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'BY W. A. LEE AND HUGH WILSON.
ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 1876.
VOLUME XXIV.?NO. 13. j
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Be Still!
'Tia better far to epeak no word at all
Than murmur a!! tho changing heart may
feel!
The sweetest words may sometimes taste like
g?U, AV*> : ; 'f- ?T
And soft heart*? turn to citadela of steel!
The silent tlien ard tafest too, for euoh
Will never say too little, nor too much.
'Kb better far to leave thy thoughts uncoined
In words, for then they cannot be purloined,
Nor mixed with baser metal, thus to be
Palmed ou the public, a false currency !
A thought uu^oken never loses power
Outspoken, it may perish in an hour !
Thy heart is thine own caatle. Lock the
gate!
'lis better far if it be desolate
To be sole witness of its empty shrine!
And if 'tis peopled by a world or thine,
Let it be silent I Who can understand
The language spoken in that mystic land ?
If thoa mu<st epot.k, of others speak bat good,
As of thyself. Let this be understood :
If thou canst not of them a good recall,
'Twere better far that thou didst not Bpeak at
all! * X #
Be still! Tho silent are the wisest; such
Will never say too little, nor too much !
THE STORY OF A RING.
? t s? r - -t
i ? i] ! ? rf;u
It seemed to me the most unfortunate
position in the world.
I had arrived, about ten minutes be
fore, at the house of an aunt whom I
had never seen, and who was sick. I
was to be her nurse and oompanion.
Her aerv&ut had shown me ioto this
wretched trap, as I now called it, in
anguish of spirit, though it was really a
pretty, cheerful little r^om, opening by
a cnrtained arch from the parlor, in
forming me that the housekeeper would
be there immediately to conduct me to
my aunt And here was I, an utter
stranger, assisting at a lovers' quarrel.
Two persons had entered the room an
instant after I had seated myself. It
was twilight, and the lamps were not
yet lighted. I was wholly invisible, and
they evidently imagined themselves to
possess the solitude befitting their con
versation. ! . .
"The farce may as well end here,"
had said a woman's voice at the moment
of her crossing the threshold. "For
my part, I am weary of the play. . I no
longer love you, and I will not pretend
affection merely to feed your vanity,
which is as limitless as your imperti
nence in persisting in attentions that
you Fee I detest." ,
It was the most intolerably proud voice
that could be imagined.
" I still love you, and you know it.
And I have far too much faith in your
former professions to credit the words
put into, your mouth by the anger of an
unfortunate moment. You are utterly
mistaken in your supposition. My love
for you is always "?
" Your love for me! Tour love !"
with an accent of angry scorn that de
fies description. ? Never dare to men
tion to me again a word that you cannot
oomprehencL It is an insult to me to
hear it?an insult that I will not endure.
An**> core your apprehension of my
repentance, let me tell you that I, who
know the meaning of this word that you
utter so glibly?I love some one else."
She stepped swiftly to the window
and threap it open. There was an in
stant's Silence. There was audible the
rustle of her sleeve as she tossed some
thing from her with force.
" I have thrown your ring away," she
explained, with a nonchalance in extra
ordinary contrast with her former vio
lence.? ' ""I threw it toward the cistern.
Possibly it has slipped through some
crevice or other, and gone down into
the water. I hope so, In that case it
isimooseible that the sight of it can
ever again insult me with the remem
brance that I bave worn it. Permit me
to wish you an exceedingly good even
ing I" , :
It was easy to imagine the mocking
reverence of the courtesy she now swept
him; then she w?s gone. Immediately
after, and'silently, he also left the apart
ment
They did not go too soon, whoever
they were. A cold perspiration damp
ened my forehead; I really trembled.
The yohemence of the feelings engaged,
the carfcainty felt by the actors of their
complete isolation, and my own inno
cent guilt in overhearing, all quite over
pOWtTOCl UUB.
Half a miuute did not elapse after the
last sound of the gentleman's footsteps
before the parlor door again opened,
and a prim littie woman entered, with &
lamp in her hand. She looked in all the
oorncrs, as one might "search for a
dropped pocket handkerchief, and at
last perceived the new-comsr.
"Ah, miss, I Ifave kept yon waiting
quite a time, to be sure ! But your aunt
took a sudden notion to pat mustard
draughts on her ankles?though Dr.
Richardson had just gone, and he never
thought of ordering them!?and have
'em Khe must. And I supposed you'd
be comfortable here."
" Quite comfortable, thank you. The
servj-at said you would come presently.'
"Well, you'd best have some tea be
fore you see your aunt. She told me
to give you some. I shall try to find
something you like; though what with
all these people flying about the house
that have got no business here?this
company, I mean?I don't know whether
I ?ej on my head or feet."
I received the refreshments she
brought me gratefully, after which I
wsh conducted to my aunt's room.
Consideration for the feelings of
other peoplo was not ono of the old
lady's characteristics, and after a few
disparaging remarks on my personal ap
pearance, I was dismissed for the
night.
Thii sun was just risen next morning
when I took courage to step outside and
iook aDoni jae. me grass was verj
wet with dew,, but how it sparkled in
that fresh ligbt! All at once I.stopped
and stared about me. There, glitter
ing in the grass, lay a ring. I stood like
one fascinated, gazing at it very foolish
ly, for I knew well what ring it was.
Presently I heard some one caliing far
off, and not stopping to think, I picked
the ring up, and ran back to the house,
all trembling.
At breakfast I endeavored to discover
the hero and heroine of last evening's
drama, 'lwo of the ladies were sisters,
tall, languid blondes, very beautifully
dressed, and very dainty. They trifled
elegantly with their knives and forks,
and carried on airy summer morning
flirtations with two gentlemen, who
were each dark, and, like the ladies,
dressed with care a little too exquisite.
The third lady, Miss Huntingdon, was a
little person, with soft, pleasant, viva
cious manners, in whose conversation
was always a concealed sarcasm. But
it was far too indifferent and too good
natured to belong to the lady of last
night. Besides, her sweet mocking
voice was as different as possible from
the deep, passionate tones that had so
thrilled me. And of the four gentle
men present, oeitainly not one at all re
sembled the portrait I had painted for
my hero. I was puzzled, and felt sadly
guilty again as thought of the ring
lying all silently there in my pocket, and
carrying everywhere with it a story
which I knew and had jdo right to
know.
Pay followed day, and the days melted
gradually into weeks. When the novelty
of my position was fever, it proved not
nearly so terrible as it had seemed at
first. Aunt Agnes said many harsh
things, but she did not mean them all,
and the goodness of her heart compen
sated in some measure for the asperities
of her tongue.
I saw a great deal of Dr. Richardson.
He was more than kind. - He thonght
my life loresome and joyless, and
brought me many books that I had
longed for, and interested himself in lit
tle things that happened, talking with
me often, and always leaving me hap
pier than he found me.
But there was cne thing that troubled
me much. I sometimes fancied?and
with unaccountable distress?that in Dr.
Richardson I had discovered the owner
of the ring. Certain tones of his voice
pierced me like a sudden pain, they car
ried me back so vividly to that unfortu
nate hour in the dim little alcove. Yet
when I looked into his faoe again, and
Viin arraa on /?nnt.Ant Rfl frATlltlv hfln
py, this imagination melted into a
sweeter dream. But it returned again
and again, and always with deeper
pain.
The visitors I found on my arrival
were long once gone. Miss Hunting
don lived in the neighborhood; and it
would, perhaps, be proper to say that
we were become quite intimate, had not
all the tali and revelation been on her
side. J, for my part, had had no ad
ventures, and it seemed to me not inter
esting to offer theories to one who could
narrate facts.
One day she upbraided me for my
want of confidence, but I really had
nothing to tell, until at last I bethought
myself of the story of the ring.
"How very curious!" cried Miss
Huntingdon, when I had ended, her
brown eyes opened wide. " Do let me
see it. I shall certainly know it if I
have ever seen it before.
So I took" it from the case where it lay
glittering, and put it iiito her hands.
And it was with a strange foolish pang
that I saw her examine it, and heard
her chatter concerning it. She looked at
it with unfeigned interest.
"It is really beautiful," she said,
"and most uncommon. No, there is not
one among my acquaintance that I have
ever seen wear such a ring. It is the
oddest thing ! And it all happened
the evening you arrived ?"
She had turned quite away from me,
and was looking ^out of the window. I
could not see her face at all.
" Miss Huntingdon," I said, gravely,
with an emotion which I concealed as
well as I was able, "..will you answer me
a question truthfully I"
"Any question that a friond should
ask, I will answer- truthfully." She did
not turn toward me as she spoke.
J-VkAvk moo if nof t?Aii wAnrcmlf
who threw this ring away V
Now she did turn, and looked me
frankly in the eyes.
"Truthfully, it was not I." .
" Thank you?oh, thank you 1"
Why did I furtively kiss the ring ?
Why, if shehad said " Yes," would I, in
turn, have thrown it passionately away?
Ah ! the reader guesses.
It was perhaps a fortnight after that I
sat alone at my window watching tie sun
set beyond the hills, white with snow,
but seeing it as one sees in a dream.
All my thoughts were wandering to
ward a happy hour last evening, when
Dr. Richardson had asked mo to be his
wife.
From thence the days fled by like a
dream. They were so happy, but so
short?that was all I had to complain
of; and they too rapidly brought near a
day that-1 longed for and yet dreaded.
*1 il 5 J * 1 ? 1.1
i duu?in is a baa cuuionsiuu?iur uie
first time in my life I looked at myself
often in the mirror. It seemed as if I
had suddenly grown almost pretty.
There was a pink color in my cneeks;
my pale eyes had darkened and bright
ened. One day?think how foolish I?I
really leaned over and kissed my own
lips; it seemed so delightful to be a lit
tle handsome that i felt grateful to the
mirror.
"Do not you wish I were beautiful?"
I said, one afternoon, to Dr. Richard
son, with a wistful longing that he
should tell me he thought me so. We
were standing near the open door of the
parlor, just as he was taking leave.
"Indeed I do not," he answered,
frankly. "I love you just as you are."
That was pleasant, but not what I
wished to hear. f.
"Bat do not you wish I were as hand
some as?as Miss Huntingdon, for in
stauce ?" I persisted. "Think how bright,
and laughing her brown eyes are 1 And
what a gypsy color rises in her cheeks
when she is excited ! She looks aflame
sometimes."
" She does indeed," said Dr. Richard
son, Bailing; " but I am not a salaman
der. I have no wish that you should
resemble her. Miss Huntingdon is
too
"Too excellent for this world 1" cried
that lady's laughing voice outside. Sbe
had just entered the hall, and stopped a
moment at the parlor door. " Good
afternoon, Dr. Richardson. Is the pa
tient up stairs better to-day ? I am on
my way to see her. I shall not take you
with me, Agues, in order to earn Dr.
Richardsou's good opinion over again?
for once he had a good opinion of me."
She 'looked tip at him side-wise and
laughed. She was wonderfully pretty
this afternoon?all sparkle and glow.
There wus an, instant's, but only an
instant's, odd constraint in'Dr. Bichard
son's manner; then he said, quite
gravely: "You havo not forfeited my
good opinion, Miss Huntingdon."
44 The truth is, Dr. Richardson," said
Miss Huntingdon, her face all lighted
with siucy, inward laughter?"tho
truth is, you owe me a debt of grati
tudo deeper than you can ever repay.
Tell me now, frankly, if it were not for
me would you be at this moment the
happy man you are ?"
" J?'rankiy, i wonia not." .
Dr. Richardson was very serious.
Even Miss Huntingdon seemed to veil
some feeling under her gay manner. I
was troubled.
" Why do you two talk in riddles?"
I asked. " Do you not both know that
I have no talent for guessing ?"
"At least you sbali not cultivate it
just now, dear," said Miss Huntingdon.
" Dr. Kichardson will tell you when I
am gone. 1 must go to your aunt. It
does her good to soold me." She tamed
away and moved a step or two, and
then looked back with a changed face.
"Agnes." she said, wistfully, "would
you mind kissing me?"
" Mind kissing you ? What a ques
tion ! But you are not going away
immediately?" ;
" Oh, I don't know. Perhaps I had
better bid you good-bye now. She
kissed mo twice. " Good-bye!" she
said. Absolutely the spark in her eyes
was quenched in dew I "Agnes," she
said, with an odd sort of half laughing
seriousness, " if you should ever come
to think that Ananias was a moral
> character in comparison with myself, it
would be impossible for you to love me
any more, would it not ? But let me
1 assure you, my dear, that some stories
are'told with the best possible inten
s tions."
Then she left us.
" What can she mean, dear ?" I
asked, turning in wonder to Dr. Bich
f ardson.
He led me to the chair I had quitted,
and placing me there again, Btood before
me.
" Agnes, she means me to oonfew to
vou something that you need neve
nave known. And yet, perhaps, it i
better that you should. She .means tha
I once loved her."
He -went on talking for a few minutes
but I do not know what he said. M;
hands were cold, and objects before m;
eyes were blurred. She had deceive*
me. It was to her and to him I hai
listened that evening so long. He heu
loved her. I, who heard him declar
it, knew the depth of sincerity in th
voice that told her so. Had ho songh
my love as a solace for the wound tha
she had inflicted ? Friend and lover
were both to fail me ?
" Have you nothing to say, Agnes
Why do you not answer me ?"
" Wait for me one moment," I re
plied, hearing my voice, but hardly re
cognizing it. "I will answer you whei
I return."
I left him abruptly, going slowly u]
stairs, my heart feeling broken. I go
the ring, and. came down again, no
I trembling at all, quite quiet, with tha
dreamui cairn wnicn accepts despair
In the blind jealousy of the moment i
seemed impossible that he could reall;
love me, having once loved her.
"It is usual, I believe," I said, witl
some sort of a smile, " to break an en
gagement by returning a ring. Woulc
you like that ours should be broken so
This is your ring, is it not?"
" What do you mean, Agnes ? When
did you get this ring?" cried Dr. Rich
ardson, in great surprise.
" I was in the aloove there the nigh
that Miss Huntingdon threw it away
I found it in the garden next morning
I heard all that you both said. She ha!
deceived me. She said, when I askec
her, that this ring w?8 never hers. Anc
you have deceived me; you told me tha
you loved me."
In another moment the sob in m]
voice would have given place to miser
able childish tears. But Dr. Richard
son folded mo in his arms and kissec
me, laughing. __ That comforied m<
more than any words could have done,
" Poor trusting little one I" he cried,
" Tho whole world is in conspiracy
against you, is zjul it t ? uuuu pmj uj
role to the end, however, and say that ]
love you forever. And cannot yon for
give Misa Huntingdon? Is not sh(
right when she says that I owe my hap
pinesa to her ? And she may have told
the story that grieves you for the pur
pose of making us happy. Cannot yoB
forgive her?"
Yes. When he had talked to me ar
hour or two, paitionlarly when he had
reassured me as to the grounds upon
which I held his love, I freely forgave
her. Sitting there in the delicious twi
light, with that dear voice sounding sc
lovingly in my ears, whom and whal
could I not have forgiven ? ^,.. x
And then, in the dusk, I heard hei
light footstep on the stair, and the rustic
of her dress.
"Come in, dear Miss Huntingdon," ]
uneu, "" ULIU lOU UO IUOO juu vuw muiv.
I have your ring on my finger, and love
you more than I ever did in my life."
And we have been friends all our days
until now.
.1 ,
The Moon a Dead World.
Among the illusions swept away bj
modern science Tas the pleasant fancj
that the moon was a habitable globe,
like the earth, its surface diversified
with seas, lakes, continents and islands,
and varied forms of vegetation. Theo
logians and savants gravely discussed
the probabilities of its being inhabited
by a race of sentient beings, with forms
and faculties like our own, and ever
propounded schemes for opening com
munication with them, in case they ex
isted. One of these was to construcl
on the broad highlands of Asia a series
of geometrical figures on a scale so gi
gantic as to be visible from our planetarj
neighbor, on the supposition that the
moon people would recognize the ob
ject, and immediately construct similai
figures in reply, extravagant and absurd
as it may appear, but the discussion was
kept up at intervals, urtil it was dis
covered that if there were people in the
moon they myit be able to live withoul
breathing or eating or drinking. Then i1
ceased.
There can be no life without air,
Beautiful to the eye of a distant observer
the moon is a sepulchral orb?a world o:
death and silence. No vegetatior
clothes its vast plains of stony desola
tion, traversed by monstrous crevices,
broken by enormous peaks that rise likt
gigantic tombstones into space; no lovelj
forms of cloud float in the blackness o:
its sky. The daytime is only nigh
lighted by a rayless sun. There is n(
rosy dawn in the morning, no twilight ir
the evening, The nights are pitch dark,
In daytime the solar beams are los
against the jagged ridges, the sharj
points of the rocks, of the steep sides o:
profound abysses; and the eye sees onlj
grotesque shapes relieved against fantas
tic shadows black as ink, with none o:
that pleasant gradation and diffusion o
light, none of the subtle blending o;
light and shadow, which makes th<
charm of a terrestrial landscape. Ther<
is no color, nothing but dead white anc
block. The rocks" reflect passively tin
light of the sun; the craters and abysse:
remain wrapped iu shade; fantahtii
naulro vi'qq ltlro nhflTif/Mna in f.liflii* ryla/?io
cemetery; the stars appear like spots ii
the blackness of space. The moon is t
I dead world; she has no atmosphere.
The Claimant Again.
Mr. Guildford Onslow and Mr. An
thony Biddnlph visited Arthur Orton
the Tichborne claimant, in Dartmoo:
prison, the other day, and in the even
ing they addressed a small public meet
ing. Lord Rivers was absent, from in
disposition. Mr. Biddulph said he wai
more convinced than ever that the claim
ant was hi< cousin, and in France
Germany, and America there was a con
firmed belief that a frightful miscarriagi
of justice had taken place in the Tien
borne case. Mr. Guildford Onslow sail
the claimant, in his degradation, stil
retamea tne manner 01 a true-oorn gen
tleman and the pride oT the Tichbornea
The home secretary had refused Mr
Biddulph an extension of time in hi
visit, and he (M. Onslow) promised tha
he should bring this cm el treatment be
fore the constituents of Mr. Cross ii
Lancashire, in the hope that they woul<
remember it against him at the nex
election. The claimant was in far bette
health than chey expected to find him
for on the last visit it looked as if al
hope had left him. A great chang
for the better had come over him, am
he was in good health and tranquil L
mind, not only in his knowledge of hi
innocence, but that his friends wouL
work till he was released. There wa
no doubt that at the next general elec
tion the Tichborne question would d
made a hustings cry, and he believed th
result would be the release of th
claimant. .
Novel Jewelry.
Thomas Jefferson's great-grand daugh
ters, who reside, in comparative po\
erty, in Florida, have .contributed to th
Centennial several beautiful sets of fish
scale jewelry. The material used is th
large scales of certain fish found ii
Southern waters. These are bleachei
and then fashioned into the charmin|
brooches, earrings and necklaces no\
displayed in the Women's pavilion.. I]
beauty of design and finish they riva
the airy filigree work of the Swedes o
I Italians.
r The Chinese Question.
? The anti-Chinese question on tl
' cifio coast has in all likelihood
given more prominence than it desf
' Those who participate in it are ge:
^ ly of the brawling class, small j
| cians anxious to curry favor wil
a bbrers and artitans whose appr
, sions, especially in a time of cod
cial depression, are always <
aroused, and sensation mongers ea{
, accept the offered opportunity to
, up " China town " again and inv
few details to snit the occasion, ai]
hind them all is tho hoodlum elf
f on the alert for anything which ]
ises a riot end an occasion for pi
In the midst of the turmoil raise
these agitators it is not easy fa
voice of common sense to be heard
1 principle is very apt to be sway<
silenced by prejudice. Neverth
? we venture the prediction thati
? respectable citizens of California
. be polled they would, by an overw]
ing majority, declare that the pr
no A a in no nndaoi
tuiii"iu.uju^unt<u uuoauo xotw imu^oi
as it is unjust.
The Six Companie&iiave, in the
peal to the President and people o
United States, made an effective pi
tation of a strong case; it might
been bettered if the signers had cl
to go more into detail. There is, I
stance, not the slightest fear thai
Chinese can ever becomo so num
as appreciably to affect our social c
litical institutions. Granted thai
same rate of immigration which
hoodlums effect to consider a sotu
danger be maintained for a cen
with allowance for increase by ns
causes, our Chinese population in
would only be 5,000,000 as against
many millions of whites ? Besidef
anti-Chinese argrrment defeats i
for in the same breath that it is r
that the Celestials pour in her<
myriads it is also charged against,
that they don't come to stay an
Americanized, Dun as soon as mey
made a little money take it an? t
selves home to the flowery king
The positions are inconsistent, an
the Californians elect to stand on 01
must reject both.
The economical considerations o
question hardly merit serious atten
If the Ohinese pay their taxes, rent
fares, and earn and purchase that v
they wear and consume,'the commi
must be a gainer. . If they worl
less wages than other people, then I
is a saving of capital which will
other investments and open newfiel
industry. Inasmuch as the most ]
denunciations of the Chinese <
from people who do not work e:
when menaced by starvation,
flhinoatx lin.ro rnflior fliA liel.fcer of
argument.
So with the. moral and social fea
) of the question. The prison stat:
. of California and San Francisco i
the average of crime among the Ch
to be lower than among the rest o:
' population. If their residences are
lio nuisances, why are not the nuist
1 abated by those charged with pre
ing the public health and morals ?
they any worse than some of the <
ters frequented by other foroign
dents ? Whenever those who no
| loudly declaim against Chinese i:
gration are able to answer such <
j tions as these, it will be time to i
them to take the next step and i
! cause for excepting one particular
[ ule from the operation of our lawi
competition in our markets.
It is by no means flattering to on
tional pride that in tlus cente
year such a discussion as this sboul
waged, and that all the courtesy
cogency should be displayed on the
of the uncivilized heathens.? New
Times. - ;
The Saltan's Downfall.
The tragic fate of Abdul Aziz im
renewed interest to the story of hi
from power. The incidents whici
tended his overthrow and impr
ment appear to bo as follows : The
isters assembled at the residence ol
grand vizier, and discussed the sta
fjublic affairs. They concluded tha
ess some radical measures were ad<
general rebellion and a total coliar:
the state- would result. A resol
was adopted ombodying these v
and a petition to the sultan was il
up praying him to abdicate in ord
save the country. The sultan rec
the petition with affected com pa
and said he would consider the mi
There was a great popular demoi
tion in the streets. The trade gi
headed by the softas, marched t<
sultan's palace, unopposed by the
tary, who were evidently disaffe
The crowd cheered for Murad anc
manded the downfall of Abdul Aziz
the.meantime Murad having bee:
leased from his own house to whic
had been confined by the sultan
conducted to the mosque and as S
Qaam affnr
L luuiau uuo. xxjuu* kivwu. mawi.
f Suleiman Pasha, accompanied by sol
5 and officers, informed Abdul Aziz
i the nation had deposed him, an*
1 should surrender the palace to hif
5 cessor. The attitude of the troops
3 vinced Aziz that resistance was in
; sible. Accordingly he with his fa
1 Lousehold, and fifty-three boats
i with women left the building, and
i conveyed under escort to the Tchei
palace.
Immediately after his overthro
ports were current that the sultar
been murdered. His fate created
concern in the royal courts of Eu
? Queen "Victoria took steps at once
r assured of his personal safety. The
- iety was aliased by a telegraphic <
lar from the porte wherein it was s
- that the ex-sultan would be treated
3 the consideration and honor due t
- WAWI/Vn Ttilirvw Kalnr?m?? f
pCJiOUi-l. JL UC jJLX T iiiUU kroxuugUJg ?
? Toheragan palace, on tlie Bosph
had been assigned him as a reaid
3 This building is a wooden struc
with a fine platform built out befc
1 to the water's edge. Despite thi
1 cial assurance rumors have been cu
- that the ex-sultan would be sent to
Minor, where it would bo out o
power to disturb the government.
8 may halve been fears of this step, a
t as the hostility of the new vizier, i
" led Abdul Aziz to oommit suicide.
1 leading incidents of his career, in
i are as follows: He was the sou of i
^ guinary despot and was born in
r He ascended the Ottoman throi
I Iftfil onrl fnr aovprnl troaro crftVft T1P(
- "'^"* 1 ~~~ ? j ? o- - r ~
11 of being a wise and prudant rnler.
? failed, however, to carry out the r<
* he initiated and allowed the sta
a drift into insolvency and disorder.
? ing his reign there were revolts in
^ and Herzegovina. The weakness 1
8 trayed in dealing with the latter c
the disaffection which resulted i
e fali.
6 His death removes all pretext fo
0 recognizing his successor on the g:
of informality. It was understoo<
Servia would refuse to paytribi
Sultan Murad until that questio:
settled.
6 VICISSITUDES OF JLiIV-E.?auiy
r Ding, the negro minafcrol, died; ix
9 cago at the age of forty-itoo. He
1 menced life on a canalbaat, then
3 an omnibns in Cincinnati, and at
? the same time appeared Of the stf
v an amateur performer. -He to
a negro minstrelsy and was &0 ,fchorc
1 suooesaful that he aooumuliAed i
t tone. But he squandered all of ;
left his widow penniless,
Health Maxims.
The observance of the following nan
tary regulations would doubtlesa pr<
long many a life:
1. The first step toward the reductio
of diseases is, beginning at the begii
ning, to provide for tfie health of th
unborn. If the intermarriage of dii
eases were considered in the same ligl
as the intermarriage of poverty, th
hereditary transmission of disease woul
be at an end in three, or at mont fou
generations.
2. Greater care than is at present man:
fested ought to be taken with wome
who are about to become mothers.
3. In meeting the- nncontrollabl
causes of disease, the special influenc
of season deserves particular attentior
In September it is right to add to th
clothing, and to commence a little es
cess of food; in summer, not only to n
duce the clothing, but to eat less foo
than in winter.
4. The best means of preventing th
spread of communicable diseases is, pei
feet and instant isolation of .the infected
ana removal ana puruying 01 au cioixj
ing and bedding -which have been i
contact.
5. The mortality among persona of ad
vanced life is best prevented by provid
ing against sadden vioissitades of hea
and cold.
6. The true danger of every form o
mental exercise is the addition of worry
7. Physical training, while it flhonli
be moderately encouraged, should b
secondary to mental training.
8. The combination of mental anc
physical fatigne is extremely injurious
Long journeys eaoh day to and from th
sphere of profession or business, ar
hurtful.
9. The passions should be held u
subservience to the reasoning faculties
10. To escape the tjvils arising fron
the use of alcohol there is only one- per
feet course, to abstain from alcohol alto
gether. *'
11. The use of tobacco in every forn
is a habit better not acquired, and whei
acquired is better abandoned.
12. Indulgence in narcotics?opium
chloral, chlorodyne, absinthe?is an en
tire departure from natural law and i
certain means of embittering and short
ening life.
13. A man's food should be selecte<
so as to insnre variety without success
The amount of flnid taken should no
exceed an average of twenty-four ouncei
per diem.
14. Air charged with, offensive sub
stances should be excluded from rooms
and tho average temperature of th3 roon
should be about sixty degrees Fahren
heit.
15. A certain amount of rest and re
creation is essential in any occupation.
16. Enforc d idleness by those whe
have acquired wealth is always an erro:
so Ions as the health is good.
17. Th ft Tin fur ill duration of sleeD ii
eight hours out of the twenty-four; bes
taken from ten o'clock until six.
18. Dress should fit loosely, shonlc
be light, warm, and porous; should b<
throughout every part of the olothing
upper and under, frequently changec
ancLkept clean.
19. Perfected action of the skin cai
only be obtained by thorough ablutioi
of the whole body, which should be per
formed once in every twenty-four hours
20. The diseases arisiDg from irrita
tion and moral contagion are best avoid
ed by removing the young and impres
airmnhlo frnm t.hfi snnrneB of dancer.
21. Automat^ phenomena of diseas
are best removed introducing int<
the sufferer's daily life such amusement
as will keep him from thinking too mucl
of himself.
Maxims of the Chinese.
It is the rich who want most things.
Groat souls have wills; others onl;
feeble wishes.
When a song gives much fame virtu
gives very little.
All is lost when the people fear deatl
less than poverty.
Ho who lets things be given to him i
not good at taking.
Who is the crreatest liar. He wb
speaks most of himself. ' <
The court is like the sea?everythinj
depends upon the wind.
One forgives everything to Mm wh<
forgives himself nothing.
The tree overthrown by the wind ha
more branches than roots.
Receive your thoughts as guests an
treat your desires like children.
One never needs one's wits so mucl
as when one has to do with a fool.
For him who does everything in it
proper time one day is worth three.
He who wishes to secure the good o
others has already secured his own.
A fool never admires himself so muc]
as when he has committed some folly.
The less indulgence one has for one'
sen ino more one may nave ior otuers.
Towers are measured by their shadow
and great men by those who are enviou
of them.
At court people sing that they ma;
drink; in a village people drink that the;
may sing.
The dog in the kennel barkd at hi
fleas, but the dog who is hunting doe
not feel them.
We must do quickly what there is n
hurry for, to be able to do slowly wha
demands haste.
The truths that we least wish to hea
are those which it is most to our advar
tage to know.
What a pleasure it is to give I Ther
would be no rich people if they wer
capable of fooling this.
The way to glory is through the pa]
aco, to fortune through the market, t
virtue through the desert.
Who is the man most insupportable t
us? Ho whom we have offended an
whom we can approach with nothing.
The prison is shut night and day, ye
it is always full; the temples are alwaj
open, and yet you find no one in them.
The rich find relations in the moa
remote foreign countries; the poor nc
even in the bosom of their own families
Whoever makss a great fuss aboti
doing good doe3 very little; he wh
wishes to be seen and noticed when h
is doing good will not do it long; hewh
mingles humor and caprice with it wi
do it badly; he who only thinks of avoic
ing faults and reproaches will never at
quire virtues.
Displays at the Exposition.
The following stated displays will I
held during the Centennial exhibitioi
the dates having been recently revised
Early grass batter a nd oheeao.. June 26 to July
Early summer vegetables June 20 to!
Honey June 20 to !
Raspberrioa and blaobborriea .July 3 to
Southern pomologioal products...July 18 to!
Melons Aug. 22 to 1
Peaches Sept. 4 to
Northern pomological products.. Sept. 11 to
Autumn vegetables Sept. 19 to!
Cereals Sept 25 to I
Potatoes and feeding roots Oct. 2 to
Grapes Oot. 10 to
Autr.mn butter and cheoso Oot 17 to
Nute Oot 23 to Nov,
Autumn honey and wax Oct. 23 to Nov.
Mowing machines and hay rakes. June 15 to
Reaping machines. July 5 to
Horses Sept 1 to
Dogs Sept 11?
Meat cattle ..Sept. 21 to Oot.
Swine. Oot. 10 to
Sheep Oot. 10 to
Poultry Oct. 27 to Nov,
Fashion Notes.
i- Black hats will be worn only for dem
)- toilet.
Perfumed hate are a novelty attemptei
n in Paris.
x~ Saturday morning weddings are agah
? in vogue.
Silks are ruinously low, say the mer
e chants in London.
d Fancy millinery silks command a bet
ir ter price than dress silks.
Bustles are so small at present tha
i- they are invoiced"'' invisible."
11 The fashionable fancy work for sum
mer resorts will be lace making.
e Quaking grasses are mingled with al
t the bonnet trimmings in London,
e Yiolet wood fans are novelties intend
ed to take the place of sandal wooc
j- ones.
u ireaxi gray lames, irimmeu wuu iruot
ed gauze and with Spanish blonde, art
? very popular.
Gold and silver threads are introduced
' into all the embroideries of evening
^ dresses' ia Paris.
Bridesmaids wear gauze dressei
[_ trimmed to correspond with the brida
l_ dress of repped silk.
t English round hats with broad brimi
are worn by the ultra fashionables foi
if promenade costume.
Silver sautaohe is used by Frencl
i modistes for trimming silver gra]
e camel's hair costumes.
. None but very handsome women, witi
small and regular features, can wear th<
' hair in the French twist style.
0 The abilers of wedding dresses art
made of heavy repped silk covered wit!
j seed pearl and chenille embroidery.
Fashionable dressmakers say thai
1 every lady is ordering a black grenadine
- suit for weaf at the summer resorts.
French or Italian chip of the palesl
'shade of cream is the full dress midsum
i mer bonnet for Newport and Saratoga.
1 All the bridesmaids of Mile. d?
Tfc.Ai? -i.
xwmsctmuB wore, at uia wouiuug iu
' Paris, dresses of bine silk and bint
gauze.
The large, long, or square pocket, in
evitable on all costumes, is now placed
j back of the left hip and rather low
down.
There is a tendency to revive high
coiffures. The French twist, worn
very small and high, is to replace the
Greek coil. . .
The brims of the English round hate
are rolled instead of being closely
pressed against the sides of the crown,
as last season.
Yery dressy hats from Yirot's are
turned up only on one side, and have a
coquettish face trimming of velvel
bands and flowers.
Education of To-day.
The New York Times, editorially
commenting on education, says the old
theory that students could not study toe
much, even if their health suffered, hat
been proved fallacious, as no amount oi
culture will compensate for ruined con
stitutions. It advocates the substitu
tion of Frenoh and German for Latir
and Greek; denying the assumptior
that the dead classics strengthen anc
invigorate the mind more than the
standard literature of the day. It as
serts that the chief defects of educa
tion, just now, are in method and ir
discrimination. Teaching is a rare gift,
Not one in a hundred well instructed
persons can master it. They may have
abundance of knowledge, without anj
clear notion of how to impart it; the
talent for taking in and the talent foj
giving out being in no wise kindred,
Teachers, for the most part, become
such from circumstances rather thai
from fitness; more by accident than re
flection. They adopt some old 3ysterr
without examination, and for no othei
reason than that it has been used before,
They judge all their pupils alike, mak
ing little or no allowance for individuali
ty, difference of capacity or tempera
mental bent. Consequently, a mere
routine is established, and instructioi
goes on from day to day, from week te
week, from month to month, after th(
manner of a steadily ground organ whicl
plays half a dozen fixed tunes. Th(
aptitude or inaptitude of the pupils foi
certain branches is not taken into ac
count. They are all tanght the sam(
thing, at the same time, in the same
way; and each must do the best he can
under conditions generally unfavorable,
Education becomes a mere formula,
which is mechanically gone throng!
with. " What thoy should reason oul
they learn by rote; what is designee
to develop their thinking faculty gets te
be a matter of memory; and so the sole
object in view is continually and abao
lutely defeated.
Habits.
The most universal cause of dyspepsu
is eating too often, too fast, and toe
much. The general rules should be :
1. Eat thricc a day.
3. UU uj Ul'Uiix uchyccu rncuio.
P 3. Nothing after two o'clock but ?
^ slice of cold bread and butter and oU(
cnp of hot drink.
a 4. Spend "half an hour at least ir
s taking each meal.
5. Out up all meats and hard food ir
o pea sized pieces.
t 6. Never eat enough to cause tht
slightest uncomfortable sensation after
r ward.
t_ 7. Never work or study hard withir
half an hour of eating.
The most universal and infallible in
6 dication that a person is becoming
0 dyspeptic is some uncomfortable sensa
1'? * n f oflrtV
Dion COUll.Ilg Uii UlillUiiUlJ amux vuv*.
meal, whether that be in the stomach
throat, or anywhere else. The forma
tion of wind in the stomach, indicated
by eructation, belching, or other
wise, demonstrates that dyspepsk
is fixing itself in the system. Ther
there is only one course to pursue, anc
that ,is infallible : eat less and less a
each meal until no wind is generated anc
no. uncomfortable sensation experience*;
in any part of the body. No medicin<
ever cured confirmed dyspepsia ; eating
plain food regularly and living out o
doors industriously will cure most cases
A Remarkable Egg Story.
Mr. A. D. Warren, of Worcester
Mass., has a remarkable production ii
the egg line, which is attracting mucl
attention and causing considerable dis
cussion. Mr. Warren is a well knowi
poultry fancier, and his game bautami
have attracted a great deal of attention
A day or two since he noticed that on<
of his hens was in trouble, she having
the appearance of having had an eg(
broken in her. She was accordingly
killed and opened, when a perfectly
formed egg, as large as a goose egg
22
26
9
16
23
30
i 7
14
21
1
1
30
15
14
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4
18
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was discovered, .ims npon ueuig pu
in the scales was found to weigh fou
and three-fourths ounces. The egg wa
then blown, and after the white am
yolk had been forced out it was fount
that inside was a second perfectly form
od egg, which was also blown, and foum
to contain a yolk and white in thei
proper proportions. The only diffei
enoe between the outer shell and th
shell of an ordinary egg is that it is ej
ceedingly brittle, and has to bo handle
*ith the .utmost care to prevent it
breaking. The hen was but two year
old, and weighed, before the egg wa
removed, two and one-half pounds.
CENTENNIAL CORRESPONDENCE,
Agricnltnrgl Hall?Foreign Exhibit?Iotth
?The Aquarium?Rolling Chairs, etc.
Agricultarai Hall begins to assume
form and comeliness, thongh many
boxes are still unopened, and many sec
tions are yet incomplete. Here are ten
acres devoted to a display of the pro
ducts of the soil and the implements
used in its'cultivation, and in preparing
all that is of earth for human use. Here,
are the various forms of food in its natu
ral or prepared _ shape, vegetable and
animal giving one a vivid idea of how
mankind doth live.
The foreign exhibit, in this hall, oc
cupies much space, and much of it is of
a superior character, each country gen
ii 1 It- 1. Tj v? i
- ufouy oiiuvviii^ uuarauwjriauu ivuu uoou
1 productions. Several countries ore not 1
yet ready to exhibit their goods. Ku-sia :
. has a large space filled with unopened I
3 boxes. Spain and Portugal are each in
a chaotic state. ]
, Brazil has a large and creditable ox
hibit of hor staples, of which she ex- i
* ports, of coffee, 864,000,000 ; sugar and ]
cotton each over $15,000,000 ; hides, ]
3 88,000,000 ; India rubber, 86,500,000, 1
1 and of tobacco nearly 84,000,000. She <
also exhibits 300 varieties of wood, i
3 many of them very valuable for cabinet j
r and ornamental work. I
Portugal has a large pyramid of cork i
i and cork wood near tbe oenter of the I
r main aisle. Also a good showing of 1
seeds, grain, beans, in which she takes '
the lead, nuts, fruits, wines, silks,-etc. 1
1 Sweden exhibits wheat, rye, oats, <
3 1 ?1 J 11.. " 11. J _
uiixtwy uiiu me graeooa in ouau iuju m
jars, superior leather, and samples, pre- I
served in glass jars, of all the kinds of 1
fish abounding in her waters, making
the best exhibit of fish in the hall.
Her plows have taken many medals at
national fairs.
Bermuda shows large sized potatoes,
konions and tomatoes, grown in the open
air; bananas, plantains, yanis, limes, co
coanuts, cocos and sweet potatoes.
Jamaica exhibits oranges, shaddocks of
the shape and color of oranges, but very
much larger, .pineapples and mangoes.
Canada, on our north border, has a
good collection of grains, seeds, fruits,
salt, flax, conserved meats, tongues,
roast fowls and all kinds of roast meat,
fish, eto. A large^ollection of butter
flies and stuffed birds. Also a fall and
creditable assortment of agricultural i
implements?reapers, thrashers, cultiva- j
i tors, etc., etc.?including potato diggers,
and plows of enormous length of beam
, and bandies.
Great Britain and Ireland have a large
space assigned them in this department,
but their agricultural exhibit is small
( and is not yet in shape. The prominent
articles displayed are bottled fruits, table
! jellies, canned meats, wool and its sub
' stitutes, from Liverpool, wire cloth and
mining wire, sheep shears, edge tools,
china ware, plain and gilt, tiles, scour
ing bricks, mill stones and road locomo
f tive and wagon.
Italy's chief exhibit, at present, in
, this h&l, is wines. She makes amends
, for defects here by decorated porcelain
vases and rare jewels in tbe Mom build
ing, and by a magnificent display of
paintings and sculpture in Memorial
hall, and especially in the annex to Me
morial hall, which is the gem of the
whole Exposition. Its extent and beauty
surprise and delight all who see it. Un
pretentious in exterior, it dwarfs, by its
excellence, its most imposing neighbor.
The United States surpass all other
countries in agricultural machinery.
Iowa, which has three hundred varieties
of apples, seventy-five varieties of corn
?sixty-four in the ear of so large a size
that nineteen ears fill a bushel busket?
eighty varieties of wheat, rye, oats and
barley; sixty varieties of grasses, thirty
of grass seed, two hnndred of vegeta
bles, and one hundred and sixty varieties
of wood, besides minerals, sand and
ochers in the annex to the Main build
ing. She has thirty-five samples of soil,
six feet deep, in large glass cylinders,
from as many counties, in the four sec
tions of the State, which show, at a
glance, its amazing fertility and produc
tiveness. Just south of this is the
Aquarium, consisting of a long series of
tanks in which large fish and small fish,
--1" (nwonitiD anA hnrflpsliops
CCiCJj L>1 U UDj Wiiu^tuu WUV4
disport themselves, to the great amuse
ment of gaping crowds.
A great convenienoe?pronounced by
some a great nuisance?is the rolling
chairs, without which large numbers
could not see, or but partially see, this
Exposition. Even persons in ordinary
health get tired out loDg before-they
have made the rounds of the principal
buildings. It is within bounds to say
that the aisles within and walks withoat
exceed fifty miles, and though it is not
necessary to traverse them all to see the
principal sights, and get a good general
idea of the Exhibition, yet those who
have but little time to speud hero, find
it an agreeable change, when their limbs
fail them, to drop into a chair and be 1
TtrVioro^ror t.lifiv Hat. '
nuouiwu TT JUU. w . w- ?
There are eating and drinking places
in abundance, on the grounds, where
one can get refreshments at a reasonable
price, but to show the indisposition*of
the Centennials to shave the visitors,
there is but one barber shop in* the
whole grounds, and as I had some trou
ble in finding it, I will state that it is in
the Telegraph building, north of the
west end of the Main building.
S. M. B.
His Deep Sympathy,
A man with long hair and a red nose
entered a New York saloon one Sunday,
reached out his hand to the proprietor
for a shake, and feelingly observed :
" Sir, you have my sympathy, and,
believe me, sir, all free-born Americans
will sympathize with you."
"Yes, the Sunday law will hurt us
bad, replied the saloonist.
"It is base tyranny?it is nothing
more nor less than downright anarchy?
it is enough to chill a freeman's blood 1"
exclaimed the stranger. "I will now
take a little sip of your best whisky."
" No drinks put on the slate," quietly
remarked the saloonist.
"I say that this Sunday law will cause
the grass to grow in the streets of New
York I" shouted the long haired man.
" But I will stand by you. As soon as I
sample your best brandy I'll go out and
* 1*? 1: ?
get up an indignation meei/iuy.
"Cash down," Raid the barkeeper;
"you old soakers have beaten me out of
hundreds of dollars."
The mau felt in all his pockets, looked
under the lining of his hat, and backed
to the open door, where he halted and
growled in a deep bass voice :
" Dare but to open this door the
millionth part of a hair's breadth next
Sunday, and I'll spend millions of dol
lars to put you in the cooler !"
A Tramp's Ride.
Michael Ryan has ridden trom Chi
cago to San Francisco for nothing and
made a dollar on the road. From Chi
cago to Omaha he rode under the head
light of the engine, and from Omaha to
Reno part of the time stowed under
the baggage of some Germans who from
time to time provided him with food
and water, and part of the time on a
coupling of a freight car. At Reno he
bought from an immigrant the unused
piece of his ticket for $1, but having
an opportunity to sell the coupon for $2
he did bo and "beat" his way onward
to San Francisco, which he reached after
b?ing ejeoted from the cars a score of
times.
Giggling Girls.
A lady writer gives the following well
merited remarks on what she terms
"giggling girls": The Tehes. Per
haps you don't know them by that name.
Well, then, suggest a better. They are
the salt of our society, in one sense _
girls of good minds?minds that will be
good if they survive the giggling age
girls of good families, well dressed,
polite, and fine looking, but possessed
of the insane idea that they must laugh
upon all occasions, whether there is any
thing to warrant it or not?else they are
not jolly, gay girls, and lively company.
A bevy of them cameinto a public library
one day. One had just had an ad
venture, which was to be recited. She
dropped into a chair, bent over, and
held her sides, and they all chorused in.
They hadn't heard it yet; but of course
it would be awful funny when it was
told. She was coming up the street
when she stepped on a rotten plank?te
he The! chorus, te he!?and down she
went. Oh, dear!?te he I he!?and her
foot got tangled?full chorus, te he I he!
lie!?and a men came along with a
horrid check shirt on?he! he! he I?
big checks ; perfectly horrid !?he
md helped her up?he! he ! he f Then
i waving of the bodies back and forth,
mda grand te he ad libitum, all to
gether. They were splendid girls!?I
?.1? T>Mi. an atUM. !
ipeaK. BUJU?rt!ijr. uuo wuai au
tionl I saw an old graybeard take a
book he didn't want and hurry away,
rhen another girl took it up, and said
ler book was so comical she just howled
jyer it?he! he! They most all read it
?they would laugh so. As if that was
;he end and aim of a girl's existence.
When a man is amused ne laughs with
jrufito, and then straightens his face till
;he next time. And it has some mean
ng. But the perpetual grin or giggle
s detestable. Ala lecture recently I saw
iix young ladies seemingly oonvulsed
ffith laughter fo:r five minutes or more
it the accidents dropping of a paper
>f candies over the floor. I think I can
jo into a social parlor and select the
groups of married ladies from those of
he girls?not by their faces nor by their
Iresses, but by the amount of giggling
lone. Matrimony subdues the snickerer.
iTory.
To furnish the ivory which is im
)orted into England alone, 50,000 ele
)hant8 have to be killed every year. The
jest ivory comes from Zanzibar, the pro
luct of the African elephant; it is
jpaque, soft, easy to work, and free
rom cracks and other defects. That
rom Ambriz, the Gaboon river, and
[outh of the equator, is called " silver
jray it remains white, and never be
iomes yellow, as is the case with the
Asiatic ivory ; it is, therefore, the most
valuable of any ivory in the market. Hie
usks from Siam are translucent, and be
ng soft grained, are preferred for orna
nental work. The fossil tusks of the
nammoths found in the Arctic regions
ind Siberia, form a not inconsiderable
imount of the ivory trade; some of
ihese tusks are in as fine a condition for
working as the very best of modern
vory, which js very remarkable, as some
)f these elephants or mammoths have
seen preserved in an ice crust, and have
flmained imbedded for unknown ages,
arobably since the glacial period?some
150,000 years ago. If this is so, it goes
x> show that the change of temperatnre
;ook place rapidly in a then tropical cli
nate, where these animals previously
flourished, and overtaking them sud
lenly, and covering them with an ice
;rust, were the causes of their .perfect
observation.
Losing a Customer,
The following very Parisian story is
x>ld by an exchange : A wealthy bach
elor, who breakfasts every morning in
ma. nt ryinof. fon>u"on?.hl? rftHtftirrftiits
)f the Boulevard des Italiens, is, or
rather was, very attentively served by a
waiter whose palm he generally crossed.
Df course the wealthy bachelor always
lad the same seat, a seat by the window
ooking on the ever animated boulevard,
lot plates, dishes served promptly, but
lot too fast; in fine, Benedict had an
sxcellent servant. But, during the last
iveek, Benedict had been unable to get
ihe excellent servant; another servant
langs around him, and tries his best to
mpply all his wants, still the new face is
lot the old face, and whi.? annqys Bene
lict most is, that he occasionally catches
jlimpses of the old servant, who gives
lim most sorrowful glances. Benedict
las examined the matter, and has dis
sovered that his old servant is addicted
o gambling. One evening, having lost
ill bis money, he staked his best ens
,omer?Benedict?and lost him.
Pet Birds in the Woods.
A writer from Florida says : We wit
ledsed a novel and beantiful sight a few
lays ago at the farm of Mrs. Hildreth on
he North river, about two miles above
he city. Mrs. Hildreth, in the course
)f a few months, has succeeded in taming
he wild birds that fly about the place.
iVhile we were in the house Mrs.
lildreth went out to the door and called
;o the birds, which were then, in the
niddle of the day, in the adjoining
,'orest. In a few moments a dozen or
nore bluebird? and mocking birds came
lying around her. She then came into
;he house and handed each of our party
i raisin, which we were requested to
lold oat in our fingers. We remained
still for a few minutes, when the birds
lopped in at the door, flew upon our
lands and picked the raisins from our
ingers. "We were astonished, and could
not help wondering the more when we
yere informed that none of these birds
lad been caged, but were thus tamed
Dy the gentleness and art of this lady.
How to Treat Children.
To gain obedience, you must first set
yourself to desorvo it. Whatever you
promise your little one, however small
;he thing seems to you, and whatever
;rouble it costs you, perform it. Never
et the doubt once enter that innocent
nind that you say what you do not
nean, or will "not act up to what you
iay. Mako as few prohibitory laws as
pou possibly cm, but, once made, keep
;hem. In what is granted as in what
s denied, compel yourself, however
rrmortr nr wnrrifid or impatient, to ad
minister always even-handed justice,
rids id a system much more likely to
jeoure your child's red affection than all
:ka petting and humoring so generally
indulged in, to give pleasure or save
trouble, not to your little ones, but to
yourself.
(Joing to the Bad.
About eight years ago Emmet, before
then a negro minstrel, started out as a
" Dutch" comedian,and won popularity
and a fortune in a play called "Fritz.
He is said to have mado $150,000 iu five
years, as his ability to draw large audi
ences enabled him to dictate terms with
managers. Drunkenness was one of the
results of his success. During his last
engagement in New York city he was
often perceptibly intoxicated when on
the stage. A letter in the San Francisco
Post says that on the stage of the opera
house in Melbourne, Australia, he was
recently so drunk that he fell while try
ing to dance, and soon afterward fell
asleep iu the midst of a scene. The
starts manager roused him and led him
behind tho soeneB, and the audience do
parted in disgust.
Items of Interest.
Ihort of change?the man with bnt
i shirt.
'he man who makes himself ridicu
3 prevent?) many others from becom
80.
'on can't oat enongh in one week to
a whole year, and yon can't ndver
on that plan either. 71
'he Boston Globe nominates Honesty
Vice-President. We respectfully
line, says the Norristown Herald,
he girls of Fulton county, HI, had
leep sheading match the other day,
the winner sheared thirteen sheep
wo hours.
n English settler in C^pe Colony,
Lib Africa, has in four yoars cleared
5,000 by maing ostriches and selling
ir feather,}.
[atilda Eeandry, of Oohoes, N. T.,
led $150 to her lover, became insane
tVinf aVio onnM nrtt aat it
'U 11 t,t Ig VUMV WUV Wtk4-M ?4V? QV* *?
k, and di*)d in an asylum.
. neighboiing tanner notifies %3 pub
that parlies leaving their bides will
e them thoroughly tanned and dresa
n a satisfactory manner.
Miss Sliewart, of Hamilton, On-;
3, has recovered $700 damages from
>ver, wh<< forsook ber titer an en
ement of twenty-six years.
Baltimore jury gave a young lady a
Uot of ^11,000 against Joseph A.
4S, a well known Baltimorean, for,
ich of promise and seduction,
ews has been received that three,
ich Catholic missionaries, sent out
m Algerian society, were beheaded
last of January, while on the road
imbuctox
a examiiation of a large lake re
ly discovered some forty miles west
Laramie, W. T., disclosed a thick
r of sulphate of magnesia in a pure
i at the bottom.
oly six persons- have been hanged in
necticut during the last thirty years,
only two of these for offenses corn
ed out of prison, the other four
ng taurdered prison officers. ,
wading,* Pa., has sixty building aaso
ons, whose joint receipts are -about
000 a month. The rapid and sub
tifll progress of the city is ascribed
local paper to their operations,
machine has been invented, after a
y of ten years, for making"seamless
ir boxes. It rolls them from the
i, and will make 600 an hour, no
er whether they are large or small,
id or square.
lady, who lately returned from
jpe, was waited upon by a friend
had also Deen aoroau, auu wuu pxo
td this request : " Can you give me
.rquis' card ? I can give you two vis
its in exchange,"
Cleveland councilman voted in favojt
ratting new seats in the council
aber, because, as he said, "whena
r slipped from under a member the
>rs said he was drunk." He wanted
rs that wouldn't slip.
is torn house officers are stationed at
y door of the Exhibition buildings
je that no dutiable articles are car
away. This makes a good deal of
ble for visitors with bundles?the
It of previous shopping.
'hen air balloons were first discov
" --1?J ~TW.
!,. some one nippauujr u?cu xjv.
lklin what was the use of it. The
oeopher answered the question by
ng another. " What is the use of
w-born infant? It may .become a .
ft T '
man being tried for assanlt and bat
in Virginia City, Nevada, when
id by the judge if he had anything?
say by way of defense, replied':
'ell, your honor, I saw but little of
fight, as I was underneath most of
time." j -
contemporary, apropos of recent
its, gives the following sage hint:
ice to public men : bo conduct ,
private business correspondence
you shall not be frightened half out
our wits when there is a chance of
eing made public.
siting magistrate (to pauper lunatic)
Well, William, you have been here
ly ten years; I suppose you would
to be discharged. ?" P. L.?" 'Deed
rir; you don't think I am so crazy as
iat, do you ? I'm very comfortable,*
k your honor 1"
bankrupt astonished the judge and
f one else in the Cambridge county
tin England by suddenly drawing
i a bag with 800 sovereigns and.
ling it to the judge for safe deposit,
aid he had no faith in the trustee,
had, therefore, secreted the gold.
Well," said the captain, " before
can be a sailor you must be able- to
a tiiree ends to ciiai piece U1 X Ujyu#
it." "All right," stud the young
" here is one end, here is another,
(ohucking it overboard) there is a
I." The captain thonght he would
i Ohio editor says of a contemporary
had assumed the part of a mummy
dramatio performance: He was
jed to put a little animation into
ielf to come up with the. character,
to wear more recent linen; but that
about all. Nature had admirably
ified him to act the part.
stupid young man, supposed to be
k brained, who was slighted by the
i, very modestly asked a young lady
she would let him spend the cven
withher." "No," she angrily re
1, "that's what I won't." " Why,"
ied he, *#you needn't be so fussy ;
dn't mean this evening, but some
ny one when I can't go anywhere
ora Tempie s umu um uc^ucu.^
i beaten. The following is a list:
Ismith Maid, 2:14; American Girl,
Lula, 2:16}; Occident, 2:16};
ter (dead), 2:17; Dexter, 2:17}; Net
J:18; Cloud, 2:18; Lady Thorn,
}; Lucy, 2:18J ; Judge Fullerfcon,
; George Palmer, 2:19}; Bodine,
}; Oamors (dead), 2.19}; Flora Tem
2:19}.
writer in the London Gardener
accidentally discovered that two
>8 of geranium and calceolaries,
sh stood in his window, the window
g always open to full extent, top and
om, kept his sitting room free from
, while every other room in the neigh
lood was swarming with them. He
ks the discovery ought to encourage
?r gardening.
he word "derrick" is an American
, and yet it had its origin in Eng
I. Early in the seventeenth century,
m the office of hangman in England
no sinecure, one Derrick held the
U3, and among Puritans and cavaliers
e, his name became associated with
gallows. The Puritans brought the
d hither, and gradually it was ap
id to hoisting cranes by a very nat
l process of metonymy. The word
ears only in American Qiuuumuiv...
'he following specimen of English,
are and undefiled," is from tho Liv
ool Times : A doctor was lately
imoned to a cottage at Harwood, in
Bclale, and fonnd a boy in need of
services. "Put out your .t<?pgue,"
I the doctor. The boy etarcd Hke an
. " My good boy," said fee medical
3, " let me see your tongue."
alk English, dootor," said tho moth
and then, turning to her son, she
I: " Hoppen thy gobbler and put
thy lolike." Tho boy'e tonffrto wn?
in a moment."