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ABBEVILLE PRESS & BANNER
BY W. A. LEE AND HUGH WILSON.
ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 1876.
VOLUME XXIV.?NO. 12.
The Lady and Her Lover.
THE LADY'S BONNET TWILIGHT.
I know not why I chose to eecm 80 cold
At parting from you?for since you are gone
I Bee you still; I Lear each word, each tone,
And what I hid from you I wish were told.
I who was proud and shy seem now too bold
To write these lines?aud yet must write, to
own
I would unsay my words, now I'm alone.
From my dark window out upon the world
I look. 'Twas through yon pathway to the
west
I watched you slowly going, while the light
Went with you?end a shadow seemed to fall
Upon my heart. And now I cannot rest
Till I have written?for I said : " To-night
Til aanH vnnr answer." Now Fve told VOU alL
THE LOVER'S 80XNET?MIDNIGHT.
I waited through the night, while annimei
blew
The breath of rosea through my darkened
room.
The whispering breeze just stirred the leafj
gloom
Beyond the window. On the lawn the dew
Lay g'istening ia the starlight. No one knew
I did not s'.eep, but waited here my doom
Or victory. I saw the lighthouse loom
Across the bay. The silence grew and grew,
And hour by hour kept pace with my suspense.
Each ruetling noise, each passing footstep
seemed
The coming messenger I hoped/yet feared.
At last a knock?a throb?a pause intenee;
Your letter came. I read as if I dreamed,
Almost too great to bear my bliss appeared.
?Galaxy.
WHO WAS THE COWARD?
"You lie!"
Tho speaker was Norman Webb, a
burly built, fashionably dressed young
man, who had come to college to spend
his father's money, and do as little work
and have as good a time as possible.
Tho words were addressed to Allen
Ward; the provocation being an expres
sion of opinion by the latter touching a
recent hazing affair planned and headed
by Norman Webb.
Allen's eyes flashed, and his hand
some face flushed, as with clenched fists
Via modfl n. nt.pn toward his insnlter.
Every fiber of him was at its utmost
tensioD, and every nerve tingled. It
would not have been well for Norman
Webb, big and strong as he was, had the
two encountered at that moment. But,
as if suddenly recalling himself, Allen
stopped.
"I repeat my words," said Norman
Webb, insolently?"you lie!?and
more?it is not the province of a beggar
to criticise the conduct of a gentle
man !"
A tinge of the flush which had left
Allen's face came back at these words,
but disappeared on the instant, and
turning from the crowd of students,
who had heard them, he walked calmly
away.
** nnu/* AAvnnn/1 f" w>A*a tlion ATin wnf_
JLUTO UUTTOXU ; mv/iw vuuu wuu
tered. '
Allen Ward had a widowed mother
and a sister dependent on him. At
8oHfcJl jli0 ha? won a prize scholarship
which gave him his college tnition free;
and by teaching in vacations, and giv
ing lessons ont of college hours, he was
managing to scrape along till lie could
enter t he profession he had set his heart
on.
The discipline of the institution was
strict. A blow was ground for expul
sion. To resent Norman Webb's insult
as he felt impelled to do at the moment,
he knew would lead to his prompt dis
missal, and he had not the means to
enter another college. He thought of
his mcther and sister, and of the career
he had planned. He could not afford to
sacrifice all these to gratify a passing re
sentment. But the effort his self-re
straint cos*. was little appreciated by
those who called him "coward."
community, was regarded either as the
signal for a blow, or the precursor of a
summons to deadly combat. To take it
tamely was a thiug not to ba tolerated
among gentlemen. Personal difficulties
had become so common among the stu
dents of the college, that the new presi
dent had determined to use the severest
measures to repress them. Among hie
rules was one that a blow, or other act
of violence, except in strictest self-de
fense, should be punished by summary
expulsion.
But college law could not change pub
lie" sentiment; and it is not probable
that A.lJen Ward, with all his patience,
would have brooked so gross an insull
' ?t?
iruiu tsueer uiuuivt;.-> vu uucuicuw, in
deed, could he have foreseen all?thai
his former companions would shun him,
, and even Mabel Gray would turn awaj
her head when they met?it may bt
doubtod if all restraints wouid not have
failed, and Norman Webb's insult beer
met with quiok resentment.
It was plain that everybody though!
Allen a coward, Mabel Gray among the
rest, and this hurt him most. He and
she bad long been friends ; and he had
secretly looked forward to a time wlier
he might declare to her a sentimenl
more tender than that of friendship.
Now, she not only turned her back upon
him, but began to tolerate theattentiom
of Norman Webb, whom she had before
slighted.
One night an alarm of fire was heard
in the village. Everybody ran in the
direction of a blazing light which shone
out against the sky.
"Jt's Mr. Gray's house!" shouted
those who first approachoJ the scene.
A heartrending spectacle met the
Dlgill' III 111U uiutvu biiav ijuii/aaj cio
semUed. The flames were blazing from
the roof and bursting from most of the
windows. Old Mr. Gray, a helples'
invali 1, who had escaped from one ol
the lower apartment^, stood wringing
his hands, a^d beset ching the spectator.*,
in pit.-oas accents, to save his daughter,
who, pnlo and terror stricken, huued
from l ho window of an up} er chamber,
whence a leap to the ground would be
certain death.
Me a rau in search of ladders, but
found none, and every moment made
the chance of rescue still more difficult.
" Mr. Webb ! Mr. Webb ! will not you
save her ?" appealed the frantic father,
laying his trembling hand on Norman
YT CUU O ttliU.
"The attempt would be madness."
the latter answered; "the staircase is
wrapped in flames, and no one can
reacr. that chamber save at the peril oi
his life."
"With a piercing sbriek Mabel fell back
fainting from the window.
Norman Webb made a movement as il
to enter the door, but recoiled at the
sight of the fiery path before him, and
stood aghast and helpleas. His burly
form was brushed aside like a feather
by one who shot past, and darted up
the blazing stairway with the speed of
an arrow.
The daring act filled the crowd with
afaazement, which had not time to abate
before the intrepid stranger reappeared
on the burning steps, now crumbling
under his U et, b? aring in his arms the
insensible form of Mibel Gray, care
fully wrapped from head to foot. His
hat palled over his face, partly shielded
it from the sheet of flame through which,
amid encouraging shouts, he once more
forced his way, and a wild cry of exul
tation rose when Mabel was safely
placed iu her father's arms. Then came
three times three of the vrildest cheers
for Allen Ward, when the stranger raised
his hat and revealed his seared and blis
tered face.
" Who is the coward now ?" he ex
claimed, as he sunk exhausted to the
ground.
No one ever called him that name
again; and Mabel, we are sure, never
thought his face less handsome for the
scars it bore on her account.?Ledger.
What a Man Suffered.
The Fond du Lao (Wis.) Common
wealth says : A man named Holland,
living out on the Goss farm, was attack
ed with a severe toothache the other
evening, and thought his head wauld
r\r\ckT% Tin tvmilil oif. rlnvxm fnr a
moment, holding his face in one of his ?
hands, and groan. Then he would jump j
up and pace the floor, and kick at some
thing that happened to lie in his course,
and then sit down and groan some more.
1 It was a bad case. Everybody in the
house was made miserable by the man's
- sufferings and lamentations. He tried
holding alum and salt in his mouth, and
binding horseradish leaves on the out
, side of his jaw, but they did no good.
Finally somebody came across a recipe
book, and therein was a balm for every
ill. In two minutes a recipe was select
ed and a courier dispatched with it to a
drugstore in the city to have it "put
1 up." He returned indue time, and a I
dose of the compound, which contained 8
among other ingredients liberal quanti- f
- - *? ? J
ties oi einer ana cmuruiurm, w?? uu- t
ministered. Presently the ioothache i
was relieved and the patient felt him- i
self gradually being overpowered by [
bleep. The suspicion all at once crossed f
his mind that he had been poisoned. 1
He became greatly alarmed, and appeal- 8
ed to those present, in a frenzy of des- a
peration, to save him from his impend- j
ing fate. A doctor was immediately T
sent for, and while the messenger was E
gone the alarm was communicated to t
the neighbors. One of the men seized E
a pail and rushed out into the pasture, j|
where he woke up a cow, milked about 1,
a quart, and hurried back to the house. u
This the dying man drank, and had just
finished when another neighbor came in
and said there was nothing so sure an
anfidntn for all kinds of ooisons as raw r>
eggs. Seven or eight raw eggs were y
given the suffering man, and he had b
just intimated that it wasn't possible a
for him to swallow another, when two g,
more neighbors arrived simultaneously j]
?one bearing a can of lard and the c
other a tea-saucerful of coffee. The a
lady with the lard said that they must si
help her to get some of it down him A
right away?there wasn't a moment to o
lose?and the one with the coffee set &
about preparing a cup of that beverage I
for the dying man, whioh, she said, n
? ^ 1?mImamm A??/\n/vU Unl/1 T*l W O J
LUUttb UV DltlUUg Ciiuu^u lu uviu c*i_i
iron wedge. The unfortunate man had
got down about three-quarter's of a tea
cupful of lard when the coffee was
ready, and he unbuttoned his waistcoat
and swallowed it There seemed to be
just room enough left for it.
Another neighbor came in, and insist
ed that what the patient needed was an
emetic to throw the poison out of the
stomach. He said that the quicker
they did something of that kind the bet
ter it would be for him, and that it was
dangerous to delay the matter a moment
longer. They had prepared a quart
bowl of strong salt and water, and were
urging Holland to take some of it, when
the doctor arrived. He examined the
contents of the bottlo carefully, tasted
it, and then said: "Thisis all right; a
vorc cnnrl romfitlv for tootha< hfl and
neuralgia?gives the patient a rest for a r
time from his pain." "And ain't it t
poison?" gurgled the man, who was fo p
full of new milk, raw eggs, lard, coffee, c
and salt water, that he could scarcely ar- a
titfulate, 11 a n't it poison, doctor?" a
"Well, no ; not exactly; and yet, a o
quart or two of it might kill a man?or fi
it might not?it would depend a good u
deal on his condition. A man of your p
health and constitution could easily get a
away with a churnful of it." " t
The California Mustang. 1
V
Speaking of the mustang race in New j.
York and the sympathy felt for the?ani- e
mate, a I.ate California paper says: The
man who undertakes to ride thirty-five
; California mustangs, jumping from sad
i die to saddle, must be either a profes- j
; sional vaquero or a petrified post boy of ^
the olden time. But when wo contem- c
plate the mustang as an object of com- L
passion and humanity, it is impossible s
to repress a sardonic grin. The army c
j mule is a perfect Chesterfield of an ani- (1
, mal in comparison with the native Cali- r
; fornia mustang. It was the mnstang r
- that invented the noble art of bucking. ]
; We are aware that the army mule has c
experimented in tnat direction, Dnt no t
other animal but the California.mustang fi
ever caused his rider to describe a para- e
bolic curve of the same extent. Nor
can the man who has not been bucked j
by a California mustang at all conceive ]
the process. The victim, while under- t
going it, would infinitely prefer being t
delivered to a Hyrcaniau tiger or a s
Lernean hydra, or a Numidian lion for a
immediate mastication, and when the c
operation is completed, and by a merci- ^
ful dispensation of fate ho is landed j
upon the crown of his hoad in tho near- r
est pile of .road metal, with a dislocated c
spiuul columu and a pang in every e
nerve, muscle, sinew and bone, he re- ?
gards the author of Jris woes with a hor- t
j ror a d a detestation fur surpassing the v
I emotion that would be evoked bv con- r
tomplution of the most forbidding aute- t
I diluvian Saurian Prof. Owen ever re- f
vived for the satisfaction of the curious.
> If Mr. Bergh had taken it into his be
. nevolent head to espouse the cause of
i the persecuted grizzly or the friendless i
! rattlesnake, we could have descried some \
i gleam of reason in his conduct; but the t
* humanitarian who goes out of his way to j
r protect the California mustang is throw- c
iner svmoathv awav. i
The Suez Cnual.
M. De Lesseps has returned from his
five mouths' trip to Egypt. He has as
certained that Port Said is not likely to
bo filled in with sand, as predicted, the
work done by the dredging machines
last year being still open. Iu winter,
when the Bitter lakes are full, a tide spts
into the canal, which turns the current
toward the Mediterranean. In summer,
when the level of the lakes has been
lowered by evaporation, the current
turns in the opposito direction." For
merly rain was unknown on this part of
the lied sea, but since the building of
the canal showers have fallen regularly
about onoe a fortnight. The result has '
been to start vegetation up, even on the
, Asiatic side, in the most wonderful man
ner. Civilization, therefore, changes
the climate as well as the face of the
, country, and if things go on as they
l have begun, the sands of the isthmus
' will be covered with forests in another
fifty years.
An Original Marriage Notice.
Dr. Wise, editor of the Cincinnati I
Israelite, announces his own marriage j
in the form of a mock advertisement of m
a life copartnership. The agreement is a
that the firm shall be dissolved three c
days after death ; that the doctor shall i
deliver all the public sermons, and the a
lady all the private ones ; the profits or b
losses shall be shared eqnally ; aud that o
no papers shall be accepted or indorsed, e
especially no love letters, except by t
mutual kxieiriedge and express consent. k
A GOSSIPY LETTER.
lints for Strangers Visiting the Centennial
?Changing their Clothes?The Display
of Hats?Meeting Old Acquaintances?
Scenes In the .Wain Building, Etc.
HINTS TO STRANGERS.
A few directions to a stranger coming
;o the Centennial are given by the Her
lid correspondent, who says: A per
fect stranger in the city and ono not
ised to traveling cannot probably do
setter than to buy one of the Lodging
Eouse Agency tickets, either for lodging
it $1.25, or one at 82.50 giving two
neals, and then, before going into the
Exhibition, to " look around," one
ihould take time to make his inquiries,
joing from one boarding house to an
)ther, and a place will soon be found at
reasonable rates, me utai cu
search, in view of the fact that one
vould naturally like to be in the city, is
between Twentieth and Sixth streets,
yith Chestnut street in the center?pay
ng no attention to this street, for prices
)n it are everywhere dear. One good
ray is to fake a room, and single rooms
veil furnished can, at this time, be had
n abundance at $4 a week. Two going
ogether will pay about ?6 a week, and
)ften there will be two beds in the
oom. Meals are to be had at eating
louses at a cost not exceeding $6 to $7
l week. Some eating houses engage to
urnish two meals a day at 85 a week,
rat their bill of fare is not varied.
Che best way, however, for home people
s to seek regular board, as the food is
jetter cooked and it gives better satis
action?indeed it is more healthful.
["bus, by taking a little time and looking
harp, one will be able to see the show
,t the lowest possible rate. It was snp
)osed, the correspondent says, that
chat is called the " Granger Encamp
aent" would supply thewant indicated,
hat is, of supplying accommodations,
iot to exceed SI. 50 per day, but now it
3 reported that the terms will not be
3ss than 82 a day, which is decidedly
insatisiactory.
CHANGED THEIR CLOTHES.
It will be remembered that one of the
hief attractions at former exhibitions
ras the many colored dresses of the
undred and one different tribes, sects,
nd people who were for the time as
embled together. Of course no one
uagined that such a display of what is
ailed national costumes would be made
t Philadelphia. Still it was only rea
onable to suppose that an occasional
Lnstrifin mountaineer. French officer,
r Eastern dignitary would enliven the
cene by his peculiar dress or uniform,
t is to be much regretted that they do
othing of the kind. On the opening
ay a large number of Turks, Japanese,
Jhinese, Spaniards, and Germans ap
eared in the costumes worn by their
ountrymen, and, as has been already
nnounced to the credit of the somewhat
lixed crowd that thronged Fairmount
ark on the tenth of May, they were
reated while in the grounds with the
tmost respect and courtesy. Of course
bo Turks and Egyptians were stared
t, but they were not made to feel out of
lace or uncomfortable. On the streets,
owever, after the opening ceremonies,
L iL.l |.
t Hppeuru l/UUL tUCll licubuicui viu.n fvij
ifferent. They were followed by large
rowds of idle boys and men, who hoot
d and shouted at them as if they had
een animals of a strange species in
tead of visitors who were entitled only
a the most courteous attention. It is
:nown that in at least one case tho silken
obes of a Chinese official wer^ nearly
orn from his back by some mnlicious
erson. Because of this kind of treat
lent all the Turkish, Chinese, Japanese,
nd Egyptian commissions and attend
nts have abandoned the striking dress
f their native countries, and with but
ew exceptions have made themselves
mcomfortable and unattractive by ap
tearing in the conventional coat, vest,
nd trousers of " the great Yankee na
ion." The Japanese take remarkably
rell to their new dress, and appear to
>e quite at home in the high silk hats
>-i ti 1 1 :
V1UCIL llivjr aiiiiurtu mvauauij new, wuu
he Chinese Beem to be out of their
lemeiit
THE display OF HATS.
It has usually been admitted, says a
?'3W York Times correspondent, that all
he queer shaped high hats in New York
oake their appearance on St. Patrick's
lay. The display which is made on the
eventeenth of March, however, is not a
lircumstance to the truly remarkable
ixhibit of high crowns, low crowns, nar
ow brims and broad brims, which is
iow being made in Fairmount park.
:"Yom the depths of many a box and
sloset in the mountaias of Tenneasee or
he prairies of the West these wonderful
pecimcns of head covering have been
ixhumed, and now, brushed aud polish
id until they shine again, they are made
o do duty in new and strange places.
3ut even more different and peculiar
ban the hats are the men who wear
hem. They come, as I have already
itated, from all parts of the UDion, and
ilthougli they are clad in no national
iostume, they bear the mark of their
rarions sections of country stamped
>lainly upon their faces and in their
naoner. And still they are all Ameri
suis ; they have all come hundreds,
ome thousands, of miles to be present
,t the nation's Centennial, and though
hey live far apart aDd appear in coats
vhose cut and fashion differ as much as
lo Hungarian jackets from French
jlonses, they are all animated by one
eeliug.
MEETING OLD ACQUAINTANCES.
We are told by a correspondent that
t is a frequent occurrence for old friends
7lio have not seen eacn otner lor years
0 meet on the Centennial grounds. A
>arty of farmers?all strangers?wero
liscussing the merits of a machine in
Agricultural hall, when one of them, a
oily faced littlo old fellow, dressed in a
)lue coat, buttoned up to his chin, nod
ling to his neighbor in a friendly way,
tnd smiling pleasantly, said: "Well
low, that's not bad, but would you be
ieve it, I have on my place a well post
hat has stood for nigh on eighty years,
;nd is just as sound as new oak?"
1 Well now, that is 'markable," said the
Western moq? " Yes," continued he of
he blue coat, "but the funniest thing
bout that post is that the top of it is
Jive and has branches springing from it
u all direction?." While he was telling
his apparently simple little story, I no
iced that the wife of the Western man
egarded him with an earnestness which
fas altogether out of proportion to the
nterest of the narrative. As he con
film nuked him: "Where be
rou from, sir?" "From New Jersey,
aam," was the reply. "And is your
lame Sam B., questioned the lady.
"Mercy me, of course it is, and who
xe you ?" exclaimed the little man.
" Mary Ann T., that used to be," re
flied she, and then the little New Jersey
armer put his arm around the neck of
hat little Western woman and kissed
ier as if he meant it. Then the pair ex
>lained to the good humored but some
what astonished hnsband that Sam was
, cousin, and had been an old playfellow
>f Mary Ann, " and," said she, "I knew
t must be you the minute you told
bout that old pump post with the
ranches." Then the whole party went
iff together, telling each other of the
trange things that had happened to
hem during the many years they had
>eea separated,
SCENES IN THE MAIN HALL.
The Main hnll continues to be th
center of attraction for the genera
public, and it is daily becoming mor
worthy of attention. In it visitors o
every turn of mind can find instructio:
and amusement. The ladies and chi]
dren appear to be particularly interestei
in the truly wonderful groups of wha
are called wax composition figures
which are displayed by Norway an*
Sweden. One of these groups repre
sents a party of Swedish peasants gath
ered around a dying reiudeer. The ani
mal, a beautiful preserved natural speci
men, has sunk upon the moss with
deadly wound in its side and a terribl
gash across the neck. It almost hum&i
eyes look appealingly into the faces o
the hunters, who appear resting on thei
guns after the chase. A peasant woman
who stands a little behind the men, ha
one arm thrown protectingly around i
little child dressed in the old fashione*
costume of the country, and with th<
other points to the dying reindeer. Thi
whole group is strikingly true to nature
and juBtly excites universal admiration
The same may be said of a group rep
resenting a peasant wedding in in or
way. The bride appears with the grea
gold crown, which is part of the mar
riage paraphernal, and the groon
leans lightly upon the heavy steel-point
ed staff which indicates his power ant
authority. In addition to these an<
other groups representing various scenei
from peasant life, Sweden has sent i
number of really admirable figure
which show the different styles of uni
form which are worn by Swedish officer
of the present day, and which wen
worn in the fifteenth and sixteenth cen
turies. One of these figures, represent
ing a major of cavalry, is so natural anc
lifelike as to deceive oven those wh<
make a close inspection of it. A fe?
days ago I noticed an old lady wh<
would not believe until she had touchec
the cold wax hand that the figure wai
not alive. This morning a smart younf
? a?j;?i.
iaay, pussmg uy wutj owcmcu uo^>aiu
ment, pointed to the figure and said ii
an undertone tofR companion : " Lah
Mary, just look at that; he thinks he'i
awful rice, don't he ?" Shortly aftei
she had passed out of sight one of tkos<
overdressed women who imagine the]
Know everything, exclaimed to her es
cort, after closely examining the figure
" I declare, I never did see such life
like sculpature."
A Bear Actor.
The latest sensation at a Cincinnat
theater, is a blood aud-tlraoder melo
drama, which includes a Jrontiersman'i
firrVito fnr Viia liffl wit-.h T7nited Statei
military, with Indians on the war-trail
with border desperadoes in a gambling
saloon, with a rival for the affections o
an unattractive maiden, and finally witl
a "grizzly bar." This frontiersia mai
called Wild Bill, and the announcemen
that Wild Bill wonld have . a real figh
with a real "bar" drew a pretty fai
house. The bear comes in daring th<
second and last acts of Wild Bill. Bill
in the play, is simultaneously assaultet
by a whole nation of Indians and i
"bar." The "bar" is a fat little blacl
bear, wnicn is certainiy weu trtuueu. -a.
the proper moment it lushes from be
hind the scenes, over mimic rocks an<
cascvdes, and attacks Bill with tremen
dous fury. For about five minutes Wil<
Bill and the bear hug each other ver
fiercely, until Bill munages to stab th
animal with a remarkably bright bowl
knife. Then the bear rolls Bill on th
stage, and both continue to roll over am
over until at last the frontiersman i
seen lying uppermost, but still in th
bear's terrible hug, when the curtail
falls amid frenzied applause. 80 far a
we could observe, says a reporter de
scribing the scene, the bear was no
muzzled, neither were his claws cut
He is doubtless an intelligent and gooi
natured animal; but some night it migh
come to pass that Bruin would lose hi
temper, and that Wild Bill might sud
denly. find himself seriously in need of
more formidable weapon than a fcii
bowie knife, whilo the audience wouli
yell and cheer and smoke their cigars
and wonder "how they can make tha
seem like real blood."
Novel Experiments.
A. JNGW jersey agriuuinLriBu 10
menting upon forcing tlio growth of po
tatoes by means of steam pipes unde:
the grouiid, and has succeeded in fore
ing a growth of fifteen inches high ii
two weeks from date of planting. Thi
potatoes, however, have always turne<
out small in comparison to the vine
This is a new idea, but the practicabilit;
of forcing vegetables by electricity date*
back as far as 1841, when a Mr. Pell, o
Hyde Park, on the Hudson river, forcec
the growty of tomatoes so that in a weel
from the date of planting the ph;nfc
bore small ripe tomatoes an inch ii
diameter. The following was the wa;
it was done: A row of tomato plants
forty feet long, were set out; at one em
a sheet of copper an eighth of an incl
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(HICK, iourteeu luuuuu Wiuo nuu lull
feet long was placed perpendicularly
two feet in the ground, leaving two fee
in the air; at the other end a zinc plat>
of same size was similarly placed; a wir<
carried over poles, was fastened to eacl
of these plates, the earth completing th<
circuit; an abundance of manure wa
used, and in one week the result was a;
above stated. This crop was also fol
lowed by three other weekly crops o
the same sizewithin a month. Of eour&
it is not necessary to limit the length o
the row to forty feet, and as it is a sim
pie and easy thing to do, perhaps som<
of our readers mil make the experi
ment.
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There is little to be found, says a Not
York paper, to confirm the story tha
Mr. Vanderbilt has, aside from his be
quest to Wm. H. Yanderbilt, wiliec
$1,000,000 apiece in Central, Harlen
and Lake Shore stocks to each of abon
fifteen heirs, with a proviso that one
third of the net income shall be annu
ally reinvested by trustees in the stocl
of those roads, though he is known t<
have said on at least two occasions that,
no matter what might beoome of him
the Central road would not come tc
harm. For a period of ten years he hat
been in the habit of making a new wil
every two years to suit the changinf
condition of hia property, and of fre
quently adding codicilB. Every snmrnei
before he went to Saratoga he executec
a codicil. Nevertheless, it is sunnisec
those who have known his senti
ments that the main features of his wil
have never been materially alte;ed. II
was the changes in his affairs rathei
than in his intentions toward his heirf
that dictated the alterations.
Young Salmon.
The Bangor Commercial says : Ai
the result of the eggs that were halchec
in our river last season, the Penobscot if
full of young salmon. The boys ai
Veazie are catching them with hooks,
They vary in length from four to twelv(
inches. Mr. Stillwell laid on our table
a beautiful specimen taken by a young
Spencer boy at Yeazie. It was a little
oyer seven inches long. If this young
school of salmon is not destroyed, ii
two or threeyeare our river will again bt
crowded with salmon as it wm wvonty
five years ago.
The Shipworm.
6 A reporter visiting a shipyard took up
j a piece of wood to critically examine it.
e It could be compared to nothing more
f fitting in general appearance than a
Q wasp's or hornet's nest, so thoroughly
[. was it perforated, and, like the nests in
dicated, it was of ashen color,
t Some of the insects still remained in
the cells. They seemed to be of a
whitish color and were encased in a shell
. like substance an inch in length; their
. heads wjre shaped like a pod auger, as
. if intended by nature to be great bores.
. In the case of a vessel in the dock they
had completely perforated the outer
sheathing or planking of the hull, the
place of the entrance being small and
needle-like, until they reached the
framework of heavy trees, when they
tnrned back and continued their work of
destruction. The holes they make in
crease in size from tyat of a pin's point
to an aperture that a man's thumb would
not fill.
While the reported was examining the
wood a venerable carpenter with adze
in hand joined him [and said: "I will
give you a bit of information about
these worms that notmany people know.
You see this wood is pnnctored right up
to a hair's width of the place it joins an
other plank. Now the worms never
cross a crack, and vou see they have
gone right through tne outer planking,
but they have not touched the frame or
the ceiling of the bark; if they had, you
never would have seen her on the dry
dock here."
A well known spar manufacturer and
shipwright joined the group and added
his valuable information. He said in
effect: "Aspinwall is considered by
shipmasters and owners to be a very
worpiy port; I have heard of vessels that
have only laid there for the space of six
weeks to sink at their anchorage. There
is a marine copper paint that sometimes
acts well as a defense against these de
stroyers, but abont the only sure refuge
is metal sheathing. I have sent vessels
before now on a ten months' voyage to
Rio Janeiro and they have come back
with their hulls sound and clean, and
have sent others down to Texas and
their bottoms have been fairly eaten out
by the worms."
Coal tar and other coverings for hulls
have been tried, but the only sure de
fense seems to be metal. There is a
composition now very generally used in
stead of exclusive copper; it is mainly
composed of spelt, tin and copper. The
worms are even found in New York har
bor. but thev do not usuallv do as much
damage, tfhey will boro" until they
reach a crack or seam which is made by
the joining of planks, and will not cross
it.
An Experiment in Co-operation.
In 1872, says Chas. Barnrid, in Scrib
ner'8 Monthly, a large manufacturing
firm in New York called its workmen
together, and announced that after a
certain date every man would receive
over and above his wages a share in the
profits of the business, be they more or
* ii _-i._ mt
t less, accoraiDg to ine saxes. j.uo uiuu
1 received the statement with incredulity
! and returned to their work. Six months
i passed, and the firm announced that it
t had $4,000 to divide among the men in
. proportion to their wages. The imme
1 diate result of the actual division of the
. money was gratifying to all concerned.
1 The men resumed work with remarkable
jr animation and industry. Every one be
0 came jealous of his neighbor's work,
a every one became his fellow's overseer.
9 No idleness now, no " one-handed
1 work," no shirking and dilatory pipe
s lighting, no guards to watch for the
e foreman, no waste of material and time,
a Never before had so much work been
g performed in a day; never had such
i- skill, economy, aptitude and intelligence
t been shown at the benches, and never
i. had better goods been made. The men
3 were apparently satisfied, and the firm
? ??? /?nmr\or?aofarl ff\V f.llfl 1T1
Wttfl JLUUIO ifLiau tviu^/uuuwvuu av* vmw m
creased outlay by the improved qnality
of tho goods. Several months passed,
aDd the house announced that in a few
weeks it would have a surplus of ten
thousand dollars to divide among the
workmen. Suddenly led away by some
epidemic of unreason, the men struck
for a reduction of time to eight hours.
The proprietors would not consent to
this, and as a consequence for two weeks
che shops were closed. In vain were
the men shown the money coming to
them; in vain was it demonstrated that
they were making more money than men
in the same line in other shops. They
persisted in the strike till they could
hold out no longer, and then resumed
work as before. The firm declined to
proceed further with the co-operative
experiment, and what had been fair with
promise was thus brought to a disas
trous end.
Visiting a Fashionable Cburcb,
Some years ago, being in Philadel
phia, John Cockerill, of Ohio, received
an introduction to a prominent divine of
that city. The reverend gentleman in
vited John to attend his church on a
certain Sunday, which invitation was
accepted.
They entered the sacred edifice to
gether. It was one of the first churches
in the city, and its members were fash
ionable and aristocratic in the extreme.
The minister put John in an elaborately
furnished pew, well to the front. John
nestled comfortably down into one cor
ner of the same, and looked about as in
teresting and contented as a toad under
1 a cabbage leaf.
? After a while the owner of the pew ar
* rived, and at once gave signs of intenoe
disgust and indignation at the presence
3 of the interloper. He looked at John,
" looked at the pew, scowled magnificent
ly, and finally, after fumbling through
his pockets some time, drew forth a
card and wrote on it with a pencil:
? "This is my seat, sir 1" and, with an air
t of the loftiest contempt, tossed it over
- to John.
1 The latter took it up, read it with
i lamb-like meekness peculiar to him
t self, and tnen, witu cue most aengiiuui
- coolness, wrote in reply:
"It's a very good seat! What rent
i do you pay?" and tossed the card back
) to its owner.
, The latter took it, looked at it with the
, mofit profound artonishment a minute or
> two, and then a broad grin oyerspread
i his countenance.
: it.. ?
1 Me evidently enjoyeci sue buujuuo
> brass and coolness of his new acquaint
- ance, and when service wan over he ap
r proached John, apologized for his rude
l ness, invited him to his house, Rave hi:n
[ the best he had, and treated him with
- tho utmost respect and consideration
I during his sojourn in the city.
What a Penny Did.
About a year ago a young girl resid
ing in the town of Villewood, Out., swal
lowed a penny. No unpleasant results
were experienced until several months
ago, when she was attacked at times
with violent pairis in her stomach. Phy
sicians were called but they were unable
to afford her any relief, and for some
time she has been failing rapidly, and it
is thought she cannot survive long. For
three weeks or more she has taken no
nourishment that she could retain. Her
mouth, she says, tastes just like a penny,
and the saliva from the stomach is of a
greenish color and strongly, impreg
nated with the smell of oopper. About
the only thing that sh? has relished is a
lemom _
UNRAVELING A MTSTERT.
Murders of Ninety Yearn Ago Brought t<
Light?Latoarette's Cabin In the Woodi
?Disappearance of the Family of i
Rival.
In 1790 Sir William Pnltney Jiavinj
placed in the market his vast posses
sions in which is now Steuben county,
*N. T., hundreds of immigrants from th(
East flocked to the section to take up
land. One route to the Pultney Patenl
passed through Pennsylvania, and th<
old ruined road near Knowland was i
part of the route.
About that time a Frenchman namec
Pierre Latourette built a log cabin ir
the above road, two miles west of Know
land. In his employ was anothei
Frenchman called Pepow, and his wife,
The location of the tavern was Buch thai
it became a favorite stopping place foi
immigrants. Latonrette was an olc
Frenoh soldier, and his disposition wat
snoh that he was very unpopular with
Lis guests. He had not been long ii
this tavern before stories of an ugly na^
tnre became ctirrent among the immi
grants. Many of them were robbed ai
the Frenchman's of money and valu
ables. Cattle left in his inclosnre at
night would be missing in the morning,
and could not be found until the ownei
paid Latonrette for. looking them up,
he claiming that they had escaped and
were foaming in the woods. It was also
alleged that men stopping at the tavern
had mysteriously disappeared, and were
never heard of afterward.
Some months after the Frenchman
put up his inn, a man named Vail, with
his wife and two children, were among a
party of immigrants on their way to the
DnlinAvi XTrtintliof flic
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Frenchman was a grinding landlord, and
only patronized from necessity, con
ceived the idea of bnilding a house near
by, on the road, for the accommodation
of immigrants. He secured some
land about three-quarters of a mile fur
ther west, and erected a tavern. This
took nearly all of the Frenchman's
business away. Three months afterward
there was a temporary lull in the travel.
The tide soon started up again, and one
night a party stopped at Yail's, but
found the house closed. Eeturning tc
Latourette's, the immigrants were told
that Vail had become tired of keeping
tavern, and had gone to Steuben county.
Nothing was ever seen or heard oi
Vail or his family afterward, however,
and it was generally believed that La
tourette had murdered Vail and hif
family and pillaged the house. Latou
rette remained in the tavern until immi
gration had almost ceased, and grew
rich. Pepow died on the place, and
his wife continued to live with Latou
rette. At the breaking out of the wai
of 1812 Latourette sold his property, and
departed in company with his late assist
ant's wife. The old log tavern was de
molished years ago, and the site is now
occupied by a farmhouse.
The above reminiscence of nearly a
century ago have been recalled by a
startling discovery made a few daye
since. A hooppole cutter named Hoff
was walking in the woods about two
miles from the site of the old Latourette
tavern. In clearing away a thicket at
tlio foot of a ledge of rocks he came upon
a large flat stone standing up on its
nrlrra nnroinut tlio rnflfU Ollfc nf ullfl f?T1
riosity he pried it over, and was sur
prised to sec that it had concealed an
opening in the ledge, some three feet in
circumference. Hofl crept in the open
ing on his hands and knees and found
that it gradually grew larger. He went
in several feet, when his hand came in
contact with a bard, round substance.
He brought it out into the light, and
was astounded to find that it was a
human skull. Hoflf dropped the skull,
and hurried to another part of the
woods where two other choppers were
at work. They returned to the cave
with him. One of them lighted a pine
knot, and crawled into the opening, fol
lowed by the others. They found n
cavern where they could stand upright,
and about twenty fee* in circumference.
By the glare of the torch they dis
covered four human skeletons lying on
the floor of the cave, 'lno men nastny
retreated, and came to this place, and
told of their discovery. Several men
repaired to the spot, and an attempt was
mado to bring the skeletons out entire,
but they fell to pieces on being dis
turbed. Dr. Kennedy examined the
bones, and said-that they were the re
mains of three males?one full grown?
and of one fomale. They were brought
to Knowland, and, after being viewed
by hundreds of people, were buried.
All the old stories connected with La
tourette tavern, which have been hand
ed down for several generations, were
at once set afloal;. There is no donbt in
the minds of any that the skeletons are
those of the Vail family, who were mur
dered by Latonretto ninety years 8go.
Tlie Mystery of Marshal >"ey.
A cnrions story is going the rounds ot
the Western press to the effect that
Marshal Ney was not shot, ns history
tells us, but that he came to the United
States and lived for many years in the
South, where he was known as Peter
Stewart Ney. The story is not a new
nna flnma fimo nhnnt. Mia vptir lfiSO. (1
VUO' U4"*v i,*'vv*v J 7 ?
French gentleman, known as Peter
Ney, resided in Darlington or Marlboro'
district, South Carolina, and pursued
the profession of teaching. Many old
citizens are still living who were his
pupils. Some curious facts are related
concerning this gentleman which tend
to corroborate the suspicion that he may
have been the Marshal Ney of the first
empire. At the time referred to he is
said to have been exceedingly reticent
as to his personal and private history.
In conversation, however, he showed
a remarkable familiarity with all the
events and battles'of the Napoleonic
wars, and very frequently commented
upon them, admitting freely that he had
taken an active part in them. His mar
tial bearing, style of dress, and the
saber scars upon his head, showed that
he had known military service. He is
nr.: A In VidTTfl Kaon fwvriorttllv rflRMrVflfl flTl (1
DaiU MJ W?TO MWU
quiet in his demeanor, but fond of a so
cial chat' -with men of his age. At
times he relapsed into fits of profound
melancholy, which occasionally ended in
a spell of intemperate drinking. He
seemed disposed to court ret'rement,
but on one occasion, when on a visit to
Columbia, he attended a military re
view on horseback, when his distin
guished and soldierly bearing attracted
much attention. The story goes that
some French travelers, who were in the
town at the time, declared most posi
tively that it could be no other than
Marshal Ney. This gentleman, more
over, always betrayed a marked interest
in every item of news connected with
Napoleon in his exile, and one day, sit
ting in his quiet schoolroom reading a
newspaper which he had just obtained,
he suddenly dropped from his chair in
a swoon. The paper on being examined
was found to contain the news of Bona
parte's death.
A Sudden Death.
What they call a sudden death in
Minnesota may be inferred from this
paragraph from the Winona Republican:
Frederick Peuser, one of the oldest citi
zens of New Ulm, died very suddenly
one Sunday morning recently, from the
effects of a gunshot wound received on
the memorable nineteenth of August,
1862, when the Sioux Indiana m*do thoir
attack on that place,
The Death Penalty.
Samuel J. Frcst was executed at tl
' county jail in Worcester, Mass., for tl
I murder of his -wife's brother, Frankl
P. Towne. The murder was commits
r on Sunday, July 4, 1875, in the barn (
^ the farm owned by Towne. After coi
mittiug tbe cNfcid Frost went to tl
house and assisted his wife to get tl
children, four in number, ready f<
church. After they had left the hou
he returned and buried the body und
the barn. Several times after this ]
removed the body, cutting it into piece
At the execution, as soon as Frost w;
seated upon the fatal platform, Rey. M
Lamson offered a short prayer. Ii
mediately at its close the sheriff read tl
death warrant, and when he had utter<
the closing words pressed firmly up<
the spHng, releasing the drop. Fro
had risen from his chair when the reai
ing of the warrant was begun, and tl
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the straps around his legs and arms, ar
before the reading was finished ht
shut out the light from him forever t
drawing the black cap over his heai
There was not an instant's delay, ar
less time than five minutes had pass*
between the time the doomed tcx
his first step upon the gallows stairs ar
that in which his body was thrown dow
ward by the release of the drop. T1
drop fell with hardly an audible soun<
and the light body of the murder*
brought the rope to a strong tensioj
The first thrill of a shudder had not it
through the more sensitive of the spe
tators when the body was seen spinnii
at the end of the rope, almost headlea
a fearful tear extending over the fro]
of the throat, and the blood gushing 01
in streams. Every eye was riveted c
the startling and unexpected spectae
as the body turned round, first disclo
ing and then concealing this gash. T1
blood, forced upward by the arteri
movements, spurted fountain-like upwai
from one to two feet, the stream fallii
to the floor in a circle round the han/
ing body. This circle extended even i
the framework of the gallows, which wi
in many places sprinkled with the bloo<
! The welling life-blood ponred from tl
' wound down the front of the body au
| trickled frcm the feet, forming a po
directly beneath the body. TMs recifc
donbtloss seems full of horrors, but
, falls far short of the realities of tl
scene. For some two minutes ti
arterial gushings of blood continue*
' and the slow dripping of the blood froi
the body continued a little longe:
Physicians then stepped under the ga
r lows and made their examination of tt
body. The knot of the rope had bet
placed behind Frost's left ear, almost i
the center of the neck. Frost was a ma
of 110 especial muscular developmen
and though he weighed but one hui
dred and twenty pounds, the drop wi
enough not only to break his neck, bi
to sever the spinal column entirel;
leaving the body hanging by the h
teguments of the rear portion only. Tt
body was allowed to hang a few minut<
after the examination by the doc ton
when it was lowered and carried fro:
beneath tho gallows. In twelve minut*
from the appearance of the executio
party the eyes of the murderer wei
closed forever. About one hundred an
fifty persons were present.
A Reformation Wanted.
A report of the New Tork State boar
of charities has the following : Ilfis bi
liAVfifl t.lmt, fchfl cloomv and Drison-lifc
, character with which some of those ii
etitutions are invested should be S(
aside. The grated windows of tb
, prison seen from afar, as the boy a]
proaches the reformatory, the high wal
of gray stone that surmount it, th
i formidable gateway at the entrant
i throngh which, as ho passes, he liea:
i behind him the clash of bar and bol
i falliDg upon his ears like the sentenc
of an irrevocable doom, the passage oi
, ward throngh massive doors that swin
heavily close behind him, till he fine
himself at length in his little roon
closed with a grated door and fastene
with a massive bar and lock, in win
seems to him a felon's cell, must powe:
, fully affect the vivid imagination of tl
young, no matter how hardened he ma
i be, and tend to break down pride <
character and self-respect. The boy ui
der such circumstances must feel thi
i fcho world has turned its bacK upon nw
that he has lost all; that every man
hand is against him, and that henci
i forth his hand must be against ovei
1 man. The shock once over, and fct
mind of the boy accustomed to the terr
ble ordeal, what dread has Auburn (
Sing Sing for him ? It is believed thi
i a large proportion of tne coys commi
t ted to reformatories do no, require thee
? forbidding restraints, and that sort
different and milder treatment combinin
in some way the family system should t
adopted for a large class of juvenile d<
linquents now being sent to the hous<
of refuge. If under this method the
! be still found incorrigible, they migl
i then be transferred to a more secui
- place and be put under stricter disc
pline. It is thought, however, that
( the experiment was once tried very fe
. would need to be so transferred.
At the Centennial.
TI10 following are the days fixed fc
the agricultural exhibits at the Oentei
nial : Strawberries, June 7th to 15tl
Early grass butter and cheese, June 13t
1 to 17th. Early summer vegetables, Jur
20th to 24th. Honey, June 20th to 24tl
Raspberries and blackberries, July 3d 1
8th. Southern pomological producti
July 18th to 22d. Melons, Aug. 22d t
1 26th. Peaches, Sept. 4th to 9th. Nortl
em pomological products, Sept. 11th t
18th. Autumual vegetables, Sept. 19t
to 23d. Cereals, Sept. 25th to 30tl
Potatoes and feeding roots, Oct. 2d t
1 7th. Grapes, Oct. 8th to 16th. Autum
butter and cheese, Oct. 17th to' 21s
Nuts, Oct. 23d to Nov. 1st. Autum
honey and wax, Oct. 23d to Nov. 1st.
Applications for entry should be ac
dressed to Burnet Landreth, chief of tb
Dureau 01 agriculture, jjiuuuti
are to be shown on Wednesday of eac
week. The field trials of mowing mi
chines, tedder and hay rakes will tat
place on ground near Schenck's statioi
on the Pennsylvania railroad, betwee
Philadelphia and Trenton, from Jim
15th to 30th, and the trials of reapei
from July 5th to 15th.
The bureau of agriculture offer tb
following prizes : First best cow, $25(
second befit cow, $100. For first be;
herd, $300. The scale of points to b
adopted by the club is founded upc
that of the KoyfJ Jersey Society.
Forgot Something.
There was a lawsuit lately whic
called in a scoro of people. Ilyorig
nated from the sale of a horse, jmd th
defendant's wife was one of the wi
nesses, or rather made a statement undf
oath. She testified thus and so, an
left the stand. Several other witnesse
had been yworn, when, all of a sudder
she asked to be recalled, telling th
lawyer that she had neglected an in
portant portion of testimony. She too
the stand, and he said :
"Well, Airs. , you can tell th
jury anything further you have bearin
on this case."
"Well, what I wanted to fay," sh
bluntly replied, "is that the complair
ant's wife has the reputation of wearin
false teeth and doing her hair up in pt
pera to make it curl I I forgot to r<
fer to it when I waa up hero before."
THE EXHIBITION.
A BIrd'a-Eye View of the Main Balldlni
The Panorama Irom the Naye and Tri
ept.
The Exhibition spreads its leaves a
blossoms like a lilac, showing every c
something new nnder the sun. Ai
pageant it becomes more and more
tractive. To-day, says a World lett
the interior of the Main building, rii
ing with music and gey with trophi
presents from any point along the nt
a gorgeous and exhilarating sight. 1
colored archways and pavilions s
mounted by heraldio blazonry of I
different nations, and the aisles on ev<
side hemmed in by various products
beauty and of use, are animated by ?
siderably more than the usual numl
of visitors. The floors, except wh
?Vm nonlrinff Vu-tTflO and atViiV
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in course of preparation, are bw<
cleaner than ever heretofore, and
looks bright, bewildering and fair.
The stroll through this imme:
building from end to end is, if one d
not physically exhaust himself by i
profitable sideway excursions, still lik
enough to fatigue his powers of obser
tion and memory, and irritate or <3
the edges of his tastes. Happy the n
whose knowledge or conceit or insti
enables him to pass by the vast mass
things whioh he perceives to be?'
worthy, and to occupy himself only w
those objects here which denote on 1
instant tne fullest, ripeet developm
of the industries of thirty natio
Otherwise the resources of his o
country even will oppress him so t
when he has passed them in review
will be as dazed as an owl at noon.
The universal Yankee nation trium]
over every other in its extent and vei
tility, and in some respects in its sh
Its display of silverware, of househ
furniture, oI colored and tinted marb]
of arms, metals, musical instramer
minerals and cotton fabrios, is supei
to that from any foreign country. *So
American carpets, too, and imitat
laces hold their own contrasted w
their respective grades in Engla
Everywhere aloug the left for w
seems a quarter of a mile until they rei
the transept, the successes and failw
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tnogtiius U11U IUO uuuimoo v> uuu UU
States exhibition keep people star
with eyes mostly fish-like, but occasi
ally admiring or detective. In contr
to the perfumeries that vainly seek
rival the scents of Cologne and 1
tapestries which show their sharp hi
and sheen in cases which none but 1
judges and a few intending purchas
are likely to compare with the magn
cent modern tapestry work in the Spi
ish pavillion?besides these and mi
other showy but inferior American p
ducts there are things of excellent me
in the form of jewelry, bijouterie, soa
toys, "magic lounges," mirrors, and
thousand or two articles else. The sh
of books and bindings is not what mif
have been expected. That of iron a
granite is superb. While there is
iron in America like the Swedish (wh
osirt he twisted, cold, into ropes a
cables), some of our processes rent
iron sufficiently malleable. And he
in piles of rails and pyramids toweri
near to the ceiling, its uses, and th<
of steel, brass and copper, are express
to the admiration even of some of <
British cousins. Of surgical inst
ments, and surgical a'pplicances affis
to models and shining with silver, p
ished steel and fine embroidery, th<
is an exhibition which might reconcil
belle in the dancing season to a brol
limb, and which a snrgeon who has gc
through the building tells me outrai
in merit anything of its kind from I
other countries.
To the right the panorama of Mexi<
the Netherlands, Brazil, Belgium, Swi
erland and France and her colonies ?
peacs. Glimpses of the costnmes, it
rics, minerals, vegetable products a
models of the architecture of the turl
lent bat rich and advancing republic
our Southern border; of the .great ma
of Holland and its dykes, which conci
the further illustrations of its industrii
of the Belgium exhibit in chaos, and
the unique Swiss woodwork and otl:
ornamental work, constantly engage a
occasionally enchant the eye. T
T?ror?/?Vi Axhihifcinn arrests it. and it
difficult for any one to pass through tl
comparatively ephemeral display wii
ont yielding to the seductive demands
makes on the attention. L javing out
view for the present those articles
legitimate use and luxury in the mar
facture of which the French are withe
peers, some of the objects here set foi
satirize most shockingly the taste
some of our leaders of fashion. The
are dresses here that'would make a Fii
avenue matron stare with horror, hosie
which she would order off her dang
ter's feet if she ever caught it on the:
and gloves which she would fling ii
the grate or withal gratify her waf
woman. Of the splendor of the si]
and laces; the rich carpets; the se
vases and jewelry of silver and gold; t
inimitable trinkets; and at last the cos
bronzes of the French exhibition, soi
dazzling appearanoes are caught as y
approach the grand circle under t
central pavilion of the building.
Bound about at the four angles of t
pavilion are the advance ornamental <
hibitions of the United States, G
many, Great Britain" and France. 1
matchless silver array from Tiffan
and the Gorham manufacturing co
pany's, the Konigl Porzellan manuf
turer's highly creditable collection
German porcelain, and Elkington
Co.'s exhibition of silver and gold, co
plement the Paris bronzes which fla
the mantelpiece of Merchard.
To the left again the glittering A
trian and Hungarian spectaole appea
Beyond that a few Russian goods (I
Russian articles have not half arriv<
_ I oirrnifo fcVio Honntiog nf tho nrnmif
Russian exhibition iu the combinati
of marbles, jaspers, chalcedonies, la
lazuli and other stones used in the fat
cation of vases for which the visi
must seek somo distance back. 1
gloomy and rather tawdry inclosure
the Spanish exhibition; the partially
cupied spaco of Turkey; Egypt's sh
of heavy and vivid Oriental stuffs a
objects of antiquity; the bright portal
the pavilion of Denmark; the exhibiti
of Swedish arms and warlike elBgi
and the magnificent exhibition of 1
empire of Japan, all pass in review 6
*/-? +ho Inft. f!hinn on/1 TiATf n
opposite these Sweden and Norway,
the thnuder clouds shut out the lig
and the rain now begins to descend
torreuts?cooling and even chilling 1
draught that sweeps through the gr
western doorway?the sight of the n
furs from Greenland and the robes
eider down- from far Sweden is delig
fu^to the gathering crowd of ladies, -n
are calling for their shawls and u
brellas, and who almost pity the vagu
defined bronze figures which appear
the shadowy front of the Italian exhi
tion, unprotected against the waft
the storm.
A Lono Imprisonment.?a man \
lately released from Ludlow street jt
New York, whero he had been confiii
for six years for debt. He looked thi
years older when ho camo out than wL
he went in.
A merchant went homo the otl
night and said cheerfully to his wi
"Well, my dear, I've failed at las
" Oh, that's good I" exclaimed the wi
with a radiant face; " now we can go
the Centennial, aure,"
A Bale for Preaching.
Begin low;
r? Go on elow ;
ln* Riee higher,
And take fire;
I When moat impressed,
y Be aelf-posaesBed; <
a * At the end wax warm,
er And ait down in a storm,
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es, Items of Interest.
'he " Great Unknown "?The mer
?? chant who doesn't advertise.
There are thousands of patents to
facilitate labor, but few to facilitate rest.
Of the 33,000 tersona employed in
watchmaking in Switzerland, one-third
are women.
The manner in which William Perm
obtained land from the Indian bnreaa is
about to be investigated.
The Norristown Herald thinks thev
call it insurance because the company is
in, sure, if anything happens.
A Salt Lake Oity paper asserts that
the recent gunpowder explosion caused
one hundred premature births.
It is a fact of much significance that
Japan has adopted the first day of the
week?the Christian Sunday?as a day
of rest.
It has been figured out that the aver
age American is worth $350. It is there
fore something to be an average man in
this country.
A medical journal states that a pebble
carried in the moutii excites tne salivary
glands to act with audi energy that
thirst is not felt.
There is a time when a man gladly
gets a pail of water or an armful of wood
for a woman. It is when he is a boy,
and she is a teacher.
Mistrust the man who finds every
thing good, the man who finds evertbing
evil, and still more, the man who is in
different to everything.
"Madam," said a gentleman to his
wife, " let me tell you, facts are very
stubborn things." "What a fact you
must be," quoth the lady.
A girl was asked by a very thin gentle
man if she didn't think she could learn
1 l:.
unri two a
I/O JLUVU illUif JL UII^UU u jwu nw
stuffed " was the laughing reply.
A number of American girls in Cali
fornia have married Chinamen. They
get husbands who are economical house
keepers and willing to do their own
washing.
Patient (to doctors after consultation
?" Tell me the worst, am I going to
die?" "We are divided on that ques
tion, sir; but there is a majority of one
that you will live."
Annie Starck, aged thirteen, of Som
erville, N. J., found a rusty revolver in
a barn and rapped it on a stone to knock
off dirt that had accumulated on it. The
charge went off and killed her.
Child?"JFapa, Mr. wineio turn tuea
went to heaven, didn't he?he taught
in the Sunday-school?" Papa?" We
will drop that subject, my child, Mr.
Winkle was president of a gas company."
We read about a Louisville gentleman
who took his wife to the rink, and be
cause of her want of skill became enraged
and at the top of his voice called ner
" an old bow-legged kangaroo on
skeets."
It appears that Britain has already
had an empress named Victoria. She
lived A. D. 270, was the wife of Beno
sus, and contemporary with Zenobia,
being called the Empress of the West
in contradistinction to Zenobia's title of
Empress of the East.
The Albany Journal says, anent the
Philadelphia Exposition: Massachu
setts shines conspicuous among the
States represented in Machinery ball; no
other State has anything like her variety
of manufacturing mac bines?special ma
chines for special work.
An English officer who recently tried
to get a divorce from his frivolous wife
only succeeded in drawing from the
judge a lecture on feminine flirtation.
His bonor remarked that there had of
late yeaid been an alarming increase of
this silliness among wives.
The people of Akron, Ohio, are hurry
ing up as much as possible to get
their new lunatio asylum completed. A
grand " musical festival" will be inau
gurated there, in which twenty-five
brass bands are expected to take part,
all contending for prizes amounting to
8350.
We witnessed a touching scene the
other day. A full grown, healthy look
ing married man was going towards the
suburbs with a base ball clnb over his
shoulder, and, in a few minutes there
after, while passing his house, we no
ticed his wife sawing wood in the back
yard.
An intelligent foreigner, passing
iV.mTT<vVi fVia cfrvWa nf Philft/Jfilflhl l. took
out his notebook at the end of along
walk, and made a little memorandum to
the effect that " eighty-nine per centum
of the population of Philadelphia are
members of the powerful family of
Roomstolet."
Some one writing for an English pa
per a description of the Centennial
grounds at Philadelphia says that Bel
mont avenue divides them into two
zones, the "tempers,te" and the "in
temperate." On one side are all the
fountains and the lake; on the other are
the restaurants.
A St. Joseph man, one year married,
says there is a great deal in the expres
sion of a back comb to denote the state
of the domestic atmosphere. When his
wife's comb nesftjg quietly in its proper
place, all is wellwfliinim, but when it is
lifted and leans forward, he says:
"Look out for squalls."
(Pleasant for George, who is enter
taining "the governor " with the latest
college gossip.) Pater.?"Now, George,
tViia 4a oil t7ott7 troll abont the foot-ball,
the prospeots of the cr jw, and the rest
of it; now suppose yon let us know about
the Greek and Latin, and this afternoon
we will go over all your bills."
Years ago, before dams and mills ob
structed the shad on their passage up
the Merrimac, spring found the head
waters full of these fish. They were
caught by the cartloa^aad used by the
farmers for manure. The old rule was:
"A shad to a hill of corn."' "They con
niir.oTiViftffl nf the early days.
fbllfUbCU buu jyuvu^/UH.v >-- - ^
A centennial incident: " An' bow far
might a square be?" paid a patriot
stranger to a patriot driver on a street
car. " Sure, and if ye was a Philaydel
pbian like meself, ye would know it was
to tbe next corner." "An'is it thiD,"
exclaimed tbe patriot stranger, " fwhat
we New Yaarkers call a block ?" " An*
it is."
From Burlington comes news of a
little girl only nine years of age, wbo
bas developed a wonderful talent for
sculpture. Sbe chiseled a carbuncle
on the side of ber brother's head with
a screwdriver so neatly that her friends
" * A- f/1 ll.ire
think ot sending ner iu X1U1UU VV ?
^ hor learn to mangle marble in the Italian
ej language.
fty A mad ox broke from liis driver at
iea Dijon (France) drove him up a tree,
and then attacked the carriages in tlio
road, making the horses boit. For two
ler hours traffic was entirely suspended,
fe: many persons seeking shelter in the
t." trees, when, at,last, a squad of gendarmes
fe, with rifles drew near. The bull charged,
to I but received a volley of musketry at
I twenty yards, which quitted him,