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- BY W. A. LEE AND HUGH WILSON.
ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 1876.
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VOLUME XXIV.-NO. 9.
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When the Cows Come.Home
When klingle, Wangle, klingle,
Far down the dusky dingle,
The oowa are coming home;
Kef rw?et and clear, arid faint and low,
The"air? titoktiBg3 dome'afad gd, '
Like ohimings frem the far-off tower,
Or pattarings of an April bhower
That makes the dairies grow,
Eo-ling, ko-lang, kolingiclingle,
Far down the darkening dingle,
The oowa oome elowly home.
And old-time friends, and twilight plays,
And starry nighte and sunny days,
Oome trooping np the misty ways,
When the oowa oome home.
With jingle, jangle, Jingle,
8oft tones that Bweetly mingle,
The oows are coming home;
Mai vine and Pearl and Florioal,
DeKamp, Bed Boae, and Gretchan Schell,
Queen Bees, and Sylph, and Spangled Sue,
AcroBs the fields I hpar h er "loo-oo''
p V. And clang. hfcCfiUW bellS rf .
Go-ling, golang, goliaglediuglo,
With taint, far sounds that minglo,
The cows oome slowly home.
And mother-songs of long-gone years,
Aad b&by joys audchildish fears, ^ .
And youthful hopes and youthful tears,''
When the cows come home
} i With ringle, Tangle, ringle,., t - , -
By twos and threes and single,
' The cows are oomicg home;'
Through violet air we see the town,
And the summer sun a-elippiDg down,
And the maple in tbe nazal giaao
Throws down the path a longer shade.
And the hills are growing brown;
i . Vo-ring^ to-rang, toringleHngle,
?' By threes and fours and single, Vv
The cows come tlowly home.
The same sweet sonnd of wordless psalm,
The same sweet June day reat and calm,
The same sweet smell of buds and balm,
*; When the cows come home.
,ll5 A A . L -1 ' '
With tinkle, tinkle, tinkle,
Through fern and periwinkle,
The cows are coming home;
A-loitering in the checkered stream,
Where the sun-rays glanoe and gleam,
Olarine, Peachbloom, and Phebe Puilhs
Stand knee deep in the creamy lilies,
In a drowsy dream:
f/\_T?r?b MllnbtAlinlrlA.
vi . O'er banks with buttercups a-twinkle,
The oowb come slowly home.
And op through memory'a deep ravine,
Come the brook's old song and its old-lime
sheen,
And the creaceat of the silver queen,
When the cows come home.
With klinglo, ilanglQ, ilingle,
With loo-oo, and moo-oo, and jingle,
? ? The cows coming home;
And over there on Merlin hill/ i? '
Sounds the plaintive cry of the whip-poor
will,
And tho dowdropd lie on the tangled Tines,
And over the poplar* Venae shines,
And over the silent null,
5 Ko-ling>ko-laDg, kolinglelingle.
With ting-a-ling and jingle,
The oows come tilowly home.
Lot down the bare; let in the train
Of long-gone songs, and flowere, and rain,
For duar old times some back again
When the cows come home.
i: i' . ?Christian Weekly.
LOSING THEM BOTH.
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w<?ft ?; j.-ii ; m.-'i .is
Tho dearest Jittle rosebud of a girl, |
with cheeks where a pink flush came j
and ' went, and blue eyes, witn long,
golden-brown lashes, and hair that
wav??d without the aid of pins or irons.
1 al ways thought. her., name waa the
most suitubld that could have been
<fmMforli?*r, tKotaifh-the only wonder
is that old Firnper Budd did not name
his only da^gntflr Deborah, jar. Rebecca,
or Sarah Jane.'
. Bosanna bad fortnnately been h$t'
father's grandmother'8 name, however
and so came a Rose Badd into the
world; for Mrs. Bndd had made the
Ar?nft ?. nnliMlA hamfl inRtflfid of cart of
fche-first, and dropped ii.!1 ' <
When I begun to like' Rose Budd so
much that I seriously thought of pro
posing to her, Hiram JEtopejf liked her
too. He was five jejrjjofcler than I; a
plain man of "twenty-nine, with faint
scars on his face, and a bald spot on the
middle of his head. ' A poor man,
studying medicine late in life, because
he had not been able to study in his
youth, only hoping for his diploma in a
year, with the practice all in the future;
and I, at twenty-four, had the Moss
wood estate for my own, and money
enough to live on comfortably. There
oould be no comparison drawn between
us,-1 fondly hoped, that' would not be
favorable tope; and I coolly, though
politely, toofc my place t>etore mm, and
cijjt iiid out, on ?dl occasions -with Boae
bnd. f, young and Jicisaud handsome,}
and, a$I errppoeei,.elegautlv dressed;
he, plain, poor and shabby, looking' ten
years older than he really was. What
chance had he against me ?
And bo he slipped quietly into the
background and rmade lote fcer Rose
bud, and one day kissed her on the
cheek, and told, her life would not be
worth having to me if I could not win
her; and she said nothing, but out
bluslied all the roses, and let me kiss
her again. After that we walked bodily
arm-in-arm through the viUage, and
friends teased me, and the other beaux
dropped away, and one day I gave her a
ring to wear on her left hand forefinger.
Two weeks from that day I went to
London on business. I intended to stay
a wet-k, but I was bo successful that I
remained longer; finally I went into
business in the city, and begun to-know
people. I< visited a. the houses of
wealthy merchants, and met their wives
and daughters, and by degrees begun to
understand that, though my Rosebud
was very fair and sweet, Bhe was not a
hot-hourfg* . In other VtordB, her
dress waejiot like the chies&ofar fashion
able belle ; her manners were homespun,
her education .poor. She was very good
?excessively T^odflv but not an elegant
lady. Then, too, she$9$t me notes in
big bnff envelopes, and used little "i's"
for the personal pronoun, which should >
have been honored by the capital "I."
And Farmer Budd, with bis uncouth
ooats and wonderful hats and long strag
gling beard and hair, wa-not the sort of
father-in-law that I should admire; and
there was Miss Hannover. Perhaps that
fact was the most powerful one of all
the workings of my disenchantment:
for Misa Hannover was beautiful, all
millinery and upholstery; and Papa
Hannover was called Prince Hannover
by his friends, and had his dinner table
set for forty every day, and wore a for
tune, in diamonds on his bQsom.and
made friends everywhere he. went by his
livish "gifts, and was the greatest stook
gambler in London. . ' "V , /
Papk Hannover had Bmiled on me,
and counseled me how to invest, and
had dinedme with his daily forty/riend%
and had said : " Yiolette, love, this is
Mr. Markman, one of those country
gentlemen of whom we are trying to
make city men."
* Aad Yiolette had smiled radiantly,
upon me.
Since than how many tete-a-tetes had
I not had with her?how many rides ? I
was learning to dance with her, and I
had forgotten to write to Rosebud for
two weens. Then, cams an anxious lit
tle note on thin blue paper, beginning
thns :
'* Dear Eknby-?I take up ay pen in
hand much11 nib bled in my" mind re
garding you i know you would write if
you were not 'siok. - Oh, Henry, if you
are sick do tallygraff and let father come
up and see you. Henry i will not write
any more until.I hear from you?i am
too trubbled in my mind. We are -all
well and in the hopes that you will enjoy
the same blessings i remain
" Yours truly, Rose Budd.
" P. S.?Do let pa come if you.are
Bick. , i am so trubbled in fhy mind, '
I hastened to reply, the awful dread !
of Mr. Budd's fatherly care hanging j
over me, so to speak, by a single hair. ;
I wrote to Rose, but how ? I shall not ]
copy that cowardly letter. here. When ;
it was in the box I did try to fish it ont
again, but it was too late. It had gone, :
and its termination: "Thanks, Miss ]
Budd, for your friendly anxietj oon- ]
cerning my health; I am sure Mr. Budd
does not share it," was perhaps the wornt 1
of all the lines by which I told her, not i
in frank, honest words, but in a manner j
that no woman oould fail to understand,
that I did not choose to remember that ]
we were betrothed.
After that no more letters in yellow <
envelopes came to trouble me, and I j
paid attention to Miss Hannover, and i
invested my money according to .Han
nover'sad vice. And davB and weeks
and months rolled by, ana if a thought
of my little Rosebud, 'fading because
the sunlight of my love was withdrawn
from it, crossed my mind, I drove it
away with a sign. I oould not help it,
I said; it was fate. Fate meant me for
Mjss Hannover, for Violette,and we had
me??that was all. No, not quite aS;
one day?I remember itjwas the day_af
ter a splendid ball, and I called on Vio- "
lette, whose escort I had been the night \
before?one day I made this latter state- i
ment to Violette Hannover, and she,
having heard it, bestowed on me her J
most aristocratic stare, and asked me if .
I did not know that she had been en
gaged to Mr. Twentyplum for six long
months.
" And be married next week, Mr.
Markham," added she. "So you see' 1
you must be mistaken about fate."
'' And you have only been flirting with
me?" I said, bitterly. " Do you know i
that you gave me reason to hope every- ,
thing from you?" .
" I know it is time for me to dress ?
for a drive," said she. " So you must '
say good-afternoon; and don't look so
ridiculously tragic, Mr. Markham. I
hate scenes."
And I felt that I deserved it an, as 1 ,
went for the last time down the stepB of
the Hannover mansion. ' ,
In a fortnight Violette was Mrs.
Twentyplum. In a month Mr. Han- ,
nover was a bankrnpt?one of those who
take a foreign Jirip with,plenty of money T
in their pockets, while others lie crushed
beneath the fragments of their broken *
branches at home. 1: J
My money went with his. I had come ,
to London with a moderate competence.
I had increased it by speculations until ?
I was absolutely wealthy. - Now I found
myself suddenly almost poor.
There remained to mo only the Moss- 8
wood property, which must be turned D
into a farm, and I myself must leave my ,
hope of being one of the city million
aires behind me, and become a plain ^
formor a man nf fliAnamA arwtial ntnf.nu I
as Ro&bnd'a father, without Lis com
fortable knowledge of money in-the
bank to comfort me.
However, with the bursting of the
bubble fortune, the circle which gather
ered about Hannover bad been seeming
ly scattered to the winds, and people
knew that Miss Violette had jilted me
and also that my money was gone. The
city had lost many of its charms, and I
wrote to the old woman who had kept
the house at Mosswood for my father
until his death, to make it ready-for my
return. Then selling, the- furniture of
my bachelor rooms3, and packing my
smaller belongings in a few trunks, I
star ted-homeward.
I must tro back to Mosswood and be
come qJarjner.* ,1 should find Rosebud 1 L
fading gradual!^ aw&v, of course, anjl t
yet-Ijknew she would be prelfier than D
ever. How she had loved me?how un- E
grateful I had been for that love. Now *'
I would make amends. I would write ^
as many repentant letters as were neoes- '
sary, and she would, of course, forgive '
me. p No woman ever forgets or ceases J
to love-any. man she ever has loved, -you f
know.. Yes, after a little maidenly re- v
sistance, Rosebud would bloom for me 8
again. I was as sure of this as the train ''
bore me "onward, as I was that the moon J*
would rise that night. |
There is no adage more true than the '
one that declares that misfortunes never v
come alone, but always in troops.
Often, of course, one brings the other. c
In my case, the anxieties that had troop- ^
ed so thickly about me made me ner- ^
vous, and so led to a severe accident. ,* a
Having alighted at a certain station, I a
delayed my return to the carriages until ^
thev had started. I remember running 8
after them, and then?what do I remem- &
ber then ? Darkness, dreams, pain, an
awakening in a little room, with white *
curtains, and a toilet table, and a vision ^
charmingly dressed. The same one say- 0
ing, slowly: ' t '; *
" Yes, yes, yes ; I think he'll do." ?
And understanding this was my old *
friend, Hiram Roper, I asked : 0
44 Hpw did I come here ?" trying to sit a
up, and failing in the attempt. 8
"Well," saiijL Hiram, "wife and I t
were at the station, and I saw you were ^
a good deal hurt, and we brought you r
on. You know this is my .house." " ?
14 Tours ?" Raid I. 41 And you are ^
married, and in practice, I suppose?" , I
44 Yes," said Roper. 4|Oh, yes; get- c,
ting on famously. And you've had a ^
bad time, but you'll be on the right soon. c
Come and tell.him he will, Rosebud." *
And there?yes, there was Rose. ^
After I had ruminated on the fact a f3w 8
minutes, I felt "that truth was stranger
than fiction.
"Are you better, Mr. Markham?"
said Rosebnd, bendiDg towards me.
Here was a poetical story, being
worked out in our proper persons.; A
wounded and repentant hero, I had been
sent back to Rosebud, to be nursed and
forgiven. Had she not forgiven me,
she never would haye flown to my aid.
All that I oould do jftst then was to
squeeze her hand.
She took it away rather quickly; but
that was natural. I had not seen her
for three years. She did not know of
my oontrition. But she had not pined
or laded ; she was, on the contrary,
stouter and rosier than ever.
Just then. Dr. Roper being present,
I said nothing, but afterwards, as the
evening shadows fell, she brought me
tea and toast; and then I took her
hand, and said : .<
"Dear Rosebud, how good of you."
And she answered :
" Oh, dear, no?don't metalion it."
"You are an angel, of. forgiveness," I
Win Art/I T?nh 1-iQTrck oftirciva InvPrl
you. Rosebud. 'Tis true, a siren laid her o
spells upon me, but the hallucination' i
onceover"?*-r
" I shall think you are wandering c
again," said Bhe, " if you don't stop 1
talking. : Do take your toast." I
1 No," teidl, "no, not a mouthful, c
Bosebudi until you assure me that you r
will forget the past, and once more give ]
rrta fVio Iatto" n
*'Call me Henry," said I. "Rose, if 1
me the love ?
"Mr. MarkhamI" cried she.
a
t
you had hated me, would you be here
so kindly ministering to my wants ?"
"Here?" said she. "Where should
I be but in my own house ? I'm sure
I've nothing to forgive you, either.
Sinoe you aUude to our flirtation of
three years ago, and since you "will 'talk
of it, I will tell you, once for all, that I
don't think we ever should have been
happy together. And I always liked
Hiram the best, only he was so shy.
And, my goodness, wo were married as
300n as he got his diploma."
"Married!" cried I.
" Why, yes," said Kosebud. " How
else should I be here ? Ton know this
is Dr. Roper's house f Didn't .you know
E was his wife before ? Dear old fellow,
he is?the best husband woman ever
had, I'm sure?and, Mr. Markham, I
know now that I never really loved
yog," ?.
I don't knpw whether that was true or
not, but it did iiiJt matter. ano cua not
love me then, and does not now; and I
had lost her.
I live alone at Mosswood now, an old
bachelor, with a limp and the dyspepsia,
and she and a bouquet of little blossoms
Sourish over the way at Dr. Roper's.
Some time, perhaps, I may-marry.
Miss Flint would have me, and so
would the Widow Wiggins; but what
ever I may gather to wear over my heart
it will, not be a rosebud. I threw that
iway long ago, and Roper picked it up,
md it makes his life fragrant.
/.J : Quid Pro Quo.
Friend Zedekiah Broadback, residing
ix a thriving Pennsylvania town, was a
staid, stanch, and proper man. He
vas a just man,.though .zealous in the
iccumulation of substance, and careful
)f his property. One day Zedekiah re
iurned to his home from a distant farm,
ind was informed by his serving woman
;hat a large, fierce dog, belonging to
;he village lawyer, had stolen from the
jantry a fine leg of mutton.
"Art sure it was the dog belonging
;o the man of law, named Didymus ?"
"Yea, verily, my master."
"Alas! and I had set apart that piece
)f flesh for a feast, to be given even unto
ny friends. I must see the worldly man,
md gain,restitution, if it be possible."
And Zedekiah set forth for the office
>f the lawyer, On the way he reflected.
3e called to mind the story of the man's
>ull which had gored a neighbor's ox,
md he resolved to profit thereby. En
ering the office of the man of law, he
iaid :
? ? js t\; j
n nlr fViTT
I: rltJLlU L/1U j iillLOj A WlOti w CW3IX VLXJ
>pinion upon a critical case."
"I will listen," answered the lawyer,
aying aside his book.
" Suppqse, friend Didymus, that my
[og, even-my faithful Towser, had gone
nto my neighbor's pantry, and stolen a
eg of mutton, and had eaten the same,
riiat ought I to do?"
" Why, friend Zedekiah, the thing is
>lain. You must pay for thething which
our dog stole."
"Know, then, friend Didymus, that
hy dog, that ferocious beast which thou
allestTigier, hath ?t!olen -from my pan
ry a leg of inpttQn.jof the full and juBt
alue- of five shillings, that being the
um which I paid for it in lawful
" If that is the case," said the lawyer,
aking out his purse, "I suppose I must
iay for it."
The Quaker took the money, and was
bout to depart, when the lawyer de
fined him. ' ' '
"Tarry yet a little, friend Zedekiah,
or of a verity I have farther to say
into thee. Thou didst enter my place
>f business, and crave my legal advice
ipon a critical case. I gave it thee.
Iy charge therefor is nine shillings."
" Sorely, friend Didymus ?"
" Ave. it is even so."
" Alas. I thgp Inmost pay thee. I have,
oucheii pitch; and have been defiled "
.Summer Uonoctii..
Summer bonnets, says a fashion jour
ial, are close shapes and real-, capotes,
rith or -without curtains. i The flaring
ialo brims are not found among late im
lortatipns. A superabundance of trim
aing:svmlfetBome of the-inost expensive
aodels. The Benoiton or necklace,
ooped in front below the cbin, is about
o be introduced for those who do not
ike .strings tied a4 the throat, and yet
Ike a dressy trimming in front. This is
iade of the silk of th& trimming,
ringed with (jrasses and flowers. . One
ery effective Benoiton is of cardinal
ilk, fringed with berries aad gilded
saves; the bonnet is the stylish rongh
traw. Broad strings of white crepe
isse edged with a fluted frill are shown
or the bonnets of very young ladies,
?ho, Parisians think, should not wear
ice. Strings and streamers of cream
olored lace are beautified by having a
>and of black insertion down the cen
e-r. The Charlotte Oorday bonnets are
Ibo imported f^r summer. Rose pink
,nd cardinal are associated together for
rimming black chip bonnets, notwith
tanding they are dark enough for win
er.
Black-tulle bonnets are made plain on
he frame, and edged with gold sou
ache. The trimmings are short black
8trich tips and antique ribbons of
rhite striped gauze. Others have
carfsof black tulle'dotted with gold. A
:ey of red gold and cut steelis a favorite
irnament on blaok bonnets. There are
lso crescents of silver that look hand
ome enough for a brooch to be worn at
he throat. The Mexicaine gauzes are
ery popular abroad for bonnet trim
oings, but do not find much favor here.
>ome plain ecru net is used as a scarf
or bonnets. Ivory white is used with
rale blue or rose pipings. Darker
iream color is contrasted with dark car
linal or with black velvet. "When white
:hip bonuets are not found becoming,
he entire front is faced with black vel
vet, and dark flowers of becoming color
irA llQPvl fnr frimmirin' nvuam
;olored chip bonnets remain most liked
or dress hats, as tliey suit with any
ioilette. TUeir garniture is cream color
id silk, two ostrich tips of the same
ihade, cream colored lace, and two long
streamers of cream colored ribbon hang
ng low behind. Two soft puffs of silk
nside the front make a pretty face
rimming for traveling bonnets.
His Punishment.
The death of Rubenstein, found
ruilty of the brutal murder of the
rourig Jewish girl and sentenced to be
langed, is not altogether a surprise.
Chere was much about the conduct of
he man since his arrest proving that he
tad broken down utterly either under
ha oonao nf omilf. thft terror of nnnish
inoy ao i
easily em
ments of
cooks, s<
tbey crov,
thoueandi
suffering
li.e.
Scene i
cently eni
particulai
esty and <
ing home
her desk,
of keepit
a hundi
Madame
inRtrnntar
nent, or the consciousness of innocence
eronged. His prayers, fastings and con
in aal despair must have destroyed the
nind if the. body had fafled forgive way.
lis life in prison has been to him worse
han death in any shape; and as no
?ther end than the gallows seemed prob
ible, it" is well /or Mm that he passed
iway by natural uiean^ The public is
lot so eager for an execution that it will
egret the condemned man's quiet
leath, if, as seems to be clearly estab
ished, the oase was not one of suicide.
Lll the effect of punishment as a means.
>f watning has been gained in the ter
ible spectacle of Rubenstein's agony.
Retributive justice could scarcely have
i more startling vindication or one bet
er fitted to impress and affect the popu
ar imagination.?New York Worte.
STORING A GEE AT SEA.
can Scheme of Running the Water
e Black Sea Into the Caspian.
jalding, an American, proposes
e a natural process which has
iction for thousands of years,
His opinion, has produced the
distribution of the human raoe
>e. It is a question of turning
rs of the Blaok sea into the Cas
i filling that great inland basin
ipth which obtained at a remote
At present the Caspian sea,
ough kindred influences, the
ral and lake Balkash are losing
iers, and the vast region whioh
to their system is becoming a
According to Mr. Spalding, this
,tion was probably the cause of
i migrations which history re
ast multitudes came forth from
own east because the lands of'
;h were no longer able to sup
n; by long wars they obtained
in of the whole of Europe,,
ith its more fertile soil and less
population, invited conquest,
on to which the American engi
3 attention is a great basin de
below the level of the ooean.
est parts are occupied by the
sea, which receives, besides
ributaries, the two great rivers
Volga, which drain a large pro
of the central regions of the
empire. These rivers have for
osited in the Caspian the soil
egions drained by" them. The
ns of the sea have consequently
contracted, ana tne Dotcom ui
lains of it has been raised until
e areas are becoming unnavi
!y reason also of the diminution
iter space available for evapora
> surrounding regions are be
sterile wastes, and commerce
es notwithstanding the ap
P civilization.
ly means of arresting this im
action of nature is to restore to
ian its ancient body of waters,
jquently its ancient depth and
lis is to be done by cutting a
vliich shall bring into it the
f the neighboring Black sea.
ector would make a great cut
ntio fhA two seas noon ODe
?, is to be premised that the
8 considerably lower than the
~ and the Mediterranean, and,
, a continuous flow, from the
5- the former would ensue upon
inication being made. Mr.
anticipates not only a natural
Ltical revolution from this arti
fact. The force of the water
by the plunge would effect a
ivation, and in the end would
fill the basin of the Caspian to
of the. Black sea, but would
oagnificent harbor in the for
3sailable by an enemy, and oer
jecome the emporium of tfre
3 of Ensfcia and western Asia,
or enters into calculations as to
jment of the vater through
annel, and determines that at
f forty years from the begin
he work the levels of the two
d be so nearly uniform that
a of the. new qhannel could
[iiis time could be shortened to
enty-five years if, upon the
>n of the -work already de
the operation were^o be re
' connecting the Don and the
The object of this latter work
to bring the waters of the sea
) swell the volume discharging
rioonion fVlA OTirTAnt. flf thfi
g reversed. Mr. Spalding
a similar work performed in
by cutting the ridge of lime
en separated the waters jof the
iver from those of the Illinois
The result was that the current
iciigo was reversed, and it now
s its waters, as well as those of
ihigan, into the Illinois, and
hat via the Mississippi rivet
;ulf of Mexico, instead of into
>f St. Lawrence."
b Chinese as Mechanics.
t is a well known fact that the
lave very little of the spirit of
or originality, they are skill
icflnionH imitators and copvists.
tance in point, it is related that
rs since, on the arrival of an
clipper ship at Hong Kong,
in, learning of the wonderful
skill of the Chinese painters,
. one of them to copy a beauti
inting of the vessol, which had
lly been torn a few inches
; face, the rent having been
In due course of time the
rinting came home, a perfect
in all respects, even to the
1. - ll.n A r*TT mo_
ill 111 l?U? UllgllUU* XJLAAJ mv
;rade which does not require
y of taste or design they pick
urprising facility. The mann
: cigars in New York city may
i have passed entirely into their
veral thousand being employed
anch of industry alone. Orig
jwing nothing about boot and
ing, they have made such rapid
this trade that no other class
ten are able to compete with
f. nnr?li lntc Trncfls Chinamen
this kind of work, that in no
this continent <re boots and
1 so oheaply as in San Fran
s carpenters, mannfactnrers of
, and workers in all kinds of
jy have crowded out an army
laborers, who would otherwise
nployed at good wages. With
es of the sewing machine they.
>me familiar, willingly and un
corking at one twelve and often
hours without cessation. If
my branch of mechanical in
r which there is a publio de
hn is sure to have a hand in it,
it such figures tnat no wnite
possibly 'compete "with him.
es or professions with which
lot interfere are so few as to be
amerated. In all tho depart
servile labor, as house servants,
crabbers, gardeners, porters,
?d out the Caucasian, leaving
3 of the latter unemployed and
for the actual necessaries of
usenu mm.
n Paris.?Madame X. has re
gaged a waitress, who has been
rly recommended for her hon
Dther good qualities. On com
the other day, she found that
in which she was in the habit
ig money, had been opened and
ed frano note abstracted.
X. told her husband, and he
1 her what share to take in the
conversation, by which he
he money could be quietly re
At dinner, in the presence of
ess, Madame X. said to her
: " Have you seen Mr. Durand
ling?" "No, my dear, it is
e to see Mr. Dorand just at
"Why bo?" "Hismorn
now passed in the criminal
account of the recent thefts
ed by his cook. Unfortunate
eal one hundred francs, and in
3 certainly condemned to the
" To the galleys ?" asked his
)h, yes;'for that matter, I have
persons being guillotined for
that." Nothing more was said
; but one hour later the bank
found returned to its proper
be desk.
, ' ' An Exciting Race.
The San Francisco Chronicle tellfl the
following story of an engineer: It was
four years ago last winter. I was com
ing down with a train loaded with cattle.
The weather had been bad for weeks,
and the snow lay deep, but was melting
off fast in the warm weather that had
lasted nearly a week. The ground was
saturated, and I noticed that things
looked shaky on the mountain. I was
feeling my way along carefully, think
ing the track might spring, as vhe .bed
was wet' and -sloppy, when just as I got
around the point of this ridge, I looked
np, and it seemed to me that the whole
mountain above me had broken loose.
For hundreds of fe6t wide the hillside
was in motion, and charging down on
me. The slide started a hundred yards
above tfye track and was coming, right
down on me like lightning. Bock a, trees
and snow-drifts plunged down, the face
of the mountain with a thundering roar,
and seemed, bent pn overwhelming us
ttUU ULUJIU^ UO 1U IUAO, WHJJWU UMyuwHUVttJ
of feet below. I was never so . close to
death before, altbongh I have had my
share of perils on the road. . For a mo
ment I was stupefied, the danger -was .so
great and escape so hopeless, but only
for a moment. I determined not to die
without an effort, but clapped on all
steam, while the brakes were thrown off
at the same time. You can see for yoms
self that the giade ifl heavy here/arid
can believe that we made fast time. The
engine seemed to know her danger, 'and
to gather herself for an effort. -She
leaped, quivering and snorting, down
the grade" in the maddest race I ever
saw. Down came the avalanche like
lightning directly upon us, throwing
up clouds of flying snow and splinters
and rock, and away flew the old engine
like a thing of life and beauty, as she
was, dragging the cars -like the wind
down the grade after her, abreast of the
slide. But it seemed doomed to be all
in vain. The avalanche came faster
every moment. It was almost upon u&.
The rocks begun to bound against the
cars and over them, and the train was.
hidden in a cloud of snow. But we were
flying through the air cow; the wheels
seemed never to touch the rail, and just
as I was giving up hope the engine
rushed past that point of land just back
there where the little ravine comes
down. This turned the current of the
slide, so to speak, a little, and vas our
salvation. The engine rushed past the
point just as the slide reached the track,
Ulill U piLIOj Upiuuiuu uu uug uugu wi
the avalanche, fell across the next car to
the last one and crushed it. The track
was swept away like a cobweb in a gale,,
and the couplings of the cars broke ind
the cars fell into Jhe chasm left in the
wake of the slide, and were carried down
to the river, a thousand yards below.
What there is left of them lies there yet.
The jerk made the engine and train
jump the track, but she kept on her
feet, and we got off with a few braises.
That I account one of the greatest dan
gers I ever had in my twenty years of
railroading.
Chinese Building Propensities.
The Virginia City (Nev.) Enterprise
says : The Chinese quarter of the city
11- 1 -li. fTTU?
is Deing rapituy rouuui. mo ouuo ux
Confucius work like bcuverp. They are
buBy early and late, and both under
gronnd and on the surface. In their
part of the town the Celestials have kept
pace with the march of rebuilding in
that part of the burned district which is
in the hands of the whites. In ordinary
times no one ever hears of a Chinese
carpenter, but-ilotr'AH are carpenters.
One would suppose that "John," the
manner in which his eyes are set in his
head being considered, would never be
able to saw a plank sqtiare across, yst he
manages. to make all manner of joints
and bevels. When a house much above
the ordinary size is to be built, they
precipitate themselves upon it in hosts.
They go at it much as they set about
tunneling through a mountain.. They
swarm like ants, and like ants each is
doing something. When a large building
is being roofed "by them, it seems, at a
little distance, to be covered with a flock
of giant crows, each pecking with all
his might, and squawking with all his
" main." When a Chinaman is excited
and is rushing things, he is very un
happy unless allowed to "give tongue."
To suddenly out one of them short when
in full vocal blast would be as difficult
as to silence a donkey when in'the midst
of his bray.
We have hinted at toe underground
labors of the Mongolians. It may be
necessary to explain that onoe John
Chinaman has come into possession Of a
piece of ground, he not unfrequently
builds both up and down. ' He has an
innate love of subterranean dens and
caves. In Chinatown, as it is .Wing re
built, the underground apartments are
likely to be even more abundant than in
Chinatown aa it is. In the "bomb
proofs " and other holes they are dig
ging and "building, and they will have
their gambling and opium dens down
below the sunlight, underneath the
ground.
Sorrow by the Wayside.
A family from southern Kansas, con
sisting of a husband, wife and three
children, passed through Waco, Texas,
in a covered wagon, and the following
sad chapter in their history was related
by the man. He stated that they left(
Kansas on the first of March, with the*
intention of joining a number of fam
ilies formerly from Kansas, who are
now living in Brown county. They
traveled rapidly, and met with no mis
haps until one Sunday morning, when
their little babe, aged about eighteen
months, was suddenly taken ill and
died. The grief of the poor mother
on the death of her child knew no
bounds; in fact, she became tempor
arily insane, and when her husband
wished to bury the body of the infant
she clutched it wildly in her arms and
fled from him and hid herself in the
woods, where she remained over night
along with the corpse. It was not until
nearly noon on the following day that
he found her. She was so completely
exhausted by that time that he had but
little difficulty in taking her back to the
wagon. She was induced to take some
nourishment, and soon afterward fell
asleep. While she lay sleeping the lit
tle corpse was placed in a roughly con
structed box, and the father and chil
dren buried it under a live oak tree by
the roadside. The mother slept several
hours, and awoke with her mind re
stored. She assisted her husband in
building a fence around the lone little
grave, and then, with many backward
glances, the afflicted family pursued
their weary journey.
John Chinaman.
John in California is himself opposed
to more immigration from China. He
says: "Heap Chinaman no money,,
Heap Chinaman no worke. All China
men no want more Chinamen. Flifty
tousan Chinamen go home then China
man make heap money. Flifty tousan
Chinamen come then Chinaman gittee
two bittee one day. China company he
fletchee too many. Alle same too many
Chinamen like too many Melican men.
No workee, no money. China company
say two bitee one day, Chinaman say no.
jChina company say fletchee ten tousan.
Chinamen like Melican man keepe
Chinaman home. Eich Chinaman
wantee heap Chinamen. Poor China
men no likee."
THE TUSHINGTOtf MADHOUSE,
A Mother Telia the Sad Story ol her So
Confined In the Asylum.
Mrs, Van Keuren testified before th
Congressional investigating committe
that she had been a resident of Ohioag
since 1856. Shehad ason in'the goi
eminent asylum who was seventeen whe
he went there. . Ha was sent from th
navy. She saw her son soon after h
was sent there, but could not see Di
Nichols for many days. > She does nc
consider hereon, insane. He is epilej
tio; She had an ifaterview with Di
Nichols, and told him she wanted ever
cave taken of her son, which was pron
ised, the doctor saying he would take
father's interest in him. She left Wast
ington in the foil belief of that pron
ise. ' She went there a second time t
see her son, but not intending to tak
hiin away. ' This was after the great fir
in Chicago. She had always writtei
but 'seldom obtained any answer. He
boy's pehsion was stopped, arid1 o
writin'g to the pension office she Waali
formed that it had been asserted tint he
boy had been abandoned by his friends
not having _been supplied with an
clothing. The witness said sue tne
came to Washington and went to see hie
son at the asylum, and after waiting tw
honrs and a half saw him. She hard!
knew him. He was a haggard old man
He screamed: "Dearest mother, tak
me. out o! this horrible place." H
made complaints of bad treatment, an
, his head was literally alite with vermir
He had Just been bathed, and was drij
ping with cold water. Ths attendee
said the panta just removed were oot
ered with vermin. Dr. Morell was pref
ent at this time, and said he had notice
the vermin the day before, and was ver
sorry for it. On her return she went t
Admiral Porter and to the secretary c
the navy. The latter was absent firoi
the city. The surgeon-general of th
navy came to her and said he WouL
write to Dr. Nichols. He received
reply, whichhe read to voteless, acknow]
edging the vermin, but denying all else
Witness was accompanied by a lady o
Washington, Miss Jenny De Bar, wh
was present the whole time witness cos
versed with Dr. Morrell. Her son wen
to the asylum in 1869 and left in 1873.
Witness paid a visit to the pensioi
office, but General Baker "was absent
She went the next day and the commie
sioner had returned. He wished to ei
cuse himself, being very tired, havini
oome from a long journey. An appoint
ment was made for the next day, whicl
was kept. General Baker did not giv
her any satisfaction. The next da]
witness was told her letters had beei
oonf in Tlr "NTinVinltt^ Vrr A rtlArTc nt thi
name of Pryor. Gen. Baker said it wa
not possible, but on confronting Pryo:
with the commissioner he acknowledge;
it. The commissioner said many bill
were sent by Dr. Nichols amounting U
several hundred dollars. Witness sai(
she would never pay one cent of it. Sh<
j - < -i i?a :
Hucceeueu au uuju in oiuviuliu^ uou
Tlaker, who sent ;a physician, to th<
asylum who proved that he* son was h
f;bat horrible condition. Gen. Bake:
said if witness did not take him ont a
once he wonld. Ho also said he wonl(
send a clerk over to the asylum to sei
how many boys were there, as it was n<
place for them. The pension of1 he:
boy is $50 a month. At the time it wa
kept back by Dr. Nichols it was 825
The witness said she had reijeived al
the pension dne her as guardian of ho:
son, having established her claim in th<
pension office. The trouble' with Gen
Baker was about the pension, it having
been suspended by Dr. Nichols', repre
sentation that no clothing had been sup
plied. Gen. Baker said Dr.'. Nichol
thought witness had accompai\icd i
gentleman to California, i?iien, in fac
witness was in ppmpany ,o| Seorqtar
Bristow and Lis family,. ilt was iixSep
tember that the boy was taken -oat o
the asylum. Witnesa.saw a letter fron
Dr. Nichols to Surgedn-Gencral Beale o
the navy. '
Witness went on to say that $he mat
trees on which her son lay was rottei
with the rain which came throngh th<
roof. His body' was covered witl
bruises; it was quite-black. He hac
been put in a strong room, and theyhac
placed a strait jacket on him. Hfer soi
told her this, and the attendants also
and Mr. Anderson and his wife told he;
that Dr. Nichols only qame thrqugh th<
wards once a week?namely, on th<
Sabbath; that ihe cared> more forlhepigi
and dogs than ho did for the patients
On witness demanding to see her son'i
room,>Dr. Morrell objected,.-saying i
was against the rule$ but afterwardcon
- t- J1 . * OL_ J1 il, ^ A,
Beill-tiU. out) iuuuu lucid uu uvum v.
papers, which she had:liberally ftuppliec
nim with. :
The witness then said, addressing th(
chairman, that during her stay in Wash
ington she was called on by a man fre
qnently to know how much money sh<
would take to leave the city. She die
not know the man's name. She also hat
a statement from a man that two pa
tients had been killed, one a white anc
one a colored man, and that both were
put into one coffin.
How Girls are Made Pretty.
The Hindoo girls are graceful and ex
quisitely formed. From their earliesi
childhood they are accustomed to carrj
burdens on their heads. Tho water foi
family use is always brought by th<
girls in earthen jars, carefully poised ii
tills way. This exercise is said tc
strengthen the muscles of the back,
while the chest is thrown forward. Nc
Vtanlra nrfl anon in TTinflnfifATl.
ViVVttVVA MftV wwwu I i~ ?i i
Dr. Henry Spry, one of the company's
medical officers, says that " this exeroist
of carrying small yessels of water on tht
head might be advantageously intro
duced into our boarding sohools and
private families, and that it might ot
tirely supersede the present machinerf
of dumbbells, backboards, skipping
ropes, eto. The young lady ought tc
be taught to carry the jar, as these Hin
doo women do, without ever touching il
with her hands." The same practice ol
carrying water leads to precisely the
same results as in the south of Spaii]
and in the south of Italy as in India.
A Neapolitan female peasant will carry
on her head a vessel full of water tc
the very brim over a rough road and nol
spill a drop of it, and the acquisition oi
this art or knack gives her the same
erect and elastic gait, ana tne same ex>
panded chest and well formed back and
shoulders.
Mr. Penn's Treaty.
" The Great Spirit"?snch 'frere Wil
liam Penn's own words on the occasion
of his treaty with the Indians?" whc
made you and us, who rules the heavens
and the earth, and who knows the inner
most thoughts of man, knows that I and
my friends have a hearty desire to live
in peace and friendship with yon, and tc
serve you to the utmost of our power.
Our object is not to do injury, but to do
good. We are here met on the broad
pathway of good faith and good will, so
that no advantage may be taken on eithei
side, but all shall be openness, bfother
hood and love. I would not compare the
friendship now sought to a chain, since
the rain might rust it, or a tree fall and
break it; but the Indians shall be es
teemed by us as the same flesh and blood
with the Christians, and the same as il
one man's body was to be divided in two
parts, a^d, as such, the ground should
bo occupied as common to both people."
1
A MURDERER'S CONFESSION,
The Tragedy In the Belfry of a Church In
Boston?Piper Confuting the Mnrder of
Little Mabel Young?Also? that he Killed
Mill Bridget Landregan.
Thomas W. Pipor, the sexton of the
Warren avenue church, Boston, who is
under sentence of death for the murder
of the five-year old ohild, Mabel Young,
in the belfry of the church, startled his
oounsel, Edward P. Brown, who was in
UUilttLLLUtlMUil W11/Ul UUUi XC^Olluu^ vjuw ?mw
tion for a new trial, by confessing 4he
murder, and furthermore that he was
the murderer of Bridget Landregan at
Dorchester on the night of Deo. 5,1873,
for which orime he has been long nnder
snspicion. Piper's full confession was
made publio and caused- much excite;
ment. Any doubts as to its truth were'
swept away by the statement of his
counsel. Mr. Brown said that he would
not press the motion for a new trial, in
view of the conversation he had with
Piper.
Piper declares that he had no motive
for these crimes, particularly the mur
der of the child, and cannot understand
how he-came to commit them. He says
fViaf Via Vxuj hithwrfco lied to blind his
counsel, knowing that be could not get
' their aid if they for a moment believed
in his guilt. He has of late been rapid
ly breaking down in health and strength
through his great mental agony, hnd it
is thonght that if 'allowed to escape the
gallows he could nof live six weeks. His'
execution is riet down for the twenty
sixth of May. In his confession of the
murder of Mabel-'Young, Piper says:.' '
" I took the bat from the lowef room
before or about the commencement of
Bchool to kill somebody at'that time. I
carried it up into the auditorium, but
during .the session -of Sunday-school,1
took it from the auditorium and oarfiedi
it to the belfry. After^the close of
school I came do mi stairs and opened
the doors. Then I went up again at the
time I sent away the boys who were
playing in the yeetibule. After the boys
had gone out, and I was still in the ves
tibule, the little girl came up stairs, and
I induced her to.go with me into the
belfry. There I struck'her with the
club twd or three times, and She fell
where the blood was found. 'Then^I
picked her up and carried the "body to
XI 1 1 ?>
lilt) pioce wiiort) lb wiw uiov-uvcicu.
Piper's.oonfession of the-murder of
Bridget Landregtfn, on Deo. 5, 1878,
was equally explicit. He waamider the
influence of whisky and^ opium, and de
liberately prepared a olab to kill some
one. He saw Bridget on the street; and
followed close behind her, .He says
"I struck her; immediately she fell
down, and I struck her* again. While I
was stooping over the body I saw a man
coming, so I started up and ran.away. -I;
got over the fence and went jalong to
ward the railroad. While I.was climb
5 ingnp the bank at the railroad somebody
j called ont to me, and I then turned.
3 back, took a roundabout course^ and got
home. On the way home it occurred to
j me that I had a knife in my pocket
1 which might be recognized in some raan
r ner, and bo I threw it away."
t The Bridget Landregan case had long
j been, wrapped in the deepest mystery.
3 The girl was a domestic of good repute,*
. and while returning to her mistress'
f house at about nine o'clock at night
3 from a visit to some friends, was clubbed
to death at a part of Dorchester known
j as Upham's corner. Several persons
f were arrested on suspicion, Piper being
3 one of them, but sufficient evidence
could ndt be obtained against any of
' the prisoners, and 6ach was discharged
_ soon after examination, / It was for this
murder that Thomas Caliill, who went
3 soon after the nHurder to Ireland, was
^ extradited and' brought to this country
t by the detectives. He was a forniei1
, sweetheart* *of the girl, but no cdrie;
_ could be made against him, and he was
I discharged only toreturn to Ireland to
1 be murdered himself thefrd?'*"'
f It is now. almost certain* that Piper
was the assailant of Mary Tynan on
. July 1,1874. He confesses that he' at*
1 tempted to kill her.. She was found one
nigJtjtMnUier bed inseneiDie ana nomoiy
mangled: She -wkfe taken to the hofcpital
and recovered. p $ She is now ', an ibmat^'
of a lhnatic asvlum. A lover of Eer j'
named'iCJolby'was1 ofr^jfed fidr. thidad->
Bault, but the girl refused to tell what
slid'knew, and he wis ^isAhargiaft:
Piper says he was prbmjJted to the,'
murder of. Mabel Ydung and Bridget
Laridregan\by the nse of Btifflnlanky
under inflnenceof which he had an
inpane de3ire to shed blood. Tie Boston
Jmerung Herald says": j , 4.
"{" There is-a feeling abroad aipong.
lawyers, detectives and the public .gen?
erally, that the contradictory statements
v\s\rrr *\n+ ftflf Vvtt PirtdK Q1*A f.Kfl Mfllllf, ftf
i-iyrr ^/uv v(uv wj *?
cool reasoning on'his part, and of: saob
ingenuity, as be is possessed of, in order
to throw doubt upon hi*. sanity;'in gen
eral, or else to show that he has an un
controllable mania for blood for which
he is not responsible, and- a change in
his statement, either in the confession
of more murderd, or the denial of all,
would not at this moment astonish the
community." '/ "
In the Olden Time,
In the olden times, says a veteran, all
traveling was done by stage coaches.
The mail coach would take a whole day,
and sometimes more, to go fiom Balti
more to Annapolis. Three days from
Baltimore'to Philadelphia was ratnec a
quick trip. There were inns at r%ular
intervals along the road. ' You paid $10
for your passage, and you spent fully
$10 more before yen reached your des
tination for meals, lodging and inciden
tals. Supplies came into the city by
immense mountain wagons. I have seen
at the Marsh market two hundred of
these tremendous wagons of a morning,
none of your twopenny affairs, like they
have now, but great big concerns, with
canvas coverings, like houses on wheels.
During the war of 1812 we were block
aded and almost starved here in Balti
more. We hadn't a manufactory of any
kind. The manufacture of cotton was
started during the war.
In my young .days people were not
only sociable but honest. Everybody
knew everybody else. Ton could go to
bed and leave your front door open with
perfect security. It is not JiKe it is
now. We had about half a dozen watch
men in the city for show?Dutchmen
who couldn't understand a word you
said and you couldn't understand them.
I have always taken a deep interest in
politics. In 18001 walked three miles
to the polls and pulled off my hat to
hurrah for Tkomna Jefferson.
Romance in the Kitchen.
The Napanee (Canada) Standard has
this story : Miss Jennie Marshall, the
fortunate heiress of 31,000,000, married
the object of her affection, A. M. Brown,
and started for England to claim the
bequest. The cause of her leaving Eng
land was to avoid a hateful marriage,
and having come out here was content
to live as a servant, rather than live in
affluence by bartering away her better
nature. Mi. Brown was not aware of
the possibility awaiting his inamorata,
but that need not cause all the young
men of Napanee to "pile on the agony"
in the back kitchens on Sunday even-,
ings, unless they are willing to take tho
chances, which are about one in ten
thousand. Better " marry for love and
work for money," as the ancient adage
has it By her marriage Mrs. Brown
forfeits a part of her fortune.
PLANTING SHADE TREES.
Good Advice from an Expert?What Kind of
t Trees are Best. ' - i
Mr. B. G. Northrop, the efficient sec
retary of the board of education for
Connecticut, has caused to be distrib
uted among the schools of the State a
circular suggesting tree planting along
highways and in the villages as a good
centennial move. Mr. Northrop speci
fies in his circular the elm, maple, ash,
white oak, and walnut, with the condi
tions that the trees should be not less
than ninA fin "TiftTo'Tit. This hfiichf.
is undoubtedly requisite for street plant
ing; but within inclororeB and protected
positions a smaller tree will serve; and,
from the larger cliancebf securing good
rootlets, will make, very likely, * more
vigorous growth than the larger on<&
To the list wo should add,- without
hesitation, the American linden (or
basswqod) as being one of our finest
shade trees?when planted upon rioh
alluvial soil For gravelly and dry soils
the hard maple will -prove the bes& sub
ject for transplanting. In. moist, low
ground, the elm and red maple are most
desirable. The oak aiid walnut are very
impatient of removal from- the forest^
and to a certain degree, also, the ash.
If taken from a nursery, however, where
the tap root has been severed by such
transplanting, will thrive.
It is a very common .practice in re
moval 6f m&ples to out the top squarely
off sbme nine feet above ground?an
amputation which the maple bears very
well; but in such event one or iwo strong
leading shoots are apt to start from the
top, and, growing, very evenly in
strength, expose the tree to great rat
of splitting asunder at some future time.
This danger can be remedied by cutting
&\r&y allbut one leading shoot, which
will after a time come to cover wholly
the old place of exciaioft. A angle lead
ing shOot, moreover,' prevents that
bushy growth which is often urged
against the sugar maple, as giving too
dense a shade.
Maples should be planted at least
thirty feet apart, and elmaifiity to sixty,,
for fair and.full development In view
of the diffianltiea attending the removal
of the oik and walnut, we should not
advise the boys -to cope with-' these for
1'* _1._U rrA I _ ? L.
roaasiae piau&mjj. iub reqiuaiw
for such a position will Involve a prun-7
ing of limbs and roots that will almost
ceminly rfesnit in thefrdying. Sm^IIefr
ones, however?of say an in ell diameter'
at bas$?may with'ode <?re be estaW
liahed near . tlao, homesjfc?#d, and -wijfj
prove a^charmiqg. memorial of ?te/ceiv>
tennial year. U :-i wit
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United Slates Machinery. '
The United States collection, of ma
chinery in Machinery hall on the Cen
tennial grounds occupies, aa might be
expected, three times the area of the
foreign, and is also in a more forward,
condition. To cite the machinery is to
make a catalogue. Of late years the'
making of special machines for limited,
well defined duty has been carried to a
creat'" extent. As in the division of
worn' among men, the machines have,
been so circumscribed in their range of
duty that a piece of wood, as for a sash
for instance, is cut out, planed, tenoned
or mortised, as the case may be, each
e tage of advancement in a separate ma
chine, so that the lumber goes in, as one
may say, at one door and comes out at
the opposite in itsperfeoted condition,
whatever it may be. ' Each article to be
manufactured has its set of machines?
sash, blinds; door, furniture of various
kinds, tfh&b, tabs, cask?, clothespins,
shoe pegs. brush' backs, scythe snaths,
handles of many kinds, are specially
provided fbr, and in some cases whole
factories are 'devoted to a special article.
Frofci the largj machines which deal
with the framing timbers ,of houses ftnd
railway cars to those^wKich make,'; the;
riarts of oianos. there is & wide but well
populated territory,^ From New Hamp
shire to Illinoia, from Michigan to the
Ohio they^ectme, aa&d. within the limits
mentioned; perhaps, there is a nearer
equality in the representation of East
and West than in an^ other department
of the Exhibition. f There is scarcely
any heavy Western machinery 'for work
i ing in metal; an exception may be made
in fftvor of some shears and punches
from Wisconsin; whereas in wood work
ing the statement of the Western con
tribution might be simply repeated to
describe the Eastern. The West pends
machines for sawing, planing, matching,
molding, paneling, joining, mortising,
tenoning, dovetailing, polishing of lum
ber; eo does the East. The various
machines lor wording ou iuv pa no ux
wheels; the hubs, spokes, felloes and
rims, would make a long list in them
selves.
There are steam engines of various
kinds and sizes from as many as thirty
firms in New York, Pennsylvania, Mary
land, Olxio, Iowa, Illinois, Vermont and
Massachusetts, besides those from Eng
land, Scotland, Canada, Belgium Sweden
and Brazil. The printing machines of
Hoe, Bullock, Campbell and Walter are
exhibited, and also presses from Franoe.
Machinery of avery kind and description
is to be seen here.
A Shrewd Trick.
An adroit swindle was perpetrated in
-it j? a ?11
1'ftns iae OUltJr uujr. a. won uicuocu
man, who passed as Lord"*G., of Eng
land, and -was registered at the Grand
Hotel, called at one of the moat fashion
able bootmakers and ordered a pair of
remarkably handsome boots. The boots
were to be made without any regard to
cost, and to be sent to the Grand Hotel
on the following morning at eleven
o'clock, as Lord G. wished to have them
at twelve. Alike order was given by
him to another fashionable bootmaker,
who was told to bring his boots at three
o'clock the next afternoon. On the fol
lowing day, wben the first bootmaker
appeared, the noble lord found the
boots satisfactory, with the exception of
tMfl fichfc. The I
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left boot could be left, however, and he
would postpone his departure another
day, and meantime the tight boot could
be stretched. On its return he would
pay for the pair. The bootmaker was
pleased at his success, and withdrew
with the right boot. A similar inter
view took place later in the day with
bootmaker No. 2, who was asked to take
away the left boot of the pair and leave
the other. Not suspecting anything
wrong he did so, promising to return
with it early in the morning. At eleven
the next day two disconsolate boot
makers, each holding an odd boot, might
have been seen in the Grand Hotel,
seeking in vain for their noble patron,
who had left with his spoils.
Mo ted On.?a man's horse balking
and refusing to move, he adopted the
ingenious device employed once by a
canal captain?he built a small fire
under the animal As soon as the horse
felt the heat, he moved at once. He
advanced sufficiently to bring the car
riage over the flame, and there he
paused, to the edification of a crowd of
observing citizens, and to the great sat
isfaction of himself. The fire was
quenched without the aid of the depart
ment.
Unsatisfactory.?Anxious Lover :
14 Does your sister Annie ever say any
thing about me, sissy ?" Siuay: " Yes;
she said if you had rockers on your
shoes, they'd make such a nice cradle for
my doll.
Walt's Welcome to Dom.
Thna Walt to Pedro :
There if something I most yawp about;
bnlly emperor, it fa you!
There fa somebody I most celebrate ; Alcan
tara,"you are my dam!
Hysterical old Top Knot, it shall be you!
Oh ! I ani wonderful!
Divine 1 am from the arown of my battered
the to my heel taps.
Divine the beet Joioe that swishes through
my arterial system.
Aorta, sp)ton/Yenft'osT*, proboscis, jugular,
All severally diyine.
For me the nebulsa married y
Foe me the earth, sir, sky, universe' were
w?isi _
For me the pleetomariu and the Ichthyosau
rus, and the ornithorhynohns disported th em
solve* In thelpriy dawn of the eilnrten ages;
For me Uvea the long line of bally good fel
low.
From Adam and Gain down to the days of
Andrew JaefcBon.
r -am'-the outcome of all these things. X,
swathed ih glorious red flannel,
My feet tiread on continents; my head often
inoonvenienoea tho angels..
I, Walt, of Camden, New Jersey, am a rather
bigjifeflaY!} euoA-n Wme *?* .
Bay yon the tongia of Wali and not of Pedro*
Baby emperor, yotfve hit it preeisely! Ton
are toothless, inert, bilious, yellow u saffron,
Camerado.
Why sing of yon, joa infectioufl old poten
tate* ?i ?f j j JM.lt i i'S- .
Whan there is Walt to oelebrate in vaneo.
Wait, the r emarkabl e Kocmoe.
To the emperor or any other feUnr.
'
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Items of Interest.
Beggars are flocking to Philadelphia
iuerojisla,, #flJ
Candidates few the unknown man
most, whoever he may fee.
Before arithmetic was invented people
multiplied on the. face of the earth.
As soon as the novelty wears off a man
never wakes a baby up for the purpose
of hearing it laugh.
DJKSUUJg UCD
iS there called
me
epide
?;ttaioo*An<^^
Whoop Dong and C9u Sing are drum
ming up members for a secret society in
Oatfiornia. Object: "MeUosn man
NWtf' *i >***?* :
twenty-one and 'a half feet
'eighiog thirty tons'has gone
nial. "He was cut from
granite quarry by a
A petition is circulating in McKinney,
Texas, and numerously signed, asking
the Legislature to pass a law to punish
horse thieves as follows: First offense,
whipping post; second, whipping and
branding; third, hanging.
Dr. Benedikt, of Vienna, who has just
concluded the examination of a number
of brains taken from rabid dogs, is of
the opinion that the poison remains
latent for some time in the brain, and
eventually breaks out in certain parte of
it.
The grave in which Samuel Hanse was
buried recentlyin Eldred, Pa., is still
left open. His body at the funeral
Iqoked to some as though alive, and so,
aa the localnewspaper egresses it, they
resolved to 4 * give the old man a chance "
should he revive.
A Syracuse exchange says: It is said
that men are going about th e country
taking piotures of children in public
sohaals at twenty-five , cents apieoe,
ostensibly for exhibition at the Centen
nial* Pay no attention, to these travel
ing "artists," they are humbugs.
A swindler advertised mine jsoecon
newspapers that he tod money to loan
on bond and mortgage, and informed
applicants that they must deposit a snm
tov p^y for searching' the title d their
property. He secured a largo amount
of money in sums ranging from jfive to
twenty dollars, and then fled.
A blast of one thousand, kegs of pow
der was recently fired in a mine in Ne
vada comity, GaIiforgfa.: j8Hqq<ened up
ready for washing .aboqj^J^MO cubic
vairds of earth. The bank "mis' over two
honored feet in height, and the mass
was raised bodily four feet" The ex
plosion was a comple t^jicoess.
There are in. liepdSfcfrk- State 1,022
cheese factories. These -factories stand
for 459,900 cows, or 160,965,000 pounds
of cheese, or quoting chrfese at twelve
cents per poundf^rf $19,815,800.
Cheese manufactured in priyate diaries
amounts to $8,219,300. Ttetal cheese
interest ol the State, $22,535,100.
It is figured up by a newspaper man
that there will be eighty thousand,
articles on exhibition tit the Cettfennial.
Wherefore, if a person who visits the
Centennial wishes to we. every article,
he must devote five hours a day for five
months to the job, giving one-half min
ute to the examination of each object.
Two young gentlemen were discussing
whether or not etiquette demands that a
young lady, upon parting at the gate or
door, shall ask the young man to call
again. "Certainly it is," urged one.
" Certainly it isn't," said the other. " I
go to see a young lady who knows what
politeness requires, and she never asks
me to call again."
Two drunken hunters in Nevada saw a
Chinaman washing gold dust in a creek,
and made a target of him with their
rifles. One fired and missed. "You
always ought to aim above the mark
wheh it's so far off," said the other.
" See how I do it" He was correct in
his theory, and succeeded in his illustra
tion. die Chinaman was struck and
wounded. . . :
A traveler overtaking an old Presby
terian minister, whose nag was much
fatigued, quizzed the old gentleman
upon his "turnout." "A nice horse
yours, doctor, ver^ valuable beast that
?but what mates mm wag his tau so,
dootor?" " Why, as jou have asked
me I will tell you. It is for the same
reason that your tongue -wags so?a sort
of natural weakness."
When Chief Justice Holt, of England,
who had been somewhat of a graceless
9camp in his youth, recognized an old
acquaintance in a prisoner brought be
fore him, he cautiously questioned him
as to what had become of his old com
rades. He supposed that he was not
recognized by the prisoner, but the re
ply convinced him to the contrary:
''They are all hanged, my lord, except
you and L"
An applicant for the position of teach
er in the Aylmer (Canada) public schools
pons his application thusly : " Dear
Sir having seen your notice in paper and
as my school? (Jives up on the 15th and
reaching to take another on yous will
please oblige by Letting me Know by
Return mail As to my certificate i hold
a Grammar school pas for ontaoto which
is Equal to a first plus a plus certificate
and Good Reference is needed.
In the practice of turning card cor
ners, the upper left hand corner denotes
"visite," and is used for an ordinary
call; the upper right hand corner turned
down means "felicitation," and is for a
visit of congratulations ; the lower left
hand corner, "conge,"represents a fare
well call, and the lower right hand cor
ner, "condolence," expressing desire to
sympathize with bereavement. The rule
most generally understood is the torning
of one end of the card, which do notes a
tvish to see the ladies of the family.