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WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDX^Di^^^EMBES 17, 1884. ' ~~ Cleopatra. * Death lurked in the vplvet or 1 Cs, check,... j, And In the myriad tanrle?-'of b*-r hair, [ And in her eyes, which drew men to des* ; pair, ; >' I And on ber lips, whose thrill made strong ' men weak. Yea, all the honeyed accents she did speak To men, death-laden wererDtrr tfcaware. Ecwrapt they listened, heeding- not the share Wv'^k * uw?rihr\si/1 >n TT\?d T)iIS* n U.UW U{? U b (UCU LUuuuvvu sion's freak. Brave Antony! whene'er I pause to think Of all thou wert.and ali thou mijrht'st have beep. . w IL - Tby soul enmeshed and ever on ths brink gat Of careless woe, when bound by Egypt's pa - Queen? * j V Eron tears of pity I can scarce refrain That in her anus did meit such scV and brain?. ? N. The.Play.mate Hours. \j Her sreiden doors. to~spet d the shlriin^ flight Of restless hours, gay children of the lig-nr. 1 Bach eager playfeilow' to Baby brings Sosoeiseparate griftj a flitting binl-toat sings 3,^r! a^wavin^ braticb of betrjesbright; r A Tseap ol rustling leaves; encli trife cheers This Joyous little life but just fcezun. Ko weary hour to cer brines sighs or tears; And when the shadows warn tbo loitering sun, "With blossoms in her hands, untouched "by -fears. She softly falls asfcep/and day IS (Tone. ?Sr. Nicholas. A LOST CHANCE. ' Spi- It was mid-summer, and 4fciJian Fergnsofriiad never seen a fairer scene than the"billows of blue bills that lay stretcbed-out below her, with bere and tfcer? th<? flash of a halt-hidden lake, or tbe ribbon-like glitter of a tiny river. She stbod leaning against tbe rustic thavsnoDortof tbe yvcvi wuv?v *v?.M^ >_,. _ ? ^ . booking" cffice or the "small rural sta' tion, wl??e her modest little tnmk and traveling bags were piled up at the pp;. rear. "Don't fret, miss."- said 'the station-^ master, porter, and. hooking clerk combined, who was bustling* in'and out "The omnibus-will be here soon." 4'Qh,;Iam in no hurry for the bus!" said Lilian, pleasantly. ""I could stand and look at this beautiful landscape ail day." " Ain't that strange now?" reflectively uttered the official. "We never think about it at all." "Is the omnibus often as late as this?? said Lilian, glancing atxter neat little silver cratch. * "Not generally," said zhe stationmaster; -"but to-day they're -waiting at the Eectory for the deaf-and-dumb gentleman." - '""Fbr whoni?" said Lilian, in amazement y- ? -x ? r y" fr "Eor the deaf-Ttnd-dnmb_ gentleman," miss," explained the station^Inaster. l_ , "A eousin^of our minister's^ He's been down here for treatment; but dear me, there ain't no treatment can_eier do Mm otit- <rnni?_ ~As deaf as a stone. """V fc> ? miss; and vfiever spoke an intelligent word smue heVas born. But they do say he's a very learned man, in spite of all his drawbacks.1' "Frc afraid ho won't be a very lively traveling companion," said Lilian, smiling. f "No, I suppose not," said&e s?2<< tion-master, in a matter-of'f^^rtof t way. s just at that mojsgst \ wagonette" drove up; the d^fferhanded out a vaLJ^' " assisted a voting lady to />wnirKrrc <mri&y'T sfce cried. ^^RR9Qj?gi . 1 * ri ^ ???... ?!? ? - _ ^ _ . aside EerxeH, and revealing/a r T*"l j ji'i i Ti i j lin Mil" i fm M, ' ~*-rf yjetty fringes of hair and flushed with excitement j "You're jnst in time, miss," said Mr. Jones, peering down the winding; road, which his experienced eye could" trace, when no one else's was of any avail. "It's a-coinin' novc!'r Bst. Lilian. Ferguson, who had been - lliC iiCYV VVAU1V4 now came forward with an eager smile and an outstretcheu hand. "Surely I am not. mistaken," said 3&' she, "end thisis Ellen Morton?" "Lilian Ferguson!" Oh, you darling, I am so?riad-to see you!" cried the stranger. "But where on earth did you come from?" And thus met the two lovely girls who had parted just a year ago at Madame-de - Tonrnaire's fashionable boarding-school in Scarborough, and who had not seen each other since. " : Just at t-cis moment, now was no time for explanations. The ponderous omnibus rolled up, witb creak of leathern curtains, tramp of ?vT horses, and a general confusion oi Ip arrival to the broad wooden steps oi | the station. The sun was already down. In the twilight, Ellen and Lilian could onlj -discover that the vehicle contained bu' one other occupant, a man. who leanec | back In the far corner, with the top o: h his face partially hidden by a large - , wide-brimmed hat, and its lower par ,wrappod in*the folds of a Persian sill pocket-handkerchief. He inclined his head courteously a they entered,, and moved - a handsom< :traveiing case which lay on the middl< seat, as if to make room for them. "Is there another passenger?" sai< Miss Morton, with a little, nervou 'start. ^^ItVcjjDly n should have the drive t ourselves. But now, dear," as sh settled herself in the most com ortabi corner, ^teii me what this rmexpecte encoantermeat.? "It means," said Lilian, with a sh 3mile, "that I am going to be ntirser governess at Chessington Hall, that ii if I give satisfaction- ' I was engagebj a letter a week ago." "What a very singular coincidence,5 said Miss Mor&a^shaking her cherry i colored bonnet-strings. "And l ar | going to bo* -companion to old "Mrs Grove, of Grove Rookery, the- very nex (place to Ciiessington HalL How I d< envy yon, Lilian?* "Erfvy me, Eilen?" "Yes. Haven': yon heardabont it?' said the brunette. "The Chessingtoi rmrrn- fntrn'O ??-r? rxntVv. Hjk erless,? don't you know? They art under the care of an aunt, so Mrs Grove told me; and there is a hand some "widower and an interestin< young bachelor at Chessington HalL' Lilian colored hotly. '"Neither of whom I expect to meet,' said she. "It will be your own fault if yor don't" observed Miss Morton. "Why, my dear, here is your career all chalkec out for^y.qu- Sentipaental.: widower, with lots of 'money?pretty governessmutual fsscination^grovrag devotion ?finale, a wedding! Hey! presto, your fortune is made!" "Ellen, how can you talk so?" cried Lilian, flushing and indignant. "] am not an a husband-hunting expedition; I ana simply trying to earn my own living." 4'The more goose you, to neglect such an opportunity "as this," said Ellen, l&aghing- - "if you don't try for the widower, t shalL Grove Rookery is only half a mile from Chessmgton *-r'* ' ' ' Hail, after ail; and a rich nusoand would solve the problem of my life at ; caoe.'W.~prt | < '" This isToo ridiculous, Ellen!" said : Lilian. "I could not respect myself if j I were to plot and plan like this. I ; know it is unjust, but you have made ! ] me dislike Sir. Chessington already." "The more the better," . said Miss , *r?. "Tiior- cox' iq vf>rv hand- i ULUi iVii* auvj . --j some; and one could easily send the children away to boarding-school. I can assure you, I'll have no old-maid aunts and interfering uncles about the ; -premises." - . "Ellen, let us talk of something j ] else," said Lilian, resolutely. "Tell j 5 me ail that has happened to you since i ' we saw each otherjast" 1 Ellen laisffhed OU\ a. incr: j, ringing ! 3 , lausrh. " ! J'Well, if you must know," said she, I ' j "I've been trying- my best to get a i . nice husband, " but wiliout jfany sue- i cess.1** - : * r , ' 'Is matrimony, then," the end and aim of all the world?" said Lilian, with nnppnlv disdain. 1 "As far as I am concerned?yes." scbnowledged Miss Morton, with charming frankness. ' ' ~ "Pardon ice, Ellen," said Lilian, "but it seems to me that you have de- " } generated frightfully since those dear old days at Madame de Toum aire's. Miss; Morton yawned. . ''How tedious "'all this is!" said she. v?tMiss Ferguson., turned lecturer, eh? "How 1 wish thatypoor fellow in the * corner wasn't deaf and dumb! I'd flirt WjlK/him,, just to aggravate you, Lily!" ? Lilian msde; no answer. She leaned lief --head out of. tho window, and watched the purple' dusk creep up tho " hill safes," counting the stars as one by'* J' .one tney . suone ou u Aayimug | better than Ellen's shallow chatter! Grove Rookery * was soon reached, and Miss Morton bade her old schoolmate an effusive farewell. 4*I see that the old lady has sent the carriage to raeetrue,*' said she- "Goodby, Lily! You must be snr? to introduce me to the charming widower wlien I come over. An revoir, darling ?aurcvoirT* ; The deaf-and-dumb gentleman left the omnibus verv soon. Miss Fergu 1 ' i_?. son waicneu wiursume vu^uv carriage of any description seemed to be waiting for him. He disappeared into the woods like a shadow, and vanished from her Sight. ^ "I suppose, poor fellow, that he li^s near here," thought she. "How dreadful it'mus* be,.*-aus to be cut'off ;/rom " all-corn p an5rTship with ^oneSs fj&ilow beings!1 _ ' But* even s&ilo-- ihese---reflections passed through her mind, the omnibus ^stopped again, before a glittering facade of lights, haH^veiled in swaviug '*1* ?i.- rr^nr sumiaer iOiiageT^uuessingiou iiiitii "Here yon' are, miss," said the r driver. / Through the summer evening dusk, Lilies could see the marble-railed terKCee and the broad carriage drive, /'while two child figures danced up and I ?dpwn,; and uttered^ jtMnl exciama'tTons of welcome?little Blanche and Alice Chessington! "Are you the new governess?" said they. "Are you Miss Ferguson? Wei .come?j^e-icomes *v e are sv u hum you.kavacome!" . jiid-ia: an instant: -their arms were twiued aromid:i^i^Vneck. ,r~" home with Lex: new pupils. Tbey had ranged tiie woods, and visited ail the grottoes and cascades; they had surrounded her. with an atmosphere of the sweetest affection. , Mrs. Hartieigh, their aunt, was equally kind; and Alfred Sartleiofo, the intere ing young-uncle, had "already taken her into. his confidence as to the beautiful bride he was going to bring home soon. , ; . But it certainly was very strange that she never had seen Adrian Chess ington himself, the father of her lovely little pupils. Until one pleasant morning, when, just as she had come out to receive ; Miss Morton, who had driven over in the Grove Rookery carriage to call, a tall, handsome gentle&tan entered the roomv with Mis. Hartleigh on his arm. , * "The deaf-and-dumb gentleman!" , Lilian involuntarily exclaimed. l e?"Poor fellow, so it .is!" said Miss j : Morton, who advanced 'airily, shaking i out the light muslin Sounces of her : dress. '^How he does haunt us, to be sure:-' > "Ladies," said the deaf-and-dumb r gentleman, "you are mistaken. I can t Bear and speak, to-day, as well as [ anybody. I should have spoken to f you a month ago in the omnibus, if it hau not been for tho unfortunate cirt cumstancc of my haying just been f. to the dentist and had my lower jaw broken in the extraction of a double 5 tooth. I perceived that you were mis3 taking me for my unfortunate friend. ? Mr. Denton. , a deaf-mute, who lives near, here; but he had been.detained I until the next day, and with^ny bands aged face it xvas impossible for mo to speak and explain matters." ^VEllenv^,xrton,j face glowed scirlet, 'I "Then," she said smOing^ '^lf oTtr o sympathy was thrown away upon e you." e He inclined his head, dj "Exactly," he said. "I found the next day that it was necessary to put y myself under the care of a surgeon, so T hnon o CAT*f- ivf ovilo fr\y o I few weeks. Pardon my being so late & to welcome you to Chessington Hail! But the welcome is none the less warm s because it is tardy?5 - . Ellen Morton never came to Chessa. ington Hall again, nor could she so i. much as think * of her conversation in t the omnibus that night, without hot 0 indignation at herself. "What a fool I was!'* she cried. Mr. Chessington, however, much as ' ho liked and admired Lilian Ferguson, 1 never asked her to marry him. "When I was widowed occe it was 3 ; forever," he said. . j And Lilian never coveted the prize - of his heart; perhaps because she was * engaged to a rising young clergyman. ' "If only I had Lily's opportunities!" said Miss Morton. "But I wrecked my ' chances when I spoke out my mind so freely before the deaf-and-dumb gentleI man!" [ Deadly weapons are taken from men who carry theia into the Galveston gambling :-?d drinking houses; an emt ploye gives checks for them, and they are returncd oa their owner's departure. : The following are some of the eu' phonious names of the sleeping cars on the Canadian Pacific railroad: Kamini.?<*otiia. Oa Annellee. WanaDitae. Xas ; bonsin<r, Wabigoon, Xananiskis, Nipissin2v Madawaska. : Daring the last five years New Yorkers in Paris purchased $7, $82,000 worth ' of pamtings, r;g J. iff f ^ J i * - /; >". " . \ - .. - \ ' FARM TOPICS. 5pon taneorts Combustion the Cause j of Burning I5arm*?How to ySavy Com Fodder. EEowBest to Increase the Growth of Meadows?How to Italianize l>?es. THE 3UUNING OF BARNS. It is noticoablc. s:iys liic Scientific American, that a larger number' of rarnings of burns are mentioned by the periodical-press in the summer that at my other time. Some of the nre3 are jn'doubtedly caused by lightning,.-the moist vapor from the uncured hay making a I.-tvoraMe conductor for .the jlectric flai.l. Rut there, arc barn fires tvhicfc cannot be attributed to lightning, to lighting of matches, to lignt from lanterns, nor. to the invasious'of. care less tramps. It may bo that the spontaneous combustion of hay is as possible as the spontaneous firing of cotton waste. All fibrous material, when moist, and compressed, and defended from the cooling influences of the outward-air, is subjected to aheatingsimilar to that of fermentation: and in some instances the decree of boat is sufficient to cause actual, visible combustion. In the case of recently "cured" hay this danger is as great as, in similar circumstances, other materials . may be. Frequently the grass is cut in the early morning, whi'e wet with dew; it is fTri^n 'mi! cr:u3>ered and uacked LUi-UJU. WU *W, .? V n c in the "mow" or "bay" before nightfall,with perhaps a sparse sprinkling of salt. Such a compressed mass of moist, fibrous matter will heat. How far the heat will go towards generating com-bustion may be inferred from a foolish trick which the writer witnessed several years ago. A large meadow of hay had been cut, .??/< rtrtolrorl T\r.?virm? tr? ramov UUi\/U| UUU WV*kvv?| Ji/fc * F aw ?.W al. A shower tiireatenin^, the cocks were covered with caps of canvas and ieft for the night. While engaged in getting the hay in the next' day, one of the workmen dropped an nnlighted match from his pocket into a cock of hay, and in a few minutes it was ablaze. It afterwards was ascertained that he had spoken of the warmth of the hay as he lifted it^n'E'i^fork, when a companion rtaaarked that it.might be hot enough to light a match, en which he ppfra match into the rick, anct-before -they had passed on five minutes"^the rick was on fire. Everybody conversant with farm life where hay is a permanent and important crop, knows that for weeks after getting in the hay the barn is warm when-opened in the morning. There is an amount of heat that is absolutely unpleasant when the thermometer outside reaches 50 degrees, but which: is quite welcome with the oniside temperature at 40 degrees. The barn heat is undoubtedly from the moist hay, compacted and enclosed. The cure for the possible danger of possible-spontaneous barn burning would seem to be tho thorough curing?drying?of-the kay before it is housed. We dry all of our' herbs and some of our vegetables without injuring their peculiar and in dividual-qualities.- - There is no rcasoa wliy hay or other fodder material stored inJar^e masses should not be-rendered equally innoxious to the influences of he&fc by thorough drying. fiovr xo &A.+Z tfojor roPDEE. Tiie-compiMui mat si6ck WHTnot eat corn fodder well, or over one-third or one-fourth of it, arises from our method, or lack of method, in securing it. Most of our corn is allowed to stand as it grew, aad to have its nutrition washed out of it, and then it is fed where i1 ?rew to cattle roving through the field, he bleached stuff is little liked and little eaten. A few cut it and put it into large shocks but not until after the corn is dead ripe. It should be cu ? "*% " 1 7? --'v nriifa rry&rtyi 'whue uxe stuiii.3 uu j&u the corn being in the latter stages p the dough state, or before the kernel I' too hard to crush easily in the fingers and before it is dry throughout. I should be put into shocks made fron four hills square in place of the old six j "teen hills square, and bound aroun< the top by rye straw, twine or a greet corn stalk. It is well to bend the tassels down, binding the tops under, thu? turning the rain. In the course of twe = -? .kV to four wee?s, aepenaing upuu im weather, the small" shocks may easilj be husked out and the corn cribbed. The band will not have to be remoTec nor the shock taken down in husking. After husking the hills of corn arounc which the shock is made, as fast as th< ?skock is wanted, may be cut, and th< fodder of the shock may be quickly anc easily, by one man, passed 10 the wag on for stacking, the band aronnd thi shock always remaining on. Thu treated it will be tender, more palata ble and more nutritious, and, wfien fe< with clover, cotton-seed meal, or mid dlings, will De nearly au eaieu. iy also=be handled from the start a? les expense than by the system of sixteei hills square shocks. CATTLE IN MEADOWSOld meadows from which crops hay been gathered will soon have consider the influence c temptation to <nraze meaawwo. ?a?r? injury would follow of course advan age might be had by pasturing then but injury does follow. * The best wa to increase the yield of meadows ths do not come up to the standard is t permit the aftergrowth to remain as winter protection to - the roots of th grasses. It is true, growth may be 5 .neavy as to defeat tue purpose xn vievs In such case the grass, falling closed upon the roots in a thick mat, ma; smother them in winter to such a de gree as to reduce vitality-and interfer with full-prod action the following sea son. When this aftergrowth is to large moderate pasturing is benclicial but close grazing is always injurious ti meadows, especially, when tho gniss i in a large proportion timothy. As i substitute for grazing, when the after growth is large mowing can be done the knives set to run three or fou inches from the ground, ana the croj can be raked up as rowen for feeding calves and sheep. But if not raked i will wither and droop down without il effects. In any case care should b< taken'fo keep the cattle off from th< meadows in late autumn, because no enough profit can be derived fron grazing to compensate for the injur] sure to follow. As a rule too littl< care is given to grass lands, not onl] to those in pasturage but for meadows. Farmers get off all growth that thej can, and the natural tendency is tc weaken roots of the grasses, especially when this is done late in autumn. Il ! grazing must be done let it be early sc t. h O t". tVs/% coo crm m i hrin<r growth to shield the roots Jrom the severities of winter. HOW TO ITALIANIZE BEES. First, secure a ?ood queen from a reliable breeder. When the queen arrives, if your bees are in a movable frame hive, commence on one side ana tate* oat one or two frames and shake off the' bees so as to be sure the black queen is not on them. Now put the frames into~ a new hive and set it in place of the old" | hive, which, with the remaining bees, - ! 'a put six or eight rods away. Then ! examine each frame carefully, find and-*-' kiil ttie black queen, or make a new colony by giving her half of the frames!: in the old hive* -; 1 queens are uiusjaj o^uu ixx <* inch thick and fonr inches square. Lay^f the cage on a frame of brood, near the!" i top bar, and with 3 sharp knife cfct a'; j piece of comb just the size of the cage. l: i Remove the two tacks holding the tin"" gate, but do not let the gate slip out-of place. Slip the cage into the hole cut ' in the comb, with the gate down; be 1 sure the gate is in the right place, so the queen cannot possibly get out. Piace the frames M-the hive just as they were, and then leave tcein from thirty to forty hours. Then remove 't5e~ un. gate, but. leave the cage in position, p and with a sharp, thinknife, give.:two or three cuta just below the opening, but do not remove any comb. Now close the hive and the^Jjees mil ' know their way out; but before^closing,; be carefcil to destroy all queen cellS, ' In about five days.open the hive and see if all is right, and remove the cage. The above plan is intended for those who have had but little experience and not for the practical apiarian.?'Vur Country Home. TJAnKAttA TToA/1 of XUC AClCpUVlIC wvu. WM. If there were bat one wire on the surface of the earth, says Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, in an interview with the Philadelphia Press, a man might talk all the way around the globe. The multitude of disturbing influences ? telegraph wires, atmospheric disturbances, magnetic influences?overcome -the tele j phonic action. 1 Have already overcome as much resistance' as would benecessary to send a message around the world. I have talked through the bodies of thirty persons standing with their hands joined. . Among the papers th&t 1 will read before the Association for the Advancement of Science is one on a new method of signalling between vessels at sea., It is done by means of the telephone, and 1 cannot at present foretell what practical results it may lead to. Sig. nals were successfully exchanged be-tween two boats in deep water a mile ancl-a. quarter apart In one boat was a teleptroBra^wiih one of its two terminals hanging over the bow, and the other trailing in the water over the siern. The arrangement was the same in the other boat, except that, instead of a telephone, it contains an electric battery, with an apparatus for .interrupting the current very rapidly, as as 100 times in a second. Every time the battery was connected with the water the latter became, charged, and when the current was interrupted ceased to Be so, and a musical note was produced in the telephone of the distant boat These results were obtained with a very imperfect apparatus. The musical note could be produced at! will, at different intervals, and we arranged an alphabet A skillful operator could read a message communicated in this way .with, the greatest Trowbrid^C of harvard College/had not Had tne iaea 01 agauauoaicoci, msiead of a telephone, and of charging the water with a dynamo-electric - ma1 chine in a similar way, the idea of ap-. ' piyinsr the telephone for that purpose might not have .occurred to me. The ; Professor thought that in this way ves1 sels might discover their proximity to ' each other in a fog. Nearly all vessels ! have dynamo-electric machines to pro' duce the electric light. This machine * could be used to charge the water when * the steamer runs into a fog, such as ? one always finds off the coast of New? foundland, and would give an electric 1 signal to any vessel dangerously near J to it. The Capri ote Women. i . The Capriote women, says the Lonr 1 don World, are almost invariably hand* some and healthy looking. In the ' ' ? 1?1' nroltrnn will COUrSC VI uua au uuui a. nMtt jV*? ..M r distinguish in the women and girls you meet pure specimens of Phcenecian, I Roman, Saracen, Spanish, and Greek types, survivals of the various conquer-. I ors of the island. But what strikes me } mostly is the statuesque gracefulness 3 of these girls in all of their movements. 1 However mean her occupation,whether it be carrying building stone or climb3 ing a ladder with a pail of mortar on 3 her head, the Capriote girl will always - be graceful, and- the lines of her body i in motion will always call up reiLinis cences of Greek art This fact, together with the seenery of the island, the 3 delicious climate, and the cheapness of 1 livinsr. has made Capri a favorite resort of artists of all nations. Several artists have wived with women of.this country?their former mod0 els.?and settled down to. e strange half wild and half civilized existence. Other residents who, for various reasons, e jJttSjS^ttled in Capri, have likev/ise ^ as these resi^e22??lves -spouses irom ** alities; with perhaps a'mnjlSS^^L^lc^ J gIo-Saxor>, you may imaginewSat^a curious, heterogeneous, and thoroughly-unconventional affair Capriote ''society" is. A man who has Had the 0 force of character to cut himself eff r from the life of cities-and to come and * live, year in and year out, in beautiful, --1 1 -1 rl ' cai m, anu sieepy t>aprj, is a wiaeiy aiuery ent creature from the ordinary mortal for s whom it is supreme bliss to take an ex6 cursioa train to Heme bay, where he " sits upon -the beach,; binds u green ban0 dana round his hoad, and reads the * Morning Post. AH the foreign- resi0 dents in Capri arc characters who s would repay study, and their ideas and 1 manner of living would, not prove an ungrateful subject for the novelist. . "I "Wanted That Badly." 3 A citizen of Hamilton, Harris county, c whose name is Toel, - has witten a long * letter to Governor McDaniel askin^ > ^ ? j > .. ? ? mm to piease sena mm a divorce at once. Teel says he is in deep distress. 1 He and his wife have parted and will never live together again. He has applied to the justice courts down there, but can get no relief. He says the lawyers want him to-pay them $25 to write him a divorce, and he is unable to do that He asks the governor to send him two divorces, one for himself and one for his wife. If the governor can't do.anything, he wants his case laid before President Arthur. He sa^s Arthnr sierns hia name "Chester Arthur." and he understands his postoffice is New York. Teel closes his letter as follows: "Pleas sea about this rite off and doant w&te until after I am ded befoor you- let mo hear from you."?Savannah tfetcs. i . ' - - - . . ..p -; - Ot^TfeAZr QUELT. A^Paite'lfoyelist^ tvtio cfoarses His " Hosta?A^We1vX:*tion ofHorseJ;. - J JECen^ an cL Wcnien^ . How t<>:3Iafce,a Stocking-Bag,?Orna-". _ V mentatiori of. Tab! e Cloths.; '- ' "* . ^ OK XEEilS. a .3^5bHdvraoor: s$ojy*vas quoted oy In41 As:WJ?Wce^:3^H?iOtelfe jwr -episode that. -fcctfiaSy TOBn^^"-i?JOTlfy: before ^oae 'days sjgrctf--.. inanufactiirerhappened to -a: -magistrate. . Ail the gu^ts.weregreatly "enjoying thelireiy.' ^ali ofva's^speiist^wbo ralso-works for Uti^S^gpaSLby.- thctvsra^works. exceeding-:vce|l> That evening he wasfull oiign; hisVit sparkled like a discharsOT^.&e^6^.dinner went . offi^u 3asii: otl^gk^iag. you -perc^fe,'-is_a 'Erew^ jw^jot^ wyiting Kr'iitR-. iftt-. the- conntrr ijesvspaper. j left?. the^b]^ ttJearnanufactSjgfctook the nov^EsjjT* aside and, with^^w,'bcjvv' WijL^at repu-; taUoi^or talent, bat I did not expect cpotinned:-the;mannf ac'^^^'sdiaS^xnt^psst sj^^t^een jli< and lpt 01 .--SpiEltS. JT?OTua-you uava fea^KHiness to,cpsap a^<dme jjath me Zc ^ ii?2 ? ;'j3?u believe thatl will amuse your wife?}' ... "Jeto^- iadeed. Do eofae^'r*- ; ?'?F5>ry monsieur;- but Df< course you &ow the^erms?" * ifefclik :.?j; . .. / } .- g j t "Ej*? terms!? he repeated; like aFman wholes to'understand what is-meant:' "Cfextainly," replied the other witnout i^eStation;' 'f^lfi&SEfUufeout?witl? a m^mEacturer?that's 500 francs." I... **35 be sure! You manufacture chemicals, or cotton goods, or beet.su garner lieayen Knows wnat; -you sea tho^shings and get your' living by theg?, don't you?" - "X^S, butrr'.' ;t,2?5,-continued. the author, "work my brains and I live by what I can spin out'of them; that's, my merchandise, yoiv&derstand. When a gentleman invites me to dinner to amnse his wife,1 whlf$3 dull, that's-' 600 fran cs." ' ftWhat a capital joke!" *vKo joke at all. Madame?your wile?is.a-Httle iowr Eh bien! send me the cash and I will come and divert hea? The dinner has -not! yet been repotted. ' ? ?*-*- s* ; .. - :.t: K'- TTR-RAK-PAST AXD LUNCHEON. The" ornamentation of table-cloths folh breakfast- and luncheon is more elaborate than ever in worked flowers and.fruit of colored thread with, fringes to match, which display the service of &tip^d Bohemian and Venetian glass owte Japanese and Chinese porcelain used^or informal meals to the best adv^ajfage. The plain-white ; damask ta^dt^gnbstitnten^ETns laid at each ^late^nstead of one large cloth, as they cah^be more easily removed for dessert without disturbing the service of the silver, crystal, and Sevres porcelain wMch is -used. For liqueur flacons, as well as for oil and vinegar cruets, the bird kingdom has been extensively in vaded to furnish models. Birds oi crystal, mounted with gold or silver, are used as well for toflet sets. The smallest specimens, like canaries and minute parroquets, are pretty for this purpose, while swaas and pigeons arc more in vogue for table service.? . American Queen. FIRE SCREENS A very handsome fire screen can b( made of peacock's feathers by the fol lowing process: Have a frame of wir< bent into a half circular or lan snane and covered with coarse muslin. Th< wire should be twisted into a handli and made to fit tightly into a smal wooden .stand weighted with lead. Tb< eye feather! are first glued on arounc the edge, standing out a good deal be yond it; then a second and third row, and so on, afterward filling up as th< center is approached with the smalle feathers. Procure, if possible, a pea cock's head, and glne or tack it with s coarse needle, and thread to the center -If you can not get the head, fill u] with tiny feathers. Cover the back witJ fancy paper, red or gold.?Boston EeT aid. FASHIONABLE HORSEBACK RIDING. The fashionable riding-masters sa; that we are becoming as great a natio of horsemen aud women as the Eng lish. The amount of riding done her this summer would seem to bear thei out The drive in the afternoon is doi ted throughout its length by gracefc figures on horseback. Dr. Pancoast, r Philadelphia, has four splendid saddl horses. Be and the Misses Pancoaj ride errant daring and skilL -Mis rides with* SS^ft^&Sln^res speedily that her long; old-fashion? curls are sent flyin<? out on the wine Miss Seligman, the-New York banker1 daughter; Miss Merritt, Miss Stieli Mrs. Colonel- -Worth, of New - Yori Miss Field,- of Brooklyn, and Miss Ar drews, of New York, are all dashin. and gracoful riders. Grooms are rare ly seen cantering after the young ladie on the drive nowadays. - It is said tha love afiairs between my lady and th groom became so common thatpruden -papas took fright. It is the fashion now to nave a naing master accompan; ladies who hare no escort from the! own set. Blassen, the fashionabL teacher, often spends fourteen hours : day in the saddle in his office of com panion. He begins sometimes as earl] as 5 o'clock in the morning, for mani hardy young horsewomen amuse them selves with a canter of ten miles befor< breakfast. The master does not rid( behind, but immediately at the right o: his charge. He wears no livery. He dresses elegantly, and is quite as handsome a figure as any on the drive. H< is not expected to say anything- The charge for his service is about $5 ar outing. It must be granted that 2 handsome Mid fashionably dressed riding-master would be more likely to inspire a passion in the bosom of a.susceptible young woman than a plain and liveried groom. The gain to papa's peace of mind,"however/ comes from k/> 'o rtf AMA wta -m/irr buai uuc u-ui._y DCIK three dozen young women, so that the risk of a mesalliance is immensely diminished.?ZoBgr Branch. Letter. STOCKING BAG. Take a ycrd of blue silesia, two yards :< 'l J il '.. 1 -j of blue satin ribbon an inch wiae, a small piece of white flannel, some still pasteboard, and a spool of blue silk. Of the pasteboard cut four circular pieces, each one measuring'seven inches across. Cover these ionr pieces smoothly -with blue silesia, and overhang the ea^es of the two togetherwith blue siik, the remaining two to be done in the same way for the opposite side. The pufis should be a straight piece . meaanring sixty inches long and twelv? - in'ches.-wide. This is to be gathered rnrmd/tha ad ere of'the circular pieces; leaving a space at th#; ;top o ? the? circle three-inches for theopening. The puff is 'now to be sewed ail round the edges of each circular piece, except the place left lor thfr opening, thus forming the- bag." 'iilake'for the-outside of one of -the eirclos a :: piece; of the same size * and shapeTand embroider or applique some kittle d&-; sign upon it. Tfieji cutl from rfel several leaves the saine shape, - tot smaller, button-hole stitch or pin&the. edges^cd fasten them to tho tcp of the leajfi&icanir a6WLB BOO& SftfTaKMCu. wou nn Luo embroidered,- coverotRJsiiie of this at" the top." r-3Fher?it is faste^^acer-abow of ribbon.-1 This is forholcling the darning needles. /-On thecircteihe op-vi posite side-,a piececf-silesia- isgatberedT top "and bottom" to cover, a little more than1 half the circle, fori a pocket'' la thecasm? at the' top run' aa 'elasticT and in-this pocket is kept the yarn lor darning. The satin ribbon is used to draw the puff together at.the top, and IWVawai* iff tKn fAf thfl "<XLi. IVi, X\Ji- AO \Jiu.\s j. ?f* stockings.?American'Queen: ' ' . Wedding Blunders and Eccentricities. . . I . : Tke most common mistake' of- the bridq is to take off only; one of f her gloves, whereas both hands are brought into requisition in the service. As for ; -the men, theycoininit all kinds of "blunders andbuhgHUgs: I have- knowh a .man,;at that very, nervous,-.and-:: trying 'moment, folloW "a clergyman within' the communion rails, and prepare ~ to;take a place opposite him. I*'have iknown a man, when a minister Stfefefea1 aii nnt. his hand to unite those of 'the couple, take it vigorously "in his own and give it a hearty shake. ; Sometimes more serious- difficulties occur. Some ladies have had fazr- almost, unconquerable reluctance to = rise the word "obey;'' one or two,.if their own statements -are to . be accepted, have ingeniously constructed the word Vnobey.'.'. The word, however, has sliU'to be formally admitted into the language. There was one girl,-who was beins: marriedr by a very-' kindly old clergyman, who absolutely refused to titter the word ; 'o Dey.7 ? xne mmister. suggested that," if -she were, unwilling *to utter , the word aloud, she' should whisper.it to him; but the young lady refused to accept even this kind of a compromise.- n orther, however,' than this, the clergyman refused to"aocomnlodate her; but when he was forced to dismiss them all without proceeding any further, the recalcitrant-young person consented to "obey." .' .The difficulty, however" is not always made on the sidef ol the ladies. On one occasion the bridegroom wished to deliver a little oration .qualifying ms vow, and in describing, in-what Sense' jing of tlus kind conld ;Be permitted." . -There was one man who -accompanied' the formula witlrsotto voice remarks, which must have been exceedingly disi agreeable to the officiating minister, i He interpolated remarks after the fSsh. ion of Burchell's "Fudge!" "With : this ring. I thee wed; that's superstition." "With my body I thee wor> ship; that's idolatry." "With all my [ worldly goods I thee endow; that's a j lie." It is a wonder that sneh a being i was not conducted out of church by the - beadle. <t,,v.+o nno in mini} nf an anecdote I-Llii-3 |;uu? UUV At* that is told of a man, who, in his time, was a member of the British Cabinet, j There was a great discussion on the question whether a man can marry on three hundred a year. "All I can say," 3 said the great man, "is that when I [ said, 'with all jny worldly goods I thee ' endow.' when all my debts were paid, ? I had 300 pence." "Yes, my lore," said his wife; "but then you had your 7 splended intellect." "I^didn't endow you with that, ma'am," sharply retorted the right honorable husband. ' An Amorican Powderman's Adven? r ture. a Mr. Dupont, who was recently re. moved from the enjoyment of, ?2,600,p 000 by an explosion, was probably the a largest manufacturer of explosives in - the world. One of the most daring achievements recorded in the history of the present century is one of whicL he is the central figurot During the rvimA^vn war the Russian governmenl _ vr*uu? . w ^ ran short of powder, and the explosive was required to continue the defense ol q Sebastopo). A cargo was purchased a of the Duponts in America," and waj placed in a steamship lying off Balti mofe. The British hadfrigates postec in waiting outside the Chesapeake. Af 0 ter several feints the watchers wen ;t( eluded, and a chase begun across th< 3 Atlantic, through Gibraltar and up th( Mediterranean Sea. With remarkable | good fortune the vessel passed througl mi I thA "Rosnhorus and into the Biack Se? pTi if#iiiiiY?rt lint when near the plac< , hailed the war_ shiP! . was at the helm hn5>. TffSPS that the vessel proceed, not iieeaS| [V the signals from the war ships. Tw< g broadsides were fired into the vessel * bnt she was able to ,steam ahead and s steer through the rocks.and was- beacht ed inside the Russian lines. This- dar0 ing adventure saved the cargo, foi t which the Russian government paid a the sum of" $8,000,-000.?London Echo. ? Clara Belle at Newport. 2 -One of the Knickerbocker srirls whom 1 I met and liked is to be a bride in Oc" tober. She is a-philosophic little thing. { I noticed that her to-be* husband vas 7 being slowly, gently, but none the less surely, let down from the heights oi I shadowy sentiment to the solidities of ' human actuality. Do you follow me? [ Let mo illustrate my meaning. She 5 waltzed one night with the infatuated fellow; and on seatingher at my side, 5 he whisnered rr.nturouslv: "Ireallv i? think you have win^s on your heels, 1 you danced so lightly." "Not a wing," 1 she replied. "The fact is that I had ' No. 2 shoes on No. 3 feet, and I felt as ' though I were stumping around on my ' ankles. But just now my pet corn stings through the numbness." "Ah!" 1 sighed the persistently romantic chap, i "then the wings extended invisibly * . i ? i .<? j _i-i 11 1 xrom your snouiaers, aear giri. i "Well, it's safe to bet," .iie heavenly seraph responded, that if any wings are attached to me they are somewhere outside of my'corset, for "there isn't ; room fqr a half a breath inside." . 1 ' ^ LAKE GJLAZIER. A Description of the True Source ci the Mississippi River. In 1882 Henry Eowe Schoolcraft led an expedition through the" wild* of Minnesota and discovered what he beKnnaJ t/\ Va tViA c/tnrM fif tilA MlSlrilL <U^ * tu ?v 1/9 iMW ?? ?-W . W I ... sippf river, says the BufDtlo Times. Being at a' loss for as appropriate cams to bestow upon the^ lake which goiist?> tuted.this supposed source, saibestory * goes, be asked a companion wnat.were the Lafin words signifying 'true lead," -and received in reply *~txrUas'capitL'1 This was rather a ponderous name kj give a moderately -small body cf water, ..even though the father of waters here 1 took his first start .uniting the. lastjts^or S3$pfc?e?;?f the :Jys& jsecon^Jhu* bya.novel mode of-^etymology forming ?, new nauie which inlerht easJIvsjass for oneof India&ori i-at i selves permanently to many rivers snd towngncj&nnasota and Wisconais^-bnf w^a more ciQ3eT^SJ2i^' to- the softer language of- southern In-dian nations. Ban-itha?*nbw'~b<iea disco vfcs^ithgj Lake Itasca 1s not Veritas. Caput, and Lake Glazier^ discaycreii in July* 1881, by Captain WiHard' Glazier, mast be ire ganied by all 'future^generalions as the true source of the Mississippi The Mississippi in its.. first stages flows in a northerly direction, the whole system of multitudinous small lakes which contribute to it being surrounded on the north* and west by aa amphitheatre of hills. Lake Glazier lies above and beyond Lake Xiasca," and its waters have an. elevation of probaWj three'feef above that' lake, being con; - neeted therewith by a - swift,- -small - stream. Lake Itasca is composed oi .three arms, extending in the fprm of s trefoil, having a length of five miles and i average width of a mHe amTa haif. Th?,up per oc southern end of its mid.die arm apparently terminates ia a swamp, which might easily have deceived any one'not familiar with'the country. Bat Chenowagesie, Captain ;Giazier's Indian , ^uide, who had fox years used the region of these lakes as his'hunting grounds, readily made his way through the reeds ' and rushes a] .the mouth of the connecting stream. Lake Giazier at its outlet presents another barrier of reeds, through - which the party made their way. in their canoes. . Lake Giazier is about a mile and a ha;f in length, by a mile in breadth. , Its shores, instead of being low%<*nd marshy, as those of many o.f the neighboring-lakes, present' finely wooded slopes and surround the lake in what . would have been a perfect aval had no) a bold, rocky promontory indented iii southern end and given it the outline of a heart. On the point of this promontory is a spring that flows ice-cold water. . The waters of the lake are ex; -ceedingly clear and pure, proceeding from springs, someof tbemin the bot torn of the lake itself, and others at t greater or less distance from its shores Lake Glazier has.three small feeders, one of them, called Elk creek, entering Ice; after bisnearlyparallel with the^restera short of the later a little distance from it* and the effort recently -made to dignif] its insignificant; swampy course-^som? times Completely dry during the sxiis! mer months?asihe true head of th< Mississippi, most prove a futile one, since' the geography of the country reveals that other tributaries of Lak? Glazier rise further up in the country Two streams two or three" miles u length, flow northward into Lake Gla zier at its southern extremity on eithe; side of the indenting promontory. Ex celsior creek,; so called because "it rep reseats the very highest water of th< Mississippi, is the longer and mor< western Of these. Eagle creek, to th< 'eastward, and rising a little nearer th< has been so named for the two fold reason that numbers- of eagle; were seen in that vicinity, and, as th< eagle is our national emblem, it seem ea fitting that it should be remembere< at the head "waters of onr greates river. Lake Glazier is thus" supplied by thre feeders, Elk, Excelsior and ; EagL creeks, now named in order of thei , importance; and, as uniting these wa . ters in one common reservoir, this lak i is undoubtedly entitled-to be regard? l < as the Veritas cbpiU, the true head c the Mississippi. L-| A Headdress of Sponge. ; Did I not tell you some time ag< > when I was writing dp mushroom 1 E satiD, that if you waited long enough I would find something lower still taa j that vegetable to decorate your head with? and Jo! the useful sponge tun I up jast in the nick of time, as afashlo - caprice, when the world seemed to hai ) yielded up its last-to-be-thought-of o: i nament in the shape of fungi ) It's quite funny, as Lou Harrisc > would say, "very, very funny," th 1 idea of wearing on your head the sarc i thing with which you wash your hea< ? Knt st.m the sDonsre as a novelty is-in 3 j mease?-would it bo more isnmeni t ! should the wearer of the sumo becaugl \ } ma, shower. ' I spong-e-is cut flat* , as ) decorat^w7rr>S5^v6?aj <rold three ; stuck into the holes, as itN 5,ol?ld be, L would swell up- under that anwea making the head appear as acabbag? th9 golden loops retiring as anima cali within tneir soft cases. Oh! wnn!<? trivp.?welL all I have in m -purse?a new nickel to see the courag? oas woman who -would go oat ina raic storm with a sponge on the top of he pate. Nevertheless, being la mode 1 you can make up a sponge chapea ' awfully cheap. Par example, I see ol men carrying baskets full of thecoars kind along the streets." These are pel ; fectly worthless as washers, hut fo capots?oh my! Think of h! You caa beat down the man, who asks ten dtent apiece, into giving you two for fifteei cents; four bits worth of gold thread judiciously giued in loops into eacl hole;, a yard or two of mock lace touched ap with a little gold bronze Kova o fit". ?T>VAT1P Even Langtry might be proad jof th< latest novelty. The Facific Medical and Surgica* Journal gives the increase of California physicians at 240 per annum, a numbex which the State cannot support. It appears that Los Angeles has a hundred regular physicians. Tiie editor says that the doctors are ambitious t6 flour iou iu wv large auu. vyui CUUUlc "philosophical starvation" rather than settle in some thriving town where they might ultimately do welL Sci"ntliSc-Mi*ceUau^^^.;. -' ! Becent discussions by English authorities show that doctors'are far from agreement concerning tire distance to . which smaB-pox germs nay be convey* ed by tbe air^s Dr. Bingham has -sup* . posed that infection could not be giv I en at a prcater distance: " than two or three feet in cut-dsor air; Br. HHI" has . placed, the limit atfi*eoj*sfccfeet; ^Dt; Tathaai, .^at-six-to.ei^hif?e?: and "Da. ~ neye at eight-to ma^bm^sftMune^ have griYen Sitoen, thinyr-SftyT 5evefltyt 100,150, 300 and 500. feet as the probable width of the d^g^^ zo&'arcHMd has insisted that ifcis aalf, a' mHs,- ^and . j several emincat physicians have fsyor a Vreemsblor ofcra^stm, ^wtgh' v~nn?? ir^^^^mnchl^re^&snce - than is generally-supposed, as be has several tirces observed" it'since it at. tracted so much attention in -Indi% in. 1 September; 1868L He is disposed, to "ascribe the phenomenon' to an abnorm? 1 ally thjck stratum- of transparent water vjirvor. arrd sot tovolcanic dust.' 'Its rareity may bo due, he suggests, to "tie ' fact that the water?7aporr -wheu p$er? 1 ent in sufficient quantity' to produce ! the appearance, is usually partially | precipitated, fOrmang^cloods; Aa'ua' usual* electric -state..msy- possibly at tiaes give the air great clearness when highly charged Tvith T*por.x /"ftrofc Smith points out that' the- air might [ hold enough Tokanjc^dust to produce 1 the sunset glows which;'followed the green sun of India, and".still" have - its ' transparency unaffected-and cause no 1 change in the sun's appearance. , The mongoose, which was some years [ ago brought from Indie'to" stop the . ravages of the sugar-cane ,roi' in tfai maica, has increased in that island to t - such an extent, and has become'so destructire to poult*yandeven"'to-'ij?nit and vegetables* that it seems: liable* to . soon become a veritable "pest.' Sir?9 beinff mtroduced frbm Europe, the dog has Become very numerous "in a wild ' gSH .state in Australia, huvinsts&d of conL fining itself to subduing the Australian. plague of rabbits, it sow caases a great r- slaughter ofsheep. Th^-wtxaA sad ' .*. the sloat wnfch : Xew Zealand people p have imported from fkiglaad- to keep down the rabbits, haye multiplied so > rapitay inat us rciucuj u Mjtwwa w r. become worse than, the original aOB^Ok . tioa in a very short time. Researches in France Jjy Dr.Schultz r have shown that citric acid possesses * powerful antiseptic properties, which may give it an important place zs a * food-prescrvingscbstaace, since it is i believed to be free from the objection. ' of unwholesomeness'ur^ed xgainst othi er antiseptic acids. "Meat fragments placed in a live per cent, solution of * the acid were in a nerfectstaw of-ores- ? M i f.r... * MJS.rJUL- ^ P uci-iiilUflraft upon -'Jaa^affima ^irninilfiTTnTITitrti iiiiif miTi iiiMiilf * water placed in a li quid containing > . bacteria -and other forms .of microscop- 7 ie life, instantly caused their death. ' Mons. Bali ana has found that the arj eragemoisture of tfati flours of com* merce is fourteen per" cent.' It varies \ with the bygrometrfc state of the "air; j and is generally from one to two per cent greater in winter than in , sum* I Oil is now extracted from the seeds r 'el grapes in Italy.- Young grapes yield k most, and black kinds more vtluot white. . ... ^ i ' Marrying Off .the Girts. ^ ~1""""""""""""" > It is singular to note' the gravity and ' -the dignity assumed by a young girl as -soon as her elder sister is married and i out of the way. A case of th^s -kind is 3 seen in a family that has been passing; - the Summer at Beach Bluffc lie elder 1 daughter, after considerable maneuvert ing, succeeded in winning the affections of a masculine heart; while her s sister, who was by far the prettier and a more interesting ofthe two, was kept r in short dresses and doomed to wear - *? >? in all''fxentleman " r~0 -? 1 Q -S-" e friends" being strictly prohibited, d Now, however, all is changed, long if. dresses and attractive costumes are worn, she enters into society and has already learned the art' of dainty coquetry, whereby at almost a glance she can determine a-man's worth, his V probable motives and his -desirability n as a husband sbonld afhurs takeaserI ions turn; Such accomplishments in a girls not out of their teens 'were unLs heard of a generation ago, but- to-day is J they form a necessary pars tu.? jvuug n lady^8 education. Verily the game of re hearts is a singular as well as & danr gerousgame. >B The Oimin's Game. is te - The small-sized newsboy who used to j. weep in down-town doorways and tell jl sympathetic; and curious , passers-by fQ that if he went home without selling jt his papers an ^ngTy &i:d drunken father would caress-Mm witha-dnbhasfciS upon a new docile. He hies nimseif to oneof the qaietand fashionable areit" innes a?M?a uraeemly. hcurol'2 a. zou, ^^^Ihowls in a-rery high keytfntilhe 1 ;,? c'njT^>w^?-iTicr ^fd<rhbo"rfaood. : ; t robed figures at adjac?u? - window he y springs nis old' <r.ig j. persand a brutal parentT^S2^5t.be* j. fore last the scheme was. .put ? tion on Michigan bonlevard* end "tie ; . result was a sensation. One lady leana ed out of her window an'<T said: "Little d boy, if you arebound to^cry, -for Heaye en's sake do not yell in. that one key." t* ? 1 . . . -.< ' r The Vicious Character of the Tallow 3 Candle. \ The air of aroom li^hted^-by'^gar is Seated twenty times as much -as if it' ' were lighted to-an eoual extent bv in *, candescent electric lamps. When arc] lamps are used, t&econrparison is still | more in favor of electricity. Ton will j be surprised to know that our old* friend, the tallow candle, and even the wax candle, is far worse than gasin the , proportion of air vitiated and the heat produced; and you will be disposed to | Believe it. But the fact is, that so long " as candles were used; light was so ex, pensive that we were obliged to be con tent with little of it^-in fact, we lived 1 in a state of semi-darkneas, and in this ' way we evaded the trouble. It is only * since the general introduction of gas ; and petroleum that we have found what it Sevitary Engineer,