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WILSON AND W. C. BENET. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 1878. r ' : .: : , ;;;v%' NO.
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? *,-?*< ... Husband and Wife.
MV HTT8BA3ID.
Who in my youth said, "Dearest, come,
And with me o'er the wide world roam if?
.Wft.MJi/.a <i My husband.
. , t*S** 1?.' -^C f?VV W?
Who gently led me in the way, t-..'. s.
toblMsHedar "
That took me from my home awayfc
9** husband.
'awl* *?* i - .--tV .
' VmU Mil MnmA ma Mi lnnnv im.
76 afcfeld me from impending harm ??
? My husband.
r Who at tot token of distress,
mm*! restlessness. .
Oft soothes me by his fond caress ??
H irtS/ : :i ;-i My husband.
Who, if long, watchful nights there be, . i
When sleep?sweet sleep?won't oome to me,
Will keep awake tor company?? "?-t
* ft?4- My husband.
YWhot.irfjen If' with each nerve unstrung,
Next morn move round my cares among,
;rjTl shouBlfret, would ? hold his tongue ?"
' C ' My husband.
When, if in htste, to mar otfir bliss . . j ? '
One word is thoughtless said amiss, .
Who asks forgiTenees with a kiss ??
. /Z?'' -Js *'! ' .. . My husband.
Who through all changing soenes of life,
Tbe bright, the dark, the peaoe, the strife,
Would call me naught bat " precious wife
K' t" ' Myhusband.
. n>2 _? ; *? m-'ti :?
When on the oonoh of suffering laid,
With throbbing pulse and aohing head,
Who anxious watches round my bed??
My husband.
Who, when of kindred dear bereft,
Andmy sad heart in twain is oleft,,
Proves that my dearest friend is left ?? ,.
_ taslwmd.
K Witngnei anaxeaxs,, And
through the gloom no star appears,
I. Who cheers my heart and wipes my tears ??
I " $Z\ T - ''s< My husband.
- tfOw, when I've done]with all below,. <
' *^And death * dark waters round me flow,
r Wcald^fain with me o'er Jordan go?? J
My husband.
my wnk ..
.? A ' . T ?: ?* >' *
J<? > BBSPOXtUS TO HZB STANZAS, " MY HCHBAh'D,'
' Whit maiden, in the days of yore, Smote
me with moot tremendous power, _
' 3nSMBg pangs unknown before ??
- My wife.
li'sjin * a .t*
Who pitied me in my distress,
And, by one simple little ? Yes,1* ?
f^ged'#jft>oe to blessednessj^ . j
. > My wife.
Who did, with look almost divine,
Mj goal In cords of love entwine, .'/j
And gave her priceless heart for mine ??
: w'' - ..i' *'v^w* . i
i* : ' Who.to the alter went with me,
- tOMijSoiartg aglow with ecstasy,
And my good angel vowed to be.?? ' \ ' j
My wife, j:
%hpy?inoelto the alter led >'f.'V
K?M? Mil MM> nM
W???h^a wim^ iy? AoJ ?? . j
$*'our pilgrimage bolow 'K '.'" j
.y,,:1fta6heere3with smiles the parage through, ,
<. And ever faithful proved and true??
- --r - ... My wife. ,
When pressed with sorrow, toil and cares,
"Who all my grief and trouble shares,
. And half at least my burden bears ?? '
My wife.
When tempests rage and billows roll, ,
And human passionB spurn control,
Who calms the tumult of my soul ??
My wife. j
. I
' ; When storms are boshed and Bkies are bright,
j And shadows dark are changed to light,
' ' Who joys with me in sweet delight ??
My wife. !
: Who was in y^nth th'admired of men; i
: Bnt now, at threescore years and tea,
Is far more beantifoi than then ?? <
My wife.
Aa down life's ragged steep I go,
With careful, trembling steps and slow,
... Who clings to me and helps me throngh ?? j
' " 'J*11*'9* '
Will meet me on blest Canaan's shore,
And sing with me for evermore ?? I.
My wife. <
' ?Harper's Magazine. ]
; ' CHAEITT AT HOME, ,
The Forbes girls had been at a recep- <
i- tion, and were just stepping into their
S oarriage when they saw Nelly Bigelow 1
coming np the street. j
"Drive on home, Thomas; we will 1
% *' walk. ? Oh, Kelly !?such an age since
r "iPMtov you! Ton must go ahopping '
? W&wF "
?* The three had been school-girls to- ?
r v gather, and had nover forgotten their old
? " friendships, although- now they seldom ]
met. Jenny and Dora Forbes were lead- 1
era in a fashionable oircle of society, 1
. while Nelly was a teacher in one of the
~i-mibHc schools.;
delicate silk-and-velvet costumes
of the two first contrasted oddly with ?
a Nelly's coarse waterproof suit. But the '
Forbes girls seemed never to think of ^
that, though Nelly, with all her good i
'*v sense, thought of it, and straggled
' lttlvely not to care. ]
At the corner a wretched deformed (
I. lad tried to sell them some papers. j
Dora's oheeks flashed and her eyes i
.-4Qled. "Ton poor child!" she said, j
handing him some money. "See, girls! ]
this is oertainly no impostor."
:& Jenny also gave him some money, t nt
HeDystoo3 motionless. <
/: "Do you think we were deceived? i
>?.. Perhaps you don't approve of giving
alms on the street?" they said, eagerly, 1
appealing to her for advice just as when 1
they were at school.
"2 have no right to an opinion," said
. Kelly. " ..v i
' Jiffie sisters exchanged significant
guanoes.
" Thev think it is meanness in me."
Nellv. ft
IflljPffowe topiy for it Wfifle die
still held it, a white-haired old lady, a
friend of the Forbes es, approached
? " Ah, girls, just in time to help in a
good work! Tiiose poor people burned
ont last night,?forty families. I have
ft subscription-paper here; how mnch
v .. ' .
,:t:l^n't^nt^onr names down. Just
cannot make a contribution," die
large one,?we don't ask
evecrybody^o ^give; like those dear girls,
SMI. ??mot arive anvthine to-dav."
an embarnned Bilenoe for
ESi&SW minutes as tbe^walked up the
Wm street togetha^:gw Do? and Jenny
soon forgot the incident, and were as
gay and affectionate as before.
" What are von going to do to-morrow,
Nelly ?" said Dora. " It is a legal holiday,
Mid of course jour school mnst be
closed.-, I wish yon would come and
spend the day with us. We are going
to drive out on the Wissahickon in the
afternoon, and have tea and n dance in
the Sybil boat-house in the evening.
MM. _ i * _ A*
xne Doys are memoers 01 ine ciiid, you
know, and it is their plan. They have
been busy decorating the boat-house all
the week. Augustine is to furnish the
6upper, and mamma is to chaperone us.
You positively must come, Nell."
m " There will not bo more than a
dozen," began Jenny, eagerly, " and no
?no dressing," hesitating; " just plain
walking-dresses. Say you will come,
NeUy was only eighteen. And a
drive all the afternoon in the park, with
a dance, and perhaps Dora's handsome
cadet brother as a partner t It was long
since she had had any glimpse of pleasure.
And then?it would not cost anythfifr
* How could she resist ?
"I think I can go," she said, her eyes
sparkling. " I will determine this evening,
and send you a note by mail."
Asthegirls left her, she noticed how
people glanced at them with a smile of
pleasure. With their airy dresses,
sweet, innocent faces and light-hearted
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YUHMD) ion aou BUODi iiuKiuanu aa
they .'passed. Nelly was young and
pretty as they, yet nobody looked after
her with pleasure.
"t give nothing away?not even
smiles," she thought, as she walked
wearily home. In her purse was her
quarter's salary. There was not a penny
of .it which was not approprioted?so
much for groceries, so much for the
boys' clothes and shoes, not a penny left
to give away.
The Bigelows were wholly dependent
on Nelly's earnings and her father's
salary as -fcook-keeper, and the supply
was scant. She saw many a poor oreature
in need of help, and it galled her
intolerably that she had nothing to give.
"Whatwas it that Dora had said?"
she mused, as she walked along. " Nobody
so poor that they cannot give
;# 4.1. ??
OVU1QUUU5 11 UUOJ VUWOOt
Tiie words rung in her ears as Bhe
went into the bare little dining-room
where the family were seated a tsupper.
It was not a hilarious assemblage.
Mr. Bigelow was a" thin old
man, who talked in monosyllables to his
children. His shabby coat was buttoned
with an air of impregnable dignity.
Nelly remembered as in a dream, that
when her mother was alive she had seen
him joke and laugh heartily. But since
her mother had gone, he had grown life*
less, silent and old. Hib children, even
Nelly, shrank from his cold blue eye.
When her mother lived the tea-table
bad been bright and merry?no matter
how poor the fare. Now Thad and Joe
were squabbling in whispers over the
3ry bread and stewed apples, while Alice
grumbled outright.
" You got your pay to-day, Nell. We
might have something better than starvation
diet."
Nellv winced as if she had been
struck. How hopelessly rough and
ralgar Alice and the boys were growing 1
3urely it was not her fault. She worked
bard for them all day, and when she
same home in the evening with her
uervous headache, they betook themselves
to the street for companions.
" Where are you going to-morrow,
boys ?" she said, gently. " It is a holi-1
3ay, you know."
" You bet we know!" Tliey nudged
each other and giggled. " Big goingson
to-morrow. Never you mind."
" What will you do, Alice?"
" Follow the parades, I reckon," tossing
her head.
Her mother's daughter tramping about
the streets in a crowd of half drunken
men t Nelly looked at tfce boys with a
searching gaze. They had honest, manly
faces, but hard and defiant lines were
already coming into them.
She sat silent a long time. The drive
i>n the Wissahickon and the dance ! It
was not easy to shut the door on that
iream of delight. At last she looked up
aheerfully.
"What do you say, children, to a pic
aio? .Early stare, Dig ovuceir, Doac no
Rockland, fishing,?all kinds of fan."
"Nelly!"
" Do you mean it ?"
The children started up. " We never
aid such a thing!" cried Alice. "I
never was farther out of town thau the
water-works in my life!"
" Oh, Ally, that cannot be true!"
"Yes, it is true.' You don't take any
jare of me, or you would know. Nobody
does?since mamma died." The
shild's lips trembled.
" I will take care of you now, little
sister," said Nelly, putting her arm
ironnd her. " Well, what do you say,
toys?"
Thad ana Joe looked at each other.
14 Wo made a sort of engagement," said
rhad; " but we'd rather go with you,
md?we will go," he added, resolately.
Mr. Bigelow had left the table and
vandered aimlessly to the window. Nely
ran after him and caught his hand. It
nras like caressing a wooden statue.
VPapa,?you will go with us?"
" i, iMeuy, on a parsjr ui pieuourc i
He stared down at her. The color
ictually rose into his withered cheek.
Yon don't think I could, my child?
fou do not want a poor old man like
ne?"
Something in his look revealed to Nely
the truth,?the utter loneliness of the j
>ld man's life, the hungry craving for
love and companionship, which she had
lever given him. She held his hand in
lers a moment, stroking it, and then
dosed it. She could not speak.
"Iwill go, my child."
Her father's voice was strangely altered.
He went into his own room, and
lid not oome out again.
Nelly was busy until late in the night.
There was a tongue to boil, and a certain
kind of cookies to bake. The boys
hovered over hejr, happy, meddling at
every turn, but singularly gentle and
affectionate.
" Mother used to make this kind of
cakee. Arn't they nice ?"
Alice had her sleeves rolled up and her
apron on. Never was anybody more
?-? ? ? i.? 4.
Dusy or more luipuinuiii, juneu
and laughed, and made more fan out of
thepaokiugof a basket than was ever
made .since time began. Bat her heart
was sore within her. What a trifle was
needed to make these children happy,
and to bind them to homo! How solitary
and cheerless her father's life had been
these many years 1 A little out-spoken
love, a little cheerfulness, was all that
was needed, and she had been blind to
it all these years!
The picnic was a very simple matter.
People who can aiford pleasure every
day would have laughed at it. They
went out to the park in the horse cars.
Then they sailed up the broad, bright
river to Bockland. Then Mr. Bigelow
'innd a. dark nnol. and ricreed Hib old
rods, and taught the boys how to fish.
They found out he had been a famous
fisherman in his day. He told wonderful
stories of old exploits, brought up
old iokes, and was not a little vain of the
boys' shouts of applause. ... Jl
The children actually never had heard
their father talk before. They felt thcrp
knew him for the first time. Thad was
moved to confide his scrapes with the
"ffoHyi teacher to him, and little Joe fell
asleep with hie head on his knee.' j_
"Don't take him away, Nelly," era
the old man, when she wonld have re
i moved liim. "If only my children
wonld come closer to me in this way!
Perhaps they will." Al
Nelly left Alioe to preside over the
' dinner. She spread it on a big rock.
Her father and the boys kindled a fire, Ba
and Mr. Bigelow cooked the three fish St
' they had canght. wi
Yon never heard snch jokes and laugh- lil
ing?you] never saw people with snch H
ravenons appetites I After dinner fl<
Thad, who had a very sweet little pipe di
oi a voice, sang some songs; and then he
Mr. Bigelow asked them if they knew gi
"The Bay of Biscay, oh!" and sang it. T1
It was moonlight when they came tb
home, floating down the river between bt
the dark, wooded banks. Nelly sat with fo:
Alice olinging to her. "Ton are the beet oh
Bister in the world!" said the child. th
Her father took her hand in his. "It ri]
halfeen one of the happiest days of my
lifejNelly. I thought my children cared in
nothing for me, but I shall never be to
alone again." ne
Years have passed since that day. is
Thad and Joe are now sturdy young fr<
fellows, and engaged in business. Alice cii
is a gentle, bright-faced girl. Nelly is a an
happy wife ana mother. Her old father th
site by her- fireside, and her children are th
his pete and darlings. There has not lai
been'an hour in which she has not
striven in little ways to make others cr<
happy. But she never forgets that first M<
day when she learned the lesson of self- 1ft
sacrifice, nor the tone of her father's Oc
voice as he said, "I Bhall never be alone Jo
amii).?Youth's Companion. hit
' * gi1
Toys at the Exposition. E?
A Paris correspondent, describing the 0j
various matters of interest in the French ]ftl
section of the Exposition, says: But its jjfl
great attraction is the extensive and re- 0y
markably ingenious display of mechan- ?
ical toys. Here are dolts that, on being m(
wound up, swim around in a tank of
water, making every requisite movement p](
of legs, arms, hands and feet, diving and
treading water, exactly as if they were go
trained human swimmers; and a pea*
cock that walks slowly across the table,
turning its neck and head from side' to crc
side, and slowly expanding and then* ja.
gradually dosing' its gorgeous tail; and ^
elephants that walk about with howdahs ~n
on their backs, and put out their flexi- ya
ble trunks for food m the most natural jg ]
manner; and scenes in the Jardin dC Ac- we
climatation, where other elephants ^
march around bearing a load of passen- ^
gers, the men stroking their mustaches, ^
the women dandling babies and waving ^
parasols, the children gesticulating with ]
rlnlifrVit. aa fViAxr trn And Via nfrmn to
snatch a bonnet from a girl's head, who 0^,
looks np and complains to her mamma, ^ j
who scolds the keeper; -while dacks ^01
swim about in the brook of real water
and cranes flap their wings and poke
their bills, and reindeer graze and calves fee
suckle, and a lion grins, growls and As
roars, jast as they do in the garden,
" Madame's reception" shows a sump- ^
tuous drawing-room, with a dozen ladies ve,
dressed in the extreme of fashion, every ^
detail of dress elaborated to perfection, tjia
while they admire and criticise each Kri!
other's toilets, pour out and drink ^ 1
chocolate, pay respects and make p0]
adieuz in the most graceful manner. fee
There is a little beauty, half life-size,
exquisitely dressed, who bows, nods,
shrugs, curtseys, flirts fan and contemplates
her glass, until you are almost rj
sure she is alive. There are animals teu
that play on drums and harps, and do 8a?
actually draw thin little tunes from gi?
them. And a whole array of featheied
warblers, in cages and on springs, that tur
make the section resound with what t,ei
every one fancies to be bird musio until j^jj
they approach near and see that it is <jis
marvelous mechanism. There are dolls a}],
that speak whole sentences, and boys' q0'
toys, beautiful parks of real tiny artil- c^(
lery that can shoot, and perfect sabres,
and muskets, and hunting apparatus. gW(
The toy department is constantly po,
thronged with delighted, wondering ~^(
adults and screaming, enthusiastic chil- ^
IUCU, J
A Bonanza in the Missouri. hoi
In the Missouri below this point, an<
writes a Bismarck (Dakota) correspon- pe<
dent, is a bonanza amounting to $110, lov
000 in gold. In 1854, opposite Bis- pre
marck, there was massacred a boat-load vei
of miners returning from Montana, noi
They had in the bottom of their flat or of
mackinaw $110,000. There were eight- me
CPU uiiuciDi a wviuou ouu unw gum vw
They stopped a short time at Fort Bert- ]
hold, and were there warned by P. P. exi
Girard against going on at that time, as
Girard was the trader at Berthold. The ate
Indians down the river were bad, and fat]
the prospect of trouble good. The mi- waj
ners, however, declined the advice, and tha
thonght they would push out for the nol
next landing. They had with them a km
little cannon and plenty of arms. An 1
Indian afterwards related to Girard the mo
story of their fate. When they were wh
nearly opposite the present site of Bis- arc
marck they ran into an Indian trap. On to
the east bank of the river the Indians ohi
appeared and fired a volley into the cor
boat. The miners steered over to the po<
west side to escape the range. Up rose all
from behind a sandbank near the wa- thr
ter's edge another and more numerous hai
band. The first volley killed the whole ten
crew except one man wounded and the doi
woman and girls. The cannon was fired not
nnno anil nmr ??nt. tViA Knal Amvninir (ini
the survivors. The Indians pulled the pot
boat ashore, found little or nothing, and the
then pnBhed her into the stream to float
on to her wreck. Girard says he never
sees anything in the Missouri that looks
like a lost boat without thinking of the 1
Montana mackinaw and her gold. He hai
has always been on the lookout for the hal
wreck, as he believes the gold was so leo
securely boxed up that it is still intact, sig
and if found the treasure could be res- rtd
cued. It is somewhere between Bis- a s
marck and the Gulf, imbedded in the bil
sand and mud. Some dredging boat or dri
lucky fisherman may drop on it. Girard Vii
still looks for it, and he's a sensible ev<
man. The probability is that the hidden lar
bonanza is not far from Bismarck. soi
i kn
Words or Wisdom. .Dt
Denying a fault doubles it.
Knavery is the worst trade. by
Qniet conscience gives sleep. sh<
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does not speak. ty.
Ignorance has no light; error follows
a false one. ^ *
S )me people look at everything, yet
really see nothing. 0?
Be happy if yon can, but do not despise
those who aro otherwise, for you ral
know not their troubles.
One act of beneficence, one act of pli
real usefulness, is worth all the ab- ga
stract sentiment in the world. . an
The art of exalting lowliness and
_ ? j. i i:iiu ii.* - ? nil
givinggreametHi iu utub urnign in uue
of the nobleBt functions of genias. w?
Often the grand meanings of faces
as well as written words, may be chiefly in
the impressions of those who look on
them. 3
Man's value is in proportion to what
he has courageously suffered, as the
value of the steel blade is in propor- st
tion to the tempering it has undergone, th
' ... Manners are the shadows of virtues; hi
the momentary display of those qual- pe
f- itiea '^ch our fellow creatures love to
' and respect. If we strive to beoome, tt
what wo strive to appear, inamif-rs or
LAND AT THE NORTH POLE.
i Interesting Theory Developed by the
WHdUcese.
The Virginia City (Nev.) Enterprise
ys: About four years ago a farmer of
irprise Valley found in the crop of a
lid goose a quantity of wild grain, the
ce of which he had never before seen,
e planted this grain, and it grew and
rarished, producing more than a hun'aA
Wd Thfl nfcraw miJ beardless
sad are said to resemble wheat, while the
ain looks like rye, bat is twice as large,
le farmer has now many bushels of
is cereal, and hqp sent samples of it to
t planted in tartans places in Oali*
rma, where food for cattle is not easily
itained at some seasons, as the stalk of
e new grain, when it is thoroughly
pe, makes excellent hay.
An old sailor, of this city, after read
g an item which has been going the
nndsof the papers in regard to the
w cereal, the substance of which item
given above, finds his memory reished.
It briaga to his recollection a
comstonce he had almost forgotten,
d has set him to. thinking. He has
onght it all oat, and is now firmly of
e opinion that there is an inhabitable
id at the north pole. i
The old man says he was one of the
9w of the Investigator, Captain
uOlnre, which sailed from England in i
50, in company with the Enterprise, j
imxnander Collison, in search of Sir j
hn Franklin, and he certainly has in <
i Bowwiw cneof theAiptio medals ,
ren by the English Admiralty to all ;
rsons engaged in these Polar expedi- J
ns from 1818 to 1855. In September '
that vear the Investigator readied a J
id which Captain MoCJlure named j
ring's Land, and three days after j
ler land, which he named after Prince j
bert, where abont the last of the ]
rath they were frozen in. ,
While in the last named land, the ex- {
vers observed many wOd geese and <
ler water-fowl flying southward. \
me of the geese stopped at the place ]
ere the ship lay and several were ,
led by members of tneerew. in toe j
>psof eomeof these geese he recol- .
ts to hav4 seen, and marveled at j
>mg, a considerable quantity of a ,
lin such as the new cereal of Surprise j
Hey is said to be. As no snoh grain j
known in the temperate zone, and as ,
have no aoconnt of a grain of the <
id being fonnd in any mown region i
the world, he is of the opinion that i
> geese obtained It In a region lying (
>nt the open polar sea.
le says no man has yet gone so Jar j
rthbnthehas fonnd wild geese and j
ler water-fowl flying still farther ?
the northward. As the geese are nn- ,
lbtedly wending their way to a well- j
5wn stopping place far to the north, <
ire must be something for them to j
d noon at the point where they stop, j
wild geese no more live on fish than
tame ones, there must be, in the
ratry to which they go, grass and
fetation similar to that found in the
iperate regions. The wild geese
,t bait on the Pacific coast make the
in fields their feeding plaoe, and it
lot likely that in the land abont the
le their nature is so changed that they
d upon mosses or fish.
Humorist anil Beggar.
[hose who knew John Phoenix (Lieuant
Derby)?knew him as we did,
s a San Francisco paper?will be
d to read the following striking anece,
so characteristic of his noble nae.
All who knew Derby will remem:
that there was nothing abont him
i or his humor resembling those sour, :
contented, practical jokers so natur- ,
j and justly tabooed in society, j
od nature and good fellowship he j
(risked; and beyond these, save in (
i way of harmless mirth, he never t
arved. It was not in him. . His \
?rer of face was something wonderful, {
1 this is sufficiently tested by the (
jedote. ,
le was sitting'one evening in the [
jsts' lolling-room of the old Oriental ,
? - - liiti - I.. I
161, Wiien a unue oeggar gui vamo iu,
I with the keen discernment of little
>ple in general, noticed his childing,
benevolent countenance, and ap>ached
him, asking alms. She was
7 young, innocent-looking, and had
le of the j uvenile whine of persistency
most young mendicants, whom one
ets in the streets and in the halls of
r public hotels.
?h<enix at once assumed a mournfu
>ression of face, and began to talk,
it were, confidentially and affectionly
to her. He told her that his
tier was long since dead, and that he
i now left entirely alone in the world;
It he was then but a little boy, with
inriv in look to. and often had not
jwn where to sleep at night.
The little girl's blue eyes began to ]
isten; the lolling guests, most of ]
om knew Lieutenant Derby, gathered f
rand; when what was their surprise <
see the poor, sympathetic beggar- j
Id go close up to him, and, in a (juiet, |
ifldential way, take out of the inside j
sket of her soiled and tattered frock, (
the money which she had gathered, t
ough the day, and place it in his j
id. It is needless to say that the j
der-hearted and courageous little ]
ior of her hard day's earnings had ]
; only her small, yet great benefao- j
i restored, but went away with great i
isessions, educed from the pockets of i
I HjmpHbUCI/U; UJTDUUIUUDi
I
Idiosyncraeies or Men of Genius.
Host geniuses and men of great talent j
76 been known for some peculiar j
ait or striking idiosynoracy. Napo- i
n would tremble with fear at the j
ht of a oat. General Elliott, of Gib- j
ter f; jae, was always accompanied by j
core of them. Johnson liked to im- (
>e floods of tea or wine. Forson j
ink everything that came in his way. ]
siting once a friend's house, when <
jning came they desired to feed the 1
up,'but the bottle was empty. Por- <
1 had drank the spirits on the sly, not |
owing it was intended for the lamp, j
>u glas Jerrold could not bear the smell ;
apples. Cavendish hated women. If <
met one of ma own lemaie servants <
accident in any part of the house, t
a was instantly dismissed. Garriok i
>s vain almost to the degree of insani- i
, Rousseau was vain and could not <
ite except when dressed as a fop.
tlwer Lytton, it is said, would write
st when dressed in a conrt suit,
firlborongh was a miser, mended his
to stockings to save paying for it, and '
mid walk home ever so late at night <
fcher than pay for a "chair." Napo- <
>n did his " thinking" and formed his i
ems for conquest while pacing in a ]
rden, shrugging his shoulders now <
d then as if to help and " compress" I
ought. When Thiers was engaged in ]
s long and oratorical displays he al- i
ivs had beside him a supply of rnm i
a coffee. The ooffee he got direct
>m Mecca. Oibson dictated while j
liking in his room, like Scott and many
hers. Moliere wrote with his knees
>ar the fire, and Bacon liked to study <
a small room, whicli, he said, helped
m to oondense his thoughts, George
ephensou used to lie in bed for two or
ree days, the better to " think out"
I plftn. It would be better if many
lople do this who have much thinking
do, as rest favors abstraction and
ought?<tad those-who have not a vig- 1
ous circulation find the supply of
ood in the brain assisted by a recummt
position.?London World^g^^
location of Manufactories.
In looking over the manufaotnring industries
of the United States, many
oaz&ras fhings might he observed in the
grouping of industries. There are towns
that have peculiar facilities for procuring
certain fabrications, as for instance,
Pittsburgh is by Nature provided with
coal and ores within easy reach for the
production of iron and steel. Syracuse
with Saline springs for the production
of salt, and Haverstraw, N. Y., with
suitable clay for the manufacture of red
brick; but what special adaptation Troy
originally possessed for the manufacture
of shirts, collars and cuffs, or Worcester
for the manufacture of machinery, we
have been unable to discover. Certain
it is those cities have become famous
each for the special productions herein
oited, and according to present indications
they are likely to maintain their
advanced positions. Way up in the
north of Massachusetts, is the quiet vil.
lage of Gardner, which ranks as the
greatest place for chair making in America,
though there are a hundred other
towns where both lumber and transportation
could be procured as well Waterbury,
Oonn., is ahead of any other town
- '* * '? " ? '--a
in tiie woria in ine craanuiy 01 oruas ana
oopper annually rolled out into sheets,
thongh the metal to feed her hungry
furnaces must .be obtained many hundred
miles away. If Miss Flora McFlimsy
could trace the elegant French
silk of her new dress back to the loom
upon which it was woven, she would
often have to foflow it no further than
Paterson, N. JJ> " the Lyons of Amarica,"
where more silk is produced than
in all the reafcof our country, and of as
good a texture M any imported. It is
)old at the factory for a domestic artiole,
but the enterprising shopkeeper knows
full well that Miss Flora would turn up
tier delicato little nose at the suggestion
>f robing her graceful form in anything
but a foreign fabric, and the goods pass
>ver the Counter at a high price as navngcome
from the other side of the Atlantic.
Gloversville, N. Y., enjoys the
iistinction of making gloves and mittens
Can ? 1n??n nt tliia rrvaab nafinn
.w 19 AM50 fcivui^vi wiio^iuitiruowviir
Although far from being a large town,
;t contains dozens of factories regularly
mgaged in preparing clothing for the
lands. Turning to carpets, we find
shut the most part of them made in this'
sountry come from a single ward of the
peat manufacturing city of Philadel>hia.
The competition of English carlets
in our markets has passed by long
igo. The paper-making business is oenred
in Holyoke, Mass., and Westfield is
he crack place , for whips. Taunton,
tfass., surpasses all other towns in the
iroduction of tacks, and Attleboro in
iheap jewelry. Lynn is a city of boot
md shoemakers, and in aggregate proluction
is only exceeded by Philadelphia.
The old Bay State has more leadng
towns for special manufactures than
iny other in the Union. Danbury,
3onn., is noted for making more bats
han any other American town; and
omewhere in the broad meadowB of the
Connecticut Valley is the little village
>f Eastliampton, whose praises are rung
n every clime as the greatest bell mak
"mm Hift imnnn
U{? uuiuo vu I/uio muv vt vuv vwxm
tferiden, Conn., stands first and forenoet
in the manufacture of silver-plated
rare, while New Britain bears the palm
or turning out builders' herdware. It
Seth Boyden, of Newark, N. J.,
;hat discovered the process of making
iuameled leather, and in that city its
nanufaoture is carried on to the greatist
extent. Trenton eomes to the front
is the chief crockery making city, while
Pittsburgh, not content with being the
[ron City, make&by far, the most glass.
Wheeling, West Va., stands first in the
iroduction of cut nails. Lowell and
foil Biver strive with each other for the
nastery in producing the greatest
imount of cotton goods, while Albany
ind Troy contend with each other for
ihe supremacy in the manufacture of
itovee. But why do manufacturing
istablishments of the same kind congregate
in one place where no special
iJnanlnira ariofn f?f MITvinff Oil that.
particular kind of business?
The success of one pioneer induces
)thers to follow him, not onlj in imitatng
the industry, but in pitching upon
i location.
Again, skilled workmen. are easy to
>btun near other factories of the same
cind, and this may outweigh the disid
vantages of close competition. The
act most strongly apparent in the rise
ind progress of our various manufacinres
is that enterprise, energy and tact
ire more essential to success than the
latural advantages of a location.?American
Machinist.
Cigar Ships.
The Baltimore tfunsays: It is doubtess
the popular impression, both in
Baltimore and elsewhere, that the cigarihaped
steamers whioh Mr. Winans, the
celebrated inventor who died recently,
hvented were abandoned as impracticable
soon after their first trial; but such
Is not the case. For the past thirteen
)r fourteen years experiments with these
iteameis have been actively carried on
in England, and voyages have been made
. w 1 I- -I wmM
in tnem to tuidub uuh> w ?? kh>l
most notably to the North and Mediterranean
seas, where the; have been specially
on trial. They are perfect as far
is speed and exemption from rolling
ind pitching are concerned, and it is
probaole that when they are sufficiently
satisfactory in other respects they will
brought into practical use. Mr.
Winans' idea was to have a big steam
ferry and cross the Atlantic without regard
to weather, fog or ice, with the
regularity of railroad trains, making the
trip in summer or winter in less than
six days. An immense steamer was to
i)e constructed one-half larger than the
Gtreat Eastern?1,200 feet long?the
pioneer in this new advancement in
lavigation. Mr. Winans had perfeot
confidence in the storm-defying qualities
of his steamers, and, in replying to
mentions concerning those qualified*
;ions, used to say that they could stand
my weather that had ever been made
pet, without regard to hurricanes and
jyclones, though he supposed snoh'
jould be made especially for their detraction.
On account of the immense
rize of these intended steamers, there
was to be a special port of entry in each
Bountry.
A Strange Hydrophobia Cure.
Many years ago Noah Hatch, of North'
ainberlaud, a wealthy farmer, had three
or four children bitten by a rabid dog.
On the first symptom of rabies in the
children he started for the ocean. Portland
was the nearest point, and 125 miles
distant, but he reached it in about
t.ventv hours by a frequent change of i
' ? it-- _vn
dorses, ana immeuinwijr pun wo vuu(Jren
on board a sailing oraft and took
them ont a short distance, and, fastening
weights to them, three times sank them
in the sea, keeping them under as long
as was safe without extinguishing life.
The effect of the submerging was the
sure of the ohildren. Alpha, one of the
bitten ohildren, had hydrophobia
spasms, and would soap her teeth, froth
at the mouth and bark like a dog before
rAnnhincr Portland. This individual.
now nearly seventy-five years old, resides
in Betblehem, and Mrs. Charlotte
Waters, now living in Stratford, was one
of bitten children. The dog that
[bit the children bit several animals that
TIMELY TOPICS.
Pare silver clocks from Pera are fea<
tares at the Paris show.
A New York photographer has sold
310,000 likenesses of aotors and actresses
in three years.
According to the Pekin (China) Gazette,
the telephono was invented by
Knag Fo Whing, who flourished in the
tenth century.
General Pleasanton has not given up
his blue glass theory, but lectured
recently on the subject at the Jefferson
Medical College in Philadelphia.
American silver quarters axe cut is
two by the Mexicans, and freely circulated
as " bits" (twelve and a half cents)
on the Bio Grande frontier.
mi _ " ? ff.1 _ m - it. il.
mere is a lerriDie i amine m toe bouw
em part of Morocco, caused by drought.
The inhabitants are said to be so reduced
that they resemble living skeletons.
The heat in the lower levels of the
Nevada silver mines is intense. At a
depth of 1,900 feet, where the temperature
was 136 degrees, three men died
recently from exhaustion.
The famine in India is slowly dying
out everywhere, the survivors are recovering
health and strength, and the small
qnantitiefrof food imported show that
the people have a sufficiency of grain.
Large quantities of coarse straw
wrapping-paper are shipped from New
York to Cuba and Europe to be used in
he manufaotare of cigars. It is there
saturated with tobacco juice and passes
for leaf tobacco.
TVifl Mamnhts Avalanche, notices the
interesting and significant fact that of
all the bankrupts who have lately filed
their applications in the United StateB
Olerk's office in that city, none ever
advertised their business.
It is proposed to erect in Central Park
a statue of William 0 nil en Bryant, to be
placed near that of Mazzini, the unveiling
of which was the indirect cause of
Mr. Bryant's death. Mayor Ely is asked
to become the treasurer of the necessary
fund, and toreoeive subscriptions of five
cents and upwards.
The cheapest railroad in the world is
that in East Friesland, connecting the
village of Westerstede with the Olden*
berg-Leer Bailway. It is five miles
long, of two feet five and a half inches
guage, and was built by the rural population
M the distriot at a cost of about
$50,000.
In the obituary oolumns of a single
Philadelphia paper appealed in one week
recently the names of sixteen persons
who had lived to or beyond the advanced
age of eighty years, among them being
Madame Heloise Ferti, one hundred
years; Lydia Sanders, ninety-seven, and
Hester Colflesli, ninety-three, the average
of the sixteen being eighty-nine
years and nine months.
A young girl in Cleveland, 0., went
toiied recently with strong eyes and in
excellent health. Daring the night she
felt "a sort of pricking" for a second or
two about her eyes, and then a snap, as
if something hod broken. These sensations
were accompanied by no pain,
and after they had passed away there
was no uncomfortable feeling about the
eyes. In the morning she was stone
blind.
A moderate amount of fat is generally
considered evidence of good health.
Abont one-twentieth part of the weight
of a man and the sixteenth of a woman
is considered the normal proportion. Its
office, aside from its value in giving
symmetry to the figure, is to prevent
the rapia escape of animal heat, and
also to supply the waste of tissue from
sickness, unusual exertion and temporary
deprivation of food.
It is seldom that a newspaper editor
in so fortunate as the co-e1itor and ooproprietor
of the Manchesser (England)
Examiner. Some months ago he received
a last offer of 020,000 a year to
join the editorial staff of the London
Times, and about the same time $22,000
by the London Neiva on the same terms.
The owners of the Examiner, however,
offered him an equal partnership in that
paper, which yields him $80,000 a year
and independence.
Hawthorne, had he been living, would
have found riob suggestion lor oneei
his beautiful semi-supernatural sketches
in a little incident that is related in connection
with the poet Bryant's fatal fall.
A costly steel portrait of the poet has
hung for some time in an office in Pittsfield,
N. Y., and on the very afternoon
that Bryant met with the acoident which
resulted in his death, the cord which
held the picture gave -way, causing it to
fall to the floor, shattering the frame
i*nd glass and injuring the picture. >
Mrs. Nancy E. Olem, notorious
through a murder trial and acquittal in
Indianapolis, is again under arrest
After her escape from the gallows she
turned her attention very successfully
to swindling. Her mode was to make
rich people believe that she was enrrarraJ
in onmfl BAo.rflk but exceedincrlv
profitable business, and offer, purely an
a favor, to invest some of their money
in tlie mythical enterprise. She thus
obtained from six dupes an aggregate of
about $20,000.
The commerce of the United States
with Japan dates from the year 1859. In
that year it amounted to but 6296. The
following year it was less than $200,000,
and up. to 1865 it had not reached
$350,000 per annum. In the fiscal year
1866 the total exchanges suddenly increased
to $2,300,000, and in 1873 their
value reached $17,300,000. The following
year their was a decline to $8,350,000,
and since then an increase has again
taken place to $1G,600,000 in 1876 and
and 1877. Very great fluctuations, it
will 1m nhaenred. have taken place dur?
ing this short period.
Two men the other day drovo up to
tho door of Henry Hanschell, a merchant
in Edwardsville, 111., and requested
the privilege of depositing a box they
had with them in the house for the
night, which was refused, but they were
allowed to place it in the store. The'
nest morning the men calied for the
box, but the storekeeper .had missed a
pie ae of cloth from his counter, and on
further examination he found that he
had been robbed of $500. and consequently
refused to let them have the
box. The storekeeper obtained assistance,
secured the two men and opened
flifi box. when lo I out jumped a man,
and inlhe box were found the money,
goods, etc., which bad been stolen.
The territory of Karategin, which belonged
formerly to Kokhand, has been
ceded by Russia to Bokhara. Karategin,
with the smaller territories of Dorwa,
Wachia, and Shugnau, as well as the
greater part of Kogistar, adjoin immediately
the platean of Pamir, the highest
in the world. Karategin, which is completely
isolated in winter, and has in
tercoarse only daring summer with the,
neighboring territories, has never yet
been approaohed by a European. The
habits and customs of the inhabitants
[ are described as those of a completely
. primitive state. They have no conception
of measure or weight?no fairs,
booths, caravanserais, or any institution
of public life. Theft is unknown among
| them. They carry on the breeding of
cattle, have little agriculture, and au is,
so to speak, common property. If
provisions are wanting in one family,
their neighbors help them.
i A man was sentenced to State Prison
i for life at Zanesville, 0., last week for a
murder Which was proved against him
in peculiar circumstances. In June
t 1876 a farmer named Brook was found
lying dead with a shot-gun wound in
i one eye and a gun lying by him.: A
verdict oz suiciae was renaerea, ana uxe
body was buried. Suspicions were
however aroused against his farm hand,
named Moorehead, of wbom he had beea
jealous, and last February the body was
taken up and it was found that there
had been two wonnds in the head; one
made by a bullet from a rifle entering
! from behinfl; and the other made by a
, shot-gun discharged into the lflffc<ip&:
A flattened bullet and several shot were
found in the brain; the bullet had been
pierced with one or more shot, entering
on the convex side, which pointed to the '
faot that it had been first in the head,
and lodged in snch a position that the
shot on entering had perforated
Moorehead was arrested and tried with
the result as given above.
Fashion Notes.
Knife plaiting is still much worn.
Large gold pins are worn in the hair.
(Sold braid straw is used for bonnets.
Silver back-combs are again fashionable.
" ' '
Parasols are bordered with thick silk
oords.
Lace mitts are in light colors as well
as black. . . '
Oolored embroidery is worn on white
costumes. ' 1
Golden thistles are used for trimming
straw hats.
Parasols have round tops and are of :
medium size. ,
Underwear is now trimmed with'colored
embroidery. . I
Dress skirts are gradually getting fuller
at the back. . i
The leading styles in fans are made
entirely or wooa.
Beads are used even on the flounces of
imported dresses. :
The most stylish slippers are without ;
bows or buckles.
The bridegroom now wears a weddingring
as well as the bride. 1
The furore for embroidering exceeds
^hat of any previous season.
Buttons correspond with the beaded
trimmings in color and beauty.
Lovely bows of narrow satin, in three
oolors, are worn at the throat. ' <
Filigree silver bracelets are shaped i
like a cuff and nearly as wide. - ; i
Grenadine dresses for house wear have 1
the sleeves made without linings.
Ostrioh and willow feathers, tipped ,
with pearl beads, are very popular
White chip bonnets are bordered with
pearl beads; black chip ones with jet.
Black kid gloves are worn with light*
colored toilets for dinner and receptions.
Summer-dresses, if worn without overskirts,
are made fuller than formerly.
Flower bonnets will be worn all summer,
but fine flowers will have the preference.
New mantelets have long square tabs
in front, and reach only to the belt in
the back. ;
What will we have next? Square
umbrellas are now worn in some parts
of London.
Belted blouse waists and blouse polonaises
take the lead for percale and cambric
dresses.
Straw hats are dyed to match the dress
they are worn with; others are silvered
or gilded.
Stockings for wearing with slippers
are of solid colors, richly embroidered
on the instep.
A kilt skirt, to hang well and gracefully,
must always be short enough to
dear the ground.
Diamond stars, real or imitation, disposed
of here and there among the hair,
are very effective.
For trimming country hats heathe
buttercups, daisy buds and such flowers,
are very pretty.
Half-flowing sleeves with old-fashioned
lace undersleeves are seen on some of
the new costumes. .
Linen dresses will be trimmed with
gallon, in which red, blue, yellow and
black are combined.
Many black suits are trimmed with
small gilt buttons, especially those with
which a vest is worn.
Coachman's livery is the name of one
of the fashionable colors; it is also known
as noisette?hazelnut.
- A novel bonnet is composed entirely of
hnnntiAft fll nnrnle manes. with green |
feavea and tendrils intermixed. . " j
A band of blaok velvet an inoh wide, <
with pendant ornament, is one of the j
favorite necklaces worn by young ladies, j
The latest device for a lace broooh is
in the shape of the point of a peacock 1
feather, the colors being outlined with ]
rabies emeralds and diamonds.
Splendid evening toilets are of the j
fashionable tont vieil, or dark gold.
This shade is extremely becoming to '
brunettes, and has taken the place of '
cream color. j
Rough straw hats and bonnets look j
well nicely braided or with pipings of ,
velvet between the braids. Black pearls ,
set in dead gold are the latest style of ,
scarf-pin for gentleman.
A Homely Cure for Dyspepsia.
Here is rather a curions remedy, says 1
Cassell'a Family Magazine,but in many t
awes a very certain one, for the cure of 1
indigestion. It is simply the cultivation <
of a habit of chewing, while ont of doors, i
different kinds of green leaves and swal
lowing the juice. One can always coll (
a leaf from a hedge, of bush, as one ]
passes. Almost all are good that are 1
not nauseons, such as the ivy, or poi- j
bouous, as the laurel leaf. One of the <
latter, however, is a capital thing where i
there is slight irritation of the stomach. '
The chewing of leaves cures dyspepsia, j
principally, I believe, by increasing the I
flow of thesalitary j nice, and partly by ]
the tonic or stimulating action of the i
leaf chewed. The leaves that occur to i
me at present as most likely to be bene- i
Atrial are those of the nine trees, spruce i
or Scotch fir, blackthorn, currant and <
rose bushes, mint, the petals of many i
flowers, the stalks, of mountain daisies, 1
the white portion of rushes, the bark of
many young trees, and the tender part
of the stalks of green wheat, oats, or al- j
most any of the larger grasses; but your i
own taste must in a great measure guide j
you, if you eleot to make trial of my
? 1? T n? hnvavAr fViftt ]
rtJiUOUY* A DUVWU ""Jf ?"?'
the chewing is better to take place be- i
fore or between meals than immediately <
THE FIRST STEAMBOAT VOYAGE.
Fulton'a Trip up the Hadwi from New Yerfc
te Albany in 1807. ?
Three score and three years have rolled
by since Fulton died, at the age of
forty-nine, eight years after the trial
trip of the Clermont on the Hudson
river, from New York to Albany?<
first practical demonstration that steam
conld be applied to the propulsion of;
vessels with entire sncoess. -Of those
who enjoyed the piivilege of being on
the Clermont's deck before the
during the trip or just after the arrival*';
at Albany, there is but one alive, and he
was carried in his mother's arms atthe
time, being only., two years old. Hisj,
personal remembrance of the event. of.
course, does, not amount to much, but he
has nevertheless a store of information
concerningi'fhe trip, not in the posses- ;
Sion of anybody else, for as soon as he '
became old >f noughfrto realize the importance
of the matter fci^jaaturalj^;: >
sought with more assiduity than a per
win Inan 'ii??>
hibit for facts pertaining to the oesasion. ;
on a visit to 'this city. M^Fr?emaiS| \
in his seventy-third year,-white-haired,; ^
but fresh-looking and vigorous,; j
"The event Is like a dream to me,"' <
says Mtr. Freeman,'- ProbabIy>i)CT
memory would now be unable to-imicjir ;
it bnt for the constant rehearsals of the
scenes and incidents made to me' in my
youth. These impressefl^iftxe
i
oasion left a more faithful pioture than
unassisted tradition or histonftcould *
paint upon a memory less allied toifhe l
tfommmm'' -v t
?' TKa flrnf af^Am (nt 11A took fi
keal and 16$ feet beamVi^lrimand 11
handsome enough, excepting the boilers, I
machinery and smokestack, which weri#j||
rude cumbrous and of extremely formid- 11
able appearance. The side wheel, too, 1
was a clumsy affai^qnoavere<l?and with !:
twelve huge paddles, held in their place
by a ring half way between&fteir ex- | i
tremities and the hub, that sent water | j
eplashing npon the deck with every I ?
revolution. - '- The top of the smokestack |1
was about thirty feet above the deck? I
nearly as high as the two masts, from
the rear, one of which floated the stars c
andikJtfe. .... r
" Hours before she started-* great i
multitude had assembled -ilong theil
wharfs to witness the expected inglorious I
ending of what was generally known as 1
'Fulton's Polly.' Cries of .'God help j
you, Bobby T . Bring us bacfraofaip of |1
the Nortii role!' A fool and ins money
are soon p&rtedl' et<v,were frequenjf,'
load and annoying. Fnltonjliowevei# 1
knew that the crowd were sincere in
their ridicule, and,with a confident smiley*; <
went on snperintending preparations for l
the start, as if he knew tfitf-tciumph <
would presently more than overbalance !
the sneers, jibes and cat-calls of the i
vulgar, and the pitying manners of the 1
more refined. -Smoke issues froitf-ther i
stack; the hawser is drawn in; the side# j
wheel quivers; it slowly revolves; Ful- j
ton's own hand at. the helm tarns out j
the bow; he is pale, but still confident ]
and self-poBsessed; the Clermont moves '"i
ant into the stream, the pondrous ma- j
shinery thumping and groaning, the
heel frantically ppVK^pr ?* the staok
belching like ft volcano; but-the Oler- *
mont steadily moves; all aboard siring !
their hate in the air. and give cheer j
that is immediately taken np by ihe en- 1
tare multitude on land; the Penney!* I
eanian has triumphed, am the hitherto 1
incredulous and mocking populace of "
New York are the flrst to do him honor; *
the crowd remain oheering him on the
piers until flie Clermont is out of sight ?
ap-the Hudson." - . >i v t
Mr. Freeman says that the boat ar- c
rived at Albany on September 17, thirty- I
lix hours after starting from New York, ?
[t had not been oontinually in motion, i
;he party having stopped at the residence s
>f Chancellor Livingston on the way up. ii
Fhe speed was at the rate of five miles ?
m hour. The appearance of the strange
reesel as she steamed up the river had a e
remarkable effect even in daytime, upon r
ihe crews of craft passing by, for oom- 1
oarativelv few of the skippers coming v
town could, in those days of slow mail', f
rad no telegraph, have been prepared to fc
moounter such an oddity; but at night f]
ihe Olermont spread consternation and o
ierror on all sides. It was very dark, a
md the fires were fed with dry, white $
pine wood, which, when stirred, would n
iend np columns of flame and sparks ^
from the mouth of the tall stack. 'This ^
vtaIaavia mntnniv C
HflKWI ' TWMUU| IHWTMIQ u
ihrough the darkness up the middle of y
;he river and aooompanied by the rum- 3
sling and groaning of the hard-laboring j
nachinerv, was well oaloolated to strike ?
?rror into the hearts of sailors on the n
(loops and other oraft ooming down with B
jrain and general farm produce, who
iad never heard of any motive power for
ressel^ except wind, and who, withal,
vere extremely superstitious.
" My father and others told me," says *
Mr. Freeman, "that whole crews pros- ?
rated themselves upon their knees and ?
aesought Divine Providenoe to proteot ?
hem from the horfible monster that ?
vas marching on the tides and lighting ?
? ?j ii l? ?? w
ipjLVB pttuiwojr Mjr iio lura. 9I
When the members of the Freeman
amilywent aboard .the Clermont, upon *
its arrival at Albany, Mrs. Freeman ob- *
served a workman emerging from the *
jngine room?a place very suggestive to 0
aer of the infernal regions?carrying in
lis hands a ladle filled with molten lead, t
(Vith this he proceeded to stop np holes ?
friiose presence here and there in the C
rude machinery was indicated by escap* *
ng steam. Captain Freeman then I1
learned that the workman had been *
rasily employed doing the same thing '
jver since the Clermont had left New *
fork. The people of Albany had been ?
ipprised of the arrival in advance, and o
;he whole town turned oat to receive *
Fulton and his steamboat, giving them f
in enthusiastic reception. After a short *
Olmmnni Mfnmo^fn WavV/n>1r \
MMJ HUU V'WiSriMt W Aivn 4W*M|
nabinf? the trip in thirty-four hours.? *
Philadelphia Times.
Queen 8 ware.
In England the beginnings of the pot?ry
manufacture are enveloped in obicurity,
but for the last two centuries it
las centered in Staffordshire. A kind
)f earthenware called delf, from the
place of its origin, in Holland, was
largely ^made in that district in the
seventeenth centnry. This was so improved
by Josiah Wedgewood, nearly
two hundred years ago, that when Queen
inne became one of his patrons Ibe
jailed it " Queens ware," a name it still
retains; and now along the valley of the ?
Frent there are more than two hundred t
potteries, whose products are pnshed
by English mercantile energy lo every
part of- the world where British commerce
penetrates. The peculiar combinations
of clay discovered by Wedgenrood
are still one of the secrets in the
immense establishment continued by his
a? TW* iiiaflv /Kklla
IBBPCmumiiiO# lUit uiouowuv
Josiah Wedgewood one of the greatest
benefactors of the English people.
The Persian shah is accompanied'to
Paris by a suite consisting of fifty persons,
including servants. He inhabits
;he apartments used by the Emperor of
Brazil and Prince Henry of the Netherlands.
"Twenty-four rooms and saloons
ire placed at his disposal, and a special
jbief employed to undertake the cuisine
;j Mem who make money?Counterfeitr:
AsU^oontains iialf the people of the
our ganerals-T reriew the
Oil of emnamon will cause the di*p?
What fertile moot unfortunate vegetable
they could have onboard a ship ??
Aled^?
Where one man makes money at short
hand writing two men can make money
by cutting short their talk.
i^ffistory gives Italian merchants the
orad^efbeing the first to practice bookkeeping
with anything like system.
IJfce immense amoont of 15,000,000
pounds of dynamite ia nun pr.xiaoed
annually in the United States and Eu- I
/There are ae nuo^M fifty-sever theaters
in LofljSop, as well as 6n?iundred
iJ.U mW?pp?LLBii; llHUO| VI CBAX puvo oiAV4
In some parts of Algeria the women,
even the poorest, are permitted to show
only one aya^jjlhe other features being
entirely concealed.
^'Letting the oat out of the bag"
originated Iff oonntrymen bringing to
and .tqriug to sell it to
greenhorns for * young pig. / j
We never know the true value of
Mends. While they live we are too
lg is aaa vViati vn Vmvn
oet them we onlj see their virtue?.
An Icelandic newspaperispublished at
Q-imlij 100 miles north, of Winnipeg, in
Keewatin, British America. It ia called
the Frampari, which means progru-.Thomas
Jeflenori signed the comniislion
of venerable William Wertenbaker,
iow eighty, who has been hbrariaji of
he University of Virginia for fifty-two
no aired a visiter. '' 'His"name was Wilndsinoe
then we have called him Fitz
Onoe in a while the young man with
he circus porter collar creeps aadlv out
f his hole, exhibits himself, gaze* helpess
around aniOjpoindettlijvaguely what
le was made forf%nd disappears.
E;Anpinsoription on a newly erected
ombstone in Brompton Cemetery, Lonlon,
has caused some scandal. After
he reoord of the fact of the death of a
roung lady of seventeen, it was added
hat she had died "the victim of her
nother's temperfig
Jtk-. i.?.
rjpmgnam oweqgii?T|iaiiiw? w viuiujjimpjpn
Brittany; tulle to a city in the
louth of France; gatize to Gaza, in Palatine;
muslin to Mossoul, iu Abie
Vlinor; and" mohair is so called because
t waa orifrinally made in Asia Minor
rom the hiur ofa goat called "Mo."
lijp 1647 an* ordinance passed both
louses of Parliament by virtue of whiah
he theaters in London were to be dismantled
and suppressed, all actors of
)lays to be publicly whipped, and all
pectators and playgoers, for every ofense,
condemned to forfeit five abillfngs.
An exchange saji]that- "doing basiiess
without advertising is like winking
fc? pretty girl with green- goggles on/'
3ut there is some little diffictllly about
E statement. In She tot plaoe, a
i who doesn't advertise doenn't do any
iness to speak of, and pretty girls
to; not in the habit of wearing green
mdl^ear denotes 'fickleness. a deormed
ear denotes a freak of nature. A
roppe^jar; denotes a irea* 01 jobw^.
fer||ip0(mg^B6part'all* ma*ticatid
is ft sign that a Chicago editor has
U&. If ears are of unequal
fee,tydf|
n ani|
roken headlb? What is ioy ? To count IS
our money anl find it IB a inractred '
ollars more than you expect
nowledget TO bo atnyJSom hom^i<^j
'hen people come to borrow books and pM
mbreUai, -What is
it in the house and see others stuck
, i- J
I Two Etoriiahnmirece I
ne had a license, the other.- hadn'^At^l
eeper approached, and the one that had
license ran away. The keeper ma a^f^
rood <9 l
ued over about a mile and a hall oW.;' 4
ice ploughedjj&elds. At last the keeper^*?]
lot Hp to ttt^v .imaimv^ , &*;> I
TOiei jnwrTlnmenW I
Then why the ^eucQ-'-affil yort"jhinS3yl
way?" "Oh, rm fond efr?xercis6,"
nswered the manV*1*ll don't you think
U-La_ ?l.? 6 w
At Grand Lake, New Brunswick, these j
rhose greafc-great-grandaftightefev
rasherwomau, who waits upon himjjifl
rat three feet, lacking an Sghth of m
ach in height. He has a great-grsa^^'J
langhter, who does not live with hin^-^^1
fho is just three feet tall, bnt whoes^i
heat weight of 292 ponndi renders h?t|^l
pants her from standing on bsar T^^l
B9SP mm mum milium
The editors a most-fascinating emloyment,
does not require any previous :7 duoation^
or ^separation, and^jg^ ?:
t loading edU^ia tonodve eoacmoiir:X/
ribes tor leading artiolee; to tMmP&X
heaters, ooncerts and other jplacee of
>ublio resort, occupying the beirtplac^J^
I course, and to inform political leadeifefrff
low they should regulate aflairfco^Ay jjl
istant editors and reporters, who are carce
at $365 a>ek, garnmOrmm^k
our hours a day, whar#oy are no
way on vacations, havef^ffee passes
very where, and twMMsnre of their fVompany
is oontended for by the elite of ?
he cily.?Boston Bulletin, <, .
HIS FIBflT MVt
nmiijir ?2?g&'
Meeting you W?p?l ?> f . ,
IosTptSfcr,
8ixty-two. _ " JKIJK,
We were eating, Ho^K'
jasa??' ifiwa*...
i ?SSL. ?'ujjoti.r
You weretSiy; _Inthe_w*y.
lou were blushing? wna? a omtdb
So was I; Vanished than?
I was smitten, (Yon were seven,
80 were 70a; Iwastio.)
(All that's written That was many
Here is true.) Years ago?
Anv money ? Dont let anyikuv-v.