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Thanatopsis.
WILLIAM CULL EN* BBYANT'S GREATEST POEM.
To him who ia tlio love of nature' holds
Commuaion with her visible forms, she speaks
A various language : for bis fcnyer hours
She has & voice of {;1 .dness. and a smile
And eloquence of beauty, ai>d rhe glides
Into his derktr musings, with a miid
And healing sympathy, that steals away
Their sharpness, ere he is aware. When
thoughts
Of the last bitter hour come like a blight
Over thy spirit, and sad images
Of the stern agony, and shroud, and pall,
And breathless darkness and the narrow
house,
?- Make thee to shudder, and grow sick at heart;
Go forth, unto the oft.n sky, and list
To nature's teachings, while from all around?
Earth and her waters, and the depths of airComes
a still voice?Yet a few days, and thee
The all beholding sun shall see no more
Tn all hia mtirift; nor vet in the cold ground.
Where tuy pale form was laid, with many tears,
Nor in the embrace of ocean, shall exist
Thy image. Earth, that nourished thee, shall
claim
Thy growth, to be resolved to earth again,
And lost each human trace, surrendering up
Thine individual being, shalt thou go
To mix for ever with the elements,
To be a brother to the insensible rock
And to the sluggish cJo^, which the rude swain
TrnB with his share, and treads upon. The
oak
Shall send his root* abroad, and pieroe thy
mold.
Yet not to thine eternal resting place
Shalt thoa retire alone, nor oould'st thou wish
Oouch more magnificent. Thou shalt lie down
With patriarchs of the infant world?with
kings,
The powerful of the earth?the wise, the good,
Pair forms, and hoary Beers of ages past,
AH in one mighty sepulchre. The hills
Rock ribbed and ancient as the sun?the vales
8tretching in pensive qnietneas betwoen;
The venerable woods?rivers that move
In majesty, and the .complaining brooks
That make the meadowB green ; and, poured
round all,
Old ocean's gray and melancholy waste?
Are but the solemn decorations all
Of the great tomb of man. The golden sun,
The planets, all the infinite host of heaven,
Are Bhining on the sad abodes of death
r Through the still lapse of agep. All that tread
Tha Dlnha hnt n. hnnrifnl to the tribes
That Blumber in its boeom. Take the wings
Of morning, and the Barcan desert pierce,
?-s? Or lose thyself in the continuous woods
Where rolls the Oregon, and hears no sound.
Save his own dashings?yet?the dead are
there;
And millions in those solitudes, sinoe first
The flight of years began, have laid them flown
In their last sleep?the dead reign there alone.
So shalt thou rest, and what if thou shalt fall
Unnoticed by the living, and no friend
Take note of thy departure? All all that
breathe
Will share thy destiny. The gay will laugh
When thou art gone, the 6olemn brood of care
Plod on, and each one as before will chase
His favorite phantom ; yet ail these shall leave
Their mirth and their enjoyments, and shall
come
And make their bed with thee. As the long
train
Of ages glides away, the sons of men,
The youth in life's green spring, and ho who
goes
In the full strength of years?matron, and
maid,
And the sweet babe, and the gray-headed
man?
Shall one by one be gathered to thy side,
By those, who in their turn shall follow them.
So live, that when thy snmmens comes to join
.The innumerable caravan, which moves
To the pale realms of shade, where each shall
take
His chamber in the Bilent halls of death,
Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night,
Scourged to his dungeon, but sustained and
ij soothed
By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave,
Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch
Ab?ut him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
Not the Pretty Miss Purdy.
" It's inconceivable to me, mamma,"
m said Miss Blanche, "how any woman
with spirit can make snch an exhibition
of herself; but the fact is, Lily never
Ko/1 a n?rtii>lfl nf snirit.. Even a worm
I -will torn sometimes when it's trod upon,
but I believe any one could trample the
vitals out of Lily and she'd never murmur.
The worst of it is, she spoils my
plans, and it's too bad, when she hasn't
the shadow of a chance herself, that she
mil persist in acting the part of a dog in
the manger. I should think, considering
the self-sacrificing and uncomfortable
role she's chosen for herself, the fact
of securing her idol in the family would
hold some charm for her; but the ridiculous
display she makes of her unrequited
affection is gradually bringing to ruin
all our available prospects."
Miss Blanche tossed the egg-shells
from her fingers, and looked about her
_ IL. e?ii?? r. v.
I in CUBUtUU upuu l>Ut) UULLUUriiro:! uica&fast-room
and its appurtenances. The
house which the Purdys ocoupied had
been rather an imposing one some years
since, but the burden of unpaid taxes
and assessments had broken its once
high spirit, and its ohief and onlv charm
now lay in the parlor floor. Poor Mr.
Purdy had long since given up all idea
of redeeming the place from its legal
bondage; and indeed, as the mortgage
was long overdue, it began to be apparent
to even his hopeful nature that
the property was slipping out of his
hold. He consoled himself with the
prospect of a legal squabble with the
mortgage, and as Mr. Purdy was a lawyer
himself, and he held one of the
town offices, he thought his chances
were good for another year. In the
mean time, perhaps, something wonld
turn up; and unconsciously his thoughts
reverted to the extraordinary churms of
his eldest daughter Blanche. He was
I scarcely to be blamed for this, as a great
many thoughts ran in the same -happy
direction. So alluring were these charms,
so bine were her eyes, so golden hei
hair, so perfect her lips and the pearls
within, so vivid her color, so lithe nnc
graceful her form, so shapely her feel
and hands, she was known far and neai
as " the pretty Miss Purdy." Then sh<
oould talk so well, and could smile s<
archly, and blush so readily, and dance
and row, and swim, and skate, and sing
and play, and so divinely ! w'hat thei
oould have done without her at th<
church fairs, where she always reigne<
at the flower stand, and threw in witl
each bud so priceless a smile?how the;
would have dispensed with her in th*
I charades and tableaux and various con
trivances by -which the big church an
nually tided over its financial difficultie
?it would be hard to say. But nobod;
thought of doing without the prettr
Miss Purdy; indeed, it was generall;
oonceded that the teacher of the Bibl'
class, Mr. Henry Howe, meant to secur
her as a permanency for the town o
? ** * ? yt_ l.3 i
ISeabrooR. ana lie vicinity. ne nau dokj
known to strongly object to the title o
" the pretty Mies Purdy," and was reall;
the most available party that could d
away with it. She was rather cold an
ooqnettish and shy, as became her ax
altel position, but nobody bat a foe
would refaBH tbe proffer of the fin
house and landed property, and hand
[
j some person, majestic manners, un!
bounded perquisites in trade and in
j society, that belonged to Mr. Henry
| Howe. The pretty Miss Purdy was
! not a fool, by any means, so this magi
nificent man and this lovely, engaging
| woman were drifting together in this
1 natural fitness of things, when a queer
I ?almost an absurd?obstacle presented
itself.
! Tho younger sister of the pretty Miss
j Purdy "fell hopelessly in love with Mr.
I Howe. It seemed like a joke at first, J
j Miss Lily was sovoung: she had scarce- j
! ly reached her eighteenth year, and had ]
i just entered society. Then she was so
plain so hopelessly plain ! It was such
a misfortune, the folks of Seabrook said,
to name a girl Lily, till you could form
some idea of what her complexion would
be; and dear me ! how very murky and
dark and thick and turbid was the ekin )
1 of poor Lily Purdy ! And her hair was ;
j so abundant and straight and heavy, it j
was almost impossible to arrange it be- j
comingly, when it was irrevocably fast- j
ened to the head in that way: it was so !
much more easily manipulated when un- ;
1 trammelled by these natural ties. She j
had fine eyes, to be sure, large and
1 dark; but -what were eyes in a case like '
! this I She was little and dumpy and 1
dull; and then just think of the disad-:
! vantages the poor child labored under ! '
j To be known, in contradistinction to her
sister, as not the pretty Miss Purdy. j
! When the gossips of Seabrook were des- |
| canting upon the success or failure of
this or that entertainment, it was 60 j
: natural to say, "Miss Purdy was there j
: ?not the pretty Miss Puidy, but that '
i plain little sister of hers, you know." It \
! was sad for the poor child, very sad; and, j
i to crown all, she must go and fall des- ,
; perately in love with Mr. Henry Howe, .
! the richest, handsomest, altogether the i
I finest man in the place. At first her
i passion was set aside as the foolish,
I rather forward preference of a child.
I Mr, Howe had been visiting there a
I i o 7,'tti
a wAfn rvynnrvTinno/l in I
| 1UU^ nunc, Or iivvto wv/iv pvuvuuvvu ?u ;
I his attentions than tho other suitors of j
I Blanche, and gradually gravitating to j
I the position of a suitor; this of course
! rendered his footing in the household an
easy oji , and his bearing to the young- j
| er sister was gent?e and encouraging and '
j familiar, as was natural under the cir- j
| cumstances. It began to be apparent ;
: tbat Lily clung to his presence pertin- j
aciously?too much eoJaJtoge tner for 1 he j
I comfortable American custom of letting j
j young people arrange their matrimonial I
' affairs for themselves. Blanche en'
deavored in vain to get rid of this stumb- j
ling-block to her progress; hints and' i
winks and frowns and little errands were I
unavailing; at last the parental authori- j
! was called in, and the parlor floor be- ;
came Blanche's undivided empire. But
there was the Bible class, which Lily
always attended, in storm or sunshine,
and of course it was impossible to reI
strict the child's religious privileges.
! Lily had not mastered enough of Bible
I literature to make herself either a help !
j or a nuisance to her teacher; the poor
girl was not even a hard student, or a
blue-stocking of any kind. I don't know
! lUrtl -If wtmil/l Iiqtta nrrmnflrorl V?or nn
i fortunate passion if she had been; I
I think it rarely does; but anyway, 1 may
I as well confess candidly that I am not
holding back any capabilities in Lily's |
: mind or person that will suddenly sweep
away all obstacles to her happiness.
: Her mind appeared to be sluggish as
her blood, and her whole being seemed
| so completely dominated by this over- j
i powering affection that it overflowed to
! the surface, and" unconsciously to lier|
self she was the talk of the class. When ;
j she entered society her foolish partiality i
I had been for a short time the talk of the i
! place?only a short time, because the
| subject was too absurd arid unimportant I
to occupy the gossips of Sea brook long, j
i but it was long enough to make Mr.
: Howe uncomfortable?very uncomforta;
ble indeed. His maiden siste/, who
! superintended his home, began one :
! morning to inveigh in no measured
terms against this unbecoming conduct
j on the part of Miss Purdy.
"Not the pretty Miss Purdy, Henry," j
! said Miss Howe. "I must say, although
11 don't altogether fancy the pretty Miss
i Purdy" (it would be hard to say who j
I Miss Howe did altogether fancy), "I've
' no fault to find with her manners or ap
| pearance."
j "There is no fault to find, Jane," said ;
j her brother. "And as for this outrage|
ous talk about Lily, it's the most moni
strous thing I ever heard of."
j "Well," said Jane, with an eloquent
j sniff of her thin high nose, "I'm glad
! your conscience is easy. I should hate i
to believe that vou had led the girl into
this unseemingly idolatry. I have been
forced into giving the matter some atj
tention myself?''
"These confounded tattle-mongers of
i Seabrook?" said Mr. Howe. Then j
j paused, remembering that his maiden 1
j sister was at the head of this set.
"?Some attention myself," pursued
I Miss Howe, who never allowed herself J
I to be disturbed by these fraternal out- ,
j bursts; '-and I have seen that she never
takes her eyes from your face, that she !
I is obsequious in her attentions to you, j
that she blushes with delight when you :
i speak to her, and absolutely trembles at1
i vour frown."
"Stuff and nonsense!" said Mr. Howe. :
) "I'll put an end to this." And soon
j thereafter mounting his horse and rid-!
' ing in a familiar direction .he became so
j vexed in spirit and out of temper with i
! the world in general that his high-bred ;
nag caught the infection, and began to
curvet and prance in unison.
Mr. Howe had determined when ho i
! left the house to give the final blow to J
j all this gossip by proposiug at once for
I the hand of the pretty Miss Purdy. He
j would have done so long ago but for
I some fastidious qualms he bod iu rei
lation to her father. He wished with all
i his heart as he rode along that the c bj
ject of his affection hadn't a relation in
the world; and becoming more and
.' more vexed and restive as a. hundred
i hateful objections to her family arose in
| his mind, when he reached the house,
. j preparatory to dismounting, he Rave a
' savage jerk to the bit, that threw the
i spirited animal beneath him on h? !
; haunches. No sooner had she recovered !
from this shock to her sensibilities than
she rose upon her hind-legs and bftgan ;
to paw the air in a most lively manner, j
i Mr. Howe always declared that he could
I have managed the vixen if he had been
t let alone; but, be that as it may, the
r window of the front basement, where we
i last left the pretty Miss Purdy and her
) mother at breakfast, wad suddeniy dash,
ed open, and ont sprang a female figure
in rfllifif of thfl imnfirillpd hnrRHmnn.
r There waR a wild vision of flowiug [
3 skirts and hair streaming in the wind,
1 a little arm and band catching at the j
1 rein and dragging at it for half a second i
y or so; then all at once the animal became |
0 as quiet as a lamb, and bung its bead {
- curiously over the female figure, now
- prostrate on the pavement Mr. Howe
s flung himself off his horse, and carried
y Miss Purdy up the stairs to the parlor
y floor?not the pretty Miss Purdy; bless
y you, no. Mr. Howe might have cure
vetted and pranced tliere on the two
e hind-legs of bis horse till bis fate was
f determined forever, so far as the pretty
a Miss Purdy was concsrned. Besides,
f her back was turned to the window; she
y was busy reproaching her sister, who
b had just entered the dining-room, and
d poor Mrs. Purdy was looking on, when
suddenly tbey saw the child's eyes bell
come distended with a wild horror, and
o ahe flew, as it were, out the window. It
I- was all over then in a few moments, and
Mr. Howe was carrying liis nnconscioui
burden into the parlor. The mothe:
rushed away for restoratives Mid a doc
tor, and Mr. Howe in the next few miu
utes went far to rivet the chains tha
bound him to the pretty Miss Purdy,
They were both hanging over the coucl
of poor Lilly, and the occasion wai
certainly calculated to call iorth th<
strongest emotions of both parties
Blanche was excessively fond of her sis
ter in her own way. and the pitiabli
coudition of the poor child was verj
alarming. Blanche trembled and grev
pale, and it was necessary for the strong
arm of Mr. Howe to support her.
"Don't give way, Blanche,"he said
calling her thus familiarly for the Ural
time in his life. "My sweet Blanche,
don't give way, for my sake?for all oui
sakes."
Then Mrs. Purdy came into the room,
and shortly after the doctor arrived; ant
ns soon as the medical srentleman hac
declared there was nothing very seriou!
to fear, that it was only a slight concur
sion of the brain, and with care anc
quiet all would be well-ras Boon a.<
Blanche was at ease about Lily, hei
thoughts reverted to the tender accent*
and unmistakably fond words of Mr.
Howe. And the soul of the pretty Mist
Purdy was rested in the thought thai
this procrastinated and tedious wooing
would now be brought to a speedy and
desirable end. The doctor went away,
Mrs. Purdy was called to some domestic
duty, and Mr. Howe and the pretty Mist
Pnrdy were left there together. Mr.
Howe was sitting quite close to Blanche,
his elbow on the arm of her chair, and
his head resting on his hand. It was a
graceful, almost a touching position foi
a lover under the circumstances. Blanche
was quite content that he should remair
silent, feeling certain of what was going
* 1 ' ? ? i i ~ t
on in nis nearc. An me i now uum, axter
all, we know of this unstable and
perfidious organ ! Its quips and quirks
and fandangoes pass all human understanding.
Mr. Howe sighed heavily, andBlanohe
put her hand sympathizingly upon hit
arm. It was a pretty hand, slim and
white, with rosy nails and blue veins?a
very pretiy hand; and Mr. Howe'sothei
hand was dangling uselessly at his side;
but he made no effort to take the prettj
little hand in his own.
"Don't grieve,"whispered Blanche;
" please don't. She's getting over it.
See how regularly she breathes. Sho'l]
soon be well again; the doctor said so,
you know."
" Yes, but think of me," whispered
Mr. Howe, and whereas Blanche's whisper
was soft and melodious, his waf
hoarse and broken. " Of course she'll
get over it, if nothing happens to put
her back; but suppose, when she is recovering,
sbe finds out we're engaged
to be married, it'll kill her, it'll breah
her heart, and I shall be her murderer!
Great heaven I Blanche, you see, don'l
you, that I can't do it ? It's the mosl
infernally tormenting thing that evei
happened to a man; b ;t I can't marrj
one sister and kill another. I came here
this morning prepared to make a formal
proposal for your hand, and let everything
go by the board but our happiness
alone; but you know how Lily feels
about me, how she risked her life foi
me?all follv. of course: I could have
managed the brute myself, but Lily waf
beside herself with fright, and didn'l
know, poor child, what she was doing:
and you see?don't yon, Blanche??
what a position ull this places me in. A
man would have to be made of stone tc
go any farther just now."
" Don't, Mr. Howe?don't say any
more," said Blanche, in a voice that
Bounded queer to herself, it was sc
strained and harsh. "I should bo sorry
to have you feel more ridiculous than
you will when I tell you- that you have
made a great mistake all through."
Blanche paused a moment to get her
breath. It seemed to her that it almost
had left her body for a while there when
this man was speaking. Not that she
loved him?oh no, Blanche had never
particularly loved anybody but herself,
and &er family as acoesssories to herself.
Bnt she was really capable of a vast
amount of love in this way; and, oh !
how cruelly it had been torn and laacerated
and trampled upon !
"A mistake !" he repeated.
"Yes, a mistake," said Blanche;
"rather a remarkable one, under the
circumstances. A man should nevei
take it prematurely for granted that s
woman will accept his offer of marriage.
In this case it was impossible. My word
is already given to another."
"What!" broke in Mr. Howe; "engaged
to somebody else ? Oh, that can'!
be. I can't believe that, you know,
This is all a subterfuge, Blanche, Whc
is the man ? what is his name ?"
" I can not understand," said Blanche,
coldly, "how the matter can concerr
you in the least." Then, seeing a looi
of sharp incredulity in his face, she waf
stnng to desperation, and mentioned th<
first name that occurred to her. " It u
Mr. Brower," she said.
"The man who holds your father'f
montage f eaia iur. no we.
"Yes," replied Blanche; and thet
Mr. Howe got upon his feet, and wit!
one pieroing look of disdain upon th<
beautiful woman at his side, bowed lov
to her, and said with her permission h(
would go, but would, of course, cal
again in the course of the day to asl
after her sister. Then he took his leav<
without a glance at the poor girl thai
had caused all this trouble.
As for Blanche, no sooner was he oul
the door than she fell to crying?bitter
ly, but under her breath, and withou
any unladylike demonstrations. No
that she loved him, mind; but she hai
been goaded beyond endurance, ant
without this ltlief of tears, which ar<
woman's safety-valve, she could nol
VkAvrA V>Anr? rtf Vinrcal f and ViAf
uavo uovu uuouvua uw&uv*? mmm uw?
plans.
All at once the poor girl on the loung<
struggled back to consciousness, anc
opening her eyes upon Blanche, wai
touched beyond measure to find her ir
tears. It was really an extraordinary
thing, and Lily was not to be blamec
for taking these tears in pity to herself
She put out her little cold hand anc
pulled the dress of Blanche, and beggec
her not to cry.
"Don't cry for me, Blanche," sh
said. " Don't?please don't spoil you
beautiful eyen for me. It matters littl
whether I die or live; I think I'd si
much rather die if I could. It wouli
be so much better for us all. But tel
me jus., one thing, Blanc.le dear, pleasi
?oil I uo ten me, is ne nuri r
Blanche began to respect Lily. Ther
was a persistency about this paasioi
of hers that appealed to Blanche's ide
of power. She had always loved he
child, in her own way, as a Purdy and
part of herself, but now she began fc
respect her.
44 He isn't hurt, you dear little goose,
said Blanche; "he has just left us, am
will come to see yon again to day."
"And was he very much out of pa
tienoe with ray?my absurdity?" sai
Lily.
" On the contrary." replied Blanchf
" it quite touched the heart of his m?
jesty;" and then such a sweet gladnea
shoue in the child's eyos, such a prett
color rushed to her cheeks, her fac
became so suddenly radiant with an ir
explicable warmth of tenderness an
emotion, that Blanche found it far froi
plain. If the couch had been crimso
instead of blue, if Lily's hair had bee
arranged gracefully, if instead of thi
stiff white collar some soft yellow lac
were abont her neck, if?if?and here
1
3 thought that was almost revelation I
r seized the fertile fancy of Blanche, and
- Mrs. Purdy coming in at that moment c
- to take her place by the couch of her jj
t daughter, Blanche ran lightly down the (;
stairs to her father, who was walking y
I up and down the dining-room, with his p
3 hands behind his back, apparently study- a
3 ing the dingy desigu in the faded carpet 8
. there, but really bent upon more im- e
- I portant matters. 0
II When Mr. Howe called again it was at
7 the close of a long miserable day to him, g
7 as well as to some other human crea- h
I tures. His sensibilities had also been p
torn in their tenderest fibre, and being 0
, a man, he had not been able to cry and c
I have it out with himself. He was too e
, superior and punctilious to swear and ]j
r vent his spite in rage and brutality upon a
his clerks ani dependents, so all this g
, wretchedness had become pent up within t
. I x.n -:-u /..li i,a K1Tr,aoif K
I I LI ILL! till lu^uu~joii, uuu mj.\j w*u u
I as he moodily went in the familiar direc- j
j tion that politeness dictated, bnt incli* 0
- nation forbade, that he would have to gl
[ go on in this way till the end of time, p
i He could not let the world know how ?
cruelly he had been used, and could b
i only be thankful he was saved the igno- t]
miny of a direct refusal from this false, t<
i scheming, heaitless woman, because his t]
\ conscience would not allow him to ride a
; rough-shod over the heart of the only
I being, he began to believe, that loved a
, him in the whole wide world?this poor ^
little girl who had braved everything je
i for that love: the tattle of these miser- n
, erable gossips, the obloquy and re* ?
, proach of her family and friends, and at t,
I last her own precious life. His heart fl
i melted within nim as he thought of it B(
all. ^
> Mr. Purdy met him at the door, and o
i appeared to be very much moved and a
agitated as he wrung Mr. Howe's hand. t<
A. cold chill shook the heart of Mr. a
1 Howe, "Great Heaven!" he cried; o
1 "she is not?not worse?" h
?? M/i nn?T Vinrin nr?t '* flnirt Mr. a'
Purdy. " I sincerely hope there is noth- p
? ing to be apprehended of a serious na* p
1 tore; but, my dear sir," he pursued, in v
' a low, trembling voice, "sometimes this b
> revulsion of feeling is dangerous?some ii
times joy will kill. And this dear child has t<
! so long cherished what she has consid' vi
' ered a hopeless passion, a sentiment, b
sir, that has occasioned unspeakable b
! sorrow to us all, that we have endeav- d
ored in vain to curb and repress; and n
^ now sir, now, when she finds that pas- y,
sion returned, when her life, which has fcl
been repressed and shrouded by despair <si
[ and sadness, is all at once allowed to
bloom out in the vel'y fullness of joy?
i Oh, Mr. Howe, God blee8 you, Sir, God
[ bless vou!" But be careful, be very ei
; careful; remember, my dear sir, that joy v.
"nil wn'll DAmofimOfl till " I
[ Here Mr. Purdy's voice broke. He ^
: wiped bis eyes with bis handkercbiof, ^
! and as fcbey had reached the end of the
; corridor, he opened the door softly, let ^
; Mr. Howe in, then ohut it again, leaV- ^
ing himself ont, and Mr. Howe fonnd 0j
' himself qnite alone with Miss Purdy, jj
i and not the pretty Miss Purdy. j(
[ For a moment he stood there quite p
I helpless and forlorn. The rodomontade ^
i of her father, whose wordy ways liad al- ?
i j ways been a curse to him, still rumbled a,
j in bis ears without any intelligible mean- ^
i I ing, and the figure on the couch before
i 1 him confused and bewildered him. Tt j ^
i held a singular grace and charm. The 6]
; I light burned low, the fire from the grate j n
| seemed to cast a soft crimson glow over | 0
??a rHn??rv? rtnlnra/1 I
? ( tjvcly iluujj-uydjl Iiud rr ui-wiuiu\? q
> i shawl that was spread about Lily, and Q
! the yellow lace at her throat and hands; 8(
i upon her hair that fell back over the ^
; pillow in a purple mass that almost ^
? j swept the floor, and some short locks Q
i about her face that had taken caressing i e
: ; crinkles he had never noticed before.
i And her eyes were wonderful. They jj
j drew him, in spite of himself, to the 8,
couch, and made him bend over her and e.
i take her cold little hand in his own. j
i 8he lifted it to her lips'without a word,
i but her eyes were wonderful. They 8(
I spoko a whole sweet language of their f(
J own. A queer sort of yearning tugged ^
i Viio liooi-k Ha onnld nnt t?ll whftthAt1 i
; he was most miserable or most happy;
I but the one thought that was uppermost ^
I in his mind was that here alone he could ?
! find peace and rest and trnth and purity.
1 He sank on his knees by her side, and n
; i put his lips to her forehead and whis- t]
> ; pored, " Only get well, dear, bo that I a
j can have you all to myself." tj
i j Even in that sweet moment, you see. n
I he hated the idea of the rest of the v
1 | Purdys. But he soon got over that, ^
j and even went to Blanche's marriage, ^
j which spee^jly followed his own, and jj
t j shook hands cordially with the man that n
, ! had held his father-in-law's mortgage. &
> i He holds it now no longer, of course.
He long since handed it over to Blanche, j
, who in her turn gave to her father.' But j
i how in the world, you will ask, did this
; Mr. Brower become as clay in the hands
i of this beautiful and ingenious potter,
> Miss Blanche? That I do not know; c
j but I have said enough about her van- n
ous charms and capabilities to make it r
3 no matter of astonishment. Besides ?
people have no room for amazement 8
i on any other subject than the one* of jj
l Mr. Henry Howe's marrying Miss Purdy j
) ?not the pretty MisB Purdy 1?Harper's 0
9 XWonhli, ^
; ? h
; ! 8
" The Hoine and Habits of garibaldi, d
^ 8
b Garibaldi's home at Oaprera is the j.
simplest of habitations, and the life he ^
t leads therein is as simple. He has bnt jj
- few attendants, and it is told that n
t guests are required to make their own v
k i beds. The general's days are unevent- j.
I 1 fid. He rises in the morning at four i ^
I | o'clock, and without taking anything to | e
3 ! cat goes off to look after some pets who j
t | inhabit the border aud surface of a small '
pond not far frona the house?a flock of ^
geese. He feevls them, aud then, hav- j j
3 ing gone back to the house to get his j
i ! oup of black coffee, he sets to work in ! j:
3 1 his fields until about an hour before j g
\ midday, when he returns home and j s
j . looks over andsigns letters which Basssi, \ 0
i ! his secretary has written, according to 8
. I his instructions. Soire twelve or thir- t
1 j teen years ago he used to employ this <.
1 j hour before dinner in teaching a little J;
shepherd lad named Luca Spano. The
q boy was little more than a cretin; but f
r by dint of Bteady, quiet perseverance ,
e and kindness, Garibaldi succeeded in f
3 making something of him. Ho had j
3 learned to read well, write a good hand, c
1 and was progressing well, when, on the ^
r? ; OAth nf .TtiIv iftfifi. he fell bv the crener- h
I al's side, fighting like a hero, at Monte j
e i Suello. iu the Tyrol. Of this brave fi
q death, and* other incidents connected ^
a 1 with his* adventurous life, the general I
r ] freely discourses as he sits at the head
a i of the board, his son Menotti and his ]
o i friends on the one side and the other,
; and the servants "below the salt." Din- t
" nee at Caprera is always a simple meal: ]
d minestra, i. e., soup with Italian paste *
or vegetables in it, followed by two j
i- dishes at the most, and no wine on the 1
d table. At tlje end of about an hour the ?
general leaves the table, and going to 1
>, his room, throws himself dressed upon 1
k- the bed, sleeps lor a while, and then 1
s reads the papers or any book he is in- <
y terested in. At four o'clock he goes i
e back to his work in the fields until six ]
t- or six-thirty,when he returns home again' \
d in ?nr>. After suoDer he returns to his <
~ ?*wr* -* 4 - # p
n room, never neglects to write a page in ]
n his journal and the meteorologioal i
n changes of the day, and is generally in
it bed at the time when a great part of the i
se world are beginning to turn night into
a day.
Peculiar Forms of Mania*
There are several respectable a d reognized
forms of mania. Book collecting
is one of the most respectable forms.
)ne man desires a complete history; he
rill possess all tbi historians, all the
oeta, all the novelists, etc.; another is
specialist; perhaps he takes to Shakepeare?he
determines to have every
dition,every commentary,every treatise
n the infinite Lumber of questions to
'hich Shakespeare and his works have
iven rise. If he is a man of fortune,
e will give higli prices for anything
ire. Another phase is the collecting
Id and curious books of all sorts; nnut
copies, copies with large margins,
ditions rendered curious by some well- |
nown misprints, or any other peculi*
rity which collectors have agreed to reard
as giving the book a special value.
'bis* is called "UiDiiomama. xnen
ere are the collector? of mauscripts.
tut who has not met with the collector
f autographs?4he enthusiast who beBts
his acquaintances for every scrap of
apor they may happen to possess bearlg
the signnture of any one who haB
ecome distinguished? Then there are
iie collectors of objects of natural hisjry
: amiable race! Who has not seen
ie elderly gentleman in spectacles,
rmed with a lai-ge green net on a rim
ith a handle? Seel he gives chase to
butterfly; he runs as nimbly as a
shoolboy." Ah, he has bagged it! It
i a much-ooveted specimen of Potyomxatus
agon; he wants now only the
lamberwell Beauty and Thecla betula
) complete his case of English butteiies.
' fie has long been at wofk at insets
and birds, and his walls are covered
dth glass cases; he is a correspondent
f half the natural history periodicals,
ud is the first to hear the cuckoo and
) see the glow worm. Then, too, there
rfn,?
re ine cxjueuwra ui itwjLo, ?uo aowuumer
registers observations on the
eavens; another records the rainfall
nd the direction of the wind at different
laces. Others collects facts about
opuktion, the rate of wages, the prealence
of diseases, the statistics of
eneflt clubs, of railway traffic, and an
lfintiy of topics. The number of amomr
thus engaged is very large. They
ofk silently, and their pursuits possess
ut little interest for people in general;
Ut only let a question be raised in the
aily papers, and it is surprising how
tany persons appear to have been for
ears giving their entire attention to
le subject.?Casscll'a Family Afagalne.
The Tailor-Bird.
Within the last few years, the interring
habits of this celebrated bird
ave been thoroughly investigated and
M- _ j 1 TV- 1 ? K^.4
escriueu uy Ur. JCIUUU ttuu uwoin, wuu
ithmore especial fullness by Mr. Allan
[nme. From their accounts, we gather
lat the real nest is a deep, soft cnp,
iclosed in ft leaf or leave*, which the
ird setts togethet to form its recepta[e.
This is at various elevations, often
igh up in a mango-tree, but as often
dottn among the leaves of tie edible
lant (Solarium eaculentum). The ne?t
arie8 in appearance according to the
umber and kinds of leaves made use of,
ad is usually chiefly composed of fine
jtton, with a few horse-hairs and fine
rass-stems, the use of which is obvinsly
to cnablo th9 cavity to retain its
liape permanently. In some eases the
est is'described as having been made
f wooJ, down and horse-inir, ana one,
lentioned by Miss Cockburn, as made
f the down of seed-pods and fine gras38.
Mr. Hume has found these nests
ith three leaves fast ened at cqnal disinces
from one another into the sides
f the nest, and not joined to one anothr
at all. Ha baa also found them beireen
two leaves, the one forming a
igh back and turned Up at the ends to
[ipport the bottom of the nest, the othr
hiding the nest in front and hanging
own below it, the tip.only of the first
saf being sewn to the middle of the
scond. He has also found them with
jur leaves sewn together to form a
anopy and sides, from which the botm
of the nest depended, and also beiveen
two long leaves whose sides, from
lie very tips to near the peduncles, were
losely and neatly sewn together.
For their sewing, thev geherally make
Be of cobweb, but silk from cocoons,
atead, wool, and vegetable fibers are
Iso made available. Dr. Jerdon states
aat he has seen a tailor-bird watch a
ative tailor until the latter left the
eranda where he was at work, then
astily seize some peices of thread that
r ??i ?3 a?at ?-iu
rere lying aooui, ujju i?y uu mw wcm
1 triumph. Mr. Layard describes a
est of the tailor-bird made entirely of
Dcoanut fiber. With the same material
dozen leaves of an oleander had been
rawn and stiched together.?Scribner's
fagazine.
A Narrow Escape.
The other day an exciting scene ocnrred
at Little Falls, N. J., about five
liles above Paterson. The Passaic
iver at this place is crossed by a dam
ifteen feet high. Above the river is
mooth and below there are rapids. Two
ittle girls,both grandchildren of Robert
Jeatty, one of the'principal mill-owners
f the place, aged respectively nine and
Durteen years, were in the river rowing.
?hey went too near the dam and were
wept over it to what appeared a certain
leath. A number of persons who had
een their efforts to reach the shore ran
o the lower side of the dam, and to
heir astonishment, saw that the boat
iad gone over and landed right side up
gainst a rocky ledge, almost under the
rater fall. The children were in the
>oat and apparently uninjured. No one
iad ever cone over that dam before and j
scaped, and the spectators conld scarcey
believe their eyes. There was still
;reat danger for the boat was likely to
le swamped at any moment or swept
lown the rapids. After various sug;e8tions
a rope was Btrptched across the
iver near the boat. The current is too
wift to wade, aud Mr. Henry Stanley
olunteered to pull himself by the rope I
mt to the boat. The current was too
trong for him, and he had to let ro,
>eing nearly drowned himself. Mr.
iimonson took his place, and after a
lard struggle succeeded in reaching the
rirls. He seized the younger one and
ought hiB way back to the shore safely
rith her in his arms. Then he started
or the other. She. however, was a
arger girl, and the first attempt to resme
her was unsuccessful. A long ladder
eas then found and stretched between
wo rocks, and with the aid of this and
he rope the girl wos safely got to the
,hore amid the cheers of the crowd on
he bank.
An Alligator's Meal.
While some of the hands were going
o their work in the field of Col. McLieod,
adjourning town, they discovered
i very large alligator making its way to
Hamburg lake. Ool. McLeod fired both
jarrels of a shotgun, loaded "with bnck(hotinto
its neck. Then a field hoe was
Drought up, but tho firBt blow shivered
;he stout pine helve. An axe was then
Drought, with which he was killed. An
examination showed that it had feasted
lpon e. hog's head, a turtle, and about a
peck of blackberries.. Though but fifteen
feet in length, it was the largest
?- t'n tVn'a nf ITInriila in f.liA
0 yc1 auilai ui vuio im v v* * avmmm .mv
Lakes or fresh water streams. The buckshot
did not penetrate the skin. No one
that we have met ever knew before that
alligators were fond of blackberries, and
bow one can manege to pick the berries
is still a mjntery.?Lak* City Reporter.
AH ULlKJL'JLfflL AGW XUttK KlUr.
How Rody-NnntchlnK add a ItlcdiCt
Htadent'a Joko Led to an Attack Uflo
a Hospital?The Trade Result.
A correspondent in a New York papt
writes as follows :
About the middle of April, 1788, tlier
was a clirnai of feeling in New Tor
against medical students who for a yea
paat had been rather reckless in bodj
snatching. So long as they dissccte
the remains of slates, or of the unfortt
nates who> came from Potter's field, n
one much cared. Bat a grate undf
protection of Trinity pariah even, an
several in the Greenwich street bnria
ground, much used by the Methodistf
had been despoiled. Thore was cons<
quently mtich talk tmd indignatio
about the outrages. ..Of ccrarae yoa r<
nember the Now York hospital tht
/r on ted West Pearl on Broadway. I
my father's time it occupied the bloc
to' Duane street and from its rea
windows was to bo had an almost unii
tertupted tie* of gfeGn fields and th
river. The medical school of ' Ooltin
bia'-^not long before called King's co.
lege?was attached to that, hospita
The college buildings remained nnt
about twenty years ago fronting o
Park place, and of course college an
hospital were contiguous. The front c
the hospital was said to be quite fine i
appearance; its grounds were finely lai
out With walks, shrubberies and treei
and dt the back there Was an ope
space that the boyS of tile period "Woul
play in. A young Bob Sawyer at He
Allen while dissecting one April affcei
noon?1 think the 19th?had opened
window for the sake of the rivet btee?(
and from thence out of mere joke hel
up an amputated arm to the Doyf
One of them?and observe the curiou
and appalling coincidences fate some
times prepared <wen as in the oase c
the two ftartisonsj father and sonmore
inquisitive than the rest, pulled
light ladder which was lying near an
erected it against the hospital wall, s
as to climb Up for a better View. Th
'sawbones,' still jocular, said ' SoUnj
don't that look like your mother's arm'
It was thoughtlessly said, but, curiou
enough, within a few months the boy'
mother had died. Full of this remar
and thinking Upon tfhat no doubt he ha
> J -/ ?
uearu OI reBiLrreui/iumouj tuo uujr umj.
ped from the ladder and went off to ?b
his father^ who was thet engaged i
laying brick cto a house in Falfcon streei
The father dropped his tools afid wan
up to the graveyfcrd that, I believe, wa
somewhere near the Lispenard meadowf
and, oddly enough, upon digging, th
body was not to be found.
It took but a brief time in |be littl
city to bruit about the whole affair. Th
workmen engaged with the father an
infuriated widower soon raised a smal
mob. The Btory was passed about a
son and father told it, and in an hoa
hospital grounds and the hospital itael
were filled iHtli tinihitlkillg and enrage
rioters, who, not cohtetit tHth drivin,
out affrighted stddents and keepers
practically rattled the bones and gutte
the musenms and laboratories. Intelli
gence was instantly sent to Mayor Jame
Dnane, Recorder Richard "Varick am
Sheriff Robert Boyd, and between ther
they raised a posne comitatus and wen
to the scene of riot. The poor maso:
declared that be recognized parts of th
remains of his wife; Whether in his el
citement he did or not could never b
verified; but there was no doubt tha
his wife had been dissected.
" The ptesfencfc of the authorities for
time allayed the disorder, but two of th
students had been roUghly handled am
were in danger of being killed. j\t;
father was then Lving with his owi
father in Dey street, and waa engaged i
home study when the news opme. H
immediately repaired to the College ail
found that the authorities thero wer
naturally excited also, and that some c
the medicals had been already locke
up for safe keeping in the jail tha
stood in the pai'k. It was the genera
imnreBfrion that more bother must coni
of it; therefore, thinking discretion til
better part of valor, my father goes t
the foot of Liberty street?where boat
were kept, and was sodt taken across t
Jersey, where etery day he got word a
to what went on.
" The evening of the riot was a fin
spring one, and there was no need c
any extra newspapers in those days
By tea time, deckwards, east, wesl
north and outwards were full of the oul
rage. It was ' Down with the hospital,
'Death to the gfave^atealefs, etc
Even women joined in the cry. Th
feeling was rampant also with many ii
ai . l- -ii? r\ _
toe ueuer ciuabu?. vreurgo uuuiuii wa
then governor. Alexander Hamilto:
was a sort of general peacemaker, a
was John Jav. There was in the ever
-ing a consultation of oitiisens and an
thorities at the house of the mayoi
who, I believe, then lived somewhere a
the foot of Chambers street. To ns
the medical phrase, they prognosed th
affair quite accurately, for in the mora
ing not a sudden but a preconcert?
riot began around the hospital. 0:
went the rioters to Columbia college t
seach for the bodies, and to the house
of all the physicians after mutilated re
mainB, but of course, found nothing ea
cept affrighted inmates. The few sta
dents and debtors who were inside wer
seriously frightened, aB at last becam
+V?n nntVini-ifioa "Wnf ajrar\ fTio olivinonp
of Hamilton nor the beloved face of Ja
could accomplish anything; Then Sherii
Boyd called out a company?of uni
formed militia, who marched np the par
fields and marched down again under
shower of stone, sticks and dirt, for a
yet they only had blank cartridge
served out. Next, a few more bein
added, the militia marched on the mo
again, only this time to lose their mus
kets. All day long the crowd assaulte
the doora of the old jail; but it was
strong old place, as revolutionary pris
oners had found, and well barricade
inside. Not until nine o'clock at nighl
was an effective force of militia convenec
but this tima the soldiers all had ba
cartridges. Even now there was hesitf
tionl John Jay being struck with
stone and knocked down, the mayor wc
about to order a fusilade, when Baro
Steuben, who hated mobs but deteste
the continental disregard of life by at
thorities, begged him to desist. But
remember my father would laugh whe
he repeated the tradition, eo doubt tru<
that while thus expostulating Baro
Steuben was himself hit. .when he in
mediately himself cried out: 1 Fire
And the volley came!
"The militia must have stood abot
where the city hall now does. Seven
were killed, but I dare say the numb<
was quoted at hundreds, and a few moi
were wounded; then the rest ran awa;
and the riot was over excepting in thof
mutterings which always follow sue
scenes. But the college remained clos<
for some weeks, and the medical branc
of it was not reopened until autumn, t
which time the dog dqys had killed ti
heat of the populace. Nevertheless tl
f - J --J ..4 lU*
sore ieeung reinuiuuu, iuu wu uu
eleotion four out of the seven alderme
were on the rioter-killing issne beaten
the polls, and a new sheriff, in the pe
son of Morinus Willett, was put
power."
The idea of the earwig introduou
itself into the human ear, and causii
madness or death, may be ranked amoi
vulgar errors. The wax seoretion of tl
ear is itself a sufflciei.*- guard agair
t.he entrance of an iiisoct. -whose natui
| via unniting i,ups unu tuswun,
Drinking from the same cmp by sevlI
j eral individuals is an old custom -which ]
n ! is still kept alive in Italy and in all parts c
j of trerdany, and is not unknown in En- c
>r | gland among those classes who are lovers a
of malt liquor and driflk it "from the j?
e pewter." When a friend meets another j t
k in a coffee house or tavern, the one who ; t
J"1 has already ordered something does not J
r- I issue a second order for his friend, but j
a i holds out the vessel to the new-comer, J
i-1 The (German krug and the English pew- a
o ter mug still show the popular feeling in t
favor of one large vessel for a friendly a
d patty, The formula of Salon politeness e
1- which consisted in two drinkers em- j
ploying the same >e?iel is well known, t
J- The first who drank said Wea heil
n (Here's health to you), and the one who
J- received the goblet before emptying it e
it oaid Drink heil (I drink your health), a
n Ifrom the "Soman de Ron" it appears c
k that this wils cuotomary among the f
tr English as late as the twelfth century, r
i- There were hanaps mounted oil one <j
e foot, in the form of a chalice, others i
i- were mounted on three feet, and others
1- still were made in the form of a bowl
\i or cup. Some were made witn covers,
il others Without, and the materials emn
ployed in their construction wore as
d varied as their shapes* The hanap was
>f particularly used by persons of hiph
n social position; the tankard with handle !
d being the more popular vessel. And
?, such was the ft ar of p~;son in the midn
die ages that a great personage was
i served from a hanap with a cover which
n cotlld bo used as a. vessel, from which
> CoVer the servant drank a little of the
a liquor, which he poured ffom the goblet
Jj for that purpose. These precautions
d ciledriy proved insufficient, and preserva>.
tives against poisoning were sought
s after under the most abstifd prejudices.
?- The fabulous animal known as the tini>f
corn or licorne was thought to be the i
- enemy of everything impure. People '
a fancied'that by causing their beverages
a to be served tnem in vases maue 01 iuo c
o horn of the magical beast, they could t
e easily detect the presence of poison in
their drink. Handles were made, as
?' they thtfught, of this material for c
s knives; for it was said that blood would f
s ezudo from horn and bone of the lieorne r
k when brought in contact with poisoned c
d meats. The long sword otihe narwhal 2
I- when brought to Europe was thought I
d to be the horn of the unicorn; and it is ?
n probable that fossil itory of many kinds 1
was also sold under the same name, c
t Well-appointed houses possessed a large 1
s nttmber of hanaps. The inventory, en- 1
i, grossed in l&fO, of the household of ?
e Charles V. of France, stifnamcd the
Wise, describes four gold hanaps and as
e many ewers, weighing in all nearly T
6 ninety-six marcs; and- 177 tankards of 1
3 gilded silvef, nearly all enameled and c
^ weighing in the aggregate 008 marcs of c
8 silver. Some or these vessels were pro*: *
r vided with air-tight covers, as they were 1
t intended to be carried about with already <
3 prepared drinks. Among northern na- 8
g tidna they were sometimes made of 3
. maple WOod atld boaufcifully carved.? f
d Scritmer's Magazine. j
s ' 1
d Bijalf Commits an Outrage. 1
? His honor hung up iuS coot on its ^
Q usual peg, after first removing from c
one of the tail Dockets a parcel, contain- ?
ing a banana and foar figs, but as he ! v
g teached to place bis hat on the hook a :
j. startled expression came to his eyes. I
Betreating back a step, and surveying | ,
a his old arm-chair from several sides at iJ
e once, his hair gradually worked up on i j1
endj his eyes took on a glassy look, and |1
he hoatsely Whispered: 8
Ya " Who has done this foul deed !" ' ?
Q , thereby hangs a tale. Bijah had been I *'
e | at work on that chair for twelve hours, i *
j In the goodness of his heart he had j 8
e purchased 194 fancy pictures, a bottle F
of niucilage, and ho had gone into kera- ;11
^ mics. Even while the Norwegian onions j 8
j on his farm wanted Water, and his two ; 8
,'i : strawberry plants were cailiDg on him : ?
e to come and rest their backs for an liour, i "
0 he was pasting lions' heads on the legs j ,
0 of that chait, and decorating each spin- i.
a die with a paper zebra or an alligator. j
0 When all was finished, he stood back . ^
8 and said: .
" I've p truck glory and gorgoousness J!
6 rigli' bittfeen the eyes ! His honor will j J1
look upon mo ttith renewed love, and i
, the boys will come to me to get their j a
.* theatrical poses." I?
? He had skulked behind the door to j11
? give his honor a chance to applaud and I c
j exclaim, and from his hiding place he ?
a ilflatd the words: ..
a "Who has-done this foul deed? ?
a What malicious-minded, stoop-shoul- ?
Q dered, bald-headed caitiff has spoiled a
a ohair which cost me six dollars ? Who 8
.. has dared to trifle with me ? Where is !
j
^ IflUl ptsreuil UULUCU J-?i J au (
The old janitor came out of his seclu- j
sioi^* His face was pale, his eyes looked ; &
e over the desk in the direction of New '
e Mexico, and he shambled along, instead | li
h of stepping out like a horse. ; o
3 "Mr. Joy," said his honor, as he;
ff looked down upon the shining pate, ; j,
0 "take that comic almanac?that hide- ic
s oneness?that sample of double-dyed '
villany ont of my sight, and bring me a ,
wood-seated chair! You are fixing your j
physical constitution for the gallows, 1 D
e sir!"
e Bijah made the change without a 8
e word in reply. Some folks can keep j
y their jaws still and let the heart explode. |
j Ho is one of the sort. He was seen j d
[. wiping his eyes on the stove-pipe in J c
k the corridor, bat that was the only sign. !
a ?Detroit Free Press. n
s ? ? d
8 The Homes ef Oar Forefathers,
g i ti
b The history of domestio architecture, ; 0
j- j says a writer in "Cassell's Popular Edu- j r
d I cator," in our own country illustrates
I ?_ _ manner the rise of i
fl I 1U U VCIjr Duuuiin
i- j civilization and the extinction of bar- M
d barism. We have not to travel back 71
y,t more than a few hundred years to find P
lt domestic comfort a thing entirely un- |
11 known, and the abodes of princes en- s
i- tirely destitute of conveyances which are
a now considered necessary in the house F
is of every peasant. Our Saxon foren
fathers lived in the rudest possible style, p
<3 The homes even of kings and lords con- t
i- sisted simply of one large apartment or d
I "hall," in which all the details of do- v
n mestic life were carried on by them- ! t
3, selves and their immediate attendants. !
n Privacy was a thing entirely UDkown. t
i- After the pursuits of the day?the ; j
|' chase or the fight?they assembled a
round the common board, taking place 1,
it according to their rank in the house- j'
al hold; and in the same apartment all ,
jr members of the household afterward J
re disposed themselves for sleep. It was 3
cr onlv occasionally that one end of the jc
39 common hall was separated trom tne ;
:h rest by a screen, affording a rude retir- ;I
>d ing chamber for the lord and lady of |
sh the house, with a few privileged attend-:
>y ants. Almost the only ont-offices attach- j'
~ aA tViA hnll wore the sheds or pens for
le the cattle and the swine. The clogs, ,
it more oherished, were allowed a place in j
m a corner of the hall itself; and another ,
at corner was frequently occupied by the ,
ir- store of provisions. Sometimes, how- j
in ever, the latter would be placed in receptacles
or cellars dug out under the ,
hall. Itsi,flooring was of earth, its walls
ig of wood and clay, and its roof of thatch.
lg For the admission of li^ht, openings
ig were left in the sides and olosed by
lie wicker-work when night came on; for
tot warmth a log fire was lighted in the cental
ter of the apartment, and the smoke es^
caped by holes in the roof.
X JLJ1IXU & X \7 JL JLVU.
A "Female Hercules," a native of
France, is to be seen in London. One
>f her feata is to lift an anvil by the hair
>f her head, and then have the same
tnvil placed on her bosom, while three
imiths forge a horseshoe with their
jammers, she talking and singing all
he while.
A little more than ten vears ago the .
Japanese army were still using bows
ma' arrows, and wearing armor*?; now
he soldiers use breech-loading rifles,
ind the government has recently adoptsd
the most potent weapon for the sup- \
>ressiou of rebellion?a just administraion
of the laws. . I
The rules of a ladies' club in War3Wj
Poland, declare that no member '
hall give more than $26 for a morning
Iress, $52 for an evening dress, or $6 <
or a bonnet, and that at each quarterly
neeting each member shall truthfully
leolare that she owes neither a milliner's
iot a dressmaker's bill. , .
The recent growth of Paris is in renarkable
contrast with former years.
!n the reign of Henry XI., during
he sixteenth century, it contained about
.2,000 houses. About 200 hundred 1
'ears later, in 1760, the number had ;
inlr innrflaafl^ tn 03 OAfl Tlf 1817. tVlftTA
eere but 26,751; in 1834, 29,000. In
.878, alter a lapse of only forty-four
rears, there were 75,274.
Mr. and Mrs. Flynn of Sidney, 0.,
lad been married only a few days when,
n the middle of the night, the husband
hought he heard a burglar hiding under
he bed. He arose quietly and armed lumelf
with a shotgun. The bride was asleep,
nth ?ne of hef feet tanging over the
idge of the bed. Flynn saw the foot,
,nd thought it was the burglar's face.
Che light was dim, and the foot mar
tave been unoommonly large. He fired,
hooting away three of Mrs. Flynn's
oee. ,
Of the 52,756,128 bushels of grain re- :
leived at - the six Atlantic seaports the
Irst four months of the year, New York .
eoeived 24,952,957 bushels, or 46.6 per
:ent.; Baltimore, 11,947,700 bushels, or J
!1.8 per cent.; Philadelphia, 11,558,890 !
mshels, or 21.1 per cent.; Boston, 4,- 1
172,552 bushels, or 9.1 per cent.; Port- :
and, 1,579,321 bushels, or 2.3 per
lent., and Montreal, 45,208 bushels, or j
?"? rt 1 mi. /?onf. TVio nviAinfn at l
COO UUOU V?A wuv# .wvv.r?
tfew Orleans hive been about the same 1
is Boston. '
I
In certain portions of our Wee tern ;
)lains, great " sinks," as they are called,
lave at times taken place. Few of them
an compare, however, with one that j
xjcurred near the village of Eragnignan, (
n the department of Var, about forty
oildfl north of Toulon, France. There, j
>ne day, an area of more that 10,000 .
qoare feet sank suddenly to a depth of .
.00 feet. The bottom of the hole tbus j
ormed was soon covered with water;
he hole itself is of an oval form. From
he sadden appearance of water at the <
jottom, it is supposed that the ground 1
tad been previously undermihded by a 1
ubterranean watercourse, which seems J
he more likely, since there is a record 1
'* ? oKnnf o (
ff Q BllilAAttT WUlUi(UJi(;u vuoi^o ntA/uv c
entury ago. 1
Some carious statements and calcuia- *
ions lately appeared in the London i
rimes correspondence as to the popular <
lotion of high numbers, such as mil- <
ions, billions, and trillions. Mr. Bes- ]
emer said .that he did not think any i
lear conception of a billion coold be i
ormed. Other correspondents gave the <
olio wing facts: A single thickness of <
overeigns spread over the floor of a
oom seventy-one feet six inches square j
s almost exactly one million. If, in- (
Lead of being neatly laid in rows, the j
overeigns are placed as closely as poesi- ]
lie, a million will just cover the floor of (
room sixty-seven feet six inches square. ?
Ir. M. Hawkins Johnson writes : j
'The difficulty of comprehending the j
lea of a billion is scarcely so great as j
Ir. Bessemer would have ns suppose, j
l shot one-tenth of an inch in'diameter
3 an idea readily grasped. It would
ake exactly one million of such shots
a make a ball ten inches in diameter,
nd a billion of such shots would make
globe eighty-three feet four inches
i diameter, which, although it may be
ailed large, is not beyond ordinary
omprehension." Mr. Lockwood writes:
1 In addition to Mr. Bessamer's dissecion
of a billion, it may be mentioned
bat fifteen persons may dine together a
illion times without twice sitting in the
ame relative position."
Fashion Notes.
China crape fichus tied on the breast
re the favorite wraps with young ladies.
A new dress trimming is velvet out in
ice pattern and embroidered with colred
silk.
Bonnets are trimmed without droopag
flowers or ribbons, and are very
ompact in appearance.
The stylish jacqueminot red, darker
ban cardinal, is much used for trimlings
of satin or of ribbon.
White satin vests are worn with blaok
renadines, which are trimmed with
>lack and white lace.
?'-v. /wwtnmps have the sash
iUttJLijr AAUiX vvw.u.?
rapery, revers upon the corsage, and
uffd elaborately embroidered in colors. ?
The great question now for the dressmaker,
in making the intricate princess (
jesses, is " where to put the pocket." (
Dressing sacques are made with a j
rench back, a single dart in front, and
rnamented with bows of light-colored 1
ibbon. j
Cambric dresses are now made up
rith as muoh pretension to being a la 1
xodc, as are toilettes of far more exensive
materials. I
Cambric costumes have basques, over- ,
kirts and demi-train underskirts, whicl} i
itter are finished with two or three j
ilea ted ruffles.
For young women no feathers are so ]
lopular as the soft willow dusters 1
ipped with gold or with straw, In their j
Iressy evening toilets these feathers are
?hite instead, and are dipped with pearl
teads. J
Plain black bonnets have a plaited
)ias scarf of bourrette grenadine around .
be crown; this is either black or beige,
,nd the strings are black satin, with old
;old lining. Some yellow flowers are alnost
universal on blaok chips.
The fashionable round hat for very
roung ladies to wear with short dresses
"* ofT-ont in a Miin T)prW with
""u """" r *
iquare tog to the crown, and for trmining
only a wide band of galloon and a
jinding to match; some stick in the
oand a wing or a bird's breastt or a
ihort bunoh of ostrich feathers.
Monday, while one of onr office boys
ivas at work at his case setting type, a
full-fledged potato bug made its appearwce
and began'crawling up towards the
:opy. After getting in close proximity to
the MSS. he stopped aud seemed to be
deeply interested. It seems almost incredible
that this bug could not wait
until Thursday to find out where the
potato fields are looa?ed.?Avon Herald.
" How nicely this corn popB !" said a
young man who was sitting with his
sweetheart before the fire. " Yes," she
/3omnrplv_ 11 It'fl ffOt OVCrlbO
II l..IJJ'UUUUU, UUJli U1
mg green.'1 j
Dead letters?D & 9
A hard case?Turtle shelL 9
Isn't it marder to kill time ? 9
A joint affair?Rheumatism. 9
Philadelphia has twenty hospital*. 9
The lawyer's paradise?Sioux City. 9
A pattern woman?The dressmaker. 9
Mr. Sitting Bull talks of going into 9
bankruptcy?Assets, scalps. H
An unpleasant sort af Arithmetic.? 9
Division among families. ; Hj
Oat meal is far richer in flesh-foraers 9
khan ordinary wheaten floor. H
Morning milk will often be poorer in 9
total solids than evening milk. H
Parents with a large family, all boys, 9
3an look on the sonny side of life. B
Pea-soup is one of the most economi- 9
oal and nutritious'articles (rf diet. H
Sea-otters kiss each other, and die fl
with grief at the loss of their young. 9
When a man loses five dollars he must mm
advertise if he wants to get a soent-of it. H
When does an M. O. display most n
physical strength? When he "moves" B
the house. 9
A statistician says that every man eats, H
on an average, eight bushels of wheat
per annum. g
"Stack tip, bat not proud," said the
butterfly, as he was pinned to the ride ;
of the showcase. &8ja
In every profession there is alwmi
room at the top. The big peaches in a
box find it out first.
Mosquito, fold ihy weary wings and
cross thy legs upon thy breaat; put up
thy bills and horns and thingB, and sink
into thy final rest!
Charley Birdsall, a little Troy (N. X)
boy, put a button in his ear, and diea from
that cause, all attempts to dislodge
the intruding object proving futile.
Fifty-one metals are known to exist,
thirty of which are known to have been
discovered within the present century.
Four hundred years ago but seven were
known.
On being asked why he went into
bankruptcy, he replied: "Well, my
Liabilities were large,my inabilities numsrous,
and my probabilities unpromising;
and so I thorfght Fd do as my J
neighbors do."
?t? J- ??h>4
mmmmtj uu juu AUVW n?xw ? -MXlargest
species of ants ? Ton shake ywur 1
head. Well, I will tell yon. They're
eleph-ante." Then mammasaid, "Mr
dear, I can give yon a question to maim ?
that, dan yon tell me what' relative kk v
very undesirable? Ton believe not
Well, it is a carb-unole."
The physicians of Baltimore have been
bring to decide whether a doctor may w
Advertise in the newspapers without degrading
the profession. It might have
been urged against advertising, that the
man wbo doesn't advertise always has more
time for solitary oommnnion with
laftoc^-NmSavmSesMer.
It is a curious fact that Shakespeare's
illusions to fish are most numerous in
the various parts of " Henry IV." In
bis other playB he mentions herring ^
seven times, eel four, luoe twice, pike
once, salmon, cod, trout, minnow, twioe
3ach; mackerel, gurnard,daoe, gudgeon,
loach, tench, and shark onoe each.
The ancient Egyptians possessed the
irt of cutting cameos to a degree of
licety which we are utterly unable t J
ipproximate, They knew the relative
liametera of the earth and moon. They
possessed the art of tempering oopper *
io as to cut the hardest granite. Wria
is a lost art to us. Hero, the Egyptian
angineer, is said to have made a steam
engine. *
The telescope owes its discovery to an ,
iccident Two little- boys, sons of
i spectacle maker in Holland, while t*
their father was at dinner ohanoed to
look at a distant steeple through two
aye-glasses, placed one before the other. ' .j
rhey found the steeple brought much
aearer the shop windows. They told
iheir (pther the ciroumstanoe and it led
jo a course of experiments which ended * .
in the telesoope. > '
The wooden leg used by Benedict Araold,
the notorious man of Bevolutioir- .
iry times, is now the property of Dr.
Jerome Whitoomb, a resident of Boetoc,
Mass., who received it from a man on
iiis death-bed, who confessed that one
}f his relations had robbed Arnold'a
grave, and that the wooden pedal ap-.
pendage had been stolen "for the fun of
:he thing," and kept in the family as
jurions article that recalled remembrances
to the various members of the
'amily of the days of their ancestors.
Samuel Kearney was physically the
best man in Mendota, Illinois. Hit
strength and endurance were remark*Die,
and his powers gained for him the
jfflce of oons table. Mrs. Sheahan, a
young widow, was almost equally famine
as an athlete. These two werejonpled
in oourtship, and the appropriiteness
of their pairing seemed olear;
ret it lead-to a fearful tragedy. Eearley
was overbearing in his conduct, and
>ne day he attempted, playfully at first,
0 compel Mrs. Sneahan to sit in a chair..
J he resisted, and the athletic lovers were . .
oon engaged in an angry struggle*
vearney was unable to overoome the
>owerful woman by fair means, and,. in* - .
1 frenzy of rage, he shot at her, chased1
ler out of the house, and killed her with
l knife. Then he committed suicide.
BEE-KEEPER 8 ASSOCIATION. .
3ome where the clover is kissed by the son;
3ome where the honey-bees drowsily hum; ...
3ome where the bumble-bee, happy old thing,
3rings op the boys with s sting-a-ling ting!
Precious old bamble-bee, bird of my youth,
Sharper thy tail than the arrows of troth.
low oft, when the school-boy steps into yoixr
realm, "
Ton knock him stone blind with a touch at
your helm. /
low oft, when the picnicing children of
LU6D , . ^ * *
Hit down at the door of your grass-covered den, .
t'ou will kick a big man 'cross a ten acre lot
3e the lift of yonr foot when its heated fed
hot!
Par worse than the candidate's buzzing to me
?Vaa the petulant buzz of the boy-hating bee;
Appalling to men and to god* was the sight ?
(Vhen a hard footed boy got a bnmbW-bee *
bite.
Bee of the humble, like memory's
rhe notea of your bagpipe call np the. ola
times; * \
knd still boyish hearts, light as birds on the
wing. ' * '.
Will howl when yon tinkle your sting-a-ling
ting.
Burlington Hawkeyt.
State Fairs.
The following places and dates are
appointed for State fairs to be held next
autnmn : .
American Institute, New York.8ep^. li,Nov. 23
California, Sacramento ? .Sept 18, 21
Colorado, Denver .v. Sept 48
Connecticut, Hartford.- .-Sept. 10jJ3
Dakota, Sept 10^13
Georgia, Macon 2
Illinois, Freeport rSept. re,"21
Indiana, Indianapolis, Sept. w, Oct 3
Iowa. Cedar Rapids Sept 16, 20
Miohigan, Detroit ...Sept 16, 20
Minnesota, Minneapolis... 8ept. 2, 7
Missouri, Madis in 8ept. 9, 18
Nebraska. Lincoln..'. Sept, 23, 27
New England, Worcester, Mass.,..Sept .3,, 6
New Jersoy, Waverly '. Sept 16, -20
Vnu- Vnrk. Elmira.... Sept, 9," 18
Ohio Colnmbns Sept. v, w
Oregon, Salem -..Oct. 10, 18
St. Louis Association, St. L?uis,Mo.Oot. 7, 13
Toxax, Auxtin Oct 39, Nov. 3
Texas. Houston.. Oct. 33, 36
Virsioia, Richmond. Oct 39, Nor- 1
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