glass of lemonade.
I tell you it looked good to me.
She saw me eyeing it, stopped a minute,
looked doubtfully at me, and
finally came up to my side. "You
looked as if you wanted something to
drink." she said, and offered me the
glass. It wasn't the square thin<j to
do, but I took it and handed it back
to her empty. It w.is like nectar to
me. Then I thanked the little creature
and sent her away. Soon after just
like every child, she came back, leading
her mother to see the poor soldier.
By Jupiter, it was my wife, and thegirl
was the baby whom I had last seen as
a baby but just born. You can imagine
the reunion. They wore with my
brother's family, and happened to be
going down the river. That was the
only time during the four years' fighting
that I saw my wife and baby, and
under these circumstances what man
would ever forget it?
What is the use of wasting money by
advertising in me newspapers, wueii
one can tack a notice like this on the
bulletin board of the court-house, or'
on the door of the district school:
"Los or strade, a Soral horse too wite
feet and white fase. Blind in wun i
five doler reword."
No lady or gentleman"emphatically
remarks a Vermont paper, "no matter
how costly or fashionable their rainment,
will sit in church and eat pea-'
nuts." And it might have added that
they will not send out for a pitcher of
beer, either, and drink it while the
collection is being taken up.
Here is a piece of German repartee:
? - ?
A U rCIIC11 ill nil diixu. lu a jL>ci.xiUT5x
"Your Iron Cross, the highest Prussian
order, is simply ridiculous?it has an
intrinsic value of scarce 5 sous." To
which the native of the Prussian capital
replied: "I don't deny it, but it has
nevertheless cost you two Napoleons."
"I don't see why you are so particular
about your hair," said a churlish
husband. '"I don't suppose Eve ever
wore bangs." . "I don't suppose, she
did," replied the wife, with a quiet
smile, "but then there was nobody -in
the world but her husband to admire
her." The husband became very
thoughtful.
Concerning Shirt Fronts.
There exists no more interesting and
instructive spectacle for the strident of
human uature than that of the shirtfronts
round a dihner-table. A shirtfront
is a phenomenon of infinite humor?full
of expression in every part of
it, possessing vast potentialities of
achievement fronu.the bottom of the
throat to the pit of the stomach: As is
the aspect of the shirt-front, such will
be tne iook impressed on me pnysiognomy
of the wearer. You no sooner
note the starched bulginess projecting .
half-a-dozen inches out of the liiie of
the perpendicular'on the person of a
Unitarian, or catch-a 'glimpse of the;
limp linen.at the side of the^hirt-fronfi
which the waist-coat ought to but can .
not conceal, than you have acquired a
clew 'to -the character of that shirts
front's possessor. The central sfcad
may be all; right, but the. general effect
one. of clumsiness., ..-You trace .in-,
teUect?&I. effusion and slowneas jn^
js^abtivcly that y&xe opposite neighbor
is a;h'orn bungler.! And* now*5et us regard
;the matter subjectively?leTus,
that is, place ourselves in. the position
"of the shirt-front wearer. How often is
ho cot agitated by the consciousness
that the shirt-front which begins like a
beautiful woman may end ixt hideous
fish! Down to tie central stud all is as
it should be. But as the meal profresses
and he glances down his linen
e perceives to his horror a tendency
on its part to disclose a fissure and to
reveal the under-garment, whatever its
hue, beneath. Henceforth there is an,-,
end to all enjoyment Pellitur a con..yivio
1 ostitis, omnis. - He can no longer
converse wMout constraint, his mind
wanders from the topic.of talk, he-becomes
visibly distrait and palpably disgusted,
and though .he be seated beside
the fairest of the"fair, he grows as absent-minded
as the sage wno employed
the finger of his bride as a tobaccostoDDer.
Shirt fronts are* the most
fickle and capricious of all articles, and
of all portions of articles, of male at- .
tire... Their behavior in many instances.
is incalculable. vThe shirt-front which
conducts itself , admirably one week is a
model of ill-conditioned eccentricity the
next It has been annoyed by the
washerwoman, and, with that illogical
injustice characteristic of shirt-fronts,
vents its disgust upon the payer of the
washerwoman's biU. Or it begins the
evening well and terminates it in a manner
of which _ it ought to be ashamed.
Perhaps the worst affliction which can
overtake a conscientious and wellmeaning
Unitarian is the discoverythat
without a single premonitory hint his
shirt-front has gone utterly and irre+-m?T-olilTr
mmntr Tim iin^Ar nnrHftn nf
V11VT AUJ.J M i ??V?* WA
his solitaire lias indolently shaken off its
moorings, defiantly refuses to be
bound by its buttonhole, and, metaphorically
speaking, launches out into
space. Who is not familiar with the
efforts this hardly-used Unitarian makes
to conceal the horrible-hiatus, or with
their futility? He -"scarcely dares to.
look down. First he gives a little nervons
cousrh; then his hand wanders, as
if casually, to the middle of his chest
But neither wandering hand nor nerv- .
ous cough can put that shirt-front right
again. -It is .a gone coon,, and he will
as easily restore the solitaire to the
original socket as the soiled dove will
.regain her virtue. . He must accept the
blow of a severe destiny, and . his best
hope must be that" by maintaining his
body at a proper angle, and by periodically
smoothing his ruffled plumage
with a skillful hand, ho may minimize
in some sort the appalling calamity
which has overtaken him.?London
World.
m
"A Complcrionist."
Strolling no-town recently, a reporter
for the N. Y/Mail and Express had his
attention attracted by the sign "Complexionist,"
which was hanging over
tho door of an inoffensive-looking;
dwelling-house. Wondering what under
the sun a complexionist;might be,
he wandered in to satisfy his curiosity.
A French lady of medium height and
with charming" conversational powers
received him in ;a small room, fitted up
in a style that ifoight indicate at first
sight either a drug store or a hairdresser's
saloon."A
complexionist," said the lady,
in answer to the reporter's interrogation,
"is one who makes a study of tho
human skin, and takes charge of the
customer's complexion."
"But surely there are not many
who?"
"Oh! y<2s; there are hundreds of the
fair sex who come here during the gay
season to be made up or to na^e the
skin treated with delicate washes to
prevent the bad effect of gas, heat, and
late hours. J3ut young ladies are not
the only ones treated;,, men? young
and old?are often found within these
walls." $
"What is your usual mode of treat-*
meat?"
4'That depends on the complexion.
If it is merely to be preserved, we
advise a little careful dieting and
bathing in elder-flower water." Not a
particle of fat must be taken, as it
injures the polish of the skin. Here is
a prescription that will clean the complexion
in a very short time: A tablcspoouful
of sulphur taken every other
morning for a week, then omitted for
three mornings, and taken again. A
mixture of powdered brimstone or
diluted glycerine should be rubbed on
the face at night and washed off in the
morning with soap and water in which
there is a little .ammonia. Washing,
the face in spirits of camphor, glycerine,
and ammonia is also very good, and
various other methods are resorted to
for this end." .
Russian Longevity.
From a correspondent who has
passed some years in Russia, we learn
that in the village of Vellkotti, in the
St. Petersburg government," an old
woman is living who has jast attained
her 130th birthday! The old lady is in
the enjoyment of good health, but complains
of her deafness (and no wonder).
Her hair is stilllong and plentiful,
considering her age. She spent
her youth in great poverty, but is now
pretty well off. She has outlived three
husbands; and had a family of nineteen
children, all of whom have been married,
and are now dead, the last one to
die bein? a daughter aged 93. She *
lives wiih one of her great-grandchildrcn,
a man of oO. Our correspondent
also informs us that a few months ago
an unusuaiiy curious weucung .ioos
place in Ekaiterinoslav, in Russia. The
bridegroom was. 65 years old, the bride
67. By former marriages,, each of them
have ehildren and grandchildren, and
even great-grandchildren living in the
same town. The bridegroom's father,
now in his 103d year, and the bride's
mother, in her 96th year, are still alive,
and were at the .wedding.?Chambers'
Journal.: ' ;
At a Salt Lake funeral the choir
sang the words of "Nearer My God to
Thee" to the tune of "Robin Adair."
/
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WIT AND HUMoS.
' "r
A dude is a 50 cent man in a $50 suit.
of clothes.
An insurance man says the reason- <
aat Nero fiddled while Some was burn* ;
ing was that business was probably
dxul in Home and -Nero was heavily
insured.
A man's brain weighs three and a : i
half pounds. A woman's is somewhat
lighter, but of finer quality. That is
What enables her to taste lord in her "
neighbor's pastry. *
A mastadon's tooth weighing four
Sounds has been found on- a;farm in
'om Vnrlr ctato Wringer cthof; mnrv i: t
ber of Haveriy's minstxeteha&*JBol#r
extracted beforo leaving for Europe?
The Oil City Blizzard iscespensible
for the statement that strawberries and
cream make girls' '-frockled and cause
them to toe in."" TheywOI toe lnto an
icecream saloon all tbesame..?Bos
: ,0* ; -
Omss tortho cTaz^pfiii mams,
society young men -on small Miiicgme
have been oblige# to fall back on the ]
old black tie.- It is too narrow for a ; *
patch an*d too black-to be' afctnurt5v&?' :
pdrtford Post gd .
A certain : .poetes is said to make - ' ??!
good jellies as well as good poetry,:# 7
It is suggested that jshe. make-a new
departure?send hei; jellie? to "news-;
paper Offices and can her poems.? rj Norristown
Herald. "
A' London. Bank has issued an." order
prohibiting the ."wearing-of- beards or r
mustaches during business-.hours.'. It
must T>e'very annoying .for .the -cleriis<;;{
to carry'their beards in their .pokets *,
all day. There are*lfsW?<togefmussed
up. : v - - ;
i, :The fact that- El- Mahdi, -'ti&'-3fa2se *
Prophet, sleeps-during the "day, and
transacts ail his- business rai, Tiight,fives
rise to the suspicion, that El must
ave been a night news .editor.before ,
he west into the business of 'despatching
his enemies^
The choir of a church in;3JeirEamp- 'shire
couldn't make out why the-treble
notes of the organ all of a su<Men kept. >a ' " ;?S|
getting so much stronger tljan. the bass,;Xij
until \ they opened the"' thing and
found a haif-starved -cat in mere:?-" '
tiurungion r re& jrresx. -<*?
Henry"'Irving made four hundred - -y^
thousand dollars in the iUnited- States.
This shows that Americans ar$ not.the ?
best business men, formany of .us have.
lived here for years and have not made v &
more than three hundred thousand!? *
N. Y. Morning Journal.
.A Pittsburg inventor: has devised : a i
jet-black mirror. TheywiUhardlybecome
-popular among our. colored
citizens, for in such' a mirror V dusty u
damsel can perceive only the white o?^~
her eyes. "G'way. from heah' - wih
yer brack'lookin' glasses!" "My
"dear," said the -wife of flsee
editor of a weekly, newspaper, .vshall.X .
give a way those old trousers that you
haven't worn for two years, to some'
poor, deserving tramp?" "No," ans4Viaoa
ftvmcnora
*T CiCU bUC ICU U1V0O *** K.^WJDB^^HI
hang just where there Are. I. may .
start a daily paper some day and then ~
I will need them sure."
George Zeller stole a pair of shears
from the editorial room of a Philadelphia
newspaper, for which atrocious
crime he was sent to jail for three v?rj'
months. If lie had still further crippled
the newspaper office by taking .
the paste-pot, it is believed, the editor
would have insisted upon a life senIence'.
Fipps, who has been lunching with '
a friend upon frogs1 legs: "Everthing
you see is of some use in this world,
even the frog." Friend, who is disputatious:
"I don't agree with yon.
Of what use is the mosquito to us?"
Fipps: "Ah, my dear fellow, yon take
a wrong view of things. Just think .
how useful we are to the mosquito."?
Boston Gazette."'
; The people in San Antonio are so
nervous that a law has been passed
forbidding steam whistles being blowa
in that city. How those people would
suffer if a "circus calliope snouid happen .
to escape and run wild through the
streets, Why, the people would just
sit right down on the sidewalk and
bleat like a sacred calf, and if a Milwaukee
tug-boat whistle-should happen
to be sprung upon them suddenly it .
would give them cramps.?Peck's Sun.
Burdette philosophically writes to
young men: Do you be diligent in your '
own business and be. content with its
rewards. You may not walk so many
miles in six days as Fitzgerald, but you . ^??||
can sleep a great deal more; time; and
if you do not get so much money for
it neither do you get so many' blisters."
On your little salary at the suspender
counter, yon cannot clean up $800,000
on Wall street tMs week. Bnfc then
neither can you be cleaned out of $450,000
next week.
Senator Coke, of Texas, has a remarkably
powerful voice, and it is
said tnas -wnen ne was uisuussuig us pleuropneumonia
bill and got his
throttle-valve wide open, the pages put.:
cotton in their ears and wedged the
window sashes to keep tneait1 from
rattling and breaking the glass. At S? :
the climax of his vociferations Coke
announced that he intended to speak so
that the whole country would hear
Bim; and then, as hepausedfor breath,
Beck remarked, "Guess, they will.
Coke, if the're not stone deaf."?NewYork
Tribune. . .1
It is related as a grave and solemn
verity that two ladies met at the door
of a Boston "ladies' broker," when one
cried in great excitement: "Oh, dear
Mrs. X-.'I don't know butl am mined.
I sold long or short on Dan & Beer- t
sheba Kauroad bonds, and for the; life.
of me 1 don't ?now wmcn, dug u ivs
one way or the otSer Tm utterly bank- "
rupt" ' *0h don't take on so, my dear,
was the reply; -"it's jus* the same with'
me on Camaralzaman mining, .stocks, but
Tm just going in and.tell the clerks .
that I didn't mean a word of what I
said yesterday, whatever it- was." - ' * / '
"Oh, you love," exclaimed the.others
rapturously; "what a head yon-have \
for business. Why, your' e just like a
man!"
They were in the 'grocery'stored
Said Brown (seeing a blind man about
to enter): "Where you aware'howdelicatethe
touch of a blind man as? When."
nature deprives us of one sense she
make amends .by bringing the 'other
senses to extraordinary acuteness.
Let me illustrate Dy tnis genteman.
I'll take a scoop of sugar ana let him
feel of it, and you see how quickly he'll;
tell what it is.'' The blind man haying-...
entered, he was put to the test..-..Ho
put his thumb and finder into^tha .
scoop*, and without-' hesitation 'said?
"That is sand." Everybody laughed
but the grocer. He made three several
attempts at blushing, and thest went
into the back shop and kicked his dog.
The Washinton Monument- goes up
at the rate of 4wo feet a day now, in
*11 fair weather. .1J_...