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"7-' *~ \ 0 ABBEVILLE PRESS & BANNER. BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 1877. NO. 2. VOLUME XXV. I The Loom of Life. 1 All day, all niglit I can liear the jar j < Of the loom of life, and near and far 1 It thrills with its deep and muffled sound, j ^ As the tireless wheels go always round. Busily, ceaselessly goes the loom, In the light of dayuudtho midnight's gloom, \ t The wheels are turning early and late, And the woof is wound in the warp of fate. Click, cla?k ! there's a thread of leve wove in ; i J Click, clack ! another of wrong and sin; j , What a checkered thing will this life lie When we see it unrolled in eternity! ! 1 !c Time, with a face like mystery, And hands as busy as bands can be, Site at the loom wun its arm ouispr.aa, I j To catch in its meshes each glancing thread. I 11 When shall this wonderful web be done? j i In a thousand years, perhaps, or one: Or to-morrow. Who knoweth ? Not you or I, But the wheels turn on and the shuttles fly. Ah, sad-eyed weaver, the years are slow, But each one is nearer the end I know; ? l And some day the last thread shall be woven in, i God grant it be love instead of sin. ! Are we spinners of wool for this life web?say V Do wo furnish the weaver a thread each day? It were better then, oh my friend, to spin I I A beautiful thread than a thread of sin. LETTY'S PROMISES. !| i When Lvireyco Van Evcren was about to I ! sail for the East Indies, he asked Lettv to walk j t half an hour in the orchard with him, which ! 1 was wreathed and perfumed with fruit bios- j t 6oms. ^ I c " l ve a reqnesi to mane you, my uear i.euy, i he said. " and I'm half afraid yon may think i it a selfish thing to ask : indeed, I know it is. t but yet, with the renowned selfishness of man. : I not only ask, I beg it." What on earth can it be?" said Letty, i smiling. " Do you want me to get me to ait nunnery till yon return, or to travel to Calcutta [ < to marry you ? Or do yon want mo to give the i cold shoulder to Tom Longworthv, and promise never to say so much as ' How do ye do?' i to him?" For the gossips had said their say in j i Vtm Everen's car, when ho returned from his \ last voyage, to the effect that Longworthv had j ( taken advantage of his absence to be sweet on j \ Letty. " No, Letty. it is none of those trifles," he ! <. answered; "it is something much more; important to my happiness." "You know I will do anything to please j t yon." | 1 " You will ? Then promise me t'.is thing? j solemnly promise that if anything tfftould hap- I pen to me, if I should never return, if I should I ] die?promise that you will remain mine forever j \ ?that yon will never, never marry another, t nrnmikin tViiia rljirlinnrV" I t "Ocrtiiinly. But yon will cnmc back?you | must. Why, I should die myself if you failed. [ 1 There is no* need of sucl. a promise, but I give | 1 all the same. 1 promise solemnly that if you fc die I will never marry." "Thanks," said Van Everen, kissing her cheek i with an air of having conferred a favor. " I ^ have exactly live minutes left in which to say ^ good-bye. There is a great deal called love in c this world which is only propinquity; but one a mustn't call it loving, so the poet tells us : I 4 Unless you can love as the angels may, With the broatd of heaven betwixt lis.' t And you think yon cm, Letty ?" " I know it. Ferhaps yon mean to commit \ suicide to test me." I 1 And then followed a few mi intes of tender | i nonsense, and Van Everen tore himself away, jj leaving Lettv in tears. What a long, long time ' t it was to look forward to ! IIow many storms j < would beat along the coast, how many suns j i would shine, mornings dawn, and evenings ; > gather to their cl ise, before they met again ! f In the meantime here was her trousseau to I \ finish: and she used to sit at it hour by hour, j with her thoughts away on some distant reach j of the Indian seas, except when Tom Long- ! j worthy loitered in to help kill time. Tom was i j really a comfort to her, in spite of Van Everen's \ . unreasonable jealousv. He could tell her all J about the long ledinn vovage, of cvclones, I -.1? ?i 4_.:.i :...i . ?n ?i".. l CiUUlN iina UUWV??Jimr>?uax uuvuv ^v<u foreign cities to which her lover was bound. ' with their sunburned natives, their strange ' customs. their fantastic fluffs and curious ! architecture?till she felt as if (die were there ' herself. It was some months later that Tom ' I/ni''worthy came in with a cloud on his face. ' " You are i'l V' said Letty, regarding him. j ' " Not at all. thank you; ouly ill at ease." "Then you have some bad news." "Yes. I have some bad news." " Nothing about Laurence? " she gasped. " I hope not." J "You hope not! For heaven's sake, don't j ' you know? What is it? . Don't think you arc j 1 sparing my feelings. You are only cruelly"? j \ " The living Scud "? ? "Is lost?'' | < " Has foundered. But there's no ccrt iintv < with regard to Laurence; he may be among j tho saved. Lett"! Lotty! don't look at me j f as if I had brongiit it about. I would exchange i places with him gladly for your sake ; I would 1 indeed J" lie cried. She left her needle v.hcre the ill news fonud j J it, and folded away all the wedding garments. j And month followed month of anxious fore- | bodiug; and one or two old seamen straggled 1 home to their families, battered and destitute, 1 j after many hardships. but they knew nothing 1 of Van Everen : ho had not taken the same , boat; some had been swept away by a wave ' J before the whip was abandoned ; and so l>v sad ! degrees hope and Laurence Everen were given * up. Ib*vas, perhaps, three yews and better after ' 1 the Flying Scud had sailed that Lctty, weary ' of declining invitations and of being asked if ' she meant to sacrifice herself like a Hindoo [ widow, joined a party of friends going to take ^ their tea in the sunset at the beach, two hours' steaming down the river. She had understood > that there was to be but a handful of ]>cople, J but sbe found a crowd ; and sitting on the ?and, looking at tho delicate Pea-shell pink of the eastern sky above the tossing breakers, or ' watching the yroups of girls making their s table of a sand heap and s;-rcaclinvr it with I dainties from their baskets, while others ' gathered drift wood and lighted a picturesque . blaze beneath the cofleu. and claui pots, was a pleasant change from the monotony of her days. Presently, while she gazed, a little boat, with the sunset reddening its i-ails, " quenched i its speed in the slushy sand, and Turn Longworthv threw his anchor ashore. " Lettv!" " Tom!" "I wish you had allowed me to bring you down." * ! i " I wish I hadand tlnn they fell to speaking of the moon-led tides, about great storms " and wrecks. "Do you know,"she confessed, "their-drift wood fire chills me. How do I know but it is a bit of the spar poor Laurence clung to?" j "They are having supper," said Longworthy. turning away. "Let mo bring you something. We have l>eon too gloomy." "No ; when I am gloomy. I am in no danger of forgetting. Don't you remember Anderson's story of the poor old maid who used the broken half of a bottlo picked upon the beach for her canary's drinking vessel, when it was a bit of the very bottle to which her lost lover had intruted a tender farewell V" " You dou t mean to be an old maid, Lettv ? ' "IV The day of my destiny's over. H-?w ghostly the light-house looks! I used to think 1 siiouiu UKeio Jive in one, oacc? especially 111 ; stormy weather." " They will he lighting up presently: we will pay them a visit if you please." Aud while j they climbed the light-bonne tower, and Raw the | fishing fleet standing out to sea, and watched 1 the keeper light his lamps, while he told theiu of the sea birds that beat their lives out against the windows, of ships he had seen go I to pieces in the storm, of the times ho had ! put out his boat to the rescue, and his wife keeping the light* bright alone amidst the 1 gale, their friend-i were gathering un the frag- j mohtn and steaming homeward, each thinking ' that Lotty was with the other. When Tom I and Lettv came out under the stars the beach had a wild and lonely aspect; some night bird ' was screaming overhead, the gypsy fire j smoldered, amidst some stranded timbers, bnt the sands were deserted. Tom's little craft was the only one in sight, and with the wind dead against them and the tide falling, it would be useless to start for some hours to come. "We may as well make ourselves comfort*- j bio." said Tom, bringing fresh fuel for the fire. "I am to blame for this disaster." " I don t call it a disaster exactly." said Letty. j " Do you see how much our black log r*Rem- i !cs a crouching camel V In thin weird light I can half believe that wo are belated on the lesert, and are bivouacking till day. It's t Mther romantic than disastrous." ' I'm glad you sec it in that light. You voukli.iake the desert blossom like a rose." I "How you Hatter me!" 'IV Wejnevcr Hatter those we lovo." jj " You needn't take pains to tell me that you j lon't love me," she laughed. j , "I take pleasure in saying that I do." " That you do !?that you do !" ! ( " Yen. I do love you, Lettv," stretching his ] inns toward her, for she had risen and half < t noved away. ' Lettv ! Lettv! don't be angry j vitli ine for loving you. How could I help it?"* "You must," she"cried; "you mustn't love I ; ne. You don't. It's all a fancy. You de- j ' oivc yourself. I can't allow you to love me." j( "You might as well say that you wouldn't < iHow the frost to pinch you, or the rain to j j Irenoli vou. Can't vou lovo me a little, I . ictty?" ' j 1 "Oh, don't ask me ! don't! I can't; it is ' < luitc impossible. Forgive mo for saying so. J ( ,'ou have always been a fritiul to mc." j ] "And always shall be, Lettv." i j " Tlion don't let us talk about lovo, nor think \ . if it. I shall never marry." " I5nt if you should change your mind "? ' " I can never change it." | ] "Yet if such a thing should liap])OH ?women j ] .o,--. 41.ot nn'vilnfTA win kruiw?von will find I . no always the same." "But you must be sure that it never canhap>en." " Since you deny mo so much, humor this vhim of mine, Lettv, and promise me that if ! my change should * occur, you will let mo mow." "I can safely promiso that," she replied. "Thank you." It is not often that a lover is obliged to impose his society upon the sweetheart who has efused him. One might easily conceive of it is an embarrassing situation, but it did not irove so in the case of Tom and Lettv ; they ipoke or were silent, as the spirit moved. Ho rimmed his boat with a hand as steady as if all lis wishes had been granted. They counted he constellations and the harbor lights, watch;d the stars set, and the gray dawn shine upon lie water, and sunrise was just beginning to :low in tender lines of color as they reached lie town, made the boat fast, and stepped t shore. It was early in December when Letty went nto Boston 011 a visit. She was 011 her way to he cars, when she was overtaken by Captain Jrane, a neighbor, just home from a three [ rears' cruise. "Ship ahoy!" said lie. " How are the folks it Carbondale? Don't know me. Miss Lctty? Vnythiug happened since I sailed?" " You'll find plenty of change, Captain | Urano. Even Carbondale doesn't stand still vhile v?u go round the world." " By-the-wav, I fell foul of an old sweetheart >( yours in CaHforny." "An old sweetheart of mine?" "Yes. Even sweethearts got old if you givo hem time enough. Fr'aps you don't remember Tan Everen!" " Don't remember Van Everen!" "Laurence. Wasn't ho sweet on you, Miss letty V I nin against him. just by chance, a veek before I sailed ; he's given up the sea, he ells me?taken to trading. Guessho's married noucy, by the look of things." " Married money ! Laurence Van Everen ! Vhat do you mean, Captain Srano? Don't you mow that ho was lost at sea in the Flying Scud V" "Was ho ? Then the sea's given him up too ; i's a mutual affair, eh? He's the substanialest shadow I ever sighted. The Flying tend was lost while I was off whaling, but I lidn'tknow he was aboard. But, you s?.c, ho wasn't born to Me urownea, > im r-vtren wusu i; lis wife can't hold a candle to you, Miss Letty -begging pardon?but I reckon nho had solid harms." Letty was in a half-stunned condition all the vay to'Carbondalc, while Captain Crane spun lis yarns. Was it anything to her that Lanencc was alive?and married ? Did she feel inv bitterness that he had given her so much rouble for naught, that he had forsaken her? ?he had promised never to marry if lie died : mt he was not dead. And Tom loved her?and iheV Yes. she was grateful to Laurence after ill: she felt as if sho would like to thank him '<> having jilted her so cruellv. "Deau Mk. Losovoutiiy"?she wroto to lim?"when I told you I should never marry, t was Because i nn?z given n kohuuii juuuum: u> Laurence Van Evercu that if lie died I would cmain single. But lie is alive, and I liopc you ,vill pardon Letty Andrews." "So the dream departs !*' sighed Tom. "The ost hero returns; she is going to marry him i Iter years of constancy. She need not apologize for loving him instead of me. It ends ike a novel, only I am loft out in the cold, like he villain of the piece. I wonder where Lanence has been nil this while. Ho always . sad a plausible tongue; but if she loves him? Well, I had better go West and change the scene." lint before going West it was necessary for lim to run down to Carbondale, settle some family affairs, and apprise his grandfather of lis plans. It was a month since Letty had .vrittcn her note before he could make up his nind to see her aud Carbondale. The", "I have come. Miss Letty," he blundered, "to ifTcr my congratulations and good-byes at nice.' Congratulationsquestioned Letty, with i perplexed frown. Yes. You are looking worn and pale ; I'm tfraid happiness doesn t agree with you.' " Happiness itoean t agreo wun me.' zoom liink I ever tried the experiment." It was Corn's turn to look surprised. " I received your note "? Tlio color trembled across Letty'8 face, her ip (juivcred, lier even dilated. "You received t!' she gapped?" you received it!" " Wash t it just a*little unnecessary, Lotty? ! should have heard of it soon enough." ' How could you have heard it .if I had not old you V' " Woitldn t it have been in everybody's nouth? Can a dead man come to life and lio>ody speak of it ? But I dare say you meant ;iuiily, Letty." "For Heaven's sake, Tom, don't you see vhat 1 meant?" cried Letty, all of u rose-color. "Certainly; you meant to break it to me , rently that" you were going to marry Van Jveren." "But Van Evcren is already married." "Married! What a dunco I am! Letty! Letty! can you forgive me ? Can you love nuch i stupid fellow V Jove ! a whole month of liaptiness forfeited by a blunder: Kiss me, ; Lettv."?IlarpiTS Bazar. Epitaphs. Near San Diego, California, a tombstone inscription thus reads : " This yore is sakrid to the memory ! Willinin TTonrv Skarjikon. who i:aim i to* liis cloth by bein filiut by Colt's rc- I volver?oiK! of the old kind, bras mountoil, auil of sutch is tlic kingdom of | lieavon." A stone cutter once received, from a i Germau, the following epitaph, to be en- j graved on tho tombstone of his deceased ! wife : " My vife Susan is dead ; if she'd had ; lif till next Friday, she'd been dead shust | two weeks. As a tree falls so she must! stand. All things is impossible mit I God." From a tombstone in Cornwall, Eng- j land : Father ni.<! mother ami I Lie. buried here asunder ; Father and mother lie buried hero. And I lie buried off yonder. A tombstone at Saratoga bears the fol- J lowing: " Emma, dan'r of Abraham and ISIatilda C , and wife of Theodore S , i died Aug. 10, 1808, JE 2G yrs, leaves five i children?married too young against her father's will. Single women take warning. " In the churchyard at Cliildwald, Englaud, is this stanza : Here lies the body of John Smith, Buried in the cloisters; If he don't jump at the lust trump, Call "Oysters!" Another in the same cemetery reads : "Hero lies the remains of Thomas Woodhen, The most amial te of husbands, and excellent N. 15. His real name was Woodcock, but would not come in rhyme. IIu widow On a tombstone in S >uth Carolina : " Here lic.s the body of IJobcrt Gordin, Mouth almighty and tectli accordiu'; Stranger, tr<-ad lightly over thin wonder, Jf he opens niu mouth you'ro gone by thunder.' INDIAN SCENES. \Cntlle Hum iiik! u I>?k Fra?t?Itcdprcl for i the The Deliver iVTcic$ buys : Life at the ' Sioux agencies is fall of interest ami romance these Jays. The glory of war- i 'are departed, the ridiculous phases of , savage tranquillity manifest themselves j >n every hand. On the day of the stir- I :em?er of Dull Knife's Cheyenne tribe, j ho warriors were scarcely disarmed i sefore they were found constructing war i . labs with round rocks and rawhide after j heir peeuliav manner. The day after the ! 3razy Ilorse surrender cattle were issued j " flm iicttnl nmnnrfini) rif nn ! Indian's ration ; they rsked as a favor hat the herd of wild Teiaus be turned )ver to them alive, so that they could ?ujoy a sensation like that of a buffalo mnt. The request was granted; about! iwenty steers were turned loose upon ! ;ho plain and the savages?armed with jows and arrows and mounted upon ton es obtained from lted Cloud's peace jaud?gave chase. All the thrilling ivhoops of battle were shouted and the ;oj ritic feats of horsemanship and the skill of the savage with his rudest weapon ivere exhibited. Goaded by the twinge f the well-aimed arrow, and rendered j xlmost frantic by the unearthly yells, | ihe swift and long-winded Texans skipped jver ridge, gully and stream like the tvind. Ever moment a poor brute would receive its death wound from the unerring shaft, and occasionally a maddened one would turn and delierht his pur juers by a plucky resistance. When the mimals were nearly all slain, three or four made a dash over a sheer precipice of some fifteen feet in heicrht. The reckless reds were close upon (heir heels and turned neither, to the right nor left but followed pell mell to the bottom. From the cloud of dust emerged every savage firmly seated and evidently gratified at the thrilling experience. In about twenty minutes the cattle were all slain, iiud squaws and boys who followed the ^ lmso soon made the butchery complete. A grand peace council was one of the interesting sights afforded a couple of the visitors at lied Cloud agency the other lay. .Little Wound, one of ttie most powerful of. Sioux chieftains, summoned the other leaders of his nation to his ^rand council tepees, there to talk over i lasting peace and agency reforms. Two immense tepees were placed side by side ;iud made to furnish room for one huuircd men. As the deliberators were gathering in this gorgeously-ornamented chamber, the master of ceremonies and xn assistant were slaughtering dogs for the feast which always follows such a momentous carnival of oratory. A rawliide lariat was wound once round the ueck of the animal, when a brawny Sioux took hold at either end of the fatal :ord, pulled backward and forward with 1 " see-saw " motion, and thus strangled tho victim. Then the dog was thrown upon a blazing camp lire, his hair pretty well Binge 1 off, and then the carcass was irusuuanj uurvuu. xnuo uuuut <i uuacii Df the largest of their pets were slaughtered. A number of pots werejon hand, ;ach for its special purpose. All the lieads were thrown in one, all the legs in another, the tails in another, and so du. These were placed upon the fire in the midst of the circles of debaters now assembled. As the guests stepped into the circle, an attendant flung a bright red blanket upon the sward directly in front of Little Wound, Crazy Horse, and other prominent chieftains, while these dignitaries motioned the white men to sit there. An old man opened the proceedings by an appeal to the Great Spirit, during which the chiefs in the array were impressively deferential. One after another of the savage orators then arose, stopped to the center, and uttered a forcible harangue. This continued for two hours, when, the dogs being done, the leading chief announced that the feast would take place immediately after another prayer. This was pronounced, and all the queer features of the Indian dog feast was soon under way. Dogs feet were 110 less greedily demolished than canine tenderloins, and the warrior who received a tail for his portion seemed equally pleased with his neighbor who picked long ribs. Guests were treated just as royally, but their opinion of dog meat is scarcely such as would justify its wholesale adoption as an article of diet. Dog soup aiu^ coffee followed, nil mixed and taken from the same dish. At the close of the feast the prayer or benediction was pronounced, and the assembly adjourned in excellent spirits. Hundreds of squaws and children crowded 1 1 -* I t X* L arounu uurmg council .ana icasr, um, were not allowed admittance. A striking evidence of generosity was exhibited during tlie feast. An old Indian, ragged, wrinkled, and fairly tottering in his weakness, entered the circle, introduced by a fiery yoing warrior. The latter said that his aged companion should be fed and otherwise care.l for, and that it was a shame that such feasting should be indulged in by the young and strong while the old were suffering. Little Wound pulled off his fine new blanket and presented it to the r<ld man. Others divested thomselves of their only mantles and had likewise, while the stolid and relentless Crazy Horse gave the vx nerable visitor a pony, blanket and other garments. Itoumaiiinn Discretion. The Roumanian soldiers look so well when they arc on dress parade at Bucharest that some of the war correspondents have been beguiled into the notion that they can fight. An incident which a correspondent of the London Xcwx relates shows that they would not have offered much resistance to the Turks if an attempt had been made from Rustchnk or Widdiu to forestall the advance of the Russians. There was a corps of observation stationed at Giurgevo to watch the Turks, and it. occurred to the minister of war that it would be a good tiling to exercise these troops ami accustom them to the sounds of war. So one night he ordered the alarm to lie sounded. He has been heard to say that he bitterly repented having taken so bold a measure, for it took him a week to get the detachment together again. General Custer and His Olllcers. It has been definitely determined to remove the remains of the officers slain with Custer in the light on the liosebud, and with the exception of the bodies of General G. A. Custer and Lieutenant Crittenden, all-will be removed to Fort Leavenworth, and deposited in the National cemetery. General T. A. Crittenden, of KentnckV, has requested that his soil's remains be left on the field where he fell,and General Custer will bo buried in the National ceiueterv, at ' i-i j. tj. r\ 1 WCSl rOlUl. J.6 win ut'uciiu v/iioivi r> wish, repeatedly expressed durirg hi* campaigns against the Indians, that lie be buried at West Point if he should I e killed in the service. FAIOI, GARDEN AM) HOUSEHOLD. UrclpcH* Muffins. ? Three pounds of flour, one-quarter pound of yeast powder, three eggs, half a pound of sugar, three ounces of butter. Mix the powder dry in with the flour ; in another pan ruu the sugar and butter well together, then add the egps and beat to a thin batter : then add the flour and wet with milk ; beat thoroughly; lill the rings and bak* in a quick oven. These muffins arc good cold as well as hot. To Cook Spinaoii.?Wash free from dirt and grit and boil twenty minut a in salt and water. Add a small lump ol soda to give a handsome color. Drain well and chop as line as powder. Add butter, salt, a little pepper and nutmeg, and garnish with hard boiled eggs, cut up 111 various shapes. Strawberry Shoiitcake.?One qnarl of Hour, half a cup of butter, two spoonfuls of sugar, two tcaspooufuls of yeas! powder, flour to roll. Split open, spread with butter, then thickly witli strawberries, then sprinkle with sugar, then put on the upper half, crust clown, spread with butter, berries and sugar, and cover all over with a large pad, tc steam and soften, while hot. Eat witl cream. Aspakaous.?The fresher the better, and all stalks not crisp and tender slioulo bo thrown aside. Cut off the white parts, tie the rest in bunches and boil, with a little salt in the water, for almosi twenty minutes ; then take out and drair a miuute, lay in a deep dish on slices o] buttered toast, the heads all one way, covered with a rich drawn butter. Oi the stalks may be cut in inch pieces, boiled tender; then seasoned and cookec for a few minutes longer in thick cream, Coffee Custard.?Boil one quart oi milk witn live spooniuis sugar. auc j one cup very strong hot coffee, fom ! beaten eggs, one half cup com starch, i rubbed very smooth, in a little cold milk, Stir well till smooth, put into cups, ant when cool ornament with the beater whites, just before serving. Anotbe] good method is to crush the coffee graiut coarsely, and add one spoonful to the boiling quart of milk ; then proceed as I in an ordinary boiled custard, and etrair I into cups. Veal Loaf.?Minco cold roast veal a< line as possible, add one-fourth fat han i chopped very tine, one cup grated breat I crumbs ; one grated nutmeg, two beater eggs, a little salt and cayenne ; mix well form in a loaf, glaze over with eggs ani sprinkle with bread crumbs ; buke hal an hour; servo with roast veal gravy heated, and thickened with a beaten eg? put ill J UOu UtJlUlC hCIVlIi^, Rhubarb Pie.?Peel and cut tlio stalks qnito small into a ricli paste, put a layei of rhubarb, then a deeper layer of sugar sprinkle with nutmeg or cinnamon, laj 011 several small pieces of butter am cover. Veal Sweet Breads with Tomatoes ?Set over the lire two quarts of nice ripe peeled tomatoes, stew half an lion: slowly in their own liquor and straii through a coarse sieve ; then put in fou; or live sweet breads, weil trimmed am soaked in warm water ; add a little sal and cayenne, and one-quarter of a poum of butter, smoothed in three spoonful: of flour. Stew slowly till the swee breads are well done, or about an lion: and a half. A few moments befon dishing stir in the beaten j-olks of threi eggs. lOll-CYll* I have a horse that has poll-evil. Wlia will cure it ? Au incision should bo made, slanting lv, with a sharp pointed bistoury oi knife upon the right sid?: of the neck a I the base of the abscess. The cut mils not be so deep as to come iu contac with.the spinal marrow. The opening at the base of the tumor should be mad< sufficient in size to allow the pus to free ly escape as fast as it forms. A setoi ! should be passed down from the natura opening at the top of the tumor tlivougl the artificial opening made at its base Before insciting the seton it should b< dipped in tincture of cantharides. Thii will be found tin; safest plan to adopt fo promoting healthy granulation and ad hesiou of the walls of the tumor. Tin fistulous track is not probably very long unless it has been som<* time stau-.H- g and the tape setou will work its wa1 gradually and efficaciously out, by wliici time the cure is made. A stimulus i: also necessary to be applied to the inte nor 01 me tumor, ny ri'Hiiuiraung uii seton, in three or four days after it i first inserted, Avitlx a solution made b; dissolving ten grains of nitrate of silve in one ounce of cold water. This latte should be applied twice a week until i healthy discharge nppca-s. Then stop In the openiug, from the top down t< the bjttom, should be injected, tlirei times a week, a stimulus composed o one drachm of chloride of zinc dissolve! in one pint of cold water. Apply th zinc lotion in lia'f an hour after usinj | the cantharides and nitrate of silver lo ! tion. The cantharides should bo usei only once, and the uitrate of silver 01 I the third or fourth day rfter, and con 1 tinned twice a week as long as neces ! sary. MciuiiiriilK Corn, IStr. nonse puuiisu u uorruub nuts iur uium ' uring com iu ft wagou bed ; also etafc | what is good for a horse with heaves. B. P. Wills. You do not state whether the rule <le 1 desireis for corn in the ear or shellci , corn ; but if for the latter, obtain th [ ^ amber of cubic inches in the box, or si much as is occupied by the corn ; tliei j divide that by 2I50.-12, the number o cubic inches in a bushel; or you cai iirst find the number of cubic feet, b; multiplying the length, breadth an! I depth, and then dividing the number o ! cubic feet by seven and one-fourth (o: 1,221); because u bushel contains abou one and one-fourth cubic feet. Corn ii the ear varies according to varieties. O ! some it will take two bushels of cars to make one of shelled com; but witl others, one and a half bushels wil j yield this amount. For heaves turn tin animal out to pasture whenever possible I and iu winter give laxative food, such a, j carrots, turnips and beets ; also sprinkli hay and oats, and avoid dust food of al kinds. Sedatives may silso be given such as digitalis, opium and belladonm occasionally. Arsenic iu doses of fivi I /.nntimiml {nr n limiltll 1 ' UJUiJ, Wllliumvvt I./* .? ! considered valuable medicine for horses Injury lo Troon by lllrriliiiK Sup. M. A. <T., Qnakertown, Penn., writes I "What is the cause of sap running fron apple trees and killing the limbs aw trunks of the trees where it flows, have some trees that have been trimmed and where the brandies have been en oil' they are partially healed over, whei a sour water will start out of the cente of the stnnip and will soon kill the por tion of the tree over which it runs , Sometimes the trunk of the tree wil I crack of itself, and this sour water wil start from the crack. Can you tell mc the cause nutl the remeily ? Reply.?The mischief is caused l>y ^ j too late pruning, and by not covering : the wounds with some impervious coat(; ing. Sometimes 110 harm is done, but . I when there is an excessive flow of sap it , i exudes from the wounded surface, and, j cc I containing considerable sugar, it be-i w . comes sour and damages the bark over j w ! i which it flows. To prevent it the prun- j ftr ! j ing should bo done very early in the 8C [ spring, and when any branches of con-j 8(: j siderable size are cut off they should be j j cut very smoothly and even with the ' 1; bark, and the stump be covered with p] 11 common oil and lead paint or a coating 1 ]a ' i nf Hlmllnn varnish. 1 7?, 1 I ? [ : How to Apply Pnrla (Jrccn, and nlno AhIich ! to to I'Ot IltOCN. ! g] . ! L. H. M. flsks if common plaster is as ! si ' I good mixeil with paris green as flour of | n< gypsum; also, which is the best way for ; u] ' J using ashes for potatoes, in or on tho i tr : | liill ? i B ' I Reply.?Common plaster is the flour j B 1 i of, or finely ground, gypsum that has j p: ' J been treated to drive olf tho water of; af 1! crystallization, of which about twenty- > si i ono per cent, is contained in it. When j al | this is freed from water it is used as ' J plaster, and when mixed with water J m 1 again it chemically combines with it and i di j forms a solid mass.' It will not answer j E i j to use this with paris green, bnt instead ai I of it the raw, finely ground gypsum, or j w ! agricultural " plaster," should be used, j ni i A very good way to use ashes on pota- j sj " j toes is to scatte* them about the hills, j tl II now, and hoe them in when the crop is I a f I hoed, which, by-the-bye, may be done ' c< i now very usefully. ci __ ! et | Thoughts for Saturday Night. J Friendship is infinitely better than ! b 11 kindness. I b I 11 There have been fewer friends on earth ^ than kings. ^ 1 Love is a flame which burns in heaven, ^ | and whose soft reflections radiate on us. j They are generally better satisfied j ^ . whom fortune never favored than those j j whom she has forsaken. ti > As long as love prevails in tho house i w j space of the breadth of a sword is satis-! p i factory. As soon as it disappear# sixty j li hand-breadths are not sufficient. j s( ? Lovo teaches cunning even in inno-! ft( i ccnce, and when ho gets possession his j P [ first work is to dig deep within a heart: P i and there lio hid, and like rw miser in the j ^ , dark, to feast alone. I Life, whether in this world or any , f other, is the sum of cur entertainment, j , our existence, our character. Tho con-1 J ditions arc secondary. In what other : . world shall we be more surely than we j 3 are here ? . r There is not, perhaps, a more whimsi- ai , cal figure in nature than a man of real f( J modesty who assumes an air of impu- ti 1 deuce; who, while his heart beats with n anxiety studies ease and affects good y . humor. e: , What is this life but the circulation of E r little actions? We lie down aud rise tl i again, drops and redress, feed and grow p r hungry, work and play, aud are weary ; j w 1 and then we lie down again and the j k t! circle returns. j b ' j With virtue, capacity mul good con-1 J' j?1 duct one can still be unsupportable. j ' ( The manners, which arc neglected aa | ^ ^ 1 small things, are often those which de- |c 2 j cide men for or against you. A plight at- " 21 tention to them would have prevented . their ill judgment; , 11 , Manners are the shadows of virtues ; 01 . the momentary display of those qTialities which our fellow creatures love and " | respect. If we strive to become, then, f I what we strive to appear, manners , i would often be rendered useful guides j. to the performance of our duties. r That politeness which we put on, in j order to keep the presumptuous at a e: . proper distance, will generally succeed. C( ! j But it is sometimes that these obtrusive v 1 | characters ar on such excellent terms p ! | with themselves that thoy put down their f, I very goodness to the score of their own ir i I great merits and high pretensions, meet- v 3 ing the c?ldness of our reserve with a t( ' - i ? I ., r mucinous comiesuuusiuii ui i;iuuuuhlj, i ^ . in order to set us at ease with ourselves, j q rj I n ; Variety of Life in New York. > Howe, the great Tombs lawyer, was Jl ^ suppose.! to bo doing one <./ the most 1 profitable law bnsinc ses in a w York, j j: B says a correspondent. Ho defended | ' j nearly all tlio rogues in New York, and I C( j his fees w? re snppos d to be large; yet: ^ fJ i lie has been adjudged a bankrupt. All ! \ i the men oi this class go under. The ' a, I divorce lawyer.*, who arc reported to ; 8 r : bave immense fees, seldom last long, j ^ II j Nine out of ten of the liquor men fail, j ? * i though the common idea is that tho pro- j t; 1 j fits are simply immense. I was in a^ ? leading restaurant recently, and was told j i i that tbe clncks showed that four hun- i 8' j dred and fifty dollars were taken at the I u. ? i bar the day before. Yet every man who ' has kept that hotel has failed except the n I present proprietor, who has not. b en | there long enough to give the thing a 1 r ri. il il,^ It j I air trail. J t if> Hit' Oiiinu tiling niiu uiu ; . " j politicians who hung around the city ; hall. It is feast or famine with those ' ?! I fellows. One of them was distinguished i 'I _ I for his heavy drinks of brandy and for ] g ! buying two dollars' worth of cigars daily I t;j give to his followers. He could not! buy an oyster stew to-day. A city offi- ? eial told me that liix oftleo cost him $50,- j I 000 in clear cash, and he holds it only n Q i for two venrs. I met a man the other Ci . ' day whom I have known as a buyer for " x a leading Gtock house on the street. He ? was dressed in rough clothing and looked P like a builder who goes out to days' ?' work. " How is this ?" I said. " I am j in another business," was the reply. " I v ? | get $700 a year. I have a quiet home. ! r I sleep well nights, and have enough to v ^ eat day by day. On tho street I made 11 j money one day and lost it the next. I Sl ? had to watch my customers nights at the c hotels. I had to eat as others ate, * j and drank as (hey drank, or I could not I get any business. It cost me all I could P make to keep my place. I'd rather be a ? j scullion to scour the pantry than to do I? ? I the drudgery of the street." j 3 j 1] ll THIIKE DRUNKEN BuiMiiiAitsCArTrBED. ?Three burglars got drunk in Utica, ^ N. Y., before startingjout to break into B a house, and in consequence their cus trance was made in a noisy and lmugling rj _ 1 manner. A brave woman captured the f ' ! drunkest of them, and hold him on a 0 . sofa in spite of his struggles. A man j j had a desperate light with another, and ^ i finally secured him. TLe third went into j R ? the street, armed hiriself with paving .. stores, returned to tight for the release j, of hisjjeomrades, and stood firmly under j fire from arevolvcr. He, too, was made ; a r | a prisoner. j " A number of dogn were >0i<>t in the East i i End last night."?Nalurdny'H Jsarfvr. Served 1 : them right. Let them keep their east ende>out j J | ?<f danger.?Oil City Derrick, I f THE MUSCOVITE DREAM. 'renting CofiHiiintlnopIc from the Turk PrrHont It to Europi'~ltiiMHln'h CcIchiI Ambition. A St. Petersburg cable dispatch to t ew York Herald is as follows : Yo ^respondent had an interview recenl ith a prominent Russian diplomi Lose name, for certain cogent reasons, a not at liberty to disclose. It will ien that the Russian official mali ime startling assertions : Upon my asking whether Russia's i ntions were really as disinterested ic had announced in her several cire v notes addressed to the powers urope, I was told that Russia intend i redeem her pledge as far as the t randizement of territory went, but tbi lould she prove victorious, there v, 3 reason to doubt that she would ins non the indenendence of tee differe ibutary States?namely : Bulgar ierzogovina, Ronmania, Servia a osnia, anil she "would guarantee the rovinces their independence, no mat! gainst what power. In other wort le would form a defensive and ofTensi liance with these liberated territoriei Upon my asking whether Constan jple, in the event of Russia gaini ccisive victories, would be occupied ussia, I was informed that long befc 1 army could be brought in front of t alls of Constantinople peace would i:ide. The terras of peace, beside th( joken of above, would perhaps inclu le surrender, on the part of Turkey, portion of her fleet, and, abovo all, t ^summation of a treaty placing t ty of Constantinople under the jo: mtrol of all the foreign powers. Up lis time a cosmopolitan city has be equently talked of and several theor een brought forward for its governmei nt it has never been practically tri< r\ l?ic 'H Vj(JU!iUlUUJiU[Ut;, uiuii, 11 mj mi iant is . correctly advised, tlie first ;mpt will be made. The city will prol ly bo garrisoned by troops of a neut owcr, while its virtual government v e invested in a legislative and execut: ody of men composed of different i onalities, and, perhaps, a tax or tribi ill be paid to the Ottoman empire. 1 Inn in itself is feasible and one wlii as often been spoken of without havi iriously been advocated. Should . i ttempt to make Constantinople a cosn olitan city, and, consequently, a f] ort, succeed, the advantages accrui ) all nations would be immense. England would be the greatest gaii y it; hence there is little danper tL le will oppose the scheme. Engla eed never fear, continued my informa lat Russia will ever attempt tojcop ize her trade in India nor ever try eprive her of ono inch of her Indian tei )ry. It would bo, in the first pla bsolutely impossible to send a sufficii >rce of men to defeat the Engl: oops, aided, as they would be, by 1 atives. Hannibal may have cross io Alps, but certainly no Russian g< ral with his army will ever cross \ [imalaya mountains. And even coi lis difficult undertaking bo acco lislied and India conquered, tho fo: hicli would lmvo to be employed eep that country in subjugation woi e so enormous that it would m< lau counteract the benefits dcrh om its acquisition, especially as 1 [uscovite government is not favoral joked upon by tlie Mohammedan poj ition. No, Russia has no intention of advai ig into India. Her ambition is to 1 imo the master and possessor of a pj f the Celestial empire. Toward t ad all her inroads into Asia are ?cted. China, with all its resources et untouched, with its peaceful but ustrious population, with its mineral nirces, with its highly^ apprecial lanufactures, all these oner lar m< ^mptatiou to Russia than the aim ibausted India. Anil how easy of ; 28S to Russia. With Turkestan as 1 assal or tributary State she cau trai ort lier troops to whatever part of I outicr of the Chinese empire nifty lost advantageous, and no power can p ent her from helping herself to aa mu ;rritory as she desires. With Const; uople a free or national port, a Ihina intersected by railroads, Rus lay control a vast amount of commer It is true that there is a large po] itiou of Mohammedans in China ; tl ic country is so thickly populated tl ; can put into the field an almost i mited army, but it must be taken ii ansideration that the Chinese are no arliko people ; that they are very po 7 armed and have no leaders or gen Is. All of these facts were dem< trated in 1860 in the war of Formo nd still later iu the Corean campaif for would it bo the interest Ingland to oppose Russfan advauco ii Ihina, for naturally a great amount :ade would find its way to her Indi a null 4-linnnrli "RnRKin. milV llf lore dangerous neighbor than Chii till she would certainly prove liersel lore profitable one. In my opinion, therefore, Russia inking war upon Turkey, lias a fa )ld object. First, by her advance il .sin tognin the right of way nnd p ige to China, nnd second, by her cpe ons in Europe to obtain the freedom ic Panslavonic States and make Cc tantinople a free nu(>cosinopolitan po he thus redeems her word in not l rnndizing herself, but at the sn line paves the way toward securing i lense benefit. For in Chinn everythi in be found that is needed in Euro] ud her tens, wool, rice nnd cotton, : ) speak of her minerals, cnn be i orted in such large quantities nnd itch nn ea.<*y mnuner by railroads, tl ; will revolutionize the commerce of 1 orld. t I do not think that this war will bo cry long duration. Turkey has nlrea [ cognized her own weakness, nnd [>on as Russia has concentrated su ient troops oil the Danube to be surt uccess in an advance I liavo no doi lint nfter one or two decisive victor eacc will be made on the ba rhicli I have already mentioned. T ey lias been too dilatory in r.ttacki lusain nn flip northern side of i Xinube before n sufficient forco eoi live been collected. It is now too lit ml the liiml result may be safely anl atcd. The Russian Ruler's Couhtesy .'lie czar ought to be a popular soverei l>n 1-Mir.Tt-u lin\r tn riiln nml 1 in nriTIT uj to his subjects. His horsemans] ^ perfect; although his face is scan ml careworn, in tlio saddle lie shows ign of age. At Odessa lie uoticei loor woman by the roadside, who sain lim as he rode by. Turning in addle and looking back, lie bowed i ouelicd his cap to her as politely hough she were a princess. Why cannot two Mender personh ovcrbce< Teat friends? Bcc.iuhc tlioy will ftlwaya li?bt acquaintance*. V HOW IT FEELS TO FREEZE. ,0 A Record of Personal Experience on the lnl Great PIninM?Entertaining Heading for Hummer Weather. [10 A writer in tlie New York Sun gives a ur graphic account of his experience during .jy a trip in February across ouo of the great plains of British North America, j He was accompauied by a stalwart French half-breed, and had for conveyes ances 'two sledges drawn by eight dogs. At first the journey was pleasant enough, [jj. and unattended by much inconvenience; a8 but the weather gradually became cohl,u_ er, and on the afternoon of the sixth 0? day they were compelled to bait on the ej bare plain, with no trees or other shelter l~. handy. The writer goes on to say : ^ It was about six o'clock iu the evening when, after 6cooping a hole in the snow, igj. and building about it a miniature emlQj. bankment of sledges and baggage, we a lay down in our overcoats and caps, with n(j the thermometer showing thirty-one de? crees below zero. Yet I had no fear, ter no thought even, of freezing to death. j8 Lying down, as we did, with stiffened Vg limbs and blistered feet, sleep came to us by the sheer force of fatigue. jj. I did not awako until about eleven nR o'clock, when I was aroused by a sharp ky blow from the half-breed, Lavie. He )IC told me that it was growing much colder, ijjC and that the wind had veered. Hastily be rising, we shifted about, and then crept )Be back under the blankets, Lavie on the je windward side. I soon feel asleep. ' 0f I awoke again, as nearly as I can judgcjie about half-past twelve o'clock, to a gen, jie eral consciousness of increasing cold. I Uj found myself shivering all over. Upon k, speaking to my companion, I discovered ,en that he was wide awake ; he had been eB unable to sleep. He told me he had endeavored to coax the sledge dogs upon J(j' the blankets; but, having been repeat'QI[ edly driven from that comfortable posift^ tion on previous nights, they had refused 3a_ his overtures. The gale seemed to have rRj increased in violence, and the minute particles of snow interfered uncomfortjve ably with respiration. The cold was so ia. intense as to produce a stinging sensation in the nostrils and a dryness of the ijjp throat whenever the head was exposed. [cjj I took the thermometer from the snow by my head, and found it indicating, as well as I could make out by the uncertain light, forty-four degrees below zero, ree Covering ourselves up as snugly as posjjp sible, and lying clcee to each other, we ? talked for a time about the severity of ier the storm, and its probable duration ; ia(, then gradually relapsed into silence. I n(j recall feeling the skin- on my arms and nj. limbs ; it was cold to the touch. My ly.' bonesj too, were cold, and I seemed to t0 feel their articulation distinctly over ^ every portion of the body. They gave ce me the impression of a foreign substance ;n[ which had been introduced somehow into gjj the flesh, and which had not as yet been ,|ie raised to an equal temperature with the [e(j bodily tissues. m_ Soon I was conscious of growing colder; my limbs, especially, felt heavier and chillier. A peculiar sensation, as m_ if the flesh for the depth of a quarter or -half an inch was frozen solid and the to congealment rapidly extending to the xj(] bone, began to creep over me. The )re bones themselves at times felt like red Gc] hot iron bars; then as suddenly became .]ie cold again. I noticed, also, an increased labor in -the action of the heart, and conld distinguish the pulsations very easily. At every throb I seemed to feel QC. the blood strike the end of the veins and be. arteries in the extremities. This after a time produce I a slight dizziness in the [j,-s head, and a labored respiration. jj. As the leaden hours went on, the as sensation of surface freezing, felt before jn_ in the lhnbs, extended to the trunk of* re_ the body. My thoughts, hitherto so .gj versatile, grew less connected, changing )re frequently from subject to subject, and osj. finally narrowing down to my own jy,. sufferings. I noticed that Lavie spoke ier to me more frequently than before, and as_ shook me repeatedly. Yet even then I .jjg had no thought of danger. J]je During this whole time, covering a re_ period of two hours or more, I was ,ck shivering and shaking without iutermism. sion. I repeatedly endeavored to connj trol my nerves, and lie quietly in one sja position ; but the effort, although dece termined, was of no avail ; in a few )U'_ minutes I was shaking as violently as before. At last I noticed that I was becoming quieter, but that the mental in_ suffering was greater. My only thought jt0 now was to get warm. No earthly pos^ a session was too dear now to be sacrificed or. for heat. er_ After the lapse of an hour, I began to )n- 6e' warm?that is, I had the sensation sn of returning warmth and comfort. ' 1 ---~ il? 11?1. .,]nn/io nr/l_ 1/11u 11u311 1h oouiu |ntvwvp |viw50f duced only ft numb, prickly feeling, jto similar to that when a limb is asleep. ; 0{ But I was comfortable aiul happy now, ian because I was warm. I grew angry with 5 a my companion bec1i41.se of his unwearied :m thumps anil the answers he required to f ^ his questions. He bored me. I wanted to be let alone. I wanted to lie quite ju still and dream. Fully conscious that if po- i went to sleep I should never awake, I ijto was perfectly willing, anxious, to go to ag. sleep. I even recall picturing drowsily rft_ to myself how I should look in the of morning when I was dead. )U_ As I grow warmer, I ceased to pay attention to the thlimpings of my cornel panion, or to his questions. I gathered me myself up and lay thinking how comm. fortablo I was. Pretty soon I began to ng doze, then to awake suddenly, when I received a more severe blow than usual, j 30t; I awoke once more, to see the half breed | -- sittincr un and bonding eagerly over my | UA- j O l www ? . ju ! face?and then I was dead. Sensation, mt i volition, all intelligence, had left me. j ;lje | In thirty or forty minutes, an hour at j | most, the paralysis would extend from'l of ; the brain into the spinal system, stop- | ^]y j piug the function of respiration, and the | n8 , living action would cease for goo*l. From this living deatli I was aroused > of by what seemed to me a most tinprolljt I voked assault. The powerful half breed, jos j holding mo in an iron grasp by the col8ia i lar, was engaged in kicking and cuffing ur. ! my limp body in the most savage manner. ng , Several times I became conscious of j the i undergoing this severe treatment, only j n]j ! to drop down and fall asleep again.the j te j moment he relaxed his hold. At length, ' 1 * ' --- ~I.--_J.i__ i. i _... i ! tic- | However, no persistently jtK'iuni ium i j cuffed me until, annoyed beyond en-1 | durauce, I bewail feebly to retaliate, j . j Yet it was fully half an hour before I I jgn ' began iu the least to comprehend that te- ' anything extraordinary had occurred. | 1 T - ! [lip True, 1 saw 41 uru led j about which I was cnrloil in a semi-circle, no I saw Lftvie examining my liaii Is ami [ a feet carefully. I saw Hint tlie bedding, ' ted with .the exception of the robe I laj I the upon, was thrown aside, yet 1 felt no I ind ; surprise or curiosity. as After a time, however. I regained conj sciousness sufficiently to understand ! that, finding me fast freezing, and not to lie awakened, the half breed had hast"be ! 'nade a lire uf one of the sledges, the j heat of which he had augmented consid erably by feeding it witn tne pemmican, which was more than half buffalo fat, and burned readily. He had then dragged me, totally unconscious, to the llro, and proceeded to beat and cuff me back to life. A Polish Manifesto Against Russia. The Constantinople central committee of Polish immigrants has issued the following appeal: "To our brothers dispersed in banishment over the whole world : "The foe of our land for centuries, who has dismembered it and wasted it with fire and sword, who deprived us of our property, nationality, freedom, religion, and even our mother tongue, presum#s, under the hypocritical mask of a champion of the Christians, to unfold his war standard and to send his savage hordes against Turkey, our ally in the time of our independence and our magnanimous protector in the time of our exile?against Turkey, who alone of all the powers has refused to the present day to recognize the partition of Poland. " Shall we remain unconcerned specir? lliio alvnfr/vlA /loannfiom vUrl/ViO xxi. vmooviu^^iu wvnwu uvuj^/wvium and constitutional institutions, the very despotism "which destroyed our constitu-. tion of the third of May, which would have reinvigorated Poland? No, our place is on the side of Turkey, and all friends of freedom and intelligence will be with us. To arms ! then, to arms ! which his majesty the sultan has so magnanimously placed at our disposal. All Europe looks on. at this struggle?that same Europe which has allowed itself to be entrapped through the deceitful promises and the intrigues of Muscovite policy. Let us show it that we are still alive; let us show it that we are able to do something. "The thunder of oannon already reaches our ears. Let us not lose a minute. Let us rend the chains which fetter our white eagle. The wild hordes of czardom will not stand before our united tn-rna orwl tpo dIiqII oiwf. tltly P/VlnTR at, UUU nw v*wv V.V. the mouth of tlie Vistula and the Memel, and the mouths of the Dnieper and the Dniester. Europe will recover its equilibrium lost a hundred years ago, and will owe it to us. To arms! then, brothers, and again to arms !" Barber Shops in Rome. The Romans wore the beard until the fifth century, A. U. C., when Pnblius Ticinus brought over a colony of barbers from Sicily to exercise their profession on the Roman chins. Their shops soon became the common resort of loungers and idlers of every description, until at length they served to furnish proverbs expressive of notoriety. There the gossiping and inquisitive portion of the community sought for fashionable news and information respecting affairs of state; there the reports of the night's broil and the last intrigue found tongues to disseminate them, with all their attendant slanders to the remotest corner of the city ; there the affluent and the indolent consumed their time in courtly chit-chat; and there, too, the industrial classes met for recreation, and discussed current politics when the hours of toil were over. Even the poorer citizens, according to Horace, sought refuge from their ennui by making a round of the barber shops. The barber himself furnished an excellent substitute for the modem newspaper. Ee was, indeed, a walking gazette. The shop of the higher class of barbers formed a good apology 111 n mn/lnvn /0 nH.rnrkm til At, of the 1UJL IUC XUWUV1U VAUW humbler professor for the tavern or lager beer saloon. Hence the barber shops constituted an important element in the social condition and progress of the Roman people.?Troy Times. Fashion Notes. Straw bonnets of the natural color of the material are most in demand. Yellow and cardinal bonnet strings are the latest combination shown. Brocaded silk handkerchiefs have either a yellow, blue, or cardinal border. Chatelaines are more elaborate than ever, many having small watches attached. Mousquetaire cuffs of lace, to be worn outside the sleeves, are fashionable. Long scarfs for neck wear remain in favor. Five-button silk gloves, "kid fits," are now the most fashionable for ordinary wear. A novelty in fans is to have the paint" * - i 3 ed picture 01 a cnuu or irieuu m mu ic*ilioud corner, with a border of flowers. Italian Valenciennes laces, with the . figures carried out in colors, either buff, navy blue or rose, are a novelty for trimming summer dresses. Colored crepe lisse is imported for plaitings to be worn inside the neck and sleeves of dresses. It is in the fashionable yellow shades, maudarin, cream, buttercup, and the creamy green tilleul. Time. In all the actions which a man performs, some part of his life passes. We die while doing that for which alone our sliding life was granted. Nay, though we do nothing, time keeps his constant pace, and flies as fast in idleness as in employment. "Whether wo play, or labor, or sleep, or dance, or study, the sun posts on, and the sand runs. An hour of vice is as long as an Lour of virtue. But the difference between good ami b:ul actionsjs infinite. Good actions, though they diminish our time here as well ns bad actions, yet they lay up for us a happiness in eternity, and will recompense what they have taken away by a plentiful return at Inst. When wo trade with virtue, we do but buy pleasure nt the expense of time. So it is not so much a consuming of time as an exchange. As a man sows his com, he is content to wait a while, that he may, at the harvest, receive with advantage.? Owen Feltham, 1636. A I Joy's Trip Under a Water-Wheel. A little son of James Chapman, aged live years, had a very narrow escape from death lately, says the New London Tclrf/rmn. Ife was" playing on the embankment at the lower end of Brigg's pond, when he slipped and fell into the flume of the old oakum mill, and was carried rapidly down the stream, being tossed about by the rushing waters like a chip. It was thought that when lie readied the old wheel his brains would 11 T ~..i. 4. oc HlO DC UilfillL'U mil Il.^iiiuav 11, beneath was not large enough to admit of his passing safely throng!). Hnt he shot nmler it like a fish, and went under the bridge at Cedar street^ and into tlie trough through which the water is conducted fo Smith's organ factory. Here he succeeded in clutching a joist fastened across the trough, where ho clung until lie was rescued. Ilis first word*, niter ho had been put in n place >i safety, were ; " Where's my top ?" k i i ... % y