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BY HUGH WILSON AND H. T. WARDLAW. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1881. NO. 83. VOLUME XXV. ,J|
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What My Lover Said.
By the merest ohanoe, in tho twil-ght gloom,
In the orchard path he met me?
In the tall wet grass, with its faint perfume,
And I tried to pass, bat he made no room.
Oh! 1 tried, but he would not let me.
801 stood and blushed till the grass grew red,
With my lace bent down above it,
While ho took my hand, as he whispering
said?
How the clover lifted each pink, sweet head
Jo listen to all that my lover said!
^ Oh I tVin rtlnvar in Kl/w*m T lAvft It '
V/U IUU I KJ*. 1U VAW4AA A. 1V< V AW.
high wet grass went the path to hide,
And the low, wet leaves hung over,
. But I could not pa"s on either side,
For I found myeeli, when I vainly tried,
In the anna ol my steadfast lover.
And he held me there and he raised my head.
While he closed the path belore me,
And he looked down into my ey es m d miO.
IIow the leaves bent down iiom the hows
o'er head,
To listen to all that my lover said.
Oh! tho leaves hanging lowly o'er me.
Had he moved aside but a little -way
I could surely then have passed him,
And he knew I never could wish to stay,
And would not have heard what he hud to say,
PnnM T nnlr ooi^a Viavo naat him
It was almost dark and the moments sped,
And the searching night wind lound us;
But he drew me nearer and soltly said?
How the pure, sweet wind grew still instead
To listen to all that my lover said.
Oh! the whispering wind around us.
>
1 am sure he knew, when he held me last,
That I must be all unwilling;
For I tried to go, and I would have passed,
As the night was come with its dews at last,
And the sky with its stars was filling;
But he clasped me close, when I would have
fled,
And he made me hear his storv.
And his sonl came out from his lips and said?
How the st;.:-8 crept out when the white moon
led,
To listen to all that my lover had eaid,
Oh, the moon and start) in glory.
I know that the grass and the leaves will not
tell,
And I'm snre that the wind, precious rover,
ill carry his secret so eafely and well
That no being shall ever discover
One woid oi the many that rapidly fell
From the eager lips of my lover.
And the moon and the stars that looked over
Shall never reveal what a lairy-like spell
They wove 'round about us that night in tho
dell,
In the path through the dew-laden clover;
Nor echo the whispers that made my heart
Bwell
As thoy lell from the ups of my lover.
- ? AT FIFTY.
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Yas, iifty is a great sge?people seem
to think it is; a half century. I have
felt it fis I locked back upon the years;
\ I have lelt it as I looked before me In
the glass; 1 have felt in the socicty of
Belle and her mates; I have felt it
^ when people treated me with the cool
w- politeness cue their own self-respect.
W ard, that done, have Aid to the charms
f of Ji!tic Belie and Alice; and if I had
any common-sense I should not have
felt it wuh the regret I did.
But I hated all along to he growing
toward tif ty. I hated to see that I could
not sit oi.t doers of an evening without
? Kn f liot 7 nr\v\ 1 ri nnt- tobfitha
VI Hint f iuf u A wuiu uvw b?nv vuv
?M rumbles ar.-l rtfes of my youth unless'aligned;
that instead oi thrillinsr
frej-hly in every nerve to the beauty of
sunset and scenery as I used to do, I
quivered only i:> remembering how I
used to thrill.
Ana then, too, I dreaded to be old,
thinking if some day?someday?Mask<elyn
should see me, and pass by without
knowing me, cr, if knowing me, knowing
only to suffer mortal shock at the
sight; never thinking that Maskelyn
also was erowing old. Ah, perhaps I
should have dreaded it all the more if I
had thought the years were setting lines
in the smooth olive of that face, were
dimming Uie tire of those great eyes,
were whitening the darkness of the
locks that fell across that brow of his,
were impairing the music of that voice
I never aid think .it. To me he had a
. sort of immortality. And now?now I
am fifty years old, as 1 was yesterday;
hut it is not bitter any more, as it was
! yesterday, wit-h that old bitterness of
vanished strength and interest; lor I
love life. I feel the blood bounding
< warmly in my veins; deaih seems
If farther away than ever?it is only bitter
now because I have nothing but this
oio lace, mis oia nearc, mese usea-up
fifty years, to give MaskeJyn. It is bitter,
too, lest people should smile at
Maskelyn?
1 was silting in the porch, thinking of
my 5 ears, that day. After all, it seemed
but ttie day b'.tore that I had sat there
with the delirious odor of the honeysuckles
blowing ali about me in the
dusk, and Mr.skelyn sat at my side, and
the very air we breathed fanned to and
fro in the fragrance full of the dark
sweet mystery of love. It seemed as if
all the world had been made just to
come to blossom in that evening, stars
and winds and vaults of heaven, the
evening that he first said in words that
he oved mc, although our lives had
srown togetherso for years that we bad
each known the thought of the other
without speaking, and knew that there
were no others on earth that could ever
come as close to either of us as the other
did.
But this crowncd the wh: ie with cerrtainty,
and we looked in taeh other's
faces in the gleams of the starlight as if
we were the two only people on the
_ planet. Alas, we were not!
?For Maskelyn was still very young;
and as the traveler for a commercial
house he had his way to make. It was
the morning after ttiat night in the dark
* and the dew and the honeysuckle odor
that he left the ring on my linger, and
went off on one of his journeys. He
was to go down the river to New Orleans
before he returned, and he took the
stea r or Beauxtemps at St. Louis?and
it was thirty years before I heard from
him how it happened. But the world
s full oi tongues, and I heard it, all the
same, on the four winds that blow no
one knows whither.
There had taken passage on that fatal
steamer a wealthy planter of Louisiana,
? with his wife, an invalid French lady,
cd their young daughter Adele. She
was a lovely little thing, this Adele, and
she sang like a bird. Maskelyn heard
her singing one evening, and passionately
fond of music, he soon made her
acquaintance, and was singing with
her. She was as child-like, too a3 she
was young and pretty; she had soon
confided to him all her affairs, and he,
secure in his plighted love, and never
dreaming of misconstiuction or trouble,
became hn- Hourly associate, and took
pleasure in her innocent companionr
ship.
One afternoon they sat in their accustomed
seat, reading, as it chanced, from
the same book. In their occupation
P? and their talk they nad taken no notice
t of the excitement of the people about
them, and if they imow they were racing
b the Charon, so tliey had been doing half
the week, and thought nothing of it.
And all at once a shriek of countless
^ voices rent the air; there was a shock
and an explosion, as it th<J bottomless
pit had broken through the bed of the
river. The air wm full of flying beams
and falling m n and women; the river
' wa3 full of them; and they weret^o
among thf-m ail, afloat but r..i ; c.
Afloat in the branches of a huge tree
that was sailing and swirling down the
river, and in no immediate danger of
destruction, but exhausted, and unabl<
to do uiovc than keep the breath the}
bad for awhile. If others had beer
sared,, they had reached one ol th(
bat.Y.s, or had heew picked up by the
Ctir.ron's bouts. The quick Southerr
dush was upon them before Adele hac?
done more than open her eyes and close
them Renin. Neither she nor he had
been seriously hurt, hut they -were absolutely
alone in the thick night and
the rushing river. What else couid
children, sitting side by side in the
cradle made by the big branches, and
trembling at all the dark, unknown
tumult of the torrent, tiil suddenly,
with a shock that might have wrecked
them had not their clothes been caught
on the branches, they were anchored on
a mud-spit, and the stream was sweepin?
by?
The morning dawned redly over the
Crept sea like river. Flat-boat and raft
md steamer went along; but no one
mw 'heir signal*, or seeing, no one
heeded them. Another weary r.ight,
famished and faint, but keeping each
other's courage up; and at noon of the
next day they were taken off. But in
the two days and ni-rhts Maskelyn had
learned that she loved him. And when,
in turn, she learned that her love was
in vain. It was only by force of arms
that he hindered her from seeking the
watery death from which he had rescued
her. The poor little passionate
tronical creature !
lie saw her, however, no more ior a
monui iuicT uie time mai lie jeu uer at,
her father's door in Now Orient)?, where
he found the black-robed parents, who
had themselves been saved, but who had
thought their child lost, and received
her as one raised from the grave, and
would have given Maskelyn their all as
h(r preserver. But Maskelyn did not
present himself there again; and it was
not till his return from atrip through
the neighboring region that Adele's
father was able to find him, and to beseech
him to accompany him if he
would save his child a tecond time from
death. And he found her on the brink
of madne-s.
Compelled by their kindness and their
grief, he couid do nothing but remain,
and add his efforts to t heirs. It was a superb
home; wealth and art and climate
could hardly do more to make it perfect.
Perhaps the sense of its ea3e and luxu. y
were delicious to the tired and penniless
young man. And then there were always"flowers,
music, paintings.scrvants
moving iike shadows, cordial warmth
and blessing, and the lovely young creature
whose trouble his presence was
beginning to lighten. Ah, yes, you see
I am excusing Maskelyn?irymc to
make you excuse him. But it was all
to be foreseen. Thiee against one? It
was tjie wo*l?Ligainst one. For here at
home vTTLs nn woman.
with her burely com for tabic
and there, on the other hand, were
beauty, wealth, distinction, and all the
promotion and succ ss that come in the
train of such things.
But it was none of these that weighed
sufficiently with Maskelyn. It was the
one thought that his own action, his
own thoughtlessness, his imprudence,
had stimulated tDe passion that was
driving the pitiful young girl to a madhouse.
He felt that the sacrilice of his
own dreams of happiness wa-i a trifle in
the iway of expiation. And for me?
pray do not smile at the idea?he somehow
subtilely felt that be and I were
as one; that I could only desire and
urge him to absolve himself from any
wrongdoing in the affair; that it would
be my wi^h?as it is my wish?that he
should not suffer a life-long burden on
his conscicnce, whether that conscience
was morbidly sensitive or not, for the
mere sake of our own present content,
which never would be content, in fact,
while he was restless under an accusing
spirit and f was wretched in his want
of ease.
And so he married Adele.
Perhaps it would have been better had
he written me the story of it. and not
have left me to my imaginings. But he
thought the course kindest to me was to
let me think him a villain, and be healed
of my hurt the sooner. And then, too
?you must not think ill of me for saying
it?I appeared to him so altogether
lovely, and to be loved, that be could
not but believe, cost him what pang it
might, that I should speedily be h*ppy
in the love of otfe I should hold to be a
better man.
And from that hour his career besran
?the carecr of no commercial traveler,
but that of the son of a rich and powerful
house, put forward for fre3h honors
all the time, now governor, now senator,
and when war came, unwilling to
take arms aeainsteitter his native North
or his adopted South, going with the
others to the villa ontiie Mediterranean,
where life was a long dream of idleness
and ease. He was a good husband, I am
glad to know. He never allowed himself
to feel that Adele had done him an
injury; he forced himseif always to look
at the other side, and value the advantages
he received through connection
with her father She was a gentle little being,
always beautiful, never altogether of
perfectly strong mind or will acain, but
living and breathing through him; and
she lived and breathed through him for
twenty-nve yeers. He could only b3
nroud of her. in a certain wav. at
Southern springs, in congressional life,
as they went through Europe; hrr exquisite
erace, her dark, large-eyed loveliness,
"the simplicity of lier always
perfect ladyhood, if one may use the
word, were things always to admire,
and crowds followed her. He also admired
her; he had a tender care lor her,
a gentle attachment to her, and if he
never loved her, she never knew he did
not. She hardly remembered that he
had ever had his poor pale passion in
the North. She died at la3t, thinking
of him as only her own, and thanking
him for the bliss he had given her in
his long faithfulness. But his poor pale
passion had become an ideal thing to
him, a sort of pole star round which his
soul revolved so entirelv as to be au
tomatic and unconscious in its motion.
He did not actively and all the time remember
it, but it helped to shape his
cocrse. and it was always there.
And at last, then, Maskelyn was his
own master once more. But of me in
his freedom it did not occur to him to
think as an actual possibility in flesii and
blood. He had never heard of me; he
had ne^er dared to ask for me; he took
it for granted th?t I was long since another
man's wile. And wher, after
some years more, in a manner unawares
to himself, the memory began to work
in his heart, he came to the old town
again as a pilgrim visits a shrine, and
without a dream of finding me.
And in all these vears. after the first
one of unbearable suffering, I had staid
here in my home, doing the duty that
came first to hand, both since it was
duty and since it might prevent mv
pain. And the pain had passed at
length, had left only a soreness and sorrow,
had become sublimated, as it were,
into something I would not lose for all
its pang. One by one, father and mother,
brother and sister, had left me; but I
still dwelt in the sweet old house, and
sat of summer evenings on the porch
among the honevsucktes.
At first I had thought i could never
breathe their breath again; but at
last it had grown precious to
me; it was my all of the love,
of the life, I had hoped for. But
the score and more of years had not
been unhappy to me; m? daily routine
had taken much thought; the poor
children that I taught, and Belle and
Alice and themt,served in somedegree
to kesp me young; lor, as I said, I
hated to grow old; and if any < ne was
kind enoiieh to say they would hardly
snow me for more than the elder sister
of the young girls about me, my skin
still so smooth, the color on my check
so delicate, the pale gold of my hair still
untouched by silver, it was apt to move
my heart with a little pulse of pleasure,
' although I knew, in truth, and for all
that, that fifty years must always count
j for lifty years. Now and then I he
r of Maskelyn in his public life?I bad
i thougnt it wrong, once when I wen
3 a jarge city, to buy a photograph
; him, with "these ot some other pu
t people; but I kept it locked aw
[ ard alio v< d myself to look at it but c
> every yeir. And when I (Md look i
i it was only with one hurried glanc
. the eye, one thriii and spring of
[ heart, lest I sinned, lest I made him :
1 and I wrapped it the closer away ag)
j But the day after I had seen that I
i w.-is always a day of mourning. Am
last I kuew that he had no longer
or? fn orwl noeir Txrorvf Krr i.ttfl VOoP <
""^1 """ JV'? ?VJ,U KJJ,
] 3-car; and lie bud not come. Sometin
; in wondering and thinking, my he
, would beat so loud that it seemed a
cnly fasting aud prayer would still
and I bluahei and burned to thin
wasted a throb on one who had i<
a.o ceased to care, who never carnc
see; and one day I took his p'cture, t
of the boyish beauty and that of the si
wart man, and burned them both
allies, and prayed that my love mij
burn to ashes with them, and my he
be cold and at peace in that my fifti
year.
But if I had not learned every line
the later picture by heart, whethe;
would or no, 1 might not have kno
Maskelyn when lie came sauntering
the gate that night, and gave a look
the porch, and started ai if a bolt i
struck him, and stopped and leaned
folded arms on the gate, and stared
mo as I sat there.
He knew me. In the softly beginn:
shadows of tbc tw:light my face seen
hardly changed, and air and attiti
were still the same. He knew me, 1
he dirt not believe in me; he thou;
something had happened to his bra
or else that he saw a vision in a tran
He lifted his hat and rubbed bis fo
head: l:e h-ul turned to go away; tl
he wheeled about, opened the gate, a
came slowly, up the path, with
solemn gaze still fixed upon me. /
how sweet the honeysuckle bre!
came '.irred by liis advancing motii
" Livia!" he said.
" Maskelyn !" I replied. And I ]
as he did?impossible to say whether
was dead or alive, whether it was tl
worid or the next, whether I really si
iiim, or it wa9, as it had bven ma
times before, that I d<earned I d
And then I said to mjrself: "The wo
has come. I shall hear presently tl
RIaskelyn is dead." But he was sayi
to himself?and yet I heard him: "C
it be ? Is it so ? Herself ? In the (
home! My God! If ehe should yet
free!" And then a glad cry, and we w<
in each other's arms. And we were fi:
years old. Too old for such joy; an<
drew back all blushing and asham<
only to be taken in those armsaga
He broke off by-and-bye a branch of t
honevsuckle, and twined it in my ha
Iselld Uil'l Alioc otxy
I murmured.
" Who arc Belle and Alice3" said 1
And in the sudden jealous spasm tha
had I realized anew my fifty years a
their twenty.
" I am so old," I said, " and they 5
so young!"
" For me you have eternal youth,"
answered. " We are going tc live ba<
ward all the years in which I have L
you, since you arc so good, my angel,
to love me still, to refuse to reproa
me, to forgive me."
And sometimes I ask if they to wh<
fate seems kinder, and gives a smoc
current of love in their early seasc
have half the depth of delight in it tl
they find who at a later day love w;
the concentrated force tbat, spread c
over all the intervening years, mif
have been a shallow and stagnant do
Did I love Maskelyn any better
twenty ? Not any fraction so dear
Did ho love me more ? I cannot i
swcr for that. One could hardlv lc
more than an abject worshiper love
saint in her shrine, and so he seems
love.
And so I am to be married to-m<
row. I sit hero in a daze, while Be
and Alice are weaving garlands on t
Dteps below. It does not seem to stri
them as anything strange. "Wewc
always sure you had a romance and
! hero, Miss Livia," tbcy say. " Oh, il
like reading a new chapter. And y
are going to come back here, after y
have seen the great world, and nei
let us lose you?" And 1 forgot, as 11
him coming up the walk while tl
weave, that 1 can no more ride and ra
ble without fatigue, for now I have
arm on which to lean; and I knowtl
I shall thrill once more to sunset a
sunrise, water scene ana mountain vie
for there will he eyes to double all t
beauty and reflect it back on mil
I forgot that any time has been siol
from me when 1 look at Maskely
face, that has only grown stronger n
more rugged and noble in the full iii
of his noon. I thank heaven, that
letting me begin this life, however sh
the life may be, so blessed, so blessii
although at fifty years.?fixrper's I
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Albanian Hospitality.
Alhol Mayhew has an interesti
article in Scribner called "In Albau
With the Ghegs," from which we eu
this extract:
The hospitality of the house that gj
us shelter was unbounded. Sra
trees were heaped upon the fire in 1
center of the floor, and scarcely w
we seated by the ruddy clow wh
centered around a cirr.le nf smili
faces, than there wes a sound without
of the strangulation of a hen. Presen
some men entered bearing a nev
slaughtered sheep, still warm a
dressed entire, with a huge wooden s
running throu. h the steaming carc
from head to tail. We smiled apprc
ingly, and, for lack of language, bo'w
our acknowledgments and ejacula
"Mir! mir(good! good!) with gr
heartiness; for in Albania the m
ipikilaun, or shetp roasted whole, is 1
greatest mark of consideration s
friendship a mountaineer can otter
cuests. Who could describe the on;
which followed unon the dismemb
ment of the rnish? We took our fc
after the primitive custom of the count
sitting on the floor and using one ha
lor a plate and our fingers lor knives a
forks. We swallowed lumps of tej
mutton-fat, and washed them do
with draughts of a peculiar home-br
which tasted like rancid mead. TL
we had a course of hot lard and lion
cakes, followed by an entree of shee
kidneys. Next a big gourd full of r:
was put into circulation, and once agi
we returned to our mutton. But it v
fearfully trying work, and after an h(
or so of persistent muttonizing I tr;
to ft-ign sleep as the only possible
capo from apoplexy. Scarcely had
closed my eyes, however, when our h
pressed a warm sheep's-trotter in :o ]
reluctant hand, with a reproachful g
ture which said too plainly, reoe-ncn
nos moutons! During all this fesvsti
the women-folk sat apart in a corner
the cabin, twirling yarn from their c
taffs, and ever and anon casting s.nxit
glances at tho rapidly disappear)
meat. Late in the night, when 1
mish ipikitawi was almost exhaust
and we had coiled ourselves up 1
satiated boa-constrictors underour blf
kets, they were permitted to sup up
our broken victuals; for not even in i
mountains in Albania are the won
permitted to join their lords in i
pleasures of the table. For want of t
other accommodation we slept thatnij
where we had supped?upon the tlo
with our toes toasting at the embers
the fire, and our heads pillowed on c
saddle-bags. But before I was waf
into the land of Nod I saw one of i
mountaineers still picking at a bla
bone of mutton, and when it was p
fectly clean he held it up to the light
the tire, and, accc i l>! lie invaria
I custom of the couiui j, began to expl;
! aloud to a group ot eager listeners :
i prophetic pictures which every moi
I taineer believes arc to be traced in
transparent portions ot the bone.
lard FARM, WARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD
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I Farm and Garden Notes.
i of Apples boiled with meal are good foi
blie pigs.
&y> Asparagus thrives best on a deep
?nce sandy Joam.
r^nf Remember that your fowls need
p gravel just as much as they need food
sin and ^eep a suPP^y constantly by them.
tjn' Spent tan bark has been plowed into ?
Face compact clay soil with the best results
rtat as it rendered the soil mellow and ir
!X creased its warmth.
ind Pastures that have been fed a few
jCs, seasons will generally produce more
art milk or make more fat than those
s if which have been newly seeded down,
it' Do not undertake to keep sheep on
k 1 low, undrained lands. They will sureI5
3n? contract disease, and a sick she p is
]t0 about a^ mean a thing as we know of,
J^t not excepting a sick chicken.
Ashes are, for many soils, a standard
fertilizer. Places where a tree or brushheap
has been burned often show the efetj.
fects of the manuring for many years.
It is an old saying, " The land never
, f forgets ashes."
r I Experiments have proved that wooden
wn posts put in tue ground in the same pobv
sitionin which they grew, top upward
wiil rntlpn sftvpral cpnrs finnnpr
Kid than they would if placed topdownliis
ward in the soil.
at A French writer recommends a novel
mode of enriching and promoting
ing the growth especially of geraniums,
led Namely: watering the plants with a
1(le solution of 150 grains of glue in about
>ut two gallons of water.
:.1't One great object in feeding animals
ee should be to enrich the land, hence it
p ' becomes of the grc.ii.est importance to
v-" know what food can be produced that
nd ipiure ^an(^ *n ^cast? an<* en'
his l*ie manure heap mostA
good thing to give a horse after he
ttb has been driven is a quart of oatmeal
3n. stirred into a pail of water. It refreshes
an*1 strengthens him, relieves his imfelt
mediate thirst and prepares his stomach
I for more solid food. It is like the Dlate
[lis of soup before dinner, satisfying and apaw
petizing together.
ny a laciy wno nas raised a largenumoer
id. of bens says that after vainly trying
rst the recommended remedies for lice, she
lat has hit upon the plan of giving them
ng once or twice a week a large loaf made
'an of Graham flour, in which a handful of
)ld sulphur has been mixed. The hens like
be it, and are freed from lice and kept
?re healthy through the season.
Marsh lands r.re remarkably prolific
;V in grass. To make such lands service:Q>
able for eheep culture would be a vast
1.n' advantage and economy In. that part
. e of England where the Romney-Marsh
sheep are kcsi the marshes are ditchcd,
1 Mill cvCIl OIL;:1, to keep nut thoU^o
water; and on Jf.Pie exposed lands these
haiuy sh??p food in summer and winter.
, Some of these pastures are so luxuriant
ac< as to carry fourteen sheep to the acre.
YVhat a sheep this would be for those of
ue our farmers who think this animal is
. well provided for on the lee side of a
straw stack. With this even they
f- might secure their mutton.?Rural New
"" Yorker.
lCj Why Bee? Work in the Dark.
Every one knows what fresh honey is
Dm ?a clear, yellow syrup, without any
>th trace of solid suear in it. After strainjn,
ing it gradually" assumes a erys'al aplat
pearanee?it candies, as the saving is,
ith and ultimately becomes a solid mass of
>ut sugar. It has been suspected that this
jht change has been due to photographic
tol. action; the same agent which alters the
at molecular arrangement of the iodine of
ly. silver on the excited coliodian plate,
and determines the formation of cam>ve
phor and iodine crystals in a bots
a thf, causes honey to assume a crysto
lalline form. Mr. Scheiber inclosed
honey in well-corked flasks,
or- some of which he kept in perfect darkille
nefs, v?hlie the others were exposed to
he the light. The result has been that the
ike portion exposed to the light ?ooncrystalire
lizes,while that kept in the dark remains
a unchanged. Hence, we sec why the bees
S is are so careful to obscure the glass winou
clows which are sometimes placed in
ou their hives. The existence of the young
^er depends on liquidity of the saccharine
<ee food presented to them, and if light
11 j 4.1.:- li u
Ll?y were aaowi'u access i<j tui?, 111 an piuum
ability it would prove fntal to the inan
nates of the hive.? fl'extern Fanner.
Weight of Stock.
w The following rule for finding out the
he weight of an animal by measuring may
[ie' prove convecier t. See that the animal
[en stands Suu&rc. Then take his ciroutnn'a
ference behind the shoulder-blade. This
nd is the girth. Then measure from the
,ht bone of the tail which plumbs the line
5 js with the hinder part uf the buttock, and
ort direct the string aloDg the back to the
ng fore-part of the ehoulder-blade. This
ja'. will be the length. Then work at the
figures thus: Suppose the girth of the
bullock t,ix feet four inches, length five
feet three inches, which, multiplied
together, make thirty-three square supering
ficial feet; and this,multiplied by twentya
three, the number of pounds allowed
tke for each superficial foot of cattle meas*
. Dirty Mike's Kiss.
A noted Irish agitator is thusdesc
ed : He is named in newspaper r< p
" M. G. Considine, Esq , but better km
to hi? fellow-citizens as " Dirty Mil
> Mr. Considine is a fine specimen of
good oid crusted Irish \ at riot. He
I pursued patriotism ever since the c
T\.?~.'rtl a*\A 5f roHr.ii
U1 JL/iUliCi \J v;uuucu, aiiu iu 4vuww
, greatly to his honor that he is nov
poor as when lie started as a pati
This Milesian Diogenes is in many
spects the most remarkable man in
county Clare, after, if not before, '
O'Gorman Mahon himself. He is :
r the dirtiest." But the grime on Mr. C
} sidine has a romautic origin. It is
! fakir's robe of filth.
When he was only a budding pat
i the great liberator once kissed h
1 Mr. Considine determined < that
i cheek sanctified by the embrac<
, O'Conneil should rever again be ]
Janed by water, that the kiss she
never be washed od*. Without sp<
! iating as to the degree of cleanlii
previously f/ivored by Mr. Consid
it must be conceded that it is very d
. cult to wash day by day, or weet
weeK, as me ease may ue, iuuuu a v
tain spot 011 tho cheek, which, moreo'
woula soon get oat of harmony with
remainder of the countenance. II
easier, " wiser, better far," to bring
whole face into harmony with
sacred sunny side of it.
This has been done; and the resull
a picture worthy of Murillo or Zubar
: irom the grimy but handsome well
face gleam a pair of bright, marveloi
bright, blue eyes, and the voice wL
bid3 welcome to the stranger is curioi
sweet and sonorous. Mr. Considim
quite tho best speaker here, and
summons will always bring an audie
toEnnis. One enthusiast said to 1
" Whin lie dies may the heaven be
bed, and his statue should be bes
O'Connell's inEnnis." Now,thismc
patriot whom every one must perfc
respect for his perfe.t honesty and t
interestedness, keeps a wretched li
shop in a trumpery cabin.
His stock-in-trade consists of a ]
newspapers, his pantry holds but
tatoes, ana his wardrobe would set 1
BoucicaulL at defiance. Yet he i
great power in Enni?, and the candid
for that borough who neglected t
would fare badly. I am not insinuat
that any charge of venality can atti
to Mm. Quite tho contrary. He
admitted to be a perfectly disinteres
citizen by those most opposed to i
socially and politically. He has k
the sacred fire of agitation burn
since the days of O'Ccnnell.
A Tale of Lore ana sncrmce.
"Bat papa?"
" Notnnother word. T'm a wild
when my back's up, and don't you for
it." The
speaker was a hard-visaged m
dressed with au elegance that
accorded with his evident want of c
ture. She who had addressed him
"papa" was a fair-haired girl of eight
summers. Reared on the knee of luxu
she had never known what it was
have her slightest wish thwarted. I
father, a plumber, w as from the nat
of his business, a man of iron will, I
he was not devoid of pity or enerosi
as many a debtor whose house and
he had taken in part payment for tixi
the water pipes, letting the balance
the account run along lor two mont
could testify.
He had surrounded Cecil, his o:
child, with all that wealth could p<
chas", looking forward to the time wt
she won Id mnrrv the eldest son 0
Niagara Falls hack man, or some per;
of fortune commensurare with her o\
But she had allowed her heart to be
snared by the wiles of Cupid, and t
morning had asked her Bire's consent
her marriage with a poor but not pre
young man whose agricultural ope
tions on the board of trade had i
been attended with success. It was t
request that produced the answer gv
nbove.
Again Cecil pleaded-with her par
not to crush the love that blossomed
her heart. The old man's mind w
b.vk to the happy days when he 1
told her mother of his love, and h
they commenced life with nothing I
strong arms and willing henrts. Plac
his tan-like hand on Cecil's shoulc
the old main locked at her tenderly i
said: " Look ye, my lass. You say 3
lore this man and cannot live with"
him. Mebbe not. I have promised }
a sealskin sack this winter. Jjtt
test your love. If you become t
man's bride I shall not buy the sai
In my hnnd is a check for $300. In
wheat pit over on the board of tradi
your lover. Which do you choose?
Wi thout raising her head she react
out convulsively for the check.?Chic
Tribune.
Tho JRagpickers of Paris.
There are in Paris, says an Engl
writer, upward of thirty thousand r
pickers, who form a community ap?
congregating together in " cites," i!
are hidden away in remote subur
rarely txplored either by the dwell
in, or visitors to, tiie capital of pleasu
Through these cites, which are i
famiiiar eround to most persons, I p
pose conducting my readers; but bef
doing so it will be well perhaps to cc
mence with a few statistics.
Thirty thousand men and won
trudge ..ightly through the city strei
seeking in tl: e rubbish and refuse, in
sweepings of the boudoir and
kitchen, the saloon and the scullery,
hospitfil and the restaurant, daily bri
for themselves and their families. T
heterogeneous mass, which thetraterc
of the hod and crook collect, finds
way eventually to the sorting rooms
which there arc two hundred in Par
where the street sweepings are sif
and sorted previous to reappearing
the world under new forms.
About 1,000 men and 10,000 won
earn their living in these Ateliers,
we have a totfti of over 60,000 persi
employed one way or another in I
chiffonier trade. The ragpickers
divided into three categories; there i
some?the bourgeoisie, so to say?vi
work on their own account, get 1
highest market price for their wai
and contrive, one day with another,
earn from forty to fifty sous per die
These are looked up to by their c
leagues a i indepen ent gentlemen r
ladies, at the mercy of no hard ta
A A ..1 1 ^
uii;su;r. a stcunu ciisa, iuwcl uuwii
the social ladder, are those who disp
of their findings at so much per pou:
the goorl with the bad; these find i
hard matter to make the proverl
ends moet. And there is yet ano 1
category of chiffoniers, such as are p
a franc or less per day by the wholes
chiffon merchant, who is ?enerallj
thriving person, while his employees
the barefooted outcasts of society.
Domestic Joys.
4 Topnoody, you Topnoody," cal
Mrs. T. early in the morning, "get
and build a tire in the kitchen stove i
put the tea-kettle on, and grind
coffee, and get a bucket of coal an
pail of water, and cut that kindl
wood, and start a fire in the parlor, s
take out the ashes, and sweep the sn
off around the house, and call the cl
dren, and wait on the milkman, and
and get a beefsteak, and Iced
chickens, and set if the cow's in
stable, and then come back here i
stir out my fire, and wake me up bo'
can get breakfast. Do you hear? I
believe you men would like to seeev
one of us poor women work our ting
ends off, and freeze to death in the b
gain!" Then she fixed herself for ali
snooze, and Topnoody arose to go ab
the pleasant duties of the day and tin
his stars he was not a miserable ba
e.\ov. ?Steubcnvillc Herald.
It is said that th'j greatest of Gee
Sand's works were written with bar
an erasure.
unng less man sevon ana more man nve
ivc feet in ?irth?makes 759 pounds. When
iall the animal measures less than nine and
the more than seven feet in girth, thirtj'-one
ore is the number of pounds to be estimated
ich for each superficial foot. And suppose
ing a small animal to measure two feet in
; al girth and two feet in length, these multiy
tiplied together make four feet, which,
zly multiplied by eleven?the number of
ind pounds allowed for each square foot
pit when cattle measure less than three feet
a?s in girth?makes lorty-four pounds.
)v- Again, suppose a calf or sheep,
red etc., to measure four feet six
ted inches in girth and three leet
eat nine inches in length, that multiplied
ish together makes sixteen square feet, and
i,he this multiplied by sixteen?the number
Lnd of pounds allowed for cattle measuring
his less than five and more than three feet
ics in girth?makes 256 pouuds. The dier
mensions of cattle, sheep, calves and
>od hogs, taken this way, will give the
iy, weight of the four quarters of the ani,iid
mal, sinking the otfal. A deduction
md must be made for animals halt fat of one
oid pound in twenty from those that are fat;
wn and for a cow that has had calves one
ew pound must be allowed in addition to
# !*? f.Av vi/\f Koivtor fof oit?i?w
len VUU 1UL IIVU UWli? 1UU UJJV/li UtUJ
ey. twenty.
pig MuIchiiiK Uoitea.
aki Peter Henderson says, in the Oardeniiin
er'.v Monthly, that he has discovered that
ras mulchin? roses in pots to force flowers
>ur for the holidays, in January last, with
ied common moss mixed with a 203d pores
tion of bone dust, say one part bone
I dust to thirty of moss, had a wonderful
ost elTcct in bringing forth early roses. In
my two weeks after the mulch was first apes
plied a change was clearly to be seen,
s a and by the end of May the plants had
ing attained from four to six feet in height,
of and though they had bloomed profusely
lis- during a period of nearly six months,
jus were in the most perfect lieal'h and
ing vigor. All other piants on which the
the mulch had been tried showed marked
ed, benefits.
ike Household Hint*.
m" Cracks in stoves may be effectually
>on stopped by a paste made of ashes and
the 8ait mixed with water.
To remove grease from white goods,
nv wa!!h 805lP or alkaline lye3. Colore!
buttons, wash with lukewarm
, soap lyes. Colored woolens the same,
of or limmonia- Silks, absorb with French
Jhalk or fuller's earth, and dissolve
ted KWay benzine or ether.
Liie To select nutmegs, pick thpm wilh
(je a pin. If they are good, the o;l willinl(?r.
stnntly spread around the puncture.
:of When you drive a nail into a wall,
ble clothes press or cJoset, to hang things
r.in on, drive it through a spool up to the
the head.
Lin- ?
the Men marry to make an end; women
to make a beginning.
She Had Business with Congress,
rib- "Where's Congress? I'm looking for
ortg Congress," said a tall, one-eyed woman,
)wn peering through one of the doors of the
fe<? tlouse of Representatives, the other
the morning. "Is that fellow with a bald
]ja? head CongressP"
lays " What do you want with Congress,
lhds anyhow ?" demanded a deputy doorkeep7
a3 er, gruflly. "Hold on; you can't go
jot. in there!''
re.? " 1 came from Bucks county,j Pa., to
the see Congress, and if you've got it on
X*tie draught an> where around here, I want
also some. What's the reason I can't go in
!on. there P"
"'Cause you can't. Nobody allowed
here but members."
riot "That red-headed man with a squint
jm> amemberP''
the "No; he's one of the members'secre,
0f tari.es. He has a right on the floor."
3f0_ "Is that lops-ided chap with a wig
mid one of the secretaries P"
jcu- "No; he's a lricndof a member. Had
less a pass*"
ine, " What's that bare legged boy falling
iffi- over the back of a chair ? Has he got
. i? anv friends ?"
;er_ " He's one of the pages."
per, "Who's that red-nosed artist with a
the 3ore ear F Did he have a pass P"
; j3 "That's a messenger. He don't need
the pass."
the " What's that fellow with his legs on
a desk P Is he one of the bosses ?"
t j8 " He is one oi the clerks."
an, "Any of them felloes pay any
cut taxes P"
lsls " I think not. Don't know." said the
[ich doorkeeper, indifferently.
ls]y "Now, young feller, you want to hunt
B i3 for room to stand in while 1 bust
hia through this door. Don't fool wit'.i me,
n'ce or your friends will thin 1c you've been
ne: doing business with a sieam grindstone,
his I pay taxes on three acres and eight pigs
lide up in Bucks county, and I'm going
,del through this 'ere Congress like a congee
tribution box through a congregation,
lis. You just crawl out of sight, if you don't
ttle want your spine to change places with
the next township. Where's the Confew
Kress from Bucks county P Show me the
po- Bucks county Congress, and if he don't
yir# get a bill through this town to
9 a send that hare-lipped old sky-rocket,
[ate who wants to lorclose a mortgage
um on my place, to the penitentiary,
iue he'll wish he'd been born a tree and cut
ach down and burned up when he was
in^ a'Square loot of Con^ss left by th<^
time I reach it, it'll wish it was covered
with hair that comes out without hurting."
They induced her to leave by telling
cat her that the " Congress from Books
get county " held its sessions in the patent
<?. and she departed, threatening to
an, get the bilfofaydftB hu mui
ill- through before she left town, or make
ul- the Bucks county member think a "cider
as barrel had busted under him just as a
sen shot-tower fell on top of him."? Washry,
inglor,i Post.
i to
ler A Hermit's Sad Story.
ure in a wretched little hut on Ocean
Jut Beach, near the Golden Gate, was
t7? found the badly decomposed remains
.lot of a man known ag "The Hermit." He
in? had lived alone for five years, and his
of story, romantic enough lor a novel,
has just been learned. His name was
George Jacob Hoeffel. Bom in Gernly
many, of wealthy parents, he was edunr
cated at Heidelberg, and about
icu uie time 01 me rituico-irrussiaii
' a war came to America. He had
son relatives in New Orleans and
vn- there married a society belle. His
pn" health was poor, and on the advice of
tiat physicians he came to this coast, with
; t(> his wife and child. He grew worse, and
>ud decided to visit the Sandwich islands,
ra* hut his wife would not consent to
not accompany him. Finally be left her and
his the child with friends and departed,
pen she soon pot into fast society. Meanwhile
the husband recovered his health
pnt and returned, eager to learn why he got
i iQ no letters from his wife, but sure of her
ent safety, as he had ieft ample means at
iad his banker's for her support. When
coja mat sue uau gone n-asi, iie siantu
put out to iind lier, but after two years'
search, in which he spent much money
le:^j for aetectives, he returned here broken
^id jn heart. He had severe illness, and
f?u when he recovered his mind was shatDUt
tered. He refused to associate with
?ou fj-iends, built a hut on the seashore, and
H9 gained a living by fishing and gathering
driltwood. He would not write to his
ck. parents in Germany, though many letthe
tcr3 from them were found in his room.
?13 It is related that about a year ago, while
he was wandering along the beach, a
ied carriage drove by, in which he re.ogay?
nized his lost wile. She knew him also,
and gave orders to the driver to wLip
the horses and drive on- Hoeffel rushed
after the carriage, shrieked: My wife!
j8h my wife!" and iell senseless on the sand.
ttg_ The woman, it is said, then left the oity
irt, f?r good.. Hoeffel died alone, and his
bat cabin showed the miserable, squalid life
bg, be had led.?San Francisco hronicle.
!crs ?
ire. An Important Corporal,
on- It Is related that during the American
ro- Revolution the corporal of a little comore
pany was giving orders to those under
?m- him relative to a piece of timber, which
they were endeavoring to raise up to
icn the top of some military works they
2ts, were repairing.
the The timber went up with difficulty,
the and on this account the voice of the litthe
tie great man was often heard, in regu2ad
jar vociferations of "Heave away! There
ins she goes! Heave nor*
iity An officer, not in military costume,
its wa3 passing, and asked the non-com(of
missioned officer why he did not take
is), hold and render a little aid.
ted The latter, astonished, turning round
in with all the pomp of an (mperor, said:
" Sir, I am a corporal!"
len 41 You are, are you?" replied the offiso
cer; "I was not aware of that." and
3119 taking cff his hat and bcwing. the office
cer said, " I ask your pardon, Mr. Corare
poral," and then dismounted and lifted
*re till the perspiration stood in drops on
rho his forehead.
,he When the work was finished, turning
es? to the commander, he said: " Mr. Corto
poral, wli'n you have another such job
ni and have not men enough, send for your
:ol- commander-in-chief, and I will come
ind and help you a second time."
sk- The corporal was thunderstruck! It
on was none other than Washington who
oss tiiu3 addressed him.
nd,
t a Words of Wisdom.
>ial Man is sometimes the slave of ten
her thousand imaginary necessities.
Many men wearing rapiers are afraid
' ? of goose-quills.
,ire The passion of acquiring riches in order
to support a vain expense corrupts
the purest souls.
Justice is like a ghss. which cannot
jC(j be bent but is easily broken.
up A man's fortune should be the rule fox
his sparing not spending. Extravagance
tjie mav be supported, not justified, byafflud
a ence.
iug It is not only arrogant, but it is proflimd
eate, for a man to disregard the world's
ow I opinion of himself.
Jil-1 Do what good thou canst unknown;
go and be not vain of what ought rather to
the be felt than seen.
^ Opinion is the main thing which does
*n<: good or harm in the world. It is our
false opinions of things which ruin us
(,ry True politeness is perfect ease and
er3> freedom. It simply consists of treating
,.ir. others just as you love to be treated
nal yourself.
(>ut Motive - are better than actions. M n |
ink drift into crime. Of evil th'y do more
ch- than they contempiatc, mid of good they i
contemplate mom than ihuy do.
It is a r-rrr known to ail great j
>rge men, that by conferring an obligation I
dly they d.j not always procuic a friend, but;
are certain of creating muuy enemies. '
TIMELY TOPICS.
A Boston capitalist has engaged a
company of raisers of forest seedlings in
Illinois to break and plow a large area
in Kansas and plant no less than 2,720
trees to the acre, and cultivate these
until they shade the ground. At the
end of that time?say ten years?the
plantations will be delivered over to thx?
owner. No trees less than six feet high
are to be counted.
The famine in Russia, it is predicted,
will assume proportions altogether beyond
previous estimates, and no steps
are taken to meet it. The Russian peasant
cannot afford at the best of times to
eat wheat, and thi3 grain has been sold
long ahead to the Jews and other middlemen.
What 13 needed is an immediate
importation of cheaper grain, if such
can be obtained.
The Finnish government has hit upon
apian for riddinqtlie grand duchies of
wolves and afford the soldieri practice
in shooting. Enormous numbers of
wolves having appeared in the forests of
late years, it has been decided this
winter to dispatch against them a battalion
of rifles. The men will be allowed
unlimited ammunition, and wiil
be told off in squads to ;ittacfc the ei cmv,
and at the end of the contest money
prizes wiil be given to those who have
killed the greatest number of wolves
with the fewest shots.
The edict of Joseph Emanuel, king of
Portugal, published in 1769. is not
without it? interest at this time. By
this instrument widows of more than
fifty ,\ ears of age wfire forbidden to marry,
' because, the preamble recited,
" experience has shown that women of
that age commonly marry young men of
no property, who dissipate the fortunes
such marriages put them in possesaion
of, to the prejudice of children and other
relations." Spinsters were not apparently
considered so liable to be beguiled.
Dr. Schweinfurth, the Soudan traveler,
has published at Vienna a letter just received
from Cairo, which stigmatizes
in strong terms the recent increase
in the Egyptian slave trade. The re*
sum^tion'of the traffic dates from the
deposition of the ex-khedive and the
retirement-?f Sir Samuel Baker; but it
Jom increased. more especially since
nrffifffH 1nff in spite of the
and jjfi^agsilfatea, there is
every week a whnl?Sfe:4mp$rtation of
little negro children into^^adah,and
there is no prospect lucrative
W WUU^ W fc^?
r ht.i mo &MV "In
the present condition of applied sck-nce
tiufc4Aae*ta^el^w^ieleefaeSti(?Jfcgtt
telegraph lines will be undergTOTn<?7
where they will least impair the beauty
of streets and be protected from adverse
a'mospheric influences. And
it is not improbable that after a
few years' experience of the cost, not to
say the danger, of elevated railroads in
cities, noiseless, smokeless, well-lighted,
and wholesome tunnel routes of city
rapid transit will be adopted. The facilities
for both changes are even now
within reach.
Senator Booth, of California, who
wants to succeed himself in the United
States Senate, has a formidable opponent
in General John Bidwell, f x-governor
oi that State. General Bidwell is
worth over 31,000,000, mo3t of his property
being in lands. His ranch at
Chico, in Northern California, where
President Hayes and his party were entertained
during their recent trip, is one
of the gre itost of the many things oi
tuat ataie. ud iuis piace mere are more
than one hundred miles of fences and it
is possible to ride for hours in any direction
without leaving General Bidwell's
property.
Petroleum fountains and asphalt
mines, very rich, have been discovered
in Venezuela, South America. The
petroleum issues in streams from a sand
bank full of holes. One of the fountains
spurts petroleun^ and water at the rate
of 240 gallons per hour. The petroleum
is found to equal in value that imported
from the United States. Excellent an
tbracite coal is also lound in ttie same'
regions. The discoveries are near the
city of Maracaibo in the State of Zulia.
The presence of the petroleum was
known sixty years ago, but there was
no method of refining it at that time.
It now promises to become a valuable
article of commerce.
The Methodist Record derives very little
comfort from the fact that, notwithstanding
the wide-spread prevalence of
both diphtheria and scarlet fever, the
types of the disease are not unusually
severe at present. It contends that this
is by no means a subject for congratulation
at this season, in view of the reasonable
possibility of the increase of both
diseases during the spring, and the probable
increase of their malignancy. Very
few physicians have lost fifty per cent,
of their cases of diphtheria thus far.
Even twenty per cent, would be a very
high figure. Still, the prospect of the
continuance of this comparatively low
ratio of mortality is far from promising.
At least, the wise practietioner must be
on his guard, and do everything he can,
not only to treat promp.ly and efficiently
ail oases in hand, but prevent tbeir increase.
Whatever can be done by the
physician to narrow the chances of the
spread of the contagion lessens the
chances of mortality even in mild epidemics.
Recently complaints have been made
to the French authorities that oleomargarine
butter ihas been substituted for
the genuine article in the asdums of
Paris. The Paris Academy of Medicine
has made a vigorous investigation, under
an order from the government. The
ronnrf nf tlm pninmittiip iq fl train t.'lfl
use of margarine '"n the asylums, and is
also adverse to its general use as a
substitute for butter. The margarine
as originally pi-pared is no longer
on nhi.iof r\ f r>nmm(>rr?P hnintr fnn
dear. That which is actualiy in use is
an industrial product open to various
frauds. Vegetable oils are especially
intoduced, and if it is easy to decide by
chemiral analysis whether a given product
consists of butter or margarine, it
is very difficult to affirm whether this
margarine is pure or mixed with oil?,
and vegetable oils j.re known to be
more difficult of digestion than animai
fats. It was found to be a miserable
conglomerate of peanut oil diluted milk
and beef.
No Fnucral There.
lie had a mournful look about him,
and he advanced with measured steps
to the table.
" I'm a useful member of society,"
said he in a sepulchral voice.
"Indeed, no one would suspect it. A
face like yours?"
" Is a blessing to its owner. I can
manufacture more melancholy in ten
minutes than any other man can in a
week.^ That's my business. I go about
touching up the tender feelings of people
and reducing them to palpable tears?"
"A reguiar brine drawer?"
"To be short, yes. One look at me
will make the strongest eye weep. I'm
very useful at funerals."
" This is no funeral, but it will be, find
thera will be joy instead of .rourning
if yo:j don't take your melancholy mug
outoi heie in a hurry," and just as he
\V!W . ing to ask for n qunrter a paste
potwsj jt whizzing by Ins head aud he
retreated, leaving a streak of Wue behind
him that will last a week.?Hew
Haven Register.
" Well, Johnnie, did you catch any
fish to-day?" "No," replied the lad.
" but I drowned a good many worms."
A Cat and Bat Tarn.
From the very nature of things cats 1
rarely make pets of animals of the rat 1
description, but neverthele.-s a genuine
case exists in Cleveland, Ohio, according
to an exchange, which says: In the
family of a resident of Irving street for
several months past an animal of the
Thomas species fans been a member of
the household. His catship, it may be
said, is uncommonly large and of the
Maltese description. About two weeks ,
"TIJ/.U1) aiioniHA/t/l thi* 'vimofna nf
I/iUti OUl uuc lulling VI
the house bv an unusual proceeding
on the rear porch. He was ]
making a great ado about some- ]
thing. Looking out, they saw " Dick"
racing up and down with a rat in its
I mouth, row and then allowing its cap- 1
tive liberty to run a few steps, when !
the teeth of " Dick " would once more 1
close upon the fugitive with a vice-like j
grip. Every evening about the same ]
hour the commotion on the porch was ,
repeated with nightly capture, till one J
evening last week a great fuss was heard
in the yard outside. The voice of j
"Dick" was heard in unpleasantuni- ]
son wnn auotner or cue lenne genus.
Evidently no friendly interview was
taking place. On going out, the bead
of the family discovered " Dick " backed
up in one corner of tbe fence,
endeavoring to ward, off the attack
of a neighbor's eat, which eeemed
intent on seizing something which was
sheltered behind its antagonist. All the
time both animals were yelling as only
cats can yell. The strange cat wa3
driven off. and on looking in a corner
behind "Dick," a rat, evidently much
frightened, was discovered, and it
seemed as the ugh its protector was
merely shielding it from seltish motives.
"Dick" was much pleased to
have his captive inspected, and strutted
about in. high glee. The gentleman,
seeing the cat leading off too far from
the rat, supposed the latter would
escape, and belore the little fellow J
could recover from his fright, pulled ofl
his slipper and dealt the animal a blow t
which stunned it. " Dick " sc med
much displeased, and never offered .
to molest the fallen foe. Ae 1
soon as the rat began to show
signs of returning life "Dick" ?
was overjoyed. He gently pawed the '
rat, turning it over to assist in resuscitating
it, and when at last the effects of i
the blow had worn off, " DickTI jumped c
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UUUUt aim lUCU tu vriuu uio
companion. The rat took it into it? a
head to leave the premises, and so i
climbed the nigh board fence and
dropped down into the next yard. .
'Dick "did not follow over the fence, j.
hut went some distance down the lot
evening performances were ex- t
plained. "Dick's" playmate comes
regularly each evening^ and the two ?
have been watched in tlMrniteetiaga. t
The cat is always glad to see his friendT 1
while the rat seems to reciprocate the
feeling, but is not so demonstrative. s
t
Winter Boles.
Never begi a a journey until the break- ^
fast has heen'eaten. r
Never take warm drinks and then 9
immediately go out in the cold air. i
Keep tne back?especially between the
shoulder blades?well covered; also the l
chest well protected. *
In sleeping in a cold room establish i
the habit of breathing through the nose, r
and never with the mouth open.
Never go to bed with cold or damp f
feet; always toast them by a lire ten or a
fifteen minutes before going to bed.
N ever omit regular bathing, for unless a
the skin is in an active condition the
cold will close the pores and lavor con- .
gestion or other diseases. .
After exercise of any kind never ride *
in an open carriage nor near the window 1
of a < ar for a moment. It is dangerous 11
to health, and even to life.
When hoarse speak as little as posji- d
ble until it is recovered irom, else the c
voice may be permanently lost, or dilh- t
culties of the throat be produced. r
Merely warm the back by a fire, and
never continue keeping the back ex- \
posed to he it after it has become com- \
fortably warm. To do otherwise is de- [
biliating. }
W hen goine from a warm atmosphere j
into a colder one, keep the mouth closed,
so that the air may bo warmed hy its
passage through the nose, pre it reaches 1
the lungs. :
Never stand still in cold weather, j
especially after having taken a slight I
decree of exercise; and always avoid
standing upon ice or 9now, or where the
person is exposed to a cold wind.? 1
Albany (N. Y.) Argus. '
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Circnmvented. <
A Qnincy drugeist was sitting beside
the base-burner in his store staring 1
sleepily at the rows of bottles o;i the L
shelves, and wondering why people '
don't take more medicine, when the '
door softly opened and an eigbt-year-o!d I
urchin dod?ed in. Walking up to the
compounder of prescripti ns, he said: i
" Mister, ain t there some kind of 1
stuff that you kin rub on that'll make c
a fellow's skin as tough as an ele- p
pbant'sP'' a
The druggist looked the boy over, and
replied: t
"Yes, the oil of tannin will harden the c
skin, if that's what you mean." k
"That's the trick I'm playin' fur a
exactly. Gimme ten cents worth." "
While putting it up the druggist /
asked:
"What do you want to harden your
hands for? Going to the country to 1
husk corn?" j?
"Husk nothin', an' my han's is as '
tuft as rawhide now. I'm just a work- v
in' up a little scheme to circumvent the 0
old woman's slipper. I tried a layer o' 8
sole leather, but she tumbled to my lit- 'J
tie game at the first interview, an' when ^
I fell back on a folded newspaper she
heard it crackin' atore she got me over C
her knee, but if this here stuff does its s
duty, I think I've got the bulge on her, s
right from the word go. How long does c
it take such ile as this to put on a pad 6
ttiicK enougu 10 kdock iiie lire uui ui o
an average spankin1?"
When the desired information was g
given him, he trotted off down the j
street singing: "If at first you don't }
succeed, try, try again!"?Argo. ?
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FIofttiDg tirain Mills. 1
a. umcopuuiauL, uccvuuiu^ < Ui|i .
down the Danube in Austria, says:
The floating grain mills on the Danube (
are perhaps its most curious feature, f
Fancy two canal boats moored parallel *
to each other, in mid-river, about lii'teen
or twenty :eet apart, and supporting
beiween them the crank of a gigantic *
mill wheel, turned by the current of the
stream. Fancy, moreover, the sides of
, one of these boats carried up one story *
higher than those of the other, thin F
roofed over, a la Noah's Ark. ?
with doors and windows as needed? 11
and ycu have a fair idea of these Danube ?
grain mills, some four or live thousand
of which, in groups of ten or a dozen s
together, arc scat.ered along this
watery highway, all the way down from C
Vienna to Belgrade. Eichmill is in- p
scribed with its owner's name, and I t
found time in passing to copy one or t
tiro such as "Julias Istvnny ces Lan- c
dos" and "Jonsisviteh MaUopoponi." s
as being curious samples of Magyar a
peasant nomenclature. As the steamer I
goes shooting by these mills, so close &
tliat th" alow "clack, clack," of the a
miil wheel j.s distinctly audible, it i* c
amusing to note the inmates, looking for f
all the ^oild like Hampty Dumpty in r
the play, rushing to their doors or win- a
dows to wave a salute, and have a look i
at the passengers. s
The Winter Snow.
Snow to tho grasses, snow to the trees,
9now like star showers thrown on tho breeze.
Snow like white blossoms flnng from the skies,
Now kissing our cheek as onward it fliee,
Now upward borne on the wild tempest's wing,
Now melting in the air like loam on a river,
Now swelling the tide of some crystal spring,
rbat flows to the ocean that flcweth lorever,
Now wreathing its white and beautiful locks
Ground the bare brows ol tho surge-beaten
rocks.
Mow resting awhile on a mountainous crest,
Sow dissolving in dew on the* ooeau's calm
breafit, . ' -*'/.
Sow sailing aloft on a wild eagle's back,
S'ow blinding the course of the mariner's tracks r;\ ?
Sow cleaving the skirts of a vaporous oload Vg
now veiling the eurth in a beautiful shroud; y-^' l
Sow melting in dew on a lair lady's lip, \ ^
Sow bippiqfc where a lover might tremble to I
Sow clasping itshands around her bright hair, j
Vow wetting a carl on her forehead so fair. ^
)h, snow, snow, sparkling snow, f
lerald of misexy, hunger anil woe,
rull many a wretch, mantled in rags, '
day pillow his head on the piilowleea flags; .'
i.nd the shivering beggar may halt in tho street
\'d make thy mantle his cold winding sheet{ >
lave mercy, oh, bright and sparkling know,
lave mercy on those who have nowhere to go
)h, fly, fly away oa thy white silver wing,
ind die on the bosom of bcantifnl spring.
?John Scott.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
A notorious eavesdropper?Rain.
"Chest" protectors?Good padlocks
Belgium had no gold coin until the
rear 1847. , >
This year's flax crop of California is
hree times that of 1879.
A yreat was;?The dog's caudal ap)endage.?Waterloo
Observer.
Jones calls his wife "Old Pic" be- r
ause she is so crusty.?Steuaenville ??
lera1d.
During the yea? 1880 4,946 miles of
tew railroad have been built in this
:ountry.
The man who is always boasting ol
ipeakmg his mind, usually has the hast , . ^
nind to speak. ^
Because a house is let out does not ffi
nake it aa y larger. Very often, though,
be tenant is taken in.
A facetious ourglar, who had broken
nto an editor's house, said the only 9
faing he struck was a match.?Fat Cton? 9
BE*. 2 ?
y/ynmr v lino a cj|
fWflr"loma3 Jefferson, and is going |
tOL^^^r^it for the benefit of the York: - ; p
Of 20,000,000 people transported b /
steam vessels in the United States in
;he past-gear, but 185 lost their lives? E
esiTthan bflSrto eacS~milIfBHr"?" |j
Hint to a musician?Thesurest and^-"""^
afestw&yto strike A flat is to creed
lp behind him when he isn't looking, "
ind after you strike him take a run.
It is said to be a singular fact that,
vith the exception ol Turkey, every
cigiiing royal family in Europe has
ome of the blood of Mary ^Stuart in
ib veins.
An old lady who had been readingtha .
tealth officers' reports thought that'
Total" must be an awfully malignant
lisease, since as many die of it as all tbo
est put to2ether.
A bright little girl, who had" snccessullv
spelled the word "that," was
.sked what would remain after the "t"
iad been taken away. " The dirty cups {
.nd saucers," was the reply.
A novel pump, discharging fifty ga!
ons a minute, worked by Hand, Lias been
nvented by a convict on Blackwed's
sland Now we know where all the
lovels come ivom.?Lowdl Citizen. *
Wheat has fallen fifteen cents a buabel
luring the past week, but the interest
n mortgages has remained the same. Ib
akes a pretty hard season to depress a
Qortgage on a larm.?Peck's Sun.
Tavm/ih Dm aViawam DcAct/lanf r\f < ho
fttLuro uuuuaiiau, a. u.mucuu ut vuu
Jnited States, made an election bet in
819 and lo3t it, and the deed by which
le conveyed the land he forfeited is, in
its own handwriting, on tile at Warren, >* : |
?&.'
A father of three sons and five daugh;ers
was asked what family he had.
The answer was: "I have three sons and*?
ncy have each five sisters." " Mercy!" eplied
iho interrogator; "sich a ' jH
amily!" AH
Mr. Parnell, head of the Irish land
eague, is very abstemious, drinking !
ittle but water or tea. In the intervals
>1 agitation he is a great rider, a mod;rately
keen sportsmnn and something
)f a fanner. ^^9
A thousand persons, mostly women,
ire employed in engravine and orinting
:overnment money and banknotes at
tVashin^ion. Tbey are so strictly
vatched during work hours that they
ook upon themselves then as prisoners.
The lions in Algeria arc fnst diminshingin
numbers, and will soon,doubtess,
become ex tine;. To meet tue inreasing
demand for fi'~" ?rd zoological
.ardens, lion-breeding i.-3;ab:ishmfnts
ire coming into vogue in that country.
A meditative man was roaming
Lirough an anatomical museum, and
ame across the skeleton of a don;ey?
" Ah!" he said in reverential awe,
s he adjusted his green spectacles,
' we are indeed fearfully and wonderally
made."
It all depends on how you look at'
hese ancestors. One little aristocratic
irl was yesterday boasting that her
urefathers came over ith the pilgrims,
rlien another wee maiden, whose wid
wed mother had recently married,
aid: "Shaw, go 'Jock with your old
uda, I've got a bran new father."? Oil
ity Derrick.
Accordins to the imperial budget the
rerman army ? n a peace footing, as
upplementPd by the accession of
trength recently voted, now consists
if 18,128 officers, 427,274 men, and 81,29
horses, the addition including 901
ifficers. 25,615 men and 1,736 horses.
Chiel Justice Waite .ives in a handomc
bricK and brown-stone house on
Ihode Island avenue, Washington. It
s pleasantly adapted lor entertaining
j _ n _ c l
LUU 15 1U11 U1 pil'lUi'CS, uuu&a auu uiuunents.
Tlie chief justice docs all his - .
vork in a charming library on the secrad
floor.
"My wife lost her pocketbcok with
ifteen dollars in it to-iiay," said a sadooking
man. "When; troing down
own or coming home? " asked somrlody.
* "When? Didn't I tellyou she
ia<l some money in it?" demanded the
ad-looking man, and everybody know
vhen she lost it.?Boston Transcript.
A farmer's wife in Bioomington, 111.,
ras watering stock recently when a
ict cow turned its head quiekiy and
:nocked her into a weil, where she renamed
lor three hours. She kept her
lead above water by clinging to the
ricks, but died from the chill soon after
he was taken out.
It is related of the late Lieutenant
Jommander H. C. Nields, of Puiladelihia,
that, while employed on the mainopsail
yard of a sai.ing vessel during a
errible storm at night, he was pitched
iverboard by a terrible lurch ot the
hip. He immediately disappeared
mong the v.aves that ran mountain
ligli It flashed upon him Uat the
truirgle was hopeless, and so that his
.<^oi;y mi'.'ht rot be prolonged he
lasted boiii hands over iiis Lead and
u'rmitted iii'iiseil to sink. At that mooent
the ship bore down upon him,
.nd. as it by a miracle, his h i'ids came
n coutaet w ith a rope, his life being
aved.