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jiff- ~ W1RNS130R0, S. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1884. ' jig In ilia Conservatory. "But we inu?t return! What will they say? Yes, 1 kr.o->v it's a v. 1 ui ;::c?. In the window here. lror:> tiie ether way, "With a taste, now then, of the ice. Ami now and then of Oh, you wretch! B It wasn't at aii required B~ 5 hat von fhr.uid iiiustrste thus with a sketch ; The"speech thai oi course you admired. uSc matter how nnujrhly, There! you have B Spoiled The "classier.! Grecian knot* In wbicfi you J3?e ?ny tiair to vc conea. And I really don't know what ^^Or^cr mischief you have done! You're just j HHnHr Real naughty! You squeeze like a vice I can't you men take something on trust, j And fce more dainty and n:cc? "There! I'm ready now! YVbatI just one ^ more? Oh, aren't you a <2:irlin;r lease? And love me so??c.nv, two, three, four! There! come now, dearest, please. I'm almost afraid of the parior flare. When they took :;t nn* lips they'll see * I The kisses upon them." "No. not there; J But, sweet, ia your eyes, maybe!" L -Earl Marble. I _ SU302EK EATING. j! Suggestions Concerning Economy in j tlic Kitchcn During the Hot Season. T7^ ^ ,3 Iia A Q I JEWU C-IV/Li. AS. 4. wv , I clothes arc changed according to the ! K weather variations, so should the J | " equally important diet be regulated, i In many wisely-ordered households, | f the system of arranging summer foods after new and approved methods has j been adopted, insuring the saving of I I money, fire, time and labor, with tho ; additional advantage of having most : desirable and healthful dishes to tempt j onA ool-icfTr tna ir.rvpf itp Trithnilfc T>roV- i -rr"-;-' r I . , ing a tax to the digestive organs. Science is hand-maiden to conven- j ience, ana there is actually no limit to j the supply of canncd, potted and pre- { served food. All manner of soups, fish, meats, fowl, sauces, puddings, and j , fruit are prepared, excellent in quality and at low cost, considering the fact that every atom of the "put off" article is eatable, and the extent to which the air-tight method cf preparation is j employed amazes one who has not j kept pace with the ingenuities brought I to bear upon methods of table man- j agement "The souns vary in character; there I are extracts for clear soup, powders so I rich and concentrated that a table j spoonful or so will thicken and mako j tasteful a full quart of soup; and then j there are jars or bottles of* juices with j vegetables requiring only th6 boiling water to make regular French soups. The meats too, are so convenient, for in summer one would sooner forego the delights of a juicv roast than to heat the range and the house, except on extra occasions, and most desirable substitutes are the lobsters and sal| mons to eat plain or for salads; the I _ canned and potted meats and game, ATwat*C? KA l-Anf AM YVillVJU SilUUiU uw ivvyi. vii ; to meet the unpleasant emergencies ! which often arise?a rainy day or the arrival of an unexpected "guest, when no one is at leisure to run to the grocery man or to order from tic markets'" man. The patient and obliging baker, whose daily task is to supply the rolls, bread, tea^i^uit, and sometimes cake, savesjA-grca'r^^.jrai at this season can be dispensmT ed with, for the sumrfier fruits, each in its season are wise substitutes for pasf try, for frait aids instead of retarding * the assimilative processes, ana wnea | ripe fruit cannot be procured, the ; canned, dried, and sugared fruits prove l most acc eptable, anu when all prepar' cd they really prove a panacea * for many of the summer complaints which so much annoy children. There are also many vegetables I whirh tend to lubricate the system and supply at the same time elements of j sustenance. Tomatoes, sliced or | cooked, arc excellent, and everyone j know? how delicious they are with the I Mayonnaise accessory." Asparagus, ; too, covers the widest ground of ma- j y ." terial demand. Like; celeiy and on- j '^ifiss^itis^good nervine and may be served on toast wki drawn butter sauce or simply boiled tender in sailed water and eaten as salad with sauce of V r vinegar, salt, and pare oil. Few persons understand the capaci- | ties of the cucumbers, which is usually ! pickled, served raw or grated, and ! mixed with vinegar for sauce. The i ~? T l:?.j | larger specimens cnu. uu ituj; m- , wise, seasoned with salt and pepper, rolled in Hour, and fried to a dainty brown in la^d or Dutter, forming an acceptable breakfast or tea dish, with a i meaty taste added to a flavor of the j vegetable. As little force and fire as possible "N- should be called into service in preparing summer foods. The cereal element predominates in the constitution of the modern diet. Corn, oats, and wheat, in some form, are found upon every breakfast table, and are praised for their muscle-building properties. The Scotch and Irish oat meals are i undoubtedly superior to the domestic, ; but the American method of furnish- i ing it steamed or partly cooked saves , time and trouble. Every mill has of I course its otto way of grinding its j r^- . >_v^rits and samp and different meals, 1 nuvall agree concerning the best and simplest way of serving them?have the grains well done, eat with a measure of milk and sugar, if desirable, when cold, and with butter or cream i ?m<? -'ancrfi-r xo-hftn hot,. Milk is not only an accessory, but is j a. splendid substitute for heavier ar- j tieles of diet, for it is nourishing to a j high degree. Tea and coffee have I each their niche in the archives of ta- j ble furnishing, and one must not lose ; sight of the fact that warm drinks ! neutralize the effects of cold food' for j the system; but milk in sickness and in ; health has a character and qualities j peculiarly to its own. Sour mixic or buttermilk is a healthful drink, and lemonade is specially grateful on a warm day or evening. A glass of lemonade taken hot before breakfast is swift to correct irregularities. Salt or smoked fish is most relisha_ ble for*breakfast either broiled or bollix ?d, eaten with stewed, boiled or fried V potatoes, and eggs arc an cxccuenc warm weather diet. They supply tho phosphorous requisite to the system, and x>rove a mosz convenient substitute for all kinds of meats, ilerb omelettes are a benefaction to the busy housekeeper, as are the gas and kerosene stoves, on which they may be prepared at a moment's notice. On cool mornings hot cakes are acceptable, and can'bo eaten with fruits or meats. Light and delicate griddlecakes of graham or wheat flour or corn mea1, can be made, baked, and eaten with fresh butter on twentv minute's notice, while delicious biscuits require a little longer time to become the crisp brown which betokens tho well-done and most tempting bread made with baking powder, decided improvements upon tho sometimes yellow or spotted soda biscuit of the old-time South.? Philadelphia Times. ? ? Young women have defeated a West Point order by smuggling cigarettes into the grounds for incipient generals. SffyKS*.-n*T ? nay . v . / v. - Given np to Die. j A languor that amounts to pain, a J weariness that shuts out the blue skies j and makes the fragrant summer ai \ hard to breathe; a slow consciousness [ in all the limbs of weakness and in- ' ertia: a longing for skies that arc bluer, J a thirst for airs that arc fresher?these ' are the sensations that come to those ' > - - ?* 1 wnose sun is going uown ai noou?wuu ; in the full promise of a long life come 1 suddenly to the edge of the shoreless sea. It is not all pain. The "light that 1 never was on sea or land" foreshadows : the conlines of that oiher country. I There is rest, sweet rest beyond. jSTo more weariness and disappointment; I no more care. No bearing the heavy j burden, no misunderstandings, no broken faith; these come to all who go on living in this world?they are the heritage of mortality. We have cheerful words and a Godspeed for the friend who goes on a ; journey, here, a journey that may be j I'ulLof disaster: but for the pilgrim I th.it goes higher we have only tears. | Going to the palace of the King! going j to be^the guest of angels, but oh! how i reluctant we are to say not good-bye or i farewell, but adieu! "Ob fond, oh foe], and blind, To Gou I give with tears. But -.vhen a man like jrroce would find My soul puts by her fears." There is one going out of the family ; this lovely summer time?one we havo ; loved and cherished. The doctor has j said travelv, "There is no hope," and ' ceased to come. There is nothing to . do bat to wait. The dear one who is I going on the long journey is the least j disturbed. There is no making ready. ! The frail sufferer lies in the hammock j or sits in the reclining chair, and with j closed eyes drifts on to that silent, shoreless sea. Of what do tiie dying j think? How does it seem to withdraw j from the busy, bustling world, and bo j no more a part of it??:o feel the life i trembling on the pale lips; to know | that He has given His angels charge | concerning thee? ir I were tOia mat j snouiu <ne to-morrow, That Use next sun that sinks would bear mo! past ail fear aa<! sorrow For anyone: All the fi?br. fou^Ut?all the short journey j through, Whut shouia I do?"' These dear ones who arc leaving lis, j fading day i>y day ia this lovely sum- I mer weather, are the evangels of love I to guide us to the nights of unselfish- ; ness. Ifc is our privilege to minister to ! them, to soften every step as it r.ears ! the.end, to stand with mute thanks- ! giving in the light of the coming splendor, and behold the chariot < of Israel and the horsemen thereof. "It is a perpetual sinjmer there. But aere Sadly may we remember rivers clear. And harebells quivering on the meadow i Uoor. "Far brighter bells and bluer. Far tenderer hearts and truer. People that happy land?"i'is the land of j Evermore." Given up to die! This is the fiat of ! ? " "? f t . I doom wnispereu m sorrownu accents to heart-broken friends. Why not j "given up to live," called before the ; noon of life to enter upon the rest and j reward? see. We would interpret all this doubt and strife. And for each mystery find a key. But not to-day. Then be content, poor heart; God's plans like lilies, pure and white, unfold. We muit not tear the c'osc-shut leaves apart, Time "wiil reveal the calyxes of gold." ?Detroit Free Press. ^ M. Gounod on Blindness. " t ^ ... at : XX X Hviti LU (JUUU^VJ O JJJLm U WUW VU J j one of these two terrible calamities, i deafness or blindness, I do not think I should hesitate an instant: The deaf are generally said to be less cheerful than the biind; but notwithstanding that, and notwithstanding the fact that loss of hearing would, affect rue in regard to that which has always been the source of my ,Tery keenest and deepest feeling?I mean music?yet, between being deaf and never again seeing anything one loves, there is in my opinion so vast a gulf as to make that one consideration sufficient to decide tiie question, une mast hol forget that a musician can enjoy music to a great degree by merely reading it; and though the actual sensation of the sounds is necessary to make the impression absolutely complete, yet it is sufficiently strong to convey melody, harmony, rhythm, qnality, and all the other elements of music?in a word, to give a real mental hearing of the piece so as to stamp it on the mind without the aid of the external sounds. It is well known that Beethoven wrote many of his masterpieces after he was I elv deaf: but he cannot have. I written thera without hearing them in' himself, and it therefore follows thafc the converse can take place, and that: music can be heard by merely reading it. Deafness, therefore, does not en-< tirely destroy musical enjoyment Infac'-# as far as the sense of hearing; (joes, every composer, when he writes'; down his ideas, is virtually on the' same fooling as a deaf person; for; what he writes is the product of his' Ttiln/1 filnnp. "Rnt blindness! the oriva-l tions it implies; the sacrifices it impos-| j es! the virtual imprisonment of not being able to walk alone! the dismal darkness of never beholding the face of Nature! the silence and solitude of being unable to read or write! As long as he can read a book, a deaf man remains in close communication with the whole circle of human thought, j r\nr>tc iili?!r>5f?r>hp.rs. critics I JULIO WW kW| 7 ?all are still his companions; the world of painting and sculpture is still open to him. Tne blind man, on the other hand, is dependent on others for all he wants; he has to ask for everything; he is the prisoner of prisoners. A thousand times rather, then, be deaf than blind. The Court Had In*""- acd Itselfl A Boston Judge upset a whole courtroom of lawyers the other day by an unprecedented ruling. He was listening one morning for an unending tims | to testimony, good, bad and unreliable, \ in regard to the width of a certain | street- In the midst of tho matter a ! | recess was taken, and the Judge dis1 appeared. When the court reopened I he took his seat and prepared to listen. | More witnesses were called to testify to the feet and inches; but the Judge waved his hand. "You needn't say anything more about the width of that street. I know all about it. I've been ! out in the recess and measured it my- ; J self!" "lucre's another old 'Judge | ; over in East Boston who invariably i follows the same plan. "You needn't i tell me anything about East Boston," | : he said the other day. "I've lived here j all ray llfo, and I icnow as mucn aDouc j ev ry inch of it as anybody, I guess." ? ? ? " Rev. Mr. Cuyler is the latest opponent of college athletes, which, bethinks, "lead to drinking." It is the latest instance of the clerical habit of getting the cart before the i horse, since college drinking oftenor j leads to quite lively athletics. AS ELECTRIC RAILKOAD. Prof. Daft's Singular l^ine in New Jersey?Supplying Motive Power. A company has been formed in this city to furnish electric motive power to any and cverv one \vi:o mav have a ; Tii.i ;?.? ? l\j tuiii. -l ?iv iitibvii.140 xv ?oscs tou se is the cleetric motor of rof. Louis Daft About one mile west of Greenville, N. J., nestling in a grove of trees, is a small frame house of four rooms, and under its shingled roof was found the wizard of Newark bay. Jumping from his drawing-board au with energy that he might have drawn from one of his own motors, ho said in cheery tones: "Come, lake a ride." "Ampere," named from the distinguished electrician, was brought out m _ 1 1 irom a, aei^uuoring saeu, saucucu ;mu bridled, and the wizard and bis guest got aboard. "Ail ready," lie cried,and touching a lever, and giving a quarter revolution to a three-iach "crank, the engine starred. The track, from its appearance, might have been built of the debris of the lirst experimental railroad in America. The rails were old, and worn, and rusty; they were up here, down yonder; a succession of bumps and hollows; tlicy were on a heavy grade and the one curve of forty-five degrees was like turning the i". t it comer 01 a, leuee. jiiuw ui tuu nviiu any four wheels ever managed to follow such a track is a wonder, but "Ampere" whii'led along it, back and forth, without a groan and was as docile and quiet as a Shetland pony. The engine would sweep along to witL::i an inch o: the ends of the rails and stop instantly when on the verge of going over. me power teat movea mo engine came frora a generator in the factory, ! through a mile of wire, which might as j well have been ten or twenty-five miles long. The power was transmitted to the engine by means of a small iron rail in the middle of the track. The mile wire was attached to the rail, and the current fiowed through it, producing power enough to move "Ampere" and a standard gauge passenger coach rtAnfoinin/. cornntr.fivfl nicconfrirc nn ! VVUli?llUlU^ |3V/?^UUJ-UTV ?V?.fc_>w>V/A_4^v.4. v* |/ I a seventy foot grade, and yet barefoot- j ed children play upon the track unharmed. In the factory close by a small motor that occupies less room than a sewing machine operates the saws, planers and drills of a wood working sliop, and a still smaller one in another room pro- j duces 900 revolutions a minute in a ! thirty-six-inch fan, and drives a cur- j rent of air through the building that j would turn a windmill. Prof.. Daft j would in all cases show the harmless- j ness of his machines by diverting the i current of electricity operating the ma- j chine into his own person, and even by j r?1ci<;in(r rMTYM'jit. with his tomrne: this ! notwithstanding the flash of light Iho ; opening of the circuit produced. "What is your plan for applying | your motor to domestic use," he was ! asked. "We shall build central stations, at i which we shall generate sufficient pow- j er to supply everr demand within a raXLFCL-J vx tf tT Kf-iMZlXX-iC-ZkceAi, rr??* T-r*- . carry as much of that power into your house as you want, and measure it out to you, and we will carry it in a way that will afford you no inconvenience, T,n -rnnm nrr? hpincr absolutely jlavt A VVM* p ^ safe. We wili give you a motor of any capacity; it wili occupy only one-fifth the room of any other; will always ho ready for instant use, is cleanly, requires no engineer, and will take care of itself. You start and stop it by a quarter turn of a three-inch crank.1'? N. Y. Tribune. i ^ A Pussy Adopts a Rat. "I guess that rat didn't- like the way he was treated," said Mr. Hiram Thomas, a Charleston (Mass.) provision dealer, referring to an orphan rat > ?-1-1- j: ,1 * whicn nis cnantaoiy uispuseu v;a.u juoru j adopted into her family, and which ungratefully deserted the foster mother who had so kindly taken it in "out of the wet." A few weeks since the cat, a Maltese, which makes her home in Mr. Thomas' office, had two wee kittens, says the Boston Globe. Evidently ashamed or dissatisfied at having so small a family, and feeling that she could very easily manage and care for a laro-cr one. she be<ran searching for " o ' c some little wanderer who needed the kindly attention of a mother. Not finding one of her own species, and happening to discover a half-grown rat whose forlorn condition wrought upon her sympathy, she promptly gathered him ia, and installed him in her little family. On the following morning Mr." Thomas found the cat quietly snoozing in her accustomed place in the office, with her two Jdttens and their foster brother snugly ensconced by her side. "For several days,1' said Mr. Thomas, "she watchcd he adopted child just as lender!r as sho did* her own off spring, nursing him with them, and dividing her care generously between , ,,o O * them. The rat was evidently happy in his new-found home for a time, and was apparently not disturbed at seeing his foster mother occasionally rush out and slay other rats. Finally the restraint of being "tied to his mother's apron-strings became irksome to his ratship, and he boldly essayed to play truant. On missing him the cat would at once hunt him up, and for the first few infractions she'let him off with a gentle reproof and an admonition that little rats should stay at nome, uuu not be running at large, learning bad tricks from older rats, who wickedly steal edibies from the store and commit other depredations. Apain he ran away, and, when caught, the cat, thinking it about time to assert her maternal authority, gave him a sound shaking up and cuffed his ears. This was more than rat nature could endure quietly, so as soon as op portunity oiiered me youngster maua good liis escape, making up his mind that it was a pretty smart cat that could give him points on getting a living. The cat is now without a family, as her two kittens were drowned after the departure of the rat. This is the season when the liar hatches out his fish yarn or his story of the sea serpent. Oae of the local papers has been doing itself proud by puoiisaiujf vuiuuiu ui. su w yarns, but cot one of tlieai has assumed the proportions of a good healthy lie. The writers don't seem to have acquired that case and grace essential to the success of a leviathan fish story. ."They seem to be hampered by the bonds of truth and a too close adherence to facts.?Baltimore Every SaliuZHftj. The latest rival of the hackmen at Niagara Falls is a real live Indian princess, who acts as the "saleslady" of a bazar just opened. She is said to dress "in a costume to which by her rank she is entitled." % : They Traded Names. "That matter about your fish buyin* i reminds me of what happened two sum| mors ago to my sister, or rather to her j two little boys,' or, more correct yit, to one of 'em. Them was two curi'us little boys. They was alius tradin1 with each other. Their father deals mostly iu horses, and they mast have got it j from him. At tiie time I'm tellin' of they traded everything they had, and when they had nothin' else to swap they traded names. Joe lie toofi jonnnys name and Jolinny took Joe's. Just about when they had done this they both got sick with sumthin' or other, the eldest one pretty bad, the other not much. Now, there ain't any doctor within twenty miles of where my sister lives. But there is one who sometimes has a call to go through that part of the country, and the people in that part is alius very glad when they chance to be sick when he comes along. Now this good luck happened to my siste? for the doctor came by jist at this time. "He looks into the state of the ! "u ,3 4"U -m/nfl* ttto c rrATI A i UVJ9 iiUU Willie Lxxwi UIVVUVJ. ?FM.v ^V**v I down stairs he mixes up some medicine I be lias along with him. 'What's your name?' he says to the oldest boy. Now, as ho had traded names fair and square, he wasn't goin' back on the trade, and he said "Joe." "And my naYne is Johnny," up and says the other one. Then the doctor goes and gives a bottle of medicine lo their mother, ? 5 A in y TAA | aim says iiu; inu miuiwm; .10 iui vu-^. | You must give him a teaspoonful every j two hours. Keep up the treatment and he will be all right.* As fur Johnny, he ain't sick much and don't need no medicine." And then ho went away. "Every two hours after that Joe, who I wasn't sick worth mentioning, had to I take a dose of horrid stuff, and pretty I !?/* 1.- f.-v Mo lirwl on/1 -TnVirmTT Vio ?>KJ\JU. UV/ LUVIV UM vswv*) v v ?-j ?w just played around and got well in the nat'ral way. Joe's mother kept up the treatment, gittin1 up in the night to feed that stuff to him, but the poor little boy got wuss and wuss, and one mornin' he says to his mother, says he: "Mother, I guess I am g-->iV to die,and I'd ruther than to take any more of that medicine, and I wish you'd call Johnny and we'll trade names back again, and if ho don't want to do it, you ken tell him ho ken keep the old mink skin I gave him to boot on account of his name havin' a Wesley in it." "Trade names?" says his mother. "What do you mean by that?" And then he told her what he and Johnny had done. "And did you ever tell anybody about I this?" says she. "Nobody but Doctor Barnes," says he. "After that I got sick and forgot it." When my sister heard that an idee struck into her like you put a fork into an apple-dumplin'. Traded names and told the doctor! She'd all along thought it strango that the boy that seemed wuss should be turned out, and the other one put under treatment, but it wasn't for her to set up her opinion against that of a man j like Dr. Barnes. Down she went, in ^ oh/\nf cftrnntfton lnmnc wfoprA "EH L Timpkins, the hired man, was plowin' ? in the com. "Take that horse ont o' that," she hollers, "an1 you. may kill>< him if you haye to, but git Dr. Barnes 3 * the doctor come*ne SeartTHElHs Sftry-, and looked at the sick youngster, and then says he: "If he'd k'ept his mink skin and not hankered after a Wesley in his name, he'd a had a better time of it- Stop the treatment and he'll be all right" Which she did; and he was. ?Frank E. Stockton, in the. Manhattan. Devouring Leather and Swill. Mr. Jobbleswizzle, says the Mer chat Traveler, was taking his wife through the penitentiary, and was playing guide and stuffing her with all sorts" of miraculous yarns. Finally they reached the kitchen, and Jobbleswizzle, after looking around a minute, picked up a piece of leather and said j to her: "Look at that, my dear; can you see how a man could oat that sort ol stuH" "Gracious heavens, what fiends the officers of State must be to make the poor prisoners eat it" "Yes, my dear, and look at this tallow and that box of garbage, what do you think of that?" "Why, Mr. J., it is awful, simply awful, and just as soon as I get homo I'm o-ninfr to the Woman's Christian *** O ~ o ~" "" Association and have the ladies get up petitions to stop the nefarious busi-. ness." "And ray dear," he continued, without noticing her remarks, further than to stop long enough to let her make them, "see that bucket of slops. Now what do you think of men and women,. thinking, sentient, human beings, with souls-to save and bodies to nourish, eating and drinking such stuff as I have pointed out to you?" "I shall report it at once, 'that's what I'll do, and I'll show the officers of State th'at the women of this country will not permit such brutal inhu XD <XLiity tu Ail bUV U. UXAV AJLL?MHUtions. Aro you sure that they have to eat and drink that?" and her eyes blazed and her hair stood up. "No, love," he answered, backing over behind that stove, "on the contrary I am sure they do not. Nor did I say they did. I merely asked you what you thought of feeding men and women on such stuff, and, my dear, you have given me your opinion and I am satisfied. Now let us go to some other point of interest." But Mrs. J.'s feelings were totally wrecked, and she absolutely refused to see any more penitentiary, and she wouldn't speaic to joooieswizzie ior three days. Silent IVoe. An intelligent writer of Salt Lake City?Mrs. Paddock?in a letter which lies before me, tells this story: "A few years ago an educated young journalist came to Salt Lake City from Europe with his young wife. Both became sincere believers in Mormonism. Then strong pressure was brought to bear by the priesthood upon the husband to force him into polygamy. The , wife, finding opposition in vain, at last I gave her nominal consent, a secona bride was brought into the house. In a short lime the first wife bccame a mother, but the infant never cried aloud. It came voiceless into the world, but it wept in secret all the time. Sleeping or waking the tears : flowed from its closed eyes and in a j few weeks it died. The mother said it j died of a broken heart. Every day of j its life it shed the tears that its mother j had repressed beforo its birth. Its | weeping face is the symbol of the face ! of Utah. A Territory of precious minerals and wealth of soil, with intoxicating air and blue sky, but filled with silent woe."?Boston Transcript. A traveler notes that Chicago ladies | are proverbially pale; that the lake j winds do not produce a healthy color, but seem to blanch the complexion. There is more bloom even in the east winds of Boston, he says. Literature of the Face. Observe how, when the shrew palmist is reading the lines of a hand, ho scans the face with almost equal interest. These learned people know how the soul.dwells in the eye; and tho ability to understand its language is inborn with most folks without having to study it, though extremely sensitive persons Have told me that more power of discrimination rested in their hands than they coidd read from every fea* ure of tho facc,-the fingers being so ful of vision that they could feel a color without.seeing it; so fall of nerves that an impression was instantaneous and conic-be relied upon; so full of life that.-.srhen their possessor was in love they.'tmgled with an affectionate intoxication.-'. It is sr^ that very quiet eyes that impress-JSCl embarrass one with their repose signify self-command, but also much complacency and some conceit Bestless sies?that o?.t*-wnfc look ?no steadilv ? the face denote a deceitful, desigm^SJS1"0*-jC'yes: .in ^wmfsp.. wi white" ^^aV;.^i2oi?Iaii .'-ti&'ge sttiitis1 streakeU Reddish Veins, "prove' much wv'sSrong' "passion and nasty tempers. -^Yery ^bloe eyes bespeak .a. mind^^fcafod -to- coqtfetry;-gray sye& * signify^gaity,--intellige:nce and-ex cellent "^asoniag faculties; > greenish eyes, faiekbod - and -a 'fondness for : scanih^^ inafidbns mind is often in-': dicatedajy^grefenish eyes. 'Black eyes show a passionate, lively temperament;" " and ofttpmes a nrost deceitful disposition; eyes ^are generally tender and tru^lnditfiting a kind and "happy disposiaofc; : Of thp .nose. A Roman nose denotes an enterprising, business-like character;^. long -nose is a sign cf good s en se;'^jb'eff ectly straight nose indi- " cates attire and noble soul, unless the eye co^adicts .itj a-i nez retrotcsse signifies affiSpirit of ndschief^. wit and dash; a largfc nose "generally7 indicates a large finind and good fefeart; a very small .-nose good nature, but lack of energy*;;"'" Thiqkf: lips generally mean either great gfenius or great stupidity; very mm JUpBf% vj/ueiby, tinu. if the lips are habitually compressed, falsehood* Dimples on the cheek are knoTra as. tfffe?"sbodes^of .roguery, and in thajchin, of Cupid and his pranks. A tean face speaks more of intelligence*than a iat face, generally speaking, and they do say, beware of a full, round; - and greasy face?it moan3 treacheiy. Irascibility is accompanied by an erect, posture, open nostrils, moist temples, displaying superficial veins which stand out and throb under the least Excitement, large, unequal, illranged eyes, and equal use of both hands. A genius mav be expected from mid die stature, blue-gray* or brown eyes, prominent and large forehead, with temples a little hollow; under lip slightly retiring, a fixed, attentive look, and hgpitual inclination of the head either Backward or forward.?Forney''s Profress. i Alligator. ; long is securely housed at 190Avest Seventh street. Early last Saturday evening an enormous beetle flew into the house where the alligator is being entertained, and fell to the floor. One of the occupants of the house scooped up the intruder on her fan and flirted it off into the aquarium. The water in this ornamental vessel is verv shallow, so much so that when his alligatorship stretches his six inches along the bottom his back and tail are not submerged. Luckily for the beetle he landed well upon the alligator's tail, high and dry, so high that the 'gator couldn't double up and nab him. The reptile lashed the water, and his contortions described nearly all the curved letters of the alphabet, but to no purpose; the,beetle hung on and appeared to enjoy the ride. During a moment when the alligator was at rest the rider appeared to let go his hold to secure one more reliable, when quicker than lightning, he was snacen on ana was uuuuutuug m water. Instantly the 'gator whirled to secure his prey," when his tail again touched the drowning insect, and again there was a passenger aboard elated over his narrow escape. Not contented with the perilous position from which a moment before he had been thrown, the beetle began crawling up the back of his enemy to what looked like more secure quarters. With the sagacity of a fox the reptile now laid quiet, evidently biding the time when the death-walk would bo sure to end. Slowly the beetle crawled, fastening his feelers one by one into the youthful scalcs of his enemy. The 'gator moved not a muscle. He did not even breathe, while his eyes shot forth the mftHo-n.int h.itredof a basilisk. *o** ? The beetle finally rcaclied the uglyshaped head, wh:cii was held up we'll out of the water.' In a twinkling the head was ducked, the beetle was again in the water, and in another instant the incipient teeth of the reptile had crushed down through the stiff-cased wings of the bug, and the struggle was over. The alligator made no effort to devour the elephantine bug. He simoly held oh to him, half of the ' * ^ 1 corpse in ms moatn auu wc uiuqi in the water, and not nntil an hour or two after daylight yesterday morning did he spit' out the mouthful ana evince a desire for his usual breakfast of half-dead flies.?Cincinnati Enquirer. The Human Voice. A boy ten years old can stand out in the street of a quiet village on a calm summer afternoon and make the air quiver and startle the dozing population out of a year's peace by shrieking to a boy three-qnarters of a mile away: "Oh," Skinnee! Comin' nout tafter supper?" And the other lad will yell back with awful distinctness and care: "ies: uisyur mggvi-auuuivi aa ^uiuv to the store." And they will converse in the same thrilling pitch and maddening force if they are only ten feet apart. But, twenty or thirty years after, either of these boys will get up to address a public meeting in a hall not fifty feet deep, and ten feet away from the speaker not a living soul can hear a word he says.?Burlington Eawkeye. San Francisco seems to be on the verge of a business collapse. A private letter from there from an old resident and shrewd observer, says: "This city : j is getting worse and worse for busi | JAUii. JL UU lUilUJf lauivauo u?iv i I it All the Oregon, Washington Ter- , ritory and Montana business has gone to the Northern Pacific road, and all the Arizona and Southern California trade buys East instead of in San Francisco. The Oregon steamers all go to Portland crowded with Californians looking for business and new openings to escape from this plac*." r \ ' A MINUTE IX A DABK CELL. The Experience of a liady Who Recently Visited Newgate. "And suppose a woman is unbearably aggravating, kicks and shrieks, etc. I suppose you put her in a small, dark cell?" I query. "That we do after ail other measures arc tried in vain," replies my host. "Well, please put me in one and go away ior five minutes," I requested. On this I am led toward the cell "most politely," as sung in Princess Ida. "Please, Mr. ^ -viler. I want a new sensation: I want to struggle and bo forced in, and bear the key click in the lock with a spiteful snap; else how can I write of the dark cell realistically?" On this I procced to throw my arms about and behave otherwise in most rebellious manner. - With a quiet smile I am humored in my little "crank," and in a second I find my hands pinioned in a firm grip, and am pushed* into the dark cell, hearing the key click in the lock, and over the one wee bar at the top seeing the last of the lig"hfc.'' I-know it was fi?Hy,<:;bnly "overcome with terror, I was speechless for one brief second, and it seeindd to -a&e as if az? iev cold hand held mv tern-oles' in a cruel pressure. Then from-mydumb, lips came a piercing; shriek, that echoed throughout those deserted halls with horrible distinctness.- Five mmutes! It was hours before they returned with the lanterns. "Oh, dear," I groaned, "will I be here always? Have they forgotten which one I am locked in ?" I felt that much longer of solitary confinement wou^d turn my brain, and I began to gasp for breath. At last they come; the gleam of the light increases; the steps sound more " distinctly on my ear returning to release me. I hear the jailer's keys jingle with joyful- sounds of freedom from my self-imposed torture, and the door flies open."' I can not speak, and, womanlike, choke down and sob instead. . At this toy friend shows -me his' watch. "How long have I been there?"I filtered out. "Exactly one minute," ho replies. Sure enough, this is true; yet in that one minute all my life seemed to come up before my mental vision, just as it is said one's life comes up to the drowning man or woman. 1 am told that usually one dose of the dark cell suffices the culprit, and I can not banish the impression that it is haunted with fiendish'spirits. I know it was silly of me to be so unnerved, I, who have gone about London's slums, and know no fear of living thieves in London's streets, met at uncanny hours. Well, call me sentimental if you like, i for, all the same, I solemnly assure you that I had rather die on the instant, he shot down in the twinkling of an eye, than be locked and bolted for one night in the dark cell at Newgate, with no more tangible terror than those born of my terror-stricken apprehensions. It is such a little place, only big enough to sit in?a little dark closet, in fact Some inhuman mothers shut up their refractory children in a dark clothes-press as a punishment At all times I believe the woman who strikes a child to be a human monster, unfit to (tffjflftof "mother.1' After shuts her miscmevous ii?txe~cnuu in acloset for five minutes, or even a minute, as ^ punishment for I know now Vi-tr ovnfrrienp.e the awful friprht entailed. Oh, mothers! don't terriFy the little folks- Perhaps their vexing little pranks are only an overflow of animal spirits. X<earn t0 curb your own temper, and be gentle with the mites. Tako the hot, fretful little girl in your arms, undo the pinafore and wee frock, and, slipping ner out of the burdensome clothes, place her in a warm bath daintily perfumed, and my word for it, the nervous little one will soon be splashing: about the water in merriment Don't forget that children have nerves as well as grown folks, and that they have their troubles in child land. But I implore you do not put children in dark closets as a punishment.?Boston Herald. Sharp-Sighted Indians. One of the most curious traits of the Ayan Indians, recounted by Lieut F. Schwatka in a late number of Science, is their power of seeing the motion of a fish in water. The Yukon is very muddy, so much so that when an ordin ary pint cup is nuea wun ic notnmg can be seen until the sediment has settled. The water is ten or twelve feet deep and the river wide. Yet when a solitary salmon comes up this river its coming is notified, its position identified, and it is often caught in a hand-net Some person, generally an old squaw, is on the lookout in front of the huts on the bank. At her call a man runs to the beach, picks up his canoe, paddle, and net, and guided at first chiefly by the advice of other Indians who gather on the shore, but as he approaches relying more on himself, shoots the canoe into the proper position, and, while he regulates its movements with his left hand, plunges the net to the bottom witu ttie rignt. vvnen it is remembered that the mouth of the net has an area of only about two square feet the power to catch a solitary salmon by thrusting it directly into its course seems almost miraculous. No white man could sec any evidence of the motion of the fish, yet the natives assert that moaon is communicated from the bottom to the top. Out of seven attempts watched by Lieut Schwatka two were successful, though the fish were swimming from 250 to 300 vards from the bank. Sev eral hundred fishes caught in this way were in their houses and on their scaffoldings. A "Western Scientist. Apropos of traveling Britishers, I am reminded of an incident which occurred when Professor Tyndall was lecturing in New York in 1872. A number of statesmen went down on the train to witness his first appearance in this country, and next day, with numbers of prominent New Yorkers, called on the learned philosopher at his room in the St Nicholas. During the reception Professor Tyndall sidied over in his peculiar fashion to a friend, and, pointing oyer to a gentleman who was busily conversing at the other end of the room, whispered: .'Who is that extr'onary person?" "That one? Oh, he's the Senator from *- " mrtQfr uaiuorma. * u cah uumj? extr'onary," exclaimed the scientist. "Why, -what's the matter -with him? What's he been doing?" "Oh, nothing of any consequence. Only ho asked whether I didn't think the sun was inhabited." Mr. Evarts tells of a lawyer, being often interrupted in a difficult case, stopped, and facing the bench, said: "I have told your honors that this is a puzzling case, and I am afraid it will be made even more so if your honors put questions more puzzling WJ.au AuUis Liiciiiscxy^a. ? / Why a Kerosene Lamp Bursts. Girls, as well as boys, reed to understand about kerosene explosion?. A great many fatal accidents happen from trying to pour oil into a lamp while it is "lighted. Most persons suppose it is the kerosene itself that explodes, and that if they are very carei ful to keep the oil from being touched I by the fire or the light-there will be no j explosion. But that is not so. If a I Mn rvr tl limn is Ipft ahnnt half frill of kerosene oil the oil will dry up, that is, "evaporate," a little, and will form by mingling in the air in the upperpart of the can a very explosive gas. Yon can not see this gas any more than you can see air. But if it is disturbed and driven out, and a blaze reaches it, there will be a terrible explosion, although the blaze did not touch the oiL There are several other liquids used in houses and work-shops which will produce an explosive vapor in this way. Benzine is one, burning fluid is another, and naptha, alcohoX ether and cdyiurorrcr may do the sarae thing. O* In a York shop lately there was a can of benzine or gasoline oa the floor. A boy 16 years old lighted a ^'cigarette and threw the burning match .oil! the floor close to the can. He did not dream there was any danger, because the liquid was locked tip . in the can. But there was a *reat explosion, and he was very badly hurt This seems very mysterious. The probability is that the can had been, standing, there a good while, and a good, deal ci vapor naa lormea, some 01 wwen naa leaked out around the .stopper, and was hanging in a sort of invisible cloud over and around . the ; can, and this cloud, when the matcii 3truck it> exploded. Suppose a girl tries to fill a kerosene lamp without at first extinguishing the blaze. - Of course this, lamp 3s nearly empty or she would not;care to fill it This empty space is filled, with a cloud, of explosive vapor arising from the oil in the lamp. When -she pushes. the noizzle-. can into the iamp at the top, and- begins to poor, the oil, running Into ..the lamp, fills-the empty spacesr and-pushes the cJcrad of explosive vapor, and the vapor 5s - obliged to pour over the edges of the lamp into the room outside. Of course it strikes against the' blazing wick which the girl is holding down by the side. The blaze of the wick sets the invisible cloud of vapor/>n fire, and 'there is an explosion which ignites the oil and scatters it over her clothes and over the furniture of-the room. This is the way in which a kerosene lamp bursts. This same tiling' may nappen wnen a giro, pours the oil over the fire in the range, or stove, if there is a cloud of explosive vapor in the upper part of the can, or if the stove is hot enough to vaporize quickly some of the oil as it falls. Remember that it is not the oil but the invisible vapor which explodes. Taking care of the oil will not protect you. There is no safety except in the rule: "jSever pour,oil on a lighted fire or into a lighted lamp."?Christian Union. How a Lady Should Mount. The most graceful way for a lady to reach the saddle, and the one that is buti j5Tr<zn~tcam>?ag. assistance of a gentleman. The riders education will not be complete until she has learned this method of mounting, which, when accomplished easily and gracefully, is delightful to witness. In it the rider will hare three distinct points of support, namely, the shoulder of the gentleman, the united palms of his hands, and her hold upon the pommeL The stirrup having been placed across the shield of the saddle in front of the pommels, the lady, holding the reins and the whip, with its point down, in her right hand,?which must rest upon the second pommel,? should stand with her right side tovrard the horse's left, about four or five inches from it, her left shoulder being turned slightly back. Then, taking a firm hold udou the Sfccond pommel i with her right hand, she should with 1 +V10 loft TmnH lift her ridinjr-skirt \ enough to enable her to place her left foot fairly and squarely into the gentleman's palms, which snould be clasped firmly together. This done, she should drop the skirt, place her left hand upon his right shoulder, bend her knee, and give the word "ready" or a signal, and at once spring from her right foot up and a little toward the norse. The gentleman at the same moment, must raise his han^s and move them toward the horse. The lady must, wnen rising. press or bear lightly on his shoulder, and also keep a firm hold on the second pommel, which she must not relinquish until she is seated. The gentleman should then remove the stirrup from the front part of the saddle, while the lady transfers the reins to her left hand, passes her right knee over the second pommel, and her left over the third. She will then be ready to have her foot plaosd oa the stirrup. Trying to Joke a Cincinnati Family. "The obtusity of some people is more obtuse than that of other people," said a bright young man to a friend. "What is the matter now?" "Weil. I was out to dinner down on the shore the other day with a capital~'1 V? r* V*atViTOA I 1st s iaiaiij, iuiu i^uivs wv* great, loDg.tc^e^raph-pole vinaigrettes, and I was expressing my dislike for them. I noticed the gentleman's wife had a pretty little one on a chain, so to be funny and puny, I remarked, 'Ah, madam, yon have a nice little one there for a scent'" "And didn't they catch on?" interrupted his friend. "Did they? Well the husband chimed in and said: 'Xot much for a scent, my young friend; that smeller cost $15 net.' It broke me all up so I haven't had the courage sincc to*challenge anyhnrlv's wit with a nun." Then he sighed and they went out to chew 3 piece of snake root. A diver engaged in diving operations off the coast of Gibraltar, under Apes Hill, with the object of ascertaining the whereabouts of a recent wreck, has discovered at the bottom from eighty to one hundred laree ^uns, mostly 24 and 32 pounders, and also two large anchors. They are supposed to have belonged to some large line of battle ship cnnir in t.hfi r>ld war. Tjossiblv af yyiJ-lViA ?? ? , ? v ter tho battle of Trafalgar. As there was no apparatus for the purpose, none of the guns were brought up, so it has not been possible to ascertain their nationality. __ _ ^ I ' Jig The man who economizes saves, and he who saves most can invest most, and he who invests most reaps most in the way of net profits. This is the law in a r.nnntrv where all roads are free to citizens. All roads are free to the citizens of this country. Thrift is not the absolute creature of statutes, though statutes may afford the means of .thrift. ?North American. TAKE CARE _0F YOUR MOHET, AND LOTS OF GOODS OUB STOCK IS OPEN AND EEiDY foq^all comers." EVERY DEPARTMENT FULL, AND [ Goods CHEAPER than they have been for OUR GOODS HAYE BEEN BOUGHT as LOW as anybody can buy them and we < INTEND TO SELLTKSM. 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