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BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, APEIL 25, 1877. VOLUME XXIY.?NO. 46.
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Love's Reveille.
Love in a lethargy once slept
A week without awaking ;
And day and night his mother wept
As if her heart were breaking.
The Graces pinched the boy in vain ;
He never felt their stinging :
They sang to him a Paphian strain ;
He slept through all their singing.
To Jove at length the goddess soared,
Most miserably crying:
" Oh, save my son, Heaven's mighty Lord!
The God of Love is dying !"
" To earth," said Jove, "once pjoro repair,
And cease your cries and weeping ;
A friendly leech will meet you there,
Who'll cure Love's oversleeping."
Venus flew back ; the boy w&s freo ;
For Jove, on special mission,
Had sent hira green-eyed Jealousy,
Juno's own state physician.
Tho cure, much worse than tho disease,
Olympus nliook with laughter ;
For Love was never at his ease,
And never slumbered after.
"I NEVER WILL!"
"I never will!" said Madge Roper,
her beautiful brown eyes flashing with
indignation.
"Forgive me, Miss Roper," said Mr.
Schenck. "I said it in a sort of desperation,
for I can not?I could not thiuk
such a passion as mine could fail to call
out a response sooner or later."
"You are mistaken," she answered,
haughtily; "and, as you know, this ig
not the first time I have assured you of
this fact. I trust it is the last."
"I withdraw my plea and myself
finally, Miss Roper. Good morning !"
He said it with such dignity that
Madge respeetcd him more than she had
ever done, and her face softened. But
Mr. Schenck did not see it; he took himself
and his troubles out of sight, if not
out of mind. But as Madge turned to
leave the parlor, she heard a boyish voice
from some hiding-place singing loudly,
with mischief in every inflection:
"Hear what Highland Nora said :
The Earlie's son I will not wed."
"Little wretclU" muttered Madge, biting
her pretty red lips; "he must be all
this time in the conservator}'. And now
4 i. t> 1 -*11 1 ^11 ,* . T
*1.1(111 X'iiciuy ?1U ikUiiW nil uuuui At. x
may as well tell her."
So she trailed the folds of her deep
bine dress slowly up the stairs to Aunt
Fliemy's room. Miss Euphemia was sitting
in her arm chair by the window, a
tiny old lady, with soft silver white hair,
and a quaint black satin wrapper, illustrated
with delicate laces,and the sparkle
of one great diamond on her little hand.
She was a cripple, whose sole change was
from her bed to her great chair; but, for
all that, she was the heart of the house,
and her keen and kindly eyes saw everything
that was to be seen, but her tongue
kept charitable silence.
Madge's mother had died young, and
Aunt Piiemy had come to her brother's
house to take care of him and his child
till his wife's plaee might be tilled; but
that had never happened. Mr. Roper
was a grave, reticent man, and when the
one love of his life fluttered away from
him like a weary and storm-spent moth,
his heart shut itself for all time; he even
seemed to have little fatherly love for the
wailing baby, whose birth he resented in
his secret soul, as one resents a murder.
But now he was proud of his beautiful
and graceful daughter, proud of her
spirited character, her good-breeding,
her crowd of admirers; and Madge was
equally proud of her handsome, highminded
father, though there was little of
the diviner element of love lost between
them.
Many and many an admirer fell at
Madge's feet, and no wonder. The girl
was young, fresh, lovely, and intelligent,
aud every charm sho had was illu
mined by the fittest results of wealth
and taste. A beautiful girl is beautiful
in spite of calico; she is enchanting in
luce and pearls. Madge's profuse redbrown
hair, dazzling yet tenderly tinted
complexion, her soft proud eyes, her
slender and exquisitely molded figure,
her feet, her hands, were all perfect, and
the insipidity of perfection was removed
by the vivid and variant expression of
the soul within.
As she entered Aunt Phemy's room
this morning, with the dark blue folds of
her fine wool dress falling from her delicate
waist, and her face heightened by a
color that shamed the carnations which
fastened the abundant lace scarf about
her throat, the dear old lady looked at
her with adoring eyes, for Madge was
her aunty's idol. But the girl did not
come at once for her daily kiss; she
smiled, and then she walked across the
room to the other window, and began to
meddle with the mignonette and pinch
the rose geraniums. Aunt Pheray waited?she
was a woman who could wait?
and presently Madge flitted suddenly
across the floor, and dropped softly, as a
little bird folds up into its nest, on to
the brioche beside her aunt's chair, and
laid her head on its arm.
"I could not come up before, Aunty
Fee. I\[r. Schenck was down stairs."
Miss Roper said nothing, but laid her
hand tenderly on the rich folds of hair,
> and looked at that beautiful head like a
benevolent old fain*. She knew when
Madge called her " Aunty Fee " that it
was propitiatory: something had been
done or said that this wayward young
woman was not quite at ease about.
" And?aunty," Madge went on, slowly,
picking a carnation to pieces as she
spoke, "I?refused him."
" I thought you had done that long
ngo, Madge," said the old lady, with a
certain trouble in her kind eyes.
"Sol have, over and over, but ho
wouldn't stay refused. I think he will
now." Here her voice rose and rang,
and her eyes flashed. The indignation
returned. "I never will marry liiin,
Aunt Pheray?never ! And I think he
understands it at last."
Miss Roper's eyes sparkled now ; she
was old and wise.
"Don't be troubled about it, Madge
dear ; nobody can harass you on the
matter. If you don't love a man, don't
marry him, if he be king or kaiser.
Jacob Schenok is a good man and a gentleman,
but I think he is far too old for a
rosebud like you."
Oh, Aunt Euphemia! you too had
been a girl, and remembered it. A little
spark entered Madge's cool eye.
" He's not so very old, aunty ; fifty
isn't really old for a man."
"No, it's not decrepit, but it is something
more than nineteen ; besides, Mr.
Schenck is only forty-five. However,
we can afford to drop him now, since
Miss Positive never will' marry him."
Madge laughed, but there was an uncertain
ring about her laughter, and Miss
Phemy went on :
" Are you going to Boston, dear ?"
It T .1 >i. 1. i_ T it
? uuu t ijuive Kiiuw, uuiuy. i ruuier
bute Boston ; but I love Polly."
t I
i " Then you'll have to take your choice ; n
between the love and hate, mademoiselle, j 1
and that directly, for you know Polly is f:
clamorous for an answer." I
" I believe I will go ; perhaps Boston s
may be nicer than I think. It is awfully > V
slow, I am sure." t
"Madge!" c
"I can't help it, aiinty ; I don't know s
what else to call it. Shall I say trixtc t
" Foreign affectation is quite as bad as "]
slang, and not half as natural." ' n
; "Oh, aunty, what a two-edged sword i t
you are ! I must go to Boston to purify j 1
j my English, I see." a
i "Hello, Madge !" and a small boy 11
: burst into the room with a bounce that! s
is native to small boys. "Oh, Miss Roper,
such a lark ! If you had heard Madge , s
i give it to him ! She was stunning, I tell p
you," and wicked Master Jack began his j t
lilt of "Highland Nora" again.
"You horrid little wretch ! Come ' r
away directly," shrieked Madge, coloring r
~ t: i.? l-;il
IU im* tipn ui ufi luio, xuu jlx xvm i
aunty's poor bend." Ji
"Oh, indeed !" feebly squeaked poor a
Jack, as lie was hustled smartly out of ! \
tlie room, while Miss Euphemia laughed j s
till the tears stood in her eyes, and said, 1 j
softly: "Children and fools speak truth, j ji
i truly." . ; \
Jack went home the next day; lie'was j a
only a school-boy cousin come for the *1
holidays, and the luckless child had j I
abridged liis own pleasure unawares; but r
the rare delight of tormenting his beau-, c
tiful cousin was a temptation too enti- i s
cing to resist. And Madge was teased; 1
she hated the sight of the boy, and made ' c
her journey to Boston the excuse for his c
riddance. But the thorn he had left be- j
hind was well planted; the piquant bal- J
lad haunted Madge, and flushed her face s
many a time when its lifting measures i s
returned to mock her. \
So to Boston she went, to her dear a
friend Polly, and found that proper and , I
intellectual city mightily agreeable. ! n
Beaux she had by the dozen, but there v
were none like Mr. Schenck; none so de- I
voted, so elegant, so noble-looking. She I
missed the daily bunch of fragrant violets i
on her dressing-table; she missed the ,
selection of new books that showed al- \
ways how he divined her tastes, the fore- c
stilling of her faintest caprices, the de- i s
votion that was too delicate to obtrude y
itself, the homage that was sincere yet a
courtly. n
"How young all your gentlemen , |
friends are,Polly !' she said to her friend ''
one clay, after au evening at which at; ?
least a dozen sets of English whiskers ; khad
vibrated about her and been pulled
, before her, as if paying a kind of mysterious
kowtow to the latest goddess. j c
" That's a fault they will mend of, ! v
Madge," laughed Pojly. "Even in r
dear old Boston wv have to grow up, anil ^
be literati to boot." "
"But I do so hate boys!" sighed ^
Madge. i
" And boys do so adore vou !" mock-, a
ed Polly. * 1'
Madge blushed, and sighed. Why
did she think of Mr. Schenck ? ;
In the meantime, there in New York,
Aunt Phemy had a visitor now aud then.
Mr. Schenck knew his friends, and never
neglected them; he was least of nil like- ^
ly to set aside Miss Roper; but she
never alluded to him in her letters to ^
Madge, and that young lady had already j
decided in her own mind that her suitor t
had taken himself off to parts unknown
to stifle his anguish by absence. If
Madge had so good an opinion of her ^
own powers, can she be blamed ? So
bewitching as she had proved herself, j
should this man be the exception to her ,
rule? . c:
i One night there was to be a great and
gay party, to which the friends could not ^
fail to go, and Madge took unusual pains
<. i i.l "
lC'liUVl XlUlOCli 1U * CiJ XU1 tuc UUlWlUlli I Q
A new Paris robe was unfolded from its ?
j boxes and wrappings for the occasion; V
! the delicate glittering pale green silk y
| mingled and mixed with equally delicate |
apricot and films of Maliues lace, was ^
I wonderfully adapted to her peculiar col
! oring and style; and in her red-brown ^
liair, and here and there about the dress, ; ^
clusters of tea rose buds perfumed the !
air as she moved, and harmonized with ^
her dress in every tint; besides these, g.
her sole ornament was a necklet of great,
opals set in black enamel. ?
"Madge, you are a miracle to be- ^
hold!" exclaimed Polly, as she beheld ^
' her. "You have given your mkul to it
as much as ever Mr. Toots did. Woe to Q
| the Boston boys to-night, my dear!
Even Miss Dorr won't hold a candle to ^
you." c
Pretty Polly, fresh and swee'# as a j
June rose in her white silk and pink n
corals, deserved comment hersolf; but ^
she ?vi>3 willing, fully, to be extinguished 1
by Madge Roper, whom she worshiped, ^
as one girl will worship another. So she
nut the fur lined wrap over her friend's v
shoulders with an amusing travesty of a
fond, proud mother's care.
As they went down to the carriage,
Polly said, abruptly : S1
" Oh, my dear, to think I should have ^
forgotten ! Lucre tin Adams told me to-: ft.
day, in at Copel&nd's, while you were | (J,
talking to Ned, that there is to bo a new e<
' man at Mrs. Hope's to-night?a New j ^
Yorker, too; such an elegant creature ! *
Lu raved about him, his manners and ^
customs, his face, his money, and I ]r
don't know what more. I wonder if you
know him." j'
"What in his name?" said Madge, i
seating herself carefully in the carriage,
in awe of her fresh draperies apparently,
really smitten by a strange thrill of
curiosity.
" I declare, I don't know. He's a cap- ui
tive of Hope Dorr's, they say?' the j (,
tenth Muse,' as the fosthetics call her. j]
Madge was reassured. She could j]
not, of course, know any of Miss Dorr's ,j
adorers; but as she si<* down, au hour j,
after, to rest a little from a long walk, a ,,
little buzz and motion about the door of
the reception-room attracted her, and j;
looking up, she saw, as the guests part- u
ed to admit their entrance?Mr. Schenek; A
i and on his arm the most beautiful of
women. 11
Tall, fair, with n stainless snowy skin, t
and hair of living gold, Hope Dorr's ,"3
Greek features were indeed tho very n
outlines of ancient sculpture, with the a
insnired expression of a loftv intellect f
beaming from her groat cool gray even t
anil calm lips; and her simple statuesque ?
dress of lustcrlcss white silk, utterly i,
without ornament, fell about her like
the draperies of Praxiteles,
Madge's heart sunk. How she despised
her Frehch fripperies, her puffed
and creped hair, her jewels?herself! o
What was her girlish, laughing, rosy ?]
beauty beside this goddess from Olym- c
pus, with, knotted hair and flowing gar- ii
ments, stately as Juno and" lovely as n
Venus, anfl, Oh ! climax of fate! lean- i:
ing on Mr. Schenek's arm with gentle t
condescension, and answering what he 0
said with a serene and lofty smile ! v
How she hated in her heart, too, the a
dapper youth who approached her, card v
! in hand, for the promised galop ! How a
i he dwarfed beside her old lover's manly v
ispect anil lioblo manner ! Poor Madge ! j
la she rose to do her duty, she met Mr.
Schenck's eye. He bowed courteously,
jut coolly, aud, to her rage ami disgust,
he felt the color steal upward to lier *
)riglit locks, and she had a wild impulse C{
o drag the luckless youth at her side
tut of the door, and bury lum ami her- ?
elf at once in the first snow drift. But jl
rlio ever heard of impulses at a party ? j
die galop was properly danced, and her ()]
ilready filled card of engagements gone j ^
hrough with; but in all the long eveling
Mr. Schenck never approached her, cj
md she went home iu a state of mind j0
hat alarmed Polly and disgusted her- .
df.
"I am tired and cross, dear," she p
aid at last. " Don't talk to mo. I'll be jj
food to-morrow, but I might bite you
o-night; I feel like it." ^
So Polly kissed her with dumb amaze
oent in her pleasant eyes, and went
ueekly off to bed. ^
This scene, however, was by no
oeans the last. She met Mr. Schenck ^
,t the best houses in Boston, and alrays
with Miss Dorr. While she herelf
daueed and chattered with the young QJ
>eople, she saw these two the center of
ittention to distinguished men and m
romen. She perceived the consideration
nd honor iu which Mr. Schenck was
iehl, and the deference paid to Miss
)orr; and when the gentleman sepa- ,
ated himself from his compeers to ad- ^
Ircss a few courteous words to her occa- .
inimllv slio felt it to be an effort of no
itenes, and wondered bitterly liow she V
ould have been sueli a fool?how she '
ould have been so blind. J
Poor Madge ! It was well for her that
Luut Phemy bided her timo in the .
unny chamber at home; better still that:
he had put her tiny old finger into the
i-heel of Madge's fortunes and given it
n impetus her way; for the day came
>efore long when Mr. Schenck could ,
naintain his assumed role no longer, .1
rlieu Madge found out that Miss Hope ! ,
)orr was his own cousin, and when Aunt
5hemy received from Boston the follow- * 1
ug note: ,
"Oh, you de.vrest Auxty !?I know ] m
ou will open your eyes so wide you | .
an't half shut them again, and you will j js
ay all sorts of bitter-sweet tilings to I 1
our dear, bad, weak minded girl; but,
unty, I can't help it. I know I said I! '
lever, never would, but I don't mind j ,'
hat. I've fallen awfully, desperately in 1
jvo, and some time I am going to be j ,,
iarried?oh, Aunty Fee ! ?to Mr. i ,
Ichenck. There! Your own
"Madge." i
And Aunt Phemy both'laughed and j
ried; but Jack turned a somersault i
,-hen, six months after, he read the mar- I ,
iage notice in a New York paper. And J,
lailge found a letter waiting for her on I '
er [return from the bridal tour, in 11 .
rhich was copied, in a big round hand, 1
lie last two lines of " Highland Nora," j ,
ud the significant and emphasized j
l?voc;r? Italian fll ?li|?Ul T tlPVPV Will-" ! . ?
I am afraid be never was invited to ^
'he Birches. se
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The Cliico Slaughter. t],
The latest advices from Chico, a San
'rancisco paper says, show that what is *r
nowu as the Council of Nine is mainly
^sponsible for the recent outrages. cs
'his committee was elected by the Labor j v/
hi ion for the trial of members for j 'K
flenses against the order. As vacancies j ?f
ccurred the council lilled them, and J lc
iins became independent of the order g(
nd commanded the obedience of memers.
It was soon found that the mcmers
were congenial spirits, ami then
nine suggestions for the commission of
lie crimes which have since come to
ght, and many more that were never j
arried into execution. All the members i
f the council are now under arrest. I
lany members of the Labor Union eviently
know nothing of the crimes of
lie Council of Nine, and believe the ob)ct
of the order to be only to distmrage
the employment of Chinese by
11 lawful means. The oath administered
1 initiating members of the Labor j
hi ion is as follows : g(
I do solemnly swear that I will keep i
lie secrets of the order. I do further | lu
wear that I will assist any brother in |
eed or distress as far as I am able. 11 re
irther swear that I will "aid in execu- j
lug the laws of the United States of: s<]
.merica. So help me God.
There is a secondary degree in the ' fft
rder, the oath to which is as follows : |
I swear before God Almighty that I:
-ill carry out and obey all orders of the j ?
louncil of Nine, whatever they may be. ,
f I do not so mv life is forfeited and I i
lay be put to death by this Council of '
'ine. | tr
All the members are not taken into j
le second degree. The oath ailminis- la
jred to a member of the Council of j
line has not^yet been obtained, but it n(
i understood to be of the most strict!
onclad order. j
The people of Chico now fear the in- *a
irance companies will cancel their
sks in the town. New developments | of
re being continually made. Some old )
dicers declare that the Labor Union was : di
a -x* xi, _ 4.1.^ r\ :i 1
>gliizaiii oi ilie acih ui inv iajuiiuii ui |
'ine, and tlmt tlic council was merely [ Rf.
sod as a cloak for the order. It is posi- j '
vely asserted that the order in Sacra- ; .
lento and San Jose work on the same !
rinciples. The feeling continues very j
dense, and the people are nervous and '
w;ited over the bituation.
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Immigration.
The following table (compiled from the | 00
(licial report of the British board of j
ado), showing the immigration from 80
ic United Kingdom to the United States, j
Iritish North America and Australasia, sil
uring 187-1, 1875 and 187(5, is furnished
) the press by Dr. Edward Young, chief cr
f the bureau of statistics:
1874. 1875 1870. '
jiitcd States 148.101 1(15,010 75,533;
iritish N. America... 2~>,-lo0 17,378 12,327 1
ustralasia 53.1158 35,525 33,UH No
The total number of persons who im-; K
ligrated from the United Kingdom to tli
lio United States from 1815 to 1870 was lo
,407,075. The amount of money re-! oc
nitted by settlers in the United States v(
nd British North America to their iu
riends in the United Kingdom from 1848 I tl
n 1870, inclusive, was ?19,085,0G8, the si
Teatest amount iu any one year being ' tl:
*1,730,000 in 1854. ' rc
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A Blue Dress Cure.
A young man in Dubuque, Iowa, went hi
n Saturday week to a country dance and dl
lid not return to his home until the tl:
hurch bells were ringing the next morn- h<
TT* r'.L\ 1.1 1 1 * _ 1. L Ui
[)g. nia iuiiiLT umi iiiiJi IK? must gu tu u<
meeting, and lie went. Before the min- m
iter had finished the opening prayer i h<
lie young reveler was sounil asleep and of
[reaming of the dance. An old lady hi
,fho sat next to him touched his hand to pi
rons? him, whereupon ho seized her pi
crist and shouted : " All join hands ! w.
nd circle to the left. Swing the girl ' g<
i-ith the blue dreBa on.'" i ?a
Steam Street Cars.
As Philadelphia was the first city in
le United States to introduce street
iilwnys, it is now also the first to introuce
a general system of steam street
irs, covering the most densely crowded
reets of the city, as well as those most
jarsely settled. It is true, Baltimore,
hiladelphia, and especially New Orans,
had previously introduced them
1 the outskirts of the city and on cer,in
lines, but not on its greatest thorighfares,
such as Market street in this
ty. It is therefore justly a matter of
>cal pride on which our people are entled
to claim credit for superior enterficn
"Wn oro nrivrm flic* fnllnwi'nor V?v
resident Morton, of the Market street
ue, by whose unremitting endeavors
id experiments, backed by his direciru
and the inventor, the trial of
Wednesday waB made a success, and to
horn the public of this city not only,
nt of other crowded towns are indebted,
lie amount of coal (anthracite) used by
tese steam cars is two and one-half tons
2r week, costing less than $10 for move
power, while lor the round trip only
2C coaling and watering of the machine
icurs". This applies equally to the
roy car and to the Baldwin. In other
>spects, however, there lire some radill,
and it may prove essential differices
between these two machines. The
irmer has its attachment ~"iih the rear
heels of the car only, while the latter
ttaches to both fore and rear wheels,
ins giving it greater power by presenting
">uble the surface of wheel for friction
pon the track. The ntftity of this was
lown on the trial trip, which occurred
i a very unfavorable condition of the
;reets, the tracks being smeared with
black mud of almost the lubricating
ipacity of grease. Notwithstanding
lis, however, the Baldwin .cur ran
noothly and steadily, without sliding
: wheels in stopping or starting, while
rr??
ie ui tuc jliuj uiii ic\ui>cu x*pLly,
with a disagreeable accompanying
.r to the passengers when stopping or
arting upon these greased rails. Anhor
reason also exists for this steadier
lotion of the former in the fact that it
considerably heavier, while the latter
iid rather of a tipping motion when
inning rapidly. Their weight is about
000 pounds, or about double the ordiiry
horse car. A part of the directors
.vor one car and a portion the other,
nt. the Troy car has so far been given
le preference, as it is no doubt cheaper
; lirst cost than the Baldwin, upon
hich no price has yet been made. The
iventor, in answer to inquiries of other
lilroad companies, if the old horse cars
in be used by remodeling for these
nmmies, has said that they can. Sinco
ie trial trip, these cars have been used
mtiuuously, and without the slightest
indrance or delay, except in one or two
ises of greasy tracks, when the sand
ibes of the car-failed to work, and thus
ailed the car. One of the directors of
to road informed us that they have al:ady
taken off ten horse cars for these
iveu steamers, and he believed that so
?on as their track should be cleared of
ie horse cars by the substitution of
earn cars they would make the round
ip from Front street to the Centennial
rounds in half the present time. Real
tate near the Centennial is said to be
orth more in consequence, while the
n*se dealers are already alarmed, one
the officers of the company tell us,
st their occupation shall prove to be
me.?Exchange.
Fashion Notes.
Raw silks arc revived.
Fashion has tiie jaundice.
Shaws are worn in a point.
Dress linens arc damasked.
Pique is damasked this year.
Postillion basques are revived.
Japanese jewelry holds its own.
The rage for Torchon is at its height.
Gazeline berege is made of llama wool.
Chedda twills are attractive new
>ods.
The demi-trained street dress dies
ird.
Vesuvius is the new name for cardinal
d.
It is not fashionable to wear the shawl
[uare.
Shot stripes on raw Bilk fabrics are
shionable.
Novelties in fashion are not always in
>od taste.
Gazeline berege is the newest gauzy
ess fabric.
Indian galloons are among the new
immings.
The novelties iu spring fabrics are
rgely iu linens.
Moorish designs predominate in the
sw fringes.
Large amethysts and topazes are again
shionable.
Crepo d* opera is a French imitation
crepe de Chine.
Buckles and slides are used freely in
ess trimmings.
Small pin head checked delaines make
yliali demi toilets.
Speckled designs are very fashionable
all printed goods.
Chambery gauze retains its popularity
r evening dresses.
Walking dress fabrics have multiplied
eatly since last spring.
Bourette suits for seaside wear are
stly and elegant novelties.
Machine stitching is seen on thohaudmest
imported garments.
Hair striped and pin head checked
Iks are seen 011 the silk counters.
Dress fabrics in linens are damasked,
eped, armured and basket woven.
A Lobster's Sagacity.
A striking instance of the sagacity in a
bster is recorded by Mr. Barker, of the
nthesay aquarium, in a letter to ono of
ie Scotch papers. It seems that three
bsters were placed in ft tank previously
;cupied b- flat fish, anil in which* iniul:rtently
ft flounder had been left buried
. the shingle, where it died. One of
te lobsters, '' a veteran of unusual
ze," soon discovered the dead body of
le flounder, and dragging it from its
isting place, retired with it to a corner
' the tank. Shortly afterward it was
3ticed that the flounder was missing. It
as impossible that the lobster could
ive eaten it in the water, ftnd thfltfianle
of ft net revealed the fact that upon
le approach of the two lesser lobsters
3 h|}d buried the flounder beneath a
;ap of shingles on which he now
ounted guurd. Five times within two
jurs was the flounder unearthed, and as
ten did the wily lobster robury it with
s huge claws, each time ascending the
;le and turning a bold front to his coininions.
This story shows conclusively
lint a vast amount of quenched intellijnce
may sometimes lie concealed in a
J ad.
FARM, GARDEX AND HOUSEHOLD.
The Ilounekccper.
Hot Slaw.?One lieacl of cabbage,
half a pound of pork, and try it out and
take out the scraps. Chop up the cabbage
and put in the fat with water and
pepper, if liked, mustard. "When nearly
done, add one cup of vinegar.
Indian Pancakes.?One pint meal almost;
fill up with flour; scald the meal,
but not the flour; thin with milk; salt:
last thing add one teaspoonful cream tarter,
and one-half of soda, mixed to
getlier; ring and bake right away.
Stewed Carrots.?Boil the carrot*
until tender; also ' boil separately five
small onions; cut the carrots into any
small fanciful pieces you may choose;
mince the onions, and chop a sprig oi
parsley; have a pint of milk boiling,
which' season with a little pepper and
salt, adding a small piece of butter
rubbed in a tablespoonful zl flour; put
in the carrots and onio js, and let simmer
ten minutes; stir in the parsley, and
dish at once.
White Beans.?Soak one pint of dried
beans over night; parboil in plenty oi
water, with a small piece of soda in it;
drain perfectly dry and place in a baking
dish; nib one and one-half tablespoonfuls
of butter into four even tablespoonfuls
flour, until it is a cream; beat ir
this two spoonfuls condensed egg, adding
slowly a gill of vinegar, and o
sprinkle of salt; pour over the beans,
place a plato, inverted, over them and
put in a rather cool oven one-half hour.
Pickled Fish.?Clean the fish thoroughly
and cut into jueces about five
inches long; nib each piece on the cui
side with salt. Take a stone jar which
will about hold the fish, put a layer oi
fish on the bottom, then a few whole
peppers and allspice and a blade of mace,
then another layer of fish, spice', etc.,
till the jar is nearly full; then pour good
cider vinegar over it until the fish if
quite covered. Tie a paper over the top
of the jar, and cover this -with floiu
paste; this keeps in all steam. Put the
jar in the oven and bake f3r three hours.
i - f* i r 1j
xne usii is nt ior use iw noun ?h uum,
and will keep, in the pickle, for su
months. Tho white fish, pickerel, etc.,
of the lakes are very nice.for pickling,
while the land locked sturgeon of the
great lakes is almost as good as pickled
salmon if it be scalded in water before
spicing^ etc. Shad is excellent pickled,
as all tho bones disappear.
Hard Soap.?Four and one-hali
pounds fat, one box of condensed lye,
one-half pound sal-soda, one and one^
I half pounds rosin; dissolve a pound car
i of lye in six quarts of soft water; put the
I grease in large kettle, add two quarts
lye, two quarts soft water, and hoi
thirty minutes; then add throe quartf
lye, iittle at a time, not to Btop the boili
ing, which continue from two to five
hours, or until it becomes soap, which
may be tested by cooling in a spoon,
Then add the rosin, broken quite small,
putting in rest of lye slowly, not to stop
] the boiling, which continues thirty miu|
utes, then add one teacupful of salt, boi!
! till the soap is separated from the lye
J and strings. When cooled in a spoon il
| should be hard, let it cool fifteen min{
utes, then stir in the melted sal-soda,
j stir thoroughly, pour in molds; wooder
: boxes or pails will answer; when cold cul
j in pieccs to dry.
Kitclicn and Market Garden.
1 TX^ti "Rrna na 4-lm linof f\f fVia enn in.
crenBCB, demand careful attention it
ventilating; on warm days the sashet
may be removed altogether, but thej
must be replaced early. The whole object
should be to secure to the plants an
uniform growing temperature, avoiding
both chilling and burning, and to do this
requires attention and close watching ol
j the changes. Water, weed and stir the
i soil among the plants, to keep them in n
i healthy condition. (In the Northerr
i States this is early enough to sow eg<2
plants in the hot bed.)
Cold Fkames should be ready to receive
transpli rated tomato and othei
| plants, and allow them to bo hardened
i off, before setting out. Cucumbers and
I melons may be started in these.
Sowing Seeds.?Garden plants may
j be divided into two classes, hardy auii
i tender. The hardy may be sown as soot
! as the ground can be worked and hard
I frosts are over. The tender can not be
risked in the open ground, until the soil
I gets warm, and this time is, in all parts
of the country, that which experience
I lias shown to be the proper one for plant
' ing Indian com. The seeds that may be
! sown in the Northern States generally,
j this month, are: Beet, cabbage (and all
its forms of brocoli, cauliflower, etc.),
celery, cress, kohlrabi, leek, lettuce,
onions, parsley, parsnip, peas, potatoes,
radish, spinach, turnip (early). N. B.?
Under no circumstances is anything
gained?but much is lost?by sowing in,
or working the soil in any manner, when
it is wet. Make haste?but slowly.
Plants from Cold Fkames.?Earlj
cabbages, cauliflower and lettuce are sel
out as soon as the soil can be male ready.
| Set the plants well down to the leaves,
i and press the soil firmly around them.
! Potatoes.?Have the sets cut and
j dried off, ready to plant as soon as the
I soil is ready. As soon as the earth is
broken by the shoots, it is likely thai
[ the potato bug will be there, and ham!
I picking must commence. One beetle
killed now, prevents the appearance of a
: thousand later- in the season. If tint
cannot be attended to, do not plant any.
! ?Agriculturist.
C'nrting Out Manures
In hauling out manure at this season
I of the year, says T. B. Miner in the Sun,
upon fields to be plowed in April or May,
if ilie heaps' be made of a size to equal?ize
its distribution, the same as would
[ be made if the land were to be plowed
i without delay, there will lie a great loss
| in the manure by the escape of its ammonia
and drying of the surface of the
! heaps. Suppose a two-horse load ol
first-rate stable dung be placed in sn
heaps in a field in February, and this manure
remains in these heaps to the middle
of April or the fore part of May, and are
then spread and the land plowed, how
much loss docs the manure sustein?
' Not less than ten per cent. There must
be a certain degree of loss?more than
farmers can afford to lose?and the question
is, how is this loss to be prevented ?
One way is to wait till tl? ground is to
be plowed, and then haul out the nut;
nure, and plow it under as fast as it is
; spread. But farmers are too busy to
haul it o it then, and are compelled often
to draw it out in the winter. If one
must do so. it would be u pood plan to
make the heaps large, but uot too large
to be : pretul properly with a little extra
hard labor; pack them as Holidly as possible.
and if they be well built up ami
trod [ a down, they may be made go
compact with a little labor that, not over
one or two jier cent. 1 jss will take place.
Another wny it> to put only three or four
j very largo heaps to the acre, making
them compact, as in the foregoing case;
and when the time comes to spread the
manure take a team and a sled with movable
sideboards and proceed to remove
[ some of the manure to other places, so
. that, when it is spread it will be evenly
[ distributed. It would be but a Bhort *
. operation to remove a part of the manure
in that way, and I think the labor r(
can well bo afforded by farmers, rather B1
than lose so large a portion of their stable -r
dung by evaporation, as the ordinary ~
' method of hauling out manure in the ^
winter is sure to cause. B1
Potatoes on Poor Soil. f(
i N. J. L., Brash's Mills, N. Y.,'writes: ?
i "I have a piece of sandy land that has 8
been under the plow for forty years, and .
; I have tried to raise potatoes on it, but ?r
' never have succeeded in getting over one .
hundred bushels per acre, with plenty of ?
. good stable manure. Now, I want to ^
know how it will do to use nitrate of ^
; soda, and how much to the hill should ^
. be used; clear, or mixed with some other Jj
, fertilizer, and will it pay to use it at
eighteen cent# per pound ? Would salt "
[ be of any benefit ?" T5
Reply.?Nitrate of soda would be of *?
! no use in this case. The value of this 11
! fertiHzer is only four and one-half cents
! per pound, and at eighteen cents no one b
. could afford to use it for any purpose. J1
i What is wanted is doubtless potash,
. If one hundred bushels of wood ashes j*1
, per acre could be applied to the land, it J*
would probably add very much to the tJ
[ fertility. Salt would bo no help to it.
If wood ashes cannot be procured, 300 ^
pounds per acre of muriate of potash, ?
[ costing three or four cents a pound,would 81
; be a very good substitute. Or, perhaps, 61
' 150 pounds of superphosphate of lime .c
, and 150 pounds of muriate of potash "
mixed together would be better still. P
' Potatoes need potash and phosphoric c
acid, and not nitrogen, which would ^
; make stalks, but few roots. i a
I c.
I I Illack Teeth in Ilouft. ! g
J J A. S. Plummer, Edinburg, 0., sent to \ a
the American farmers' club two black I "
' teeth which he had just extracted. The "
hogs in his county (Portage) are begin- ?
; ning to be troubled with these teeth, d
: which, if not removed, are certain to
cause death. The symptons are: First, ?
1 the hog refuses its feed; second, there "
I comes a weakness about the back, and a
f finally the animal fails to get up and dies. Cl
* These teeth are found in each jaw?in M
1 the upper one near or over the tusks, and c;
in the under jaw some are found between c
^ the front teeth and tusks. ^
As no one present could give any infor- 81
mation on the subject, the club desires n
1 fanners who may have any knowledge as J1
J to its causes and cure to communicate "
1 the same to them. P
1 61
Soft Errs. q,
0. E. F., writes: My chickens lay b
j eggs with soft shells. What shall I give y
l them ? ^
Reply.?Give them a rest. They are
laying too many eggs, more than they
J have material to finish properly. Some
. bones burned and powdered should al[
ways be given to fowls when laying, but c
, if the hens are supplied with a variety u
of food and c;jn get plenty of gravel and e
. earth or coal ashes, and are in perfectly d
good health, they will not lay eoft eggs, tl
[ This defect is au indication that they are f<
t fed too highly and are overtaxed. ! u
J s
The Bravest of the Brave. | a
I R
It will be remembered that in the re-; fi
i cently published statement of Red c
i Horse, a Minneconjon sub-chief, who tl
r was a witness of and a participant in the b
attack on Major Reno, and the massacre j ti
i of Gen. Custer's command in the fight p
on the Big Horn, he mentions the re- j c
>, markable bravery of an officer having ; b
t long ypllow hair, and who rode a horse tl
: with four white feet. Red Horse said ; c;
' this man the bravest man they had ever . tl
i met, that the Indians all united in declnr- j e
; ing and that he alone saved his command o
a number of times by turning on his p
horse in"the retreat. This has been sup- tl
: posed to refer to Gen. Custer, but such
1 a supposition is an error. The St. Paul j I
1 Pionecr-l'rcss publishes a statement j h
based on high military authority, that i "w
' the officer referred to was not in Custer's T
1 command at all, but that a close read- i si
t ing of a somewhat confused narrative ! o:
I will show that Red Horse at that point I C
! was speaking of Reno's retreat across i p
i Greasy Grass creek. There wa3 but one i d
II man in Reno's three companies who wore [ g
i buckskin. The Indians, of course, did ; tl
I not know liim, but the soldiers in the ir
j rear retreating column did, and it has ! tl
, beenrftr sometime known to army offi- J tr
I j cers who was "the yellow-haired hero : h1
I in buckskin " of this gallant fight against 1 tc
, j savages in the rear of the flying columu. | d
j His name is Thomas H. French, captain : ci
' in the Seventh cavalry, and who is now J tc
;! at Fort Rice. It is not creditable, the
j fact that 110 mention of his gallant and
i heroic service in that day's bloody fight
! was made in the official report of the
' i battle by Major Reno, and that the first ?
; | public mention of his magnificent n
I bravery was made in narratives taken ! j
! from the lips of savages, whose admira-1
j tion of his gallantry aud daring was one 1 sj
I! of the most most vivid impressions which '< ^
11 the battle made upon them. > ^
11 Capt. French was so commissioned in 1 'r
;'j tho Tenth infantry, March 20, 1868. j f(
i! He had previously been offered a cap- ! jj
! | taincy in tho Forty-fourth infantry, but; ft
i! declined to accept it. He is a graduate, !
i not of West Point, but of the regular 1 j
; army. He served as a soldier during n
| the rebellion, and was promoted, on his t]
; merits, to a second lieutenancy in tho j y
j Tenth infantry, May 18, 186-1. On June U
1! 23 of the same year he was advanced a jL
! file, and then in 1868 received his cap- ; ;lJ
i taincy. From May 19, 1869, to January ^
I j 1, 1871, he was not on duty at all, but ' j',
on the latter date was assigned to the , ^
| Seventh cavalry, with which command j
lie lias since periormea exceneui service. : r(
r
His Family. |"
J Postmaster-General Key litis nn ingen- i
) ions way of ridding himself of tlioso I
! bores, the owners of furnished houses in
Washington?people who are always C
I trying to get a good tenant with money r:
;, in his purse. Mr. Key placidly listens tl
II while the anxious visitor sets forth the s<
j advantages of his dwelling, its aristo- ti
1 cratic air, and especially the ample and t(
' luxurious fashion in which it is furnish- "
ed; then says the general, with abeam- ti
ing face and an amiable voice: "Well, oi
I should want the house pretty well fur- d
. uished its I have nine children." Visions tl
i of these youthful scions of the house of 3
i Key careering around that furniture nud h
i, romping over his carpets strike the "
Washington householder with horror; hi
lie hastily departs and never comes back ti
anymore. tl
r al
A woman was caught with five smug- ei
gled violins under herpullback skirts, in hi
Philadelphia, as nh? was disembarking tc
! from a stenmer, j st
A Lady's Millinery Bill.
A case of considerable interest to
kshionable modistes doing business with
le fair upper tendom of the metropolis
as tried before a jury in the marine
Durt of New York. The plaintiff,
[me. Ernestine Chevalier, a French
lodiste and importer of French goods
squired in her peculiar line of business,
aed Mrs. Hannah R. Kohnstamm, of
'ourteenth street, for goods furnished
ad dresses made and supplied, claiming
lerefore $1,360.50 balance of a larger
im. The plaintiff testified that the de;ndant
visited her place of business in
1H7ft onrl nrrlprr>il finrnfl
ootls to the amount of over "860; that
lese goods were sent as directed, with
istructions to the messenger not to
save the same if not paid for at the
me, or satisfactory reference given^
he goods were not accepted by Mrs]
lohnstamm, who next day called on
Ime. Chevalier and stated that she was
imporarily in the city awaiting a setement
of her deceased husband's esite,
that if she had supposed reference
as required she could give every satisiction
in that line, and she expressed
er own ability to pay for anything that
hie required; that she had an income
esides expectancies in her own right,
ad a house in Amity street. Plaintiff
;stified that she, upon these representaons,
furnished other costly supplies of
lilies' wear to the defendant, itemizing
lem in a long account, which was
worn to in court. Here are some of the
;ems: One bonnet, silver trimmed,
65; two chemises, $60; a set of molique,
$30; two handkerchiefs, $10; a
itin trimmed cloak, $115; one robe de
hambre, trimmed with satin and torchon
ice, $175; hat, trimmed with silver and
lurae, $30; baby's cloak, $40; one slate
olored silk and velvet costume, $375;
rhite Chamberry gauze dress, $65, and
long list of smaller but all costly arti-1
les, amounting in all to $1,815. These
oods were all furnished dnring October
nd Novomber, the first bill for $60 beig
incurred on the thirtieth of Septemer.
Three payments had been made
mounting to $455, leaving the balance
ue and now sued for $1,360. The desnse
set up did not deny the purchase
f the goods as stated in the complaint
ut admitted that the account was true
nd just except as to one item?the slate
olored silk and velvet costume, $375?
rhich defendant contended she purbased
for $300, and disputed the overbarge
of $75. The principal defense
'as that the goods were bought and
old on a running account which would
ot expire until April, 1877?it being
nderstood that the defendant should
:om time to time as she felt able make
ayments thereon until the expiration of
lid credit. Upon this state of facts the |
ase was given to the jury, who, after a
rief absence, came into court with a
erdict for the plaintiff in the full sum,
ith interest.
A Chinese Funeral.
Coming up town lately, says * Canton |
orrespondent, a Chinese funeral passed t
le at a brisk trot. Seated with the drivr
of the hearse was a Cliinaman who was !
uigenuy scattering sups ox pnpei uauug |
lie street. Picking some of these up I j
mind tliem perforated by a sharp instrulent,
cutting them in several places. 11
topped some Chinese on the walk, and j
sked the meaning of them, but could ,
et no satisfactory answer. I learned j
rom a friend, however, that these paper I
harms are thrown out all the way from !
iie house to the cemetery, the object I
eing to keep the evil spirits from geting
possession of the body. It is suposed
that they follow the dead body in
rowds determined on mischief, but that,
eing very curious, they stop whenever !
icy see these paper slips, examine them !
arefully, and try, as I did, to get at j
leir significance. Meanwhile the fun- j
ral hurries on, other slips being tlirown j
ut, thus keeping the little devils occu- i
ied in their studies, till the friends get!
le body buried and beyond their reach.
A Chinese funeral reminds me of those |
iible passages which make mention of j
ired mourners. These orientals employ j
omen to do their public lamentation. I
'he coffin is placed" upon a bier on the j
dewalk, flanked by the inevitable pig
r pigs, there bciug two, one roasted (see i
lharles Lamb's essay on Chinese roast j
ig) and the other uncooked, but both !
ecorated with flowers and paper hiero- |
lyphics. The priest talks a little, and 1
len the professional mourners, dressed I
i white, which is the mourning coloi; of
rt liffln* flian mnrfl I
It; UVUXCUb ? uuu^, mv4v
ilk from the priest, followed by more
mentation from the women; and so on
) the end, when the dead man and the
ead pigs are hurried off together to the
. metery with a shower of paper enigmas
) tease and cheat the demons on the way.
A Love Story.
Ten years ago a handsome young mau
assed through Monticello, Ivy., and was
oticed by a young girl sitting at the winow
of the most aristocratic house in the
)wn. She fell in love with him at first
ight. She had wealth, culture and
eauty. He was poor, and then on his !
ay to seek fortune as a cattle herder in |
'exas. After many ups and downs he I
nmd himself the owner of a silver mine
1 New Mexico. The girl bloomed into j
rarely beautiful womtn, with literary j
bility, and became a Contibutor to the j
K,,.Mlia wllfl Hip I
ivi*is u. tmw wuw *vu?uvv? .. ?
nconscious object of her firncy was, ami i
:iey corresponded throughout the ten
ears. She never wrote a word of her j
ersonal attractions or family, nor did he !
peak of his good fortune. A few weeks
go he wrote her proposing marriage, and [
ion followed his letter to her Kentucky !
ome, where lie saw her for the first >
me. Recently they were married, and |
liss Annie Berry, that was, learned on
inching Silver City that her husband, i
I. B. Metcalf, was the greatest capital-'
it in New Mexico.
I
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Stories of a Mayor.
When the Princg of Wales visited
loventry two or three years ago, the sec- |
>tary to his royal higjiuess, thinking !
ic procession to the station was moving
)inewhat slowly, sent rather an impera-1
vo message cominaniling " the mayor
> trot." The onswer returned was: (
Toll Mr. Tvuollys the mayor of Coveu y
does not trot." The present occupier
f the magisterial chair was present at a
inner party given the other evening by
ic member for North Warwickshire,
[r. Bromley-Davenport. He had the
onor to take the hostess in to dinner.
I don't know, Mr. Mayor," said the
iily, ' whether you are at all afraid of
ie measles, but my little children have
lcm, and I myself have had a slisrht
:tack." Once more the mayor of Cov
ltry rose to the occasion. "Madam,"
e said, " I should be only too delighted
> take anything from no charming a
>urce.u
What Shall the Jiarvcsi ve i
80wing the seed by the daylight fair,
Sowing tho seed by the noonday glare,
Sowing the seed by the fading light,
Sowing the seed in the solemn night?
Oh, what shall the harvest be V
Sewn in tho darkness or sown in the light, v
Sown in our weakness or sown in o>ir might.
Gathered in time or eternity,
Sure, ah! sure, will the harvest bo,
Oh, what shall tho harvest be ?
Sowing the seed of a lingering pain,
Sowing the seed of a maddened brain,
Sowing tho seed of a tarnished name,
Sowing the seed of eternal shame?
Oh, what shall the harveet boV
Items of Interest.
The Marquise de Caux is in her
thirty-seventh year. *
Some people can't endure a ringing
sensation in the ear, while most ladies
take ver^ naturally to ear rings.
ThflBuenos Ayres Herald says: Young
men w .th small salaries can find comfortable
board and lodgings at 178 Corrientes
street at $980 perrnonth.
In the year 1758 Lord Olive, then governor-general
of India, proposed to conquer
China if Parliament -would supply
him with a force of 15,000 men. But it
wouldn't. '
The Virginia Legislature is discussing
the proposition to tax liquor saloons at
the rate of one cent on every drink sold.
Perhaps the bartenders will be required
to use bell punches. ^ '
The Senate of Connecticut lias passed
a bill giving married women the same
property rights which they held before
marriage, but prohibiting husband and
wife from conveying property to each
other.
All the male members of the Swedish
colony at HoultOn, Me., were recently
naturalized. There are now about six
hundred Swedes in the colony, whicn is
reported to be in a very prosperous condition.
Rumor says that Miss Elizabeth Errety,
of Minnesota, has fallen heir to a
million-dollar estate in Europe. Young
men linwevflr. should await a confirma
tion of the news before they make "a
bold stroke for Lib-Errety."
"All the world's a stage," he ruminated,
" and all the men and women are
merely players, and most of the plays
are lrom Shakespeare, too! Eefore we
were married, Julia and I played
' Eomeo and Juliet,' and now its mostly
'Tempest.'"
When a man in Nevada receives a
notice, signed "601. "telling him that he
must quit that section, he understands
that if he disobeys he will be punished
by vigilance men. Seven thieving
gamblers have just heeded such a command
in Eeno.
Lady (to servant, who has given notice
three days after her arrival)?But if you
didn't mean to stay why did you take
the place ? Servant?Well, 'm, when I
see you at the registry office you looked
so tired and fagged I took your situation
out of charity like.
A Spaniard and an American were recently
dining together in New Orleans.
The former in passing a dish of brains
to the latter said: "What you lack!"
The American offering the Spaniard a
plate of tongue answered: " What you
have a surplus of." ?
By the new liquor law recently passed
by the Maine Legislature, hotels are not
allowed to publish wine lists on their
bills of fare. In consequence of this act,
the bills of fare of Portland hotels have
gone into mourning, being heavily bordered
with black.
Scene in an Iowa court ? Judge :
" That point has been decided against
you by every court in Christendom, sir,
and there is no use of further argument."
Lawyer: " Very true, but your
honor frequently decides against every
court in Christendom."
The Norristown Herald says : The
men who have honesty enough to resist
the temptation of removing an uncanceled
postage stamp from a second-hand
envelope, and using it the second time,
nya L-i'nrl nf atfifpsmpn wfl want at the
Lead of our government.
A milk dealer in Chicago has retired
with a handsome fortune. When a hoy
asks him how to get on in the world, he
says: "Don't be discouraged; you
can't get rich all to wunst. Look at me !
All the capital I had to begin with was a
milk can and a water pail."
A Rondout chap, having heard of the
wonderful effects of blue glass, has had
inserted in his room two panes of violet
hue, beneath which he has placed a dilapidated
wallet containing a ?1 note,
and now he is watching to learn whether
it will bloom forth as a new Russia leather
one containing a 31,000 greenback or
ten $100 notes.
An individual who sold clams on the
Lord's day defended himself with the
plea that he "feared the clams would not
keep till Monday, and it would be better
to pay the costs of court and enjoy a free
conscience than to palm off dead clams
on an unsuspecting people, and suffer
the pangs of remorse !"
George MacDonald, the novelist, has
a family of eleven children. Girls and
boys have succeeded each other in alternate
order, and the usual regularity
in the MacDonald family has been utilized
by giving to each girl the sole charge
of the brother next in age, ana expecting
her to exercise over him a maternal care.
Count Z. tie Z. married an opera star
of remarkable beauty. His friends congratulated
him, but a gruff old cousin,
who was the husband of an ugly old cat,
observed that he should scarcely care to
have a wife whom a couple of thousand
men had a right to lorgnette to eveiy evening.
"Well, I don't know," said the
count, " I think it's preferable to having
a wife whom a couple of thousand men
wouldn't look at if they could."
"The baby has got anew tooth, but
the old lady is laid up with a cold in the
head, remarked a gentleman to a defeated
canditate. " What do I care?"
was the reply. " Well," said the gentleman,
slowly, " before the election you
used^to take me aside and ask me Ik w
my family was coming on, and I've been
hunting you all over town to tell you,
and that's the way you talk to me. But
it don't make any difference. I voted
for the other candidate, anyhow."
An old pioneer, who believed that
"what was to be would be," lived in a
region infested with Indians. He always
took his gnu with him, uud once, finding
that some one of his family liail borroweu
it, h? would not go without it. His
friends rallied him, saying that there was
no danger of the Indians, as, anyhow, he / "
would not die before his time came?"Yes,"
said old Lcathorstoeking
suppose I was to meet an IndianJ^~ ^,ls
time was come, it wouldn't "ave
my gun."