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BY HUGH WILSON AND W. C. BENET. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBEK 15, 1879. NO. 19. VOLUME XXV.;; ,
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In the cornfield. tl
The south wind stirred the tasseled corn, r
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And brightly glowed the dew ol morn p
On every waving blade, p
.As through the fields, on pleasure bent, tl
Witi dainty step sweet Jessie went? G
Sweet Jessie, loveliest maid! ^
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rhe south wind blew upon her hair,
And tossed it lroin her lorehead lair, "W
And in its trewses played; ^
Joy sparkled in her eye ol blue, ^
And dyed her cheek with rosier hue Sj
Sweet Jessie, radiant maid! -w
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Now in the shadow ol the corn g<
Stood Jessie, glowing like the morn,
And shyly, hall afraid,
FUtvppn tVift rnvit nnr clflTififts thrnw.
What sought she there? Ah, well she knew 3|
Sweet Jessie, artless maid! f.
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For, bravo and strong, above the corn,
She hears her lover's voice upborne, ^
And hears his ringing blade, ej
As lar along the breezy rows,
With songs ot her, he gayly goes?
Of Jessie, beauteous maid! kl
ol
Then suddenly he lilta his eyes,
And Jessie sec3, with glad surprise, ni
In loveliness arrayed. ta
A moment, and he's at her side,
And cla3PS her hands with tendor pride?
Sweet Jessie, roseate maid!
' I heard thee singing, Will," she said,
Then quickly bowed her lovely head,
By rosy floods betrayed. jE
And what said he ? Ah, who can guess ! y<
But Jessie softly whispered, " Yes "? El
Sweet Jessie, happiest maid!
With yellow floss he decked her hair, li
And twined it with her tresses fair 0]
In many a glossy braid, jj;
Till Jessie, like a ruml queen, 1
Stood garlanded in silken sheen? ^
Sweet Jessie, comeliest maid! X
Ah, bravo young hearts, how bright the morn '
When, standing by the rustling corn, sj
Ye vowed, through light or shade, tl
In ioulcst as in laircst weather, pi
To hoe life's varying row together?
Strong lover and sweet maid! I
?Harper'i Weekly.
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MRS. LITE'S BURGLAR. 11
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Mrs. Lyte was a widow, gentie. timid,
sensible, and iovelv; she had money ai
enough to be comfortable, and silver
enough to be worried; for in her house T
were only her old mother, her young j?
son, nnu tue iui? mi. ujk o , ?uu
the house wus a pretentious mansion
outside, looking as if the owner had ^
lavished 011 it all the caprices of wealth, a:
And so he hnd. for Mr. Lyte's salary n
| had been large, though with true Amer- h
f ican carelessness he had spent it all, ex- K
cept as much as maintained his life-in- h
' surance; this, indeed, was all, besides b
his liouse, that was lett to the widow
and Sam; and as the man had been dea- b
con of a church and president of a tem- ?
perance society, besides dying in his own d
oed of malignant erysipelas, the company b
i in which Tie was insured made but a e
feeble threat of disputing the premium, e:
! and after a year's delay ten thousand si
dollars were put in Pembroke bank to h
Mrs. Lyte's account, and she was not r'
obliged to sell her silver, which was an T
heirloom on botlr sides of the house, and ^
dear from association. But, as I have f<
1 said, she was naturally a timid woman, &
and the consciousness of those forks and h
spoons and ladles and tea-sets?for there
i were two packed away in her garret? j?'
f made her awake to every noise, and sus- ii
picious of every strange face; yet she
knew that Pembroke had never been a tl
place attractive to burglars, and her g
common sense strove hard to put down si
her fears. But after Mr. Lyte had left b
her without a protector for several years, ci
and Sam was a big boy of thirteen, all n
Pembroke was stirred to its depths by a h
robnery o? the spoon factory. Strange t<
to say. sixty dozen plated spoons were o
carried from the Pembroke plating com- c<
pany's warehouse, dropped all along the a
?1 *- 3 ?Avrtlfnmonf rr
street, una ;uit*i u wcvk ocAtibciucuu uiacovered
in the barn of a prominent citi- oi
zen, secreted in his corn bin, under the p
corn. If the terrorists could have paused t<
to consider the situation, they would y
have seen at once that no professional o
burglar had conducted this robbery; but y
terrorists do not reflect, and the women
in Pembroke were in a state of great ex- y
eitement. Mrs. Lyte trembled lor her
silver, and longed to be able to find some tl
sure protector for it. She thought o! d
the bank vault; but in these days a bank
is the first resort of burglars; her garret a
was far safer. Then she rememberod it
her'terrier; but how easily a do^ could b
be poisoned! Sam had a pistol; to be n
sure, yet it was questionable what use he tl
could or would make of it under direct fi
alarm. Mrs. Hill, her mother, was a a
courageous old lady, and laughed at tl
Emma's fears; Miss Lyte was an invalid, ei
confined to her room, and not allowed h
to hear these outside affaire; and Sam y
blustered a great deal, as boys will, but n
not to much reassuring of his mother, a
who found her only sympathizer in the n
person of her pretty niece, Annie Grant, si
who had come to spend the summer n
with her, partly to be out of the way of b
an inelgible suitor, partly to take paint- I
ing lessons in Dart ford, a city within s
easy distance by mil from Pembroke.
Annie was. or professed to be. very ner- i
vous about burglars, and kept her aunt's r
terrors well alive. (
About a week after the spoons were Y
stolen, Mrs. Lyte heard that several of ]
the wealthy residents near the robbed t
warehouse had been putting in burglar- r
alarms. t
" I really wish I could afford to do \
it," she said, one morning at break- \
fast. I
44 Oh, Aunt Em!" screamed Annie, I
" don't think^of it! They are perfectly <
awful things to have round. I've seen j
them in Chicago. Why, they go off if
you just wink, and scare you to death for
nothing.. Don't think of it." <
" W'jy do you want to know when |
burglars do get in, Emma?" quietly asks <
Mrs. Hill. " What could you do about i
itP For my part, I should let them i
rummaee the house without stirring a j
finger; it's much tiie best way."
" Well, I'd like a burglar-alarm,"
swaggered Sam. "I just want a good i
chance at the fellows with my pistol. ]
I tell you they'd sing small then !*
Pepper barked furiously at Sam's ex
cited voice, and Annie laughed.
"Between Pepper and Sam, we are
safe enough, aunty; don't, for goodness'
sake, put in a burglar-alarm."
Hardly were the words out of her lips
before the girl came in and said a gentleman
wished to see Mrs. Lyte in the parlor."
He did seem to be a gentleman: he was
well dressed and rather ,'good-looking,
with an air of profound self-possession.
"Mrs. Lyte, I believe?" he inquired,
in a persuasive tone.
" That is my name," she answered, a
little wondering if she had seen him before.
" My name is Hart. Mr. Hart, of the
Electric Warning Apparatus Company.
I have been putting in several alarms
into Mr. Blank's house, Mr. Damp's
family mansion, Mr. Augustus Dekin's
, premises, and others, in view of the recent
terrifying occurrences in your vil
las;e. I was advised to give you an opportunity
to secure your life and Droperty
in the same manner, and called this
morning in order to explain to you this
trulyvaluable invention, -which?"
"Thanks, very much!" said the
? widow, mildly yet firmly, " but I cannot
go to sucn an expense at present.'1
?s The agent waved his large white hand,
tfr ; aa if to clear a cobweb away, and went
on.
?" which, as I was saying, has been
le means of rescuing hundreds from a
readful death, and averting the loss o:
nmenseiy valuable possessions. I have
ut it into the Honorable James Pratt'f
alatial mansion at Rosevilie, where, or
le same night that his neighbor Mrs,
r-ey Delavan was found brutally murered
in her bed, and her diamond sel
ad opal chain, besides several othei
wels, stolen, Mr. Pratt's alarm gave
-arning in time to arouse him and his
utler, who rang the alarm-bell in the
upola, and the villains fled at once. ]
Iso put up this life-preserver In the
ulendid house of Mrs. De Vries, whc
as, as you may remember, stifled with
lloroform in her chamber while hei
ife was broken open, and fifty thou>
md United States bonds, with the De
rics pearls, family jewels valued al
venty-five thousand dollars, basely abracted.
The very next day I put up
le alarm, and she has never been trouled
with burglars since."
Here he stopped for breath, and Mrs.
yte seized the opportunity.
"But I have neither bonds nor jews,
and I >lo not need such protection.'
The agent smiled superior.
" Pardon me; burglars do not always
now what is Inside a house. Yours is
I- ciuguiiii ib is luivvTu, VSJ
>urso, in the village that there is nc
lan in your house, and you have cerlinly
some silver."
Here his keen eyes perceived a certain
janjje in the sweet, sensitive face.
" Silver is eagerly coveted by robbers,
n account of its easy removal from in?ntification.
Nothing tempts them
lore. Think how you would feel if the
and of a rough man clasped your throat
i the dead of the night and demanded
turkeys! Would not in that case reret
most deeply the false economy that
ft you to his mercy?"
Mrs. Lyle grew pale; she repressed a
ttle scream, as at that moment the dooi
Dened. It was only the doctor on his
fiily visit to Miss Lyte, but the agenl
IH nnt l-nnw t.lifit.; lie<thou?ht it was 2
nest, so lie took up his hat.
441 will call again to-morrow, madam,
trust you will consider the subject ir
le meantime, and?"
44Oh, don't trouble yourself, sir; 1
lall not take it, I do assure you," saic
le widow, reassured by the doctor*
resence.
44 No trouble, no trouble at all, madam
shall certainly call. Good-day."
The doctor laughed, but Mrs. Lytc
as angry. She related her experience
f the morning at dinner, and Annie wai
lore vehement than ever.
"Don't be bullied into it, aunty. 1
'ouldn't have that thing put up if he'c
ive it to you. They are real nuisances.'
44 Pepper is quite as cood a burglar[arm
as we need," said Mrs. Hih.
"You bet Pepper and I'll take care o:
du, mammy, without his old wires anc
ells!" said Sam, with all a boy's confien
co
But next day the agent came, and ai
[rs. Lytc had taken no precautions
gainst admitting him, he obtained imlediate
audience. To-day his tales oi
orror far surpassed those of yesterday,
[e related how a widow lady of about
er own age had been choked to deatl;
j fx desperate burglar, her oldmothei
agged. her boy locked into his chamer.
where he slept quietly till mornlg,
and then he had to break open his
oor and descend to the dreadful scenes
elow; then an old and wealthy bach
lor figured on the scene, found in sevi-hI
pieces, evidently after a seven
:rugg!e, and all his silver missing fron:
is private safe. In fact, this terrible
xccnteur spared neither age nor sex,
he widow s blood curdled in her veins
Pith a vague hope of escape, sh(
?eb)y inquired the price of this great
imily safeguard, although she hac
eard it elsewhere. *
41 Only a hundred and twenty-five dol
irs, madam. Think of it; a real lift
isurance for one year's premium!"
j\ow, uie wiuow s income was i
lousand dollars a year, and close fru
ality enabled her to set aside but i
nail part of that; Miss Lyte paid hei
oard, and the hous^ w:is free from in>
am bra nee, while mother Hill had :
lodest income thai sufficed to clothi
er. and Pembroke was a cheap plac<
) live in: but, for all that, the pric<
f an alarm was very lartre to her; sin
juld not afford such a foolish luxury
nd she said so very decidedly; but il
lade no impression on the cool persist
nee of the a?enc; he only drew a pan*
hlet from his pocket and presented i
> her, bayinjr, "Read this, madam, i
ou please. I am sure, when you thin!
f this matter further, you will changi
our mind. I will call again."
Oh, no! not at all: don't troubJi
ourselt, sir. I am sure I shan't take it.'
"And I am quite sure you will," saic
:ie bowing and nailing youth, as hi
isappeared through the door.
There was something in his sublim*
ssurance that daunted poor Mrs. Lyte
; is hard for any woman who has onci
een under the lawful dominion of t
lan to resist the tone of masculine au
lority. Perhaps from habit, perhap:
orn nature, Mrs. Lyte be^an to bi
fraid she would take that alarm.
xe noon mail, however, she had a differ
at sort of alarm : her brothcr-in
iw wrote on irom urneago tuai; tin
oung fellow who bad so persistants
lade love to Annie had left for the East
nd he wanted her to be sure Annie die
ot see him or meet him. for lie him
elf never could or would consent to hi
larrying his daughter. The epistle wa
rief and peremptory, and threw Mrs
>yte into a flutter of apprehension. In
ide was a little note from her sister.
" Dear Em.?Do not think hardly'o
Innie. Frank Chester is a fine youni
nan, well educated and well bred
Charles don't like him because he is poor
>ut he is doing well in his profession
fou know, Charles keeps ,thinkin jho\
nuch I suffered, when we were firs
oarried, from "his failing in business
vhen I had such poor health, and Anni
s the apple of his eye; he can't bear t
la^e her want for anything. Don'
>lame him, dear. I am as sorry as I ca
>e for Annie, but it is best to keeD he
nit of Frank's way if you can. Poo
fellow! I wish he was rich!
" Good-bye, dear. Cakky Gkant."
A cooler reader might have smile
iver this letter, which .was what a dh
;inguished man has called " a mush c
concession;" but it only worried an
igitated Mrs. Lyte more. She wa
thrown into one of her dreadiul nervou
headache3, lay awake all nightplannin
how to manage this business wit
proper tact ana prudence, and when i
the morning she' wandered out amon
her budding roses on the tiny lawr
tired and unrefieshed by the night, dui
mg which repper had added to her ex
asperated nerves the one straw too muc
by a spasm of furiou3 barking, the firs
thing she saw was a shiny hat mountin
the hill below, and its rapid ascent soo
revealed the alarm agent, as cool an
fresh in his drab summer suit astli
morning ituelf. She was too tired an
unready to make her escape; her hea
rung with the echo ofjast nights pair
her nerves were all unstrung, she wn
perplexed, weak, tired and worried. Th
cool and resolute agent had an easy vi<
tory, fo in despair she retreated froi
the battle she felt was already los
some women would have sat down o
the step and said 44 No" over and ove:
for an hour, rather than give in. bv
such women are rare?as the multituc!
of traveling agents shows?and she w?
not one ot them. She consented to pi
in a burglar-alarm merely to get rid <
this man who had so tormented her, an
the moment he left, with her ord(
recorded in his black book, she repentf
of her weakness and bemoaned h<
folly, and wished the man at the botto
of the sea and Annie's lover along wil
him. For to-day was the day of tl
{tainting lesson, and in spite of h
leadache she felt it her duty to go in
Dartford with her niece, to pmy duenn;
and though Annie remonstrated affe
tionately and fretfully both, this pal
tired little woman hung on to her du
with all her strength, as some worn
i will, and with heavy eyes and weary
f feet saw her pretty charge safely to the
! great city, established her in the studio, t
i and guarded her home in the train en- J
i tirely to her own satisfaction, if not to ^
. Annie's. Deluded soul! her honest g
eyes never wandered enough to see the s
- dark flashes that went straight to An- c
nie's fluttering heart from another pair a
i of eyes in the crowd at the railway: nor ]<
i did she once perceive that Annie's little
j gloved hand hung listlessly out of the i
I car window before the train started, f
s till it clasped a small note reached up
from the side ofthetracu by a handsome ^
i young fellow who had his heart in his j:
face. c
Love laughs at duennas as well as lock- D
i smiths. Mrs. Lyte went home in a frame
; of mind best described by Captain Cut
tie's?or somebody else's?florid remark: 4
> "Duty performed is a rainbow in the
soul." She had done a hard day's duty, D
and felt a certain strength and exhilaration
that enabled her to sit down as soon a
as tea was over and write a note to that
AUnnvmno o a a fnllnnrfi ?
UUUUA1VUO wo iviiviiu> ^
" Dear Sir?I have changed my mind 1<
about your burglar - alarm, and wish
1 hereby to countermand my order for p
L one. E. F. Lyte." if
: Sam departed with the missive and a
' returned very soon with this answer: 1
" Dear Madam?I ordered the alarm a
at once by telegraph; it will arrive by 3
to-night's train, with a man to put it up. 8
Shall_ commence operations to-morrow '
1 morning. Your recall was too late. t
"Yours, respectfully, 8
, " Petrarch P. Hart."
Mrs. Lyte burst into tears, and Annie c
[ stamped her little foot with rage as she 8
. read the note. Mrs. Hill was happily
; away on a week's visit. It could not be ?
helped now. Next day the house was
t bored and wired and screwed and t;
. knobbed from top to bottom; you could 8
| not open a shutter without precautions n
of various sorts, and each window rung
[ an alarm in the widow's chamber it you ?
dared to raise a sash. Mrs. Lyte was ?
J J!.i J ? J C
aggnevcu, uisireaat-u n.uu iuuucu, no one ,
I considered, and reproached herself daily 1
that she had been so weak. Her only 7
[ gleam of comfort was that she had so 11
I far guarded Annie from her lover. Poor ?
5 thing! she was far too innocent and J1
honest to cope with a modern girl. How- s
ever, the burglar-alarm had not been n
' up a week before another sensation in,
vaded Pembroke. Only two or three 0
; houses above Mrs. Lyte's, the head of 9
: the family reported that he was aroused ,
by his wife just in time to see a bona 0
r fuk burglar disappearing down stairs, &
. and go out the way he came in. Hav- y
; ing no weapon at hand, Mr. Smith considered
discretion much the better part ?
of valor, and did not follow up the 1
r stranger; but the same night the liouse- u
f hold at Mrs. Lyte's were all aroused by v
a wild clangor of the alarm from a parlor n
window. Lights flashed into every gas e
burner at once; nobody waited for 2
! wrappers. The whole family assembled c
5 in tne ppper hall; and Miss Lyte went B
* into helpless hysterics on her door-sili, ,
' niiiti' unable to eret anv further, while v
Pepper barked like n high-pressure 0
' engine; and Sam, forgetful of his pistol, ?
1 brandished an old umbrella with great b
ferocity. Annie alone had been cool 8
enough to put on her waterproof cloak, a
" and Sam declared afterward he was sure
! he noticed her gray traveling dress un- ?
' derneath it. However that was, she j'
" alone was mistress of the situation, and 11
soothed the family fears till one and all ?
5 subsided into their beds again, assured '
1 that no burglar would re-appear after P
! such baffling. 0
Next day how the neighbors flocked 1
in to condole and congratulate! All but 8
5 one indignant and intelligent .female, '
j1 who declared solemnly that she believed
' the agent had sent round a man, just to p
convince people his alarm was a good ?
thing. But nobody agreed with lier, J
5 and Mrs. Lvte confessed she was only \
son-y she had held out so long against ?
1 this excellent protector of lone, lorn *
women. It was dinner-time before these ?
1 kindly folk dispersed; and when the J
bell rang, Annie did not come. She had '
a good healthy appetite, and her delay ?
1 was unusual; but nobody could find ^
; her; nor did she come to tea; but the
: evening mail brought her excuses in a I
small note, which ran: 8
Dkak Aunt Em?I've gone to New ?
! York with Frank Chester and his sister \
_ to be married. I am awfully sorry you _
] were so scared last night. I rank wrote j
I to me he should be at the window, and
r I meant to get out first and tell him
. about that horrid alarm, but I was (just
^ a mite too late. We are going right ;
' back to Chicago, and I guess pa'll get '
, over it before long; butTif he don't,
j Frank is just as lovely as he can be, and *
i I'm awfully happy. Love to you all;
, and do please forgive poor dear Frank
" for scaring you so. it wiis an tnat naie
, ful burglar thing. Good-bye, dear. f
I "Your very lovinc Annie." j
j Mrs. Lyte forgot all about the burglar r
i when she read this note, and laughed and r
. cried like a girl; but she forgave Annie t
? long before she forgave the agent who x
? made her throw away a hundred and
j twenty-five dollars on a fixture she did
. not want or need, for there has never been
. another buglarseon or heard in Pembroke
3 since Frank Chester tried Mrs. Lyte's (
j parlor window; and people do say Mr.
, Smith's visitor rode on a nightmare, to i
[ which the good man is subject, and was .
. the direct result of strawberry shortcake i
s and cream. However that may be, Mr. j
s Petrarch P. Hart did not find another
. customer in that village, and Mrs. Lyte's
. silver is still safe in the old chest in the
garret.?Harper's Bazar.
I Novel Bird-catching. ]
A novel class of thieves have made <
, their appearance in Central Park, New (
i. York. One night not long ago, while 1
v Patrolman Morgan was on duty near the
it Ninety-seventh street road, he discov- j
prpH men loiterinc on the edee of the i
e thoroughfare, each carrying a bag.
o When the officer approached them they '
't ran away. He pursued, and was about
n capturing one of them when he was
r brought to a standstill by something
r sharp catching in his left ear. Blood
dripped from a slight cut, but he saw
notuing by which he could account for
d the occurrence, and again started in puri
suit, when lie was again compelled to
>f stop under the same circumstances as
d before.
is This time aslight gash was in his foreis
htfad. The mysterious persons had by ,
g this time made good their escape, and
h Morgan turned his attention to his inn
juries. By mere accident, he discovered
g a clothesline stretched across the road
i, between two pine trees, about five feet
from the ground lie cut it down, and
brought it to the police station in the
h Arsenal building, where it was found
it tkat pieces of hair wire about four inches
g in length, to which were attached very
n small "fishhooks, were fastened to the
d line at intervals of every six inches.
ie The hooks were baited with pieces of
d fish and oyster meats. Sergeant Gale,
d who was in command, explained the
' *-1- ll ???? |
i, mystery Dy saying umu uic pciouun nv4l,
is undoubtedly fishing for birds. Orders
ie were given to the police to keep a sharp
j- lookout for such thieves in future.
n
t.
n What the Microscope Reveals.
r, Lewinbeck tells of an insect seen with
it a microscope, of which 27,000,000 would
le only equal a mite. Insects ol various
is kinds m.iy be seen in the cavities of a
?->f oonrT is a. fr?rr?h nf hPRU
AV ? taiu U* L)l?Ul? AWAVt Mr
jf tiful trees, with'branches, leaves and
id fruit. Butterflies are fully feathered.
Br Hairs are hollow tubes. The surface of
;d our bodies is covered with scales Hkc a
?r fish; a single grain of sand would cover
m 150 of these scales, and yet earn scale
:h would cover 500 pores. Through the
le narrow opening the perspiration forces
er itself like water through a sieve. The
Lo mites take 500 stepr a second. Each drop
a; of stagnant water contains a world of
c- animated beings, swimming with as
le, much liberty as wfiales in the sea. Each
ty leaf has a colony of insects grazing on it
en like cows in a meadow.
\
A Strange Battle.
The following account of a strange
tattle was prepared for tbe Detroit Free
0rcs8 from a Frcneh scientihe journal:
["he colonel, my neighbor, came over to
ee me while I was transplanting my
trawberry bed. He was always ridi- 1
uling my pretensions, and I thought I'd
stomsh mm with something ho did not ]
jiow in regard to his profession of arms.
"When, said I, suddenly,"was the ]
tea of the mitrailleuse or Gatling gun
Lrst discovered P" ,
"Hum! ha! Wait! I think in the
ear 1525. The inventor brought his
nvention to the King of France and got
hucked into an insane asylum in recogition
of his genius." <
I smiled. <
"You are behind the times,"said I. |
' It has existed since the creation. Noah
lad two of them in the ark with him, a (
aale and female."
" What do you mean by your cock- j
ad-bull slory ?"
" Step this way! I'll show ycu a park
f artillery alive, which never needs
oading, and fires from the breech."
The colonel looked as if I ought to be
iut where they put the inventor. I
licked over a brick-bat and showed Jnm '
? J1 ? f 124-4-1 r% Unrtflno litrihflp 11 if 1
. lauili^c Ul llttlC Utcnto ii T mg uuuvi IV.
?he frightened insects ran aimlessly '
bout like so many idiots. We had f
carcely a chance to admire their pretty
heathes of a beautiful bronze blue, and <
heir delicate epaulettes, the uniform of |
heir regiment, which adorned their i
quare shoulders. j
"Is that your artillery?" asked the
olonel.who evidently was doubting my ,
anity. j
" You shall hear," I said, with the air j
?f a man- literally sure of his " ground." (
' You shall be present at a regular miliary
execution, with firing by platoons, .
harp shooting and a general bombard- j
lent."
I hadn't finished before ore of those !
normous yellow beetles ilia* you meet 1
11 in H re Ha nftimpq in vnnr mininmr ram
lies suddenly appeared at tJic comer of
lie strawberry bed. The m.irry feHow
ras galloping along on his six feet,
mngry as he could be. His threatening
ir, nis ferocious eyes, his wide-open
iws, which lie gnashed totrcuier, all
eemed to say: "Ha! I smell, fresh
aeat."
"Hold on!"said the colonel; "he's
neof my best policemen; lie keeps the
lugs out of my garden."
" Salute him, then! for he is about to
,ie. Yes, sir, these feeble bine insects,
o timid and gentle and delicate, they .?
rill get the best of him. IxjokT' * t
The big beetle, bold as Attila, ran
traight toward the gilded infantry. In t
wo seconds he plunged with open mouth (
ipon a plump and appetizing female, of j
irhom he would scarcely have made a ?
nouthful, when "bang, bang!" like two (
xplosions from a gun a cloud of pun- j
ent smoke enveloped the glutton, who, t
ompletely stunned, halted. The female (
aorsel was saved.
The affair was so sudden the colonel ,
iidn't understand it. He did not see the j
rop of detonating liquid fly from the {
bdomen of the insect, which, taking
ire in the air. had caused the noise, the
moke und the sudden paralysis of the
ggressor. t
Forewarned of their danger the word (
f command was passed, " Right about <
.oe!" and while the big beetle, more, 1
lungry than ever, looked as if he would' s
ally, we saw them in gioups of two or i
liree gain the impregnable heichts of a i
liece of turf, where each took liis post i
I oatue.* xurougn me loop-nuies ui t
his ready-made blockhouse these inects
aimed while their chief surveyed
heir maneuvers from above.
At his first attempt to scale the fortress
he glutton received a full volley square
n the face. " Puff! puff ! bang! bang!
ioom!" went the besieged. Suffocated
>y thq,vapor, touched perhaps by some
Irops of the corrosive liquid, the big
ellow bit the dust. A brown and fetid
lime spurted from his snapping jaws,
lis legs trembled convulsively; with
lis feverish antenna} he wiped his big
ellow eyes; his whole body seemed to
le seized by a frightful colic of misery.
"Well done, sirs!" cried the colonel,
lappy at finding himself among familiaf
cenes, and in the midst of tjie inloxiating
odor of battle. Some minutes
>assed. The spasms of the beetle ceased.
Uhamed, perhaps, at our seeing his
lefeat, he arose and again entered the
ists, mounting the clod for another asault.
This was too presumptuous. The
vhole battalion of his foes?eighteen in
,11?formed a cirele, heads behind, rears
? Tlirflo V?offnr?fla wnnl nff fif.AnA i
rolley. No command, no method- Fire ]
?n your own hook now! The colossal <
nonster, who weighed more than i
lighteen dozen of his enemies, writhed ]
ipon the eround, soused in the vicious l
iquid. His contorted limbs quivered in <
he air. The anguish of <lcath betrayed <
tself in his lofty somersaults, and when, <
jaralyzed, burned, blinded, 'he .
iroved unable longer to defend himself,
he pack of little inseots returned in trilmph
to their home.
CornH. I
Corns may be developed on any part 1
>f the body where pressure and friction
ixiet to an inordinate degree; thus they
nay be occasioned by too tight or too
oose a shoe; in the one case Deing due
;o pressure, in the other to friction; and
;hey are most actively produced when ,
30th causes are combined. They are
net with most frequently on the fee*, on
iccount of an unpliant nature of the 1
covering of those organs; between the
?oes irora pressure uuiy ; nuu uu uuia
parts of the body from distortion. Corns
are of four kinds, viz.: clavus (bunion),
jalius, soft and the common corn. The
callus may be softened by moisture, as
by soaking in warm water; by the application
of a starch or soap poultice;
and being softened, the thickened cuticle
may be thinned by scraping with a
blunt knife. When the thickening has
been reduced sufficiently, it may be kept
down by daily washing with soap.
Clavus and the soft corn require removal
with the knife; and in effecting this
purpose their mode ot formation is to be
borne in mind. If the soft corn be of
moderate size, a single pinch with a pair
of pointed scissors will effect its removal,
while the hard callus will require a
patient digeine with the point of a not
too sharp knife. After the operation,
the corn should be covered with a piece
of soap plaster for a day or two, and a
perforated plaster of buff leather subseqently
worn to keep off pressure lrom
tlie center of the growth. "The removal
of a callus or soft corn may be very considerably
aided by the use" of the' compound
tincturo of iodine painted on the
swelling. When the corn is painful, this
application subdues its sensibility and
renders the cuticle dry and friabie, and
easy of removal by means of a file. Soap
and water, so useful to the skin in many
ways, are especially serviceable to feet
afflicted with corns and particularly
when they are soft corns. Daily washing
with soap and the subsequent inter
position of a piece of cotton wool between
the toes, may be considered as a
cure for soft corns; and in these cases
the skin may be hardened by sponging
with spirits of camphor after the wash
ing. The cotton wool should he removed
ftt night, and this is a good time
for the use of the camphorated spirit.?
Rural Neto Yorker.
The Riddle on Cod.
Who is the author of the riddle on cod?
It wants polish, but it is clever enough
to make one surprised that it is not more
generallv known. The riddle, it will be
observed, is given double:
Cat off my head, and singular I am;
Cat off my tail, and plural I appear;
Cut off my head and tail, and wondrouS fact,
Although my middle's left, there's nothing
there.
What is my first ? It is a sounding sea.
What is my lost ? It is a flowing river.
And in their mingling depthB I wander tree,
Parent oi sweetest sounds, though mute forever.
?Harper's Bazar.
I
FARM, GARDEN, AND HOUSEHOLD.
nouaehold Hints.
Do not let coffee and tea stand in tin.
Keep your salt spoons out of the salt,
and clean them often.
Lard requires no other care than to be
kept in a dry, cool place.
Scald your wooden ware often, and
keep the tinware perfectly dry.
Keep your castors covered with blotting
paper and green flannel.
Cream of tartar rubbed upon soiled
white kid gloves cleans them very much.
To remove grease from wall paper, lay
several folds of blotting paper on the
jpot and hold a hot iron near it until the
2?ease is absorbed.
To make macaroni tender, put it in
uold water and.bring it to a boil. It will
then be much more tender than if put
into hot water or stewed in milk.
Eaual Darts of very clean, sharp sand
plaster oi paris and litharge make a good
iquarium cement. Mix well and make
into a stiff putty with boiled linseed oil.
Cutlets and steaks should be fried as
well as broiled, but they must be put in
liot butter or lard. The grease is hot
jnough when it throws off a bluish
smoke.
Do not let knives be dropped into hot
water. It is a good plan to have a large
;in pot to wash them in, just high enough
:o wash the blades without wetting the
landles.
Never wash marble slabs or fireplaces
with suds; this will in time destroy polish.
They should be dusted; the spots
a-ken off with a nice oiled cloth, and
;hen rubbed dry with soft flannel.
A tablespoonful of black pepper put
nto the first water in which gray and
suff linens are washed will keep them
xom spoiling. There is no objection to
t, and it softens the water like soda.
If those who black their own stoves
will crease them before blacking they
will find it prevents them from "rusting.
A.dd a pinch of brown sugar to_the
slacking just before applying. This
auses it to stick, and it polishes much
?asier and with half the rubbing.
Dip a flannel cloth in warm soapsuds.
;hen into whiting, and apply it to paint,
ind it will almost instantly remove grease
ind dirt from wood work of all descriptions
about your houso Afterward Wash
vith clean water. Tin's application will
nuke painted work look almost as good
is new, and will not injure the paint in
;he least.
A German chemical journal commends
;he use of paraflinc as the best method
>f makine porous corks gas and water
,ight. Allow the corks to remain for
ibout five minutes beneath the surface
)f melted parafline in a suitable vessel,
lie corks feeing held down by a perforated
lid, wire screen, or similar device.
Jorks thus prepared can be easily cut and
sored, have a perfectly smooth e*terior,
nay be introduced and removed from the
leek of a flask with ease, and make an
ibsolutely perfect seal.
Th? pin. iu He ii Forced to ADDear*
The pig, neglected ns to cleanliness,
ind put off with refuse feed, isadiffer;nt
animal from what he would be if
jiven the caie you give your buggy
lorse. As the Sanilarian says, mud
>tands to him in the relation of soap to
i human being, but instead of washing
t off with water he allows it to cake
inddry upon the skin, and then rubs it
ill off, mud and cutaneous debris totether,
upon some sufficiently rougli surace.
Loose hair and cutaneous scurf
rritate him, and lie takes his own way
)f cleansine his skin from them. Cleanse
lis skin for him and he will rest in contentment,
without offending the eyes of
lis supercillious betters, oiten less soru>ulous
in this matter than he is, by his
vallowings, scratchings andscrubbings.
[t has long been known that a pig thus
:leaned with soap and water not only
>ecomes less objectionable, but grows
at more speedily than if left to clean
liraself in his own way. Similarly as
espects his food. Garbage is not the
bod that the pig selects by preference,
[n fact, a pig which has been fed for any
;ime upon sweet food will turn away
rom] sour and disgusting food. If
eft to pick up his living where he can
ind it, he will eat anything that he can
ind that is eatable, but even then will
?at acorns, fallen fruit, or roots in preference
to garbage; and human beings
n similar straits will act precisely in the
lame way. It may be economical, and
icrhaps even desirable, to convert into
jork matters which can in no other way,
>r in no way more convenient, be maae
subservient to the subsistence of mankind,
and the pig is possibly properly
itilizcd in this manner. Our only de
?ire is to vindicate his character as a
Meanly feeder, if only he has the chance
if cleanly feeding vouchsafed him.?
Farm Journal.
Health IUnta.
A fresh.toTato leaf is a sovereign cure
for a bee sting.
Alxali washes are a valuable remedy
for ivy poisoning.
Dry friction daily with a towel stimulates
the skin and circulation.
Close, unvcntilated bedrooms make
graves of thousands of people annually.
The powder of a ripe puff ball will
stop the bleedinc of an amputated limb.
To soften the hair, beat the yolk of
one egg into a pint of rain water; rub
the scalp and hair well willi this; then
rinse the hair thoroughly and dry with
a towel. Use a very little oil if the hair
becomes too dry. *
The Boston Journal oj Chemistry recommends
this simple wash for the
mouth: Dissolve a spoonful of black
currant jelly in half a cup of hot water,
and add two lumps of sugar. Keep in
the mouth as long as possible, but do
not swallow it. It will give relief when
the tongue is dry or the mouth foul.
Three cures for sore throat are recommended
by the New York Times, as follows:
(1) Gargle the throat with solution
of salt atid water. (2) Gargle
throat with chlorate of potash and
w.Uer. (3) Keep a small lump of gum
enmphor in the mouth and swallow the
saliva; do the same with chlorate of
potash. ____________________
Tobacco SlnTes.
A writer in the Gentleman's Magazine
relates the following instances to show
what a hold the habit of smoking may
have upon persons: A city man that'
I know gels nalfan hour for his luncheon
or dinner in the middle of the day; but
he manages to eat a few biscuits during
office hours, and spends his half hour
walking up and down one of the quays
smoking. This man walks to the city
every morning from his home, the distance
beinsrthree miles; he also walks
home every evening; and lie smokes incessantly
during the walks each way.
He dines at six o'clock, and then smokes
without ceasing until bedtime. On
Sunday he smokes all day, except during
meata; he will never attend a place
of worship, because it would curtail his
smoking. He will never go into society
with his wife, and. indeed, will not
readily talk to her at home, as it disturbs
his smoking. In all other respects
this man is a good husband and father.
Another acquaintance of mine, who is
a highly-intellectual and deeply-read
man, will tolerate notning mat may
postpone his smoke. At dinner he is in
a perpetual drive to get done, so as to
begin his pipe; he want*no pudding,
cheese or desert; taking these would involve
loss of time, and put off the smoking
period a few minuteslonger. He likewise
requires no tea or supper, protesting
he is 'not hungry, and that he does
not wish to be disturbed in his smoke.
Another man that I know is in a government
office, and when the usual public
holidays occur, such as the queen's
birthday, his treat is to lie in bed all dav
and smoke. The gentleman is married,
and always smokes his last pipe in bed.
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1 Modern Samson.
Colonel John Redman is a character <
well known to the drovers and stock- v
dealers all over the country, and to man^ I
other people as well. He does not visit J'
Buffalo very often in these late years, ^
but a few days ago he struck the town jt
and made his quarters at the American
Hotel, where an Express reporter com- ? .
muned with him a little while last evening.
lie had many calleis and a very
attentive crowd gathered closely about
him, for Colonel John is a famous story
teller. His experiences have been varied
and interesting, and he may be said to
be the father of the cattle shipping
trade ol America; but it is his tremendous
strength that has made him a
celebrity. Six feet and two and a half
inches tall, and proportionately broad, I"
he has an open, pleasant face^and, like
the majority of strong men, he is a pat- r?
tern of good nature. Marvelous stories
are related of his strength. They may
be believed after seeing him. His muscular
arm, as hard as iron, is as thick almost
as an ordinary man's waist, and
his leg pretty nearly as large around as a ?
barrel of flour. r!
Redman is a native of Virginia, but
has for many years resided in Illinois. z~
He was a mighty hunter in his younger g.'
days, and no slouch of one now, it is
said, but horned cattle have principally
engaged his businnss attention from his
boyhood. He is now forty-nine years of I ~~
age. The first lot of cattle ever shipped |
by rail were shipped by him from Pntterson
Creek, Hampshire county, Va. if
over the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. j.J:
The vast proportions which the business U;
of transporting cattle by rail has since
then assumed are familiar to everybody.
Before there were any railroads to ship
by between the East and West, it is sain,
he drove thirty-two different lots clear an
through from Mississippi to New York.
The colonel has the reputation of being
an honest, faithful ana caDablo man. He *ri
is now operating in the interest of East- ou
man, of Christian county, 111., the great- on
est shipper of cattle in the world. ?o<
A good many amusing and wonderful ?r
incidents in Colonel Redman's career he
have been related, and about as many of ^h
the remarkable mare, Turtle Dove, J?
which, next to his wife, was his.joy and ]01
pride for thirty years. This aged beast ml
was gathered to her fathers about seven 1111
years ago, and it is stated that quite a sw
considerable fund has nearly been filled ?e
for the erection of a monument over her by
grave at Chillicothe. A fast trotter and a*>
runner. Turtle Dove was possessed of m(
almost human intelligence. She was as ,
handy as a man about the stock farm,
with bucket in her mouth at the regular
hours daily bringing from the spring all wl
Tirotor roniiinx) fnr illP. t.O HO
drink. But to get back to the ^abject of of
more general and principal interest, Col- to
onel John's personal strength, it will
best serve to relate some examples of it. f|U
These do not come from the Colonel Pr'
himself, for he is not a man to brag of [01
his own exploits, but they are vouched inj
for by responsible parties who were witnesses.
It should be stated that Colonel W
Redman's proclivities are peaceful, al- gri
though he wears the military title. He ag
has seldom, if ever, been engaged in th
personal encounters. Still we are lo<
rathev inclined to the belief that ba
he would not at all dislike a of
trial with McLaughlin or any other fin
of the gladiatorial athletes. Once he jy
did engage in a wrestling match. It
was in Ohio. Thev had a" pretty good
man there, but of course lie was not th'
considered as having any business with stn
the colonel. To give this wrestler a Hi
reputation, Redman was offered $1,000 do
to allow him to throw him. The mo- ve
ment came, but unluckily Colonel John hii
forgot all about the bargain, and all ha
about his strength as soon as they qu
clinched, and landed his opponent in the bij
top of a tall tree. Once the colonel was up
<> rnoH when a hnrsf? I hi
p.MOIUg UU'll flk IV ?VMM? IT ..WM ?
standing by the wayside, hitchea to a co
fence stake, let fly a hoof, which grazed of
the strong man's shin. Somewhat irri- hi
tated, he threw the horse over the fence, ge
The owner came along by-and-bye, and th
indignantly wanted to find the party who so
had played such a tricK as to lead his loi
horse to the opposite sid e of the fence and bt
tie it there. Redman's strength has an
frequently been handy in his business. " i
When cattle are being loaded a jam
often occurs in the gangway. In such
ease the colonel climbs over their backs ^
to the car door, and seizing the offend- tj
ing bullock, hauls him bodily on board. po
Here in Buffalo he has been seen by Mr. 0f
I. P. Bowen, of the American House, to cj|
lift a horse weighing 1,200 pounds over SJl
the partition from one stall to another, xi
Some years azo the late Mr. Crocker, ?c
father of Mr. L. L. Crocker, had a barn re
raising on the Tifft farm. The structure
accidentally fell, with one of the car- cu
penters under it, and the unlucky artisan cc
was in immediate danger of having the w
life crushed out of him. it is said that fQ
twenty men endeavored 10 noeraie mm, tli
but their divided strength could not gt
avail. Redman chanced to be on the ta
farm with some cattle. He came down j*]
to the scene of the trouble, calmly took e>
hold of the corner of the barn, and by g]
sheer strength raised aad held the struc- cc
cure until the carpenter was rescued.? j1(
Buffalo Exprcsn.
The Amount of Sleep Needed. 0(.
We hear a great deal, says an exchange, Jj?
about the amount of sleep we must have *
Ill U1UU IV UV/ MUU WV ikVVf/
There are, of course, many opinions on *J
the subject, and each physician natural- d<
ly assumes to be excellent authority. A *>
view widely held is that persons who hi
work with their brains need eight hours
of sound sleep, and will suffer, soon or A
late, un less they average as much as til at. ?i
Some persons maintam that six hours w
are sufficient for any vigorous person ; tn
others that five will answer. >ioabso- th
lute rule, however, can be laid down, th
The quantity of sleep depends very large- hi
ly on the man and his habit. He wlio 01
has been accustomed to sleep eight hours d<
out of the twenty-four thinks it impossible
to get on with anything less. He Pj
who lies in bed but five or six hours k'
habitually, seldom feels the need of any ti
more. Sleep, indeed, can readily be re- "
gulated by will and practice, occupation na
and self-interest often governing the
matter. Most of us can, after a little
while, wake up at any time we wish, e3
and many can drop asleep at once, if a,
they give their attention to it. Napoleon C(
Bonaparte could slip into unconscious- ja
ness the moment he lay down; sleep for
an hour, half an hour, ten or five mjp- j,;
utes, as he wished. And he hardly ever gj
slept more than four a night, although a
he used his brain and nerves, not to c{
anPRlf of his bodv. as few men have be- w
fore or since. Quin, the actor, on the
other hand, would sleep for twenty-four
consecutive hours. Not a few persons al
sleep any length of time if undisturbed, j
never waking spontaneously where there
is quiet, even after twenty or morejhours.
One John Maokey. of Skerry, England,
died in 1797, at the ageot ninety-one: he ,u
had been remarkably healthy and vigor* j '
ous from birth, ana yet he had never y
slept more than four hours of a night.
Frederick the Great and John Hunter,
the celebrated surgeon, slept but five .
hours, and General Pichegru never allowed
himself to exceed one hour out of .
twenty-four during a whole year's campaign.
Walter Scott decJared that lie t.
required eight hours of absolute oblivion t,
to fit.him for the duties of composition.
Men of lirm will, high character, great
self-discipline,can do pretty much as they
decide. They can, if so'inclined, re-create
themselves, and one seldom hears of te
their saying what they must or must 0j
not do. More or less sleep is essential b
to all of us, but we can live and be com- g
fortable on very little, if we be to re- f]
solved. Sleep, like food, can be ordered e(
and adjusted according to our will. ei
W nat we WISll UJ uu wc mc vruuu I,'/ Oi.j Cj
we must do, but there are few musts in u
the life of a manly man. ^
i, si
h
Sailors who work on schooners can be a
said to serve two masters. t
TIMELY TOPICS. mc
em
The Empress Eugenie, who at first so slo
mpatbizcd with Captain Carey that ten
e addressed a letter to the queen in his De
half, has been greatly irritated by on
irey's persistent attempts in the nev/s- mil
.pers to excuse himself at the expense ing
the young prince. The poor woman Ea<
reported as saying the other day of il:* tin:
dus captain: "Whyc*nn?t he leave ing
y poor dead boy alone P" He left him t i
me once.' ant
for
People in the United States depend up- d<x
the conscientiousness of butchers to the
[1 sound meat. In Germany, however,
e laws regulating the sale of meat are
ry rigid. A calf cannot be butchercd
that country beforeitis first examined CI
r a veterinary surgeon, and if he pro- ger
unces it sound and in propeccondition tai:
slaughter, a certificate to this effect is to.
ven by a magistrate. A superior quali- fe*
of veal can consequently be always on
tained. we
.caf
It is not exactly true that Mr. Bonner is i
id more for Rarus than he ever paid hoi
: a trotter before, although there is but no<
e in Mr. Bonner's stud that cost him pat
ore, that one being Pocahontas, whom for
mmons sold to Mr. Bonner for $45,000, str
jht-ninths of which was in actual bet
Dney and the remainder in trade, wr
1 ' '? dtcin iwt. Tk.vt.fm AM /UYI Wf)
fime cosn 111111 ^wvjwv j i^cAbCif ^uvfvw -?
d Grafton, $15,000; Goldsmith Maid bo
d Jay Gould represent $35,000 each; sec
tdy Thorn, $30,000; Socrates, $26,000; wi
icy, $25,000; Tattler, $27,000: Rosa- the
id, $13,000 and General Knox, $10,000. fro
irtiB stands $1,000. therefore, beyond fro
I save Pocahontas. Ri<
are
Tf a man takes good care of his habits ba
d observes the ordinary laws of health, mo
ys the New York Sun, he needn't be * 1
raid of overworking his head. The
ction of great anxiety may wear a man ?rt
t. Constant thinking in one direction
ly may pervert his mind by putting an(
o much strain on one section of the cea
ain. But the folly of men in their idle 01,0
urs, as a rule, has more to do with an(
eir intellectual as well as physical uptting
than any weight their work may
id them with. Idleness and the brood- '
? of lazy, introspective souls do far bl?
are to till insane asylums than the
?eat of labor, which we all need to 8Cr
ep us happy and to make us content J?
it i vine us no time to spend in thinking
out ourselves?the poorest employ- "t
jnl a reasonable being can have. b'r
_____ . ea
The use of paper as material for tirea se^
d also for the wheels of railroad cars,
lere something very stout is required, J??1
w has become an old story; but some *?e<
the marvel it first excited may well' pe
transferred to a new use of glass for '3 8
e sleepers of railroad tracks. As a
)t, glads, toughened under the recent 1
ocesses, is usnd at Stratford, England, J?a
. railroad sleepers, the upper side be- ~e
Z grooved to hold the rail. These P.61
sepers are cheap and certain not to rot. ?iei
e sometimes fancy the surprise of our
eat-greatfathers, in coming to life
ain from the stage-coach era, t find
e earth girdled with tracks for earn anl
jomotlon. We need not go so far ^
ck?we need only imagine the wonder ,
a more recent Dygone generation at a
ding rowboats and carwneels made of
per, and railway ties of glass. j
rhe tote Mjyor Cavagnari, killed by II?
e Afghans at Cabul, was a man of great ,A n
ength, great nerve and great calmness.
;one day was obliged to settle with a I1.?
zen stalwart and armed Afndis some u
? J ~j coi
xed land question, xuey Bmruuuueu
m With angrv vehemence, some with P
.nds on their daggers'; Cavagnari stood {,
iet, fearless, impassive. Suddenly the i~
jgestofthe Afridis measured his length v .
ion the ground and the major returned ?_'
s hand to his pocket with unruffled j
mposure The swift thoroughness 11"
that knocking down cowed the tierce
llmen. Presently Cavagnari said apolotically
to a friend who had watched "I
e scene from a distance: " It was ab- r?
lutely necessary. Please don't think I ;j\"
>t my temper; I was perfectly cool;
it I was forced to maintain my ascend j
cy;" and thqn he added meditatively, 5i"
and I wanted also to save my life." ^"
nro<
Foreign ministers residing in Washing- m;
n are sometimes exceedingly frugal. i
le Bepublic relates an incident in Sa1
int: "Not long ago a foreign minister pa]
a first-class power asked a prominent ag]
cizen of this city to breakfast with him, pU
ying the meal would be a quiet one. fi0
i? amitleman felt honored, and took a 0U|
lod appetite with him to the minister's w;
sidence the next morning. The minis- j .
r was very affable, but made some ex- f0'
ses, ending by inquiring if his guest afp
mid breakfast on 17e bread and Rhine er<i
ire. The gentleman said he was very m(
nd of rye bread and Rhine wine, and so for
e way was led to the dining-room. "j|u
ire enough, there was nothing on the ^e]
ble but rye bread and a little butter,
tie gentleman concealed his surprise,
: pec tin ? at least a glass of superior J
(line wmd, and got along the best he jja
iuld with the bread nnd butter. But dei
5 did not get wine." jn(
be
A young Italian, who had been de- ne
ived ana robbed by an elder brother, jla
eently committed suicide in Rome. jn
his brothervwas a manned mun and dj|
id a boy. JNOW, me yuuuxci uutuoi, in(
ora *Jie moment that his older brother j)(
?ceived and robbed him, know no peace pr
mind for an intense temptation to kill gei
Is brother's child. To escape this temption
he determined to kill himself, jg
nd kill himself he did. He went to bed
le night with a bottle of erher and a
ine glass at his bedside. lie began by
king one wineglass of the ether, ana _ '
len he wrote his impressions. lie jn
lought that perhaps he would repent of
is wish to kill his brother's child. But, : ?
I [the contrary, in proportion as he to'
jubled his doses the wish increased; ou
id at the end of each phrase he re- m
}uted, " I have still a greater wish to *1.
ill ray brother's child." kThis continued WJ
II the twelfth glass, wlien he wrote, an
May this be the last. I can write no hp
ore." He died. no
. loi
A Javanese prince, the King of Solo, wi
cpected in Pans, is spoken of its wealthy frc
ia accomplished, having an annual in- ne
>me of $6,000,000 and speaking several da
.nguages. King Solo Is accompanied Ni
y a full band, which is thus described ri(
f the Paris Gnlignnni: *' The mu- gii
oians arpseated, Oiiental fashion, upon .vo
platform, attired in the gala Javanese Gc
)stumc. The jacket is of blue cloth, dn
ith srilt buttons, the waistcoat white, n?
hiie a dark colored handkerchief winds
ound the head. and legs thighs thi
e enveloped in the national ' sarong.' is i
he instruments are of bamboo, with
le exception of an immense copper dii
)ng. which serves as a big drum, a l)e
>uple of two-stringed ivory violins, '>e
id a harp strung with copper wire, a m.
irt of piano whose keys are struck
ith hammers instead of the fingers, (
id a few wind instruments. At a civen ho
gnal all set up a groaning, crying, or do
iimmins;, as well without melody, im
hilc time is kept by the contortions of
le dancers, the celebrated llonggeys- pit
)pper-colored and almond-eyed, with '
le .jet black hair bound i'* knots behind lor
le head, which is itself adorned with '
>wers." '
it.
Felix Meier, of Detroit, lias devoted 1
n years and $7,000 to the construction
E a clock. It is eighteen feet high, eight " ]
road and weighs two tons, it has a on
reat variety of automatic devices, but I j
le most remarkable arc those conncct- as
1 with the striking of the time. At the afl
nd of every quarter hour an infant in a ha
nrvcd nichestrikes with a tiny hammer he
pon the bell which he holds in his hand, m
it the end of each half hour a youth I'j
trikes, at the end of three-quarters of an w
our a man, and at the end of eacli hour fif
graybeard. Death then follows to toll
lie hour. At the same time a laree re
tsic-box begins to play, and a scene is
icted upon a platform. Washington
wly rises froir a chair to his feet, exding
his right hand, presenting the
claration of Independence. The door
the left is opened by a servant, adtting
all the Presidents from Waahton
s time; also President Hayes,
ch is dressed in the costume of his
ie, and the likenesses are good. Pass;
In file before Washington, they face,
se their hands as they approach him,
!, walking naturally across the felatm,
disappear through the opposite
>r, which is promptly closed behind
an by a second servant.
The Central Park Menagerie.
?he New York Central Park Menaie
is a source of never-endine eaierament,
not to the children alone, but
their guardians as well, for there are
r people too dull to look with Interest
?? ? UA knAnfa " Otlfl fTTftTCfl I
ttUU UUWW3. vuv MVTV. Mary
oi watching a lion?it he be in a
;e?and eagerness to see the monkeys'
iniversal. The scene in the monkey
use at the Park on a crowded afterMi
passes description. One mtist wait
,iently for a chance to get to the cages,
men, women and children, push and
aggie for a good look at these odd little
ista. The- ubiquitous street-boV
iggles through the crowd like a small
irm to gain a front place, and houseId
pets of a .few summers,. perched
urelyupon papa's shoulders, shriek
th delight. There are at present in
i cages Baboons from Africa, capuchins
m South American forests, macaques
m India, spider-monkeys from Co3ta
ia, and numerous other varieties. AH
) alike amusing, and full of grotesque,
If-human frolic. Now a serious Dig
mkey, apparently full of years, dangles
rope, upon which the smaller ones,
ist and turn, until, the rope being
>pped suddenly, they all tumble in a
ip to the floor, only to scramble up
4 maw fmnlra A tlH flA fcllA 1T1
A UCglU UV1T Mivaoi omm kiw M
sant monkey-play goes on, and we
wd our way out into the fresh air,
1 linger before the cage Where the
at American bison stands, mournfully
1 in silence^as if longing for tho freedom
the plains in the Far West. The poor
on inspires pity; and so do the eagles,
lich flutter heavily about the cage,
eeching in dismal discordant fashion,
if protesting against confinement in,
) very land where they are the symbol
liberty. The pigeons, owls, and other
ds in the large aviary, appear contentenough.
The pigeons plume themres,
and look contemptuously on the
anglings of a crowd of sparrows, which
re taken possession of one of the large
i dishes to the utter exclusion of all
ir feathered sisters. But the sparrow
always a loafer and a thief, and as such
must accept him.
)uring the summer, numbers of anils
are chained on the grounds around
i, buildings, or confined in outside
is and cages. Here are different spe?
s oflarge-horned cattle quietly munch;
at heaps of fresh-cut grass, or restin
the shade. Here, too, is a hideous,
3by little elephant, standing patiently
1 quietjy under a tree, the cynosure of
ttivy of wondering boys and girls,
ross the path is a cage through which
tank of water, placed oh' the top,
irs a continuous shower, and in the
reshing dampnessj stand three white
ar bears, swayine their heads to and
without ceasing for an instant,
ere are black bears, too, trotting rest
sly in their cages, and in a pen near by
roup of solemn camels are wagging
iir jaws from side to side. Other pens
itain graceful spotted decs, (which
ih their ^oft noses through the railp
for handfuls of fresh grass.) zebras,
mas, Ancora sheep, and other herbirons
animals. A large inclosure with
fnk in the center contains the seals;
here is the rare sight of a mother
i-lioness and her haby. The infant
s bom during tlie journey of the
ther to New York. It appears to be
hriving child, and the mother's |tenmess
toward her offspring is very
iching. As we giized at tuis novel
ht, a tall lordly English crane stalked
oss the inclosure, before whose pres;e
the seals fled precipitantly, and at
; door of the seal nouseinereappeareu
urge gray seal, which stood calmly
zing out upon, the scene, as a hermit
ght sit in the doorway of his cell,
(vithin the buildings the vicious and
fage animals are confined. There are
ntners, ; tigers, wildcats curled up
eep. and looking more like "nice
say" than a beast to be dreaded, and
ns, noble, grand and shaggy, looking
t through the iron bars of their cages
th stolid, disdainful glance at the
sing crowd. These great beaSts,
wever, arc not altogether wanting in
ectionate feeling, for one of the keepi
of the menagerie having been re>ved
not long since, the lions roared
him so at night that the slumbers of
3 inhabitants of the handsome resiaces
along the Fifth avenue side of
; Park were disturbed and broken bv
rible dreams of the "Dark.Continent.^
\. menagerie is like a large family, and
s it3 episodes of birth and death. The
nth list at the Park during last year
sludes an elephant, a lioness, a puma,J
ars.and several smaller animals. In
Firly every case death was the result of
rdships endured during a long voyage
confined quarters, the hygienic con;ions
of the Park menagerie being in i
emselves favorable to animal life,
iring the same period, nine lions, four
nirie wolves, two camels, a zebu,
reral deer, and large numbers of the
ithered tribe were born.? Barper's
ujazine.
"Revenge Is Sweet."
A. strange and t?rrible revenge was
gently taken by a discarded lover in
diana. He was about thirty years of
e, and had been industriously courtZ
a cirl of sixteen, but when he came
pop the question he was contemptusly
rejected, the girl saying that lie
is old enougii to be her father. Upon
at. In'nt he acted, for the girl's mother
is a buxom widow of only thirty-five,
d he speedily transferred nis court to
r. Their marriage soon followed, and
w the younger lady finds that her exrer
is her stepfather. She thought it
is funny until the couple returned
>m their wedding tour, and then the
wly-made stepfather said to her: " My
ughter, you were too fond of beaux,
ce young men, ice-cream nnd buggy
les are not proper luxuries for a lithe
*1 like you. I am old enough to be
ur father, and, what's more, I am.
> up-stairs, take oft* that there silk
ess, get ready for school, and don't let
i hear beaux or buggy, ice-cream or
;e voung man from you for at least
rce years." And now that young i.'ioy
retired in (-alico and study, vainly renting
her rashness, and finding out by
e experience that a lover scorned can
one s worst enemy, especially when
becom s a stepfathero
Man Who Had His Pocket Picked
")n tho fair grounds Wednesday an
nest looking old chip walked up to a
liceiuan, and after passing a few reirks
on the weather, let out with:
See here ? I've had my pocket
:ked."
Is that so?" asked the officer. " How
... u "
^Yesterday forenoon."
14 And didn't you reportit?"
" No; this is the first I've said about
n
' llow much did you lose?"
" Wall," slowly replied the visitor,
[didn't lose much. I believe] it was
ly about thirty cents, or along there,
irst thought I wouldn't say anything,
tolks might think I was green, but
ter a hard struggle of most two days I
ive concluded that justice must take
ir course, no matter how bad it makes
e feel. If you can recover the money
[1 divide even up with jrou, and mebbe
e can scare the fel'er into paying me
Iv cents for my worry!"
The pickpocket still rejoices in his
edom.?Detroit Free, Press.
? ^
Sleep of Yean.
No green that greets the early spring
Whea first her presence quickens theie.
Glows m the crown her maidens bring j
When autumn binds her yellow hair.
. No bird may boild its sheltered nest
In bough with gladdening verdure grow n
But silence dwells, a sweeter guest,
When leaves are gone and broods hare
flown. /
li
No light e'er lay in loved one's eye.
Or passion on the lover's tongue,
As tendeily as Uioogbts will lie
The diminokl memories among.
No smiles that rising.mora may wear
Are blest as shadee .Then evening neare,
No wakefulness, howevei lair, , -
As beautiful as sleep of years,
?John. Vanet Cheney, in Scribntr.
? w???
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Even the bootblack says bit business
is brightening up.
Jessamine, Ky., has produced a ninety
pouad watermelon. - ,
The Japanese language is a complete
hieroglyphic system.
"The "irly bird gets the worm," but
a gnurly applo gets it also.?American
Punch. / r<!
A Kgh agricultural authority estimates
the loss on English crops at $125,.
OJO.OOO. , $
The State of Ohio stands fourth in ,
manufactures, the annual product being
valued at $270,000,000. ? '
The Pittsburgh stone and hollow ware
manufacturers are busy, and many oi
them have large orders ahead.
It takes twenty able-bodied men to
stand and look at one p<ior little sign
nftintar while he is at work.
The Corliss engine of Centennial lame U
is now used to r"n the machinery of the
branch mint at San Francisco.
If men's morals were half as stiff as
their shirt collars, what would the woriu
do for sensations P^-Meriden Recorder.
Be magnanimous. If the butter at
jour boarding-house is stronger than
you are. don't tackle it>.?Huni*vUl4 Item.
" I never felt so flat in my life. Why,
I'm completely be^t out!" icmarked the
gilder's gold to the hammer.?New York
News. *
Greatness 2<f. transient, but a good
moral character endures just as long as
a man keeps it in. repair.?Quincy Modern
Argo. The
old court house bell at Springs
field, Mass., cast in London 137 years
ago. has been smashed by aiall from the
belfry.
Lieutenant Governor Tabor, of Colorado,
has sold his one-third interest in
the Little Pittsburgh silver mine at
Leadvillfl for $1,000,000.
*"- J oMans miimonrfAn
xne umieu ouuco umuo ?r-i-nr,
next year are to do their work in June,
and the pay is not to exceed $100 for the
month or $4 per day.
" A bird in the hand is worth tiro in th bash/
A bird on the wing is up higher;
Bui when in an oven it's cooking away,
Yoa can say it's withic range ot fire.
?JVho Yo> k Era.
In the Griffin (Ga.) cemetery a gentleman
has a lot in which are buried fivo
wives and five children. The gentleman
has taken a sixth wife.
Young men and girls, as yon by night
Inspect the silent stars? ' <f i
Orion, Satarn, Venas bright?
Beware ot watchful Mars.
?Eugtnt FUld.
The Rev. J. K. Falconer, of London,
goes to his Sunday service high in air
astride a bycicle, followed by a crowd of ,
friends similarly mounted.,
The harbor of Melbourne, Australia,
is to be improved at a cost of 16,000,000,
so as to admit ot snips of any burden
coming right up to the city.
" And oh, Edwar3," said the girl he
was coing to leave behind him, "at
every stopping place be sure you write,
then go ahead. ? Yonkets Gazette. ?
** ^ Jl
The correspondent who wants w dispose
of a business on account of ill
health should say whether his business
is unhealthy or only himself.?Picayune. *
II thou canst not obtain a kindness
which thou desireth, put a good face on
it show no discontent or surliness; an
hour may come when thy request may
readily be granted.
A carpet dealer in Burlington advertises
" new Brussels carpet that can't be
beat." That's the kind we want at our
bouse. Send us half a dozen. Ton
'may keep the change.?Hawkeye.
Here is a chance tor inventors. A
Buffalo grape sugr?r company offers 810,000"tor
any appliance to our boilers
tlat will consume smoke and not di:
minish the quantity of steam now ob[
tained."
j There i3 a tied in the affairs of some
J unfortunate individuals, when taken at
| high water leads on to fortune. It's
when they get^tied to a nice little creature
with $100,000 to her credit.?Yonkers
Statesman.
A citizen of Trinidad, Col., pockety
the ropes with which two ravishes
were hanged, and now carries a six-inch
piece about with him, which he declares
is worth twenty-five dollars as a cure for
rheumatism.
Archibald Fdrbes, the brilliant Zulu
I war correspondent, takes the field again
?the lecture field?and will come to
j America in February, to talk about
j " Royal people I have known." That
i iiiuiuuco VVWJ l(*Vv.
Tlie number of species and varieties of
birds inhabiting various parts of the
srlobe is about 16,000. 'The number of
1 species and varieties of North American
birds alone, according to the latest bird
census, is something more than 700.
Boston shipped out 1,795,793 cases of
boots and shoes for the year ending July
19, 1879. Of these Chicago took 173,226
cases; St. Louis, >117,668: New York,
113,871; Philadelphia, 94,492, and Cincinnati,
93.459 cases?making a total of
695,831 cases.
It seems to make no difference how
great a man is; he may even be a Senator
or a Governor, but if his wife don't
like the way he is doing, she will tell
him of it just about as sure as she would
:f ? .? yttoj /iniv # n/wi>hm*n or h fisher
man. And this is what they call human
nature.?Modern Arqo.
A prominent attorney,'while fishing a
day or two sinte, pointed out to his
companion a sign board, remarking:
"The follow who put that up is a liar."
"Why?" asked his companion. "Because
"that sign reads,4 Xo fishing in this
brook,' and I caught the best troufing
my basket direct.y under that board."
When nt the lust tho weary path
Which lend* through earthly life,
Strewn all along with wrecks ot' wnith
And ve*tigr? ol strile,
]>fiid8 down tbu tired wanderer
Unto the gult ol death,
He Itnds with joy tho bridge of bop*
Thrown o'er that gtilt by taith.
? W. J. Lainyton.
Looking for a Dying Mnn to tftirry.
A French lady recently applied :?t
Guy's Hospital, in London, saving that
u young woman, a relative of herd, was
entitled to mneric some piupunj ?.......
ri?d; hut, being single, there was a
prospect of licr losing it. As no suitable
husband seemed likely to appear, slie
was desirous of finding some "dying"
man. of what position it mattered not.
to wliojn she might be formally married
ami so obtain the property, while at the
same time the link might be slender and
soon broken. This titey had not been
able to manage in Franco, and they
had accordingly sent over to London,
where they hoped for success., The
steward was requested to find such a
bridegroom. The extraordinary appliI
cation was rofttsed.