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BY HUGH WILSON AND W. C. BENET. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBEK 17, 1879. NO. 28. VOLUME XXV.
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Turning1 Gray.
Life's sands are running last away; " lo
The buoyant step ot youth is gone; 'e
Tbe falling hair iB turning gray; ^
And timo seems now to hurry on j
More fleetly than In days ot yore? as
Before the heart became its prey? ' or
Before 'twas saddened to the core? a
Before the hair was quite so gray. n(
Yes, turning gray! Age comes like snow, th
As still, and carves each careworn line; w<
Its wrinkles on the brow will grow;
The hair with silver streaks will shine;
The eyes their brightness lose; the hand ^
Grow dry and tremulous and thin? m
For life, alas! is quickly spanned, th
And death its gates soon closes in. W!
-rrr ,, t , rw
An, turning gray: v> c mm wouiu mae
The sign how long -with time we've been? nti
Those deepened wrinkles, side by side,
Cat by the sorrows we 'nave seen; gr
M So fueblei beats the heart as years
^ More quickly cluster on our head; .
. , And autumn rain-drops hang like tears a
On some lair flower that's nearly dead. rei
Like perished petals lrom the flower,
Our hopes and wildest joys are laid? ar
Burn only lor a day or hour? w
Sweet gambols by the lancy played. ne
. .. As age comes on we long for rest ] ar
As saints near shrines will long to pray* ai1
' But still we love that time the best
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RUTH S FATHER-IN-LAW. *
tel
as
A curious trade to take, but then it has ""5
grown profitable. Things were at a low to
ebb with me when I took it up, while yo
now?
There, I won't boast, only say that I'm fa<
thankful for it. Poverty comes in at the a i
door, and love flies out of the window, so wi
your poor people will be always mis- wc
*rable, while according to my experience
your poor man is often more light-hiartcd th
than the man with thousands. hi
I was at my wits' ends for something to ca
do, and sat nibbling my nails one day, ev
grumbling horribly. I j
^ "Don't go on like that, Tom," Bays my bo
wife; things might be worse.' Ai
"How ?" 1 said. ab
"Why, we might have Luke at home, an
and he is doing well." as
Luke's our boy, you know, and we had ha
got him into a merchant's office, where he* to
seemed likely to stay; but I was in a grumbling
tit then, aud there was a clickety- by
click noise going on in the next room that an
fidgeted me terribly. th
"Things can't be worse,"^1 said, angrily; foi
and I was going to prove myself in the wc
wrong by making her cry, when there was si{
a knock at the door. qu
"Come in," I said, and a fellow lodger
! 'put in his head. pu
"Are vou good at work, Mr. Smith ?" h<;
said. _ kn
"What work?" I said; "firework?gas- m;
* workR?" wf
> s, "No, no; I mean works of things as goes wl
with wheels and springs." pi]
"Middling,'' I said, for I was fond of wa
pulling clocks to pieces and trying toin- shi
- : vent, 1 ' -on
"I wish you'd come and look at this sew- pri
ing-machine of mine, for I can't get it to wi
g0\ ' V L
Sewing machines were newish in those
(lavs, and I got up to have a look at it, and lik
after about an hour's fiddling about it, i ha
began to see a bit of the reason why?the ey<
r purpose, you know, of all the Bcrews and wi
Cranks and wheels ; I found out, too, whv he
, our neighbor's wife?who was a dressmaker, '
an-1 h.nl just started one?could not get it '
to go ; and before niu'ht, and by thinkinar, di<
mam and putting this and that together, had got thi
her in the way of working it pretty stead- 1
ily, though, with my clumsy fingers, I thi
couldn't have done it myself. tol
I had my bit of dinner and tea with these '
people, and they forced half a crown upon cit
me as well, and I went back feeling like a liv
new man, so refreshing had h#en that bit of da
work ? fel
"There,"' said my wife, "I told you some- (
thing -vould come." 1
' iv ell, so you did," said I, but the some- Su
thing is rather small." hu
But the very next day as we were living wo
in the midst of people who were fast taking ter
to sewing machines?if the folks from the 1
next house didn't want me to look at '
their's! and then the news spreading, as th<
news will spread, that there was somebody wo
who could cobble and tinker machines soi
without putting people to the expense that '
makers would, if the jobs didn't come in yoi
fast, bo that I was obliged to get files and '
drills and a vise?regular set of tools by de- til;
grecs; and at last I was as busy as a bee from gii
mAPninv fn wY\ iotlinrr c\\ray mw
? "V.? 1UI
; as happy as a king- '
Of course, every now and then I got a an
breakage, but I could generally get over lai
that by buying a new wheel or Hpindle, or cui
whatnot. .Next we got to supplying shuttles, hie
and needles and machine cotton. Soon after th<
I bought a machine of a man who waa tired olc
of it. Next week I sold it at a good profit; an
bought another, and another, and sold them; ha
then got to taking them and money in ex- '
change for new ones: and one wavor the go
other became a regular big dealer as you i
i see. sto
W Hundred? Why, new, second-hand and 4
with those being repaired upstairs by the 1
men, I've got at least 300 on the premises, to
while if anybody had told me fifteen years '
ago that 1 should be doing this I should Li
have laughed at him. '
That pretty girl showing and explaining tw
the machine to a customer ? That's Ruth, wi
that is. No, not my daughter?yet, but she he
soon will be. Poor girl, I always think of he
her and of bread thrown upon the waters at ch
be Bame time. eyi
f Carious idea, that, you will gay. but I'll th
tell you why.
In our trade we have strange people to co
deal with. Most of 'em are poor, and can't an
buy a machine right off, but are ready and lit
willing to pay so much a week. That suils to
them, and it suits me, if they'll only keep th
the payments up to the end. " th
You won't believe me, perhaps, but Rome ni
of them don't do that Some of them leave
their lodgingB, and I never see them again; wi
and the most curious part is that the sew- ar
ing machine disappears with them, and I m
never see that again. Many a one, too, that w<
has disappeared like that, I do see again? of
perhaps have it brought here by someone to ej
De'repaired or exchanged for a "bigger or for m
one by a different maker; for if you look, ni
round here you'll see I've got all kinds? bi
new and old,little domestics and big trades?
there, you name any maker, and see if I al
don't bring out one ot his workB. to
Well, whenever I ask these people where
they fcot the machine?for 1 always know m
them by the number?it tujns ont that I
they've bought it through an advertisement bi
or at a salesroom, or maybe out of a pawn- b<
broker's Bhop. w
But I've had plenty of honest people to ii
deal with, too?them as|have"come straightforward
and asked me to take their machine gi
back, when I'd allow them as much ael Ji
thought fair, ?nd 'twould be an end of a fl
- 'pleasant transaction. h
* n?i T i L? Ui*
JLne waj X nave uwn uuvcu, iuuu^u uj yv
tome folks had mademe that case-hardened s<
that sometimes I've wondered whether I'd d
got any heart, and the wife had to interfere, ?
telling me I've heen spoiled-with prosperity
and grown unfeeling, h
It was she that made me give way about t]
Ruth ; for one day, after having had ray m
bristles all set up by finding out that three a
good sound machines, by best makers, had tl
gone, nobody knew where, who should come si
into the shop but a ladylike-looking wo nan ti
in very shabby widow's weeds. She wanted
a machine for herself and daughter to learn, si
and said she had heard I would take the ^
money by installment. Now just half an
hour before, by our shop-clock, I had made r
ra vow that I'd give up all that part of the h
trade, and I wan very rough with her?just t:
as I am when I'm cross?and said " No."
" But you will if the lady gives security?" p
said my wife, hastily. t
The poor woman gave such a woe tegom
ok ua that it made me more out o.
mper than ever, for I could feel that if ]
opped I should have to let her have oni
her own terms. And so it was; for there
I didn't let her have a first-class machine
i good as new, she only paying seven anc
le-half down, and undertaking to payhal
crown a week, and no more security that
>thing!
To make it worse, too, if I didn't sent
e thing home without charge! Luk<
?nt with it, for he was back at home nov
seping my books, being grown into a fin<
tung fellow of twenty-five
>d I sat and growled th<
e whole of the rest of the day, calling
yself all the weak-minded idiots undei
e sun, and telling the wife that bueinesi
is going to the dogs, and I should b<
ined.
Luke came back soon after looking ver}
range, and I was at him directly.
"Where's the seven an' six 7" I says, an
ily.
He didn't answer, but put three half
owns down on the desk, took out his book
ade his entries?date of delivery, firs
yment, when the other's due and all the
3t of it?and was then going into th<
use.
''Mind," I said sharply, those payment.'
e to be kept up to the day; and to-mor
w you go ' down to the Rollys, who liv<
arlv opposite to 'em, and tell 'em to keep
i eye on the widow, or we shall los<
lother machine."
"You need't be afraid, father," he saic
Idly; they're honest enough, only poor.'
I was just in that humor that I wantec
quarrel with somebody, and that did it
"When I ask you ior your opinion
iung man, yon give it me; and when ]
II you to do a thing, you do it,'1 lsays, ir
savage a way as ever I spoke to the lad
foil go over to-morrow and tell the Rollyf
keep a strict lookout on those people; ao
u hear?
"Father," he says, looking me full in the
ce, "I couldn't insult them by doing such
thing," when, without another woid, he
ilkea quietly out of the shop, leaving me
>rse thrtn ever.
For that boy had never spoken tome like
u?r t
at wiuir, aiiu x miuuiu nave ?,uiic auci
in feeling like mad, only some people
me in, and I didn't see him again until
ening, and a good thing, too, for I'm sure
should have said all sorts of things to the
y that I should have been sorry for after,
id there I was, fuming and fretting
out, savage with everybody, giving short
swers, snapping at the wife, and leeling
a man does feel when he knows that he
.8 been in the wrong and hasn't the heart
go and own it.
It was about 8 o'clock that I was sitting
the pallor fire, with the wife working
d very quiet, when Luke came in from
e workshop with a book under his arm,
r he had been trotting up the men's piece>rk,
and what was due to them, and the
jht of him made me feel as if I wanted to
arrel.
He saw it, too, but he said nothing, only
it the accounts away and began to read.
The wife saw the storm brewing, and she
iew how put out I was, for I had not lit
7 pipe, nor yet had my evening nap,
lich I always had after tea. She did
lat she so well knew how to do?filled my
pe, forced it in my hand- and just as I
is going to dash it to pieces in the ashes
b gave me one of her old look6, kissed me
the fore-head, as with one hand she
essed me back into the chair and then
th the other she lit a splint and held it to
7 tobacco.
T tvno /l<\nA QKo oltrovo rrota nror mo
;e that; and after smoking in silencc for
If an hour. I was lying back, with my
es closed, dropping off to sleep, when the
fe said (what had gone before I hadn't
arH):
11 Yes, he's aakep now."
That woke me np of course, and if I
in'? lie there shamming and heard all
?y said in a whisper!
" How came you tc make him more vexed
an he was, Luke?" said the wife; and he
d her.
"I couldn't do it, mother," he said exedly.
" It. was heart-breaking. She's
ing in a wretched room there with her
ughter; and, mother, when I saw her I
t as if?there, I can't tell you."
' Go on, Luke,'' she said.
14 They're half-starved," he said, in a
Bky way. " Oh, mother! it's horrible,
ch a sweet, beautiful girl, and the poor
man herself dying almost with some
rible disease."
The wife sighed.
They told me,'' he went on, " how hard
;y had tried to live by ordinary needlerk,
and failed, and that as a last reiree
they had tried to get the machines
'Poor things! said the wife; "but are
ii onro rrmthpr waq n larlv
1A clergyman's widow,'' says Luke, hasy;
"there isn't a doubt about it. Poor
1! afld they've got to learn to use it be e
it will be of any use."
' Poor girl, Luke," said the wife softly;
d I saw through my eyelashes that she
d a hand upon his arm, and was looking
riously at him, when if he didn't cover
i face with his hands, rest his elbows on
i tavle, and give a low groan! Then the
1 woman got up, stood behind his chair,
d began playing with and caressing his
ir like the foolisn old mother would.
' Mother,", he said, suddenly," will you
and see them ?"
She didn't answer for a minute, only
od looking at him, and then said softly
' They paid you the first money ?"
No," he said hotly, " I hadn't the heart
take it."
' Then that money you paid was vours,
ike?"
1 Yes, mother,'' he says, simply; and those
o stopped looking at the other, till the
fe bent down and kissed him, holding his
ad afterward ,for a few moments,between
r hands; for Bhe always did worship that
ap, our only one; and then I closed my
es tieht. and went on breathinc heavv and
inking.
For something like a new revelation had
me upon me. I knew that Luke was 25,
d that I was 64, but he always seemed
:e a boy to me, 8nd here I was waking up
the fact that he*was a grown man, and
at he was thinking and feeling as I first
ought and felt when I saw his mother,
rIi upon eight-and-twenty years ago.
I lay back, thinking and telling myself I
is very savage with him for deceiving me.
id that I wouldn't have him and hip
other plotting againBt me, and that I
auldn't stand by and see him make a fool
himself with the first pretty girl he set
es on, when he might marry Maria Tursr,
the engineer's daughter and have a
ce bit of money with her to put into the
lBiness, and then be my partner.
"No," I says, "if you plot together I'll plot
one," and then I pretended to wake up
ok no notice, and had my supper.
I kept rather gruff next morning, and
ade myself very busy about the place, and
dare say I spoke more sharply than usual
nt the wife and Luke were as quiet as could
s; and about twelve o'clock I went out
t. _ l.'iil !1 -1 a - .1 i
iui a nine oil-can aim iwo or mree tOOii
1 mv pocket.
It was not far to Bennett's' place, and 01
etting to the right house 1 asked for Mrs
lurray, and was directed to the seconc
oor, where, as I reached the door, I coulc
ear the clic ing of my sewing machine, am
hoever waft there was so bnsy over it tha
ie did not hear me knock; so I opened th<
oor softly and looked in upon as sad i
?ne as I shall ever, I dare say, see.
There, in the bare room, Bat, asleep ii
er chair, the widow lady who came abou
ie machine,and I could see that in her f ao
'hich told plainly enough that the pail
nd suffering Bhe must have been goini
^ronffh for veara would soon hp nw anri
ituated as she was, it gave me a kind o
urn.
'* It's no business of yours,'' I said to my
elf roughly; and I turned to look who i
ras that was bending over my machine.
I could see no face, only a slight figure i:
usty black ; and a pair of busy whit
ands were trying very hard to govern th
hing, and to learn to use it well.
"So that s the gal, is it ?" I Baid to mj
elf. "Ah! Luke my boy, you've got t
he silly calf age, and I dare say?"
f I got no further, for at that moment the
f girl started and turned around, and turned
[ upon me a timid, wondering face that made
i my heart give a queer throb, and I
, couldn't take my eyes off her.
, "Hush!'' she said, softly, holding up her
1 hand; and I saw it was as thin and transf
parent as if she had been ill.
i "My name's Smith," I said, taking out a
screw-driver. "My machine; how does it
I go ? Thought I'd come and see."
i Her face lit up in a moment, and she
t came forward eagerly.
i "I'm so glad you've come," she Baid. "I
can't quite manage this."
i She pointed to the thread-regulator, and ,
; the next minute I was showing her that it
r was too tight, and somehow, in a gentle,
3 timid way, the little witch quite got over
i me, and I stopped there two hours helping
her, till her eyes sparkled with delight, as
7 she found out easily she could now make
the needle go in and out of hard material.
"Do you think you can do it now ?" I
said.
'Oh, yes, I think so; I am so glad you
, came." ' ,
t - "So am I," says I, gruffly; "it will make
! it all the easier for you to earn the money
i and pay for it."
"And I will work so hard," she said, ear.
?Qo?1r.
"That you will, my dear," I Bays in spite
i of myself, for I felt sure it wasn't me speak)
ing, but something in me. " She been ill
i long?'' I said, nodding toward her mother.
"Months,'' she said, with tears starting
1 in her pretty eyes; "but,'' she added,
' brightly, "I shall have enough with this to
I get her goods, to get her good medicine*
. and things she can fancyand as I looked
, at her, something in me said:
[ " God bless you, my dear! I hope you
i will;'' and the next minute I was going
. down stairs, calling myself a fool,
i They thought I didn't know at home, but
> I did; there was the wife going over ard
over again to the Bennett's place; and all
! sorts of little nice things were made and
. taken there. I often used to ?ee them talk
mg about it, but I took no notice; and that
s artful scoundrel, my boy Luke, used to pay
the half crown every week out of hia t>wn
! pocket, after going to fetch it from the
widow s.
s And all the time I told myBelf I didn't
1 like it, for I could see that Luke was ,
! changed, and always thinking of that girl?
s a girl not half good enough for him. I're.
membered poor myself, and I hated poverty,
; and I used to speak h&rshlv to Luke and
. the wife, and feel very bitter.
At last there came an afternoon when I
: knew there was something wrong. The
wife had gone out directly after dinner,
saying she was going to see a sick woman?
I knew who it was, bless you!?and Luke
: was fidgeting about, not himself, and at last
he took his hat and went out.
, "They might have confided in me," I
said bitterly, but all the time I knew that I
wouldn't let them. "'They'll be spending ,
i money?throwing it away. I know they've
spent pounds on them already."
At last I got in such a way that I called
down our foreman, left him in charge, and
took my hat and wenf after them.
Everything was very quiet in Bennett's
place, for a couple of dirty, dejected-looking
women, one who was in arrears to me, .
had sent the children that played in the 1
court right away because of the noise, and
was keeping guard so that they should not '
come back.
I went up-stairs softly, and all was very 1
quiet, only as I got nearer to the room I '
heard a bitter, wailing cry, and then I
opened the door and went in.
Luke was there, standing with his head
bent by the sewing-machine; the wife sat
in a chair, and on her knees, with her face
buried in the wile s lap, was the poor girl, ;
crying as if her little heart would break;
while on the bed, with all look of pain gone
out of her face, lay the widow?gone to ,
meet ner husband where pain and sorrow
are no more.
I couldn't see very plainly, for there was
a mist like before my eyes; but I know .
Luke flushed up as he took a step forward, ,
as if to protect the girl, and the wife looked !
at me in a frightened way. (
But there was no need, for something ]
that wasn't me spoke, and that in a gentle |
way, as I stepped forward, raised the girl ]
up, and kissed her pretty face before laying j
her little helpless head upon my shoulder |
and smoothing her soft brown hair.
" Mother," says that something from
within me, "I think there's room in the *
nest at home for thin poor, forsaken little |
bird. Luke, my boy, will you go and fetch ]
a cab? Mother will see to what wants do- i
ing here." i
My boy gave a sob as he caught my hand
in iiis, and the next moment he did what he I
had not done for years?kissed me on the I
cheek?before running out of the room, i
leaving ine with my darling nestling in my 1
breast. <
I paid " my darling," for she has been the
sunshine of our home ever since?a pale, ]
wintry sunshine while the sorrow was fresh, I
but spring and summer now. Why. bless 1
her 1 look at her. I've felt ashamed^sometimes
to think that she, a lady of birth, !
should come down to such a life ; making 1
me?well, no, it's us now, for Luke's part- 1
ner?no end of money by her clever ways. 1
But she's happy, thinking her husband,
that iB to be,the finest fellow under the sun; ;
and let me tell you there's many a gentle- !
man not so well off as ray boy will be, even
if the money has all come out of a queer
trade.
A Burmese Lady Gambler.
The Burmese of .ill classes (says an
old resident in Burmah) are great gamblers,
and at a certain season of the year
it is permitted by all. A father does not
attempt to keep his son from gumbling
debts. Nevertheless, here, as in every
other society where gambling is practiced,
it is the prolific cause of immor
!
iMU.y ilUU UUUIC. t.'UC |ICUU1I>U VsCMC ITUO
once brought before me judicially. As
intimated above, both sexes are accustomed
to gamble and many stake tneir
bets as the boats come up to the wiiarf
to show themselves off before going to
the starting post. In this way a pretty
girl of eighteen or so, of very respectable
family, bet five rupees on the first race
with a young man, a neighbor who met
and joined her party at her stand.
Losing this bet, and having no more
money with her.shr Hacked her gold ring
against the five rupues doubled ; on the
1 third race she bet her gold necklace
against her former losses; and as fortune
still crossed her, she next offered
' io lav her bracelets against her ring and
necklace, which was accepted. Strange
1 to say the bracelets were also lost, and
* all her ornaments were at once handed
over to the winner. The girl was now
driven to despair, for the jewelry bei
longed to her mother, who, when provoked,
was wont to punish her seI
verely. The young man seeing his adl
vantage, and having been for some time
> a silent suitor for her hand, offered to
I lay the whole of his winnings against
, her promise that in the event of her losj
ing she would become his wife. For a
moment she started in anger at the
? whispered proposal. But then those
. beautiful bracelets, that necklace that
1 her young friends all so envied, her
i mother's rage when sue returned iiorae
1 Surely she could not lose a fifth time'
t But the girl did lose; and having not
t the slightest intention ot taking up her
i 'IOU"on the following day she repaired
to me. Her mother and elder
i sister came with her up to my house in
t the greatest grief, exclaiming, "un,
e save?save us from this disgrace!" Then
3 the above account was given me in tears
? and sorrow, and the girl added, "Ho
[ now demands the fulfillment of the
] promise! Oh, save me!" I sent for the
young man; of course held the promise
. null and void, and earnestly lectured
t them on the folly of gambling, and the
misei-y it usually produces.
n 11
e In France locomotives are used on
e canal tow-paths in place of mules.
They make much better time than the
- mu'.es; hut, unlike the mule, there is 1
0 always the danger that the locomotive
may explode.
A GILDED GAMBLING PALACE. pu
wi
Scene* In the Fynom Salons of Monte ^ifi
Carlo?Deacrlntion of the Play?Pile# Of
of Uold and Juank Wote??"The fireen tOS
Table la a Great 1/eveier." as
To come to Nice without visiting
Monaco, writes a correspondent, is to go Joe
to London and not see the Tower. M
Caraivalistic festivities being at an end, I
made a trip to Monte Carlo at Monaco,the 5,?1
most famous gambling place the world ?
knows?and the oniv one in Europe now c
existing openly under State patronage;
for that of Nalais-Saxon, Switzerland, - k
was shut a short time ago, the federal |os
eovernmentcommission solemly reading J0*
at midnight the law announcing the
closing of the last gambling place but
one in the o.d world. Our~12:35 p. m. bri
train leaving Nice was packed with ?ac
English, Germans, Russians, with here
and there an American, some of whom 11 \
had come from Cannes. Our common 9U1
destination was Monaco, a half hour's J?u
ride through the finest scenery on God's ?:
L'HILIl. I
descended from the train at Monaco, ter
while my fellow travelers remained a ar5
couple of minutes longer, riding to the na<
door of Monte Carlo; for your conveni- -J
ence is so studied that you are kindly P?*
left at the very gate of destruction. 8ai(
Preferring to see the town itsojf first, I Jea
climbed the steep rock, perhaps 300 feet eP.f
high, on which Monaco is perched. 81i'
The broad, white silk banner of the ofl
smallest country in Europe fluttered E?r
gaily on the breeze, and the little town
lay bathed in sunshine and literally
covered with bright flowers, palm , 1
trees, cactuses and aloes. I have Prc
traveled far and wide, but I never have 16 1
seen as lovely view of mountains, water 0011
and sky as on the threshold of Italy.
After visiting the remarkable castie and p*11'
still more remarkable court, and gazing 1813
down from the lovely palace garden can
into the sea, which lies far below, I PIa
started off for Monte Carlo, twenty
minutes'walk from the castle, on a road Iluei
planted with palm trees and innumera- j?e:
ble cactuses. This road by the sea tn,e
wound around the tiny town and ^
afforded unrevealed views stretching ?ir!
around a serai-circle of blue mountains "?J
to Italy, and closed by the dim outlines e3ti
of the city of Bordighiera. It would ?a?
take me hours to describe one of the j?11
linest gardens of Europe, so I'll only l10*
say that the garden of Monte Carlo re.
commands the loveliest view and has un.1
the finest plants and flowers of the ?nI
tropics. The promenaders have not the lun
beautiful, peaceful look the landscape
ha3; th e ladies, many of them splendidly
attired, laugh and talk nervously; the rj
men are wrapt up in their own thoughts, e t
paying little attention to their fair companions.
The women care but little for t ,
this want of politeness, for this gambling
passion is the'stronge&t of all, swallow- ,
^in up all others, natural and artificial.
At the gambling table there is no sex; a j j
man gazes as stolidly at the most beautiful
women of Europe as nt the walls. ^
There are some formalities to be gone .
through before entering the play rooms. ata)
A man is not permitted to ruin himself j
without complying with them. Every *
journal in the department publishes l.2t
each dav the following notice:
" In accordance with the rules of the
Strangers' Circle of Monte Carlo, en- _u
trance to the playing rooms is allowed s
only to persons with tickets. The en- g.A
trance is forbidden to inhabitants of the
principality, and to those of the depart- ,15
ment, with the exception of club mem- mu'
hers. Entrance tickets given at the totf
Casino bureau." UI]
A Russian acquaintance of mine, who
goes often merely to look on and play a _tj
napoleon or so. was refused admittance i-ee
lately by the secretary, who saw bv his r
card that he had moved from his hotel
to private lodgings, and thereby lost his > ?
migratory character and became an in- ^
habitant of the department. " Oh, very
well," returned the subject of the czar, " fc
nonchalently, " then I shall save a thou- d
sand franc bill." He was immediately
JIaoita^ fa onfftr* nlrAiimflfonnofl oldnr* Q
.IIIUWCU IV r.uiu , oiiv-umowuivto infr
pases. The fact is, he had only twenty ,g7]
francs in his pocket, with which he won fc ^
fKK); but he spent it in a day or two, j
money gained in that way notoriously Lburning
one's pocket. The wisdom of
the above measure is obvious. If the , ^
inhabitants of the neighborhood were jj
illowed to play, the ruin and desolation
would cause the immediate closing of r
the Casino; whereas when a stranger b ?
loses, the next train takes him away,
wid if he chooses to blow out his brains,
it is purely a personal afFair.
The Casino is a tine iarge palace con- 0
taininga large, elegant ball-room, a imp
theater with a tine orchestra and a wai
splendid reading-room, well supplied tau,
with journals in all languages. After atr
entering our name in a visitor's book, A i
we receive an entrance ticket and are Th<
permitted to pass into the magnificent one
jaming-rooms. As we enter at 6 p. m., tiv<
the rooms are softly lighted to harmonize can
with the richly decorated walls. There wh
ire two tables in the first room and poc
three in the second, at which are played mo:
the two games, roulette and rouge et the
tioir. Several hundred plavers and the
pectators are present. Silver stakes lent
are predominant on the tables devoted bad
to the first game, but only gold and sag
bank notes on the rouge et noir tables, knt
which are given up to the aristocracy of of t
gamblers, of whom women are in the coi:
majority. Not a seat at the tables is Th
unoccupied. Behind the seated game- ma
sters stands an eager crowd of players, pos
as well as spectators, who prick with a ele<
pin the progress of the game, prepara- leai
tory to risking later tlieir money. Well- wit
bred servants, in fine liveries, stand wh
here and there or glide noiselessly if t
around. Four men, cool and uncon- loo
cerned, at each table, seated on elevated wit
chairs, represent the bank, with piles of qui
gold and bank notes before them. What car
beautiful women one sees here, and tou
what toilettes. But no one cares to re- fine
gard either. Here beautiful blue Eng- the
Fish eyes seem sinister and glassy; little ant
cherry mouths look hard, and. pearly coi:
teeth are firmly set; little white hands
are convulsively clenched; bright faces
are ruined by an expression of cupidity;
oJieeks are flushed, and attitudes denote
suppressed excitement. Some of these
fair women would evidently feel re
lieved by a shriek, but grim etiquette I
prevents. Passing a roulette table, I del
heard an English woman, who was of
holding up both hands lull of gold pieces, tio:
cxcitodly exclaim: "See! all that for gir
one napoleon!" Her nervous laugh bui
caused many a frown from those less eaT
ortunate. in\
The green table, orlapisvert, is a great flo'
leveler. Side by side sit an English " my tre;
lady " and a fair fallen one from Vienna fi.n\
or Berlin; here a Russian prince and an(
there a Parisian adventuress; here me
stands a bright American girl, of twenty c. e
or so, in a toilet worth at least $400; inr
she throws down a single gold piece and wo
loses it. She pouts prettily, twisting mo
her glove, and I follow her to another sel
table, where she risks another coin with ate
tho same result. Fortunately she did sen
not play high. Here is an Englishman fur
however, who does; he is the center of ost
all attraction, and a little crowd collect pre
behind him; lie is winning heavy stakes! pa]
How slowly and monotonously the cot
croupier speaks. "Gentlemen, make tnc
.your play; tn^'g"me is made; red wins the
and black loses," and so on while the it
game lasts. i uere is an instant s inrer- cei
mission between each phrase; at-the up
first the players hasten to throw down ob
Mieir gold on red or black, and there are ha
perhaps twenty different gold piles on
the table. Here a woman-standing and ]
new to the game timidly throws down lie
three Napoleons on black, immediately me
drawine back and gazing around as if ho
fearful of being seen. There a Spanish in
millionaire throws down negligently air
handful of gold. My lord, the English- pa
man before alluded to, a handsome Ba;
young fellow with a florid ?ace, throws an
a 1,000 franc note on red. After the sec- M
ond phrase, no one is allowed to throw m:
any money on the tab la or change the du
position of that already place<L_^irda be
Us in with a little rake the bank note
lich he adds to a pile of bills under
i elbow, leaving the newly won roll
1,000 francs in gold on red again, and j
sing ten francs in silver to the bank ]
the rules require on the gain of a
)usand. The lady of the three napons
looks sad, and her mouth quivers
they are raked in by the bank. It 1
iuld not be merciful to say, '* Servos '
: right, why did she play P" I've seen J
ristian men and women, who went
inly to look on " come away without 1
ent. 1
Juicides are not very frequent, as the ]
ers, thanks to precautions taken, be- J
ig generally to classes that can afford
lose. In cases of suicide the journals !
the department register the fact very
efly, in a line or two. Probably as j
:h journal receives 300 or 400 francs
the short advertisement to players, 1
nuiuues a uu;il axretimeui/ nut iu m- ;
re to deeply into tragic events. These 1
rnals do not demand the suppression
a casino which brings thousands of \
hi visitors to the shores ol the Medi- |
ranean. During the month of Febru\
1879, 37,000 visitors came to Mo- '
:o.
it Nice, a gentleman and lady ware 1
nted out to me who had lost, it was
d, 300,000 francs made by fifteen 1
irs'toil in India. They seemed sad '
>ugh. The lady was resplendent in !
c, but her partner seemed desirous ;
naking economies in his linen, and *
haps making it up in that way." J
e bank, I am told, handed him back
)0 for traveling expenses to England. '
?he bank at Monaco is not likely to :
ak in spite of dreamers. Temporarily '
is occasionally - forced to stop, as a 1
iple of years ago when an Englishman 1
n in one evening 72,000 francs. I '
ak, however, that the bank's capital f
oorc secure than that of many Amei ii
stock companies; also that the 1
yers have perhaps as much chance (
ining as stockholders of said compa- '
3. A croupier at Hamburg, in a mo- J
nt oi confidence, tola me " tnat in
end the bank must win." The elddaughter
of Mr. Blanc, the deceased
actor, married, a year or so ago, the
ish Prince Raaetsky. and the youngthe
journals here inform us, is en;ed
to Prince Henride Bourbon (Sicilbranch,)
having a dot ot fifteen mil1
francs. Mr. Blanc, the famous ditor,
died a short time ago, and was
versally loved and esteemed in the
icipality, thousands attending his
eral.
The Labor'Saving Service.
'he annual report of the superintend-.
of the life-saving service shows 1
t there are at present 172 life-saving *
;ions in the United States?136 on s
Atlantic, tliirtv on the lakes and six ^
the Pacific. Wllhin the limits of the 1
rations of the service there was 216 f
isters to vessels. The number of J
sons on board these vessels was 2,107, i
fhom 2,049 were saved and fifty -eight t
:e lost. There were succored at t.:e
;ions 371 shipwrecked persons, 1,074 f
s'relief being afforded them in the ?
Teeate. The number of persons 8
ught ashore from wrecked vessels by J
life-saving appliances of the stations i
j 412." The estimated value of the I
ole number of vessels involved was I
J22.276, and of their cargoes, $965,- a
; making the total vjilue of property 8
ieril, $2,887,886; of this amount $1,- t
,086 was saved, and $1,442,800 lost/, t
i number of disasters involving the a
il loss ol vessels was tifty-lour. Trie ?
aber of disasters of vessels, 1217?is c
iter than that of any previous year
ic highest former number having f
n 171. This is accounted for by the I
; of the extension of the service dur- i
the year to coasts not previously in- *
ied in life-saving operations. It is I
> accounted for by the occurrence of ?
eral terrible gales, including one t
lal hurricane, which did unusual v
aage to shipping. The following ?
39 a summary of tue results since the c
oduction of the present system in c
I: Total number of disasters, 797; c
il value of vessels. 810.722,733; total ^
ue of cargoes, $5,923,294 ; totaljvalue t
iroperty saved. $9.510.408; total,value
>roperty lost, $7,099,619; total numol
persons on| vessels, 8,394; total
aher of persons saved, 8,030; total
aber of lives lost, 364; total number j
ersons sheltered, 1,753; total num- j
of days' shelter afforded, 4,790.
c
A LeornedPoodle. (
n^e an expert in Paris, finding it was I
>ossible to convince people that he '
s right and t.-.e public were wrong, 1
ght a poodle to determine what was t
lie antique coin, and what was bogus. *
dealer would bring coins for sale, j
sir false character would be stated at /
e, but when the sellers were disputa- 1
3 the expert would say, " My poodle ?
tell you without the lea9t trouble 1
Ich coin or coins are false." The <
idle would be introduced. The <
ney would be placed on the table, t
good with the bad, and after nosing 1
m for an instant, the dog woula 1
>ck off the tablfi with his paw all the 1
1 pieces. Of course this trait of canine 1
acity was convincing. The man's ]
jwledge was but secondary with that i
;he dog. and the party with the false 1
as would go away perfectly satisfied. <
e fame of the dog extended over 1
ny countries. There was even the J
isibility that the poodle would be <
ited an honorary member of several 1
rned societies. People would come f
;h coins, asking for the expert, and |
en he was absent would say: " Well, 1
he master is out, pray let the dog *
k at them. We will be quite satisfied '
;h his judgment." The tiick wa9 j
tc simple. The numismatist took
e to handle the bad coins and not to
ch the authentic pieces. The dog's*
3 sense of smell at once distinguished :
i pieces his master's fingers touched,
1 he unhesitatingly separated the bad
ns from the good ones.
Philosophy not Pistols.
Ti's sweet to love,
But ah, how bitter,
To love a girl
And thon not pit her.
Ln evidence of the above, says a Philaphia
paper, think of young Mr. M.,
this city, who has loved to desperan
all summer a pretty Chestnut street
1; think of the many lines of loverdened
lore he poured into her willing
; think of the theater tickets he has
-estedpn; think of the buggy rides, the
wers, the photographs, the ice-cream
ats, the rings, the lockets, etc., ad inHum,
that have been hers at his coat!
i then meditate upon his disappointnt
when, a few days since, the fair
:ature informed him in a sublimely
locent manner that her wedding
uld take place with Mr. S., of Kalsiizoo.
Did young Mr. M. drown himf?
Did he snap a pistol at his lacerd
heart? Did |he take laudanum, arlic,
or lock himself up with a charcoal
nace? No! but he acted likeaphil>pher.
He referred to his diary. He
>cured two sheets of commercial
per. He made out an itemized aclnt
of the money he had spent upon
; " gal who flung him," and sent it to
s old man. The young lady pronounced
all "O.K." and your g Mr. M. reved
a eheck for the amount ($60.32)
on a prominent bank, upon which he
tainea the money, and is now bitterly
ppy. _____
Ex-Mini8ter Washbume's latest pub
appearance was as a defender of mule
iat. During the days of the commune,
said, " for months there was no meat
Paris but horse meat and mule meat,
tever ate horse, but I confess to have
rtaken freely of the mule, and I will
y to the credit of that much-abused
imal, that I found him quite goo d
y secretary assured me that of the
xny animals he had assisted to devour
ring the siege, the elephant was the
stoifall. The stories of people eating
ts.'rats and dogs and other animalsin
trie are literally true."
A Coffee Field in Brazil.
From a very full account of the Brazilian
coffee industry in Scribner, we
take this description of the field-work,
written from personal observation by
Herbert H. Smith:'
In southern Brazil, a coffee-field seldom
lasts more than thirty yeara- The
plantations are made on thp fertile hillsides,
where the forest has been growing
thick and strong. But the soil here is
never deep?six or eight inches of mold
at the utmost. In the tropics there ar.e
no long winters with mats of dead vegetable
matter rotting under the snow,
rhe leaves fall singly, and dry up till
they break into dust; logs and decaying
branches in the shady woods are carried
iway by white ants and beetles; hence
the mold bed increases very slowly; in
twenty-five or thirty years, the stronggrowing
coffee-trees eat it all up. Most ;
planters simply cut down the forest and I
leave tne trees to ary in uie sua ior six
sr eight week^, when they are burned.
3 , more provident, lets the logs rot
where they lie, whieh they do in a year
3r two; in the open sunlight they are ;
saved from insects, and the ground receives
a iarge accession to its strength.
Back of tne house there are two yard
3r small fields, four acres, perhaps, to
5??ther. The ground is covered with
earthen pots set close together,. only
leaving little pathways at intervals. ,
Each of the two hundred thousand pots
contains a thriving young coffee-plant,
rhe ground forms a gentle slope, and
water is constantly running over it, so ,
;hat it is always soaked. The pots, ,
;hrough orifices at the bottoms, draw
ip enough of this water to keep the ,
roots moistened. The young plants are ,
protected from the sun bv mat Screens ,
itretched on poles above the around. ,
This is a costly system. Most of the ,
planters take shoots at random from the ,
)ld fields and set tnem at on^e into unirepared
ground. Sr. S 's experlnent
lias cost him probably $20,000; the
Dots alone cost $11,000. But he will
nake at least $50,000 by the operation,
[n the first place, he gams a good year
n the start that he gives to these young
jlants. Then they are not put b ick in
;he transplanting; the pots are simply
nverted and the roots come out with
;he earth. They are set into mold or
:ompost which has been prepared in
leep holes. The tender rootlets catch
iola of this at once, and in a day or two
;he plant is growing as well as ever.
The nurslings come from select seeds
)f half a dozen varieties. Sr. S has
hem planted at first in small pots. A
lozen slaves are encaged transplanting
he six-inch high shoots to larger pots,
kittle tired-looking children carry them
tbout on their shoulders, working on as
iteadily as the old ones, for they aie
veil trained. Sr. S wants to make
lis plants last fifty years, so he is careul
and tender with them. The little
ilacks will be free in 1892, so his policy
8 to get as much work as possible from
hem while he can.
The plants are set in rows, about ten
eet apart. They grow, and thrive, and
ire happy, out on the hillside. Warm
unshine caresses the leaves; generous
ains feed the tender roots; the ground
b kept free from intruding weeds and
tushes, and the planter waits for his
larvest. After four years the trees are
lix feet high and begin to bear. By the
ixth year the crops are very larce?
hree or even four pounds per tree at
imes. Meanwhile corn and mandioca
ire planted between the rows. Often in
1 ? ? *1?? i
I nuw piUUUlblUIl UUCCAUUIDW aic uvaiij
:overed by these subsidiary crops. (
In tliis month of November only a *
ew of the s laves are in the new fields. *
November is the principal gathering
nonth, and almost the whole force
nust be at work in the bearingorchards. i
Trom sunrise to sutiset, men, women I
ind children are gathering the berries m t
>askets, working silently and steadily 1
mder the overseer's eye. Each day. ,
iach slave eathers on the average berries J
tnouch to produce fifty pounds of dried i
:offee. The pickings are collected in s
arts and brought to the mill-houso, i
vherc the seeds must be prepared for i
he market. i
Easy (iocs What Easy Comes. i
A New York correspondent writes: |
Snormous fortunes have been made 1
n New York daring the last few months <
? I i
n the stock market. Tliere are reports i
>f one gentleman who has cleared $700,- j
WO by liis speculations, and another who
jocketed a cool $150,000, of a judge who
las made $60,000, and of many others
ivho have been extremely fortunate in
;heir operations. But it is not in stocks
ilone tnat money has been rapidij made.
iVlmost every variety of property has
?one up in value, so that everybody
eels richer than he was before, and coniequent'y
happier. But it is aead fact
;hat as wealth has been gained, so has
ixtravagance increased, and in a ratio
>ut of all proportion in most cases to
;he money mode. Young New York
Drokers, who a year ago had hard work
:o meet the honest demands of landladies,
fshoemakers, tailors, washerwomen
and the like, now indulge in the
nost profuse expenditures. They live
n luxurious apartments, dress in English
clothes, dine on the best in the land,
irink the most costly wines and smoke
;he most expensive cigars. Quite a
lumber of new equipages, dog-carts, T
jarts and coupes have been started on j
the strength of successful down-town ,
speculations. Some are based on stocks,
aomo on grain, some on pig-tin, some on ,
lead, some on real estate, etc., but they !
all represent the general advance in
values. New houses and apartments
are being expensively furnished. Fash
lonable tailors, aressmaKers ana i
milliners never -were so busy. One
Fifth avenue tailor boasts of having j
made 119 dress suits for the regular j
clientele since the opening of the season. I
It is a notable fact that in all matters |
pertaining to dress, both men and j
women, among the. ^ell-to-do and mod- !
erately well-to-do classes, now choose i
the most expensive articles. Economy j
is no longer the order of the da"<
One ot these days the reaction will come, !
and then the lesson which the people ,
ought to have iearned by heart during j
the panic will have to be taught tiiera j
again. Ifc is remarkable how little !
Bense the b^st of us have just as sooh as j
we grow rich.
A Disaster that Might Have Happened '
A Washington Sunday newspaper I
publishes the following: In order to |
lend fspecial brilliancy to the scene in
the rotunda of the capital when the ball j
of the Society of the Army of the Cumberland
was eiven,every gas jet in and I
around the immense space was put into |
requisition. Something like one thou-!
sand, therefore, were lighted that had
not been used during the preceding
eleven years. All at once, about eleven ;
o'clock, while the gayety was at its ;
height, all the gas in the upper lofts of i
~Aiif iMofawflif Thawa
bliC lULUHUilr YVCllt UUU HiObOlll/iJ. XUC1C ,
was considerable commotion among
the guests, while the officials ox the 1
building rushed around to repair the j
accident. It was supposed that the
1,300 jets in use, whicli had so myster- j
iously ceased burning, might be pour- '
ing out a great volume ef gas, which j
might at any time explode. At this j
critical juncture the Capitol electrician, j
Mr. Rogers, quickly mounted to the ;
top of the interior and turned off the |
Rion-oock of everv burner. Almost mi- '
raculously, however, a valve in the j
supply pipe had acted automatically, j
not only thus shutting off the flow of ]
gas, but holding it back also. Had not j
this been the case, and if Sir. Rogers :
had not been at hand, there would have j
been an explosion that night which i
would have brought down the entire !
dome of the capital in huge fragments
upon the heads of the assembled hundreds,
among whom were the president
and cabinet officers. Persons whojattended
the ball had no knowledge ntal
the gas supply failed at any time.
TIMELY TOPICS. #
According to th* investigations of a
Russian professor, Dr. Monassein, sing-!
ing is an excellent means of preventing
consumption, and for the development
and strengthening of the chest it is more
effectual than even gymnastic exercise.
The professor has examined 220 dingers
varying in age from nine to fifty-three
years, and found that the chest is greater
and strorger among them than among
persons of any other occupation.
Scarcely eight weeks have elapsed
since Deadwood, the business center of
the Black Hills mining region, was entirety
destroyed by tire, and now the
own is completely rebuilt with large
rick.and frame buildings far superior
to the original ones. The city presents
a lively appearance to-day, and business
is more active than ever. Mechanics'
wages, which advanced just after the fire
to $8 a day, have dropped down to $4.50.
All the mercantile establishments are in
full blast, and many firms are carrying
$100,000 worth of stock. Theaters,
varieties and "gambling dens have sprang
up as if by magic since the fire and it is
estimated that there are now in the city
nearly 700 gamblers.
A singular case of recovery from in- j
sanity thro gh an injury occurred recently
in the Homieopathic State Asy.
lum for the Insane. A male patient,
twenty-four years old, when in a state
of violent irritation, sprang up to the
il-i. 1.4.
?118 llAlUie, ^4UgliO JJUJLU KJk a OlCUUCi
tubing, and swune himself with considerable
force. The fixture gave way
find the patient fell, striking his head
upon the stone pavement. Instantly he
irose, walked out of the ward, and gave
i clear account of the accident he had
met with. He had, in fact, recovered
[lis mind, though he suffered greatly
from the external injuries to his scalp.
rhis case is not alone of its kind. Some
physicians have seriously tried to raise
;he question of the application of sudden
ind violent shaking of the head to the
treatment of insanity; but as the question
of the dose is one of gn. at difficulty,
:he heroic method remains optional with
:he patients themselves.
An awful career of crime, an exhibition
of juvenile depravity which would
tiave astonished the country, has been
nost fortunately arrested. There were
ten young lads in London, Ont., who
(vere all devourers of books about pirates
rod buccaneers, and an ambition to
ihed blooa and to freeboot it furiously
>ver the placid waters of the lake took
Dossession of their bosoms. One youngiter,
who comprehended the financial
leceasmes oi me enterprise, sioie irom
in unfortunate uncle the snm of $180.
With a part of this they bought revolves
and ammunition, and it was their inlentionj
with the rest of tine money to
jurchase a proud vessel of the schooner
iescription, and so sail out with Ihe.
jlack flag flying. But they were caught,
md at least, it is to be hoped, sent supjerless
to. bed. The case is a turious
)ne as showing (the dictum of Dr. Johnion
10 the contrary notwithstanding)
;hat reading about robberd does really
itimuiate boys to rob. This isn't the
irst instance of the kind which has re:ently
occurred. These little fellows
;an, if they receive early treatment, be
jleared of the perilous stuff, for tliere is
10 real harm in them, or in.a majority
)f them. Considering the perils which
?n'viron boyhood and girlhood?it is a
standing miracle that there are so many
lonest men and virtuous women.
Those who believe that women are
mreienting to their sisters who have
;ransgressed will iind an indorsement of
;heir views in the following story, told
jy the Bangor (Me.) Wing: "Mr.
Joshua Nye, who recently visited the
State prison, relates the following: The '
varden told of a young woman who
served out a sentence of live years, and
ivhile there found means of education
md becomi g thoroughly reformed and
i Christian, left the prison in appear
? 1. J Pt. ? iirno nm n IATTO^ UIT O
UlUB u limy, Oiie vt ttfO v;mytxuj vj i?
iry goods firm in Portland as saleswoman,
and gave the mo^t perfect satis"action
lo her employers for some time,
;ill one day a wealthy lady of the place
mtered the store and recognized her.
falling the proprietor aside she asked
lim if lie knew who he had in his store,
;elling him that such a girl wjis a graduite
from the State prison. He replied
;hat he knew it, bu, that she had done
ler duty faithfully and that they were
veil satisfied with her. "Well," said
;he lady, " if you keep her in your store
[ will neither trade with you myself
lor suffer any of my friends to, if 1 can
lelp it." So the proprietor rather than
;ose his customer called in the poor girl
md discharged her. .He had heard from
ler since that she still maintained a
joursc of conduct above reproach, beng
employad in one of the mills in
Lowell, Mass.'
The Diseases of Wild Animals.
While first surgeon of the Thirty- firs
regiment of the fine, then stationed a
?r. t _ a, t j:
aiaueni, in Algeria, i uusae^tcu vim
sarcjisses of about fifty lions. Tne lungs
jf twenty of them was affected; onehalf
of them were almost gonq, showing
that consumption is prevalent among
the lions of the Sahara and the Sahel.
At the Jarrlin des Plantes, in Paris,
seven lions have died since 1869. All of
them were horn there. I dissected them,
and found that their lungs were entirely
healthy. To what was the difference
due? They received their food regularly,
and were carefully protected from inclement
weather, while the lions in
Africa had to go without food for days,
had to inhale the sandy air of the desert,
and were frequently drenched by terrible
rains.
There is at the Jardin des Plantes, a
wolf from the Ardennes. He was caught
when about six years old. He was suffering
from.a cough, and at one time we
thought ho was dying. He hawked sind
spat, and was always sullen and morose.
Often lie abstained from food for several
days. At last we chloroformed him,
and examined his throat. He wat found
to be suffering from nasal catarrh in its
most aggravated form. Unde* proper
medical treatment he recovered rapidly.
Nine wolves born at the Jardin never
Bhowed the slightest sign of disease.
M. Jacquemart, the famous Indian
hunter, often told me that he had seen
tiirers snittins blood, which exhausted
thorn so that they could be approached
within a few feet with impunity.
All monkeys are very delicate ani;
mals. They are not gluttonous, and
having so much exercise, they are rarely I
afflicted with diseases of the bowels, i
But they have weak lungs, and the rea- j
son why so many of the most interesting
among them die when brought to ,
Europe, is the too sudden change of air, |
diet, and water. There is no more in- J
telligent monkey than the chimpanzee, j
a truly wonderful animal. While in j
Berlin, I dined at the Zoological Gardens
by the side of a pet chimpanzee. He j
partook of every dish like a human be- j
ing, put sugar "into his teacup, stirred I
it with a spoon, and drank the bererage I
with evident relish. But his eyes I
looked supernnturally bright I felt
his pulse. Itwas 125.. "He will not
live long," I said to his keeper.
" Why nut?" he asked, with a sorrowful
mein.
" He is a consumptive," I replied.
" "Indeed! He often coughs."
The chimpanzee died a month later'
His left lung was entirely gone.?Prof.
Jca>>, in Popular Science Monthly.
We will not accomplish much without
zeal and enterprise. But the mistake is
often made of supposing that zeal is
hurry, rush, recklessness and indifl'erenee.
It is not po; steady momentum is
often more effective than unrestrained
viuor.
Gen. Sickles' Daughter.
The elopement of Miss Carrie Sickles,
daughter of Gen. Daniel E. Sickles,
from Paris, with a Southerner named
McCarthy, has been given the public by
cable dispatches. Gen. 8ickles pursued
the pair to London, where he had
them arrested. The young lady is about
twenty-five years of age, and is very accomplished.
She has a superb,figure
and charming manners.
The writer of this^while in Baltimore
several years ago, was told a story about '
Miss Sickles by a school friend of hers,
which is full of pathetic interest just
now. A little patty had been given at
the house of a lady in Baltimore, where
the writer met Miss Sickles, and was .
struck by her quick-witted repartees
and her readiness to chat about current
topics of interest. Meeting a schoolmate
of hers next day, the writer
alluded to this. "Oh, yes," was the.
reply; "she was gay enough then,poor
child, but I think she is almost brokenhearted
notwithstanding her vivacity."
A few questions brouaht out the whole
sad story. Gen. Sickles' first wife, the
mether of his daughter, as will be remembered,
was connected in the famous
scanda: with Philip Barton Key, the
district attorney at Washington, 1). C.
Sickles shot Kev in 1859. and killed him.
was tried for fcis murder and was acquitted.
His wife died shortly after
and before her daughter was old enough
to understand the disgrace of it all. Gen.
Sickles, with jealous watchfulness,
kept the facts connected with her
mother's share in the tragedy a secret
from his daughter, and she mew nothing
about it until she was nearly nineteen.
She was a.sensitive, loving girl,
and worshipped the memory of the
mother whom she had been tausht to
love, and she frequently spoke of her to'
her friends. Miss Sickles went to a
school in Baltimore, and one day while
reciting in a class she had a slight
quarrel with a girl from Washington.
After school a number of girls were
seated together, among them being Miss
Sickles and the girl with whom she had
quarreled. Miss Sickles apologized for
what she had said, but the other girl
refused to be comforted, and finally
grew very angry and began to taunt J
Miss Sickles about the terrible story oi
her mother's wrontr-doinir. Miss Sickles
demanded an explanation, which was
S'ven, and the poor young lady almost
st her reason in the attack ol illness
which followed.
She left the school when she recovered
her health, and soon afterward joined
her lather. It wns said she acted very
wildly toward him for keeping the
story hidden from her, and reproached
him bitterly. The effect of the revelation
was that Miss Sickles1 manner and !
actions changed from what, they had 1
been before, and she began to worry
her father by her apparent heartlessness j
and fondness for the excitement con- i
nected with the life of a belle in an \
American city like Washington.
The son of Philip Barton Key f whose ,
father wrote the "Star Spanglea Ban- ]
ner") is now an actor, and aa " James ]
Barton," he took part in the performances
of the "Pullman Palace Car ,
Tourists," who were the first company
to appear at the Opera house in this j
city this -winter.?Pittsburgh Telegraph.
Borrowing Newspapers. 1
There is a large class of persons in 1
every community who make themselves 1
pests to their neighbors by the ill habit (
of boiTowing. They borrow everything.
Witn a grocery store on nearly every 1
corner and a green grocer's in nearly '
every square, with " notion " shops nc- 1
cessible everywhere, these chronic bor- <
rowers are continually sending into
their neigbors on ricktand on left for a
' spoonful of lard," a " cup of flour," a ]
little sugar," a " littlo y*ist." a piece of j
tape." a " spool of cotton," a " No. 6 j
needle," and ro on through a very long i
and curious catalogue. These same i
people, and many others beides, make its
a regular practice of borrowing your 1
newspape , generally with the polite but i
meaningless qualification that " they ]
would like to look at it for a few min- (
utes, if you have done with it." Of 1
coursc they get it, whether you hava
done with it or not. This practicc causes
great inconvenience, and ought to be
abandoned by all considerate persons.
As a rule the paper is wanted for some
specific object?to find out about trains,
to hear how so and so got hurl, all of
tnem sufficient reasons why everybody
who can afford it should take a paper for :
himself. We do not speak of the injus.
tice of this system to the newspaper pub. 1
lishers. who have to pay roundly lor the
news which the purchaser of the paper
gets at a fair price, and for which the
borrower pays nothing at all. That belongs
to the equities of the' case, while
all that need be considered here is the
inconvenience?the nuisance in fact?of
one class of nersons habituallv borrow
ins: and getting the use of articles for
which another class pay the regular
prices, but of which the borrowers deprive
them of the comfortable enjoyment.?
Baltimore Sun.
Peculiar Russian Justice.
In the government of Volhynia, suwhia,
justice appears to be administered
after a peculiar fashion. The wife or a
well-to-do peasant addressed herself to
the court of the district with a co mElaint
against her husband, chaging
im with beating and torturing her, ana
with keeping her in the cold without
food until she had rfearly died of starvation.
He had bound her stark naked
'to a post in the street and requested the
passers-by to strike her. which lie did
j himself each time they refused to do so.
The brute had even fastened her down
to the ground, and in audi a position
had heaped stones and heavy weights
upon her body until one of "her arms
had been broken. When the wife's accusation
was brought before the tribunal
the map took fright and did not appear
to answer the cliargc; but neither
his absence nor contempt of court prevented
the learned judges from coming
to an immediate decision. The wife
beater was found " Not guilty," on the
plea that a husband has the perfect
I right to beat his wife if he so chooses,
I and it cannot be permitted to a wife to
I iirnore the authority of her husband.
I On the tollowing day the husband, em
| boldened tlirougu tne generous acquiti
tal by his peers, turned the tables on
his better half by bringing a counter
complaint against" her before the same
court, which promptly declared arainst
the unfortunate woman, and by its salutary
judgment she was actually flogged
pubh.:ly there and then on the sjrotT in
the most shameful manner.
Fompeii.
1 Though the victims of the great eruption
of Vesuvius in A.l). 79 lived so long
ago they were our fellow-creatures, and
it is impossible to recall their late?
especially, one might think, to recall it
on the spot?without a feeling of horror.
Sir William Gili estimated the number
of people who perished at 1,300; but
during recent excavations so many
bodies have been found that it seems to
have been far greater; and when we
consider that, closely as the inhabitants
were packed, Pompeii was still but a
little place, the proportions of deaths
appears large It is of course, satisfactory
to the antiquary to reflect that the
misfortunes of Pompeii have been a
great gain to modern knowledge. The
I manners ofthe ancient Romans are better
I Ir.mim Mno hi; wlml 1ms hppn flise.overed I
here under the ashes then by all the
| pictures or statutes or writings existing
i elsewhere. The town had been very rc!
cently rebuilt, and the remains are
i chiefly of one period; her decorations
I are remarkable lor their rarity as well
as lor their freshness. In fact, the stnt?
j of pictoral art in the first century would
be almost unknown to us out for the
I frescoes from the house of tne tratric
poet, and the beautiful wall-painJiigs
now in the Naples museum.?Salurthy
' Night. I
t. i x e>
A Shaflow* iiiij.
What laok the TaUeys and the mountains
That once were green and gay 1
What Urt the babbling fountain? 1
Their Toioe is sad today. - >?<
Only the soond of a Voiee '
Tender and sweet and low,
A year ago! ?
What lack the tender flowora ?
A shadow is on the snij. '
What lack the merry hoars,
That I long that they were donet <
Only two smiling eyes "
That told of joy and mirth; 'i:
They are shining in the skies;
x mourn uu etuui.
-* . n rr .
What lacks my heart that mates it
So weary and toll pinion,. k
' That trembling hope lorsafcea it,
Never to come again ?
. ' (
Only another heart,
Tender and all niy own;,
In the still pfv* itUea?
I weep alone.
ITEMS OP WTEBEST,
There is a good deal IK a name?to a
bank check.
Chickens can be bought in Florida
for four cents apiece^ ..J: >
Most of the ice consumedin California
is made by artificial means*
Young ladies who use newspapers fo
n-;- i ? !- l u
tilVJil UUBUCO piUCi UaVA ilUMfUOifl*
Even the oyster crop In America, for
1879, is larger than over before.Sherman
is fifty-nine; Grant, fifty
seven; and Sheridan, forty-eight. i
Potatoes in Ireland are selling to-day
for about twice the price in Boston.
Mexico wants a telegraph cable across
the Gulf of Mexico to the United States.
Chicago kilts six hogs tot evdry minute
of every hour of every day in the
year. . .. -w(
. High rents?Those made in a balloon <V
at an elevation of a. mile or so.?Oris- a
wold. . .
The circuit court in spssion at Ifiyette
ville, Tenn., had toisusnend on account
of a circus. '
The Montreal Witnai says the Canadian
government is steadily advancing
oward independence. '
A Missouri doctor paid a patient 403
visits, and squared the bill for -a barrel
of cider and a load of bricks.A
match factory at Osbkosh employs
300 persons and annually converts9,000.300
leet of lumber iq to matches, on which
the internal revenue is f290,000.'
Tlie American $30'gold piece is superseding
the English sovereign as the cur
rent gold coin of the world, says a news
lispatch. ! ! '/
Senator Bayard is an athlete,_and has
i reputation both as a pedebtmn ana
boxer. He is broad-shouldered, grayliaired
and clean-shaved. ... ,f
Master Tom: "Staud in theoornerP
IVhat for?" His Mamma: "Because
!?ou arc a bad boy." Master Torn:
" Can't I be a bail boy here just asf well?1
When Artemus "Ward was exhibiting
lis show in Salt Lake City-hi* complimentary
tickets to the city officers,
read as follows: ' Admit bearer Jand
5ne wife." . .. <
The price of leather belting lias advanced
from fifteen to twenty per ccnt.;
jut what does the stnali bojp cart? -He
snows very well that though belting
does come high, he iB bound to'' have it,
-Chicago Times/ <>,, ?rt.?
A drunkard handed a bottle of wilts***
cey to his son for safe-keeping, Stan
Ford, Ky. Tjie tx>y drop pen ana, oroso
it, spilling the liquor. The loss so en-agedtbe
man that he shot and killed
;he boy offender. "
White brocades strewn with plum
boughs or with clover leaves ar? among
;he new importations of dress good*.
Peonies on a tea-rose irround and velvet
iahlias on pink satin are fresh novelties
So be carefully avoided by quiet Women.
ALL THE LETTERS.
The following verse contains' every
letter in the alphabet: 1 '/
Except with zoal.westm* to win
God's just and holy love, ,,
Wo cannot conquer strife ap<l a la
Nor walk with Him above. "*
A youug lady of Moultrie count^sends
in a communication on somepresumably
interesting topic, with the r*que#t
to "Please print if not too fulL"i It is
hardly necessary to say that wq hurl
back the base insinuation with scorn?
a'so the communication.?Cfiicago Tribune.
*
Wags s went to the station of one ot
our railroads the other evening, and finding
the seats all occupied, said, in a loud
tone, "Why, this oar isn't going!" Of
course these words caused a general
stampede, and Waggs took the best seat.
Thp train noon moved off. Tn the midst
of the indignation the vwg was'queftioned,
"You said tins cnrwjun't going?"
"Well, it wasn't then," replied
Waggs, " but it is now."?T/mtsvUle
Commercial.
Horse cars in Philadelphia are now
comfortably warmed. Each car te provided
with two small portable furnaces;
arranged on either side beneath the. body
of the car and between the two wheels. ,
By means of flues the heat is directed
beneath the cane-covered scats, from
which it becomes diffused throughout
the car. The smoke is conducted to
the front platform, and thence, by means
of pipes, to the roof of the car. The
Consumption of luel is small, a shove] of
coal, and a few sticks of wood sufficing
for the entire trip.
' |
9 A Conductor's Fortune.
Our Hartford Sunday correspondent
tells anew in this interesting way the
story of the $1,000 good fortune of Conductor
MeKinney uf the Southern railroad:
Two of the conductors of this
road have recently closed tlrnr connection
with it, one of them after about'
tiiirtv vftard of service. Thesomen?con
duetors?meet all sorts of people. It is
some time sinc? the story of one of Conductor
McKinney's adventures on this
road lias been retold. "Many years
ago," one night while he was taking up
fires, a man without a ticket offc-ed
him a large hill, and.he, as conductors
are apt to do, took it along, saying ho
would soon return with the change.
The purpose o! these delays is to make a
quiet study of the hill in the boscage
car and see if it is all right. When
he reached the baggage car with
the bill, Mr. MeKinney found wlmt
he had taken to be $100 was a bill
for $1,000. He returned to (he passenger
and found he had shifted his seal. Telling
him there was a mistake, tliat the
bill was for $1,000. he was amazed to
have, the fellow repudiate the whole arrangement.
He knew nothing of it, and
insisted, and was supported by a friend's
testimony, that be had a ticket and that
it had been taken up. Finally Mr. MeKinney
went off with the bill, which
the next day he turned into the company
with his explanation. It was deposited
here in the I'henix bank, as a special
deposit, and drew interest lor several
years, was never claimed, and tinnlly
waseiven to the conduc tor y the com
pany. The only explanation was mat
pome hank hun;lars were on the train;
that one of them carelessly took out the
wrong hi 1. and that they decided it was
better to lose the $1,000 than to risk
being arrested. Probably they thought
he knew of the burzlary. One story
had it that this was a bill of the company's,
and that the operation was the
trick of a " spotterto catch this conductor
stealing, but r company managed
as this was in those days, would not go
scattering 81,000 bills around even for
the sake ot tempting an honest man to
be a thief.?Springfield {Mass ) Rcpub
iicun.