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ABBEVILLE PRESS & BY HUGH WILSON AND H. T. WARDLAW. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 1880. \ 4' VOLUME. In Yonder Vale. I ii yonder vale there is a littl# mound, A hcie sleeps lorever ell I ever found, hi thife strange world ol phantom and dispose, To give n.y soul a glimpse oi paradise. Stio c nie to tr.o ere love was known to death, \N hen joy ex: anded on the southwind's breath; ,\u an gel '1 wi-ct.ess, strayed irom heaven's choir, I'o light my soul with love's divinest Are. I tiie ol love's graces now. She is dead. Hie air re1 ts heavy on me as oi lead. Kro yet my days have reached their sunny prime, I to??er on the cmtch of crumblirg time. When beauty roves along yon silent vale, iwue 111 uuitcra iuuuy tt luvcr ? unu, This low-pu!spd music then will close around? Onr saddest sorrow to dead love is bound, ?Hugh F. Ale Dermolt. BLEUET'S FIRST LOVE, TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH OF HENKY MLTRGER. A blouse of blue stuff of an elegant cut a Ml "tylislily fastened about the waist by a narrow belt, a cap ol blue velvet ornamented with a silk tassel nud pantaloons of blue cloth?such was invariably our hero's cos:ume, and to it he oweu his soubriquet. At the time this history bejnns, Jil-'uet was a pretty schoolboy of ten y-ars. whose nature and character gave the life to his humble origin. His manners na< urali\ aO'reted (if such a phrase may he u=c.-i), his delicacy, his line features and the choiie turn of his language wre not those of a child of the people, and one would have readily taken him for the heir of some rich and noble liou^e, so much of the superb was there in his little peison. This delect, vrl.ich, however, was merely superficial, w:is due to blind maternal tenderness. But, alter nil, is pride a defect? At any rate, Bleuet's pride preserved him fiom those street corner companionships which are formed between the children of the same neighborhood, and the result was that he knew nothing of the picturesque but vulgar vocabulary of the Paris gamin In the same house with Bleuet.andon the first flat, iived Mile. B , whose father was then traveling. This charming lady had not been able to follow him because of a great infirmity which forced her to keep her room. She had broken a leg through a Jail, and the j physicians lad condemned her to absolute motionlessness. Confided by her father to the care of a governess, she received at rare intervals only the visits of a f w intimate friends of her family. The young invalid, who was terrible r i.:?i?.:? weaiy ui iici lauiauvu, tuvu^ut vm? u?.? that she would make the acquaintance of her youthful neighbor, whom she had surprised many times standing at her window while she was singing. So she asked her governess to invite the school- j boy to visit her. But Bleuet judged it to | he in good taste to extort a more press- j ing invitation, and desired to know the ! lady's motive for wishing to see him. "She has a service to ask of you,"; answered the governess at a hazard. " But," s iid Bleuet, " why don't she ! come here and ask it of me herself?" " Mile. B cannot walk, or she cer- j tainly would have come; so be good enouzh to step down to her for an in- ; stant." " V6ry well. Tell her from me that I j shall do myself the honor to call upon her presently." The governess retired, greatly astonished at the fashion in which the droll lad had received the invitation. She told Mile. B all about it. Bleuet made his toilet. He pomaded himself for an hour, put on gloves and got angry with uis mother because she would not let him carry a cane. "What can she want witli me?" lie asked himself, as he gave the bell a J violent pull. The femme do chambre answered the summons. "Announce me to your mistress," said the schoolboy, briefly. The servant looked at him witli a mocking air, and in a voice more mocKing still announced: " Monsieur Bleuet." "You sent for me, mademoiselle," said the schoolboy, when he found him- | self in the presence of the pretty in- I valid. " Yes, monsieur, and I hope you will pardon me for the derangement I have caused you. I have a great service to ask of you, and as it has been represented to me that you are a very amiable young man, I have dared to ^lope that you would not refus" me." Bleuet, who had pushed away the armchair that had been offered him, 3tood as straight as an I before the lady; and as he did not lack a certain amount of tact, although he felt flattered by tbe politeness of his reception, he haa *,he idea that all these fine praises might simply t-erve as a cover for some trick. Hence he ..aid himself on his guard, and was ready to return fire should it become necessary. " Monsieur/' resumed Mjic. B , with difficulty preserving a serious countenance, "this is what.I beg of your politeness. You have a very hnnricnmp trnfop ?inr1 I Ttnah vnn tn me how to sing 4 Meei Me by Moonlight Alone!"' For nn instant, despite his self-possession, Bleuet was disconcerted; he had not expected anything like this. A flush of purple mounted to his face. But M lie. B , who was a brave young j lady, wasn't in the least bit frightened j t at the terrible glance the schoolboy shot at tier with alftlie tire of his black eyes. ' She continued, calmly: "Yes, I would like to know that oeautilul song which you sing so well, j and you will be exceedingly obliging if > you will teach it to me. Besides, I will pay you for your lessons." At the word pay Bleuet commenccd I to beat the floor with his foot, which indicated the highest degree in the hermometer of his anger. " Yes. I will pay you two cakes a ;e#son!" Bleuet grew scarlet and looked around >or something to break. "Well, M. Bleuet. you do not answer," said the invalid." But suddenly she saw that she had gone to far with the sensitive child. Her innocent pleasantry had deeply wounded Bleuet's self-love. He burst into tears and lell upon the carpet in violent convulsions. f When he revived he found himself rhalf lying on a divan, his head leaning upon the bosom of Mile. B , who was making him smell salts. On finding himself in the young lady's arms the schoolboy felt a singular sensation. How did he get there? He could not tell, but he certainly liked the sensation, /or to prolong the charm of his position he feigned a swoon which no longer existed, and for quite a while Jic s?iw the glances of Mile. B fixed upon him with infinite tenderness and inquietude. And he heard her murmur many times: "Poor child I Poor child!" Her caressing voice, her beautiful white hands and her balmy breath which swept his face, all awoke in poor Bleuet a commotion before unknown to him; but his excitement was increased when the betwitching young lady, greatly alarmed at his pallor and motionless, strove to restore him by lavishing upon him all those charming caiolerin-i of language which women kno?v how to invent to appease children. | And seeing that he did not stir and that he s'ill kept his eyes closed,Mile. 3 , more disturbed than ever, clasped the seliooihoy closer in her arms and kissed him ?w the forehead, saying to him in a low tone: " Awake and speak to me, my little ' r J friend.1' if At this k'ss?the kiss of an elder sis- : fj ter bestowed upon a sick young brother ^ j ?Bleuet quivered, blushed furiously I and opened his eyes. v " At last!" said Mile. B-?. " How ! n j 1o you feel?" "Let me go!" cried Bleuet, striving j" I to free himself. , [ ' Not until you are entirely yourself," j b I and the young lady still kept her arms I about him. "Say that you are no ^ j longer angry with me," she said. j> J Heuet was silent. " You are still vexed, then?" . S | " What have I done to you that you : I should make a laughing stock of me?" j b Mile. B could find no beter re- : a sponse ilian a second kiss. j At this the schoolboy felt the little i P bitterness that had still remained in J C( I him melt away. | P* j " No," said he, 44 I am not angry | h with you any more; but let me go!" j & "Why? You want to run to your i <? mother and tell her everything, that P1 she may come and reproach mc." w "I am not a tell-tale," answered Bleuet. who was now entirely restored. 11 . 44 Well, then,' said Mile. B ."let H us make peace; and you must remain here a little longer, otherwise your Q( mother will see that you have been j w crying, for your eyes are very red." ! . But Bleuet insisted upon leaving. "At It ast," said the youne lady, " you sv will como to see me again?" And she added: 44Excuse me for not accom- g panying you to the door, as you see that cj I cannot stir." . Bk-uet thought he saw more pleasantry in this, and resuming his grave air he replied: ? 44 No, I will not come to see you " again. I do not wish to be your play- ! h. thing!" !11 44 What a funny little man!" thought j .i( I Mile. B , when she was alone. "He { is very amusing!" j sl Howovei this scene had entirely up- j lj( set the schoolboy, and he couid not j sl^ep that night. The next day he was ! absent-minded at school. He failed in ! his lessons and duties and returned : j home overwhelmed with pensoms. h "What is the matter with you?" sj( asked his mother as he came in, the picture of woe. i "Nothing," he replied. And, taking fa, up his grammar, he went to the window co and tried to study. But, alas! no gram- de mar in the world could furnish poor i 1 Bleuet with what he wanted, which ! af] was simply some pretext to return to I mj the pretty young lady who had made j such fun of him. This pretext Mllo. co I B herself furnished him with. She j da was also at her window and was read- be ! ing a novel. She saw the schoolboy, I jie ! who furtive'y glanced at her, but low- j ou ered his eyes the instant she lifted hers j en to him. Seeing that Bleuet either ! K didn't or would not understand her looks of invitation. Mile. B tried j another method. She let her romance Tv i fall into the court-yard, exclaiming in a tone loud enough to be heard: " Good . fas | gracious, my book!" j cic i schoolboy The saw and heard. He j ] thought this was just the pretext under j 8tc which he could present himself at Mile. ' raj B 's apartments, and at the same | c]{ time preserve his dignity. He ran :in down tne stairway, picked up the' j volume, and hastily bore it back to its ias owner, who was greatly enchanted i nH with her subterfuge, and vastly ad- ! mired the intelligence of the la5 who ; t;e had so perfectly comprehended it. ! t],i Tliis second interview was much > til calmer than the tirst, and Mile. B ; go so arranged matters that she won the j m( ; schoolboy's entire confidence. He un- air I bosomed himself without reserve, and : j even admitted to her that he had by searched so ardently for the means of tin j avenging himself upon her for the wi ! mystification of the day before that he sm I had forgotten his lessons, for which t. ! fault he would be kept in three or four !at ! days. wi " Great heavens, my poor lad!" said eai i Mllo R lfMii?Viincr " mil wpi'f" still url I 4.'** IV. ^ , .J **? angry, since you were thinking of ven- by geance!" m( "Yes," said Bleuet. But he didn't t tell the entire truth. And to change col the subject, he entered upon the long an< litany of his school troubles, and made I to* Mile. B lauirh till the t'-ars carue by j liq drawing for her the portrait of his j ol master, M. Cortier, a ferocious man I ( who gave pensums of 300 iincs. " And ] un | this very morning lie gave me fuur!" j rei exclaimed Bleuet, "so that. I cannot | tio play before Thursday." tic " That's terrible!" said Mile. B . j fer "But listen; siuoe indirectly I was a j ' partner in your fault, I will divide its tin punishment with you and help you to im do your pensums." ins "And all the time I have them?" in- cal quired Bleuet, enchanted." th< " Yes." p.n "Then I will have them every day!" mo cried the scholbooy, thus disclosing | ? the secret of his flame. ou From that time Bleuet became tli? ter companion of the Drettv invalid, and he; his pranks made her forget her sad I be situation. Every day, on returning [ !: from school, he went into her apart- ani raents and remained there until mid- j an< night. But all this period was not en- j do tirely consecrated to passion, for Mile, goi B?? did not wish that love should ] make Bleuet forget his grammar. She wo acted as his instructress and could com- gh pliment herself as much with regard ] to her pupil as her lover, for when the of distribution of prizes came around mi Bieuet laid three at the feet of his ine charming sweetheart. ani We insist upon this word because 1 Bleuet was head over ears in love with ou Mile B . and accepted as serious all me the attentions of that wca:?ed young pe: lady, distinguishing perfectly between eir the caresses she bestowed upon him of and those he received from hi* mother. 1 ! In short, our hero was a prey to a grand ne passion in minature. On her side, she tiei who was the object of his adoration bii had accepted the role of well-beloved Ne and played it with all the seriousness ag | in the world, as if she wished tod?o'eive itu even herself. dri Besides, the eyes which find her beau- ch I tifui, and thp voice which tells her she pu j is so, will always be heeded by a wo- <rr< ! man. be they but the eyes and voice of *ui I a child. na Tlie two lovers were very happy and rue took great care to quarrel once a week, set in order to enjoy the sweetsot recon| ciiiation. These quarrels, however, | were not of long duration, for both parties to them had an interest in bringing them to a end?Mile. B. because in of her weariness and Bleuet because of tic pensums in arrears. als Every thing was complete in this tic passion. Bleuet had a rival and wanted ch to fight a duel with him. This rival was of the large and teriible family of as j cousins, and as all cousins are lovers by a 1 nature, handsome Leon came to pour out his sighs before Mile. B. , who ge allowed him to sigh ahead that Bleuet or might grow jealous and create some fun. tii i When the schoolboy found handsome wi Leon at Mile. B 's feet he could th scarcely believe m sucn perfidy. Why, that very mornin<; his sweetheart had an kissed him on the forehead and had in called him her dear Bleuet. and was it pe possible that while he was struggling cc with nouns and verbs at school she uf could allow another man to kiss her ar hands? cc On seeing the schoolboy the cousin exclaimed: pi " Ah, here's little Bleuet, of whom st n/m Iiqtto tnVl mp Whflf n r.iro phiM'" 1 Pfl Bleuet wished that he was twenty [ io years old that he might slap this man, ec who, not content with taking his place, | a permitted himself to be insolent as well; but he was oniy ten ana corn a no notn-1 After the cousin's departure there ^ was a scene. Bleuet was superb. Again ^ he wi?hed to break things and even ? talked ot killing himself. Mile. B b. swore that she loved him only, but tnis ?' did not entirely satisfy Bleuet. The 1( icxt day he feigned sickness to get of rom school and kept guard over hit weetheart from morning until night 'he following day his mother torcet iim to attend his class, but the sessior iras a terrible one, for Bleuet proved tin lost insubordinate pupil ever seen. That evening the schoolboy on hi: eturn ran straight to Mile. B . H< joked around for traces of the cousin uc none were visible. But poor Bleuet was cruelly deceived [andsome Loon had been there, anc ad proiited by his absence to kiss Mile i , for the cousin is a creature mucl iven to kissing. The morrow was the young lady's irthday, and Bluet wished to makehei suitable present. On arriving at hool he so conducted himself as to b( ut in durance, and passed the day in >mposine a piece of poetry?but what oetry! The terrible schoolmaster, owever, surprised him just as he had nished a handsome copy of his prouction, and cramming the poem in his acket, announced to the poet that he ould not set him free until he could icite without a mistake the history ol ic first ten kings of the second race. But love worked a miracle for Bleuet. e did not recoil before the enormous ise of royalty, and two hours after :ira Knew ins lesson oy neari. He was given his liberty, but it was ehto'clock in the evening, and lie was inus his poem. Wt**" he reached his veetlieart's apartments he was inrmed by the governess t at Mile. , with the permission of the physians, and to try her strength, had gore it carriage tiding. " Alone?" demanded Bleuet. "No; with her cousin, who called to vc tier a birthday present!" And the jverness showed him a fine orange re standing in the salon. 44 All right,1' said Bleuet, 44 that set's it!" " Ho went, up to his room and an inant afterward reappeared with alitbox, which he placed with his own tnds on Mile. B 's table. Theyoun? lady opened the box on :r return and found in it all sorts of ve tokens given by her to the school>y in the halcyon days ot their pas>n. " Little Bleuet has brought back my fts and released me!" said she, with a jgh. extending her hand to her usin. He amused me very much ined!" Thus ended young Blcuet's first love fair, in which he was, as all will adit-, fearfully imposed upon. As for i 1 r? li whpTi ?1k> hnrt fnl 1 v re. vcrcd, she married her cousiu. Toy Blcuet idolizes a superb star of uuty, but, after having visited her, never returns to his apartment witht thoughtfuly regarding a pensum tirely in the chirography of Mile. reive Ways of Committing Suicide. A. medical paper thus enumerates the ihionabie modes of committing suile: I. Wearing of thin shoes and cotton ickings on damp nights and in cool, iny weather. Wearing insuflicient >thing, and especially upon the limbs d extremities I Leading a life of enfeebling, stupid smess, :ino Keeping me mina in an untural state of excitement by reading tshy novels. Going to theaters, par's and balls in ail suits of weather in 2 thinnest possible drees. l>nnoinc? I in a complete perspiration, and then ing home without sufiicient overgar'nts through the cool, damp night i. Sleeping on feather beds in seven-nine hedrooms.without ventilation'at s top of the windows, and especially th two or more persons in the same all, unventilated bedroom. 1. Surfeiting on hot and very stimuing dinners. Eating in a hurrv, thout half masticating the food, and ling heartily before going to bed, len the mind and body are exhausted the toils of the day and the excite;nt of the evening. >. Beginning in childhood On tea and Qfee, and going from one step to other, through chewing and smoking )acco and drinking intoxicating uors; by physical and mental excess every description. >. Marrying in haste and getting an congenial companion, and living the nainder of life in mental dissatisfacn; cultivatine jealousies and domesbroils, and being always in a mental ment. K Keeping children quiet by giving *m paregoric and cordials, by teach^ them to suck candy, and by supplyr them with raisins, nuts and rich ie; when tliey arc sick by giving 2m mercury, tartar emetic and arsenic der the mistaken notion that they are dicines :ind not irritant poisons. Allowing the love of gain to absorb co no Jn nn time tn at id to our health; following an un altliy occupation because moneycanmade by it. ?. Tempting the appetite with bitters cl niceties when the stomach says no, i by forcing food into it when nsiture cs not demand, and even rejects it; rmandizing between meals. [0. Contriving t._> keep in a continual >rry about something or nothing; ring way to tils of anger. .1. Being irregular in all our habits sleeping and eating, going to bed at dnight and getting up at noon, eat? too much, too many kinds of food, [t that which is too highly seasoned 12. Neglecting to take proper care of rselvea, and not applying early for idical advice when disease first apirs; taking celebrated quack mediums to a degree of making a drug-shop the body. rhe above causes produces more sickss, suffering and death than all epiinics, malaria and contagion, comled witii war, pestilence and famine, arly all who have attained to old b have been remarkable for equanity of temper, correct habits of diet, ink and rest; for temperance, for eerfulncss and morality. Physical nishment is sure to visit the trans?ssor of nature's laws. All commit icide, and cut off many years of their lural life who do not observe the ans of preventing disease and of pre ving tioaith. The Piano. The piano should be closed when not use, in order to prevent thecollecm of dust 0:5 the sound-board, and ?o to preserve the strings and " acm" lrom the ill effects of sudden atii'c -A 'empcr.iture. Notijiti" c an injure a piano so much exuheat, wliether arising from jrrglit iire in front of it, or, what is jrric ri.t not air from furnaccs in such n .Ta' u.rt- Care should be taken to ev rr. n:?.isture of any kind from getig between the keys, patriculariy hen cleaning them, as it will cause em to stick. Moths sire very destructive to pianos, id should be kept out of them by placga lump of camphor, wrapped in par to prevent evaporation, in the inside irncr. Any hard substance placed )on a piano will cause a jarring noise, 'C * Krr .? olsif \\ IU 11 fit; tup 13 Ulipiuicviuu wj <v wv/v?* >ver, that also will often rattle. Young pianists would injure the ano less if they would refrain from riking the keys with such force; an my touch with a judicious ute of the ud pedal, will yield a far better and lually as fall a tone aa if they exerted 11 the fcrce at their command. The universal language ol the future fe has been hinted ?t by Professor abriel Campbell, of the University ol [inneBOta, in an address on " Philo9phy in America." He thinks it will e music based upon some such prinpie as chat governing the matliematsal combination of sound and color. I # The Animal World. i Bulger, in Lexington, Ky., known ns . the "Funeral dog," succumbed to old 1 age. When Bulger's master was buried i live years ago the faithful dog remained J at the grave, howled piteously and tried to scratch to the coffin. After3 ward he followed to the cemetery every ; luneral that passed through the streets, , and returned from the burial with the mourners. When a coffin was deposited . in a vault, and the lid removed, Bulger I would place his feet on the bench and survev the face of the corpse, as if still i looking for his master. Bisset. the animal trainer of Perth, 5 taught an ourang to wait on the table and perform other household duties be; longing to servants. A chimpanzee has i been trained to feed and attend a baker's t oven fire on board ship. A female ; chimpanzee in the London Zoological , gardens could lock and unlock a door i or drawer, and thread any needle. In taking her meals she used knife, fork, i spoon and drinking-cup with the same i ease ns a human being. The chacma i baboon has been taught to blow bellows F and to drive teams of wagonhor ses. "Jim" was a crow, with a crippled wing, that was found in a marsh near i .Cooper's Point,. Va. After recovering from his injuries he attended h;s benefactor on his sailing excursions, and his favorite roost was either at the masti J -r 4.1 Jibuti ur UIl UI1U ui WIG UlC'il 3 0I1UUK1CIO. " Jim" always gaveorders to tticfe when approaching tlie shore. One day when the wind was ahead and the tide was low, short tacks were a necessity, but the skiff was soon ashore on her centerboard. With a shrill, derisive cry, the crow struck its owner in the face with both wings, and flew away, evidently disgusted. A trio of puppies kept up such a barking that the neighbors threatened to have the owner arrested for causing a nuisance. He took a club, and when one of them barked he chastised the one he thought made the uoi3e. But he soon hit on the plan of making the trio responsible for one another, and on hearing a bark he chastised all. The mother was with them, and finally the barking was followed by a squeal; the mother had one ot the pups by the neck. The master went out and patted her, signifying that she had done well. She wagged her tail in satisfaction, and the dogs "never barked again, excepting on the most provoking occasions. A fovmnt* Pfnpf Paww ur 11 a Txro e xx lu a luaivii) vuiiu.) tt uv it i?o troubled by rats, purchased a cat with a reputation as a mouser, and rats were soon amone the tilings that were. But ongoing into the cellar one day he saw rats sharing the noonday meal of the cat. The cat appeared to be charmed ,by them. The farmer allowed the strange friendship to exist for several days, the rats coming regularly to partake oj meals with the cat. Finally the farmer decided to put an end to the singular friendship, and, taking a gun, went to the cellar. No sooner, however, had he fired at and missed a rat than the cat jumped upon it and killed it. No w the farmer wants to know why the cat did not kill the rat before. ??^ A Memorable Document. The following is a copy of the most memorable judicial sentence which has ever been pronounecd in the annals oh the world?namely, that of death against the Savior, with the remarks wttinh the journal" Z>e 2'iait has callcci^wl, | and the knowledge ol which must be interesting to every Christian. Until I now we are not aware that it has ever | appeared in the German papers. It is word for word .'is follows: Sentences pronounced by Pontius I Pilate, intendant of the Lower Province | of Galilee, that Jesus of Nazareth shall I sufler death by the cross. In the seventeenth year of the reign of the Emperor Tiberius, and on the twenty-fourth day of the month of March, in the most holy city of Jerusalem, during the pontificate of Annas I and Caiaphus. Pontius Pilate, the intendant of the I Province of Lower Galilee, sitting to judgment in the presidential seat of the Praetor, sentenced Jcsu- of Nazareth to death on a cross, between robbers, as the numerous and notorious testimonies of the people prove: j 1. Jesus is a misleader. 1. He lias excited the people to sedii tion. 3. He is an enemy to the laws. 4. He calls himself the Son of God. 5. He calls himself falsely the King of Israel. 6. He went into the temple followed by a multitude carrying palms in their I hands. I Orders from the first centurion, QuirI rilus Cornelius, to bring him to the place of execution. Forbid all persons, rich or poor, to prevent the execuiion of Jesus. The witnesses wlio have signed the execution of Jf-sus are: 1. Daniel Robani, Pharisee. 2. John Zorababel. 3. Raphael Robani. 4. Capet. T Ul.AH TawmmaIAVW* ) UbUS LU IJC uini'ii UUL <JI uuusaicui, through the gate of Tournes. Tliis sentence is engraved on a plate of brass, in the Hebrew language, and on its sides are the following words: "A similar plate has been sent to each tribe." It was discovered in the year 1280, in the city of Aquiila, in the kingdom of Naples, by a search made for the Roman antiquities, and remained there until it was found by the commission of arts in the French army of Italy. Up to the time of the campaign in Southern Italy it was preserved in the sacristv of the Carthusians, near Naples, where it was kept in a box of ebony. Since then the relic has been kept in the chapel of Caserta. The Carthusians, obtained by their petitions that the i i? i?? u.. ?.i. pliiC6 rni^ul uc ki'pi uy lijclli, wmuii was an acknowledgment ofthe sacrifices which they made lor the French army. The French translation was made literally by the membersofarts. Denon had a facsimile of the plate engraved, by Lord Howard, on the sale of his cabinet, for 2,890 francs. There seems to be no historical doubts as to the authenticity oi this. The reason of the sentence cor. espond exactly with those in the gospel.?Translated from the Kolrivesclie Zeilunij. What Becomes of Fijian Widows. There is no uniformity of custom in Fiji, so that no description of what is done by any one tribe can be tahen as applicable to all the others. The strangling of widrws, however, that they mis:htr be buried with their dead hus bund* seems to have been everywhere p met iced. The widow's brother performs tiie operation, and is thenceforward treated witli marked respect by his brother-in-law's kinsfolk, who present him with a piece of land, over which the strangling cord is hung up. Should he, however, fail to strangle his siste r, lie is despised. When n woman is about to be strangled she is made to kneel down, and the cord (a strip of native cloth) is put around her neck. She is then told to expel her breath as long as possible, and when she can endure no longer, to stretch out her hands as a signal, whereupon the cord is tightened, and soon all is over. It is be nevea mac n hub direction uu lunuwcu | insensibility ensues immediately on the tightening of the cord, whereas if in- j halation lias taken place there is^tn interval of suffering.?Chambers' Journal. Sixty spies are paid by the state in Turkey to hang about the bazars and streets, ^.'tending as much as possiblejto everybody else's business, and to bring ' to the palace regularly tneir budgets of 1 small talk and gossip, while five professional talkers are always on hand to retail the scandal thus collected to the royal ears. | FARM, WARDEN AND HOUSEHOLI I Watermelon!. Melons delight in a warm, light soi with plenty of well decomposed manuri or good compost- While melons thriv< best on warm, sandy land they can however, be satisfactorily grown 01 heavy clay provided it is liberally man ured and the hills are raised a few inches above the land so as to mak< them warmer and also prevent floodinf and packing of the earth by heavj rains. Never plant melons in the vi cinity of cucumbers, squashes, gourd; or pumpkins as they become impreg nated with them, and while the fruii may be good, the seed will be injurec if not worthless. Citron and watermelon also mix readily. I Work the iertllizer into the soil ir and around the hills. Do not plant until the ground is quite warm. Drop ns many as ten seeds in a hill and wher the plants begin to run thin* to three Let the hills for watermelons and citrons be about eight feet apart each way, Muskmelons require only six feet space, After the plants have been tbinnea oul in the hill and grown to about one fool pinch off the points of the shoots. This will cause the vines to become strongei and set their fruit more freely. Keep the soil well cultivated and the weeds down. A good start is of great importance in melon culture, therefore until danger from the bags is over it is well to reseed often. Not a few farmers make their hills sufficiently large to admit oJ planting repeatedly without disturbing previous plantings; the first time they droD the seed on the south side of the hill, the second on the east side, and so on, until they get round. Of course, if the original planting can ba saved that is given the preference. Many applications sire made to the vines as a preventive against the ravages of tiie striped bug. Whatever application is adopted, do not wait until the enemy has arrived in full force, but begin as soon as llu> plants show themselves. Dusting the plants with bran and piling it around the stems is perhaps as good as any. Sprinkling the young plants with plaster is also beneficial. The pla ter not only affects the insects but acts iis a stimulus to the growing vinps. Whatever material is used it ought to be applied afkr each rain. While theie is lit', le danger of rendering the soil too rich for melons, tlie mistake is often made of placing too much manuiein the hill, so much that the seed are burned up. Manure, whether from the stable or barnyard, should be thoroughly decomposed before it is applied. Cultivators growing melons for market on a large scale usually select seme large variety witl^lhick rind that will bear shipping well. Among these sorts the mountain sprout an^ Cuban green rank first. The latter, by the way, is one of the largest growing varieties in the market, and thrives equally well Nortli or South, For home consumption and home market of the North the mountain sweet is an old tried and satistactory kind; the black Spanish and peerless are among other favorite sorts. -New York World. Keclpea. Plain Rusks.?One cup of jeast, one cup ol sugar, one cup of water, one egj, a little salt, a large spoonful oflara; mix together; let them rise twice aud bake. Gekman Toast.?Cut into slices "a loaf of bread; soak tLh:m ten or fifteen minutes in a pint r lmilk; add two eggs and a little salt. Fry in equal parts of lard and butter till they are a light brown on both sides. This dish is miinVlv nrprmred for a depsert. and mav 6e eaten'with a pudding sauce. Soft Indian Meal Pudding.?To one quart of boiling sweet milk, add a sufficient quantity of corn meal to make a stitt batter; add salt and make sweet with molasses; butter a pan and pour the batter into it; then pour upon it one quart cold sweet milk, add a little butter, cut into small picces, and bake slowly. Tea Cakes.?Melt one ounce and a half of butter in a little new milk; add a spoonful of yeast and a little salt, mix it into a pound of flour, add a spoonlul of sugar. Knead it well until it leaves the hands; let it rise two or three hours; rollout, and stand an hour or less before the tire to rise, belore baking in a moderate oven. Sanders ok Cold Beef.?Mince beef (or mutton or veal) small, with peuper and salt; add a little gravy. Put it iuto scallop shells, or a baking dish, with mashed potatoes and cream. Put a bit of butter on the top and brown tuem m an oven. Urasi in Orch?rdi> Seeding down orchards and leaving the land in meadow may answer in moist climates or where the soil is naturally wet, hut it is a poor practice where the trees are likely to suffer for moisture about their roots in summer. YV e nave neara iarmew say tuai uiuy tliought shading the ground with grass or some kind of crop growing thereon would help to keep the soil cool and moist; but this is an error, for the evaporation of moisture through the leaves of growing plants is many times greater than from the exposed 'surface of the ground, even in the driest and hottest weather. Any one who desires to see for himsef the difference has only to dig under the turf or abcut the roots of growing plants in a dry time, and then examine the condition of the soil that has been worked over and left fallow. Many an old stunted orchard that has long been seeded down would be greatly benefited by having the sward broken up this spring, snd the grass and its roots le!t to decay during the coming summer. If the farmer thinks he cannot afford to leave the land fallow, he may add manure and plant it with potatoes, beans, or some otuer low-growing crop requiring cultivation.?New York Sun. Cnlture of the Verbena. A writer in Tick's Magazine gives a valuable hint in regard to raising verbenas. The verbena is one of the most beautiful flowers cultivated, whether in beds on the lawn, in mixed borders, or in vases, pots or baskets; and is unsurpassed for bouquet making. There is one important operation to perform in order to keep verbenas in good flowering condition during the season ; that is to pick off the seed vessels. When the flowei fade3 the strength of the plant goes to tne seeas, ana 11 mey are permitted to remain, the number of flowers will become less and less. I once nad a beautiful bed of verbenas that bloomed well for a time, and then gradually produced fewer flowers. Thinking it might be ! he maturing of seeds that had checked the flowering, I commenced cuttin" away the stems of the fallen flowers, and continued until I had nearly tilled a milk pan. In a few days that verbena bed was a blaze of brilliancy. I continued to remove the faded flowers after this, and they bloomed until November; the first Sunday in Novamber I cut a bouquet of verbenas for a sick int'iiu. Not only does the health of mankind depend much upon their cleanliness, but cleanliucBS is one of the principles , of their activity, their good humor, their internal satisfaction, and even, in certain respects, their moraiity. Uncleanly villages and huts are the favorite abodes of idleness, degradation, bad faith, theft, and all the vices. A want of cleanliness injures not only the purity of the body, but that of the soul itself. The pin is mightier than the swaid You can sit on the sward with impun ity.?Tilu&ville Herald. > HENRY W. LONGFELLOW. A Condensed Story of the Poet'* Life and Record of Hia Works. 1 Henry Wadsworth. Lon^fellovs had i been recognized as a poet in days that 5 are separated from us by almost sixty , years. He was born in Portland, Me.. 1 on the twenty-seventh of February, 1807. Maine then formed part of the r commonwealth of Massachusetts. He i was a son of the Hon. Stephen Long? fellow, a man of much note in the first ) half of this century, both in law and in - politics, and who was one of the early TTnifn/1 Cf-nlro UAllOO A# J LiiCLLi UC1 a Ul OJLiC UU11V.U ubaivQ uuuou v* - Representatives from Maine (1823-5). t He was one of the Massachusetts dele1 gates to thcv Hartford convention; and . it is stated that he was the last survivor of the members of that memorable body.* i Flo was descended, paternally, from one t of the Massachusetts colonists who came > to this country more than two centuries i ago; ahd on the side of bis mother irom . John Alden. Mr. Stephen Longfellow . had a close interest in literature, and at . one time he was president of the Maine , Historical society, a body which has ; done much good and useful work. He t died in 1849, living to a great age, so i that he had the gratification of seeing his most distinguished son in all the i enjoyment that established fame affords, i That son was sent at the age of foui teen years (1821) to Bowdoin college. then as i now ranking with the first of our insti tutions for the promotion of learning. In the same class was Nathaniel Hawi thorne, who was his senior by almost [ three years. The.early association of ; these two young men was th 3 beginning : of a close friendship that lasted for more > than forty years, and ended only when i Hawthorne went to his final restingplace, in Sleepy Hollow, at Concord. In Hawthorne's writings can be found not a little that shows how he appreci, ated Longfellow's friendship; and Longfellow was not less loyal than Hawthorne. He was the lirst man in the world who took the measure of his friend's mind, and we have heard that he wrote the admirable article on the ?;? ti_ij t.l ii Qrst euition oi iwiwiuiu mma, published in 1837, which article appeared in the North American Review the same year, if our memory be not at 1 fault. A third student was at Bowdoin during most of the time that Longfellow and Hawthorne were there. Franklin-Pierce entered the college a year earlier than Hawthorne and Longfellow, and in 1853 he became Proficient of the United States. Between the future 1 President and Hawthorne a life-long intimacy was established, which had a ' great effect on the fortunes of the au- ' thor, though the President cared for 1 nothing but American politics, and Hawthorne cared no more for them than . he c:.red for those of Liliput. But it is , an old thing that men of thfi most dif- J fer'mt minds often become the most de- 1 voted friends. Mr. Longfellow was ' graduated in 1825, when lie was but 1 eighteen years old. As he began his 1 Eoetical career while he was in college, ! e was a young poet in what have be- j come old days. Mr. Longfellow appears to have thought of devoting him- 1 self to the law, which was a natural 1 enough first thought of a youth whose 1 father was an eminent jurist, but it ? ??? oKonfinnoH Whpn hut nine- 1 3UUU UUO nuaiivu/mu. . . M teen he was made professor of modern 1 languages and literature in Bowdoin ! college, and he passed the next tour years in Europe, preparine himself for ! his professionn.1 duties." Tliat rlmo was J apant in Germany and France, Spain ! and Italy. Mo assumed the chair to 1 which he had been appointed in 1830, and held it till 1835. Ho found time, or he made it, for other labors, writing for ' the North American Review and trans- { lating the "Coplas de Manrique," the ' most perfect production of the kind ever ! known. It i3 not just to speak of ifc as ' a translation, for in the English it is al- ( most as much an original work as it is 1 in the Spanish. ' His success with the " Coplas de Man- 1 rique" placed Mr. Longfellow at the aee 1 | of twenty-eight (the work was pub- 1 | lished in 1833;, in the front rank of great ( living poets, ana tnere were poencai * giants in those days. " Outre-Mer: A J Pilgrim beyond the Sea," came out two 1 years later and way received with de- 1 light, though the reading public of 1835 1 would sustain but a poor comparison ' with that of 1880. Two years after its } publication he was appointed to the 1 professorship of modern languages and } Belles.Lettres in Harvard college, 1 which had been made vacant through " the resignation of his eminent friend, ' Profrssor George Ticknor. He again s visited Europe, where he remained two years, traveling in Germany and Switzerland, in Holland and Belgium, * and in Sweden and Denmark. He be- v gun his official duties at Cambridge in s 1837, and held the professorship till 1854, when he resigned. Meantime, his career as an author went steadily on. M Hyperion" was published in 1839, and became immediately popular, and it has ^ retained its popularity through forty ^ years. The same year appeared " Voices t of the Night," "Ballads and other f Poems" date from 1841. It was in 1842 t that he gave his " Poems on Slavery" t to his countrymen. A long series 01 j works followed, showing that the poet t could labor steadily, besides discharg- r ing his professional obligations. "The , Spanish Student" was published in ? 1843, and in 1845 he prepared Poets j s and Poetry of Europe," a critical s compilation. Theu came "The Belfry f of Bruges and other Poems," in j 1846, and "Evangeline" in 1847, , which is commonly held to be > { his greatest production. His novel, } " Kavanagh," appeared in 1849, and t "Sea-side and Fire-side" in 1850 t "The Golden Legend" has the date 1851. Four years passed, and in 1855 he published "The Song of Hiawatha," ] said to have had the largest sale of any j of his poems. Three years later, in 185H, , " The Courtship of Miles Standish " met ] with the applause it. deserved. " Tales , of a Wayside Inn" appeared in 1863, "Flower de Luce" in 1866, and "New . England Tragedies" in 1866. It was known that he was engaged on a translation of Dante, which was expected with much interest. The pnblica tioc took place in 187(3, with ! the title "The Divine Comedy of, Dante Alighieri," and tilled three superb i massive volumes, including "Notes," and " Illustrations."?Boiloti Transcript. J Hon tbe Tiger Hides. j1 George was after a Hue male tiger. Jtie |1 was followed up fast, but coming to a I' broad nullah, full of water, be suddenly j1 lost sight of his game. He looked up , and down the bank and on the opposite ; bank, but could see no traces of the ' tiger. Looking down, he saw in the i ( water what he first took to be a large j j bullfrog. There was not a :ipule on ; the placid, stagnant .-urfaoe of the pool. ' j He marvekd much, and just then his I mahout pointed to the supposed bull- , frog, and in an excited whisper implored George to fire. A keen look convinced j, Geonre that it really was the tiger. It ,: was totally immersed, all but the face, uiul lying so still that not the faintest ' motion or ripple was perceptible. He tired and inflicted a terrible wound. ] The|tiger bounded madly forward, and] George gave it its quietus through the j spine. A nearly similar case occurred ; toold Mr. C. A tiger bolted toward a i small tank or pond, and though the line j followed up in hoc pursuit, the brute ] disappeared. Old C., keener than the j others, was loth to give up the pursuit, ana presently discovered a yellowish ! reflection in the clear water. Peering ' more intently, he could discover the : yellowish, tawny outline of the cunning 1 animal, totally immersed in the water j save its eyes, ears and nose. He shot i 1 the tieer cien'd and it sank to the bottom like stone. So perfectly had it concealed itselt that the other sportsmen could not for the life of them imagine what old C. had tired at till his mahout got down and began to haul the dead animal out of the water.?Snort and Work. A TIMELY TOPICS. There are several flourishing schools in China condiffcted by American teachers, and through the translation depart- nc ment of the empire more than 80,Of 0 er volumes of translated works in science, in art, etc , have been sold. In the schools br of this country 120 Chinese youths are w; receiving instruction. cb The thoroughly agricultural charao- dr ter of the people of India is apparent wi from the figures showing the occupa- th tions of the adult male population of the ev country. Out of a total of 02,002,461 th persons of this class not fewer than 37,- dr 303,005 are engaged in the cultivation he of the soil. Tne lightness of the charges ca upon agricultural land is worthy oi note. The government of India is practically th the landlord of the whole country, and th? the land revenue is a rent paid for the er use of the soil. The average amount of ' land revenue and local taxes paid by thi the Indian cultivator is only sixty-six ou cents per acre. W CO A considerable steel-makine indus- saj try exists in the present day in China, W1 on the Upper Yantze, whence the steel th1 is sent to Tien-tsin for shipment and to distribution. It fetches much liiglier nei prices than the Swedish steel imported into the country. The Chinese metallurgists recognize three kinds of steel, foi namely, that which is produced by adding unwrought iron while the mass &A is subject to the action of fire; pure ho iron, and many times subject to tire, t0( and native steel, which is produced in w' the southwest. The different names to for steel are twan kan?, or ball steel, N< from its rounded form; kwan Kane, or sprinkled steel; wei tee, or false steel. be The Chinese, apparently, have known m< liow to manufacture steel from the very earliest ages. <"< an Moths are the dread of every careful housekeeper. The use of camphor has r1 become common to pravent their ravages, and the experiment has been con- 9U( tinued as effectual under observation. An exchange, however, insists that there is a simple, cheap and easy plan of defeating the moths that is effective and inoffensive. The moth-fly was r, never born that could penetrate a common newspaper. A woolen garment wrapped carefully in a newspaper, so I that there will be no openings, is as sale from moths as if it were buried six feet ? deep in camphor, tar-paper and petro- ,! o oAm/i fton/annnora fhoi IC U LUL AUCli; Ui W ovmv uv ? u kwivu . even a moth would avoid, and hence ,, there may be something in this anti- . . moth expedient. ^ A subject of re?l importance in New "gt York, says the World of that city, also rL lias just been sharply brought "before y* t::e pubKe mind in England by the suiside in London of a poor shop-girl named Mary Williams, who kilJea her- x 3elf in a lit of nervous prostralion an ?( despair caused Wy the incessant labor imposed upon her. The mat!ev will r?~i be ventilated in the house of commons by the Early Closing association. As Jr*; shop-girls have no Votes, there is no tnS probability that their wrongs or rights will attract the politicians in this wo country. But that only makes it the ,a! more desirable that the disinterested Pla ind public spirited of thfrir own sex m should look into the subject and see whether the work exacted of shop-girls Sr" in tliis eriiat metropolis is not at least- ieal is excessive as that exacted of them in on< CJroat Britain. Custer was the name of a Newfound- en<? land dog that belonged to a New Jersey ?n? rirl. " We tvaincd him to hold the ?ts" jalter in his mouth aud lead the horses m 1 iway," she said. " He could carry two ?.v? ?ggs in his huge mouth and never break :lie >ne. He could turn a knob as well as !/ c . ... _ __ u dUT iny one, ana on entering a room woum ilways turn around ana put his paw on 011 he door to close it. If this failed he , * vould jump upon the door, taking care ?ut lot to scratch with his mils. If any Iarr >ne sat down in the house without C0D iofling his hat Custer would steal a ' itcalthily up behind him and pull it off, ftWI .hen dropping it on the floor at the side "n.( >f his chair would walk quietly away ind lie down, a? one who had per- j.inC orraed a duty. We would wrap a few r?n jennies in a paper and send him with it ttja n his mouth to a store for candy, of UPP vhich lie was very lond. After de- Sll,< ivering it to us he would stand expect- V01 intly hj', wagging his tail and waiting pa.ri or the sweet morsel he knew he was il . ure to get. He was fond of milk, too, , >ut would carry it faithfully to our pet iimb; and though he would glance J0U ovingly into the pail occasionally, he vjis never known to betray our trust or teai one sip of the coveted beverage." T bla< ? ton The Romance of a Bird's Nest. ^ Ihe nest of a little robin redbreast p(?. vas yesterday picked up among the wrj ?eautiful shrubbery which adorns Win- cori on place. It had been beaten and buf- wit . i ? -i 1 ?: a J eieri Dy II1U reuiursiueaa iam nun muu ggyg mtil it had fallen from the tree where VPr he loving mother had builded it. It ionj lung to the bushes emptied of its con- pop ents. The little chirpers that had been lursed and matured in it had probably lro, dumcd themselves and down days and 0CC1 lays ago. But the nest had kept its sila tory. Closely woven in with bit3 of ticks and dead leaves and little tiny roS, eathtrswas aliltleleaffromsomebody'.s ?i0, ittle diary. It w?s weather-beaten and W0I yellow, and one side so worn, no doubt ^re< jy the going in and out of little red- for >reast, that the words, delicately writ- eja] ;en in a girl's hand, could only here and here be deciphered. On one side was: freq ' Katie: by "We have often met and spent an gj0i lour together. Will these hours be soon !jn(] :oreottcn? When we part our paths dii> ,vill lead in different directions. Per- bro laps we may never again meet in this ope world Shall we remember P. B." ot|j On the opposite side was Katie's le- gm ply. It began: tini " Ah! heart, so bndly broken, and Cense, cease thy panting thrill; coh Those vows so ltiisely spoken wb Have done lar worse than kill. j.ea The kun has lost his glory, ?0 \ The Qneen ol' Heaven her light, , So sad"- S? And here Katie's lay is ruined. The tfcl redbreast, selfish in her love for her birdling?, had effaced the rest of the rhyme. We will surrender the nest and g Lhe leaf to little Katie on demand.? ? Cincinnati Enquirer. 1 anc A Miracle of Honesty. of j Al ft pstnjf une evening ocvcini iwiLetted the honor of having done the sidi most extraordinary thing; a reverend the gentleman was appointed'judge of their wa respective pretensions. One produced the his tailor's bill with a receipt attached Sui to it. A buzz through the room that Su] this could not be outdone; when a aro second proved that he had just arrested sid his lailor for money lent him. or "The palm is his." was the general Otl cry when a third put in his claim. hot 'Gentlemen," said he, "I cannot sat boast of the acts of my predecessors, for wil I have just returned to the owners three pre lead pencils and two umbrellas that fw were left at my house." mi "I'll hear no more," cried the aston- wa ished arbitrator. "This is the very or unmfl of if ia an not- nf xrirtno nf iiS which I never knew any one capable, abl The prize?" sm " Hold!" cried another, " I have dono aev still more than that." we "Impossible," cried the whole com- wl pany. "Let us hear." "I have been taking my paper for r twenty year# and ulwasn paid for it in . advance." wc He took the prize. fer M? mi There are over 1,000 factories in Phi.- 6,3 adelphia and adjacent ^lstriots engaged an in tlie production of textile fabrics. ?T< FOB THE FAIR SEX. Can Women Drive 1 " Isn't it rather singular tbat women iver learn how to drive a horse proply?" remarks some irate man as he spects a tired animal and finds the idle over its ears and the bit half ay down its throat. "But women can drive," cries a amplon'of the sex. "Don't they? ive seven or eight miles to market ith vegetables or loads of hay. Don't ey take their babies out to ride whener they can get hold of a horse? Why, ere never was a woman who couldn't ive, and some of them can handle a ivsei.iuch better than their husbands n." " Can women drive P And do you let em handle your best horsesP'' were e questions put to a good-natured livf keeper by an interested party. "Drive!" he answered. "I should ink they could; but as to letting them r best-horses, th&t is another matter. cSzM. 1 ? Uln fniTT man t; nave uuraea 111 uul omuioim wcu uld drive. We keep what we call Fe horses for ladies1 use?the Bind that il go anywhere it you just guide Bin?old family nags, sensible enough trotalor* and mind the'rown busi3s, and not fret if they are pulled two lys at once." " Do you object to letting horses out women to driveP" ' No, indeed! we have from twelve to teen ladies a week come to us for rses, and we give them good ones, 3; but, somehow, women fret horses ten they drive them, so we don't care ] give them high-spirited animals. >w, look at that sorrel," pointing to efrom which the harness had juts 1 en removed. "I let that horse this 5i*ning to a bit of a woman with 1 ists no bigger than my two lingers. I in't want to let it go because it's such < ugly puller. 1 tola her it had a mouth o imn hnfc ahft said she wanted to . ;e an old aunt that was visiting her t to see the town, and she drove off ietly enough. But half an hour after 1 jaw her eoming down Woodward ( enue like a streak of lightning, everydy running to get out of the way, and i ! old aunt Iianging on for dear life. < ejust had the lines wound around )se little wrist*, and braced her t t on tbe dashboard, and when she ] ne to a corner dashed round it on one ieel. The rig came in all right, but it horse won't get its breath for a ; ek." i - E 1 Do they often meet with accidents I Hoirflo amnah.nnP" P ' No. It in curious, but a woman will * :e a team tbrougu a dozen hairadth escapes and bring it back afl lit. We have nny amount of trouble c h men, who take our best rigs, get a spree, and break things all to pieces, f voman is either more cautioas, or a will call on every man in sight to i< p her out of the scrape. They are tl re apt to lose their heads in a crowd ti collision,but there is mos*, always je special providence at hand to neip m. If you notice, the most disastrous aways happen when some man has reins. urther talk developed the fact tha men were not considerate in their nagement of horses. .They forget to P nket them in winter and to tie them 11 the shade in the summer. They w letimes use the reins a$ hitching ? ips, and have a settled dislike to ,{5 raing proper names for harness Not 'In o hviriflrflfi nnillrl tell the differ- C< A between. the surcingle and the ?J rtingale, or the least idea to which } I of the animal the crupper belonged; ei I if compelled to divest a horse of i c< trappings would undo every buckle j :he service, and take the collar of ; , ir the animal's head, to all of which j intelligent beast would sumbit, as ! harmed by being steadily talked'to ' ing the process fnthe witching tones I fi woman's voice. [. 111 of this may be a libel on the sex, P , it id certainly true that when an old {_ lily horse, wilh a ten-minute gait, aes see-sawing down the street with jomica'.ly reckless air of running " iy, a woman's head looks out from ^ ier the buggy top, a woman's hand jF; des the steed in its ecccntric orbit, f' [ a woman's voice shouts in distinct e?," Wh-o-a-a," at the same moment ?! t the reins are jerked and klie wh'.p " lied,while the pedestrians scud to the = ?walk in terror. Howevpr liable a ij man is to run over a cow or a street ' , she will always stop or turn out for J' xby. Thi9 is one of the instincts of J* maternal heart to which even "get -J gl-a-n-g" is sacrificed.?Albany j: - * pj. Ulove* for Summer. u lie extraordinary length of handsome Cj ;k and colored mitts and many but- ei ed kid and Lisle thread gloves prove 0i I American tastes are not altogether ? ilated by foreign fashions, as the im- bi ted dresses had sleeves touching the in st3. and were moreover made un- a| ifortably light. The pique gloves b< li overlapping stitched edges, pos- ga ing the quality of not ripping, are ti V fashionable, but are made to w >er than three buttons. The most ta ular colors are golden chestnut, ai ;nonett.' gray-green, all the helio- to ie shades and steel color. For other ar isions requiring more dresj there are aj des of mastic or putty, coffee-white, tb it-brown, jonquil, narcisse and prim b< ?. Light and white undressed kid 8u res having six and eight buttons are tb n fashionably this season for full i8 3s All gloves are less expinsive than bi many years. Cotton gloves corneas th jorately made in open-work and silk Cc ching as the Lisle thread, and are m [uently imposed upon the ignorant jn careless salesmen. Lisle thread ir pes are much more elastic, thinner, n< when placed beside the cotton the ereuce is discernible. They are em- b( idered and plain, some of them are 0j n-worked nearly to the elbow; ers have elastic bands at the wrist. : gloves similarly made are kid shed. Lace mitts have narrow cuffs, . again quite cover the arm; their * )i*8 are pale rose, ecru, straw, black, ^ ite and delicate blue. The beautiful 01 I Chantilly black lUcc mitts cost from ?1 to $20 a pair. Fine black lace mitts a' t $3, and there are others for seventy- tl i cents and $1, of good quality.? 01 o York Tribune. & a Hints About Belt*. hirred belts on the front of basques * very stylish when tied on the left e rv a?%W arr.A of tha nni'nf P I", OUU VUC CUUO uv wuv puiuv i Ifinished witha bitof fringeoraspike )assementerie. The shirring consists ? several rows lengthwise done at the ? gs of the belt, where it is sewed into f side or under-arm seam of the ' ist. Surah is especially iiked for * se soft belts. Some ladies take black \ ' rah, and line it with red or blue 1 ? ah to form a narrow sash that passi-s I' und the waist, is tied on the left!' e, and has tasseled ends. It is three I four inches wide when finished. ? ler saali belts are made of satin rib- I. \ with corded edges; thus cardinal i in ribbon two and a half inches wide, j di a fine gold cord at each edge, is i t Ity with white or black ?r<s<c3. i 'o yards ot ribbon arc required. The | ddle part that is to pass around the y iat is stittenea by a Dana 01 siiii jmen \ crinoline sewed in it; but this is not : wide as the ribbon, as it is not desi c J :e to make the belt perlectly stiff and 1 ] ooth- A hook and eye to fasten it is j, ved at each end of the linen, and the | i arer lies an easy bow on the left, |1 lere it is hooked.?flarper'a Bnmr. ; j - 111 ' ' y There are but nin^ pirfect tones in tho t uian voice. However, out of thegp t i have no less than 17,592,041,415 dif- t ent sounds, thus: fourteen direct i iscles, alone or together, produce c 83,530 indhect muscles, 173,741,8:23; 11 daltogetl:?r produce ;tn almost in- * jolble numb ^ fir t given. J c v t * v % . , | i t- - We Are Growing We are growing old together, / .M ' *$? Thoa dearestoi the dear; The morning of oar life 14 passed, ' . > uf&Q And the evening shades appear; > Some friends we loved are in their graves, *And many are estranged; ^ Bat in sunshine and in shadow Sj Oar hearts have never changed. We are gtowisg old together, <8 The ivy end the tree A fitting emblem is, dear, Of the love 'twixt yoa and me To bo worthy ot each other In the past was all one aim; And 'tis pleasant now to know, dear, >3| Oar hearts are &U the same. ^ We are growing oj-i together? * ; * .?? Together may we di?2- ' Together may oar spirits soar To oar home beyond the sky, For wo loved as low can love, dear, ' When lifo's flowery paths jrataogcyl; y And though we've wandered long here, , i Oar heart} have never changed. > ?B.jb.~$pei:eer. ' ITEMS OF The telescope wis invented in 1549. ^ Fro?8 are shipped north from Bedforf. , ^An ounce of celery seed produces 7;0Q0T_y T^^p Tho nrrarntre lifp nf a farmer IS SixtV?-., }ix years. * > , Take care of the onions and -the scone m vm will take care of themselves, v ... r Th^sea fisheries of Europe arogaid ttf nnploy n quarter of a million of pepple.Jj Tumblers that have hwt milk in^M^T ;hem should not be put into hot water..9; '^'^1 Ladies are not entitled to- barir vhen they have to load them^viwfow* .VfM A place for everythingand everything 9 -"'Hanks place?the baby's mouth.? Toronto -9 ?||j| The longest river in the tvorld l&H he Missouri, which Is 4,500 miles'in. ength. The longest railr. ad in the world at? ;>3l| iresent is tlie Pacific railroad, over 2,1100 . ilcs in length. It is estimated that the prest-nf rice? , . rop in Louisiana will be double that of ,K. ast year. George Augustus Sala traveled some 5,000 miles on American railways withiut the puichase of a single ticket. A writer says when Jefferspn -became --ifizk 'resident he carried his simple manners nd tastes into official life. 'Th<re^re%' 3ts of men like Jefferson ; .tbe^.cyr^ ' tieir tastes into offloial life; but tney." / iste rather too often.?Saturday Night ^ He was'a ragged orphan boy? - . y. ' Ho did not bave a cont? . But still where'er he tore his clothes, . ' Ho'd gather in his rent. ? Salem SxiAUmn. . An ice machine at work in Ncbf lork roducea ten tons of ice in tlurty*flix: >^8 ours. It consists of a large tahk-ni * hioh galvanized sheet-iron boxes fall ' \ f water are piaced, each box being >rt.y-two inches Jo; g, twelve inchea. ; ide and six itidies deep. A reservoir Mitaining water charged with chloride- , f magnesium and chilled by means of - vtfSa jTisthrough whk-h? gas-composed of. - -' ;her and sulphured oxjde i^foreed,;. >inmunicates with the tank, and the tagnesium water circulates around the |H leet-iron boxes in a continuous curreuw, eeaing the waier as it goes. >' -rjflBl Strauge Narcotics. The great narcotic in India is .the! * etel nut, of whicli Anglo-Saxons?per- ' - J tips fortunately?know nothing. The * etel nut is the seed ot theereca palm, hieh is extensively cultivated. Assarly every native chews betel, the jnsumption of areca nuts is incredibly ^ [ eat. In the Philippines the laborer is . Si aid in betel rolls as he is with cocoa. /v? aves in fome parts of Pent, and the ^ - 5 etei nut is one of the most valuable " rticles of produce in Sumatra. The ^ ** reater part of this island's export goes ' ; > China. The betel nut is about tUe ze of a cherry, slightly pear-shaoed, - > ery hard, and externally no-, unlike a ntmeg of inferior quality. In India it' prepared for che-ving by being cut ito long, narrow strips, and wrapped l leaves of the so-called betel pepper, ' reviously dusted on one sine with the uicklime of calcin d shells. In the hilippines, a buyo, as the betel roll is illea, is offered fo everyone who - iters a house, Just as a pinch of snuff r a pipe is in Western countries. ' y3| very one who can affo:d it puts afresh uyo in his mouth every hour, which * 3 can chew and suck for half an hour ',, " .... -V. e il? ; .oaat. The visible eixecis 01 iu? . :tel are that it promotes the flow of tbe * *' iliva and lessons perspiration. It nges the mouthj the teeth, and lips ith a vivid red which is not ornamen- . - ' ,1; but as au offset it imparls an agree)le odor to the breath, an.l is supposed > * > fasten the teeth, cleanse the gums ? id cool tbe mouth. The juice is usu * ly, but not always swallowed. Of ,o?e who are accustomed to uej it, the itel exerts a weak but continuous and istained exhilarating influence. Alt rough Southern India and the Spice lands every person who owns a little tof land usually grows the leaves of ...\ ) le pawr., or betel pepper, Jor his own ' >nsumption. Only tobacco, ^mong the ircotics in common uso, is consumed 1 ? *-l kAlol nnf larger quanuuea umu uuc wit. ?u.. i India indeed, where, on an average, )t more than sixpence a head is anjally paid for clothing, indulgence in Jtel forms the second great' necessary 'common life. " Not Affected by Laughing: Gas. A correspondent writes to the London imes: Last week I had occasion to go ) a well-known firm of dentists in tud ity to have a tooth drawn. As the peration seemed likely to be a difficult nd very painful one, it was decided lat I should be subjected to the inllu- * ace of nitrous-oxide gas, which was dministered by a doctor. To; the stonishment both of dentist and doctor -but not to me?they /ound that when ? :-,r75 had inhaled the usual quantity, about ight or nine gallons (this gas beinc; aparently measured by gallons and not iy feet), I was not in"the least affected. nd they went on until I h&d taken ili ictween eighteen and nineteen gallons. ; was still entirely unasphyxiatrd; but ast then I thought the doctor motional a.?k.i*. wlilnh Iim(1 L>f6ll U LUe IU SUUblllj Ijis, ...... ride open. He had not done so; buc " yhen the eyes closed, the dentist, thinkng I was insensible, drew the tooth, ad with it a howl from me. During he whole operation [ was perfectly cnsible of wliat was going on, and felt he pain as dfcute.y as it no ana^thetic * md been used. In all the wide ex peri nee of the doctor and tlje dentist, and ?f several other medical men to whom he fact has been mentioned, not one of hem ever came across a patient 0:1 vliom this powerful anaiithetic had no iffect, nor has any one of them known mother person take anything like tL?: luantity administered to me. Tlu isual sensations alter the use of gas arc, " " * ' <<nH. [ believe, those oi iigntness ?nu *ajcv,, )Ut in tbifl respect also 1 was unaffected Presumably, no quantity of the :ould have had the desired result, for ho lun? must have been quite fUii when t. e doctor loit off. 1 may nitr,ion, t'-o, that six or seven yea re ago i ,00k twenty gallons in similar circuiuitances, and was wondering wlnn 'ii vas going to act, when the gas gjive >ut and the dentist had to extract J If ooth at oncc. Whether.otho* kiln's ? t ina)sthetic6 would operate upon iu<j 1 annot say, not having take n any.