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ABBEVILLE PRESS BY HUGH WILSON AND W. C. BENET. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1879. NO. 30. VOLUME XXVI.ff2 Christinas Presents. ft " WL-at shall we give ?" I hear them ask, lc Ab though selection were a task. * For one, no gift is good to me ^ Lj " Unlefs the giver gives it free. A gift is like d by each and all, Whate'er its value, great or small. ^ It seems a link, a token true, a] That some there are who think of you. 0, The Christmas gift means love or friend; a] It not, then let such giving end. y< The Christmas-time, of all the year. is juueiy ii no menu is nebr: To rise at inoru and not to hear The "Merry Christmas" greet your ear; To find no Rift, do call to dine, ij> No token that a friend is thine? This, this is loneliness indeed. ^ And prido has work to vail Mich need. ] pa E'en wealth itself ia hard to bear j to If loving fritnd may never share. yc Some think that splendor, worlds to eat, m The round of hnuian joy complete; pi Then paupers may be rich indeed, th *- Who feel they have no further need. j Wl of What best to give ? All things above, ju Give faith and friendship?human love; 01: But if, from out your bounteous store, ar You ft-el like giving something more, he Then give such gifts as you can spare? gc Buch gifts as friend with friend may share; Or elee give what yo". friend may lack, I rai Be it silken gown Oi sealskin sack, j ^ A cap, a gnn, or pair of gloves, I Some autumn leaves, or candy-doves, ! ^ A fet of china, sandal-fan, | A carriage, harness, mated span, j ^ While pictures, books, are always right, | j10 And " weeklies," "monthlies," give delight? I m( Bring gladness every month and week; an For bett?r gifts no further sees. bli "Or Bemember this, whf-n gift is made, . It is no wap, or change or trade; ^ But something bnvod in frit ndsfcip's bank, . With interest?love; and pay-day Hank. _ ~ an DR. WILLOUGHBY'S PATIENT. ap? ha * we A CHRISTMAS STORY. in Dr. "Willoughby went, about doing good. H>s powders j?n?i his presence ^e* both gave strength to the weak,: his j j j manner was tnnic, and his wcr.is were j as good as balm. He bflkvoo iu diet, a j . cheerful heart and a trust in Providence; j and with nu occasional bitter drug, he i succe* sfally fought many of tbo saddest J ~ ills that flesh is beir to. He did his best in battling disease. He wont into P4 many homes where gladness was banish- ??e ed and sorrow Bet all arounu, and saved life. It might be sai',1 that lie bad frightened death from many back doors, 7 , and let new life with all its sweet possi- , bilities in the front way. He certainly y*' lifted the veil of sorrow from the faces of many, and joy shone like Bnnlight j after the clond. 8" Dr. Willonghby was youDg, single and good looking, and took well with the ladies. He moved in the best cir- !t( cles?followed in the trail of fashion, tending her victims and repairing her ne, ravishes. Sometimes be conld do no better than make patchwork of it, for , when fashion grapples a subject about ^ the waist, tortnres and deforms the ?01 body, and leads a victim abroad on paper <- soles, then no physician is so happy in ?a skill and art that he can win back to the way of lifQ. Willonghby had been making a call, I. professionally, on the Merangues, and, bowing himself out, crossed the street and went up the stoop of the house op posite, where thb Thunderclouds lived. ?" There were but father and daughter in * the Thundercloud family. The widower ~1 had made his moDey in tea, Burling dip, had Chinese help and the oddities of the East were all about his house ; he was a oold, reserved man, and, like a * f coat of mail, dignity hampered him ; kept him from a kiss or a fondle of his ,only daughter. She was a swarthy ' buraette dark as midnight, and some- Pe: times as terrible. Her eyes were rich ?d' with splendor and shone with a lurid- ' like light that could be seen a great way. Her glossy and moist-looking 8ac long hair, was in a coil, like a black CU1 snake about the top of her head, and it boi took near a quarter hundred of hairpins ' to hold the snako from crawling off and off hanging down her back. Is not health mt advertised on Miss Thnndercloud's cop- J wi] per-colored face ? Are not her arteries Pl< filled, and is not the red tide that leaves res her heart free of effete matter ? There far is, really, nothiDg physically wrong on with Miss Thundercloud, although her pulse is at ninety-eight. But ambition lor ?J?~^ . ?.u~ 1.12 tkiiu purpuoo nuc Uttn iiuuc , ouy 10 uu- , uii loved and alone. To be beantifnl and j ' not to be loved is the secret of an ex- ! by cited and spirited pulse. She sent for j hie Willoughby, for his words wonld be as ; ma balm and his presenoe like a toDic. Dr. j ma Willonghby remained fifteen minutes He with the unhappy girl, in the rear draw- ] ing-room, where the rich damask cur- we tarns shut out the bright autumn sun- sio light, and a heavy oppressive atmos- i clo phero possessed the room. He was ; foi ^ - quick to detect the trouble of mind ; les whioh gave rise to that unrest of body, ! foi and was altogether too honest to offer a of bitter drug as medicine for a neglected ! nei heart. So he told Miss Thundercloud i en that he recommended diet, exercise, in- I let teroourse with friends, and the park, m? from two to four, of afternoons. He tic would not prescribe further just then, sa< but would call in a day or two and note loi progress. And whiles he stood by the pr front door, preparing to depart, Miss , na Thundercloud, having followed him into H< the hall, he spoke of a blind woman's H< home in an uptown street, where many i afflicted, sightless old ladies, found a to tamnnMnr rAcf vViilo TTttifiner afhpr lifo'e dreary winter, for their promotion to en eternal springs. Home were very poor, an some were ill, and all were shut out of from the world. Willoughby threw de considerable pathc s into his tones when de he said : Miss Thundercloud, don't us you think it must be very tiresome liv- cit mg so much in the dark ? If those curtains in the drawing-room were parted, sl? you would see to-day's sunlight and on that blue sky up there. But they don't lif know these as we do. Please try a visit an some morning to the Home,' take a It book, for they love to be read to, and he they love singing, and of all things of those dear old ladie^ like to talk by the n? p* . hour to any one who will listen. Per- it haps you will think well of my sugges- h< tion, and try to lift the monotony of j pi being sightless, ' unloved and un- i te owned.'" 101 There was a very odd case that Wil- ' in loughby had on the west side of the m town. An old gentleman, fond of his d< Bass' ale, had developed a tendency to fr enlarging of the joints. He moved in a cl ponderous way that was awful. One w t day, pushing his chair back from his ai dining table, he did something dread- ai fully harassing to one of the cords, ten- ai k dons, muscles, or bones of his left knee; a] and it was a case that called for the tl knife. Willoughby, being well up in aj osteology, and knowing muscles and p their eccentricities, had been summon- m ecL The inflamed party was on the fs amend, and Doctor Wilionghby was o: taking his way leisurely to this patient's L house to finish off repairs. It was the d< morning following his. call upon the tl Merangues. He was considerably sur- b prised at the corner of a fashionable fs avenue and an up-town cross street, to b find himself faoe to face with Miss a: Thundercloud. The young lady was at* li tired in an agreeable shade and Bhape tl of walking ?uit, and her oopper?oolored c3 -lk - ice seemed:less swarthy and oppressivt >oking than usual. "I am going this way, too, Doctor, [iss Thundercloud said, in answer to s-ec-p of Willoughby's right arm dow: le side street. JIo had been too muc lrprised to say more than " goo loruing," aud to interrogate with hi rm. He was glad there would be a ppf.rtnnity to collect himself. "Yo re feeling it good deal better, aren' on ? " he said, after awhile, in a matte i course sort of way. They were walk ig together quite at ease ; Willoughb; id recovered his composure. "Please don't ask me about mysel ly mora, Dr. Willoughby," said Mis hnndercloud ; " please do not eve ^ain ask me about myself. I am no le same young woman upon whom yoi illed yesterday afternoon. I was goin] ' surprise you by such a change whei >u came again. You let a light infc y life, more than you thought you did obably, when you spoke to me abou ie ' Biind Home.' After you left, ! ent. back into the parlor and sat sor dazed, thinking wlnit a waste I wa the world, no one caring for me, n< ie thinking of me, eating, sleeping id having everything but a purpose id I cried for two hours, and didn i down to dinner." " Then I pained yon when I onh pant to do good," said Willoughl y obing anxiously into the girl's face. " Indeed you did not pain mo, Dr illonghby, you did me a service. ] n't Know how ever to repay it. I ide me feel eo grateful that some om d told ma where my wrong was; anc >w to right it. You know I have nc jther; and papa is always so busy, d he doesn't like me to bring my trou es to him?he has his own. vou know it I mastn't talk about it all. This if lat I am going to do; I am going out now where people are poor anc ik and blind, and care for them, and ink for them and advise with them. 3 l going to make some of these verj or and very sick people love me. 1 i going to make some of them loot ppier when I come; and those verj ary ones that have to lie abed all daj pain. I am going to have some oi 9m look at the clock sometimes, and j with a smile, "It is almost time foi r." I haven't really commenced yet, snow, and you mustn't laugh at me : talking so, Dr. Willoughby. But ten I think of all I mean to do I feel important. Tou will let me send for n ouce in a while; as if I were sick, u know, won't you, to advise' about ), as you doctors say ? I will need lp and some one to show me how to right. Once in a while yon will call jfessionally to ' study * my case, will a not. Dr. Willoughby ?" " I will call whenever you desire me Miss Thundercloud," answered the utor. Then there was a pause, and 2n Willoughby continued: "I am so id that I met you this morning. Do a know, I have been misjudging you ry much. Yesterday I had some hard /ughts about you; I said to myself it you were a young lady that would per come to any good." " Thank you. And now do you know it I ever will ? Oh, Doctor Willough, I do hope that I may be good for nothing, after all. I am on my way the ' Home' now. In this bundle I 76 ever so many funny little packages. one of the packages is some or papa's .7 best tea; he is very particular 3nt it, nnd always Bees to the draw; of it himself. 1 suppose blind peo> like tea, don't they ? I know all old [ies do that can see, and they like it ong, I am sure. I have some sugar, 11 forgot all about milk; and I have ne peppermint drops, nice fresh ones, u know about such things, Doctor lloughby. Aren't peppermint drops 3d for old ladies ? Suppose I were to I one of them giving too much tea or > many peppermint drops ; wouldn't De dreadful I" ' You can't kill an old lady with peprmint," put in Willoughby, with an 3 little smile. But, Dr. Willoughby, where are yon ing," and Miss Thundercloud came Idenly to a halt. " It has just ocrred to me that you must be going newhere." II hitq professionally bound, and am my way," replied Willoughby. " I ist leave you, miss xnunaercioua. i il call in a few clays, as yon request, jase be very particular Dot to overid, or to lose your way; you are quite from home. That is your building the next block?the largo, red one." 14 Thank you. Good-by, Doctor Wil:ghby. 1 will tell you all about the Dd people when I see you again." ' Good by, Miss Thundercloud, goodand Willoughby began retracing i steps. "A remarkable young wo,n,"lie said to himself, ''and uill ike some man an honest, faithful wife. >w cruelly I misjudged her." For a month, Willoughby called twice ekly at the gfeat tea merchant's mann up town, and he and Miss Thunderud planned anew at each interview the comfort and good of the sight s old ladieB at the Blind Home, and the sick and suffering in other parts the city. He marvt led at the earnest58 with which his supposed patient bered upon her strange new life that I into the shadow and the sorrow of my an unhappy home. His admira n for the girl increased daily. Her irifices, her denial of self, her sweet re of "doing her little," as she exessed it, drew him toward her as t-? rrV? 4- olan in It At* 11 fo Ann 1/1 It nirn /1nr>Q 3 had never met so true a woman, jw cruelly he had misjudged her! One day he was summoned suddenly call upon Mies Thundercloud. In ith this time it was professionally. He tered the second story front chamber, d found the young lady in a delirium fever, pulse rampant and mind wanring. The day previous Miss Thunrcloud had been visiting in an unually closely populated part of the ;y, and, on returning home was very ?ary, felt listless, and was unable to jep that night. Then the fever came i her. Willoughby felt as if his own e were at stake. He prayed for skill d thanked heaven for his bitter drug, is by suffering that we sometimes find >w strong we are. Great pain does ten make us mighty. Willoughby had >ver known his strength until he tested at that girl's bedside. For a fortnighl 5 watched and cared unceasingly. H( rayed, too, continually for God tc ach him how to save this life. Then, le morning, Miss Thundercloud smilec a very natural sort of way, and com enced to thank him for all he ha<: >ne. But he stopped her short, anc om that time she obeyed him like i iild. And so he led her back to th< ay of life, but it was a tediouB way id, at times, she faltered sadly. Lik< i accomplished rogue, fever had walke< ;vay with Mies Thundercloud's energy Dpetite and strength; also, had stolei le becoming tints, whioh, a little whil go, that much abused one, health, hat enciled with great care, and ofte] innVi ^ia/v\nrnnrQt>f r>n linv foi* rnnn/ luvu uiowvuAitgwmvuw uu uui iauy avuu\ ice. But time which is known to man; Jy as a destroyer, is, also, a beautifier a a month Miss Thundercloud wa own stairs in the rear drawing-room le damask curtains parted, and th right winter sunlight playing on he ice. She looked most interesting! eautiful. After one has been long ill ad is restored, it is like oommencin ie again, ain't it, when one gets int le world onoe more ? Miss Thunder loud Mt, m onoe before the bad, soi of dazed, thinking what a waste she had been while the fever was on her; of how " much she might have been doing in the a four long, weary weeks. But Dr. Willi loughbv came then nnd put a stop to all h this. Miss Thundercloud was of a resod lute nature, and in auother week she s was allowed half-hour airings in the n middle portion of the day. Soon she u was making a hasty visit here and there, 't on her old round, and as the holidays r grew near she had taken up the good work just where she had dropped, it y when the fever overtook her. But her nurse watched, and while she was never If out of his mind sbe was rarely out of 8 his sight. r It was the day before Christma>t Along the streets' there was a wide a spread feeliDg of festivity. Quite late g in the afternoon Willonghby ordered a the bays to the stable, and started afoot 0 on a sort of dog-trot, down an uptown , side street. He thought he would run t over to the " Home," and carry a few 1 things for the inmates to make merry t over, for Christmas was coming. About s two blocks from his destination, he a dove into a corner grocery, and com, menced making purchases in a rather , wild sort of way; citron, raisins, almonds, 1 t apples, lemons, oranges and pickles. 1 He ordered several pounds of an assortr ed lot of crackers, a kind to be found 1 , only at corner groceries. He bought 1 two jars of unpleasant looking jam, from . off a very high shelf where they must ' [ have been for years. His last purchase ' t was a mammoth gobbler with a very ' 3 big paper rosette on its broad bosom. ' 1 He had an idea that such an enormous , ) rosette would make a sensation among 1 , the inmates; he had forgotten that the 1 - sightless eyes would pass it unnoticed. ( ; Collecting bis purchases he made a 1 i dive out of a side door and nearly collid- f I ed with a young lady who was passing ] I rapidly, well ladened, like himself, and ( from out of a torn, flapping mass of yel- * ! low-brown paper, the heads of two * r plump pullets drooped in the resigned ' [ way of their kind. Miss Thundercloud 1 : was bound on the same errand as Wil- * ' loughby. She was far from home; 1 > heavily-ladened; the night was closing < : in on her, and she waB hurrying along i quite frantically. She was feeling, too, 1 how quite alone she was, and not unlike j crying. When they recognized each s other; both grasped the situation with i ; remarkable clearness; and his very 1 Rhadow calmed and rested her. In stead of only two blocks, Willough- t by wished there had been two miles I ; ahead of him. It was Christmas eve, j and he fe: t as if there conld be no oth- \ ' er gift so good for him, so satisfying, aa 8 the gift of the little woman by his Bide, r On the instant he decided on a course of action. When they were in the hall of ? the " large, red building," after giving r the janitoress reasonable time to disap- t pear down the rear stairway, Dr. Wil- t loughby called Miss Thundercloud to a t halt. It was a very big hall, lit by a \ single, weak-looking, little gas-jet, r neither promising nor brilliant, which t gave to the place a pale, unnatural look, r not uniiue toe Jigut m an undertaker s t window. There were two lonely-looking, d stiff-appearing chairs near the double r doors. It was an odd sort of thing to t make love there, but Willoughby was sure that it would do. He laid his bun- t dies and the turkey on one of the I unwelcome-looking chairs, and then ( assisted Mies Thundercloud to unload t her burden. She was looking sort of f dazed and doubting. Then, standing a quife near to her, be said : i: * " Miss Thundercloud, I am going to \ ask you for my Christmas. I am more t I impatient for it tban was ever any child t to know the contents of his stocking on t a Christmas morning. I really cannot r wait." Then some words were spoken t in low, earnest tones, and then Wil- fc loughby drew back a little, and stretch- I ed out his arms to her said, almost be- ? seechingly, "Will you come to mo?" a There was unspeakable love in the ges- a ture. She hesitated not an instant, but, t like an obedient child, willingly she \ went to him and made an offering of her t valuable self, and, being very fond of y her, knowing her worth, as he binds her li to turn with his arms, he kisses her pas- n sionately, again and again. She was \ a the bride of his heart. lj Then Miss Thundercloud freed herself, and holding up a trim package, v said saucily, "Dr. Willoughby, here I are three pounds of fresh peppermint \ drops; you know about such things, do a you believe there will be enough to last ^ those dear old ladies over Christmas?" fj But he made answer with another kiss, g And then they took up the bnrden of v their purchases, and aseended the a stairs on their errand of love, both feel- t iug richly rewarded. j A Delayed Feast, His coat was old and rU'ty, His bat was shocking bad; s His boots were full of weary rents, j 0 His step was slow and sad. After Bijah had told him to make him- t self at home, and after ho had left a ^ pound of mud on the new oak and green ] carpet, he began: 1 " I didn't have a thing to eat all day e yesterday, while everybody else had c turkey, chicken and goose." " Do you toil or spin?have you a j home and a habitation?" queried the r janitor. j, "I'mlooking for a place in a bank, f and I'm half starved," answered the j man. ( " Well, yon ought to have had a din- , ner," observed Bijah, as he unlocked j the cupboard. " Here is part of my feast, and I shall cheerfully set it before 3 you." He placed before the man a plate of ^ cold turnip and a slice of breakfast bacon well done, and told him to draw right up and satisfy his hunger. ^ "Do you take me for a lank-sided ] hyena ?" indignantly demanded the man as ho waved the luxuries away. " I'm hard up f- r cash and my clothes are old, 1 but when i come down to biled turnip A ! and lean pork, I want to be considered c ( a jackal 1" J ' "Isn't what I eat good enough for * 1 you 1" shouted Bijah, as his ears red- 1 ! dened up. { 1 For answer the man reached out his 1 i black paw and brought it down "slap " J ( on the little mound of turnip, causing , the provisions to jump clear off the 1 ^ plate. What followed no human being 1 l will ever know. The next scene opened " with the man licking the plate in the c } humblest manner, having previously 1 bolted down bo'.h turnip and bacon. < ! " T'm a orn/ul minil tn mftkfl von eat ( that India-rubber cat I" growled Bijah, f j as he put up the plate. i j "Don't sir?please let me git out of ^ this?" stammered the terror-stricken 1 3 man. i "The idea of you finding fault with : g such a dinner as that 1 Why, you'd 1 j growl about mince pie, unleBs both ? crusts were sweetened with white sugar < J worth 'leven cents a pound ! When I had you doubled up under the table T ? ? ? 3 j irv Uwrtnlf VTA111* j mere, x was u guuu imiiu iu uiouo. a neck!" I "I am glad you didn't," sighed the fellow; and there being no reason for ; longer detaining him he was allowed to g depart.?Detroit Frf.e Press. f e The moBt absent-minded man was not r the man who hunted for his pipe when y he had it between his teeth, nor the one 1, who threw his hat out of the window and g tried to hang his cigar on a peg ; no I o but the man who put his umbrella to - bed and went and stood behind the ri door. , . - '? ^~ *. Jr. vp - j'j'.^;;TV'i/ ". ALL ABOUT CHRISTMAS. It* CiiNtomn nml Kevclrlcii?Mistletoe, Yi IiOX nnd Everjrroenn. Once again Christmas looks in up us just as merry, just as jovial as ev< It makes no difference whether fcim are hard or not, every one seems det< mined to enjoy the annual festival the ntmost. The Christmas gift may loss costly than it was last year, t Christmas tree less heavily laden, b so that there are gifts, and that there a Christmas tree, around which the 1 tie ones may skip with delight, ever body is happy and contented. Holida are too few in this age and in this con try to be slighted, and in all the ye there is no holiday so universally w< corned by the young and the old Christmas, and so at this time it is w< to " Dance and sing and make good cheer, For Christmas comes but once a year!" The stores are brilliant with beantif holiday gifts, the markets are filled wi tempting viands of all kinds, and tl streets are thronged with crowds eager purchasers. Busy housewives a deep in the mysteries of plum pui dings, mince pies, and other Christm: dainties, and the little folks are upc the very tiptoe of expectation as th< await the beautiful presents which San Olaus is to bring them. Une of the prettiest customs 01 iu time is that of placing a green tr< laden with gifts, and lighted with waxe 3andles, in the parlor, aronnd which tl family circle and friends are gathered. ThiB charming German custom ( illuminating the " mistletoe-bough ind loading it with presents, may t iompared to the quaint old festival or mcestors kept when they lighted tt jreat yule-log in the hall upon Chris mas eve, and around which they gatl jred merrily to repeat the oft-to] Christmas tales, to eat yule-cakes, an :o drink deep from the jovial wassa dowI. The yule-log was always lighte vith a brand which had been preserve rom the previous year's burning?saj ;hat quaint old poet Herricb: 'Kindle the Christmas brand, and then ti sunset let it barn ; Yhich qaencht, then lay it up again till Chris mas next return; .'art must be kept wherewith to tend ti Christmas log next year ; Ind where 'tis safely left the fiend can do r mischief there!" So that even an old fire-brand, safe! ucked away in some pantry corner, ws loliflvfid to keeD witches awav. and t jrotect the whole household from evil rVould that modern times hod som inch Christmas charm to save us froi nurderous disasters. When Christmas happened upon Junday it was" belived to usher in Qost prosperous year, and if one wishe o know all the secrete of the weather le had only to cut an onion in hall hus making twelve small cups, fill ther rith salt, and let them stand until th lext morning. Those cups in whic] he salt was dry betokened the dr oonths of the year, and those in whici he salt was found to be wet were to b Ireary and stormy. There was a pri iiGval almanao, of the simplest style, t >e had without expense. From time immemorial Christmas ha >een a season of feasting and rejoicing for many a long century old Fathe Christmas made his annual visit amids he greatest hilarity and the wildes rolics. Celebrations and feasts, sue) ,s we do not dream of now, were kep n his honor. The tables of the wealth; Fere loaded with viands and the door hrown hospitably open to all, so tha he poor neighbor was gladdened b; he Christmas bounty as well as th' ioh. A quaint old book thus record ho manner in which Christmas wa ;ept in the times of Henry the Eighth >y a wealthy family in Cornwall ' They kept open house for all corner nd goers, drinkers, minstrels, dancors nd what not, during the Christmai ime. and usual allowances for pro -isions for those twelve days were twelv< Hillocks, twenty Cornish bushels o pkeat, thirty-six sheep, with hogs ambp, and fowls of all sorts, and drinl aade of wheat and oat malt proportion ble, for at that time barley malt wai ittle known or used in these parts." And here is an amusing account of i ronderfnl Christmas pie, made by Mrs )orothy Putterson, housekeeper at Har nek. It was made for Sir Harry Grey nd shipped to London, and its ingrelients were as follows: Two bushels o lour, twenty pounds of butter, fou ;eese, two turkeys, two rabbits, fou pild ducks, two woodcocks, six snip .nd four partridges, t.vo neat's tongues wo curlews, seven blackbirds and si: (i^eons 1 Now " Wasn't that a dainty dish To eet before the king?" In view of this enormous pie, how in ligniflcant are the proportions of th lishes which grace our modern board? ] r flnnfillinc fcn wlint, AnnfiMtflRnfir )le must have had in those days. N ponder that as long ago as the yea .365, Edward the Third considered i lis duty to issue an act forbidding hi mbjects to partake of more than tw ionrses and two kinds of meat at tabk Our modern writers upcn the topic c lealth would restrict us to a still mor noderate diet. Whirtlocraft, in a imusing old book, thus describes th ;ood cheer which gladdened the valiar mights around King Arthur's table ? jhristmas: They served up salmon, venison and wild boai }y hundreds, and by dozens, and by scores ; Hogsheads of honey, kilderkins of mnutarc iluttons, ana fatted doers, and bacon swine ; Herons, and bitterns, peacocks, swan an bustards, ?eal, mallard, pigeons, widgeons, and. in fin< Plnm pudding, pancakes, apple-pies an custards. Ind therewithal they drank Rood Oasoon win< Vith mead and ale, and cider of oar own ; <"or porter punch, and negua were not known. The most honored dish afc the Ohrisl nas fe ".at was the boar's head, whic vas brought to the table with gres ieremony, after the guests were all at ;embled. Music, with trumpets, an he singing of Christmas carols precede t. The dish was gaily decked wit jreen herbs, and a lemon was placed i ts mouth. Even to this day the pea* ints in England make loaves of bread i he shape of a boar's head, and keep i ipon the table throughout the Chrisl nas holidays. By some writers the boar's head wa jonsidered emblematical of Judahisn But in Oxford university it is said to b ;ommemorative of the bravery of a stt lent who was once fiercely attacked b 1 wild boar while he was saunterin through the neighboring forest readin iristotle. When the beast rushed upo . ii- i-i- ? aim, me youtu, wiuu great picaeuue i mind, thruBt the volume into his ope mouth, crying out Oraecum est! thi effectually choking ferocity with wii dom. Oxford has a famous Christmi carol,#rhioh runs thus: " Caput apri defero, Reddens lawles Domino, Tho boar'u bead in h&nde brynge I, With garlandes gay and rosmary, I pray yon all aynge merrily, Qui esti* in convivio !" Of such importance was the office being bearer of the boar's head, that 1170 King Henry II. of England hii self carried the dish to the table of tl young prince, his son, There is 01 popular dish, however, which we mu not omit to mention, since it has con down to modern times as delightful ever, and has engaged the attention all good housewives for many oenturie And this in the universally belovt miaoe-pie i . ' - . ~ ' V This dainty dish is by no means I passed by, either with the pen or a lie table, for besides being the mosl licioas of all pies, the mince pie is e on ently historical. Its compounds ha 3r. peculiar sigmncance, since iney un es tended to represent the sweet myrrt jr- spices, and ether precious gifts w to the magi of the East offered the ii be Savior. Likewise the miucc pie sh he always be made oblong in shape, ut formerly was, for this peculiar fori is intended to represent the manger w it- cradled the Holy Babe. y- There is an old legend which ys serve as savoring to the crust, w n- says, that in as many houses as yoi ar mince-pie during the Christmas-tidi 3l- many months of good luck will you ] as during the year. all In all the merry-makings of Christ in the olden time, the wassail was a < pound of ale, nutmeg, sugar, toast roasted apples. Every family had wassail-bowl, and some of these 1 th very elegant, being of massive si] 16 The term waxnail is said to have o nated from the salutation of Rowei re fair maiden who lived in the fifth A" tury, and who presented the Br: as king, Vortigen, on Christmas morn ,n with a bowl of his favorite beve 57 with these words: Loved king, waas heiL. The wassail-bowl was carried f 18 house to house on Christmas, its bea ;e singing carols as they went, and exf >n ing to receive gifts whenever 1 16 paused. The Anglo Saxons, who drank i , huge beakers of liqnorin honor of 0 ? or Thor, continued to drink the s ,e quantities at their various festival 11 honor of Christ, the "Virgin Mary, 'e apostles and all the saints. Wine, mead, pigment?a liquor made of he and the juice of mulleins?and c ~ were the favorite beverages. In Spain it is customary for grab l* patients to send the gift of a turkey the family physician at Christmas, _ royal fowl being considered there, 'H well as in our own country, the fit bird to grace the festive board, ill medical man in large practice mi find himself suddenly confronted \ an army of gobblers upon Christ 16 morning. From the very earliest times we i 10 trace the use of evergreens and Aot at great festivals and religions c y monies?they being universally regar is as typical of rejoicing. o When ChriBt entered Jerusalem gr ! boughs were strewn before him, e from that day to this Christians h n aaoptea nowers as tne symoois 0111 delight at the Redeemer's coming, a The sacred mistletoe bough wl a belongs peculiarly to Christians, d pears to have been well known to ancient Greeks and Romans, and to h t, been regarded by them with great 1 Q erence. The mistletoe is supposed e have been the sacred branch to wh b. Virgil refers in his description of y descent into the infernal regions. r. h. Druids and the Celtic nations attribn e many valuable medicinal qualities to - mistletoe, calling it allheal. In Wi 0 it was known aB yuidhel. The Dm collected the mistletoe with great ce a mony at the approach of every B Tear, and from this custom origina r the present one of gathering gr t Christmas bonghs, t The mistletoe was cut by a golt 1 sickle by the chief priests of the Drni t and lail upon a white cloth. 1 y priests who assisted at the cerem< s were clad in white robes, and the t lcmnity with which the mistletoe i y thus gathered caused tho people to e gard it with tbe most superstitions r s erence and awe. Many centuries af s the mistletoe was believed to poss , great healing properties, and we : gravely informed in an old book uj fl I fliA " A ?*f nf .Qimyelinnr nrinf^ in Ifi u | mv uik vi 111 *\J , I that "if any ono hang mistletoe ab 3 the neck, the witches can have - power over him." The witches ha e fortunately for themselves, and for m f kind in general, taken their final dep , ture ; but the mistletoe is still hung i in many houses at Christmas time, s - pended from the ceiling, or over b doorway, and under it the young m and often the old, claim the privileg( a a kies from the fairer sex. In Sicily and Germany the mistle - is set up in the parlor for the Ohristr . tree, and is laden with .?ifts. Bushmen of South Africa. J Their speech is a series of clicks, terspersed here and there by a har 1 sounding and utterly unintelligible g ' tural. In default of better food, I Bushmen will eat snakes and other r tiles, and they make a kind of bread dried locusts, ponnding them betw< stones, and kneading into cakes e mealy substance thus prodnned. i thoucrh these diminutive savasres Dree one of the-lowest forms of humanity, 0 South American Botocudo being, p r haps, yet a degree nearer to the anil a type, they are possessed of a good d s of cunning, and even bravery of a c 0 tain sort. Thus, they will not 01 j stalk game of the smallest kinds, 1 even the lion itself, keeping carefully e leeward, so that their scent shall be 1 n perceived, and, creeping upon their t e lies to within a few yards of him, wl ^ they will let fly one of their tiny pois ^ ed arrows, and the doom of the king beasts is sealed. In hunting the ostri they contrive to get sufficiently neai B under cover of a screen made of the b] and feathers of the same* bird, wh they advance by degrees, moving i d head or neck cleverly in imitation of < ofj them feeding. The Bushmen i d very revengful little people, and thi nothing of ham-stringing a whole h< ), of cattle in retaliation for a real or i n aginary grievance; ana on account their deadly, although insigniflca: looking weapons, the Boers (Do h farmers) are much afraid of them, i lt shoot them down like dogs when tl 5- get the opportunity. And yet it see d as if it ought not to be so absolutely ; d possible to civilize these strange cr h til res, who are clearly not devoid of n telligence, their cave dwellings be ' constantly found adorned with spiri n drawings of the animals of the Ve! it traced with some kinds of colored cl and pigments that seem to defy effects of time. t. The Origin of Gift Giving. 6 Christmas gifts, says an exchan l" had their origin in the Rom?>u Pagana y which was instituted by Ser fins Tulli 8 B. C. 650. On these festivals, celebra 8 at the beginning of the year, an a' ? was erected in every village, and to box placed upon it every man, won n and child was expected to contribul 18 coin. Aubrey speaks of a pot in wb B" Roman coins were found, and suppo 18 to be one of these Paganalian vess The Christmas box naturally arose fj this pagan New Year's box. There an impressive propriety and tec beauty, however, in thus commemo ing tne evant which gave a Divine deemer to a lost world?the greatest of that is conceivable to mankind. If in moreover, an equally appropriate < n- torn which makes the season one, ie only of composing and forgetting ae quarrels, and renewing and oonflrn st friendships, but for a universal mani ie tation of generosity and oharity f: as the rich to the poor?in olden times of benefloence being extended even to lower animals, a practice to wl ad Bursa alludes in ''The Auld Farm Address to bis - , f io be FARM, GARDEN ANI) HOUSEHOLl t the (Jg. Proper Care of Orchard*. min- Orchards, with very few exceptior ,ve a comparatively, are generally plante 3 in. too close. I have had apple orchard i and tinder my care where the trees reached hich fcoP diameter of forty feet and ovei lfant Generous but not excessive culture di ould this ; and this is the culture which i as it b? made the basis of calculator n i8 Coupled with neglect, the distance bf hich tween the trees need not be so greal One of the absolute requirements i may successful fruit growing is to give th hich to"eo the fall advantage of air and sue : eat shine. An orchard should be a collet p so tion of trees where each tree is indepec tiaye dent of its neighbor as though the flel were given to it alone, except as th imas collection affordB protection againa jom- cold winds. The branches not onl and should not reach each other and becom [ its interlocked, but the roots, which read Were farther than the branches, should not [ver. Planting at forty feet distant, there nee* rigi. be no waste of ground. For the firs 10 a few years after the trees are set, th< ' ' " * ? l cen_ land may oe occupied oy omer crops itish keeping them at a proper distance fron 1ing) the trees, the cultivation (without thi rage crop) extending to the trees and kept uj around them during the season, mulch ing well in the fall with manure which ,om in the spring worked in, will aid th( ,rers earlT growth, pushing it then as mucl >ect- M ^ bear, and lessened afterwarc hey so as to favor the maturity of the wood In a few years a fine young orchard wil inch b0 established, the surface soil largely din occupied by the roots if the soil ii amQ rather shallow ; if deep and rich, anc B ^ well and deeply drained, the roota wil tke have a downward tendency, and the aje land may be put in sod. This is desira ?ney to have in an orchard, whether at ider Pfl8ture or meadow, or kept as a lawn, as it makes an orchard one of the pleased antest places on the farm. Where the 7 soil is less deep, more manure must be this use(* by application, and other feras tilization during the season if required, teBj. In this way even a shallow clay wher ^ well drained will admit of sod, not tc I secure the highest success, that is, the largeBt crops and the finest fruit, but e mas good yield surpassing the average. Tht coat of grass will be an aid to the shade in protecting the roots from the sun and rers drying ^&ds and the effect of the frost. er6. This latter, however, is best promoted <}e(i ?and indeed may be considered a necessity?by a coat of manure, which maj een be raked over in the spring, the coarser an(j material or rakings removed. When ave the roots are near the surface tbere must bp protection of some kind or the trees will snffer, and fertility enough lich given f?r the grass and the trees, in ap. which case the grass forms the finest the Pfeenave It is little known generally how much .ev. may be done with an orchard, not onlj to in starting one and carrying it tbrongh jjgjj to the end, which is very rarely done jjjB with continued attention, as it requires rhe 8everal generations of cultivation; but ted an old orchard may be renewed and imthe Prove'l generally, often far beyond je8 what it ever has been, as I know by personal observation?having taken ir6_ charge of orchards of forty to fifty ye irs' |-ew standing (that were in a decaying conted dition) and brought them up to the 00Q UlgUCDU * 15WA ?uv* UOClUiUVQO| I?1VU the promise of another lease of life of jen equai daration. The change was made in a few years with most of the trees, fruit of improved quality and increased my quantity loading at once the remaining 8C. limbs that bad lu'e, the yield after that ^aB augmenting rapidly and continuously. re_ It is in our power to renew almost at ev. once most of the old orchards of the ??P country, and with comparatively little e68 expense. In most, cases drainage would Me bo necessary. This would be the chief Jon and almost the only expense. The rest j5g would be oonfined to surface manuring, ^ breaking up the soil in some caseB, and no pruning. Some attention yearly would ve be required after the first great prunan orchard is a half orchard iar_ to start with, and may be made a whole Up orchard soon in posession.?F. G. in U8_ Country Gentleman. the Ilonnehold Hlnu. GD j 0{ To Keei' Brooms.?Every house I keeper may not know that if brooms are joe well dipped in a pail of suds, after the na8 | washing is finished, they will keep as I good as new until they are actually worn J out. Disinfectant, ?a lew nanatuis 01 (gypsum or plaster, if sprinkled around 1^1" where slops are thrown, will absorb all s1}* the bad odors, and materially lessen the Bize of doctors' bills. ep. How to Wash Matting.?Put a mixture of salt aad lemon on the stains ; Ben leave this for some hours without washing off; then wash the whole matting with salt and water. ent To Clean Carpets.?Tako one pint the of hot water, add one tablespoonful of ier- ammonia; stir well together; with this xml solution use a little toilet soap and it eal will remove all stains or grease spots ier- from the finest of carpets without changaly ing the color. aut To Clean Hair Brushes.?A dessert' to spoonful of hartshorn to a qnart of cold an- water, in a wash-hand basin. Dip in >el- the hair brushes, and rub them until ien clean. Then rinse well with cold water; on- rub dry with a towel, and stand upright of at an open window. ?*? To Clean Paint.?Whiting and clean '. warm water will clean white paint. No .*? soap need be used. Dip the wet cloth in dry whiting, and it will clean the "e paint without removing it, as soap is apt )ne to do. Moll for the Grnpo. lQk It is a fact, well known by experienced grape growers, that very rich and highly IU1" manured lanu rareiy proauceB a grape ?* that is rich in taste, or will yield a high a^~ quality of wine, The grape that cont?h tains the most saccharine matter will make the best wine, and it is well known iey that the different varieties differ widely >ms in the proportion of sugar. In Italy im" and in Sicily the verv finest and sweet?a' est grapes grow on tLe rocky rubbish of in" volcanoes, and those that grow in loose, >D8 rocky soils, or along hillside covers, tfid are often the best. These facts ought to teach us not to]selecttlie richest soils, ays nor to stuff them with barn yard man the nre8 for the grape. Grapevines seldom need any manure, except ashes, lime and bones, if the soil is thoroughly pulverized and cultivated, and all weeds !ge, and grasses near the vines kept out. lia' One of the most fruitful causes of mills' dew and rot is the application of too .ted*1 much manure to the growing vine, [tar ? === the Their Ongiii. Qan Radishes come from Japan, te a pea3 are of Egyptian origin. lich Oats originated in North Africa, sed Rye is a native of Siberia, els. Parsley was first known in Sardinia, rom The pear and apple aie from Europe. 5 is The sunflower is a native of Peru. ider Tobacco is a native of Virginia, rat- The onion originated in Egypt. Re- The chestnut came from iialy. gift The nettle comes from Europe. 1 is. Celery originated in Germany, cus- The citron is a native ol Greece, not The pine is of American origin, old The poppy came from the East. ling The mulberry is a native of Persia, fes- Sninnf>Vi TOftP rat, nnltivfitfld in Arabia. rom Tli6 walnut and peach come from Per this 8ja> the The horse-chestnut is a native of Thiiioh bet. era The cnoumber came from the Ea?i Indiee, ). Rearing Wild Birds. I found it essential to success in rei ing birds from the nest to watch t parent bird and find what food it sele< d ed for its young. That of all the finchf '8 sparrows and wrens was naked-skinn a worms and grasshoppers. The indij r- finch, which I at first failed to rear, d found was fed solely with white gra* >8 hoppers (i. e., with grasshoppers whii l* had just molted), after which I foui it very easy to raise, and that it provi to be a very excellent cage-bird. A n the birds fed readily upon small grat 6 hoppers and large-sized worms, and l* every case died after being fully grow !* from my inability to make the prop i- change in their food. The finches ai 3 sparrows would take to seed-eating ? soon as they left the nest and their bil t were hardened. Wrens, under my o 7 servation, fed their young almost excl e sively with small, smooth larvae, tak< k from the undersides of the leaves of cn jj rant bushes, brambles, etc., and I ha * sec tor a long time ana counted ti t worms brought to a nest, the averaj 9 being five worms in two minutes. Jh ? was a nest of the common house wre i when the supply of food was abunda 0 in a neighboring row of currant bushe ? These also were easily reared in the nes All the young birds took naturally ? water when fully grown, except tl 3 ground or grass finch, which wou 1 bathe only in fine sand, but would ke< 1 iteelf in excellent condition and was very interesting cage-bird. The commt 1 rice-bird or bobolink was very easi f raised, fed on young grasshoppers, toe 3 to eating seed readily, became as tan I and playful as a kitten, and when fn 1 grown was liable to become excessive > fat, and would then often have epilept fits, recurring at frequent interval 3 death always following. The cat bu i was an inveterate mimic, attempting \ do and sing whatever it saw or heai J done by the other birds in its compar > ment of the cage. The wren was thorough busybody and studious < nature, investigating with a very kno^ 1 ing and inquiring look every corner an ? crevice of the cage and every act of i * associates. A pair of'blue birds kej 1 themselves inviolate from all the oth< } birds, and were models and full of love > like attentions to each other. They selec L ed a place where the pair could perc > themselves closely together, and spent 1 large part of their time in attention \ each other. The nuthatch, when fn r grown, delighted to find a grain of L dian corn, which it would push into an 1 crack or crevico where it would fitclosi 1 ly, and then would amuse itself by han mering away at it until it was broke i into fragments suitable for its food. Th 1 cow bird was an inveterate gormandize] 1 It could not be fed enough to stop il clamor for more, and often so full i crammod was it that the last worm c ' grasshopper stuck in its throat; but i would still beg for more, as if starving 1 Taking the offered food and finding itsa 1 unable to swallow it, it would throw i away with a sudden jerk of the heac but still ask for more. Anything in th shape of animal food that it could swa] low was gobbled down; and this affects tion of starvation, and its large size sufficiently explain the dwarfing c the other occupants of the nest i which it is a foster child. It would ea or waste all that anv two birds coul gather.?Science News. A Chinese Dainty. Eatable birds' nests are found for tb most part in the islands of Java, Bornec Sumatra and the Celebes. The biri which produces the nest is called 1h Salangane swallow. It flies with won derful speed and precision, and on th Javan coast, where the surge break wildly against the precipitous cliffs an caverned rocks, these birds may be see; in swarms darting hither :md thitbei Their nests are fixed to the (Jiffs or jus inside the caverns. What sort of i thing, then, is the eatable birds' nee that the wealthy Chinese are so fond c it? It is that porlion of the fabri which serves as a sort of bracket, o: which the real nest (made of grass, sea weed fibers, small leaves, eto.,) is built It is transparent, somewhat like isir gloss. It was formerly supposed tha this gelatine-like substance was prepare , by the bird from seaweed and other m? rine plants ; this, however, is a mistake Dr. Bernstein has found that the gland under the tongue of the bird are of greti . size. On opening the bill they are see as]two large swellings, one on either side and these chiefly supply the materia for making the brackets. The bird sf cretes in them a soft, gum-like sut stance, which can be draun out of th mouth in long threads, and in the ai soon dries, and is found to be the sam< even when viewed through the micrc scope, as the bracket material. Such i the demand for this dainty, and so hig' is its market value, that hundreds c men spend their lives in the perilou work of collecting these so-called nest from the frightful cliffs, precipices an* caverns ; and the Chinese spend abou a million and a half of dollars annuall in the purchase of this dainty, which nrViAn rpnflorpil infn Rnnn nr iellv. the' regard as the most delicious of food.Salem (Oregon) West Shore. Words of Wisdom. A good heart is worth gold. Words are the soul's embassadors. Tranquil pleasures last the longesl We are not fitted to bear loDg the bui den of great joys. It is to be feared that they who marr where they do not love will love wher they do not marry. The manner of a vulgar man has fre< dom without ease, aud the manner c the gentleman has ease without free dom. Evils in the journey of life are like th hills which alarm travelers* upon thei road ; they both appear great at a die tance, but when we approach them w find that they are far less insurmounto ble than we had conceived them. tl ! ^ ?1 lb It StXlOL HUU?Ll IU UUb IOW| JOB ?no small use in the conduct of life, ths when you fall into a man's conversatior the first thing you should consider i whether he has a greater inclination t hear than you, or that you should hea him. Keep tho tongue from unkindness Words are sometimes wounds ; not ver deep wounds always, and yet they irri tate. Speech is unkind sometimes, whe: there is no unkindnesa in the heart. S much tho worse, that unintentional pai is caused. Common sense is looked upon as vulgar quality, but nevertheless it i the only talisman to conduct us prospei ously through tho world. The man c refined souse has been compared to on who carries about him nothing but golc when he may be every moment in war of smaller change. While engaged in overhauling a pa* seneer car at the shops of the Gran Haven and Milwaukee railroad in D( troit, Mich., the foreman of the sho discovered two letters which had evi dently been mislaid by the owner au had found their way under the lining c one of the seats. The directions on th envelopes were illegible, but the lettei , themselves were well preserved. On was written by a father to his son, an the other appeared to be an order fc pork from a Grand Rapids (Mich.) mai The letters were dated 1857, and ha I probably been lying beneath the linin o! th* Beat for many years. TIMELY TOPICS. ir- ?' he Oregon supports twenty-three Chines 3t- in its State prison. i8 ' 1 1 ed Miss Celeste Winans, of Baltimore, i co said to be the richest young lady ii , J America, She inherited $20,000,00 |8. from her father. 3b id So great is the scarcity of money ii ed Finland that recently cows were sold a dl prices equivalent to twelve cents eacl and horses at eight cents, in The United States commissioner o 1(j agriculture, believing that the bambo< a8 plant can be successfully introduced ii ja this country, has ordered a number o b. shoots from Japan. n;n One of the most interesting exhibit) r. at the New York loan exhibition?t jq paiuwai vu uuuwoir?id uwua ie by Mrs. John Jacob Astor, and it is be jre lieved to be the only thing of the kint is in this country. It -was purchased bj n( Mrs. Astor in Europe a year or tw< nt ago. it. The Lilly family of six persons con to statute the sideshow of a Western circus ie The father is a sword swallower, th< Id mother is a fat woman, a daughter is i >p Circassian girl, one son is a contortion a ist, another?hideously deformed?is i >n wild man from Borneo, and a third lec ly tures on the curiosities, ? The Mexican government pays $50 i i head for European emigrants who wil settle permanently at Mesade Coroneles As soon as the emigrant is permanently J settled, he can draw on the custom-houa t at Vera Cruz, $50 for himself, $50 foi his wife and $50 for each child over fom . years of age. This arrangement is foi n ^ years from JanoarylMt. Df v- From January, 1876, till May last, id twenty-three dead bodies have beer ts cremated in the city of Milan, one oi \^ ^Vinm iVtnf A# o trr/MY\on T?ATI* JM buwui mau \jx a wumou# xuui k/i/vxi^o, jr ascertained to be of the weight of 63,62, r- 41 and 59 kilogrammes, have yielded t- ashes to the weight of between two anc :h three kilogrammes. A kilogramme if a about two and one-flfth pounds, to Thousands of dollars have been sub' "" soribed for the production of Wagner't J new opera of "Parsifal" in Beyrouth ir l" the summer of 1881. This new work it ~ said to contain many evidences of a design that Wagner entertained years ago, ? of writing a drama based upon the fife i* of Christ, and of composing music foi it that should surpass anything the ^ world has dreamed of. r. The Chinese anatomists have found If out why the world is so hollow-hearted, it At an inquest held on the body of AhI, Lin, who died at 8an Jose suddenly ol e heart disease, hjs physician, Dr. Cog [- Fy, stated that he treated him for hifl i- lungs, and in answer to a question. >, " How many lungs has a man ?" replied: "Seven." He also gave the a information that there aro five holes in ,t the heart of man, and that its principal A fnnftirm ir tn " patrh air in." Auguste Guidi and his wife were very miserable in San Francisco. They had e been married on]/a few months, bat ?, were already discouraged by poverty, d having been accustomed to an easy, e careless life. Guidi sent a letter to a i- friend, requesting him to go to a certain e spot in the suburb of the city, find a bit s of red paper, and follow a trail of similar d pieces until he came to "something q startling." The friend did as requested, . and found the dead bodies of Guidi and it his wife. They had committed suicide. i it ,{ Some time ago, mention was made of c the arrival of a family of Turks at New a York. The family consisted of father, mother and four children. They have made their way to East Tennessee, where t- they propose to settle. They have come to the United States to escape from the d tyranny of Mussulman rule, and to eni joy the freedom vouchsafed to all in this j, country. It is their purpose to make [s the United States their permanent home, Lf. I and they have chosen East Tennessee n because the climate is much like that tc > which they have been accustomed. T ______ ? Rome Sentinel Brevities. e "I'll lay for you 1" as the,, hen said 1 to the farmer. An exchange says that paper teeth are 8 the latest. They are probably the latest k to get through with tough beefsteak, if Disturbed parent and noisy five year a old : " See here, sonny: What did a your mother tell you ? " " She told me i not to jump." " What makes you jump, t then?" "I didn't hear her." y We noticed in an exchange instruci, tionson "how to pass the time." We y did not read the article, because we - would rather like to know how to pass a lead half dollar that has been growing round edged and weighing heavily in our pocket for three months past. In this mundane sphere there is probably nothing more calculated to dampen , the ardor of a lover who is out serenad' ing his inamorata with "Hear me, Norma," than to have Norma utterly ignore his presence, while out of the 7 window next to hers the old man gently 6 pours down upon the singer's head a bucket of water. !* The cultured New York Mail has reached the conclusion that "combina> tions of gastronomy and intellectuality should bo hailed with gratification." 6 The combination is all right; but give J men their choice of one or the othei '* three times a day, and it will be found 6 that there is an unvarying and vexatious l* sameness in the demand. It is said that toward the region of the '* north pole the temperature of the watei ^ 600 fathoms deep is sixty-four degrees ? above zero. All that seems to be ne8 cessary, therefore, to make a successful 0 voyage around the pole, is a ship thai x can manufacture within itself a breathable atmosphere and travel under watei ' like a loon. It looks like an easy thing 7 for Edison to accomplish, doesn't it ? I- ; n ! Killed by a Fly's Bite. Frank H. Swartz, of West Kansas, a died of a disease which excited consid s ernble interest among the members of : the medical profession, both on account if of its fatality and its rarity. On a e recent Wednesday the young man was I, j bitten by some sort of a carrion fly on it j the left corner of the mouth. His ' blood was poisoned, and a disease | known as "charbon" ensued. The i- theory cf tlie case is mat tne ny 11aa d beon suckiDg the juices of some diseased J" animal or carrion, and inoculated him p with the poisou. His face and head i- swelled to an enormous size, and his d | face became discolored?black and pur>f I pie. On Thursday night he becamo ino i sensible, and on the following night he h died. Soon after the swelling began o the affected part became apparently d dead. Tho disease is almost certain >r death, but is very rare. The physician i. who treated the case had experience d with two similar cases in the East, but g he has heard of none in West Kan?m before. Items ol interest Clams are always in a mud-die, . 6 A tower of strength?The towboai. > A very charitable gentleman is Benny . ; fl Paotor. a A thorn in the bush is worth a dozoa 0 in|the hand. The man who goes down in the world " < 5 is the ooal miner. 1 Four attempts have been made this t year to take the lives of monarohs. 1 The moet eminent physicians in New r *- 1 A4A AAA AffA AAA 'fr:\&iWrM3h zorjs mane iroju to ye**- %gsm f The bloodhound is now employed by 3 the Spanish fishermen to catch sharks on " ?pSa 1 the Cuban coast. f The new Mormon temple in Salt Lake * City, Utah, now being bnilt of granite,,, ^jgj will cost $5,000,000. 3 A nuptial tie?When a husband and 1 wife have both married for money, and 1 neither has got any. . i I j A neglected wife is like a; wagon 'yjEXL ! wheel, because her hub is alwfcy* going ' * around with a lot of felloes. Bnssia contains a Hebrew population X'frafiH of 3.000,000 souls, which is a' laiigpr number than is to be found ip the rest j Denmark has for many years supplied' ' "2M i canned butter to South Amerioa.' Th^-.-^S t same industry is to be commenced in i this country. The best way to expand the chest ? to have a good large heart inside; beats all sorts of gymnaatioe for tMKpgjjBg 1 purpose named. 1 Dr. L. S. Ingham, of Madison, WisB^f?H| has snooeeded in training several li iiiiwP f?aBB j of fish, Which answer to the call ot anKaiaaS! 3 feed from the hands of his children, r A halfpenny, fifteen months' imprisooB||i&m r ment at hard labor and twenty- Innfrr r with the " cat," was what two LiverpoqH(i|2g9 roughs got by garroting a foot paaaenM|||SHE There are twenty qaires to a reamoflj|P8i i paper, and bnt one choir to a chnrchS F still it is often enough to set the entinBgsfl , congregation by. the ears.?New ForAjHSffiS | The " watch dog's honest " is &?!?? i right. It's a sure sign* he is gettingBjjuH 1 ready to dig for a safe corner and nee&fllg^H encouragement. It is the sSenf which gets in his worh. January wedded May without doubt BjfjjSgg i in a town of Galloway county, Ky.f thd'HHm| t other day. January was Mr. Boaus BaSH i Kemp, ninety-six years old, and May EgMfflpi was Miss Mary Bridges, sixteen yeani > "Do you see this stick?" said.a very " stupid acquaintance to Sydney Smith; 1 "this stick has been all round the' world, sir." "Indeed," said the remorseless Sydney, " and yet it is only a A remedy for the sewage pollution of ' | rivers has been put in operation in Eng land, whichjcombines profit with sanitary . ' gain. At Burnley the raw sewage is v. ^ > run into tanks, where it is purified by lime; the liquid is then allowed (ft drain into file river, but the remaining sevrage* is manufactured, at a small coet, into' the best hydraulic cement, "Well, IwiUlake'it^tfcongli it is rather dear : nav vou hall the cash and owe you the /est. Thatdcrf'V ,rIt~ will." In the course of timet the credi- r-sV?-aS tor, thinking the bill had {jm about long enough, calls upon the purchaser. "My dear boy," said the purchaser, "you ain't; living up to your contract, it I* were to pay you the rest I wouldn't owe it to you, and the understanding was. that I should owe it to you." The first pair of India rubbte shoes C ^ ever seen in the United Statefe were brought in 1880. They were gilt, and were pointed like the slippers of Chinese mandarins. The pair, which ' were handed about as a curiosity, were followed in 1883 by an importatio^#<i;>5y^ 600 pairs, which, rough ana ili?*bs?sd as they were, were eagerly bought at high prices. Now, the Urited-States : manufactures them for all parts of . the 1 world. 1 A recipe to produoe. giddiness is gS 1 kindly furnished by Nature. StancL in . ? the middle of a soft field, and putting ' both hands on the top of an umbrella ex f 1 walking stick, bend down until your - .. ^ forehead rests on the back of your 1 hands. Now move with a sidelong gait ' three times around the umbrella as anaxle. Filially, raise your head quickly. -C and try to walk straight ahead. What^^jWX' will occur is a frightful giddmew-<-V sickness, a sense of the ground rtting :? . ; up tumultuously on all sides, a wild.*" rush to save yourself, and aheadlacg f. , tumble. Appreciative spectators are requisite to the entire success of the ex- " &,* perimeni f THE CABPETTEB'S WOOCTO. " Ob, beam my life, my awl to me He cried, his flame addressing? ~ ' " If I 'adze such a love as your*, I'd ask no other blessing!" I am rejoist to hear you apeak," . The maiden said with laughter? : 'j, ajj " For. tho' I hammer gdlelees girl, It's plane what you an rafter. Now, if file love you just a bit, What further will you ax me? Can?will you be content with that, Or will you further tacks me? " He looked handsaw her words were squaw? " No rival can dupuoe me? leg, one more favor I emplore, And that is, dear Em, brace me!" ============ Poultices. The common practice in making. , poultices of mixing the linseed meal . with hot water, and applying them, directly to the akin, is qnite wrong, because, if we do not wish to burn the Vj ? patient, we mast wait until a greater , portion of the heat has been lost Th u . proper method is to take a flannel bag (the I size of the poultice required), to. fill , this with the poultice as hot as it can possibly be made, and to put between this and the skin a seoond piece of flan | nel, so that there shall be at least two thicknesses of flannel between the skin 1 and the poultice itself. Above the pool* [ tice should be placed more flannel, or a ; piece of cotton wool, to prevent it from ' getting oold. By this method we are able to apply the linseed meal boiling , hot, without burning the patient, and the heat,gradually diffusing through the flannel, affords a grateful sense of relief which cannot be obtained by other ' meanu. There are few ways in whioh I such marked relief is given to abnormal pain as by the application of a poultice * in this manner.?Dr. T. Lauder Branton, in Brain. The First Swiss Watchmaker. The history of the introduction of "the first watch to Ohaux-de-Fonds is inter- ^ - ! eating enough. It was brought thither i towardune en i o: xuo bc*cu tveuvu wi tury by .a cattle dealer, and excited mnch wonder among the herdsmen and charcoal burners. But, al.'is, it had not the gift of perpetual motion, and one day there was great distress, for the i wheels had stopped. Thereupon a young smith named Daniel Jean Richard, who was of an inquiring turn of mind, set i himself to tase the little machine to pieces. He succeeded perfectly, restored it to life, and thenceforward waspoesessed with a desire of making watches himself. After a thousand trials and difficulties success crowned his labors, ; and in the end he became the founder i of wlnt is now a moat important maanfactum, * --.v wia