The Fairfield news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1881-1900, October 29, 1884, Image 1
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.
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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.
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M. Gounod on Blindness.
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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
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?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
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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 !
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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*."
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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.
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