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BY HUGH WILSON AND W. C. BENET. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 1879. . NO. 1. VOLUME XXV. t .J
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The Album.
My photograph album ? Certainly,
You cnn look, it you wish, my dear;
To mo it is just like a graveyard,
Though I go through it onco a (nr.
Any now laces ? Xo, indeed. No
I stopped collecting some years*; >
And yet, Jeannette, look well at the book:
It is full of histories strange;
The faces are just an index, dear,
To stories of pitiful change?
Drama and poem and tragedy,
Which I alone have the power to see.
Ah! I thought you wouldfiause at that lace;
She was lair as a poet's lay,
The sweetest rose ol her English home,
Yet she perished lnr, lar away:
In the black massacre at Cawnpore
She suffered and died?we know no more.
And that? Ah, yes, 'tis a noble head!
Soul sits on the clear, lottv brow:
She was my friend in the days gone by,
And she is my enemy now.
Mistake, and wrong, and sorrow?alas!
One ol life's tragedies?let it pass.
This trice ? He was my lover, Jeannette;
And perchance he remembers to-day
The passionate wrong that wrecked us both
When he sailed in his anger away.
Heart-sick and hopeless through weary years,
A* length 1 forgot him?despite these tears.
That handsome fellow ? He loved mo too;
And ho vowed he would die, my dear,
When I told him " No "?'tis long ago:
Ho married the very next year.
That one I liked a little, but he
Cared much for my gold, nothing for me.
Brides and bridegrooms together, dear,
And most ol them parted to-day;
some lamous men inat are quuo mrgoi,
Some beauties faded and gray.
Close the book, for 'tis just as I said
Full of pale ghosts from a lile that's dead.
- Harper's Weekly.
Mrs* Stoughton's Diamond.
Greta had seen her household gods
fall about her before she was able to put
pride into her pocket, wLere there was
plenty of room, and tum-ier hand to the
only workshe understood. It was some
five years since she had begun to go out
by the day to make and mend carpets,
old and new, for the housekeepers ol
Hampton. She had plenty of employ -
ment now, some money in the bank, and
* a lover. She looked forward to the
time, not so far off, when she should
begin upon her own carpets, when the
"noney in the bank would be drawn out
to buy the parlor set and the household
linen, pictures and knickknackerv perhaps,
the wedding gown and bridecake.
She had been working for Mrs.
Stoughton for several days, when her
troubles began, and had gone home,
quite tired out With the conflict over
that lady's chamber carpet, which had
seen its best days. She had been obliged
to rip and match figures and insert
patches to deceive the very elect, and at
the end Mrs. Stoughton had told her she
would settle the bill when she heard
from her husband, who had gone away
on business, and taken the key of the
money drawer with him by mistake.
Greta shrewdly suspected that the
drawer was as empty as a drum, but
made no demur. She would oblige a
neighbor, and never remember it.
The following dav she was engaged at
Dr. Cardamon's, when she heard Fred
rush in from school, and shout:
"I say, ma, 's supper ready? Give
me a hunk of gingerbread, anyhow.
Where's Greta Loring? I want to ask
her if she's stole Miss Stou^hton's diamond
out of her ring! .Tack Stoughton
says his mother's?oinjr to haul Greta over
xue coais. x aon t uuucvc a wuiu ui u.
and I want to ask her?"
"Hush, Fred, hush!" said Mrs.
Stoughton. "What do you mean? Don't
ask Greta any such silly'question."
"Well. I don't want Jack Stoughtor.
saying things, and I'll just thrash him
for it.
" Diamonds !" laughed Grata to herself.
" Who would suspect Mrs. Stoughton
of one?" Then she suddenly remembered
having picked a ring off the
floor of the chamber where she was sewing
at Mrs. Stoughton's?a gold ring in
which a stone of ?;ood size had no doubt
once sparkled, and she had dropped it on
the mantel, and thought no more about
? it. Was that cavity going to bear false
witness against her? Wliat nonsense !
But that evening, when she returned to
her lodgings, she found a note awaiting
her, which read: " If Miss Loring can
give Mrs. Stoughton any information
about the diamond missing from a ring
left in the chamber where Miss Loring
was at work, it will be gratefully received,
and no mortifying disclosures
made."
Poor Greta slept little that night. How
could anyone suspect her of such n
dreadful tning? Where could the diamond
have gone? How could. she defend
herself except by her word ? Ought
she not to have been above suspicion,
ikeCsesar's wife? What had she done
to deserve it? In an angry moment she
returned this misjudged reply: "Mrs.
Stoughton is at lioerty to make whatever
mortifying disclosures she may
choose, but she must excuse Miss Loring
from rendering account of a diamond of
whose existence she was ignorant."
This naturally exasneratod Mrs. Stoughton,
who flattered nerself that she had
transacted the affair with great delicacy
and decorum. She had expected to bring
Miss Loring to her feet, with contrite
tears and confessions, and here was
absolute defiance! Did such a hussy deserve
consideration at her hands? And
if Mrs. Stoughton was more or less afraid
to say her soul was her own before that
impecunious other half of herself, how
much more was she afraid to say tliat her
diamond was no longer hers! Accordingly
she made haste to put the matter
into the hands of the law and the mouths
of the Hampton gossips. Doubtless Greta
would have been lodeed in jail at this
time had not Mr. Grafton secretly espoused
her cause, while he undertook the
cas^Irs.Stoughtpn had intrusted to him.
Mr.nJrafton was a wealthy bachelor,
somewhat gray, and a good deal bald; lie
had smiled upon Greta more than once,
without receiving; any answering smile;
perhaps he thougnt now that everything
arrives to him who can afford to wait?
that this was his opportunity. Hi*
housekeeper had once engaged Greta to
make carpets at Grafton Place, and he
had taken pain3 to show her over the
* house and grounds, and had nearly
snatched a kiss in the shadow of the lin
dens, as he put her into his carriage to
send ber home. Greta had never worked
there again; but perhaps she was too
grateful at finding a friend at her side in
such stormy weather to refuse a favor
from Mr. Grafton, and perhaps she had
fnrirotten his audacitv. Yet in the midst
of her humiliations Greta rememberetl
with a heart-throb that she had a lover
to come to her rescue if she chose to call
him?that she should not be dependent
upon Mr. Grafton's tender mercies after
Stephen Sotherne had been notified of
her strait. At the same time, she felt
disinclined to break the bad news to him
till after all was over. For how could it
be possible for an innocent person to
suffer? But Greta was not a little stunned
onq morning on receiving a letter in
the handwritine or her " true love,"
which ran in this v se:
"My Dear Gb i'A?It is some time
since I had the pi' ;sure of hearing from
you, and it has occurred to me to ask if
time and distance were not weakening
our hold upon each other; to wonder
how Ions: you would continue to love a
man whom you saw only once or twice
a year, since it seems to me that owing
to the bad times our marriage is as indefinitely
postponed us the millennium.
Now, my dear girl, I do not wiih to
stand in your light; if you were not
gaged to me, some more eligible pari
would- seek you, I feel certain. M<
over, my health is precarious, and
doctors have advised me to try the ai
California. It is a prescription it
nauseous than drugs, since I must le
you behind me; but I could not,
honor, carry your promise with me
an indefinite space of time for my c
selfish satisfaction merely. At the Sf
time, believe me, it is no easy thing
me to say ' adieu1 to the dearest gir
the world. Sincerely,
"Stephen Sotheuxe.
To say that Greta was surprised wo
be the same as if we should call
earthquake " unpleasant." She* 1
thunder-struck, overwhelmed, with j
enough spirit left to return Mr. Sc
erne's letters and presents by the n
:i ?
lUitu wiwiuui a. wviu.
" He has heard all about the diamo
and believes it," she thought. It wo
be a comfortable arrangement if
could cease to love the instant a lo
proves unworthy, but hearts are
fashioned after that manner. W
every thought and ?otive of one's
is woven up with those of another, <
cannot unravel the tangled web al
once. "Another such shock will si
me to the insane asylum," sighed Gri
But there was another yet in store
her. Mr. Grafton had taken to dropp
in upon her after her day's work. (
evening he said:
" Miss Greta, what if you should
found guilty of this?this?"
" If they should tind me guilty! II
can they find an innocent person guil
If I took the diamond, where is it?"
Mr. Grafton smiled indulgen
" People have been imprisoned, brand
exiled, hanged, and quartered for s
they never committed. If you w
guilty, you would be more likely to
cape; you \touid have laid your plar
Greta gave an involuntary sob;
tears shone in her eyes. " And then
no one to help me," she gasped, thi
ing aloud, rather than speaking to ]
Grafton.
" Yes, yes, there is some one readj
help you, Greta," said that gentlem
" I will lielp you, if you will only c
me the right, he petitioned.
"You, Mr. Grafton? What right
I give you ? I don't understand."
" If you were my promised wife ?1
my dear Miss Greta, don't turn a\
vour head disdainfully; hear me (
Mr. Stoughton is under some obligat
| to me; if you were my promised wil<
could write him. There would he
more said about the missing diamoi
it would be accounted for in some r
ural manner. You would be no Ion
suspectcd. No one could suspect
woman whom Thomas Grafton aeligh
tg honor."
"You?you are very kind. I th:
you: but I do not love you, Mr. G
ton.1'
" I don't ask you to love me.
course you don't; the idea has nei
perhaps, entered your head before,
only beg that you will marry me. L
will come sooner or later, as I deserv
at your hands. And, my dear Gr<
what better can you do? Who \
give you employment, with this bli
upon'you? Plow will you earn y
daily bread ?"
"I don't know," returned Grt
"how shall I, indeed? But, all
same, it would be contemptible to
ward your unselfishness by mei
marrying you for a home."
" Only aCTee to marry me, and T i
not quarrel with the motives." he
What could (Ireta do ? 11 or lover I
deserted her; lier good name was 1
nished.' Without home, friends or wc
/ was it not the height of folly to rei
such a way of escape? And yet, li
could she love him? But might not
survive the luxury of loving? Cc
wealth, ease and position; vanish
illusions that make life sweet. !
begged a fortnight for considerati
something might turn up to her adv
tage?the diamond, for instance. .
the fortnight passed, as fortnights w
nothing happened, except that !
Grafton, feeling confidence in tfie wor
who hesitates, refurnished his parlo
blue satin and pale gold, fitted up
apartment for his wife's boudoir lifc
suburb of fairy land, bespoke the pars
the ring and the cateeer.
" I)o tell!" said one gossip to anotl
" Greta Loring's going to step into cloi
and no mistake."
"It's a powerful change for her.
hear Mr. Grafton's always had a ha
eringforher. He told Mr. Jobsom
man could marry any woman he set
heart upon, if he'd only work h
enough and wait like a spider in
i i. ?i
? cu.
" I guess lie got Greta for the aski
eh?"
"I (lunno; there was that Sothe
who was sweet on her."
" I reckon that's blown over?onl
young man's pastime. I'm surprisei
| Tom Grafton, though, with all his j
and frills, with his family tree and
coat of arms, and his ancestors and
| money. How does he get over that
! tie affair of Mrs. Stoughton's diamo:
JI s'pose he expects folks to visit his \
ana ask no questions, once she'i
Grafton."
J "Law! it's the way of the world
; pretty face makes a man forget trespai
j and get rid of his judgment. It's no
I quarreling with such things at our i
j Greta'11 make a fine lady, and I mem
, pay my respects at Grafton Place direc
i I'm just crazy to see the new fixii
j I'd just like to see how I'd look in
I blue-satin parlor."
And all this time Greta had not e
I consented. It is true, wealth and c<
j fort were alluring. She had told her
j that Providence would provide; i
i how could she know but this wns
! very provision made for her? It wo
i be delightful, no doubt, to enioy sucli
{ establishment as Grafton Place. (J
; let her say "Yes," and she might ?
; her velvets and laces with any lad;
j the land, drive in her satin-lined <
j riage, and have servants under her:
! all that heart could desire. All? "5
j all but self-approval, love and Step
j Sotheme. Still, let her answer "ft
t and Stephen and love would still be li
I ing, ana hardship, want and public
! approval be superadded.
i "The miserable little thief!" thou
I the exasperated Mrs. Stoughton. " I
! has played her cards to perfect:
I cozening that old fellow into mai
i ing her. No doubt he'll rue the day,
j serve him right."
In the meantime, as Greta had
given him a refusal, Mr. Grafton cli
to consider himself accepted.' He <
suited her about the wedding jouri
| about the new servants to be cngai
as if the marriage was a matter ot eou
She acquiesced in his suggestions,
she had no choice to make; sne was di
ing with the stream, not rowing li
ag:tinst it; she was making believe 1
she could love him by-and-bye; his
tention, his consideration for one so
lorn, his generosity, touched her; 1
was all.
One day Mrs. Stoughton's husbant1
turned home. It would seem as i
event could have less effect upon Grf
fortunes. She watched him walking
, and wondered if Mrs. Stoughton
glad to see him.
"Any news in Hampton?" he as]
at his dinner table.
"News enough. Mr. Grafton is g<
! to be married," returned his wife.
"That reminds me?I must see G
ton directly. Married, eh? Well,
old enough. Who's the bride elect?
".That little hussy, GretaLoring."
" Softly, softly, my dear; it sounds
vious."
" I envious of that little thief!"
" Thief ? What has Greta stolenGrafton's
heart? Nobody knew he
i -r T??i I 1?
one Deiore. renmps sue ufvs uuij
veloped a latent organ in him."
"Oil, Herbert,! am so sorry to
you?I never c^uld make up my min
vmte it; but ahe wu at work he
Greta Loring?by*the?w?j, I hav
en- paid her yet?and?and my dmmon
;ner ring was in the same room, and?it
:>re- there yet, only the diamond's gone. Nc
the body else had been in the house. Wh?
irof could I think? Of course she stole i
lore though she brazens it out as she does,
ave Mr. Stoughton turned ash-color, lai
, in down his fork, and stared at his wif<
for "And you accused her of stealing tfi
iwn diamond?1'
ime " I wrote to her very kindly and cor
for siderately. She replied in a high an
1 in mighty tone, which was simply insull
ing. I put the case into Mr. Grafton'
hands."
n1H "Into Grafton's hands! Well, an
what did he say about it?"
"Say! Why, he's going to marr
K her!"
'JV "Looks as if you'd win your case,
. I laughed Mr. Stoughton, uneasily. " An
so Greta is going to marry the old fos
j A pretty kettle of fish! My dear,
J really wish ycu had notified me of you
>u loss."
He took up his hat and went ou
t grimly. He had a very disagreeabl
I duty to perform, and he wanted" it ovt
ijr. with; it had spoiled his dinner, and ths
was enough. He knocked at Greta'
, t door.
' i " The diamond again," she thought.
" After all," he cogitated, why nc
7 " let well enouch alone? Perhaps sh
lor i it
p IUVW UIC iUliUW.
Jne Greta bore herself like one with goo
news: a tender color trembled on he
ke cheek, a sort of suppressed joy shone i
her eyes. An open letter lay before hei
ow and Mr. Grafton sat in her easy-chair.
t p Mrs. Stoughton, watching from lie
window, wondered what under the su
tj . Herbert could have to say ihat woul
iej" take so long, and hoped he was givin
uns Greta a piece of his mind, but grew a
rere the more bewildered when he and Mi
e Grafton came out together and separate
g n without a word.
tu. " I guess her cake is dough," she cor
, j_ jectured. # *
nn When Greta was left once more aloni
^jr~ she turned to her open letter, written i
' a strange hand:
"What does it mean, my deare;
^ Greta?" it began. "I sometimes thin
?n' I'm not quite sane yet, and it's all a lit
:iv(* tion of my disturbed brain. Here I wa
just picking up from a fever, in a Strang
can city, when I received all my old lettei
., , and keepsakes from my swe tlieart, an
not a word of explanation. It was lili
va$ a bombshell. I was out of my head fc
. a month afterward, and small wondei
,ion Qrot;V> i Jove you?love you; so muc
- love was never meant to oe wasted. in
hospital nurse kindly -writes this for mi
nc*' since I only swear that I am stil
and ever will be, your devoted lover,
" Stephen Sqtherne."
the
ted Mr. Stoughtonlooked very sober whe
he sat down to his tea table that nighl
ink " I'm dying to know what Miss Gret
raf- had to say lor herself," remarked hi
wife.
Of The stronger vessel smiled. " You
rer, tea, my dear, resembles the church c
, I Laodicpa?it is neither hot nor cold."
ove "It waited for you long enough t
e it cool. I wonder you didn't see that yoi
eta, were <lc trop at Miss Loring's."
vill "I tnink maybe Grafton found me d
gilt trop. In the mean time, my love, I ar
our happy to restore your diamond," and h
passed a tiny box across the table.
;ta; "Then she has confessed!" sparklei
the Mrs. Stoughton. ^
re- "You jump at conclusions. Womei
ely are fond of such gymnastic exercises,
hear. No; the confession comes fron
,vill your humble servant. I am the culpril
im- Mrs. Stoughton. It was I who, wantin
some ready money for business purposes
liad abstracted the diamond from your rinc
tar- and pawned it to Mr. Grafton. He aa
>rk, vanced a considerable sum upon it, an
fuse I never meant you should know it till
iow had redeemed it?perhaps not then
one After alii perfect confidence is the onl
>nie safe tiling between you and me, I find
all Now we must go and beg Greta's par
She don."
on: "And Mr. Grafton?"
an- " The blue satin parlor is a mistake
But as well as the boudoir; he will remain
ill; bachelor."
Nlr. "How ?how does he explain him
nan self?"
r in " All's fair in love and war, even 01
an gory, is his creed." .
;e a "ThenGreta will return to her cm
.on, pets?1
"Not if Stephen Sotherne can help it.
icr; ?Harper's Bazar.
rer, -
Gone to Grass.
Peter Harrison left his home at Erie
nk" Pa., to become 9, bank cashier in Detroil
yV* Some one in Erie told him that thirtee:
cashiers were wanted here at once, an
!fr." he came on as fast as conductors o:
his fveiglit trains would permit him. Dis
appointment is the lot of man, or of lot
inS' of" men, and Peter reached Detroit to fin
all the best positions taken. One ban!
1116 offered to permit him to cashier in te
bushels of cok?, but Mr. Harrison didn1
7 come to this town to drudge. He wa
\at trying to obtain a few hours' sleep oi
"Vs the grass in the public park previous t
J1}*5 a second struggle with the mad world
Ins when an officer suggested the propriet
jf a walk to the station.
ni"- " You see," began Peter, when walke
n,e before the courti "I struck this tow:
' a witji nothing but an empty tobacco-bo:
in my pocket, but I am determined t
: a workup. John Jacob Astor worked up
sses Horace Greeley worked up, and all
u?e want is a little time. You see, I haven'
15?* had anything to eat except grass since
crossed Detroit river, and you can't ex
' pect me to whoop up riches in two days.
igs. "Yes, I think you will work up,
"ie auietly observed his honor, as he looke
aown on the prisoner. " I think yo
Vf>n will work up to the House of Correctioi
)m- in about hall an Hour. '
self "That's mean, judge. What woul
and George Washington have amounted to i
tlit' he had been sent up just as lie was try in,
uW to get a start in life?"
i an "This court has nothing to do wit!
'nly George Washington, sir. If he had bee:
rear brought before this bar with liis shirt
y in b^nd torn oft', his nose the color of car
mine and his breath smelling of whiskj
!ind jie would have been sent up for sixt;
fes, days in the very best style. Don't yoi
!ie" let his case bother you any."
i0<' " Well, I'll go up rather than have an;
wk- fuss over it; out I shall stick to it thn
dis- it is not a fair deal. If I am ever mad
judge I'll rive the boys a chance, an<
ght dorrt you forget it.!"
She nig honor put thirty days extra on th
i?h, prisoner's sentence in order that neithe
rry- should forget it. and then Peter went int
an(l the corridor and sat down on the liandl
of the coal-scuttle.
n?t Men mny come and men may go,
lose ^.jnda may 8igh and the winds may blov
but Peter will put in his time in the chai
business just the same.?Detroit Fre
W Press- __ #
but
rift- Bananas.
iard Few people who see bananas hangin
that jn frujt dealers' shops think of them 11
fa7 more than a tropical luxury. In fac
i.01'* they are the staple article of food in sonj
parts of the world, and, according t
. Humboldt, an acre of bananas will pn
Lre" duce as much food for a man as twenty
F rtr% /. /? i i Tj ii - i.
*v nve acres 01 wneai. 11 is me ease wit
h-S bananas are grown that is tl
?y- great obstacle to civilization in son
was tropical countries. It is so easy to get
, , living without work that 110 effort wi
sea' be made, and the men become lazy an
. intolerably shiftless. All that is needf
5in? is to stick a cutting into the ground. !
t f will ripen its fruit in twelve or thirtee
,r;*, months without further care, each plai
? 8 having from seventy-five to 125 banana
and wnen that dies down, after fruitin
new shoots spring up to take its plac
1 en" In regions where frosts never reacl
bananas are found in all stages of growt]
,, ripening their fruit every day and evei
month in the year.
de- ?
" My lord," began a pompous yorn
tell barrister, "it is written in t>ie book
dto nature?" "On whit page, sir?(
re? what pageP" interrupted the ,judg
ia't* with pen in hand.
d TIMELY TOPICS.
's
'l A Chinese paper gives an accour
? the cruel treatment to which the coc
are subjected, who are employed in
, Dutch islands in the Straits to clear 1
, and plant tobacco. Every man, on
arrival, is tattooed on the cheek,
once arrived they are never released,
letters are allowed to .be transmitted
j one is sick" no medical attendance is
l nished; they are dressed in cocoi
f bark, ana nave lor iood one poun
rice in the husk daily and a little
j fish. On account of the unhoirfthine:
the climate nearly half die the first y
and the total number of deaths since
y trade began is more than 10,000. Su
u rigorous watch is kept upon them 1
^ no one has ever been known to escap
I The grave can have no terrors fo:
r eccentric individual out in Illinois.
scoffs at the comforts of a patent spi
it mattress, with the accompanying
le lows, bolsters, sheets and snowy co
ir lids, and even deems the Indian lu>
it of a blanket and a fire effeminate
's unworthy of man. ,In liis back j
there is a shallow trench, in which
lays himself each night at bedtime,
>t a faithful man servant shovels earth c
e him till nothing but his head is left
covered. He has no fear of fire or 1
d glars, but sleeps serene and happy in
ir couch of earth. If he should wake
n and find himself dead some morning
r, would be bftth dead and buried. J
hardly necessary to say that he is n
;r married man.
n
g The recent marriages of sev
jj wealthy girls to coachmen and ot!
r " out of their set," leads the Philn
phia Times to remark that " New Y
fathers with good-looking daughters
instituting a reform in the matte
employing and using coachmen. In
3 mation from the intelligence offices i
n' the effect that deeply-colored, ugly
aged drivers are in great demand,
3f their services command a better p
? than those of young and better appea
j_ men. When the employment of the
3 ter kind has been found unavoidn
,q the most thorough inquires are n
Lg into their social habits and possible
(j tent qualities. The absolute determ
e tion of so many young women to mi
>r somebody, little regarding whom,
set matnmony forth in new shape?
h made the position of a father a hard
e to bear, as a general thing!"
3 1
1> It has been stated that desperadoe
the "West have been known to
men in order to test the ouality of a
n weapon! This became known thro
confessions made at the gallows. R<
a lessness in the use of allfhearms is
[s characteristic of most outlaws, 1
nevertheless understand theirweapon
r fectly. A sheriff of one of the cour
> in New Mexico was killed not long i
The desperado who did the killing ou
0 a beautiful revolver. He was inort
u wounded, but was standing on his ki
facing the sheriff. The latter bade
turn the weapon around and hand
a breach to him. The wounded rui
e did so, holding on to the tip of the bai
As the sheriff bent over to receive
d pistol, the wounded man, with the
pidity ot lightning, threw it back, se:
n the handle and pulled the trigger on
T sheriff, whose heart was pierced by
a ball.
g Thomas Moran, an English labc
'? was arrested for not contributing S
I. a week toward the support of his
- children in the workhouse. His wil
d in an insane asylum. He said that al
1 a fortnight after the children entered
' workhouse he was laid up ten w<
y through an accident. When lie got
ter the frost set in, and he could obi
" no work for thirteen weeks. Thro
his long illness he got into debt; but
had paid the guardians as much ascould.
An entry in the police t
a showed that Moran was can*ied to
infirmary on a stretcher in Septcml
" Notwithstanding .this, the magisti
sentenced the defendant to a mon
hard labor. The defendant burst
crying, exclaiming, "For God's s.1
gentlemen; give me a chance! I ;
? never in prison; if you send me, I'll
my work; if you give me time I'll
all." He was, however, removed bel
still appealing bitterly for mercy. '
London Times has sensibjlity enougl
>, call this " a hard case."
J A plan by which young persons re
d ing in-the neighborhood of great cit
a or anywhere else, for that matter, wl
the mulberry tree 'will grow, can, w
? easy, clean ancl pleasant work, m
? l'rom ten to twenty-five dollars dui
k the summer, ought to meet with h
? :icceptance. There is a market for
1 cocoons at about seventy-five cents
a pound, and the e^gs of the worms
a be procured without trouble. Pla
? near to a stove, the worms appear fi
' the eggs in a few days, and soon bf
y to feed. The worms are hardy, but n
, pure air, and must be kept dry
a warm. Cocoons raised near Germ
a town were shipped to Italy, whenc
x was reported that they were 14 excel
0 in quality, and reeled off splendid
THio nhilrtrpn can Hn mnaf. nf flip uv
J which lasts about six weeks in May
I June. The care and trimming of
trees should be attended to by a it
? but the little ones can carry in
? leaves and feed the worms, The n
, berry tree grows rapidly, and is re
[J immediately the leaves appear.
n
If any one should be required to exp:
d in brief terms the immediate motivi
if Peru if?'causing the three-sided war
g tween Chili on the one hand and F
and Bolivia on the other, it might
li done very fairly in this way: the nn
n diate cause of the war is the effori
Peru to get up a corner in fcrtiliz
guano ana nitrate of soda. Behind t
\ as a contributory cause, was the gi
y earthquake wave a year or so ago, wl]
n swept destruction along the coast
Peru, crippling her fertilizer works ;
y shipping depots. Further back is Pe
t heavy public debt, mostly due to 'E
e land, which debt and interest is seen
i on her guano and other trade in
tilizers, which trade and her ability
e pay her obligations on her bonds v
r embarrassed by her losses and by con
o tition springing up among Chilians da
e ciled on Bolivian territory, and by CI
ans on their own territory, in wli
* J U.
incline nuu guttiiw ucuo nun uk.
h worked. And beyond all this are
ir treaties and other relics of an old disp
:e between Chili and Bolivia about a p
of sea-coa*; territory lying between
two countries.
? Occasionally the newspapers conl
^ accounts of the exhumation, of bo<
that give what is called unmistak:
evidence of having been buried al
0 Speaking of this matter, a city uaper
, poses tne belief which prevails in
. minds of many that persons are
^ quently buried while the spark of life
ie not yet left the body. It says 1
ie "while sucli things have happei
a add may still happen, they are of
jj rarest occurrence. Winslow, the c
^ brated anatomist, is said to have
,(j two nam; Jf escapes from burial al
and to have published in eonseque
,n a treatise on the signs of death. I
lt chut, Michel Levy and other physic
j. have also expressed their views on
' subject: but all testimony procur
g establishes the fact that burial n
[j' hardly ever takes place in these tii
[j* In corroboration of this, many Gen
' cities have in their cemeteries morti
houses, in which the dead are kept s
days before final interment, the bellbeing
so arranged that the slightest
lg tion of the body would sound an air
of So far these precautions have been su
fluous. In more than forty years not
;e, supposed oorpie haa proved to be i
i thing else.11
During the seige of Paris there
nobody more popular, and afterw
t nc there was nobody more unpopular ?
ilies Sergeant Hoff. He with his own h
the s^ew twenty-seven Germans dur.ng
and ^rst s'x wee^8 the seige. His gallai
his wa3 rewarded by praise lavished in
j regimental order of the day and in a f
fr eral order of day, and the Legioi
i f ? Honor was bestowed on him. The A
fur 'ster ^ar to^ ^ wftS very imj
I tant that a dispatch should reach ft
V " r shal Bazaine and offered him $4,OCX
^ undertake the mission. It was peril*
'f He staked his head on success. It
easier for him than for many Fret
' men?he was an Alsacian and spoke (
,.i. ? man well. He said to the Ministe
War: "I accept tlie mission, but J
cnat fuse themoney. Howl after howl ol
dignation went up when it was fo
Sergeant Hoff had disappeared. It
r an said that he had always been a Prus:
He spy and was now a traitor The gov*
ring ment gave the key-note to these ho
pii- to save HofFs life if he were discov<
ver- as he passed through the enemy's li:
:ury He safely reached Bazaine. The
and over he was mtide keeper of Vend*
rard Column. The keeper of the Triump
i he Arcli died the other day, and Serg<
and Hoff, to the delight of the Parisians,
>ver been appointed to the vacant place.
un
jur- A New York paper has a". articl<
his regard *to the proposed plan of Gen
! up Fremont, Governor of Arizona, to ext
, he the Gulf of California by tapping
t is northern end and lettine it run into
ot a fill up the great Colorado Desert,
seems that the sediment carried d(
for ages by the great river Colorad<
, last collected at what was then its moi
tcrftl in sufficient quantity to dam off
northern arm of the Gulf of Califoi
.del- from any connection with the oc<
ork The water in this unfed resorvoir t
slowly evaporated, leaving a dry bi
l' 01 130 miles by thirty, and this, togei
; r* with the surrounding slopes, soon
18came a " bladeless desolation," w
anv the river turning southward found
a.nct trance to the gulf many miles bel
r.ice Between this and waste and the pre!
r.in? head of the gulf lies some thirty mile
'I1* soft earth, just lifted above sea-le
iblo, :ind through this Governor Fremont ]
llye poses to cut his canal. It is a higlr
.Ia" of commerce that is now contempla
ina" but originally the main object aimec
vn'y by pouring the desert full of water
lia? to restore the natural harmonies wl
Hn(l had been disturbed by the drying uj
one the sea. Human remains prove that
desert was lately fertile, and an
Spanish map is mentioned which pli
.s in the boundaries of the gulf far bey
kill their present positions.
new
ugh Mr. McCormick, Comraissioner-C
eck- fral from the United States to the P
the Exposition, is engaged in dispatcl
who the diplomas and medals recently
per- ccived from Paris to the fortunate ex
(ties itors. The latter are of gold, thos
,g0t silver and bronze not having yet arrr
rned They are about two inches broad, w<
jtlly three ounces, and are worth $50. On
ll0e9 obverse side is the medallion of a fem
him the head of the republic of France,
the scribed "Republique Francaise."
lian the reverse are the figure of fame, v
Tel. the legend, "Exposition Universelle
the ternational de 1878." A youth bei
rjl_ the figure holds a tablet, upon whic]
ized engraved the name of the exhibi
the There are 140 of these, and with e
the gops a diploma. The latter are he
types eighteen by twenty inches. '
upper sections contains an allegor
Peace and Fame clasping the hami o
artisan at the foot of a throne. The lo
1 . portion is inscribed, "Exposition I
S1.x verselle de 1878. Le Jury Internatioi
e des Recompenses de cerne une Met
>out d'0I\? with the name ofexliibitor, ere
tnc (,tc Tiiere are 225 silver medals,
;eks hronze and about 200 certificates of me
net- which is the lowest prize given. Mr
, j" 11. Hitt, secretary of the American L<
tion at Paris, says tlmt the princ
1 | officers of the French government
i lie vcry enthusiastic over the character
??k conduct of the American departmen
,"ie the Exposition,
ber. i,
i-ate Grappled by a Mexican Lion.
? A Texas frontiersman and hui
k" named Franklin, a dweller on the le
some banks of the headwaters of
i v; Little Wichtia, left his ranche for
ivlv PurPoso ?f bagging some wild turf
'and other game for breakfast next m<
n ' inc.
. The hunter was dressed in the br
slouched hat so common in Texas, v
boots over Grousers, a six-shooter be
* * A A... ?- ^1
in ins waist, ana nis trusty rme si
sid- over his shoulder. His venture
ies, quite successful, Franklin being a cei
icre shot. Following the banks of the Li
rith Wichtia, he brought down three
ake gobblers with his piece, and, huntsir
ang like, tied all of them with a leat
irge thong, slung the turkevs over
' 1 - * 1 / I.!- ?..l
tlie siioumer, ana siarieu ior m? ayi
por home, or rather camp.
can The shadows of night had aire
;ced partially fallen on the murmuring ri
oni jmd the somber gloom of deep solit
'gin fallen on the trees that line the bank
^ed the Wichtia. Franklin was plodc
and along in the dim shades, unconsciou
ian- danger from man or beast, when he
e it a sudden shock, as if a great load
lent been precipitated on his back. Utfc
ly." amazed and stunned, the hunter a:
>rk, from the stooping position into whicl
and had been thrown, and grappled with
the unknown and mysterious assailant,
lan, first idea was that it was some devilthe
by some curious chance turned loose
;iul- land.
ady A fierce combat ensued. His assai
grappled with him, but seemed to di
liis strength against the freight car
on his back. Franklin could not use
? of "un or kut struck at the " i
X. mint" with his fist, and endeavorei
fi'w; himself from the intruder m
Vafter the manner of the character in
' e "Arabian Nights." on whose back '
rac- saddled the Old Man of the Sea. At
01 the animal, fof such Franklin at len
perceived it to be, succeeded in scam]
ms' me off with one of the turkeys, follow
.| by" the hunter, who now drew his j
as well as knife.
lie fired one shot at his assailant.
Iin, this only enraged him, and the anir
making a deadly spring, alighted
Franklin, at the same time planting
'rea claws deep into his neck and che<
ler- 'pjie i^nter was also fearfully torn
t0 mangled about the arms, legs and ol
'(TC parts of the body, where the sharp t(
'P1;" of the brute were rapidly planted.
"}!" ?After the last spring, when the ani
had fastened its ugly claws in his fi
iicn Frilnklin plunged his knife into
enemy, who fell dead on the grou
t,ie On examining the " varmint" the h
>ute tpr foun(i it to be a Mexican lior
lece ].vrge size> Such was his own
feebled condition, after such a dc
straggle, that it was with diffici
Franklin reached his ranche, where
tain wounds were dressed.
dies
vble The Evil of a Bad Temper,
ive. A bad temper is a curse to the dos
op- sor, and its influence is most de*
the wherever it is found. It is alliet
fre- martyrdom to be obliged to live v
lias one of a complaining temper. To 1
that one eternal round of complaint ;
ned, murmuring, to have every pleas
the thought scared away by their evil sp
:ele- is a sore trial. It is like the sting <
had scorpion?a perpetual nettle, destroy
ive, your peace, rendering life a burden,
nee, influence is deadly; and the purest
iou- sweetest atmosphere is contamin:
ians into a deadly miasma wherever this
the genius prevails. It has been said tr
able that while wo ought not to let the
live temper of others influence us, it wc
nes. he as unreasonable to spread a plaste
man Spanish flies upon the skin, and not
lary pect it to draw, as to think of a far
ome not suffering because of the bad ten
pull of any of its inmates. One string on
mo- tune will destroy the music of an ins
inft. ment, otherwise perfect; so if all
per- members of a churoh, neighborhood
;one family do not oultivate a kind and
uny- fectionate temper, there will be disc
flvarvflvll work.
was SOME QUEER INDUSTRIES,
ard
ban Father Chapellier Snatches a Fortune
an(j Out ot the Gutter*. T
tlje Probably no more determined struggle f
ltry for existence was ever shown than in the
his case of a well-known Paris character, coi
'en- Chapellier by name, whose ingenuity th<
\ 0f was as amusing jis his perseverance was tre
?jn. praiseworthy. Father Chapellier, as he of
Dor_ was called, was in his young days a "t
soldier, who had fought at Waterloo nei
) to under the old Napoleon, and who, tired ou
)US of the army, had obtained his discharge thi
and come to Paris, where he found that ha
lcb_ his military life stood him in very little po
^er_ service in procuring him his daily meal, att
r 0j So he looked about him for the readiest mc
re. trade which a man without money or op
friends could take up and begin his new th<
un(j life in the humble capacity of a mudlark, po
was which in the days of old Paris was often 00<
3jan a not successful profession. The gallant po
}rn_ old soldier did not stick very long to the to
fwjs ravageur's trade, being ashamed that his y&
'red comrades in arms should encounter of
q69 him, and perhaps criticise his humble it
calling. He obviated this unpleasant- ha
jme ne9s hy getting a berth in the establish- of
dial ment of a large wholesale dhift'onnier. OCX
;ant ^.or 8*x months or so he worked here, 00(
has unt^ the unsavory occupation was too .]
much for him, and he was obliged to go ch
into hospital. This, however, was a las
, jn turning-point in his life; for in the next Tl
eraj bed to mm was a patient who had been Tl
?n(j in the employ of a large poultry-rearer, (MX
tjje and whose particular duty it was to feed in
an(j the young fowls and pigeons, or rather 85,
jt to fatten them. In a moment of confi- to
)Wn dence he enlightened Chapellier as to 3,C
5 aj. how the thing was done?namely, by ou
filling his mouth-with grain and-peas, an
the opening'the beak of the voung birds and 111
blowing the food down tneir oesophagus; 13!
5an a simple tiling, but uncommonly monot- lai
? ' nnnns find fatiiniinir when 200 or 300 had 00<
jgjjj to be fed in an hour. (XX
In Chapellier's time, the employment th<
be_, of machinery had not yet been thought po
]jjje of, and hei was quite content to use nis
en. own mouth; by which he gained about w
ow forty sous a day. But his inquiring qq
3ent sP'nt soon Cftme into play. Being con- oti
jg 0 stantly brought into contact not only wi
vej with the poultry but also with the poul- Ba
3raI try buyers, he noticed a singular feature Ch
in the trade?that in cases where the La
^ latter did not sell the birds straight off, Po
j they were always obliged to reduce the T?
wag price a quarter or pernaps a third for
lich every day that they were unsold, though Co
j they might appear perfectly fresh to tne
t}ie uninitiated. But the cooks and the res- '
qJj taurant keepers were not to be taken in
ices ky appearances; and Chapellier found i '
ond out an symptom of freshness,
or rather want of it, lay in the ap- .
pearance of the feet, which were black r 1
jen_ and brilliant at the time of killing, but Q
arjg acquired a gray tinge, more and more L
line Pronounce^ 519 lime went on- Turkeys' r
r(1? feet showed this peculiarity the most,
liili- and it set?Chapellier thinking; there- p
e Q suit of his cogitation being that he in- i(
,?e(j vented a paste wlycli, when rubbed on .
;ieli l'ie brought back the original bRick t'.
'tt. gloss, and completely erased tlie tell-tale h
n?t<i r>f Hpfit.li TTn.vinc trip ft it, with
j ' success, he went the round of the poul- ??
terers, who willingly promised him a
small royalty for initiating them also; ?S
j and as he was shrewd enougll to keep
his own secret, he soon foimd that the {:,
profession of " painter of poultry-legs," j?;
apart from its questionable morale, was r
>acj* exceedingly lucrative. But Chapellier 2,
.jjo, wns ambitious, and finding the work inWe
crease beyond his powers of personally ^ '
v supervising it, he sold his secret to a f
f an friend for one thousand francs, and with ; '
wer this little capital set off to find pastures jJJ
j new.
Chaoellier was in some doubt what he qJ
|j]je should do next, whether he should set ?
)U up a wine-shop or an eating-house; for ,
2Qo his experience led him to believe that to
!rjt cater for the stomach was the best pass- j
' port to money-making, but at last a
j_n* bright idea struck him. Ho noticed that
?ft] a large proportion of the chiffonniers' ^
?re findings consisted of scraps of bread?all f.n
an)j the stale leavings of cook-shops, schools, lis
j Qf colleges, hospitals and asylums which to
were thrown away as valueless and car
ried away amongst other rubbish by the jH
chiffonniers. Chapellier knowing well
. the tastes and lfiiDits of the Parisian
?Vwir population, was aware that immense
quantities oi rabbits were made into siew "
by the working-classes of the barriers,
tne and also that this stew was dressed and
[eys eaten with bread-crusts. He knew also 1?'
)rn* that the rabbits themselves were largely
, fed upon bread-crumbs; and he there- "0
?.^r fore conceived the idea of collecting, P?
f.11'! sorting, cleaning and rebaking these
ltea scraps, feeling sure that he could make a
market out of them. So off he went to pc
*Tas the restaurants and the cooks of the pub- of
lie establishments in his quarter, and in
'H actually offered to buy ana pay ready ex
"ne money for what they had been throwing th
I.an" away; and this was a proposal to which of
j?1' the cooks, thinking what a fool he was, th
II,8 lent a ready ear. But Chapellier was of
van not such a fool as they thought, for, 00
, f having obtained a quantity of breadscraps
at a nominal rate, he set to work in
ve,r? to prepare them, and in a few days took wi
,ua p his station in the market, surrounded by
?. 01 little basketfuls, which he sold for six
lin6 sous.apiece. He was soon sold out, pur^
9* chasers flockingto him not only for tneir ,
.Ie5 convenience and cheapness, but also for
the attractive and cleanly way in which nc
he'got his^rusts ready. So fast did his cr
cose reputation increase that lie extended his 9Y
v!e negotiations to other parts of Paris, add- S'1
. J!3 ing to his manufacture that of grated sc
I1 Is bread-crumbs, made ready for cooks to "j3
11311 powder their cutlets with. tfli
! on Within a very short time the business
crew to such a size that he had in use -11
lant gjx gartg an^ horses to bring the piles of an
r^j scraps to the factory at the barrier of J1?
r.ie.a St. Jacques, where some fifty men and 1,1
ins. women were occupied in sorting and ?e
^ar" cleaning. Young girls found employ- ^
cl ment in packing up the little baskets of *1
'Jl prepared crusts and of the crisped bread ru
. squares which were in such favor in the
jl? preparation of the daily pot and feu;' y?
while to the children was given the duty ',e
'S"1 of grinding to powder the scraps which SJ'1
30r* were too far gone to be of use as an c"
,vea eatable, and which were carbonized in F??
^UQ the oven, so as to be available for mak- du
R ing charcoal tooth-powder. To the day ?n
"y of nis retirtoent from business, which ,ie
Qal> he eventually did with a fortune of thirty m(
?n thousand lrancsa year, the old soldier m(
*ts personally superintended, impressing on m<
all that nothing was to be wasted. He A 1
was a wit as well as a philosopher, and
;ne.r was never weary of saying " that human v
:et" beings sometimes reasoned, but that ?,r
, they never failed to eat?and very often jPl
mal too much,"?Chambers' Journal. 'in
ice, jisj
his tin
ind. An Insane Artist's Freak. i?.
unT. A sensation was created in Union S01
1 01 square, New York, by the apparition of n:l
efV a nude man rushing from a house into "K
the square and startling the occupants of
l v the seats about the fountain, apparently Tr
"1S intending to take a liath in the basin.
" e til!
flC WH& 11 IllUIt U1 lIUUICllov oiaiuic nuu
long black beard, every feature of his 1:
face giving evidence of insanity. lie set
ses- w;is captured by the police and.led back c0!
tdly to the house from which he emerged, Pe
1 to where he had a studio. Becoming Sa
rith calmer, he gave his name as Adam cu,
tear Springfield, a Pole by birth, an artist by tri
and profession, but soon relapsed into inco- on
lant herency. It has been ascertained that :u''
irit, more than three years ago he had been
)f a deserted by his wife on account of his ?e
'ing failing fortunes, who had taken her two thi
Its children with her to the West. The or
and neighborhood has before been disturbed ?u
ited by his growing insanity. Springfield is P?
evil not known to nave any relatives in this J,11?
illy, country. In his room an unfinished
bad picture stood on an easel, oil paintings Mi
>uld were carelessly scattered about the floor, W(
!r of a couple of trunks lay open, and above nil
ex- the mantel hung the gold medals which P1*'
nily attested the artist's merit. Only one .
iper picture in the room had any significance, rit
:t of It was a small one?the portrait of a
tru- beautiful, proud woman ?which was (2.
the found with its face turned toward the m,
and wall. Perhaps it was the reminder tlie m'
af- unhappy man still clung to of the woman ra
<ord who had abandoned lilm when his for- da
tunes failed. tie
V
AMERICA'S FOREIGN TRADE.
le Jmmeniltr of the Commerce of tli
United States.
The Springfield. Republican says: Th
mmerce of the United States durin
3 calendar year 1878 reaches the ej
me of divergence between the valut
the imports and exports. If tL
lalance 01 trade" were all that wei
cespary to make the country propei
s, things would "b5om " louder tha
5y did before the panic. Expori
ve reached the highest poiftt ana in
rts the lowest that they are likelv t
ain for some time; for two or thr<
)nths the tide has been setting in tl
posite direction. How CTeat has bee
3 drift is shown by the decrease of in
" AAA 10?0 04fl1
rts irom jjozd.uw.uuu in. 1010 gv?ui
),000 hist year, and the growth of e:
rts in the same time from ?678,000,0(
the enormous proportions of la
ar's $749,000,000. The entire volun
trade, reckoned in dollars, is less tha
was six years ago, but the " balance
s grown from an excess of $80,000,0<
imports in 1872 to an excess of 8167
),000 of exports in 1877, and $288,00C
) of exports in 1878.
No other word than immense wi
aracterize the volume of our expor
it year of breadstuffs and provision
le figures are beyond comprehensioi
le shipments of wheat rose from 4S
},000 of bushels in 1877 to 110,000,0!
1878, of Indian corn from 73,000,0001
000,000, of other grains from 7,000,0*
14,000,000, and of wheat flour froi
00,000 to 4,000,000 of barrels. We se^
t in 1877 136,000,000 pounds of bacc
d hams, last year 696,000,000, in 18'
5,000,000 pounds of cheese, last yei
),000,000; in 1877 237,000,000 pounds <
d, last year 359,000,000; in 1877 66
),000 pounds of pork, last year 84,00C
) pounds. The following table shov
s money value of some of these e:
rts for the two years:
1877. 1878.
lent ?67,090,000 $125,575,0*
rtt 4.3,525,000 44,043,(X
iior cereals 5,558,000 7,692,01
lient flour 21,537,000 27,559,01
con and hams... 43,934.000 54,827,0*
ceso 13,545,000 13,761.0rd
23,489,000 ' 28,476,0
rk 5,865,000 5,055,0tal
provisions... 109,664,000 125,666,0
re animals 4,051,000 10,002,0
tton 158.000.000 185.000.0
[n regard to live animals it should 1
ticed that the great increase in vah
is owing to the heavy shipments
rned cattle, the number of these an
lis rising from 60,000 to 118,000 in
lgle year, though the number of she<
1 off from 250,000 to 191,000. The e:
rtation of oils of all kinds fell off fro
3,000,000 gallons to 355,000.000; tlv
ieaf tobacco rose from 268,000,0
unds to 367,000,000.
When we come to manufactured arl
5s, however, we find that they we
ken_ less freely in the foreign markc
an in 1877. the falling off m amou
ing attended also by a reduction
ices. In 1877 the United States so
road ?10,000,000 worth of cott<
ods, and last year, only $9,000,000;
77, owing largely to the tariff, only tl
tiful amount of $406,000 worth
unufactures of wool, which was l
iced by $7,000 last year. The expor
iron and steel shrunk in the year fro
6,000,000 to $13,260,000, of boots ai
oes from $470,000 to $434,000. On tl
her hand, the exports of leather ro
jm $5,900,000 to $6,200,000; of pap
id stationery, from >$989,000 to $1,16(
0. Our exports of wool last ye
lounted to $75,000,000, our imports
>,000,000: our exports of woolen goo<
$399,000, our imports to $24,000,00
The shrinkage in imports took placi
th in the staple ana minor artick
le consumption of coffee fell from 36(
0,000 pounds, worth 861,000,000, 1
1,000,000 pounds, worth $50,000,00
the other principal article on the fr
it, tea, there was a gain from 65,000,0
66,000,000 pounds, but a decline
.lue from $16,673,000 to $15,236,00
ie value of cotton goods imported f<
jm $20,270,000 to $13,888,000, of in
id steel and their manufactures fro
1,195,000 to $8,943,000, of leather of i
nds from $4,75-1,000 to $3,391,000,
gar and syrup from $89,000,000 (1.G51
0 gallons) to $70,000,000 (1,656,000 gr
as), of molasses from $8,000,000 to $'
0,000, of wool from $9,000,000 (51,00(
n *? cm nnn nnn f)R nnn n
u jjuuiiuay iu
lunds), and of wookns from 826,15i
0 to 823,666,000.
The movement of coin and bullion w
culiar throughout the year, on accou
the preparations for resumption, slioi
g for seven months of the twelve :
cess of imports over exports, thou*
e United States is the largest produc
the precious metals of any country <
c globe. The total excess of expor
coin and bullion in 18/ / was S25.0(K
0, of imports last year $2,000,0(1
le exports in 1877 reached 848,000,00
1878 827,000,000; the imports in 18'
ere 824,000,000, in 1878, $29,000,000.
The Mormon Creed.
The Mormons, it seems to me, liai
> religion. They, however, have
eed and believe in it. They have
stem of theology, too, but such a coi
omerate affair is it that it defies d
ription. It is worthy of mention on
a curiosity. It t,eache3 primari
:it there are many gods, and that em
nt saints become gods in he:ivei
ley rise one above another in pow<
d glory to infinity. Joseph Smith'
w the <rod of this generation. Abo>
m is Jesus of Nazareth, whose si
rior god is Adam. Above Adam
hovah, and above Jehovah is Elohin
lese all have many wives and they a
le over their descendants, who ai
nstantly increasing in number an
minion. The glory of a saint who
becomes a god depends in some di
?e upon the numoer of wives an
ildren which he has. Hence it is tin
lygamy'is taught and enforced as
ty. Wives are sealed to' saints hei
earth to increase their dominion i
aven. The gods are in the form <
m, and are the fathers of the souls (
m in this world. The ten commant
nits are the rule of lite, together wit
evelation given to Joseph Smith i
33. This revelation is called ".
ord of Wisdom." and is regard*
1.. ~- "-Mmndl nnf ?ic lour A
lipiy SW ?;UUUOCi uuu ?w Ii?n.
?to the Mormon creed infant sprinl
ig is condemned. At eight years (
e children sire immersed. Baptism ft
e dead is practiced, a living person 1><
; baptized for one or mofe dead pci
as. Some of the great men of tli
tion and of the world are by prox
>mbers of the church of Lattcr-Da
ints, <is Washington, Franklin, et(
lere have been niany dispensations (
igious truth, but the greatest of all i
it made through the Prophet Josepl
lis dispensation will culminate in tli
tlement of the saints in Jackso
unty, Missouri, whence they were e>
lied. Here will all the saints h
thered in due time, and all others 1
t oft'. All preaching, so far as do<
ne is concerned, is ringing a chanp
these points. The people know thei
;icles of faith by heart and ai-e not a
ved to forget them. Neither can
ntile, though a fool, fail to learn win
3 saints believe. It is an eclectic tin
>gy that they hold, made up of contr
tions from every creed. It is a con
und of Christianity, philosophy an
,-thology in about equal parts. Tli
m of church government is that of tl
Jthodist Church, although the leadoi
?re originally Congregationalists in tl
itter of church order and Baptists b
fession.
rhis cong^merate theology is diame
any opposed 10 me iiocirines 01 ci
ble, (1) in being purely materialisii
) in teaching the eternity of matter, (:
declaring the pro-existence and tran
ission of souls, (4) in preaching a pli
lity of gods, and (5) in advocating tl
ctrine of a plurality of wives or cale
il marriage.?durufay Afternoon,
WILD ANIMALS.
XJoua Born In the United State* And the
" Manner of Raiding Them?The Valne
of Some Animal*. *
ie Probably less is known of the extent,
8 value and number of rare and valuable 5
[" -beasts reared in our midst than any sub58
jcot of interest to the public. If horses, s
ie cows, colts and calves have a market
:e value, so have tigers, lions and their c
r" young, for of the latter many are born in
^ the United States every year.
|-s During the past five years no less than
seventeen little lions have seen the light
? of day, though only six reached years of
e maturity.
The details of their nursing are pecu- t
n liar. The lioness is not approached until L
1_ the cubs are fully three or four months
" old. Thev are then, by means of strategy, v
**"* /->J am/) A
wv acjjttittica, aim vvcnuiu^ wmuxcuvcu. A ?
nr quart of milk, together with nice, bonest
less, juicy cutlets and titbits are given ,
ie them d<tiiy until the seventh month,
which is the critical period of cubs. II 8
they get over that, they stand a fair
, chance of living a long time, though the 8
period of tooth-shedding, which gener- t
?' ally occurs at twelve months, is attended
with danger. t
11 It is a known fact that lions attached ]
ts to traveling vans, under proper care, are ?
s. the1 most healthy and lively, and thrive
a- better than those in zoological gardens. ]
In this country a lion has been exhibited (
30 thirty-five years, and, as far as could be \
to judged, was fifteen years old when capX)
tured; so that he certainly was over ,
m fifty when he died. In eight out of ten :
it cases congestion of the lungs carries them :
>n off. 1
n - The amount of food given a lien is less
u* than one would suppose, thirteen pounds 1
of of beef a day, with oones ad lifiertum, be- *
I,- a fair allowance. When fed regularly 1
they show little disposition to glut thenars
selves, and will rarely exceed fifteen i
t- pounds, even though a chance be given 1
them. The greatest care is exercised in J
keeping their ciiges clean, as they are f
30 constantly shedding their hair, an accuD0
mulation of which adhering to their food, ,
00 and, being swajlowed, making them j
00 sick. i
DO The largest number of these animals J
00 are imported from the French province
00 of Algeria. There is no affection in a ,
00 lion; lie' knows his keeper and fears
him, and will obey him, but there is no
?? affection between them. The value of
lions is varied, though a g?od pair will
3e readily bring $4,000, and tlie demand is '
Je constant. Rare animals are sought After
0f constantly by the various zoological in- 1
}_ stitutions and menagerie owners, in 1
a many instances they having paid fabu- '
,p lous prices for the more rare species, j
Tigers command about the same price 1
m as lions, but are comparatively scarce 1
ftt and not so popular as the lions. *
00 Elephants always find a ready market,
two or three beinsr imported yearly ipto
this country, and sell without trouble at" (
j.e $6,000 to $8,000. Even a dead elephant 1
,tg will find a ready buyer at from $100 to 1
nt $300. The African specimens are the i
jn finest, being twice the size of their In- 1
Id dian brothers. ]
)n Giraffes are exceedingly rare in the
jn United States, in nearly every ca3e being (
:ie able only to make the voyage from the
0f Cape to England or the Continent. The ,
c. voyage to this country enfeebles them so <
tg that many die during the trip or im- j
m mediately after landing here. The least j
1(j cold msibly hurts them. They are j
lie dainty feeders and much given to conop
suming cabbages. They are valued at
er from 88,000 to $10,000 a pair.
5 _ The rhinoceros and hippopotamus 1
tjr market is always an active one, as very '
few have ever reached this country alive.
js The bath of the latter renders his trans- '
0 portation almost impossible.
*' The' South American monkey is al*
ways in demand, while those of Africa
j are a drug on the market, they being
dull and lazy and easily caught# The <
J? methods of catchinz them are numerous. <
In South America the natives fill gourds i
xr with rum, which the monkeys drink, '
. and, becoming totally unconscious under i
JP its effects, are easily taken. In Africa, <
V; wooden vessels are used, into which i
3 they thrust their hands and cannot re- i
m move them. They range in value all i
the way from $1 up to $500. i
"J. Africa is the great stock farm for ani
01 mals. The Boers, a hundred or two
milna nlinrfl the" C.inf*. are constantly ,
catching animu'.s, an5 find a ready mar- \
j'" ket at Cape Town for them.. j
00 """" i
},- Interesting Questions and Answers. <
G. A. H. asks for an explanation of ,
M the cause of the rise and fall of the j
barometer, that is, the cause of changes ,
v" in the air's pressure. A. The course of j
in the barometer is generally in the oppo5'1
site direction to that of the thermome- .
cr ter; that is, that when the temperature 1
>n rises the barometer falls, and vice versa, j
which indicates that the barometric '
)<" variations at any given place are pro- (
duced by the expansion and contrition
of the air, and therefore by its changes j
in' density. If the temperature were 1
the same throughout the whole extent !
of the atmosphere, no currents would be
produced, and at the same height atmos- J
pheric pressure would be everywhere j
the same. But when any portion of the 1
atmosphere becomes warmer tJ;an the ]
neighboring parts, its specific gravity is *
:l diminished, and it rises and passes away ?
p ' through the upper regions of the atmos- 1
I * ! phere, whence it follows that the pressp.
i ure is diminished and barometer falls.
V I If any portion of the atmosphere retains
I its temperature while the neighboring
parts become cooler, the same effect is s
.. produced; for in this case, too, the den- \
sity of the first mentioned portion is less I
than that of the others. Hence, also, it r
' | usually happens that an extraordinary c
; | fall of the barometer at one place is i
ij j counterbalanced" oy an extraordinary t
j rise at another place. The daily varia,
j tions appear to result from the* expan- j
j sions ana contractions which are peri- .1
I odieally produced in the atmosphere by p
] the heat of the sun during the rotation ^
'*! i of the earth. c
u i J. A. H. asks: 1. Ts there any ad- c
.p i vantage in what lightning rod men call 1
j " circuit" rods ?that is, two ground rods t
^ I to one point? What do you think of I
p ! such rods put into the ground eight or t
| ten feet, ground tolerably dry? A. The I
I only advantage in such an arrangement a
, is that it affords a better ground surface, j r
T* If the ground connections terminate in is
J, drj earth, the lightning rod will not t
p prove effective. 2. Are horse shoe mag- a
nets better than common points, or r
should points be magnetized so as to lift j
small needles? A. There is no advant- t
'r age in a magnetic point. 3. What is i
| your opinion of tin roofs as a protection 1
azainst lightning? How should tney do t
l0f connected with the ground? A. Tin \
y roofs, if connected with the lightning t
y rod having good grojind connections, t
:'f in:iy prove :in additional protection, q
? The /round end of the rod should be i
1S forked and buried in earth that is con- s
' tinually moist. The effectiveness of the l(:
rod may be increased 'oy filling the hole j
,n around the rod with pounded eoke or
charcoal. The ground end of the rod
,(j should be bent, away from the house. 4.
^ Is'it safe to put a rod into a well? A.
^ Yes.?Scicntific American. ?
\. The Armies of Europe. f!l
A French officer has drawn up an. in- i
lt teresting calculation of the present (
effective of the land and sea s
forces of the different countries of 1
Europe in 187!). France would have i
" 1,700,000 men; Germany, 1,671,000; (
10 Russia, 1,302,000, and Austria, 2.,051,000, i
10 The other nations would not have i
rs more than one milion of soldiers. In )
10 time of peace Russia keeps in active sor- f
y vice the strongest army in Europe. This t
power has always under arms 788,000 i
soldiers. France has only about 500,000, i
' Prussia 100.000. and Austria 300,000. In i
^ j naval armies England comes first with r
'/ j <I3U SlllJIS, OI Wlllt'll SI\iaY-uuc illi: nun- I
s*1 dads. llussiii liiis 223 ships, and France I
l* ; 1(56 with thirty-five ironclads. Spain r
ie reckons 135, Turkey 116, Holland eighty- t
" six, Italy i?ixty?wvon, u"d l'rusoia lifty l
i fire. I
ITEMS OP INTEREST.
Done with the pen?A dead pig. '
The diamond field?The shirt front.
How many feet are there in a school
ard?
Breeches 01 contract?Those that
brink.
A modiste is not modest in liei
harges.
Nothing is more shooking than an <
lectric battery. I
When a doctor jances a carbuncle
ioesn't he " cut a swell?"
What's the use of eoing hungry in
bis land of agents? Any man can get
oard.
A joke is not so durable as a church
ell. After it has been tolled a few
imes it is worn out.
The raindrops that fall when the
irightness is gone are the tears of the
ky for the loss of the sun. .
A Sioux county (Iowa) boy goes to
nhnnl mi a donkev with his dinner
lasket hung on the ear of the quadruped.
There is nothing more likely to
estrange two friends than a small debt.
and U may some day be separated by
in O.
The annual importation of oranges and
emons in the United States is over CGO,)00,000,
amounting in value to about
*600,000.
The Baltimore papers report a quie
>ut very general revival of religion in
;hat city, which is largely credited to
he labors of Mr. Moody.
Two Italian journalists fought a duel
ivith pistols, near Naples, and exchanged
;wenty-eight shots at a-distance of fifteen
Daces without doing any damage.
There are 137 normal schools in Anuria
and Hungary; 115 in Italy: 41 in
ttussia: 41 in England; 33 in Belgium;
11 in Spain; 86 in France, and 32 in
Switzerland.
Small boy (entering shop)?" I want
i, pennyworth of canary seed." Shopleeper
(why knows the boy)?"la it for ' .
jrour mother?" Small boy (contemptuously)?"No!
it's for the bird."
In digging a cellar at St. Paul, Minn.,
;he worhnen unearthed a solid silver
jhalice and salver of fine workmanship,
uid they are thought to be part of a comm
union service taken from Father Henaepin
in 1680. n
The Chiifese have a curious mode of
punishment not unlike the old-fashioned
practice ot placing criminals in tbe
stocks. They fasten a heavy yoke about
i convict's neck and make him wear it
night and day, and parade bim about the
puolic squares and streets of the city by
the police.
Says the Iowa City Press: The cultivation
of wolves is profitable. You
ion't catch a scalp-hunter killing an old
tvolf. He makes, the acquaintance ot
that old one, finds its burrow, and in the
^ rtf iwolvA
spring, wiieu it una t% nvi^x u* ?nv?n.
whelps, kills ten of them, and saves a
pair for seed.
That Turks are not altogether incapable
of good work is shown By Ahmed
7efyk Pasha, who has in two months
irained some thousands of acres. of
swamp in the beautiful plains of Broussa.
Fie is now employing a vast number
of the unfortunate Mussulman re- ,
"ugees in planting and sowing this land.
Paul Morphy, the once noted chess
player, in his insanitv imagines himself
i great lawyer with an abundance of
jlients* The great case that absorbs
nearly his whole attention is an imaginiry
one against parties who had charge
)f an estate left him by his father. He /
itterly repudiates chess, and denies ever
having jpiown anything about it.
The ingenious Benjamin Franklinlintrolaced
a bill in the Peunsylvcnia Legwla;nre
at Philadelphia to buy small grains
for the use of the army. The Quaker memjera,
who were at that time a majority,
tfould not consent to vote money for powler,
but Franklin deceived them by getting
\ money vote to buy small grains for army
ise. The Quakers thought the small grain*
rere wheat and oats, but Franklin thought
ind knew thev were crains of' powder.
?New York Champion.
One of the new industries of Gel-many,
reported by Dr. Stutzer to be " now in
i flourishing condition," is the manufacture
of artificial clover seed. Fragments
of gravel are sifted until particles
>fa suitable size arc obtained, and the
substitute for the seed is then shaken up
ivith some coloring substance until it
icquires the desired hue. An ordinary
socket-microscope is quite sufficient
iiowever, to expose the cheat.
In the government of Cherson, Russia
in the bea of a river, a peasant found an
;gg of unusual size. It is equal to forty
len's eggs, wheanis the ostrich egg is
;qual to only twenty-four. It is of a
yellowish color, and being found between
;hc clay and gypsum layers, is supposed
:o belong to the tertiary formation. The '
Durchaser of this egg offered it to the
[mperial Academy of Sciences, . St.
Petersburg, for 10,000 roubles. The
icademy lasled to buy it, on account ot
ack of means, but asked peraiission to
:ake a mold from it. The British Muleum
has now bought this unique egg,
;o the grief of the Russian students 'of '
latural science.
Excessive Etiquette.
The most elaborate and complicated
ystem of co.urt etiauette ever devised
vas that in vogue during the reign of
xmis XIV. of France. Grenville Muray,
the Paris correspondent of the I.onion
Neu>?, relates an anecdote that amusngly
illustrates the rigidity as well as
he absurdity of that social code:
King LoUis, strolling one day in the)
>ark on the arm of Mine, de Maint<>non,
ind followed by his court of about 500
>ersons, came unexpectedly upon a servant
girl armed with a broom, pail and
luster, who had been scrubbing in one,
if the pavilions. She ought by rights to
lave made her way back to the otHees ot
he palace by a roundabout road, but
>eing late she had taken a short cut, and
his Drought her in view of the king,
lis majesty removed his feathered hat
,nd made lier a low bow, and as etiquette
equired that a person saluted by the king
hould be bowed to by the whole gourt,
he poor girl, as she stood trembling and
ishamed, received enough homage to
nake her well nigh mad. First, the
irinces and princesses, then the secrearies
of State, the dukes and peers, the
mights of his miyesty's orders, the
nsnous ana cnupiams, mo lesser nouiny,
nil had to make profound obeisance,
vhile the ladies stopped and courtesied to
he earth; finally, the king's guards had
0 carry arms, and a whole tribe of lae[ueys
bearing lap-dogs, fans and snHlng-bottles
had to do their duty in the
ame humble fashion to their colleague
-this blushing girl with the broom and
>ail.
Gondolas.
The gondola of the present day is, in
general style and character, just what if.
vas in the days of Venice's glory, but the
gondolier of to-day is doubtless a less
)icturesque person, for lie is of the ordilary
type of his class, anil as lazy as the
lay is long. Gondalas, according to their
iize, hr.ve one or two gondoliers, who
ow with a peculiar motion, standing up
n the ends of the boat; these use but ono
)ar, which is quite lonj;. The gondola
s always painted a dead black, without
1 line of color to relieve its somber apjearance,
but the better class of them are.
or all that, quite ornate in the elabora:ion
of wood-earving and upholstering,
vitha neat and cosy cab covering the
enter, which is generally token oil' in
inc weather. The gondola is the only
neans of conveyance between different
>.irts of the city, tlioutrti an points m.-iv
>e reached on foot by means of the nnrow
little streets and bridges. 'It would
jfflae tJie attempts of any ftrnnger,
lowever, to find ni? way about aiobt.?'
iftor/rom Vinw.