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.... * - \ . ?' '* "* ' **4' e: '^ ", - >- ? 4 " - ' ??- '. " ;-V" ,' "T-9 - - ' " f . * r ,'*;vv r ' f : fr .. !> ' r. " f ; 54 r. '7 . i i . ? 1 ... . -- - 1 i-?==? " 1 ? My * M j. ... -vis sgfEJl rrv?.;r & " * ? -.vaB v f- rp.: ABBEVILLE PRESS & BANNER. I .1 ? J j r . ' * '' ?93 BY HUGH WILSON AND H. T. WARDLAW. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 1880. NO. 1. VOLUME XXVT. 38 . : ==3. r m ' ? '1-J w. 'ifl.lit I!<1 Oldeu Days. i long years have passed, dear brother Joe, ? since you and I wore young, ? When in the old barn lott we played the i soented hay among; Our hmrts were iull of ohildish glee, with ncer a thought ot care. Fond memory loves to wander still to iv^Vis hours that were. Then children dressed in plain attire, nor put on crown-up nirs, And reverenced the Sabbath day as one ol love and prayer; No frizzes heaped npon the head leut boldness j to the face, No paniers dwarflng shapely form made mountebank ot Rrace. "Our fetheis were nrt governors, nor mothers the old woman, To toil and drudge for children fine?torgetlul they -were human. rhere's littlo lolt ol olden times, save nature's modest mien; Down l>y the brook, -w here ott we played, the willows look as preen As when we, l>ar? foot, waded in the shining sands among, , Wbile o'er the waters cool and dark thoir ; qniveriue shadows hung Tho locnst blossoms on the air the same sweet p.rtunnw fling * And on tho Sabbath morn 1 hear the same j old church bells ring. ' 1 queatiorn-d of the dear old man, to whom j was wisdom given j To snide his flock into the fold. They said: " He re>is in heaven." Another form now fills his place, ono not un- j known to fame, ( They tell mo he is learned and wise, but oh! lie's not tho same. ] 1 went and listened yestermorn his scientific j teaching, < And heard the swelling organ tonee at close ot halt-hour preaching. , My glance took in the cushioned pew, the listless congregation, And thought sped o'er a lapse of years, when all eaug Coronation, When old hnd youn<? in rapture joined to swell the hymn <>1 praise, And, all unbidden, dtopped a toar in memory ol old days! Oh! well, 'tis e\ er thus; we float adown lile's rolling river? The ro:-y muni, tho noontides flush; night ushers in Jorevtr. ? Detroit Free Press. BESIEGED BT UTES. The lone lances of the western sun just tipped the far away, snowy crowns of the range, twenty miles to the east, and the gloomy shadows were beginning to creep from the canons and gorges, and empurple the ragged side^ of the great mountains, sweeping about them as with kingly cloaks. All day long Tim Houlihan had lain hidden in the nest?a bit of rock, a hundred feet above the surrounding timber, and watohed lest the tierce Utes. who were driving the miners to the northward, should come upon us unaware."-, and slay us at our work. All day long Jim McCarthy had sat ct the pit-mouth, rifle in hand, while Charlie Muraan, Jack Scott and I had delved beneath with our gang of "chopsticks,1' urging forward the drifts already begun, and opening more and morp of the nrecious ore vein which we had found. We were working in danger, but to-morrow that danger would be past, for already the troops were moving and swinging in between our camp and the Indians, ami in one day more we should be safe. But this one day we con.'.dn't afford to lose. The twenty Chinamen had gone aloft, and only Charlie, Jack and Tremained. From our position at the foot of the shaft, where we waited the bucket's last trip, wo could see the evening stars far above us, and faintly hear the voices of our companions. "Another day's work done," said Jack, dropping his rifle into the hollow of his arm, for we all carried weapons with us in these troublesome times; "another day gone without an attack oi the copper-noses. Ef the cusses wili keep away twenty-four hours more we'll be?" He paused suddenly, his bronzed face blanching with sudden emotion. From above, a new sound came to our ears?a wild, blood-curdling yell, shrill war-whoops, and the sound os ruehiog feet, mingled with rifle-shots. And the same instant the rattle of the bucket-chain above caused us to shrink atrainst the side of the shaft and gaze quickly upward. The bucket was coming for us, but too late. There was no one above to hold the crank! With a hoarse rattle, the iron chain ran humming from the windlass above; with a heavy, clanging sound the great metal pail swung from jide to side, as it shot downward toward us. It was coming at last, but not to rise aj>ain. We shuddered, then crowded into the narrow mouth of the drift lest we should be crushed, when Charlie suddenly grasped my arm and pointed upward, with a cry. Twenty feet above the bucket and clinking to the chain, with face white asja corpse, and eyes almost bursting from their sockets, there clung a man? our comrade, Jim, shooting downward to death! For one brief instant this horrible ni?uu uaoueu uciyic uo?ivi a 9iugii v thought's space our eyes were fixed c upon his; then came a sudden shock, c a dull roar, a wild, despairing shriek, I and the bucket was down! With tender hands we lifted the ? broken, bleeding body, in which the s breath of life still lingered, and laid it t irently upon the earth within the mouth of the drift. s As we did so, poor Jim groaned a lit- e tie, and the blood trickled in slow, black drops from his lips as he strove t to speak. t We bent to listen. ^ "A pnmnloto enrnrical Tim?nnrl 1" .nil the Cainamen?murdered! 1 tried P to?escape?hut?hurled me down! A 9 ^ hundred red?" * {lis voice broke, then came a long, 1 fishing moan, a quiver of the suffering J frame, the shadow of a great agony, ?ind Jim was at rest. t We raised our eves, blood-shot with y horror, and looked each at his mate. i "A hundred red-skins!" muttered i Jack, and his iijps grew white beneath I his bterd, " thirty to one, and we in < this grave!" 1 "They may not know?"I began, t when I was interrupted by the roar of guns and the rattle of ball and arrow npainst the walls of the shaft, without, ! f?j) lowed by a chorus of fiendish yells. 1 "They do know!'' said Charlie, < primly; " and tl*y will be down pres- i ently." i " And then?" said I. " Did you ever kill a b'ar in her den ?" growled old Jack; "an* wasn't it bloody work? We kin hghtsnug her ?" And he touched his knife-hilt as he fooke, a deadly gleam lighting his eye. I shuddered; then the courage of my companions swept through my veins, too, and the experience of years upon tlif? border brought the color back to my cheek and the streneth to my arm. ' We three can defy athousand here," ] said, eyeing the opening before us, " if our cartridges only hold out, and we - can?" The rattle of the bucket-chain in the sh ilt again interrupted me, and, with . rifle at $ poise, I crept forward. It was almost dark, deep in the earth e where we stood, but the circle of blue 1 iky lit by the rising moon shone pure as i in emerald lar above, and clearly de- t ined against this heavenly background i ;he great chain hung like a gigantic 1 spider's thread, while UDon it, and t slowly working their way aownward, I ? iiscovered four dark figures. Already jur enemies were coming. I.touched my companions, and pointed i lpward. Even in the gloaming, I could ? =ee tho savace joy that lit their tea- t ures; and Charlie's rifle sprang to bis s shoulder as mine had done, butold Jack e Iraeged it down, and, as the sliding c igures drew nearer and nearer, he ^ eaned toward us, and hisssd in our i ?ars. 1 "Save yer balls?ye'llneed 'em. This < s best." I And with his Ion? hunting^knife he < rade a sudder. heavy lunge forward, s ;hen pressed backward against the wall. 1 There came a sobbing groan, a hide- ( his writhing of the lowest head upon < he pendant chain, agUBh of something ? warm upon my hands; then a dull thud :he gurgle of running liquid, and si- j lence. I "One!" said old Jack, and lunged ? igain. j Aca'n the gasping writhings, the gush , )f blood, and the dull, sickening thud | it our feet. "Two!" whispered the old man. I mv n^art grew lumi?lum n? mui 3 erf , 'For God's sake," I muttered, my , !ian<I upon mv companion's arm, "stop! ] riiis is horrible!" Jack glanced at the figure above, as if to measure his distance, shook his arm , Free, and answered me in a whisper: , " We must kill or be killed. Three!" , Another lunge, silent and deadly as | :hose before it?another leaden plunge )f the black and quivering mass to the , jarth?another gurgling sound. \ Charlie stepped to my side, his own f blade glimmering cold in the starlight, j 41 It is better than our rifles," he muttered: "and they must die! It is our j mly hope." " I And he crouched at the side of old < Jack, awaiting the coming of the fourth ] *nd last Indian. I My humanity shuddered, but I knew ] ;ha.t"they were right. i Nearer and nearer the last victim < irew. Link by link he dropped into t ;he silent grave that yawned to receive < liim?link by link until his feet were ^ level with our faces?when, for an m- 1 stant, he paused, and bent to peer into } the blackness beneath him, with a i ;runt of curiosity. i As he did so a sudden gleam lit the lighVsky above?a lurid glare; wild, i tioarse shouts were wafted to our ears, i ind the crackling of hungry flames told < :hat our camp had been tired by the ] ivretches. i The same red light fell, too, into the ] iilent shaft as the night breeze swept j ;he flames across its mouth, disclosing < :o the motionless Utc hanging upon the ] ihain in a single elance the horrible . iit into which he had fallen! i A*- tlinrn vonct nflA tAMY\r. 1 At bUC Dl^UU UIV?v itxig VMV w?*v. stricken whoop?one only?then three sairs of iron hands dragged the -wretch lown, three knives gleamed as they I ;love the air. and darkness and death i eturned together! y For the mompnt we were safe; but i lot for long, Even as we dragged the c >odies of our slain enemies aside the ) rrcat chain overhead wis tightened, c he bucket was shaken free from the t )looily floor upon which it rested, and, r i moment later, began slowly to asccnd s ?ie shaft. r The Indians above had heard the cry c >f their comrade, and were alarmed. To raise the bucket would occupy learly fifteen minutes. From the initant that the great iron cylinder, mptv, but dripping with the warm ife-blood of their brothers, shouid j neet the gaze of the Utes above, we J ;hould be hunted with a vengeance and ' i ferocity only to be quelled by externination. We could not hide now. The storm y vould not pass. We must defend our- * selves against the entire horde, or die ike rats in a hole. Tlies-e thoughts needed no words. ' Each man's heart heid them; and as ? ;he bucket rose higher and higher above j as, we paused no longer, but turne 1 luickly uown the narrow drift and dis ippeared. The earth swallowed us. ; The drift we had entered? the upper * )ne?ran some thirty yards to a large { chamber, then turned abruptly down 1 ward for fifty yards more. From this joint a short shaft led to the second t evel, which retraced the course of the ' me above, continuing for nearly 100 J fards further, in a crooked line, to the 3oint where we had been working dur- ? Dg the day. j This drift was eventually to open upon ' ;he hillside, far below the main shaft. J aut some fifty feet of earth yet renamed. The only exit from the mine 6 was by the main suaft. 2 We reached this chamber, and ] caused. 1 " Now. boys," said Jack, "my plan is ;his: That we barricade the drift right lere, and fight the cusses at this p'int. * tVe kin retreat to the lower level, ii leedful: but this air is better than tha1 i >elow, an' ef I've got to pass in my ' :heeks, I want a mouthful o' good air ind not choke-damp to die on. What I've say?" j We both agreed, and then, with hurrying hands, oe^an to throw up such a . jarricade as could be made of loose tim- : .L 1 it.. l_ ? >er, ore ana earm; dul ere uie worn vas completed, a distant clangor told , is that the bucket was down and our * memies approaching. Then we paused, md each man watching, we waited by . >ur barrier. | For a little time ali was silence, and ven the sharpest ear. trained lo note ne breathing of the creeping wolf, or j lie stir of the hidden snake, could d is- ] :ern no sound; but at length I became :onscious of a distant noise?a dull rubring, as it wero?the dragging of a f teavy body along the floor, which grew r oore and more distinct, until at last it eemed to be just before us. Then I 6 ouched the arms of my companions. r The sound was clear now; it was the low shuffling of our moccasined entries approaching. J Our hastily-built wall rose to within hree feet of the roof of the level. At the c rmnh nf mv hand we all leveled our . veapons across its top. Then, as though >y a single impulse, three triggers were r >ressed, three rifles cracked, their * harp reverberations mingling wi th 1 he wild and detiant yell which burst rom our throats. The battle had benin' An instant of livid flame?a gleam hat lit the cavern about us, and re- < sealed the narrow passage filled with i laked demons, half a dozen of whom 5 writhed in agony at the foot oi our I jarricade?a shout that drowned the I ?cho of curs, in its wilder and more 1 torrid volume, ant* then blackness and I rilence again. < For an instant, only! '1 mi ,1.. c , L JJCII 111U ^LUaUB UI 11IC wyuuucu icu | i jkins filled the nir. the fierce cries of i their companions answered them, the I ( rack of their Runs shook the walls, I and the pat of thnr balls knocked the i earth i n showers about us. I And we replied. i W ith revolvers pushed through the interstices of our defense, we poured deadly volleys into the dense, living mass bofcre us, each ball finding its i man, until, maddened beyond endurance, wild as beasts, and forgetful of danger in the brightful glare of the powder-light, the whole number that remained precipitated themselves upon our barricade, to carry it by assault. Fierce as the Bhe-bear in her den, desperate as the murderer at bay, brave beyond all thought of life or death, we three opposed half a hundred. The light was out. It was too cloBe work for rifle or pistol, and only the doll thud of blows, the blood-curdling iwish of knife-blades, the heavy fall of eaden bodies, and the tread of liurryng feet upon the sodden floor, be- , okened the deadly work that was done, while even the yells of the savages ( lad sunk to long-drawn breaths, gut,ural curses ana growln, as of infuriited dogs. It was horrible! How long it lasted, I know not; but, vounded again and again, struggling igainst a score, plying my heavy Knife is a reaper h!s scythe, I felt myself ilowly being borne to the earth by the limple weight of numbers, when sudlenly a hand of steel grasped me. I was torn from the clutches of the fiends who swarmed upon me, dragged rapidly backward a dozen paces around a curve )f the level, and then?then a | single ; jistol-shot sounded and, in a great puff )f sulphurous smoke, in a dull roar that thook the earth, and bowed the very walls of the drift together, in a second >f intense light the end came?the world iissolved! ft ? ? 9 ? * W nen i openea my eyes, il wjvs upuu he hillside at the mouth of our shaft, jeneath the tall, whispering pines, and surrounded by a dozen of Uncle Sam's jlue-coats. Near me, a litter held something covered with a blanket, and it my side knelt old Jack. "Ah, my boy," cried the old man, in jlad tones, as my eyes fell upon him, 4 back again, God be thanked! But it was a close rub for ye! Charlie there, soor fellow, panned out! Only you and [ remain." " Is Charlie dead?" I whispered. "Very!" said Jack, solemnly. "He was tilled with balls and Ute knife-holes ?nough to kill a dozen men. And you'd i-been in as bad a fix ef I hadn't a-grabaed you. "Was it you?" I asked. "Did you pull me out? I remember now. But what followed?what followed?" and I sought to rise in my eagerness, butsank frnm lrvan nf hlnnd. "Lie still, an' I'll tell ye," said my "riend. "The game war up?I felt that; -hough I had cut free, I knew that you rouldn't hold out much longer. But I lad an idea. I ran away. Yes, ran to ;he lower level, got a keg of the blastine sowder we were using yesterday and returned. I crept up, an' sot the keg ;lose to our barricnde. The Injins war ;hick. but they didn't tech me, for they wouldn't see, and the sound o' the fight war all about you. Then I kinder cut aiy way in, grabbed you, an' dragged /ou around the corner, and then I fired iny last ball into that powder keg! The result war tremenjous!" "It took me about an hour to figure it out myself, for I war sort o' shocked, same as the rest; but when I begun to examine the hole, thar warn't a live iiyunleft! Efanyo''em escaped, they 31 ust o' tuk the back track mightly lively after the powder spoke. So I ust dragged you to the shaft here, and waited, and about sun-up these fellers looked in, and hoisted us both out. Axd I war glad to see the top o' the world, now I tell ye, my boy! It did ru-ilr iwnH fr> ma ttft.pr lnnt. niirhf'.!" 01(f Jack censed. The sun light glittered through the ;all pines just as it did twenty-four aours before, and the faraway peeks vere as bright as when my comrades vere at my sid?, but a purple haze covered everything now, and my eyes vere still shadowed with the horrors >f what had passed; and though I live o be an old man, one memory I can lever efface, and one night will ever be L sad anniversary in each year?the light of our terrible fight in the level >f the "Good Luck" mine. Leap*Iear Hints. Girls know only one-quartar as much ibout courting as boys, because they lave only one year in I'^rr in which hey are allowed to practice. As a matter of oourse. leap-year finds hem poorly prepared to " step in and vin," and we will give a few hints as o how it should be done. First, fix up in style, black your >oots carefully, heels and all, and if ;be "shine"doesn't come in a hurry, ilap the brush across the floor into the ; :orner, quoting what scripture you lappen to know. ? ' Twill be a big job to put on your col- i ar and necktie, and the chances are i ,hat there will be more looking in the tlass than in the case of a fellow comng to see you. i Stroll down to the barber shop and ?et ihaved, and have the barber "oil i lp" freely, otherwise all efforts to jrease the wall paper will be futile. ; On the way to " his " house speak to ( lil the fellows you know; this is a ?ood point and the only way to pay lim back for flirting with the girls foi l ;hree years. A a vnn near t.he house, cross the itreet and pass by it. This will give foil a chance to see if the parlor is ighted :md to surmise if any other girl s calling. 1 If, when you step up and pull the Joor-bell, your heart is in your mouth, i rou've struck the wrong house. i Inquire if the young gentlemen are ] n, and?don't forget and wear your ] lat, hang it up on the piano or floor, or iome other place. < >hew cloves assiduously during the :all; otherwise "he" may think you lave been drinkigg. i If he is a little timid, blushing thing, | alk about the weather, his ma, his pa j md other distant subjects. If he plays and sings stand up like a ittle man and turn the music?we don't efer to an orguinette. He'll probably yawn and cover up an i mmense ?ape with his jeweled hand; i >ut don't take the hint. i Playfully turn the gas down; he'll ( >robnbly say " Oh, you shouldn't!" but ecollect how he "doused the glim" ast year. You don't need to say much at this >oint. Conversation is apt to be a luisance at critica.1 junctures. Previous experience will doubtless uggest the course of events for the est of the evening. When the old lady calls out, "It's en o'clock," don't mind it, wait till she sails eleven and twelve, in fact, titay ill you hear the milkman rattling his :ans. Ask for a match to light your cigar, inger at the door a half hour longer, nake him ttiink ttiat ne is your own ind only?and eoand see another fellow he next evening.?New Haven Register To Cure Fits of Sneezing. A correspondent of the British Medi?Z Journal says: " During the recent ftpid changes of temperature I caught a icvere cola in my head, accompanied ly almost incessant sneezing. My unfortunate nose gave me no rest. The slightest impact of cold air, or passing rrom the outside air into a warm room, equally brought on a fit of sneezing. In irain I snuffed camphor and Pulsatilla; :he light catarrh still triumphed over me. At length I resolved to see what ,he maintenance of a uniform temperature would do toward diminishing the irritability of my Schneiderian membrane, and accordingly I plugged my nostrils with cotton wool. The effect was instantaneous; I sneezed no more. A train and apjiin f tested the efficacy of this simple remedy, always with "the 3ame result. However uear I waa to a sneeze, the introduction of the pledgets stopped it at once. Nor was there anv inconvenience from their presence, making them sufficiently firm not to tickle, ana yet leaving them sufficiently loose to easily breathe through." This is really worth knowing, for incessant sneeeing is among the greatest of smaller ills, and it seems only a rational conclusion to hope that thin simple plan may furnish the most efficient remedy against one of thS most distressing symptoms of hay ever. ? Love in Fa's flat. Mr. M. was a retired manufacturer and possessed of considerable fortune. He also had a daughter, nineteen years of age, of great personal attractions. What wonder, then, that she stiouici have made many a young fellow's heart beat quicker w-ho tried to gain her virgin affections? But " papa" M. took care of his treasure as if she were the pupil of his eye, and many were the unhappy mortals who left his hospitable table never to return. "Plenty of time," said he, "when the right one comes, and I approve," etc. But the right one had come long ago, only papa didn't know it, and he had come in the person of a young engineer, who had formerly had business transactions with papa M. The young peo-' pie had seen each other, spoken to each other, looked at each other, and a kind of understanding had been come to. Yes, and the affection was deep enough to last, even when Mr. M. retired from trade and the young gallant had no further excuse for coming on business. Then there was a succession of dark days. But love is inventive, and in this instance also proved to be so. Mr. M. was in the habit of visiting twice a week at his hairdresser's to have his beard and wig looked after; and on this fact love built his structure. One of the younger assistants was taken into confidence, and, consequently, con-* -1 \rrna noi/1 ht? t } 1 P Mueruilic; uttcunuu nao K,J K..w young man to Mr. M.'s hat, receiving it on his entering, giving it a careful brush, and handing it back on departure ; and in this wise poor, dear " papa" became, unconsciously, of course, the postilion d'amour between his daughter and her swain. Thus things continued for four long months; but the best siik hat?let it be ever so carefully brushed, wants an iron now and again. Mr. M.'s hat was several years old, and just about Christmas it wanted ironing badly. So Mr. M., instead of proceeding to the hairdresser's as usual, went to the hatter's and presented his hat for renovation. Mr. Hatter says, after inspecting it: " Is this hat too large for you ?" "No; why do you ask?" "Because vou put paper inside." "Pr.per! taper! Not I; how does it get there, I wonder?" Not long did he wonder, for on carefully unfolding the paper he read: kn rlofii* T<Vlw?irH , JL/UU I' UC uvnu-iivut vvuiMvt.% ?.. .? ? , my father is good and generous at heart; let us speak openly to him ot our love; he will not say no, if we promise to make his old age happy. On my knees I will confess my love to him. Besides, our correspondence cannot last much longer; the continued brushin? has so worn papa's hat that I fear from day to day that he will have to have it done up," etc. Mr. M.'s hat having been refreshed, he went aa usual to nis hairdresser's, having previously carefully replaced the letter. In the saloon he kept a steady, though covered lookout on the officious young assistant, and found his surmise correct. The operation finished, he gravely received his hat, handed the assistant as usual hi9 pour boirc, ana aepartea. Before returning home, however, he !ook occasion to inspect his hat, and extract and read a missive from no othpr than the engineer. Among other things the young man swore that not a penny did he want of his love's father? his position, than* goodness, bringing him more than sufficient to live happy and comfortable. "Well,"said papa, "he seems to be an honestly-disposed young man, and if," etc. For Bome time he allowed the correspondence to go on, reading regularly and watchfully the letters from both sides, unknown to them, of course, un til one day, wnen tne letters naa oeen particularly desponding and good, he put an end to it, and made them happy, as may be seen by the cards sent to p.li whom it might concern.?Hairdressers Chronicle. Some Big Words; Some years since a citizen of Baltimore undertook to "hunt up some big words for the benefit of the getters-uB of spelling-matches and he was happily successful. The first word offerea is said to be the longest word in the English languane. used often in old plays and placed in the mouth of Costard, the clown in "Love's Labor Lost.' Act 5. Scene 1?1" Honorificabilitudinitatibus." innftior in in "Pi1orrim?l of tllP Rhine," by Bulwer?" Amorontliologosphorus." Here Is one from Rabelais?"Antipericatametaunaparbongidamphic?Ri brationctoord ecantium." Another is a name of an officer in Marid. Don Juan Nepomuceno de Burionajjonatorecagagzoecha. Here is the name of a town in the Isle of Mull?"Drimtaidhvrichillichattan." Three very pleasant words to tackle are these: " Jungfrauenziramerdurchachwindsuchteoedtungsgege n v e r e i n. Sankashtachathurtivratodvapana and 3 wapanchaksharimanamantra s t o r a," the names of productions of Sanscrit literature. "Lepadotemachoselacnogaloekranieleidhanodrimupotrimmatokichlepikos 3uphophattoperiserrtlsktruonop t e g k epelokipkloqeleiolagoossiraiobaphetr a g anopterugon." This last word is the longest in any language. It may be found in the Ekkle?iazonsai" of Aristophanes, a very excellent comedy, and placed in the mouth of one of the actors. It consists of 149 letters, and makes seventy-seven syllables, and must have created some laughter when spoken. Actors of the present day would hardly risk it. Corsets in Conrt, A correspondent of the Louisville Courier-Journal tells a story of a case in regard to a patent on a corset, which recently came up in the United States supreme court. The judges of this august court are all very grave and dignified gentlemen, and the blacs silk gowns which they wear add to the solemnity of their bearing. The corset patent was a delicate subject to bring into this auimst court, but the contending parties had gone to law on the question as to whether "coutil" was cut on the straight or bias, and in- regard to the whalebone casings. One patentee ciaimed that he Lad improved upon tlie original design; that the tirst patentee.'s corset placed the whalebone inside th'e casing, and that it had to be fastened witli a needle ana tnreaa; mat 111s patent bad the advantage of an invention which closed up the top and bottom of the opening. The lawyer who was arguing the case brought, a lot of the corsets into court and distributed them to each of the judges that they might examine the invention as he explained it. The novel spectacle was presented of each one ot these gentlemen timidly scrutinizing the mysteries of the bias and straight, and pushing whalebones in and out of the casing.*. The shrink ing moaesty or .juage strong whs eviuceu by the blush which mantled his cheek. All tried to look knowing and capable of giving an astute opinion; they whispered to one another, of course exchanging only legal knowledge, but the ludicrous situation was appreciated by the lawyers aod spectators. A WeBtern contemporary tells ol a Soliceman finding "an Earl in rags." tow the Earl ever got lost in rags is, not stated. We sometimes read of giils, while sorting rags in paper mills, finding money and other valuables, but up to the present time not one of them has found an earl in rags. And they needn't worry about it. Such a find wouldn't be worth a cent, anyhow.?Norristown Pcruld An Elephant in a fiage. The Ceylon elephant enjoys a good name, not only in Ceylon, but on th< coast, for docility and intelligence However, they are not always to be trusted, and at certain seasons thej lose all command over themselves, and are extremely dangerous. I remembei an incident which took place at a kraal at Kornegal, between Colombo and Kandy. Among the decoy elephantf was a splendid fellow, belonging to th< temple of Buddha $t Kandy. He waf one of the finest I have ever seen, measuring upward of , eleven feet in height, with a pair of tu|ljs that would have made Gordon CUmjning go crazy about, He was always rather queer tempered, perhaps from being.tnade so much of as a temple elephant;, and fears were enKia -miffhf. hf ICl baiUeU IrllCfcU Uiw i WVUMV?V? bad, and the sight oi so many old companions in a Wild state might injuriously aftect him. The result may be anticipated. In the middle of the day and in the height of the excitement when many elephants had been seoured, a wild trumpeting was heard, and presently all eyes were turned downward from the crow's nest to witness the spectacle of the temple elephant in full chase of his driver, who had given him some cause foi provocation. The man held hiB own gallantly for a time only, just out ol reach of the elephant's trunk; still there appeared hopes that he would gain the jungle and set his pursuer at defiance. All of a sudden he waa seen to fall, having stumbled over the proipfttin cr rnnfc nf a tree. In an instant. the elephant, mad with rage, had gone on his knees, and to all appearance had impaled the unfortunate man. A shriek burst forth from all present, who were sickened at a sight which so miserably marred the otherwise successful issue of the day. But what was our joy when the man was seen to wriggle himself out from between the tusks of the beast, regain his feet, and before his adversary could extricate his tusks from the ground, again continue his flight! He was, liowever, pressed closely, but managed to reach a deep, narrow, and dry water course, covered with thorns and briers, into which he immediately threw himself. The elephant kept hunting him by scent from above in a most clever manner ; but ultimately we had the pleasure of seeing the poor fellow emerge a hundred yards below his pursuer and gain a place of safety. The elephant eventually had to be destroyed, as the day's proceedings had made him irreclaimably savage and dangerous.? Chamber*' Journal. What He Took for Lunch. A young gentleman who is very well known socially in the two cities is ac iTiTToherotp nrnp>.if?a1 inVf>r. A few daVf ago, during a rain storm, he went into a certain restaurant in the afternoon and took a seat at a table. The waiter ir charge of the table was a keen-witted, experienced fellow, and was thoroughlj up to his business. Presenting the customer with a bill of fare, the waitei stood respectfully behind his chair tc take the expected order. The young gentleman leisurely looked over the list of edibles and drinkables, and then hall turning around, he said, dmwlingly: " Give mo an umbrella and a dollai and a half!" The waiter stared at the customer and then exclaimed: "Beg pardon, sir What did you say you wanted P" " Bring me an umbrella and a dollai and a half," was the nonchalant reply A twinkle appeared in the waiter'i eyes, but he merely bowed and said "Yes, sir. All right, sir!" A hurried conference took place be tween the waiter and the proprietor _ *.i ? during 7VI11UU ineie was wuaiucmuu snickering and grinning. The customei sat perfectly quiet, with a grave, impas sive look upon his face, which was nol disturbed by the return of .the waitej with three silver half-dollars on a platter, and a diney, tattered old gingham umbrella, which he placed beside tn< guest's chair. "Anything else, sir?" said the waitei coolly. " Yes, bring me a cup of coffee." The coffee arrived, waB soon finished and then the waiter laid a check besid< the empty cup. On the checkwas writ ten simply "2.55." The young gentleman looked at th< umbrella, tried to count the number o: holes in it, but failed, glanced at theim movable countenance of the waiter, pul on his hat, scratched his chin medita tively, paid his bill and went out.Pillsburg Telegraph. One Who Won't Ho? There are some men in Detroit who a i u. c .? uu nub iuse Liieii piearuueui ULIIUU nuou confronted with startling political news. One of this class, an even-going, honestminded elector, was mysteriously approached the other day by an " unknown," who carefully locked the officc door and whispered: "I have been deputizod to wait or ycu and say that the boys are talking you upas a Congressional candidate." ~ "Yes." " You are known to be honest and reliable,'and if you are nominated you will carry the masses." " Perhaps." "Ail you've gut to doifl to keep still," cautioncd the unknown. " Just let us wok this boom for you. You are our man. You have our respect and confidence. Mum's the word?we'll fix thines. You'll accept?" " Well. I puess so." "Good! You are in the hands oi your friends. Don't say a word !"^ Tim unknown lpf>. fhfl nffinf? nn tintoe. but in ten minutes he returned, fend thee carelessly observed: "Oh! by the way, I'm five dollars short on a little bill to-day. If you could spare it, I'd be ever so much obliged, and I'd return it on Saturday. ' "Say!" replied the citizen in a whisper, as he beckoned the other to the door?"all you've got to do is to keep still! You are in the hands of youi friend-! Don't say a word! Let mt fix this boom for you!" He shoved the unknown gently out locked the door and went back to h desk with the firm conviction that some one else would be tendered the nomina tion.?Ddroii Free Press. Some Interesting Facts. The island of Ireland is in shape t rhomboid, the greater diagonal o which is 300 miles and the smaller 314 across; greatest meridianal length 23! miles; greatest and smallest breadtl 180 and 110 miles; area, 32,531 squari miles. Up to the year 1857 the husband o Queen Victoria possessed no distinctivi Euglish title and no place in court cere mony except such as were conceded t< him by ourtesy. In that year the titl< of Prince Consort was conferred upor hira by letters-patent. Fooiscap paper derives its name fron the fact tiiat paper of that size once bor< the mark of a fool's head with cap ant bells, just as " post"-size paper once hat tlip mark of a post-boy's Horn, in tin middle of the seventeenth century, how ever, the English makers substituted t figure of Britannia for the fool's heed. The Monroe doctrine, as promulgate in President Monroe's message o December 2, 1823, was that it was th< policy of the UDited States neither t( entangle ourselves in the broils of Eu rope nor suffer the old world to inter fere with the affairs of tho new. Ir other words, that Americans shoulc govern America. On the same occa sion he declared that any attempt or the part of European powers to " ex tend their system to any portion of thii hemisphere" would be regarded by. th< United States as " dangerous to ouj peace and safety," and would be op posed TIMELf TOriCS. I } No less than six nations are now en. Raged in Arctic exploration, chiefly by i means of advanced stations. Denmark, r Russia, Austria, the United States, 1 Germany and Holland all propose to establish stations in th*fc Arctic regions ; as a basis for future research. [ There is a railway boys' mission in ! London. One thousand seven hundred 1 boys between the ages of thirteen and ' eighteen years are employed on three o1 J the large railways in England. Ad' miral Fisnbourne says that the object ' of the mission is to keep the boys safe, 1 by finding them honest employment ic 1 their leisure hours, from the vast ' amount of bad literature now afloat and ! from the disguised and undisguised in' fidelity prevalent in the country. ( The care of clothing is a very import : ant matter. It makes a great difference > in the looks and wear of a hat or coat whether it is thrown on the lounge oi 1 chair when taken off, or carefully hung ! I iirv Tn t.lifi eirnenseof clothine between i the two there is often one-half in differ> ence?mainly, as we tbink, because one ' of them -will always hang uu his clothes i carefully, while the other's may be I found anywhere, when they can be 1 found at all. Properly brushing and i cleaning clothes, and mending them as ; soon as required, rather than waiting i until the thread ravels out, or the tear has grown too large to be neatly repaired, add greatly to their durability. As an illustration of the meteorological effect of ocean currents, Mr. J. K. ' Laughton lately called attention in a . lecture to some estimates made by Mr. , Croll of the heating influen ce of t he G u If , stream. He calculated that the surface , water of the north Atlantic, if deprived of the Gulf stream, would be reduced to . a temperature very far below the freez hoof mh5oK f In'o lDg pUliiUt UUU bliai uuc ucag nmvu vuib great current disperses into the air above it, if converted into power, would be equal to the horse-power of four hun| dred million ot the largest iron-clad men-of-war. It is this heat which, , carried over the northwest of Europe, makes the green fields and the open , harbors during the winter, while in Labrador and Newfoundland the earth is covered with snow and the harbors | blocked with icc. A Berlin inventor has patented a new kind ot cloth, which consists principally or entirely of sponge. The sponges are first thoroughly beaten with a heavy hammer, in order to crush all the mineral and vegetable impurities so I that they can be easily washed out. i They are then dried and pared, like a i potato, with a sharp knife, tne parings [ Dein<* sewed together. The fabric thus i obtained is lree from all the danger , whicli sometimes arises from the abr sorption of poisonous dyes into the sys. tem; it absorbs without checking the *! ** ? ? *"? *^ /Jiwiwioli fho Hnn * peropjrauoa, UU M uu uiiumiou vuo uum) ger of taking cold; it is a bad con ductor, and. therefore, helps to main[ tain a uniform surface temperature; it [ can be more readily cleansed than the ordinary woolen garments, and itstiexir bility diminishes the liability of chafing. I Speaking of the reasons which induce emigrants to come to America, the London Times says: Many of the * poorer emigrants are conveyed from thfc | country to the United States for no more : than $30 per head, which amount* to less than a halfpenny a mile for the whole distance traversed; and though ! much personal comfort cannot be had : for such a sum, yet the travelers, tc whom comfort in the homes they have left is not very familiar, are at least substantially and plentifully fed throughout the voyage. Thus to manj a poor man and struggling family in > Europe the assemblage of motives foi ' trying their luck in America is irresist. ible. Poverty, depression, and hopeless prospects at home are set in forcible contrast with the teeming soil and limitless range of enterprise to be found [ in America, while the cheapness and * facility of transit seem of themselves tc offer an invitation to the promised land ; in the West. f ? The Deep Sea. 1 Some interesting results of recent deep " sea explorations were concisely statec in a late lecture at the Royal institution, London. Four-elevenths, oi nearly three-fourths, of the surface ol the earth is covered by sea. The aver1 age depth of the ocean is, according tc ' the latest calculations, about 1,87" fathoms, or somewhat over two miles. " The greatest depth known to exist vrm ' discovered by the United States ship ' Tuscarora, near the Kurile islands, ir 1 the Northeast Pacific. It is 4,655 fathoms, or about five miles and s J quarter. The highest mountain existing is of about the same height as the deepest sea is deep. Mount Everett is 4,833 fathoms in height. So insignificant, ' however, is the total volume of the land 1 raised above sea level in proportion tc the vast cavity occupied by the sea, that were this cavity emptied of its water, the whole of the land now above 1 sea level could be shoveled into it twenty-two and a half times over be" fore it would be filled up to the present sea level. Nevertheless, the depth of the ocean, . great as it is, is as nothing in comparison with the vastness of their extent of surface. As Mr. Croll has said, the ' ocJeans, in relation to their superficial 1 area, are as shallow as a sheet of water 100 yard& in diameter and only an inch 1 in depth. The sides of the ocean basins 1 are not at all steep. They are mostly so i iwtio inrOinod that, an ordinarv locomo tive engine could run up them in a straight line with ease. Their inclina tion Is usually not more than three or 5 four degrees, or less. Around some > oceanic islands the slope is greater. The : steepest slope known is at Bermuda, ; where there is an inclination of nearly twenty degrees from the edge of the ? reef to 2,000 fathoms. There are no 1 such things as mountains and valleys 1 on the deep sea bottom. Animals can* not slip down against their will into the depths, but must move deliberately into them, and travel a long journey tc reach them. The pressure exerted bj i the superincumbent water at great f depths is so great as to be almost beyond ) conception. It amounts roughly to n ) ton on the square inch for every 1,0(X l fathoms of aepth, about 166 times :i? b much as the pressure to whulj people are subjected on land. A1 f the greatest depths the pressure is s about four tons ana a nan. vaai though this pressure is, it is, how) ever, only about one-eighth of thai 5 which Professor Abel and Captair 1 Noble have measured, as produced in their experiments on gunpowder. Th( i deep sea animals, being complete^ 8 permeated by fluids, are probably nc 1 more conscious of pressure acting upot 1 them than we, and, so long as thej ? move slowly from one depth to another are most likely unaffected by the coni sequent changes of pressure. With regard to the temperature o. I the deep sea water, the condition! 1 which would affect animals are com3 parntively simple. Nearly all over the ) ocean the temperature at i>uu lauiuius is - as low as forty degrees Fahrenheit, anc . this is the case even under the equai tor in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans I Below 2,000 fathoms the temperatur* . is never more than a few degrees abov< i freezing point, excepting in the peculiai - cases of land-locked seas, such as th< 3 Sulu sea. c The v/hole mtei tor of a church ir Nor way. inHudinu its bad-reliels, if made ol paper. FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD, The Borer. The American AgriciiUurisl says: The perfect insect of the apple-tree borer is one of the long-horned beetles; it is about three-quarters of an inch long, and has a pair of feelers more than hali as long as itself; its body is brown, with two broad, nearly white stripes, hence it i9 called the two-stripea supcrda (Superda bivittafa). The beetle is seldom seen, as it is dormant by day, L but flies and works at night. Tne; ' insects begin to appear this month, and| next month the female lays her eggs on 1 the bark near the ground. The young1 grubs soon bore through the bark, ana J enter the tree, where they live upon the; I sap wood, just beneath tne bark, form< ing a cell or excavation the size of half ' a dollar. It lives, eats and grows here lor about a year; then, having stronger jaws, it, in the second summer, bores , upward tow&rd the center of the tree, , making a hole three or iourincnes long, . which it then curves outward until its . upper end reacnes tne bark again ana, , at the beginning of the third winter, it [ makes a bed and rests, in the next spring becoming a pupa, and soon after i changing to a beetle, which bores an | exactly round hole through the bark at i the upper end of its gallery, and comes , out into the world to lay eggs to produce more borers. This is the life history of the insect. Any "remedy" must be of a kind to keep the young . borer out, or to kill it alter it is in. Soap is found to keep off the parent insect. The base ot the tree is kept clear oi weeds and the lower part of the trunk is ruhhed with soaD: the amplication is repeated during June if washed off by rains. Young orchards are to be examined late in July or early in August. Weeds, trash, and about an inch of soil are removed from around the base of the tree. The bark is carefully examined; if chips are found, or the bark looks dead and d*rk,?cut into it with a sharp knife and cut the borer out. If the insect has bored upward, it is to be followed by a wire, a piece of whalebone, or a twig, and killed. The Hural New Yorker says: The peach irrub works in the inner bark mostly, just at or a little above or below" the surface of the ground. Its presence is indicated by gummy exudations and it may easily be traced and kmed with the point of a knife. An orchard examined in this way in the spring ana summer will not suffer seriously from tuis cause. Hcclpci. French Ego Cakb.?Beat up thoroughly six eggs, a teaspoonful of sweet cream or milk and a little salt. Fry in a pan in which there is one-half ouncc of melted butter, over a quick fire. In order that the omelet may remain soft ' and juicy it is necessary "that the pan 1 should be hot before the eggs are poured [ in. During the ffying move the pan continually to and fro; continue this until a cake is formed, then let it remain still a moment to brown. Turn f out and serve immediately. Beans Without Pork.?Soak the bean* over night. In the morning put them on to boil in cold water, having first strained them. When boiled tender, skim them out into your baking diEh; stir in butter the size of an egg, a little salt and a tablespoonful of molasses. Then turn a capful of rich milk over them, or enough to cover ) them. Cooked in this way the top i beans will be nicely browned, and at s the same time be soft. This is a good i recipe, and beans cooked in this way s are excellent. 1 English Tea Cake.?Take a light 1 bread dough, enoueli for a small loaf; | mix with it one tablespoonful of lard, ' one of sugar, one large spoonful of car| rauts; let it rise again until very light; ; then bake. Cut into rouud slices and | toast them; butter while hot. r Irish Stew.?Take mutton chops; cover well with water; take the scum . off as it rises; add a layer of potatoes, a ; layer of turnips and one onion, sliced; , season with pepper and salt; add more potatoes, as before; then add more water. Dumplines are good with this. The Flower Garden. To have beautiful flowers and a profu1 sion of them, plant your plants ana seeds ' in rich soil, as a rule. There are only a few plants that do better in a poor soil than in one that is well enriched, prominent among which are the different varieties. of Amaranthus. The soil I should be frequently stirred during the growing season, and especially soon ! after every shower. Finely breaking f the surface with a hoe or small rake, after it has been beaten down by the ! :ain, will enable it to retain moisture r much longer than if left to become hard, as it will do if thus worked. Without j proper culture and attention weeds will be certain to put in an appearance in flower beds, vases, hangiDg baskets, grass plats, etc. Their presence will never be tolerated by any cultivator , who has regard for neat and tasteful ; appearances. Provide strings, stakes or | trellises to climbers and top-heavy plants, and to guide the young tendrils of climbers that are stretching out for | support, which they perhaps cannot reach. Dahlias should be provided ! with strong stakes early in the season, if their breaking down would he avoided. The season of outdoor flowers can be extended almost every yeav, by protecting the plants during the first frosty nights. Usually after first frosts the weather conies warm and ple;is:int. ?American Cultivator. Will Potatoes Mix. A correspondent of the Vermont Farmer says: In reply to a question whether potatoes will mix, I will say that they will not. New varieties are produced in two ways?through the seed-halls and by sprouts. In fifteen years' experience in growing seedlings, I have found that most of the seedlings, to a great degree, partake of the nature of the parent stock, with a tendency to degenerate, so that hardly one out of a hundred is superior to the parent. In experimenting with the peachblow seedling, I have found both red and white potatoes on th 3 same stalk, which, when planted, in some instances produces both'red and white in the same hill and separately. I have often found the Peerless was produced. I have planted them, and a new variety of color, with all the characteristics of the Peerless, was produced. A potato of that kind was produced at our county fair last fall. I have one in my cellar now which is white, with a purple cheek. [ account for this sniy as taking back to some ancestral stock, for no potatoes of that color were planted in the field. Ilouaeholcl Illiiia. To brown sugar for sauces or pud; dings, put the .sugar in ji perfectly dry saucepan. If the pan is the least bit wet '-he sugar will burn ami you will spoil the saucepan. Chloride of lime scattered about whore rata and mice frequent will cause them ,o desert the spot. To make macaroni tender, put it in Jold water and hring it to a boil. It ui]] tlion lii> mimli nirwp Ipndpr than if1 f jut in hot water or stewed in milk, t " Don't get out of anybody's way," ! advised Henry Waid Beeeher. But, [ Mr. Beecher, continues the Burlington 1 Hawkeye, when you recognize your landlord only half a block away, and it i3 three day 9 past rent day, ami there ? el i'oo( u ??r? ?ni<l thv<*P ill U irvu L woo on vi;wo, an ?u.vv 5 four-story stairways witli rear exits r winking at you from the near side of 3 the street?are we?is a man, that is, to go straight ahead and follide with the iandlordP Oh, nr.Wn-o; what kind of l tal}ci3tint to eivebt-laden people, 3 with money ;it rif'ilt oeni. and youj summer clouts not p.^Lfor? STORY OF A MASSACRK. flow Sixteen miners out of * Party of Seventeen were Murdered by Indian In Colorado. A recent letter Irom Leadville, C!ol., to the Chicago Times says: John Allendorf has returned to this city and tells the following story of the massacre of the prospectors in the Ute reservation: Seven weeks ago while at my home in . Linr. county, Kan., I conceived the idea of organizing an expedition for the Ute ["Steservation. I waa not long in getting together seventeen good, trusty men. We determined to arm and equip ourselves in the best manner, say nothing to anybody either in Kansas or Colot>, slip into the country as quietly as ible and make a thorough search lor mineral. Three weeks ago we ped on the headwaters of the Gnn! nison river and found a rich placer. We ! at once began washing gravel, our earnings being over one hundred dollars per day to a man. Alter three or four days we get out wmpsawa iuiu uul iuuiuu iui. sluice-boxes. We had bjen in the gulch ten days when our boxes were finished, and we Degan sluicine. The first day's clean up was nearly $2,000. From this time we cleared lrom $3,000 to 14,000 per day, and our good luck so encouraged us that we kept putting in sluices. Having seen no signs of Indians we naturally grew careless, and on the atal Monday, which I believe was May 3, our party was widely scattered. Six had gone aciross the low divide, which separated us from another stream nearly a mile, for gold. The rest were at work sluicing, and I was out hunting deer. About three o'clock in the afternoon I killed a fine buck, when I heard a volley lrom the direction which the prospecting party had taken. I rushed up the mountain, where a terrible sight met my gaze. Fully 500 mounted Indians were galloping upon my companions, and there was no possible show to warn or aid them as they were over half a mile distant. I was compelled to witness the massacre, and was so horrorstricken by the sight that had the Indians come upon me they would have found me paralyzed with terror and an easy victim. For two hours or more the red demons lingered at our camp and amused themselves by cutting to pieces the bodies of my friends and destroying our outfit. As night drew on, the Indians departed in groups. When they had passed out of sight I crept down to the ravaged camp and looked over the bodies. Every scrap of cloth lng ilttu uccu uiuucu, nuu * wuiu u^v. no mementos to carry Lome to their relatives and friends. A lew biscuits, and some bacon which had been cast aside by the Indians, I placed in my bag, witli the intention of stxiking out lor home at once. I chanced to pass the spot where we used to bury our gold every night, and saw that it had been dug up and carried away. Not daring to remain longer, or make any effort to bury the dead, I started, and have since walked almost constantly; occasionally resting a few hours in the night. The first white man I met was on Eagle river, some thirtv miles below Red cliff. He gave me food, and I told my story; but he said I was crazy from exposure and hardship, and would not believe me. For this roason I have not told my story to any one since then. I wi.l start Ea3t, and as soon as I have conveyed the sad intelligence to the relatives of my comrades, 1 propose to organize a band of avengers and return to help wipe out the Utes. The names of the murdered men are Chnrles and .John Andrews, Ellis Alorlan, James Henderson, John and Isaac Ditmore, Martin Fleming, Pnilip Amberg, Fred and Louis Snell, Edward Martin, Jesse Leary, Adam Homer and Julius Terry. The New Tork Chnrohes. From a book recently prepared in N e w York, it appears that there are 489 churches, chapels and missions of nil kinds in that city. Of these 396 are classed as Protestant, and have accommodations for about 275,000 persons. The Protestant Episcopal churcfc leads the Protestant list in churches and in the number of sittings. It has eighty-five churches, chapels and missions, with 51,645 sittings; the Presbyterian has sixty-five, with 41,888 sittings; the Methodist Episcopal church filty-eight, with 29,9*25 sittings; the Baptist fortysix, with 25,830 sittings; of Union churches there are thirty-Jive; Reformed ' I. \ aUmmaK l.no furonttf.OHrhf wifh 14,035 sittinjrs, and the Lutherans twenty-three, with 8,870 sitting.?. The Roman Catholic church, with lifty-five churches and chapels, is credited with 70.680 sittings, the largest number for any one denomination in the city Protestant Episcopal church property (church edifices with lots) is valued at 5512,447,500; the Roman Catholic at .$8,737,000; the Presbyterian at $6,054,000; the Jewish at $3,355,000; the Reformed (Dutch) at $2,531,200; the Methodist Episcopal at $2,211,000, and the Baptist at $1,774,000. The total value of this kind of church property (church edifices and lota) is $40,172,850, and there is other real estate held by the trurimio /Ipnnminfttions valued at $6, 226,150, making in ail ?46,390,000 of property held bv churches in that city. The amount paid annually for salaries of ministers is $904,106, of which the Episcopalians pay $249,700; the Presbyterians, $185,200; the Methodist, $87,630, and the Roman Catholics, $90,800. An Opening lor Inventor*. An enterprising restaurant keeper in his city announces that chops and steaks were cooked at his establisbmen during the past year as follows: Mutton chops 31,876 Doubie porter house steals 2,781 Single porter houue steaks ^2,330 Sirloin steaks 5,349 Tenderloin steaks 3,942 Mutton kidneys 5,638 On perusing the above the enormous amount ot time and labor spent by the patrons of this single establishment, in getting rid of so large a quantity of /-v-Kklno aiinrrroafa t.llO wlpil nf ft U';ailij uun/iva9 ?v.v? machine to do the same work?an idea which should meet with favor in these days of labor-saving devices. It is often said of new devices intended to do certain work, that the old way is the best. Evidently, in view of the above statistic, eating is one of the things about which Aaam knew as much as we do. Now that attention has been specifically called to this field, are our inventors ready to admit that invention is played out P It is to be hoped that the opening her' indicated will J,l.e promptly tilled.?American Machinist, Sew 1'ork. Chinese Delicacies. In a street in Canton rats are bung up for sale with poultry. They are dried and salted, and are very much liked by ladies whose hair is tailing otf, as the fle-*h of rats is known to he an excellent preventive of baldness. Pork is one of tlie staples of Chinese cookery, the best haeon and hams coming from the provinces of Fokitn and Quang Tung, the flavor of the hams being much improved by keeping them .. imny nv I 117/"> in S?ltV/h?Sfc fiftlT tllPV ?ui t* jcai vi km v <u > -? have been cured. As in Europe and here, certain places in Cbi.?a arc renowned for their products, such as Pekin for its sweet ducks; Tou lion. a small village near that city, lor its vinegar (tsou); Tohin-Kiang, in the Klangsu, tor a sauce made with fermented beans and salt, which the Chinese use as we use Worcestershire sauce. | Tastes differ. Some men would J like nothing better than to go to wnr, become heroes ;>ml return home n major, while Mi" ambition of others is to sit on h rlrv box ofrcus diiv. chewio2 eincr l*i? d. whih* the p.irad" passoss.? Rrca* fad Tabic. me uowi ttv ? j Wo all might do good I When we often do III; I There is always tbo war, | 11 we have bat the will; j Thongh it bo but a word j Kindly breathed or so] |*cw?l, j It may gu&ad off aome peio, 1 Or give peacv U> tome brcaM. | Wo all mi^'ht ilo good 1 In a thousand email way* - I In forbearing to flatter, I Yet yielding duo praise; I In spurning ill humor, "y j Reproving wrong done, in And treating bat kindly ?aJl Each heart we hare won. jr j We all might do good, , " Whether lowly or great; For the deed is not ganged By the parse or estate; ; It it be bnt a cap 01 cold water that's given, Like " the widow's " two mfam, j It la something tor heaven. >-3 ITEMS OF L1TERK8T. Toronto Grip says reporters are men ! of note. ' ' | They have a very singular magnetic 1 well at Fond da Lac, Wis. j A Philadelphia car-horse iraveis w, 800 milea a year in his regular trips. There arc 6.000 miles ofrtelegrapb and telephone wires in Now York city. Hawks can fly at the rate of 150 miles an hour, ducks ninety miles and the crow twenty-tive miles. Governor General Lome's ink bottle was made from the hoof of the charger that carried Lord Clive through the Crimean war. A West street lady tried to pat a lire bee on the head last Tuesday. "tVe trill not tell how she ran when the whole hive got after her, because everybody knows how a woman itung runs.? Middlelown lranscrtpi. The surah silk, now so popular, is a soft twilled silk, heavier than foulaid yet so pliable that it iiJiy be crushed wiHu.nt M-PAflinfl". It comes in solid colors of stylisf dark shades for day dresses, and in light tints for evening.* : A report to the annual conference of the Mormons says that the-Mormon . population of Utah is 111,830, that the church in that Territory has IcQt *600 members and gained 1,500 in a year, and that the church receipts in that period were over 91,000,000. As a lazy tramp came down the street .p: With tree nod easy gait, This welcome sign his eyes did greet: " Freeohops to those who wait." " Now here," he laid, "I'll get some food Without the slightest tax;" Bat they led him a pile ol wood, J And handed him an axe. A school teacher, who had inrt been tellina; the story of David, ended with "And all this happened over three thousand years ago. A little cherub, nruinitiff nrido with wonrfwr. IU9 U1UQ VJV9 v^/vuiug ? ?? ? .. said, after a moment's thought: "Ohe dear, marm, what a memory you hav: . got!" Only one-tenthof the haman bodv is solid matter. A dead body weighing 120 pounds was dried in an oven until all moisture was expelled, and its weight was reduccd to Iwelve pounds. Egyptian mummies' bodies are j thoroughly dried. They usually weigh. about seven pounds. Paris has 365 miles of paved streets. " Stone blocks are used on 264 miles: ; Macadam on eighty-two miles, and asphalt on nineteen miles. The Mao. adam hns been abandoned on account of the expense of maintaining it in good order and the impossibility of keeping l it free from mud or dust. There are several flourishing schools in China conducted by Am?rican teachers, and through the translation department of the empire more than 80,000 volumes of translated works in science, art, etc., have been sold, In the schools of this country 120 Chine*' youths are receiving instruction. Arizona sends a wailing cry to the East for 15,000 women, but we cant spare them. If all our women are to be dragged West, we'd like to know what provision is going to be made for the support of the men who sit on the grocery counters and tell what tremendous men their grandfathers were. According to Mr. Potter, United States consul at Stuttgart, Germany, the number of beet sugar mills in Germany is 329; in 1850, 181. Pounds of sugar made in 1878, 850,000,000; in 1850,118,000,000. About twelve pounds of beets make one pound ol sugar. The total product of beet sugar in all Europe, is 3,000 000,000 pounds. There is a law firm in Boston composed of two members, eminent in their profession, and respected by the community. Thev were born in the same county in Maine on the same day, were 1 t *? an/4 1M f hfl |?W Classmates m uuucgu auu m ?uv M.. scliool, became partners and will soon each complete their sixtieth year. They have each eons who are studying law in their office. The Open Sky. It is a strange thing how little, in gen eral. people know about the sky. II is the part of creation in which nature has done more for the sake of pleasing man ?more for the sole and evident purpose of talking to him. and teaching him,than in any other of her works; and it is just the part in which we least attend to her. Thera are not many of her other works in which some more material or essentia purpose than the mere pleasing of men is not answered by every pait of their organization: but every essential purpose of the sky might, so far as we know, be answered, if, once in three days or thereabouts a great ugly black rain cloud were brought up over the blue, and everything wellwatered. and so all left blue again till next time, wirh perhaps a film ol morning and evening miat for dev. And, instead of tbis, there is not'a moment of any day of our lives when nature is not producing scene after scene, picture after picture, glory alter glory, and working still up^n such exquisite and constant principles of the mcst perfect beauty, that it i- quite certain that it is all done for us, and intended for our perpetual pleasure. And every man, wherever placed, however far from other sources of interest or ol heauty has this doine for him constantly. The noblest scene of the earth can be seen nnd known but by few; it is not intended that man should live always in the midtt of them; he injures them 1y his presence; he ceases to feel them, n he be always with them; bu'. the sky is for all; bright as it is, it is not " U>o bright nor good for human nature's daily food." Sometimes gentle, sometimes capricious, sometimes awful; never the t? a.?~ trtirpi hnr: almost 8HIDC iur tWU iuuuicuvo , human in its passions? spiritual in its tenderness?almost divine in its infinity, its appeal to what is immo. tal in us ns distinct as its ministry of chastisement or of blessing to what is essential. And < n if. xao r\PVPY yei we nevt;r aii^cuu ? ... - ? mak it a subject of thought, but as it has to do with our animal sonsations; we looti upon all by which ii speaks to us more clearly than to bru 's, upon all which bears witness to the in .ention of the Supreme, tliat we an <o receive more from the covering vau t ilj.in the lij.'ht Mid the dew which we share with the weed and the worm, only as n suc!ces?ion of meaningless and monotonous accidents, too common and loo painful to be worthy of a raom-. i! of wa!ch(uluees,oraglanceof aJnriiiiion.