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^ , f V ' \ V;. ' . V: ..-, . v - , ABBEVILLE PRISS &"EA|MSii i ; ;!/ ; W#?A r(K. kng ^ , * ' ' ' : Jwrn* ot\i tyfittitm *Hb tffhff ' >? > ;0 f ** ? ' . ' *:! :y>tUUdtti} <h?M"> ' "? ' V ." n .-i.f. ' '*is */>fan tfqtMi .fl gr.'f^V.vMf yd vy??Si if - . , "' '' ' - f' '-'f. ' ;i ,-rnrl 11 ii itiHafl .iff" iiu fj tt - . ! " ' rr? - T7~* - "" u rT-?7 ~ ' " l-t/ ;i^0 ,*ait "6 vsi.jq i%H:c.c? OH/rt'.jse** * >"; BY HUGH WILSON AND W. C. BENET. ABBEVILLE. S. 6., WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 1879. ^| '" !*> " ' b >; tft W-5vl The Old, Old Story. wa pre The pastor's little daughter njr Sits smiling in the sun, he; Beside her on the old stone bench COl The story-book just done, an< And lurking in her wine-brown eyos A story just begun, j For yonder, pruning the apple trees, CX| Behold the farmer's son. pre the Slowly adown the pathway tali The pastor comes and goes, res And settles with his long, lean hand The glasses on his nose. Boro ever dry, brown branch belore p(,. So beautiful a rose ? po< ? Ah, he thinks his blossom only a bud, nei Though he watches it as it blows. the hoi Is it the story of Moses tiCJ In his rush-wrappefl cradle found, ?Uf Or ot Joseph and his brethren ? He thinks as he glances round. " You have finished your volume, Amy, ma Is it something scriptural and sound ?" t'io And his little daughter blushes and starts, ant And her book falls to the eround. tin Go on with your walk, good pnstor, Y oa do not yourself deceive; _ij. t has been a scriptural story . Since Adam first kissed Eve. of l And never blush, little lassie, sli The tale wns written above, No other so speaks of Heaven ' wo As the old, old story of love. j* j?London Reader. cry cor =r=rrr?? ere tioi AT SIMPSON'S. ?hc "n the I " Any letters for F. F. Van C'leef?" in art: ii nervous, anxious voice, was asked by ker a well-fed, well-clothed, close-cropped she young fellow of the hotel clerk. it a "Ah! what name?" demanded that can elegant functionary, not because he had ly c not heard perfectly well, but to find time the to lounge over Uie ten ieet intervening nea between himself and the letter boxes. " The name was repeated in a sharp, voi quick tone. _ hat "No: nothing." sai( " Please look in 4 CV " loci The clerk stared] wondered what was' stai up; reflected that the new comer had I brought but little baggage; mentally re- the solved to keep an eye on him; shuffled her over the letters in the "C" box; shook tioi his head, and then relapsed into an arm- to 1 chair overcome with the exertion. we; Frank took the elevator, let himself last into his room, lit a cigar, reflected, and goi i then sighed. ask Eight years in Europe, home at last, but summer well under way, a fair inherit- Ho ance, princinally in Chicago property, ant and a prospect of being independent of urn his brush ior the rest of his lilt;?such at t were the time and circumstances under refi which he found himself. Nothing to on sigh at in that. ^ ^ anr .But expensive living in Europe j had exhausted the gold remaining in liis 41 pocket after lie had paid liis passage; S money. His lawyers and the executors " of his late Aunt Miranda's estate liad am been instructed, however, by the previ the ous mail to remit money to him at the lv i Bcunswiek, so that was a matter of no tim moment. But the remittiince had not " arrived. Most of his baggage had been 1 expressed to Chicago from the hold of a < the big Cunarder, and in it the address wh of his new lawyers. stil 44 4 My lawyers' sounds well," here- wa fleeted, 44 but I wish to the deuce they'd Foi send me some money." ing Tuesday came, but with it no letters, tha It became annoying, but still he could J wait. Presently he went out for a stroll, ~ found it warm, and deplored the luck that Fre kept him from getting away from the hnH, heat and dust to Newport, where he was \ * ? 1 l._* ^ to join some menns wuu wnoni uu iuus ; t, spent the winter in Rome. , Entering the hotel, the clerk handed jjijf Jiira a letter. Ah! monev at lust! No: it was jv note, addressea in an Anglo- , Boston hand: hus - Deak Mk. Van Cleef: Come and (line with us to-night. We smv I your arrival in the Parthia's passenger-list in j " the morning paper, and are anxious to know j yar how yon nro and where you are going to spend roo the summer. Come at seven. Dining by sun- pr;i light is like " playing tea," so we esit late. an^ Yours, sincerely, M.vr.le. n,? No. 23 West 44th street. "Now, who the deuce!?Marie, Marie? ?" I don't know any Maine, especially any ; clni Marie who is particularly interested in j eye me, and who writes a charming note. ! upr saj s things winch with women pass for ! j wit, and, smelling of the paper, " who | bar uses extract of violet liberally. Well. | pec 'I'll be sure to go; it may divert my mind j* 41 from ray pecuniary embarrassment. TJI I mu have to make a clean breast of it to the " Clerk soon, and probably be arrested for Au a swindler. A man who expects remit- hei tances and don't know his lawyer's ad- atl dress, who has no baggage and wants I ma money to get to Chicago with, looks lib." j hoi a sub timely-cheeky confidence man." Fn "Evening dress ? claw-hammer coat, 1 l etc., but no gloves, no ties; why, money j per is a momentary necessity, by Jove!" saicl j ajc Frank, as he took these articles from his ; in? ' 'trunk. ! par " I can't go to dinner and find out my * unknown friends if I don't have gloves. '] Oh, if there was only a Mont dc Fide in i the v New York! By Jove, Simpson's! I J wil will arise and go unto ' my uncle' and j Bri say,4 Uncle, lend me $10.'" , wh 'U Frank laughed, then grew sober again, wa There was a sense of degradation in the , Th *. mere idea. Then, with a shrug, lie j drt took out a box\of jewelry, none oflte.x- , 'ui pensive, and turned it over. i wa "Hello, here's just the thing," he ; wh thought, as ho took out a locket. It was ; an odd cameo. Around it coiled a golden i serpent, with brilliantly-enameled scales 'j ? ^ ? " r??i*Ar?n'o_l\lnA/r' iiiKr AVOC I UUU p.m v/l piuivn iruivv>. * -w . wj Frank had picked it up in a little shop in enf Iiondon just before he sailed for homo. ! CU1 It whs one of the fancies in which he had I wr begun to indulge himself when lie re- aw reived the first remittance from his new !m( lawyers and new property. 1 " This baublqis principally accountable i ;nl or my being short of money," he | ne3 bought. " I will make it remember : 'pjj me." On the back of the quaint old i iiul locket were the initials, "V. D. V.," and ; +i,( below them, " M. E." There had been i t,jic \ a picture in it flnce, but there was left : ei^ . only the marks of the knife with which j * \ 1 it had been pried out. It was growing ] late, and calling a hack, Frank jumped rC!] \ in ana told the driver to take him to the new courthouse. Arrived there, he told t]1( lit the man to- wait, passed through the co, ' building and out the other door; walked S;lI *' briskly to Simpson's, hesitated a moment, bolted in the door, and in a moment stood in a box at the counter, where a jla poor woman was pawning some clothing .. ?? - for food. Frank shuddered,, drew out the locket and laid it down. j Qf A dark miin took it up, looked at it, : no turned it over, scrutinized the initials, | re! tested the gold on a corner, and said, | alconically: "How much?" j ] ?Ien dollars." T)] The man turned away, made out the m, ticket, handed Frank the money and his tj0 duplicate ticket, and turned to the next comrt. ho With a sigh at the atmosphere of ea( ' misery hanging around the place, from ; J, he dark corners of which the hollow raI faces of the specters of want and starva- M; tion seemed leering at him, Frank passed re, quickly out the door, regained his cab. ](;f said to the driver, "Brunswick?quick!" rC] and rolled away. . w( " ' ho Two little red lips quivered percepti- it bly, and two big black eyes filled with tri tears. To be hungry ? absolutely, un- id< poetically and practically hungry?was a su novel experience to Bessie Prang. To be hi] "v hungry in a fashionable lodging-house, N< with plenty down stairs in a well-filled so larder and cool, pleasant dining-room, bu is absolutely absurd.* Sitting in a jtty room, amid a mass of pretty femile knick-knacks and brick-a-brac, wing the rattle of knives and forks ne up on the air from the table below; i yet to be hungry was " positively, idueningly incongruous," she thought, be sure there was no reason why she )uld not have gone to the landlady and plained her situation and been sure of >per treatment, but they had been in ! house but a few days, and had been ;ing their meals out at a neighboring taurant. Bessie's mother had been led away to visit a sister who was ill, i she had left her little girl alone, not thout misgivings, and the night before ssie had lost Tier purs*, or had her ?ket picked coming from clin ; at any rate it was gone, and with it ! money which was to have bought food for the next two days. A pracil woman would have done the obvi; thing and interviewed her landlady, t Bessie was even more than most men sensitive about going to strangers ;en in trouble, especially about money tters, and feared to encounter suspin;#so she went without her breakfast, 1 at lunch-time was ravenously hunr. What a curse a good appetite is at les! Then it occurred to her that she 1 heard her cousin Tom jokeytbout " Uncle," and she knew that lie was .lding to a pawnbroker, w nai a northing a pawnbroker must be. A kind i crop between a Sliylock and a Fagin, t thought, and they would ogle 1>elhaps. Oil, no! She'd starve before i would go there. But as the afternoon re on and hunger increased, and with ler perplexity, she began to cry. But ing didn't help matters any; on the itrary, the pan^s of hunger rather inased, and with thorn her detcrmina\ to tinil her cousin Tom's " Uncle." ? resolved that no one but herself uld ever know of her perplexity, ot even mamma, nor of her visit to pawnbroker's?never that." 'rom under a mass ot ribbons and laces, iticial flowers and dainty lace handchiefs, tumbled into a bureau-drawer, fished out a small box, and took from , queer old locket. It was a carved leo, surrounded by a brilliant nameled snake with ruby eyes, and on back the initials M. E., and under,th, V. 1). V. Poor old grandma; how horrified i would be if you only knew, and !n't been dead these ten years!" she 1 to herself softlv, as slie put the feet back in its case, and ran down rs in the late summer afternoon. t was a long walk down Broadway, pavements wore hot and scorched feet, her face grew flushed with exer1, and her black curls clung damply ier white forehead. Besides, she was ik from long fasting. She thought at ; that she did not know were she was ng, but she mastered up courjige to a policeman. lie eyed )ier curiously. , told her civilly enougli where to go. t waves of crimson dyed her face I neck as she passed in at the doorway ler the trio of golden halls, and stood ;he counter. She hearf a poor woman osed the amount she 'begged for an old shawl. It was moth-eaten, I they did not want it any price. 'hen a voice said: ' Well, miss ?" he produced the locket. How much?" Alter a hurried exination she was relieved to see that I man took to her novel situation cool- ! ?nough, and six* spoke for the first iP. Ten dollars, please." 'he money was counted out, she gave foliar o. it to the poor woman ose shawl had been rejected and who ] stood in a dazed way on the sideIk, escaped from her thanks into a irth avenue car, and was soon bathin her cool room, and forgetful, now t she had money, of her hunger, ust then a note reached her. earest Bessie: Do come over ami dine, il and I are in town lor a day or two. In ;e, thine. o. 28 West 44th street. Makie. ' Put monev in thy purse' and thou It be invited to dinner," thought Besas she mentally resolved to go at e to her old scltool-fellow and her ;band. III. Mr. Van Cleef," said the- mau-serit, opening the door of the drawingm of No. 28 West 44th street, and mk was ushered into the cool rooms I rtie presence of a tall, fine-looking n, whom he had never seen before! i life, a blonde, matronly little woman that's Marie," he thought?and a inning girl, in white, with great black s, and a mass of soft, black hair rolled >n the small, clean-cut head, or a moment the situation was cmraising. Then Mr. Francklyn step1 forward, and Frank said r There seems to be some mistake; I st have a namesake somewhere." ' Oh, no; we are cousins to your late nt Miranda, who has just made you legatee, and as you have comc home ast we mean, now that you are hero, to i ??t ?i k.e juu iv i'uuaiu o in imi ise ami our friendship, said Mr. incklyn. t is enough to say that the dinner was feet, the hostess charming, the host tlly good fellow and Bessie so betwitch; that Frank was in love head and s before the dinner was finished. ? * * * * ?lie letter from "my lawyers'' wjis at hotel when Frank returned, covered th the postmarks, of half the " New jnswieks" in the country, among ich it had traveled while lie was iting for it at the Hotel Brunswick, e hist murmur that he made :is he ipped off to sleep was, "Found an icle,' two cousins and?and?" and he s dreaming ?of a black-eyed girl in lite in another minute. iv. uhe phlegmatic clerk at the pawn>ker's turned over two lockets apnarly just alike and examined them iotisly, then put them back in their appers and was about to put them ay when a fellow-clerk approached 1 :uso lOOKt'U at iiit'in. xney cii:ingtui ?m about a little and then placed tlieni the wrappers and in the safe. The ct day both lockets were redeemed, ey thought it, curious at the moment, t odd things are of daily occurrence in > office of a pawnbroker, the theater of ! daily tragedy of woe and want, povy, hunger and dirt. J m ? * * v ?'rank looked at the locket when he iclied his hotel; it was the same, ere was the little bright spot where ; pawnbroker's acid had touched the *ner of the case, but the rest was the ne exactly. No?he rubbed his eyes vhere:is when he took the locket to } pawnbroker the initials on the case d read: V. D. V. M. E. this he was perfectly sure; yet, here w, they were plainly reversed, and id: ' M.E. V. D. V. He puzzled over ifc for some time, len lie went down in a cab and demded of the pawnbroker an explanan. The young man told him of the o lockets, exactly alike, left within an ur of each other on the preceding day, ih pledged for $10, each redeemed in 2 morning, and explanations how they ist have been changed. The young in hoped that there was rio harm done; nembered that the other locket was t by a "young woman;" really didn't nember what she looked like, and then ;nt back to his work. Frank returned me puzzled. It really didn't matter; was only a chance purchase of a unique fle in jewelry; he hadn't the remotest ?a whose the initials were, but he was nowfifmiio oVvAiif if o n rl if m. That the locket had a double in ;w York there could be no doubt, and Frank resolved not to tell the story, it to wear the locket on his watch chain, in the hopp that it would soi time attract the attention of some o who could solve the mystery. v. " Mamma," cried Bessie the next d when, her confession made?, she had : deemed her precious locket and was c amining it, "Mamma, this is not r locket. This is the other one. This poor grandma's love token to her fait less lover come back to her grandchil see, see," she rattled on in wild exci ment. Mrs. Prayne looked sharply, sr the reversed initials, and was as excit in a moment jus wessie, uousin lom w dispatched to the pawnbroker's for i formation. He learned but little mc than Frank, and so the mysterv w talked of and speculated upon for t next week. Grandma's love story w told over and over. Briefly it was thi Alary Emerson and Van Dyke Vedcl were lovers years before. They exehang lockets made for them. Vedder we sailing away out into the west and mi ried, leaving grandma, then young ai pretty, to soon console herself with n other lover and husband. She alwn kept the locket and a warm spot in li heart, as every woman does for the m whom she once loved. But she nev saw or heard of him again in life. Besi received her blessing, her little fortu and the precious locket from grandma i her death-bed. And now, after fii years and without a clew, the lock< were changed by some mysterious agenc VI. Two months later Bessie and Fraj met again at the Franklyns1 pretty hou at Newport. They had both forgott the lockets, and soon forgot the world each other. One summer evening Bessie promis to be liis wife, and as two little whi arms went up around his neck, Frai was guilty of a most unconventional pr feeding, lie actually was surprised o of taking immediate advantage of 1 newly-acquired privileges. Among t] lace about Bessie's neck rested the oth locket. The love-tokens were lov | tokens still. Bessie told her grandmother's litt romance, and the initials were explain* to Frank, who exclaimed, almost wi awe: "Van Dyke Vedder, the faithle lover of your grandmother, Mary Emc son, w:is my grandfather." In a handsome house in Fifth avem there hangs upon the parlor wall avelv case. In it are two lockets, each as li the other as can well be imaginedcameo surrounded by an enameled sna with ruby eyes. Over them hang thr golden balls.?New York Star. Three Curiosities. A Bikd that Tuuns Somersaults. Tlim-tt'c <i nrpt.fv litt.lf bird that liV in China, unit is called the Fork-Tail Parus. lie is about as big as a robi and he has a red beak, orange-color throat, green back, yellow legs, bla tail and red-and-yellow wings. Near all the colors are in his dress, you s( and Jie is a gay fellow. But tins bird has a trick known by i other birds that ever I heard of. I turns somersaults! Not only does he < this in his free life on the trees, but al after he is caught and put into a ca<2 He just throws his bead far back, ai over he goes, touching the bars of t' cage, and alighting upon his feet on t flook or on a perch. He will do it ov and over a number of times witho uf-nnnimr 5is t.linnfrll lift tllOllL'bt it "TP ^vv/rr?.-? o O-? -- Ofun. All his family have the same trie and they are called tumblers. The pe pie of China are fond of keeping the in capes and seeing them tumb Travelers often have tried to bring the to our country, but a sea voyage is n good for them, and they are almost su to die on the way. A Plant Without Stalk ok Leaf. There is a very big flower with a a ue name, JRafflesia arnoldi; but the ondc thine about it is that it has neither sta nor leaf. I don't mean a dead flower with tl stalk and leaves plucked away, but living and growing flower. The one heard of measured three feet aero: weighed ten pounds, and could ho about two gallons of water. It w found in tlic insist Indian island 01 s matra, but I'm told that others of tl same family have been seen in Sou America. These curious flowers grow upon tl roots of other plants, scemina to sit < the roots, and spreading up like heads cabbages. NAtwral Caxnon-Bai.t-S.?My frieri the late Captain Hawlcy, brought r from that wonfier-land, the firr West, very curious stone. It is black and pc fectly round, its heavy sis iron and loo exactly like a cannon-ball. It was tak from Oapnon-Ball river, a branch of t Upper Mississippi. This aforesaid strea contains great quantities of these bal enough to fight our battles with for ce turies. The geologists ought to ashamed of their ignorance, but tli haven't been able to tell whether the cannon-balls were forged by the watt god or the fire-god. A neighbor of mi informs me that he has seen some these balls in the high clay-banks of R river, La., and that they were from s to eight feet in diameter. Some of thf are formed of iron pyrites though gencri ly^tho balls are of clay-iron stones. JOCK-in-uie-rUipu, ot. iMiaioias Wise Sayings from Don Quixote. Beauty in a modest woman is a fire < a sharp sword at a distance; neitli doth the one burn nor the other woui those that come not too close to them. Keep your mouth shut and your ej open. The absent feel and fear every ill. Self-praise depreciates. The dead to the bier, the living good checr. All women, let them be ever homely, arc pleased to hear themseh celebrated for their beauty. Squires and knights errant are subj< to much hunger and ill luck. Liberality may be carried too far those who have children to inherit frc them. Virtue is always more persecut by the wicked than beloved by t righteous. Every one is the son of his own worl Honesty is not for the mouth of an a No padlock, bolts or bars can sect a maiden so well as her own reserve, Wit and humor belong to geni alone. The wittiest person in a comqdy is who plays the fool. There is no book so bad but that son tiling good may be found in it. We cannot all be friars, and varic are the paths by which God conducts t good to heaven. Covetousness bursts the bag. It is eiisy to undertake, but more di cult to finish the thing. The term is equally applicable to ranks, whoever is ignorant is vulgar. By the streets of44 By-and-bye" one i rives at the house of44 Never." Between the 41 Yes" and 44 No "of woman I would not undertake to thn the point of a pin. x awuiuu ami situiiiu ciic uuun. A soldier had bettor smell gunpow< than musk. Other men's pains are easily borne. A bad cloak often covers a gc drinker. Pray devoutly and hammer on stout When a thing is once begun it almost finished. Lay a bridge of silver for a fiyi enemy. The jest that gives pain is no jest. ne The Party at Mr. Wigglesworth's ne There was a social gathering at residence of Mr. Wiggles worth, on i die street, one evening last week, among others who were present wi iiy young man from Belfast, with a foreh i'?- of marvelously developed bumps, i 'X- a way-coat, a delicate tenor voice an uy brilliant red necktie. As the gathei is was purely of a social character, the ci -h- pany sat around the room on elm d; stared vacantly at the pictures, pc te- aimlessly through the family albi iw without any backs, twisted their fiug ed and thought up mean things about e ns others' clothes. Finally, during the i n- tinued lull in the conversation, the yo re man from Belfast cleared his tnr as pulled his cuffs down so tlicy would sh he and said, for the edification of the ci as pany: is: "Why does a dog always sneeze tl ler times ?" ed It was a heroic act thus to break nt awful silence, and the young man a ally turned pale as he realized his te nd rity, hut the company eagerly grasped n- rope thus thrown to their assistance, ys "What kind of a dog?" inquire icr pretty girl in a garnet silk, an "Oh, any kind," explained the yo er man. sie " Is it because he can't help it?" ne served a smart young dry goods cl on with a tall collar and a weak smile, \ fa was a little jealous of the sudden eh its tion into notoriety of the young man fi Belfast. The pretty girl in the garnet laughed at this, hut the owner of the< fjj. unorum only frowned severely. 1SP " Because," said a philosophical-lc en ing man in a wnite vest, ** necause 1 jn owing to the prolongation of the su influences set in operation consequent e(j on th<? irritation of the inner membi [t() of the canine's proboscis." The company g:usped as the quesi 0. began to take on such a serious asp u j but the young man from Belfast chee ,js their fears bv a negative shake of hp. head.. The philosophic man gave a li er snort of anger at the reception of e. theory, and relapsed into moody silej while a fat woman with gray hair an je jet-black switch remarked: e(j " My husband had a dog oricc that the funniest thing. He used to wei ,ss night-cap to bed?thf?t is, my husb T_ did?aca one night when lie was laic with a sore paw?that is, the dogforgot to put it on?my husband foi ae to put his night-cap on?and he chc et it up?the clog did?and my husb jumped out of bed and found it so twi: _a around his feet?found the nisjlitl^c twisted?that I had to hold his hind ec while he cut it off with his knife.'1 "Held whose liind legs?the dog anxiously inquired a ministerial-app ing man behind the stove. ?" Of course, sir," frigidly replied fat woman. , "But what has that to -4o with 13(1 question?"mildly inquired a meek 1 "j woman in cork-screw curls, j! " Notliing," responded the fat won . " only he wassucn a funny little bru ^ the dog, I mean." ?e' Just at this moment a young mar the door, who had been thinking so 1 1" that he started a button on the bad , his coat, burst out with: "Because it is the sneeziest thin; rso do!" 'ej At this atrocious act the fat woi ; almost fainted, and the frowns of I whole company so abashed the unfo nate young man that he shrunk ou e*' sight behind the door. u* . "And why," finally said Mr. "\Vig? worth, as the silence became pair , " why does a dog always sneeze tl K' times?" ?" The company held their breath for answer. "He doesn't," replied the young i from Belfast, very softly. ui "Eh!" exclaimcd Mr. Wigglcswo ih condensed amazement, while the c pany resolved itself into an allogon _ etrifled astonishment. *r" " lie doesn't,1' repeated the young i . from Belfast, in tlie same soft v;..c< V/ he toyed with the humps on his f head. , t And then it seemed as if a sort of gh settled down upon the company, after the refreshments had been ser ' the young man from Belfast, notii that the weather had grown sudd< very cool, went liome. And of all I throng there was none who bade I I good - night. No, not one. ? Jiockl [h v<mrier lie 3Ij, Mesmerism In China. To the priests ef Tao is due the covery of kang-fu and its applicntio j a means of healing the sick. Ail < n)', plaints are held to be equally amen: a to its power, though not all perst T. professors of the art stating plainly I j-s kang-fu can exercise no influc Pn over others than those who have fu |1C The method is as follows: A Ta m priest, known for his skill in the ar js requested to attend at the house of a person for the purpose of administei b,. kang-fu; and accordingly after arran< ev the sum for his services and securing; ,S(, of it in advance, he proceeds to r- UP within the patient's room an altai n(. the burning incense and joss-paper 0f for worship generally. Muttered 0(| cantations follow as the priest w jx slowly and with prescribed" steps ro and round the room. By-and-bye he jj_ proaches the sick man and partly rs him, or turns him on his back or s or lifts up a leg or arm, or gently sh poos him, the object being all the t to bring the sick man's mind into rap nyi with his own. When the priest thi ho has accomplished tins, ne commn ' , the patient to perspire, or to hoe cool, or gives instructions for the r< lution of pulse and heart, in each 'es according to what he conceives to be * exigencies of the disease. The wl ; scene is rendered impressive as poss by silence, and by darkening the ro t0 with the exception of one oil lamp the light of winch is dimly visible S() silhouette of the robed priest waving res long sleeves in the air. The imagina faculty of the sick man is thus exci and hence, perhaps, 'the reason 1 -ct even in these days of prohibition Ch men may still be found ready to dec in that they (generally, however, t >m friends and relatives) have derived doubted benefits from a well-timed ,etf ministration of kung-fu. All ray < j1(. attempts to be present at such asi have hitherto proved unsuccessful; k the above account is gathered chi ' from conversation, aided by a few s ss- hints gleaned from TaoistpampL ire which contained allusions to tliesuhj That something akin to mesmerisr iu even now practiced in China appeal be beyond all doubt.?Frnscr's I ho aziiu-. ie" Sod Fences. 'FJ A Louisiana paper says that Joseph Jefferson has been fencing orange-grove plantation in uiat stir a novel and effective way. He be ffi- by ereeting, for each side of his fe sods three feet in width, divided all five layers, at an angle of seventydegrees. The soil from beneath the exactly fills the space between the ere ar" sods, leaving a tlirec-foot ditch on < * side. On the top of this sod-and * a fence, which is four and a half feet al ast base and three feet high, he plants tings of the McCartney rose, whicli protected by a panel of boards. r ]er fence, while within the reach of any: who will shoulder his spade and w possesses the advantages of an imp? hie narrier, 01 permanence, ux nut u iod ing repairs, of drainage and of bei most beautiful ornament. Mr. Jeffe ,]y. will soon have inclosed a scction of " plantation containing 2,600 acres, an ' one-half the cost of a stake fence, thought that this most economical in? useful fence will ultimately be genei adopted in the Southern States.?& tific American I. FOR THE FAIR SEX. the j|(j. T)ie Trne BabyLand. and Ho^inany miles to Baby Land? ? Any one can tell; B you stray j From the way, n ? Comes an awlol yelL ? i'.' k> ?.ra" What can yon see in Baby Land? tn's, e : i, ... )re(j Squirming little race, jms Feet and flst ers, All atwiat, fU;h Seldom a clean face. anting What do yofl do in Baby Land? oat, Wake and fret and cry, ow> Colic and hives 0111 Make our lives iree ' Weajily pass by. I What do they say in Baby Lund? j. Only one sound there? mc. Wall, wah, wall, the Wah, wah, wah, Greets one everywhere, d ft - Who is qneen in Baby Land? ung Mother, worn and thin, "Tired of sound, ,?k* Hants around, Finds a wicked pin. >va- ; l'OITI v New Yo.k Fo4hlou? French Styles.?The choicest novel silk ties for spring and summer toilettes ari ;on- brought over by the modiste who re mains latest in Paris. These belong al iok- most entirely to the styles of Louis XV * js and Louis XVI., though the vests, th< btlfi abots and the puffed sleeves are copie( " ?v - * -li /? ! j rpi. , ui>- irom ine insinons 01 earner reigua. j.u< 'ftnc special feature of the latest importation: is the use of gay figured colored goods o tion very light weight, such as foulards, cot ftct, ton sateen and the semi-transparent woo keel fabric formerly called mousseline d< his laine. This fine wool is more sheer ant iitle light than that known as French bunt his ing, and instead of being confined to sin gle colors, it is now shown with whit d a cream, pearl, or Sevres blue ground: strewn with small palm leaves or witl w'as flowers. These figured delaines are uset u' a for short suits and for house dresses and whiie the plain colors, especially tin 111P cream tints, appear in evening dresse -ho combined with satin, moire and bro ' got. caded silks. Another novelty is Indienni ived crape, a lustrous gau'ip thinner thai and tissue-paper, and ' especially prettj ii sted cream white made up over silk, an< ctlP trimmed with the lightest quality o Breton lace. In cotton dresses the sanv , pretty Pompadour figures are preserved s- even in the pale chintz calicoes, and tin r':ir- design of making is sis elaborate as fo the foulards and delaines. the The Pompadour styles are chosen fo the gay youthful dresses that will b tins worn at summer resorts. These havi ittle overdresses very bunehily draped, i great deal of shirred trimming and lacc lan, with fichus, jabots and puffed sleeves le_ When.the dress is a short costume, th skirt is decidedly short, showing the foo 1 by as high as the instep, and escaping th lard ground entirely. Wlien a derm-train i k 01 used for the house, the front and firs side-breadths are as short as those o ? to street suits. New Hosiery.?At the furnishinj nan houses new hosiery for the summjer i the made of the fine Sea Island cotton ii rtu- cream and ecru tints, embroidered oi t of tlie instep, or else up each side, in ciuaint ly combined colors, such as pale blu with olive green, red with yellow, am iful, pink with deep red; one of the fancies o ,ree the season is polka dots of embroidery ii color all over the instep of the Hal brig t'K* gun stocking. Black thread stocking are also shown, and it is said will b man worn all summer; they are embroiders with pale blue, ftmon-color, pink or red The ecru Balbriggans are deepened ii om*. color until they arc almost as dark as oli f 01 gold, and have black vines wrought u] each side. nan Bustles.?The small bustles used al :'? a along for trained and demi-trained skirt orc" are now commended by fashionabl modistes for supporting the panier dra )?m peries of short suits. ' The^e bustles and however, are offered with* the cautioi r.ei'- that they must be very small, as tli bouffant effect is more stylish when it i inlv produced by the voluminous bunched up draperies of the overdress. The im film ported bustles are of muslin with som anu curled whalebones run in casings, am these are conlined to the middle of th hack, beirinninir iust below the waist line rXewi nnd Kotei for Women. disn as ^ woman in London has paid 200 fine om. for drunkenness. ible Princess Beatrice has a collection o ins; lace worth $100,000. that the Queen of the Society Islands goe 'nee barefooted, wearing rings on her toes. During a period of nearly two centu ? .* ries the lirst-born of the House of Austri; sick 1)een 11 girl?curious fact. rjn? 'The French governmet has appointei rjn^ ^ chief lady inspector of factories, and si: part lady inspectors of the second class in th Ut Department of the Seine. for A Japan woman has followed the ex and amples of the famous Smith sisters, c in- Glastonbury, Conn., and has entered he nlks emphatic protest against taxation with und out representation. ,aP" Miss Delia Brown, the Jiarpist, ha uses just received a compliment never befor 1(le, paid to an American, namely, being mad a life member of the Royal Academy c lllie Santa Cecelia, of Rome. \nki ^Pr majesty, the Queen of the Be] j' gians, is a great admirer of small dog rime ant* USC(1to Cliri7 onR always in her arms " which was arrayed in a coat of the sam cMf* co'or :w 'ier dress. Each time the dres was changed by the august lady the dog' hole coafc was a'so clianged by an attendant, ible An intelligent schoolgirl, by nam oni Eva Sclielemmer, of Memphis, Tenn. , i,y lias.received a gold medal from the How 'ujjp ard Association for meritorious service . j,j? performed in the midst of -the pestilenc tivo which r:iged last summer and whic] . were unremitting from the beginning t tviiy the close. A London letter of the Chicago Jour ? "ii. TN...I e y, i.i. hire nal s*'l.vs: 1 ,lu - -'uciiess 01 oummuguL i heir to 'iavr $7,500 a year pin-money, to speni un. as she likes, and if her husband dies ad- 830,000 a year for life. In the meantime ^vn the income of the pair, sus granted by th [ ene government, will be about $200,000 and yearicily ??? 'lets Woman's >VIt Against Red Tape. feet Miss Kate Field, well known as a lec n is turer and .journalist, had several amus rs to jnc adventures in her visit to Spair \Ia<j- Her courage never deserted her in dan gov, and her womanly tact overcame a the hinderances to travel. She had man encounters with the officials, who wer no match for her wit. One morning, a she was about starting from the iittl Mr. town of Santander for Madrid, the coui his ier told her that the authorities had pu te in her trunk in quarantine for three days gins She hastened to the sanitary bureav nee, " Please give me my trunk." - ? i? Tt ?o in riilofo nf inn " ID I/O Ai AO iu uum ivuviuv* .five "What for?" sod " Because there's eliolera in Paris." cted " I've not come from Paris." mcli "The cholera must be kept out c soil Spain." ; the That was conclusive. But she woul cut- not give it up. " Is the cholera locke i are up in my trank, and not in my carpel rhis bag?" The caraet-bag had not bee mar touched. " Had I known the marvels { ork, Spanish quarantine, I'd have brougli Lssa- my clothes in a newspaper." ced- After a little more bantering, the ir ng a spector yielded. "You can't have you rson trunk; that would cost me my ofTicf his But you may have your clothes. id at She was equal to tiie emergency, too It is the clothes, piled them into a whit and checkered morning wrapper, and starte "ally for Madrid with the bundle under he iicn- arm. The American consul, even, wn astonished at her audacity. Wliat He Was (joins to Say. Young Mr. Goldsmith, who is a cler in one of our dry goods stores upon fair salary, and who has for some tim been paying attention to a young lady c the south-end, whose father is wort forty thousand dollars, made up hi mind last week that lie would imall settle the question of lior regard for hiir Thursday evening he arrayed himse in his most prepossessing garments, an .. omitting his supper from reason of sud den and total loss of appetite, herepaire to the barber-shop, for the purpose of ac .iniwnrr fVint. omnntlinPSS Ot ffU'.C SO mile admired by his young lady. 41 Now," said young Mr. Goldsmith t himself, " it will be an excellent oppoi . tunity to think up something to saj while I'm being shaved," and he too his seat inthe chair, elevated his heels closed his eyes, and put his thoughts-ir to reflective order. He said to himsell I want to begin with?" ' " Shave?" inquired the knight of th razor. "Of course," said young Mr. Golc smith, somewhat tartlj, opening hi eyes, "you don't suppose I came in t get a tooth pulled, do you?" The barber smiled in a 10ft tone, an Sroceeded' with his work, while youn Ir. Goldsmith closed his eyes a?iin, an resumed his musing: " I'll begin by saying that she cannc be insensible to the fact that her?" "Razor pull?" broke inthe artist, a he gave an upward stroke under th j chin. "m " No!" replied young Mr. Goldsmitt ] crossly. " ?That her charms have wo for her a place in my affections that n j amount of?" [ "Pimples?" inquired the barber, a , young Mr. Goldsmith winced under th j razor; "did I nip a pimple?" ? "Go ahead!" said the young mar shortly, and r61apsed into: "?Thf j no amount of adversity can ever eradi , cate. I have longed to sit an i drink?" 1 "WovmimP" Young Mr. Goldsmith shook his heat ^ with a wrathful feeling in his breast ths " boded the barber no good, and cor j tinued: " ?And drink in the lovo thr j I am certain she bears for me. Then will kind of lead on until I have my?" I "Hair cut?" interrupted the barbei " unconscious of the mischief he was dc ' ing. A malevolent glare from his cuf " tomer answered his question in the neg " ative. j "?Until I have my points we i stated," continued young Mr. Golc 1 smith, to himself, "and then I will cor 2 elude by saying?'and' now, deare: Mary, will you have?" ' " Any oil?" said the barber, pausin v with the bottle in hand. And then the other customers wei _ horrified at seeing a young man shot B out of the cliair, clutch the barber b e the neck, and break the oil bottle ov( x his head, and then, as he backed the tei ; rified razor-manipulator against th ' wall, they heard him scream in a passioi p torn voice: t " You miserable apology for a phon< g graph, I don't want any oil, any shan s poo, any pomatum, any cosmetic, an t cigars?any?any?a-a-aw!" f And young Mr. Goldsmith, grabbir his coat andf hat, tore out of the do< E and up the street, gritting his teeth f 3 liard that he started two gold filling 1 and entirely ruined the nerves of an e . derly woman on the opposite side of it street. He didn't propose that evenin, ~ ?Rockland Courier. :1 ? * Novel Insurance. The Maiden Assurance Society is s somewhat singular business institutic e in Denmark, which perhaps might 1 i made to flourish in this country. T1 nobleman?for the association is peci { liarly for this class?as soon as a fema 1 chilcl is born to him, enrolls her nan p in a certain association of noble familie and pays a certain sum, and thereaft 1 a fixed annual amount, to the societ; s When she has reached the age of?v e believe?twenty-one, she becomes ei titled to a fixed income and to an el i gant suite of apartments in a large buili It n.n^lnnf nr 1 lug ui liiu nsauuiitkiiiu, mi/u giumug <> e park about it, inhabited by other youi s or older nobler ladies, who have thi . become members. If her father dies i . her youth, and she desires it, she h o shelter in this building, and at the tix< | time her income. When she dies < e marries, all this right to incomes lapse and the money paid in swells the ei dowment of the association. Her fatli may pay for twenty years, and tin her marriage cut off all advantiige of tl insurance. But this very chance mustei s able the company to charge lower annu premiums, and make the burden less < f the father insuring. He has at any ra the pleasant feeling that his small annu s payments are insuring his daughtei future and giving her a comfortab home and income after he has gone. " is obvious that the chances for marriaj x among a given number of women can 1 calculated :is those of death. Tlie.ph -i has worked well for generations c Copenhagen. The possession of f e "apartment-house" by the associate in some pretty suburb of New Yor . woukl certainly add to the attractivene if of the plan, and would only be a porti( i* of the assets of the company. A sing - ady, at the death of her father, or win she is of age, would thus lind herself s possession" of a .pleasant suite of roor i.rtonnnfoKlo nnm nn tl 1 nn Q. n.nH in t.l 0 Willi lCOJigVtaU4W Wiuj/twuvuw, ...... ... w_ 0 ei\joyment of a small lixed income. T1 class who now suffer most from the coi vulsions of business?single and unpr tected women of well-to-do families " would thus he sheltered and eared fo 8 Fathers who could not spare capital fi ' their daughters could thus devote son e portions of annual income which wou s secure their future. We commend tl s Danish plan to our insurance compani* -Albany (N.Y.) Journal. o The "Tim Finnegan" Mines. s A far-West study in nomenclature e given by the Salt Lake Tribune. stranger asks a miner why a series o nineteen claims have the name of " Ti Finnegan." The reply, in the vemac' lar, explains the phenomenon: "We s stranger, it was at Pressott, an' me a d Tuscan Jake was playing a game of cu sock, jes' for the drinks, you know, wlu in comes one of them crazy, bloodthirs: c bloodhounds that turns loose in minii ft camps sometimes, ripped out his si: shooter and shot the barkeeper dea< ?1 T.i i then, turning on me an x usc.ui said: ' Now, either of you move an in< an1 I'll blow the top of your heads oft !_ We knowd he'd do it. There was tl j. barkeeper dead, an' thar was the pist t. pointed right at us. It was fearful; v t. darsn't take a full breath. .Take's fee II in's worked on him so powerfully th y lie couldn't jicep still; he hitched rour e a little. Quick as lightning a bull s laid him at my feet. The sweat sto( e oil my face like cobblestones. I ev< > wished he would shoot me an' have it over with. Jes' then a pistol fl;ish< ). behind the wild beast, an he fell de.' [[ in his boots. Tim Finnegan had got t( much whisky early in the evenin', a stretched out on some barrels in tl r-nmer an' went to sleep. The shots th killed the barkeeper an' Jake waki him; an'bein' sobered by his nap, h >f unbeknownst to mc an1 the muraerc easily an' p*adually drew his pistol a (1 sent the bloodhound to kingdom com d I hugged an' kissed Tim, an' I've nami j. the claims after liim; an' if I dio befo n my wife?Tim's a bachelor? I want y( >f to be named Mrs. Tim Finnegan." i- The gallant wno, wiiuh ? juuug r stopped on his foot while dancing ai ' asked pardon, said, " Don't mention i a dainty little foot like that wouldi k hurt a daisy," not only told the taut e hut doubtless felt more comfortable til: d the boor who, when his foot was stepp r on, roared out, "That's right; climb i s over me with your great, clumsy hoofs ?Boston Transcript. TIMELY TOPICS. !| It may Ixj interesting for some pec *e to know that it costs twenty-five ?ol to take h dog across the Atlantic, i Ij that the animal is takenat the own s risk, unless special contrct to the c y trary is made with the teamship ci * pany. One company wil not take til on any terms, neither will it take corp Goldie, the naturalist, has found in IS j Guinea a tribe who suggested to him , origin of the rumors always current < f race of tailed men in some comer of globe. These natives wear artificial tj tIipv jvro flntirplv nude, excent for caurfal ornament, which is a plait ' griiss fastened around their bodies b l hne string, and depending behind , about half way down their Tegs. ; New Orleans is detereimined tbat filth'shall not invite yellow fever to e midst this summer. A sanilfcry asso , tion of citizens is backing up the be |. of health, and by their joint efforts is canals and gutters are being flusl o garbage removed, and the cemetei into which ^he city poor have k r? crowded until the neighbors couldliai g endure the stench, covered two Icet d d under river sand. Quarantine regi tions will also be more strictly enfoi ,t than ever before. 15 Mr. Morris. Treasury special agi e says there are now enough Ameri citizens in Alaska, not counting the c zens acquired by purchase, to entith D to a territorial form of governmi 0 There will be this year two thousand ditional white persons in Alaska. ' 18 tide of emigration is setting thither. ' e Russians wlio elected to become eitiz of the UniLed States were not serfs. l? free-born, and have been guaranteed ,Lt the blessings of civil and religious : ertv. He tninks Alaska presents min d fiieilities and minerals superior to Black Hills of Arizona. ' . J: The trouble in South America has < minated in a declaration of war agai Z Chili by Peru and Bolivia. The disc | arose in the first place over the tradi niter, in the conduct of which C claimed tlmt Bolivia had violated ' treaty bearing on the subject. Chili , sumed the offensive and sent troops invade Bolivia and war vessels to bio s" ade her ports. Peru took sides with 11 livia not so much on account of 1 interest in the niter trade as sympa ' for her neighbor. Peru lias a better ni than Chili and the united forces of two countries may make it warm the Chilanos. To the other little w ? which are in progress in AsiaandAfr we must add this one in South Amer W The fight between Peru, Bolivia i y Chili is likely to last for some time. ;r r- In reading of such sweeping desti ie tions of human life as that occasioned i- the famine in Egypt, by the yellow fe epidemic of last summer, by the re< > famines in India and China, and by 1 i- tie, murder and sudden death, sucli iy are constantly reported by mail and egraph, a common reflection is upon ig immense loss of wealth entailed by w* loss to humanity of so much force, so teligence and strength. Attempts n s, often been made to estimate the lose 1- a community from an epidemic, and ie setting down a fixed sum as the avei g. value of a man's production as a b ?>% ? ?*v*mnr?era frtfo 1 i 01 COlIipUUiblUJl, Oil imujvuou ivuwi j be rolled up. But such estimates i oral ly prove false and mislead ing. T1 is nothing in which nature is more pi a igal than life. Although science cai in explain its origin, yet its researc ie show that life is a most copious attril ie of matter. The swelling tide of life j. mediately fills the gaps made by de le The death of one man makes a placi ie another, and the abundant energie S, humanity promptly expand to fill er void. y. rc> A correspondent at Harrodsburg, y oldest town in Kentucky?the first e 1' was built there in 1774, by Capt. Ja :l" Ilarrod, after whom it was namedld been inquiring into the murderous re >8 of the immediate vicinity during the JS seventeen years, and has found In forty-three homicides have been c mitted there, and only two persons ;fJ to prison for their crimes. Some of 3r tragedies have been barbarous in the s> trerae. Mrs. Tilford, a widow i Q" seven children, having inherited her ^'r band's estate, married again, one Sec m younger person than herself. He deli ie ately provided himself with a si arsenal, and set about exterminating rtl wife's offspring. He killed three )n right, and wounded others. The mc was plainly to er\joy the property a \lJ with his wife; but the jury found *s insane. It was held that an act so j.? bolical could not be done by a ma " sound mind. Scott afterward wen ?e Texas and married again. One Da 3e port, a deputy sheriff, had a writ foi .m arrest of Isaiah Gabbard, who. ar in himself, and with a friend sallied 01 in quest of the sheriff, and shot him )n his brother dead. The murderers i acquitted. loiter, a certain Henry J ss having heard that Gabbard had tin >n ened his life, hunted him down, and I Ie ing liim unarmed, put two bullets tlirc :n his heart. Noel was not even u ,n Timoleon Bosley was shot dead ay ,1S coming out of church, by James Law 1C who had an old grudge against him. 10 punishment followed any of these r [1" aers. In several instances, where ?" of no social position exercised the p ~~ lege of the commonwealth by shoe ,r* somebody, the shooters were liange ar mobs. ie Id ie Premiums for Farmers' Boys. 's- - Mr. Stillman B. Allen, of York cou Maine, believes that much good m bo done by taking more account of b labor on farms, and sets a practical ample by offering a series of premi 18 to the boy's of his county, for indivii A efforts in farming. Thus, to the ?' (under sixteen) who shall raise the r m Indian corn on one-eighth of an aw land during the coming season, he o "j a premium of $100. To the boy n shall raise the next largest quantity, r* and to the five boys who shall raise >n next largest quantity. $10 each, tv Tim conditions are easv, and awards :irc to be in:ule by the presii of the county agricultural society. ' 5 the end of the season each contes will have to mnke and sign a full rj| port, giving the shape, description, location of land, when planted, w 1(j and how many times hoed, when st ?* were topped, if at all, when harves ljc and how much is raised, and, as ne as can be estimated, the value of man ll^ and the number of days' labor s ul upon the crop, excluding the husl> e' when he may have all the help lie w from the boys and girls in the neigh V? hood. it i ^ English Industrial Statistics. Jo The entire working population ol n' kingdom is put down at 24,000,000 ie of a total of 34,0(W,000; and, allowin shrinkages of $150,000,000 in the w 2d of the textile and iron industries du e. I the last year, the earnings of the wor :i\ classes are reckoned to average aboi n1 per family of five persons each week c- the 24,000,000 dependant on indus -d occupations, 11,500,000 are declared 1 re actual earners. Of a total of $2,515, >u ooo given jus the earnings of a full y employment, it is noticeable that 3, 000 women earned $505,000,000 ag ft 1.950.000.000 earned by 7,021,000 ly The 1,849,000 women engaged in doni nil service earned 8255,000,000 against 8 t; 000,000 earned by 1,(500.000 engage i't other kinds of labor. The "vvorice h, both sexes under twenty years oi :in earned 8305,000,000, or well nigh ed seventh as much ;is the adults. Ii ill industries that are at present moi i." pressed, 4,239,000 laborers are empl< ?New Y~rk Mercantile Journal. Juki-}-.-- / The Modern Age. , A striking characteristic of this age is |Ple the parallel movement of scientific and la mechanical inquiry and invention and *n.a the development ot a taste for the fine ev s .arts. With the refined nations of an- . on" tiquity, whilst art was dedicated to )m" temples or public edifices to commemoiera rate some event of national or religious ses* import, the common comforts of mdir vidual life were not promoted by any mechanical skill. It has been reserved lfu*- for our modern times to show the singu}, p lar,and refreshing spectacle of invention. ?!]' signalized by every form of utility, from a locomotive to an improved cooking stove, marching side by side witli musi* eal societies, art galleries, schools of doy ' cor^tive art, expositions in which the ornamental takes rank with the purely practical, lecture seasons, gymnasiums,- 1 archery clubs and a hundred other chan' nels of intellectual activity which em1 its brace the domain of taste, as well as of cia- mere convenience and use. ard The great world's fairs and lesser exhitne bitions on a local scale, proclaim the ad?ed. vances made in physical science, in in"ies, ventive skill, in popular intelligence and in commercial and social intercourse.' It dly is, however, equally significant that in eeP towns that have but just emerged from ula- the wilderness, the compositions of 'ced Schubert and Schumann are familiar, and the arts of design arc being successfully introduced. There is a roundness and . i ent fullness in tliis phase of modern developcan ment which distinguishes our time from , :iti- Pericles ana equally from that of 3 ^ Angelo and Raphael. Mere material *** comforts were never So aided by human r ad- gen 3 and skill as now, but let it be said shi The to th? credit of the busy toilers of this [ rile century, that they do not dwarf them^ns selves to the worship of pure utility, but The architecture of many of the public ' ajj buildings in this cay city of Cincinnati, UIj. and the' ornamental appointments of the iug interiors of these buildings, tell an elo- iee the quent story to him who will note and .] ponder. And even in the humblest dwel- "t ling, some chromo or musical instrument, j , statuette, ornamental fabric o! vase of tin flowers may reveal the presence of the r t spirit, wliicn in this singular and stirring . age keeps even pace with the genius or I *V? A/1 1 n TY/infwvTi . J ti In the United States the prodigious de- nic " velopment of railroad facilities isoringing 1 t" to the rural towns and districts many or sti the arte, pleasures, ornaments and as- <] d * thethic tastes of the cities. Out of this tj1{ remarkable combination of the usefiil and ? thv t^e ornamental, in this modern time, J some special results must yet follow. tj * Human education has always heretofore Mc f been one-sided. The vivacity, variety ( ars anc* multi-colored aspects of the modern int ' life are full of meaning, and when these eye ica' va"ous elements of the new social, indi- j j vidual and publicflife are fused into some nai settled form or type, we shall hare com- gto m unities which cannot be studied or es- j timated by any of the conditions which 0* uc- have hitherto guided historians and ^ | bv critics.1 ' jver The new times must be judged upon J :ent new data and postulates?Cincinnati ^ iat- Saturday Night. ... , i 001 i as ?? J tel- Greeley and Tanderbilt, ^ Hie A good story is told in connection with . the recent payment of.$40,000, with ,, m" interest, which Horace Greeley had J:"' ,u e loaned to Cornelius J. "tanderbilt, after 101 sr? the old Commodore had stopped off the 1 . Applies of his son. When the Commo- ex "a?? dore heard of it he became very angry, in asis and assuming that Mr, Greeley had. 1 ; nfty loaned the money mainly in the belief da =en" that he (the Commodore) would repay qji ie^c it, determined not to pay it, as a warding 3p rort" to others not to lend money to this Nwaymot wanj gon After thinking over it, ne set ' r"^s off in high dudgeon to see Mr. Greeley j: ?.ute and " give him a piece of his mfcd about "P* it." Mr. Greeley was very busy when the Commodore came, puffing and in- , 3101' dignant, into his office. In his usual 3 ot bluff, impetuous way, the Commodore ? ) any said: "Mr. Greeley, I understand you've ke been lending my son 'Corneel'money?" c0 Mr. Greeley, looking up'quickly, and va the then almost instantly resuming his work, ubin replied, in his usual drawling way, mi imes "Yes, Commodore, I've let him have sti some money." " You have, eh?" bluffed-| SI cord in the Commodore, "you have?well 1 -1ft last want ^ou to understand that I ain't re- as' that sponsible for it and I shan't pay you a oc; ?om- cent of it." Mr. Greeley ran his specter sent cles up on his brows, stopped writing for w ' the a moment, and, turning a full face on the Cr '.ex- Commodore, fairly yelled out, "You Or fvith won't eh P Well, who the deuce asked Be hus- you to pay it? I didn't, did IP" Gree- Co itt, a lev dropped hi3 glasses over hi* eyes and ber- ' ent again to #us work. The Commomall dore, nonplussed arid boiling over with p ; his - ury, steamed out of the office, and it was Jj? out- a matter of rumor that the two men were 1 ( itive never afterward on as good terms as they lone had previously been. an him ?r: dia- Quips. , ^ I" Some people maintain that Bryon was nr ** Shake's peer. ? tlie Never implicitly trust a man whom in! med you do not Know. P. S.?Nor one you sic it in do- ' -bj and The Scientific American has just dis n now QnlmtRnnp called uranine. th V tri u Li/y titu u> uvn ? Toel, a single grain of which will color 300 reat- gallons of water. This will be glorious Pe find- news to the maker's of circus lemonade, mgh "Time is money "?that's a fact, and r,ie., if you wish to know the value of time, 1D| rhile just get a little speck of dirt in- your ^1 'son. pocket chronometer and tftko it .around ^*o to a watch tinker; he'll blow in it ft 'n nur- couple of times and charge you SS.'SO for ^ nien repairs. on itinir professor in Cornell, lecturing on dbv the effect of the wind in some Western * forests, remarked: "In traveling along. cu the road I even sometimes found the. m, logs bound and twisted together to such j' an extent that a mule couldn't climb ? nt over them, so I went .around." i?i,t I "Sound," said the schoolmaster, "is -s> what you hear. For instance, you can[ ex_ not feel a sound." "Oh, yes. vou can!" ums said a smart boy. "John Wilkins," relual torted the pedagogue, "how do you ve ))0V make that out? What sound can you mi nost feel?" "A sound thrashing,1' quickly 1v; re of replied the smart hoy. * w ffers A certain breadth of statement is per- ty vv]10 missible in one who sees things through of ?50, magnifying drops of grief; but the man a , tljp must have liad jv previous habit of con- ac scious exaggeration who relates that or the when his powder mill blew up themort- b< lout ?a?e on it came down uninjured in a w cornlicid and had, to be paid, while the hi tant insurance, falling into'the sea, was lost pi re_ ?Chicago Tribune. sa and . bi hm ! The World's Railroads. rs alks The growth and development of the J.V ted, railway systems of the world have been 11 arly truly wonderful, and, as year by year R( ure, goes on adding to the number and ex- . 1 pent tent of these avenues of intercourse, the Lr inp, figures become formidable. There are *F ants now 82,000 miles in the United States, . bor- an increase of 2,486 miles since 1877. The ir outlook is very flattering, for a still 111 greater increase in 1879, if the many 111 plans now under consideration are put ? into execution. By a comparison of the other nations it will be seen that this , out country stands far ahead of all others in g for the extent of its railroads. Thus, Great ages Britain has 16,79-1 miles; France, 13,- xi irjng 946; Russia; 11,555; Austria, 10,852; king Germany, 17,181; Turkey, 830; India, it $8 6,527; Italy, 4,815; Peru. 960: Argentine a Of Republic, 990; Canada, 960; Egypt, 975; P' 'trial and Brazil, 836. To properly appreciate to be the advantages of the railway systems b 000,- one might imagine the commerce of the n car's world carried on in the old-fashioned 688,- Wav. In 1869 the total railway mileage p :iinst- was 183,982 miles. Think of the world p men oftratlic that glides over these lines in a estk day, a month, and a year, and calculate, ? 210,- if one can, how long by teams, over d in muddy roads, through morass and ' rs ol | jungle and swamp and over desert plains, . ago it would take to do the transportation one-1 which these railways do in a single day, " i the and some conception may be formed of it de- the magnitude and importance of the o jyeri. world's railway system.?Chicago Com- tl mercial Advertiser. it Bnstte-kote-iBgv?<? . I sat fty the hearth,*'' '* With my hat on ay kn?p#rMyleot in the way, ., And my heart ill at ease, With the dreadful -new cfcthM, And the eresdkllen. air, i ThatieJIowsiniovf ,.u Sometimes happen to wear ; While sancy and piQumt, With plenty, to a?y, - ^ My bonny Kate knitted And chatted away,' Till Inspired by her wit-*- U By her mood altogether* 1 vein urea noma uurci . Remark on the weather. The old-lhship?cjJ clock On the stairs tinkled nlntf' The Nitheiftadows da need \ In th e merry flreshJne,; u And newer, and nearer, As minutes went on, The chairs-at the heorthetda-' Together ware dmnr . Ml they met wfflrrf butnp.' Kate Unshed *arie* 41 flood land* Then the my y*m got taagledf And bo did onrWls, And somehow onrfipa? ' n * But no matter;-tlmteXato, . My brisk littla.?ji%;,,r .^ ir> Coming in at ,the j^teITEMS OF faTEKESr. w >-.? ^aaSsoKuT^M ft is easy enough to lamce? snou oxill rhero are more short young men thug i'ones. ? nntnotf To- make your collar iMt-r^Iak* your irt? urfy) J.-A Hie fuse bin. is sometimes called^th? tyBeatflQfa , . 1 rod, a line, and a poor wojm at each i, typify patiencjf. f PTood is often found at a depth of forty t at Oscaloosa, Ind. ft is said about 1,000 settlors per day room iUto Nebraska* / lAte to bed ahd early io ryed wears oat . 4; ! strongest constitution. The army Bill?William Tecumseh ermati.?BktfftBb Bttjnmi'?'* Sight hundred tfknttntad bade balls are de in this ooroitryeafch year. iVhile a man has been sitting perfectly II, we have seenJiis sidewalk. Che human skeleton consists of mom m two hundred distinct bones. Two chunks.of lead, weighing half a r, have been mipcd?at Washington* * V i aA jilii Jh, how bitter a tiling it . is to look 0 happiness through another man's 1 sailor whb spins a yarn about a row pass in the ocean tells a strait ry: ojj lenry Clay's voice Was called a band music; Webster's.a trumpet; Chanig'sa harp. Jew Haven turns out 2,000^)00 corsets aually, half of. the .country's supply ning from there. " According to the French newspaper* ?re is general distress in the provincial inufecturing district#. * '*** PThen yott wake Tip ht night and hear 3 baby drying, look out?.for danger? there is a rocx aueau. 4 Spring is here," ?- the woodchuek claimed when be found himself caught the hunter's trap,?Lukem. What is tha difference between an old me at the spinning-wheel and a young chin chewing tobacco? One sits ana ins and the other spits and Sins. A. New Jersey man has 'invented a ' per stocking, intended to be worn er the cotton on woolen- stocking, * ereby excluding cold and dampness )m the feet. w Hie boxwood forests of the Caucasus rmenia, and the shores of tpe Caspian a are rapidly disappearing' under the nstantly "increasing TOmand lor uus luable wood. A cobbler has an ever-last-icg job. A Inister will always do to tie two. A 11 house?That in which mutes reside, loemakers' whacks?Pounding out sole itlier. Jaij-birds always fly away when ked to Sing Sing:.?Wteding Slatt Dem~ rat. ' *\>* w on umb FOR WHHEBB TP TUB FBSSS. rite upon page* oi a single ska,: 069 all your t'a and neatly dot your fa. t one side only let yourlines be seen? ith sides tilled np announce a verdant green. meet?yes. correct all that yoovwrito, id let your ink be black, your paper white ; ir spongy foolscap of a muddy bine trays a mind of the same dismal hne. net ante carefully; for on this More )thing proclaims tlie practiced writer more. , The cattle plague is becoming more d more formidable in Bohemia. Serai hundred. places have been attacked ' the disease. They are surrounded by nilitarv cordon, and as fer as possible evented from carrying on -intercourse yond its boundaries. 'The .lost to the habitants of the district is very conlerable, and is not totally represented that of the cattle slaughtered. AgriIture is in many places at'a standstill, e cattle which serve as beasts of burden ing locked up wherever the disease apars. .-t:- s A Massachusetts; teacher writes to the aticnal Journal, pf Education describ* z an experiment in the school-room uiqli seems to be successful. Instead facing his pupils he has his desk bend them, and thus overlooks them to eat advantage. The. naughty little es, not knowing wljeh his eye is on em, dare not whisper ana play, rhey have^'he says, "so frequently me to grief in attempting to calculate ances, that;they liare concluded to [ike a virtue-of necessity, and give up ny in the school-room, as unprofitable, rnnya tli.in it pnrtiM t/V OllUg JHUH. UiMU WM4VV Bread trom Tnrnips. In 1630. during a famine in England, ry good, wholesome, white bread was arte from boiled turnips. The moisture as pressed out of the turnips and they ere then kneaded with-an equal quantiof wh?atcn flour. During the siege Paris, the bread served out constituted very coarse and mixed article, and by talysis it was found' to be composed of le-eighth wheat, fouF-eighths potatoes, >ans, peas, oats and rye, two-eighths aterand the remaining eighth straw, ills ot grainuind the skins of vegetable oducts. In'Sweden and Norway beech ,wdust-is sometimes converted into read. Rice bread used In the East is tised with difliculty unless the dough is ixod with acids/ Bread is made of ic roots of the water, lily in Sweden: ot januts mixed with wheat Hour, in pain; of chestnuts rousted and ground, i southern France;'of the bread tree uit. the sweet potato, the banana and le almond, in Africa; of roots in part, t Br:i7.il. In times of famine men have let the exigency by the use of bread lade from acorns, pumpkins, roots, 'ood, hay, straw and nuts.?American Monthly. ~ 1 I " Words of Wisdom. Surely half the world must be blind? ley can see nothing unless it glitters. He who gives up the smallest part^of secret has tlie rest no longer jn ma ower. It is not what you have in your chest, ut what you have in your heart, that lakc.s you rich. The word knowledge, strictly eniloyed, implies three things, viz.. truth, roof and conviction. There is nothing lower than hypocrisy. 0 profess friendship and act enmity is sure proof of total depravity. The best kind of revenge is that which 1 iaken by him who is so generous tliat e refuses to take any revenge at all. It may serve as sf-comfort to us in all ur calamities and afflictions that he lat loses anything and gets wisdom by ; is a gainer by the loss. ' * - ,rJ