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'ft ' ' r ~ "winnsborq, s. c., Wednesday, may 20,1885. ' The First Cloud. They Stood at tV- aitar one short year aco; ^ He vowed 1'roru he troubles of life to deB fend her, r To have her and h.->ld her for weal or for woe, * She spoke the responses in accents most ten, der. To-nigrht, in t >om. they are sitting apart; Oh! has all her wifely devotion been wasted? ^ She mopes theve in" silence, a pain at her HP The lamps are unllghted, his 8uppcr un- j HW Their sky, ess- vn cloudless, is now overcast: j For joy there is sorrow, for gladness dejec- I The serpent has entered their Eden at last, f ^ And left its dark trail on the flowers of af- i gip^SsgS? fectioa. W Oh, -nay ttflere be in her bosom a pain, J * A grrle? that she vainly endeavors to smoth- j rer; ?t?d^ht he has told her, in language quite | plain. She can't co?k his meals half as well as his motaes. A SEA-SIP K ROMANCE. ' . "But how can I help feeling neglected and miserable, Ned? You scarcely look at me when Miss Lovel is near. P"1- and she is your preferred partner in all things now. You walk with hen you sing with her, you drive with her, you dance wun ner, ana it a:afc.us iuu vuiywretched." ' "Now. Mollie, if you're going to be Ip? jealous!" if "I'm not jealous, Ned. If I thought B you didn't care most for me; if I fan^ cied you cared at all for any one else, I don't think I'd remonsti-ate with you at all. I would just take off this," graft touching the diamond on her hand, "and hand it back to you. I'm not jealous, "but you are not very kind to me, p Ned." "My little pet, you do not see things as I see them. One owes something to society, especially when one is at the - seaside. If you would only remember ^ that I love you too well to find fault i|f with anything you can do, and, if you ||L would become a little more of a society character yourself, I would be perfect|pr ly happy- Why, you scarcely take the |f ieast attention irom any one out me, and so many are willing to offer attentions to you. Now. dear, kiss me once; / I must be off; I am- to drive on the beach with Miss Lovel. Not jealous, my ?et?" r ? "Not jealous, Ned, no," and she F . turned from him. but without giving the kiss he had asked for. . ' "She is jealous, though!" the young follnw tHnnorhf- smilinc as he watnhed , *v"v " "? \ ~~1~? - , the pretty, straight figure going away | . from the nook in which he had found . her out to the stretch of sand, against 5&?s? which the waves were rolling, receding, leaving now a mass of seaweed on . , it, now returning and bearing it away ?a very coquette of an ocean, now a . kind and now cold, and always fair in J the sunlight. ' . Ned Tremaine hurried over the beach, whistling as he went, and he presently J caught up with his affianced, who, in TvrAttv nf pream and with her wide sunhat pushed a little 'back on her blonde head, was looking very beautiful and animated?ancl smiling in the face of Lee Stoae, the most incorrigible male flirt at the r beach. "V/here now, Tremaire?" the latter called out, as, with a nod, he pursued v his way. j/ ~ jc VL ik 'i rite uu me ucuwa, v> m sew ^j^-'you later;" and Ned had gone by, re' snming his whistle. Mr. Stone smiled a little and spoke a few words to -Mollie. She colored slightly, followed the tall form of her lover a moment with her eyes, then Fgave a gracious answer, and half an hoar ljter, when Ned and Miss Lovel met the pretty light carriage on i.he beach, in which Lee Stone took his , daiiv drive, they received a pleasant ?v* Tir _ it? _ v _ L noa irorn pre icy .>?o:ne, wuo was ms ? companion, and who looked as though A she was thoroughly enjoying his society. r. "She certainly lost no time in following my suggestion." 2Sftd told himself, half in surprise; "and she has evidently found the society of Stone anything but boring." "What a handsome couple they r-' make,"" Miss Lovel said, with a certain gleam in her steady, gray eyes. ^Ned colored suddenly; he didn't quite know why. '"Perhaps you didn't know that Miss Antips is mv -nromised wife." he said, a .trifle coldly. "Oh, but so many engagements^axe -^broken in a summer at the seaside, one never minds that very much," the languid belle said, indifferently. That ni|rht there was a hop at the ho; tel, and Ned had made up his mind while dressing to be a little more'atLtentive to Moilie; but, to his surprise, he didn't find ilollie Annes shrinking ?nr?pr >i?r mother's wincr. as hnd been iier custom. A number of her old jBS v friends had arrived while they were at ||p dinner, and they were about her; besides,' Lee Stone was quite pronounced r in his attentions to her. and while she i ^gavc him (Ned) a smile from the distance he found it quite difficult to got near her; then a lteht tap on his arm MRl , informed him that Jdiss Lovel was askw - ' V | ring mm wny ne was so preui^upieu, and, as Mollie and Stone went circling by, joining the waltzers, he followed them with Miss Lovel. "A rather pronounced flirtation," Lee laughed, later, when he and Mollie g?? stood on the hotel terrace watching the mfwniiorfst nn the sea and strand and rone solitary couple pacing slowly along beside the waters. Both knew who they were, for a few moments befora they bad seen Ned Tremaine place that pale-pink scarf about the shoulders of \ Miss Laura Love! as he led her across t.fvrrapp.- too much engrossed in his rtask, it would seem, to notice Mollie or her companion. "Oh, everybody flirts more or less at a seaside hotel, one has nothing else to do, you know," Mollie .answered Lee, nrifVi o KorVtt- little ? ITSnlfi flf l-ltlfrhiftr. r' and he looked down on the pretty face to which the moonlight was so tender, I his voice sinking to almost a whisper as ie spoke to ber.-. jjr ' ' "It is a cowardly pastime for a man," ^he said, softly, "and for a woman it is cruel one." Again she laughed, while arranging ^ tie braceiet on her arm. a toucn 01 U mockery was in the rippling laugh. W "And you?is it pleasant to know ' that you are cm el or cowardly?" she questioned. "One is tempted to become personal when such remarks come from one who is said to count his conquests with a Gruel pride, -and to [whom the world gives no higher aim than to fascinate, and?remain careless. Am I too plain? Forgive me." "I forgive you freely?as I would forgive vou- all things, Miss Annes; but 43 -.vJ_ i-! 1J .1 )__ neitlier >uu li\" mu nytiu iun_y uuicistand me. 1 may seem a trifler; but, were the woman I love to love mc in return no smile would be to me so ^ sweet as hers, no presence half so i dear." Mollie had been watching the couple I on the sands, going slowly back and forth in the moonlight; now she lifted her sweet young face and looked at him ^ VYlfcU * dvlii yj. ynj. : ! > - "Do we all wron^ you, then?" she asked, gently. "Have you failed in ; your wooing? Can you not win where j you love?" His face Hushed a little at her words, and she, watching it, was struck by its strength and beauty. How did it | chanco that she had never noticed eith: er before? "I am not ieit tne cnance to woo or win her," he said, slowly; "she is another's promised wife." "Ah," she said, pityingly; and she gave him her hand in a sweet, womanly sympathy, never for an instant connecting his words with herself. He lifted tee small hand reverently to his lips, and. drawing it through his arm, turned toward tiie beach. As he did so he found himself facing Ned Tremaine and Laura Lovel, wijo were coming in | from the moonlight, and he noticed that the young man's face was quite white, while there was a half-scornful smile on th6 lips of the fair belle of the seaside. But the two couples passed each other in silence, the one going down to the stretch of glittering sand, the other going in to the dancers. A week later, and Mollie had just 1 >me in from a long hour, peaceful and calm, spent with Lee in a quiet nook among the rocks that overhung the ocean. He had been reading toner there some of the sweetest poems given to the world bv srenius. Her i-.eart had thrilled as he read, and new, strange feelings had stirred it. When he clos-. ed the book he had looked np ami found her eyes filled with tears. And now in her own room she was asking herself how it was that what she had but commenced for the purpose of an| noying Ned had in one brief week slain all her old resentment against Miss ' Lovei and ruade her thoughts turn constantly, not to Ned Tremaine. who was her affianced husband,but to Lee Stone, who was termed the srreatest male llirt at the beach. What "was changing in her iife? When she now met Ned and h iura it did not pain her as it used. Was it because a handsomer face, a stronger and nobler face then Ned's was constantly near, ready to turn to her with devotion, ready to light if she smiled? * , A servant broke her ponderings by bringing her two messages?one a ^ouquct'of white flowers, with a fc'.v feathery sprays of fern among their whiteness, and one crimson ro-u gleaming Tv?ii frnm f'nivr rw>ti>r! :intl in it Was a note from Lee, asking her to go fo:* a drive with him by moonlight: the other was a few angry lines from Ned,asking if she remembered tiiat .she was betrothed to him while she allowed every gossip at the hotel to chatter of her flirtation with Lee Store. 'I have been patient, waiting an opportunity of speaking to you>'' he wrote, "but you will not give me o::e, so I write to ask you if you wish our engagement broken; to all it would seem so." She trembled a little as she read, and her sweet face changed color; but she weut to her desk, drew from it every letter he had ever sent her, formed t'nram onri hie vin<r in n nand IUViU w r o" wrote hi:n the following note; "It was I who was first taught patience, while my existence was forgotten for one who was what you bade me become?'a society character.' Why should I fancy that you wished an Interview with me of late? It is not so long since you couid not spare a moment for me from Miss Lovel. Do I wish our engagement.broken? Perhaps we both wish it, Ned; at least let us break it, since I so displease you. I send you your letters and ring.'1 T*nlfUAtict conaofi.'MI ^UCa' Vii i Li\yiu^i-L tM vuvaiiic vras in her throat, she penned a brief note to Lee: ' I will be pleased to go with you;" that was all; and in the starlight?the moon rose late?she went with him out over the beach and far along the country. Was it strange that he noticed she no longer wore Ned's rin^r? Was it strange that he told her of nis love,and that sue listened silently, believingly, with a strange flutter at her heart? Was it strange that when they drove back, lingering besi;ie the "sobbing ocean, another ring should deck her finger and another bond should lie upon Urt-r. lifnO W^ll frtr/\ /^vt-Txrollr/arl nn- ? UCL Tl on v ? uiavu M on the strand, two whom the gossips called lovers; and vet when it was told chat Mollie Acnes was to place her happiness in the keeping of "the flirt of the beach," one man who heard it turned white as death and shrank from the sight of the beautiful woman beside him, although men called her fair, and many said she had won him from his faith; yet Moliie was too happj' to regret, although sin; still sometimes' remembers.?Philadelphia Call. A Cat Starts a Clock. William Ewing, of Conemaugh is a highly respected gentleman of sixty years of age and is a member in good standing of the Disciples' Church. The necessity for these statements 'will appear right awaj*. In Mr. Ewing's house were two clocks, one downstairs and the other up,"which had not moved for two years. A tinker was recently called in to repair the downstairs clock. While he was at work Mr. Ewing's cat, a very intelligent animal, jumped upon the table on which the clock stood and closelv watched all that was done. After the clock had j been fixed and made to strike again the cat disappeared. Some time later the clock up stairs was heard to strike. The members of the family, in great surprise, hastened up stairs and were astonished to liud that the cat had opened the clock door and, by inserting its paws among its works, had actually overcome the obstacle to its running. They stood and watched it and saw it strike the pendulum with one of its front paws, just as the tinker had done with the down-stairs clock. The cat did not set the hands, for the reason, perhaps, that it did not know the precise time.?Johnstown (Fa.) Tri oune. Getting Down to Hard-Pan. They were talking about hard times and the general disinclination to buy large stocks or heavy investments, when a bald-headed, man edged into the crovvd and said: "Gentlemen, we have been living be yond our means, and wc mu$r get down to hard-pan and begin over agVin." - . 'That may be all very true,1' replied one of the others, "but who ~ will begin?" * "I have already begun," said the bald-head. "I was worth $30,000: I S90 000 worth of citv lots and >^"7 - - w , started to build a $75,000 mansion. The result is that I am r.ght down to bed-rock and ready to be<nn anew. Do any of you happen to Know a good opening 1'or a d-ancing master?"?Wall Street Sews. - ...y A Bevereh", Mass., man, has a pom"* " "*? 3 * _ O AAA ? penan lamp ane^eu w uc o,wv jrcato old. . I 1 v> THE AWFUL TORPEDO. What the Naval Engagement of the Fa- j tare May Be?An Uncertain Fight of One Against a Hundred. The role of the torpedo-boat, reads a a translation from Figaro in the New H??1AO n c n^rtcr/T/ tc torri hi r* V/il^vkUJ WKJ A*? tviiiwiv) and those who direct i^s movements are exposed to the greatest dangers. A single heavy shot may scatter it to atoms, and when it approaches tho enemy a hail of balls from the mitrailleuses and rifles will do terrible execution on board. Therefore, the mere fact of embarking on a torpedo-boat is a guaranty of bravery. Figure to yourself the situation of the officer in command of such a torpedo-boat who is ordered to sink a ship of the enemy's squadron. AH his surroundings constitute one vast danger. The very sea that hides and protects luru during tne first part of his expedition may in another moment toss his corpse hither and thither upon its waves. His adversary will seek to riddle the boat with a"rain of steel, cast-iron and lead. The torpedo itself, which carries such terror with it, might be touched with a missile and explode, bursting the torpedo-boat into atoms. The co:ubat commences. The vessels of the licet have opened fire.. Shells rain in ail directions. One of our cruisers, cannonaded heavily on the starboard side by a fort mounting twelve Krtipp guns, is simultaneously r\v\ fhr* 1 o rKno ciHo Kv the enemy's iron-clads. She has already suffered severely, and her position becomes critical. A mast signal from the admiral's ship is given, and a torpedo-boat starts. The watchful enemy has observed the signal. He knows the danger, and at once concentrates his fire upon the little gray speck which is shooting rapidly toward him. Three miles separate them, and the torpedo-boat must make that three mifc3 in ten minutes. If it is not sunk before it has traversed that distance | tne iron-ciaa is iost. mereiore, me ; cannoneers point their guns with the most scrupulous care. The first shells pass wide of their mark, but the aim is rectified, and soon the shells fall so near the torpedo-boat that they throw the water over it Now one has fallen right at its prow. A geyser jet of water thirty feet high conceals the torpedo-boat; the enemy believe it has been sunk, and utter a tremeijdous cheer. But the projectile has only ricochetted and passed over it. The water falls back in rain, and the bravo little vessel reappears all streaming with brine, as though it had emerged from the sea-deeps, and rushing on at full steam in the face of death. There are only nine men on the lit tie vessel, and they are going to attack a sort of leviathan carrying an immense crew. It is not the fight of one against ten, but of one against a hundred. Not a single word is uttered beyond the necessary orders. Those men, whom death already touches with his fingers, are silent and grave. And do not suppose for a moment that they do not think of the danger. On the contrary, they think of nothing else. But it is not of their own danger they are thinking, but of the danger of failure. It is not a question of th?ir lives, but_ of tho-srtccess ol iuo enterprise. It Lr*j essential that the torpedo-boat stall rea-h the enemy's Hank and rescue our cruiser. After that, if the torpedoboat sinks, so much tire worse! Every nerve is strained, every eye is directed toward the object in view. Now ihe boat is only live hundred yards away from the iron-clad. The tire of the mitrailleuses mingles with the showers of shells and sweeps the deck: everything wooden is splintered to atoms with grape-shot. An incessant lire of repeating rilles from tho mast tops of ti.e iron-clad plays over the torpedo-boat, and the bails, entering through the fev openings in tho decks, have already disabled three men. They lie iu a corner, to which they have beeu able to drag themselves, for there is no time now to attend to them. They may be thought of in two minutes more?after the fate of all shall have been decided. The torpedo-boat has almost reachcd its enemy; The success of the expedition is now assured, for the shell batteries are powerless to harm the torpedo boat at such short range. The rifle fire, terrible as it is, can not sink her. It can only kill some of her crew; but that is of no great consequence. Now is the time when the . -11 u: Clipiiuil 13CCUS ULl 1113 i'.liCWJr U1 cjro auu coolness of will; now is the time that his men must execute orders with the rapidity of lightning, for if the torpedo be fired a second too soon it will fail to do its terrible duty, and yet if there be a delay of a moment the torpedoboat must dash itself to pieces against the sides of its mighty adversary. ]Sow the boat seems almost ready to touch the enemy's Vessel. Hand-grenades flung upon her deck rebound and burst; one man is killed; the captain has received a terrible wound in the face, but, summoning all his strength, i _ v: tr -??:??i. Lie supports inmseu ereui< iigiuuat mo iron wall by a sublime effort of will. Livid, drenched with blood, but terrible in his calm resolve and bravery, he keeps his eye still upon the enemy. "Ready! Let her go!" The awful missile is launched. An enormous stirge appears in the water, and a frightful crackling noise is heard, followed by a terrible cry of distress. The uigmy has conquered the giant "Hard a starboard!" And the little vessel, suddenly wheeling around, steams away at full speed, while the enemy's iron-clad sinks to the bottom. Tori minntas afhorwarrl tlis fcjvmorlrv boat has returned to its post beside the admiral's vessels. The admiral sends for the captain in order to congratulate him. * He is carried to him upon a bier. Meanwhile the light goes on.- A new expedition may prove necessary. A provisory captain is at oncc appointed, and four men to complete the decimated crew; and the torpedo-boat is ready to fulfill anotfier mission; it fias another band of heroes to direct it The Better Kind of Gossip. I say 1 hate a malicious gossip. But there is a sort of gossip I like?the innoccnt, entertaining sort, who talks to me when I care to hear, about people whom his tattle does not harm, or whose chat is too inclusive for personal mention, or who refers to persons whom he does not name,' in a spirit of criticism not severe enough to condemn. but iust enough to profit. You see I'm a tattler myself?by name? and think it no harm to indulge in tittle-tattle of this impersonal kind occasionally?growing more confidential, let it be understood, as* the talk grows more pointed in application? a fault such talk inclines to?and not offended if my auditory, turn aside at times a little"bored or may be more indignant The average length of human life is thirty-one years, and is on the increase, j How Stud-Poker is Played. As numerous references have been made lately to stud-horse poker, the following description of the fascinating | g;ime, taken from an exchange, is re| produced. It was evidently written by some fellow who had run up pretty hard against the buried card. Stud-horse poker is dangerous, be I c:\use it has the air of innocence and fair play. Five cards ar6 dealt, the same as in*V)H?er poker, with this exception?that ?ill but one card are exposed, and it "s upon the strength or t weakness of this hidden card that the players win or lose their money, as tne case may be. For instance, one player may have an ace in sight, another a king, and so on. Should any one of these pair the "down card" it woul'd constitute the strongest hand. The players can only judge from the cards thrown around by the dealer as to what pairs are out The highest card or pair in sight must do the betting. This gives the player holding a strong pair, one of the cards of which is exposed, the other hidden,. a decided ad | vantage, as the others may not oe piay| iug him for a pair. The tables form a semi-circle, and are so arranged tha<" ten or a dozen men can play at one time. The dealer, with his chips, sits : ) the center, and requires each man to 'ante" one ciiip, which entitles him to j draw two cards, the first one of which is dealt face down, the second being exposed. The betting then begins and continues until the cards are all drawn i out. This looks like a very fair game, and probably would be were it not for the "rake-off." or percentage, and oth [ er little points which are kept a secret' ! among the favorites of the green-cloth I circle. The percentage taken by the house absorbs at least one-half, and is so great that old and experienced gamblers will not play their money against the game. Where the greatest evil exists is the cheapness of the game. The chips in the majority of the houses are sold at the. rate of two for 5 cents, the player being required to buy 50 cents1 worth at a time, or as many more as he desires. Should luck run in his favorhe may make a good winning off a halfdollar. In nine cases out of ten it goes the otner way. This, then, is where the fascination comes in. Each player imagines that he can play the game better than someone else, and that there is a fortune" in store for him if he only has nerve and follows it up. Young men who could not be induced to play their money airainst. other games of chance are daily being caught in the meshes at "stud-poker," and once in, they find it hard to extricate themselves. "Fifty cents1 worth, just for amusement," sa}'s the smiling tempter; aDd the half-dollar is exchanged for a small stack of ivories. The cards are dealt, and the teginner, at the end of several plays, finds that his capital has been increased fourfold. "Great game!" cries the novice. "No good," growls the capper, who has been losing. "Try again," suggests the dealer; "perhaps you will have better luck next time." lie does try again, and the rule invariably is that either he or the dealer has all the chips when the'game closes. These, then, are the recruiting-posts once become a victiui to ^stud-poker," and it will cinch him liEe the Old Man of the Sea. The J^st- friendjftat comes to the rescue of these poor 'fellows is the law. It is the only thing that can save them from utter ruin.?Virginia Enterprise. Tree-Plant! m*. In.a roccnt address, Prof. H. G. Northrop, of Connecticut, said: "A brief history of Arbor day will show its aims and results. The plan originated with ex-Governor J. Sterling Morton, the pioneer tree-planter of Nebraska. He secured the co-operation of the state board of agriculture sonu; twelve years l o rrr\ TcrVi/in thi> cri\\*t\F tV4? thnc 171 duccd to appoint the second Wednesday in April as a day to be devoted to the economic tree-planting. The old theory that trees would not thrive in the "Great American Desert" had formerly discouraged tree-planting. By pen and tongue, with arguments from .theory and facts from his own practice, Mr. Morton succeeded in creating great. popular interest in this work, in which he was ably seconded by cx-Governor Furnas, who has long served the United States department of agriculture in the interest of forestry. Ilately examined the groves on Mr. Morton's estate,in which black walnut abounds, growing from nuts planted by him in 1&5S ana' 1866. The circumference of one of those planted twenty years ago, three feet above the ground, is four feet and three inches, ana the girt of one eighteen years old is two feet and three inches four feet from the earth, and its height is twenty-five feet. As an "experiment I have just planted npr?nnftl1v and hv nm\T in Clinton and vicinity about 150 nuts grown on these trees this year. The experience of treeplanters in Nebraska favors planting the nuts and the seeds of all tap-root trees where they are to grow. For forest planting in that state, the black walnut takes the lead of all hard woods. A general and remarkable interest was awakened in Nebraska in the observance of her first Arbor day, and it is said that over 12,000,000 trees were planted on that day. This enthusiasm was not a temporary effervescence. Each successive governor has continued thus to recognize this day. The interest has been sustained and increased. The State board of agriculture annually awards liberal prizes for the greatest A# fraflc nlonfnH KTT onv r-.fta VA V&VWs? ^UUVVU KSJ MUJ person on that day, as well as prizes to those who plant the largest number during the year. Hence. Nebraska is the banner state of America for economical tree-planting, having, according to the reports from the several counties, as I am informed by ex-Governor Furnas, 244,356 acres of culti- ' vated woodland, or more than twice that of any other state. It is not strange that the originator of arbor day should be recognized as a public benefactor, nor that, during the last campaign, when party lines were so closely drawn, as a oandidate for Governor he ran some three thousand ahead of his party ticket. Though at first aiming at economic tree-planting, Nebraska now observes "Arbor day in schools," and the schools were last year invited to plant''memorial trees." tua ttto a cr\r\r> JLUg VA nao JCV/U followed by Kansas, which claims over 119,000 acree of planted woodland. The governors of that state issne annual proclamations for Arbor day, and it is now observed by teachers and scholars in adorning school-grounds and *nes. Until lately it was the general belief that chewing the splinters of a tree struck by iightning would cure the toothache, and that such splinters 1 ' ? ?' *1 WOUiQ DOi uuru VYUUU miuviii uibv uio i $te- 1 Keeping Tlirir Costumes Secret. "Actors and actre.-s^s r.re uiightilj distressed when they appear in a new role," said a dramatic manager of experience, "lest some other actor or actress should managfc to see or get a de- ^ scription of their costume, and eithei 1 reproduce it nrst ot eise mase it a saojecl of gossip in professional circles. It ' isn't easy to understand their feeling ' when a costly costume has been bought j tp find fome one else reproducing it on 1 the stage.' The dress of the actor and actress & part of their capital. It is 1 not thought to be stealing in the pro- 3 fessio&- however^-if an actress can get 1 the best- of her sister actress by appro- ! Ipnatiag her ideas. The argument used | is that if one cannot guard her professional ?ecrets, then she had better not sro intoMJie business. The stories ol 5 the pains that actresses have taken to ' learn what a popular rival intends ic wear would fill a book. To be outwit- . ted in this wav is a disgrace, and now- j a-days itis rarely done. Indeed, it is J not so attractive an amusement as it used to be, for in first-class theaters actors bjiven't a wordw-to say about ' what tL^.v__shaR wear. The manager ' dictates' every garment to be "Worn, 1 both inajesign and color. The reason 1 is that the picturesque, effects of stage j oTonniiwr are elnsclv studied, and an ' . ffort is' made to present at every new J situation a new picture to the eye?a ' picture.that might be a model in every ^ way fo]| a painting. In the matter of * color tie tone is carefully studied, and all thQ'itints in walls, carpets, furniture, and dress are selected according to the J laws oi-harmony or of contrast t4In-'?ininitrel or varietv nerform antes, however, such nicety cannot be of use, and t erformcrs select whatever they please for a costume. . Where they j get theit clothing made is a mystery. If by accident you should learn the ad- ^ dress, and should ask the milliner, or 1 dressmaker, or tailor, or shoemaker for ' whom the bonnet, or dress or suit, or shoes are being made, you would be 1 met by the polite and lirm reply that 1 the gentleman'or lady .who left the or- 1 der-requested that ii; should be kept secret. At dress rehearsals where per- * formers are required to appear as they ) propose to perform on first nights, the actress-will oftep appear m street cos- j tum? and put in excuscs, sometimes plansit^e, often absurd, to account for ' the omission. Some popular singers J and Stresses I know, whose dresses ' are apmired, have resorted to learning 1 the Idu.ack of dressmaking, so that they ( mayJtMsure that their secret is safe. To their friends thev say that those dre&fjgakers are so unreliable that ! the\?*the actresses, were driven to ' making tiieir own costumes. They. < have*been held to be weak and foolish ] for fcjeing jealous of each other," added the manager, "but it seems to me that if Ihev arc, they are io be excused by the public."?A" Y. tiun. ' *.u ^ 1 'v* A Story of a Statesman. A eapital story is circulated among ' the ej^gloyes at the State House. It is 1 sai4Xt "*e day ^e assembling of th^Sfeslature, a rural gentleman^.,,/ caffljMg- a large black-glazed cloth' ; the style known as "Kenne- * bSSR" On which was strapped .a -appeared in the shoe^^ uiaflHSjggsroaai m tae otaie nouse oaee-.i.j ment?^Depositing liis baggage by ttae 1 side oif;the "shining" chair, he allowed ' his large boots to be made presentable. 1 Wheri the extensive territory was cov- i ered with brilliant varnish the un- -j known requested the "bov" to "send his valise to his room." "To your committee room?" inquired the boy. * "Naw, to my room?bedroom sonny." ] "Why," said the astonished youth, ' "members don't sleep at the State i TTrtnco " "Vnc t'ndu r?n " CfiiH thft t new member, "and be sure to have my < quilt laid on the bed. Wife said that < city folks seldom had clothes enough, i and I'm used to plenty." The boy ' protested that there were no bed- < chambers for members, and at last the ' now indignant member betook himself with his baggage to the engineer's room, i where he sat in a chair, watching the s revolutions of the big wheel, and 1 lunched on doughnuts and cheese, I which he-extracted from a capacious 1 paper bag. ] After repeated inquiries the new 1 member found that it was as the shoe shiner had said?that members did not 3 lodge at the State House?and he went < sadly out of doors in quest of a cheap i boarding-house.?Boston Herald. s im m c Outdoor Life. , Man seems planned for outdoor life 1 in a mild climate, with just a leaf or < two of shelter for a rainy day. His ' nature will bend for a time to the con- ] ventional burdens of an artificial civilization, but replant him on first princi- < pies in the outdoor garden of life and { his recuperative forces will rebound > with the elastic energy of steel springs < folintror? Onr friends ' would lose caste were thfiy to use their 1 neighbor's sccond-hand clothing, but they will dally try to purify their own ! blood with t .uir neighbor's secondhand or ten-times used breath, poisoned ] as it always is, even when exhaled by '< young and healthy persons. Man, in 1 common with other warm blooded ' creatures, generates a surplus of heat : within his body. Outdoor sleepers find ' that no matter how cold the surround- : ins: air may be, if dry, enough of the outflowing heat may be dammed back and retained by suitable clothing to sustain the vital functions in health and comfort. Until domestic art can supply our lungs with cool, first-mortgaged air, in warm rooms, its votaries will have an important problem to solve. In 'the meantime out-campers and hovel dwellers will wear the best aerated blood in the land.?American rr_ jLivint. The Comte d' Herisson, in his recently published "Recollections of the Siege of Paris," relates that Eugenie was compelled to leave the Tuileries in such haste that she could only carry away a small traveling bag containing J her purse and some pocket handker- ] chiefs. -These Dr. Evans, who' accom- I panied her in her flight, washed in a t stream when they became soiled. As 1 Sir Walter'Raleigh acquired much re- < nown in history for throwing his cloak < upon the ground that the feet of his : Queen might not touch the mire, Dr. ] RV-jnc is f?prtn.inlv entitled to eoual I honor for his gallantry. Gustave Petitpierre, who died recently at Geneva, desired to invent a system oi writing: equally suitable for all languages. Unigraphy was his passion and his dream; he saw in it the first step toward the-establishment of the universal language foretold by the prophets. He had accumulated on the subjects a great variety of notes, which his friends who shared in his ideas often urged him to publish; but he was never sufficiently satisfied with the completeness of hl? work to comply who meir request MAKING TYPE. A_n Hour Amos; the Slciiled "Workman lis a Type-Foandry. In a walk through a type-foundry 3 ? ? ? A *ae> vAn/M*fa? ytjSMjruiiv u> a itpn,gi the following words from Motley's "Rise of the Dutch Republic" were quoted by the founder, who accompanied the "reporter through his establishment, in referring to the art of printing: "At the very epoch when the greatness of Burgundy was most swiftly ripening, another weapon was secretly forging, more potent in the great struggle for freedom than any which the wit or hand of man has everde-rised or wielded." "It may not be generally known," ?aiil the tvne-founder. "that the first quarto bible printed in America was the work of Christopher Saner, of Germantown, who there in 1735 established a type foundry, but it is to see aow type is made that you come." "Let us begin with the metal.room." About the place where the amalgam 3f which type is made were piled Sunireds of bar of the metal. AC ' iher end of the room a master worknan threw into the great kettle cer:ain proportions of copper, antimonj', ead, anil tin. This" is the amalgam, :he exact proportions of which produce ;he useful metal that must be hard tvithout being brittle, ductile but tough, lowing freely and hardening rapidly. A bar was broken. in two, and the beautiful, sparicling grain of the metal >hown. About the apartment were ;asks of glittering antimony, bars of fellow copper, dull bricks of lead, and slocks of tin. As the composition melted the man it the keftle stirred the molten mass, ind when the proper degree of heat nras reached ladled it out on the molds ;hat lay on the brick .fioor at hi3 feet ibove" the metal-room the bars were ittedfor the printer's use. Before a nachine known as a punch-cutter sat a nan surrounded by a bewildering array of delicate tools and guages. "There are very few men of note for ;his part of work in the United States," whispered the reporter's companion. "It requires a delicacy of touch and jerception that is not easily acquired." Dn the end of a piece of steel the worknan at the punch-cutter was forming a letter, xie worxea rapiaiy yet wun jaution, frequently testing his gauges until the letter was complete. Then )ther letters of the alphabet were formed finishing the series. One by cue the dies were placed in a stamping-machine, an oblong piece of jopper put under them, ana then the ^-eat lever was brought down.' The impression was left deep in the copper, rhis oblong bit of copper is termed the matrix. T?fl-in f fVio mafripoo !. wiu vuv yuuva v?..v. were canned to an adjoining room, where the greatest care is exercised in their fitting up for the moid. The slightest variation or irregularity was said to be fatal to the appearance of the type cast in them. Perhaps the most interesting things ibout the foundry are the tiny castingmachiIles-:that pour out an endless jtro&m of trpe us long7 as they work. * '"These sfib^llittlc-feilaws" said the rypW-fminrlpr,' pattincr rwlth his band: Ige odd' iitrie-m ::ss of mn cirmcry before ivhich '^aa^hEr^rj^rat more ;ypc ifi oner lh=^a^riilin, working ;en hour? a day, call "Sofcint in'a; 1 nonth." The casting-machine is th<9-r/ nvention of David Bruce', Jr.-, -of New ifork. " The metal is kept fluid by a little furnace underneath the machine and is jrojected into the mold by a pump. L'hu mold is movable, and at every rwnlntion of the crank is brought to be spout, where it receives a ?fresh jharge of the metal.- A spring in front >f thy mold holds close to it a copper Matrix, and the stamp of the letter on Jie matrix is directly opposite the ' ipcrture of the mold which meets the spout of the pump. In boxes the new-made typo is carded to the dressing-room, where iround lar^e stones the boys are kept Dusy rubbing away the rough edges on ;he type. The lads wear leather glove angers for protection. As the type is rubbed smooth each letter is set up in ong lines. FTom the nimble-fin_-cred boys the ines of type pass into the hands of the iresser, who has beside him a powerful nagnifying-glass. The dresser deftly slips a line of type into a long slick similar in shape to that used by printers, face downward, screws them up :ight, and with two ra;)id movements jf plauing-tool cuts the grove in the aottom of the type. This operation is . nnwn sis o-ivinw the tVDe le^S. ? ' ' ' o o v t o "They must have something to stand >n," said the good-natured looking iresser. After that, with the magnifyng glass, the face of the line is critically inspected and imperfect ones ;hro\vn aside to be returned to the melting-pot. "This operation practically ends the naking of type," said the founder. "Afterward the different letters- are put up in what we call 'pages,' and ire ready to be sent out." The malices and mold, of which the foundry las a collection numbering many thousmds, are kept, when not in use, in a ircproof vault. They are very valuible, representing, as they do, the colection of many years of labor. A complete font of type may be cora>rised under nine heads, as follows: Capitals A, small capitals B, .lower:ase c, figures, points, spaces, em and ;n quadrates, two and three em quadrates, and accents. Printers divide a font of letters into ;wo classes?upper-case and lower;ase sorts. The upper-case are capitis, small capital letters, and refermces; the lower-case consists of small etters, double, letters, figures, points, md quadrates.?Philadelphia Times. Wellington Before the Peninsular War. He (the Duke) seemed to lapse in a fcind of reverie, and remained silent so ong that I asked him what he waif hinking of. He replied, "Why, to say he truth, I am thinking of the French hat I am going to tight. I have not een them sincj the campaign in Flanders when they were capital soldiers, md a dozen years * ot victory under Buonaparte mxlst have made them better still. They have besides it seems, a new system of strategy, which has Dut manoeuvred and o\erwhelmed all the armies of Europe. 'Tis enough to make one thoughtful; but, no matter; mv die is cast: thev may overwhelm / V V me, but I don't think they will out manteuvre me. First, because I am not ifraid of them, as everybody else seems to be; and, secondly, becsuse, if what I hear of their system of manoeuvres be true, I think it a false one as against steady troops. I suspect all the Continental armies were more than beaten before the battle began. I, at least. fill not be frightened beforenana. The Croker Pave-9. Jwvincs. A Thousand Pounds to 0:ic. Nearly every one who has played whist much must have had at times a Yarborough hand?that is. a hand in which there is no card above a nine. Pern bridge says he has held three of these hands in the course of two hours; but this is. of course, altoffether unus ual. The name given to a hand of this i sort is derived from a certain Lord Yarhorough, who used to offer the attractive but reaiiy verv safe wager of ?1,000 to ?1 that a Band of this sort would not be dealt If Lord Yarborough had not calculated the chances, (or had them calculated for him,) he acted with little wisdom in betting at all on such a matter; but if he knew u LI CIll lie >T nu JiiuUV imumvwu ? , offering the odds he did- It will be found that one hand in about 1,828 is a Yarborough, so that Lord Tar borough ought to have wagered ?1,827 to ?1 instead of ?1,C00 to,?l. It is said that he laid this wager many thousands of time3. Supposing he offered ?1,000 to ?l to each "member of a whistr party, for 10 deals, on about 91 or 92 nights, in each of 1.0 j oara, mating in all about 36,560 'wsEg^s?^ f. e^. 20 tipaps- %828^--" he would have Jost about 20 times, or ?20,000, and woa about ?36,500, making a clear profit of a'ooitf ?16,?03, or P.I finO nr>r annum, bv this seominorlv reckless system of \yagiering. An stance, lastly, is on'record of a hand containing four twos, four threes, four fours, and, one fire. Any one holding such a hand might well believe himself especially selected for punishment by the deities or demons, whoever they may be^ who preside over the .fortunes of whist players. Yet siicli a hand is bound to occur from time tO;time,when so many play whist. The chance of hoMing such a hand Is, in fact, exactly the 6ame as the chance of holding afl the tramps, viz., one in 158,753,389,000. For there are only font* possible ways in which such a hand can be nrad?. up. It must hold the 12 lowest cards in the .pack, and one five, which may be of any of the four suits; hence there are four hands having no card'higher than a five out of 635,013,559,6(X), or one chance of such a hand in 158,753,389,000. Yet I have no manner of doubtso foolish are men in regard to betting ?that if a Lord Yarborough of to-day were to offer ?10,000 to ?1 (instead oi ?158,753,389,000 to ?1) against the o -currence of such a hand he would find many takers.?Richard A. Proctor, in Longman's Magazine. Fmit-^rowins a<? a Business. Fruit-grovring. as a business, is especially adapted to some regions, and to some restricted localities. This truth, in relation to certain, kinds of fruits, is well comprehended', buf, regarding others, less attention is given to it than good judgment demands.. Outside of certain well-defined areas no one would think of planting peach orchards and vineyards for profit; and more than this within the past fifty years the adaptabilitv of certain localities for the profit able production of these fruits has greatly changed, in many cases the result, probably, of deforesting large tracts of country. V There is too much indiscriminate advice given by the press inregard to fruit raising. Again, tree dealers and no secry agents, seeking a EOSOrket fotf iKear' waxes, cifctftaiewife statemea*s-"*bont :the' 'profits of the Tindnstry, -&ttd at-a tSune-like the prefect,'when the prices of grain are low; it'-'is not difficult for them to induce numerous persons in almost every community, who have not special fitness or experience for the work, to undertake, at least in a small way, the planting of orchards or small fruits. It requires no highly gifted seer to perceive that most of these efforts will be abortive. The fact is, the wrecks of ill-conceived fruit plantations are strewn over the whole country. T\?a licvn nr\ COT fl t.H<lt. may discourage any one from engaging in fruit culturc who will attempt it in a rational and business-like manner: but we would warn the inexperienced to look on both sides of the subject, and it has two sides, one of which is not the rose-colored one that is usually painted by newspaper writers. *The fruit-grower needs to have a courageous heart, and an abounding faith in his pursuit. He has numerous enemies with which to contend and to conquer; unlavoraoie seasons are not infrequent; numerous insects and parasitic fungi are constantly disputing pos* session of his plants, trees and fruit; 3 general business depression, or an excessive supply of fruit often deprives him of all or nearly all profits. But these difficulties are probably not greater than those attending many other pursuits. ? Vick's Magazine. The Love of Praise. It is an instinct as much as conscience. It is an organic faculty as much as the reasoning faculty is. "it is just as much a part of our'structural existence as the heart is, or the lungs are to the body. It is a counterpart and balance of that which we call pride. But the word pride is offensive and usually conveys the idea of an improper feeling. It is the conscious value of one's "self. It is the sense of right's niifl's nersonalitv. the inherent right to be what we are. selfestimation. To be sore you have a right to your own judgment and personality, "but these men have a right to judge you, and what they think you do well they praise you for, and you have that in you which makes praise very sweet So there are these two qualities, one preserving the individuality of a man in all his rights; the other making him sensitive to the reflected influences of those around him.?Henry Ward L'eecher. Bill Nye cn the Etiquette of Whist. There are two kinds of brute vertebrates. One wears hair, and has the decency to stay out of doors; the other wears clothes, and makes money, and insists on coming indoors and playing whist and abusing his partner. One hangs by his tail to a forest tree, and behaves himself; the other hangs by his pm*se-string to decent society, and makes himself obnoxious. The blood of but one human being is upon my hands. It is the blood of a man who played wliist against me one evening, and scoldcd his partner until the tears came into her beautiful eyes. He claimed he had a right to do so because she was his wife, but that didn't make any difference with the coroners jury. She makes a mighty fine-looking widow, and I do not regret the part I took in the tragedy. The Dculsche Mcdizinal Zciiung gives an account of a series of careful experiments made in the Prussian army as to the utility of serving schnaps to soldiers in active service. After prolonged trials the army surgeons abandoned the use of spirits and give tea or coffee in place of it J "WIT AND HUMOR. She was a Somerville girl; . , He was a Harvard Soph. "Never was love known," said he "Like the love that I cherished for thee Coyly she cooed with a musical purl; "Oh, come off! "Dearest, say thou'lt be my bride! Do not repulse me with a scorn. _ x wo oner years nence we u oe weu. When they give me my A. B.." he said. Softly and shyly the maiden replied: "In a born!" ?Somerville Journal. Oh, the snow, the beautiful snow, (Shut the door). Filling the sky and earth below; (Yes, you can shovel it off for a quarter.) Over the house-tops, over the street, ($10 an hour for a sleigh? Good heavens!) Over the heads of the people you meet; " (Arrest that boy for snow-balling!) Dancing, Flirting, ' M Skinning along? W * !*V . ifiXnh . < Hit cue pvco WMiU U 1C3VUCI bUVU?. ?Merchant Traveler.., "Will you walk into my parlor?" Said the spider to the 1 " 'Tis the prettiest little jftrloa^ That ever you did spy, . . -? Put* and cftlls in ever^- comer, 1 * And spread eagles on the floor; Will you come into my parlor?" Quoth the ftK "Oh. nevermore!" '' P. S.?yHe had been there once; hence i^wasfly. ?Burdetle. '...Hardly have the eelios of the terrible dynamite explosions died away before a new poem by TennvsoiTis afmotmced. ?Philadc'vhia Coil. *1 * - t 'y T- r*"Did the deceased die under suspicious circumstances?" askeda Coroner of a rural, witness. "X aw, he didn't; he died in the water under the ice." } One half tlic world doesn't know how the other half lives; bat, in fashionable society, that isn't because it hasn't tried its prettiest to find out Any marriage in New York City which calls oat less than 500 spectators to the church is spoken of as a gloomy failure. They don't coant anvthincr fnr love. . > ?? v / Mrs. Newgold (in the picture gallery) ?This, Aunt Eunice, is a real old master. Aunt Eunice?Well*. I shouldn't "care if it was; it's jast as good as some of the new ones.?Life. "Ah! you flatter me " lisped a dude to a pretty giri with whom he was con t T 4- u 4-k^ 1 ? VUl&illg. J J, A UUii, t, r*? LJLLv 1 C^ijr. "You couldn't be any flatter than you are.'''?Burlington Free Press. "Pah," asked voun" Johnnie Jarphly "what is a defamter?" "He is a man who loses money that does not belong to him, my son," replied Mr. Jarphly. "And what is a financier?", "One who hangs onto it"?Pittsburg Chronicle. "Young Artist (displaying a picture) ?"This iDaintino' is entitled 'Jonah and the whale.'" "Where is v Jonah?" "You notice the rather distended appearance of the whale's stomach midway between the tail and the neck?" ' Yes." "That's Jonah."?New Tori Sun. It would take a wise man to penetrate the subtle and intricate processes of a young woman's reasoning. "I don't like Mr. L?," we heard one say to another not long ago. "Why?" asked her listener. "Oh, to begin with, he wears lavender gloves," was the response, and to both these petticoated critics the matter seemed sufficiently discussed and satisfactorily .settled. Jay Gould's little boy recently went -tor-visit some country relatives. Early in the morning be arose, and, missing his uncle, asked one of his cousins: .* Where's Uncle Jabez gone ?'' 4'He's gone to water stock," replied Jabez's little boy. "What,soearly!" exclaimed little Jay UouicL "wnv, my pa never waters stock until he goes down-town in the city, 'bout 10 or 1L"?Pittsburg Chroniclf.. As the reporters were gathering the names of the ladies at the masquerade last evening,.one of the latter entered, dressed in an elegant costume. She was immediately approached by a pencil-fiend, who politely asked: "zour name, please?" "My name is Miss Brown." "What is your character?" "It never has been questioned. Young man, you are a little too fresh." -Sacranxenlo (Cal.) Record-Union. Ti- of a mrr/^or frinl A uritridoa for the defense was on the stand. "What do you intend to prove by this witness?" asked the Judge. "That the prisoner is insane," replied . the attorney. "Does the witness know anything about insanity? Is he an expert?'1 "Expert?" repeated the lawyer. "Well, I should say he was. He knows all about insanity. Why. your Honor, he has been as crazy as a loon for the past ten years." "Mamma," said a 5-year-old, as he nn tintno Viir tho and 0UVVU vu V*|/VVV VJ aw-w >??. ? ? - peered at his new little brother, "where did that baby come from?" "The angels brought him, darling," said mamma. "The angels brought him?" echoed the shaver as he gazed at the wrinkled, fidgety, red countenance. "Well, all I've got to say is, if the angels couldn't 'a scared up a better looKin1 baby they'd better 'a kept him at home."? Oil City Blizzard. "You horrid thing!" said Miss Jaggs to Miss Minnie Jaggs when they had sought their room; "you actually ate that biscuit after Uncle Horace had rfeached it to you on his own fork!" "Well, what of it?" "What of it? I should say what of it! The idea of touching anything that anybody else's fork has been in!" "It dosn't make any difference in Uncle Horace's case." "Why not?" Because he never puts his fork in his mouth."?Rockland Courier. The stoiy goes that the Russian Czar, Alexander L, having once heard that orte of iiis courtiers, to wnom ne was strongly attached, had become involved, in debt, sent him a book of which every leaf was a bank bill. A few days later the two met at a court balL "Well, Count," asked the Czar, "how do yoa like my book?" "I am delighted with the first volume, Your Majesty,V answered the wit significantly, "and will be glad to know when the second is likely to appear." An Albany gentleman, who broke a rule oi tne Associated i/u&nues uy giving alms on the street, 'cells an instance which gives a curious commentary on human nature. A poor woman, with a child, met him and said: t40, sir, you are rich and happy, and 1 should be perfectly happy if I could only have $5 for the children at home." The gentleman said: "Well, if $5 caa make any human being perfectly happy here it is." The woman, seizing it, replied: "0 I wish I had said ten!" A traveler in Nebraska noticed at a small station that the men collected on the nlatfrirm all wore a most defected look. Their subdued manner and sorrowful appearance indicated that a serious disaster had occurred. "What's the trouble?" he asked through the cor window; "a lot of people murdered?" "No, stranger; it's worse'n that," said a citizen. "The White Elephant burned down las' night.11 "What's the White Elephant?" . "Hit war the only likker store in town, stranger."?Detroit fost. f