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BY HUGH WILSON AND H. T. WARDLAW. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 1880. v . NO. 52. VOLUME XXV
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Another Month to Feed.
Ton wonder, Jack, that I take no heed
Of these jests and banters gay,
Because there's another mouth to feed a]
In my humble home to-day;
But b'.ess you, man, you would wonder less yi
If a married man were you, r:
With little ones' round your knees to press 4
When the hard day's work is through. ^
My wages are slender at best, I own,
And the outlook's poor enough,
And the brood in my nest has swiftly grown, C(
But I'm fashioned of cheerful stuff;
And with each new face in the infant's crib, ia
There has nothing but good luck come, p
For the smiles that broider a baby's bib
Are the glintings of life's great sum.
And there's many a shopmate yonder, jack al
Who has been with his jeering free, ^
Whose home's the darker, I know, for lack ^
UI tee Olessings mat come to me; g(
And many another single, too, a
Who his earnings broadcast flings, 8:
?Vaom a family such as mine could woo
To better and nobler things.
For a good wile's more that a mainstay, man, e<
She is capstan, bar and buoy,
And babes are the charts whereon we scan
The A B C'8 of joy; U*
And he who a child's heart reads aright, 44
Be he whomsoever he may, pi
Will Bteer by a rock-built beaoon-light,
When the nightmand4the storm hold sway. ai
So tat them hanter and sneer, old fried. tl
I am ready my cause to plead J"1
With the All-creative Povrers that send
Still another mouth to feed? c]
Another lile to be shaped and trained V
For duty to man on earth, i h
And take my chance, if lor aught arraigned, P:
At the bar of manhood's worth.
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A House-Hunting Experience. E
Z'
Mrs.; Joshua Maclane was a v<;ry fe
busy woman. "Watts'honey-bee isn't i*
a circumstance to her." Joshua Maclane la
would SRy, with a Riuile. It was not
a smile ot derision, but very satisfied, as
for he was a busy man, and this ele- ej
ment of activity in his partner was a
source ot intense satisfaction. si
As a result of Mrs. Maclane's activity, ct
she had a great deal to do, for society su
learned long ago that, as a rule, if it qi
wants anything done, it is safest to go th
to a busy person to get it done. Drones H
never learn executive ability, as a
natural sequence, Mrs. Maclane was w
president of associations, secretary of la
societies, visitor at institutions, chair- yc
man of committees, on whom most of
the work fell, and a power in society as w
well as her own home. fo
To such busy people there come days in
when executive ability is taxed to the in
utmost. The varied duties do no: ne
spread themselves neatly over a iriven eD
space, but come, like "troubles, in
battalions." '
One of these days, and one of these bs
hours in the day, had come to Mre. th
Joshua Maclane. She was sewing,
watching her children, and entertaining lai
a nclgnbor, when the tide set in. A ou
note came, bagging her, as president of fa
a relief association, to examine the ere- lo
drntials of a suffering applicant im- as
mi diately. Another came, begging her m
to visit a family in extreme destitution th
jit. nnrr. A servant entered, saving I an
that the seamstress could not proceed fai
further without orders; and directly
behind the sprvant carnc Harry Mac- th
fane, with a note from his teacher
sutiing that he was sent home because sa
he complained of sore throat, and was H;
feverish. With a mother's instinct,
the minor duties waited while Mrs. of
Mar,lane examined the child's throat he
She was thus engaged when her hus- sv
band's brother entered with a telegram: th
"It is from Joshua," he explained, ns
"He says there is a house for sale dr
uptown that be wa .ts you to look at hs
immediately. 'Drop everything,' he
telegraphs, and look after it." ch
Mrs. Joshua Maclane knitted her w:
brow, and the neighbor smiled, but she kr
said, kindly: "If there is any way I
can assist you, I hope you will allow m
me." fir
" Instead of dropping everything, I lei
don't see how anything can be dropped,'' sn
said Mrs. Maclane, meditatively. She
took a medicine case, and a? she pre- nc
pared some medicine for her sick child, gl
said to the waiting secant: "Tell the "]
seamstress to sew ou tue sneets in me
closet until I am at liberty. I keep
such plain work for emergencies," she tli
explained to her neighbor. "Now I sh
must put Harry in a room by himself
until I know whether his illness is con- m
tagious, and I cannot leave him. I will b?
attend to the case downstairs as soon as ti<
Harry is comfortable." m
" Can I visit the poor family?" volunteered
her neighbor. sa
" I shall be very grateful," replied SI
Mrs. Maclane. Then she turned to her w
brother-in-law.
44 Hal, I can't look after the house. Il w
would be a great favor if you could do h<
it." d(
" But?" began the brother-in-law.
Mrs. Maclane interrupted him. "You m
know our needs and tasres. too. almost fr
as well as we do ourselves. You Know d(
we want a house similar to this, but tb
larger. Observe the paper, the paint b(
and the walls. Be sure to find out it yt
there are plenty of closets, and, above w
all things, notice if there are any signs lit
of sewer gas." tb
"The lack ol wisdom in sending a h<
boy to do a man's work has passed into
a proverb," answered Henry Maclane. ui
"I fear you will find it equally un- w
wise to send a man to do a woman's '
work." M
"A little practice in house-huntinsj
may be of service to you in the future,
suggested the neighbor, pleasantly. th
"Bachelor halls are very dreary vc
E laces in my way of thinking," replied lo
[enry Maclane, gravely. "A home
that is a home needs a wife." of
" Precisely," said the neighbor, he
" Wife and home were in my thoughts pe
when I suggested the acquisition of w
Knowledge for future use." lo
Henry Maclane shrugged his shoulders,
and gave his head a negative da
shake. "You wouldn't advise a mnn as
who had civil engineering before him co
to learn to be a jeweler, I suppose?"
"No; but I would advise a man who yc
had civil engineering or anything else Jv
before him not to cast away a jewel if o\
he should stumble across one. Dia- W
monds always repay for the setting." fa
The neighbor said it with intent, evi- w
dently. giving expressive little nods as di
she talked. m
Henry Maclane smiled. " I am afraid in
your diamond is a manufactured one. R
Put to the test, it would turnout like to
the Scotch chemist's?a crystallized sili- h<
eate, and not pure carbon."
As he passed out, the neighbor said, M
with a pout: " Your brother-in-law is
incorrigible. There is that good Miss ec
, Anderson would make him such a good m
wite, and 1 Know sne worsmps tne ss
eround be walks on. Is there any old
love that fills his mind and heart to the d(
cxc'iusion of all the interesting ladies of
our set?" r<
r " We never knew of any love affair,"
eplied Mrs. Maclane, in a confidential la
tone, " but I have my suspicions. He
was a young man at the time of our di
civil war, and, as a colonel, did good si
service. Attached to his sword is a curl w
of light flaxen hair tied with a blue rib- b
bon. I once begged him to tell me the si
story of the golden lock, but he an- h
swered, quietly, that there was nothing h
to teli. o:
'' It looks like a child's,11 ventured tl
to suggest. * vi
"To which he replied: 'The head on T
which it grew must have known as o
many summers and winters as your v
uwu.'
"' I hope she is not dead,' I ventured B
again.
4.
'fcAnd he answered, in the same quiet ]
ray, ' I never heard of her death.' ]
"'Is she married?' I asked, bluntly. 1
'"I presume so; I don't know,' he i
aswered, a trifle less calmly. s
"'The ribbon is faded; I will bring
3U a fresh piece, and put this in the ?
ig-bag,' I suggested.
"But lie shook his head decidedly, i
A. new piece would not be the same,' ;
e answered, gravely. i
" This is a slight foundation on which t
) rear a romance,but I have always beeved
there is a memory of the past t
^nnected with the faded ribbon and i
mny hair. Hal, with all his bravery, t
a shy man. He would be like Miles t
tandish. whom he is always quoting s
i love and in war. I don't believe lie t
rer heard 'that terrible No from the s
ps of the woman' who had sunny hair
id wore pale ribbons, but I can fancy 1
im losing his chance, and letting some ?
ther man win her. You see, he would 1
ave only himself to blame, and would
3 on remembering che past dream with i
dreary kind of pleasure. Still, I always ?
tpect to see him married. Home and
ife arc the just deserts of men like ,
'ill."
The man of whom this cheerful prophry
was made was on his way to an up>wn
residence, in no enviable frame of
lind
" It's absurd of Joshua's wife to send
le on this errand," he was thinking.
I am sure to blunder. Let me see?
aper, ^aint, walls, closets and sewer
is were the items of special importice."
" What, axueasant looking house!" he
lought, as he.ascended the steps of the
Bsidence designated in his brother's
:legram. In the hall he carefully noted
le wali from floor to ceiling, looked
losely at the paint, and made an inentory
of closets at the back of the
all. Then he was admitted into the (
arior, ana saw at a glance mat ine ar- j
mgement was such as Mrs. Maclane ]
esired. A faint perfume of violets ,
as a pleasant odor to inhale when he
ared to encounter sewer gas. He ]
lanced at the wall, and then his eye ]
11 on a la. y who advanced from the
'ar room, and exclaimed, " Mr. Mac- .
ne!"
" My old friend Reby!" he responded, i
i he took her hand. "This is an un- 3
;pected plea-sure "
There was genuine pleasure on both t
des, if sparkling eyes and glowing t
leeks were signs of pleasure; then each |
irveyed the other, with glances half
lestioning and half apprehensive, jus
ey exchanged ordinary remarks and j
enrv Maclane explained his errand. r
"My sister occupies the house, and c
ill show it to you presently," said the
dy. "Do you want it firnished as t
>u find it?" ^
Henry Maclane looked at the fair j
oman?sunny hair waving over her
rehead; clear blue eyes looking search- g
gly into his at one moment, and glanc- t
g "shyly away the next, lips moving
irvously as if she were mastering some t
lotion?and he replied, emphatically: t
Just as it is!" g
"There is a pleasant view from the
ick windows," said the lady, leading h
e way to the rear room. j
"Very pleasant!" replied Henry Macne
; but he had given only a glancc ,
itside, and was gazing down on the J
ir-haired woman, standing a little jj
wer than himself. Then he fell to 1
king questions about her family and
utual friencs; and all the time he had '
e air of a lawyer who asks indirect s
lestions hoping to elicit some unknown
3t8. *
" Mamma!" called a childish voice in r
e hall.
Tlie fair lady stepped to the door, and s
id, gently: "Go to the nursery,
Hi." t
Henry Maclane started at the sound i
the name he always bore in his own c
>me. Had it been given the child for ^
reet remembrance sake? The thought
at this remembrance must count for s
lUght, if there were husband and chilen,
had in it the sadness of " it might J
ivebeen." b
46 Hni.rv ">? *?" l*n TT/i VvVAIIrtllf mont? f)
JL 11C JCtllO UlUSUimvc i/ivut;ui iaumij tanges
to you,'' said Henry Machine, a
ith a view ol gaining some personal
iowled<ze. r
"Yes," answered the lady, with a S
editative look on her face, "there
e few reminders even of the old days "
ft. I have had my share of joy and e
rrow."
>ienry Maclane noted, what he had "
>t seen before, that there was a mining
of crape in the lady's black dress, ii
Perhaps she is a widow," was his
oueht. * c
My mother's death last year was v
e greatest affliction I have ever had," n
ie said, sadly. *
"Not a widow'."was Henry Maclane's
ental comment. " The loss ol her hustnd
would have been a greater afflic- 1'
3ri to this woman than the loss of her
other."
There was a pause, and Henry Maclane i
id: " You must know Mrs. McCiane. ^
ie will give any friend of mine a warm ?
elcome." i
"Certainly." replied the lady. "It
ill be a pleasure to know her. Ah!
;re is my sister. Mrs. Ellis. Sue,
>n't you remember Mr. Maclane?" 5
"Remember him? What, Hal, our
ost devoted attendant and dearest e
iend? Upon mv word, I hadn't any o
;arer friend in those days," cxclaimed ^
te sister, in a voluble way he remem- c
;red well. " How glad lfl am to see t
hi! The servant told me a gentleman s
as waiting to be shown the house. I fi
;tle dreamed of finding an old friend in I
ie house-hunter. Are you a judge of
>uses?"she asked, in a practical way. t
"I fear not; but Mrs. Maclane was s
lable to come, as one of the children
as ill," replied Henry Maclane. p
' How many children are there?" asked
rs. Ellis.
"Five," an^vered Henry Maclane. ?
Mrs. Ellis proceeded immediately to
e business in hand. " I -will show "v
>u the upper stories if you like to
ok."
Mrs. Ellis enumerated the good points 1
the house with the volubility of a
>use agent, and Henry Maclane ap- *>
ared to follow, but his thoughts were I
ith the fair woman in the parlor be- t
w.
" It is strange we never met until to
iy," he said, somewhat irrelevantly, *
Mrs. Ellis's last remark was about
mraunicating rooms.
"You see, we went to Europe when 1
iu went for a soldier," renlied Mrs. s
llis. " I was there until the var was
rer. Reby remained some years longer, t
'hen we came back to Baltimore your q
mily had moved to New York, and 11
e lost sight of you all. It was very j
smal coming back to strangers and i
any changes. I soon found comfort c
my engagement to Mr. Ellis, and
eby went back to Europe. She wants ]
> go again, but we are trying to keep f
;r here."
" Is her husband there?" asked Henry c
iaclane. i
" Husband ? ? Reby's husband ? " }
:hoed Mr3. Ellis. "She lias never
arried. Did you notice your name
iKe, my nuie Doyr- x
Henry Maclane made a movement to i
;scend the stairs.
"Hadn't you better see the rear ]
K)m?" asked Mrs. Ellis. ]
44 No matter. I will send Mrs. Macine,"
he replied, carelessly. t
Truth to tell, he was inclined to eo i
own the stairs with a bound. His ]
ster-in-law's conclusions had not been t
ride of the mark. No woman had ever
een to him what this woman with the ]
anny hair and fair face had been, but t
e was a shy man, and had simply lost 1
is chance. He went to battle with 1
h'tt o vomiocf frti* rmo rrf\lHon 1r*r?\r i
U J a IC^UVOU *V1 viav g\/iuvu iwn A..
ie fair head, and she was too proud a <
roman to give more than was asked,
hen they drifted far apart, as lives '
ften do that have touched each other
rith strong points of contact. ]
He was soon in the parlor, and by I
leby's side. ]
"Tell Mrs. Maclane we would like (
ier derision as soon as possible," said
Mrs. Ellis, somewhat sharply. To 1l
lerself she was saying, 44 The man j
night have married Reby once, but he ! 1
shall not flirt with her now." i
441 am glad to find Reby unchanged,"
said Henry Maclane in response. r
Mrs. Ellis replied, brusquely: 44She
? wonderfully changed to me. The I
?ears have brought great strength and i
goodness to Reby. She is not a woman j
;o tolerate nonsense of any kind." t
She justified her brusque speech with L
ihe menial comment: 44 A man with a
wife and five children has no business i
o stand there with undisguised admira- j
;ion on his face, and congratulate him- 1
self on finding Reby unchanged. It's a
rying ordeal to ner, and I would t
shorten it if I could." s
Her remark brought the color to
ileby's lace, and Henry Maclane looked 4
mnoyed. 441 don't understand?" he I
aepan. f
Mrs. Ellis interrupted him. 44 You
will bring Mrs. Maclane when you come t
Lgain ?" -v
" Possibly her husband wiil be free to
:ome with her," was the quiet response. |
"Husband! Are you not Mrs. Mac- *
ane's husband?"asked Mrs. Ellis, won- J
leringly. *
"Me? Oh. no I My brother Joshua J
s Mrs. Maclane's husband," replied ?
flenrv Maclane, with a smile.
"And father of the five children?" c
:ontinued Mrs. Ellis. J
" Father of the five children," echoed I
Henry Maclane.
"And haven't you any wife-?" asked s
Mrs. Ellis, curiousiy. i
"TLt Bible says, 'A good wife is
xom the Lord,"' leplied Henry Mac- ?
4vne, gravely. "He has never givon i
ne such a blessing." I
Mrs. Ellis' eyes twinkled.
? r u ?. _ r
" 1 UUUU1 give J/UU u muic 4UUIAUUU
;hat might help you," she said, de- ?
nurely; but a warning glance from a
ieby stopped her, just as a" visitor was f
innounced. t
" You will come to see us soon?" said *
Mrs. Ellis, as Henry Maclane arose to jj
eave. *
"Can I come this evening?"' he n
isked . E
" Certainly," replied Mrs. Ellis. " It s
s well to get a gaslight, view of things -<
rou are interested in buying."
When the door shut, Mrs. Ellis
urned to Reby. apparently much inerested
in the visitor's card. " Do you
inow what I was about to quote? ?
Ask, and it shall be given you.'" J
" Oh, Sue!" remonstrated the shrink- _
ng woman. "Don't toss me to any [
nan, as if 1 were a ball to be picked up, c
ir let alone, as suits his pleasure." c
At the dinner table Mrs. Maclane r
urned eagerly to her brother-in-law jvith
the question: "How do you like t
louse-hunting!"
"Immensely," was the r.earty re- g
ponse. " I think I never enjoyed any- f
iiing so much in my life." c
Mrs. Machine looked searchingly at r
he man. It sounded like sarcasm, but j
here was genuine pleasure in the face e
he scrutinized.
"It must have been a satisfactory t
touse," she said,complacently. "Now ,
ell me all about it." ^
"It is a pleasant-looking house; c
irown-stone front, high stoop, and j
hree rooms deep," answered Henry ,
tfaclane, glibly. j
Mrs. Maclane looked gratified. c
'Wh.it was the condition of the paper g
.nd naint?" she asked. e
" The hall paper was dark, and the f]
vood-work dark, and in good order,11 s
eplied Henry Maclane, positively. fi
"Well, the rest of the house?" pur- g
ued Mrs. Maclane. y
Henry Maclane passed from a positive s
o a negative condition as he answered, g
n a puzzled way: "1 hardly know. I b
ouldn't exactly tell. I think the hall f<
vas an index of the rest." e
Mrs. Maclane smiled. "Closetsp" she 1
uggested r
"The hall had closets," said Henry b
ilaclane, in much the way a sclioolboy s
ttrgins a recitation of which he knows n
<nly the first paragraph. "I guess they s
.re all right." " h
Mrs. Maclane laughed heartily as she n
emarked,'' I never take closets on trust, y
lewer gas?" a
"No, responded Henry Maclane; a
' there was a sweet odor of violets asl ti
ntered the parlor." is
"Good!" exclaimed Mrs. Maclane. tl
; It sounds like Araby the blest." tl
" It was," responded Henry Maclane, b
a an undertone. p
" Well, about the rest of the house?" d
ontinued Mrs. Maclane. "Did the I
iolet odor pervade the whole of the
aansion?" tl
"I don't know," answered Henry si
-laclane. " She didn't come." I k
"She? who?" answered Mrs. Mac-| d
line. 111 ?V jm/i/iltu nr<*v. I
" The sister." was the brief reply. i y,
"Who's sister?" said Mrs. Maclane, r<
n perplexity. " Brother Hal, do you j y,
:now you are talking incoherently? I ei
an't seem to follow you. Are we talk- d
ng about a house or a woman?*' I;
"Both," answered Henry Maclane, tl
irith A smile. rr
"What was the woman like?" asked rr
Irs. Maclane. cs
"Light wavy hair, not a bit flufl'y i ti
lor plastered stiffly, but just falling ft
iver her forehead in pretty rippling 1j
eaves and coiled in a knot at the back, o
ilear eyes that cemand the truth and j ai
ell the truth, a good nose, an expres- ! A
ive mouth, delicate hands and a shapely I cl
igure?that's the woman." answered | g
lenry Maclane, enthusiasticahy. I tl
" You can give a better inventory of j tl
he woman than you can uf the house," I]
aid Mrs, Maciane. n
"Never mind; I'll try it again." re- b
lied the brother-in-law. cheerfully. T
" When?" asked Mrs. Maclane. ti
" I promised to look at the house by b
;aslight," answered Henry Maclane. tl
"To-night's gaslight?" asked the tl
vomafo, wonderingly.
" Of course." was the decided reply.
'1 Procrastination is the thief of time. S
t is my duty to cry 4 Stop thief!'"
"In the meantime,.I think I'll man- ' i
ige to look at the house myself," said d
tfrs. Maclane. "What is the name of rj
he lady I am to ask for?" ti
"Mrs. Ellis," was the reply. a
"I never knew any one by that r
tame," commented Mrs. Maclane. f.
" Nor I," said her brother-in-law. q
Mrs. Maclane looked puzzled. She v
md been thinking Hal must hate met s
ome old friends. p
At the supper table that night'she c
urned to her brother-in-law with the s
[Uory: " Hal, what possessed you to tell S
tfrs. Ellis we wanted the house just as u
mn found it? You know we have s
uore furniture than we can stow away e
:omfortably." c
"She didn't understand me," replied t
3enry Maclane. "Women are dread- r
ully dull of comprehension. s
" And men are incoherent and eauivo- e
:al," retorted Mrs. Maclane. " For f
nstance, you told me you had never a
leard of Mrs. Ellis. She told me you c
vere an old friend." t
"She wasn't an Ellis when I knew [
ler," replied Henry Maclane. "She 1
vas Sue Monroe." a
" I did not see the sister," added Mrs. e
Maclane. "She had pone for a walk, r
[ will decide about the house to-nieht." i
The next morning at the breakfast s
able came a note to Joshua Maclane c
rom the house agent, saying that Mrs. r
Ellis had withdrawn the house from the <
narket. c
"How provoking!" exclaimed Mrs. i
Maclane. " We had decided to take it. c
Fust think, Brother Hal," she said, as i
ler brother-in-law entered the break- t
:ast-room, " that lovely house with \
which you and I fell in love is with- j
Irawn from the market!" (
"Ah!" he said, in an interested way. (
' Anv reason given?" f
' Not a word," answered Mrs. Mac- i
ane. "I think folks ought to know c
:heir own minds better than to put a j
house in the market one day and with- i
draw it the next." s
" Perhaps there has been ^change of
>ase." suggested Henry Maclane.
" You were going to look at it by gasight,"said
Mrs. Maclane. "How did
t impress you?" 1
"Very pleasantly," was the smiling j
brother Hal," said Mrs. Maclane, (
lending a searching gaze on her brother- ,
n-law, " tell us all about it. Of course t
rou went to look at more than the house
>y gaslight. Do you know why this
touse is withdrawn from the market?" f
" The lady lias concluded to occupy f
t," replied Henry Maclane. (
" Does not the house belong to Mr.
5His?" was the next query. 1
"No," he replied. "It belonged to t
he Monroe estate, and fell to the sister's t
hare." f
" Hal," said Mrs. Maclane, gravely,
'our neighbor yesterday suggested t
tfiss Anderson as a desirable alliance j
or you." t
"Tell our neighbor I am like the s
louse?withdrawn from the market,"
yas the smiling answer. j
" Just tell me this, Hal." said Mrs. ^
tfaclane, in a coaxing way; "did the fi
air-haired woman you met when you j:
yent house-hunting ever wear the
laxen curl and the pale blue ribbon?
fou see I am putting two and two to- ?
:ether." ' 1
"Your figures are units of the same 1
Ipnnminntinn and voil can add them." a
^aa the frank answer. " The stray lock J
>elongs to that fair head." 1
"And it all came about from my
ending you to look after a house," i
Qused Mrs. Maclane. s
"Yes. The results we unconsciously i
.ttain often exceed in greatness the 1
ntent we consciously pursue," was the c
hilosophic reply. "Seeking for a 1
louse for you, in no enviable frame of r
uind, I have found a wife for myself,
md my frame of mind is"?he paused
4-iivha/I fA Ina Vimflior u .Tnohllfl. '
I>1IU L/UliU-U \PJ XXkiJ ?71VI/I1V1. V
lerhaps you can get at it if you go back
o the day when you fell in love with
Jess, and add fifteen years of separation
,cd loneliness to it, and then suddenly
ind out you have belonged to each other
.11 through the future. It makes a very
ieat sum of happiness, Joshua," he
aid, with a radiant smile.?Harper's
3azar.
A Coffee Plantation In Mexico.
About a mile from Cordoba, says a
raveler in Mexico, we found at the
unction of a lane an enthusiastic Geraan
botanist, who lives in Cordoba,
tartly because he owns a coffee plantation
here, and partly from his lanatical love
if botanical pursuits. We had been
onsigned to his care, and the old gentleoan
seemed delighted to see some one
rom the civilized world. A fter a rather
irinff walk through a muddy lane, we ,
urned sharp to the left and found our- ]
elves in the middle of a well-kept cof- (
ee plantation. The introduction of ,
oflfee into this region is of comparatively i
ecent date, but 7ilready the production y
3 very great, and large quantities are
xported. In Ceylon ana other counries
where the staple product is coffee, c
he plants are grown on the hillsides ?
without any shade. But at Cordoba 1
he soil is not rich enough to produce A
offee unless it is grown under shade. c
?he coffee plant is an evergreen, and *
vill, if lelt unpruned, grow to the f
leight of thirty feet. The leaves are 1
blong in shape, and of a dark, shining c
;reen. They grow in pairs, one at ?
ither side of the branch, and the 1
lowers prow at the junction of the leaf ?
talks. These blossoms are of a beiuti-1 1
nl snow white, and although the tree a
enerally blossoms only twice in the 1
ear, yet there are few times when the 1
nowflakes are not seen among the dark s
reen leaves. The plants are kept down 8
y constant pruning tb about five or six
set, and constant attention has to be
iven to keepiug the soilclearjof weeds,
'he berry, when ripe, is oi a purplish e
ed, about the size ol a cherry. Each
erry contains two seeds with the flat
ides toward each other, and the reminder
of the berry is a soft pulp, very
weet and pleasant to the taste. Our
otanical friend had a number of small
urseries in which he was raising the ?
oung plant; they are planted out when ?
bout a year old, :ind begin to produce
t three years, but not in perfection un- (.
il the fifth year. In many countries it d
) usual to allow the berries to become i<
ftoriughly ripe, and then to shake
lem off the trees on to cloths spread
eiow. But in Mexico the berries are ?
icked by hand, and then spread out to t
ry in heaps about three inches deep, r
a Mexico the great difficulty in the
ray of coffee growing is the poverty of .
le soil and the want of manure. 1
lggested to our friend that he should .
eep four or live hundred cows, as is
one in Ceylon, for the purpose of pro- 11
uring manure, but he said that they u
rould be certainly stolen; and when I d
^marked that it would be very easy to 11
ratch the place and snoot any maraud- ^
rs, he laughed and said: " Oh, you L
on't know our Mexican government. Q
f I were to do such a thing I should be n
irown into a dungeon for the rest of
ly days. Why, it was only a few ii
lonths ago that a half-drunken Mcxi- "V
in made a bet that he could lasso a h
ain, and when he saw one passing at ti
ill speed he rode at it. He succeded in y
issoing the buffer of the engine, and j
f course was dashed to pieces. They fi
rrested the engineer, who was an J
.merican, and locked him up on a a
iiarge of murder, and it was with the f<
reatest diiliculty that he was saved by
io Jntoiiforonoo n( thd i>nnmilfl Oh nn: t
ierfi is no chance for a foreigner here!" j,
i the aosence of any possibility of ^
mnuring the soil the only thing possi r
le is to give the coffee lots of shade, j]
'his is usually done by planting banana e
ees, but our' botanical friend is doing g
etter by planting Manila mangoes and c
le quina, whose bark gives the quinine,
le great medicine of modern days.
un-Sj>ots and What They Indicate. 8
The sun-spot cycle is in full action. ?
'he huge, blazing surface of toe sun is ?
ottcd with spots in all directions. v
'hey throng the solar domain, some- n
imes appearing singly, then in groups ^
nd then in rows. A large spot sur- a
ouiided by smaller ones seems to be the g
ivorite form of manifestation. Some 0
i them are large enough to be seen v
srith a spy-glass, and some so n
mall as to require a telescope of high ^
ower to bring them into view. We
an form little idea of their immense J
ize. The whole territory of the United w
tates is smaller in dimensions than ?
aany of the sun-spots now visible, and -y
ome of them are larger than our whole ft
;lobe. No astronomer has ever dis
overen uiemysierous law uiatconuuis
heir appearance, or the part they
eally play in the affairs of the solar
ystem. It is well established, howver,
that they occur in maximum q
orce in about eleven years, that they a
,re connected with the meteorological n
condition of the earth, that when they c]
>egin to appear in great numbers, ils at n
resent, se:isons of excessive heat follow h
n their train, and that they are usually e:
tttended with grand displays of north- tl
rn lights. Professor Piazzi Smyth an- o
ioudccs the reappearance of the aurora v
n Scottish skies after an absence of f<
everal years, and predicts a season of n
'xccssive heat. The cyclones and tor- n
ladoes in the West seem to give proof a
>f unusual elemental disturbance. Un- n
ler these circumstances there is noth- t
ng to do but to watch and wait. Ages v
>f observation may enable the astrono- a
ner of the future to unravel the mys- a
ery that surrounds the solar spot-cycle, p
jut there is little probability that the p
jroblem will be solved for many gen- a
:rations to come. Intelligent observ- ^
:rs Ci.;i fake note3 as well as trained v
istronomers. There are three pheno- t
nena to be especially anticipated, the t
>ccurrence of severe storms, the ap- T
)ioach of a great heat wave, and a flam- i
ng of auroral banners in the northern s
ikies. 1
FOR THE FAIR SEX.
Fashion Noted. *
Dark brown is tne lavorite color for 1
lomespun cloth, especially when there
ire irregular red threads woven in it.
Plain kerchiefs, like those of a
iuakeress, are of mull muslin, with a
vide hem, hem-stitched, and a cluster
>f drawn work in each corner.
Pale pink or blue surah is used for the {
:rowns of caps, and these are lightly ?
tmbroidered in South Kensington <
tcsigns of sprays and grasses. " (
The Languedoc and Raeuse point (
aces come in such large figures that ]
hey do not plait effectively; hence i
hey are only slightly gathered when i
ormini frills. 1
Y oung ladies wear kerchiefs of muslin 1
ximmed with embroidery, or else of I
Jreton net with a fine pattern through f
he center, and a vine for a border, and }
i lace frill. ,
There are collarettes of Languedoc t
ace made in full frills and with fichu (
ronts, on which b row of narrower |
;old lace is laid without gathers around j
he neck and down the front.
T- - ?IJ Krflo Hand tiMO A
IUU IillK ^UiU niiiu wniiuDfu uuv ls
linen is combined with other laces in c
ichus, breakfast caps, etc. It is war- (
anted not to tarnish, and is so light t
lhH riplioftte that it brichtens up the i
vbite fabric, yet does "not look like t
heatrical tinsel. ?
Irish point lace in heavy rich designs
s imported in directoire collars and in
traight, square, or long collar bands,
vith deep square cuffs to be attached
ike permanent trimming to the waist of
lark dresses of handsome materials.
There are also cuirasses of this lace
nade withoutsleeves.
White foulard, with black or blue
>ots, is also used for midsummer
esses. Instead of using fringe, many
nodistes trim these dresses with long,
larrow loops of foulard lined with silk
>r satin of a contrasting color; thus
)lue i3 lined with red, and the Turkish
ed patterns are lined with blue.
Plaited skirts for walking dresses are
nore popular than they have ever been,
ind are most variously made. Some
ire box-plaited in single plaits, others
ire double kilts, while many have three j
silted flounces covering them. Most of
;he skirts of one plaiting tall at the foot |
)n a narrow plaited border, which is j
>ften of a dark orange or red, in con;rast
to the goods of the skirt. I
A fancy in cravats is a silk strip trimned
on two opposite sides with lace, i
,hen laid in eight lengthwise folds close |
lpon each other; the lace ends are at I
;on and bottom. The top end of the lace |'
with some of the silk is then turned !'
>ver flatly toward the left side, and the
onger silk and lace part below spreads
>pen like a fan. This is beautiful in 1
vhite surah and fine Breton lace- j
fVhite India muslin is used in the same
vay. j
One of the favorite caprices of French IJ
lresses is that of making the front and j j
ides of the skirt represent five great j
)ox plaits, and these have eyelets ,
worked in the edges, and are laced j
lown with silk cords ending in tassels. ^
V contrast of color is always seen in {
hese; thus an ecru or drab wool dress z
las dark green cord and tassels, while s
>ne of navy blue has red eyelets, cords ^
ind tassels. The latter makes a beauti- j
ul skirt for blue Jersey bodices that (
re laced with red. The overskirt is ^
hen a very short apron, much wrinkled, ]
ind with bouffant "back drapery. To
rear over the Jersey waist in the street
s n short gown and hood of blue wool
liaped like the tea gowns, but much
horter.
IV'ewi anil IVotenfor Women.
A Western woman says her baby wil:
njoy three hundred and sixty-five holer
days this year.
The Queen of Italy is still excessively
ervous, and nearly faints when any
traneer approaches the king.
A Russian countess parades the streets
f Nice escorted by three large bloodounds
of quarrelsome disposition.
The great English beauty now is Lady
rladys Herbert, the Countess of Lonsale.
Her loveliness is of the dark Jewjh
type. She is called "The Gypsy."
Miss Alice Blaine, the eldest daughter
f the senator, is described as nol pretty,
ut tall in figure, and having a face inmse
and fascinating. It is a coloiless
ice, a long oval in shape, with magificent
black hair and eyes, and glow
ig, scarlet lips. ^
A sheet metal dummy figure has been ,
ivented and patented by an enterpris- j
ig Frenchman in New York, by the c
se of which dressmakers can fit and j
rape dresses for any lady who has a f
lodel of her form, without even once x
rying them on the person of the wearer. c
adies can also fit and make their own (]
resses by having a sheet metal dummy j
lodeled for their own use. c
Mademoiselle Nevada, who is becomig
ko famous abroad as a singer, ib Miss t
?ixom, the daughter of a California e
otel keeper. She early showed great ti
iste and capacity for music. While a
et a mere child her parents moved to c
Tevada, where her mother died. The r
ither sent her to Mills' seminary, s
Tevada City. Her age is twenty-three, g
nd she has been studying vocal music t
Dr some time abroad. d
According to an advertisement in the
/ondon Daily Telegraph, ladies moving f
a fashionable society may without in- '
orfering with their social position ^
ealize from $500 to $1,500 a year by t
Qtroducing the high class wines of an a
stablished house. A commencing c
alary of $250 per annum and a liberal 8
ommission are promised..
j'
A Tribute to Ills Wife. a
General Garfield, in a recent conver- F
ation with George Alfred Townaend, '
iiid a fine tribute to his wife, who in '
arlylife was a pupil of his at school. 1
11 taught her Latin," he said, "and she E
ras as good a pupil as I had. She is s
ow teaching the same Latin to my two a
ig boys, to set them ready lor the v
cademy at Concord, Mass." While ?
peaking of the matrimonial infelicities i:
f public men he said: "I have been 0
wonderfully blessed in the discretion of 0
ly wife. She is one of the coolest and a
est balanced women I ever saw. She y
> unstampedeable. There has not been "
ne solitary instance of my public career *
rhen I have suffered in the smallest He- *
ree for any remark she ever made. 0
Pith the competition that has been ?
gainst me many times, such discretion d
as been a real blessing." P
, r
Exposing a Fraud. ^
A man named Hansen, who has ac- a
uired considerable notoriety at Vienna a
? J Drtnfl. f ]n /I orfnrtt f rv moa_ ^
IJU lentil, umiun/vua IV luv/ij- JJ
jerize any one against Lis will. The
hallenge was accepted by a joung man b
amed Fisher, and the professor, despite f(
is artistic passes, failed to produce any v
fleet on him. Fisher began to banter 0
ue professor, and told him that he was a
nly a "vile imposter," for the use of o
rhich expression he was summoned be- t
)re the district magistrate and fined 100 ])
orins. The professor, however, did ^
ot look upon this as a sufficient repar- ti
tion for his injured honor, and com- t'
lenced a fresh suit in order to prove d
liat he was really capable of doing v
/hat he professed to do. He called as e
, witness a young man who had always 0
rmaa-roA an p-rppllpnt. mpdinm nnnri the t.
ilatform.-and who at the bidding of the 0
irofessor was in the habit of falling into n
.trance and of holding communication ^
vith spirits from the other world; but 0
vhen lie came to be cross-examined by }
he counsel lor the defense lie confessed v
hat he had only been shamming tem- ?
>orary death, and, to the jn*eat amuse- r
nent of the court, proceeded t demon- s
itrate how the trick was done. Prolessor I ]
iansen lost his suit. It
'
IN THE DESERT OF SAHARA.
Vot a Desolate Plain, Bat a Cultivated
Country, Fruitful as the Garden of.
Eden?Arab Manners and Arab Faith.
A correspondent of the Chicago Times
lends the following interesting letter,
latcd Oasis of Tahlet, in the Sahara:
Ml of one's preconceived ideas vanish
jefore the facts of experience. The
Sahara is not a desolate plain of moving
land, with no signs of vegetation, but a
jultivated country, fruitful aa the garien
of Eden. Like our "great Ameri;an
desert," it has been greatly belied.
El Sahr, as the Arabs pronounce it. is
ndeed a vast archipelago of oases, offerng
an animated group of towns and
tillages. A large belt of fruit trees surrounds
each of these villages, and the
Dalm, the fig, the date, apricots, pomegranates
and vines abound in the utmost
jrofusion. Ascending the Atlas mounains
by a gradual slope to the region of
ligh table-lands, we come to the land of
:he Mozabites, or Ben Mozab, and then
:omes a gradual descent for 300 miles
o the vast stretch of treeless territory
mown as the great desert. The rivers
lave an inclination of one foot in every
100. Many of the streams are dry, ex;ept
after rains, when they deluge the
;ountry. Gun-shots are fired as soon as
;he torrents appear; all objects arerenoved,
and soon, with a terrible noise,
he flood rolls on. The Saharian city
itands as if by ma^ic on the banks of
.he waters which nse to the tufts of the
- ? ^ t??? f/**w /lurtn flionDfl
J HI III trCCS, UUL it AC VY uajo vrxxxj viupuv
ire all disappears, leaving the district
ich and fruitful. The inhabitants are
lot a migratory people, and, unlike the
ent-dwellers of the northern slope, live
n substantial houses with thatched
oofs and ceiling of cane laid upon joist
>f alve wood. These houses generally
:onsist of one room, and have no furni;ure
excent mats on the floor and upon
ihe walls for three or lour feet high.
rJeds are sometimes found, but no one
ihinks of sleeping on them. The walls
ire whitewashed and inscribed with
verses trom the Koran. The inhabifcmts
are made up of genuine Arabs and
Berbers, or Kaybles, as the French call
;hem. Jews are found in every oasis,
ind are very prosperous and influential.
doing much of the trading
rad making up of the great caravans.
Ihese merchants frequently dress in
very gaudy and fantastic style, with gorgeous
turban and sleeves of different
jolors, one being, perhaps, green and
jne red, and the skirt a bright yellow,
rhey are not allowed to wear chekia,
3r red woolen cap, but may wear a
black cap, and can only wear black
slippers, which they must remove
whenever they step outside the ghetto,
ind must step aside to the left when
;hey moct a Moslem, and are not allowed
to ride a horse. The men are?
landsome, and the women uncommonly
pretty, and do not cover their
:aces; neither do the Kayble women,
is is the custom of other women of the
Sahara. Among the Kayble3 of the
nountain region a passport, or annaya,
rom a sheik or marabout brines promotion
and hospitality. The annaya is
lometimes a belt, sometimes a stick. A
itranger can travel anywhere and meet
vith a cordial welcome. This is somehinrr
Hire n nacannrt. in xrm.tuitolls, and
lot vised. The rule is to lodge the
ttranger for three days, and they do this
vith a kindness and care that is rarely
ound in a country where payment is
sxpected. The Berber is not as hospiable
jis the Arab, but my companion,
Jen Yusef, being a descendant of the
jrophet, and I being provided with aa
innaya, we found no lack of that barjaric
virtue anywhere. The maxim
bat"fingers were made before forks"
nust have originated with the Moslems,
is that article is unknown among them.
)n one occasion, when dining witti a
listinguished sheik, he asked me if I
lad ever eaten with my hands before.
' Yak foodna Alia,"God have pity, exslaimedoneof
the guests. "donTt the
Christian dogs eat with their hands?"
' No," replied Ben Yusef, ' when I was
n Italy I ate with a fork." " God be
gracious to my father," returned he;
' our master Mohammed ate with his
ight hand." Our host, in order to
itone for this seeming rudeness, called
o an attendant and gave him a juicy
liece of meat in his fingers to take to
ae as a mark of his lriendship. After
linner we invariably had coffee and a
irayer.
Arriving at the first oasis, Fizig,
vhich is some ten or twelve miies in
ircumference and contains a populaion
of 10,000, we found the celebrated
lammam, or hot springs, so famous
or the cure of syphilitic complaints so
>revalentin this country; here we enered
into the negotiations of the pur- .
base of a camel, and succeeded inmakng
an exchange of one of our donkeys
or a specimen of this interesting and
iseful animal, giving a difference
if fifty metkals or about twenty
lollars. Joining a number of Moorsh
and Jewish traders, we began
ur caravan life, our camel traveling
vith a long swinging gait.neither a rock,
rot, nor canter, like nothing I have
ver seen before. The jolting motion at
irst was very uncomfortable, but after
.while became rather agreeable than
itherwise. Ben Yusef insists that we
aust ride lady fashion, that being the
tyle among the Arabs. The camel in
trength, docility and indefatigable paience
is invaluable; goes seven or ei^ht
lays without water, travels thirty miles
l day, carries six or seven hundred
founds, and subsists upon a quart of
leans or barley or a few balls ot flour a
lay. We made the journey from Fizig
o Kuetsa in three days. This oasis has
, population of 5,000, and is the seat of
onsiderable trade in lead and antimony,
everal mines of these minerals being
ound in the vicinity. Continuing our
ourney, we reached the pleasant oasis
jid village of Tafilet, our present stop
>ing place. Between Keutsa and Hadju
s a mountain exactly like a church; in
LiUL, id uuura it Bituiig iu3uinuutm;u uj
he typical Gothic cathedral. When
iot entertained by the inhabitants we
et our tent and spread our blankets on
, dry bank of earth, perhaps covered
vith flowers, prepare our simple repast
if barley, coarsely ground and carried
q leathern skins, which, mixed with
>live oil and salt, or made into a kind
if mush called koukussu, is quite palatble
when the appetite is sharpened
rith hunger. Soon after daybreak we
,re ready to "fold our tent, like the
Lrabs, and as silently steal away." The
Lrab tent is merely a large square piece
f camel's hair cloth, suspended a foot
r two above the ground by stakes
riven into the sand. Our tent was often
itched in a lovely flower-bed ot such
ich and various hues as one seldom
neets in a cultivated flower garden.
Vith a clear sky, brilliant sunshine,
nd rippling stream, nothing can be
diled in the way of calm rational enjoylent.
Wells of water are found under
ranches which are religiously replaced,
>r a well in the Sahara is a sacred spot,
irhich demands the care and protection
f every traveler. Many of these springs
re held in religious veneration, and
nyWednesdays fowls are sacrificed at
he holy fountains Many tombs are
eld sacred, and on Friday, the Moammedan
Sabbath, they visit the ceme
cries, irom tile dciici mai uiu sums ui
lie dead return to their graves on that
ay. The tombs are invariably washed
ritli )ime?veritable * whited sepulhres."
The Mohammedans are ahead
f us Christians in the veneration paid
o holy persons. They are often can
nized during their lifetime, can marry,
nd thesaintship is hereditary, and the.
[escendant is often holier than the
iriginal saint. Those holy men levy
leavy (contributions upon the faithful,
vhich are paid with great, regularity
.nd apparent cheerfulness. There are
10 arts or manufactures, and reiigion
done occupies the minds of the people,
f they paid a.s much attention to the
hings of this wond as of the next they
4
would become a great people indeed.
Moslems are forbidden to wear gold or
J silk, or pray in embroidered apparei,
j and the> always remove them before <
I going to their devotions. As he hears i
the call of the mupzzin he falls to the (
ground, touching it with seven parts of <
his body?feet, nands, knees, and his t
forehead?then rises and turns toward f
Mecca, stretches his arms toward t
heaven, his white flowing bournous c
and long beard giving him a patriarchal i
air. \
There is no freedom of thought s
among Mohammedans, their constant c
expression being: "Bi'ism Allah"?in i
the name of Goa. No one can under- 1
stand a religion until he has belonged f
to it, nor criticise it until he nas j
emancipated himself from its chains. A s
strange apparition this Arabic people,
the met.<>nr of the desert, handine over
to us chemistry and aglebra, alkali, and t
arithmetic, astronomy and the clock, i
the keys of the [material universe, and I
herself following on the steps of r
Socrates and the Emperor of China, c
Their giving us the simple Arabic I
figures alone, in place of the clumsy c
Roman numerals, entitle them to the c
benedictions of the race. " They saved i
others, themselves they could not save." s
Their alphabet consists of twenty-nine c
letters, each having four differentfoims, a
making substantially 116 different s
sounds* or combinations. There are r
three vowels, but they are never used in c
writing. They write from the right to c
the left or from the top to the bottom, c
and with either the left or the right i
hand. The Arabs, in their pride, desig- t
nate all who do not speak their language r
as, adjel-a-culf? an ox not broken to c
tit.* -?1*a . ??/? of- fKa lMflo nf S
I lie JfUACj nuu iltugu MU VUW AUVM V4
there being anything superior to it,
claiming that it is the speech of angels
and the vehicle of the Almighty. I
i
Feeding the Dead; \
A Chinaman was buried at Phila- t
delphia in 1875, and lour times a year t
his surviving countrymen there visit f
his grave to "feed the dead." A recent i
visit of this kind is thus described: The 1
first preliminary was the removal of i
all "Melican" clothing. As they had i
come enwrapped in the flowing blue i
drilling gown and trousers and the t
cloth-soled shoes worn by all good l
Chinamen, the only article necessary to 1
dispense with was the hat. They then a
uncoiled their long pigtails and carried e
their well-filled provision hamper to i
the grave. Ceremony number one con- r
ainf-pH nfr n. Bnrfc of invocation. In Der- c
feet time and drill the mourners lifted a
their arms from their sides to a hori- t
zontal position, then above their heads,
when they clapped their hands and uttered
a high-keyed grunt. This was u
done several times. The chief priest 5
then produced a package of sheets of d
tissue paper, about three inches square, o
each of which bore inscriptions in t
Chinese characters. These each were I
supposed to represent a sin committed i
against one of the many deities of the g
Bnddhist faith. They were burned, one o
by one, each of the celebrants taking e
turns in lighting them. When the last u
had been burned another inroad was t
made upon the hamper and a chicken a
entire, except as to its feathers, was f
brought out; also four cuds and sau- i
cers and as many plates, all of which s
were laid on a paper tablecloth placed F
on the grass. t
A knife similar in shape to those used ?
by shoemakers speedily dissected the t>
fowl, rind a fragment was placed on eaoh a
plate. The cups were filled out of a k
large wicker bottle which contained e
something like tea. Oranges were also <3
produced, and the three living China- c
men went solemnly through the form ^
of eating, the ghost presumably keeping f
them company. The living banqueters i
speedily emptied their cuvj and disposed I
of the oranges. Seemingly awakened to
the fact that their invisible guest was
not setting through with his share as J
rapidly, they poured the tea from his ^
UUJi miU Wlitil/ icuiftiatu m iuw iyvu^v
the foot ot the grave. A bottle of saki,
the Chinese whisky, was fiiso poured
out, none of the living feasters partaking
of the liquor. Half a dozen singular-looking
little tapers, mounted on
bamboo sticks, were then stuck in the
swelling turf of the grcve and lighted.
These had two properties, smoke and
smell. A west wind drove both into
the faces of the spectators in such
volume that they beat a husty retreat,
and those who witnessed the last rite
were fortunate enough to have found
places outside the line of the breeze. In
the midst of the smoke and stench the
faithful Celestials went through their
last posturing, similar to that of the
invocation. This done, they packed up
the remains of their banquet and dishes,
and, leaving the tapers still burning on c
the grave, quitted the cemetery. a
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Some Interesting Facts. a
Tolls were first paid by vessels passing I
the Stade, on the river Elbe, 1109. In t
England toll-bars originated in 1267, a a
penny being asked for every wagon that 1
passed through a certain manor, and the
first regular toll was collected a few
years later for mending the road in
London between St. Giles' and Temple
Bar. f
A Nihilist is one who believes in !i
n ??(* fA W oKaf or
nilllllOIlj) Yi IiIULi> autuiuiup, !Ay TV vwjvut) holds
the doctrine that nothing can be f
known; that it is skepticism carried to ,
the denial of all knowledge and all
reality. It is probably applied to the ?
Russian communistic agitators because r
they advocate the principle of doing j
away with all government, and the inference
is that, if this were carried j
out, Russia as a nation would cease to
exist. p
The Apollo Belvidere is perhaps the p
freatest existing work of ancient art. v
t is a statue representing the god of a
Apollo at the moment of his victory s
over Python. It was found in 1503 ]j
among the ruins of ancient Antium, in tl
Italy, and derives its name from its jt
position in the Belvidere 6f the Vatican n
(in Rome), where it was placed by Pope n
Julius II., who had boucht it before his f
accession to the papal throne. The ti
statue is of heroic size, and shows the
very perfection of manly beauty. The si
sculptor is unknown. e:
Archery was first introduced by tkc b
Saxons in the time of Voltigeur. Icwas ti
dropped immediately after the conquest, ta
but was revived by the crusaders. The r<
Normans used the cross-bow until af er fc
flip time of Edward II., when the long- t<
bow supplanted it and became the fa? li
vorite national weapon. Bows and si
arrows, as weapons of war, were in ri
use with stone cannon-balls as late as c<
1740. All the statutes for the encour- 1
agementof archery were framed after
the invention of gunpowder and lirearms,
the object being to prevent
this ancient weapon becoming obso* ,
lete. Yew-trees were encouraged in
church-yards for the making of bows in "
1642. J!
Expensive Singing. ?
Patti has queer notions of pecuniary b
honesty as well as ol matrimonial lidei- n
ity, if what is told below ol her trans- ci
actions with Baron Hirsch. the new ti
financial swell of Paris, is true. After v
she had sung for the Princess de Sagun g
for her $*2,()00, of course Hirsch had to o
engage her. Patti put up her price to f<
84,000, on the ground that Sagan was n
one person and Hirsch another. Hav- n
ing no other claim to distinction than p
his money, Hirsch said: " All right," ir
and proceeded to dui a anewtneater o
for the occasion. One can fancy his p
amazement and surprise on the morning ts
of his grand feast, when he was waited P
on by Pattfs manager, Mirelli, who si
told him that lie, Mircili, had a contract P
for the exclusive uao of PaUi's voice, d
and ttiat he proposed to be paid for
these outside concerts. It was merely
a question of how much, and he let the d
bourse baron oil' with $2,000, so that the e
appearancc of Patti :it the Hirsch re- s<
ceplion cost the host just $6,000. o
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TIMELY TOPICS.
Denver, the chief cityof Colondo, if
)verrun with tramps, many of them os
i desperate character, and a viei lance
.'ommittee for their dispersion is seri)usly
contemplated. "Among these
iramps," says the Denver Tribune, "are
ouna all classes of miserable mortals;
he low desperado from San Juan, povTty-stricken
rascals from the East, disjointed
miners from the mountains,
jrofessional beggars, who would rather
teal than work, and occasionally a
race-respectable man who, having com<=
nto the far West to seek his fortune,
ias encountered poor health and worse
ortune, untrl he has almost been compiled
to resort to the footpad proles
ion in order to live."
Before starting on her trip to Zaluland,
he ex-Empress Eugenie presented her
mperial crown to the Church of Notre
)ame des Victoires, Paris. Many
umors have been spread abroad conem
ing this crown, whose whereabouts
ias been matter.for eossip. From reently
published accounts of the flight
if Eugenie from 1'aris, it appears that
n the naste and terror of the occasion
he took with her little of value. She
ven left the Tuileries without money,
ilthough there were about forty thousmd
francs in the dra^rs of her bedoom.
In the subsequent arrangement
>f her affairs, after the commune, many
>f her valuables, and among them the
;rown. were restored to her, having
rteanwhile been in the safe-keeping of
he Bank of France. The crown is of
nuch value, on account of its artistic
lesign, and the number of precious
itones it contains.
Primitive honesty and simplicity are
)lainly stamped on the countenances of
nost of the peasant emigrants now arriving
at Castle Garden, New York.
Lnd the little children that swarm
iboutthe queen-bee of each family seem
>rematurely stamped with the mature
eatures of the same qualities. A pretty
ncident recently happened in Galveston,
rexas, after the arrival of an emigrant
>arty. It occurred to a gentleman who
net several of the little peasant children
n the street that it would please them
* ? ? ? ? - ? ?? 4.1%^* 1/i mtfli fVtn
0 oestow a Will Oil llic tunu rv iuii mc
>riehtest eyes. He then clasped his
lands behind him and was sauntering
.way, when the child, being unable to
express its gratitude in English, if at all,
a words, ran after, seized the gentleaan's
hands, and kissed them. The
>ther children imitated the quaint exmple,
and thereby certainly hied claims
0 shares in the gratuity.
The deplorable piece of news comes to
is, and on the authority of the London
limes, thrft the Egyptians are actually
lisintegrating and carrying away parta
1 the pyramids. It might be hoped that
he wretched business could be stopped
iv an aDDeal to the khedive, remarks a
few York paper, but he is himself enuged
in the work of spoilation. Four
r five of the huge stones have been reQoved
by his order from immediately
rader the entrance to the great pyramid,
vith intent to use the stones in building
. new mosque. A correspondent inorms
the Times that he saw camels beag
loaded with the square white limetone
that forms the casing of the larger
lyramid atDashoor; and it is evident
bat these venerable structures have
teen simply and deliberately degraded
o stor>? ;uarries. The pyramids in a
ense belong not to Egypt but to man:ind,
and since the khedive has had the
xecrable taste to lend himself to vanillism
such as-has been described, he
ught to be brought to his senses by a
'igorous protest Irom the great Eurotean
powers, in which, it seems to us,
t would not be unbecoming for the
Jnited States to join.
San Jose Joe, a monster shark of San
oee de Guatemala, Central America,
<ras recently seen by the captain or the i
"hina. This shark has for many years
een the terror of the coast from San
Tose de Guatemala to Puntaa Arena,
le has oeen so frequently seen that he
s as famiJiar to the mariners ot the
:oast as its most perilous headlands,
le is said to be over forty feet in length
nd is extremely ferocious, human kind
>eing his favorite prey. Captain Sealury
of the Pacific Mail steamship China
s ready to swear to forty-two leet and
iver, having once seen Joe passing belind
his vessel, which is forty-two feet
n the beam, and the head and tail of
he shark extended past either side of
he vessel. The captain of the South
Carolina and Captain Witberry bear
estimony also to the shark's being over
orty feet long. In the last few years
Joe," as he is known all along the
oast, has devoured half a dozen men,
md some years ago the Guatemalian
;overnment offered a reward of $5001 j
iny man who would kill the devourer.
le has been shot a couple of times and
larpooned thrice, but survived these
issaults and still retains his old haunts
ooking for his favorite morceau.
Celebrating His Own Death-Feast.
One Johann Kruger, a well-known
loacher and woodstealer, of Neuendorf,
iear Potsdam, met his death last week
inder circumstances of a very unusual
,nd surprising character. It appears
hat the royal Keepers and gendarmerie
vere on the lookout for him by reason
if some sylvan dereliction he Lad reently
committed, and tnat he had thereore
taken to the woods in the so-called
efernhaide. Being harj} up for food
,nd liquor, he contrived to steal a large
og and n. quart bottle of corn brandy,
rhich stores he conveyed to his hiding
lace and there proceeded to make prearation
for an al-fresco feast and carouse
rhich would have been .uore approprite
to an Indian scout than to a Prusian
poacher. After he had built up and
ghted a huge wood fire, he slaughtered
lie dog, skinned it, and roasted one of
s legs, upon which he made % copious
leal, washing down the "friend of
lan " with deep draughts of fiery spirit,
[aving finished this strange repast?
le relics of which, clean-picked canine
!g-bonos and an empty bottle, were
ibsequently found near tiie asnes oitne
stinguished lire?he must have stum- >
led, all but senseless from intoxicaon/over
the pile of burning wood, and
illen into the tiames; for liis charred
;mains were discovered by the royal
>resters next morning, literally burnt
) cinders,with the sole exception of the
ead, by which he was recognized. In
lrfeiting himself with roast dog and
iw brandy Kruger had unconsciously
jlebrated his own death-feast.?London
'elegraph.
Official Records. V
The following circular has hoen issued
y Secretary Sherman: To secure per
rnncy of record, hereaiter no kind of
ik, or any substitute therefor, or any
ind of pencil, will be used by officers
r employees of this department, except
licIi as "are furnished or authorized
y the department. Blue ink must
flt? be used in permanent reorus
or letters intended for preservaon.
The article known under the
arious names of" hektograph," "copyi*"in
" "climmii'mnh 1 "prrwir)f-*iir1 "
r other names, will in no case be used
)r letters or other documents of a perlanent
nature. Officers ol this depart*
lent will in no case accept for officir.l
urposes, bonds, papers, or other doculentson
which money is to be paid, or
ther important action to be taken, if
repared with inks or pencils likely to
ide. All officers receivine their suplies
ol ink and mucilage from the treairy
('epartment, must order their suplu
riiirinp- the warm weather, so ns to
v oiaits freezing while in transit.
Every man who has become Presient
ot the United States has o<M>n
lected during a leap-year. This is
jmethinp for the girls to wonder
ver.
Gold and tiraj.
Morning mists from the 8an are rolled,
And all the lace ol the earth is gold,
Flowr's unfold to the glowing ray, *
And wak'ning bird-song are glad and say.
Honrs creep on, and the day wears round;
The shadows lengthen along the ground;
Dull vapors drilt o'er the lace of day,
And morning's gold is the evening's gray.
Liie is beauty when life is young,
With its laughing lips and its silver tongue,
Young roses blooming on young ohecks lair
And clustered locks of youth's golden liair.
Years stride on with their lootateps fleet,
Bringing a bitter lor ev*ry sweet;
Twilight tails o'er a lile's short day,
And the locks ot gold are the locks ot /,ray.
Time is a robber both swilt and sure,
Stealing alike from the rich and poor,
Gathering into his gran'riea old
Both age's silver and youth's gay gol.l;
Bribe or force cannot stay his way,
Swilt alike through the gold and gray,
Till the last dark hour ot day is told,
And earth's gray changes to heaven's gold.
ITEMS OP INTEREST
A lady of taste?The cook.
Sweet are the uses of advertisements
?Mrs. Partington.
The streets of Philadelphia are to be
swept by convicts.
Handkerchiefs with fancy borders are
still the boarders' fancy.
If a ship arrives hi port a second late
they dock it.?Yonkers Statesman.
" This can't be beai" as the man said
when he bought the porcelain d|rcr.
The quantity of cotton consumed in
1878 was fifty-four times greater than
1778.
The locomotives on the Pennsylvania
railroad use 30,000 tons of sand an
uuaaij
Whisky is a bad juice, and you can't
make good use of it neitlur.?Marathon
Independent. \
A place for everything and everything
in its place?The baby's mouth.?
Toronto Grip. '
It is estimated the St. Gothard tunnel
will augment trade between Germany
and Italy tenfold.
A St. Louis pplice officer killed a
young man who Refused to tell where
ne was going late at night.
Croquet, says the Boston Commercial?
Bulletin, is popular this scrson, notwithstanding
that it is played out.
Philadelphia alone produces annually
7,000,000 more yards of carpeting than
the whole of Great Britain.
# " Circumstances alter cases," said the
unsuccessful lawyer, "but my cases
don't alter my circumstances."
There are 1,487 licensed places where
liquor is sold in Buffalo, and 723 saloons
whare nothing but liquor is sold.
Time is money, and some people are
fearfully extravagant when they vis\
editorial sanctums.?New York Graphic
At this season, when the young girl
looks pale and grows listless, it i3 hard
* - if ia QqtItt irtxto rtf Mrlv
wj any nuciuti m to AJ J
potatoes.
The Detroit Free. Press gives this as
the new style of tield-sign in the West:
"This farm for sale, subject to mortgages
and cyclones."
"Will the action li6?" inquires the
anxious client. " Yes," replies thetfacetious
attorney, "the action mil lie if
the witnesses will."
A Michigan widow who jumped off a
load of hay and knocked down a tramp
who made fun ol her sunbonnet, had
three offers of marriage within a week.
A man who undertakes anythingavrt
gets left at his own game catches a
tartar. The boy who climbs to the top
shelf in the pantry does so with the expect
sjtion of catching a tart or two.?
Keokuk Gate City.
Astronomy was first studied by the
Moors, and wad introduced by them
into Europe in 1101. The rapid progress
of modern astronomy dates from
"the time of Copernicus. It was
known to the Chinese about 1100 B. C.
The pay of a private soldier in the
n?n<? id nno ahillinrr ? HflV 1T1 fcllfi
iUlblOU auuy to vuv ouiiuu^ ?
infantry, and one and threepence in
the cavalry, exclusive in each case of
one penny a day for beer money. The
government supplies the uniforms,
weapons and rations.
Watches were first invented in Nuremburg
by Peter Halle. They used
to be called Nuremburg eggs, because
they were oval in shape. It took many
years to bring them to their present
state of periection, and to render them
the common convenience of the present
day.
A coquette came out of a fancy-goods
shop loaded with purchases. 44 You
have renewed your provision," said a *
rival. "Don't speak of it; I have
quite ruined mysell! I have bought a
thousand things I do not need, among
others six tooth-brushes." "Ah! one
for each tooth," said the other, sweetly.
The record of best running time made
in the United States for tne distances
named is as follows: One mile?Ten
Broeck, 1.303; Hartford, Conn., Sept. 2,
1875. Two miles?Ten Brock, 3 27J;
Louisville, Ky., May 29, 1877. Three
miles?Ten Broeck, 5.26J; Louisville,
Ky., Sept. 23, 1876. Four miles?Ten
Broeck. 7.153; Louisville, Ky., Sept. 27,
1876.
The old saying, " Nine tailors make
a man," originated from the following
circumstance: A number of years sine,
in London, a little boy was accustomed
to sell apples, cakes, etc., among the
various shops. At one place he visited
were nine journeymen tailors, who. cn
account of the unusual brightness of the
boy, determined to educate him. Each
one contributed a portion toward the
necessary expenses, and the boy eventually
became a noted individual. In
this way nine tailors were said to have
made a man.
Slang Phrases.
Most slang phrases have a history.
The expression " He is in the dumps" is
very common, and is supposed to be derived
frdm 4* Dumpos, King of Egypt,
who built a pyramid and died of melancholy;"
so that the thieves and gypsies
are not all to blame for having given us
a few expressive words. We next corac
upon aword/ullof pathetic meaning fov
many of us; it is the ghost that haunts
and pursues us more or less throughout
the year?it is the word "dun." It is a
word of consequence, for it is at once a
verb and a noun, and is derived Irom the
Saxon word " dunan," to din or clamor
It owes its immortality?so tradition
says?to having been the surname of one
Joe Dun, a famous bailiff of LincoHi, in
the reign of ILnry VII., who was so
active and dexterous in collecting bad
debts that when anyone became "slow
to pay," the neighbors used to say,
"Dun him"?that is, "send Dun after
him." "Draw it mild" owes its origin
to violin playing. The word "coach,"
applied to a tutor, is of university origin,
and can boast of a logical etymology.
It is a pun upon the term "getting
on fast." To get on fast you must take
a coach; you cannot get on fast in learning
without a private tutor?ergo, a
private tutor is a coach. Another
familiar word in university slang is "a
regular brick "?that is, a jolly good fellow:
and how the simile is logically de
ducted is amusing enough. A brick is
deep-red, so a deep-read man is a brick.
To read like a brick is to read till you
are deep-read. A deep-read mar is. in
university plirase. "a good man;" a
good man is a "joily fellow" with nonreading
men?ergo, a joily feP'^v is a
" brick."
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