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ABBEVILLE PRESS & MWisHj . . , - : ^*'* ^'** ** ** BY HUGH WILSON AND W. C. BENET. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 1878. NO. 1. VOLUME XXf|[Mj What Was His Creed I He left a load of anthracite In front of a poor widow's door, When the deep snow, frozen and whit a, Wrapped street and square, mountain and moor. That wa:< his deed; He did it well; "What was his creed?" I cannot telL Blest''in bis basket end hi3 store, * In sitting down and rising up; When more he got, he gave the more, Withholding not the crnst and cup. i Tin fru-vlr fVtA looA Iu each good task; ' What was his creed ?" I did not aak. His charity was like the snow, Soft, white and silken in its fall. Not like the noisy winds that blow From (shivering trees the leaves; a pall For flower and weed, Drooping below. ' What was his creid?" The poor may know. He had great faith ia loave.' of bread For hungry peoplj, yonng and old; And hope inspired kind words hi said To him he sheltered from the cold. For he must feed As well as pray. "What was his creed V" I cannot say. In words he did not put bis trust; In faith his words he nevt<r writ; He loved to share bin cup and crust With all mankind who needed it; In time of need A fiiend was he. "What was his creeds ' He told not me. He pat his trust in Heaven, and Worked ever on with hand and head; And what he gave in charity Sweetened his sleep and daily bread. Let us take heed, I t or lire is Drier : "What was his creed ?" "What hiB belief?" THE STOLEN LOCKET. In the elegantly furnished drawingroom of a West-end mansion sat ayonng man, whose genteel bearing, broad, noble brow, from which his chestnut haii was tossed baek in graceful carelessness, and large, thoughtful eyes bespoke him to be one of nature's noblemen. He was evidently waiting impatiently for some one; for, as a slight noiBe was heard on the landiag, he would start, and fix his eyes eagerly upon the door. At last, apparently unable to sit still any longer, he arose, and, walking to the window, stood tapping nervously on the glass, and watched with listless eyea the chamelion-like crowd that passed. While thus occupied he failed to hear a slight mstle as a girlish figure entered the room and gliding somy to his side touched him lightly upon the arm. His quick start and the loving, gentle manner in "which he gathered hei to hiB heart showed at a glance that they were lovers. While they hold aweet converse let ue pause a moment, while I describe mj heroine. She was of medium height, of a slender, delicate figu-e, and possessed of a nameless grace of movement, which, added to her other charms, had won hei the name among her many admirers oi " Nellie, the Irresistible." Her beauty was of the true blonde type, and clad as she was in a shining blue dress she looked worthy of the name. On her 1 j ? j.l - 1 arms gieameu wuu u tuwuj hid ten uiuwj golden bands; and from one of these, suspended by a small chain, hung a tiny heart-shaped locket, one side ol which bore a forget-me-not set of turquoise, with a brilliant diamond sparkling in the center. Guy Hartley, for such was our hero'* name, had called, Rind of an excuse, to acquaint Nellie with some arrangement which he had just completed with regard to their soon approaching marriage; and, after a short time passed in pleasant conversation, he reluctantly rose, and, bidding a tender adieu to the fail girl, left the house with a firm, elastic tread. Hardly had he taken his departure wi^n the front door bell again rang, and onoe more a young gentleman was ushered into the drawing-room. The new-oomer was tall and 6light, with jet black hair, and a piercing look in the black eyes that boded no good to an enemy. As he sauk into a chair, something glistening upon the floor caught his eye; and as lie recognized it he could soared refrain from a shout of pleasure; for Fred Acton had long been the secret rival of Guy, each striviug to wiu the r\$ #oii. 1 ia A ivl 11AT UOUU U4 iau ^viuw & UIU ? uv .. , as he held in'his gra^p the tiny locket, which by some evil chance had become detached from the bracelet on Nellie's arm, he felt that he possessed an almost certain means of revenge on Guy, and stand, perhaps, a better chance of winning the fair girl for his wife; for the locket, as he knew, had been Guy's firsl love-gift to Nellie, and was prized as one of her choicest possessions. At this moment the footm.iu entered the parlor, presenting Miss Pomeroy's regrets, and a request that Mr. Actor would excuse her that afternoon. Tht truth was that with her womanly intui tion she had long divined the* secrel which he had thought known to himsell alone; and, having ever treated him witfc polite indifference, she felt less inclined now than ever to endure a tete-a-teU ' .with him. Bising as the footman entered witl her message, and scarcely able to con oeal the pleasure it afforded him at thii moment, when he was still trembling with tile fear of having been seen as h< hastily hid the Rhining bauble in hii bosom, he left his compliments and de parted. Ooinor directly to a ieweler's. he pur I chased a small ring, with which he fast ened the locket securely to his watch chain, and then sauntered down th< street, in the hope of meeting Guy, His wish was destined to be fulfilled for ha was shortly gratified by seeing Guy approaching, with a serene, con tented look on his handwome fare. As they stopped to chat, Fred, as ii anxious to conceal something, plaoec his hand carelessly on Lis watch-chain but Guy, as was intended, noticed the action, and said, laughingly: " Whai is it that you are bo jealously guarding, Fred? A. love-token from borne fail "Yes; but for fear that it migh blight your hopes in that direction, per haps I had better not show it you jus at present," laughed false Fred, nerv ously"Oh, never fear for me!1' said Guy "for I have already caged my bird, ant so shall not prove a dangerous rival b your suit." " Well, then, behold!" replied Fred removing his hand, and disclosing to view the tiny looket. flnv fnrnprl nftlfi ftR death! hnt. m&B IteriBR his emotion by a violent effort he playfully insisted upon knowing th nam*1 of Fred's charmer. "Ob, oome," said Fred, '*you ar feigning innocence; for surely you mm have often Been this trinket upon th arm of fair ' Nell the Irresistible,' wh has this day bestowed it upon me as a pledge of her true love." Guy had stood as if turned to stone I while this flippant speech was being ratj tied out, and then, with a few common1 place words, passed cn; but his tread ! was not as free and elastic as before he 1 met Fred, and his head, which then had ! been raised proudly, was now bent fori ward dejectedly; for a dark cloud had : suddenly arisen, which threatened to overshadow forever the bright morning | of his happiness. Fred watched him pass on with a sardonic smile on his handsome yet sinister face, and thought to himself, "Ah, my fine fellow, ' there's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip,' as 'you may {find to your cost; and then you will j know the consequences of standing in ! the way of Fred Acton !" I * m * That evening, in her luxurious home, j Nellie watched and listened in vain for j the familiar footsteps she had learned to I know so well; and she retired to rest at ! In of aa/3 on/1 an si xn"f.Vi a rlim I sense of impending trouble, that was yet j | too vague to shape itself into connected ! ' thought. i The next morning, as the family were I gathered around the breakfast table, a j servant entered the room with a note adj dressed to " Miss Pomeroy." Grasping | I it eagerly, spasmodically, Nellie tore it j I open, and with blanched face read the j following laconio note : i Nellie : All is over between us. i Thank God I have discovered your ! perfidy before it waB too late. I had ! the fullest confidence in you, Nellie ; but that is past now. I leave for France to-morrow, never II trust to revisit this country which 1 would now be but a sad home for me. Your once-devoted lover, Gut Ham-let. Mr. and Mrs. Pomeroy, occupied in , their own conversation, hod not notioed | the Budden paling of their daughter's i fftnp as shfi hnrriedlv scanned the familiar : writing, till, as she reached the fatal | termination, her eyes closed, and with a low moan of agony she sank to the floor I in a death-like swoon. ? * I For five years Gny wandered through j I Europe; for five years he vainly strove 1 to find forgetfnlness and happiness in ; couptcut excitement and change of scene; bat failing in this he had at last resolved to visit again the land of his birth, if ] only to mark the ravages which time had ! ! made among hiB old friends. So he re' tarned to London. Not once had a snspioion of Fred Acton'B treachery crossed his mind, for to 1 Guy he had always shown the better 1 part of his nature; besides the proof of i Nellie's duplicity had seemed too con1 elusive to admit of any lingering doubt his love .night have suggested. And Nellie? Thrown into a nervous 1 fever by the cruel note from Guy, she 1 wavered long between life and death; 1 but finally her perfect constitution 1 gained the victory, and she again min1 gled in the gay world of fashion; but a certain sadness was perceptible in her ) I manner and n tpf?<irv lnnk in her bine i ^ eyes showed that her heart was not in- j '* terested in the gay scenes by which she was surrounded. Vainly had Fred Acton sued for her I hand. Peeling that he was in some i manner connected with Guy's mysteri 1 ous behavior, she had only scorn to give j '! him. At first she had hoped that some , trivial act of hers had displeased Guy 1 and he would s<ton return, but as the 1 weeks rolled on and no word came from the absent one, she finally ceased to ex- j | pect him. Fred Acton, after repeated refusals ! from Nellie, had at last given up all! 1 hopes of winning her hand ; but, loving j ' her still, as much as his selfish nature ' was capable of loving, he attempted to I drown his sorrow in the wine cup ; and, J with drinking and fast horses, was rap- j ; idly eating up the handsome property j left him by his father. One day, while I ' riding at break-neck speed, his horse, | frightened at a fluttering rag, shied, and ! threw him. When the hastily-sum1 moned physician had examined his ' wounds, he pronounced him mortally j injured. ' Knowing, then, that for him all ' > thoughts of revenge on Guy were use; less, and thtrt he must soon render up ! an account of his evil deeds, his | thoughts turned to Nellie, with a feeble ' 1 wish that he conld undo the wrong he j had done her. So he dedicated a letter, j ' confessing his sin, begging her forgive- ' ness, and containing the locket, and dis- ! 1 patched it to the injured girl, who, true j 1 woman that she was, conld not but pity I ' the dying man, bitterly as he had 1 j wronged her, and, that he might not die J thinking himself unforgiven, sent a note . to the hotel to which he had been car- j ried, but the messenger reached there ! only in time to hear that the unhappy j : Fred Acton had breathed his last I * m ? I Guy haa supposed that Nellie and , Fred were long .since married; but hard- i ly had he set foot in London when he > was recognized and accosted by one of j i his old friends, who, among the gossip j ' he had to rolate concerning Guy's old j I circle of acquaintances, mentioned the ; fact of Fred Acton's death, and also said > ! that Miss Pomeroy was as beautiful as * * u n.:- n ?? i > | ever, DUC unmarneu. ai uiw vjtujt a > ! heart throbbed wildly, and his brain , almost reeled with the idea that perhaps j I his own rashness had dashed the cap of ! > happiness from his lips. Conld there ' i ; have been treachery in Fred Acton's i f conduct, and had he wronged Nellie all these weary years ? t j Wildly he asked himself these ques- j f i tions while on the way to his hotel; and ! t i by the time he had arrived there he had I resolved that he wonld at least see Nel- j ' ' lie and have an explanation with her. i Once more he turned his steps toward i ; the well-known house where he had - I spent the happiest hours ot his life; i i once more he was ushered into the faf miliar room, where even the piotures on 31 the walls seemed to smile on him in i . friendlv recognition- Bronzed by travel, i - j the old family servant failed to remem? i ber him, so he gave no name, merely - ! requesting to see Miss Pomeroy. - j Nellie soon appeared; but hardly had she crossed the threshold when the eyes 3 of love recognized him, and with a wild , scream of "Guy, dear Guy!" she was \ ; folded to his heart. j JLong explanations followed. Nellie i told of the loss of her locket on the day ! - ~ - - ? it l _ 1- -1 I of (iuy's I86t Yisic, ana now sue ami re- i f gretted it, being his gift. She also told [ of the dying confession of Fred Acton, ; and his restoration of her lochet, which > she showed him, worn on a blue ribbon t about her neck. , Guy, penitent but loving, was fully r forgiven by his deeply wronged Nellie, who, in the joy of such a reunion, had b no heart to blame him. Soon after there was a grand wedding t in the stately mansion; and, although - the fair bride's ornaments were milk white pearls, there hung suspended from , the central cluster of her necklaoe a tiny 1 locket, bearing on it a blue forget-me? not. ? Neck ties are in gray green and mas3 tic, and beige shades, beautifully embroidered upon the ends in mixtures of r oolors, Indian, Pomperian, Egyptian '? and Italian. The latest combination is 6 bronze, old gold and red. e It is calculated that, at the present it rate of destruction, the pine forests of e this oountry will be exhausted in thirty o to fifty years. A Poor Toirn for Business. He was a red-nosed, wild-eyed man ' from the bead waters of Suge Run, and j looked as if he had not been in town | since oil was discovered. His rusty I pants were several inches too short for I him, and he carried half a dozen coon- ' skins in his band, 1 At the post-office corner he met a j South Side lady, and stopping her by 1 holding the bunch of hides before her ( face, said: 1 "Oan't I sell you something nice to j make a set of furs out ef?" The ladv screamed, and shot across to ( the other side of the street. "Does any of your neighbors want \ to buy anything of the kind?" yelled j the red-nosed man. The lady screamed again. "Now, what's the matter with Han- 1 ner?" remarked the red-nosed man as 1 the lady disappeared in the door oppo- J site. r A moment later the man veered into a ( bank, and threw his hides down at the 1 cashier's window. ! j "Got some A No. 1 coon-skins here j1 that I'll sell cheap. Not a scratch of a jy tooth on any of 'em. Ketched every one I * of 'em in a box-trap." "We have no use for them," said the | * president, politely,as he cast an oblique > * glance at the goods. 16 "They'll make you a nice vest," said r the red-nosed man. "Two hides '11 } make you a vest, and one '11 make you 1 a cap that'll wear you as long as you J live." ' "My dear, sir," replied the president, f somewhat confused, "we don't want 1 hides here. Take them Bomewhere else, please." c "Mebbe your wife would like a set of c furs, and these is?" t "No, no, no," replied the banker im- i patiently, "take the things away, they r are offensive." e "What's that?" said the red-nosed s man sharply. i "Take the blamed things out of this," s exclaimed the exasperated banker; r "they smell like a slaughter house." t "111 take a dollar for the lot." v c "The people next door by coon-skins," t put in the cashier; "take them in there; ! c take them uptown; take them down j s town ; take them across the river ; j r thAm?" ; s "Gimme fifty cents for the lot," per- j f sisted the red-nosed man. a "If you don't get oat of this, I'll kick f your head off," yelled the infuriated t president. t "I'll take thirty cents for the six," o said the red nosed man. "D'ye say the word?" and he dangled the bunch by t the tails. r The president started for the outside. ^ The man with the skins started for the e sidewalk, and after having reached it he 8 pansed and said: a 'And this is the boasted Old Ciiy,is it? i, Grea-a-at Godfrey 1 If sealskin and t sable were selling for cent a cart-load c the hull town could not buy the sand- g papered end of a rat's tail.?Oil City c Derrick. ' \ ? p One of New York's Queer Characters, t This extraordinary woman who calls ? herself Mrs.Tom-ri-jon and perambulates on Broadway opposite the Herald office . pretending to sell her husband's paper, . the Volcano, has a mean opinion of the * law, writes the Detroit Free Press's New York correspondent. She has be- , come a nuisance in the police courts. J The last time she appeared in court 6he had a complaint to make against a den- r tist named Skinner (the same one that sued Beecher some time ago) for botherinrr lior in tha sfrflfit, fthmifc ft little bill she owes him. The judge who happened , to be sitting just then metaphorically . bounced Mrs. Tom-ri-jon out of court / and used some plain language to the effect that she was the greatest nuisance ? in New York. Her husband, Mr. . Tom-ri-ion, has written to the judge demanding to know what he meant, and , the judge says that if Mr. Tom-ri-jon wants to know what he meant he had y best come to court and find out. The chances are that Mr. Tom-ri-jon won't have any business in that court for some time. The queer looking woman with P the preposterous name may be seen any day in front of the Astor house or St. ? Paul's Church. She is about a stall as the average man, and the rig she wears makes her look like one of those pictur- ,, esque fellows who chase the bounding buffalo on the back of dime novels. Her hat is of the Buffalo Bill and Texas Jack order, but turned up more on one * side, and it is deoorated with bright 7 oolors to make people look at her. She wears a sort of drab frock coat that falls , below the knee, and is fastened aronnd the waist with a flaring red sash. Pant- ? aloons of the same color complete her I exterior outfit, and the whole tout ensemble, so to speak, is about the oddest 5 that could be imagined. Mrs. Tom-ri- : jon carries a satchel swung on one Bide, with a few copies of the Volcano as D ballast, and one hand usually grasps a ? big stick that is always ready for action. She and her husband came here from . Kentucky a few years ago. A good i many New Yorkers, including the police magistrates, wish they would go back to !; Kentucky right off. ? Ir A Floating Hospital. r It is a strange story of the sea that 8 comes from the bark Beatrice Haviner, t which has just reached port after a voy- v age commenced on the 17th of Decern- t ber, during which three of the crew a died from a disease which seems to baffle medical analysis. The bark oame \ from Padang, one of the East India c isles, and was laden with green Java 1 coffee. Whether the exhalations from c this cargo poisoned the men, or whether * they had contracted the Java fever be- 8 fore starting on their return voyage, e does not appear ; but whichever it was, f it prostrated the entire crew, and for ' two days they were so weak that only the mate could move about, and, sitting 1 in a chair, steered the bark. Coleridge's \ Ancient Mariner had not a much worse ( time with his dead crew than did this c mate with his sick and delirious companions. Finally they fell in with other 1 vessels, obtained fresh supplies of quinine and loans of men, and by Blow de- 1 Krees worked themselves into port. For p four months the bark "was a floating hospital, and the principal wonder is I j that she ever reached port at all.? Wew * i York Express. ( What the Girls Should be Doing. , The taste, skill and industry of the ' j daughters of the family can hardly be 1 | put to a better use than in devising and ' executing floral and vinal adornments [ for the home. If the porches and ver auuojLio mc uui aucauj iiuuioucu >v 1 li_i vines, don't delay another week, but put in some roots of woodbine at once. What a oomfort it is in the hot days of summer to have a vine-curtained poroh in which i to sit. Then there is the arrangement < of flower-baskets to look after. For , fifteen or twenty oents each very serviceable wire baskets can now be had, ' and a hall-dozen of them filled with suitable plants and vines will go a great , ways towards rendering the door-yard and porches *artractive. Rose culture ought to be added to the accomplishments of our girls. A "rosebud garden of girls" ib very pretty poetry; but a garden-bed of roses, with a bright girl < tending it, is an equally pretty fact.? Golden Rule. CURIOUS WILLS. Losaclea of Eccentric People?Will* In IthTnie. People's eccentricities will manifest ihemselves, despite strenuous efforts nade to conceal them. Peculiarities rise to the surface, and are palpable facts to all around, although their owners may flatter themselves that they pass mnoticed. Possibly there are people io fearful of being thought odd that :hey suppress all outward manifestation )f eccentricity during life, and only illow it to crop out in their last wilts ind testaments. However this may be, t is certainly an excellent opportunity ;o be sharp, caustic, sarcastic or witty it the expense of relatives or friends, as here is no possible chance of their ever eplying, and either wounding or debating the aggressor in a verbal conlict. Clauses in wills which are highly salculutcd to grieve or enrage thoso vhom they concern afford much amusenent, and perhaps a little instruction, c others not interested or acquainted vith the injured parties ; at all events, hey give an insight into the workings >f that wonderful and complicated contraction called the human mind. Not mowing how much the testators have luffered daring their lives from their elatives, it is quite impossible to decide vhere sympathy is to be expended, or f it be less galling to receive a reproach vithout a bequest than it ia to receive a )equest with a reproach. The extracts rom the two following wills are cases n point: In 1772, John G e, Esq., of Surrey, lied, leaving a will containing this ilause : "Whereas, it was my misfornne to be made very uneasy by , ay wife, for many years from our mariage, by her turbulent behavior; for ihe was not content with despising my kdmonitdon, but she coutrived every aethod to make me unhappy ; she wad o perverse to her nature that she would lot be reclaimed, but seemed only to be >orn to be a plague to me ; the streogth if Samson, tne knowledge of Homer, he prudence o. Augustus, the cunning if Pyrrhus, the patience of Job, the ubtlety of Hannibal, aud the watchfulirsb of Hfirmotrenes could not have been ufficient to subdue hor ; for no skill or orce in the world would make her good; ,nd as we had lived separate and apart rom each other eight years, and she Laving perverted her son to leave and otally abandon me, therefore I give her ?ne shilling only." To be furnished with such a charaoer, and then cut off with a shilling, is eally too cruel. It is not wives alone ?ho suffer, as will be seen from the next ztract, but sisters both married and ingle receive their share of reproach nd sarcasm. In this will of Dr. Dunop's, however, there is some compensaion for the wounds inflicted. He was if Scotch origin, and & member of Congress. His will contained this amusing lause: "I leave my property of Gair>read and all the property I may be ossessed of to my sisters and he former because she is married to a ainistcr whom?may God help him !? he hen-pecks; the latter because she is larried to nobody, nor is she likely to i? tnr nli? in an nld miiid. and not mar :et rife. I leave my silver tankard to he eldst eon of old John, as the repreentative of the family. I wonld have sft it to old John himself, but be would ave melted it down to make medals, nd that would have been a sacrilege, lowever, I leave him my big horn nuff-box; he can only make horn poons out of that. I leave my brothera-law Allan my punch-bowl, as he is a ig, gauchy man, and likely to do credit a it. I leave to Parson Ohevassie my ig silver snuff-box, as a small token of ratitude to him for taking my sister laggie, whom no man of taste would ave taken. I leave to John Caddell a ilver tea-pot, to the end that he may rink tea therefrom to comfort him nder the affliction of a slatternly wife, leave my silver cup, with the aoverign in the bottom of it, to my sister ?, because she is an old maid and ions, and therefore necessarily given to oarding; and also my granamother's ouff-box, as it looks decent to see an Id maid taking snuff." Fifty years ago an Englishman left a all containing the following provisos: 11 bequeath to my monkey, my dear nd amusing Jaeko, the sum of ?10 sterng per annum, to be employed for his ole and exclusive use and benefit; to ly faithful dog Shock and my wellaIaota/1 /in( Ti'K o wnr?oTAr? A# i?A nAtlft/lfl DiV/VCU uav X1U a ^ouoiuu V/X mu terling; and I desire that, in case of the eath of either of the three, the lapsed ension shall pass to the other two, between whom it is to be equally divided. )n the death of all three, the sum apropriated to this purpose shall become lie property of my daughter Gertrude, o whom I give this preference among ay children because of the large family he has, and the difficulty she finds in iringing them up." It must have been exceedingly flatter ng to the daughter to have ranked ourth in her father's affections?first a a on key, then a dog, then a cat, then lerself; after all, she outranked the ither ohildren, but only because of her tumorous progeny. WKon Mnmrinnrflnlnmhipn A Parisian merchant, died, he left about $6,000 to . lady of Rouen for having twenty years >efore refused to marry him, "through yhich," states the will, " I was enabled 0 live independently and happily as 1 bachelor." It is recorded of a rich old farmer that n giving instructions for his will he lirected a legacy of ?100 to be given to lis wife. Being informed that some listinction was made usually in case the eidow married again, he doubled the um; and when told that this was quite iontrary to custom, he said, with heartelt sympathy for his possible successor, 'Av, but him as gets her'll desarve it." The following verse from an old num>er of Blackwood'8 Magazine warns all vomen against making their own wills: 'Testators are good; but a feeling more tender ipringH up when I think of the feminine gender; ?he testatrix forme, who, like Telemaqtie'B mother, Inweaves at one time what she wove at another; >be bequeaths, she repents, sho recalls a donufcinn. Ind she ends by revoking her owu revocation; itill scribbling or scratching some new codicil- )h, success to the woman who makes ber own will!" Wills in rhyme are rare. In a case Jeoided in tlio Probate Court in 1875 ;he testator made a codicil to his will is follows: "I, having neither kith nor kin, Bequeath all I have named herein To Margaret, my dearest wife, To have and hold as hers for life. While in good health and sound in mind, This codicil I've undersigned." Another cnrious specimen of a will in I'VivmA in that nf a. Mr. William Jackett. 3? Islington, Middlesex, proved in 1789': "I give and beqne&th, When I'm laid underneath, ro my two loving'sisters moat dear, The whole of my store, Were it twice as much more, (Vhioh God's goodness has granted me here. "Acd that no one may preveDt This my will andinteat, Or oeoasion the least law racket, With a solemn appeal, I confirm, sign, and seal This the true got and deed of Will Jacket. "Elizabeth and Ann, In the name of God, Amen. - Fashion Notes. Fans bearing Biblical quotations are a novelty. Ladies' kid gloves have a heavy stiching on the outeide. "Mother Hubbard" is the name of I one of the latest bonnets. Velvet pocket bags Lave a monogram ! in silver upon the outside. A new design for a pin is a bundle of wood with a hatchet across it. 1 The cottage-shape bonnet seems to be the f#*orite for straw and chip. Gold thread is a novelty used for stitching some of the new short dresses. ! Wide belts fastened with buokles are seen on the latest imported costumes. The most fashionable scarf-pins are onyx and gold "spoon oars," crossed. The present style of dressing, makes < it necessary to adopt Princesse lingerie. ; Handsome velvet picture frames have J ; a vine of flowers embroidered upon j i them. Carrick capes are seen on the batiBte and organdy dresses, and even on morn- ] ing wrappers. ^ In earrings one of the latest monstros- ; ities is a silver arrow, which when worn looks as if it were thrust through the ear. The double faced satin ribbons are the i novelties of the season, and display 1 many new effec in combination of < color. 11 Many of the new pearl ornaments j used for the trimming of bonnets are taken off and worn in the evening as ( jewels. * Mantles made of Btripes of lace inser 1 tion and velvet, and bordered with lace , j will be worn again this summer. They ] | are very stlish. . Fichus will be much worn this sum- j mer; those of muslin will be embroider- j ed in colors, and oollar, cuffs and hand- f kerchief must match. * ] French lace is very much used this i spring, and some of it imitates the i thread lace so closely that It requires a connoisseur to distinguish it. ] Pretty country dresses for young la- ( dies are of Scotch gingham and fine f mixed checks, made with yoked waists ] and trimmed with torchon lace. j ? "D/vnVaf VianrlVAmViiofn ftrfl nrfiftlpj) dp. I ' luxe now-a-days. They are very small and finished with many colors, and mach gay embroidery npon the edges, The new mastic or putty color ia very fashionable in soft chip. It is trimmed with satin ribbon of the same shade, and pale oats, contrasted with scarlet. Lace collarettes are now made in the form of vests, and are accompanied by very deep, straight cuffs. Instead of a bow or ribbon, a small bouquet of flowers is now worn with them, high upon the left shoulder. The new parasols are generally rather large, have round tops, sleni; -r ivory or ebony sticks with carved handles, and are either embroidered in a pattern I which forms a border or fringed with loops of ribbon. The small carriage I parasols are some of them very beauti[ fully embroidered in colors upon white | or black to match the dress. French thread gloves are made very j long upon the arm, are without buttons, I and finished like an open work stocking. Long wrists in Tblaok, and light ! tints, have been prepared for summer j wear. Some of them are of fine, real ] lace, to which an exquisite embroidery I is added, but the majority are of netted I silk. e High bodices oannot be cut too high, i lv_i.AU- r | U III; tilt? JLiUliiCIUUO O^aiUD cAwuuiug u^/ ? the back and which have been so dis- t figuring to the form and fabric are dis- f carded, and the French back eloped nn- a der the arm, high cut upoa the shoul- i | der, and withput any seam at all to 1 i break its surface, substituted. Sleeves s 1 are still shaped to the arm, but they are t cat shorter than formerly, and for sum- e mer wear will not extend far below the r elbow; mits or long glives covering ^ the lower part of the arm in the street, c A great deal of coquetry is now dis- i played in the dressing of the feet. Low c shoes, Oxford ties and the like, have largely taken the place of high buttoned boots, even upon the street, and the stockings are as elegant, and as Btriotly adapted to the costume, as means will allow. Fine stockings in thread and silk are delicately open-worked in straight lines, or embroidered sometimes { in very striking patterns, and it is a great fashion with girls juBt now, to { embroider their own plain hosiery with the color of the dress, with which it is ? ; worn, or its trimmings. i ? -? "? - n .1 ^ iTiore near man nus uur^umeu rm. The town of Avesnes, in France, has ? been the scene of no ordinary bear fight A muzzled animal of the tribe whs dis- , porting himself in the market place to ; the sound of the Yiolin, and had collected a circle of admirers, while a M. J Joseph Mansy added to the publio enjoyment by dancing as the vis-a-vis of ] the bear. One of the spectators had, as the French papers say, the deplora- f ! ble idea of letting loose a bull dog at the animal performer. The poor muzI zled creature was unfairly handled dur i iug the first round, but in the seoond 1 i the fastenings broke and the bear was i free. Disdaining to tackle the dog he < | rnshed on his human tormentors. "Then * ; began," as Mr. Kingsley used to say, : with unconcealed delight, ' 'a murder I ; grim and great." Poor Mansy, whose i | intentions were of the best, was .the | j foremost victim. The bear struck him < j on the face, laying open his chin to the ! bone. First blood for the bear. Work- , j men came up with pitchforks, and J I waged a doubtful battle. The military f I then of course appeared on the scene, ; and oharged the bear with the bayonet. After a gallant struggle the creature, ! with whom it may not be unpatriotic to 11 i sympathize, was overpowered by the 1 ! French soldierly and remnzzled. The j | following persons swell the roll of his : | conquests: Theodore Rougemont, a j I railway porter, had a bite on his knee ' j and some bruises; Ernest Janson goes with his arm in a sling, and is lame of j one leg; Edward Yiseur has a cut in the ' j thigh; Alfred Magg's hand was nearly 1 ! bitten off. A few other spectators were * I slightly hurt. The bear is gravely 1 I wounded, and shows the natural goodj ness of his heart by licking the hand of i i his master, to whom he is seriously at- < I tached. The people of Avesnes are un- 1 I likely to revive the sport of amateur ] i bear-baiting. A Powerful Voice. Just before the tlinnder storm on ! Saturday evening last, a^Vhitehall man j stepped into the telegraph office at this i place, and requested the privilege of talking through tho telephone with his Avife, -who was visiting friends at Troy. Mr. John W. Eddy, the gentlemanly assistant manager, granted the request, and the "Whitehaller began operations. He oouldn't be prevailed upon to believe ! that it was really his wife who was talkj ing to him, and she so manv miles away. ! He finally asked her to say or do some| thing known to themselves only, that he ! might be oonvinoedthatitwas her. Just then a rambling streak of lightning came in on the wires, keeling the hus; band over on his head, when he jumped to his feet and exolaimed: i " That's the ole woman, sarfcin'?only i she's grode a 1-e-e-etle more powerful j since she left hum.Whitehall Times, " " . ^ ty : ; V ^ . FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD. Interesting Scientific Notes. Sprlsgs. ?Springs are formed by the intervention of clay and sand strata, the former holding water, and the latter permitting its free passage. Self-Winding Clock.?An inventor describes an antomatio clock, in which the winding machinery is operated by the alternate expansion and contraction of glycerine, or other suitable liquid. A piston, on the surface of the glycerine, is so connected with ratchet wheels and toothed racks that motion in either direction will wind up the weight. He thinks that the contrivance will be especially valuable for self-registering meteorological instruments. Yellow Glass for Spectacles. ? Zellow glass gives greater rest to the eyes than either blue or green, and objects at a distance can be seen more distinctly with than without it. At rifle practice the yellow glass was found to take off all the glare of the light without impeding vision, and allowed the men to see the targets most distinctly. Yellow glass cute off chemical rays, and, perhaps, on that aooount has a less injurious effect on the eyes. PoAmrorun Pnvanr All imuD VDniT flffi X AWUOUItf A" AWU Tl UAUU A'ilViU N/WM Water?A method of procuring fresh water from sea water through the direct action of the sun's rays is among the foreign inventions. The apparatus consists of a box of wood one inch thick, ibout fourteen feet long, two feet wide, ind of an average depth of biz inches, rhe upper part of the box is closed with ordinary glass, which has an inclination if an inch and a half. At the lower adge of the glass there is a semi-ciroalar channel, destined to reoeive the fresh water whioh is condensed on the interior surface of the glass. The operation s entirely simple. The salt water is let hto the box for about an inch in depth, ind is then exposed to the rays of the ran. A very active evaporation then begins, and it is found that a square netre of glass will condense daily the imount of two gallons of pure water. A Cheap Telephone.?Professor Barrett, in a recent lecture on the telephone, jave (says Nature) a recipe for making i cheap one. Take a wooden toothpowder box and make a hole about the lize of a halfmrown in the lid and the jottom. Take a disc of tinned iron, such is can be had from a preserved meat tin, ind place it on the oatsideof the bottom )f the box, and fix the cover on the >ther side of it. Then take a small bar nagnet, place on one end a small cotton >r silk reel, and round the reel wind lome iron wire, leaving the ends loose. ?ix one end of the magnet near?as near is possible without touching?to the iisc, and then one part of the telephone s complete. A similar arrangement is leeded for the other end. The two are tonnected by the wire, and with this Professor Barrett says he has been able o converse at a distance of about 100 rards. Artificial Gems.?What we populary call paste is technically known as trass; this is also the French word for he same substance (from M. 8trass, its eputcd inventor). Paste, then, is a uaterial with which diamonds are imtated, and by mixing up with it metallic xides of different kinds, colors in great rarietj' are imparted to the paste, by fhich it serves as a representative of the arious colored gems. 8trass is prepared rom silica, potash, borax and oxide of ead, and sometimes arsonic. The cruible in which the materials are melted ilaims particular attention, since, if the lubstance of which it is formed contains netallic particles, color would be imjarted to the strass. Hard porcelain ind Hessian clny arn the best materials or this purpose. "When the crucibles ire supplied with the proper quantity of ngredient^ they are piacea in a porceain furnace, where they are exposed to i steady heat for twenty-four hours, and hen allowed to cool very slowly, so that i kind of annealing goes on. By this neans is produced a stress or paste vhioh, after passing through the hands if the lapidary, who gives it the form lecessary for setting, presents us with in imitation of the diamond. Farm Note*. Use only tin pails for milking. Sunflower seed is good for poultry. Keep the poultry house clean and idy. For lawns sow grass seed without pain. Clover is one of the best and cheapest ertilizers. Uabuokle a harness before cleaning ind oiling it. Good wheat produces seventy-four per jent. of fine flour. There is no certain remedy yet known 'or the pear blight. Mulching is nearly as good as cultiva;ion for strawberry plants. If you would clear your house of rats, cerosene one and let him go. A dose of paint is a preventive of oose-jointed farm implements. Apple trees, when planted in good joil, should be set forty feet apart. Never, under any circumstances, leave poor milk-strainer at the barn over night. Plant peas deeper than has been the uustom, as they are less likely to mildew ind will be more productive. Make your fences high and strong so they will keep cattle and pigs out. If pou have brush mako your lots strong ind secure, and keep the hogs from the ;orn. When rainy, bad weather comes, so "in oan't wnrfc oilfc of doors. CUt, Split rod pile your wood, make yonr racks, Ix yonr fences or gates, ana patch the roof of your barn or house. Plant grape vines, for there are few plants that do so well in a variety of joila and climates, while there is no nore delicious fruit, or that may be cul;ivated with less trouble; and yet none s more commonly neglected by the 'arming community. Medical Hint*. How to Soften the Hands.?Take aqual portions of glycerine and alcohol; nix well; before retiring at night wash lhe hands in warm water and rub well with the lotion. Hair Tonic.? Bay rum, one pint; ilcohol, half a pint; castor oil, half an ounce ; carbonate of ammonia, a quarter of an ounce ; tincture of cantharides, half an ounce. Mix them well. This mixture is said to promote the growth of the hair, and prevent it from falling out. Freckle and Tan .Recipe. ? Four pounds of good hard soap; shave fine and dissolve in ten quarts of boiling soft water; add one ounce of salts of tartar, three ounces borax. Then take away from the fire and set to cool; then -jj ?~ nf Unniil ftmmonia. two ttuu uuc uuuw v* , ounces glyoerine end ten drops of oil of sassafras. Neubaoqia and Rheumatism. ? A very simple relief for neuralgia is to boil a small handful of lobelia in half a pint of water till the strength is out ol the herb, then strain it off and add a teaspoonful of fine salt. Wring oloths out of the liquid as hot as possible, aud spread over the part affected. It acte like a charm. Change the oloths as soon as oold, till the pain is all gone ; then oover the plaoe over, so as to prevent taking cold. Rheumatism can often be relieved by application to the painfn] parts of cloths wet in a solution of sal soda in water. If there is inflammation in the joints, the cure is very qnick; the wash needs to be lukewarm. A Fruit Cellar. The Boston Journal of Chemistry furnishes the following description of a fruit cellar, which may afford some valuable hints to those who are inquiring , for information on this subjeot: Ten years ago we constructed a fruit cellar under our stable, and it has proved so satisfactory that we venture to give a. brief description of it The division walls are constructed of brick, and the apartments ore two in number, an outer and inner room. The outer room is but partly underground, and is ten by twelve feet in area, and eight feet high. The inner room is wholly underground, and frost-proof; it has four brick walls and a cemented floor. In this room the fruit is stored early in December, when the weather becomes cold, The outer room holds the fruit during the autumn months after it is gathered, and is cool, i well-lighted and dry. The windows are left open and a free circulation of air allowed so long as no danger from frost TIT1 LI_ - 1 :l +v.A 0x1818, vy neu cut? iiuki 10 io&cu w iuu inner room, the door is closed, and no light admitted. Ventilation is secured in moderate weather by opening the inner door and throwing down a window in the outer room. In this cellar we kept apples of last season's growth until the present winter, in perfect condition. | Some of these apples exhibited at autumnal agricultural f*;r3, were pronounced as fresh as liiose of last tea- , son's growth. KcclpesMutton Broth.?A small scrag of mutton boiled two or three hours in two quarts of water, with a little rice, an ' onion, and a little salt Cold Slaw.?Chop a quart of cab- j bage very fine and stir in a little spoonful of salt, one half teaspoonful of black : pepper; then add half a pint of strong vinegar; some like an onion chopped into the cabbage. It makes a nice relish ; with oold baked meats, and it is a pleasant variety. Stewed Potatoes.?Peel eight goodsized potatoes, cnt them in thick slices, ( put them in a stewpan with oold water 1 enough to cover them. Simmer gently ; till perfectly tender; drain in a colander i till dry. Put into the stewpan one pint , of milk, two ounces of butter, and a j tabl'espoonful of floor rolled together, a < little salt, and stir over the fire till boil- j ing. Replace the potatoes ;*boil np once, ] and serve hot. , Jumbles.?One cup of butter and two i of sugar, beaten together; one cup of i milk, half a teaspoonful of salaratus 1 stirred into the milk, and four eggs. ] Beat it well together, add spice of any 1 kind, and six cups of flour; roll it rather i thin; cut it with a tumbler and with a < wineglass to form a ring; brush them i over with the white of an egg, and sift < on a very little of fine white sugar be- 1 fore bating. Bake them fifteen or twen- i ty minutes. 1 gg i A Novel Walking Project, On the 1st of May a novel undertaking ; in pedestrianism was begun at Toronto j by an amateur athlete named J. Duff Henderson. He proposes to walk a dis- j tance equal to the earth's oircumference, and to finish his task witoin two years, choosing the localities in which to walk, and resting where he pleases. He will spend several days in walking before , leaving Toronto, and will probably cross soon afterward into the United States. Henderson is a fine, stalwart Scotchman, twenty-eight years old, and a house carpenter by trade. He stands six feet in his stockingS, and has a stride varying from forty-two to forty-six inches. He has not undergone much special training for this undertaking, his backers feeling confident that he will improve as he goes on, and being afraid to post- , pone the commencement till the warm weather begins. He will visit the principal cities in America, and proposes crossing to Europe in time to reach PariB before the close of the Exhibition. He will be accompanied for a time by Dr. Byder, a. hygienic practitioner, who is also one of his backers. He intends to keep up an ordinary diet, and to avoid the use of tobacco and spirits, as he has always done. He is perfectly sound in limb, wind and digestion, and will drink little or nothing except pure water. He is to receive $50 a month and expenses, and if he succeeds he is to, receive $10,000. To accomplish his task by the 1st of May, 1880, he will be obliged to walk forty miles a day on an average, and he expects to gain enough on this during the first few " * i- J: montns to enaDie mm wj uinpouso n?u walking on board ship while crossing the Alan tic. Act from Principle. How few persons there are whose lives are governed entirely from principle rather than inclination. Even those of ub who may be endeavoring to live for high purposes, come far short of our j aspirations; alas I how very far short. I How often we find our convictions of : right nnd dutv questioning if it might I not be as well for us to yield to inclinaj tion, just for the time, promising our disturbed consciences that we will make ! up for the present indulgence by more ! vigorous self-deDial and stricter attention | to duty. Vain, fallacious reasoning of a j weak nature 1 we can never make up for one neglected opportunity, one misspent honr, one wrong, selfish act. Once past, the opportunity unimproved, the hour wasted, the act committed, it is * J --- M ronrill AYftant in I DOJOI1U UKl 1DW/U w. ? ? j thoughts of regret. We may atone for I it, but we can never change the past. Alas! how painfully we are aware of this fact. Then should we all endeavor the more earnestly to make our lives I embodiments of principle; for we al ' know that, after all, the path of duty 1 thougn sometimes rugged, is not withI out sweet pleasures; and let us never I follow our inclinations, if they would ! lead us away from right. Then shall we j be permitted at the last to look back i upon our lives with satisfaction, feeling that wo have "done what we could," ' and that our Father regards us with ! approval. _ Sealing Letters, i The Dutch Postal Annual gives some ! i interesting information in regard to the I | different modes which have been em- 1 i ployed for sealing letters. For a long ! j period ordinary beeswax was the only j j material employed. Toward the middle 1 ' of the sixteenth century this was re- j ! placed by sealing wax, introduced from i India. By degrees this came into geni eral use. The oldest book in which ; there is mention of sealing wax is a j treatise of one Qarsias de Orta on AroI man tics and Simples, published in 1563; l and the first letter known to have been ' sealed with wax is said to have been I written to Frederick Count Palatine by ; a French gentleman, sent on a mission 11 to the Court of Weimar. Wafers made , j their appearance somewhere about the '; same time. Adhesive envelopes were j invented and first used in England about i j 1848, It seems very strange that so i I simple a devise was not thought of be- ! II fore. By slow degrees the most con- j I i flWVllWYO (tuauuuuuu D&uiiug nw* im>?? . ; j wafers; but tliey were long retained in those strougholds of conservatism, ?iie i English government offices. Sealing 1 wax-makers' feenpation is now nearly gone.?New York Sun. AN UNKNOWN WAR The Remarkable Hrrturtle that ku Sees Golni on in Eastern Turkeataa?The Chlneae u Holdlen. It is probably news to moat of oar readers that, while Bnssia has been engaged in the overthrow of Turkey, and the rest of the world has been absorbed in watching the performance and its ! side-shows, a vigorous and remarkable campaign has token place in Eastern Turkestan, threat ening the Russian dependencies in that quarter of the world, and resulting in the resubjugation by theOhineseof the rebellious provinces of Western Kansuh and Eastern Turkestan, ending with the capture of Kaah- i gar, the capital of the latter. Of these operations, covering, as a gl&ace at the | map will show, enormous distances (Kashgar is over 2,000 miles from Pekin, ( as the crow flies), the civilized world has remained in almost absolute ignor ? i i_ 10frr no tVai ilx once. ?i was kiiuwii m xoiv-tu man wo Chinese government was abont to attempt a chastisement of the northwestern ( rebels, inoluding Yakoob Beg, the Ameer of Slash gar, who is perhaps more fami- j liar to Western nations than any of the other leaders. By the close of 1876 all ; the country north of the Tian Shan monntians was reduoed, and it remained to proceed against Kashgar, some 900 ' miles distant, south of the range. This . was ? far more formidable' undertaking, as the strength of Kashgar was supposed to be considerable. The invadors were : met at the frontier by a foroe which they overthrew, and pushed rapidly forward, marching 400 miles in twenty-one days, in that time capturing three cities and winning one pitched battle. The fact that on the day following this battle the Chinese were able to oontmue : JJwltr id I LLC 11 ttUVttilUU ttO UU MWJ w abundant evidence that their discipline ! is something more than that of a barbaric i horde. The campaign was energetically pushed after this, the invaders being j favored by the confusisn into which ] Eashgaria was thrown by the report of these unlooked for reverses. The prin- j cipal cities fell, offering more or less \ resistance, and in December, 1877, j a battle was fought and won before Rash- _ gar itself, which at once surrendered. The commanding officer of the Chinese movement is Liu Kin Tang, and we oomraend at least a superficial study of his * campaign. Conducted as it was with at 1 least an approach to Western modes of irarfare, with a general staff and com- ? misi&rate which must have been admir- i ble, and a sufficient artillery train, it } should be taken as a warning, Europe ind America may yet learn that tue modern breech-loader is an efficient weapon in the. hands of the despised Mongolian. An ordinary- atlas will show the main outlines of this remarkable . military achievement. The advance had Df course to be conducted acrosi deserts j md mountains without any of the mod- ~ am means of transportation, and it is aatTT oiri/fant. fmm th? HintAncefl marched ind the time occupied in doing it that 1 the Chinese soldier is not the oontempt- 1 Ible person of whom we have been ao- ] customed to think. Kashgar is not far ' from half-way between Pekin and St. Petersburg, and already there are 1 prophets who anticipate more danger to i Europe from the Mongolian than from 1 the Muscovite.?Christian Uinon. i a Rhinoceros Attacks a Train. , At Pittsburgh, Pa., there was an ex- ( oiting accident recently, while the rail- ; road show of the Sells Bros, was making its advent into the city, The cages of the menagerie were loaded on flat cars. , maam 4-kA "d/vinf viri/ica' & prujeui/iuu ucai mu a vim* v struck the cages and overturned three of them, containing a rhinoceros, lion and black bear. A large qpowd of people bad been attracted to the spot, and following on the heels of the accident there was an incident that made the people scatter like leaves before the wind. The rhinoceros escaped from his cage, and at a fast gait started np the railroad track. No one was particularly desirous of being in his way, and consequently everybody cleared out or got in secure positions. The frightened and exasperated beast soon encountered a locomotive, at which he made a lunge, and from the pilot tore off an iron bar with as much ease it would have ripped away a strip of board. Then he dashed at a < freight car, in the side of which he ] knocked a big hole. Mr. Kelly, his keeDer. finally caught up with him, and, , catching him"by the ear, attempted to lead him away, but he refused to obey, j Kelly then leaped on his back, and was treated to a ride of several hundred J yards. The showmen eventually succeeded in lassooing the rhinoceros, and , with the aid of half a hundred men he was forced into a box car, from which a transfer to* his cage was subse- 1 quently made. The bear displayed 1 his agility by ' running up an 1 inclined plane for some distance before he was captured. He would doubt- : less have reached the top had he been let alone. j Losing a Button. Walter Scott tells a story of a bov who was with him in school, who always stood at the head of his class. It was the custom of the scholars to change 1 places in their classes, according to fail- 1 ure or success in recitation; but though Walter was number two, he could not get to the head, because this boy never missed. But Walter noticed that he had a habit, when puzzled by a hard quea- 1 tion, of twirling a button on his jacket, I and this seemed to help him to think out a right answer. Walter, more through mischief than any worse motive, cut off the button slyly one day, to see if that would make any difference. The lesson was a spelling lesson, and several bovs at the foot missed a hard word. It "cam? round to the head. The ] boy instinctively put his hand to the 1 button. It was gone. He looked down ! to find it, grew confused, missed the ! word, and Walter went above him. The boy never got to the head again, seemed to loose his ambition, settled down into a second-rate scholar, and never accomplished much in life. Walter Scott declared that he often suffered sharp remorse at the thought that he possiby j spoiled the boy for school and for life by cutting off the button that had done j such jjood service. ? " ? A VI * A JLegson iur an. Look rnoafc to your spending. No I matter what comes in, if more goea out; you will always be poor. The art is not < in making money but in keeping it; lit-1 tie expenses, like mice in a large barn, ; when they are many, make great waste. Hair by hair heads gets bald; straw by | straw the thatch goes off the cottage, | and drop by drop the rain comes into ; the chamber. A barrel is soon empty if i the top leaks bnta drop a minute; when J you mean to save, begin with your ' mouth; many things pass down the red 1 lane. In all other things keep within j compass. Never stretch your legs1 farther than the blankets will stretch, | or you will soon be cold. In clothes, choose suitable and lasting stuff, and j not tawdry fineries. To bo warm is the ' main thing, never mind the looks. A ! fool may make money, but it needs a wise man to spend it. Remember it is , easier to build two chimneys than to keep ono going. If you give all to back and board, there is nothing left for the ' savings bank. Fare hard and work while j you are young, and you will have a chance to rest when you are old. . | Items of Iitertefc- ;j ./SB A awitoh in time eare? mn?. The early bird catches the worm. I The tied of life?the married dnm. I An attaohed odnple?Oyster* aheBa. VM The fever and ague request?Shake ^ S "Ra an re von're ahead?then gto tight Many plants close on theappfodch Of rain. I Labor iii vein?Working a silver mine. a The washerwoman's steed?A. clothes- fl horse. . , Movements on foot?the mazeb of an I army. I Boston consumes 6,000 barrels of flour per day. .'1 The sable mantle yl darkness if for -a evening wear. i The truth must come out-7-anci be hit I over the head. I Great Britain exports 18,0d0,0pp tons I of coal annually. I There were 4,500,000 registered letters I in this Country last year.4 ; < ' A man must necessarily keep his word P when no one will take it. I Why is the sun like a good lo?f ?^Be- I 3ause it's light when it rises. , I The traveler's berth right is to get the I best bunk in the sleeping car. I Sixty years ago the fastest horses only I made a mile in three mintitaa. ' 9 "There is a skeleton in. evary horse," 1 is the way the little boy zead iC 1 Men who like to have their work bro- I ken up are said to be theglak&ri,'/ |j| More than 50,000 pounds of oleomflJga- I rine are used in NewYoiiweekly. | The most sentimental exefrcfoes yet I (mown is said to be women swkmhing in --1 tears. r. y, ..up ,;>:$ I The population of Manitoba in uteres*- I ing at the rate of abort ope thousand W per week. . 1 When married men QqmpIainofl><kng 1 in hot water at home, it turns out half J ;he time that it's scoli J Gardeners might not not UkefejJart vith their gardena, though they are il ways ready to fork over-their grounds. Two most incongruous animal*, the -h samel and cow, may oftentu&ea be sjen 5$j n Egypt harnessea together, ploughing. An observing young gentleman . , of ilmosfc three yeah said, during apouse nthe conversation: 'HtfriB.1 Jones,let rour teeth down again." : \ M He belonged to the tribe of A?h?nt*y ' f- ' % And he dwelt with his aunt in a shanty; j j Whenever he ate V-*He passed her his pl*te, * *41 .Andsaid, "A little of that hath auntyw. / The Greeks had little or no notion of ratter, and the early Bomana used it * >nly as medicine?never as food; so that t is comparatively a modern arade 'of # ifaliiWfa' - I lies. v A young man of 20 recently took a* a A wife a Pennsylvania widow of50,the sole proprietress of a qoupie of paying petroleum veils. He loved not vudj \ but two wells. Andre Gauthier is creating a sen^a- , ^ fcion in Paris by painting a landscape in Sve minutes, a portrait in die, y<i also by painting two pictures simultaneously one with each hand. England has 150,000acres in orchards; Wales 2,536, and Scotland bjat 1,449. J There are.85,264 acres of market giyrrland ,'n 1i!noklli1. milUt 2.881 1U SOOt- :4 ^ land, and 7I2 inWales. ' ^ The mean height of an American Indian is 67.884 inches; of the American . .? white man, 67.672; Scotch; 67.066;Eng- _ lifih, 66.575; Russian 66.893; French, 56.277; Mexican, 66.110. Russia preserves eight crowns 0 provinces conquered at various times ind joined to tne Empire?Siberia, the Crimea, Kiew, Astrakan, Kasan, Pmiand, Poland, Krnssinia. The oldest Frenoh Communist, Blan- ; # jui, has scarcely ever been voot: of j prison a year at a time since boyhood. Be is at present in Olairvaux priiop, j where he has been confined for seven years. >v "Take time by the forelock, young man," said a father to a son. ** How ? \ jan I," said the young hopeful, looking it a picture of bald-headed Time* " when he hasn't a bit of hair on Lis bead?" , <*, ' ' * ? -iv .*? Street garments are smaller and short* sr than last year. The rotrnd cape sin- ** gle double or triple, the revivedvirtte, and a small straight mantalet taking the J lead. The jacket, however, is by no means dispensed with. Charles Reade declares Jhat ereiybody should be ambidextrous. But what is most needed in this country is the ability to rob a bank with one hand snd pack your trunk for Europe at the same time with the other. i The name of the phonograph in German is unsergehausnekeitigenfcrnstpbauphfteichtaunsgespreecher. When you wind that up on the cylinder, and leave it till it gets cold, ana then grind it out, it usually tears the machine to pieces and strikes the house with lightning.?Burlington Hawkey*. The seeds of plants are their eggs, A sunflower produoes 4,000, a poppy 30,000 a tobacco plant 300,000, and spleenwort, 1,000,000. Some, as the sea pink, have but one seed, umbelliferous?flowers two, and the slurge and ranunculus < three. The capsule of the white poppy contains 8,000 seeds. A Dane named " Hoi turn " has been astonishing the English with marvellous feats of strength. He holds with anna outstretched on either side a straggling horse. He also lies upon a ladder to which he is fastened by hands and feet, and two horses, striving their utmost to drag him off are unable to sucoeed. *'r A couple of young men were out fishing the other day, and on returning were going past a farm house, and felt hungry. They yelled to the farmer's daughter : " Girls, have you any buttermilk?" The reply was gently wafted back to their ears: "Yes; but we keep it for our own calves." The boys calculated they had business away -and they went, A man has submitted to Pittsburg, Pa., a novel method of lighting the city. He proposes to erect three lighthouses, one on Nunnery Hill, one on Coal Hill, aud one on Herren Hill, from which shall be emitted " such a flood of light that anywhere in Pittsburg or Allegheny City a pin could be seen if lying on the pavement in the darkest night." The lights will be so placed that a perfect crossing of the beams will be effected, and every light will neutralize the shadows of the other. The British Medical Journal, in " - "<*?/? r\t thA habit of speaKing ox iuo cum smoking upon the general health of boys under 16 years of age, says: "A celebrated physician took for "his purpose thirty-eight boys, aged from 9 to 15, and carefully examined them. In twentyseven of them he discovered injurious traces of the habit. In twenty-two there were various disorders of the circulation and of digestion, palpitation of the heart, and a more or less marked taste for strong drink. In twelve there was frequent bleeding at the nose, tea had disturbed sleep, and twelve had slight ulcerations of the mucous membrane of tho mouth, which disappeared on ceasing from the use of tobacoo for some days. The doctor treated them all for weakness, but vrith little tffeot until the smoking was discontinued, when health and strength were soon restored.'