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I BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C;, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 1877. YOLUME XXIV.-NO. 42.
A Fragment.
Long years agone, in childhood's dawn,
I heard a mystic lay ;
Still o'er my soul its billows roll
As if it were to-day.
A phantom fleet, its weird notes bent > 1
A fairy minlstresv ;
With rhythmic swell they rose and fell
In wondrous melody. ,
Yet if, to hear, I bent my ear
No more those weird notes beat;
But faint and far, in muffled car,
They died in echoes sweet.
Now evermore?I walk 4he slioro
And listen?all in vain :
For evermore, ah ! nevermore,
I hear that mystic strain! j
OUR TREASURE.
Our girl Mary had been engaged j
hastily, but wo never regretted that!
haste. Never had we been so respectfully
served, nor so thoroughly well .sitis- 1
tied as now. Every one told us that we
had a "treasure," and her very manner of
opening the door to a visitor was be- j
witching ; while grocers' young men and j
the milk man and butcher seemed to |
linger entranced when they came to de- j
liver their wares. Mary took their com-1
pliments calmly, and had a ready smile .
for them all, without departing from the .
quiet dignity of her ways, and we felt no !
shadow of coming evil, until matters be- :
gan to look serious with the one-armed l
postman.
xnis same postman ana delivered our :
letters regularly for tho last two years, ;
always in tlie same business like way, j
never lingering for a moment, never by i
any possibility smiling or exchanging a
word with either of us, and yet we look- |
ec]^ upon him quite in the light of a : 1
friend, and speculated ^bout his history, :
r,s lonely women will about those with j:
.whom they come in contact. He had ;
been in tlie army and had lost an arm ; t 1
tliis was all w^ knew about lum, except j1
that he was evidenly a German, and 1
quite good looking?not to say scholarly 1
in his aspect. 1
"Were you aware," asked Brnnhilda j1
one morning, " that Miss Murphy speaks 11
German ?'\
"Speaks" German!" I repeated, in 1
amazement. "And pray how did you (!
find it out ?" - M
"By healing her address the postman ! ]
in that tongue," was the reply.
"I shall nip this in tho bud," said I, j'
severely. But presently better thoughts j<
came to me. I remembered my own i1
youth, and I remembered Cranford. !'
where Miss Mattie, after the death of an I '
ol 1 lover, softens to Martha and allows j 1
"followers."
A week or two passed, and I was at- j1
tending to my preserves one day in the 1
kitchen?it was a pleasure to do any- j
thing in Mary's kitchcn, everything
looked bo immaculately clcan, almost |(
poetical, I thought?and I approached j1
the subject uppermost in my niiiid by ; f
KftTinrr pftv^ln^lr !
^-'V * J I ?
"So, Mary, you know German, it |1
seems. How does that happen ? *
Mary's pretty face was overspread by '
a rosy cloud as she replied, in n low '
tone: "I picked it up myself. I had '
some Gennan lx>oks once."
Then she sat down and cried, very '
much to my bewilderment ; and present- *
]y she exclaimed: "I should like to 1
tell you something, Miss Darlingford; 1
I r<hall leel better when you know all." 1
" I hope," said I, with a vague expec- (
tation of dreadful developments, " that <
' all' is not very bad, Mary ?"
Tlie flush deepened on the pretty face, 1
but for answer she took from her bosom
a black ribbon to which was fastened a j
plain gold ring. I dropped mv preserves j
in amazement; the girl looked so '
young.
"You nre a widow, then?" said I,
with a feeling of tender pity. " Poor ,'
child!" !
" I don't know whether I am or not," j
was the reply, with a fresh burst of '
tears, " aikl that is what troubles me 1
so."
I turned to my preserves again, with a 1
smile, as I thought of the good looking :
German postman. (
"Miss Darliugford," continued the i1
girl, more composedly, " I want to tell j1
vou everything, and I am so/ry now that j(
I dMn't do this at lirst. lint I felt that 1
it would be against me, and I hud to get
a place. I have a boy six years old "? 1
" In the name of wonder," I exclaimed,
" how old are yon yourself ?"
"Iain twenty-five," she said, a little
proudly; "and Mr. Blumenthal promises
to take care of Willie; he wants me
to let him pay his board now."
Here I sat down hard in a chair to col- 1
lect myself. People have other things J
besides greatness thrust, upon them; and j '
I saw that I was destined to prove a most
unwilling benefactress to the one-armed Jf
postman. Why is it, I thought, bitterly, j1
that if one ever does happen upon that j 1
rari avis, a model servant,- all the pow- ' i
ers of darkness seem leagued together to (
spirit her away ? ' : <
"Where is your child?" I asked, with j 1
a strong effort.
" I have put him to board a little way 1
out of town," replied the girl, sadly.
" He is with a fri&ud of mine, who takes ic
good care -pf him; and I always go to (
see him on my afternoons out; but I do {
miwa him so !" ]
And here she broke down aga'n.
"But what does it all mean?" I con- '
tinned, for my sympathies wore getting j '
dreadfully worked upon. _ "Why nre ' '
you not living with your husband, if he
is alive ? or why do you not know it if he
is dead? Just toll me the whole story,
Mary, from beginning to end."
At this point Brunliilda, who always
scents a romance from alar, appeared
upon the scene, and gracefully established
herself upon the kitchen dresser.
'Seven years ago, said Mary, wnen ,
I married William Murphy, I thought <
there was 110 one liko him in the world; |
and I should think bo yet if ho hadn't
# nearly worried the life out of mo. But
I shall always believe that his mother
was to blame for it all. She was that
jealous of Will that it sometimes seemed .
as if she would like to scratch my eyes
out. We lived with the old people for a
year or two; but after little Willie was
born I had no pence at all for his grand- i
mother, who insisted on having her way
with him, and I naturally thought that I had
a right to mine. i
"The old-people had money, and!
Hved very comfortably, and Will and his
father carried on a coal yard together;
but Will fell into bad company, and took
to drinking, and his father and mother i
were so bitter toward him, it drove him j
to desDeration. You see. tliev were neo
pie who had always been respected, and
they, couldn't bear the disgrace; and |
many's the night I've sat up watching for I
Will, so that they shouldn't know when
he came in. I taught myself Gjurman, !
by way of amusement, on thoseTonely !
evenings. Some one gave the books to i
Will, and I had always been fond of stud
at Bchool.
" After awhile we left the old peopl<
and moved into two rooms of onr owi
and I worked hard at sewing and kni
ting and anything I could get to suppo:
lis. Will did not improve, though 1
was never unkind to me; and 0110 mon
ing a boy brought me a crumpled nol
from my husband tolling mo that he liti
gono to California, anil tiiat 110 worn
never come back unless be came a sobe
man, and with money to support me an
our boy. His father had been hard<
with him than ever, and he said he wf
sick of it all; and as he was of no use I
us, lie would not stay to be a disgraci
I have never heard from him since.
" Will's mother came to me and sai
.that she should look upon the boy t
hers now, and we must go homo wit
her at once. But I put hei^pfF, to gain
little time; for 1 was young, you sec, an
ignorant, nnd I was afraid that she ha
tlio power to make lie go; and when b)j
left me, I just packed my clothes an
Willie's, and went off to the depot, an
came to L . I had this friend livin
near here?we used to go to school tc
gethcr? and she got me a place in
store. But I couldn't pay my board an
Willie's and clothe us both out of thai
and finally I concluded to leave the bo
with Ellen, and get a place at service.
"And now I don't know whether Wi
is living or dead; but I can't help thin!
ing that if he was living he would hav
written to me and sent me some monej
for he always loved me."
It struck Mary's audience that he ha
a very stfange way of showing liis lovt
but then they were old maids, and coul
not expect to understand such matters.
Mary presently produced a photo
graph, which was just the opposite o
what we expected; for her Sweet Williar
was a fine, manly-looking young fellow
and Ave felt drawn to him at once. Bu
then we felt drawn to the postman tot)
and it was absolutely essential to th
latter's happiness that number on
should have departed from this terres
trial scene. Until there was sufficien
evidence of this, however, there was rea
son to fear an Enoch Arden denouement
md we assured Mary that it was posi
tively wrong for her to give Mr. Bin
menthal any encouragement.
It was probably owing to this disin
terested advice that wo were honored lr
\ regular call from our hitherto tacitun
friend. We were nearly as much snr
prised to hear him speak as though w<
liad known him to be dumb; and wher
lie propounded the somewhat startlin;
question "if I did not tiiinK tue mai
ivho had married Mary ought to be dew
by this one time," it did appear ni
hough?if the person in question had i
lue regard for the fitness of tilings?Ik
svould be; but the point ftt issue wai
lot so much whether ho ought to be a:
ivhethei* ho was.
Mr. Blumenthal, however, simply in
ended to express his firmly groundec
>piuion that William Murphy was dead
uul that his widow would show lira
?ood sense by abandoning her presen
losition of maid-of-all-work, and becom
ug Mrs. Blumenthal without delay. I
seemed impossible to convince him thai
California was not out of the world, anc
:hat travelers did occasionally returi
from that bourne. His own "views of tin
region was evidently embodied in the be
lief that people who went there becaust
they could not live here, ended by givinj
up the attempt at living altogether. H<
ivas certainly very much in love; and i
ivould be an excellent match for Mary
3ven if he had not the regulation amoun
jf limbs and belongings.
Brunliilda was quite carried awaj- lr
the postman's eloquence and good looks
"I believe he isright," said she, when Ik
had gone; " it is not at all probable tha
Murphy is living, or he would certain 1'
liave written to his wife." Adding, wit]
tier usual happy disregard of logic
" i.,-1 t?.? 1,Voc
TI..IVV ? 1IJ
nrith tliis uncertainty about a man who
ifter all, isn't worth it ?"
I began to entertain a private opinio!
that Herr Blumcnthal kept back our let
tors from mail to mail for the pleasure o
bringing them singly, and having a mo
incut's confab with Man- several time
in the course of the day; for she had de
ulined receiving visits from him unti
she could be assured that her husbam
was really dead. Poor girl! she wa
certainly very much to be pitied; and i
seemed quite inexcusable in Willian
Murphy to give her so little satisfactioi
either in living or dying.
But one morning something happened
Mary received a letter from her mother
in-law, that came through her frieni
Ellen, in which she was sternly sum
moned to attend her husband's funeral
OV ? lmcr.i'fnl or,.
LJ.^ uau kUCU Ui itTti. XU <V XIVP|/lVUij (Wiv
the remains, by his own dying request
[iad been sent on from San Francisco t<
be laid in the family burying ground.
The poor little widow was nearly be
side herself at this news; and it was ai
nuch as we could do to get'her and tin
soy oft' properly. She promised faith
:ully to return to us?nothing, she de
:lared, would induce her to remain witl
>ld Mrs. Murphy; but it was with lieav^
iearts that we saw her depart.
I am sorry to say that our Teutonii
jostman, instead of sharing his inamor
ita's sorrow, was evidently in a state o
lonfused bliss?not much to be wonder
}d at, perhaps, in the existing state o:
;hings ; but somewhat inconvenient ii
ts results, as we were constantly favorec
ivith letters never intended for us, whil*
mr rightful correspondence wanderec
slsewhere. We took a genuine interest
however, in this strange love affair, evci
while selfishly congratulating ourselvei
that the inevitable catastrophe of losinj
Mary would not occur for some month
yet.
Alas ! it was nearer than vre dreamed
On the third day, instead of Mary, as w
had expected, tiiere came a letter ; an*
the letter began with the astounding an
nouueement that our cidevant hand
maiden was so happy that she scarcel;
knew how to write to us !
People have different ideas of lmppi
ness ; but it really seemed to us that
slight degree of unhappiness would hav
been more becoming in Mrs. Murph;
in?fc tlifm.
We went on with the letter in a soi
of blank amazement, and read that, o
the writer's arrival at the Murphy mail
sion, the first person she encountere
was the deceased himself. As may 1>
conjectured, ho had never been dead n
all, although ho had been very ill wit
fever in a hospital, and fancying himsc!
dying, he had made the requost to hav
his remains sent on to his parents. Th
occupant of the next cot had died, an
the two became somewhat mixed up i
the minds of the officials?hence the mit
take, which, although inconvenient, wn
cheerfully borne A>ith for the sake c
seeing the lost son walk in alive and well
Clothed in his right mind, too ; for h
had long ago deplored Lis evil ways, an
his industry and self-denial had accumn
lated a nice little sum for the purchase <
a cozy home nest. Thither wife and cliil
ly wore to be taken at once ; and Mary wrote |
joyfully that she never knew how much !
e, she loved Will until slio saw him stand- j
a; ing before her at his father's door, when 1
t- she had supposed him to be dead,
rt Not a word of poor Carl Blumentlial, j
le except to say that Will was so good, he
l- did not blame lier or Mr. B. in the least, j
to and would certainly shake hands with
id the latter should ho chance to meet him j
Id ?only, lie was very glad that he got
>r home when he did.
id We rejoiced, of course, in Mary's joy ;1
)r but, if the truth must be told, we were j
us very sorry for ourselves ; and as to poor ,
/% I TVT'm *1^1 ol lm wob cr?nr/?nlv t.n Via 1
AJ 1ULJL. jnumv;iituui) iiv hhu ?Jvt%4WY v\? I
2. thought of at nil?his future stretched :
before us such a pray, dismal blank, j
d We broke our dreadful news to him in ;
is fragments, giving him a morsel at a time
h as we thought him able to swallow it.
a After a long period of silence, the ded
sorted German shook his head sorrowd
fully, nnd said: " That one little
e woman she have a dreadful smile " (poor I
d fellow, he meant "irresistible "), "and
d she speak German like to break my i
g heart. She should not ought to with |
)- her husband not dead."
a Evidently he could not. divest himself !
d of the idea that Mary was in somo way j
t; to blame for Mr. Murphy's unexpected
y appearance.
Brunhilda actually cried for sympathy, |
11 and took a melancholy pleasure in running
to the door for our letters. But
e Btich is the ingratitude of human nature,
', that she was probably compared, some
what to her disadvantage, with tiie lost
d one.
;; About six months elasped, when we
L1 one day encountered our blighted friend
with a fair haired little woman clinging
to his arm and looking very happy. She
f was evidently Gorman, and as evidently
a his wife ; and he subsequently informed
us that, she was an old sweetheart who
t had followed him from home. She had
; arrived just at the right time, to act as a
e poultice for tho wounds inflicted by
e " that one little woman" with the
" dreadful smile."
t This arrangement naturolly "made
. things comfortable all around," with the
exception, perhaps, of two lone women
. who had lost a treasure that could not
. be replaced.
Fashion Xotos.
f
x Net mittens are revived.
Tillenl is a leading color.
I Foulards arc fashionable.
lr Full dress demands the bonnet.
White chip is declining in favor.
Demi-saison styles arc coming in.
Bonnet trimmings arc not elaborate.
Yellow and tilleul arc leading colors.
Mittens are all at once very fashionable.
The old Tuscan straw braids are revived.
Opon, lacp-like straws are coming in
vogue.
Leghorn straw bonnets are most
; sought for.
Mandarin is one of the new shades of
. yellow.
Rough straw twists are preferred for
round hats.
Moonlight blue is the popular shade
of this color.
Shawls of every kind will be much j
worn this spring.
Yellow Italian straws arc the first
choice in bonnets.
Some mittens are of white, others of
, black or colored lace.
Persian khenna is an instantaneous,
v inodorous hair dj e.
The newest bonnet ribbons are woven
? with plush cffccts.
Tilleiil, or linden green, is a pnle tint!
^ of yellowish green.
: All sliatles of gray are seen in the tie |
I beiges and vigognes.
, The fashionable color, tillenl, is very ;
trying to the complexion.
II All oriental fabrics are very fashion- |
i able at the moment in Paris.
Vesnve is the newest shade of red. It |
s is a brilliant flume color.
- Straight curtain bunds are seen on
1 most of the Leghorn bonnets.
1 Square crowns for bonnets are more
8 called for than pointed ones.
' Shot camel's hair goods are made with j
1 smooth surfaces this season.
Round hats are worn only for shopping, ]
traveling and demi-toilet.
The dry goods counters are gay and j
i bright with new tlrePB laorics.
Some of the percales have light gray,
drab, tilleul and white grounds.
^ a
3 Excitement in Nova Scotin.
The question of precedence having j,
arisen between certain queen's counsel, !
8 an affidavit was read in the supreme ! ,
3 court of Nova Scotia, setting forth that
the seal attached to the commission of j
queen's counsel appointed by tbe local j
1 government, was not the great seal of the ,
? province, but the old seal which was or- j
dered to be returned by the imperial ,
3 government in 1869. The premier of \
" the local 'government admitted the gov- ,
ernment had been using the old seal. '
" The court expressed astonisliment at \
1 such contempt for her majesty's author- j j
j ized and expressed opinion, and said that.;
1 all acts requiring the great seal done j
? since 1869 were totally void. 1
1 This state of affairs leaves Nova Scotia ,
? to-day without a parliament and without
1 a government, with all grants of mar- ]
* | riisge licenses, consequently marriages,
' ! and all commissions since 1869 totally I
void. Tho greatest excitement prevails
in consequence. The chief justice, after
* intimating that it would require im- .
? perial legislation to rectify the matter,
adjourned tho court for ten days for a
fall inquiry.
A Itasli J?et.
i- A Rochester man, according to the
a Sunday Herald of that city, hot iive
o dollars the other day that he could put a
y billiard ball in his mouth. If he had
been a newspaper man no one would
t have taKen the bet, but being another
n kind of hairpin, the Y was planked.
1- Sure enough, the feat was accomplished, ,
d but tiie performer could not get the ball
e out. Physicians were sent for. The 11
it most attractive ladies in town were put,
h vis-a-vis with the victim, but they
[f couldn't attract worth a cent. Sam Hil- j
e dreth. who has the reputation of drawine
e the biggest bull ever held in Rochester,
d was called in ; he couldn't conduct satis-;
ti factorily. Finally the doctors tried
s- again. One got a loadstone, another
a took a cue-rions instrument and caromed
if on the two tonsils ; he then made a cush[.
ion shot on the larnyx, and tried to
e pocket the ball in the brouchiais. After
il some skillful play; with several scratches,'
i- lie nursed the ball out. That whale of
>f prophetic billiard spheres, now Swallows ,
d codfish rotundities. i
A MEMORABLE VOYAGE.
A True Story of Gmnbcttn'n Trip in the BaU :
loou from Bclcnffucrcd Paria.
The following,says Figaro, is an absolutcly
true account of that famous voyage
in a balloon by 'which M. Gambetta !
escaped from beleaguered Paris. The i
details have hitherto been but imperfect- '
ly known to the public. Wc are fortu- I
imtnlv pnnlilpil fr> rrivA f.llflm n? t.liAV 1
came, lately, from M. Gambetta's own
lips?not, indeed, in our bearing, but in
that of several persons who merit our
entiro confidence.
M. Gambetta was dining tho other day
with a lady holding a high position in
Parisian society. After dinner the illustrious
dictator, in compliance with a
very general request, turned round in
his chair, and related some passages of
his curious and eventful life.
Of course he soon had to say something
about the siege of Paris. He
talked of his dream of a prolonged resistance,
and went on to show how he
came to make up his mind to leave the
city by balloon. At length all was ready
ior ms nigttt tnrougn uie air; 110 oougm
furs, took with him the in separable
Spuller, jumped into the car and confided
Cresnr and his fortunes to the care of the
aeronaut. The latter, as we shall presently
see, was bo sensible of the honor
that on the strength of it he treated himself
to a remarkably good dinner as a
preparation for the journey.
And now we had better let the hero of i
the adventure relate it in his own -words, I
which, as we ma}- again assure our readers,
have been exactly reproduced in the ;
following account:
"When we started," he said, in his!
purest Gascon accent, " I had a terrible I
attack of bronchitis. Everybody was j
saying : ' If you go you are a dead man.' |
The savants especially assured mo that j
the temperature would be ice cold, j
Luckily, I had my furs?those furs that;
people liavo said so much about since :
then?and off we went. Once fairly I
clear of the earth I found it so hot that j
I was glad to throw off all my wrappers, j
So much for the savants. That's why i
I never cared to learn anything. Science '
?pooh ! In five or six hours the bal- j
loon stopped. I shook the aeronaut, \
who had fallen asleep. ' Where are we ?' j
'Over the Oise,' lie replied, 'just on the
boundar of the department of the Som- j
me and Oiso.' 'Are you sure?' ' Oh, |
monsieui, I know the country as well as !
I know v.y own pocket.' And in fact,
after loolnnc ut my map, and then at the j
landscape, I found we were above the j
Oise, or, at least, above a river. It was j
the Oise or something else?let it be the ;
Oise. The point was to know whether I
we were still over the Prussian lines or !
among our own people. Well, just then, j
directly under the car, I saw a building, j
a sort of farm, with a large square court- ;
yard in which a number of men were I
lying down witu tiicir piled arms in weir
nydst. ' Who arc they ?' ' Oil ! monsieur,'
says lie, 'for certain they arc
Gardes Mobiles; we are in the French
lines.' 'The devil we are,'said I; 'bnt1
are you sure of it??because, for iny J
part, you know I cannot recognize the j
uniforms.' ' Perfectly snre.' 'Down!
we go then,' and down we went, till wo j
Averc not more than seven or eight bun- |
dred metres from the earth, when we |
heard a German challenge, 'Wer da?'
and saw a mighty bustle in Ihe court- j
yard?the men jumped up, seizing their j
arms and beginning to shoot at the balloon.
And the aeronaut had slipped the !
grappler! He was drunk. I had just
time to whip out my knife, cut the cord j
and pitch him to the bottom of the car? i
with a threat that, if he stirred, I'd i
throw him over. Then wo began to {
mount again, but slowly enough, as it
seemed to me, for we could hear the
music of the bullets, though at that distance
they could not have done us much
harm. I verily believe that if we had
leaned over we might have caught them 1
in our hands. In fact, I know we
could, for I afterward made the experiment
at Tours, by setting some chasseurs
to fire on a captive balloon lixed
lull Iu
had 110 appreciable effect. After awhile
the balloon stopped, then begun to deccinl
once more, with the Prussians still
watching its motions.
" We were again near the river, eo we
had no better alternative than to drop
into the water or into the arms of the
enemy. I scribbled a dispatch to let my
colleagues know how we stood, and sent
it off by a pigeon, but the bird came
back to the car?110 doubt having lo3t its
way. We wore still dropping down, so
at last there Beemed to be but one hope
?the Oise. As to our getting over the
river to the French side before -ne fell, i
it was not to be thought of ; there was
uot an inch of air. All this while Spuller
had been smoking his cigar like a
philosopher. At last lie said, with a i:
smile: 'The Oise, the Oise; that's all
very well for you; you know how to
swim, but I may as well tell you I don't.'
< Stuff l' T onitl 'T'll look after von.' 1
KSVtt** . _ %J
Still we shot down, when 011 ft sudden? .
puff; there was a breath of air, but
3uch a Blight oue that I made a joke -of
it, and told Spuller it was only the
imoke of his cigar. The gods had come '
fco our aid. The balloon passed the river, 1
md made straight for the top of an oak. 1
JTou've no idea how uncomfortable it is '
to come down on the top of an oak?lit- '
tie branches without end, and all that.
However, we landed, and were?saved."
The Lady of the House?"Very good;
but you must have had just a little ,
icare. j.
Gambetta?"Oh, madame, not the L
least in the world."
How to Succeed. 1j
If your seat is hard to sit upon, stand j
up. If a rock rises up before you, roll j
it away or climb over it. If you want!,
money, earn it. It takes longer to skin i
nn elephant than a mouse, but the skin j j
is worth something. If you want confi- ' i
donee, prove yourself worthy of it. Do 1
not be content with doing what another i
has don- ?surpass it. Deserve success, i,
,.,,,1 U ? III rn,? 1? -?-na ,.n( tu.i<n ;.
a man. Tlio sun does not rise like a
rocket, or go down like a bullet fired
from n gun; slowly nnd surely it makes
its rouud, and never tires. It is :is casy
to be a leader as a wljeel horse. If the {
job be long, the pay" will be greater; if' ;
the task be hard, tho more competent
you must l>o to do it. . \
Tull Down, Etc. I ]
Tho Cincinnati Enquirer prints the 1
following bit of history in answer to tho ]
inquiry of a subscriber: The expression: i
"Pull down your vest," was first hoard i
iu thiB country in 1763. A New Eng- <
land deacon named Spilkins had a veil :
which was too short for him. When in i
n heated debate or controversy his vest :
would work up under his chin. Peoplr 11
who were listening to his discourse woula ! i
interrupt liira, and tell him to pull doWn ' i
his gnrment, and in this way the expres-:
sion came into use a? a means of checking
bores. I'
Chinese Coolies in Cul>n.
The London Saturday Review, commenting
upon the report of a special
commission appointed to investigate the
condition of Chinese coolies in Cnba,
says :
Olie sentence in the commissioners' report
supplies a terrible intimation : " Of
the more than 110,000 Chinese who sailed
for Cuba, upward of 10,000 died during
the voyages." With a few exceptions
the concurrent testimony of the witnesses
bears evidence to an amount of suffering
endured on the passage which almost
surpasses belief.
The wrotclicd crcatures were confine 1
in the holds ; were beaten without mercy,
in some cases even unto death ; were supplied
with bad food and insufficient
water; were shut up in bamboo cages,
or chained to irou posts; some were
"kicked to death by the sailors," and
"others on the point of death, but not
dead, were thrown overboard." No wonder,
then, that numbers sought relief in
suicide. One witness says: "twenty
men" (his.fellow passengers) " cast themselves
overboard " eight jumped overboard,"
states another; and opium lent
its aid to rid some of the sufferers of
their misery.
"On arrival, wliat happens to the
coolie?" nsks the Chinese government.
"On landing," replies Hsich-Sliuaiigchin,
" four or five foreigners on horsei
i_ ,1 *i.i, l.: ?
imen., uriiiL'u witu wuijjb, iuu no nivu u
herd of cattle to the barracoons to be
sold." These men were then taken to
the market, and were compelled to submit
to treatment which to Chinamen,
wli^se sense of decency is keen, was
peculiarly abhorrent. They were obliged
to remove their clothing, so that their
persons might be examined and their
prices fixed. "This covered ns with
shame," say fifty-two petitioners.
After the evidence brought forward as
to the way in which the coolies are treated
during the various stages of their
immigration until they reach the sugar or
other plantations of the island, the question
'' Do employers treat coolies kindly
?" sounds lik$ a mockery ; but it might
at least havo been supposed that selfinterest
would have induced the masters
to keep the coclies in good bodily health.
Even tliis motive, however, seems to
have been insufficient to work any good
for the immigrants. They are underfed,
overworked and treated with great barbarity.
Maize and bananas form the
staple food allotted to them.
Many stated that, contrary to the regulations
which limit the hours of labor to
twelve out of the twenty-four, they were
made to work from four in the morning
until midnight. Sunday brought them
no relief, and rny attempt to rest was
punished by merciless flogging. Abundant
evidence is furnished that the murder
of coolies was not at all infrequent,
and .cases of suicide by hanging, by
jumping into sugar caldrons and by taking
opium, were of common occurrence.
These statements appear so incredible
that wo naturally turn for their confirmation
or refutation to the statistics finished
by the commissioners, and from
these we learn that out of 114:, 081 coolies
who landed in Cuba during the twenty
years ending 1873, 53,502 died in the
island. These figures speak for'themselves.
And it cannot bo said that infirmities
arising from old age had anything
to do with this high rate of mortality
; for, according to the commissioners,
fl>n tvnrn nil vmimr mon
The fact, therefore remains that during
the twenty years nlxjve named, nearly
fifty per centum of tho young ftnd naturally
vigorous Chinamen who landed in
Cuba succumbed to the effects of the
cruel treatment to which they were subjected.
Tiic Romance of Figures.
If one cent was set out at compound
interest in the year 1 at four per cent.,
tho first of January, 18(50, it would
amount to one quintillion 201,558 quadrillions
332,000 trillions *of dollars. If
we were to take this sum as a capital and
use its yearly interest (four percent.)
then the income tax wo would have to
pay at the rate of one per cent, would
be 480 quadrillions 583,320 trillions of
dollars. If wo paid the tax collector
this sum in silver he would need 3,006,345,000,000,000,000
wagons for its transportation.
Provided the whole of the
earth's surface, both land and water,
were peopled as closely as possible we
should have but the two-millionth nart
of the drivers required, nnd the line of
wagons would have the length of eight
trillions 442,000 billions of miles. The
speed of light is iy2,C90 miles per second,
and it would take 759,600 years to
reach the collector, beginning at the farthest
wagon on bfth sides, stationed
himself in the center of the line. Again
a robbery could be committed on the
liindermost wagon which would not bo
discovered till the 24,780th generation of
tax collectors. If, on the contrary, instead
of using the interest on the capital
(the bulk of which, by-tlie-bye, would
bo equal in gold to 44 globes) this capital
were distributed among the people of
the earth, each one of its 1,000,000,000
of inhabitants would receive about 1,200
trillions of dollars to live on, and could
every second use $2,000,000 for 38,096,300
years without reaching the bottom
of his purse.
A Miser's Fate.
When the government desired to borrow
a large Bum of money from the immensely
wealthy miser, Foscue, he refused
the loan on the plea of poverty.
Fearing, however, that some of his j
neighbors, among whom he was very
unpopular, would report his immense
wealth to the government., he applied his
ingenuity to discover some effectual way
[)f hilling his gold, should they institute
i search to ascertain the truth or false- 1
liood of h:s plea. With great care and
secrecy lie dug a deep cave in his cellar; ;
to this receptacle for his treasure he de- i
icended by a ladder, and to the trap
loor he attached a spring lock, s-< that
:m shutting it would fasten of itself.
By-aud-byo the miser disappeared; in-,
ipiiries were made; the house searched;.
woods explored, and the ponds were
:lragged, but no Foscue could they find;
and gossips began to conclude that the
miser had fled with his gold to some part
where, unknown, he could be free from
the hands of the government. Some
time passed on; the house in which lie
liad lived waB sold, and workmen were
busily engaged in its repair. In the 1
progress of their work they met with the j
1 e j.1 1. ? ...-.11?
;i'?Or OI II1B B'.'UIUl; UVYf, (> ll?U IUU AVJ ill
the lock outside. They drew back tho i
lIoo:-, and descended with alight. The
(in t object upon which the lump reflected
was the ghastly body of Foscue, the
miner, and scattered about him were
heavy bags of gold and ponderous chests
f untold treasure; a candlestick lay beside
him on the floor. The worshiper of
mammon had gone into his cave to pay j
liis devoirs to his golden god, and be- !
came a sacrifice to his devotion.
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD, tl
n
llintM nbont Work. ^
Keep a Note Book.? Perhaps there **
is no business in which there ftre always
so many beginners, as farming, anil
these, whether new at the business or
nn old hand at it, should make a practice
of noting things as they occur to him, or r<
as they happen; and a note book is handy y
to have in one's pocket. ^
Now things are continually coming tl
into notice. Now it is a new fodder n
; plant, some new variety of wheat or tl
j corn, a new cross of some domestic ani- A
' mal, or a new tool. It is well to try any N
I .promising novelty in a small way, at g<
I first, to test its value. If successful, it I
is afterwards easy to add to the stock. ft
Drains.?There is no better time "
than the present to dig drains. The P1
January thaw, which was very general, P
has filled the low ground with water, **
and flowing water is the best possible
leveling instrument. The narrower the ei
drain is made, so that a man can work
easily in it, the cheaper may the work ei
be done. When water is flowing in the ^
drain, lay the tiles from the head down- e'
wards. There is no danger then of obstructions
entering them. 71
The cost of draining can hardly ever '
be lesa than it now is. Labor is very ^
low, and those who have improvements sf
to make, and have the money, or see ^
their way clearly to repay it, if borrow- g,
ed, could liavo no better opportunity ,'
than the present.
Standing Water.?A very important ai
work is to let off any water that accumu- m
latcs upon the surface. This requires tr
constant attention, and the use of the tl
hoe or a shovel. Whether there is a crop n,
in the ground or not, it is equally neces- p
sary to do this thoroughly, else the soil 8l
is soaked and dries very slowly. The (](
amount lost through water remaining aj
upon fields, would each year buy for tl
every farmer who permits it, a good pa- ^
per and more books than he could well j,
study in a year. tc
Barnyards, especially, should be freed P
from water; the wash from the roofs F
should be carried off before it has soaked w
through the manure and dissolved out P
all the valuable parts of it. P
Live Stock.?When the coat is shedding,
the use of the card, or a smooth
curry comb, should not be neglected.
There is then an irritation of the skin, B(
which is allayed by Vrushing or carding; w
besides, the loose hair is removed and 0]
\ does not rub otl 011 to the clothes. A q
tcaspoonful of sulphur daily, to every ^
animal, for a week or two, would be n|
helpful. c|.
Vermin.?As the warm weather conies f\
on, lice and ticks becomo active, and n<
annoy the animals greatly. A mixture In
of equal parte of lard and kerosene oil, w
put. on tlio back and brisket of cows, u
calves and sheep, will have a good effect.
Spring Wheat.?In the districts m
where this crop succeeds, that is, north fr
of a line drawn from Boston, to the hj
south shore of Lake Erie, and thence to ti
central Illinois, it is the first crop sown. P1
Shallow plowing, with thorough harrow- P
ing, leaving whatever small, clods may lc
remain after the harrowing, upon the T
surface, is the best preparation. Where vi
some stimulating fertilizer is needed, P
use 150 pounds of superphosphate of ?|
lime, or JOG pounds of guano, per acre, ci
] ?AaricuKurint. ?
ti
JJomcHtle I?vl|>?. a j
Lemon Cheesecakes.?Take half a ; In
pound of butter, 011c pound of loaf sugar, j c<
six eggs, the rind of two lemons nnd i it
juice of three ; put all into a small lined [ ti
saucepan. Iteep stirring the mixture st
over the firo till all is dissolved and it
begins to thicken ; then put it into small aj
! jars, and keep in a dry place. When si
, made into cheesecakes, line some patty ti
pans with good puff paste, rather more j hi
than half fill them with the mixture, and j T
bake for about a quarter of an hour in a J ir
brisk oven. is
Queen of Puddings.?Soak a pint of \ ?<
bread crumbs in boiling milk, and the j |r
yolks of four eggs, well beaten, and j ^
sticnr to taste. Bake in a pie dish ; when ^
j coid, spread jam over the top, and over j w
j that the whites of four eggs, beaten to a | Vl
: stiff froth, witli four teaspoonfuls of (1
white sugar; put into the oven, and bake Zl
a very light browu. Flavor with essence
1 of vanilla or lemon.
j Potatoes a la Maitee d'Hotel.?
i Slice cold boiled potatoes a quarter of nn B
inch thick, and put into a saucepan wit-li d
{ four or five tablespoonfuls of milk, two | st
; or three of butter, pepper, salt and some d
j chopped parsley ; heat quickly, stirring n
I all the time, until ready to boil, then lc
j stir in the juice of half a lemon. This A
I last ingredient entitles the dish to a for- i b
I eign title. Pour into a deep dish and 1 la
j serve very hot. j If
Iced Apples.?Pare and core one dozen , ^
i large apples ; fill with sugar, mixed with 1 "
! O li+Urt Knffai* on/1 rtiimomnn nr mif.mPff ! ?]
j bake till nearly done. Cool, nud, if j ^
; possible without breaking, put the ap- : "
pies on another dish. If not possible, ; r<
I pour off the juice; have some icing pre- i r(
j pared ; lay it on the top ami aides, and I b
set into the oven a few minutes to brown |
i slightly. Serve with cream. j j*
Cheese Omelette.?Grate some rich | ,
; old cheese, and, having mixed the ome- i
: lette as usual, stir in the cheese with a :
swift turn or two of the wrist, and at!
I the same time some chopped parsley and
| thyme. If it is beaten a long time the j
! cheese will separate the milk from the J
. eggs. Cook at once. ^
Hon- to Save Mnnnrc. I {]
If a farmer were to have the best fa- j cc
cilitics for saving liis manure, with the ; m
least possible loss of ammonia, I would j re
eny, let him have a manure cellar under j
liis cattle stalls, into which their dung is
daily thrown; and the lloor of ihe stall |
so constructed to allow nil the urine of j j,
the stock to run down and he mixed with ' ,
it. This cellar would have to he under a |.
bnru lmilt on a aide hill, so sis to admit .
of backing in a wagon.to cnriy the con- : ^
tentu to the fields. A pump would be !
necessary near by, with h$se to saturate rr
the manure occasionally to hasten decomposition.
Horse manure, especially, j .
would be liable to serious injiu*y if not !U
kept wet. * j .,
The next best plan to keep manure is , .
under a shed, piled up compactly with j'1
tlie top of the heap a little concave, so as j ,
to hold water, and allow it to run down | m,
ami dampen the wholo heap. Water is ;,
highly necessary in the decomposition of |
manure heaps. An excavation in the ; ?
middle of the barnyard, six or eight feet i ,
square, and of the Bamo depth, in which ! V"
a pump is placed, to carry through hose j
or troughs the liquid manure of the yard 11,
to the heap under tho shed, would ue a
good thing. A platform could be made
over tne wen Jioie, w consist* 01 bihih iwu i
inches wiclf, and just fnr enough apart to dc
allow the . liquids of the yard to run "
through it; or the shed manure may be ; uj
wot once in two weeks from a pump uot I mi
far away; or the water from tho roof of j wt
a
ae barn and shed may be so conducted
pon the manure as to require no other
etting; but the conductors should bo ,
mde to be removed when the heap is j
ret enough.
The Indian Tribes of Maine. j
The Augusta (Mc.) Journal says: The
jmnants of two Indian tribes continue 1
10 wards of the State?the Penobscot,,1
ad Passamaquoddy. The past year
lere has been expended for the first- i
amed tribe 83,437.01. The census of ;
le tribe shows the number to be 44$. ;
t the annual election, held the first of
ovember, Tomer Attian was elected .
overnor: Saul Neptune, lieutenant- ,
rrwrnor; and Sabattis Dana, delegate to !
le legislature. A larger vote was cast
lan at previous elections, many particiating
in the election who have in former '
ears refrained from voting, and the inications
are that a much pleasanter state !
f political feeling prevails than for sev- ral
years past. There has been less deiand
for labor, and consequently a low:
rate of wages has prevailed among the '
ibo for the past year. Sales of baskets, 1
ic., at summer resorts have been less in 1
nantity and in price than in any preious
seasons. No prevalent diseases ]
five raged among the tribe during the j
?ar, and their condition socially, morally i
id physically have remained about the ]
tme. The expenditures the past year
ir the Passamoquoddy tribe were 84,- ,
)5.08* Game lirv? become scarce, and (
lit very few can gain their livelihood by \
unting. Tribe numbers 508?260 males (
id 2-18 females. As soecified in a Ireatv I
mde with the different sections of the
ibe, dated February 28tli, 1852, upon
ie death of John Francis (then goveror
of that portion of the tribe living at
leasant Point) a vote of the whole tribe
ion Id be taken, and the majority should
scide whether to elect another governor |
; Pleasant Point or "to bo content with 1
ie ono living on the Indian township. J
he office having become vacant by the '
eath of John Francis, the tribe decided 1
> elect another governor at Pleasant
oint, and have made choice of Selmore I
rands. They have also, in accordance I
ith the provisions of the treaty, chosen !
oter Selmore lieutenant-governor at j
Icasnnt Point. i
A Great Copper Lode. i
Next to the Calumet conglomerate "
ands the Pewabic lode as a yielder of j
)pper. The noticeable mines operating ;
i this deposit to any extent now are the
[uincy and Franklin. , The progress of
ie former has been marked by a series 1
: prosperous years, and in 1876 its pro- <
net was the largest ever obtained in any ]
velve months before. The Quincy is 1
3w the deepest mine worked on the <
ke, and its lode at the lowest point
rought is as rich as it ever was in its i
pper levels. i
The Franklin, notwithstanding the <
une was Diuuy cnsnDieu two years ago i
orn the treatment it received at tho
anils of the tributers, who for some
me had operated it, afforded more copDr
in 1876 then it ever did before. Comarntively
speaking, this mine is hlialiw,
and it 1ms a good stretch of lode,
he success of tho industry since its reivftl
shows that the portion of the
ewabic deposit it is -working is capable
F being mined profitably under juilious
management. Barring unforseen
jcidents and drawbacks, the coming
velvfl months tho Franklin will do betjr
than it did in 1870, and with the
irgo amount of virgin ground there is
jonomically available for years?the
line, as long as it is kept on tho light
ack, is a permanency?one of the
)lid industries of tho district.
Tho company, owing to the tattered j
:id torn condition tho underground and j
irface of tho mine were left in by the I
ibuters, has been obliged to expend |
LX~J?t3 nuuio Ui Jliuucj 111 ivjuuxxo, VIA.. I
lie working plant above and below is
t first-cln^o shape The Franklin mill i
now one of tho best on the lake. With S
jpper at anything like a fair figure durig
the next year, the results of the mine
11877 will no doubt meet the approbaon
of its stockholders, as well as those
ho have a heart hi the progressive de- j
flopment of the mining interest of this
istrict.?Portage Lake Mining Ga' \
rttc. I
A New Hair Restorer.
The British consul at Nicolaieff, South
iussia, reports to the foreign office the
iscovery of a new hair restorer. He |
iys : In the summer my attention was j
rawn to several cases of sudden baldess
of bullocks, cows and oxen and the j
>ss of tailc and manes among horses. I
. former servant of mine, prematurely I
aid, whose duty it was to trini my
imps, had a habit of wiping his petrolum-besmeared
hands in the scanty
>cks which remained to him, and after
iree months' of lamp trimming experiace
his dirty habit procured for him a
tuch finer head of black glossy hair
mil he ever possessed before in his
^collection. I subsequently tried the
;medy 011 two retriever spaniels that
ad become suddenly bald, with won- j
erful success. My experience induced j j
le to suggest it to the owner of several! f
lack cattJo and horses affected as above I f
ated, and while it stayed the spread of j
ie disease among animals in the some '
leds and stables, it effected a quick and i j
ulical cure on the animals attacked, j,
he petroleum should be of the most: ,
(fined American qualities, rubbed in I
gorously and quickly with tho palm of 1
ie hand, and applied at intervals of
tree days, six or seven times in all, ex- j ?
sjjt in tho case of horses' tails and
ones, when more applications may be i 1
iquisito.
j p
Found Ids Boy.
Not long after the stealing of Charley ; n
oss, a little son of Henry Dochmueler, (j
St. Lonis, was 'stolen. The father j >]
ul but little property, a>id was tumble | c
pay the expenses of an extensivo j v
arch; bnt lie shrewdly hit upon a plan . |
r?accomplishing the object effectually. ! i,
e road tho ncwspajiers carefully, and .
Ijenever he saw an account of the find- j
g of a supposed Charley Roes he sent
learn if the boy was not his lost one. 1
k length, two years after the kidnap
np;, lie saw an account of a stray boy
Illinois, and, on going there, he found , y
lint he had been so long in search of. "*
lie child's hair had been dyed, and he
id changed much through sickuess and ^
(privation, but there was no doubt as n
llie identity. ' He liad boen stolen by 8
indering beggars, who had made his j
etty face profitable in exciting pym-' .
ithy. Tlie father is now prosecuting j1
e supposed kidnappers.
? ! h
His Pleasures.?"My son," jaid a h
iting mother to her eight-year-old, u
wliat pleasure do you fcol like giving s>
during the Lenten season ?" " Well, d
a, I guess I'll stay away from school," si
is the reply. _ j It
Items of Interest.
Inquiring Reader?Wc know of no
patron saint of the dance, without it is
3aint Vitus.
Why is blind-man's-buff like sympathy
? Because it's a fellow feeling for a
fellow creature.
A politician in. Washington has become
cross-eyed trying to keep his eye
on the main ohaflce.
Is not prayer a study of truth, a sally
Df tho soul into the unfonnd infinite?
No man ever prayed heartily without
learning something.
A Kentucky editor remarks that ninetynine
out of a hundred people make a
* ^ 1 1 xl |. ? ArnJa
Bjreai raisiaiio wxjou iuej tuu uu ? a
tail, in throwing away the wrong end.
Governor Newbold, of Iowa, delivered
the best inaugural address ever listened
to from a governor. After taking tho
aath of office he said: " I'll do the best
[can.':
" Grandma, why- don't you keep a serrant
any longer ?" " Well, you see, my
3hild, I am getting old now, and can't
take care of one as I used to, you
know."
In the economy of nature nothing is
lost. The inside of an orange may refresh
one man, while the outside of the
same fruit may serve to break anotner
man's leg.
It is an old practice in Cambridgeshire,
England, villages to sprinkle with
3haff the doorstep of a house'belonging
to a man suspected of beating his wife,
:haff being the result of thrashing.
" What do you get from iodine ?" askjd
tho medical professor. " We get?a?h?usually
get idiotic acid," yawned the
jtudent. " Have you been taking
some ?" quietly asked the professor.
There are in Connecticut, New Jersey
md New York, hat manufactories which,
if run at their full capacity, conld easily
make ia two months all tho soft hats the
jountry would demand in Ihe next six
months.
" Why, my dear fellow," whispered a
Wend, "I did not know you were so
badly maltreated in the affair." "Nor
[ neither," sobbed tho victim, "till I
lieard my lawyer a tellin' the jury all
ibout it!"
The latest use to which paper is put
is that of a protector of ship's bottoms.
Experiments show that when a cement
5f waterproof paper is employed, it is
ihe best and cheapest material for protecting
iron.
The Japanese toilet mirror allows a
ivoman to see all sides of her head at
>nce; but what is needed in this country
.8 a mirror which "will deceive her into
blinking that a last year's bonnet is one
)f the latest style.
Dr. Brown-Sequard nays that coughing
nay be prevented by pressing on tho
lervcs of tho lips in the neighborhood
>f the nose, by pressing in the neighborlood
of the ear, and by pressing very
lard on the top of tho mouth.
Brown, meeting Jones, his friend, and
seeing him look very miserable, said:
Hullo, old man! Why, you'vo a face
ust fit for a funeral!" " So I ought to
mve," replied Jones, "considering I'vo
ust had an execution in my house."
A New Bedford justice of the peace
recently married a couple in what is snpiosed
to bo the quickest time on record.
" Did you como to be married ?" he ask;d.
"Yes." "Go out, you are married,"
and they went out wonderingly.
When you try to carry home a heavy
irticlo, you should take .every advantage
)f it. Some men who can carry a jug of
ivhisky home when it is kept in the jug,
require the aid of two policemen when
hey attempt to carry it homo inside
em.
The oldest duke in Great Britain is
:he Duke of Portland, aged seventyseven;
the youngest, the Duke of Montrose,
aged twenty-live. The oldest marpiis
is the Marquis of Donegal!, aged
?ighty; the youngest, the Marquis of
Samdeu, aged five.
David Dudley Field doesn't like tobacco.
Entering a committee room tho
Dtlier day he found a reporter smoking.
" Yonng man," said he, "throw away
- - ^ J T?.l
that cigar; smoke is offensive to me. ? u
just as soon a man would spit in my
:aco as to smoke where.! am." ?
'' What a horrid young one," eaiil a
lady in a low tone to her companion, at
;he baby show. Then approaching the
;hild the same young Ja ly exclaimed in
:he presence of the mother : " Oh, the
jweet darling!?prettiest one we've seen
jret!?the little precious darliug !'*
Out West no man's ambition has been
:'ully satisfied until he has been mistaken
>n the train for a commercial traveler.
Then the radiance that streams from a
:ontented soul illumines his grateful,
lappy faCv', and as he looks around it
teems to him that all the bright world
,akes its sunlight through blue glass.
About six months ago a young man in
Sock Island voluntarily escorted an old
ady home from a church sociable. Last
veek she kindly died and left him
J4,000. And now the old women of
Sock Island are fairly besieged with
)eaux, and the prettiest girl in town has
o walk homo alone every time if there is
in old woman in the congregation.
In order to check the patronage of
)pium dens by whites of both sexes, tno
joard of supervisors of San Francisco
lave passed a law imposing a fine of riot
ess than 850, nor more than 8500, upon
my keeper who permits a, white person
o'smoke in his place, declaring it a
riminal act for a white person to bo
ound in ft den, and imposing a fine of
lot less than 850 therefore.
A pleasant instance of true generosity
ind its reward, occured at a suburban
own recently. A woman who supported
wo children by liajrd work was asked by
i fellow worker in the mill to aid in mnkng
up a pur so for a poor woman.
Chough having only sixty cents left to
arfy herself and children through tlio
veek, she gave twenty-five ccnts, and a
ittlo later the person relumed and told
icr that nho was the ono for whom llio
inrtse wos intended, and handed her 8-5.
Don't Lose a Minute.
Keep busy. The man -who has nothng
to do is the most miserable of beings,
f you lmvc 110 regular work, do chores,
8 fanners do when it rains too hard to
rork in the field. In occupation we for;et
our troubles, and get respite from
arrow. Tho man whose mind and hands
re busy finds no time to weep and wail,
f work is slack, spend the time in rciullg.
No man ever knew too much. The
.ardest students in the world are the old
icn who know the most. If you lack
ookfl, there >. .e free and very cheap liraries,
at least in cities, at your comiand.
The man who does not acquire
Dim* item of useful information between
livhrenlc ami heiltime must mourfnlly
iiv, with t.liti Roman emperor; " I have
JSt 11 llilj'. "