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ML VI - ^*&W8Q&^!p . VBHHHuBinnBHI . ^-/- sspr^''5f"^T/ ' ~ " i ' - . BY HUGH WILSON AND W. C. BENET. " ABBEVILLE, S. 0., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 18^8. NO. 10. VOLUME XXVL*g||j A Year Ago. Wt trod the clover-blossoms under foot Sieneith the hawthorn's scented summer enow. ^ "We breathed the spicy air of balmy Jane A year ago. We stood, hand-clasped, beneath the orchid- , boughs, While twilight silvered the soft, whisp'ring ; wave; We watched the falling stars of summer nights < .. *. ' A year ago. :I . ' j We saw the winter sunrise flash the skies And brighten all the crystal fairy-land; j We saw the crimson sunset stain the Bnow A year ago. , W? saw the stars in winter splendor burn, While a pale crescent trembled in the west; ' And all the northern heavens were shot with ' fire ! A year ago. I walk the sodden autumn ways alone, ( While yellowing leaves fall sadly. Are they those 1 Which robed with rose and gold the waving 1 ? wiwub 1 A. year ago? j I stand alone beneath the leaden skies, i Beside the sullen waves. Did their bine depths 1 And Bhining ripples give back mirth for mirth i A"yearago? > Is NatnrA nhftn&p/l V nv i > (Via in me ? ^ Or is ?ll change ?nm:n.a in that worl ''alone?" Or t^o&t dead past whose requiem is the moan, ^ A year ago? ] A year ago toe faced the coming year* Together?hoping?loving. I remain, Remembering love that ended, hope that died, c A year ago ? ?Appletoris Journal MY MISS LAURA. ! ? When twelve yenrg old my mother's (j^th^mad^^e an orphM^igoor and I " "^"friendless. M^ssLaura De Neale found r me one day, crying _bitterly, took com- f< passion on. me and brought me to het c home. "Miss Laura's mother was an in- t< valid and the care of the house devolved e njK>'n Miss Knox, the housekeeper. n I had been there a year when the Rev. I "Mr. Walderon, the rector of St. Paul's li became a frequent visitor, and at last *b Miss Laura's accepted lover. He was fi not handsome, but yet a man of splendid g presence; and, because of his love for n my mistress, and for his commanding v figure and noble bearing, I came to look v up to him with reverence, almost with e worship. o Four vears slipped by. One day MiBs Knox told me that Miss Laura's cousin, tl Philip Lansing, had returned from c abroad. She also informed me that lie I and Miss Laura had once been lovers; h that he wanted her to run off, but she tl refused. He was heir to millions and a bound body and soul *to his uncle, a Mikr Laura was too poor to please the p old man, and having a spirit of her own si she refused to marry the nephew. The weeks passed on. I began to notice a change in Miss Laura. She had tl not been wont to Bit brooding over her h thoughts, but she did now. I notioed tl that her cousin often called in the early morniner. and that she SDent mnch time I with him; that when he had gone, she ti was pale, preoccupied?in fact, entirely t] unlike herself. I also saw that she went ''??ofteaer to her money deek, and some- h thing weighed upon her spirits; that y now and then she went out in a sort of disguise; tut I dared not even conjec- n ture, though my mini was full of terrible misgivings. ? r One night I sat up waiting for her till the clock struck eleven. I knew the ri rector had gone sometime before, and a was wondering what bad become of Miss a Laura, when the door flew open and she ti came in. Her face was startlingly pale, and her ^ eyes, unnaturally large, seemed to scin- j* tillate with quick flery flashes. For a " moment I was frightened, but at sight 0 of me her countenance changed. She r( ?J i ?.!_ n uuuuou auu ouiutsu iu uer owu pretty fashion; then, going straight to the mirror, she suddenly gloomed again, and ^ began, in an absorbed way, to pull the e pins out of her hair. 8 "Won't you let me do that for you, Mirj Laura ?" I asked. 8 "Not now?I'm in a hurry; my hair e| /is so heavy! it hurts me?my head has a ached all the evening. Yon may do it r up for the night?there! now, my dressing-gown, child?the easy-chair?that is * comfortable. I don't often keep you np so late, Renie. How cold your hands ?' are!" al It was not that my hands were oold? it was that her head was hot, it throbbed *c heavily at the temples, and it almost seemed as if the thick, warm masses of 81 golden brown palpitated as they fell 81 over my arm, in rioh, unrestrained luxuriance. P At length the long coil was combed and carefully fastened just above the ? nape of the shapely neck. * ?Anas mil ao, sne saici, almost lm- * patiently, for I lingered. "I can get along myself now." \ ?( Then I heard one quick, passionate fsob, but her face was hidden from me, for she had thrown both arms over her head, and the drapery concealed her features. ? I left her reluctantly, feeling that 11 trouble had come?trouble between my n beautiful mis trees and the rector of St. S Paul's. fiWas it on aocount of her hand- " some oousin ? Vainly I tried to sleep. r< The ghastly fancy that she was sobbing on the other Bide, of the wall haunted 1 81 me. What if she still loved Philip jei Lansing ? The grave, proud face of Mr. | 81 ? Walderon seemed to lighten in its dis-1 0 dain pa I caught myself acting the part of ^Jiiss Laura in an imaginary dramatic [ ? efJiBTi/tA ho 1 p. Amine thft fhat. fViA *1 oman he loved had been wooed, almost v won, and thrown aside, and that still her " heart throbbed at sight of her old lover. e On awaking the following morning, I 8 fonnd the sun shining broadly in my ^ room. Miss Laura was an early riser, and must have rung for me. Hastily t dressing, I hurried to her room. She was up, sitting in the great arm-chair ii listlessly, like one dreaming with op$n g eyes. t Did you ring for me ?" I asked, s "I ? Yes. I believe I did," she re- o plied, with a start. "Dress me as quick- n ly as you can," she added, with forced li quiet; "I will have my breakfast s brought up stairs. You can make some g excuse to Miss Knox?say I am not well, o and I really am not. I don't care at all I about breakfast, but, as I am going out, c I suppose I had better eat something." g I dressed her, and had a tray with I ooffee and toast sent up. When she had ii finished, she summoned me again. y "Renie. eo nut on vonr plainest c wraps," she said, "and a thick veil, and o wait for me in the library. I want yon o to go out with me this morning." Wondering at her manner, so quiet b and self-contained, so almost humble, fl more than at the message, I arrayed c myself in a waterproof cloak, and drew e a thick v?il clofielv over my hat, and : a :i_ 1 1 t 1 1! 1.3 ol i - waives ior iier as sue oaa directed. one e came in presently, habited almost like a i s -T l J i t-.-i. i_ r _ juuii. x uuuiu bt;tj now willlo uer iucu r was under the muffler she had drawn I across it. t Placing in my care a parcel and a d small basket, she led the way, leaving a word with a servant that she might not t be back to luncheon. That her errand, whatever it was, was f a secret one, I knew by her manner, for c she was nervous, and evidently suffer- s ing from some inward agitation. For j b sever..! squares we walked along silent*'t ly, and, on turning the corner of an obscure street, she was joined by a gentleman whose face I did not see at firsts but whose firm, elegant figure was unfamiliar to me. I heard Miss Laura say, in answer to some low-voiced remark: "I can trust her?there's no risk, Philip." So this was the handsorae cousin! Oppressed with almost overpowering mxiety, I fell back a step or two, and followed slowly and unwillingly. On and on they weRt together, talking but little, and in low tones, till they had reached the lower plane, locally and norally. ol the city. The house before which W stopped ? jast was Bomewnat amerent Irom its surroundings. It was flinked on one side by a grim, deserted-looking warelouse; on the other by an old Dutch jhurch, -whose few leaning, mosa-cov&r;d headstones, in the small graveyard in 'ront, seemed sinking with age into the fielding tnrf. The house was grim and aded, the 'paint dingy, and the front loor full of seams and cracks; but it iad the redeeming quality of seclusion, 'or it sat far back from the street, overooking a narrow garden-plat. One vindow over the hall-door was draped with, a scant lace curtaiu, and a pot of reraniums bloomed underneath on the in. The young man, with a few eager, rtiispered words to Miss Laura, unocked the door with a key which he ook from his pocket, and we entered a ong, cheerless hall, and from there the Ireary parlor, in which there was no , restige of furniture save two wooden :hairs. , "Sit down, Renie," said Miss Laura, , ace aDd manner preoccupied; "I will j ake the things, and you will wait for me ] lere; I shan't be gone long." , My heart fank as she disappeared, ; eavinf?jnej>fine with my thoughts. Aloot np stairs, aud soon, in addition, the ] losing of the door above, and a light ] ootstep. Never had I so keenly experi- 6 need the dread of utter desolation as , :ow whtle I aat in that deserted room. >oubtless children had played in it, and < ight hearts sung, for it had evidently >een a cheerful home once, as the de- t iced ornamentation and faded frescoing j ave evidence of former beauty. Bat r ow the plastering was broken, the , rails were black with cobwebs, and the j rindows quite crusted with dirt. It was vident that the place had been loDg un- E ccupied. I had Reated myself, when a step on r tie stairs and the opening of the door \ aused me to spring up in terror. Philip j iansing stood on the threshold, hat in r and, and his face absolutely lighted up i tie room. It was, as I had heard, radintly beautiful, with haunting dark eyes 8 11 the more fascinating that their ex- \ ression at that moment was intensely B &d. e "Come, Renie," said a voice outside. l I met Miss Laura in the hall. I c nought she had. been crying. She r anded me a basket, that seemed heavier ^ nan the one I had brought. E "Renie, this is my cousin, Mr. Philip j iansing," she said. "He has lately re- c lrned from abroad?and this, Philip, is ae little protege I told you about." $ Mr. Philip condescended to touch his j at, and we went outside into the little aid. t Mr. Philip accompanied us to the cor- <5 er, and there stopped. c "Had I not better get you a car- ^ iage ?" he asked. ; "No, indeed, Philip. I had much Either walk," she answered. "Come up j. yon?mamma likes to see you," she c dded, with, I thought only an assumpirvn /if prro We walked home rapidly, and in simce. Miss Laura seemed plunged in 8 eep and painful thought. It was past inch-time when we arrived, but a plate ^ f oake, and a goblet of milk, stood g 3ady for Miss Laura on the table in her B x>m. a "Renie," Miss Laura said, "you t ill oblige me if you will eat my lunch- j on for me. My head aches, and I am j oing to lie down." $ I drank the milk, but was not hunry, and took the tray back to the kitch- a a. I fancied that even the under-serv- <] into looked at me suspiciously, and hur- s ed back to my room. f It was quite late when Mis3 Laura i jse?almost dinner-time, in fact. I 8 ressed her hair, and was just putting B n the finishing touches when she spoke bruptly: . _ 0 T^An^ TTAii fliinlr mrr nnnain flnA. 1/Vii V JVU UUIUU LUJ VVUOIU UUW- Q joking ?" r "He is handsome, Miss Laura," I j lid. "The handsomest man I ever f iw." a "That's the general verdiot," she re"But,"I added, eagerly, "I don't ? ke his face; there are beautiful faces, Y suppose, one can't like. Now, Mr. j Talderon? "You surely don't call him hand- a jme ?" she said, with a soft laugh, that j did not quite like; then, in an under- r >ne: "Handsome is that handsome f oes. Well, poor fellow ! poor Philip !" f ae added, with a sigh that I could not \ elp resenting, and fell into a fit of mus- g ig. Just before the bell rang for din- + er a servant came in with a note and a ? reat armful of water-lilies. How lovely t ley were! Their fragrance filled the >om. B In an instant Miss Laura's eyes were ( parkling. She tore open the note with j iger fingers, read it once, twioe? \ miled, then came a. burst like sunshine , ver ner iace. e "Oh, the sweet, sweet things !" she ried, in an ecstasy. "I am so fond of t aem! Poor Philip! poor?" Her ^ oice sank to a mnrmar. How could I 5 tiink otherwise than that note and flow- t rs came from her handsome consin, as c he placed the lilies in a basin of water, rhere, with their lustrous leaves and t sng, coiling stems, they formed a beau- s iiul picture ? a Philip came after dinner on the followQg day. A bright, well-dressed, ele;ant and jubilant young gentleman? i he change was great from Philip in a a louched hat to Philip in all the glory f a fashionable suit. His ease of man- c ler, grace, beauty of form, and merry &ugh, made him almost irresistible. I i at in the little alcove leading from the ? ;eneral sitting-room, busy with some a lid lace I had been mending for Miss 1 jaura, and I could see them both by in- c lining my head a little. They were a i lOriOUB pair, UUt it bcouicu tu uio tuau j c >hilip had no right there?he was tak- c ag Mr. Walderon's place, and a sudden < salously sprang up iu my heart, which ^ hanged almost to terror when the door 1 pened and the rector of St. Paul's stood i n the threshold. 1 That same light that had come into j ier face when she received the lilies, 1 [ashed over it again, for in the interim I aught one glance of her as s.ie rose to i aeetMr. Walderon. I frfncied there was, ] Iso, a timid, beseeching look in her soft t yes as she came forward, with out- i tretched hand, to meet him, but the ector advanced slowly, and greeted 1 *hilip to whom he was presented, cour- i eously but coldly, while Miss Laura t [ividc*! her attentions between the two, i nd Philip addressed her with more ] han cousinly freedom. t As for myseif, I tried to think of mani old excuees for my mistress. I would ? iot allow that the sweet girl at whose ( hrine I worshipped was a coquette; and < till?at least so it seemed to roe, who sat 1 here mnder protest?her manner grew t colder and yet distant toward the t rector. ??e seemed to notice the grad- v Uftl alteration, for an hour had scarcely ^ elapsed before he took his leave. a "So that is Mr. Walderofy the famous h rector of old St. Paul's t" I heard ii Philip s&Y when, he had gone. c "Yes; how do you like him ?" Miss Laura asked with something like eager- o ness. " H6 must look imposing in his dra- h perieB*" Philip replied. " Well, there's e; no accounting for tastes," The speech seemed to sting her, for si she replied* in at1 altefed voice: n " That^s what I thought yesterday." " Oh, come, now, Laura," he Baid, ai " don't be hard on me. If you could b have seen Celeste in her tropical home, ti in her fleecy white mnsliDs, her cheeks w tinted with the rich glow of health, you'd L alter yonr opinion. She is not looking h< at all like herself; in fact, this base dim- m ate is killing her. Besides, her face de- bi pends upon expression for its beauty, tl finnh JinvriWo f?Vlilln Tronic mnkfl t,h? hfisfc di complexion sallow." d< I was all ears. Celeste ? who was Ce- L leste? Should I listen unwittingly to wi some secret? Was I forgotten in my M corner ? Had I better go ? I felt re- h< luctant to face them, having heard so ai much. V( " Oh, I didn't mean to depreciate her, Li Philip?" '' Only to punish me for not appreciat- of ing your rector?was that it?" inter- hi rupted Philip, with a laugh. "But ^ what does a man want of beauty ?" and ?? I oould see his conscious face, and read ^ the vanity even in his voice. u_ on "Surely?out ueieste is pretty, 01 jourse, and I hope slid will be well soon, vc poor little homesick stranger I I'm go- 'wt ing to send her some lilies that some- ?^' body sent me yesterday?part of them, I *8 mean?she came from a land of lilies. Just where didjyx>nfindIhor, PMlip?" j WmeBt^nests^ J Poor child J I don't doubt she longs for ier native wilds?the orange-trees, the (hadeful bamboos, and her hammook. I Be yas a barbarian to covet her." "I must see her often," said Laura. J1.11 'I will go as often as I can." "8 "Thank you; you are so kind and houghtfuL I knew you would like the B" joor little wife. Sometimes I reproach nyself sadly for bringing her here, but h? vhat could I do?starve ? And we came ^1< jretty near it." '0 Philip!" said Miss Laura, with a h? ihuddering voice, "so poor as that?" I held my breath. Philip was mar- tei ixl, then. It was his wife Miss Laura lad been to see that morning. No need o fear for the rector's happiness now? ny suspense and suspicion had been >oth foolish and groundles. "Poor, indeed!" he repeated, most ^ avagely. "Do you know if it had not Pr' >een for that fifty dollars you lent me, m< ihe would have suffered for the necesiaries of life ? And when I went to my mcle, and told him I had lost my money J? loming over, and almost my life, ne made % ae an allowance of ten dollars a week, hii Vhat would he sav if he knew I had io} named a woman not worth one penny ? it would be total ruin to me if be knqp if it; but I am sure, dear cousin, that rou will never, by look or word, to your ' learest friend whiBper the intelligence. 1?* ! would have kept it a secret, even from bi' 'ou?indeed I would?but that I feared bi he poor little creature would die if she aU lid not see some friend. Above all, flb' lon't whisper it to the priest," he whie- Co ;er9d; "I'mafraid of him,"andI fancied **1 le drew nearer her. ric " You need not be; he is the soul of en lonor," and there was a slight shade of w0 ontempt in her voice. M "But you have promised," he said, Se' tagerly. aD "And I know how to keep my word," ?P he answered, proudly. thi After that he was very gay, but I gfl hink his manner jarred upon her mood, del She proposed that he should go up *h< tairs and see her mother, who had pb iBked for him, and together they left ha rmm Tfc rlid nr>fc takfl lone for me fox o gain my own room, where I sat down o revolve things in my mini, coolly and A" lispassionately. thi Mr. Waldron had sent ber the lilies, Jid the accompanying note?of that I by lid not doubt. There had probably been ?*, ome misunderstanding the evening be- bri ore, and the gift was a peace-offering. WJ rhe lovers' quarrel, if it had taken so ma erious a complexion, had been caused in frc ome way by this handsome cousin, who arf lad burdened Miss Laura with his se- is 1 ret. The rector had evidently learned d?' if her former attachment to Philip, and 8nj >erhaps, being but mortal, was jealous. sai lis brief visit in the afternoon had con- p? Irmed me in my opinion, as he gener- it > lly staid to tea. 1m "Now, Philip should certainly keep htl way," said Reason and Oommon-sense. 8e< 4 His place is beside his poor young a r rife, especially if she is sick; and Miss ar( Atirtkf 'j\ fall Vnm an " 4<? juitin v/uguu w wu i*n.? wvi Bat Philip chose to come, often?at th< .11 hours. Philip chose to attend St. oai 5auls, and Bhow his beautiful Greek n? >rofile in Miss Laura's own pew, and I c9' anoied that Mr. Walderon grew uneasy, P" or certainly Laura's eousin did not act 8^' ike a Benedict. I am sorry that ho m? ;ave me occasion to suppect, sometimes, no hat he was quite mean enough to pique T*1 he rector by his lover-like ways toward us oousin. . els One evening I came down the wide taircase on an errand for Miss Knox. )nly the moonlight shone in the hall. iliss Laura stood by the door of en- eT ? ' U n tMA fin/1 +Vl fi flfl ruilUt?j IICI uuca iuyycuu muj uuu vuo ? cords she said came distinctly to my ar. ' If you cannot trust me, if you cannot ake my simple word, Mr. Walderon. en here can be no more between us, If d? 'ou cannot trust me wholly?" and here her voice broke. A low murmur se( ame in response, and he was gone. I was back in Mistf Laura's room some Pri ime before she came up. Oh, how pale ip' he was, and her eyes wore such a lik (trained, hard look ! th< "Renie/'sne said, "are you here?" "Why, MisB Laura, don't you see ne ?" I asked, frightened at her pallor ind the way she moved her hands. > "No; my head is giddy; it is all thi mi- r? 11 attaw WKawa ova t?ATI 9" olr It* I ti J lb ID UX1 \J V CI TT UUi. f cai U JUU i wu I caught and led her to the chair, but, G1 is I put her down, she fainted quite tal iway. That was the commencement of by i serious illness. For nearly five weeks liv [ sat beside her, listening to her wild, of lelirious talk, and there I learned how an levotedlv she had loved the rector of mi 3t. Paul s, and that some of the med- we lling people of his congregation had vi< old him of her clandestine meetings gr vith her cousin. This, with other in- pa .'ormation of a like nature, and the fool- mi sh freedom of her cousin himself, had gr ed to a total disruption. In her grief wi ind anger at his want of confidence in th ler, she had forbidden him the house. tic Night and day I did not leave her bed- he iide, till, quite through accident, I sa earned that Mr. Walderon had been de rick also, and was on the eve of a jour- th ley to England. su 41 He looks dreadfully; jou'd hardly w< mow him for the same man," said my its nformant; and 1 knew by lier manner se hat the blame was all laid at Miss Lan- ho ra's door. I inquired tno particulars, so ff my informant was right,* he was to lo< itart that very afternoon. . th My resolution was taken on the in- lis rtant. Whether my mistress lived or Ja lie<Cwhether I was violuting a promise E1 >r notj'U was determined to see the rec- vj] ;or of at. Paul's, and tell him alL It fa ook^ne/ but a short time to $nd the rec- wi 1 : ^ ory?would he be at home? Yes; I raa shown into the library. There rere trunks and packages in the hall, nd ft general confusion pervaded the ouse. Presently Mr. Waldelroil fc&me 1. I -was startled, indeed, by the hnnge in his looks. ' I have just come from the sick-bed f Miss Laura De Neals," said I. He stared, made a gesture with hiB and across his brow, a&.ftjDBhadlb his pes, and his lips worked. 111 heard?that she was ill," he said, owly; " I am just recovering from sickess myself." " I think, sir, from what I heatd, you re laboring under a mistaken idea," I egan, rapidly, for fear of my resoluon giving way. "You have been rongly informed with regard to Miss aura, and in her delirium Bhe revealed ar secret. Her cousin Philip Lansing arried a poor West India girl in Baridoes. He is his uncle's heir, but, if le latter hears of this union, he will sinherit Mr. Philip, who is entirely innn/liinf Hn Vinr nnnoin ma/lo \Tibq ^|/UUUVUV? WW UV& VVUUtM aura promise to keep it a secret, and it as her, the pocr homesick stranger, Iss Laura has visited by stealth?it was 3r she sent your lilies to. 0 sir! you e a minister, and I am a poor prirl, but >u never should have doubted my Miss aura, I do dare say that." He stopped me with a quick uplifting the hand. He did not say one word, it I never shall forget the face he turni toward me. I never saw a conntenloe change so often in a few seconds as s did. " My good girl, my good friend I" he id, at last, seizing my hand, and his lice was music itself. I knew then all is right. Joy had restored him to his 3 self; there was no need of that voy;e to Europe. ] After a full minute of silence he , ked: u How is she now ? how did you leave i , ti mi xi ?t.i. , ~ luey bUUU^Ub out? waa uobbox. ^^-L3 " Thank God for that I When m*y I eher?" He was very humble now. "I will let yon know," I said, and j*ried home to her with a heart as jht as a feather. A.nd so it came to pass that one day, as ] e sat supported by pillows, white and f adowy, and more beautiful than she , j ?? u u?r?? ' U ever UtJCU UCiUID XXX UDl UX j Dom, I told her that the rector of St. < mi's was below stairs, waiting to see r- i A. faint flash tinged her oheeks?a , ider smile curved her lips. , I left the room by one door as he en- ] red by the other. I conld not keep j >m cryiDg, and yet 1 was very happy, j When Miss Laura rang for me t.vo i gels could not have looked more bliss- j lly content And I knew what the \ Bssure of his hand meant as he bade j s good- by. He will go abroad, after \ , but not without Miss Laura. 1 A.8 for her oousin Philip, I trnst j ars may make him wiser, but I pity j 9 poor' little stranger who married j n for his handsome face.?hippie- ( 1'a Journal. \ ? i Algeria at Paris. ' This extract is from Edward Kincr's ter in the Boston Journal; The exDition Bent from Algeria is not so rich practical things as one might natury have expected. There is a goodly ow of minerals. The province of >ns tan tine seems to have been specly drawn upon, as it is extremely :h in indications of profitable minil vein6. The clever people who are irking up the resources of this part of geria have lavished money upon ological maps, upon plans in relief, d on statistics of mines already in eration. At regular intervals, all rough the galleries, one comes upon sat trophies of native arms, some wonrfully rich, perhaps to-day worth jusands of francs. Tobacco is disived in very large quantities. I fear it from Algeria that comeB the material the wretched cigars which the govlment monopoly is in the habit of injting upon us. Of perfumes it appears it the whole of Algeria is a vast man ictory; two acres of geraniums, farmed j the clever natives, and with the aid r an inexpensive perfume distillery, j ing in a sum of 1,800 francs, or $369. by cannot geranium perfumes be ide in the United States? Algerian lits are of course very fine, and they s here in enormous quantities. Wool * mother staple of the colony, but this J 2S not appear to possess any very * perior quality. The same cannot be f d of the wheat of the province of j nstantine. The Algerians claim that 1 is far better even than that of the fat c ids around Odessa. I observed but 1 ;le machinery in the whole Algerian 8 stion worth even looking at, but I saw 1 Qodel of a fine railway car, such as I ) in use in some of the provinces,. 1 onstructed on an American plan;" and * 3 railroad bridges all seemed Ameri- ^ i in type. Of carpets there is simply ? end in this exhibition; some of them ? itained as many as eight thousand ? ices, each piece having an original ? ade of color. The objects of native i mufacture are infinite in variety, but 1 ne are especially striKing in ionn. j le potteiitis, not made on the potter's 1 leel, bnt formed by hand from coarse 1 iy, are exceedingly rude. The Alger- ? is seem as clever in the use of the 1 mboo and the rattan in making uten- 1 s for domestic use, mats tubs, trunks, ? erything from a needle to a saw-mill, ] the Chinese and the Japanese are, i d that is a high compliment. < rhere are Korans, inscriptions, altars 1 Eastern type, and prayer carpets ough scattered around to make it evi- I nt that the natives of Algeria are good i Dhammedans. Bat I have never yet < 3n any of the)Arabs on duty at the vil- 1 mosque going through the formula of ? Eiyers. Perhaps they have all turned 1 idels, despairing of doing anything J e justice by their religion during 1 3ir long sojourn among ine jj ranKB. .lt- ^ The Land or Temples? Orissa has for twenty centuries been * a holy land of the Hindoos. Its rianrit name, Utkala-desa, signifies " the 1 orious Country." It is "the land that y teth away sin," " the realm established ' the gods." "Its happy inhabitants e secuie of a reception into the world spirits; and even those who visit it, d bathe in its sacred rivers, obtain ression of their sin/?, though they may >igh like mountains." Orissa is diled into four great reigions of pilimage. From the moment the pilgrim sses the Baitarani river, a hundred les from Puri, he treadB on holy ound. Behind him lies the world th all its cares; before him spreads e promised land, the place of prepara* in for heaven. On crossing the stream i enters Jajpur, the City of Sacrifice, ered to Parvate, the wife of the allstroying Siva. To the southeast is e region of pilgrimage sacred to the n, now scarcely visited. To the southist is the region sacred to Siva, with i city temples, which once numbered wan f.Vinnnflnd ornnnflH ft r nn ml thfi ily lake. Beyond this, nearly due < uth, is the region of pilgrimage be- 1 red of Vishnn, known to every hamlet ' oronghout India, and to every civi- < ;ed people npon earth, as the abode of 1 .gannath, the Lord of the World, i srery town is filled with temples; every Llage has its monastery; every hill-top r up the mountain-sides is crowned 1 th a shrine, ?JJarper'9 Magazine. Sehrobibcr^s Big Scare. Schrobiker was detained at his place oI business thb othfcr night until after the l&fct car had left, and was obliged to walk home. When very near there he concluded to cut through an alley to tare considerable walking, bat shortly after he entered the same he felt someleglike a' streak of bold ait go all ?>ngh his f*ainb as h? noticed a dim Mgtflfg"approaching in the 'distance. Sohrobiker is not what might be called a coward?though a little woman scarcely tall enough to chin the mantel rules like law in the house he pays rent for?but still, he didn't exactly like the idea of facing a foot-pad in a dark alley, for he was unarmed and had some money with him. He didn't give so muoh thought to that, though, as he did to the unpleasantneoa of being banged over the head with a slung-shot, or laid up with a pistol-ball wound in hot weather. Neither did he like to beat an inglorious ?L A ?:il 1 1 retreat, WlbUUUi ?u JDaDb guuiaug a ginru view of the antagonist he was running 1 from. It would take a tolerably good- < sized man to make him crawfish in day- ' light, and he didn't like to be haunted I forever after with the suspicion that he < might have slunk away from a little i weasel he could pitch over the fence ' with one hand tied behind him. These ' thoughts went through his head like a 1 woman in spring hats scudding before a < shower, and put hiB heart in a high ' flutter, but he kept on until he oame ? within some fifty or sixty feet of the ap 1 proaching mystery. Then he paused 1 and breamed hard. The other man did 1 the same. He revived his courage a lit- I He, and took a few steps forward. The 1 figure progressed about the same dis- < tance, and came to a stop also. Schrobiker thdh put a few more steps behind i liim. and took a position as close as he 1 could get to the fenoe on the right, 1 keeping a close eye on the dark object t before him. The other party likewise i moved up a little cautiously, and hugged c the fence on the left. Schrobiker again ^ icfvftBQSjl a few paces, and steadied him- t self agains^hS-wall. His breath came I juicker and he realised that the conflict s was near. The adversary isad e a slight * md very stealthy advance, and 8chfobi-_ 6 ier would have sworn he could see Are" mapping from his eyes. The man t paused, made a quick motion with his s right hand, and?sneezed! with a loud, t inick and explosive sound. t Schrobiker jumped back about six t feet and clapped both hands over his r nouth to keep from screaming. For as ii nuch as a second he thought he was a r nurdered man, dead sure, but he didn't i .'eel the ball strike, and felt easier the i iext instant. The other party slipped v irith the recoil and fell backward to the n ground, but just as his victim was a ;empted to risk all and dart by on a run, i) le jumped to his feet, pulled his hand- L lerchief and blowed his nose with a o angle blast. To Schrobiker's strained p magination it was a signal for reinforce- ii nents, and he felt his knees giving away n despair beneath him. He took an- t )ther step or two forward, and felt his e Dreath growing chilly, but the next mo- 1; nent glorious hope was again in his b areast, for out of the darkness came a c roice shaky with agitation, saying: t "Do you want my pocket-book ? In 1 leaven's name take all I've got and let q ne go home!" r With an overpowering feeling of joy t' md relief Schrobiker sprang forward n ;oward the other man, who seeing the c n'ovement, dropped on his knees with a 1< lespairing cry, and begged for his life, d " Oh, get up," said Schrobiker, grab- g ring him by the collar, and fetching him n :o his feet. " I wouldn't harm a hair of v four head for a thousand dollars. Here, n ?ke my hand and shake, stranger; shake C learty, for you've saved me by just t ibout fifteen seconds from making one r )f the confoundest asses of myself that 1< jver wore breeches. If you'd a' kept a itill another minute I should have been ? offering you my pocket-book. But don't 1< rou never lisp it, or I'll lay for you with i shot gun. That's just what I'll do." f And an old head in a night-cap poked c tsels out of an upper window and c vanted to know what two irredeemable t ools meant by going round disturbing t olnmKfl,. latiMnrtrv in fTiaf. rin- T ;cm;ciui oiuuiuoi) IHU^UAU^ ^ ~mr r oaring jackass fashion. ? Cincinnati p Breakfast Table. g c Anecdote of Professor Henry. ? We find this anecdote of the late aecre- . ary of the Smithsonian Institute in [ Harper's Magazine: "I met him," ^ rates a Boston friend, " bnt once at , Montreal I noticed that this fine-look- i ng man, when he arrived at the hotel [ n Montreal, was piacea ac tne neaa oi j >ur table, but did not know who he was. fl le came home by the same route and cit the same time with us, and was very s dnd and courteous to mv traveling com- c )anions as well as myself. What I re- j nember more distinctly than anything e slse was a 'happening' at Rouse's , ?oint while we were waiting for the ^ iteamer. The professor was talkative j. md communicative in his quiet way, , ind was full of incidents of travel and j idventure. Soon the steamer appeared ^ n sight, and while she was approaching a is the professor sat upon the wharf c ooking dreamily at her. Presently he i 1* 3 ?- J . IT ? irousea mmseii, uuu ?mu; j. boo a r peculiar sparkle of tho waves near the c iide of the steamer, where the son shines . lpon her' (it was almost sunset). 'I t yonder what the cause of it is ? I have @ seen phosphorescent light before, but j lever exactly like this. And see ! there j t is also upon the other, the darker side r )f the steamer. Well, certainly, that is j rery curious.' We looked, and indeed . t seemed remarkable. First upon the J aright side of the Bteamer, and then ^ lpon the dark side, would appear these j mrious flashes of light, and disappear a '' ""I* inofonflv ThflTT OAPTTIArl tr> fiome - iiiuua u xuovnuvijri auwj Mw? ^ it regular intervals, and it was beautiful c is well as strange. Oar reveries were ^ rudely disturbed, however, by one of j ;he onstoms inspectors approaching. c i* 'Looking at them flashes ?' c "'Yes,'said the professor. 'I won- c ler what they are ?' " 'Oh, them's hot ashes they are j. throwing out of the ash pits.' t " The professor was nonplussed for a ^ aioment. Then sayinty, quietly, 'Well, f ?11 l-'-A Un*ri ?liwo or*rI loan> ' llA Yen, juvc nuu ioaiu?utu uuu ^ apsed into silence." A Mountain of Tin. Tasmania, or Van Dieman's Land, the large island to the" south of Australia, is rapidly becoming noted for the quality md extent of its tin supplies. Four pears ago the valne of its exports of tin ind tin ore was $35,000, while last year they amounted to nearly $1,500,000. One of the most productive regions is the Mount Bischoff district, but this has e aow been ecnpsea oy ine discovery 01 u. t tin mountain at Mount Heemskirk, on ? the west coast. The "wash-dirt" is i jome twenty feet thick, and produces } ibout twenty-five per cent, of tin; but < ;he existence of solid seams of the metal, j traversing the mountains in veins several ? feet in depth and width, has been de- t monstrated. Some "nuggets" weigh- ? ' - -1 * -1 3 ' _L i. 1. * Lug several nunureuweigm eucu nave ( been found, yielding nearly ccnfc per j jent of pure metal. Mixed with the t tin, too, is a small quantity of gold, ] ibont ten ounces to the ton, not enffi- ( jient in itself to render it worth seeking, ( but adding considerably to the tin i miner's proflta. , 1 < Some of the grandest things which have been achieved were by those whom ( we thought our inferiors, ( c";' ' - ;?-v i .. ..Sj IYORt. 1 t What It la Used for and how It U Carved and 1 Dressed?Skill of American Artificers? E Three Hundred Thousand Pounds of It t Imported AnnuallT> c Ivory, as everybody knows, is the i substance of elephants' tusks, ( and as t there are mofe elephants in Africa than anywhete else, and aa they are rarely J employed as beasts of burden, and there- * fore are not preserved alive "W[ith studj- J ous cate, the main stipply of ivoty is * derived from Afrioa. It is gathetfid I throughout the whole interior of the } continent, being exchanged by the re- \ mote tribes with those nearer the coast J for articles of barter, and these in turn " sell to the coast chiefs or to the Arab * traders, who penetrate on semi-annaal 1 nnvrt^oaitif* fn'ilfl aa 4av ab ftinir flntl if. 1 profitable, buying the tusks witk cloth, 1 beads, knives, eto., etc., and carrying it e to the seaports upon the backs of the c slaves. Stanley's late letters have con- ^ fcained much information upon the east 8 coast trade in ivory, and suggestions as 8 to the cheapening of it by lessening 1 [through the use of steamboats) the iifflculty of bringing It down from the interior. Ivory is shipped from the wuthwestern ooast of Africa; from Gape f rown and by the way of Egypt; but the y largest quantify and best quality comes from Zanzibar. India sends some also, v but not much, to the European market, 0 jince the Chinese buy it at as high a 8 price as it will bring in London, and a lave been known even to send to England for its purchase, esteeming it bet- a ?r than any other material for the pur* 0 soses of their delicate and complet ^ jarving. v The great central mart for the receiv- g ng and distribution of ivory is the ware- y louse devoted to it in the London f, Docks, London. Here it is consigned J, o the care of a corporation whioh deals fc n ivory, pearl, cameo, shells, coral and a ither products of the tropical and savage aj yorld, and once in three months an anc- p ion is held, the prices realized at the B\ >revious sale guiding the buyers and 81 ellers in the .succeeding one. The & rhole world is represented, and the a ales are sometimes very large. On the a] yerage one hundred t?ns are sold; at y he last auction about one hundred and fc eventy-five tons were disposed of, 01 ringing the large sum of nine hundred housand dollars. It would be inipossi- tc ile to estimate how many tusks this w epresents, since they vary exceedingly g a size. The majority, perhaps, of those b eceivea jao xioc biwjbu tuitijr puuuuo (t a -weight, and are not more than two y aches in greatest thickness; but tusks w weighing one hundred pounds each are w iot uncommon, and some are even twice bt s heavy. These latter are supposed to ^ lelong to very aged animals, and are jet g, 'lack outside, while the little ones are g, nly dirty yellowish white; the black- w :ess, however, is only a thin layer and 8t 3 easily filed away. ThA nnAlifcv of ivorv varies according fv o hardness and color, though all seems qually durable, and the choice is main- 0| y a matter of taste, Americans liking ^ iest that which has an opaque yellowish ai ast, and Europeans preferring tfc e white a| ransparent variety. The ivory from m Jomljayis of a very firm, fine-grained ^ uality, particularly suitable to elaboate, high-relief work. The harder it is, fn be more brittle. Nevertheless it does ot break easily. Several cases are re- w orded where, in cutting up ivory, bul- y. a- ' p 1 ? -3 j ua?*a kflfln 3LB 01 ltttU UUU UUppct net v o ucou ivuuu jjj eeply imbedded in the tusk, which had w ;rown around the foreign body, leaving 01 10 splintered fracture or trace of the a| round made by their original entrance ^ o one knows how many years before, n trowing from within outward, it must ^ ake a very long time for the tusk to ^ each its maximum size. The great w Dngevity of elephants is well known? u ges of a hundred and a hundred and ^ ifty years being attested,and far greater w angevity alleged. ^ Several firms in thi? city import ivory w or manufacture. The present annual fj onsumption reaches the neighborhood ^ t 300,000 pounds, representing more ^ ban a million of dollars in value. Of bis the manufacture of umbrella and tarasol bandies in countless ornamental tnlna falroa fVia Tlftrt The next WJ1W3 l>MAVU VMV AM.0WV* neatest demand is for piano-forto and si rgan keys. In England the thin shell tl iround the core at the butt-end of the ei usk, and also great quantities of odd / rieces brought from Bombay, are util- tl zed for this purpose; but in this coun- d; ry whole tusks are sawed into key- ie >ieces. The making of combs calls for n >erhaps the next largest proportion of C vory; this is done in Connecticut chief- d y, and by a machine which saws out o ,11 the teeth on one side of a fine comb so P leli' ately and truly that it requires a ti evere effort of the eye to distinguish It >ne tooth from another. In this branch o: he artificers of Connecticut are said to d txcel all the world of ivory-outters. A p rast quantity of the toughest ivory is a! urned into billiard and pool balls for d, tome use and for South American trade, n nnlla fnr halls VfiPV much P V uxuu lauwi. vuwu ?y a arger and heavier than we use, and ai without color. The dyeing of ivory is b] ,n easy matter?' 'if yon kr ow what kind a] >f dye to nse I" That is a trade secret, p In addition to those things already tl nentioned ivory is made into buttons, q hess-men, faro-checks, knife handles, ir >istol-hilts (whioh are rasped down and s( >olished after being attached to the iron vi tock), memorandum tablets, paper- b; uiives and a hundred" other things. c< jately attention has been turned to the tc naking of articles of luxury out of ivory, a Passive hair-brush baoks, one solid ct >iece, which will last a generation and n< ond arrain wif.Vl Virifl. rE UO 1XX1CU a^(UU T, les; and tooth, shaving, nail and hat b; jrnshes, which are extremely artistic J a] md costly. Among all this bijouterie ti lothing is more elegant than the back- re lombs, the delicate tracery of whose inricate patterns in the most marvelous mitation of flowers and vinery must exsite the admiration of every one. Some >f these combs are made almost wholly, la rat of a single piece of ivory. [11 For the production of this highly d istic and delicate work foreign workmen w ire found necessary, but for all the or- g] linary manipulations of Ivory Amen- a] sans are competent. Not long agcrit | tc vas almost wholly done by hand. JNow jj he steam driven lathe and cunning ol ools hasten the work and cheapen the b esults. The lathe is of ordinary con- lc itruccion, and much of the turning is as si limple as in the case of wood. For the la ashioning of many articles, however, L i series of steel-toothed wheels known tc is " frazes"?a word not found in the q liotionary and perhaps derived from h he verb fray, " to chafe"?are provided, ci inma n( Trhinh nr#wAnt a sfiuare. others h t round surface, while others are lentic- ie liar in section, and so on. When these ai ire attached to the lathe and set whirl- a ng at immense speed, a piece of ivory re leld against them is rasped away like n sheese, and the operator can suit to his e: jurpose the direction, depth and char- d icter of the hole or groove or gauging 11 ? be]) made. The shape having been a! jerfeoted, the tool-marks are all smooth- a :d off by holding the object against a o elt buff wet with pumice stone and oil, s< ifter which the polishing is done on a u inen buff with a little whitening. The g lelicate filigree-work of the combs, a jrnamented paper kniveB, etc., is done d ffith slender bow-saws and drills worked u Dy hand, and the workman must be very n jlever. 1< The chips and useless pieces are n jround up and calcined into ivory-black, v Jne firm in this city has attained such c % ? _ perfection in this prongs ad to have won i trade in Europe in black carriage fatiiflh Ohd the likej All the fine dust and ihavings are saved and Hold to horticul urists for a fertilizer, having no stipefi>r in this respect. A smell as of burnng horn is produced in the shop by he turning of the ivory. In addition to modern elephant tusks England uses a good deal of fossil ivory vhich is mainly brought from Bussia. Occasionally . mafflffloth tuflks are )fought to ftew York'from different jarta of this country also, btit not as yet u any amount worth mentioning. If it snot deeply craoked the fossil itory is nst as white and good as the living. Dusks of walruses are also used to some iztent, but are small, while the inside is ikely to be discolored, and the texture a much harder. The teeth of hippo Jotami are Drcragux to market to some utent, bnt they are eitremely hard, and inly useful for certain purposes. Pre* 'ions to the discovery of mineral subtitates they were in demand for making iftiflcial human teeth. ? New York Evening Post. A Bull Fight in Cuba, tfhe Augtista (Gta.) Chronicle has the ollowing extract from a private letter, mtten from Cuba: ' Mr. Springer called for me last Saturday afternoon at three o'clock, in the OnBal's carriage, and insisted that 1 honld drive with thetti, to the large mphith eater known as' Polar Qaa Menos,' for bull-fighting. I went, but I do asnre yon it is my last time. At fonr 'clock a horseman, well mounted, rode ito the ar&na and sainted the governor, -ho tossed him the keys to open the ates; after whioh eight or ten ' teasers' rith red flags marohed into the ring, allowed by two men on horseback, with >ng spears. It was not long before the nil himself, already greatly infuriated, ivorted before us, dashing about from ide to side after the fiery ensigns and fcory is one long and sickening; so, in nmming np the affair, I have only to ty that one man was killed. I didn't ire a flg for the man nor his relations ad friends; my sympathies were with le horses and bulls. Two steeds were tiled by the first and third bulls, and ae so lacerated by the fifth animal that had to be driven from the ring, aluost >m open. Then I was wrought civ. I as mad with the governor, Spain, the paniards, and even Christopher Columns did not escape my ill wishes. Weak lougn 1 was, i wan tea to ngnc aoouc tree Spaniards, although I was still eak from malarial fever. Seven bulls ere tortured to desperation and then atcherfed. After the horsemen were trough with worrying them, two angling paniards on foot, with barbed reeds, jyly decorated and brightly polished, ould dance around the enraged bull, ick him in the tender parts of the loulders, inflicting horrible agony into L6 poor beast's exhausted body. But ie diabolical sport did not end until an;her relay of fiends would dance around id thrust into the quivering, dying limal sharp darts loaded with a torpedo ; the erii, which would explode directly ader the skin, causing the most exoruating agony. The poor bulls, now untie to defend themselves against every im of Attack which ingenuity could 3vise.or human wickedness employ, ould dash themselves wildly against ??oll nn/loo TTAri n cf fii wrnnV f h Air LO VT ttlij VUUVHTVAUtQ W T(*VW<? iserable existences, or, failing in this, ould run around tho ring, looking piteiflly in the faces of the multitudes Dove them, appealing, in their mute lisery, to the stony-hearted spectators. ; was simply terrible. By the time the loody sport was over I was nearly dead lyseif, and, although the day was very arm, drops of cold perspiration beaded pon my brow and chilled my forehead. ram.9 winiolflM r\t raliflrinn LttiiJ WUIL1CU OUU liilllinroio va avaiqwm ould first cheer the men and then the all, and each unfortunate rider, as he as dethroned by the bull, would be ightfally hissed by the spectators. I aven't eaten a beefsteak since my visit ) the bull-fight." Treatment of Sleeplessness. So many persons suffer nowadays from eeplessnass that every contribution to le literature of the subject is of interjt. Dr. Ainslie Hollis, in the London Practitioner, maintains that, although le quantity of blood in the brain is iminished during sleep, this diminution i not the sole cause of slumber, for we lay have the former without the latter, ine of the most efficient means of in^O*TITQ1 oloon in fhft Amplication UUAAAg U?WU*?* VAwwfr ? -STf f mustard plasters to the abdomen, teyer, of Jena, advocates the adminis ation of a freshly made solution of ictate of aroda,or of some milk or whey, I a the hypothesis that sleep may be inuced by the^introduction of the fatigue roducts of the body. The alkalies and [kaline earths are useful when acid yapepaia is associated with the insomia. Electricity has been used in the aresis of the vaao-motor nerves due to a overworked brain. In hot weather, prinkling the floor of the sleeping partment with water lessens irritant roperties of the air, adding muoh to le comfort of the sleepers; possioty tne nantity ef ozone is at the same time tcreased. When sleep is broken by jvere pain, opinm or morphia is of ilue, not only by relieving the pain bnt y its action in producing anaemia of the jrebra vessels. In the wakefulness due ? neuralgia, it is often better to inject Anaa nf mnmhift hvnodermi- i illy near the branch of the affected erve, than to administer it by , the lonth. It is donbtfnl whether the romides possess hypnotic properties, though they undoubtedly act as sedaves on the nervous system,and as snob iay occasionally indnoe sleep. The Jummm at Home. Arriving as ire did from China, the fid of png-nosee and yellow skins, we ere at onoe struck with the fresh, rudf complexions, and in many instances ell-cn :t features of the Japanese. Beiges the difference in their personal ppearance, they offer a marked contrast . in manner and bearincr. I UUD VUIU&OU AM 0. a place of the cringing abject demeanor E the latter, they carry themselves as ecomes men, fearlessly and upright, >ok you straight in the face, and conder themselves inferior to none. The ittei class are a fine, bold set of men. like knights of old, they are ever ready ) avenge a wrong, or evon to provoke a narrel; and with their terrible twoanded swords, would be anything but1 jntemptible antagonists in hand-toand fighting. Their manners are polihed to the extreme. As a rule they re exceedingly "good-natured, and have keen sense of the ridiculous ?rather too iU?4. it lUCli 80 ; lor we ueiievo Lunu u luu lost dutiful sou, possessed ctf tho great3t filial piety, were to see his father ying, he could not repress a laugh the old geutleman were to do so in at 11 a comical way. The Japanese ladies re almost as fair-skinned as their sisters f the West. Small, but neatly?nay, Dmetiines faultlessly?shaped; their ntrine robes disDlaviner in their own racefulnees the mo^el that nature has dopted, which none of the meretricious eceptions of civilization can improve pon; with pretty, captivating manners, lusical and soft as Italian, the laughterjving nymphs of the rising sun have lany and powerful oharms. No one rho has been in Japan will deny their laim to beauty.?Abbott. TIMELY TOPICS. There are 07,000 exhibitors at .the Paris Exposition. According to official statistics, fortyseven person died in England and Wales of hydrophobia in 1875, and fiftythree in 1876; The totaJ. Ill the eleven years, 1866-76, was 887. Washington Territory is represented by her newspapers as anxious to become a State, but her population still falls short of 124,000, the number on which Representation in Congress is based There were in this country, in 1877, 166,000 liquor dealers licensed by the United States government. The amount of money annually expended for liqnor in the United States by consumers is 5600,000,000. In Warsaw, Russia, certain ladies of high rank have organized an Economical Dress Club. Among other rules adopted is one discountenancing the constant changes recommeded by dressmakers, and modistes, when these lack artistio value. Mr. Bryant was probably the wealthiest poet this country has produced,and. perhaps, with the exceptions of Samuel Sogers and Lord Byron, the wealthiest, or among the wealthiest, of the Old World. His estate is said to be worth fire hundred thousand dollars. Small-pox and diphtheria have been very prevalent and fatal lately in London. Since New Tear's there have 1,134 fatal cases of small-pox within fifteen miles of Charing Gross, while there were bnt eight deaths of that disease in the same period in nineteen provincial towns of Englang having an aggregate popula tion about equal to the metropolis. A laborer named Mistlebrook, a member of the sect called Pecnlier People, who do not believe in medicines, was tried in Loudon for killing his infant sou, who died from whooping cough. The prisoner had neglected to call in medical aid, and had he done so the child's life might have been saved. The evidence was not sufficient to sua tain the charge. Dr. D'Unger, the Minneapolis physioian whose cinchona recipe for the cure of drankards recently attracted attention, is ont with this one for consumption: One-half ponnd finely cut up beefsteak (fresh); one dranchm pulverized charcoal, four ounces pulverized sugar; four ounces rye whiskey; one pint boiling water. Mix all together, let it stand in a cool place over night, and give from one to two teaspoonfuls liquid and meat?before each meal As an instance of the great ingenuity of ants, and the enormous amount of work they can accomplish, may be mentioned an incident that recently occurred near Paris, Ky., in a rural cemetery, oAwfl nnfd Kw rlilmanfl* wrnvlrinff TTJLlCIO DUU40 UiiVO, UJ UUA^VUIUJ TTV4iuug for several weeks, undermined a ooffin in a vault, dng a tunnel, and carried the skeleton which the coffin oontained through the tflbnel to a place seventeen feet away from where it was originally.. It is probable that the antB were assisted by the loosenjMptn tiie twuriii acnfc catacombs mOfby field-mice and moles. Mr. Johannes Eckart^ of Munich, announces that he has discovered a method of keepincr fish perfectly fresh for many days alter capture, hi a "plan of procedure consisting in impregnating them by means of hydranlic pressure with a weak solution of salicylic acid, packing them in casks or cases, and pouring gelatine over them. The latter serves to prevent their becoming stiff and dry. Prepared and packed in the above manner, they may, it is said, remain ten or fifteen days, and even longer, during transport without detriment to their flavor of appearance. A wonderful circumstance occurred in Wateonville, Gal., lately, according to a local paper, which says: To bean with, a gentleman well known in this section owns a lot of hens. One of them a few days ago commenced laying in a wood-pile, her nest being situated between two sticks of wood, far enongh apart so that as fast as the eggs were laid they would drop upon the ground, at least two feet below. After laying twelve or fifteen eggs, the hen commenced setting on the hole between those sticks of wood, the eggs being on the ground below, two feet distant Three weeks passed by and eleven of those eggs hatched successfully. Will some scientist explain the phenomenon ? A Little Boy's Frightful Pate. A bright little fellow aged eix and a half years, named George Krans, has [ been in the habit lately of going over to a tannery where his father was employ- j ed. One day recently he went to the tannery, and after greeting his father, went ont into the tan-yard. This was the last time he was seen alive. As has since been developed, he inadvertently stepped into a vat containing a strong solution of tannin liquor seven feet in depth. The sharp biting fluid brought immediate unconsciousness, and the child sank to the bottom. When the parent came along a little later, the dark surface gave no indication.of his; son's fate. Mr. Kraus slopped at ttiat identical var, and threw into it seventy-four raw hides. That night, when he went home, Georgia wae missing. Search was made for him all through the honse, and about the neighborhood. All efforts were, of course, fruitless, and a night of misery was passed by the distracted parents. The next morning search was resumed, and it was suggested that perhaps the boy had been drowned in the canal. Exhaustive inquiry in this direction show 1 11?- noao nnw 6(1 Wat HUCil >?uo UUII uuo uuuu. *uv ,, nearly frantic fattier went to the tannery and began a systematic examination of the tannery premises. At two o'clook in [ the afternoon he be*an on the vat in which he had cast the hides on the day before. One by one he pulled them out. Sixty-two had been taken out when the next lift brought the dead child to the top. The father gave one despairing cry, staggered forward, and would have fallen in but for the strong arm or a oystanaer, who, after laving the father, who had fainted, on the ground, fished the corpse out and had it conveyed to the family residence. The little lad was a great favorite with all who knew him, and will be sadly missed.?Cincinnati Commercial. Yalue of Metals. The following is an approximate estimate of the present cash value of the metals now known, rare and common. Thi) rare metals have no market value, but thev can be purchased at about the prices below. The price is given per pound, or 16 oz. avoirdupois. Iudium $2,520.00 Silver tI8.85 Vanadium .... 2,500.00 Cobalt 7.75 Rutbemum.... 1,400.00 Cadminm 6.00 Rhodium 700.00 Bismuth 8.63 Palladium.... 653.00 Sodium 3.20 Uranium 576.58 Nickel 2.50 Osmium 325.28 Mercury 135 Iridium 317.44 Antimony 36 /-i-tj ak TS"n 33 uvi.iu Platinium .... 115.20 Copper 25 Th&lliam 108.77 Arsenic 15 Chromium.... 58.00 Zinc 11 Magnesium... 46.50 Lead 07 Potassium.... 23.00 Iron 03 Items of Interest. Maid of money?A young heiress. M Barbers always predict short crops. | There is no more implacable enemy than he who feels he has wronged yon, j and no more nnhappy man than sucnan j enemy. rm Fifty-one metals are now knoffn to exist, thirty of which have been disooy- "J ered within the present oentory. Four <m hundred years ago bnt seven were 'M known. ."raj Somebody prints a book to show how 4 to get "twenty-five cent dinners for ? families." Now let somebody print a | book showing how to get the twenty* 1 five cents. The old story abont the little boy who I ^wished that he was built like a hen-coop, H so that the breeze coold blow right n through him, is again traveling the -^-3 ronnrin of the uress. w Oheyenne is proud because^we II . W known young lady of that town lu* Vjl made her debut as a carpenter and joiner; bnt that is nothing. Many of our most - beautiful young ladies here are trained to sweep the streets.?New Or- i leans Picayune. The green turtles of the West Indies J are the best known and most highly ap- II predated of the reptiles used as food. II These animals sometimes weigh as as 700 pounds. They are imported alive J into tlus country, and their flesh is th?i -? VtAata rtl flATin - unoxo Ui IIUAIUV DVUJ^I t The man who takes the bitter pil1? A wrj face clearly shows; Bat ho who lingers At the still, Will soon show & rye note. jQ And if he reads while he imbibes, fl And knowledge fills his head, | Himself and nose, like learned scribes, &$fld Will both soon bo well read. ] ?If. J. Republican. Bg It is interesting to note the number of H important inventions due to the ingpy jB naitv of persons whoee occupation lay eotirely out of the line of mechanical pur- | V suite. Whitney, who invented the cot- , raH ton gin, waa a school teacher, and Fnl- H ton of steamboat fame was an artist | painter, as was also Samuel P.- B. J Morse, discoverer of ihe teiegrapn. Brindlsy, the greatest civil engineer in^H England before the present opntaiy,^H was totally defiaient in soienttDB training. Arkwright, the inventor of the ^H| spinning machine, was a barber; and HE Oartwright, the invaetor of the power loom, was a clergyman, who had never J^B even seen a weaver at work. Bqetraek,HV the originator of the modern iron maan-^B| factnre of England, was a physician atB Birmingham?and so the list migbt be much extended. .J In the mode of indnlgingHEn the use of H tobacco, there is the greatest diversity, *iH and nowhere^is this more stiikingly H nzmffitted ' thair~iBHfa*-?&fipfrffiF^ lands. It is not till evening that the inhabitants of the higher class begin to H hmfl tliav arA nivmniftd in r. 1 OL-ii., till IUAU UiJJLLU VU.UJ eating, sleeping and smoking tobacco, .^9 which is nowhere more general than on ?. fV the island of Luzon; for children, before & they oan walk, begin to smoke nii>ii;" jH The women carry their foDdness M' II^^H to a greater height than the mer; not oontent with the usual small t jgabfif* they have others made foij them, wfcifh 4 are a foot long and proportionally thick. I a^ifc ifl^a most _Tudi^us. sight to kd '.^B xmnmm. Midway about the circle of the year . A-*'. ml-?- aad&L tW Km L_ '? I AUCtO AO m OUlgW J/v? ?wv ... Supremely fair, before oar carcloss eyea, a After the spathes of floral bloom appear, ' . A*] Before is found the first dead leaf aod serai v." M It comes, precureor of the Autumn skies, And crown of Spring's endeavor.' Till it dUs - fl We do not dream the flawless day is here. And thus. as on the way of life we speed, - Mindful bat of the joys we hope to see, I We never think. "Theee present hours exattri All that have been or that shall ever be;" Yet somewhere on oar joarney we shall stay ? Backward to gaze on our midsummer day. IM '* ?Andrew B. Sazton in Bcrwner. At Stekesley, Yorkshire, Eng- . fj land, lives a man who once as*. fl sis ted in singing the whole of. the U9th Psalm, and this is how it J is said to have happened. The parson - [ of a ohurch had an invitation to attend a V marriage breakfast, ana so maae aw sermon very short in order that he might be punctual The clerk, however, objected to this way of passing the Sunday, and when the time for Bulging came gave ont the 119th Psalm. The ^ clergyman did not at first notice what fl| was going on, and when he did the sra> S| sicians were fairly at work and oonld fl| not be stopped. Tne air was never lost. j The fiddlers wore ont their bows and I strings, the Ante player blew ont his M front teeth, the clarinet never recovered ^ its tone, and the singers all suffered ' more or less, but they kept it up to the bitter end and finished at three o'clock JH in the afternoon, after' four. hoars' hard work. Many of the congregation -went -Jm home to dinner, and returned in the afternoon to the finish, bnt the parson won mnoh respect by stioking to his I I fV.o loot anrl tha OOncluflion ' K pUipiu w ?uw ^ of the dismal performance he disniflsed /W the congregation without a Word. H Sunlight and Health* ra Sunlight ib even more neoessary to " health in summer than in winter; for V one, among other reasons, that disin? V fee tan ts of all sorts are more neoeseary in summer than in winter. The rajs of '9 heat quicken the vital - powers, the jfl chemical rays exert their mysterious H and potent influence, and the illumin- 9 ating rays, independently of the others, H as has been recently proved by Mr, 9 Cooke to the satisfactioa of the ablest B scientists, communicate motion. The S exhalations from our bodies in warm weather are more copious than they are in cold weather, and if we shut out the -fl licrht. from our houses we remove the most efficient of all agents in. destrojang what is unwholesome. The noxkras I vapors, which free admission of air I and light would remove, are absorbed I by carpets and upholstery, and beoomfl fl productive of disease. Those who are accustomed to the and damp H ness of dooe rooms may not oonsciously suffer therefrom, bnt that they sustain B real injury is evident in their pallid B faces, their flacoid muscles and nerveless H movements. The contrast between H them and those whose lives pass in the H open air is too evident to need comment M It may not be necessary to expose dur- H ing the day every room in the house to H the direct rays of the sun, but there Hj should be frequent opening of doors and windows, so that the solar beam may S nflrform its beneficent office. Bedrooms JH and other rooms in constant use should h receive most careful attention in this H respect. Sick rooms especially require thorough sunning and ventilation, and, jflj if possible, should always have a southern aspect. More patients die on the nH north side of hospitals than on the south side; there are more deaths on the H shady side of any street than on the fi sunny side. A notable Southern hotu6? M keeper, observing, strictly the following H rule during the summer months, "kept H her house perfectly sweet and cool and ?B dry from May to Ootober: Until ten J o'clock in the morning all the doors and H windows were opened wide; then they |H were closed nntil four in the afternoon; H A*a? rm,;a I tbqo opened again till mgnuui. __ rale might not do for all localities, bat H such a use of it as sboold secure free H access of light and air to every part of K the house at least once a day, could-buic^B be productive of good results . drnif