The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, April 18, 1877, Image 1
'
. _
* "
?? ,,11 I . ?
ABBEVILLE PRESS & BANNER.
?fi Jti * J ;
BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 1877. YOLUME XXIV.--NO. 45.
; . ? - j ' " |
' I A
??? I
Serenade. 1
Brcatbe^hon but lowly.
While lam slowly
Nearing thy cottage so charming and neat : f
Strains soft and airy j
Wako ye my fairy ]
Not from her slumber so gentle and sweet. I
Not violently ,
Hustle, but gently
Whlsprr, oh, zephyr, through leaves of the lime, ^
So that thy sighing
With my voice vieing a
Vftv fn tlir* rirAfimcr in imicATi i
?Dreams arc like singing. f
Down for us bringing "
Glittering stars from the mansion above ;
' Song is but feeling ,
Unuttered, revealing
Innermost throbbings of friendship and love.
Singing or dreamiug }
I see thy beaming 8
Features before me and thy form of grace; Q
Now doubt torments me, t
Now hope contents me, J
That also I have in thy dreams a place. 8
Dan and the Moccasin Snakes. ?
d
i:
Dan Clary was a brother of Mrs. Mac- t
laughlin's, anil took up bis residence a
with that lady and her husband. Dan p
was a fine, hearty, stout young fellow, t
of about twenty years of age ; brave as a <]
lion to face danger, but terribly afraid t
of snakes and Indians. Of the latter he t
had read so much that he was some t
time maki?g up his mind to leave his c
dear old "Green Isle of the Sea" to t
come out to this wild couutry, especially
as Mrs. Mac. had casually mentioned in c
Bojne of her letters that there were In- g
i: 1^,1
uiaua 111 W1C ncu^nu^'i. nxicic 0*1*3
lived, and that they sometimes paid visits f
to her house. Dan looked on the whole
fraternity of red men as barbarous savages,
always spoke of them as " Bloody ,
Injuns," and I shall never forget the day {
when I took him over to the encampment ]
on Buffalo lake and introduced him to j
the tribe.
It was about a month after his arrival,
in the latter part of August, that 1 c
stopped at Mac's one morning and asked r
Dan to go over to the lake with me and * r
catch some bass. He assented at once, J
and we started off together. I always
took my giui when I went to the lake, ^
for I was sure to find some prairie chickens,
and now and then I would shoot a c
duck. Dan was in high spirits this j
morning, and amused me with his Irish c
wit. He was a firm believer in banshees j
and ghosts, and could tell more ghost ^
stories than his sister, and she was ahead v
of anybody I had ever heard before. On ?
our way to the lake I shot a snake, and ^
* as Dan had never seen one I took it cn j
a stick and let him have a good view of j,
it, but the poor fellow's nerves were so (j
highly strung that his strong iraui?- j,
shook as though he had the ague, and H
I dropped the mounter, and we continued 0
on. y
"I woukln't handle that thing like c
vou dkl, sir, for a mint o' money. 'Dr-ed,
but I'm nfeard of 'em?we have no such t
things at home, and that was one of the ;
reasons of my not comin' out to America f
before, tliem and the bloody skelpin' *
Injuns. Will we tee any of thera chaps x
to-day ?" t
" We'll -nee some, uodoubt," I replied; t
but they won't hurt you ; 1 visit tiu-m v
often, and they know me."
" Yon don't gi? all alone by yourself, t
do ye ?V ' * 1
" Yes; I've slept all night in one ol i
their wigwams." ^
'' In what ?" said Dan. }
"In a wigwam." 1
"Howly Moses; an'what's that? 1 ^
never heerd o' the like. What's that ye \
call it?a warn what?" t
*' A wigwam?an Indian's house or i
hut." V
"Weill?well! But there's some
mighty quare things in America, but I
never heerd a house called wam-wam. > ?
No, that's not it, say it again."
<i A ? coi.i T r
A ottiu X. ;
" Yes, that's it?but I'm blest if I can , a
say it. An' did yon sleep in one o' thvm ; ?
wanJ things, and was there no snrikef '
about." ,
" If there were, I didn't see them."
" How nigh were ye ever to ?ne o' .
them moccasin snakes tliat me sister
talks so much about? My! but she's
afeered of them. I believe it's the only fl
thing she is afeered of."
*cyell, I was near enough to a moccasin
once, nearer than I ever wish to be
again?I l*ad my hand on him." 11
"Oh! bloody murder, an' he didnt u
kill you?sure it was a meracle.your life F
was spired. Tell us about it, nu', I'll 6
kape a lookout along as we go for fear I e
some o' them might be followin' us." | ^
" About three weeks ago John and I *
were smojting our jnpes one evening d
about aeven o'clock, and I was leaning c
against a rickety old table that stood on R
the outside of his cabin, and ujion
wnicn mere were inree uoxes nuoii wun "
earth, anil hail a geranium growing in tl
thera; I leaned pretty hard against the P
table, and it broke down and the boxes 1 "
fell over on the grwund, and a larpro moc- ?
casin snake crept oat of one of them, *
and before we could reach him he got ^
between the logs and into the hont-e,
just on the side where my bedstead b
4" stood." 0
"Howly Father! wasn't you scared ?" t]
wucTlto: c
" I didn't like the idea of sleeping in p
that room with the snake, so John and I I
went into the house to hunt him out." f<
" You wouldn't o' ketehed me in that a
house for the best farm iu the State,
Begorra, I'd a' moved ai.1 k'ft the snake u
in full possession !" said Dan. v
" It was much dxurker in the house li
than it was out of doors, but light <]
enough to distinprnish objects in the s
room and upon the floor, and I was
stooping down, lookiner under the bed a
for the snake?I was looking for some- g
tiling that I did not want to find." 1
"I should think so," said Dan.
" There was a lot of old trumpery i
there, such as bandboxes, worn-out liar- !
ncss, and old boots, and my attention
was rather diverted from th'i snake
while moving these old traps about,
when I saw a atrip of what I took to be
ixolled leather, and said to John: 'Here
1s a first-rate lash for your whip,' at the
same time drawing it out from under the '
bed; when to my surprise and horror, 11
found that I had the snake?holding him
by the extreme end of his tail."
"Oh, mnrther!" said Dan, "an' didn't
ho bite you ?" ' ' ' .' :
"As I raised him clear of the floor, he
seemed to be nearly three feet long, anct
his ngly head was twisting in every direction,
so as to get a chance to bite me. !
I knew if I let go of him he would bite
v-' me, and his bite was certain death, as
v -there wasn't a doctor nearer than Fort "
Winnebago?seventeen miles distant?.
and just what to do I didn't know. I
recollected that we used to catch watcrroakea
in the ditches down in the neck,
:>elow the city, ami giving a quick snap
ike the cracking of a whip, wo would*
jreak their backs and thus render them
aowerless. This thought flashed through
ny mind in an instant, and, although the
noccasin was much larger than any snake
[ had ever snapped, yet, as something
mist be done, and that quickly, I relolved
to try it. I lowered him so that
lis head nearly touched the floor, and
jiving him a quick twist and a jerk, I
ould hear him crack like a whip. A sick,
lizzy feeling came over me, and I reeled
md fell on the bed; I had fainted. When
came to my senses Jo]in was leaning
>ver me with a towel and basin of water,
md I could feel the water dripping from
ny face. ' Where's tlie snaue i saiu j.
I* threw Ijim out of doors,' said John.
He's dead enough; you broke his back
k-hile 1 was hunting for a stick.' "
" My ! my ! and what a narrow escape
ou had, anyhow! I don't know, but if
nakes be so plentiful as that, I think I'll
;o back to Ireland. I believe if one o'
hem would get on me I'd die of fright; I
tave such a dread of the ugly monsters,"
aid Dau.
Chatting thus to while away the time,
i-e arrived at the outskirts of the Indian
ncampment, when I said to Dan: "Now
ion't let these fellows Bee that you are
u any manner afraid of them, for, alhough
I don't believe they would do you
ny harm, yet they might be disposed to
>lay some tricks on you. They are prety
keen fellows, and up to all kinds of
ievilment. Keep along with me all the
ime. and. as they nearly all know* me,
Lev won't molest you. We'll give tlicm
hose three prairie chickens that yon are
arrying, and you can see how quickly
hey will pick and cook them."
" Do they just pick off the leathers an'
ook them without taking out the inides
?" asked Dun.
"Yes," I answered; "they are not
astiiiious in their appetites. I believe
m Indian can eat and digest anything."
At this moment a tall redskin, wrap-1
>ed in a dirty blanket, stepped from belind
a tree, and stood directly in front of
)au. Neither of us heard him, as he
lad buckskin moccasins on his feet, and
lis tread was as light as a cat's.
Dan started as though he had seen
me of his favorite ghosts, and, clutching
ne by the arm, he exclaimed: " Howly
nother! Mr. Charles, i.; that the
livil ?"
"No, it's only an Indian; now, don't i
>e a fool, and he won't notice you." !
I knew this fellow right well. He was
me of the hunters of the tribe, and had
lis rifle in his arms, while the blanket
onceal?:l eten-thing except his face,
ie had been asleep, and was covered up
o keep off the mosquitoes and flies. He
ijis very friendly and could speak pretty
;ood English, and as we walked toward
* ' ? il. i 1.. L-J !
ne camp lie lniormeu me umi ne ikiu
teen out hunting all the morning, ami
lad not as yet killed anything for his
inner. I knev.- what he was after. lie
lad seen the chickens that Dan carried,
nd was talking for them. I gave him
ne, and we were not troubled any longer
kith his company, as he hurried off to
;ook it. ?
In about five minutes we reached the
:amp, and found about fifty men, ,
vomeu, and children lounging around
m the ground, some smoking, some
llaviug cards and talking, while others
vere stretched out nsleep, and not one
>f the whole gaug engaged at anything
isAfnl fi vonncr srirl. who had a
ude frame in front of her, and was shavng
the hair from a deer skin. Pan
lidn't know what to make of them; he
ooked from one to the other, then ut me,
mt spoke not a word. At length one of
henfcamenp to him und hold ont his
land to shake hands with him, but Dan
mdn't reached that degree of familiarity
ret, and shrunk away from him. I took
he Indian's hand, and the first quesion
ho onked was: "Some Catawba?"
whisky.)
I answered: "No."
At that time the penalty for giving or
elling an Indian intoxicating liquor was
>100 fine and three months' imprisonment;
they would get drunk whenever
n opportunity offered, and when in that
ondition were not unlike tiieir white
retluen?they wwuld light and someiines
kill each other. This tribe of
Vinnebagos were a miserable set of
agabonds; they had sold their land to
ho United States government, and spent
he money, and subsisted by hunting
nd stealing. They occupied a small
eservation on the south side of Buffalo
ake.
There was another tribe some twenty
i;lrs to the northward?the Menonn
id.:*?vhose condition and general np(e.unncp
was superior to the Winnebaos.
Tuny were protected by the govrnment,
and received regular annuiie8
of food, blankets and money. About ,
lie first of September they would come
own to the Jake and encamp there a
ouple of weeks for the purpose of
atherimr the wild rice that grows in
be marshes along the lake, and it not
jifrequently happened that they and
tie Winnebagos would have a fight, eseeially
if either party were drunk,
"lie last fight they had was about two
ears before I was there, when four were
illed and a number badly wounded
ith knives and clubs.
Dan and I walked around among them,
ut I saw that he was anything but
Dinfortable, and kept close by mo all
tie time. I. gave my two remaining
hiekens to an old squaw, who was very
rofuse in her thanks, anil I proposed to
)an that we catch a few fish and start
3r homo. Dan wns very glad to get
way from them, and we walked down
a the bridge which spam the channel
ml commenced fishing, t.nd in an hour
re had more bass than we could carry
ionic, and after giving some to the Iiilian
boys who had accompanied us, we
tarted for home.
Dan had not said much while we were
.mong the Indians, but he had made
rood use of his time taking observations.
Ifter we bad walked on for about a
quarter of an hour in .silence, be looked
iautiously about birti on either
iide, and said : "So, them's Injuns,
ley? Well, I must say th^y'ru the
igliest and dirtiest set of bein js I ever
*aw. I don't like them, an' I tell ye,
Mister Charles, if you lindn't been along
(vith me I'd been afeared o' my life, an'
[ don't think I'll ever go see them again.
[ seen that chap with the chicken, on'
sure it was just as you said, he pulled
he feathers off by the handful, and
.vithout ever cut tin' it open, just held it
wflr fT>n flrn nn n cfi^lr on' xvlinn
t began to fry a little on one Bide, he
;urned it round on' fried it on t'other
side, en' thou began entin' it. Sure,
)ut it made me sick to look at him.
rroth, I believe he'd ate a man as quick
is he would a chicken."
Dan gave vent to his disgust of tho
vhole race of red men, and wa? sorry he
vor* not a thousand miles av/ay fioin
hem, and he chatted away until we
eached the end of the wkWIh and
smerged on to the prairie.
" Can a fellow get a drink of water
about here ?" said ho.
"Yes," said I, "there is a spring
under that oak tree over there to our
left. I often stop there 011 my way to
! and from tho lake."
We turned off to the left, and crossing
a marshy place of.about a hundred yards
! in width, came to the tree, where there
was a beautiful spring bubbling up from
the ground, the waters of which formed
, themselves into a small pond in a low
place a few yards beyond. This was a
| favorite resort for the cattle that gnfzed
. on the prairie, and they had cropped the
grass very clo^e around the spring. I
I laid down my gun, and wo each took a
drink of tho cool and refreshing water,
j "Let's stop here a bit," said Dan.
"It's a beautiful place, and we'll rest
ourselves awhile. My, my, but this
I 'minds me of a place at home," and Dan
threw himself down at full length on the
1 soft grass.
"If that pile of white clouds away on
there was only a mountain, it would look
: for all the world like a place on the
I Shanuon. Many's the time I've laid
down and looked up on that high old
mountain, and wondered if ever there was
a place so grand and beautiful, and then I
! would turn and look at the river a flow;
in' along so peaceful in the bright sun!
shine. And the last time I was there it
1 was the day before I was to start for
America, an' I said to myself, well, I
! might see places that people would say
was prettier nor this, but to my eye
there is no place so handsome as my old
home in Ireland."
I Poor Dan, how he loved his dear old
Ireland, and how much more I thought
of him for that very reason, for if a man
does not love his country and his home,
no matter how humble or uninviting it
may may bo to a stranger, there is not
much room in lii6 heart to love anything
else.
After chatting away for some time, we
both fell asleep, and when I awoke I felt
as though something hail touched my
leg, and, looking around, I perceived a
huge moccasin snake crawling off toward
my pun, which it reached, and perched
itself upon the stock, which was lying
flat upon the grass. A cold sensation
came over me ; I felt as though the monster
had crawled over me, which, no
doubt, it had, as I lay asleep. I looked
around for a stick, but, of course, when
your are most in need of one there is
none to be hail. The snake had by this
time settled himself very comfortably on
the gun stock, and was apparently
asleep, with his head resting upon the
coils of his body. I didn't stop long to
look at him, as there was nothing very
handsome or attractive in his appearance,
but drawing my revolver, I sent a bullet
at him which cut through three folds of
his ugly carcass, and caused him to rear
his head about six inches and make an
ugly strike, but his wrath and venom
were spent upon the air, and he fell upon
the grass. I seized my gun as quickly
as I could, and bringing down the butt
upon his head dispatched him. All this
was the work of a few seconds, when,
hearing Dan's voice inquiring: " What's
the matter ?"
I turned toward him, and to my horror
saw a huge moccasin not six inches
from his leg, and apparently asleep.
" Don't move, Dan," said I. At the
same time, cocking my gun, I brought it
tip, and before it touched my shoulder I
hot the snake into pieces, when Dan
jumped up, rubbing his shins aud
shouting: " Be me sowl, you've shoe
me ! I feel the blood."
A few pellets of shot had stung his
leg; bnt when I pointed to the torn body
of tho snake, the poor fellow was frightened
nearly out of his wits.
" Was that feller on me ? licgorra, I
thought I felt something."
"Let go my arm, Dan; there's another,"
said I, and I shot him, and, reloading
quickly, it was not two minutes
before I killed another. Tho place was
literallv alive with them.
** -nrt 1 i 11 1. #11* 1.:..
" wnat Biian we uu: bum x/uu, m?
hair fairly standing on end with terror.
" Get out of this as quickly as possible,"
said I. "Come, follow me, and
make as much noise as you like, for I
expect that piece of low ground that we
have to pass through is full of them, and
maybe you can frightem them off."
Dau needed no second invitation. Instead
of following, however, he beat mo
about twenty-five yards in our run across
the marsh; and when we reached Mac's
house, he swore by all tho saints that he
would not live in that country another
month for a mint of money.
When I told Mac where we had boon,
his face turn.ed a shade or two paler, and
ho said: " I wouldn't co to that sprinc
this time wf year for a hundred dollars.
Ben KeiT and I burned off that marsh
two seasons ago, and we killed with
'sticks fifty-six moccasins, and I don't
know how many were burned up."
And I used to stop there for a drink of
water every time I went over to the lake.
It is needless to say that was my last
visit to tho beautiful spring.?Philadelphia
Sunday Mercury.
As it Should Be.
Let me tell you of one homo which
will never be desolated by drunkenness.
Among the pictures in tho sitting-room,
where the children meet father and
mother in happy companionship many
fimoR a (lav. bancs a total abstinence
pledge, with the signature of every member
of the family upon it. And the
parents take pleasure in it, speaking of
it with satisfaction, thanking God for it,
keeping the idea prominent in the minds
of their children. No intoxicating liquor,
for any purpose, ever comes into that
house. Neither for cooking, for medi
cine, or for cleaning, is a child ever sent
to purchase alcohol, or any of its foul
kinilred.
Parents, for the sake of the children,
the dear little children, whom you cannot
keep in your arms always, keep up a
public sentiment in the home that shall
be a guard to them, when they go out in
the world; set them an examplo like the
north star to guido them, and then, and
always, pray to our Father to "deliver
from evil."
Another ' Toddic " in Church.
In St. Louis a little three-year-old,
who is now a man, was taken for the first
time to church by the family, and buttoned
into the pew, which was near the
pulpit. Reaching the pennon, the minister
took his text : "Behold I stand at
the door and knock." Sliding up to the
pew door, the little fellow rapped smartly
on the inside of it, speaking out loudly
enough to be heard all around: -'I
knock, too." It took both preacher and
hearers a long minute to get into a sober
enough condition to go on with the serin
>n.
It is said tlint the demand for ivory
in England causes the deatli of 50,000
, elephants annually.
Fashion Notes.
The lower part of every ball costume is
' covered with flounces, plaitings and
i puffings.
I Fan suspenders of colored silk cords
i to mutch each toilet are necessities of
I the moment.
Turkish sable brilliantines, black anil
| glossy as silk, are revived for skirts of
J business suits.
i Silver nets over pink or blue or white
i crauzes are used in the compostion of
j Paris ball toilet*.
i Full ruches in the necks anil arounil
! tho wrists of confirmation dresses nre
: (lc rif/eur in Paris.
Tho prettiest bunting parasols are
| white, with blue linings and cardinal
; bows and streamers on the top.
The fashion of wearing black at a wed1
ding is permitted in France, but is considered
bad taste in England.
Embroideries in colored silks, chenille,
beads and tine wools are made to pro'
duce magical effects in dress.
! Parisian women are wearing their
| evening dresses very short in front, and
; with a very long comet tail train.
I The Fenelon is an elegant Paris house
j shoe, cut so as to almost cover the in'
step, and is tied in front with a bow.
Linen collars and cuffs for out-door
! wear are plain, and for in-door toilet are
: trimmed with lace or richly embroidered.
The newest fan suspenders for evening
!i -i ^ - ?:_i * ?jh, ?,;n,
: WlieiS lire il JlllAtiUU ui sun. I.UJU 1T1U1
' gold or silver thread, and finished with
i tassels to match.
\ None bnt young girls under twenty
i dan re now-a-days in Paris, as their gauze
j dresses are the only ones that will ad|
mit of the exercise.
! As soon as the nuptial knot is tied,
: a Parisian bells exchanges her gauzy
] ball dresses for heavy trailing robes of
j silk, satin and velvet.
Charles IX. shoes have a strap and
: bueUc across the instep, or several bars
' with a buckle or button or small rosette
i in the center of each bar.
Two new collarettes have made their
: appearance, the Duchesse de Berry, of
; black and white lace ruches, and the
i Flanders, a fraisc of Flemish lace.
j The newest cap head dresses take the
j baby form, with a long scarf of lace or
i crape lisse quilted across the back and
' forming strings to cross on the bosom
j in front.
Confirmation toilets this spring will
| be in the princess form, of white cash,
mere or Indian muslin, and under the
' long, white, gauzy veil will be worn a
! small baby cap, with full rucliings around
| the face.
Visit to an Indian Princess.
At Delhi I visited one of those Gotha
women who never appeor in public, and,
i if obliged, as in the case of this Durbar,
i go closely veiled or with a screen before
: them. It was the Princess of Tanjore.
j uud I went with a lady interpreter whom
I knew. I was met by the husband of
' the princess, dressed all in cloth of gold.
He conducted us to his wife, who was
seated upon a high gilded chair, and before
* ..'n. i c?
Iter was a giiueu mui iur mr, jjiucuu m
i the router,, one at my right for Miss
Firth, - the interpreter, and ona at my
. lel't for a niece, who is the heiress apparent.
These were arranged in a half
circle before her. She whs dressed in
cloth of gold, with a diamond fringed
head dress, pearls, rubies and emeralds
! innumerable. In the head dress were
gold tassels and large pins of precious
stones. A diamond necklace was worn
close about tins throat, and a ruby, and
then an emerald, necklace hanging bolow.
Two armlets were worn at the top
of each arm, and two near the wrist. A
wide tape of jewels, as I may say, came
from the front ornament, of her cap down
. to the top of each ear, and each ear was
pierced from the top of the lobe to the
bottom, with rings of pearls and diamonds.
In her nose she had five or six
i immense diamonds, set in the form of a
! leaf, which reached from the edge of the
nostril, on the left side, up to the bridge
! of the nose; then a pearl of the size of a
I large pea hung pendant from the center
' of the nose until it fell over the lip.
After a few courtesies the husband
bade mo welcome and passed to me a
' " * 11* LL P ? .1 l-.i 1
' silver cup noicung auar 01 rose una uewn
; nut, wrapped in a leaf lying in the sal
ver. I touched the betel nut, and he
put a drop of the perfume on xuv handkerchief.
Ho then showed mo the belt
, of jewels which his wife had worn, to
hold the sword of her grandfather, while
on a visit to the viceroy. It was a mass
of diamonds all across the front, and the
rest was heavily wrought gold, almost
i too heavy for so little u body to wear,
i She then put her cloth of gold veil over
\ the head of her little niece, that I might
i see how completely covered she had
| been during the interview, only slia hod
plitced the head dress, which she had
I then on, upon the top of her veil, and
' had looped up her veil to her shoulder
i tlmt the viceroy should have the benefit
of the jewels on her arms. The little
j girl sung for me, in English : " Twiukle,
| twinkle little star," and " How doth the
(little busy bee."?Letter in Boston
Journal.
The Chinese in California.
! Col. Frederick A. Bee, who appeared
before the Congressional committee re!
ceutly in Sun Francisco, says a local
1 paper, in defense of the Chinese, who
j has token a prominont part in opposing
j the anti-coolie movement in general, and
I has interested himself in the raising of
funds to assist in bringing the perpetrators
of the late outrage at Ohico to jusi
tice, has received u postal card reading
as follows : *
1 "Col. F. Bee, City.
; "Dear Sir: The 11 of 708 have you
marked ! You had better not, have sent
your SoOO to Chico. The Chinamen have
got to leave this country, and that little
. affair in B ;-te county is only a preliminary.
Tft'io my advice and leave this
State in thirty liays or yen will be killed.
All of you wuo are in for coolies and
, against the whites here are marked 708."
rni.A i.iou tnni'lo<1 fit. Stflfcioil T>
JL lit; nuu jutwivvt i.w rj y
March 17, twelve m. , in San Francisco,
and is evidenly written in a disguised
| hand. It is reported that at a recent
meeting of an anti-coolie club in that
city the Chico maseacro was approved,
amid cries of "That's what we waut."
Frightened. ?An old fashioned clergy
man named Moore tvns ridihg on horsej
back one stormy day, enveloped in a
loose cloak of large proportions and having
a broad scarlet collar. By the action
of the wind the cloak was tossing
about in nil directions, when a gentleman
roile up on a spirited horse, which
shied and almost threw the rider. " Thnt
; cloak of yours would frighten the devil,"
said the frentlftnan. " You don't ta^so!"
replied Mr. Moore ; "why, that's just
! my trade."
J
Good-Will.
Here is ft golden saying from the lips j
! ol A. T. Stewart, a man who in fifty !
. years amassed more than fifty millions of i
j dollars : j
y I consider honesty and trnth as great'
i aids in the gaining of fortune." j
If such a man, with such wealth, !
should go still further, and make good- j
j will to his fellow men the lending motive '
| of his life, what a power he might be-!
I come, and what a halo of glory would |
i crown his name ! j
Ah, my boys, what a world it would :
i be, if this spirit prevailed in it?if on !
i every side we met those ready to help i
and cheer, instead of being compelled |
always to be on our guard against self- j
, ishness and fraud ! Now, every one can :
' do. his share toward making his own \
little world such a world. I have known
a single brave, manly, generous boy to
influence a whole school, so that it be
came noted for its good manners and ]
good morals. I liave also seen a vicious ]
I boy taint a whole community of boys <
, -with liiu bad habits, and set them to (
robbing orchards and birds' nests, tqr-;,
i tnring younger children and dumb ani-'t
I mals, using bad language and tobacco, \ l
| and doing a hundred other things which j j
they foolishly mistake for fun. ]
Good-will should begin at home. How (
I quickly }-ou can tell what' sort of spirit i j
i reigns among the boys or in the families j \
! you visit! In some houses there is con- j j
i stant warfare ; at any time of day, you j <
; Ijear loud voices and angry disputes. ' ,
"You snatched my apple and eat it |'
i up!" !'
I "Touch that trap ag'in, Tom Orcutt, \
and I'll give ye somethin' ye can't buy i ]
to the 'pothecary's !" i<
"Ma! sha'n't Sara stop pullin' mv ]
; hair ? He's pulled out six great hand- |
?uls already !" : 1
! " He lies ! I ha'ut touched his hair !" i j
" Whp'u been stenliu' my but'nuts?" j
i "Pete shot ray arrow into the well? ! j
j and now sha'n't he make me another ?" j \
Then go into a house where you find ; (
I peace instead of war, innocent and happy ,
! sports instead of rude, practical jokes? ,
J and, oh, what a difference !
You may always tell a boy's disposition j
i by noticing his treatment of his sisters. f
! A mean and cruel boy delights in tyrnn- i ]
' nizing over smaller children ; but in the j j
j presence of stronger boys, he can be j j
! civil, nnd even cringing. A cowardly ?
i fellow like that is pretty sure to exercise
i his ill-nature upon the girls at home.
Now, I know that many of the boys I
! am talking to have far more good-will
j than they ever show. Their disagreeable |
i ways are the result of long habit and j (
; want of thought. The spoiled child is '
i pretty sure to form such waya. He is j
; accustomed to think only of himself, and '
: to have others think chiefly of him. That j 1
i? *1ia frnnhlo T siisneefc. with Orson. I (
Will lie, when ho reads thin, resolve to
j break up the ohl, bod habit, and eultii
vate the better spirit that is in him ?
1" By good-will I do not mean simply j
j good-nature. Good-nature may sit still!
and grin. Tint good-will is active, earn-:
! est, cheering, helpful.
All, my boys, T. have told you many
; stories?and I Lave no donbt some of
you wish I had made this a Btoiy insteiftl
of a talk. But the real motive of all my ;
stories?the lesson I have always wished
to tench in them, but which I am afraid
! some of you have overlooked?has been
this which I am trying to impress upon I
you now. If I were to write as many j
more, the hidden moral lurking in every \
j one of them would be the same. Or if I;
were now to take leave of you forever, |
| and sum up all I have to say to you in j
: one last word of love and counsel, that j
j one word should be?good - will.?&'(. '
I Xichola* for April.
What tho Railroad Train Singn. j
Lying broad awake in a berth of a
sleeping car, says Brett Harto, I could '
not help making some observations which j
I think are not noticed by the day trav-1
; eler. First, tlint the speed of a train is i
not equal or continuous. That at cer- [
tain times the engine apparently starts
up, and says to the baggage train behind [
it: "Come. come, this won't do ! Why, j
' it's nearly half-past two; how shall we | 1
get through? Don't you talk to me. Pooh! j '
pooh !" delivered in that rythmical fash- ]
ion which all meditation assumes on a j(
I railway train. Exempli (/ratia : One ,1
night, haviug raised my window curtain J
1 to look over a moonlit snowy landscape, I
as I pulled it down the lines of a popular 11
comic song flashed across me. Fatal ' !
error ! The train instantly took it up, and !
during the rest of the night I was haunted i
by this awful refrain: "Full down tlio j(
; bel-lind, pull down the bel-lind; some- j1
body's klink klink. O don't be sheo- ;1
'shoo!" Naturally this differs on diffe - I(
"eut railways. On the New York Central, j
where the road bed is quite perfect and I 1
I the steel rails continuous, I have heard this !{
irreverent train give tlio words of a certain j!
, popular revival hymn after this fashion:1J
1 "Hold the fort, for I am Sankey, Moody :
Hlingers Btill, wavo the swish swosh back j1
. from klinky, klinky, klanky kill." On ; j
the New York and New Haven, where j
there are many switches, and the engine ; *
wliistles at every cross road, I have often |
| heard: "Tommy, make ro< m for your:?
wlioopy ! that's a little clang, bumpity '
bumpity boopy, clikitty, clikitty, clang." ;
Poetry, I fear, fared little better. One :
starlit night, coming from Quebec, as we j
: slioned bv a vircrin forest, the opening
! liues of Evangeline flashed upon me. | '
But all I coulfl make of tliem was thiR :, (
:" This is this forest prim-eval-eval; tho 1
! groves of the pines and tho hem-locks- j I
locks-loeks locks-loooock!" The train I!
was only "slowing" ?r "braking" up at' ^
I a stution. Henco the jar in the metor. \ ?
! ]
Paper for Houses. j <
As long ago as 1857 a company in the !
West began the manufacture of building !
paper, aiul now it has three large mills that j
turn out sixteen tons per day. The paper '
thus manufactured is a thick, hard paste- '
board wound in rolls of twenty-five to *
oue hundred pounds each, and usually '
thirty-two inches wide. While it is j
being made it is subjected to an enormous '
pressure, which compresses the fibers j ]
into a solid body. The sheet becomcs abso- j
lutely airtight, and as paper is a non- j
conductor of heat it resists the action of j J
both heat and cold. A building lined , J
| with it resists the entrance of heat in i
' summer and cold in winter. In case ' J
of a fire the paper sheets do not burn ' so ! '
easily as wood on account of their hard- j '
ncss'and solidity. Tiiis queer building , ]
material has been tried in cold and in . *
warm climates, and found to work admir- j
ably in all conditions and all circuin-''
stances. | j
i A biil lias been reported in the Connec- ]
ticut Legislature giving a woman who j 1
pays taxes and owns over $300 worth of ; 1
property the same right to vote as any 1
. tramp who sleeps under the hedgos and t
rol)s tho roosts for a living, and wears f
.tin: same shirt thirty-six months. There f.
is something indescribably grand and , t
impressing in the nnglity development j I
i in tluH age of progress and civilization i t
' How Sailors arc Treated.
Three boarding house muners were
jeverely injured by the officers of tlse I
English ship Princeport, while the ves- t
icl was going into New York harbor. e
Uapt. Brown, of the Princeport, said to 1
i reporter that he sails from Antwerp to V
Liverpool and thence to New York; he f
ias had a wide experience, but in n? r
>ther port would such outrages be tol- a
jrated as aro practiced with impunity by I
runners in the harbor of New York. They -v
joard an incoming vessel off quaran
;ine, and by plausible representations (
persuade the sailors to go with i
:hem* to the vile dens they repre- f
sent. By the time the vessel reaches her T
lock all 'discipline is at an end. The c
jailors generally have back pay due j
;hem. There are fourteen on the Prince- \
port, and there is an average of ?3 10s. j
vmiini* tn Anrli of them. After pcttinc I t
;he men into the boarding houses they | g
Let them run up bills for rum and de-1 f
^auchery until they are heavily in' debt. |
3nee in their power, they persuade the
sailors to desert their vessel and ship
jlsewhere. They take them sober to the
shipping commissioner's office, secure
bertha for them, and collect their adrance
money to pay the bills the men
iiave incurred. Unscrupulous lawyers
ire in the pay of cacli house. The runners
introduce the sailors to these gencry,
who offer to collect their back pay
from the vessel from which they have
leserte'l, and for this ostensible purpose
?et them to give him powers of attorney,
ihe sailors are then made drunk and
" shanghied" while in that condition, on
vessels bound on long voyages. The
lawyers wait quietly until the first vealel
is abont to sail, and then they board
lier, and presenting the powers of attorney,
demand the back pay. The men
being deserters, the money is, of course,
refused. The lawyers go instantly to
the United States courts and libel her, i
is the law permits them to do. The captain
is consequently given the alternative |
wUU 4-1-*aih /loivtartilu nr in.
Jl Willi l/licix uvuiauuu VA U4
nirring a disastrous delay pendiug the
leciaion of a tedious suit. Of course he
pays. Oapt. Browu said that he had
mown many cases in which sailors were
mbjected to this treatment, and he never
mew of one receiving a cent of the I
noney thus collected. There is a law !
prohibiting runners frourboarding a ves-1
iel in the stream, but it in not enforced.
. . I
Success in Life.
Do we ever quite succeed in our own
?stimation ? Is not our success necesuirily
beyond anything we have accomplished
? Is not success another name
or the uuattained anil unattainable ? Is
lot our success called such only by
)thers? But, taking the word in its
nere practical and rather vulgar mealing?the
acquirement of a cei tain amount
>f property, there are few who succeed.
Perhaps everybody in this country
rjiguely hopes that he shall some day be
ich, riches having no special significance
ixcepting relief from labor and accompanying
ease of surroundings. After a
lumber of years of grappling with the
vorld, the majority of men find that all
;hey can expect to do is to live, and they j
nake no active effort for accumulation. [
Privately, at least, they admit they have ]
'ailed, having in mind acquaintances and !
riends in possession of houses, lots, [
londs and stocks not to be computed, i
Save they failed ? Compared with the I
.>ondholders and stock owners, yes; com- j
jared with a host of others, no. If i
;hey have managed to keep out of debt, !
;hey hare done better thau the mass, for '
lot one in fiftv. it is said, quits the world
inancially even. Therefore, it may be i j
isserted they liave been successful. In- ' ]
plire of the envied bondholders if they j <
iiive succeeded, nnd you will discover j
,hut they, too, are disappointed. Home i
me on whom they have fixed their eye 1
ias succeeded; but not tliey. The little i
:hey have .scraped together amounts to
lothing. Tliey are no nearer content- I
nent than those who simply make both | '
suds meet.; in all likelihood they are not j J
(o near, for they are ambitious aiid rest- '
ess for further acquisition, while those ' 1
ire resigned to their condition. j 1
It is astonishing the small proportion ! 1
)f the successful to the unsuccessful in j '
my and every walk of life. Of a thou- j j
sand who study law and are admitted to t'
;he bar, the majority are driven from the '!
profession by want of practice; a hun- i'
Ired, perhaps, earn a scanty living, ! j
;wenty gain pecuniary independence, '
3ve get some reputation, one or two be- |f
5ome distinguished. Among the young I 1
nen authorized to write M. D. after-their !(
lames, how many take any rank as pliysi-' 1
:iau8 ? Hardly one in seventy, and of ; '
;hese, comfortable competency and wide j]
reputation come not to five. Clergymen i1
>f real ability are exceedingly scarce, | 1
md even these frequently'suffer from j1
ack of appreciation. Unless chance j
'avor, tliey may deliver clever sermons '
lowu to old age, from country pulpits, j (
md not an echo of their cleverness reach ; '
;he sources that chronicle fame. Never- j1
heless, theological seminaries are full of ' 1
students, and liberal donations are con- i ]
itantly making for their support.?New j
York Times.
? ; i
i f
A Desperate Undertaking. 1
. - . ' <
Tho late Admiral Goklsborough was "
lie son-in-law of William Wirt, and be-; 1
ame prominent iu the navy at an early J;
lge. In 1827, when only twenty-two
rears of age, he held the rank of lieutenint,
and was the executive 'officer of the
Porpoise, .theu attached to the Mediter- j
anean squadron. At that timo Greek
pirates were so numerous that no mer- J
;hant vessel, unprotected by n convoy, I
jould safely venture to sail among the t
slands of the Archipelago. The pirates, c
juiced, were so powerful that at one time f
;hey succeeded in capturing an Austrian t
nan-of-war which carried ten guns, c
Lieutenant Goklsborough was ordered ; 1
x> take command of a night expedition I
to retake an English brig, the Comet, f
:rom the Greek pirates, two hundred of c
idiom were in full possession of her. c
rhe attempt was a desperate one, and <j
required a desperate effort. Lieutenant I
jloldsborough took with him only four t
Wttts find tnmy-nve omeers imu meu, j
jut his expedition was entirely success- i:
'ill, though uot until many of the enemy ];
iad been killed?an average of very nearly t;hree
to every man of the attacking t
Darty. The ward-room steward of tho t
Porpoise, a mulatto of Herculean j
strength, was ono of the expedition, and t
tilled with his own hand no less than d
eleven of tho pirates. The chief of the li
lorde, with several of his men, wos dis- n
latched by the pistol of Lieutenant John s
V. Carr, of Virginia, a gallant officer, t
ong since dead. On the arrival of the ; li
/orpoiso at Malta, after tho sound s
hrashing given tho pirates, the English s
jovernor returned the thanks of his n
fovernment to her commander, and t
hrough him to fciie otileers and men who a
iad been personally concerned in the g
exploit. J v
* How Money Gets Astray.
The Pall Mall Oazcttc Bays : The
iliootan expedition belongs to history, i
hough not the most agreeable or glorious 1
pisode in the annals of British India. One -1
ittle incident, however, still remains to
>e recorded. We cannot, indeed, vouch
or its absolute accuracy, though it is
tot only generally credited, but it is
.lso credible. The story runs thus:
Jnder the impression that the " little
ror " would be fought out to the "bitter
snd " the government ordered three lakhs
?30,000 worth) of copper coinage to be
lispatched to the northeastern frontier
or the use of the troops. It was forwarded
accordingly?a goodly assortment
>f half anna and quarter anna pieces,
)ies and pice. The town of Rungpore
ras reached in safety, when tidings ot
jeace arrived. The ponderous wealth
vent on no further. Where its propress
was stayed there it remained,
tnd presently its existence was all but
orgotten. Each new magistrate who
mcceeded to the district signed a paper
lertifying that he held under lock and
iey the sum of ?30,000 in cqpper, and ;
t came to be looked upon as a piece of
)ffice furniture, such as a bookcase or
my other clumsy article. At last a
nagistrate, more particular than his prelecessors,
declined to sign the certificate
intil the money was counted over to
lim. The objection was not unreasonible,
but there was this difficulty in the
vay of its removal, that the gunny bags
jud been devoured by insects or other- !
.vise destroyed, and' that the copper J
joins had run together and become weld- j
;d into masses. The cost of their renoval
to Calcutta, or some other equally
ibsurd reason, caused the alternative to
je adopted of digging a big hole and
ourying the untold riches. Some sort
)f monument or memorial, it is said, has
>eeD erected over the Bide, and it may
r>e thai in the fullness of time the Dr.
3chlicmai:n of the period will disinter
.lie weighty heap.
Discontent in Alsace and Lorraine.
War is certainly a cursed harrest, and
:he field which produces it for a long
;ime bears only poisoned fruits. On the
iixfcli of January, 1871, Comto d'Hnr:ourt,
on presenting to the National As-1
lembly at Versailles a report concerning j
;he treaty of peace between France and
jrermany, said: "Of all the consejuences
of a cession of territory none is
nore painful than the necessity imposed
>n the inhabitants of sharing the fate of
he territory and of belonging, like it,
0 the conqueror."
It is more than six years ago since
hose words were uttered, and every day
heir truth becomes more evident.
Nothing indicates a time when Alsace
ind Lorraine will identify themselves of
'ree will with their new country, nor
loes anything point to a time when Gernany
will be able, in her turn, to treat
hese provinces as otherwise belonging
;o her than by right of couquest. There
s considerable emotion at this moment
n the annexed previnces, and it reverberates
on the French frontier and the 1
leighboring departments of the German
jovernment, with regard to Alsace-Lorrainers
discharged from the French service,
who return home after having at
:he time required opted for Franco.
That question of option has been,
uoreover, sinco the conclusion of peace,
1 cnniiu nf nn*ietv and uncertainty for
lie negotiators. They feared, and they
xmld not but fear, indeed, that particuar
difficulties would be encountered by
:hose who, while wishing to remain on
:he annexed territory, would like, never;heles8,
to preserve their character of;
Frenchmen, and they formed a correct
?stimate of those difficulties.?London
Times' Paris C'orrcsjwndcncc.
An Army of Water Bats.
Dr. Van Der Hork, the German
traveler to the Arctic circle, says : On
me occasion we had a curious adventure.
While crossing a lacustrine part of the
river called Kjoalmejaure, in the early
part of the uight, we were suddenly surrounded
by swarms of lemming
[Myodes torqaatus), an animal like
lie mountain rat. They swarmed about
:he boat, and tried to clamber into it,
jo that it was with the greatest difficulty
ir/i/vn tli? fiorpA lifMft creatures
?YO VAJIllVl AV.UJJ wuv
i-orn boarding us by boating about with
;he oars, at which they would set up
ibarp, shrill screams similar to those of
v muskrat. After some time we sucleeded
iu passing them. These little
uiimals come unexpectedly down from
;he mountains, no one knowing exactly
whence, and appear in millions, swarming
over the whole country, eating up
dmost everything that comes in their
,vay.
Neither rivers nor lakes seem to deter
;hem, both of which they swim with
?ase, usually keeping on their destruc;ive
path until reaching the open sea,
which they vainly endeavor to cross,
lever swerving from the direction once
;aken until they sink exhausted beneath
he waves. Thus perish countless numbers.
They commit groat ravages, and
ire as dreaded in the North as the locustG
ire in Egypt. Years, however, elapse
between their reappearance, or until
hey suddenly descend from their rocky
etreats. The Lapps tell us that they
ain from the sky, many of them stating :
liat they have actually seen them fail.
Hari Kari?The Dauc^Before Death.
Sorno curious details are given by a
Tapanese newspaper?the Tchoyu Chimloun?as
to the manner in which some of ,
ho "aristocrats of the old school" in that i
lountry, who were condemned to death i
or the part they took in the late insnrrec-1
ion, but who preferred hari kari to de- j
apitation, spent the last hours of their
ives. Four Samourni insurgents of!
voumanote, who escaped on the twenty-'
ourth of October, assembled at the house '
?f one byname Yonemara for the purpose
if ending their rxistence by the " happy
lispatch" in liis hospitable dwelling.
3efore giving themselves over to death j
hey gave themselves over to a regular
ollification?drinking, dancing, nnd singiig
as though on a fostive occasion. Their !
lostess, without any wish unnecessarily
o curtail their enjoyment, with much
act and good feeling advised them not
o keep up this revelry too long, as the
lolice could hardly fail to hear the (lisii?Unno?
"niKiid l>v tlipir Mid
lances. They turned a doaf ear to lier
;indly warning ami continued to drink
nd amuse themselves for the whole day,
aying that if tho "sliizohn" arrived
bey were prepared to fight them. Tiio
tours thus passed pleasantly away until
unset, when the party arrayed themelves
in the robes which, according to
Id Japanese fashion, are appropriate for
lie ceremony they were about to perform,
ad, having offered up their pr.iyersto the
'.?d's, "happily dispatched" themselvea
,-ithout further delay.
A IRlUAtl
?A grim old king,
WhoRe blood lept madly when the trumpet#
brayed
Qo joyous battle 'mid a storm of steeds,
Won a rich kingdom on a battle day ;
Bat in the snnset bo was ebbing fast,
Ringed by his weeping lords. His left hand held
His white steed, to the belly splashed with
blood,
That seemed to mourn him with his drooping
head;
His right, his broken brand ; and in his ear
His old victorious banners flap the winds.
He called his faithful her^Jd to his side?
" Go ! tell the dead I come !" With a proud
smile,
The warrior with a stab let out his soul,
Which fled, and shrieked through all the other
world,
" To dead! raj master comes!" And there
was pause
Till the great shade should enter.
?Alexander Smiik.
* immii
Items of Interest.
Near-sightedness increases up to the
age of thirty.
Postage stamps are manufactured at
an average cost of one cent a hundred.
In the year 1876 the seeds received in
Chicago, principally clover and timothy,
were valued at more than $4,003,000.
The New York Medical Journal
claims that bruises do much better when
treated with hot than with cold water.
Corn in Georgia is said to be as high
! as a man's head. Corn ia apt to rise to
I a man's head, especially in a fluid state.
| One barber's shop in Springfield,
j Mass., contains the notice : "No talkI
ing with a customer, unless he begins
j the conversation."
There are said to be only twenty exConfederates?including
Jeffers?n Davis
and Robert Toombs?whose disabilities
have not been removed.
The pasting of printed slips on the
back of a postal card obliges tfie recipient
to pay additional postage. This fact
is not generally known.
Abraham Lincoln, in his attack of
small-pox, said : " Now I am willing to
see the office seekers, for at last I have
j something I can give 'em all."
| It was a stranger with red hair who
opened the spring season at Niagara Falls.
After seeing that he had red hair, no one
questioned his right to go over.
I The enormous quantity of 428,000,000
nnnnds of rnsin was mod need in the
United States for the year 1876 ; about
300,000 casks of spirits of turpentine.
There is a $30,000 tomb in Greenwood.
A stone mason made it. In the outskirts
[ of the city a pauper lies under a rose
bush.?Gad made it.?Danbury News.
j The richest copper mine?the Calmut
j and Hecla?near Portage Lake, Mich., it
is stated, was discovered by the rooting
of a pig in an ancient pit some ten years
ago.
" Women," remarked the contemplative
man, " are as deep as the blue wateis of
yon bay." "Aye, sir," rejoined the
contemplative man, "and as full of
craft."
At the station house in Waterbury,
Ct., they have a ""Welcome" motto
over the entrance to the cells, thus making
it pleasant and homelike for the occupants.
"Can animals communicate ideas?"
askes an exchange. If they cannot there
is a vast amount of wasted conversation
o' moonlight nights around fences and <
back sheds.
I In Chicago about 33,000,000 worth of
leather is produced annually, furnishing
I employment t? about 2,500 workmen.
I The sale of hides last year, it is thought,
I ? /, ea nnn nim
| UUIUIUIICVI W V^jVWyvvv.
i A Marlborough young man promised
to take the affirmative Bide of a discussion
before the lyceum if he could choose
the question. This was agreed to, aud
ho decided on: "Will gunpowder explode?"
Secretary Fish, ou a salary of 88,000
a year, lived in a house in Washington
I the rent of which was ?8,000. His total
expenses were about $50,000 a year,
which his large fortune made it easy for
him to sustain.
A New England antiquary fouud this
entry in a grocer's book of the last century
: " B. B. B. B. B." Ho traced up
the cipher with great zeal, until the explanation
was reached that Bill Beebe
Borrowed a Bushel Basket.
A recent number of the Shanghai Cee8tial
Empire contains the following
interesting item of intslligence : " It is
said that during the absence of TingJih-chang
in Formosa, the Fan-t'ai will .
act as Fu-t'ai at Foochow."
Some one declares that twenty minutes
in tho smoke of wool or woolen cloth
will take the pain out of the worst case
of inflammation arising from any wound,
and that no one need die from lockjaw if
j this simple remedy is resorted to. ^
| A party who recently lectured in DenI
ver appeared to be somewhat dissatisfied
ii .. ?TliVl rnn ImvA a
| Willi Ilia leuepuuLi. jw .? - - ?
} large audience ?" asked a sympathetic
i friend. "No; the authorities having
! neglected to close the saloous, there was
1 not much of an attendance."
An imaginative Irishman has improved
upon Ossian. "I returned,"
; said he, "to the halls of my father by
night, and I found them in ruins. I
3ried aloud: 4 My fathers, where are
they?' And echo responded : 'Is that
you, Patrick M'CJnthery ?' "
A village congregation iu Vermont was
disturbed the other Sin <Juy during the
momentary stillness follcwiucr the opening
prayer, by a voice firm 'he adjoining
dwelling exclaiming: "M ry, there's
the nails?" Soon the a *>wer came:
"In the coffee pot, you fool."
The settled expression of determination
that mantles the face of a man who
is just starting out to have a tooth pulled
is only equaled by the subdued look
that creeps over his features as he paupes
with his hand on the knob of the dental
room door, turns quietly around, and tiptoes
back through the hallway, out doors
again.
Tn China it is said to be no uncommon
occurrence for a man to kill hiui^elf at
his enemy's door, nnd to leave him thus
saddled with the moral and legal consequences
of the death. This proceeding
is, it is asserted, the most terrible form
of revenge a man c<in take, and it is much
Irended by these who are conscious of
raving done anything to provoki it.
Dean Ramsay relates that at n certa:'n
dinner party the hostess obsenvd tl*at j
one of the guests, an Hon. Mrs. Murray,
had no spoon for her soup, and called
the attention of the servant lo the fact.
The man servant, who was an eccentric
old character, replied to his mistress, in
a voice which was hoard all over the room:
" Mum, the last time Mrs. Murray waa
here we lost a spoon! "