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ABBEVILLE PRESS & BANNER.! 4-si r^W ______ . *' :'"';::'jj BY HUGH WILSON AND H. T. WARDLAW. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1881. NO. 32. VOLUME XXV. ^ | Forgetluliiess. In the toil ot the day, in the drrarna ot th< nL;ht, In th*; colden glow when the sun goes down !n tie moraing sunbeams shining bright, One thought like h phantom lollows me And over the lace of the cold, gray let 1'lic rustling leaflets, sere and brown. Whisper a story ol sad regret, .A nd murmur softly, " Forget, lorget." Kor the crosses that come in this work-a-day world Cast a shadow dmk o'er tho lives ot all, And we sooner win that crown empearled, When we bravely bid our sorrows go, .Checking the hot tears' ceaseless flow Cheering so.xe heart that scores to tail )i those who smile should frown and fret, heart ot ours could aev?r forget. And 'tis wroi.g in this iile, which is short at the best, To be grieving here, when there's work to do; For the soul that lives in the land of rest is happier there thrji here in lile, And knows that lor ns in the world', great stiife ' l is better lar it tbe tears are lew, A ml wo know each night, when the sun has set, '1 'tore is one day less that we need forget. ?Boston Transcript. A PAIR OF SLIPPERS. A tall young man ran hastily down t he steps ot a hsndsome house in Thirty;.?event'i street, and went quickiy toward .Broadway. The sun was shining upon :a diamond network which glittered upon every branch and withered vine, * ;tnd was reflected from the dazzling . 01 ice- xnere was a vexed, pained look upon his handsome face, and bis steps were-recbless. b3cause his heart was inpatient and sore. "Beautiiul as ever," he muttered to laajje'f, "and colder than ever. There she sat with her friends, exquisitely dressed, quiet, and a3 unmoved by my presence as if 1 una not been away for live days, writing to her by every mail, hungering for a sight ot her. I used to think this calmness was the perfection ot-high breeding; tow I know it for v the sign of a col j heart and absent mind. Not even to come for a moment into tbe library, when 1 gave her sucb a capital pretext! Tbfre I stood like a fool for a quarter o? an hour, turning over the books, a'jd. thinking every mimtteshe would -oome. Ab, we'),1' he sighed, "it is my doom to love l:erar.d to marry her; 'now how to thaw the ice will be tbr, next question. Here come my pretty r.eiglibor, with the bright cordial smik It does one good to meet! I should think such a bit of sunshine would have * imelted Fred Boone's stiffness by this time, if, as people sav, they are engaged. But he looks us much a ramrod as ever. Good morning, Miss?' Here, to his aud hi r intense surprise, he sat down on t the pavement at her feet. The careless foot bad slipped upon the treacherous ice, and his downfall was complete. A quick tide of changing expressions ?hrrr cr>1vp? rivr-r T}rv3?mnnr' Vttce's bright face. First fun, then con aternatinn, brightened and softened ir herliaz-^1 eyesfbut her moulh remained preternaturall? grave. Instead o: y scrambling up again, he sat quite still and looked at her comically. " Please laugh," he said; "I kno'R you are dying to." A so:l, mirthful peal ring from hei preitv lips, and she ex< .nuued: " Oh Mr. liiount, do get up. I am quite unusea fiaye gentlemen prostrate them POiv^-s before me, and it i3 embarrassing though coruiumemary." Then, as h< tried tosise, her face changed to pity *' You have hurt yourself?where 1 tf.v-rf you broken any bones ?" ' A lew,1' he answered, with a smil* nnd a writhe; " but I have a good man} lett, thank you. No, it is a wrench oi sprain ot some sort. It will pass awa] in a moment;" and be turned very pali a3 he rose a:.d felt the full force of th< twist he bad given himself. " W hat can I do for you ?" asked Rosa moDd . " We.are very near ycur Douse Do you thiDk you can wak, or is ther< anybouy I con call!" And s! e lookec round i lie de?erted;street, where even thi pojiceman was missing, true to tb spirit ot the old conundrum: "What i: invisible blue ? A policeman when hi is wanted." " If I could persuade this lamp-po9t U " come, too, I s-houla get along very well,1 te answered, trying to liugh; "but don't quite fee my way to letting it go.' "Lean upon me," said Rosamond with an earnest, blushing face. " will help you, and the distance is reall; r short." " I could not think of it, Miss Vane, Le replied. '' But it you would take m nrm, perhaps I might steady myself sc 1 shall teel all right in a minute " So Rossmond put her hand well in h: arm, and pressed it tirmly and closely i they moved slowly on. A lover-lil attitude it rcemeu to .1 aisunguisiiec t looking young man who, approachim ey<d tbv'm curiously; then his lace gre white as Mi^s Vane's grew rosy, and si exclaimed, quite loud enough, as si thought, for him to hear: " Oh, here Mr. Boone: he will help you much be ter than I.'" But even as she spoke he had rais< lii* hat in a slift silence and passed o Rosamond stood quite still for n oiuent in her bewilderment, and t ter.rs welled into her eyes. "Did he not recognize me?"sheaske pitfousjy. "Ob, yes, I think so." answered Phil UK uiit. " Mr. I'oone wai perhaps ir hurry? some appointment." And looke i at her witii kind ) i'.v in his ej ras the varjing color and changing e pres.-ion betrayed her emotions o! si piise, t ain and finally quiet displeasu: oi.? ..I.!/) nritliiri.-r mfirp hnwrpr. Pf pT UUO oaiu uwu.Mi, ? ?. hap? this was not the first blow that L trust had received during her thi I f months' engagement. J Only a lf;w Steps more, and his labor . breath and white face told of so mu suffering that she was glad to find th destination c ose at hand. "Now sit on this step a momen m:o snid, and ran lightly up to ring t b.-ll and call the servant to his maste aid. " 1 hope ycu will feel better vt j-o ii," she said, earnestly, as she hi cul h?>r hand lor good-bye. "And \ou, my kind neighbor, I he I hr.va done you no hnrm in any wa; ?v.=twov-'>/1 in tli/i cumo trvnii iic OUOnViVM, ?? HIV BMUiV An t she said, pressing ber lips I get her very firmly after she hadspoki r~ ' No. you ha7e done nk no harm in a ' way/' Several days passed, and Rosamc saw neither of the two men who I played so prominent a part in her mo: ing walk. She had sent to inquire alter I Blount?willi her mother's complime ?and had liarned that ho had not b k able to leave Lis room, but a sltort i would probably n_ake him all right. Arul " 1 most disappointed was 8 when a beautiful basket of roses cami her, to read on the eard his name. I stead of finding in it a tardy but aceer ble token of penitence from her own sent lover. Still the days passed on. i she bided her time*, displeased, thouc ful, yet ready with a true woman's lit to listen to excuses?ro?dy to be oa " _ propitiated. But absence and silc still reigned. At last he came. She met him in parlor, as grave as he, ?nd shook ha in as unmoved a way as if they v, ordinary acquaintances. ' I have io ask an explanation,r said, stiffly, as he sat down at a li dist.-in-: e. and looked coldly at her. "And i lo have to ask !sr ox plana of your conduct," said Rosam< quietly. ' I suppose you lefer to my abs< I i.o 'fist ten days?" be replied. " I! 31 have been t.ui c' town.'' : ''Indeed! I was not aware of it," she i said. " Formerly you thought n worth | ' ! while to tell mo your movements, to j write to mc when ^cu were away. All . that is over now. it v;ouId seem, and you I i are changed; consequently you cannot i complain if 1 too am changed." "This is not at all the r;ght way to j i look at the matter." he answered, lof'.ily. ' I left town because 1 did not wish to \ . see you for the present. I did not write, ; because I wished to mark my displeasure j at your conduct. I require of you now : j to explain why you suffered yourself to ! walk in broad daylight leaning upon j another man's arm, not even quitting ! your bold when you saw me?quite careless not only ef public opinion, but | of mine." He ceased, and sat very stiffly upright, I ! trifh )iia nlilrt in !?/? n'v : Rosamond looked at him thoushtfully j for a moment, and when she spofce her I voice was very quiet and low. 1 i " Fred," she said, " I do not wi3h any 1 j fencing or playing about the true issue j of this question. I might, indeed, com- j plain not only of your absence and your ! silence, and your daring to approach j me row, demanding an explanation in j so decided a tone. I too miuht request j vou to explain several things. I might i ask how you could allow your:elf to j treat with such disrespect the woman .1 you have chosen to be your wife, and have professed to love; I might ask how you, as a gentleman, could have met me that morning, trying with my ciri's !1 strength to support and help a poor man :' who had fallen in the street, and was ! 1 faint with pain, and not only pass with- < out offering assistance, but without even j1 a word, a look " " It was Phil Blount," stammered { Mr. Hoone. " How should I know he } had hurt himself?-' _ , -"How should you know, indeed P * Tw it WM PMljp Bin"-*"' it had been any otner man?a stranger, a i beggar?I should have tried to help him as best I might. Perhaps in that I case you wouldn't even have vouchsafed < , to bow to me." "I certainly don't see,'_ be replied, ; superciliously, " any necessity for youns; ,: . ladies to support betrizars in the street. ; j . But if Phil Blount had hurt himself, the j case is different; I accept the explana-i: , tion," Hu evidently prepared to unbend, but i 1 she moved closer into the corner of her ; sofa, and said: " No, Fred, the case is j < | not different. I am the one to whom explanation and apology are due, and i apparently you have none to give. But j hs I said beiore, let us have no fencing, j ' I .im not speaking in antrer, but in in- | tense conviction. Could I be so treated ! before marriage by a man, without hav- ! , ing full time during his absence and i ' silence to think what his real disport on , , must be, what his professed love must! [ amount to, what sort of married life I j , must expect to lead with him? And I I | have thought of it all, with pain and re- ' gret for the dissolving of my dream, but j gratitude that I have waked in time I , , have to say good-bye to you. Fred?dear 1 Fred! I sh^ll never call you by your i | name again, but I wish you would be-| , lieve that I speak with every kind and i friendly feeling. But we must not spoil ! , each other's lite. W.- don't suit. You : [ do not iove me?'" "You are entirely mistaken."he inter- ; . rupted, with some heat. "I do love I 1 T * A.? 4.-U . I | you. i nave uueu tuiu >uu s-j. f " Yes, ?0 you have. P> rbaps you did j a little?perhaps you do just now; but j ' it won't hurt you. Sjy good-bye, and | r part friends, for indeed we never can be ;\ i anything more." r And at the same hour of th? same day Philip Blount was saying to his beautiful 1 \ fiancee: " No, Mabel, you don't love me; : . I know it now. You allowec meio love r you, and for a time that wrs happiness ' I enough; but it is so no longer. Your ! coldness makes me miserable. For all j j these Ion? days I have lair on my sofa, j vainly hoping for soraethiig more than ] ! , the commonplace card of mquiry you ; j mieht have sent to any orci ary friend ! [ ?some flower, some couifoiting. loving j: , words Even a visit manya girl would ] ? not have thought ten much for the man ! \ whom she intend d to marry." " It would not have bem at all *cc> J J - veii able'replied Mattel,cuaiy?"nara;y j . proper. You arc too restless, too | i s 'exigeant.' Itiavedist-nclvassured you, I 1 once for all, of my regad?have given j 1 e you my promise; what more can you ' e ask?" s "I ask to have it recdled, beautiful j e icicle," said Philip, bitterf. " The suf- j: fering will be all mine, :he blame all : 5 mine; the eclat of the roture, if there i! " be such a thing, shall be jours. Dismiss 1 I me on any plea yon ehoose-I will nevei contradict you; but do io< let us go on ;! i, in this terrible mistake. You eiiunot j1 I love me?perhaps you annot love at !1 ~'i avmfl t orrt r>-?i?lh(ii]orlhptwrppti mv 1 y j m:? uua. x. uiu v?.. ? j , adoration for your beauty aid my misery 1 " at your coldness. Let us eich bo free." j, y " Ye?,"said Mabel, vithabitter look, i1 >. " free to send flowers o ot'uor girls, to ', offer your arm in the arcet to ladies who i, is may choose to accept loconspieuous au is attention." 1 :e Philip looked at heT urnestly. " You 11 i are speaking of Miss ''atie," he said. e:, "Yes, she was most lnd and helpful w that morning. She is sweet and noble j ie woman. But. Mabei darest, is itpossi-j it; ble that any jealous fee'ng about her is j is at the root of your col< manner to me? i it- For heaven's sake, befrank and true. ! Let us have no mistab in this matter, j =d You know that I havenelonged wholly ; n. to you in heart and i act. If I have j a dene you injustice in complaining of j he your want of love, tellne so, and I will ask your forgiveness c my knees." d, "No, Philip," sheiaid, decidedly, j after a moment's suegle. " I may ip have felt displeased afcuajors that have a reached me as to Rcimond Vane. I j lie may not have done yc entire jusuce in ; es that matter. But as 1 the rest, you are I x- right. It is not in mto satisfy such a ! ir- nature as yours. Yc are too inipui- | re. sive, too ardent. Yc annoy and alarm i >r- me by your deman<. We had better | icr part." :ee Rosamond read in le newspaper the j departure for Euroi of both her own ; ed and Mabel's lover and smiled and ; ,ch sighed over the cingc-s of the past | eir month. Graduallyu:aors reached her j of the rupture 01 J.i.ip's engagement. : t," She was far froir clicking her own' ;he sh?re in the trans ti >n, nor dreamed ! r's that in the sud dene vul.s ion from con- j ;ry ventionality and ?ldness which Phil j sld Blount was feelin on that cvcnt'ul j morning, the contra of her own ciiarm>pe ing smile and warr cordial heipfu:ne?s y," did more than anpne thing to make him burst the feirs which chained j to- him. Their acqiintancc had been ; en, slight, thoush frieliy, but now a c<n- i ,ny tain amused sym>thy grew up in her | mind?the feeling.iat ttiey had uncon- i md sciously acted up>. each other's fates, j lad and had, so to spec, "been in the same , rn- scrape." She fell? well as if she could i see it the sens? c freedom with which J Jr. he had quitted . is native country, j nts Soreness, rcortif.tion, even retsret, he ?en might feel, but ..rough ail, and over est mastering all, th realization of escape from what woC in time have b<-en he, intolerable. Dishonor know ? Were 3to not her own he* un.i life expanding in- under the same.lluence ? >ta- "You will irer marry now," het ab- mother said, tf impatient of Rosamd mond's decisioi :ht And she rep)'}, blithely: "Do you iart ivally think so ear mamma ? I am so siiy glad!" nee Without lo*; of romance life may pass happily rind months of busy the spring, soft su-mer holidays, and autnds umn lingerin; at the seaside passed rere over Rosamons bright head, ana each season found,;er happier. She had ' he youth and hith, vivid interests and ittle steady indust., so that everything that presented its*, work or leisure, study tion or exercise, nurc or art, found her rf>nd, sponsive tb iteall. Time flew on rapid wings, and bught once more the white ?nce pall of winteand the icy blast?that outer desolation which only make warm tires glow the brighter, and youn pul?e3 beat the quicker, in the contras between the death of nature, and th intense life of heart and home. Once more upon an icy morning Ross mond ventured forth, this time with basket which she wished to carry to on of the hospitals. It was visiting daj and she was much interested in one c the patients?a DO',r .seamstress, who i her time of health had spent many long day in Rosamond's cozy bedroom had borrowed many a book, and m.joyci afterward talking over what she ha< read with "her young lady," whis kindness w?3 one of tbe few bits of sun cliinn i ?-? n H m i t nH UTn "Poor Mary," thought pretty Rosa mond. "She shan't wait for her jell; book and flowers. The walk will d me good. But if I could only hide thi basket! I do so despise looning goody. She pulled at her warm cloak, and irie< to adjust a fold over the basket; but ir vain. It was more conspicuous thai ever in its furry surroundings, whili her manifest desire to conceal it gave : certain guilty look to her innocen burden. Why will not young people look when they are going? N' ver was steD mor< feariess juui free.and therefore more safe than Rosamond Vane's; but the on< moment of accident or awkwardness comes to all in its appointed time. Sh< was still bending her head, and twisting tier sealskin, when suddenly everything (lew out of her handa, her basket wenl on a tan-rent, her muff landed in the gutter, and she found herself flat on th< pavement, realizing for the first time Dne does not have to go down into a we] o see stars by daylight. She tried to struggle up. when sudleniy a strong hand raised and held her, ma a voice, not very wen Known, nut well remembered, exclaimed: " It is my "Witl/a flush of annoyante uv? shook cutler skirts, straightened hei bat, and put the hair out of her eyes then, looking up. met Philip Blount'i luizaical glance, and burst into a peal o laUshter. " It is too funny,1' she gasped, as thej shook hands, and he rescued her mull and picked up the basket. But its con Leuts! Jelly and flowers mingled thc-ii sweetness; and Westward, Ho! plastered with snow ana stickiness, looker as if it were flowing with milk anc honey. The street was as deserted a.? on the former occasion; but Philip felt as he ruefully gathered together th< broken glass and the dripping rosebuds that the man who could walk up anj New York street carrying that wretchec basket, could storm a breach or lead i for.'orn hope. Balaklava was nothin< to it?nothing! However, every man can be a hero i he chooses. At arm's-length he heic his dripping burden; then turned gaylj to Rosamond, and said: " Will yoi take my arm once more?" Rosamond was not hurt, not even ver much shaken, after the first moment but she took Lis hard, and turned bome ward. Mary mu3t wait till anothei day; there was no use in going to th< hospital now. " When did you re'urn?" she asked ; "Onlv yesterday. This is my firs walk in New York. I was just think ing of my Inst one, and of you, when yo\ precipitated matters so unexpectedly Are you sure you are not hurt? ' "Not a bit," she said, merrily. ,l. know better than to SDrain my ankle Don't think, tuough, that I undervalu your succor; it requires great strengtl of mind, if not of oody, to carry tha Kod-ot ? "Tuat day," be answered, a little in coherently, " did we not pet each othe mutualy into a scrape, I wonder? wonder, too, whether you have hear< [ho last piece of news irom England ' At St Georges, Hanover Square Mabel, only daughter of Ilenry Braith waite, Eiq., of New York, to?' Mis Rosamond, do yoa really not Know tha Fred Boone is married? ' Her start was irresistible; but ii w;> a start of relief and )oy as much as sur prise. " I aai very glad," she exclaimed ''But do you really mean?is it possibl he has married Mabci?" " Even fo. I wus ut Hie church, am 'hook hands with the happy pair Eyery thing was strictly elegant, an< properlv arranged, and they are likely t< I!**A < 11n rvfOjavif " II VU in 1UI lliV Their eyes met once more, ?md neithe could resist a comical smiN?, althougl Rosamond's color had deepened, an< Philip thought Low pretty she looke* in her amused embarrassment. Evei now he wa3 nearly unconscious of wha it was that had pulled at, bis heart strings ys be congratulated the well matched pair at St. G?on:c's, and sud denly resolved, a3 he passed out of th church, that it wus no time for a man ti ilawdle away his life in another country while work, if not happiness, awaitei liim at home. Need we go farther? Is it necessar; to state in plain words that this was b; no means the last walk which thi3 youn couple took together P Their intimac; grew rapidly, and the thread of syni pathy which ran through their fate on! . broadenpd and strengthened will time. Ann thus it came to j.a8S tbn when one day Philip asked," Rosam one] ? -it ? 41 1. ,.i? wiji you jru imuu^ii iiiu wiui rnc* r an con id neither leel aor feign surprise, bu said, demurely, though with a happ; glow of emotion in her bright face: "If I do, we had better iske lor ou motto, 'United we stand, divided w fall !'HarDer^s Bazar. Man. The average weight of an adult ma: i3 140 pounds fi ounces. T)ig average weight of a ske eton i about 14 pounds. Number of bone3, 240. The skeleton measures one inch lcs than the height <*i the living man. The average weight of the hrain of man is pounds; of a woman, 2 pound 11 ouuces The brain of J. man exceeds twice ths of any other animal. The average height oi an Endishma is 5 feet 9 inches; of a Frenchman, feet 4 inches; and ot a Belgian, 5 feet C Inches. The average weight of anEnglishma is 15> pounds; of a Frenchman. 13 pounds; and oi a Belgian, 140 pounds. The average number of teeth is 32. A man breathes :ibout 20 times in minute, or 1,200 t'ynes in an hour. A man breathes about 18 pints of a in a minute, or upwards ol 7 hogsheac in a day. A man gives off 4.08 percent, carbon gas of the air be respires; respires. 10 666 cubic feet ol carbonic acid gas i Iv/enty-lour hours; consumes 10 (i(i cubic feet of oxyecn in twenty-foi hours equii to 125 cubic inches of con nion air. I A man annually contributes to ye? , ti-.ti^n 124 pounds of carbon. Tiic average of the pulse in iufancy ! 120 per minute; in manhood. 80; at < ' years, 60. The pulse of females is mo; , fif quenl than that oi males. The weight of the circulating bloc : is about twenty-eight pounds. | The heart beats seventy-five timc-3 ; ia minute; sends nearly ten pounds | blood through the veins and arteri i each beat; makes four beats whiles j breathe once. 540 pounds or one hogshead one ar 1 one-quarter pints of blood pass throuj I the heart in one hour. 12 000 pounds or twerty-four hog : h^adsfour gallons, or 10.782i pints pji through the heart in twenty-four houi Philadelphia has a Mormon cfjur j of forty-nine members that has been e isting since 1860. 3 | SONS OF THE 1)ESERT? g I ___ p ; Custom! find Peculiarities of a Troupe j of Arabs Now In the United State*. t- ; Describing a troupe of Arabs now in a ' this country, the New York Suji says: e j The troupe includes Selim Hashiai, the r, Arab guide who was the first to disif 1 cover Livingston in the Stanley expea j dition; Sheik Abou Payeh (El Bujalee). a a Bedouin reed player and dancer; i, j oneiK xousepn Awcieu (til Kamianee;, d who was married when eight years old, rj aud became a father at twelve years; e Kliawadja Yakoob (El Bahzoozie), a . sword dancer and tambourinist; Kt.awadja Yakoob (El Haweet), a player on the Syrian harp; Sheik Mohammed y Suleiman (El Malowee), a whirling j dervish from Bagdad, and ?>ames Rose3 dale and his cousin, Rebecca Rosedale, " j Israelites from Jerusalem. The Arabs 1 ! represent the Jebusite9, Edomites, Moai j bites and Ishmaelites. The only fe? i male member of the party is R-becca, e the Jewish girl, who is singularly fair, 1 with large eyes shaded by long black t lashes. She was in native costume. and wore a head-dress of fine stuS" 2 embroidered with gold thread. She hall 3 no skirts, but wore long, bag<r7 trousers j of brocaded silk, drawn about her j j ankles. I j The most interesting member of th > i party is the Bedouin, a big Arab, with a r j striking and tierce eye. He and the P i dervish, who is a faithful follower of t j the prophet, are rarely on good terms. 1 A few days ago he said that it was a > j pity that the camel which boroMohamJ mc d in ilie Hegira did not break its leg. [! so that the prophet's neck might have j been broken also, pnd then there w^uid . | not have been any Mohammed SuMmaj wnirling dervish from Bagdad. Ahout , j the unly English th.it the Bedouin speaks t in rt *\oY?r l/<i rnnfttitiAM r\f f K o j 13 ft ^nnuL~ii(\v 1 y\.\ i nun \jx kiic iiiuu- | I auction of tlie Muh<immedan as a l"weerling deerveesh froom Bagdad." ; whopThfs hiawuritry, f mother, to whom ne is teiiSefij^3 bached. Is infirm from having been1 j thrown from a camel upon which she 1 was trying to escape from a bund of robi hers that surprised hnr son's camp. The ; Bedouin's 1a9te for highway robbery is ! so strong that his manager does not ! think it safe to permit him .to have an opportunity to indulge it. Oiiver Wen! dell Holmes and the -poet, Longfellow j called upon the 'roupe in Boston. Mr. I Holmes examined with interest a fine oid Damascus sword. He said to the I Bedouin: " VVouid you cut off my head with I this?" I "No," said the Arab, "I would cut j off your enemy'3 head." | After watching the Boston women, I the Bedouin said: "I would not .ike j to marry an American. She would be I tho man in a year, and I would have to do the cooking." He saw a ballet performance in Boaton, and a3 the Amazons filed out in their pink tights, he asked whether they were all orphan?. "Oh, no," said the interpreter. , "Have they brothers and fathers ?" a9ked the Bedouin. " Yes." he was told. "Well," he said, "why don't they kill these girls. I would, if they were my sisters, before I would allow them to appear like this." The whirling derv'sh is a pious Mohammedan, whose devotions, as exhibited to an audierce, are said to be sincere. He is oblivious to his surroundings as he howls and whirls. Tn hi3 j dressing room he kisses his hat both at | the rim a*d upon the crown when he . I puts it on. and lie tubes ott his shoes r when he steps upon the prayer rug. it j angers him to see any one with shoes I on tread upon the rug, and he says he . would knock such irreverent Christians ,* down if it were safe to do so. The rug Z is over 300 years old, and wa3 stolen 3 from a mosque. t The dervish carries, as his badpe of oflico, a battle ax, descended from the s S?rv.:ens and nihde ot Damascus steel. The howling of the Dervish is to signify that ho is ready to serve God with all his might, and his whirling is to indicate g that he will go just where God plea?es to turn him. He is a true Ishmaeiite, : j and b lieves that every mnn's hand is against, him as his hand is against every .} man. The .lerviBh is the only one of his 3 party who cares nothing /or money. Accordingly he does not sell reiics or r products of the East. x James Rosedale, the interpreter of the j troupe, was educated af King's college, ^ under the patronage of Horatio Bonner, a the author of the hymn: " What a friend f lioro in .Tooiiq " Mia fullinr ia IpnrmH _ | pundit in Jerusalem. . j As the Arabs appeared in theirs cones " I of salutation, barteiing, feasting, marrye ing and robbing, they seemed to have stepped out of a picture of Oriental scenes. The. sword dance of El Bahj i zoozie ir, interesting. It is the dance ol a chieftain before his warriors us they , return from battle. The dancer brany dishes the sword to swiftly that he ? seems at times to hi behind a sheet of y mirror glass. E! Babzoozie's title is . taken from his large eyes, and the name s meaus pap-eyes." [) The Devastated Hen Coops. ? Trrfto o mow i?tto/1 noo r Pi^nnm c JLUCiV. ivu3 a. UiUU a *\-u u\.ui jl u/u<*ut it Mass., who had a favorite dog, a Maly tese cross cat, and twenty-nine liens, with th?ir natural guardians and conser quent broods and accompanying ene emies. Something nightly invaded this man's palatial hennery, sucked a few eggs anci ate a tender, weeding iittle chicken now and then. The man investigated. The robber was that terrible enemy of lion coops, the American P. C., or the Arctic polar cat. The man carefuliy opened two or three eggs; he 3 poisoned thcra with paris green and strychnine, and laid them on the floor of the hen-house. At a late hour tl e 3 next morning he got up and went out i o look at the dead p. c. (paleris catharticus). The first tiling he saw whs a dead dog, his own favorite dog. midway bet wren the house and the hennery, fie wept with griuf an i rage, and v,*oi dert'd who could have been no mean find cruei. me next imng ue saw m me n coroner's line wa9 a dead Maltese cross 5 cat. He shuddered and said: i "I c:m never tell mv wife of this." Then be found two dead hens, and bis n heart misgave him. He went in?o the 6 hennery and counted eleven more dead hens, and then he knew that what the riosr and cut couldn't eat the liens hud finished. He picked lip six hens thai a wer* just passing into the gloomy abode of the shades. And while he gnashed ir his teeth and rehearsed little speeches to Is himself, he saw something with his nose and looking afar off on the sandy hiliside jc he heard the p. c. that he hated, creep_ ing among the rooks to his solitan n lair, like the south wind passing over a 7 bank of fish, stealing and giving nightir blooming cereus. "Ah. tbus," lie said, "from childhood's hour, my fondest hopes bave passed away; the cuke is dough, the miik is four,< general llavor ot decay comes with the hreeze from yonder hilh; oh. cup ol sorrow's bit? terest dregs ! Griui death the dog and ^ ?vlnl'ese kills and s;?ares the tilings that l'e sucks the egirs." This interesting chapter of local history is a literal trans laid Lion from the true chronicles ?f Putnam. ?Bui (kite, in Burlington Hawkeyc. * in ? ?' It must be rare fun to fall in love with BS an Indiana girl. One of tlipm with a ve breach of promise suit testified that ii was the usual thing for girls to show id their love letters to fifteen or twenty jh other girls, in order to make them envious. The unique collection of ?nuff-boxes 1*3. formed by Mr. Charle1 Gooding, which has b.en on loan for some years at the South Kensington museum "in London, ch has just been purchased by Messrs. x- WcrtlieimT, tlie antiquaries, for about S'200,000. TIMELY TOPICS. A clergyman in a little city of S witz erland, Searing that in America poor, sick children were given an airing in the country or by the seas n ore, started > society to do the same thing in a smai. way. ll's example has been followed, and now Berlin, Dresden, Stuttgart ano Vienna have societies for that purpose. It is amazing what progress has heri) made in art in this country within tl:c past quartf r of a century. Art scho i are springing up in all our large cities, art '. olJections are being made by wealthy men everywhere, which won id do credit to the galleries of the :1c world. American artists are formiu.. aUMUUiS JIUU 9L.Y11T3 U1 L1JUII w VY 11? 1UUU?" nizing the truth that true art is the exclusive property of no one age or nation, but is the honest working out of an original idea with the materials at hand. The attempt to introduce Chinamen as workmen on Louisiana plantations is said to be a failure, owing to the inability of the Chinese to endure the intense heat. Recently a good many sturdy la borers from Spain and Portugal have b^en induced to cultivate and gathercotton and sugar, and so far they have given satisfaction. The agency which originally introduced these laborers has an order tor ten thousand more, and it is said that one hundred thousand can bo re;tdily obtained if employment can be fouud'for them. It is sometimes questioned by merchants whether advertising pays. The question will hard 17 bear discussion in ( the light of the following facts, rates tor transient advertisements being figured. ( The Chicago Tribune. it is taid, for a column a year,receives ?26,000. The New , York Herald receives for its lowest priced ! column $30,723, and for the highest t $348 000. These papers are never at a , loss for advertisements to till their J "fj^urans. Their patronage comes not 1 panHrW desire to assist the respective . It brolitaB*iroiu DUSine83 mt'n WIi? una < ^ K * Ho advertise. v 1 Ostrich farmiu, . , 11 extensive. scale ia^&^taedon an b Whiting, of Riverside, GaI? M,r- ~ I 1,600 acres of "land with a toc^de.jiM, ' proposes importing t?e bundrea pSffis of ostriches from South' Africa, worth Irom $250 to $5iK) a bird. Ostriches breed at tour Years of age, and will pro (luce four broods a year, each averaging twenty chicks. At eisht months the feathers of a bird are worth live dollars, and as it grows older attain a value of over?100. It is said that it costs no more to keep an Gstrich than to keep a sheep. The company organized to afford accommodations to the visitors to Yorktown, Va., at the proposed centennial there, have presented the government with fifteen acres of the Moore farm and tlie house in which the articles cf capitulation were signed, and the site of the monument will be almost on the bank of the river. The company will have their grounds beautifully laid out, ana will aflord such attractions to visit ors that the celebration will probably continue a month. The day for the iavinir of the corner-stcne of the monu ment will be the 19th of next Octobcr and the celebration will lo3t sever* j days. The company which has been founded tor taking preliminary steps to ascertain whether a submarine tunnel can he made under the English channel, between Caitiis, France, and Dover, England, has at last, succeeded in driving a shaft down to the depth at which the taune), if practicable, would have to b- made. Ahh<>ug:i in the upper strata there was a good deal of water, there is no infiltration of it in the gallery, which is in the solid rock. A second shaft is about to be driven, and the directors say that if no ujforeseen obstacle arises the tunnel might be completed in lour years. The tunnel would be about twenty miles long. In the course of an editorial articlo the Now York Herald says that the groat plasties that fro 11 time to time have devastate J the stables and pastures of Europe, sparing neither cattie pood or bad, have all had definite starting places, and these, on invest i git ion, have proved that the diseases found their origin in tilth. Bad food impoverishes the olood of the stock, while the poisonous emanntions of the filth, which also has an injurious effect when absorbed by the pby3:que3 continually in contact witli it, complete the work, and the general deleterious inthiences finally localize themselves in some organ of tne animals that survive at all. The causes of cattie plagues are exactly analogous to those of cholera and other human .scources. and their effects, when they attain to contagion or infection, are similarly unsparing o( all with wliom they come in contact. Severer laws and more alert officers, the Herald thinks, are necessary to the prevention of a | cat lie pla&ue" iu this country. During the late war James Hutchinson, of Washington, enlisted in the United States army, and served in an Ohio regiment unlil tlio close of the war. During a skirmish in the far West, Hutchinson was taken prisoner jU9t at a time when he had iost the sight of both e C9 by the explosion of a gun Months after his friends made inquiries an:l learned he was dcasl, and sis corrobo- | rative fact the dc-ad body of a soldier j cofiined and properly boxed was for- j warded to Washington. Believing it to be the remains ot their brother, ane the circumstances t-cing apparently undeniable as to identity, withoutexamining the r< mains, the body was buried and the relatives have since mourned the 'os3 of a brotner, having no occasion to make further inquiry-about the matier. A. short time ago, however, thrre was a Herniation created among the suppos<d dead man's relatives by his arriv 1 in the capital alive and weil. He lives in Nebraska and came to coiiect his arrears ot pension. Uoing n Little too Far. Ulidcr the reign of the first Caliph there was a merchant in Bagdad, equally ru-Li ana avaricious, une a ay ue uau bargained with a porter to carry ho c for him a basket of porcelain vas.s for ten paras. As they went along he said to the man: "My friend, you are young and I am old; you can stiil earn plenty; strike off, 1 beseech you, a para lrom your hire." "Willingly !" replied the porter. Tl lis request was repeated again and again, until, when they reached the house, the porter had oniy a single para to receive. As tiiey went upstairs the merchant s aid: "If you will resign: he ast para I will give you three pieces of advice." "Be it so," said the porter. " Well, then," s-.id the merchant, " if any one tells you it is beib r to be fasting ' than feasting, do not belie re him. If I any one tells you it is bi-tter to be poor , tlmn rich do not believe him. If any one 1 tells you it is better to walk tLan rido, j do not believe him." " My dear sir,"replied the astonished porter, "I knew these things before; but, if you will listen to me, I will (rive you such advice as you never heard.1' The merchant tuined round, and the porter throwing the basket dowr, the staircase, said to him: " If any one telli you that one of your vases is unbroken, do not believe him." Before the merchant could reply the p: i-ter made h:.-" ' c<'ape, thus punishing h:. ? employer for hi s miserly greediness. Punch calls ihe face of the moon a silver mug in ti.e sky. Uncle Aaron's Rat Trap. Uncle Aaron lived near Hartford, and was a matter-of-fact man. His barn and out-houses fairly swarmed with rats, and Uncle Aaron was telling a friend from another town who was visiting at his house how he was troubled by rats and how he had seen a hundred at least at a time. The friend laughingly told him a hundred was a goca many rats, and begged him to take off a lew. Uncle Aaron replied that he was fixing a trap, and if his friend would wait a. lew days he would show him a haul of rats which would convince him he was not lying. ' All right," answered his friend; " if you will catch anywhere near a hundred just let me know." Uncle Aaron, too, said " all right," adding, " I'll let you know." When his friend started for home the last thing he said wa3: "Be sure and let me know how many rats you catch. A hundred is a good many." The trap Uncle Aaron was at work on was a sort of p.alform almost as large as a big barn door, and the plan was to freight it with heavy rocks, raise one end about three feet from the floor, and have it so rigged that the pull of a string would spring it and let it fall to the floor, making it decidedly uncomfortable lor any livinr; thing that might happen to be under it. After arranging it to hi? mind he began to bait it. Pie threw meal all around and under the trap, and went to a place conveniently near and watched thines. Ho did jzot have to wait long before he counted twenty rats busiiy investigating that meal. But they did not go under the platform. This was kept up for several days, and after a while the patient watch :^.;who spent an hour or two every ouy in seeing tiiem maneuver, had the satisfaction of seeing several of the rats venture under the trap, Then he knew his plan would be a success. lie could pull the string almost any time of day and catch a dozen or twenty, but he was "lying low" for a bieger haul. The upraised platform was no longer a terror to the animals, rhev took the bait from under it as readily as could he desired. Finally Uncle Aaron thought the time wa3 ripe lo puUthe >tring. He had not baited it Lhe night" before, so the rodents would appetite when he sprinkled jng AttefjrQn?b3 and meal that mornposition and walteu^' ^T/nV ou^rkt^s sort of pioneer?came gliding ont and began to partake of the fertsfc. Next a pair came out; then three or four; then a dozen. They came lrom all directors. Uncle Aaion was actually trembling witiifxcitement. He could hardly keep his hand from pulling the string. But he waited until the space under tlie platform seemed fairly alive with the rats; and then?he pulled. D-*vnwent the heavy platform with a uash. A number of the rats were seen scampering off; but Uncle Aaron felt confident lhat he had nailed some of 'em. As he came up he saw heads and tails protruding, and he thought *ie would give them all a good square chance to die before he raised the trap. He waited till night, and then he lifted it. He counted one hundred and twenty-two dead rats.?Hartford (Conn.) Times. How Stanley met Livingstone. Selim Hashrne, a young Arabian,now in Washington, who was the first man to greet Liviogstone, when the expedition found the explorer, has been interviewed by a Post reporter. Selim says that he was induced by a trick of StanIcy to go with him to Africa, Stanley having promised t> place the young Arab at college, but taking him on the expedition instead. He described the battle between Stanley's lorce and that of King Mirambo. 'he latter wanted tribute before allowing the caravan to pass throuzh his counirv, but it was refused. During the conflict the mei all deserted the white man, nnd Stanley w tnted to give up the contest, but Selim refused, and continued to tight while Stanley went back to find his men. Speaking of the meeting with Living stone, the Arab said to the reporter: " VVhen we arrived very near to Ujiji we met two head servants of Dr. Livingstone. One was named Choomn, the other Susie. They were dressed in white shirts and wore wuite turbans. They said, 4 Good morning, sir; how do you do?' speaking in the English language." " How did Stanley act P" "He was very excited. I said: 'Do you believe now that we have found Livingstone ?' lie replied: 'No, no; not until I see him -with my eyes.' The servants of Livingstone remained with us to show us the road, as it was yet eight hours traveling to Ujiji. I was at the head of the caravan, and was the tirst to see Livinstonc. Without stopping, I rushed back to Stanley and shouted: I saw L vingstone." "Then what did he say ?" " He merely said,' I shall not believe It.until I see him.' Sd I hurried Stanley up to the front, and pointing with my hand to the man whom he had come tc find, I said, '"There is Livingstone; see himl" Then Stanley s calmness left him, and he lifted his cap and shouted, Hurrah!'" " How did the two men act ?" " We were then at Ujiji. Stan-eyand Livingstone stood far oil' from each other, looking hard at one another, as if they did not know what to do. Then Stanley lifted liis cork hat and Livingstone lifted his cap, which had eold stripes. Stanley said,* Dr. Livingstone. 1 prf sume.' I lonrot what Livingstone said." ' " Did they embrace?" "No, they merely shook hands. Livinestone was plainly angry because he did not see the Eugiisii flag anywhere. He did not like Americans to And him. Tnen we went to his hut, made- of mud anu dried gras9. Its carpet w:is buffalo skins, find lion and tiger skin3 were 0:1 the wails. We took seats on the floor, and Livingstone was very anxious to hear about thi; world outside. About live or six minutes afterward St>nley said: 'Sciiu, bring out the last bottle of champagne.' It had been kept for 'his occasion. I got the boltie and a little silver and gilt cup Stanley Lad brought from Bombay. We had no corkscrew, and I asked should I break the bottle. ' No,' said Stanley, ' you wlil 1,1 - ' T-I a f/snlf tlm UaH lil lU^U LLlli CIUILIJ Jia^UU, lie wuil tubuumu and ruuDaged it in a way that saved the wine. He gave the siiver-gilded glass to Livingstone, ard I brought him an Al'rican cup made out of the shell of a eocoanut. I poured out the wine, lir t to Livingstone and then to Stanley. Tliey drank three times, first to America, then to England, and Jast to Livingstone's health, and to Stanley for having found him." Rome ol t ho washing waters of Paris, which were formerly run into the city sewers, are now collected in casks, and, the &iu!s being subjected to chemical treatment, the fatty matters arc manufactured into toilet soap, made fragrant by the addition of oil of ro3es. According to this process a little sulphuiic acid is added to the soap water obtained from washing linen, tlie whole is then stirred up, anil t ire fatty matter is ulj lowed to stand for a few hours when, on its collecting upon the surface of the liquid, it is gathered in casks. A girl of fourteen years ol age has been compelled by a machinist in England, to work for him for thirty-seven hours at a stretch, with onl* an interval ol one hour and a half for rest. "Th( most inhuman ose," eaid the governj mc-nt in peetor, "that has ever comi under my notice." The machinist; was ; line;? $17.50. j 174,000,000 holes or cells are in tin ; lunis. v ' '. u wernld cover a surfaoi thirty litaes greater than the humai body. FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD Experiment* In Potato Culture. OMpr ftiilt.iv.at.nrii ran remember the time when it was the universal custom to use iarge quantities of seed in planting a potato field, when at least otie whole tuber was placed in cach hill, and if small in size two or more were used. Of late years the tendency has been toward the other extreme, many planters cutting their seed potatoes to single eyes. From the employment of small quantities of seed others have, with new and expensive varieties, gone to farther extremes and used sprouts In place of tubers. Where the tubers were cut to single eyes they were oftenest split lengthwise, the aim being to expose the greatest number of eyes possible. The results of various and conflicting methods practiced in potato culfure the past twenty years by American growers do not appear to justify the indorsement of either extreme of very large or very small quantities of seed, both failing to produce remunerative crops when not supported by proper cultivation and generous manuring, and gaining desirable yields under favorable circumstances. A general rule growing out of conflicting experiences and their differing results appears to be: Select for seed none but the best, and when the tuber is cut leave bulk enough to insure sufficient sustenance to sustain the young plant until it has passed out of its embryonic condition and seeks for different food through its growing leaves and roots. German investieators have also been busy with numerous experiments on the best modes of propogating the potato. The conclusions arrived at by them after nearly a quarter of a century's ohserva ion and experiment* will not be unreservedly accepted oy many 01 our fore ..ost farmers, hut their mention may induce thoughtful ones to fresh experiments,, and furnish valuable suggestions to others. The first conclusion arrived at by the German growers was that tbere exists between tLe weight ol the seed tuver and the plant developed, a constant relation. "The larger the seed tuber the earlier the plant matures, and tac heavier is the resulting crop." From this conclusion, therefore this natural deduction is made- large potatoes should be used for seei. The second conoiuaion growing out .Experiments presented to show the the different eyes^pagating value of of the tuber are the ouUl SX?3 the vigorous plants. Therefore "w!hen potatoes are cut previous to planting it is advised to divide them across, not engthwise, and use the crown half for seen and the remainder as food. But these German investigators are not all ?liof it iq n wisp t.liin? to divide seed potatoes, tho'i?h tliey are in unison as regards the selection of large tubers for seed, and that the eyes at the top ol the potato preduce the best results. Not a few of them believe the best plan to be the use of the whole tuber Vith all eyes cut out, except those on the lop part. Prolessor Franz from his experiments reported the larger yield from whole tubers wiih all but the crown eyes removed. Professors Stabler, Rimpau, Jarrowsky, Drechler and Fesca, after continued experiments, all concluded that whole tubers yield heavier crops than do tubers divided lengthwise; also that the crown half of the potato produces better results [than the hall obtained by division through the length, and that the whole tuber i3 superior to the crown half. Experiments conducted with a view to ascertaining the proper distance at which tubers should be planted failed to support an absolute rule, owing tc the vaiiation in soils, seasons and size of the seed employed. Heiden, from th( results of two years' planting, incline? to the belief that for medium soils ? distance of libout twenty-eight inches between rows and fourteen inches in tht row is best. Experiments with the action ofms' nure3 on the potato crop in Germany, n: at home, have Jed to con:radictorj results, which proves the necessity loi knowing the true condition of the soi previous to the application of fertilizers for economical result. Deheran founc in recent experiments that the mosl economical result was obtained from i mixture of equal parts of nitrate of sods and super-phosphate, applied in foui dressings ?New York World. Care or Brood Mares. As a rule, except among those wh( make it a specially, enough attention i not givea to feeding brood mares. Thi best food is chopped barley, mixed wit! pmifii nnrtions of bran, which enable: her to ieed the growing foal on the ver best kind of ieed to make the most bom and muscle. On the care and treatmen of the mare depend the sizo and con dition of the colt at birth. We often se farmers working their brood mare in ! heavy team and treating and feedin; them in the same manner as they d< other hoists, up to within a few day of their foaling. This is a very un prolitable course to pursue, to say th least. The dam should have moderat exerci3<?, but it should be regular. I she is used in a team she should not b driven faster than a walk, or loadei heavy, for in either case there is dange of injuring the mare and ruining th colt. llcmady for Worms in Plga. A Western paper sajs^ that flour c sulphur is a simple and eltectiveremea against worms in p'^.ur.d the animal readiiy partake of it, when mixed i: gruel 01 other sloppy food. For pig under ttnee months old a teaspoonlu is a dose, and for older ones a smai tablespoonlul. It may be given fou days in succession, morning and even ing, and repeated every other week Give plenty of sour milk, green food celery tops, acorns and sliced rav onions. Avoid stagnant and putri< water. Give access to charcoal am ashes. Farm nnct Uarden Nttea. The fodder from an acre of corn whicl yields tilty busneis is equal in value to : ton of hay. The meat of turkeys that are kep suppiied with charcoal during tli period of fattening is said to be superio in point of tenderness and llavor. It always pays to keep young stock ii a thrifty, growing condition. Better t< I'jed a little com ana roots now man u dcler it until later. The poultry keeper who succeeds thi best is the one who take3 the best cm-i of liis flock. There i3 no more lucl about it than there is about boiiin; water. The introduction of a pure bronzi gobbler among a flock of mongrel tur key hens will add from three to flvi pounds extra weight per head to thi turkeys raised the first season. The blood of animals constitute but i small part, at most not more than sevei to nine per cent., of the live weight while in old or very hit auimals thi proportion sinks as low as from six ti lour per cent. Good sweet miik contains ono-fourtl more of sugar than of butter; this sugai turns to acid, and it this acid is lot much developed before cliurnina th coveted aroma of good butter is lost. Do not undertake to keep sheep 01 low, undrained lands. They willsurel; contract disease, and a sick sheen i about as mean a thing a* we know oi | not excepting a sick chickcn. , It is said by those who have tried i [ that bran is as good asfhe bestcommei 5 cial fertilizers for potatoes and corn an j cheaper. Provide boxes or shelves with aparl ments and place in appropriate di visior 3 distinctly marked all refuse screwi ? nails, bolts, rivets, staples, tacks, etc, i A nervous, excitable steer is not i profitable ta feed as a lymphatic or , with a broad, deep chest, for this last is seldom disturbed much by anything? he feeds well, sleeps well and fats well, i Horn shavings are valuable as manure, by reason of their slow decomposition, 1 giving out ammonia for a long time, i They also contain a small quantity of carbonate and phosphate of lime. The custom of mixing lime and . ashes with hen manure is wrong. They i drive out the ammonia instead of holding it. Hen manure^ is useful^ for pot* toes, garaen vegeiaoies, or juutmu muoi. all crops, including strawberries and other small fruits. Tnere are many farmers who have extra good butter cows but who do not know it. They have poor pastures in summer and poor shelter and indifferent lood in winter. They have no conveniences for making butter, no arrangements for keeping the milk cool in summer, and frequently in winter it is exposed to the odors of the kitchen. A Kentucky farmer who raises immense qnantities of Irish potatoes says in th eFarm and Home that it comes of rich, nigot soil, containing plenty of vegetable matter, deep plowing early in the spring, planting fifteen inches apart coveringlfour inches deep or more, keep ing down the weeds, and not working the ground after the potatoes begin to bloom. The main secret, he says, is in selecting the seed. One eye will yield more potatoes than two. Home hold lllata Cotton wool wet with tweet oil and I laudanum relieves the earache very soon. To purify a sink or drain dissolve one-haJf pound copperas in two gallons of water. Pour in half this liquid one day and the other half the next. Broil steak without salting. Salt draws the juices in cooking; it is desirable to keep these in if possible. Cook oyer a hot fire, turning frequently, searing on both sides. You can get a bottle or barrel of oil , off any carpet or woolen stuff by applying dry buckwheat plentifully and faithfully. Never put water to such a grease- 1 spot, or liquid of any kind. Finger stains may often be removed * by rubbing the paper thus soiled with crumbs of stale bread, or with s fine bit 1 of muslin with a dust of whiting on it, or with an India rubber eraser. The skin of a boiled egz is the most i efficacious remedy that can be applied 1 to a boil. Peal it carefully, wet and apply it to (be part nifcoiecL It will , Bor?neg87i3?>raauter 16:1676 *** i ' - To take ir^f^'l , . equal nti^o( J" I and lemon juice being iniied inaJjfcSJHl shake well, wet the spots and in a frtfi minutes rub with soft linen till they disappear. lteclpe*. Quick Pudding.?Boil some rice; when done soft break in three eegs, half a cup of cream or milk, and flavor to suit the taste. Give it one boil and send it to tbe table with bits of butier on the top. Buckwheat Cakes.?One quart of i buckwheat, one teaspoonful of salt, two tablespoonluls of Indian meal, one of molasses; put in tepid water to make a batter, with yeast sufficient to make them light; compressed is the best. I Pumpkin Fritters.?Use cold-boiled > pumpkin or tquaah which bas been f served at the dinner table; to each pint i of the vegetable and one egg well beaten, 1 two tablespoonfuls flour, and pepper and salt to taste; fry them on a hot eriddle, and use them as soon as they are > cooked. 1 Mince Meat.?Two quart bowls of | meat (chopped), four quarts of apples. ; one quart of molasses, one quart of ! sugar, one pound of raisins, one pound 1 of currants, one pound or les3 of citron, 1 one RiMespoonful of cinnamon, four I 1 . f?KloorvAnn fn lu r%t' afllh llliillct?3) tvvu uaui^opuvuiuiw w? wm*?? J three lemons (juice only), one-half pound of suet chopped tine; scald ail " together three hours. Five pounds of * meat makes three bowls. r = | Only Once. j Of the 15,000 words in Shakespeare, I about 8,000 of them appear only once; ^ of words beginning with a. 364 appear ^ only once; and with m. 310. Among r those beginning with m that occur but once are, ''magical, mirthful, mirihj moving, moss-grown, moon beams, matin, mural, magnificence, meander, J master-piere, marrow less, martyre.i, 3 mellifluous." Some, like " mechanics, 12 mission, maxim, macnify, malcontent, 1 marsh, manna, maritime, metropolis, 3 medal, metaphysics, motherwit," and a ^ score of others, arc so familiar it seems ? impossible that Shakespeare should not 1 have needed them more tban once, often * so beautiful and poetical that one woee ders they could fail to be his favorites 1 again and again. " They remind me," 3 says.the essayist, '"'of the exquisite 3 crystal bowl from which I saw a.Jewess 8 and a bridegroom drink in Prague, and J--I. J : wuicn was luea uasueu ill yiucra u? tuir e floor of the synagogue, or of the Chigi ? porcelain painted bv Raphael. which,a3 ' soon as it bad been removed from th? ? Farnesina table, was thrown into the 3 Tiber." His explanation is that Shakesr peare's JorLe lay in characteriz.ition.and e that endlessly diversified. But when he sketched each several character it seems that he was never ?t content till he had either found or fabriy caied the aptest words possible for rep9 resenting its form anfl pres=ure rr>o?t Q true to life. No two characters bein* 3 identical in any particular more than il two faces are, no two descriptions, as II drawn by his genius, could repeat many r of the self same characteristic words, i- Each of his vocables thus became like : those of the 7,000 constituents of a loco it motive, which fits the one place it was v ordained to fill, but evervwnere else is. & out ot place, aud ever dislocated. O/i i every average page of Shakespeare you are greeted and gladdened by at least five words that you rever saw before in his writings, and that you never will a see again, speaking once and then lori nvpr luildinir their neace?each not onlj . rare, but a nonesuvh?five gems just shown, then snatched aw-y. Each , page is thus studded with five stars, 1 each as unique as the century-flower. tt- d, like the nieht-bloomins coreu-, 3 is the perfume *ind suppliance of a min3 ute." The mind of Shakespeare was3 bodied fortii as Montezuma was apparalled, whose costumes, liowever core troous, -were never twice the same.? g Lippincoti*s Mmazive. Tli* Difficulties of an Editor. ! A- London paper pithily states the I nnriiir whinli prlitors la^or: g I I XXXVy u ivivu ? If an editor omits anything he is is zy. " If lie speaks of thing* as they are people 0 get angiy.? If he glosses over or smooth# down the rough points he is bribed. If he calls things by their 1 proper names he is unfit for the position 1 of an editor. If he does not furnish ? readers with jokes be is an idiot. If he e does he is a iaitle head, lacking at ibil^ ity. It" he condemns the wrong he is a good fellow, bu' laek3 discretion. If lie l j las wrongs and injuries go unmenr I tioned he is a coward. If he exposes a ) j public man he does it to gratify spite, e i is the tool of a clique, or belongs to the "outs." If he indulges in personalities a he is a blac kguard. If he does not his y paper is dull and insipid. ft One of the civilizing agencies employed among the Indians bj the present a<?.. ministration is the organization of an . Indian police force, numbering over o seven hundred men, distributed among forty agencies. These untutored savages have taken t police duty so naturt ally that a full grown Indian can he's stride a salt barrehind sleep through a s? thunder-storm, a lire on the next b ock and a burglar alarm. The interior de? is partment is greatly cncouragcd.?Burle linqton Eawkcye. The Unseen Friend. 4 Life is too long for me. I cannot bear The weary days and hoars. Bat if I share Thy weary vigil, wilt thou still despair My harden weighs me down. I am notj^^Hn^^SH To baste with eager steps. H Yet will be Thy help and strength. Divide thy loeiP^VEHBB me. The path io strange and ragged, and the nigh Falls block along'the sky. : .. : '.? I will be sight _ For thee, faint soul, and guide thy feet aright. Nay, bat fair homelights on the valley gleam - , ')< And voices call. y f;4 What doth earth's splendor seem? ~ I?*: .1 ?h. .Deiier, mure uuuu^ wau tun givn-n>nU. beam? * y And is there, then, tor me, nor home nor love? Naught bat these barren wastes ? ?*"' So thou shalt prove The bliss God giveth to his own, above. . Thon, who art thou, that by mo toilest on Untbanked, unasked *. Friend, when thon oponi My face, thy place in bcavea will be won! I ?Mary Jlinge De Vrrf. ????? HUMOROUS. N, Weil drilled?The oil region. A town pump?The pillage bore. A go-as-you-please^ace?Indians. Be a', s awl?The patent shoe-stitching machinr. A humorous article?A baby with the rash ?Lowell Citizen, Director of the mint?The individual who flavors that kind of candy. * * ' *ArtA ?Ua oovmnali* . rne i or iuuu wuu 'U ur ogiivueijf missed ?Fond du Lnc Reporter. " Come ! come ! reat on this bosom," els the shirt said to the flat-iron: A* lady need not ncccsqariiy be nerv- . dus or athletic to j <1 "up at an offer. The man who is ncv.u on time usually flfesp carries a large watch.?New Tori j^H Man luvs chancfl so well that he had gflbfll rather win fifteen I i oban oarn rd?- ggB A burglar, recently arrested, was HH isked what bis business was. Uo usee leaner,' said he. Jgg " resent," said the .B' J Denver has a policemanwSSB^ttji^;$|p? poetry, and the editor who refasesuT^flBH publish it is liable to go to the lockY &n- is the name of a town in Kan- ^9 sag.?xurme sxtiutik.' \yui ICWllI MWW ti uj ( didn't you think a little harder, and tell lag? w of 11 worth and To p k ??Modern One of our best-looking young men haa come to the conclusion thatftbU mouth is too large. He had an ach4r ?rii removal from there last week.?Keokuk Oatc City. There are some 35,009 more females than males in Philadelphia, and yet some people wonder why some mrls marry bow-legged men.?Phil delphia Chronic1e. 3 " Would you like to look through tho bigr telescope?" asked one girl of another. To which the latter replied: "No; I'd a great deal rather look through a key hole."?Harvard Lampoon. A newspaper commeatinz on the fac that a farmer nearly lost his life by sinkirig in a quagmire, adds: " Men who do not subscribe lor a paper must expect to be sucked in every now and then." > An exuberant youth hails a supposed acquaintance on trie Btreet with.44 Ilello, Joe," but finding his mistake, adds, 4Oh, w excuse me; I though: you were another t>' * man!" Laconic stranger answers: "I am." yg Acohol is recommended for cleaning silver. It claacs banknotes equally as well; in fact, any kind of money it cleans with surprising alacrity.' For sale by druggists every where.?Danielsonville Sentinel. " You don't know how elad I am to see you, Clara, dear." " Oil, yes I am," replied Clara dear; "Jnbnnytold me ' 7 that he heard you say you would rather y- *. die than see me." . A fellow who has a five hundred dol- ' lar note due in bank and only peventeen cents in pocket, naturally loo^s with ?corn on the facilities oi a xurKisn oaiu. Wheeling Leader. They say that love will go where it is seat. And it appeal s always to be sent after the homeiy girl with the rich old daddy. Why is this thuswiseP?Binielaonville S.ntinel When a man says to his next door neighbor who has lost his pet bulldog, " I'm sorry poor Borax is ^ead.'' set that man down as one wha holds t>.o truth but light ly and probably poisoned ? the dog.?Boston Pest An Iowa farmer declares unon hiJ soleirn honor as a gentleman that the ast grasshopper leavLj .h State stood on a gate post anu ? iu; \j^u more fence rails ready for us by nexu June."?Norriatown Herald. Sarah Bernhardt was asked by a Bis- * ton lady why she was so long and thin. md she said that she began to study /?' English on one of Sf-cretary Evitrt*' X sentences, and meant to irrow up with the country.?Syracuse Standard. A boyish novice in smokinrr turned deadly pale and threw away hi3 eiaar *aid he: "Tnat's something in tha'. air cigar that's made me sick." *'I know what it is," said his companion, pulling away. "What?" "Tobacker." Two young ladies recently saw a young man trying to dodge three cross hornets, which had got into hi* roo i and seemed to come at him from all directions, and they tnougut ne w^i ornctioing the racquet and said he waj getting it down fine.?Bo*ton Post. The snowflakes are plavin^, And we shall have sleighing, And what will the young man do then, Dear thing. Hi? sweetheart so gay. He'll load iuto his sleigh, And 'round her witti one arm will cling, Dear thing. ?Atarulhon Independent. A bashful young man escorted ai equally bashful young lady to her homf-. As they approached the dwelling of tin damsel she said, entrea'ingly: "Z 'kii, don't tell anybody you saw me home." 4'Sary," said be, emphatically, "don't you mind; I am as much ashamed of it as you be!" " IIov can I best increase ray stock?'' Said Farmer Jo in to Thomas; "By miking six ol one."'quoth Tom, " No miracle, 1 promise; A simpler process ne'er was knowa; Wliat is it? Well now, s'posin You catch that yf-arlimc cow a-sleep, 'Twill bo a heilcr-dcziu'." 44 You did wrong to shout that man'a dog. You might have pushed him off with the butt of your eun." said a Galveston recorder to a man who was charge-} with a shooting a neighbor'* dog. " I would have rioD? that," repliod he prisoner, ' If the dog had come at me tail first, but he came at me with hif biting end."? Galveston News. A receipt lor making soup: Tito a pail cf water and wash it clean, then boil it till it is brown on both sJdej; pour in one boan; when the bean begins to worry, prepare to simmer. If soup won't simmer it's too rich; Dour in mora water; dry the water with a towel before you put it in; the dryer the water the sooner It brown?. Serve hot. * ' ' _ > * >v <- ^