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BY W. A. LEE AND HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28,1871. VOLUME XIX-NO. 23^ !!
9 * A Tale of the Sea.
A mariner by tempest crost
Lay struggling with the wave:
His one sole hope?all else was lost?
L Hia horaded gold to-save.
Slung from his neck?a weary weight,
His precious charge he bore
His falling strength, at war with fate,
Could bear no feather more.
But not against his life alone
Uprose the breakers wild:
A womau, on cue duiows mruwu,
Held up her drowning chilcU
"Save her!" she eried, "in mercy save!"
As through the surf she rolled :
He heard ; and cast beneath the wave
His prize of Indian gold.
Fearless he breasts the tropic storm
With limbs by love nfew strung,
While round his neck, all soft and
warm,
Two infant arms are flung.
He halls the land?the blessed land!
He drinks its spicy air;
He strains to reach its coral strand,
He greets it with a prayer.
Vainly the angry tempest raved,
His feet have touched tbe goal;
Aud. with his liviug burden saved, i
lie stands a rescued soul! i
The child has lived, ^bloomed, loved, |
and died'
Alone the old man lies: !
Another sea of stiller tide, <
steals o'er his closing eyes.
1
Glows now f< r him no tropic light, j
But wl -e life's water freeze,
The glory of the Polar night?
The calm of Arctic seas! 1
i
His hatd-earned gold beneath the deep <
Lies deep:?but where is she, <
His God-girt.- whom the star-world ,
k?*P.
His daughter of the sea? *
Where-eloud-waves foam the rippled
skies, I
Touched by the golden day, j
- A beauteous form in angel guise
.Floats up the the liquid way. j
He follows, hushed in rapt delight, . 1
Of dread and deuth beguiled. {
She, swimming slow with pinions
urigiu,
He, clluging like a child.
The <1 row of earth is cast away; J
She leads him by the hand,
Through heaven's blue sea her white
wings piny: i
He neare the happy land. i
Sh^ parts the wave that beats hint j
< back;
He breasts life's surge no more:
Hi* feet, upon an angel'3 track,. '
Have touched the immortal shore! <
?Household Word*.
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THE 6R0CERS'S CLERK..
BY E. S. GETCIIEtL. t
Rap-tap-tan, sounded at my office .
door, and IJano Bar well, without .
waiting lor a reply to his summons, J
'runlied in, and, seising my hand with (
a vie -like grip, looked into my astonished
face, with eyes brimming !
over with fun, mischief, and hearty
/ good humor.
??Why?where, in the name' of the
wonderful, did you come from, this '
morning?". g;ispcd I, as soon as I j
wan able to command my gpeccb. J
"Rather sodden, isn't it, old friend? '
"Well, I became tired of folly, and (
flimsy fashion, and thought 1 d exper- 1
iineat a little, by way of change I
came to your city as an employee of <
Crank & Grinder, grocei^" t
"An employee of?oh?what?" I i
gasped, in consternation, as my bruin <
digested tho possibility, that my rich, i
elegant friend, Ba:?e liar well, in one l
of his strange freaks, had conceived i
iho idea of serving the prosperous i
fir m be had mentioned. !
^Listen," ho answered, taking a *
chair and lighting a cigar. "I have <
become tired of the hollow, unsatisfying
roatmo of fashion. I am smiled
upon and caressed by the fickle i
fair ones?not becouse I am Bane
Darwell, a good-enough fellow, social,
obliging, and agreeable, perhaps?but (
because I am master of a fine estate (
?owner of a mansion, with a brown
ttone iront?the envied possessor of a
goo Hy amount of bank stoclc, and
like appendages. I.say I am tired of
this, and as I am old enough to marry
I am determined to fiud some one
vr xo will love me for myself?some
"one who will prefer my society to the
toping, shallow, bewhiskored, ballroom
beaux, and devotees of fashion,
Oh ! you needn't stare your eyes out
*t. m# t I mean everv word I sav. and
I'm in my proper senses, too 1"
"If I should' act according to my
impressions of duty," I replied, at
length, "1 should summon the proper
anthoritiea, and have you placed in
an asylnm for all such poor unfortunates,
for I verily believe you are crajty"
" -"No, no, old fellow, I'm just recovering
myself, after a long season of
hallucination," 4)$ replied, with a musical
chuckle, at the same. time puffing
a huge volume of fragrant smoke
from his mouth.
I tried to convince him of the utter
unreasonableness of his plnn, but my
arguments wero lost on him, and he
soon left me, as intent on his project
as when he entered.
The next dav. as Ferlanced from mv
window, I saw him, mounted upon a
grocer's wagon, dressed in plain,
coarse garments, his fine face flushed
with exercise; he throw a comical,
half-defiunt glanccat me, as his rough
vehicle rattled by, and.I, with a Bigh,
fell to cogitating on the absurdity of
human nature in general, aud of Bane
Darwell in particular.
"If, by any strange, luckv chance, I
ever become rich, I'll never voluntari
ly place myself in any soch position,"
1 mattered, as I busied myself with
innumerable documents and illegible
manuscripts. ?
Weeks roolcd away. I saw noth- v
ing of Banc Darwoll, except an occa- t
sional glimpse, which I caugbt of j
him as lie passed mjr office. ' Doubtless
he is too much occupied in his a
new vocation, to be?to\v a thought t
upon an old friend," thought I, as, j
with a curling lip, I tried to dismiss s
the subject from my mind. f
Time passed on?the holidays drew
"U?ino lmrl found timo to frivo 11
"" " CP I u
me a hasty call, assuring mo that he p
was, thus far, well satisfied with his q
scheme, aid that he had found a n
lady, who was the embodiment of all v
his wild dreams oi truth and sinceri- a
ty. "Jn fact thero arc two," said he. jj
"One of them is a niece and ward of (j
my employer, aud the other is a t)
friend of her's, visiting at her c
father's. They are to give a party
the coming week. I will manage to t<
secure you an invitation, that you w
may judge if my opinion of the two t|
young ladies is not correct. Luckily, jy
I am pretty well up in the estimation
of Air. Crank, und am treated more n
as a member of tho hoasehold than S(
as an employee. It was by this 0|
means that I became acquainted with q
the young ladies of whom I have b,
spoken. You'll attend tho party r
won't you. dear friend? I am ft
mxiousto hear your opinion of them, h
especially of sweet Anna Langdon,
^ nm/iA T nufof /?rvn ..J
Hi. ft vx AHA. O UVIWi x UIIIOV VWII4WW jr
that I love her, while I only respect h<
lior friend, Lucy Merton." t\
So 6aying, the curious fellow waltz- t}
2d out of the room, without giv:ng
mo time to reply, and I saw no more g]
jf him until U?e evening of the part}' bi
when, having received the invitation h<
promised by him, I presented myself ei
it the stylish residence of the ul
Franks.
Bane Darwell was there before me, p]
attired in an elegant suit, which was at
in ill-keeping with his position as a n<
grocer's clerk. Of course I was in- in
troduced to the ladies in question, 01
Mid, at tho first opportunity, Bane of
grasped my arm exclaiming?
"18 she not beautiful? Do you al
wonder that I love her ?" . I
"One question at a time, if 3*ou ni
please. I do think her pretty, and p<
>ery sweet looking," I replied. rc
'Ah, yes; I tell you, my friend, she
s destitute of the mercenary principles
which actuate tho ladies of my
wuuty would attract the attention of y<
many a millionaire, while she bestows | T
lor kindest smiles upon a grocer's n(
;lerk."' . \\
I could not dispute his assertionb in w
cgard to her beauty, and he went In
m: th
"Such lustronp, bewitching eyes of: h<
nidnight darkness, such a beautiful,
dive complexion, such glossy ebon
:urls- "
' Hold, Bane 1" I cried, "you are
alking about auother girl altogether, cl
] was speaking of the girl with blue
jyes and brown hair." y<
' Oh!" ho answered, somewhat do- hi
spondently, i that is Miss Melton. b<
What do you. think of the other? fo
Sliss Langdou ?" .. * ol
"I have had very little timo to do-; m
;iile," I answered evasively, for I felt , di
issured. according to mv ability tola!
judge of persons by their faces, that j w
1)0 was greatly, deceived in the dispo- m
jition and character ot his inamo- 1}
rata. ai
He soon left me, jiJined the lady in
juestion, and I saw them afterwards, |'(
strolling, arm-in-arm, upon the piazza, ir
is, with an acquaintance, I passed out jtc
)f the crowded rooms to enjoy a few ^
moments in the cool air. On rc-cn-1 01
Lering the house, feeling somehow dis-1 n<
inclined to mingle with the throng, I ; ^
sought a quiet nook, where I wa? not j
likely to te disturbed. I entered a :
small room?a sort of boudoir, at the j h
extreme end of the hall. The gas |ri(
was turned off, so as to afford only a j b
world, partial light, and I Rank upon a ! >"
sofa, thinking to enjoy a reverie, for b
I certainly felt in the mood.
The soft,. velvety carpet had not P
echoed my steps, and I had been but c<
a moment seated when I found that ^
I was not alor.e in thq room. By the
dim light I detected the outlines of w
two figures at the opposite side, seat- .
cd by a window. I was'about to retire,
when ray steps and decided mo ^
to remain, oven though I was playing
the despicable role of eaves-dropper.
.'Oh, Annie, how could you be so
cruel?" said a soil sweet voice, in a &
distressed tono. ''You know you k
have encouraged him, led him to bo- n'
lieve that you cared for him, and he
is so handsomo, so polished, and P
abovo all, so good and noble?why, I j S
should be proud to win such a man." jt(
'hrkn'f Iia ft ninnv " urns t.ho ronlc. I &
*""" v vv " "'"?j ) ? r J T i
in a harsh ringing tone; "one would |11
tbink }'ou were iu love with him your I A
self. If persons will be so foolish and j ^
conceited as to marry their superiors, j ^
why, thoy must expect to be trified i 0
with. Marry, Uane par well, my un-; s'
cle'selerk! Indeed, I'm not insane, v
qnite 1 think."
"Ah ! then 'tis* the money?" 1
"Yes, if you will have it so; since ^
yon are so much- interested in tho af- P
fairs of Unclo's clerk, I fancy that 6
you ought to rejoice that I have ro- ?
jected him; you may win him yourself."
n
"For shame, Annie, you are ungen- '
erous 1" replied the other, in indig- v
nant tones. "I only hope that I may *
bo fortunate enough to win ono 60 v
even tbou<rh he baever so poor. ,
I have money enough for both thank j1
Heaven \ 1
So saying, she rose to lenve the *
room, as a tall form glided from the 1
doorway, and I quietly crouched '
closer in my seat, feeling that a di& *
covery, at least, would be unpleas- <
ant.
The next day Bano called to see me
ind, although his manner was somevhat
depressed, no allusion was made
0 the affairs of the previous even?S
After that ho came often to see me,
,nd appeared more like his old self,
hough still attending rigidly to his
1 u tics as a grocer's clerk. Ho often
poke of Miss Langdon, but more
requently the name of Lucy Merton
welt on nis tongue, no sun eonuned
visrting at the liouso of his employer,
and, I having become acuaintod
through him, often accompaied
him there of an evening. It
:as a little curious that Mr. Crank
nd his family should be on such famiar
terms with tho poor cleric, but (
lien ho was so gentlomanly and nice,
tie ladies said, it was really a treat to ,
njoy his soeicty. (
One day I accompanied m}' friend j
J the home of his cruel charmer, and '
'c were seated in the parlor with all
ic members of the family excepting j
Ir. Crank. t
Bane Darwell and Lucy Morton sat j
part from tho rest, apparently ab- ,
>rbed in tho examination of a book ,
f drawings, though I thought it (
uito unnecessary that they should (
o so utterly ohliv.ous to all else. ,
ane had seemed of late to ignore the j
ict that Annie Langdoti had refused j
im, and at times I was puzzled that (
0 had never betrayed, by word or j
lance, .the fact that ho had over {
card the conversation between the ,
vo ladies on the night of the par- (
r- 1
1 fancied Miss Langdon half reretted
that she had rejected him j j
it, if she did, it was evident that ,
ir regrets were useless, for he treat- ?
1 her with a cordial ifendliness that |
:terly banished all sentiment. j
I busied myself in attempting to ,
lay the agreeable to Miss Langdon j
id her tunt. until the evening was g
jarly spent when Mr. Crank rushed t
, and, without giving a look to any ]
10 else in the room, seized the hand \
' Bane, and exclaimcd: r
"Ah, you sly dog?to impose on us c
1 at this rate! Now, to punish you, t
shall read aloud a letter I have to- j j
"lit received!" and fumbling in his j <
I '
n-kets, he nroduced a letter and ! ;
9 I a
'ad: {
Office of' Bank, ) ,
Ko. St., N. Y. f ,
Messrs. Crank & Grinder : Yours ,
at band requesting an extension of j ,
>ur note, without extra endorsers. t
his we cannot do, as our rules will f
>t allow it, on such a large snm. (
re would refer you to Mr. Bano Dar- ?
ell, who -is one our directors and ,
rgest/fllockfcolders. Wo understand j (
iat he is at present in your city. If t
) will endorse yotir paper, we will \
jree to your proposal. ,
Truly yours, i
A. Bond, Cash'r. [
I looked at Banc, who, with flushed ^
icek and brow, arose and said : c
' Air, Crank, I hRve to apologizo to t
5u and your family for the part 1
ive been playing. 1 grew tired of (
ling valued lor my money, and not j ?
r myself, and conceived the idea ]
i performing the rolo of a poor j
an. 'I came to your oily, and pro-1
icing reliable references, I was en- J
jlcd to secure a situation with you ;
here 1 havo endeavored to perform I
y duties faithfully. 1 will cheerful* I
endorse 3*our paper, thanking you !
id your family, (this with a mean-1
ig glance at Annie), that you* have
jgarded mo all the same for believig
mo a poor clerk. I now ask }*ou
> congratulate mo on haviug sccured
10 lovo of a noble girl, who loves
ie for myself alone, for until this
omont she believed me poor, and
ie has promised to be my wife." j
Mr. Crank glanced at Annio, and j
ucy, covering with confusion at
living their engagement thus anDunced,
buried her blushing face in
cr hands, while Annio, evidently cnigcd
at the turn of affairs had taken
urried from the room.
Hanc Darwell now resumed hfs proer
statiou in life, and ere long I revived
an invitation to his wedding,
hen Lucy Morton became the wife
f the rich and elegant Baoo Darell.
Annie Langdon is yet unmarried,
nd no doubt regrets her folly in re-j
isihg to wed with Tile Gfoceu's j
lekk. | |
Tiie Onion.?Some one wrote to the J
'ngimk Mechanic, lately, desiring to j i
now what was the cause of the anti- j I
Lagnetic property of the onion ; and i'
i response to his request, a corres- 1
ondent relates that King Charles the ]
econd onco propounded as a problem
) the Royal Society the question, why '
live fish might be put into a vessel ;
ill of water without -causing it to i
ow over, while a dead ono produced
he opposite effect. After a long do- :
ate, in which strenuous efforts at an 1
xplanation were made, a member
nggested that possibly it would be
rell first to show that the monarch's
ssertion of fact was true, and it was
hen ascertained to bo without founation.
The asserted anti-magnetic
roperty of the vegetable mentioned
eems to be of a like character as the
trongest obtainable onion did not in
he least affect a very delicate magiet.
1 lie County Conventions of Tax>ayers
throughout Texas are genirally
adopting the following, along
vith other resolves: That the more
he spirit of tyranny and usurpaien
is sought to be appeased by
;he unmanly yielding of our vested
'ights without dispute and determined
remonstrance, the more exacting
doesit become and the more
2ertainly is the way laid open inciting
further encroachmcnta.
-
BOYS AS FARMERS.
A Capital Sketch of Old Boys a
Young Boys.
There aro so many bright spots
the hie ol a larm-boy, that 1 son
tiroes think I should like to live t
life over again: 1 should almost
willipg to be a girl if it were not t
the chores. There is a great comfc
to a boy in the amount of work
can get rid of doing. It is sometim
astonishing how slow ho can go on
errand, he who leads the school in
race. The world is new and intcrc
ing to him, and there is so much
take his attention off when he is sc
to do anything. Perhaps he couldr
explain, himseif, why, when he isse
to .the neighbor's after yeast, ho sto
to stone the frogs; he is not exact
cruel, but ho wants to see if he ct
liit 'em. &o other living thing ci
50 so slow as a boy sent on an erran
llis legs seem to be dead, unless .
happens to espy a woodchuck in 1
adjoining lot, when he gives cha<se
;t like a deer; and is a curioui fa
t. 1I..1. . ?.:n i._
luuui uuja, lijul lwu win uu ii gry
leal slower in doing anything tlu
)ne, and tho more you have to he
)n a piece of work the less is accoi
plished. I3o}'8 have power in hcl
Jig each other to do nothing; ai
;hey are so innocent about it and u
jonscious. "I wont as quick as ev
[ could," 6a}*9one boy, when his fath
isles him why he didn't stay all.nigl
when ho has been absent three hou
>n a ten minute errand. The sarcas
:ias no effect on tho boy.
Going after the cows was a serio
-hing in my day. I had to climb i
i hill which was covered with wi
itawberries in tho season. Could ar
503* pass by those berries? And th<
n tho fragrant hill-pasturo, the
vero beds of winter green with r<
jerries, tufts of columbine, roots lassufras
to be dug, and dozens
hings good \o eat 01* to smell, whi<
; could not resist. It sometimes ev<
ay in m}r way to clim b a tree to look f
1 crow's nest, or to swing in tho to
>r to see if I could see the steeple
1 *M _ 1 1 Ti ' I. .
>ne vmago cnurcn. i<< became vei
mportant 6omclimcs for me to
:ho steeple; and in the midst of lr
nvestigations the tin horn wou
jlow a great, blast from the furm-boue
,vhich would send a cold chilj do\\
ny buck in the liottest day. I kne
vhat it meant. It had a frightful ii
)aticnt quaver in it, not at all lil
he sweet note that called us to dinm
rom the hay-field. "Why on eari
loesn't that boy come home? It
ilmost dark and the cows ain't milki
;et!" Acd that was the time tl
rows had to start into a brisk pai
md make up for lost time. 1 wond
f any boy eve^drove the cows hon
vho did not say that tbo cows we
it the further end of the pasturo, at
hat "Old Brindle was hidden in tl
,voods, and ho couldn't find her f<
>vcr so long?" Tho brindle cow
lie boy's scapcgoat many a timo.
.No other boy knows how to appr
iate a holiday as the farm-boy doc
tnd his best ones are of a peculii
and. Going fishing is, of course, 01
jort. The excitement of rigging t
lie tackle, digging the bait, and tl
Liiticioation of great luck, these a
Hire pleasures, enjoyed because-the
ire rare. Boys who can go a fishir
inytime care but little for it. Train
ng all day through brush and brie
ighting flics and musquitoes, ex
tranches that tangle the line, ar
mags that break tbo hook, and r
,urning home lato and hungry, wil
ivet feet and a string of speckled troi
>n a willow twig, ai d have the farni
;rowd out to the kitchen door to lot
it'em and say, "Pretty well done fl
you bub, did yon catch that big ,01
yourself?" This is also pure hapf
less, the like of which the boy w
lever havo again; not if ho becom
i selectman and deacon, and to "kc<
store."
Hut the holidays I recall wil
Jelight were the two days in tl
spring and fall, when wo went to tl
iistant pasturolaud, in a neighbour
[own, may bo to drive thither tl
young cattlo and colts, and to brir
[hem back again. It was a wild ar
rocky upland where our great pastu
ivas, many miles from homo, the rot
to it running by a brawling river, ar
up a dashing brookside among tl
hills. What a dav's adventu
't was! It was like a journey
Europe. The night before I cou
scarcely sleep for thinkin of it; ai
Lhero was no trouble about gettin n
up at sunrise that morning. T1
breakfast was eaten, the luncheon w
packed in a large basket.
I wish the journey would never on
but at last, near noon, we reached tl
pasture and turned in the herd; an
ufier making the tour of the lot
make sure there are no breaks in tl
fences, we take our luncheon from tl
wagon and eat it under the trees by t
spring. This is the supremo moiuc
of the day. This is the way to lil
this is like the Swiss Family Robi
son, and all the rest of my dolighli
acquaintances in romance. Hak
beans, rye and Indian brea'l (mc
remembered), doughnuts aud cheei
pie and root beer. What richnee
You may live to dine at Dclmonicv
or at Phillipyc's in tho rue Mont<
guell in Paris, whero tho good c
Thackeray used to eat as good a di
ner as anybody,but you will get the
neither doughnuts, nor pie, nor rc
i-i/in on ?rn/-ifl oci li
UUC1 j uvyi ? 'j wvr gwu o,*J uu
luncheon at noon in tho old pa9tn
high among the Massachusetts hil
Kor will you ever, if you live to
the oldest boy in the world, have a
holiday equal to the one I have <
scribed. ButI have always regrett
that I did not take a fisblino, just
"throw in" the brook we passed,
know there wore trout there.?C.
Warner, in Work and riuy,
m
Saratoga by Dip-Candle Light
nd ?Taw," the correspondent of the
New York Advertiser, gets off a capi- j
tal thing on the gas failure at Sarain
toga r
j?" On Friday night, while the Commit- 1
|*e tee on pedigree, income, and old maids '
, were sittings in the parlor, the gas I
suddenly went out. It was Egyptian s
- aaricness. nT/ic sun" nna oniy one
caudle. The Saratogian lighted up
es the old "Wide Awake" lamps. The
aD Chesterfieldian Hathorn, with one
1 a candle in a bottle, went around, like
? Diogenes with his lantern, looking for
an honest man. Mr. Hamilton's
" chief bass singer gave out, and I)r..
1 Strong adjourned his prayer meeting.
It was just in this darkness that light
P? came f o me all at once at tho Claren-y
don* It was ten o'clock. The stage
m drove up irom tho depot. Almost
every lady expected her husband on
tho train. Many young ladies expect
ed their sweethearts; neither the stage.
1111 the driver, nov tho horses wero visible.
i0 From force of habit the passengers
felt their way to tho reception room.
I got mixed up with the crowd
jn Twcnt}*-fivo married ladies, seven old
P maids, and four young ladies eomn*
menced greeting tho passengers in
Pj the darkness. "My dear William!
why did you stay so long?" exclaimed
n" a sweet wife, and then she threw her
ert arms around my neck-^our lips met. 1
01 wasn't going to be a darned fool.
Far different.
rs Now a dear, sweet, liqnid-eyod bra*
m nctto threw her arms wildly around
mo. "0 Eugeno, why did you not
DS write oftencr ?" she sobbed, and then
jP sho sank sweetly on ray bosom I
said, "weep not Julia." and then I I
" Kisseu ner aweewy i,wuuiy-iwo times.
3,1 It was delicious. It made me think \
',(j of my first wife and my collego'days J
3(j. at Yalo. A ponderous* matron now
? approached, dressed decollette, hair
a la pompadour. She took me in her
* arms and whispered, "O Charlos, did
30 you bring my beautiful dog?did
Dr you?"
P' Madame, my name is not Charles,
^ and I hato dogs. I'd kill every d?d
J ?d?, but sho fell fainting at my feet.
c? A sweet, golden-haired blonde now
'A took my hand. Sho pressed it gently,
saying: "Bear Albert, I know it is ?
re' you, and I ani so glad to see you! jn
Now, do promise me !" I said I *
vv wouldn't. . Then she hold her cheek
n" close to mine. It was hot with love's 1
yoting hope and pure, sweet affection, t
We were very happy. None but a ]
.' wicked man would have brought sad- j
*1 ness to that- sweet, pure young g
Vinorr full nf (innf!ilArr>a norm
AUII W4 WW V UVJV/iJUVj ? l?l Kt IT IWII
ie virgin affection, and beautiful with ,
p0 splendid girlishricss. f
er "Do you still love me, Albert?" she 1
ie whispered. t
"Undoubtedly," I remarked. . f
"How mucb, darling?" f
iet "A heap."
?} "Oh, I ara too happy!'' she murmnr- j
18 ed, as she twisted her fingors in my
auburn hair and held me in asweet em- ;
e" brace.
!p'. This sort of thing went on for sev- *
111 teen minutes, when C. Lcland ap- 11
10 peered in the distance with a tallow 1
'P candle. I quietly, withdrew and min- I
\? gled with the crowd. As the candle s
appeared, tweniy-sevcn young gentlemcu
wore seeu shaking bunds with as a
many young ladies in tho different [
I1" corners. 1 have seldom seen such af:^j
fective scenes, it was a great display .
1, of affcction. One married gentleman
1 was holding tho hands of two ladies. e
k" The hair of tho ladies was generally \
. crimploss, while the young gontleijion 1
J1, did not display a parting place. I re- c
} flecied, "hsw kin such things be, and
'c overcome us like a summer shower?" ^
^ I consulted with J. Billings. He says
^ thej- kan't. So I rosolvcd to leave J
HI the placo. I came back to Congress 1
e8 Uiill and found tho young ladies and G
gentlemen having a grand ball by J
'-P candle light. Each young lady held i
^ in her hand a penny dip. They flow f
through tho Lancers like ghosts in a
J "Macbeth." Eight streaks of light
made a terrible crisscross as the dance
? went on. When tho grand chango
' r came, the lights revolved like a gigan- c
g tic fourth of July pin wheel. It was L
re a g'"eat night tor Saratoga. The 1
^ young people liked it. Some prefer ?
J(j darkness to light. Eight young peo- r
je plo became engaged at Congress Hall t
re that night. g
to When people came to go to bed j
|fj there was a great demand for candles. s
i(j There were twelve hundred people at p
Congress Hall?two hundred candles ^
and three hundred bottles?five huna8
dred lights in all. Young gentlemen ,
stood outside of tho doors while
j. sweethearts undressed and handed c
Oi .1 ni/i P
IHO cuijuiub uvwr mi; Liinirjuuja. uiu
j men slept with their boots on, be- f
cause tbeylcould not find tho boot-jack. v
,J0 Married men got into tho wrong c
[ic rooms, and only found out their mis- 1
I 0 take tho next morning. An old lady y
bathed her face with Harrison's j
;-e. Columbian ink to cure the toothache. l
in' She thought it was pain-killer. Sho r
:-uj discovored her mibtake just before j
ej coming to breakfast.
)St ?Mr. Saxe borrowed a candle of a I
30 beautiful young lady. The next c
)g j morning she found under, hur door, <
5?8 these beautiful lines: '
>r- You gave me a candle: I give you my J
,l(j thanks, I
:n And add as a compliment justly your j
due- ,
!ro There is not a girl in these feminine
'Ot ranks *
at Who could, if she would, hold a can- j
rc I die to you. I
uU i
" A correspondent of the Hartford <
Courant who has been sailing along i
0(j the Massachusetts coast, wonders i
to why Gloucester is spelled the way <
I it is, and if that is right, why D.
shouldn't lobster be spelled "lob- .1
cester?" * '
Wwneras Wcrtera.
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps suifts up
in the Independent some of the'
things enterprising women have 1
ione?showing that when a sensi- '
bio woman can do work, she is J
more likely to do it than to travel '
ihout the countrv. crviuff out over !
;he "wrongs'' she has to endure for \
jlaraoring for her "rights." Ilear <
MissPbelp9: i
In the capital of a stout hearted <
f not very broad-shouldered" little ;1
New England State, one of the *;
jest blacksmiths in the city is said <
:o be a young woman ; she works
side by, side with her father, of '
vhom she acquired the trade.
In one of the territories we find (
wo young women, sisters, running (
i blacksmith shop upon their own ,
iccount. In the crude condition of j
he region the undertaking was as
leccssary aB it seemed natural and I
is they have mhde it respectable. ]
die girls dress in a Bloomer cos- i
nr"? nnel olina n Vinpen witli onoo
umv, uuu guvv u ^v*wv ?iivu vmwv
md skill.
I think it is Detroit which boasts 1
>f a woman who took ouj; a con- '
;ract for macadamizing a road, on- ,
;aged her workmen, kept them, to \
;ime, and conducted them and her (
oad safely and successfully through i
ler agreement. . " ' i
The same woman* if I am right- i
ully informed, has more than once
noved barns and other buildingson 1
iontract, with composure and dis- i
>atch. " j
Jn "Wisconsin two girls, whose |
vorks rise up and call them blessed,
>ave for six years managed a farm l
>f one hundred acres, and support- 1
td their parents froni4 it* proceeds.
The same State estimates that *
here are in all two thousand wo- 1
nen at work this year in its fields.
In one of the largest cities in tho t
;ountry a '.'young, pretty, and acjompli'shed
lady" has opened an t
ixtensive boot and shoe store. Her
:Ierks are all young women, and
ler trade is reported to be of the
>riskest.
Of an extensive dry goods estabishmeut
in New Jersey we are told
hat it is mauaged entirely by two
adiee, and that their credit in the
argo business centres is of the
oundest and highest,' We arc giviu
to understand that they set up
msiness eight years ago, on a captal
ot from $1,000 to 32,000, and
hat they control a stock now worth
rom 320,000 to 330,000 in ladies
urnisbing and faucy goods.
A young woman in Lewiston,
l/fntnn lino Knnn *?+ + 11-1/* 11 ri _
uttiiJUy uuo uyvu uiiiiig uu- !er
excellent promise, for the proession
of a dentist. In the heavier
rork. which requires active muscles
ind steady eye, her employer has
ong since been accustomed to call
ipou her for her very effective aslistance.
" '
A ladies' life insnrance company,
ill the employees of which are to
)e women is forming in London.
And here we run against another
iVisconsin woman (surely that enirgetic
State is the woman's "Earthy
Paradise"), who supports a sick
lusband and his old grandfather
>ff from a forty-acre farm.
And again from New Jersey,
hat says one of her leading pa>ers?
"Our entire newspaper is
he work of young ladies, and ev- "
iry type is set by them?advertise- *
nents and all?and the 'maker-up' t
sayounggir). And we have no t
Qreman in the newspaper rooms,
l lady acting in that capacity." t
c
The Preparation op Fancy e
Soaps.?Fancy soaps, which are c
nade in great variety for the toilet c
ire usually scented with some aro- i
natic oils. Fur this branch of the p
he trade the ordinary commercial ^
oaps are used, after undergoing a
process of refinement; or a soapjs
pecially made forthe purpose from
ilmond oil. or the like. Much ?
aste is shown by the best London {
nakers in the selection and com- \
>ination of the perfumes, which ?
ilong with the coloring matter, r
uch as vermillion, yellow ocre, *
miline, etc., are usually boiled up e
vith the soap. To facilitate this "
>peration, as a well dried soap does
lot readily melt, it is usnaHy cut j
lp into line shavings, and after hoilngis
well worked under rollers c
intil it presents a uniform appear- c,
nice. If the soap is intended to i
)C highly scented, or very extensive r
jerfumes are to he employed, the e
sold process is adopted, as much i
)f the strength of the scent is lost j
)ygboiliug. In this case the soap-1
s shredded as before, and the per- '
nn/1 /??lrtrin<* mntforo wrzsll '
UII1W ttUU WIVI*littj MlM|.I.ViU VTVU
imalgamated . with it by being
vorkecl in a mortar with a pestle,
[t is then divided into lumps, and
-oughly moulded with the hand in o
something ot the shape it is finally
to assume. After being left
3ii a rack to dry for about a week,
it is pressed iuto a mould, which
mparts, to the cake the form and
Jevice which may be required and j
ivhen taken out, the edges are ]
trimmed and the surface poliahed i
with thd jinnd. 1
The Feminine Toilet
. .
The other day, says a recent writer,
[ heard of ah incident which shows
Lhat even men of society do not un?
lerstand all. the mysteries, of feminine,
toilet. A gentleman, who demotes
a large'part of his "time to the
joeiety of ladies, and who believes
himself & connoiS8eitr in all that* pertains
to them, was much annoyed ^
observing that a fair friend . of His,
favorably known for her -st^le of elegant
dressing, would insist; when
the weather would allow it, Upon
wearing an old shanid devoid. of any
claims to beauty or good taste. The
gallant endured this for.a long
while. He walked up Broadway aod
Fifth Avenue, and rode in, the park
with .his friend, and often looked at
Ihe odioua shawl in a'way that be
ihought would^ convince hor of its
mfitncss for so elegant a woman as
icrself. ' ~
She did not take the hint, bowover,
jut continued to display it xin every
lossible occasion. He lo9t paticnce
it/ last, and said to her one day: .
((\f T l-v A 4*
.uxajf x uv tu iutjiurc
vhyyou will wear tlrafc Miserable
shawl all the time? It rains your
iress. You look bo exquisitely.othervis
that I cannot comprehend why
ron will deform yourself with such a
'aded rag as that. It barf nothing in
he world to recommend it; and' I
jelicve if you were to throw it on in
n the street nobody would,pick it
ip."
. The bright' eyes opened with' surprise,
and a strange expression fpll
icross the pretty face. %
"You are jesting, are you not?" the
ady asked. "You, do not really disike
my shawl, do you?" ^
"I never was more serious in. iny
ifc. I thoroughly detest this thing
which you call a shawl?"
"Weflrthen, 1*11 inform yon that
his is a camel's hair shawl; andj
md though I think -it In very bad
asto to speak of prices, it cost $3, 00
in*? nnft nf '1 fiA ffnnnf rtir?r?
-w v,,7 ^
0 this country. - * 7 ..
The young man was astounded;
)Qt his taste was correct,
???
Hintsr to Carpenters.
The American. Builder believes that
hero is much labor, in vain' in: the
imamentallon of houses, espedially
vooden bouses. It tells carpenters,
)efbre .making and fixing a quantity
>f ornament, to bo sore that it isgood
tnd goes on to say: There are many
hings that you do, and many otTbere
hat an architect?if there be one in
,he case?will often instruct to .do,:
vbich are neither tasteful nor in good
jonstruction.' Of course there are
jxceptions. You may be sure of this
jowever, that the more elaborateand
sovorcd with ornament and carving
1 building is, the more you .are going
>n the wrong track. Real bcanty
?onsists Dot id added features but in
:he body of tho work itsejf; and /this
act should always be borne in mind.
The principle of oarving wood -for.
>utside ornament is wrong. We
would not say it is to be discarded, altogether,
but, still, we have that leanng.
Cut work and that of the sfwDlast
kind, is the best. Complexity
n forms and ornaments is mostly bad>
[t not only requires unnecessary la^
Dor to produce, but there is "actually
rexalion in tho mind of thespectator.
When the people see a thing that is
crowded with intricate Work, that it
akes them trouble to'make out, it is
.olcrable good evince that such
vork is not exactly what is want?d.
Givo great attention to the sizes
ind proportion of doors *y?drwindows,
md pay especial attention to thd. con.1
*; _ 1 !f? !LI. "
wuuuuu, uuu never, u possiuie, cun:cal
its principles, but Jet them form
he basrs of ornament.
Moldings, cornices,- and miters are
lottoputin exposed positions,
It is surprising what an excellent
iffect cap bo produced by cutting,
iven with little or no moulding or
arving.
We do not stick much molding or
arving about a ship, llow plain, yet
iow beautiful it is, because of ifs pro?ortions
and 'because?it looks like
vork.
>
llow Much fid he Lose??A
'few York gentlemen at dinner on
toard a Cunard steamer laid a wager
vith the captain that he could not
jive him a correct answer, within a
ninnte, to the following question:
'A Yankee rushed into a boot-makr'6
store, in Broadway, ''Here, look
harp!" cried ho, "just off for Caliornia?ship
sails in half an hour?
vant a pair of boots?look alive 1"
Down tumbled the boots off the
helves, from which he was soon fittid.
"How much ?" "Five dollars."
Givo me change for this fifty dollar
>ill?sharp?quick." The bootmaker
lot having change, rushed to a monly-changer.
"Quick, give change
or this fifty dollar bill?passenger
ust off to*California!" And in a few
riinutcs awa}r ran the Yankeo with
lis boots and change?off to Califorlia.
of course. In about an hour afterwards
the monejT-changer came
lown to tho bootmaker,. "Halloa!
ioc." quoth he, ' this is a bad bill :~pay
no down fifty dollars at once"?which
,be poor fellow, much disgusted, had
.0 do. JNow, how much'did the bootmaker
lose?
Saloon licenses, m Utah territory
for the 6ale. of ale and beer, are $50
per mou^h. Saloon licenses, for
the sale of liquor to be drank On
the premises, ?300 per month.
SCRAPS. * '-?*
- ; : ?-*>i' .
> " ; ; v:0*x ; . 7^7*'
^The 3ast con of a &olte g? nerally
tho hiccup. . ! |
c?~ ?' -w*.?
UVW4W F*v ;??& ;
airs than tihey can pay* - s
The potato blight lS^dpiag.gTG&t
damage in Ireland.' . "' * *;yA
horned .rooater is tjiS
productio n inJSPor^i GannMi^f^
A forger was... . l^r ** "Racine
Judge becanse me torgpd .
notepad tio Sttmp.'V "v '-i . > -iv
vA &
the scahbard* ? ward vfav$?U.k '
sword in anothprVhand. : *
-There is a;tTnstie^-c^^e^^KSe''
m Davenport,
ried 938 * cOaples *itfee tfitotiiLTj,
1868^ /,, ^ >V -. .- v '
One wbo~ wislies-thevworltF$j
know what he; khows ?boirt-Mm- / !>. '
rag, says. the .best way" tor*J$R>
strawberries ia'with n What
h the
an entrance #> abara' a^ ^lbaftV/
in aprinting-<rffito?;rO&48%&h '
door and tlie other is a dam bore.
li^ayycabj
1 gold to wnicfr
iweeteis^cu
dreised bo pi *
afford to do?G>~" ^^h^o ieQ "?' '
No ineny employe!. Ic^n1ie|tion.
with tlio"pompofiio^ room U t* fileN
eotypiug department,in which , bnsi
n es? instracfion: > witt i; alio" be
given. - :* ,
WVbatf alm oet' ^at^fus
bu t wfcat is com raon "a od rf>ric6]^a
can:uever be-feabtoftabl^ If ififti#
the? said th^taunbatEa sr^jg efFe$
tual remedy forraaoy^
taKen
J *- - -
It is currently reported tfi
Governor'Connectrcut/
has recently received visits from
influential ; Western^; Democrats*
Anxious to learn if he -tfould
ccpt the norninatioDvfor the
Presiclency- The ex-Governo^
answer has not transpired.. ^
Coffins off the new .artificial siton#
which hardens after ]bfeing: .ex^06e^
,to the air?warranted a ^Jeae fitf
air tight and to . liret .f#?^p~#ro
the Ja'test modern . improvement^
In tbe case of any failure of
warrants the occupants can oC^ain^
the return of their momrp b?*caU%
ing on tne pateptee. w nat a comfort
1
An English chemist has fceei*
experimenting for the purpose of,
ascertaining how riiuch dC.varloua
kinds of foo?T must bff
eaten in order to make otie pound5
of flesh. He corned to" the coochi^
sion that it requires 25 pounds?#
milk, IflD. of turnips,- 50;. of pota^
toes, 50 of carrots, 8 of oatmeal*
7j of barley meal, and 6} of beaa^
. , : "T
An aged woman in Forth Adains r
relates that many years ago, whil^ 1
attending a social dance, a young*
mechauie asked bei*0 hand for one-*
of the dances. . S^e ,-indignai!tly'refused,
feeling y$ry mujch mortis
fied that.he should make such an;
ofter. -Tears have passed," and she^
has filled an honorable bnt hnmhTe'
position in Ifte, while th? young,
man whom she scoriied has been:
Governor of Massachusetts. ' :si
- * v.?
. ' . * .^v?
. A steam prow^bnilt At the great
locomotive works in Patterson, Laa
been successfallv introduced- *ofts
rthe great Wells farm in' MinniJifi^
ta. Fou r 'breaking ploughs On tCf
public trial were hitched to themd^
tnr, which effectually <M .work1
by pulling them,, through /the sod:";
The ploughs tnrned iXeiurf at the rate
of about forty acres' per day.?
The ^machine is aaid to fee capable .
of drawing ten loaded wagons over
an ordinary* road ;as rapidly and
and safely asthe same could be done
with ten pairs of horses. If
was invented by Mr. Thompson* '
of Edinburgh, Scotland, ana has
been patented in Great Biittain and
America.
Influence of One Act ?One
pound of gold muy be drawn .into a
wire that would extend around the
globe.' So one good deed may bo felt
through all timo, and cast its influence'
into eternity. Though done in the
first flush of youth, it may guild the
Inst or a long life, aud forjn the
brightest and most glorious spot in
it. .
i '<* \ f.