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ft ? / . * # ABBEVILLE PRESS & BANNER. ' i BY HUGH WILSON AND H. T. WARDLAW. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 1880. NO. 41. VOLUME XXV. In Yonth. . j at la youtfa w? reeted on the hill of hope, or And viewed before us the prospective pleas- wj ore; ai) We wmtohed the warm east bathing vale and kn slope, | # With rays downladea with their golden ^ treasure. ^ Here came a shade that lent a tinge to sad- of ness, Yet made the soul more spirtually bright; She took my hand, and, in a voice ef gladness, bj Pointed to where a bird sailed in the light. With the smooth waving wing that skimmed tne air, | m' Upward and onward my heart kept time I tri and motion; Until a oloud, with a silvery lining lair, Concealed the bird, and blighted my devotion. j w] I The moon approached, and with it worldly j PaiD> I do We labored in the vale, with burning raya j above ua; Slow moved the rook acrosa our field of grain, to And darkness seemed to Jail on tho3e who j ? eared lo love as. ' a On the western slope, in twilight now, % ( Hi; We turn with sadness toward the night be- P1... in, hind us; The care of time is fixed on either mw, ^1 And sighs are l>orn ol thoughts that but re. sp mind as. The bird that sailed, at early summer morn, Behind the cloud with silvery lining iair, of Was youth's bright hope, which fled Irom me 44 J with soorn, ?r Cl? And left my days to darkness and despair. The rook that moved across my field ot grain, in Bore on his wings the blight ol coming ni] year8; att But still to mo there's solaoe in her atrain, Who raised me first to life among the spheres. jjjj ?Hugi> F. McDtrmoU. ch __ . _ sel A TERRIBLE NIGHT. w WC W( 1 am no politician. I am a provision dealer?a wholesale provision de'aier? t0 doing business in New York city. II:tv- an' ing Commenced my veritable history F0/ with the above assertion, it is necessary j^'1 that I should inform the reader how it was that I was a member of the New tht York delegation to the Democratic con- t.w vention held in Baltimore some years "V ago. One evening in the latter part of May tI1( I was heated with my wife in our pretty house on Eighth street, enjoying a fra- nej grant cup of tea?for if there is anything that I am a good judge of it is tea. n.ei My wife had been shopping, and while tl,( I was sipping my Hyson flavored with ?oc orange, she was showing me her pur- ho chases. She was expatiating on a "love m:! of'a honnet," when we were both star- cu; tied by a violent ring at the bell, and in y?' a minute or. two afterward a servant 4 entered, informing me that Mr. Lawrence Arriew wished to Bee me immcrli- pei atelv. A? Ardew was a particu'ar friend I of mine I immediately ordered him to tio Me admitted. t ma "Gunby," said Ardew, as soon as lie sui had paid his respects to my wife (I noi shonid have told you before that my th< nnm<^is Jonathan'Gunby), " Gunby, 1 lor want you to do me a great favor." ab. "What is it, my dear fellow?" I re- aw plied. 1 could afford to.be affectionate, oci /or I knew that Ardew was too rich to ou want money. pi* M "You know I am a politician?" said ni{ ? ->? .,t 7 Arni'W. "I know you are."-1 returned, "and ioi not much pood has it done you. To my <?u< ctrtitin knowledge you have not re- tir reived a cent benefit from it; on the ar< other hand, you have spent a good many fei hundred dollars." * . "Just wait till is eiected Presi- me dent, and then you wiH see; but that is de not the question. I am a delegate to the I c Baltimore convention, and I want you at to art as my substitute." I m "What!" 1 cried, jumping up from hu my chair in excitement. "I, Jonathan sic finnhv. wholesale provision merchant. act as a member of a political conven- tli< tion! never, my dear friend, never!" i"J " But you must. I will pay all ex- an penses, and the trip will do you good. rei I have noticed that you seemed to be tin thinner than you used to be; a change wl is the very thing for you. The fact is, de I have an important lawsuit going on, mi and it is utterly impossible that I can m< leave New York. You must do this tic favor for me. my dear Gunby." en " But, Ardew. I never attended a po- th litical meeting* my life," I replied, ini somewh.?t softened by the fact that all no my expenses would be paid. "I should be make a blockhead of myself, for I know th nothing of the rules and regulations of no such assemblies." th " You don't want to know anything; i all that you have to do is to vote through j of thick and thin for?" ot " But I don't like the man." ! tif "You have nothing to do with that j mi I do like him. and vou will be votiae for I me." * kx " You are right?I forgot tba^.1' an " Jonathan shall not eo to Jbat awful m rowdy city, Baltimore," said my wife, se " He will be killed by the 4 Plug Uglies,1 in 'Blood Tubs or 'Blink Snakes. It ej is not safe to w alk the streets there, a I'll never consent lo his going." d: " You need have no fear on that head, M madam," sa'd Ardew; " they have got n( a new police there, snd Baltimore is one w of the quietest cities'in the Union." a{ I need not detail any more of the con- er versation; suffice it 10 say that Ardew hi persuaded me to act in his place, and w the hint of a handsome present from the di monumental city so mollified my wife e\ that she pave her consent. w On the appointed day, provided with m the necessary vouchers. I started on my journey, having first faithfully | fe promised my wife that I would not in venture in the streets of Baltimore after ni dark. I shall not detail the particulars 01 of ray journey. Wert I:to do so I le might describe how crowded we were; c( how we were annoyed by a squalling ti: inlart that it was utterly impossible to fa silence; how we were delayed in the si crossing of the Susquehanna by some cc accident to the ferryboat; how I tried gl to read, but could not on account of the I perfect babel around me; how I en- ir deavored to make fun of the boys who 6old apples, and had the laugh turned ir Against me by those youthful venders of k that wholesome fruit. All this and si 11 greab UCIU luurc, X numiL ini _vim, u>n m as every traveler goes throuch the same si experience it would only be repeating f< an old story. si We reached Baltimore at Jlast, and I b was immediately driven to Barnum's e hotel. I had some difficulty in making my way to the clerk's counter, the hall I was so crowded with people. h "All full, sir," said the gentlemanly v clerk, as I pulled the book toward me h to enter my name. ' _ e There was no help for it. I went t rottndJtotheGilmor house and received r tlie same reply. It was the same with I the Eutaw and the Howard house and Y half o dozen other hotels. It was get- t ting dark andJ began to tliink 1 sbouio s have to sleep in the hack all night. I "Try Ola Town, Bill," said a friend s to the hackman, who saw my dilemma. 1 " They are only third and fourth rate 1 inns there," said the driver, " and perhaps the gentleman would not like to i ' locge there for a night ?" i "Anywhere tuat I cAn get abed," my j good fellow," I'returned. " It i3 no use t being particular at such a time as this." r The horses1 heads were turned round, ' and we proceeded down Baltimore street over a bridge which spanned a I nmddy stream of water, called Jones1 ; fails, I believe. We then plunged into \ amiss of intricate narrow streets and 1 last stopped before the doorjof a ver dinary-looking tavern. It bore a nondescript-looking sigi liich I was told represented a golde eel, by which name the tavern wa ibwn. I entered and made my stereotype quiry?whether I could have a be ere for the night. The landlord, ick, burly-looking man, with a glear latent humor in his face, shook hi ad, and repeated the hateful words U1 full." I turned to go away, but was recalle the voice of the host. " Would you mind sharing a bed wit other party?"said he. " If there is no help for it I suppose list," I replied, " although, to tell th nth, it is by no means'agreeable t e," ana I inwardly heaped denuncis >ns on Ardew's head for persuadin e to be his substitute. "Your bedfellow is a quiet felloe hen he is asleep, although I must sa is rather vielent when annoyed. H teps very soundly, and all you have t is to he careful not to wake him. H .s been in bed some time." I must make a humiliating confessio the reader: I am not a brave man. ,ve often tried to persuade myself tha im. but truth compels me to state tha greater coward does not exist tha yself. The landlord's description c y bedfellow was anything but assui e;, and I was on the point of deelinin ten the proprietor 01 the Golde: lgel, no doubt reading 'vhat was tran iring in my mind, exclaimed: " You are afraid, are you?" . "Afraid! I should think not, in ed," I returned, for I was too mucl a coward to brave being thought on [ accept your ofler of half a bed ing me some brandy and water and i car." [ sat down at one of the little table the bar-room, and puffing away a j cigar I tried to persuade myself tha vas v ry jolly. It was a miserabl ;empt, however. I had previousl; pped at a restaurant in a more moderi rt of the city. After my cigar wa ished I asked to be shown to m; amber. The landlord took upon him f the task of being my conductor, am followed him up a narrow ricket; urease. We kept on ascending unti ! reached the top of the house, wliei ; entered a modererateiy-sized room t much cleaner than I had expectei find it. The ceiling was very low d inclined in front to the slope of th Df. The apartment contained but on d, which was placed against the wal tr the door. At the opposite end o ? chamber was a table, placed be ren two windows which looked upoi 1 roof. Hie 'landlord placed the^lamp upoi 2 table, a-.d 1 noticed that be shielde< i light with his hand as he passei ir the bed. Be sure and don't take the ligli ir him," whispered the proprietor o i Golden Angel; " nothing wakes hin rncr than that. You see I don't knov w he might like my pu .ing anothe m with him; and he is u *ery ug] stomer when he's riled, l an te) IX." ' 1 shall be careiui," i repnea. ' That's right! Good night," he wlu 'ed, and left the room. ie had no soonc. gone than I cau usly sat down, taking care not t< ike the least noise. I then calml; veyed my position. It was certainl; t a very enviable one. According t< ; landlord's account my companioi the night was anything hut an ami le character If I should chance aken him I knew not what migli 2ur. He might assault me danger sly before I could enter into any ex mation. I half resolved to pass th jht in the chair, and not retire to bei all. But it was one of the old-fash i?jd, high-backed chairs, and mad ?h an uncomfortable seat that I sooi ed out. I then ventured to glanc jund the room. My eyes naturall; 1 on the bed. There was one thin? that consolei s; my companion appeared to be ii ep sleep, for he did not even move ould see the ridge made by his fee the end of his bed, and that was all ilso noticed that the bed was a ver ge one. The man who had posses ?n of it lay near the wall, and ther is plenty of sr ace between him am 2 outside for me to lie without touch ; him. I screwed my courage u d began to undress?but I sudden 1, membered the landlord's words, tha e stranger was an "ugly custome ten he was riled," which made m sist. The thought struck me that ieht manage to lie on the floor, but jment's examination settled the que* in in the negative, for the floor wa tirely bare, and the air blew very col rough the wide chinks in the planl I oast my eyes to the ceiling an ticed for the first time that a heav am studded with numerous hooks ra rough the apartment; but as I wji >t a bird and could not perch ther< is discovery was of little use to me. Half an hour passed away in this stat indecision. I stole cautiously to or the windows, and gazed on the beat ul city bathed in the light of a lu oon. How quiet and calm everythin Dked ! feut the air felt fresh and coh id I closed the window and resume &seat in the chair. I then lound m: wondering what avocation my frien bed followed. I suddenly cast ni 'es on a heap of clothes which lay o trunk, covered over with a harikei lief, no doubt beloneing to the sleepe y curiosity got the better of ray polit< >ss, and before I scarcely knew what as about I found myself examining h >parel. The handkerchief which coi ed them was a coarse cotton one, an s clothes of coarse homespun, an ere such as are usually worn fc overs. My companion, then, wr 'idently a drover?a rough class of me ho usually stand npon very little cer ony. Partly undressed as I was, I began t el very cool- but before venturin to bed I determined to try an exper enttoseeif the drover slept sound! not. I had taken the precaution t ave the hedroom door open so that >uld make a run of it if necessary, ted my eye on the bed as I let my bo< ill. The drover was evidently a sour eener, for although the noi?e made wi ? i i- i-- J:J ?i. i.- .1 msiuerauie no nm uui mase w ightest motion. This decided me, ar hastily finished undressing and c?e; ito bed. Of course, I was careful not to touc iv companion. I do not know ho >ng I lay awake, hut the novelty of tl tuation drove sleep from my eyes f< :>mc time. By degrees, however, tl trangeness of my position wore off. sit reassured by my bedfellow's soui leep, and the gentle murmuring of tl reeze outside caused me to follow li xaniple. I have no idea how long I sleot hefo commenced to dream. I sudden! owever, though that my compani* roke up and sat upright in bed; th ie glared around him ana at Jast t yes fell upon me. lie then uttered errible cry and threw himself upi ae. In spite of my natural cowardi< saw that if I did not struggle I shou >e killed. I thought I seized him he throat, and. tightening my grasp aw him getting black in tne face. I: lands fell powerless by his side, mothered groan escaped him; but st [ pressed his throat tighter, tightei lis face grew blacker and blacker. In agony of iear I awoke, and wf vas my horror and dismay to find tl ny hand was really pressing my co janion's throat. lie did not mov<rr itir, and his body felt as cold as ice. "Great God!" I exclaimed aloi ' Can he be dead?" I jumped out of the bed. Morni bad dawned, although the sun had i yet risen. I rushed to the window a pulled back the curtain. I then i to the bed again and looked at my cn y Danion. My worst fears were realized. He was dead black in the face? 1, strangled in my sleep! n I shall not attempt to describe my is sensation at this horrible spectacle. My body was bathed in a cold perspirad tion, my hands trembled, and for a few d moments I believe I was bereft of my a senses. I recovered by degrees?but it n was only to realize in a more acute deis gree the horrors of my situation. There i: fay my victim and 1 was a murderer! My trial, conviction and the hideous d gallows all passed in rapid review before'me. Who would believe me ? I sat h down, buried my face in my hands and sobbed like a child. My wife, my own I comfortable home?should I evei see e them asain ? o What was to be done P Should I t- arouse the house and make a clean g breast of it ? But what could 1 Bay P Tell them I had killed a man in my v sleep ? Not a soul would believe the y story. Could I effect my escape ? Ime possible; the crime would be discovered 0 before I could leave the city, ard I e should be arrested; then the law would take its course, and I should be hanged n by the neck until I was dead. 1 Hanged by the neck! Yes, that would it be my Tate. As this terrible thought it crossed my mind I cast my eyes around n the chamber, and they tell upon the ?f beam with the hooks in it. From thence - they wandered to the handkerchief covg ering the dead man's cloihes. n A means of safety suggested itself to i- my mind. Suppose I could make it appear that the man had committed suicide. Yes, that was my only chance, r and I determined to put it into execuli tion. t. I took the doftd man's handkerchief, . and advanced to the corpse with a great a deal of repugnance, but with more courage than I could have anticipated, s My own fearful situation, no doubt, anit mated me to an extenf. that I should ,t never otherwise have dreamed of. I e made a noose in the handkerchief and y slipped it over the dead man's neck. I a then lifted the body out of bed, and, s standing on a chair, fastened the other p I end of the handkerchief to a hook in the - beam. I now let the body go, and it \ swung in space. y I jumped into bed, and shut my eyes 1 to close the horrid sight from my gaze, a I determined to wait there tintil some body should come into the room, and \ then pretend that I knew nothing at all about it, and that the man must have p got up in the night and hanred himself, e I lay quaking and trembling for over 1 an hour. It grew broad daylight. I f felt the sun shining directly on the bed, - biit 1 dare not open my eyes for fear that a I should encounter the dangling corpse. Suddenly I heard the step of two men a on the stairs. They appeared to be i carrying something heavy between j them. "The long-anticipated moment was approaching. In a few seconds t more they would discover the body. ,f My life depended in a great degree upon a tneir opinion. If they were deceived v by my ruse others might be. r The door opened and two men entered y the chamber, placing something heavy 1 or. the floor. " Well, I'm blessed if this man hasn't ' 1' ? 1_: j _ | Iiangea llimseu a^uia, wumnueu * . | voice which I recognized to be the landj lord's. I '* By golly ! that's true," said the 3 ! other man. "No, T see how it is; the y I stranger found out the trick you played | on him. Mid not liking the ideaof sloep3 | ing with a corpse, lie tucked him up 1 ! there to get him out of the way." " You're right." replied the landlord; j "well, he's a cool 'un anyhow, and would t ' you believe it, last nieht I thought lie . j was a coward ? That only sliows how .! easy it is to be mistaken in people. And e j now he sleeps as soundly as a church; 1 j let's be careful not to wake him." I breathed freely, for I immediately (, understood the whole matcer. The 1 landlord had put n-e to sleep with a e dead man. I heard them take down f the body and put it into a coffin?for it wiis that they had brought with them. ^ They carried it away and I was left to ^ myself. With my mind thus relieved I I fell asleep and enjoyed two Hours' t delicious slumber. I then got up, dressed myself, and proceeded down stairs. ' j " Good morning," said I to the landp j lord, who was behind the bar. j i " Good mornin',' sir." he replied, . j sheepishly; "I hope you slept well." p : "Splendidly," I returned; "mybedv I fellow gave trouble at first, but I soon \ i got rid of him." ,'r j I know you did." returned mine ho3t, e j with a knowing wink. " Well, I must t ' say, you are the coolest chap I ever 2 ! saw." j Not another word passed between us s ; with reference to the affair; and I afterd | ward learned from the conversation of | the people while I was at breakfast that ^ | my companion for the night was a y : drover, who, having made a rginous f1, speculation in cattle, had committed lS suicide by hanging himself in the cham3' ber the night before. I left the Golden Angel that morning, e having obtained quarters at Barnum's ie hotel. I wer " to the convention, voted [_ six hundred t. lesfor , and returned 11 : home, having 'iven full satisfaction to ; Mr. Ardew. ; I told my adventure to my friends? p ' not as I have told it to you, dear reader. : 1 but with the same construction that the . landlord of the Golden Angel put upoa K it. Everybody thought I had displayed ? extraordinary coolness and intrepidity. ^ j There is one thing, however, to which I . ! have fully made up ir.y mind, and that ' ! is, I will never attend another political [' ! convention as long as I live.?Baltimore i!Suw* | Carrier Pigeons at tJreat Altitudes. (1 | Experiments were lately made in d j Switzerland to ascertain whether carrier ,y pigeons would start at high altitudes ts j anci would find their way from summits ,n J covered with snow as well as from lees g. heights. Two pigeons were set at lib] erty on the Bergh. at a height of 8,600 0 | feet. After perching lor a few minutes f, j on a neighboring rock, they took flight j. | in the direction of the Eiger; but soon [y after they returned to the hut whence 0 j they had been liberated. They did not X ; start again for some time, when they 1 j took the route for their cot, although ! surrounded by mountains, and they had ,d j not seen tue country. Of these two, one as | did not reach its destination till seven ie | days after; the other failed to appear, id ! Neither (it should be said) had been pt accustomed to be set at liberty at a great distance from its cot. Another experih ment consisted in letting off two pigeons w ?one of which had not been thoroughly ia trained for great distances?about 9:30 a. m., at a point fifty feet under the tie highest point of the Jungfrau, or 13,750 I feet above the sea level. They immedik1 1 ately rose, described several large cirtie cles and took their flight down tiie vallis ley of Lutherbrunnen in the direction of Schiithorn and Schalveren. One of re these pigeons reached its cot at Thun at v. three o'clock next day (eight hours after starting). The other did not turn up. at The result of these observations is the lis more interesting, because in several in[ a stances pigeons letofffrom balloons higli on up in the air have seemed incapable ol ;e, sustaining themselves, and have fallen tr. ild the earth like an inert mass. by 1 ? , I An exchange says that an offer ol lis $4,250,000 has been made for the Lon , a don Telegraph and declined by its pro ill prietors, Messrs. Lawson, Levy & Co ? The Times is roughly valued at $25, 000,000, the Standard at $10,000,000 anc lat ] the News at $5,000,000. The price askec nit. . fnr flip Telpfirnnh is n. round 5.000.000 m- I The circulation of these journals i: lor , given at 85,000 daily for the Times, 145, | 000 for the Standard, 125,000 lor th id. News, and 200,000 for the Telecjruph. Ii j point of advertising patronage, tin ing Times exceeds all the ottier three com lot bined; the Standard surpasses both th nd latter. The paper of least circulatioi an has the most advertising patronage m- and vice versa. BURIED UNDER A STRAW STACK. The Nad Accident Which Happened to Three Little fcilrli on a IHluoarl Farm. A recent issue of the Sedalia (Mo.) Democrat has the following particulars of a sad accident: Mr. Francis Stotts and Mr. George Yeater Jive one mile north of this city, on the Longwood rond. A lane separates their farms, and their dwellings are not more than three hundred yards apart. On Saturday evening Maggie Stotts, a little girl of nine, asked permission, which was granted, to go over and play with Mr. Yeater's little girls, Dora and Birdie, aged respectively eight and ten. The three little girls went out to a straw stack a short distance from Mr. Yeater's house to play. The cattle had eaten some distance into the stacks, and the place thus created was used as a play-house. While the children were thus innocently engaged, without warning, the stack toppled over on them. Maggie Stotts saw it coming and sprang to get out, but was caught and crushed to the earth on her face. Fortunately for the little Yeater girls they ororo c5ftin<r p.lnsp against the breast where the straw was ea^en away, and this prevented them from sharing the fate of little Maggie, who only spoke once, and that was to say: " Girls, pull me to you." Nobly did the two little sisters try to comply with the request. They pulled and tugged at little Mugeie until they ore nearly all her clothes off, but it was of no avail. She struggled to free herself from her position, but suffocation soon did the work for her, and when she ceased to struggle little Dora and Birdie knew she was dead, and talked about their time coming next. They sat in their cramped and uncomfortable position for what seemed to them like an age. Their supply of air was becoming exhausted and their breathing difficult. Death was sk wly creeping over them when Birdie said to her sister: "We are going to die, Dora; let's pfcll our shoes off." And she actually went to work and unlaced her shoes. Thn r>]n"Mvon linH liPnn imrlpr tb*> Sfalfilr about an hour and a half, when their prolonged absence was observed. Mrs. Yeater called them, but there was no response. Supposing they had gone over to Mr. Stotts' house with Maggie, a messenger was sent there, but returned wiih the word that they were not there. A consultation was held, when Mr. Darius Prickett, one of Mr. Yeater's tenants, made the announcement which struck terror to the souls of all present, that the straw stack had fallen over. It was remembered that the last seen of them they were playing under the stack. All rushed for the stack, and never did human beings make greater exertions. Mr. Prickett seemed endowed with superhuman strength. Both Mr. Yeater's and Mr. Stotts' families were now present, all fearing the worst, but working with all Lin*11 auu Finally the voices of the little on e wore heard in their living tomb, and the hopes ot all were brightened and their efforts redoubled. Dora .and Birdie were found first and taken out more dead than alive. Hope sank in the hearts of the Stotts family when Majcgie was not found with her playmates, but her body was soon reached and seized by her almost frantic father, but life had departed. The scene which then ensued was painful in the extreme. It was now dark, and the half-crazei father ran home with his dead child in his arms, followed by his shrieking family. He would press his darling to l-;~ 1? a woi?mfh fn ills UU3UUI mill 11 V LW lUl^tUV IKUU4VU vw her cold body, out all in vain. He could Dot be induced to give up the corpse, but he walked the floor all night with it in his arms. It was no wonder the lather and other members of the family refused to be comforted, for a purer, sweeter or more intelligent child than Maggie was never created. She was the idol of her parents, brothers and sisters, and beloved bj^all who knew her. The funeral took place from Mr. Stotts' firm residence. The scene at the grave was an affecting one, and it was with difficulty that Mr. Stotts was prevented from throwing himself in the jjrave. Mrs. Stotts is completely prostrated by the terrible shock. "Left Nothing to His Famiiy." How often is this said of a man whc dies owning no property! How oftec in their ignorance are good men saddened by the thought that, having nc money to bestow, they can bequeatb nothing to their children. But everj child is an heir, and his inheritance is indefeasible. First of all are hia memories of his parents and home Ah! if men and women could dictat< to their lawyers, on paper or parch ment, what memories they shall leav< behind them, how differently would th< rccord read in so many cases! Bui memory is a record not open to amend ment, not subject to obliteration W n fllmll hp romflm aiiuiuui o n in. w v/ >/V *. bered chiefly for what we are?happy i there be even one who will think o what we wished or tried to be. Kverj day and year, therefore, adds to thi possessions of our children and friends in their memories of us. How inade quately does money represent one whei compared with one's self! The trit* truth that it is not what a man has. bu what he is, that measures him, neve: soems less trite than when one thinki what he will be to his friends when hi has been ten years dead. And so a man who has no property t< devise should not be unhappy. "Igivi and bequeath to my dearly beloved wifi and children a good name." Isn't tha a good start to a last will? If a mai can honestly and proudly write that and then descend to possessions that ari expressed in figures, ^o much the bet t.er. But there is the best authority fo: giving tbe preference to the tangible be quest. And if in his inmost soul thi father feels that among the unenumer ated legacies, each dear one left behin< will have a memory of him as kind thoughtful, generous, amiable, loving tender and true, how dare he think tha he shall die poor? These are treasure that no heirs quarrel over, and that re quires no probate outside of the sanctu ary of the heart. They arc veritabl; "laid up in heaven." Why do th errors of the spiritual materialists stil keep men looking beyond the stars-a the place where " their.possessions be?1 ?Ooldti Rule. The Sultan's Personal Expenses. Respecting the Sultan of Turkey, wh I mav he said to keep Euripe in a per petun.1 state of Turkish hath, some ir teresting statistics iiave becD published Abdul H:vmid's favorite residence a ' Constantinople, the Yildiz Kiosk, is d< fended by thirty guns and garrisoned b ; 3,000 soldiers. Attached to the estab lishment are five " talkers," whose dut i it is to scare away dull moments b f pouring into his majesty's ears all th > title-tattle, scandal and idle gossip c Constantinople. These atalkers hav under them a staff of sixty spies an : sneaks, who day and night poke thei - noses into the city's holes and cornei and creep up back stairs in search < . spicy Items for the royal ears. Thei - are iour suiumua uuu nuumi ? I the harem, guarded by one hundred an I twenty black enuchs, who have specii . servants of their own. and live wel i There are ten niailria <Vhotel, three hui - dred cooks ':ind two hundred waiter c Ten servants take care of his majesty' i pipes, i' n more of the bit of carpet upo b which lie frays and ten more pass the - livea in making coffee for him. No c. withstanding the eternal cry of poverl II raised by poor Turkey, the sultan mai ages to spend in his household not le i 511,000,000 a year. About Gold. A writer in the Boston Economv groups a few of the interesting facta re specting gold as follows: From the earliest times to the com mencement of the Christian era, th amount of gold obtained from the sur face and mines of the earth was ?1,400, 000,000; from the date of the latte event to the discoyery of America $3, 900,000.000 were obtained; from the dat of the latter event to "the close of 184 $2,700,000,000 were obtained; the extcn sive working of the Russian mines ii 1843 added, "to the close of 1848, $900, 000,000 more; the triple discovery of th California mines in 1848, the Australia! in 1851, and the New Zealand in 1861 added to the close of 1879 $5,200,000, 000; making a grand total of $14,000,000, 000. The average loss by abrasion of coil is estimated to be a twentieth part of on per cent, per annum; and the loss b; consumption in the arts and by fire ani shipwreck, at $3,000,000 per annum. J cubic inch of gold is worth, at ?3 17s 104d., or $18.96 per ounce, $193; a cubi foot. $333,504; and a cubic yard, $9, 004 608. The amount of gold in existence a the commencement of the Christian er won S427.000.000: at the Deriod of th discovery of America it had diminishei to $57,000,000; after that event it gradu allv increased, and in 1600 it attainei to $105,060,000, in 1700, to $351,000,000 in 1800, to $1,125,000,000; in 1853, ti $3,000,000,000; and at the piesen time the amount of gold in existenc is estimated to be $8,000,000,00? wbich, il meitea in to one mass could be contained in a cube o twenty-nine feet. Of the amount nov in existence, $6,000,000,000 are estimate* to be in coin and bullion, $1,000,000,00 in watches, and the remainder in plate jewelry, and ornaments. The annual report of gold at the com mencement of the Christian era wa $800,000 j at the period of the die ^ver of America it had diminished to 00, 000; after that event it gradually .in creased, and in 1600 it attained to $2,000, 000; in 1700 to $5,000,000; in 1R00 ti $17,000,000; in 1843 to $52,000,000 in 1850 to $106,000,000; in I860 it at tained its acme, when it was $236 000, >00; but in 1863 it diminished to $208, )00,000. The additional supply fron New Zealand has not offset the pavtia exhaustion of the California and Aus tralian mines. Therefore, the produc tion of the present year will be belov $120,000,000. Three-fourths of th amount of gold now in existence ha been obtained within the hist thirty seven years. Since 1792 to the present time, the gol< /?mnnnrtwif tlm TTnitfH Skates mint ha amounted to SI, 100,000,000, of whicl $1,000,000,000 have been issued sine 1850. Since 1726 the gold eoinage of tli French mint Iias amounted to 11.000, 000,000 francs, of which 8,000,000.00 have been issued since 1850. Since 160 the gold coinage of the British mint ha amounted to 365,000,000 pounds sterling of which 165,000,000 pounds have beei issued since 1850. Since 1661 the gol< coinage of the Russian mint has amount ed to 800,000,000 roubles, of which 530, 000,000 roubles have been issued sincv 1850. The sovereign of England con tains one hundred and thirteen grains o pure metal; the new doubloon of Spair and the half-eagle of the United State: one hundred and sixteen grains each the ??la lion ol the Netherlands and til double ounce of Sicily one hundred am ~1. . I l,ii S(: YC!lli:cil {;i tiliia r?u.ii , auvi uio im<aivj five franc piece of France one hundrei and twelve grains. 11list? recently beei proposed to adopt a uniform system c coinage throughout the world, so tha the coins of oiie nation may circulate ii any other, without the expenses of re coinage. A DiabolIc.il Invention. Only a few short weeks ago, says th Rochester Democrat, an innocent adver tisement appeared in the newspapers and an unsuspecting public read tha the new game of "15" was for sale That was all, but few realized the dead]; meaning conceuled beneath ttiose appar ently harmless words. A gentlemai ; saw one in the store, and it looked s , simple that he took it home to amus i the children. In ten minutes from th : time he tried to explain to the little pec . pie how the thing was done he was oh livious to all outward things, and wen on, hour after hour, moving the littl blocks of wood with the feverish in tensity of a madman. A neighbor calle in, and seeing at a glance how the puzzl > should be worked out, bought one an 1 i. ! k ft, I triea It. Xieis Sllll UJIUg. nimsuiu infection spread. To-day there is hard! > a pleasant home in the city that has no i the dark shadow of " 15" across it r threshold. Men demanu it, wome i plead for it, and children cry for it. An i when it catches them it never lets gc , Occasionally some one will get the n ? teen numbers .in the proper order, bi his elation is short-lived. To save hit } he cannot tell how he did it, nor can 1j ; do it again. All theories are wronj t and experience is ot no avail. It i . worse than a malignant fever, and n j one can tell the moment when he wi - be made a victim. Young men carr f the game in their hip-pockets, the sam f as Texans do revolvers, and it is eve r more fated in its uso. It is produced o i the slightest provocation, and instanti , the spell is worked. Men swear an - throw it from them, but they pick it u 1 again and go on moving the blocks ( 2 wood up and down, to the right and t t the left. It is the last three nuuibei r that disturb the mental equilibrium. ] b is plain enough sailing unui men. it j there the trouble commences. Whr will be the result no one can tell. Ui ) less there is a speedy relief we must bi 0 come a nation of block-movinc idiot e No punishment is too great for the ma t who sent this infliction upon an unpri 1 pared community. We can see him i ,, imagination trying to make the nun 9 bers come right on a red-hot piece < - sheet iron. Could he be found tliei r would be no escape from the howlir - populace. g Up and down, Lett and right, j Almost, done, Nover right. g Prlce3 and Uses. Sudden and large advances in tl prices of articles are frequently o 7 casioned by new uses found in them. A e instance is afforded in currants, whicl 1 as an article in the grocery line, raigl s formerly fairly be regarded, from tl " low price at which they were to be pn cured, tu a drug in the market; and tl increasing use of currants lor distillir purposes in France has enhanced the value in an important degree. Ofcour: 0 this will be met by increased cultiv; '* tion of the berry in Greece. Again, i J" silk, values would never have risen I ' their present point but for the extensi' lt use of silks in blending with other m s terials, jis in the soft, ilexible goods i y acceptable for Indies' wear, while sati r for which Persian and Bengal orgazii v f.irto hoc s*rtmp Invnnlv in J auft'ij uu< i?*w, ~ ....? y lashion. Tlie United States now cou: e as :in important factor in the manufa ture of silk poods, the Paterson mil] J with their 12,000 hands, produeii d to the total annual value ot, $1.4 'r 000,000. One can only wonder at tl "* former low depression of silk view of the present general activi "p of the markets. It is a singular fe >f i---? - ? r\ r ci 11? f-hnf on f IUIC 1U LUC uiuuuv uiu.1 \JI o?m bimvou d this has had no tendency to increa.sc " volume. The Asiatic countries, when ' the bulk of the supply is derived, a i- stagnant in this as in other indubtrit B- In Europe, with the more extensive ci 's tivation of the mulberry tree, thcra 'P- a^es disease made in the silk woi ir have totd upon the yield. It would set t- viiat it ia to California that the wor hereafter would nave to look for t quantity and quality needed to supp sb ment the advancing demand of co Bumen.?Cleveland Trade Review. A BACKWOODS ADVENTURE, Desperate Struggle* of Two Wen W1 Pack of Catamohnt#?Their Marve Escape from Death, 6 A letter from Erwinna, Pa., to a ] York paper says: A group ?f the fis . men and hunters of this section of Pi r sylvania were gathered around . stote in the little tavern perchet fi among these hills, the other day, tel .j yarns and discussing the prospect 1 the country. Every one of the v n know n characters of the vicinity . told lor the hundredth time some fa c ite episode of his own, and the liste a were getting tired and sleepy, wh< stranger, who had hitherto been ' observed in the rear of the crowd, sj . out. "Friends," hesaid, " you hav< asked me to speak, and I have, so e been content to listen to the incid ? you have related. But I do not bel j in being entertained without furnisl ^ some entertainment in return, so, t I# your }jcriiii?siuu, l win give jw c anecdote out of ray personal . tory, which I can vouch however much you may be t clined to doubt its accuracy. ' a is my first visit to this part of the Si e most of my davs having been sper j Pike county. When I was a boy, . woods thereabouts were wild ana i -j ered with a thick underbrush, and n . kinds of reptiles and animals abomv ^ The species known as the catamount t isted in -larger numbers than any ot e You know the catamount is more I the panther than anything else, bi i| larger and more ferocious than a i ,f cat. Our little village had been t v on the edge of one of the Ion \ stretches of woodland in the count] 0 that it only took a few minutes to b 1 you into the dense thickets. It wa the winter of 1838 that I am to tell . of. I was then about thirteen years 8 and a.s rugged and strong as most of ? young men of twenty are in these tij . All tiirouch the autumn the catamc . and the black snake had bothered . men cutting timber for home use. ! 3 eral of the villagers had been b: . hurt, and one old man was killed bj tricky animal. The boys always he _ in hauling the logs and pieces of tim . driving the buck wagons from ! woods to the houses where it was ti j dumped. After old Uncle Simeon . killed, the women became badly sea . and made the men go armed, 7 wouldn't let us young men go on ? twims. Nn more trouble occurred, h s ever, until the winter set in. Ev . thing was quiet then, and fright caused by the accid i of the fall had passed a\ n One day a terrific snow-storm set ! The flakes came down so thick thai e couldn't see from our windows ac e the road to Sam Briggs' house. . dark it had become three feet deep, 0 we could hardly get to trie barn to 3 the stock. A bout seven o'clock it stoj: s snowing, and began to blow very h It grew very cold also. We hes [ great logs on the fire, and had the b !. gang were within a tew yards y the house. Just as I was leai - the room the old man came rusl 11 through the hall, saving: 'Jim o Jake have been headed off between e and the barn by the pack, and all e wildcats are on 'em.' You bet t i- was lively movin1 around then, i- old man and Bill, an older brother, I t the guns and went upstairs to the e room windows looking out on the y i- We could hear the boys yelling for d amid the growls of the delighted e mals. I put for an upper window, d there was a fearful sight. Jim e drawn his jack-knife, and was kee y the cats at bay, but poor Jake was 1; it less. A big fellow had him down, ;s Jake had his hands on the rascal's th n witli an awful grip. Four or five r d of the gang were trying to get a sho ). Jake, too. He kicked right and f- and fought like a tiger. Jim ha< it hands full even though he had a k: n | They got bphind him, and would j ie on him. He gradually worked his j, toward the house, however, and s is Sue, a brave girl, with nerves li o soldier, was waitine to open the 11 and let him in. Theold man fired ; y the window first, and one of the ie fell dead. Neither Bill nor the gu> n dared shoot at the animals right an n Jake for fear of shootins him. It y awful, I tell you. friends. putBi d charge in another of the fierce bi p and lie keeled over. By that time s >f of the pack were devouring the :o catamount that the old man had : "8 But there were so many of them ft even the two dead ones only drew s is a few of the gang. Jim had ^ two of them out of the way, and 1- working his way fjist toward sa 2- but he was terribly weak J 9- the wounds the cats had given him. n was perfectly cool, thouirh, an( e- shouted once to Bill: 'Kill am n blackguard, and then enough of 'em i- be busy eatin' to give me time.' ciacked away, and down went a < mount close to Jim Two or thrf ig the beasts jumped on the wou: members of the pack, and Jim mo dash for the door. Sue had it un ened, and the minute he reacher steps, she threw it open and he ru in, but, by George! one of the liu ascals sprang in w ith him. Then ] you there was fun. Sue had a big n knife in her hand and she stabbed ie brute, but it only exasperated him o- went for her right away, and : n moment there was a out down her p h. cheek that Jeft a scar she always cai it afterward. Jim turned as quick ie Hash and buried his jack-knife dec d- the brute's throat. It was a stui ie but before the animal expired lie ig Jim a dig in the right hand that ir sore lor :? good many weeks. 3C "Meanwhile Jake was 8 tragi a- out in the yard. How he held oi . Ii- j.'j ....-^1. ? l._ir a?KUrtH.flr in ileum, ?viiii iiini-uu/^n uiuuu v.. to beasts about him, is more than I c pe over understand. When I sto a- watching Jim, and looked acai ?o where Jake wiis, he was all torn n, blooey. You wouldn t have kr ie him, so disfigured by the catamr to was he. The only thing that saved nt was the fact that some of the neish c- hearing the noise of the guns, had < Is, out to iend assistance. The instant ig came near the house the animals sc( I,- them, and all but two left Jake. ie sooner had they gone than Jim ru in out of the house, followed by Si ty told you she was a brave girl, didn a- Instead of making a big fuss ovei ar eut in her face, she never thoug in herself, but only of Jake. The ce catamounts left Jake right away i ,:e they saw Jim and Sue, and starte ;s. them. While one of the rascals ii. mirl w;iv hptwern .Take and Sue, tll> v- j man put enough shot in him to en m i ife. Jim got the first dive at the i m one, and stubbed him in the neckId I was by his side, and put the old but he 1 knife behind on<"b: his ears. Tha' It?- J tied the business. Poor Jake n- nearly dead; indeed, they picked I up unconscious. lie lived for ab i month, but the strain had been too great, and he died from the effects of lh * the fight. The rest of the pack were lous killed by the neighbors, although they caused considerable trouble." Vew her- A Tough Bear Story, enn- a correspondent of the Philadelphia the Times, writing from a village in Pike 3 up county, Pa., tells this tough bear story: ling " Ever heerd 'bout the scrimmage me s of and Case had with a b'ar over 'long the fell- Rattlesnake creek?" asked old Jerry had Greening, as he oiled the logs on the fire vor- in his cosy little cabin near this village, ners Jerry is one of the best hunters in Pike 2n a county, and his.reminiscences are pccuun liarly interesting. )oke " I'll tell ye all 'bout it 'fore Case?ye inot know my son Case, don't ye?c?raes in. far, Wall, me an' Case an' that ere ole yaller ents houn' of mine?he's seventeen years old ieve this comin' spring?we started out alter hing a bee tree. Wall, we was a walkin' vith 'long kinder quiet like, when all to a l an suddent that cussed houn' of mine give his- the all-firedest yell ever I hear, and for, outer the brush and scrub oaks comes in- a tremengus black b'ar. I'll be hanged rhis it that b'ar wasn't ten foot long. Wall, ?te? the b'ar stood still in the path an' looked it in at me an' Case, an' Case an' me stood i the still an' looked at the b'ar, an' I'll be 30v- gosh hanged if 'twasn't so com'cal I lany just sot down an' laffed. Theu Case he ded. tmt tin nn his ear 'cos we didn't have no ; ex* gun nor nothin' with us, 'ceptin' a axe, her. and so he yells to me: 4 Reckon ve'd betlike ter'n get up a tree, 'nless ye want ter git sing chawed into mince meat,' sez he. Jest svild about thet time Mr. B'ar made for Case >uilt an' I shinned up a tree. gest " Wall, Case lie went fur the bar with so the axe and all of a suddent the ol' conring cern flew ofien the handle; so Case he s in started fur ter climb a tree as the bar you come lur him. Wall, sir, t6 see Case a old, climbin' that ar' tree with that bar the after 'im was more'n I could stun', so I mes. just bust out laffin'agin. Then Case he )unt got red-hot mad an' the way he slung ^the the profan'ty round1 were a caution. 3ev- Jest about the time be begin a callin' idly me all sorts er names that bar reached ' the one of his paws up an' pulled off one of Iped Case's butes. He slid down the tree ber, with the bute and when he teched the the groun' he struck that ar bute jest like be that seventeen-year-ol' dog of mine wud was a rat. But the bute didn't seem to red. sat'sfy him, so he clim' the tree agin, and Case saw him acomin\ so he yells out,, the ' I'm a goner, dad.' I sez. 4 Hold the ow- fort an' give him t'other bute.' Jest ery- then Case sez,4 I'll fix the ol' cuss.' the 41 Wall, sir, that bar clim' a'most to ents where Case were a settin', when all to ^ay. once't I see Case makin' some motions ; in. with his fingers. Sez I, 4 Be you aUxin' t we him?' Ssz he 41 be.' Jest then the ross ol' bar gave a ter'ble roar an' let go By the tree. I s'poseyou'll hardly b'lieve and it, but gosh hang me 'f that bar didn't feed turn a summerset m th' air an' light on vr>n/1 V.S.T liooil V.ia air if.'q a anlpm' fac'. \ roaring up the chimney. Tlie old i ^ wjis resting quietly in the corner, sn . ing his pipe, and seemed not to < B about what was going on, when ! . denly we heard a long, deep growl c f ing from the woods. The old man k: t what that meant, and 30 did som s my older brothers. The catamou j maddened by hunger, and prevent.r< (I tlie storm from getting anything to \ where coming in a body to the villi . ! In a minute all were astir. Two o< j boys started for the barn to see that door was fast, so that the catamoi f 1 could not dotrov tlie cattle. The j, j of us were told to fasten the wind a and hunt up the guns, which were al . the house somewhere. I went to c % window, and then f could see the t pack rushing as fast as they ct through the. snow. The sky had clei and the stars were out, so that I cc e see tlie folks at Briggs1 and down - street were preparing for the iiur 1, animals. I didn't get those binds .< ard. tbetthetbar fell on hiz head so hard tped that he broke hiz neck. The whole laze thing were so cussed com'cal thet I got man a laffin' an' fell clean off the limb I was 10k- straddlin' an' nearly broke my neck, care When C:ise com down outen the tree, jud- sez I, ' What made the bar tumble'' om- He looks at mea minnit an' then pulls new out a pepper box. Wall, sir, that ar' s of boy?I allers calls him boy, though he's nts, thirty-eight year ol' comin' hay time? 1 by had stole the ol' woman's pepper box, eat, just to tant'lize her, an' that's what itge. saved his liie. He sprinkled the pepper 'the in the bar's eyes an' nearly drove the him frantic, so he dropped. But the ants strangest j>art of the story .fe the dog. rest When menu' Case went back after the ows bar with a boss an' wagon I'll be blasted >out if we didn't lin that ol' yellcr houn'up lose 'nother tree yellin'like sin. Truth, sir, lark truth. Yes, sir, that ar' dog he'd been mid so scart that lie just elim' that tree ired 'thouhtthinkin'. Mebbe you think I'm >uld lyin' when I say that bar weighed five the hundred an"1 fifty poun'. But it's the . ??.?*i, T iiof .m1 T'm ?Kl'jr UUIU, Cll , X urjTbi uvu - n.. ihut tin' too oF to learn, fur I'm nigh seventy the year ol\" of ? ? ring Noyelties of the Fish Supply of San ring Francisco. and It is estimated that to -furnish the here markets of San Francisco with fish a 1 the total of about 600 fishermen are emhero ployed, who work in gangs of from three The to ten, generally owning their own boats took and tackle. These boats are of all sizes, bed- from the ordinary rowhoat for the bay Hrd. and river :o the half bark for outside help fishing. The most profitable is the ani- salmon fishery, but in that con* and siderable capital is required for the had purchase, care, mending, etc., of nets, ping Herring are caught in a net lelp- smaller than that used for salmon, as anp also codfish, shad, perch and numerous roat other varieties of marketable fish. The nore salmon come principally from the Sacrawat mento river, the others from the bay, left, San Joaquin river and the vicinity o 1 his Monterey, Tomalfs and Bodega. As nife. yet, the shad fishery is in its infancy. amp the spawn placed in tne oacrameniu way and Truckee rivers recently not having ister attained that size, with few exceptions, ike a sanctioned by law for itscupture. Some door of the larger varieties of fish, salmon from excepted," are caught with the hook, pack Lines are stretched, averaging seventyr'ner five feet in length, buoyed on >und pieces of corkwood, to which was numberless hooks are attached, baited 11 a generally with minnows. These ,'utc3 are visited twice & day and the catch lomc taken. For the lobster1 fishing a sort of first basket, about five feet high and two in jhot. diameter, with a opening at Jie that top, is employed. Into the opening the iway lobster crawls, and is caught in a trap, put The greater number of lobsters furnished was the markets comes from Santa Barbara, fety, Crabs are caught with a net basket at from different points off the shore rocks, and He shrimps with a small hand net drawn i he through the surf. Our clams come from )ther the sandy beaches around Tomales, will and the coarse articic known as ChiBill nese clams from Long Bridge. Mussels :ata- are similarly taken. Boys are generally te of employed in the shrimp, clam and musnded sel business, who sell their catch at the ,de a best prices they may obtain from the fast- different stall proprietors. The oysters I the of our market, the only article 111 wmcn shed California is inferior to her Eastern sisngry ters, are found in the bay. and torn off [ tel the submerged rocks by dredgers. The leat- Eastern article transplanted has not as the yet shown that size so much desired, . It and it is beginning to be felt that, owing in a to some cause not ascertained, our bay retty is not well fitted for their production, ried However, if our oysters are inferior in as a size they possess an excellent flavor, ' p in and are not surpassed by the Eastern m.T, varieties for cooking purposes, especially gave soups and stews.?San Francisco Post. was ?1 A Kissing Match. idling At a party of young people in Paris at !is conversation happened to turn on the irsty subject of kissing, and the question was ould propounded who of the young men prespped ent could boast of having given or being n to able to give "his girl" the most and kisses. Various were the replies this iown question called out. Finally a young >unts man and tiie girl to whom he was 1*?him trothed bet forty dollars that they could bors, kiss 10,000 times in ten hours, provi J* ;ome ing they would be allowed take an octhey easional glass of wine " between-" Two :ntcd persons were appointed a committee t:> No count the number of kisses, and the ;shed work began. During the first hour they Lie. counted 2,000 kisses. During the second 't TP hour the kisses were not nearly as r the numerous, for the committee only lit of counted l.OlKl. After the third hour, two during which they managed to score when but 750, further operations were brought d for to a sudden standstill. The lips of the was young man were seized with a cramp, e old and lie was carried off in a fainting con d his dition. Tlie girl a few days later was other stricken with brain fi'vcr, which nearly Sue carried her off. When the people who cher- had won the b^t demanded their money t set- the parents of the girl refused to pay her was share of it. The matter was then taken him to the courts, and there it was decided out a thai, the bet mutt he paid. FOB THE FAIB SEXFajbion ITotM. Oil calicoes are revived. Yeddo crapes are cotton fabric?. Cotton crapes will be much worn. Turbans are worn lar back on the head. Lace is again used to excess in millinery. Large pelerine ooliars of lace are Revived. Shirred pointed bodices are very fashionable. The new French buntings have a crape' finish. The turban is the bonnet of the passing moment." ? , Lace-striped buntings appear among the new goods. Rouge Adrianople is the new name for red oil calico. Flat tops and round tops for turbans are equally fashionable. Albatross cloth is one of the new ames for French bunting. ? Japanese colors and designs prevail in all printed cotton goods. Flower bonnets and flower turbans appear among evening coiffures. Marigolds and bachelors' buttons are among the new artificial flowers. T aaI/m* mill Uo fatTAwfl PI1U OtlOlT UU1V1 VT 111 UX> lltTVUW combinations of color for spring wear. Plain red oil calico will be used in combination with figured rouge Adrianople. Girls' in their teens will wear large round collarettes of cut work, Maltese | and antique laces. A fancy for red bonnets and red laces prevails, and all dressy bonnets have the strings edged with lace. Second mourning bonnets are made of black royale of large reps and Ottoman silk trimmed with the same. Crape Yeddo and French bunting, or < fine camel's hair, form many of the composite costumes prepared f?r early spring wear. ' Checked cloths of many mixtures, with an occasional silk thread of some bright tint " shot in." imitate the English homespuns admirably. Red gronnd oil calicoes, with all the old-fashioned figures that used to be ( seen on such goods forty years ago, an- < pear among late Importations of dress goods. I Silt and wool brocaded mixtures of light quality in bright Oriental colors 1 and designs will be nsed as parts of costumes, with plain French bunting or , light camel's hair-. Included among spring and summer goods suitable for children's use are ( momie cloths figured in Japanese styles ; on soft cream tinted erounas, or dotted with tiny flowers and leaves on plain, pink, blue, or other colors: also a kind j of crepe so rich and soft that it has almost the appearance ot silk. Both of . these materials are entirely of cotton. 1 Dresses forchildren up to six or eight < years of age are still made in one piece ?a fa?hion both jcomfortable for the J child and convenient for the mother. \ Wool and sifk, and silk and velvet are j the materials used in these dresses, which may be very.simple or elaborately j And gracefully modeled to simulate a { vest and jacket. Satin bands and lice { serve as garniture. Daughter and Wife. j A bad daughter seidom mates a gooa j wife. If a gix-1 is ill-tempered at home, snarls at her parents, smaps at brothers 1 and sisters, and ' shirks" her ordinary t iuties, the chances are ten to one that ? when she gets a home of her own she will make it wretched. There are girls . who fancy themselves so far superior co their parents that the mere privilege ' of enjoying their society in the house ( ought to be all the old people should have the assurance to ask. While their i mothers are busy with domestic duties f they sit in the easiest chairs, or lie on ) the softest sofas, feeding on cheap and j trashy novels, and cherish tholnotion that they are very literary individuals. < The household drudgery is too coarse , for such fine ladies' as they. The busi- 1 nefs of their'parents is to provide them < with nice clothes and to be consent with admiring their handsome appearance , in the intervals of labor. Girls of,this sort are generally very anxious to be married, that they may escape the disagreeables of a homo where Ihey are held, more or less, under subjection; j therefore are they smiling enough to eligible bachelors, quickly smoothing 1 down the frowns which alone they give 1 to the members of their own families. ! A caller who doesn't have a chance to se? how thev behave as daughters may 1 be excused for fancying them loyely and lovable beings: but one who does see ' it is foolish if he commits himself by 1 offering marriage to a girl of this sort. : She is not fit to be the wife of a worthy man. If she will not assist her mother j in the domestic labors, and badgers the servants, is she not likely to be equally ( slothful and ill-tempered when she mar- , ries? If she now thinks herself too tine to work, is it safe to expect that her views as to that matter would radically , change if she becomes a wife. The Erapreaa of Auntrla. The Austrian empress1 whole passion is for dogs and horses Her majesty , always rises with the lark. When the day lengthens she rises at six in the morning and goes to hear mass in the private chapel near her apartments. After the devotion 01 me ur?t uiuujcuu> of the day to religion ahe proceeds to the stable and the riding-school. Her favorite horses know wefl her elastic step and sweet, clear voice, and nothing gives her such pleasure as when the poor animals greet her presence with a sort of affectionate neighing. Hnnting the Czar of Russia. Lately, says the London Standard, the czar hardly ever left the Winter palace, at St. Petersburg. When he went abroad he was surrounded by a cloud of mounted officers, who con1-J nwnfAnrnt) fKo ceajuu I Lie CULlingc uuu pivKi/Ku tut. inmates with their bodies. In the palace lie was accessible only to diplomatists, dignitaries and officers of the household. At chapel detectives occupied seats that were formerly reserved for distinguished visitors. Detectives infested the kitchen. Every dish was tasted by persons of rank, specially selected for the purpose. The emperor did not even venture to open his ietters, documents steeped in poison having repeatedly been sent to him. Yet, with all thes(- elaborate precautions it occurred to nobody to search for the announced, advertised and placarded mine in the basement. - -J T~*?i .r j rue emperor ana me j7uciiL'?? *1 .cum-' j burg were seated in an apartment next | ! to the dining room when they heard I the report of the explosion. The lights j were extinguished aitd the gaspipe ; burst. The princess, the officers and j ! the valets went blindly through tho , dark, and then poured promiscuously | through the door of the royal apartments. ' The sovereign was found groping his j way out of the latal quarter. All who I saw the sight?the picture of Alexander | ; II. leading his daughter away from the j mine of dynamite- say it waa one that I ' u 1 . COUin lievei ip; lui^uiKu. The Vienna Tagblalt relates that for i some days past the czar had daily re- j ! eeived a sealed letter containing a few ; words of menace, and saying that if he l did not change his system of oppression ! he would not live to celebrate the ; twenty-fifth anniversary of his acces-1 sion. "The sheet was always bordered ] with black. In court circles it was known as the black letter. All efforts to discover the person who conveyed it to the ?npep?r'i room were unsno?miul. The Tilings in me luouom urawer. rbere are whips and tops and pieces of strings, There are shoes which no little leet wear, There are bite of ribbon and broken rings, And tresses of golden hair. There are little dresses folded away Out of the light ot the sunny day. There are dainty jackets that sever are worn, There are toys and models of ships, There are books and piotures all faded and torn, And marked by the linger tip* Of dimpled hands that have fallen to dust. Yet I strive to think that the Lord is fust. Bat a feeling of bitterness 111U my soul Sometimes, when 1 try to p~ty, Ihat the reaper has spared so aiany flowers And taketh mine away. And I almost doubt il the Lord can k iow That a mother's heart can love them so. Chen I think of the many weary ones Who are waiting and watching to-night For the slow return of falteriag leet That have strayed from the paths ot right; Who have darkened their lives by shame and 17*. Whom the snares ot the tempter hare gatbt ored in. They wander far in distant dimes, They perish by Are and flood; And their hands are black ^rith the direct crimes That kindled the wrath oi God. Yet a mother's song has smoothed them to rest. She hath fulled them to slumber npon her breast. And then I tbink oi my children three, My babes that never grow old, And know they are waiting and watohisg ftr me, In the city with the streets oi gold, 3&le, sale from the cares of the weary years, From sorrow, and sin, and war, And I thank my God with falliag tears, For the things in the bottom drawer. 1TSMS OF OTEBEST. The great American dessert?Pit. Taxable property in Texas amounts to [1307,486,556. Edison will early introduce his electric light to Paris. , ? The Boston Transcript says il the water won't rub, faucet. Of English farmers, in ware unns*upt la 1877, 815 in 1878, and 1,431 in 1879. A wise man never puts the hot end )f a cigar in his mputh m?re than once. H.ickensack Republican. The governor of Indiana pardoned two convicts on their promise to abstain rom intoxicating liquors. The Oil City Derrick says that all the nventors in the world will never proluce a machirfe to tell a woman's age. There is an old saying that " leap-year s fruit 3 ear.^r-Hawkey e. It ought to je a good year for pairs.?Philadelphia fews. The total amount of steel and iron jroduced annually in the world, is, of ron, 13,807,725 tons, and of steel, 2,770,? >24 tons. Dalrymple, the Minnesota farmer ting, owns 30,000 acres ef land and 31,-1 >00 acres of grasshoppers.?Burlington' Eawkeyc, * It is estimated that 50,000 men and vomen are employed in Philadelphia in ;he manufacture of clothing, making 20,000,000 suits a year. "Bob Ingersoll is about to take np lis residence in Chicago." Wo thougbl the colonel always denied the existence >f such a place.?Norristown Heral'cL "Shall I kereafter darn your stock ingsP" is said to be tbe fashionable lan* ;uage for a young lady to use whpn making a leap-year proposal.?PhUadelohia Chronicle. There is probably nothing in this iransitoty world that yields larger and quicker returns on the amount invested than poking a wasp with your linger to see if he feels well. The small boy who can ride a threewheeled velocipede in the hall and taat i drum at the same time, has Qualities jalculated to make home happy whon lie is not woh.?Picayune. America stands first in the world for honey production, a? well as for scientific management and improved ituple ments for the apiary; next comes Swit serland, than England and France. The statistics show that less than one-fourth of the 40,?00,000 acres of land in Missouri are under cultivation. The State has 4,000 miles of railway, ~ "" ' - ^ 1 IA AAA nearly 5?,UW posiomcee, nmi ?v,uvn/ u/uimon schools. . Now we know all about the " Wha is it!" It is a book agent. We saw one ring a door-bell on Racc street the other day. and a woman stuck her head out ofthe second-story window ana yelled: "What is it?"?Philadelphia Item. The cheapest railroad to ODernto in the country is the Sandy river road in Maine, of two feet gauge. The road, which is eighteen miles long, employs seventeen men, and the total cost of running the trains in the worst season of the year is stated to bo not mora than $20 per day. Mr. Dudley A. Sargent, director of the Harvard gymnasium, says that of the large number of students lie has already examined at least one-half suffer to a considerable and, in many coses, an alarming extent, from palpitation and other affections of the heart, caused by excessive cigarette smoking and drinking strong coffee. At Mount Desert, Me., sea gulls are caught alive In a funny way. A stick is put through the tnil of a small hsb, then it is left on the sea shore, where it can be seen by the birds. A Mrd seizes and attempts to swallow it hmd first, and succeeds until it comes to the stick. It cannot swallow the fish further, anri it is equally impossible to disgorge it. and so the bird strangles, falls over, and is captured. The dramatic editor,of a French paper had occasion recently to criticise the performance of a somewhat popular actress. Shortly afterward the jover of the young lady met the journalist m ino theater, and presented him with a package of goose-quills. "This, sir." said he, "is a present from Mrs II." "What!'' exclaimed the critic, "did she tear all of these out of you herself? How you must have suffered!" It wm u high school graduate, Who biscuit* tried to make, Already haviujj tried her hand Al a hatch of pig-load cake. , She stirred away quite faithfully Until did ache her bonea, But the product ot her long day's toil Was sold for paving stones. ?Mount Holly Herald. About a year since the Musical Festival Association of Cincinnati offered a prize of $1,000 for the best musical composition by a native-born American citizen. Twenty-four compositions wew 8ubmitt<'d to the committee, consisting ol Otto Singer, of Cincinnati, Leopold Damsroch, of New York. Asger Hamerik, of Baltimore, Carl Zerrahn. of Boston. and Theodore Thomas. Only two of the twenty-four were considered worthy of a prize?the "Golden Legend," from Longfellow, and the " Tale of the Viking, which by a curious coincidence is also found in Longfellow's "Skeleton in Armor." The committee, with the exception of Mr. Thomas, was equally divided between the merits of the two, and he east his vote for " The Golden Legend." On open lag the lealcd envelope it win found that Mr. Dudley Buck, of Brooklyn, the famous organist and musician, wa> ti*? UUVliUft .