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ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 1876.
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VOLUME XXIV,?NO. 11. :
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Tom.
Yea, Tom's the best fellow that ever you know.
Just listen to this :
When the old mill took fire, and the flooring
fell through,
Audi with it, helplere, .there, full in my view,
What do yon think my eves saw through the
\ fire,
That crent along, crept a'ong, nigher and
nigher,
But Bobin, my baby boy, laughing to see
The shining ? He must have oome there after
me, jm-wi; :
Toddled alone from the cottage without
Any one's missing him. Then what a shout?
Oh! how I shouted: "For Heaven's sake,
_ men,
Save little Bobin!" Again and again
They tried, but the fire held them back like a
Will.
I could hear them go at it, and at it, and call:
' Never mind, baby, sit still like a man,
We're coming toget yon as fast as we can."
They could not see him, but I could; he eat
Still on a beam, hie little straw hat
Carefully placed by bis side, and h]fi eyes
Btared at the flame with a baby's surprise,
Calm and unconscious, as nearer it crept.
Tho roar of the Are above must have kept
The sound of his mother's voice Bhrieking his
From reaching the cLild. But I heard ft. "It
came
The axes went faster, I saw the sparks fly
Where the men worked like tigors, nor minded
? ; tib heat " J
That scorched them?when, saddenly there at
their feet
The great beams leaned iu?they saw him?
' then, crash,
Down came the wall! The men made a dash?
Jumped to get out of the wsy^an^j I thought
"All's up with poor little Bobin," and brought
Slowly the arm that was least hurt to hide
The Bight of the child there, when ewift at my
my aid*
Some one rushed by and went right through
V<* the flame
Btraight u a dart? oaught the child?and then
came .
Back with him?choking and crying, bat
saved!
Saved eafe and sound !
"fcf i Oh, how the men raved,
Shouted, and cried, and hurrahed! Then
. they all
Hushed at the work again, lest the back wall
Where I wjus lying, away from the fire,
Should fail in and bury me.
.. Oh, yoo'd ad&ire
To eeo Bobin now, he's as bright aa a dime,
ueup 1U BULUU miKOWBl, WJU, lUUBb UL LUO blLUO ,
Tom, it was Btvod him. Now, isn't it true
Tom's the beet fellow that ever yoa knew ?
There's Bobin now?see, he-'s strong as a log?
And there comes Tom, toe?
Tea, Tom was our dog.
-Constance Feniinors Woohoii,
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HORATIO'S FIFTY CENTS.
Farmer Brors wae a vegry respectable
man.- : Ste- Mcf some oddities, but they
were harmless ones, and people who
knew him best rather langhed at them
fhfm feared them. - .. ? _ _ .
Tho farmer had two sons. Marcus, a
good, steady boy, who worked with his
father on the farm, and Horatio, who
was just home from college, and was
considered handsome" and "smart"
by/all the neighbors^
Mrs". Brown bad been dead Some years,
and ber sister, Miss ErmineiEta Griggs,
better known as "Aunt Ermy," was
housekeeper and general manager of all
the "men-folks'N>n the farm. '
Aimt JErmy was**.1, very industrious
woman, both with, her hands and with
her tongue, and could do more and
say more in a. given time than any other
woroaa in the tillage of Tuacuhim.. She
knew it, and was proud of her " gift."
Ajs she was also a woman who always
knew " what was what,"" and could give
it $o you in a nutshell, her opinion of
the fftfctiiv was of; ooferije perfectly relia
ble, op welf as pithyfena concae.f s
5 t' Jou b^, JJoratii is smart, but he's
lazy. Here he's been t'.home 'most two
months, and heie he H rcadin', and
fiflhiw', and huufcin'; that's what 'Ratio
dooa And brother ,ajnt very patient,
"and natexallv he don't like that kind of
doin's. He's awful disappointed, and
gets angry at 'JBatio ; but 'Ratio takes
it as cool as a cowonmber, aficFbrother
.gets angrier and angrier, and things
aint as they'd orter to be. Now look at
Marcus ; he aint perticular handsome to
look at, but ' handsome is as handsome
does.' That's what I say I"
And what she said was true. Mar cue
was very " handsome" in all his doings,
and Horatio was, indeed, very lazy.
Wheu his father asked him what he in
tended to do with all his learning,
Horatio would look very wise for a little
while, and answer:
"I.really fton't know, father. 1
haven't decided yet. I am stndyiug na
tore just now." .
Then he would take his gun or hif
fishing-line and. gaunter away, as il
nature tad* an appointment with liim,
and be had just recollected it. And Mr.
Brown went back to his work, gram
bling to himself, and sometimes it made
him petulant even with Aunt Ermy anc
with Marcus, who had done nothing
wrong.
Things were bad enough in the sum
mer, but in the autumn something hap
pened; which made them still worse.
One bright, cool morning, when Horatio
was on his way to the woods to kill
partridges, he saw a great cloud of dusl
rising from the middle of tho road, and
comiug rapidly towards him. Then he
saw a rnd cow, and -the next instant, in
the tli rckest of the dust behind, he saw
a girl holding fast to the eow's tail, and
running with all her might.
" Why, that's Gazena Hartman," he
Said to himw'If. Then he said "aloud
" Zeiui, whafplre you doing?"
x am xiaving a niie i sue answereu,
laughing merrily, and showing all hei
little teeth as she flew cut of sight.
But Horatio conld not forget her,
Cfczeija's red. cheeks, her flashing eyes
"fier curly oroVu hair flying in the wind
were before him all day, and saved th<
lives of many little birds. |j. $
" How she has grown, and how brigh
and rrettv she is! ' Having a ride,
a. . "i n i j 1.~ 1,3 1 /%a1
uiaecu i xiow uauasumu una wuuju iwi
in a^fiao carriage I" And ho had a grea
many other thoughts on tho same iuter
eating subject.
Aftor supper he asked his father
" What is Hartinan doing now ? Doe
ho gt-fc on well with his little farm ?"
" I don't know," answered Mr
Brown, gruffly. " I have enough to di
minding my own business. I don't mod
die with other people's."
Horatio did not make any reply; bu
as he had no business of bis own t<
midd, he thought he would " meddle '
just a little. "Hartman is a worth;
man if he is a Dutchman, and it woul<
pleaso him to be noticed in a friendl;
way. People ought to bo kind to eaci
other in thiB hard world P
The very next morning Horatio tool
the tl ouble to go "to Haftman's farm! t
be kind to hfe neighbor. Gazerra wa
* not visible, but Gazena's lather, shor
and Btout, stood at the gate, smoking hi
l>ipo. . . ^
Good-morning," said Horatio, kind
ly. V How do you do ?"
""Do pretty well," answered th
farmer.
; "Fine morning"said Horatio.
Mr. ffartman looked round to see how 1
fine the morning was, but he reserved f
his opinion. I
" I hope Mrs. Hartman is well." 1
"Yes, yes, pretty well," answered her I
husband. "She's very bissey. We are 3
all very bissey. And now I go to vork c
in mine field. Goot-day." 3
A few days afterward the young man j
weut again to the little farm and pre- t
aented some birds to Gazena's father, e
" I shot them myself," he explained.
"Sol -JLnftfer kill te leedle pirds," I
said Mr. BSrtffian, regretfully.
Then Horatio kindly offered to carry r
them into the house. p
"Nein, nein, I do dat mineself," said t
the farmer. MMine vife, she's very,
very bissey always. She vants no 3
strange peoples round. Our place is f
not a pig one, and I likes to lif by mine f
self." ' _ . I
Horatio understood that delicate hint, 3
and retired poncejy. ne wue jjiuvuacu,
but he did not tell his neighbor so. The
father of such a daughter must*be hu
mored if he was blunt.
As for Gazena herself, Horatio could
not understand her. at all. When she
happened to meet him, she gave a lit
tle nod, a shy look, and a merry smile,
but she never spoke to him, or stopped
long enough for him to speak to her
more than a monosyllable or two. She
always seemed to be in a great hurry?
" very bissey," as her father said.
At last, one evening, he met her at
one of the neighbors, and insisted upon
walking home with her. And as he was
not sure that he would ever have such a
good ohanoe again, he decided to make
the most of it.
" I have been trying to speak to you
for the last five months," he said.
" Why do you run away from me so ?"
44Oh, I don't know; it's such fun!"
answered GaEena* laughing.
"It'snot fun to me," said Horatio.
" It makes me. feel very unhappy. Do
you dislike me ?"
"No, I don't care anything about
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too frankly.
" But won't you feel sorry for me, and
try to like me ?" asked Horatio.
" Like you!". she said. " What do
you want me to like you for ?"
" Because?because?you know you
will like somebody sometime, and get
married"? : *
"No, never I" interrupted Gazena.
"I don't want to get married. I am
going to be a nun, and work on the
" You will get married, and?and I want
you to marry me."
Gazena stopped suddenly, looked up
at him with flashing eyes. " You are
a bad boy! Don't you know you
shouldn't talk so to me ?" she said, hot
ly and fast. Then-she ran away and
left him alone on the road.
Some owl must have heard this con
versation, and told the story, for Aunt
Ermy said to Mr; Brown the next even
ing : " So we're &oin.' to have a weddin*.
I s'pose they'll have to oome and live
u Who is coming to Jive here?"-> < ' :-:
"Why, haven't you heard? 'Ratio
has proposed to 'Zena Hartman. Of
course she'll have him."
Farmer Brown -was so angry at first
that he could not Bpeak. But he got
over that in a few minutes, and spoke
his mind pretty freely to his son. " I
won't have it I " he said. " You sha'n't
bring a Dutch girl into this house where
you mother has lived?not while I
live!'V> ?? n\ s. .1,. a r 9 crtf ? i
" Who said I would ?" said Horatio,
quietly enough; and he too was very
angry and disgusted with everybody,
Gazena included.
Whea Mr. Hartman heard the story,
it made him laugh, and he only said :
"Vat? Gif mine daughter to von lazy
man f jx ot moocn:
Grazena did not laugh at all. She cried
every night when she waa safe in her
bed. " Oh, what bad peopleihey are I"
she said. "I.wish I could.ge? a chance
of speaking joy mjnfl to somebody I"
She had her wish. One afternoon she
met Farmer Brown as he was going to
his fields. They were alone on the road
and he spoke first.
'Look here, my girl, yon -.hacMbflitter
be opreful what you do. You are not
wanted at my house. You undefttatid ?"
Gazena's face turned red, then white,
but she answered bravely : " Farmer
Brown, I aint your girl, so you needn't
call me so. 4ud J don't want to live
with proud fqtte, and work for my lius
1 band.. .We are as good as you be, my
; father is ?*- ^ ? r
1 And away she ran. . : ? aI.J'.s ? X
' Farmer Brown Was so surprised * at
this speech that instead of going to his
i fields, he went home and went to bed,
declaring that he was pick and should
die. That was a way he had. It was
one of his oddities.
i When he was more than ordinarily
> troubled about his affairs, he always
thought he was going to die. Some
times he made a few last remarks, then
took a dose of rhubarb, and then?the
next morning he was an well as ever.
So, when Aunt Ermy called out :
"Come in quick, boys! Your father
thinks he is dyin'!" the boys went into
the house without hurrying very much.
They had seen their fattier in tho same
condition before.
The scene was quite impressive. Mr.
Brown lay on his bed, dressed in his
Sunday clothes, his head propped up
on several pillows.
" Gome here, boys," ha said, in a
weak'voice. "Iam going to die for
good this time, and I want to speak to
you." ; ....
The boys stood by the bed, and Aunt
Army sat down near the patient, who
spoke thus:
'?Pi-mTT T7nn fin-co Viaati ft irnnil sister
to me, and it is my wish that you Bhould
stay here till you die. You dear, Mar
cus? Take good care of her*.' The
house is yonrs, my son, and the land ;
the whole farm is yours, because you
have been a good and dutiful son.
Horatio, como here. I haven't much to
say to you. Hero are fifty cents. Go
and buy a rope to hang yourself with."
Horatio took the fifty oents with very
faint thanks. If be had any doubts be
fore, he was certain now that his father
was not going to die. Ho did not even
stay to see. Ho put on his hat and
marched out of doors in a transport of
ninnlor) irraHl OTlfl TTtOrM fif'Jlfcioil.
i Alone in the open air, be begun to
t plan what he should do. He would go
to a large city, and become a great
preacher, a great lawyer, a great"?
: "No, I won't," he said, stopping sud
s denly. "I will stay here and work. I
will be a great farmer, and marry Gaze
. naHartman! Then we shall see who
3 will buy a rope and hang himself! Aha!
- I will keep that fiity cents for good
luck " (taking out the ooin and holding
t it up in his fingers). " There, that's
0 settled."
' He went back to the house and to his
Y room, slept a few hours, got up very
1 early, made a bundle of his clothes,
f and left the honse before any one was
ti awake. . <
At broad daylight Farmer Brown got
up, well and strong as ever - of course.
But it was some tune before he discov
ered that his sonwas gone. , .
The next day the whole village of
Tusculum was all a-buzz with great
news. 'Katio Brown had left his father's
house and had gone and hired himself
for a year to Mr. Maynard, of West
Farm? Wasn't it queer? And how long
would it laat t
It lasted a whole year, to begin with.
ien it was said that farmer Maynard
ound Horatio so handy that he had
lired him for another year, and paid
dm good wages, all of which was true,
during the first and even the second
rear Horatio was not once seen in Tus
ulum. But one bright day, when Mr.
lartman was enjoying hia after dinner
?ipe, surrounded bv his women folks,
here was a knock at the door that
tartled Gazena.
"Coom in," said Mr. Hart man. And
loratio came in.
Gazena blushed rosy red. Mrs. Hart
oan stared, and her husband took the
>ipe out of his mouth. But before he
lad time to speak, Horatio said:
"Mr. Hartman, I have come to see
rou on business. I have^ wprked hard
or two years, and am now'a pretty good
armer. I have saved all my wages, and
>ought forty acres of woodland and a
roke of oxen. Now I have a plan for
oaking money out ofmy^treee, and by
text year I intend to buy forty acres
a ore and make-more money. If *1 sw
>eed, will you give me your daughter?
f she is willing ?"
"Now look what a good boy !" said
klrs. Hartman. "He works hard two
^ears, and no mother, nor no^iome, and
le says nothing, but is good and tme
ill by himself. Now I like that; that's
rery good. I take him, and you take
lim, father, and our 'Zena, she take
xim, too. She tooked him two years
jasfc when he go away, and she cry bo to
>reak her heart, I knowed it then. Now
?ou take him, father."
Two such long speeches overpowered
\Ir. Hartman. He " took" Horatio}
Then Mrs. Hartman remembered that
aer chickens had not yet had their din
ler, and Horatio was left alone witn ua
sena and his dozing new papa. Gazena
iad not eaid a. word all this time, and
aad tried to look as if she was some
where else, very far away. How she
felt, was what Horatio wanted to know,
for he did not much admire this Dutch
way of courting. So he turned to the
poung lady, and said ; " Gazena. will
you come out on the porch with me ?"
Gazena got up obediently and went
to the porch, but she looked down at
3ome tin pans that were drying in the
sun, as if they were novel objects, and
both new and interesting.
Horatio took courage, and said what
he had to say as well as he could say it;
then he waited for Gazena's answer.
" I will do as father and mother say,'
she answered; "but there's one thing :
I have never been tngaged before, and I
don't want to. be engaged now. So, if
you don't mincf, I'll o&a nun, aal said
1 would, tiu?mi ?
Horatio did not mind, and was quite
willing to let her be a nun one year
longer. It was decided that he would
come every other Sunday to see his litt
tlenun, and that it was all to be a seoret
in the family.
"Because," said Gazena, "I don't
want people to talk about it, and look
at me as if they had never seen me be
fore."
Horatio was very happy, and worked
harder than ever. He cut down his
trees, and burned tho timber to make
" black salts,'' which he.&q^^ a good
price in the city;' '.Wit l? that (money he
bought forty more acres ,of woodland,
and, early in the spring, he sowed
wheat on his cleared land. Then he
hired from Farmer Maynard a small
cottage, with orchard and garden to
Tf moo nnifa a nrAf.for lif.f.la
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place.
" It will do very well to begin with,"
said Horatio, " and in two or three
years we will bnild a honse just as we
want it."
"Yes, indeed," said Mrs. HartmaD,
41 yon begin small and yon grow big, but
you begin big and you grow small; ex
cept you be very rich, and it is not
everybody who can."
But now something was the matter
with Gazena. She did not look as happy
as might have been expected. No, she
did not object to the cottage; it was
largo enongh for her. Yes, she was will
ing to givu up being a nun, and June
was a very pretty month to be married
in. But?
" I will tell you what it is," she said,
one evening, to Horatio.f " I was saucy
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it, though it was the truth I told him.
I doh'fe waut to live with proud folkfl to
look down on me; but I don't like to
marry a man that hasn't any father,
when his father is living."
"You mean that you want me to
make it up with my father?"
" Yes, I mean just that. Now please
go and tell him, and make peace?that
will bring us happiness. It will be so
right and nice I"
Horatio promised that he would go,
and he went the next afternoon.
It was more than three years since he
had left his home. He had sometimes
seen his father riding past the West
Farm, but they had never met face to
face, or spoken to each other.
" Let him alone," Farmer Brown had
said to Aunt Ermy, when she had pro
posed to go and see Horatio. " Let
mm alone, and don't bother."
But when the wodding was talked
about, Aunt Ermy could restrain her
self no longer. "Marcus, I Buppose
you have heard that your brother is go
ing to be married?" she said, one day
after dinner, addressing her nephew,
but intending her speech really for her
brother-in-law.
"Well," said Mr. Brown, "what of
it ? It don't hurt us any, does it?"
"No, but?you see he has taken that
Gazena."
"Of course he has. Why shouldn't
he? She is the pluckiest little girl I
ever saw!" and Farmer Brown begun to
laugh.
Suddenly, while he was laughing, the
kitchen door opened, and Horatio walk
ed in. They stared* at him for a mo
ment; then he said:
"Well, father, how about that fifty
cents?"
1' All right!" auswered his father. '' I
I never got so muoh out of fifty conts in
' all ray life !"
"I declare!" said Aunt Ermy, advanc
ing upon Horatio with open arms. Thus
peace was made and sealed.
The Brown-Hartman wedding was the
event of that summer. Everybody in
Tnsculum remembers it to this day, and
says there never was a handsomer bride
groom nor a prettier bride.
Gazena really looked very pretty?
"beautiful"?Horatio said. And Mr. :
Hartman gave her away as if he knew I
that it is not every father who has such 1
a daughter to givd away. i
After a substantial dinner at the
honse- of the bridecrroom's father, the 1
newly married pair tooka short wedding i
trip as far as their Kttle cottage, which
Farmer Brown bad bought and present
ed to his daughter Gazeha.
Danger Signals, v
On some of the French railway lines
an arrangement for giving danger no
tice is in vogue as follows: The signal
man when ho turns the disk sends an
electric current in the direction of the
! ooming train .to a bar placed between
the rails, mid when the engine reaches
the Spot, a metal brush placed between
the wheels sweeps the crossbar, the cur
rent passes to the engine, and, by
means of an electro-magnet, presses
upon a lever which opens the steam
whistle, thus making it virtually auto
matic. From its simplicity, this ar
rangement is regarded as preferable to
most, at least, of the other devioes for
this purpose.
FOKCED LABOR IN EGYPT.
d Picture oi the way the Poor People
Sufler.
The Egyptian Fellaheen and the poor
nerally are liable to forced labor?
st, at the pnblic works, such as rail
iys, the repair of dykes, the making of
nals, the construction of bridges; and
oondly, on the estates and at the
gar manufactories of the khedive.
>r the first of these the people receive
> payment, and keep themselves; for
e second they keep themselves for
ty days, and afterward occasionally re
ive a few dry, gritty rusks a day, and
small nominal payment, which, how
er, in many inst&ngps, and especially
reiaote plaoes, is either altogether^
[thheld or paid only in part. T-havff
e word of the European superinten
int of one of the largest of the khe
ve's sugar works that nopaymen^bas
ten made daring las term of office,-a
iriod of several years, to any of the
tfmlo emnloved.
What takes place is this : Some htm- j
eds of hands are wanted at one of j
e khedive's estates or works. An
der is issned. A steamer with sol
era on board is sent up the Nile, tpw*"
g several huge barges of iron or wood. <
anchors opposite a town or village, ,
id soon hundreds of men, boya and :
rls, many of tender age, are seen'- hur
ing and being driven down to the ,
per bank, clutching such small bags of '
read or fragments of rusk as they can ,
>llect in haste, and accompanied by
teir parents, friends, wives and chQ
:en, who rend the, air with their jshrill
reams and lamentations, for they well
low that many a dear face will never
) seen again. Neither the only sons of
idows nor of blind and aged parents,
)r the fathers of helpless infants are
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ustinado and the prison.are the cost of
,fnsaL ..
The whole crowd rapidly swept
to the barges, where, without regard
> ago or sex? they are packed together
ke herrings in"? barrel^-The steamer
id the barges tken start with their liv
ig freight^ many of whoia will never
(turn-to-their homes from the, distant
igar-pr obttoirestate-16 which t&$y are
)nyC^id, Daring the prooeeS- of their
sing driven on board and dturing the
oyage. no moreaccount of the occu
ants. of the~.barges is" takers thajj?of
ild beasts: Arrived at the scene of
leir labors, an incessant grind or toil
asues. ;/?!hete is no Friday rest, no mo
teni'iHspace allowed for recreation,
otli eeaea labor under the eye of task
Laat^Tarmed with sticks, whips, 1conO;
aefces, "Which arc freely and needlessly
ppliedib the often naked and at all
rents only one-shirted backs of those
oor "iree " laborers. I have myself
sen little, tender, emaciated girls stag
ering under heavy loads of earth, who
aveoeen lashed each timoihey ascend
3 the high bank at whiclTtSey were at
ork, and even prodded in the naked
reasts with sharp palmsticks. I have
)en them sinking-upon the earth, faint
ig under their loads.
No sort of sheltar is provided for
leae unfortunates, though tho nights
f- an Egyptian winter can be very
)ld, and a single Bhirt is their only gai;
lent. Many have not even this. On
le filthy floor of the sugar factory, or
a the bare stubbly ground of the cane
eld, where they cease working, there
ley lie down to take their scanty rest,
2d are succeeded on the instant by
ther gangs awakened to relieve them,
hus night and day tho work goes on
ifchoufc intermission, and tho base crew
E servile European speculators and
le cringing parasites of tho little Egyp
an court who prey upon the khedive,
ad the consuls, general who love, to
aeak smooth ;thdogs, and .Cook's., to ar
ts, and,the reporters of the Eiglijsh
dailies,"lift up their hand'smfulsome
imiration, and proclaim to the world
aat so many more pounds of sugar have
een produced in Egypt in this thart in
xe previous years. These people for
et to proclaim also how much blood?
nd that human Wood?has been ex
ended in its refinement and elabora
tion I-w
An English friend visiting one o? the.
hedive'a sugar factories a few days ago,
bserved a man at work loaded with im
lenseiron chains. .On inquiring the
eason, he was informed that the poor
rretch had been detected sucking a few
aches of sugar cane, and was according
y condemned to work in chains for five
ays and nights without sleep, and with
nt being allowed to stop to eat .-Fort
rightly Review.
Centennial Traveling Suits.. ' "
What shall we wear to the Centennial?
s the query of numerous correspondents.
Che suit for the journey to and from
Philadelphia is more especially the ob
ect of inquiry, as the dress worn in the
centennial buildings will naturally be
ust what the wearer would tise at home
>n semi-dress occasions?costumes of
rool and siik, or au sue, or, ua tuts com
ner advances, of batiste or grenadine.
It present ladies do not undertake a
ourney of any length without a travel
ng cloak, and this cloak is so large and
jo completely protects and conceals
jverything beneath it that the traveling
Iress has come 'to be an item of second
lry interest. These cloaks are made at
present of light cloth, serge or water
proof, while for the summer they will
t>e fashioned of linen and of a heavy
Louisine (twilled silk) of English manu
facture, as light and superior of its kind
is is the English waterproof. The
shapes are loose Ulsters,'or else cape
cloaks, or circulars with hoods. They
30st from $1^ to xney are
ibundantly supplied with pockets, are
trimmed with substantial braids, haying
ltrong ivory buttons, and may be looped
in various ways to shorten them into
pery nice looking overdresses when
accessary. Vague indistinct plaids of
iark brown, gray and maroon are the
jolors most used. The garments with
jleeves ar-e preferred for traveling-cloaks,
vs it is necessary to use the arms often
in traveling, and circulars without arm
aoles confine the arms in a clumsy way.
rhe round hat and long scarf veil are
bought with reference to the color of the
sloak.
As for the dress beneath the cloak, it
is so well protected that ladies who do
aot wish to carry much luggage venture
to wear one of their best suits, such as a
D1ECK SUK costume, or any uioiar iuunu
that will endure crushing and look
fresh afterward for general wear. Above
all others the thin, light, wool armures
and de beges, either plain or striped,
trimmed with many rows of wool braid,
are commended for servi<J6 at any titae
during the six months of the Imposi
tion. These should be made up in a
light and simple manner, such as a
Boiteuse polonaise, for Philadelphia is
a warm city, and light clothing will be
desirable. The skirts of sach dresses
should be short, or else arranged so
that they can be easily shortened to clear
the ground when walking. Batiste and
gingham suits will be made in the same
compact fashion to wear at midsummer.
Out op Dkbt.-^As a Scotch officer was
handing a summons to a collier, he said :
"It's a curious thing that ye baud .me
oomin' to ye see often ; can ye no get o'
debt ?" "Getouto' debt, Mr. Turnbill?"
said the knight of the black diamonds ;
"'deed it takes a' my time and wii to
get into't. I am astonished how ony
body can hae leisure to warstle out of it."
t
IN THE MAIN BUILDING.
Notes from the Portfolio of* a Correspondent
on the Ground*,
Mexioo not jet being in order, we
poshed on to the Netherlands, where
sur attention was soon attracted by a
native spinning wheel for cotton, models
Df a dwelling house, and thatched farm
house, samples of wood, a raised map
for the blind at Amsterdam, and a model
sating house. One would hardly have
looked for dissected cattle; yet there lay;
before us a nose of a cow who had died
3f the plagae, the windpipe of a second
+r\ fVin DoTVlc* flffirf: p. imllrf;. Uriffh..
riUVUU ?V VUU OtUMW J^VWW, 0^_ J 0 #
3to. A pyramid of sulphate of ammo
nia, velocipedes and pipes were worth
looking at.
RIO JAN2Qto
displayed curious hammocks and a"fac
simile of crown jewelry, while Brazil,
ivith its case of bright birds and inseota
Df every hue, many of them sfet'as
jewels, seemed to say: "Look atufl,"
rnd we did long enough to observe a
breastpin and earrings made of three
humming birds' heads.
' BELGIUM. 'I .
The red, yellow and "black flag floated
aver its treasures, .and conspicuous on
Bntering its compartment was a case of
rags and waste paper. Bnt wliat shall
we say about its Brussels lace, whose
splendors would have ravished a society
belle. It far exceeds in beauty all my
expectations. A basque and overskirt
displayed over yellow silk, which color,
by the way, did not show its richness to
advantage, was of exquisite fineness;
parasol and cushion covers, flounoing
naif a yard in depth, made one's eyes
water; even the likeness of the queen of
Belgium was surrounded with a wreath of
lace flowers of great beauty. A traveler
declared that in Brussels itself he had
seen no exhibition of lace that equaled
this.
SWITZERLAND,
I fancied, could hardly surprise us with
model cottages, yet a large farmhouse,
with an apiary attached, and the whole
affair a musical box, was quite novel.
It also made a fine display of machine
embroidery in silk lace imitation. Two
large maps, one a geological and the
other a topographical survey, Would in
terest the scientist and engineer .'but a
large ebony cabinet, richly painted, could
be better appreciated by the majority.
I expected to bo quite impressed with
the dimensions of the Main building, as
it eovers twenty acres, and is in size
1,880 feet by 464, but on the contrary
found myself quite prepared for it.
FRANCE. '
I hastened to examine the robes from
the Rue de Rivoli, and any passionate
lover of dress could be quite satisfied
with a white silk and tulle toilette having
a train depending from the shoulders at
the back, and reaching?well, not quite
aa far as from Calais to Dover. Bnt at
any rate the mortal who donned it would
need a small saion to nerseu, ana re
quire no Cabel to say "Feet off," and so
richly embroidered too. The display of
rugs was noticeable, one especially,
representing a skating scene. The black
lace was very fine, and we should have
lingered over the white had we not just
stepped out of Belgium.
GREAT BETTADT
next claimed our attention, and we ex
claimed at the beauty of a carved oak
chest made from the oak beams of Salis
bury cathedral. At this point in the
building two spiral staircases invite as
piring spirits to a bird's-eye view of the
scene outside. But instead of ascending
these woi^ntered a tapestried room
label "Royal School of Art Needle
work," and noticed a fire screen wrought
by the Princess Christian. A dumb
waiter was a black bear standing on its
hind legs and holding a salver between
its forepaws. In a case of embroidered
bookmarks the most conspicuous was
the badge of the "Ancient Order of
Foresters," reminding one_ with its
archery sceije of bold Robin Hood.
INDIA.
Shut your eyes and on opening them
you find yourself transported to India,
and before you lies a case in sculpture
from the tomb of Anaravati. But we
are weary and hungry ; let ua pass
through the hall and wend bur way to a
building on the right, invitingly called
"Department of Public Comfort,'
where we will find rest and refreshment,
comfortable sofas and chairs, toilel
apparatus, hot coffee and eatables. Bui
[then ' \
is just here, and that case of embroider
ed trappings is so gorgeous we forgo!
fatigue and ent?r the department. Anc
such a table cover we will not soon ae<
again. Beside these stands the bus'
of Pharaoh Rsmases II.?and we al
most shudder at the crocodile fourteei
feet in length, Ijing outstretched, ever
if it is stuffed. We cannot stop for i
view of Cairo, for just here is an em
broidered undershirt, velvet jacket, anc
other articles from the bazaar of Cairo
SWEDEN
has stationed so many generals arount
its compartment we almost fear to enier
but then they are only waxen, compet
ing with the famous Jarley. The living
exhibitor looks in his uniform so like thi
" shams," and is so often taken fo:
them, he says, that I can imagine his re
gardinc: himself as quite a humbug
But yonder, do look over there at i
group of five figures standing arount
a atMA lm'nff unon the crround. Sureb
g ? W
if we speak to them they will reply ii
Swedish. No less lifelike is anothe:
group, consisting of. a olock maker
seated before a Jtable, on which lie hi
instruments with other figures regarding
him. And yet another man is driving i
reindeer, seated himself in an unco in
fortable looking sledge. The buffali
robes from Stockholm are spiking. Bu
who would have looked for such ex
quisite silver work in far off
HOBWAT,
yet here it is, unsurpassed by any coun
try, even famous Italy. And what a cu
riosity of a sledge is here, m^le in 1625
and retained in the possession of on<
family until 1870, when it was purchaset
for this Exhibition. If you have sixt1
Norway dollars to spare (how much i
that ?) you can own it yourself. And ad
joining it stands the Norway nationa
veinoie, mienaeu lor - one. nexe ibi
littlo schoolroom, with its desks, etc.
and over all theso treasures floats tin
standard, red with blue cross. " Ctu
jou tell me what this is?" I asked of -i
foreign exhibitor. "JA copper buoy,, si
constrncted that as it sways to and fr<
in the water it strikes a fftg bell." "Am
it was made in Norway?" "Oh, no
no 1 you travel so fast "that you hav
reached It':ly," he replied. Rather
thought Italy has donned her sevei
leagued boots and stepped up alongsid
of Norway; Perhaps she oame jn thi
Norwegian man-of-war which is exhibit
ed here to show the Norway., metal
Those knote wera tied, by .maohine whe:
the metal was cold. But we must tea
ourselves away, and after needed tee
and refreshment we crossed the grounds
passing up Belmont avenue to
THE WOMEN'S PAVILIOK.
The question of what woman can do i
partly solved in this Exhibition. A
any rate, we see here she has made
pretty elook, has invented a life pr<
serving mattress, the model of whicl
you will find in a tank, with dolb per
sonating the rescued ones, has coatnvec
a lock barrel cover, and a most con
venient work table. The lady fron
Kentucky, who has taken the portraits o
Mr. Gladstone, Bright, and others upoj
white silk with black and white sewing
silk, is a most ingenious creature.. It i
difficult to believe the specimens befor<
you art) any sort of needle work. I wa
quite interested in a case of birds an*
animals sporting about a tree, specimen
of woi-sted work. And here is a stamp
excavated fromSidon in 1872?itis 2,00*
years old, and this cushion before us i
a reproduction of an original pattern
Very pretty is 1jhe seal from Beloit Col
lege, iruTrounded by a motto, in eac]
letter of which ib wrought a ininiatur
flag. Look, too/ at the beautifa
carvings?Bome from the School of,:D
sign at Cincinnati, and a' bedsCea*
wrought by .two young ladies. A mode
smoothing iron, heated by gas, and ej
hibifced by a doll, must aejugnt tu
youngsters ; and in ihe next oasei is
patent stocking and glove darner, aIs
exhibited by dolls. The old Englisl
knotting work is revived, and Marth
Tocrrey is oertainly an adept in maikini
with indelible ink. ^
A Centennial Unpleasantness. >
An incident of the inaugural day i
raising quite a little breeze in soois
circles in New York, where it is now b?
ing investigated. Aiterthe Presidents
party had passed into Machinery ha1
the crowd which had gathered to wil
ness the procession was momentaril
augmented, all eagerly awaiting tb
throwing open of its doors to the public
The clock in the hall showed that th
appointed hour of one had arrived.
It could be seen that the machiadr
had been set in motion, and the peopl
grew more and more impatient at th
delay. The throng grew so dense an
the crash so fearful that the guards wet
powerless to force them back, and thos
in front who would gladly have, got or
were unable to do so. Tightly wedge
in> the mass of humanity swayed baa
and forth like the helpless wiithings c
some huge monster, utterly tramplin
out ovary vestige of grass,. orushin
down the. shubbery and flowers an
1 ' ?? ?jnn/tA
omening- cue uruamounu xouw wvuu
the.plot into kindling wood. Finall
one of the gates was opened, and th
crowd, taking this for the signal fc
their admission, pressed forward, whe
a certain Hew lork general of militi
sprung npon the steps and attempted t
speak to the crowd. His words eonl
not be h&ftd, bnt his manner was pei
fectly intelligible and evidently meat
that, he was very angry.
The crowd took offense at hid mannt
at once, and" IfielrHtoo^ uhahged froi
good humor to indignant sarcfcgiPj. ei
peoially when the general drew his swor
frantically and branished it over hi
head, uttering something which wj
dtowned in derisive yells. He ordere
the Philadelphia troops to charge on th
defiant citizens. The troopers went t
work with r will, striking right and lei
with the flat of their sabers, to the gvei
detriment of silk hats and theenconrag*
ment of bnmps of a non-phrenologiej
character. In this bloody work th
general joined oon amore, ana one <
his victims happened to be a gentlema
of high social standing and a membe
of the Union League, of which organ
zntion the general is also a membe:
This gentleman has since com^laitle
to the League of the treatment he ri
ceived and much indignation againi
the general has been expressed both i
that body and in social circles. TL
general claims that he was justified i
using the force employed on the occi
sion, while hift fellow leaguer and othei
who were similarly used declare that
was brutal and inexcusable, as they vrei
void of offense except in being unab
to "fall back," when so orderei
through the living wall behind then
The matter is likely to be made the sul
~~irtTTOfliifyi
JOCC OI a ueugut) UULLlliiii/ircu uiicougi
tion, and strong predilections In fav<
of the expulsion of -the general fro:
the rights and privileges of the clul
house are freely expressed by member
. { . ii -1
A Rerolntlonary Hero. "
Marblehead, Mass., has had a priva
centennial, dedicating a monument i
Captain Mugford, the hero of one of tl
boldest exploits of the early days of tl
Revolution. Captain Mogford was bo]
in Salem, but had lived at Matblehei
since childhood. When he was twent
seven, he was impressed on board
British sloop-of-war, but released at b
mother's demand. While aboard, ho'
ever, he overheard talk about the e
pected arrival of a powder ship in Na
toaket roads. He applied to Genei
Ward for the command of the cruis
"EVunVlin ffonr ctins and flftv tons), ff
her after much importunity, and wi
twenty-ono men set sail. He soon e
countered the British sloop Hope (s
guns, 350 tons and seventeen men), ai
although the enemy's fleet lay not f
off, attacked, boarded, carried her, ai
took her into Boston. She had aboa
1,500 barrels of powder, 1,000 carbin
and other army supplies. Then he e
sail again, but with the tide against hi
?| anchored for the night. Daybrej
showed him thirteen launches from t
British fleet rowing towards him. I
sunk five before they could get alon
side, but was mortally shot in bearii
off the rest. "lam a dead man,"]
said to his lieutenant; " do not give i
the vessel; you will be able to b?
them. H not, out the cable and ri
ashore." He died a few minutes aft
the vessel was run ashore, and t
launches made off. The British lc
seventy men in the fight, and Mugforc
was tlie only death on the Americ
I aide. His body was buried with gr?
state at Marblehead.
Sabba' Day Houses in 1776.
An important and interesting adjui
to the meeting house in some parts
the country was the "Sabba' D
house." Comfort, being carefully sb
out from the meeting house itself, ^
only thus rudely provided for in su
subordinate structures. The Sabl
Day house was a family affair, genera
comprising but a single apartment, pi
haps fifteen feet square, with wicdo
and a fireplace. It was very plainly a
sparsely furnished. Chairs for the c
people and benches for the childr
stood round the walls, and a table in t
center might hold the Bible and a f<
religious books, while at one side sbelv
contained dishes for cooiong ana e;
ing. Sometimes the Sabba' Day hot
was mounted above a shed, within whi
the horse could bo sheltered. A gro
of such cabins standing about the me
ing house added not a little to the p
turesqueness of the spot, and their t
conduced greatly to the convenience a
comfort of Sabbath worship, especia
in winter. The family able to keei
Sabba* Day house drove directly thitr
on Sabbath mornings, warmed the
Belves up by a hot fire without and
quite likely?by a hot drink within, a
here spent the intermission, withfurtl
wholesome regards for the wants of 1
inner man. The better- class of t
Sabba' Day houses were whitewash*
some of them double; and to thetn
of history it must be said that t?etwt
Sabbaths thay occasionally furnished 1
wild young men of the parish with
oure haunts for unseemly carousals.
A TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE.
A Whole Family Bitten by a Mad D??
Death of a Little Girl.
For a long time we have load no snch
terrible story of hydrophobia to report
as that which comes to us from Newark,
N. J. The family of Mr. Louis 8or
hagen consists of Mr. and Mrs. Sor
hagen and seven children, six girls and
one boy. The dog that bit them was a
black Spitz about three years of age, a
pet in the family and with which the
children were accustomed to play about
the house and yard. A few weeks ago
the' dog suddenly disappeared and it
was thought that he had been stolen,
but in a few da;?s thereafter this animal
returned, much to the delight of 'the
ohildren, who, gleefully ran in to tell
their moiher. It was noticed, however;
that he acted in a strange manner, biting
and snapping tit every one who came
near him, which, aoiioxu were attributed
at first to his having been ill-treated
during his absenoe.
Charles Sorhagen, the only son, a fine
lad of fifteen, attempted to pacify the
animal, when it seized one of the fingers
of his right hand in its month and bit it.
Blood Bowed freely from the wound for
a few moments, butGharley gave the
matter no farther thought. The Spitz
then took ref age in thestable at the rear of
the lot, and: da Henrietta a girl of
twelve, was running through the place,
the animal suddenly sprung upon her
from its hiding place, and bit her in the
right heel, inflicting a severe wound.
Henrietta ran limping arid crying into
the house and told her mother of what
had occurred. About five minutes after
ward the Spitz ran yelping from the
stable, snapping at everything in his
way, ancl before Maggie, a little girl of
ten, could escape into the house, the
rabid animal had bitten her in the left
ankle.
Mra Sorhagen hastened out to see
what was the matter, when the dog
sprung furiously upon her and bit the
fingers of her right hand. The Spitz
again ran into the stable and bit Mr.
Sorhagen's horse on the legs, and a&>
bit another dog that was kept there to
watch the premises. Mr. Sorhagen,
who chanced to be home at the- time,
becoming alarmed at the dog's actions,
though not snspeoting that itilraa jnad,
endeavored to secure it so as to prevent
its doing further harm. He had almost
sucoeeded in putting a -tsollar and chain
about its neck, *hen the dog furiously
Bprnng upen him and bit him in the left
wrist near the thumb, inflicting a wound
which bled profusely. After much trouble
?* iliA flmfv In 1rtXT\
110;DUUCCCUGUXU ujrxug VUOMj/XWi w avu avu
nel, bub daring the night the animal
continued to grow worse, frothing at the
month and showing other symptoms of
hydrophobia. ^ The- -flext morning the
brute was fonhd lyingdea^ocisde of
its kennel;'" Its mouth was covered witk
foam, and its glassy eyea protruded from
Jtheir. sockets, while the sides of the ken
nel'showed marks of the rabid animal's
teeth where it had gnawed the boards in
its agony and death straggles.
None of the family, however, felt any
apprehensions regarding the wounds in*
dieted by the dog, or manifested any
signs of illness until Henrietta began
so complain of. drowsiness. Later the
same evening she told her mother that
the had severe pains in her head, sides,
back and legs, and the pa rts were rubbed
with liniment, the mother thinking per
haps that she had taken celd. About
midnight she again awoke with a start
and complained of the paii.s in her
limbs. She had several spasms during
the night, and tpssed wildly about upon
her bed. At early dawn, when the
father was obliged to leave hpme and at
tend to his express business, he bade
his wife go at once for a dootor. Dr.
Yoegler was called, and, after examining
the child, said that be needed assistance,
when Drs. Ill and Korneman were sum
moned. A consultation was neid, ana it
was decided to cut oat a piece dt- flesh
where the %hild was bitten, in hopes of
saving her life. Medicine was given and
everything possible done by the physi
cians to alleviate her sufferings. Daring
the following morning she appeared to
be somewhat better, and was at intervals
quite rational, bat toward noon she was
Seized with another' violent spasm.
Then she relapsed into a troublous
slumber, accompanied with stertorous
breathing, and would" occasionally start
np in the wildest manner, screaming in
agony, and clutching at the bedclothes.
Then she would make a noise like the
barking of a dog, and moan and talk is
a wild, incoherent, delirious way. Mr.
Sorhagen, upon returning home in the
afternoon, was tejiibly distressed at hif
daughter's condition, and called othei
physicians to see the child. At seven
o'clock that evening Henrietta waf
seized with another violent spasm, anc
it became necessary for her father anc
mother to hold her in the bed. Sh<
tossed her head from side to side, threw
h<>r arms about and shuddered from
head to foot when water or other liquidf
were applied. The spasms became more
frequent during the night, increasing ii
violence until half-past two o'clock ii
the morning, when death relieved th(
child of her sufferings.
The wounds of the other members oJ
the family were cauterized and every
thing done to save them. The seconc
dog bitten went mad and was shot. II
is hoped that none others of th<
family will suffer.
The Left Wing.
. John Tobias had anything but ?
pleased look as he limped out of his eel
into the Detroit police court. He gol
drunk in his shirt sleeves, and it wat
i?a wVinthor Via had more muc
1UUU W wu nMWMv
than shirt on his back. His collar wa*
thrown open in an artistio manner, re
vealing an Adam's apple about the size
of an inkstand and a good deal of leathej
colored throat. 1
Yes, I observe," mused his honor, ai
he gave the prisoner a looking over,
"Got drunk, laid down to rest yotu
knees and your appearance is all thai
could be desired."
" Don't pile it on to me, judge?I wai
in the army," pleaded John.
" Name the army."
" The left wing," replied the priflonor
hesitating for a moment.
"The left wing of what army ?"
"I say it was the left wing."
" What army?"
" The loft wine."
TTi'n honor leaned back, and slowl]
said : ,
"John Tobias, yon are lying to me
You can't look me square in the eyes
and your spinal column is crooked ou
of shape. You were never in the arm]
at all, and the left wing you say you be
longed to was the great wing left a
home behind the soldiers."
" Didn't I go to war?" demandec
John, bristling up considerably."
"No, sir."
"Well, I como mighty near it,'
growled tho prisoner.
" Not half as near as I shall come to
locking you up for sixty days," quietl;
replied the court. "Return to the coi
fidor by this door, lean up in som
corner, and don't be ugly when th
Maria drives around."
An Index.?An index has just bee:
preparod for the ton first volumes o
Scribner'8 Monthly. It is stated in th
preface that the illustrations of thes
ten volumes have cost the magazin
nearly ono hundred thousand dollars
and that a very much larger sum ho
been paid for literary contribution* am
editorial work.
THE IIYE STOCK lUSrJLAJ.
The Exhibition o 1 Cattle to Take Place on
the Centennial Ground*?Preparation*
lor it.
The grounds for the Centennial live
stock display are within 2,000 feet of
the main entrance, and are situated be
tween the two cnief thoroughfares, viz.:
Belmont avenue and Forty-first street
They comprise thirty-five acres, and are
on the line of the Pennsylvania railroad.
The location, therefore, affords superior
advantages for the receipt an?l delivery
of animals. A ring one-third of a mile
in cireumferenoe will be provided and
740 stalls are being erected. These are
14x14; and so arranged that after the
horse show, which oomes off first (from
September 1 to 14 inclusive), the stalls
cay ba divided into stalls 7x14 for the
cattle which are to be shown September
11 to October 4. The stalls can again be
divided so as to be 7x7, for sheep, swine
and goats, which will be exhibited from
October 10 to 18. The commission will
furnish coeps and attendance upon pay
mmi nf Si on f>&rh bird of the ffalfina
ceous division and $2 on each pair of
the aqnatio division. The poultry will
be exhibited from October 127 to Nor. 6.
As the cattle grounds were * formerly
the Philadelphia drove yards the supply
of water is ample and the arrangements
for taking away the manure ezoeQent
Offices for the attendants, with hay and
grain barracks, are being provided, and
a very large hotel adjoins the yards.
"Theinternational feature has been
better worked up at their Exhibition
than at any previous one;" so says at
least Professor Archer, one of the Eng- ,
iiflh commissioners who has attended ail
the previous world's fairs. In confirma
tion of this I might state that the Cen
tennial commission from Canada has
made official requisition for spaoe in the
international stockyard for the exhibi
tion of one hundred and Bttj head of
neat cattle, seventy-five sheep, sevens
five swine and 300 coops of poultry. In
addition, a firm of shippers proposes to
put on a special Bternnmnp w J.ekcu un
tie from Europe. This ship will not
undertake to ran fast, but rather to
make the trip as comfortable for the
animals as possible by running sjpw or
even turning tail to the itorms if de
sirable. Ail the railroads offer free
return transportation on live stock; lint
it is likely that most of the foreign ex
hibits will be sold on the ground. The
secretary of the treasury has amended
-the late order, whioh interdicts the im
portation of cattle, which was issued to
prevent the introduction of contagious
diseases, provided the animals have
been examined by a competent veteri
nary surgeon and certified to be free of
disease. This certificate must be in
dorsed by our consul at the port of
shipment, and the animals must be in
tended for exhibition or breeding.
of prizes runs high up into
the thousafidSrJU first, second and third
prizes will be to tue Den 01
every recognized breedlrh^cho* the
competing lists, sweepstake priz5?s&lone
excepted. For instance, cattle will oont="
pete in herds. This oonBfcitntes a class.
Now, as there are nine recognized breeds
of cattle?viz.: shorthorns, Holsteins,
Hereiords, Ayrshires, Devons, Guern
seys, Brittames, Kerrys and Jerseys?
there will be three times (first, second
and third prizes) nine or twenty-seven
prizes in the class of herds. For bulls
alone there are three classes?viz.: bulls
three years and over, over two years and
under three, over one year and under
two.t As each of the three classes has
nine breeds and three prizes for each
breed we have (three times nine times
three) eighty-one prizes for bulls. Of
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to age, and, therefore, 108 prizes.
There ore also sweepstake prizes both
for bulls and for cows, i Pat and draught
cattle have five classes, viz.: The best
fatted steer and the fattest cow, the most
powerful yoke .of oxen and the most
rapidly walking yoke of oxen, the most
thoroughly trained yoke and the most
thoroughly trained team of three or
more yokes of oxen. Breeding horses
have sixteen classes; speed horses four
classes; walking horses one class;
matohed teams five classes; asses for
breeding four classes; sheep thirteen
, classes, and goats the same; swinetwelve
classes; dogs ten classes and poultry
, two classes. The latter are to be exhibit
' od in nftin rrf nrifl TfiftT and over as one
olass and under one yc^r as one class.
They include chickens, turkeys, ducks,
geese, swans, pigeons, Guineas and orna
mental birds. In this division it is easy
to see that the number of prizes will be
immense, as awards will be made- for
superiority to eve^y recognized breed.
If there are fifty breeds of chickens and
two classes (over ohe year and under one
year) and three prizes, we would have
fifty (breeds) multiplied by two (classes),
multiplied by three (prizes first, second
and thjfd), or three hundred prizes for
chickens alone. Ducks and pigeons of
the recognized breeds are ver^ numer
ous, and so it is plain that, as each breed
competes only with others of its own
breed, the awards in the live stock seo
tion will, as I said, ran up into the
thousands. Living fishes will bo dis
played in both fresh and salt water
aquaria, and awards will be made for the
largest display of fish of all species.
The aquarial exhibit will, no doubt, be
tVi? larrrnafc ?vpr mndft in this COUntTV,
and perhaps the zoological garden may
secure the whole.
As the officers of tbe bureau of agri
culture are determined to leave nothing
undone to make the live stock display
the crowning feature of the Agricultural
department it is obvious that they have
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objeot of this exhibition is to promote
improvement in breeding stock, and
visitors to the Exhibition will have the
great advantage of seeing animals
brought, not only from America, but
from Europe.
Too Much Work.
All work and no play sent a man to
the lunatic asylum in Davenport, Iowa.
He was a workman in a factory, and his
industry during ten years could not
easily have been increased. He was at
his bench early and left it late. No
amusements broke the monotony of his
/laiiir UfA jTa scurcelv knew of anv
thing outside of the factory and has
home. It is not "wonderful, therefore,
that his mind had room for morbid fan
cies. He imagined that his foreman
was plotting to kill him. and that the
whole world, excepting his daughter,
was in the conspiracy. He made the
girl stay constantly with him as a de
fender. Next, he barricaded himself in
his house, and from that mimio strong
hold he was sent to the asylum. The
moral points to the wisdom of recrea
tion.
An. Extensive Work.
Should a ship canal be cut across the
Isthmus of Darien at its narrowest
point, it would be thirty-two miles long,
and would require a ship tunnel 125
feet high and seven miles in length
through solid rock. A vessel going
from New York to San Francisco would
save ten thousand miles of sailing, and
could afford to pay a toll of 83,000. In
the one item of wages, a clipper ship
of 1,500 tons burden would save 82,00C
at least. It is estimated that the work
would cost 8100,000,000.
He is the happier and the more gener
ally useful man who is good is many
things and great in nothing.
A DUnjIj BWUJI -I-.' |
?' Sing I dog me to BleepI tji2?j
With gentle word^ W,boo? sweet alumbec
one meerare, >
SnchjM lone poet on some shady step .{(
Sings to the afleneo in Ms noonday leisnre.
"BIng! M^the riTersing* . ? ;?A
When gently itilow^betarew soft bankcof
flowers, JhunitiU
And the bee nrarnrarB, and the cnokool
Hie faint M?y mnsio, 'tween the
ehoworB.
'StaglOh.dirin*^! .,
X sinkl beneath some wizard's charming
wanAr .-tut
I yield, I more, by aoothipgbreeaee blown,?
O'er twilight shorn, into the dreaming
land! *Tft> <r*w vAH
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Facts and Faneta*
If men would set good examples, t"
might h.itch better habits.
mu- ? ? nl>A maVna hinimlf
1UD iUfBll nuv
tons prevents many others from beooln
businessthe common way is to give up
bnmn*?. '
Hie passengers in a Philadelphia
street oar the other evening were talk
ing in six languages; " " If
"The difference between ingenious
and ingenuous is illustrated by the dif
ference between"?oan do and can did."
The new. forts around Paris are to be
named after the generals who labored
fco hard to retrive the faults of Napoleon
HQ., in the war of 1870.
There are $1,000,000. worth of shoe
pegs made yearly in the United States,
most of them in Massachusetts, re
quiring 100,000 cubic feet of white
birch.. * >
There are said to be in St. Louis
county, Ho., unmarried females who
own property worth an aggregate <4?
118,000,000. Go West! young man, go
West! . S
They say that if a bee, wasp, or hornet
it is: ' 1
e. Tflw a slanderous tongue will
ultimately damage ua pmuoooux UUVJJ.C7
It is . observed that there are few
things that will makjB a man cony, his
binding^Tliis- shirt, with plentjc>a'
starch on it, well ironed in. -4i?J
A Western editor met s well edtu^ted
farmer reoently, and inform^him'tlhat
he would like to have something from
his feiU:"&h*-farmer santhimapig
and charged him $9.75 for it ;'-.
An employee who doesn't; have his
hands washed and his ooat on, ready to
strike for home as soon as the clock be
gins to strike .twelve or six, is not enter
prising enough to work by thb
nere is a sumuquj v? ? j. ??
briate, addressed to his hat, which had
Jen off : Xf^ I pick you up, r fellj
leave you.'
away.
Those old soakers noYe?-4aS^ *cu:J
ment Lately one replied to at&nper
anoe lecturer by the following :. *ifi
water rots the soles of your boots, what
effect must it have on the coat of 'yodr
stomach?'' ,, . ?
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Large orders have been reoeivedin
England for steel rai|s for foreign pol
roads, and works which ha*a beep
closed during several months are about
to be put in operation again in Conse
quence. 1 - * " *' " >*
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David BeMn, of Fhiladeipma, agea
twenty-four, used a razor to par$ a coijn
on his toe, and caused the corn to bleed
freely. , He was taken ill, tetanus or
lockjaw ensued, and death resulted in
thlOO dajrOi* * ) 1 *. . . ' auitl
An agricultural journal advertise* a
new washing machine under the head
ing, "Every man his own n
woman," aiad in its culinary department
says that " potatoes should always te
boiled in oold water."
In Clarke oounty, Iowa, there is said
to bea boy who eats hay like an ox and
has a' singular appetite for caw vege
tables. He dislikes bread or ooeked
food, desiring rather to Kve on the raw
productions of nature. ' > ?
" When women make bread," add
Quiz, moralizing over an underdone bis
cuit at the breakfast table?"jwhfn
Women puke bread, a curious'phenome
non often results; yon find a little dear
bringing forth a little dough." ~?<4f
A grumbling car driver said to a pass
enger : "You always want jnoto stop
whan vou eet off." "No, sir," said
the passenger, who had no jumping
notions. "I don't care whatyou do. I
only want the oar to stop. Ton can go
on.
Infant prodigy?" Mamma, do you
suppose Dr. Prosey rehearses his ser
mons at home?" Fond mother?"No,
dear, his fervor in preparing them is
spontaneous, and "? Smart boy?"Oh,
then, he does not practice what he
preaches." u-.
To encourage tree planting in the
several counties of Iowa, the Chicago
and Northwestern railway offers a pass
to Chicago and back for the farmer and
his wife in each county who during the
year plant and keep living the greatest
number of trees.
Tina is tne rougntwt cuujuj^u ujnui
ence on record. In a Broohhn divorce
suit the husband, who was a superinten
dent of a horse car b'ne, alleges that bis
wife is employed as a " spotter," and
that through ber influence be was turn
ed oat of bis berth.
Seventeen men who had left comfort
able homes in Wisocmsiu to hunt gold
in the Black Hills, applied on a recent
night at the police station at St Paul
for lodging, having walked from the
Black Hills after three months vain
hunt for gold, of which they saw not a
grain.
When Marc Anthony thraw himself
upon the "dear remains" pjtjusloved
Czesar, in a Pittsburgh theater the other
evening, he struck the f' corpse" (air in
the stomach, which bad the effecti of
doubling it up with a grant, that rather
detracted from the solemnity of the oc
casion. -i - uv'at
The Germans have no idea of losing
Metz. A garrison of 12,000 men is
maintained there, and the magazines of
ammunition and stores are sufficieut to
maintain 40,000 men for three year*.
To the seven forts already in existence
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Ulttii unio uvAiu ^
have been added.
A Paris woman h3S perfected a new
method of picking pockets. She enters
an omnibus with a very pretW and
beautiful dressed baby, seats herself
i close to the likeliest passengers^md works
; under cover of baby's ample drapery.
After succeeding she pinches the baby,
it nriflfi fearfully, and she leaves
the omnibus suddenly to buy candy for*
it, x;".
A wag, who had wrapped a piece
of cloth having the word " centennial"
on it around an egg and then boiled it
so that the wordappeared plainly on
the shell, sadly deceived a Portland
(Oonn.) farmer, who took it out of a
nest where it had been placed, and ex
hibited it at the office of a local news
paper as a wonderful manifestation of
the hen's intimate knowledge of the
hiatorj of the United States.