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* / T i ' { -/ . ,. \': . 0,.t ? ;'.. X , . ' i ABBEVILLE PRESS & BANNER. * 4. BY HUGH WILSON AND W. C. BENET. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1880. NO. 32. VOLUME XXY. A New Year's Song-. I wonder what kind of a year it will be; I worry and ponder for fear I shall see A lack ol this comfort and jollity; Bnt we welcome tho year With a soul-stirring cheer; For a year is a matter ol months and days; It comes and it goee, but an honest friend stays. Old Time is a coward who murders unseen, His foollalls oi velvet crocs over the green, i^eaving death in his path to show where he has been; But I shake off the tear As I welcome tho year, Knowing this, that Old Time moves around in a ring, And must bring back the flowers again in the spring. The year that is dead I ihink did his best, ^ And brought many joys to my home and my breast, So I press his cold hand as ho sinks to his rest, While an unspoken lear *.treeis mo incoming; yvai, That the new will not love us as well as the old; But the last year is safe, and its story is told. What's a year but a canvas where each, by his art, Paints a soeno or a Iragment from out bis own heart, To be hissed or applauded when shown in the ' mart ? Then hurrah for the year! Let us shake off our lear, And unroll tho canvas, and mark out our plan, For the years and Old Time arc the servants ' of man. Old Time seems a sluggard, when bringing a joy, And when laden with sorrow he trips like a boy; But he brings something new when he conies to destroy; So we greet the New Year With a smile and a chcer, And wemaie r inner nme aoour woik wnuc he stays, For the New Year and Old bringeth something to praise. The Cranberry Swamp. " Of coursc," said young Doctor D-dling, "a man has his own fortune to look to." "Of course," said JndithGiey; and as she spoke the words a cold chill seemed to creep, like slowly congealing ice, around her whole heart. "If you hud consulted me as to your affairs," went on the young man, " instead of taking this very extraordinary t>tcp, entirely without advice or counsel?" " Yes, I know," hurriedly interposed Judith; " hut it's over and past now, so perhaps we had better not talk about it." The red winter sunset was blazing with sullen tire above the cedar copse in the west, the leafless woods heal up < their blisck arms in a sort of wrestling agony toward tno &Ky :is ewe oieuK wiiiu los<=ed them to and fro, and a solitary i.aven uttered his ominous croak in the woods at the hack of the house. I)r. Dedling shuddered as lie looked around him and glanced out toward the dreary swamp that extended toward the k east. F "Such a place." said he, "for a woman to elect to live in." 44 It isn't very cheerful," said Judith: " hut I've lived here all my life, you know." 44 The more reason for wanting to .set outofitnow," said the doctor, iuipatiently. Judith was silent. She looked at the blazing logs on the old-fashioned hearth and tried to keep back the fast-rising tears. Doctor Dcdling rose and took up his hat. 44 Then! am to consider that our en gagementis quite at an end?" S lid the doctor " Yes,"said Judith. "I shall always wish saidyou well," the doctor, affably. ' I thank you." said Judith. 44 Good-bye," said Doctor Dedling. 14 Good-bye,'' responded Judith. < The nextmomentshe was alone with the blazing lops and the cricket chirping on the hearth, and the strange weird shadows that came and went on the wainscoted walls. It was a month to-night since they had buried old Miles Grey out of sight. Little Judikh, who had worn herselfout in taking care of him. had dropped a few sincere tears on the cheap coffin that encased his remains, but no one else had seemed particularly to grieve. Mrs. Pytchley, hpr eldest sister, who was married to a New York groopr, hnd boldly declared that it was high time the old man took himself off the stage om/1 liur) nt'irlu nrfc VI lliio VTV/11U, (kUti uuu Uimiv t?v uw* vv of her disappointment when it was discovered that a thousand dollars in gold pieces represented all l is hoarded wealth; with the exception of the cranberry swamp, unon whose dreary verge stood the house, and this dreary property hy the terms of the will was to be divided between his two nieces, Judith Grey and Maria Pytchley, as they themselves might agree 44 I'll take the ready money," said Mrs. Pytchley, hastily. "What couid T do with three or four miles of cranberry swamp?'" "Or what could Judith do with it, either?" said ITobart Prytchley, who sat whittling beside the fire. 44 I dare say she could manage very nicely," said Maria. 44 I've heard Uncle Miles say that he sold sixty dollars worth ot cranoerries one year out of that swamp." 4 Humph!" grunted Mi*. Pytchley. " And that's legal interest on a thousand dollars, you know," added his wife. 44 What do^yousay, Judith?" 44 It makes no difference to me," said "it does to me then!" said Mrs. Pytchlev. Because, as you know very ;) welli Hobart's business is in the city, ? 1 > and we can do nothing at ah with :? lot of swampy land,Mown here in the hackwoods. So Mrs. Pytchley had taken tho liou\s share of the old man's bequest, rind gone back to her city home, over Hobart's grocery store; and young Doctor Deriling who h:.d confidently calculated on at least five hundred dollars, to buy surgical instruments and fit up an oflicr in toe village adjoining?five hundred dollars as the dowry of his bride-elecl . -5 ?broke hi9 engagement in a tit of piqur that Judith should have so deliberately flung her fortune away. "A set of harpies!" cried he, with dis; t - gUSt. "Slop, Doctor Dedling!"said Judith, coloring up. " You forget that you an ppt akingof my sister and her husband.' "But they had no business to impos< on you thus," exclaimed the doctor, impatiently. " I agreed to the plan, without re monstrances." Doctor Dedling gave a shrug to his shoulders. "In that," said he, sharply, "yoi showed your lack of common sense! I you had no regard for yourself, yoi might have had some for me!" "Was it for money you wanted me?' dpmanHpri Judith, stuno- to the ven K quick. Doctor Dealing colored high and licsitat< d. " A man must take monetary matter: into consideration," said he. houses all along, and lay down a line o X ? n [ rails, and?don't say as I mentioned i doctor, because I only caught a snatc here and there, when I was carrying the plates, and setting on the fruit ar nuts?but it's to go right trough o And it came about that the engag mont was canceled, and Judith Gr< was sitting there, alone in the winti twilight, with clasped hands and lief drooped upon her breast. Doctor Periling plodded home to tl i village, and as lie passed the briliiai ! windows of the little hostelry, 1 | paused, remembering the bitter cold the wintry air, the frosty influences the breeze. " I may as well go in and warm m self." he thought. Mine host met him with a very chec: air. " Walk in, doctor?walk in!" said h ! "Not that room," as Dedling laid h I hand mechanically upon the door-kn< | of the apartment he usually entere i " The railway committee is a-setti i there. This way please!" "The railway committee?" eehoi I Dedling. "What railway committei You don't mean that they're actual taking any steps about that old idi of a railway between here and Glas vilie?" " Yes, I do,"said the landlord. "II a committee of rich capitalists, as a ! building factories close to the falls, ar I they incan to put up rows of tcnemcn ' Miles Grey's cranberry swamp, the ne I railway is! And the chairman of tl I committee is goin' to offer Miss Judil ] five thousand dollars in good, clea: | hard money for her share of it." i Doctor Dedling stared, j "Five?thousand?dollars!" repent* I he slowly. Couki it really be a fact? If so?ar there seemed very little reason f< doubting it?what a fatal mistake 1 had made in rejecting a bride whocoul | bring the rich portion of a cranberr j swamp as her dower. If he had kno^ ; this half an hour?one little half hoi i ?aeo. ******* "Don't fret about him, Judith dea lie isn't worth it," urged honest Ma maduke Redfield, who had stopped c his way to the postofiiceto bring a me sage from his mother. " lie was ahva; . a pretentious sort of feHow, all for ou i ward show, with a heart like a ston I and a nature as shallow as Deacc I Doler's brook!" Judith looked up at the clumsy, gooi . hearted, hard-handed farmer, ar I wondered that she never before notiec ! what a true face, and what clear, fran | eyes he had. "Forget him, Judith," pleaded Re< I field; and she began seriously to thin that she would at least make the tria I u/t cf??v wit | uoiue uvi'i wuui uuuooituu >31..v ??? mother. It's too bleak and lonesome f< I you here?for the present, at leas i Spring will be here time enough for yo ! to come back to the cranberry swamp 1 Judith Grey looked around at the sol | tary room and thought of Mrs. Redfield | big. cosy kitchen, with its brigh colored rag-carpet, its windows line | with blooming geraniums and its shril I voiced canary bird hanging ever tl i work-table. "Do you think." she hesitated, "tin I your mother would be willing to 1 i troubled with such a guest as me?" j Duke Red field's face instantly becan j radiant. "Only try her," said he, "dear Ji dith, you'd be as welcome as the flowe. j in May!" And the next day Mrs. Rod field can ' over in the old farm carry-all to claii ' her guest, and the old swamp houi | was left to its own dreary desolation an i the driving snows of January. I Se.-ireel v three weeks had elapsed wlu young Dr. Dcdlins came to tlic Redfie ! farm in his row gig, with the o.d ro: horse, that really made quite a rood a pearanee when you did not hurry hi and when the road wa? tolerably gooi and he was free from a visitation of win is commonly known as the; " heaves." I "There ain't nobody sick here,"sa I Julius Brown the hired man, who w; splitting wood at the side of the hous ::s lie eyed the physician rather susp I ciously. I "No; I know that, my man," sa [ Doctor Dedlinff, but I've called to s ; Miss Grey." "Miss Ciroy ain't noways ailin' as 1 knows of," persisted Julius, feeling tl I edge of his axe, and still staring hard ; j the medical representative of Glassvill | " I have called," said Doctor Dedlin ! "as a friend." "Oh!" said Julius. " Will you be so kind as to let me in [ persisted the doctor. | " 'Tain't no use," said Julius, rollir ! a prodigious pin<> knot down from tl j pile, and preparing himself for stupendous effort; " there ain't noboc ' to liome." | "Nobody at home!" echoed the do j tor. "They've all gone to church," e: I plained Julius. "Tochurch, man? Why this is Tue day!" "Who said itwa'n't?" retorted Ju ius. "They ain't gone to huarservic ?thev are gone to be married." "Who?" " Why, our Marmaduke and Miss Ji dith." And down came the axe upon the ei of the pine knot with a crash that mac the man of medicine start backward. * * * * The new railroad was duly co: structed. directly across the boggy depi ofold Miles Grey's cranberry swam and the $5,000 was placed to Mrs. Ma maduke Redfield's account in the nea ' est national bank, and Mrs. Pythehh ' thinks she has made a mistake in tal | ing the gold eagles instead of the era I berry swamp?but young Doctor D<> i ling thinks his mistake was great j still. Yonng Millionaires. I "Caspar" fays in one of h (New York letters to the ]) j troit Free Press: The Soveni regiment thipks it did pretty well at i ! fair in gathering8100,000, and perhai I something over, in three weeks. Bi j there are several young fellows in Ne : York, any one of whom could trive tl Seventh S 100.000 without missing i New York's old millionaires are :i gone. Peter Goelet was the last of th venerables who came under this heai Commodore Vanderbill. A. T. Stewai John Jacob Astor, William Rhineland and Peter Lorillard being the others; b : the old ones stepped out only to ma , I room for the young. There's quite , crop of these just now. Stewart w | the only very rich man who had i . heir to leave his money too. There a , three young Vanderbilts to take care - the Commodore'sc:ish when their fatli , turns it over to them. A large share I ! I'eter Goclet's money goes to his tv nephews, sons ot his brother Robei . and another n<jphew. JSlbridge T. Ger i gets $500,000. Frederick Stevens, s< of Paran Stevens, is one* of tin? be . known of the youngjmillionaires. The are several Astors to perpeluate tli name and enioy the millions left I ! their grandfather. Rhinelander left t > greater part of his wealth to his on ; son. who, I am told, can grip as tight [ fist on a dollar as any man in Ne York. Peter Lorillard's sons arc I . mous as turfmen, but the family ca * j i ?J IS t.'IKen COOII cure Ui .mm iiuxiju-iy. 5 rather than spent. Bennett is, course, another young millionaire, a t Win. E. Dodge, Jr., may be named f the same list. The present crop of ve t rich men is larger than that of a f< years ago, though the founders of ' the big fortunes have all passed aws r Curtains are not for ornament, V use, dfop them, shut out the cold, a 3 have an open fire. It is the best of li uries, an ornament and a cheerful co f panion. it, RELIGIOUS NEWS AND NOTES. :h in Now York city has 335 Protestant id Sunday-schools. ^ Women are filling the pulpits of e" Presbyterian churches in Texas. -?Y Canada has a Roman Catholic populaiion of 1.H46.800, with 1,599 priests. New York Stato contains one-fourth tc of the Presbyterians of the oountry. nt Martin Luther's last will, written by iie his own hand, is in the library at fleidof el berg. The Catholics arc to petition for the appointment of chaplains of their faith for the army and the navy. ry Dr. SchafT says that as a rule the salaries of ministers in Europe arc c barely sufficient for their living, is The Methodists and Baptists of Mar>b shall, Mich., have combined, the one d. furnishing a church and the other a ?1 LLllIllSt-Cl J. W. Waterman has presented Grace -Q Episcopal church, Detroit, Mich., the sum of $16,000 cash, paying in full the 'y debt upon the church. Entire religious liberty has lately been secured in Greece, through the efforts of the English government at the English Presbyterian church. id The building erected by the Anglican t- society for the promotion of Chris, ian w knowledge in London, and which cost ie ?400,000/has been opened. th The Biahop of Peterborough, who is n, to be the president of the English church congress next year, lias fixed it to begin at Leicester on September 28. Four of the seven bishops of the Methodist church South have been in 1(1 the ministry from fifty to sixty years, 5r and possibly this is true of five of the seven. y The Russian missionaries in Japan, havine succeeded in bringing over to ,r .their faith some 4,000 Japanese, a bishop is to be sent to Jeddo by the St. Petersburg synod. r The executive committee of the Bapl? Xf IT ? 1 4.~ J i. a kAf/l r_ I list Missionary uniun nsia vuicu iu uum m | the next annual meeting at Saratoga s_ Springs, and all the anniversaries will J.g be held at the same place next May. t- Tiie Old Believers, a sect of Russia, e, having been found guilty of putting up >n a new church in Butkoff, have been sentenced to two months' imprisoni ment, and the church has been confisid catcd. 'd The largest synodal body that Christianity can show, is said to be the general synod of the State Church of Prussia. which represents 16,000,000 Evangelicals. It meets once in six years, the ;{ ui.fc meeting having recently been held in Berlin. t The Methodist Episcopal church had, (lj j according to the statistics reported up si to July last, 96 annual conferences, _ 1M53 itinerant preachers, and 1,696,837 members and probationers. Since the t_ organization o. the church 444 presiding elders and 634,967 members have died. 1- Mr. Moody believes in a personal io devil. Bcin? asked by a St. Louis reporter if this was true, he replied that it lie "most certainly" did believe so. je "The Bible," he added, "is just teeming with facts in corroboration of it. le 11? is the Prince q[ Darkness and iiaa this world for Ins kingdom." i- Christianity has made progress in the rs Fiji Islands to an extent which is surprise. The:e are at present 841 cliap10 els and 291 other places where preaching is held, with 58 missionaries busily pngaged in preparing the way for others, 'd The membership numbers 23.274 persons, and there are besides 5,431 persons >n whose admission to membership will Id probably follow soon. in Ilenry Keet. who died a short time ago in England, was the?Wesleyan min ister whom the Anglican Bishop of Lin: coin years aso refused to deal with?the dispute at last leading to a suit at law j against the bishop to establish Mr. Kect's right to place the title "Rev." before his name on the tombstone of his ' daughter. Mr. Keet gained a decision in his favor, and the " Rev." was orjfi dnred to placed on the stone. At his ? funeral the other day, when an attendant was about to let fall the usual handj ful of earth on the coflin, the vicar ot the 1P parish who was present stooped down ,,, and himself performed that little ser e rice. g, Mr. Charles Scott, of Belfast, Ireland, ivldes the Protestant churches of Great. Britain into four families or groups, and ?' gives the following statistics of them: First.?Episcopal?Church of England, ic thirty diocesans, 23,000 ministers: jy Church of Ireland, twelve diocesans, a 1,900 ministers; Episcopal Church of |y Scotland, seven diocesans, 293 ministers; Moravian Church, forty ministers, c- Second. ? Congregational ? Independents, England, 2,205 ministers; Scotlaud and Ireland. 128 ministers?total, 2,333 ministers; Baptists, 1.876 miniss ters; Countess of Huntingdon s Connection, thirty-seven ministers. Third.? 1- Presbyterian?Church of Scotland. 1,639 e ministers; Free Church, 1,026 ministers; United Presbyterian, 568 ministerstotal, 3,233 ministers. Presbyterian j- Church in England, 268 ministers; Calvinistic Methodists, 811 ministers; id Presbyterian Church in Ireland. '636 1 le ministers. Fourth.?Methodist?Weslejais, 2,132 ministers; Primitive Metliodists, 1,137 ministers; Methodist Free Churches, 356 ministers; New Con h neetion ana rHDJe unnsuims, o** imuisters. Cork and its Value. >y The constantly increasing demand for k- cork for bottling and other purposes, n- together with the f:iet that the cultiva- < d- ; tion ofthe tree is sadly neglected, threater ens to cause :i serious dearth of the article. Yet no other substance has been discovered thi?t will seiTe as a substitute for cork in many of the uses to which it i.?f applied. Cork is worth . ! plevrn times wli.it. it was a century ' | ago, and its market value is continually ,j" increasing. The American commis, ! sioner of agriculture has satisfied himself that the cork trees can be success^ fully cultivated in vnvious parts of the w United States, and recommends that the e government offer premiums to those who, within a reasonable specified jj time, shall have obtained the best rea suits in cork culture. In -Sicily, Sarj dinia and the kingdom ot Italy great .t' plantations of cork trees have been destroyed to obtain the tannin from the bark. After having been stripped of [-t, their bark the trees were burned, in ;i order that the carbonate of soda might. be extracted from their ashes. In 1822 1Q the French government began to nurro ture this important interest. France 0j- now has about 500.000 acres of cork er plantations in Algeria. The tree grows Df as high as sixty-five feet, with a diamro eter of from three to five feet, and will ive and yield cork from 150 to 200 ' years. In a dry, sandy, siliceous soil, at an altitude of from 1,000 to 3,200 feet. ig^ and not further north Xlian tiie fortv,re tilth degree of latitude, cork plantations will flourish. The tree does not, however, yield valuable cork until it is toI,,, ward fifteen years old. ly in What (iood x'ictures are Worth. !W . i. 1 V?v. r Ai :i rfcuiit iiurii'jii in ncn x um 1" of oil paintings the following prices for p j some of the finest pictures in the collection were obtained: Jazet's "Dividing ?i the Spoils," $1,125: DeCamp's " Eastn ern Slave Market," $1,850; Van Marckc's " Cattle, near Bordeaux," ?2,900; Clay's y " Harbor, Dutch Cojist," $2,075; Schreyer's "Arab Caravan at Rest," $2,425; 8' Palraaroli's " The Pretty Model," $1,725; W* Van Miens' " Tarquin anil Lueretia," $1,000; Demadraze's "A Spanish Dance," $1,325; Machitti's "Italian ml Water Carriers." $1,025; Troyon's nd "Pasturage?Valley of the Toucques," ix- $1,120: Mcissoneir's "A Halt at the ru- Cabaret," $2,225. The prices received for the paintings aggregated $77,148. The Colorado Shepherd; Our shepherd must purchase hii sheep; and here come in a good man3 honest differences of opinion as to th< Kind which will give the beat results Some will buy cheap " Mexicans," ex. pecting to breed a better quality o lambs, and then dispose of the origina purchase. Others affect the Californif stock, which of late years has com< into favor in some quarters. The weighl of opinion, however,would undoubtedlj incline our enterprising young ranchen to buy sheep on the spot in good con. dition, and, what is very important thoroughly acclimated. His "bucks' (sav about three to each hundred ewes] will generally be Merinos. In th( autumn, we will say, then, he begins operations under favorable auspices. Ills cabin is very plainly furnished, and his 44 corrals," or yards and sheds, properly constructed and in readiness For feeding in stormy weather he has enough hay safely stored away; and after due care ana inquiry, he has secured an experienced and competenl herder?better, an American. At daylight all hands are called to breakfast, and soon after the bleating flock ar( moving over the range, and the herder, with his eanteen slung over his shoulder, and probably a book in his pocket, has whistled to his shenherd doe and started after them. During the whole day thej graze on the short grass, going once tc water; and afternoon sees them brouehl ba*.*k near to the corrals, in which, later on, they are again confined for the night. Day after day, week after week, month after month, pass in monotonous round; and then the cold weathei (tomes, and the herder puts on a thicker ' oat, and reads less, and walks about rapidly, and stamps his feet for warmth, An i thensome day, when he is tar away from the ranch, there comes on thai dreaded enemy of sheep-raising?a prairie snow storm. With but little warning the clouds have gathered, and the snow is falling in thick and heavy flakes. The sheep hurriedly huddle together, and no power can make them move. The herder may have had time to get them into a gulch, or under a bank; failing in this, there is nothinc for it but to stay with them, sometimes a day and a night, and trust to getting them home when the storm is over, Notfar from Colorado Spring*isa gulch called Big Corral, in which more than 1,000 sheep were lost a year or two ago, having followed each other up to the brink, and lallen over into cue oeep snow. Nor did the Mexican herder ever return to tell the tale, for he shared their fate. It is with the snow storm, indeed, that the dark side of the Colorado shepherd's liie is associated, and the great tempest of the spring oi 1878 left a sorrowful record behind it. It must be mentioned that sheds are an innovation, that some ranches have none even now, and that beiore they were built the sheep were exposed, even in the corrals, to the fury of the elements. Per Conha, it should be said that no such storm as that of March, 1878. has been known since there were any sheep in this part of the country. On this occasion thousands and thousands of sheep perished. The snow was eleven feet aeep in the corrals, and sheep were dug out alive after being buried for two and even three weeks. Their vitality seems very great, and many perish, not from the pressure oi the snow, but from suffocation caused by others falling or crowding upon them. It is asserted that they sometimns, while still buried, work their way down to the grass, and feed thereon. But our shepherd has taken care to have plenty of sheds, and he knows, too, that ny the doctrine of chances he need not count on such a storm more than once in ten years, and he faces the winter with a stout heart. Whenever it is FiossibJC to sena ine sucep uui, tut lerder takes them, despite the weather; but when that is impossible or indiscreet, they are fed at home. In May comes "lambing," and the extra hands are busily occupied in taking care of the young lambs. With theii mothers they are separated from the rest of the flock, first in small "bunchps," then in larger ones; and in October they are weaned. In June comes shearing?an easy and simple operation; and, if need be, "dipping,1 or immersing the stock in great troughs containing a solution of tobacco or litne, cures the "scab,"and complete the yeai's programme. Our shepherd sells his wool, counts the increase of his flock after weaning, and if, as is to be hoped, he is a good bookkeeper, he sits down and makes up his accounts for the year, ft is hard to picture a greater conlnist than that whicn exists between the sheep and the cattle business, the freedom and excitement of the latter bearing about the samo relation to the humdrum routine of the former as does the appearance of the great herd of oftec noble-looking animals widely scattered over the plains, and roaming sometime? for months by themselves, to that of the timid flock bleating in the corral, anc frightened at the waving of a piece oJ white paper. And then to think o: the difference between the life of tin "cow-puncher" (as he calls himself) ridina fiis spirited horse in the companj of his fellows, and that of the heraei on toot and in solitude, is enough tc make us wonder how men can be founc for the one, while there is the slightest chance of securing the other.?Harpcr\ Magazine. Power of the Press. Our press is of a growth so sudden, the product of the last fifty years?-and i1 hardly goes behind that date?that although we may measure its dimensions it is very difficult to analyze fully iti relations. It is too early yet in the great social revolution to know how thf power of the press will finally affect the interests of civilization. No man car adequately tell that, but no man can doubt for a moment its wonaeriui power?its almost omnipotence. There are fifteen millions of newspapers, magazines, productions of the press, daily flung down before the eyes of the human race. Fifteen millions! It would not be a large estimate to say that at least from twenty to twenty-fiv^ millions of people are daily and hourly subject to the government of this great power. It seems as if there could be nc limit to such a power. There is such an understood faith binding humanity together that ii men constantly and in great numbers repeat an assertion, it requires a capacity such as is rarely, ii ever, to be found to maintain against such a power one's sole and individual belief. When you think those imprints can drop an idea into millions of minds at once, serve it in any way they please, put every form upon it for 300 successive days, you see how resistless to ordinary strength must be such a power.? Wendell Phillips. Another Cure or Diphtheria. The subject of diphtheria is attract ing the attention ol the press from its ravages in some of the Western town3, where the authorities have had to clos< the public schools and forbid public funerals of its victims. The_ benzoic acid treatment, from tlie prescription o Mr. Sliislikin, the Russian minister does not seem to find much favor witl the medical profession, as they say thai it has been tried and it has failed. Tin sulphuric acid treatment, as used ir Australia, has been very successfu there. The following prescription haj been tried with great success, it is said in Washington: Ferri sub-sulph., 2 drachms; aqua, fi ounces. Use as a gargle every 1, 2, oi 3 hours, according to severity of symp toms. This <an be used with an atomize] in case of children too young to cargle Iron is also given internally as a tonii in the following prescription:, Ferri sub-sulph., 1 drachm; syr. sim pie, 6oz. From a quarter to a whol< teaspoonful every hour, according t( V FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD Storlns Fruit, ; The storing and preservation of fruit . is one of those points in fruit growing . which tend to increase the profits ana f enforce the usefulness of an orchard. I Various fruits must receive different i treatment to insure their keeping, but, > as a rule, a fruit room where the temt pcrature stands at about forty degrees or r a trifle less, and with a dry atmosphere. > is the best place in which to keep fruit, . and bv maintaining a free circulation of , air mildew can be kept at bay. Soft ' fruits are very difficult things to man) age, such things as peaches, cherries. ; strawberries, only keeping well for a ; few days, while on the otner hand ap. pies, pears and other hard things will [ keep good for a long time, months in , fact, if properly stored. Of a necessity frost must be excluded, ; as frozen fruit will not keep long, [ neither will it have any flavor, and the . result of all our care will be a failure, t Damp will also cause muck damage, as . it condenses on the fruit and causes it to , rot. The fruit room should also be per> fectly clean, as the least musty smell , will be communicated to the fruit, and, , to say the least, 1 his would be very uni pleasant. _ Absolute cleanliness is a sine I mm nnn in all fill it Irfifininir nroCPflSeS. r and whether to be kept for use in a > natural state, or to be preserved in ; sugar, the same amount of cleanliness , should prevail. All soft fruits, such as > peaches, currants, strawberries, etc., , must be preserved in sugar if wanted to i keep for more than a week after gather ing. | Always choose a dry day for gathering i fruit, and in this and all other opera, tions necessitating handling, use the ' fruit as gently as you would eggs. It ; must be remembered that the least t bruise causes incipient decay, and once > this has commenced nothing can save [ the fruit after. Don't put too much r fruit in the basket at one time, and as soon as loaded take the basket direct to i the fruit room, and take the fruit out ! carefully by hand, and place on a thin b layer of clean wheat straw, laid evenly ; on the shelves. Don't dump the basket i down, and then turn out the fruit like so many stones, and don't lay the fruit in too thick layers, or, as sure as fate, i that fruit will go bad. Choice specimens of apples, pears or other fruit should be laid out separntely, ! and great care should be taken that i damp is kept Kway from them, as such > tends to mar their beauty. In fact, with all fruit storing operations the greatest care should be exercised, and then suci cess can be fairly assured. W? may add I that with a proper selectif n of kinds. apples can be had right through the year, but we will defer giving lists till next month.? W. J. juay, in uie j.onaon i Farmer. Ventilating Sleeping Koom*. > As soon as the occupants have left the room, the bcdclothes should be entirely removed from the bed and hung upon a clothes-horse or the back of chairs, the bed shaken up, and all curtains, if used, drawn closely to the bed posts. The windows should then be opened both at the top and bottom. , They should remaiD open in summer, or in very fine weather, until a little before sunset. In very sultry weather . some outside air may be admitted all night. In winter and early spring windows should remain open until a little after midday, when the warmth of the | air is greatest, and then closed. This way the air of the best portion of the day is shut in and reserved for respiration during the night, when the external air ! is at the worst. A tire should be lighted for a few hours during the afternoon, in very cold and damp weather, so ns to ' dry the air that has been shut in. This is the way in which the exhalations from bed clothing can be got rid ot in such a state of the atmosphere, and the sweetness and purity of the clothing , and other materials which are kept in ' drawers and wardrobes secured. Here , IS wnm rroi. lYCUflie anjrit; " But," you will say, how can you | toll whether the air of our bedrooms is i pureornotP We are not chemists to J analyze the air." "Why, man! woman! | you have the best apparatus in the i world, and one given you for tlmt very purpose. Nature has given every one . of you a nose, and purposely planed it in advance of all the rest of the body to , give warning of danger. It is the advance guard of safety! If you will use , this "one talent" which" nature has ; given you and not " keep it wrapped in ; a napkin," you may go safely. Use youi . blessed nose for this purpose to-morrow morning to test the air of your bedroom. | When you get up leave your bedroom ; just as it was; go out into the pure , morning air and breathe that until your ' nose is wide-awake, and then go back and take a few snuffs of your bedroom , air; if it smells fresh and sweet like outdoors air, you have good ventilation, , and have breathed the breath of life all [ the night. But ii it is close, musty and r sickening?well, I'll leave you to tinish P that sentence when you and your bed* , mate compare notes at breakfast, and to ' draw your own conclusions. Try the ' experiment by all means, and see how | . much your i:osc can tell you. Perhaps ' it might give you some idea of the cause I of your w.iking with a headache and 1 1 # ! *1-^ Ti 1 l languor, ieeung mai me is u umucu. n is a burden when you carry such a crushing and needless load.?The Housekeeper. ( ood Preiaed Beef. We commend to our many new house) keeping readers the following, which t has been partly given in former years. Take any fresh lean beef?the cheaper t pieces, as the upper part of the leg above i the "soup pieces,"answers very well; ; that containing tendons or plenty of s gelatine is even preferable, and some of ! the round steak or any other lean pori tion may be used with it. Boil closely i covered until so tender that the meat I will fall from the bones. (It is better ' to k?ep a closely fitting pan of cold , water over the cooking Kettle, to con, dense and cause to fall back the rising i steam containing the escapine flavor.) ; Use only so much water as is needed to ' prevent the burning. Take out the I meat, mix and chop it fine. Put it into n. tin nan or other deep dish. Skim c# ; any excess of grease from the cooking > liquor, and add to it a tablespoonful of i Cooper's or other good gelatine for each r three or four pounds ot meat. When i dissolved pour it into the chopped ; meat: put on it a large plate or tin that f will fit into the disn, and place upon ; this twelve to twenty pounds weight? 1 flat-irons will answer. When cold it is i a solid mass, from which thick or thin t slices may be cut, that are marble in , appearance, and are very excellent for sandwiches, or for a tea or breakfast dish, and it will keep Beveral days even in warm weather if set in a cool place. It is tender, juicy, digestible, nourishing, convenient and economical withal. ?American Agriculturist. Mrs. Oakey's Advice. i "A woman chooses for her profession the head of a household. Let her not j enter on it lightly. Properly viewed, it f is the most elevated of all professions. , She has in her hands the welfare and 1 direction of a few or many people, but it t is a work which cannot be neglected. It j is her duty to see that her home is clean, I . ! SfQ i airy, cneeriui, imupjr um n? vcnuuo 1 economies attended to. 3 A mistress should go through her 1 , house every morning,praise where praise is due, and qqietly find fault with any carelessness or omission, thinking r nothing beneath her notice, but with - a gentle authority which admits of no question. r Do not live with a fine house over . vour head and subsist in the basement, s Few people out of your family know or care, now you live. Let your house, - large or small, be kept for the benefit of ; those who live in it. Warmth and light ) are better than fine furniture, and good beds better than fine bedsteads. TIMELI TOPICS. Henry M. Stanley is now ascending the Congo, bound once more for the heart of Africa, but by a different route. He has taken the name of" Swinburne " for some unknown reason. He has fifteen Europeans, sixty-four Arabs and several hundred natives under his orders. His fleet consists of a smal) river steamer, witn two cabins for thirty persons, three steam launches and three barges, in which are stowed supplies and goods. He is acting for the International Association, of which the Kinc of Belgium is president. wnen sne ib movfu unuui uum uuc place to another. The Queen of Sweden 1 suffers greatly from chronic heart dis- I ease, and since she received a letter, not J long ago, threatening the life of the crown prince, she has not left her bed. Mr. George Augustus Sala, the Eng ] lish writer now in this country, says , Ciinl he has changed his mind since lie , wrote sharp letters about America dur- ] ing the war. Now, "the hotels in , America are the finest in the world," ctc., etc. Then he " was on the wrong ] side of the hedge." Now he is on the , right side; and " the railway service of ! America is to-day more perfect," etc.. ] etc. Commenting upon Mr. Sala's , change of mind, the New York Evening , Pout says: "If one fact stands out in all j history with more distinctness than any other it is that success has an enormous ? influence in determining which is the j wrong and which is the right side of the hedge." , Concerning the building of several 1 new and fast ocean steamers, the Detroit ' Free Press has this to say: " Three new steamers are about to be built for the 1 Liverpool and New York lines. The ' largest the Sahara, Cunarder. is to be ' 7.00<) tons burden, and of aspapd to beat 1 the Britannic and Arizona. The Allan J line ship is to beat me sanara, anu an Inman steamer to surpass thorn both. 1 The Sahara will he the lamest and an- ' proach the Great Eastern in size. Although for some hitherto unexplained 5 cause that vessel has never been sue- j cessful, there would seem to be no reason ' why mechanical ingenuity should be baffled to build switt vessels of enor- ' mous capacity that will carry a thousand 1 passengers without discomfort across 1 the Atlantic in less than a week. Un- ( doubtedly it will be done before the close of the preaent century." The present prime minister of Belgium, 1 M. Frero-Orban, commenced life in the 1 humblest manner. His family name was Frere. While a law student, he . fell in love with the daughter of a rich, 1 aristocratic M. Orban. The girl was 8 agreeable; the parents opposed. As the t aay ior ins t'A?unuai<iuu .lyfjiuivvui.i.., she said to him: " If you succeed, come j in the evening to the box at the opera, in which I shall be with my parents and some of their friends." " But will they f admit me?" asked the poor student. "I 1 will take care of that," replied the giri. Frere passed the examination with r ereat credit, and presented himself at c the box. His sweetheart rose as he en- s tered, and kissed him in the presenec of the whole company. After that there ' was nothing for the parents to do but to announce an engagement between them. ' When the marriiige took place, he added, 1 by tneir request, liis name to theirs. J * t Seventeen thousand persons witnessed the first royal bull-fight at Madrid after the wedding of Alfonso and Christine, f The queen was dressed in the national . red cloak, white mantilla and bright bodice. When she gave the signal lor the beginning of the light the vast assemblage " redoubled their acclamations. , * !?.? *ai?ab tvri(-K hrillinnt ffilf. ens* I JL IICJI LI AC LVJ L IT 1UU Milttimiv ^.iw vvv tunics, mounted on picador rau!os, ap- ; peared simultaneously in the ring, seated j in coaches, each drawn by four horses, j ' plumed, richly harnessed and capar- t I isoned. They were escorted by deputies , to assist the cabalieros in the plaza, who rode their own horses against the bulls. The famed Toreros killed eight tine . animals, not, however, without many exciting incidents. One bull jumped the barrier, knocking down several per- , sons and tossing up a gendarme. Another animal injured a picador, and a third ( also had its victim. The people ex- e pressed much satisfaction to see the * queen remain throughout the entire p -r- , tormance. as well as the Austrian duke, f It is not often that a subject ventures } to challenge lib sovereign; but this ^ was recently done by the Swedish poet j Bjornson. King Oscar, wJio has a considerable reputation as an author, takes f a strong interest in contemporary Swe4-.;a oAmnfimoQ rnhhor f UISU lltL'ltVtUlUf <1>UU AiJ OVIUVVUUW >?v..v. ^ free in his criticisms of well-known ,1 writers. He lately passed an unfavor- i able judgment on anew work by Bjorn- r son, expressing at the sarao time con- n tempt for tiie general character oi his j work. The indignant poet atonce wrote to his majesty demanding that lie should either apologize for the insult or grant the only satisfaction that would be accepted by a rqan of honor. The king was prosaic enough to hand the letter t to the police authorieties of Stockholm, J who forthwith instituted proceedings 1 against the writer. Bj rnson suddenly discovered that a change of air would suit him, and has now ample leisure to consider whether a king should have ( the right to express a literary opinion ^ only at the risk of his life. ] A convict in the Wisconsin Stat^prison refused to go to his cell when ordered ) y the warden to do so. The r warden held a watch in one hand and 1 a pistol in the other, and said: "II will give you three minute? to obey, < and if you don't I shall shoot you." i The convict doggedly folded his arms t and stood still. Minute after minute t passed, the warden counting them out aloud. This w:is in the workshop, and i the prisoners were spectators of the 1 scene. When the I liree minutes had ex- a pircd, the warden took deliberate aim ( at the convict's heart and said: "Til give you two minutes more, and I swear .? I'll kill you t hen if you don't go to your i cell.* A defiant curse was the only re- i ply. At the end of the extra two minutes the pistol was lired, and the convict lell dead. The officer is sustained by the higher prison authorities, who say that his course was perfectly proper under the circumstances; but the district-attorney of the county will try , him under an indictment for murder. . The Pennsylvania Statejtraining school i for feeble-minded children, at Media, lias iust been visitedby a correspondent of the Springfield Rrpulilican. He f >un over three hundred y<*ig idiots unde11r Upon the subject of keeping boyB on 1 the farm, an old farmer has this to say: i " My eldest son is near twenty-one years ' of ape, and the other boys in the neigh- ( bornood younger than he have left their ] parents. Mine have stuck to me when ! I most needed their services, and I at- I tribute this result to the fact that I have I tried to make their home picneniit. i have furnished them with attractive i and useful reading, and when night I comes' and the day's work is ended, instead of running with other boys to the railroad station and adjoining towns, they gather around the great lamp and become interested in their books and < papers." 1 A number of 'the occupants of European thrones are forced to give more time to their physicians than they can find to devote to affairs of government. , The czar's nerves are shattered and J Emperor William has to be very particular to his food and airings. The 1 King of Italy is miserable in ill health J his only child is fr?j] and delicate and Queen Margaret faints aV?y at the.least 1 exertion. It is necessary to carry her treatment calculated to make them stronger in mind and body. There are jchool-rooms holding from twenty to ;hirty pupils each. In the more advanced classes, reading, writing, arithmetic and geography are taught. In a kindergarten, the visitor saw small children modeling in clay, building slock houses and weaving paper into fanciful shapes. Cases 01 remarkable improvement were related. The great wonder of the establishment, however, is thus described: "The trite saying ;hat 'blood will out' is exemplified in the idiot savant, who is never found imong the lower orders. A curious case of this kind is reckoned among the pupils of this school. So remarkable ire his powers of memory that after listening to a sermon, or other discourse, he Is able to repeat it, verbati m preserving, also, the intonations ot th speaker. As a test of this singular faculty the lad was once taken to' Media to attend a lecture upon some scientific matter, and the next day was asked to repeat it. To the astonishment of all he readily repeated the entire lecture, rendering Latin phrases and technicalities as glibly as the vernacular; yet in ;iis mentality the reflective power was dull and feeble, and he was unable to convert into practical sense the knowledge he so lightly acquired." A Strange Insurance Policy. Just you crowd a boy out of his seat in tue car, snub him at the stampwindow in the postoffice, or ignore his presence in the crowd around a fallen street car horse, and he'll get even with you if he has to sell his skates and handled to do it. A Detroit life insurance"igent lived to be forty-five years old before he realized this fact. It so happened that in ?oing up on the car he many times encountered a tow-headed Doy about twelve years old. One day he lifted this boy off his seat to make room for him?elf, and then added insult to injury by calling him " Bub" and offering his knee as a seat. The bov went out on the platform and vowed that he'd hit that agent hard if the sign ever came right, and he shed a few tears of indignation to clinch the vow. Time sned aloncr. The bov's father had been " thinking some " of life injurnnce, and the rr?ent heard of it and went for him. He called at his office, tiis house, and nabbed him on corners ind in the care, and the citizen finally mid he would take a policy home, study its clausHs, and return a final answer. The tow-headed boy sat figuring out his ?chool examples one evening, when the father said: ' John, I want to hear how well you :an read. I haven't got my glasses here, and you may read this insurance policy to me. Read 6lowly, and don't ikip the hard words." "You got it of that man who stdod it the gate yesterday, didn't you?" wked the boy, and when satisfied on :hat point he felt the balmy feelingthat creeps into a man's heart when he's got ;he dead wood on the fellow who stole :iis hens. The old gent got his feet to ;he fire, leaned back in his chair, and ihe boy began: " Wilnesseth, that the Bane-bang Insurance Company," etc. When he lot down to the proper place he cleared lis voice anew and read: " If the said person whose life is hereby insured shall pass beyond the set;led limits of the United States or Canidn. or shall attend a pole-raising, or jaucus, or dog-fight, or?" "What!" exclaimcd the father, "does ;hat policy forbid me to go down to ;he caucus and help lay out the buinners? Forbid me to be present at pole aising!" "Or a dog-fight," put in the boy. "A dog-fijrht?yes! That's a direct nsult, that is! That's as much as to iay I'm in the habit of patronizing such hings, and I feel the insult!" "Or if it is found that the insured deiberately lied," continued the boy, ' or?" "Deliberately lied, eh! That's an>ther insult. They think I'll tell a bold ie, do they !" " And it is expressly stipulated that 10 bald-he/ided man who insures in this lompany shall use bar-soap to wash his icalp," read the boy. t "Does that policy read that way! >Vhy, it's a succession of infernal peronal insults! Bar-soap on my scalp! iVhy, I'd kill the person who undertook o soap-suds my baldness! Thatinsurmce company must be a set of lunaics! What other insults have they got here?" " And the insured shall be required to :o before a notary public or justice of he peace and make oath that neither of lis parents una ever u?en iv lcguiai innate of a lunatic asylum for over three nontlis in any one year." " By gum!" exclaimed the old man as le put his foot down?that's rather too nuch! I suppose that a life insurance :ompany has a perfect right to protect tself", but when it intimates that my ather was a fool and my mother a lunaic it is more than I can stand. John, old that policy and put it in uiy over:oat pocket!" The other morning the tow-headed joy was on the ei^ht o'clock car. So vas his father. The life insurance igent got on at a crossing, jammed the joy's hat over his eyes as he pushed in, ind seeing his "patient" at the tront end >f the car he crowded forward and laid: "Good morning! Glad to see yon ooking so well. Did the conditions of he policy please youP" " Mr. Blank," replied the citizen, as le handed out tho document, " here's ' *. I TJ U A- I ,'our policy: iveep it: xuuiiiwuutH. [ won't have it! I won't talk about it!" "But?," began the astonished and rozen agent. The other rose up, rang the bell and rot off the car, followed hv his son Fohn, whose Bad eyes seemed to be gazng at something lar away, and whose nouth was puckered into a most solemn md sedate-looking big ().?Detroit Free prcss. Hllnd Letters. A writer upon postoflice matters in lie Philadelphia Prcss says some of the )lind letters are very curious. The folowing arc samples: Mks. John Smith. In care of her dad. This, it is to be fpared. will not be revived. for who Mrs. John Smith is vould be hard to trace or where herdnd ives. Another is L. Logan, Logan City, Penna. It. is very easy to see iliat the writer >f this simply rewrote the last name in lis mind instead of the one lie ought to lave writtpn. Orctaved Canady P. 0. iflice for Margaret Kennedy is perhaps neant for Ontario, "out it is safer to send lie letter to the dead letter ollieo than' o try. Miss Bridgett Carr Underbill Ancoler Virgin St 64 is hard to decipher, lere is a"letter to Mrs. T. .J. Cariile C, vliich is a little too much abbreviated (ven for the blind man to read. In tho foreign mail there lies a lottoi iufliciently stamned to he sent, hut vhich, it is to he feared, will not reach ts destination, for it is superscribed To her Magusty Queen of England London. No true lady will bounce out of the room and slam the door after her when naked to forego her new silk dress for a few days and let her husband settle an r>ld cigar hill.?Detroit Free Press. And no true mnn. simply because he edits a papir. will rush into print with bis family troubles. ? Louisville CourierJournal. "What (Jueen Yictorla Never Told.1' People attempting to do great deeds The and failing arc having a run in litera- x ture just now. The Atlantic recently . published the story of "the man who was to have assassinated Napoleon,"al- 1136 though the story, as told, makes it doubtful whether there ever was any T such man. The Saturday Magazine, a published by Mr. F. B. Perkins, assistant librarian of the Boston Public Li- & brary, and a nephew of Mr. Henry Ward Ihe Bcecher and Mrs. Stowe, furnishes a tale ? of exceeding intorcHt, written by Suehet T Ward, the secretary of " Admiral Mor- . gan, of the United States flagship 'Tennessee.'" Mr. .Perkins is Secretary The Wa:d's exeeutor and found the story I< amoni? his Danors. The incident it re- T lates fias never been discovered in any ^nc public document, nor has it yet appeared in Martin's '* Life of the Prince Con- Anc sort," and Mr. Perkins thinks it never I* will. Briefly the story is as follows: p The Tennessee was cruising in the Q, . English channel when the news cam*- of , the stooping ol the Trent and the capture of Mason and Slidell. Morgan was T eager for a fight, and hoped the incident A would lead to war. He was holding his The vessel off Osborne, Queen Victoria's residence, on the Isle of Wight, subject Oh. to the orders of our minister to England. X Ward was sent ashore to fetcli that gen- x tleman, and on his return with him wag ^ told by the coxswain of the admiral's barge that the " old man had got a wid- 1116 der below, a runnin' off with her. They ^ say she's the richest woman in Eng- 0 and." Till ? tit?> ?a *i,? i A8 SOUC US T* ?ll"U U11U 1/1115 u'.iuioi/ci | were on board, the Tennessee got under j way. " The widow was Queen'Victoria | with one of her personal attendants, Lady M The American minister . was stunned, looked again, stepped for- V ward, and,'bowing very low and cere- vac moniously, said he was most astonished; . A whereupon Queen Victoria burst out tiro upon him, asking him if it was possible B he had contrived this wickedness. She cosl declared, in a peat rage, that she had ^ been kidnaped by "this person." meaning the admiral, who was a worse pirate . than John Paul Jones. "But whatever A happens to me," she said, "it. will be Ke.? the end of your republic, Mr. , and Wlt you will richly deserve it!** "She T spoke right royally; without a tinge of and fear; as boldly as if sho were addressing tbei her own parliament in Westminster B abbey instead of being a captive in a dor foreign man-of-war, beyond the possi- lifebility of rescue." ' j The minister at once ordered the ad- tjjC miral to stop the vessel, turn about and jat take it back to its anchorage. The ad- ? miral remonstrated. "Mr. ," he . . said, " we've got 1em sure, with her," motioning toward the opposite cabin: w,t "they will be glad to drop Mason and T Slidell like a hot potato." But the ed minister insisted, and the admiral | dou obeyed. Then the minister went into I silv the cabin and hnd a lone talk with the | D queen. He told her that'she controlled | prir the lives of thousands of brave men. for ' pap she could cause or prevent the declara- j of "t tion of war. He begged her, as a i wat Christian, to overlook the insult, and j f not destroy a country which loved and j reverenced her as her own English peo-1 gjje pie did. There was a tremor in his ; wjj( voice. Queen Victoria, changed color, wej hesitated, :tnd finally agreed to keep ? silence, if she could he put on shore w again without its being known. This j 7^? was accomplished, the minister kissed J Pnc the queen's hand, and the American re- i nea public was saved. [ nev Admiral Morgan had been studying I V the Jxindon Illustrated News containing j ami sketches of Osborne and the grounds, j con together with a narrative of the queen's ; ted habits and favorite resorts while resid- i but inz there. He was thus enabled to put I J] a bo:it ashore, secretly capture her and crel carry her off to his ship. The queen call i -- 1? j ? J ! _ was .18 gO(M as ncr wuru nun iirvi-i ujuj breathed a whisper of the affair. Per- abl: kins heads his article, " What Queen fata Victoria Never Told." We, however, l have private information, to which Perkins is quite welcome, that the rea- tjje i?pn why she never told it is because she never heard it.?Detroit. Free Press. con git i Why 1 he Law Is Uncertain. T Language is an imperfect instrument! for the expression of ideas. Not a few j of its forms are ambiguous?that is. ^ they speak in two ways. Reader and i j" hearers are left in old Isaac's perplexity. | The voice is that of Jacob, tlie hand is I that of Esau. i *01 Many of the terms of language are '000 equivocal. They have two meanings, , oxc so that the reader is in doubt as to the j sf01 mind or intention of the writer. ! Bro The., who draft statutes know how I J difficult it is to frame a law which shall 1 yea be free from ambiguous expressions or i app equivocal terms. .Judge Story once told 1 tree a personal incident, 'which illustrates . betl this difficulty. ! yea He was employed by Congress to j draft an act. So important was it that ! tj . he spent six months in trying to perfect J its phraseology. His purpose was to j r*'. make the statute so clear that the most i .P. i v,? f/x | ma' asiuie lawyer auuuiu uui< , the shaddw of a doubt upon its meani??. |,n? The draft, proving satisfactory to the i * lawyers in Congress, became a law fn I P^1"' less than a year, a suit, involving the in- P':l1 terpretation of this very law, came be- WR3 fore the court over which Judge Story tftX presided. Having heardthe arguments tr<-f of the able attorneys, the judge confessed ra?' that he was unable to decide upon the T meaning of a statute which he himself cepi had framed. in He, of course, knew what fie had rem meant to put into the law. But the tun criticisms of the two lawyers showed eve; him that he had used such aqabiguous fifte expressions that it was doubtful if he T had said what he meant to have said. his ? thei Want of Courage. hea A great deal of talent is lost to the world for the want of courage. Every day sends to the grave a number of obscure men, who have only remained pj in obscurity because their timidity has ~g prevented their first effort, and who, if ^2 they could have been induced to begin, wj1( would, in all probability, have gone tjtj( great lengths in the career of fame. The ^ _ fact is, in order to do anything in this Qr , world that is worth doing we must not wjj( stand shivering on the brink, and think ^qq of the cold arid danger, but jump in and **. scramble as wc can. It will not do to *jti be perpetually calculating risks and adjusting nice chances. It did very well & before the flood when a man could con- ?ee suit his friends upon a publication for ?t. one hundred and fifty v'ars, and then "ie live to s ?e its success for six or seven ?aP centuries afterward, but at present a not man waits, and doubts, and hesitates, ~~ft and consults his brother and his uncle and his particular friends, till one day c'a.s he finds that he is sixty years of age: orl that he lias lost so much time in con* ft suiting first cousins and particular > ven friends that he lias no time left to follow con their advice. There is no time forover- cou squeamishness at present, the oppor- shi] I unity so easily slips away, the very Ws period of his life at which man chooses boj to venture, if ever, is so confined, that tioi it is no had rule to preach up the neces- squ sit>, in such instances, of a little vio- pap lence to feelings and to efforts made in plo defiance lo slriet and sober calculation, des ?Sydney Smith. lisli _ _ the tho It used to be said of the Rev. l)r. A. tlie P. Peabody, that he was so absent- S minded he would go to a party, get in- ize< terested in conversation, tie his legs up a tl in a silk handkerchief, and when he j Th started to leave his seat he would full ! the upon his face, bavins forgotten to untie Tin the handkerchief. Upon one remarka* clo bie occasion lie is said to have broken w& up a sewing-eire'e by calmly and un- sue consciously stuiling two-thirds o f the arr white skirt of a young lady's dress into wh his coat pocket, under the impression am that it was liia own pocket handker- wa, cliief. of t Winter. cold winds from the northward rear ho quivering snow-flakes thickly la?nd cover with a velvet pall rusaet sward ol mead and moor 1 standing at bis cottage door, he laborer thinks of labor scant, nd sees the haggard hand oi warn ow shadows on his chamber floor. i children shont for joy, and cry A merry Christmas!" as they seo be whitened cloak of bnsh and trety * ' > 1 the 8ott leathers in the sky. ? lrnrtw Yir?f whtr fhn 1 ntVinr'a orn j i sad and heavy through the storm; hey only know the lire is warm, 1 that the stating time Ls nigh. I he to whom they look lor bread i filled with many doabte and tears, or in the howling wind he hears' lays that must be idly led. t little ones must still be ted, A *" hough work be scarce and winter long i nd though the willing hands be strong, y cannot thaw earth's irozon bed. h winter! winter! bright and gay 0 some, with what an ir?m grip > */x hou boldest many a silent lip, j'* t cannot words of gladness say! n, while we leel thy brightness, may Te leal lor those whose hearts are full 1 bitterness, that has no lull winter days are gone away! > ?Harper'* Bjxm ITEMS OF INTEREST. ' faited States Senator Jones, the Ne x la millionaire, is English. , l clock, pendulum -is bound to keep fe if it Has to swing for it. , oth very light colored and very dark,* r~ tumes for street wear are in vogue. . great deal of the medicine used noways is vial stuff? Yonltert Statesman. ^ 1.-^1 ...i. 4 . competing 11'IWJI UUl Y? lib oaja 4, erously of another that "it stands , bout arrival." reat your servants with confidence * K consideration, andjflo not suspect' Z"-<~ m of doing wrong. ' V oys who are granted theutmoAt free- , *?. .A a of the streets are like the sands of JM ?ttiey run out.?Gate. Oiiv. he Sultan of Turkey has portions of New York Scientific ^nicrica%trans- F H d into Turkish for his reading.' .? gHH /"hcri a man gtts the rheumatism in 9HH knees he knows the beauty of a gate JjHflHB bout hinge*.?-Mew Haven Register.*' H he farm products of Illinois amount- p yjBBMm in 1879 to $200,000,(MO. which is [< iXBH ble the product of all the gold &&d tKm er mines in the United States. o not lena your paper and cheat the Ha iter. People who ao not pay for the ers they read have the hardest kind imes trying to get to Waven.-BtiUer Lumberman. he mother should s?3L anexampleof lg neatly and appropriately dressed. will see no one during the day before :>m sue suouia oesire 10 appear ?u j ,, 1? or to be so attractive. crw ie it in fashionable weddings that always have a-cata'ogqp of the ie's wearing apparel, while we never r of the groom having so much as a t pair of socks??Syracuse Herald. Without wholesome intervals of usement, uninterrupted work beles intolerable' There are and must lifferences in the modes of enjoyment, there is a common womanhood.11 [iss Payne, of St. Paul, became a sei smoker. When two gentlemen ed she hurriedly thrust a lighted irette into her pocket, and was soon ize, receiving burns that were almost $ ive in your drawing rooms; huve ks, work, music, fire, all to make it pleasantest place for the members of family; a place for resf, comfort, versation, with nothing too fine to lpon. he United States use more coffee n any other nation, England more and Spain more chocolate. We also more suear than any other country fully half of all the Malaga raisins ivn and dried. Te suspectthat there are men in New k who would willingly give ?100,fora seat in the New York stock hange, who rarely give a cent toward iringone in the heavenly kingdom.? oklyn Union-Argus. oshua Woodbury made eeord in the r 1781 that he had just sot out two le trees "for posterity's sake." The * s still stand on a farm at Cape Eliza1, Cumberland county, Me., and this r bore two barrels of good apples. he total production of honey :.in the ted States has for years past aver1 about fifty million pounds annually. L879 the supply is estimated at half t quantity, owing to a failure of the [) in California and a partial failure ither States. , rifirrollc QfiVQ FiVPfV UC XUHivrio ?. . - -w 3011 in the State of New York who its shade tree3 along the public liighj is entitled to an abatement- of hi* at the rate of twenty-five cenls poi !. We believe this fact is not geney known." he Dub? of Rutland recently acted notices to quit their farms sent by fifteen of his tenants, and when t day came, directed his agent to roi the whole of the year's rent to ry one ot his tenants cxcept the en who had given notice. he*proprietor who nuts onions on bill-of-fare in French, and then s^nds tn to the table in sections with the .? rt punched out, and covered with an ^ant orown oaiwr wiuui mane.-' uh-ui It like half-grown crullers, perpetrates S ruel fraud upon the evening young 11 who is going out to see his girl.? el Gazelle. pain has 92 dukes, 866 marquises, counts, 93 viscounts, 98 barons. The Die number of persons bearing the es of duke, marquis, earl, viscount. on and lord in the United Kingdom Great Britain and Ireland is someere about 900. but of these only some have seats in the house of lords. st of the rest bear merely courtesy ;s. .nother secret printing oflicc has n discovered by the Russian police in fli\a tfmn in mw? of rctensiiuijt, aim wu tuuv ... ..... mcst fashionable quarters of the ital. When the police entorcil the ise they found about twenty persons mong them three women?some of om are supposed to belong to the best sses of society, engaged in printing a >idden ])amphlet. * Ir. Anseli Warren, of St. Louis, is a ierable printer who is recorded as a lpanion of Mr Greeley while the ntry lad was serving his apprenticep at the case in J'oultney. Vt. Mr. irren says that Mr. Greeley's first -i. _ ??f wmfi'nff frvr nil Mlfiil 1311 IIIWUJPI, ill <v. , i was made apropos of a monsterash which was sent into the newsier oflice. Several of the men emyed in the oflice undertook to write criptions of it, the best one to he publed. The young Greeley was among competitors, but his item was not ught to be successful, and went into waste-basket.?Tribune. ix boys at Hennepin, Iowa, organ:i as bandits, on a plap suggested by irilling novel which they nad read, ey could not find a natural cave, and refore dug one in the side of a hill, eir tirst exploit was to rob all the thes-lines in the neighborhood on a ah day night. Great excitement e:.d, and several innocent tramps were ested; but the mystery was explained en, on the following night, the young ateur thieves stole a horse and pon, and were caught taking a load he clothes to the nearest city.