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; " " ' ' ." - " . . .. j"v"- _ ABBEVILLE PRESS & BANNER^ BY HUGH WILSON AND H. T. WAKDLAW. ABBEVILLE, S. C,? WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1880. NO. 29. VOLUME XXV. % December and January. Though fierce the winds may blow, And high may drift the snow, December, December, The bravest day of all the year Thou bringest, and the heartiest cheer, December, December. The frost may whiten the pane, The fire shall thaw it ti^nin, December, December, Thy Christmas fire that love keeps bright Though short the day and long the night, December, December. Then merrily ring the bells In rhythmic peal that tells? jL?ecemt>er, jLiecemDer, Of joy alike to the rich and poor, And ?ilts of love nt each household door, December, December. To the old, long lile and tr? asure, To the young all health and pleo . To the luir their ince With clerual gvaco, And the soul to be lived at pleasure. A truce to care, To gloomy musings on the past; Now day9 are on your track; You're twelve months older than you wer Be wiser then! time flies so fiat, 'lis useless looking buck. BOTH SIDES OF THE STORY HER SIDE. An expostulation from my aunt, and frown from my cousin John; but, un heeding, I continue my remarks: "I never was so disappointed in m life! To think of calling Imp a herothat weakly, delicate-looking cripple! "Oh, Midget, hush! He's coming!" It is a warm afternoon, and we are al out upon the veranda; my cousiD i swinging lazily to and fro in abammocl whicb is suspended just beneath th wistaria vine, and, from his elevatei position, he has been able to see th slow approach alone the walk by tin side of the house of the individual unde: discussion. Can he have heard? Fo: once my selt-pcssession entirely desert: me, and I sit with crimsoned cheeks an< down-dropped, frightened eyes, ashame< of myself; and deservedly so; for hav< I not spoken slightingly of a guest, an( my cousin's dearest friendP "How cool and comfortable yoi look!" said a pleasant voice. " I hav< obeyed your injunction, Mrs. Trevor atid rested for a full hour, and I can as sure vou I feel greatly refreshed after m] long journey." * Involuntarily I draw a sigh of relief He has not heard?it he had he nevei could loot and speak so unconcernedly He takes a seat near me, and when, ai last, I venture to raise my eyeB, thej meet a calm, friendly, answering gaze No? it is quite evident that he has nol , heard. Before proceeding I will describe this college friend and beau ideal of all per fection of my cousin John. His nam? is Dr. Robert St. Clair, and his age 1 should judge to be somewhere about thirty. He is not tall, and is very delicate locking; and what detracts stil. further from his appearance, he is verj lame. Now, somewhere in remote ages?vers remote, 1 should say, as I have heard it dver ?inr>p T tnpur i nomrh tn hf proud of a new sash?some one remarked that "beauty is but skin deep.' However that may be, it is just as tru< that I was born with an eye for Cornell nes3 and an aversion to a deformity oi blemish of any kind. A week goes by; seven suns have risen and set since Dr. St. Clair firsl came to "Scra<'head"? by which unromantic name the rom.tntic island upor which our summer home is located is called. The la3t of these seven days finds my first impression of my visitoi decidcdly modified. When he is silent I think him pla^n and my eyes wander to his crutch; bu1 when he speaks and his face brightens till it fairly glows, then I cease to wonder at the charm he exercises over mj cousin. Two more weeks hasten by. "I must go at the expiration o: another," Dr. St. Clair says, decidedly "Now, John, no urgiug, my kinc friend; I cannot neglect my duties anj longer." Tnat night I push back my curls and Btmiy my reflection in my glass. I hav< a reason for so doing. That very after noon, as I sat readin? iu my favorite re treat, tucked away from the heat and tLt< liics ill nu uuuiuus uuuci vi uutuic: own making, with drooping rose spray! falling all about and hilling me, onl] distant a stone's throw from where mj cousin and his friend had ensconcec themselves and were fini-hing a previous conversation, before I could risi and make myself known I overhearc something which effectuillv kept mi where I was. " I know your admiration for a nobli character," John was saying; "but yoi ? - must not think little Midget i i a" frivo lous as she appears. You haven't seei her best side. She is litful and capri cious before you because I think your in different manner rather piques her. Thi child is verv ^nun?. and has hnoi spoiled by too much admiration; she i aceustomed to see every man she meet; do homage to her pretty face. The answer came musingly and ab sently: "Yes, your cousin might be pretty nay, beautiful?in some eyes, but to m there is some1 hing wanting in her ftce perfect in outline and color though it i ?the Undine needs a soul." My glass shows mc two dark, mis chievous eyes, set in around, fair face a small, curved mouth.'and a straigh nosp. "Undine needs a soul!"?what coul he mean? But my mirror does no possess a like gift with the ancient oracle and I turn away unanswered andjA satis tied. The last week of our visitor's stay ha drawn to a close, and he has gone. Ah! t?u!y in three short months o daily companionship I have grown t fully understand John's admiration fo Dr. St. Clair. Never before have nnd sueti a mine oi varied and enter taii.ing knowledge unlocked before me Oi' things abov? the sky?reverentl touched upon: of things below; of th marvels oi foreign countries, at.d of th iuU resting objects in our own-upo each and overy topic he has been equall at home; and though he has paid bu little attention to me. I have quietl listened and benefited by what 1 ha\ heard. Now that be is gone I awake t find that, like John, I.tave allowed hero-worthip to spring up in my hear t at I miss his quiet footfall, and tha ?A though I fear he does not even like n N?, ?deems me doll-like and frivolous? r have grown to care for this grave, plai I mun, so different from the shallo i youths of w hom I meet a plenty i I society. \ When I ask John he readily tells n I all about his friend, and I learn how |k, was that he came to be lame. Hot ? ] when a mere youth he had been presei g at a large fire, and how, when no 01 | else had dared?when even the firemt K ' had feared to risk their lives?he h: I climbed a ladder in the face of tl L blazing flames to save a little chil KThe ladder had broken before desce B had been completed, and he had fall || with the little one in his arms. T 1 child had been unharmed, but then K was that he received the injury will made him a cripple. . * As I listen<to John's enthusiastic c scription of his friend's brave act i j hear, stirs and throbs within me. Tl I if the man of whom, in my girli thoughtlessness, I spoke slightingly, al tucst contemptuously! HIS SIDK. There is a luil in the storm?for a least three days I have rot been callet to any new cases, and at last I think ! may safely say that the cloud is Jiftec which for the past few months has lair so heavily upon the people of this ill fated South. i write hopefully, and well 1 may for, together with the joy of knowing that the woe about me is abating, intc my own life has dawned an overwhelm' ingand entirely unlooked-for radiance. ] will tell how it has come about. As one morning, a month ago, I wen) my rounds, in oneot the hospital wards, bending over a patient, I "saw a new nurse. I watched her a moment unseen, when suddenly, as she slightly turned hei head, I recognized one whom I had not seen for five years. Notwithstanding the stiff regulation dress and the closc cap which confined the hair, I knew her ?for was it not a face which the more bad tried to forgot, the more it had remained eni-ravcd on the inmost tablets 01 my neart: i naa seen it nrst wnen a dear friend had persuaded me to give myself a short rest to recruit at his country home the health which my arduous duties had impaired. I went, ?> promising to remain a month, if nothing urgent recalled me. I found an ideal ?. home, such as ore reads of in books, situated in a spot nature must have created with a smiie upon her face. The hostess, a gentle, gray-haired iady, made cordially welcome?'*a r friend of her son's was as her own," she ' said. There was another inmate of my friend's home?his young cousin. A gay, radiant creature, with a music as of rippling brooklets in her merry a voice, and a face full of fun and laugh ter, but without a particle of earnestness underlying its varied expressions. I v could see she shrank from me at our first - meeting, and I soon learned the reason. " I was a cripple, and she was one to whose exuberant health and beauty1 loving nature any deformity or weakness s cave a sensation almost of repulsion t liut as we grew better acquainted, as e the passing days opened out to U3 each i other's character, her manner toward me e changed. Though she suspected it not, e the change was a dangerous one to me. r I had thought her incapable of any r seriousness of feeling: now I found my 3 mistake. I had thought her super1 tinialltr foir hnf. T qAnn name tn fir?^ i beauty in her girlish face surpassing e that of any other I had ever seen, i The time flew by until the day came on which I had decidcd to go, and it i was well that it was so, for I knew then ; that almost unconsciously an all-absorb, ing love had been growing up in my - heart for the beautiful girl who was no I more a fitting mate lor one like me than a dainty humming-bird would be for a . grim, somber raven. c Not for such as she was a work-day . life like mine?even bad I not been as 1 t was?different from my fellows?a cripi pie. So I went away, thanking my kind t entertainers, and binding with cords ol iron my heart, which throbbed like a s wild thing, when at parting she laid her little hand in mine and said she was ? sorry I was going. Sorry?and I, who was more than i sorry, could only utter the merest com monplaces. 1 To return to where I broke away into r reminiscences. As I stood watching her, she turned ' and came toward me. I wa3 not misi taken?though graver and paler than of i old, before me stood she whom John had playfully christened " Midget," but ' who was always in my thoughts Mari earet. So I addressed her now: " Miss Margaret, liow can it be posr sibie that you are here, risking your life in this fevered atmosphere?" J She gave me her hand quietly, as if t it had been but yesterday that we parted. i "I have been in the midst of the i worst of it," she said; " for I came to i D " (naming a city a few miles diar tant)? six months ago. There I have been since, until yesterday. I was sent . here to take the place of a nurse who has t been taken sick." i "But your aunt, where is she?" I asked; "and my friend, your cousin? I ' have had no word from him for a long time." f An expression of sadness clouded her face. i " Did you not know," she exclaimed, ' " that both my dear aunt and my noble young cousin?all I had in the world to I love and be loved by?were taken from * me within one short month? Oh, it was * hard! I was almost beside myself witli grief. Then I read of the suffering in i the South and the need of nurses. I was 3 alone in the world?no circle would be 3 broken by my loss?and I thought that 7 perhaps in hard work I could be able to 7 drown my sorrows. So I came." i As she spoke I gazed with amazement - at the-brave woman before me, (for 5 though young in years, " girl" she could 1 be called no longer.) b "The tirst month I took the fever," she continued, " but my perfect health b brought me through quickly." i Truly the w.nys of Providence are * mysterious! How little I ever thought i that I should meet Margaret Hope in - such a manner and place. After that I saw her daily; saw her e kneeling in prayer by the dying, or i whiling awav the weary hours of cons vakscence by her beautiful, cheery s presence. A month passed. It was cooler - weather now, and the fever was at an end. The time had come when my services - were no logger indispensable and I could e return to my Northern home. I called ', to bid Miss Hope good-bye. 3 . I found her alone. We talked awhile, ana suaaemy, aiinougn my re.ison toia - me it was madness?impelled by an in; ward prompting I could not resist, I t disclosed to my listener the love which had been hidden in my heart all the long ft years which had passed since we last t met. As my passionate words tell on ^ her ear a faint rose-drift tinged the snow ' of her exquisite face. Ah, I saw only too clearly by the difference that existed s between her great loveliness and my poor, maimed body, how foolish I f was even to dare to hoDe. and vet I keot 0 on. r Then bowing iny head I awaited my 1 answer. It came not in words. Soft, - round arms, claap my neck?a tender, !. tear-wet face pressed itself to mine; y there close by my side, with eyes whose e joyful light gleamed through a mist of e tears, was Margaret. n "Robert, take me," she whispered; y 4 'I am yours. 4 Undine has found her it soul!"' y So she had beard me say that! Well, e I tell her later, my offense is canceled, o for I too overheard a remark never a meant for my ears?a remark which t, was'the means of forcing me to keep t, silence then and ever since till now. ie Was ever man so blest us IP As I -I picture the future?my love-lit home in and the beautiful companion who is to w be its guardian-an?el, a sense of thankin fulness rises in me too (\ep for words, for surely, this Bide of the heavenly !e shore God can give to man no more it precious gift than that of a noble, loving v, wife. Qt """ ie Scene?A tyrsting-place. Roger (wh< ?n has been kept waiting some time) id "What's come ower yeP Dae yo k? 3e ye've kept me waiticg mair nor half ai d. hour?" Peggy (whom he has courtec nt for more than eight years): " I could'n en help it." After a pause?"Look at th< he time ye've kept me waiting, and I'n it share ye never heard me once com ch inleep'n." Ie- The experiment of koepin? a detailt ny policemen in readiness to answer urgen lis calls made through the telephone is be sh | ing made in Chicago. Spoopendykc and the Towel. "No, my dear," said Mr. Spo< dyke, "just wait until I wash my I I 1 J _ J fill ..1? 11 ? 1 ziuu iiiuHo :mu a ii uu runuy, unu \ Spoopendyke plunged his fists inl. F basin and began polishing his face j soap. Mrs. .Spoopendykc prii | around before the glass putting on 1 finishing touches. i\>r the wc 1 couple were getting ready for " 1 theater. " Where?where?where's the to? j gasped Mr. Spoopendykc, holding ' head down and clawing around } both hands. "What?what's be< r of the towel?" he sputtered, waa L handsful of soap out of his eyes. Mrs. Spoopendykc glanced at ' rack and saw that the towel was f ; "I don't believe that there's a t up here," she commenced. " What d'ye suppose I'm going to ; howled Mr. Spoopendyke. "Think going to the theater looking like a ; fountain? Gimme something to ; on, will ye? Dod gast the soap; ; got my mouth full! Ain't ye goic getatowei? Going to let me hang and dry like an undershirt?" "Wait, and I'll ring for one," Mrs. bpoopendyke, toiling away al bell. ' Be patient a moment." " How's a man going to be pal with his eyes full o' soap? What mean by keeping house like this? T1 I'm going to stand around here all i terand freeze up? Gimme sometl to wipe on. Fetch me a door. Tea a carpet. Gimme a skirt. Where's bed-spead? Dodgast this measly so and Mr. Spoopendyketore the sham the pillows, but being smooth they around on his visage as though t jweie skates. "What am I going t< with these?" he yelled. "I won' dry in four months," and he grasped sheet and rubbed his eyes as tbougl was polishing silvtr. "Ain't you got something coarse ?" he hauled the dannel blankets off got the wool in his mouth, and fin he emerged with great globs of s hanging to his forehead and chin. "Never mind, dear," consoled I\ Spoopendyke. "You'reall right. T this handkerchief and wipe your fa< "Oh! I mall right, ain't I?" ra Mr. Spoopendyke.' "You've only to say so, and anything is all rig Some day I'll sew your heels to y head and hang you over a roller. L at that chin. Is that all right? that eye. Think that's all right? I'l to bed and wait for a towel," and spun around like a top and turned c the center-table. " Why here," said Mrs. Spoopendj "what's this?1' and she untied towel and took it oft* his neck. must have put it there when you v shaving," and Mrs. Spoopendyke sm: sweetly as her lord growled a\ through the rest of the toilet.?Brook Eigle. Are lour Closets Ventilated? There is nothing so handy in a he as an abundance of lar^e, roomy clos< but because they are handy and tremely useful, they are apt. to be abu* There are many things which, as a n ter of course, are always put int< closet, of which the articles ot outw wearing apparel make a large pi There are also things which ought to go into a closet, i. e., a closet adic ing, or closely connected with, a liv or sleeping room. Of such are all soi undergarments, the wash clothes, wb should be put into a large bag for purpose, or a roomy baoket, at hand, i placed in the wash-room, or some ot well-aired room at some distanse fr | the family. Having thus exploded i ! of the fertile sources of bad odors closets, the next point is to see that, closet:} are properly ventilated. Jt rt ters not how clean the clothing in clo3et may be, if there is no ventilat that ciottiing will not be what it sho be. Any garments after bsing worn a while will absorb mor? or less of exhalations which arise from the bo and thus contain an amount of foreig it may be hurtful?matter, which 1 circulation of pure air can remove; if this is excluded, as in many cl closets, the effluvia increases, and me ciouses, uiusuuj, unu uujoining tuu; in time possess an odor tliat any ac sense of smell will readily det Every closet in daily U3e in which night ciothes arc bung by day and day clothing by night, should have airing as well as the bed. If the cl< can be large enough to admit of a w dow?and it is in some cases?an a "a provision for sunlight and a circuiat of pure air is provided in the w:nd< which should be left open for a sli time each day. In the case of sn clcsets, a ventilator could be put o the door, or even in it. In many o* such precaution? for pure clothing not practicable, and the next biat th is to see that the door of the closet left open for half an hour or so eacn d at that time when the windows thrown up and the large room is pi fied with fresh air from out of doors, this way, first, by keeping out clot intended for the wash, and, second, d: changing the air, the closets may comparatively pure.?American Agrii CW (fOb ? How Tooth Brushes are Made; Although the tooth brush is no very complicated article, no small greeof skill is required in itsmanui ture. In the tirst place, care musl exerciscd in the selection of bone fi which the handle is to be made, this purpose the thigh bone of an oj used, and instead of boiling those \* tbe joints on?the nr.thod commonl} vogue?these joints are sawed off { vious to the boiling process. The creased heat accessary in the fori method renders the bone unlit for purpose of the brush manufacturer. On arriving at the factory the be aTe first sawed into the r< quired len and thickness for brush-handles. T are next turned with a model in a si lar manner to that employed in then] ufacture of shoe lasts. Then comes polishing process, which i3 done means of a sort of revolving cln An ingeniously-contrived machine r takes the pieces and deftly puncti holes for the bristles while grooves cut in the top by saws. Now be reacy for the bristles, they are in i j A _ 1.1. ^ J - i a. c. ? Li.; - aucca 10 iuu u'jpnrimei.L ior mm wt Girls are usual'y employed for branch of the business. Alter putl in5 the bristles, they are backed v sealing wax to fasten them securch place and to fill up the grooves, tlmt remains to be done is to brand brushes and pack them for market. Where He was From. A disgusted-looking man witt double-barreled suotgun came wea up Woodward avenue. " Well, J ->nes," said a fri?nd, " jus from the flats?1' "Yes," said Joues, dropping the I of the gun heavily on the pavem " I'm in from the flats. Six of us 1 been sitting in the rain in a wet boa' two days looking for ducks. Notse any sport in this, I left. The other are there yet; and I am of your opin that they're flats. Yes, sir,"8houlde i the Bhotgun again, "I'm just in f ; the fiats".?Free Press. The train had just emerged fro , tunnel, and a vinegar-facea maidc . thirty-five Bummers remarked to [ gentleman companion: "Tunnels t such bores!"?which nobody can d \ Buta young lady of about sweet < j teen, who sat in the seat immediate j front of the ancient party, adjusted j hat, brushed her frizzes back, and . to the perfumed young man beside 'I thinlc tunnels are awfully nicc.'" " All seems to hinge on this," i marked the >over when he pra'^u ' his sweetheart while swingitM T gate in front of her house", ^jb1 TIMELY TOPICS. 'face ^ comparative analysis of the statisi iyj tics prescntcl in the suicide record.s of .l' France and Sweden tKia been made by t. M. Berti'lon, of the Anthropological mned society> Paris, with the result of e.-tabIV e lishing, on what he thinks quite satis>rthv f9Ctory evidence, the two following the ^aws: Widowers commit suicide more frequently than married men. 2. ,P? The presence and influence of children ' liia "ie house diminish tho inclination With to suic^e *n men an(* women* They have an expeditious way of s paying off the employees of the Hudson f. River xailroad. The paymaster soes 1 "i over the rDad, paying out ?150,000 in greenbacks and gold. The train runs at its highest spped and tljc pay of the j si flagmen between stations is put in . Ti envelopes and. attached to stick?, is ' j thrown at the various flagmen as their e shanties are passed. In this way some T'ye ?15,000 lias been thrown from the pay_ car as the train was going nearly a mile out a mi te. said Frederick Marriott, editor of the San Uhe Francisco News Letter, has for many years been an experimenter in aerial :ent navigation. "Gas. electricity and steam," he now says, "have all been iink trie(* me in attemPts to build an flir ship. These potent agents have failed, and it has remained for the very simplest r Up of mechanical combinations to accom, plish the triumph. This is enough to aD ? say just now, but as sure as water finds its own level, the thing is done." He sHd (loes DOfc tel1 ^0V|r' .hey > do Isaac W. Sprague, "the living skelet be ton," is now thirty-nine years old. He 1 the was bom in Massachusetts, and was uni he til twelve years old a healthy boy. The* disease of muscular wasting then came and on gradually, and after a few years he and was compelled to leave the shoemaker's ally bench, w'iiere lie was working with bin oap father, and seek some other node of earning his living. He engaged himself ;Irs with showmen. When twenty-six years 'ake old he married, and has nov three fine ce." healthy boys. His height is five feet ved nine inches, and his weight fortv-six got pounds. :nt. ou5 It is rumored that the feelings of the ^5 young ladies in Boston have been , e aroused by the demand by young men ?? for wives who are good cooks. Some of ue them have form a club, pledging them,ver selves not to marry a man who cannot 1 I ^6W OUIWBS, UiUli 1113 U*YU Obuuniugo. I Hip black his own boots and take care of jr ? himself in every way. Another club ^0 p will be composed of girls pledged not to .?|f? marry any man who hag not learned ' ? how to take caTe of a furnacc and a range, how to drive nails and mend yn water-pipes, and who is not able to shovel snow well. In an editorial article telling its readlUce ers how to keep warm, the New York elg. Herald says that no one can be comfortex2 ably warm unless he eats enough to 5eci~ make the requisite quantity of blood. iat- Cleanliness also is necessary to persons a who do not want to suffer from cold. ar(j Unless the skin and all other outlets of art physical waste are in proper condition noj a great deal of bodily heat is yquandered , jjn. in attempts to overcome the: results of jn_ careless habits. People whose sitting jie^ rooms or offices are never ventilated are jck sure to feel chilly, even if the mercury ' tjie in their rooms stands at eighty degrees. xn(j In an untaiuted atmosphere ten degrees i,pr cooler the sane people would not cum "IT plum of cold CI11113 running aown ineir , ane backs. Finally, exercise ia absolutely ' jn necessary. No clothing, open fires or ?ue hot air devices can save any one irom iat_ discomfort in winter unless exercise is . tu" frequent and earnest enough to moke , n heavy clothing discomforting for a few ; yjJ minutes. for i the The circular issued by Governor j dy, Geary, of Minnesota, to the trustees and ] n? superintendents of various institutions, < ree calling their attention to the danger j but from tire, and suggesting certain precau- | ose tions which might have prevented t .e ( all lamentable destruction of the asylum at ( tns, St Petei1, might well be reprirted by | ute the governors of other States. Hs states ] ect that care should be taken that stoves, the where used, aie 1 ft in proper condition i tbe at night, so that fire be not communi- j an cated therefrom. Kerosene lampsshou'd 1 jse not be left burning in rooms wnere in- there is no person on guard to provide | iple against possible injury therefrom. All ion water-tanks should be kept properly < jw, supplied and filled at night. The hose j lort oi which there should be a sufficient | lall quantity, should always be readily ac- ver cessible, and constantly in order for use. < ises Repairs needed in the apparatus for exare tinguishing fire should at all limes be ing promptly attended to in order lii t sucn : ; is apparatus may always be avail i'jL? if j ay, the necessity arises lor its use. He:* ho J are suggests that each officer and employee | ? r* onnftiol HllttT t r? fMUO nf O K V A 1 , in- uu <v ijpi/vxoii uukj iuvmcv v4??m4v , In breaking out, and that such officer or hcs employee be made to understand what lily that duty is. be zulTombstone Literature. A correspondent of the New York Sun, t a who has traveled considerably, says: de- In Sag Harbor (Long Island) I find a fac. stone at the head of the grave of a sailor i be w^0' the inscription explains, " died in oai port." Below is the following: For Rude Boruas' winds and Neptune's waves j js Have tossed mo to and lro; rith God's decree, you plainly see, j jn I'm harljored here below. >rc? It was the old-time practice here to in- teli how tha deceased person lost his uer life; hence I find in this cemetery scores the of graves with the inscription alter the names and dates: res gth j Killed by a whale' ; bey One stone says that the grave's o jcuiUn pant was "Shot by a gunn," and anl other man 1 find "died by lightning." * A handsome shaft stands in Sag Harbor ' cemetery erected to the memory of luw ? un.j L I ... i irp? sailors Kiiieu uy wuu.it:?. uu uuc aiuu ui lip the monument is ft cut representing a >imr ^hale striking a small boat with his l~? flukes and a number of sailors trying to escape. Out on Block Island I found this over a sea captain: ijn_ He's done a-catcliing cod And ^ono to meet his God. j in In New London, Conn., is a lot ;onAll taining five graves, those of a man and the his four wives. TLie women's form four sides of a sauare, and the man's is in the center, while the inscriptions arc as follows: riiy : ? My l- wifc- S: * ^ H ^ m : ? Our Husband, r : butt ^ 3 ; mve My ii. wife. 8*: ein? From a tombstone in the same county five I copied the following on a Blab over a lion, fat man: ring Beneath this monumental stone rom Lies hall a ton ot flesh and bone. A gravestone at Silver Like, Wash* ington county, N, Y., bears this test' ! m a mony: in of Eiizaboth MoFadden, wife ol David S Field, her Died Feh. 28, 1859, in her 47th rear. i are She never done a thing to displease her huseny: band. Jigt- A t Fairfax, Vt., over the remains of a lyin young man accidentally shot: 1 her O fatal gun, why was it him said That you should kill so dead ? her. Why didn't you go off a little higher ' And fire above hia head ? '^re- ^ _ A I'OET SPECUJi iTOR. Joaquin Miller Relates Ilia Experience 1 the Rew York Stock Market. Last spring I received a letter froi I the editor of the cliict London magazin asking me to write bim an article to b entitled "A Week in Wall Street." knew nothing of Wall street tlier I resolved, however, to oblige my lrlenc I went into Wall street at once to g( the desired information and experienc< This was six months ago. X have ju; not back. I have not yet written a lin of that article. But I have mater it enough to write a bigger book tha Macaulay's "History of England." know all I want to know about Wa street. And, if jou will pardon the di gression, I m:iy add that I am gettin bald-beaded. Finding but little interest in thi great maelstrom of excitement witliou taking part, I, under the advice of m; broker, bought a iittle Wabash, bought Wabash because it was the lirs stock on the list whieh I could distin guish from the mass of two hundrei names. And I come to remember it be cau3e I had been born on its banks, as i were. Indeed, on the very banks of tb Wabash river I have seen my father fur frtr rvirn in thfl finrinp ruvv tiiu ivi W4u ?M . <r_ 3 while my mother followed after, drop ping the corn in the furrow; while threi little boys toddled after, myself ol: th( number, and covered the grain that la: in the little squares of the mellow earth And so it was with a touch of tender ness that I bought Wabash, and becam< one o( the nager party holding on to th< tape, watching, waiting the turn of for tune's wheel. She did not betray me. My stock be. gan to move upward from the first It was not so dull now. How interest ing it all was! I called the click of th< " ticker " the pulse and heart-beat of tb( nation. If the .land was healthy and prosperous, the pulse beat hi?h and buoyant. If the land was threatened with death, sbort crops, or misfortune of any kind, the pulse was low, feverisli J.. 11 Tt- r~,on 1 ilrn o r%r?nm Or UU11? jLU V>no iiuu *M pwu<i I had now fin interest in the prosperity of the land beyond a sentiment ] was a part owner in the 100,000 miles oi railways in America. From that day forth 1 studied the geography of my country as never before. My little uptown room in the fourth story was lined with maps of American railways, In less than a week I could quote the opening or closing prices of hall the stocks on the list. How patiently I held on to the tape p.long with the other timid and hopeful iittlc lambs! We could exchange opinions, encourage each other, and luy great plans for the future. We became very confidential, our little knot around hat "ticker;" and when one of our set iost money he had our honest sympathy. They s wee pleasant days, these lirst, for stock went up steadily, and it seemed at last, when and where I had least expected it, I was to make a forMin<> without care or toil. I am per fectly certain that in those few weeks I grew to be a better man. At hist I closed out. I had in my hand more than ?10,000. 1 had not invested so many hundreds. What scribe had ever been so fortunate! Stocks stil[ advanced. It seemed as if they would never stop going up. I sat down and tried for days to decide what to do. Coolly, deliberately and after as much and as mature thought as I am capable of, I went hack to Wall street with my money. I had no use for $10 000. I hart great use for $50,000. I hug myself in satisfaction now to remember that I thought not so much of myselt as of my friends at this time. I could get on with that sum well. But away out on the great gold shore of the vast west sea I wanted to build a home- a city. I would gather lbout me the dear spirits of old. In some sweet spot where there were woods find cool waters, a warm sun and prolific soil, we would meet and build a city?a city of refuge?where every Bchemian might come and have a home, rest, peace, plenty, so long as he Dr she should live or care to stay- I sven dre w up a plan of my city, and framed a few brief laws for its govern ment I named it Utopia. On reluming to Wall street I chose three different brokers?one a "bull" house, one a "bear" house, and one a "conservative" house. By this time I hoped to get all sorts ol opinions. I got them. With my "bears" I sold St. Paul short. There was talk of rust, grassuoppers, rains, floods. St. Paul would tumble to the centcr. It had already advanced fr >m 186(J. I sold at sixty nine, seventy and seventy-one. With the "bulls" I bought Pacific Mail. No danger of grasshopers on Pacific Mail. No drought, no floo:l3 or rust. Pacific Mail had fallen from sixty-two, and would surely go back up to eighty. I bought Pacific Mail and s it down to wait for it to go up and St. Paul to go down. Tilings began to move my way. I began to work vigorously on the plans for my city. I had arranged to bring my dear old parents away from the far west wilds of Oregon, where they Imd dwelt for a quarter of a century. They had never seen the great city. Now they should see it, hear the mighty preachers and sail on the Atlantic. How life widened out! t hwl an in terest now in every ship tliat sailed. The flow of money to or from the land was to me of vital concern All commerce was as rich with interest to me now as the poetry of Homer. At ten o'clock sharp I found myself holding o.i to the ti\pe, waiting to see if 1 had grown richer or poorer through the night. All day, till the hammer fell, I stood with my finger on the pulse of commerce. Haw T nnmn rmf.p ( f Vlfpll I was short of St. Paul and long of Pacific Mail. I expected Pacilic Mail to go up and St. Paul to go down. They ditl, and I had $21,000. Bat that was not enough to build a city with. I held on. One day it was rumored that the rust was not so bad in St. Paul alter all. It began to startup! Pacific Mail began to si oot down. It was said the Chinese had started an opposition line. I tell you it takes a big man to sit on two benches at a time. Ten to one he will spill himself between the two just as sure as he attempts it. I sold some St. Paul, and bought more Pacific Mail; but all to no purpose Then I got out of Pacific Mail at the lowest figure it touched, and bought Wabash. I began to flounder, and got frightened. I sold an-1 bought, and bought and sold. I frequently saw in the papers that I was getting rich in Wa.ll street, and kept on working like a b'?aver. The end was only a questior of time One day my broker took me by th< sleeve and led me like a iamb, a3 I was aside. Mv fun was oyer. And Utoph is indeed Utopia. No one witli so little money ever entered Wall street under better advan tages. All men were kind and good. . think no man there ever attempted t< mislead me. But it is simply impossible to make money there, and keep it. Le me mention here that during my si: months there I paid my brokers in com missions $11,425. These commission alone will devour any possible profits Of course, it is not a very pleasan thing to admit one's self beaten. But i this brief history of my venture in thi dangerous land will diminish at all thi tired and anxious army of tape-holder who waste their shekels, their days an their strength in vain waiting, why, willingly bear the reproach. And, after all, I lost bat little, havin but little to Jos". And I learned f much, having so much to ler.rn.?Cal\ fornian. ^A IJigator^s nests resemble haycDokf FOB THE FUR SliX. 11 Worth iu H1b " Studio." Drrss with Mr. Worth is a fine ar n worthy of calling into exercise tl ic highest human faculties. He knoy >e everybody and seems to be an acul I judge of character. He is a great ii i. ventor, and even at his dinner table I. sheet of paper is often by his side, an it on it he draws designs for new coi J. turaes calculated to fill the sex wit ?i envy. his lavorites are me America e ladies find they are his best customer tl For them he exerts all his talents, n When a lady goes to be posed for I costume, she stands on a pedestal an II he caits his eyes over the work thi i- others have produced after his direc !? tions, and tries the effect of pinning tt trimmine here and there, until I s strikes something litted to the lady t own particular style. He then stand V off lookina at his work, resuming tb I pinning an'? unpinning again?like t sculptor engaged in putting the finishin - touchcs to a statue. 1 "This dres" should be taken in hei - and let out there," said a rash Amer: t can lady once to Mr. Worth, who ws e graciously pleased to supirintend tb momentous operation of trying or , "Madam," said he, "I am obliged ti - you for your advice, and your idea b shall be carried out." And so the 2 were, but she never saw Mr. Wort f again. One must not dictate to the die tator. Weirs and Notes for Women, * xue nussinn czarevna, iue sister t Alexander, hearing that the officer " under Skobeloff were suflering for wan of warm leather jackets to keep off th penetrating night winds and frosts * ordered a hundred of these jackets fron * a St. Petersburg tailor, and quickly sen " them off to the officers, " with the czar 5 evna's best wishes." I The little Princess Paulina, of Hoi , land, was taken to church recently fo ; her baptism in a carriage drawn by sh ' horses. She was received at the doo by the ecclesiastical authorities, an< carried up the aisle to the young queen her mother, who herself acted as god r mother. Mrs. Ellen Foster, of Iowa, is a part ner with her husband, at whose urgency she studied law, in the law firm of Fos ter & Foster. She has practiced befon the supreme court, find although at firs' strongly opposed to public sneaking b] women, has become a brilliant anc powerful speaker. Her father was t clergyman, and she has a happy family A man has been granted a divorci from his wile, at Indianapolis, on proo of general neglect of household duties. Miss Elvira Crabb, of Troy, N. Y aged eighty, has been teaching schoo for the last twenty-tive years, and ii still at it. There is a young mother in Portland Oregon, whose age is but twelve, weigh: eighty-five, yet her infant son weighec nine pounds at its birtQ. Lady huntresses have been very num erous m the French provinces this year They wear a semi-masculine garb o wide black trousers, reaching below th< knee, where they are met by high buckskin boots. The jacket is thrown oper to show the waistcoat and the felt hat it caught up on one side. Fur Seta. Sets of fur will be more W9rn thar they have been for several winters, ai they are needed to complete many ol the fashionable velvet and cloth cloaks, The boa has been superseded by largei and mors comfortable collars and caDed. The small round collar, the medium large Eugenie collar cut ofl square across the front, yet long enough to" cover the cheat, the long narrow echarpe, or scarf collar, the shorter vietorine, and the lartje stylish pelerine, covering the shoulders nearly to the waist, like r. coachman's cape, are the various styies seen in new fur sets, With many of these, wide square cuffs are worn that are merely wide borders of fur, not shaped, and drawn in at the wrists with elastic, like those formerly worn. The mulls remain very small, and, indeed, are smaller than those of any previous winter, though a preference for larger muffs is noted in Europe. TU. ~ ,4 nvno mnnt". Tin 1. II (J IUUUU UIUU VYibliUUb viu?n.~~v, less it be a border of another kind of fur, is sold by furriers instead of the flat bagshaped muffs that modistes make of velvet, feathers, flowers and lac?. Pelerine cape.s are perhaps the most fashionable small piece of fur, and arc particularly stvlish in black fox furs or in beaver. The black fox pelerines cost $45 to $50. Pelerines of monkeyskins, and of the black hare, a thick, lustrous fur, cost only $5 to $10, while a pretty little muff to match is from $1 to $0. The natural brown beaver pelerines at $25 to $40, and the colored plucked beavers, are ver^ handsome. These close round capes are a boon to delicate women, as they cover the chest and shoulder blades, the parts that need most protection, as comfortably as the heavy fur cloaks do, yet are not so weighty to c.irry. The Grecian lynx, a long light gray fur, is dressy, warm and inexpensive for fur collars and muffs. The lynx bleaute, a long fine fleece in gray shades, is liked because of the depth of the fur, and at the same time its iight weight. Sealskin sets are very little used, and the same is true of the frail silver fox fur se.'s. Young ladies and misses like the leopard sets with yellow ground marked with brown spots; the leopard pelerines cost $20 and upward, while smaller collars tUat are more popular in this fur are $7 to $15. Fawn skins are also made up for young ladies, and sets cf hair seal prettily marked in gray and black shades are considered youthful-looking and stylish; they wear well, and are $16 to $20 a set. Above all others, however, the fail ycung girl prefers a collar, square cuff: and small muff of Aricachinctiilia. Thi smallest chinchilla collar* cost $3 and upward, while larger shapes are from $35 to $6!); cuffs begin as low as $10, and mull's at $12. Ladies dressing ic >1 ;n rr nhnnjp hlnolr fnY or hlftP.t hair sets. The tiger cat, the badger, white or brown vicuna, 'coon skins, black marten and many other furs an shown in similar sets .?Harper's Bazar, Progress in American Telegraphy. The annual report of the president o ; the Western Union Telegraph company i furnishes many figures of interest t< . others than the stockholders of the com i Dany. The latter, however, appear ti. i have no reason to complain, the ne ! profit of the company for the year foot i ing up ever ?5,000,000, the c.spital stocl of the company being about $41,000,000 5 The net profits for the fourteen year , fr,)m 1866 to 1880 exceed $45,000,000 i The telegraph business of the year i represented by 29,215.509 messages, $12, - 782,894.53 receipts, $6,948,956.74 ex - penses, nnd $5,833,937.79 profits. Th I company has in operation 85,64 j miles of line, 233,534 miles o e wire, and occupies 9,077 offices t The new offices established am t equipped during the year number 543 The number of messages sent was ove s 4,000,000 more than tho year before i. The increase in mileage of wire was 23, t 000 miles; the incrca9e in miles of pol f lines was 2,658. The ratio of expense s was 54 3-10 per cent, of the receipt! ,t against expenses of 56 2-10 per cent, tb s previous year, and 63 9-10 per cent, tb d year preceding that, and the cost p? I message reduced to the average < 22 3-10 cents, against 23 1-10 cents tb g previous year, 25 cents the year precet o ing that, and 29 8 10 cents tho year enf i- ing in 1877. FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD gettiug Ont Fruit Tree*. t, Setting out fruit trees or transplanting ie tliem to the place where they are in rs tended to remain to bear their fruit is i mrre lirinrvrtnnf nioonnf "OJi rlr t.hfin mnsl LC ***'./* V, *4?pwi i- people suppose. It is very importanl a for the reason that the health, futun td growth, development and bearing qual3. lty of the tree depend largely upon the ,h manner in which it is set out. We al ,n ways find some certain trees in our or s. chards that bear remarkably fine crops of fruil, producing more profit than anj a other farm crop from an area of the same d extent. They are of the same varieties it as others growiHg near by and the soil is ?- very much the same. The cause for this ie is in the way the trees were set, includie ing the preparation of ground, 's We will mention some of the require Is ments in setting out young fruit trees Le that are necessary to insure good suea cess. g The soil must bed rained either naturally or otherwise, for no fruit tree car e grow and produce good fruit where i- water is permitted to settle and remain is for a long time among the roots, ie The soil should be brought into good i. condition before the trees are set, for nc o time in the life of a tree is a good soil $ well prepared so important as when it is y newly set, after being wrenched from ite h original footing with roots mangled and PYi-insnd. Tn fcakinc un the trees as laree a proportion of roots should be retained as practicable, for, in proportion to the ,f roots, the top must be cut back. Ala ways proportion these to the quantity of t roots, giving advantage to the latter if e either, for remember that the branch (| growth is limited solely in the extent of i the roots. If too large a proportion of t top is left on for the capacity of the - roots the evaporation will not be kept ud from the roots and!the tree will die. This is frequently the cause of failure. ' Therefore prune close aud give th ? roots a good advantage. Set the tree at the same depth it was j before it had been transplanted, which may be found by the appearance of the ' bark. Another important element to success in tree planting is in selecting small - trees. A small tree will bear trans' planting much better than a large one, for the proportion of root is greater, and ! as there is less old wood to nourish new t growth will be produced the quicker. 7 Tn piitt.ina hank leave onlv such limbs 1 as are needed to make the main division i of the tree, remembering that you are giving diiection to the future tree. In i selecting trees choose only the best, t those that are small, straight and sound, not having received injuries from budding. When the young tree is ready for [ its place, straighten out its roots and cover them with fine toil. Pack the eoil firmly about the roots, being careful ? not to bruise them. This is an~importt int part of the planting. It is hardly I possible to press the soil too much, and imloao it io n.-pqsprf firmlvnver and about the roots the tree will suffer irom drouth. For this reason we prefer settin; treps in the fall, for by the coming spring the ' soil will have been firmly settled about 3 the root3 by the many heavy rains pre' valent during the intervening seasons. 1 All trees except those set in a sheltered 5 locality should be carefully staked to keep them in good shape, and those exposed to injuries from stock should be well protected. i ) Storing Turiilui f Of all the roots perhaps the turnip is ^ the most impatient of heat. It starts to I grow on the slightest provocation. In , a cellar of not over forty degrees, one may find it growing freely, after an inJ carceration of but a few* weeks. It is r growth which is the great enemy of . preservntion, and it is Heat which excites growth. There is a na'ural heat ! in roots when put in a heap?a little > heat from one root and a little more from another soon makes a pretty high [ degree; out in the open field this is cari ried off by the open air about the pile, i Hence, under cover of near protection, ^ this natural heat is not carried off. It accumulates, the roots sprout, and - thus give off more heat, and it all soon becomes a regular turnip stew. The turnip, indeed, does not mind a little . frost. If they were put in small lots in stalls, where the frost could get at them, and covered with straw to prevent rapid thawing, they would keep better than ii covered with earth, which rather serves, as we have seen, to collect the , heat and boil the roots. As to how best to keep turnips, that will of course de5 ? ' AAMnAm'nnnaa PCDQ OD eacii ptrauu a kuuvcuiwbvg. But il each one keeps in view the fa;t that heat is more likely to injure than cold?and a very low figure at that?he wiil readily find out when he looks about what is the best way ior him to preserve them.?German tcwn TeUyraph j Ilouiehold Hints. There is no remedy so effectual for the Erevention of moths as the seed of the ittor apple. It these are placed among 1 articles which are liable to this great evil they will never make their destrucI tive approaches. Two parts quicklime, ttvee parts soot ! and one part coarse refuse salts, used as a top .iressing, is said to be destruction to the cut worm. Rjfuse salt alone, at the rate of 500 pounds to the acre, in the , fall, will destroy the worm. i Flour is like butter, it absorbs smells readily. It should not be kept in a place where there are onions, fi3h. vegetables, ! decaying or other odorous substances nor in a damp room or cellar. Keep it in ; a cool, dry, airy room, where not exr posed to a freezing temperature, nor to ! one above seventy degrees, and always ! sift before using. ; In paring potatoes or apples, we are . apt to cut our thumbs, more or less, not ; deeply enough to render the place sore, i and duh-washing, sewing, etc., are un1 comfortable for several days afterward. 1 Pinning a little strip of muslin around ' the thumb when beginning ttie paring, . will cost nothing and entirely protect ' the thumb. , Health BfnU. ! Oil of cinnamon dropped on warts three or four times a day will cause their disappearance, however hard, large or dense they may be. The application gives no pain. We have known extreme cases of f headachc cured in half an hour by tak? ing a teaspoonful of finely-powdered ) charcoal in half a tumbler of water, it - is an innocent yet powerful alkali. 5 T ) cure felons take common rocs 1 salt, dry it in an (oven, then pound it - fine ana mix with spirits of turpentine c in equal parts; put it on a rag, wrap it around the part affected; as it gets dry 3 put on more, and in twenty four houre the felon is killed. 8 To allay crawling of the iUsh or nervousness put a t'aspoonful of bi" carbonate of soda?ordinary cooking 5 soda?in one quart of water. Bathe the , entire person. 1 Farm and Garden lVotea. [: I teavy fowls sometimes receive severe i Injuries in trying to fly down from high perches. , That farmer who has to buy two or "m three times more tools than his neighe bor, because he does net take care oi ia them, will not find much profit in farm?, tog;e Plaster scattered over floors of the i<f chicken house is a powerful absorbent, ir preventing the smell which arises from >f the droppings. Among the causes which product - orittle hoofs in horses and cattle, th( I" National Live Stocky Journal mention: the frequent standing in rotten dunj; heapsor in p^ols ol decomposing iiquk - J lltitt&klrnra t M iJ&tt . little bay on the sawdust until the hens get accustomed to it; also sulphur, to prevent vermin. 1 , A butter-maker says when he gets ^ . caught with soft butter he uses three r t times the usual amount of sale, and sets c t the butter away in a cold place until t I the next morning. Then he works it a t little in the tray, and keeps it as cold as s ! possible; repeats this three 01 four t j mornings, and the salt is found to have 1 done its work, the butter coming out all M right. * 1 A correspondent of the Sural N<w j [ Yorker says that a simple remedy for j ! warts on animals is the annlication of :[ ' muriatic acid. Small warts can be g 1 safely cut from a cow's udder and killed ^ 1 by a drop of muriatic acid applied with jj ' the point of a small stick. He hsfi also ? removed fiat warts the size of a twenty- u five-cent piece from the inside of a f( J horse's leg by carefully scraping off the n ' top and applying muriatic acid in the t( same way. ri [ Four jute bran sacks sewed together ti , will make a horse blanket that is not too p . warm nor too expensive for nightly use h in the barn. They are sufficiently porous e i to allow a wet horse to dry off in the ( ( stable, and yet are a considerable pro- p [ tection from cold currents of air. ft i If formers before they send their grass b i hogs to market would feethem a tew a weens on uuro, i>uuy uuuiu auuu uiuuu i ? i better pork, for which they would ob- t tain much better prices. o Never work with dull tools; they rc- ^ quire too great an outlay of strength. ? The best mower we ever saw was a man .' who weighed ninety-five pounds, but j! the secret of his success was a keen edge. ? An inquiry has been made about the t| portion 01 saltpeter and water to be used ^ in forming a mixture for the destruction 0] of squash bugs and other insects. It is e a teaspoonfuT to a gallon of water, or a ^ tablespoonful to a common pailful of a( water. 1 .? Recipes. jfl Lemon Sauce .?One cupful of boiling at water, one of sugar, one U? blespoonful or ci flour and a lemon. 'Mix the flour Q I smoothly with a little cold water, and M stir into the boiling water; add ti< I the sugar and the juice and thin rind of- is the lemon; boil gently lor twenty min* a< utes. This sauce is nice for any kind of tb pudding. Vb Cocoanut Halls.?One-half cupful te of butter, one cupful sugar, one-half b? cupful sweet milk, two cupful flour, two teaspoonfuls baking powder, salt, three eggs?the white- of two taken out for icing. Frosting: Whites of two eggs beaten tea stiff froth with egg-beater; f, then, a teaspoonful at a time, add t wenty jr teaspoonfuls powdered sugar, stirring it in with a knile; bake cake in jelly-cake j" tins. Spread each cake with icing, and sprinkle each evenly and thickly with . dessicated cocoanut. ^ PnTTF.n Rkev .?Take about seven or Li eight pounds of beef and half a pound cf n: fat; add p?pper, salt, ginger and mace; cc put into a stone jar with half a pint ot v< cold water; stand the jar in a deep stew- te pan of boiling water, to boil slowly for ci eight hours, taking care that the water h< does not reach to the top of the jar; when it id done take it out and mince it t? fine; when it is smooth and like paste ai mix in some of the gravy and some fat; hi press into the pots and pour on top clari- in fied or melted fat; tie it down tightly tl and keep it in a cool place. b< A pple Fritters Make a batter, not very stiff, with one quart of milk, three &1 eggs, and flour to bring it to a right consistence; pare and core a dozen ap- jj1 pies, and chop them to about the size of small peas, and mix them well in the batter; fry them in lard, as you would doughnuts; sprinkle powdered sugar ll1 over them. c fo w. How the United States Supreme Court th Is Opened. lei To begin with, there is a degree of dignity and stately bearing about the 8 . court and its members which permeates w even to the most humble attache. There is a quiet in the court-room which recalls the Sabbath of the Coven- Lo anters. When one enters, the involuntary feeling comes on that the room is set aside only for the contemplation of the sober side of life, and woe to liim w< who jibes or jokes in the presence of the co court. The court is opened about this N< fashion. At twelve o'clock (noon) the tic justices come in from the consulting mi room and take their seats on the bench; co Away to the left; of the chamber is seen N< a youthful officer, whose business is to an catch the first glimpse of the advancing pr judges Then comes three raps with a tic ponderous gavel by the same officer, lui This is meant as a signal for the audience th to rise. Then, with the chief justice in in advance, the judges enter from t<i e right as of the chamber. To the rear of the jus- tic tices' seats is an aisle. In the center is li< an arched entrance for the chief justice, th Through this aisle the jadges file and he take position on the right and left, ha None enter until the chief justice emerges from the center entrance. After all have filed in, the chief justice makes a graceful obeisance to the standing audience. Then the justices j ? A qI-maIfo rtf fho (vannl 4a TY1 iHfl I . BCOWj U OblWAC Ui buw i*J '- -*? . and the audience seats itself. The oppn- 71 ing of the court fall? udou a voutnful J officer. It is after the old English form. " " Oh, yea; oh, yea," etc., and concludes LL with the words, " God bless this honor- J,' able supreme court." The court i3 now J ready lor business. Alltheju tices are j??, clad in black silk gowns with an ec- ij clesiastical cut. fn the dispatch of j" business the chief justice is quite ex- ? peditious. He is always ready with a reply to a question, and eminently satis- j~ factory. The justices on th<! bench j* assume different attitudes. Justice Miller sinks down low in the chair, and ? but little can be seen of him but the top " of his head; so also does Justice Brad- if! ley. The chief justice sits erect mo3t of ? the time when not hearing an argument, busy in consulting the calender. Judge ? Harlan is the most striking in appear- g ance of any of the judges. He is tall, well built and sits erect.? Washington Star. Old-Time Spelling. in Here is a letter four hundred and two " years old, written by a boy in Eton Bi college, to his grown-up brother, asking ai for some money, a pair of shirts and Sc slippers, a jacket, and some clott to sa make two pairs of stockings. Our lii readers will be curious to see how a m schoolboy spelt and composed English tt before Columbus discovered America: cc "Right reverent and Worchepful " brodyr?I recomrunde me onto you, a< " if 1 fh desyrynge to Here 01 yowre weimrc ?uu ?.?. prosperitc; letynge you wete that I have ei resevyd of Alwedyr a lettyr, and a U nobyll in gowide therein. Ferthermore, b; my creausyr (creditor) Mayster Thomas, v heretely recomandyd him to yow, and tl he prapthe yaw to send him some money tl lor my commons; for he seythe ye be ei xxii s. ('<22 shillings) in hys dette, for a monthe was the pay for when lie had mony last. " Also I beeseche you to sende me a ^ hose clothe, one for the haladaya of ? sum colore, and anothyr for the work- ? yung days, how corse soever it be it A maketh no matyr; and a stomechere and i ii schyrtes, and a peyer of sclyppers. f ' And if it lyke yow that I may come : with Alwedyr be watyr, and sporte me \ with yow in London a day or ii thys J , terme tyme, then ye may let all thysj^al tyl thyme that I come and then tell yow when I shall be redy from Eton, by the grace of have yow in Hys keepyng^HEH^|^M " W retyn the Saturday 1 Holcwn Day with 5 "Nov. 3, Snagpolb'd Explanation. s|| A let'.er, too lengthy for publicationip.3 been received from Mr. Snaepolo ,fl& vliicb,-it must bo admitted, places tho^^Bj ecent Snnepole imbroglio in a toUill} *& lifforent light. It may be well for the S? ublic to suspend its opinion until the w> l acts of the case are fully set before tbe?- WJ vhich Mr. Snagpole promises speedily tH 0 do in the form of a pamphlet. The . nsinuation that Mr. Snagpole was gun- Wl ing for chickens that night he treats -ml rith the contempt it deserves. - The iwB ight was a bright moonlight one, and? Ir. Snagpole asks any thoughtful man "'M f a sane person would go chicken buntr og on a bright night Besides Mi1. %j; inagpole assures his traducers that no . tonest man goes gunning after chickens iW 1 a city. Far otherwise. He stupefies lie fowl by placing burning sulphur" .;j nder its beak and puts it into a bag be-. ' if aam nffan a oin rrlo annpflt Tf, VAft jltz iu i>au ubbct at oiut^iv u\juw?**? ?v <1 ot a gun Mr. Snagpole had when he enired thl alley but a telescope. He had J ' ead in the papers that now was the ime to see Jupiter and its moons. The ; eculiar situation of Mr. Snaspolc's ouse will be at once understood by ref- ? rence to the accompanying diagram. (\ We regret that lack of spaco-? if revents the insertion of the map.). Cr. Snagpole crept do wn the alley with ;.? lis telescope, not in a sneaking manner, A s J. E K. Quibbles said in his \estiiony, but quietly, so as not to atoatie^' * ~A lie neighbor's dog. Jupiter wjtf .iast' ? ver the southwest corner o? Mf. I (nibble's house, and as Mr. Snagpote * ? ested the telescope on the back of Mr.... "g. Quibble's fence and sighted the planet* ; is Lardly to oe wondered at that J. * '3 !. K., from his bedroom window, mis- " ,... j >ok the action. Mr. Snagpole wishcg j ie public to distinctly understand that J| e does not cast the slightest reflection . " i a Mr. Quibbles, who is well known and jjJ steemed in this city, but he thinks it '* rould have been better if he had not * 3ted quite so precipitously. Of course, swift fliirhtof the trulv aimed boot ck from the upstairs window, the . \ .unnifig of Snagpole and his daring * ipture by three policemen, assisted by. nibbles and his hired man,and the night[r. Snagpole spent in he Central star '."i on, are"matters with which the public already familiar. We deem it but an:t of justice to Mr. Snagpole to give ie gist of his letter, and to refer 'all ose more deeply interested in the matr> r to the pamphlet which is shortly to i issued.?Detroit Free Press. , Wax In the Eat. This is regularly secreted, to protect e delicate mechanism from dust and sects, and to keep it supple. It should ';i >t, ordinarily, be cleaned out. .'A jalthy ear takes care of itself. But certain diseased conditions of the ternal ear cause the wax to harden-< id accumulate, giving rise to serious ftin symptom^. Among these are fees in the eaqjkRrhich sometimes b& im; convertearlnto seeminily jjealrices, and lead to hallucinations and U mpta'.ions to suicide. A skilled physian can remove the hardened wax?and . 3 alone can determine its existence. Untaught obildren sometimes put into leir ears beans, and other small bodies, * . ound which the wax gathers andirdens. A little boy pushed beans to both ears. One was removed, but le other remained, toe parents not jing aware that there wero two. Dorg the yocuuu man's college course, . . rain disease Enveloped, and he was reed to abandon his studies and bstake mselfto farming. Subsequently the ;an, surrounded with wax, was reoved, and the symptoms in the main sappeared, but the man's prospects for e were ruined. A lawyer, fifty- our years of age, was rccd to abandon his profession, as it . an imnn<wihifi fo?him to hear either e judge or the witnesses. He was, at agtb, however, able to return to. it, fcer the real cause of the difficulty was raised, and the wax was removed ith warm water irejections. ist $i,500 Because He Didu't Bead the Newspapers. y A. man named Demarest, from Englex>d, N. J , had $4 5)0 0f Haekensack mmission bonds which were due on ivember 1. The commission gave no:e through the papers that those bonds list be presented at the bank of Bergen . unty for red mption on the first ot >vember. They were not present, d after the bank failed the bonds were esented to the commission for redempm. The clerk of the commission resed to take them, becausc he claimed e commission had the money for them the bank when due. The holder was' ked whether he had not seen the no a Jn thu nanera caliinif for the bonds. p replied|in the negative, on the ground at "he didn't ta.<e any papers." If had read the paper carefully he would ,ve saved his $4,500. "Sit" an* "Set." Many of the agricultural journals are rely troubled to know whether a hen ;s or ei ts. If some editor bf dignity juld set a ben- od the nest, ana ttiu itors would let her sit, it would be ell for the world. Now a man, or omin either, can 3 t a hen, although ey cannot sit her; neither can they t on her, although the old hen might t on them by the hour if they woiiid low. A man cannot set on the wash- nch; but*he could set the basin on it, id neither the basin nor the gramarians would object. He could sit on dog's tail if the dog were willing, or ! might set his foot on it. But if he ould set on the aforesaid tail, or sit s foot there, the grammarian as well the dog would howl. And yet, range as itraaay seem, the man might t the tail aside and then sit down, and ither be assailed by the do._ or the a^jimarian,?Chrutiati World. Three Cheers and a " Tiger." The Christian Union gives the followg as the origin of the expression ?hrop f>hper* andatieer:" In 1822the jston Light Infantry visited Salem, id while encamped in Washington luare indulged in'some camp sports. ,id one to another who had become a ;tle too rough: "Oh, you tiger!" Im. diately it became a catch-word. On e way home a comical genius in the rps sang it to a Scotch air. The word tiger" induced them to imitate the :tions and " growl" of the animal and. 6 latter became a superlative at the d ol any demonstration or cheering, pon their visit to New York (which, j the way, was the first instance of siting regiments between States, 1825) ieir three "cheers and a 44 tiger " took ie city by storm and has been popular rev since. Up to 1845 the presidental ere held at different as States, extending two or three ear a unitorm^|^^Hy^^^H^HIH 'uesday rovemben^H^H^HH^r^nHB^n >cal