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ABBEVILLE PRESS & BANNER.
BY HUGH WILSON AND H. T. WABDLAW. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 188L NO. 35. VOLUME XXV.
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Alter the Feast.
The bells chime softly ia the gloom;
The guests are gone; the Are is low;
I wait within the echoing room
To greet mine own belore I go.
Mine own for whom, beside tho board,
To-day no empty chair was set;
For whom the eilout pledge vras poured
While trembling ti ars the eyelids wet.
No loot-iail ochoes on the stair,
No shadow falls across the li^ht.
, 0 whisper fills the happy air
With tho lost musio ol delight;
- Yet all my restless thoughts are stilled,
And, waiting by the hearth alone,
My longing heart is waimed and filled
With the dear prescncc of if vn.
Beloved laces, fnintly set
In halos ol my tenderst thought,
Immortal eyes, whose radiance yet
With yearning human love is lraught,
Dear lips whose kisses, sweet and slow,
Drop, like a balm, on mortal pain,
Dear hands whose every touch I know,
Yet may not hope to clasp again.
I know not to what clearer height,
In that sweet heaven, their thought has
grown,
Or what new fountains ol delight,
Untasted here, their souls have known;
Bat since through changing years I keep
Thoip nrwinim Tnnmorv crepn and fair.
I cannot deem that love can sleep,
Or cease ita tender vigils there.
Oh, unlorgetting souls, that swell
The swilt, exulting host above,
Where lace to lace with Him ye dwell
Whose endless years are endless love,
To-night, by some celestial air,
Tiie woudy curtain wide is blown;
Guests ol my heart, but grown more lair,
I see yon, greet you, claim mine own!
?Emily Huntington Miller.
SUSIE'S LOVER.
He was only a rough tar, but he had a
heap of gold. Perhaps all the dangers
that Dick Turner had ^een on the great
deep had bad thoir influence upon him ;
but certainly, for sin^k'-hearted earnestness
of character, I never met his equal.
He had returned from a long voyage,
and the hope of many years was to be
fulfilU-d, for the girl he had courted so
long was to be his at last.
Susie Willis was a rustic coquette.
Many qualms of jealousy had she occasioned
her lover; many a miserable
hour had he spent on her account. But
at last she had not only promised to be
bis?she had done tbat often eiioush be *
i?i- - ~ -J? i.^
lore?OUl LliS u;i,y i;;iw Ui'tu uacu aiiu
another week would see ):ira a happy
man.
He tried lo still the old feelines of
jealousy ami doubt as iio watched his
sweetheart. and noted li.e glar.ces she
still often bestowed upon oilier men.
He, who had no thought but for her,
was moved with wonder to see how
lavishly she could bestow smiles and
words of cordiality upon ail the world'
" But it's aye tbe way of the lassies,"
bethought. "She'll settle down to it
when once we're married."
He could have wished her to show
more interest in his adventures, in the
yarns he was so loud of spinning for the
amusement of the villase gossips: but
Susie would at any time rather waik off
with one 01 her younger companions, or
join in the dance on the green, while
Dick looked on with hungry eyc3, longing
for one of the quips arid job^s which
the bestowed so freely upon others.
Still. Rhe liRri nromised to marrv him.
Her modest stock of clothes -was ready,
the banns had been cr-.lled, and in less
than eight days tow she wo> lei be his
wile. Dick was thinking of ali this a3
he sat in the evening light and smoked
his pipe, and indulged himself the while
in Bweet Visions of what was to be.
He pictured his borne, with Susie as
his wife; in imagination lie saw Iier
moving round in the two small rooms
which he had prepared with so much
care. His thoughts went lurther; he
saw himself, at some future time, returning
from his voyage, to be welcomed
by a loving wife and by little children,
who would clajuber on his knee and
never tire of the longest yarn ihat he
might spin.
His imagination grew so vivid that
DS rose mecuanicaiiy iu anuciv uiu a^uea
from his pipe and to stretch himself in
Bailor fashion. Then he looked around
for Susie.
When he commenced Lis reverie she
had been one of a group of girls who
had been merrily discussing some detail
of the coming wedding, but now hiseye
sought vainly for ber. The girls were
still gossiping, and he cros^cd the little
path between his home and the village
nrnoii ovt/3 ocl/ort ?r\ hia u TC!r W?T*fl fq?n?
_ ion where Susie had gone.
The girls laughed.
"Ah, Dick," said one of them, "can't
yer lose sight of her for a moment ?
Sure, then, and you'll liave enough of
her after the eighth. Let her bide; let
her have a good time wbile she may !''
"Well, well." said Dick, in his slow
way, holding his pipe at aim's-length;
"but where oe she ?"
"She just went oil with Joe Miller to
see his mother,and buy some ribbon for
ber hat," said the same girl, with a sort
of hesitation in her tone which did not
escape Dick'^ uoiice.
"I'll go ana meet h< r," s: ;d he; and,
suiting the action to the word, he started
down the steep village street and took
his way to tne outlying farms beyond,
and acro?3 tne fields to the neighboring
town of Upton, the favorite resort of
the village girls for the purchase of
finery.
Joe Miller was an old rival. He made
a striking contrast to Dick, who, in his
8Mlorgnro,aiwaysfeltat a disadvantage
witn tne spruoi, trim shopman, whose
tongue was aa ^lib as his own was unlUvdy,
lot, cAcepting in matters relating
to Beaiarlng experience. Dick was not
eluqueiiG.
uau rnvvv; buuti vuv-w ouv/ t? 11 i?ppreciation
of Joe's wit and persuasive
speeches, and had encouvaged him a
great deal more than her lover had considered
fitting. Words i:ad already
passed between them on the subject;
But now that Susie was so nearly his.
Dick had persistently lulled his jealousy
to re3t. So now, as he hurried along,
his thoughts dwelt more on the joys
that awaited him than upon any un
pleasant reminiscence.
Joe Miller wa3 employed in the rno-t
pretentious draper's shop in Upton, and
his occupation gave him many opportunities
of offering attentions to the village
girls.
Dick walked rapidly along. The mellow
light of a summer's evening invested
the surroundin? emmtrv with a
charm whose sweetness Dick felt, although
he couid not have recognized its
Bource.
He had nearly reached the outskirts
of the town when, turning downja lane
which would take him by a shorter cut
to the quarter where the draperer'sshop
was situated, he 3aw two tiirures in advance
of him which he instnntly recognized
as Susie and Joe Miller. They
were talking earnestly, and as his rapid
walk brought him nearer, he could see
that Joe's arm was round Susie's waist.
A sharp pang of jealousy shot through
his mind, but he repelled it as it rose,
arguing to himself the long friendship
which had existed between the two,
who lmd erown up as boy and girl together.
He went on. As a sudden ann'.r
in the lane hid them from his sight,
he qui kened his steps, and with a sud
denness which completely overcame him
.ill excuse for Susie left Ijim, for, as lie
turned tiie sharp corner, he saw her, no
longer walking by Joe's side, but folded
in his arms. Her head was on his
shoulder and her hands clasped tightly
around his neck. The pair were so
deeply engrossed in each other that they
never heard Dick's footsteps or recognized
his approach, until the deep groan
that burst from his lips startled them.
hey separated instantly, and Susie,
as she saw him, shrank back against the
hedge, while every vc^tiije of color faded
from her face; she looked as though she
would have failon. Only for a moment,
though.
TliO mow poor uick ikiu veu u;iu
been so sudden, so unexpected, that his
powers of speech had perfect ly deserted
him. He could lind no words, eithe-i 3f
anger or reproach. He stood iike one j
stunnc-J. Then, as Su3io, recovering her
wonted spirit, caoic up to him and said,
with Ikr old coquettish Jau^h, " Only a
'ast farewell! Dick, Ilie gave one
look at her; a great sob, in spite of all
his effort at self-control, hurst froru
him, and, involuntarily putting out both
his hands as though to ward oil her approach,
lie said but one word, and turning
ills back upon them to k his way
homeward.
The word he uttered, scarcely knowing
himself that he did so, was
"Good-bye!"
As he pursued his way mechanically
his rapid gait increased almost to a run;
carried away by the great agony he was
enduring, he involuntarily sought relief
in action.
Only for a while. As he left the town
behind him and reached the mere solitary
path neross the fields he staggered
in his walk, and as a hasty glance round
satisfied him of perfect solitude he flung
himself down on the grass, and upon the
bosom of mother earth shed tears which
his manhood would have denied him
elsewticre.
Hours passed. TL:e force of the shock
he had received was so great thsit, when
at last he attempted to rise and collect
his thoughts, he could not recall the
actual time at which he had received it.
He pulled out his great, old-fa3hioned
silver watch, and couid scarcely credit
the evidence of his sight as he found
that it was nearly eleven o'clock.
He tried to think. Little by little the
scene came back to him; more than that,
the recollection of the thoughts that had
tilled his mind in his walk haunted him
as well. With the dream of Susie and
the litt'c ones which had tilled his brain
came the horiid remembrance of the
man in whose arms he had seen her.
Never in all the years that he had
courted her and her white arms been
round his neck: never in her life had
her head rested upon his shoulder in
tho utter abandonment that he had
witnessed.
Curse- her!?yes, cursc her!?the jade,
the jilt, faithless, wretched, woman that
she was! And as-for the man, for him
no curse could be deep enough, no
anathema sufficiently stern.
The blood boiled and surged in his
brain. Murderous thoughts entered his
mind. He saw himself wrestling with
Joe, belaboring him. killing him! Yes,
that was it?killing him!
Of cou:sc, that was tho only thing to
do. Put the wretch out of "the way ;
kill him?ay, kill him! He repeated it
aloud again and again. But not all at
once. Oh, no! Let him suffer siow
torture; let him taste all the horrors of
death; let him be punished as he deserved.
His thoughts began to take shape. He
saw himself waiting an opportunity to
waylay Joe; ho clinched his fist, and
reveled in the thought. He gloated over
it. He half rose, t-nd, beating the
ground with his fist, was about, to take
a solemn o th never to rest till Joe wa3
put away?never to give up Lis ven>
ncatice, never to (orcivc or Lrget that
injury, when upon the stillness of the
night breeze came the sound of the village
church clock as it chimed the
hour.
The first stroke arrested hi.s attention.
It came with such weird distinctness on
the air that he paused to listen.
One, two. He drew a long breath;
tlien involuntarily he be<r::n to count.
Like a child he went on till he reached
eleven. As the last stroke fell, he so
little realized what he was counting that
he uttered the t welve in expectation of
the stroke which never cume. Thi3,
trifling as it seems, recalled him; but
i lie mechanical efi'ort had done hi3mlnd
good. He was not thinking of Joe
now.
How was it that his thoughts had
gone back far, far into the past ? He
saw a homely room, a bed, on which a
figure covered with a patchwork quilt
was lying; a large, old fashioned, einhtday
clock in the corner, striking?ye?, it
was striking?how many ? Eleven;
yes, that was it; now he remembered.
He saw more. He saw himself, a far
younger man, standing by that bedside,
holding a fragile hand in his; he heard
his mother's voice; it seemed to him
distinct as when the words foil on his
ears ten years ago:
" Meet me there, Dick!1'
He started, turned, rose from his !
cvouching position, nnrl drew a long j
breath.
"Meet her there!"
lie had often Thought ot it. In the
Jong watches at sea he had toid himself
oiten enough that lie was a sinful man
and must heed his ways, if he meant to
do it, and yet he had never been very
bad?not near so bad as others.
He hadn't drunk till he was no better
than a beast. No, the thought of his
mother and Susie had kepi him from
that. He did not like to think of some
of his sprees on shore. Ho hoped his
mother would never know about them;
st 11, it wasn't so very oad, after all. lie
had never committed a crime, done
murder, or even hurt any one in a
biawl. No, his record wa3 pretty clean.
But now? how was it now.-" There
was Joe. Well, Joe certainly must die;
he ought to; but?
Dick rose and began walking toward
his own home. A feeling he would not j
acknowledge had entered his mind. He I
rcacii"d the village green- The lights
were neatly all out. Oniy in the inn
they still burned, and would till midnight,
he knew. He had signed the
pledge long ago, when he first asked
Susie Willis to be his wife. For her
sake he had kept it?but how now?
He hesitated, then resolutely turned
homeward. His good aneel had not xorsaken
him. Worn out in body through
his troubled mind, he throw himself on
to his bed in hij clothes,1 and fell into
an unesisy slumber.
He could not have slept long when he
was awakened by a confused sound, a
noise of hurrying and shouting.
Ho started up and Went to the window.
He threw it open and called out
in a voice which could have been scarcely
recognized as his:
" What's amiss?"
'Fire! fire!" shouted many voices.
"Down in Upton. Look acros3 the
fields!"
Hurrying to join the speakers, Dick
soon recognized the meaning of the excitement.
The village was on high ground and
overlooked the town, from which great
volumes of smoke could now be seen ascending.
The villagers were hurrying across
the fields. Dick joined them and wa?
soon at the scene of action. Tho excitement
suited his mood.
The water supply in the country town
was very inefficient. There had been
little rain for some weeks; the flames
were having it all their own way.
" Where is it ? Whose house is it ? "
were the questions on every tongue.
But the smoke hid the view; they
could only determine that it was on the
High street. Some one said it was the
druggist; but no, it was too far down.
It might be the bake-house, or the
brewery. Yes, that was very likely.
But as they hurried on public opinion
decided that it was none of these. It
was the draper's? yes.'no doubt 'about
it; and so it was.
When Dick reached the spot the excitement
was very nreat The warehouse
beneath the house where the tire j
tiart commenced uau Deen pueu wnu
cotton goods, and the flames bad made
great headway before it was discovered. 1
Tl.e upper part of the houso was already
in tlaiues, and the active townspeople (
wen? busily throwing up all the water j
1 iic-y could coilect, while a solitary fireman.
awaiting the tardy arrival of the
engine, in vain attempted to keep order.
''la every ono out of the house?" ho
was nauing, as Dick ca-e within ear- 1
shot.
"Ay! a}!" replied many voice3 at j
once. The children and the servant and '
th3 mas:er and his wife are all safe. I
" Thank God for that," said Dick, and
w.'th less thrilling excitement he stood i
among the spectators, when suddenly a '
woman's voi^c was heard, in tones of <
agonizing appeal.
"Save him! Save Joe Miller, some of you
men! Are none of you men enough i
toco? His room is the back attic! It's ]
safoyet! Will nonecf you go for him?" j
it was Susie's voice. Changed as it
was with the sharp entreaty in it, Dick (
recognized it. He started. Into his ,
mind came a horrid thought. Hi3 rival (
j was having his deserts?burning, per- ,
I li-?r>a oiiflnp.at.inp to death!
For a rcomeDt he enjoyed if. Every
| base instinct in bis nature reveled in tbe 1
thought. But Susie had seen him. She !
sprang forward and caught his arm. ]
* Dick!" she cried, " if you ever loved '
I me, save him. for I love him!1'
Dick gave one look into her face. A 1
moment, terrib.e in its agony as that of i
death, passed. He seized her hands. i
"Kiss me!" he said?"kiss me as you i
have him!" I
Susie, without a word, put her lips up
to his. and in another moment his foot i
was on the ladder which, reared against ]
the house, seemed wreathed in flames. |
He reached the attic-window in safety, j
and disappeared through it. I
TLc crowd of villagei'3 in the street i
held their breath in suspense while they
I awaited the reappearance of our hero.
( Scarcely a minute had elapsed, however,
ore Dick reappeared at the window, \
I holding by tbe'arm his rival, still scarcely
awakened, and pushing him on the
ladder, prepared to follow him in his !
rapid descent to '.lie ground. '
But the excitement had unnerved '
him, or the heat and tlame3 dazzled
him; for wbile Joe descended safely I
amid the acclamations of the crowd, <
Dick stood as if uncert tin, paused in his !
descent, siaggereu anu iuji prune iuiu
the smoking asiics and debris on the <
ground. (
Those who had witnessed his heroic J
deed rushed to his help, but it was soon 1
plain ttiat he was beyond it. They J
raised his head, :-.nd would have moved 1
him from the dangerous falling beams;
but as they attempted it he opened his
eyes, smiied in Susie's face, and saying, j
' I'll meet thee, mother!" fell back ,
dead. _j
Camel's Hair. ]
For s.jme five or six years past, says ?
the St. Louis Republican, small quanti- )
Lies of camei's hair lir.ve been shipped ] f
to this country to seek a market, and it |
has been utilized in several wajs, but
not to such :in extent as has usually been
imagined. Camel's hair consists of several
grades or qualities, Irom the wool
tliht lays close to the animal's hide to
the long, shaggy hair which covers portions
of the body All this hair or wool
is sheared from the animal the same as
wool from sheep, and pack1 d in bale3
for transportation. Heretofore ail
this material ha3 come from
Western Asia, Arabia and Persia, from
whence it was sent westward through
Russia to the Ualtic ports, and there
shipped mostly to Liverpool and London,
from whence it round its way to all
parts of the world. The iiber, though
long, is coarse and strong, and makes
cross goou lor winder wc:ir ui u sumu- i ^
what rough and shaggy appearancc. It! c
is only woven into cloth, however, with 11
a wool body, as its texture would not ?
admit of it3 being used alone. The i
coarscr hair and the wool that accom- t
panics it a: used in the m:\nufacture of i
carpets, an . are found well adapted (or ]
that purpose. Though popular to a certain
extent, the use of camel's hair in the ?
United States has been somewhat iimited;
but an effort is now making to i t
import it in larger quantities, and to i <
find new uses for "it. The importations (
heretofore tbrouch Russia iiave been ex- c
pensive, but recently large quantities J
have been obtained from China, j
and recently the first invoice, con- (
sisting of ono ton, started from t
this eity overland. Occasionally small j
lots have arrived from China in .
sailinc vessels around Cape Horn; *
but the trade in this way has been so in- j
significant that no notice lias been taken j
of it, and the chief supply has, up to the
present, been had by way of Euro;e.
Now, however, it i3 found that the direct i
trade vith China is the most profitable,
and every port will be made to foster it.
Sincc the first of the year the arrivals of
camei's hair from all sources have been j
much larger than ever before, and as the [
thread is thought we 1 of, some new j
uses wiK be found lor it.
Crime Hid in n Snow Man,
The three last days of October, 18S0, J
were excessively stormy ones in Stock- !
bolm. It snowed incessantly, and on !
the first of November, when the tern- |
pest ceased, the city was deep in drifts. |
rassages had to be cut through the |
leaser streets, and a few of the principal j
ones were cleared out. The street boy3 i
amused tLemseives by building snow i
men wherever they found room to set !
one up. j
On the night of the twenty-first of:
November a policcman found four i
young men making a snow man in the !
open space which had been cleared in j
Iront of the chancellor's palace. Tlioy j
wore mantles and were respectably
dres3ed. They seemed startled at his i
appearance, but went on with their !
work, piling the snow up, beating it
hard, and carving it wi. h their walkingslicks
into the quite symmetrical semblance
of a man. He cracked a joke
with them on their work and then con- i
tinued his patrol.
Next morning the enow man in the
chancellorate square was the topic of
town talk. It was by far the handsomest
w.Aof nfn^lib-o n thn nitrr Is
Crowds Hooked to see it; its icy brow ! 5
was covered with si wreath oi ever- I
rrreei,s, and the national flag was thrust j <
inio its frozen grasp. For a week its | <
popularity continued. Tlien it became ;
necessary to remove it to clear the plazi. 1
In digging it down the laborers uncov- j
ered a dead body?the body of a real
man?which had be n entombed in this ]
counterfeit of snow.
The corpse was that of a victim of 1
violence. The skull had been fractured 1
by heavv blows, and the features had 1
been mutilated to prevent recognition. j
The body was naked, the clothing Lav- j
ing evidently been removed to secure |
the same end which had prompted the [
lacial disfigurement.
Domestic Uses for Ferrets.
The country suffers the loss of millions :
of dollars annually by the ravages oi |
rats, when by keeping one ferret farmers
could rout the last one of the pests from
their premises. Ferrets are similar to
the weasel in haoits and size, but they
have been domesticated and used for expelling
rats in England for centuries.
Mine are white, very small in size, and
so tame that I can call them to me and
handle them as 1 please, j
If nursery men are bothered !
with rabbits lurking about and gnawnig I
their trees, with a ierret they can catch
the last one. No matter where they
burrow, the little fellows will start
them in no time. If I can find where a
rabbit has taken to a hole in the gronnd,
I place a sack over the hoie, let in the
ferret, and in less time than it takes to
tell it the rabbit is in the sack?Springfield,
(0.) Pair*
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLI
Farm and <>ard?n Notes.
Calves in winter need gjod feed, be
;er than yearlings.
In purchasing bulbs buy mixed vi
rieties of the hardy sorts.
The Massachusetts Ploughman asks
jxen have not been abandoned f(
;iorses t o much in doing farm work.
Add a little wood ashes to the flowi
pots of favorites, and see how qui'k
it will flourish aad improve tl
growth.
The old adaee which says lime aj
plied to the land will enrich the fathi
but impo:erish the sou contains muc
.ruth.
To purify a sink or drain : Di?soh
pne-half pound of copperas in two ga
Ions of water. Pour half of this liqui
pne day and the other half next.
A correspondent of the Ohio Famn
writes to that journal that he has raise
three heads of cabbage on one stalk t
pinching off the first one whic
appeared.
The National Live Slock Journal thin]
;hat wildnessand bad temper in a mai
nay be remedied by breeding them, an
sites several instances where this hi
mcceeded.
A Maine farmer, who has been vei
successful in cultivating the blueberr;
says his best success has been on the di
lplnnds. and he has always transplant*
his bushes from where he found them.
Filling a horse rack with hay, as son
persons do, and permitting a coristai
supply, is one of the most probab
means of producing disease, and tl
most positive to render animals uni
[or fast work.
A surgeon in the German army cal
ittention of all who have to do vit
tiorsfs to the danger of using tt
pocket-handkerchief to wipe awayar
foam which may have been thrown upc
their clothes. Glanders have been con
municated in that way.
Plymouth Rock pullets hatched i
April will, if well fed and cared for rigl
Filonc, commence laying by the midd
pi September.
The meat of turkeys that are kep
supplied with charcoal during the peric
pf fattening, is said to be superior i
point or tenderness find iiavor.
When hogs arc put up to fatten an
Fed on dry corn it is the practice to gh
;hem but little water; but they requii
iornc. It would not be possible for
iog " to live for weeks" without wat<
)r other drink when feeding on di
lorn, although when fed on new " soil
jorn a very small quantity of water wi
se sufficient, and possibly, if the corn i
?ery soft and unripe, water might i<
>c indispensable.
lteclpc*.
Tea Biscuit.?With a spatula eoftc
lalt a cupful of lard or butter in a bow
idd a quart of flour with two full tet
ipoonfuls of baking powder sifted in i
Mix into a middling light dough, wit
ibout three-quarters of a pint of mil
with one teaspoonful of salt dissolve
nit. When mixed turn out on yoi
joard, knead it a little, roll it in a shei
lr.lf -in inch thick, cut them out with
)iain round cmtcr, plact; them close t(
rothcr in a quick oven and bake.
Fine Sweet Rusks.?Soften two tab!
ipoonfuls rf butitr in a bowl, whis
,wo tablespoonfuls of sugar, three egg
md flavoring to your taste (lemon gem
ally), together with a piutof milk, ad
o your butler in the bowl two quarts <
lour with four teaspoonfula of bakin
nwer sifted in it, then add milk, egg'
itc., and mix, adding a little more mil
f required to make it of the desire
;onsi3ienc.v. rmiie in uuws siay ui imt
va.nuts placed together on buttere
Jans with aides io them. Moder.it
)ycu.
Stewed Cakrots.?Scrapc and bo
vhoie forty-tive minutes. Drain an
:ut into round slices a quarter of an inc
.hick Put on :i cupful of weak brothi
little soup if you have it?and coo
saltan hour. Then add three or foi
ablespoonfuls of milk, a Jump of butt(
oiled in flour, with seasoning to tasti
Boil up and dish.
Stuffed Squash.?Pare a sma
iquash and cut ofl'ii slice from the tor
>xtract the seeds nnd lay one hour 1
ialt water; then fill with a good stufhn
){ crumbs, chopped salt pork, parsle;
;te., wet with cravy; put on the to
ilice; sci tbe Equash in a pudding disl
.. I- ? fnm fnnntiftllc nf mfilj/lrl hllt tPr ATI
JUU n ion jjyjvuiuio v* uavimvm
,wice 33 much hot water in the bottoii
lover the dish very closely and set i
,he oven two hours, or until tendei
:iy within a deep dish and pour tt
?ravy over it.
Drawiag the Long Bow.
Those who arc in the habit of tellin
Drodi iou* stories ought to have goo
nc-mories; but, fortunately for the worli
.heir memor cs are generally short one
Jheridan used to <1 eal with these mendi
:ious pests in a minnor peculiar to hin
ielf. Remould never allow himself I
De outdone by a verbal prodigy; wher
:ver a monstrous story was told in h
>resence, he would outdo it with one <
lis own coinagc, and put the narrator I
,he blush by a falsehood more glarit
han his ow*\ A gentleman in h:
rearing once related a sporting advec
i.;c
U1C VI *0.
"I was fishingor.c day, say in a cei
ain coid spring foil of delicious trou
md soon caught a large mess. Bu
;vhat was really surprising, not a foe
rom the cold spring there was or;e <
joiling water, so that when you wante
:o cook your fish, all you had to tl(
ifter hooking them from the cold sprinj
i7as to pop them directly into the boi
ng."
The company all expressed astonisl
nent ana lncrcauiuy as. una muiiolujl
isscrtion, vt ith the exception of Sher
Jan.
"I know," said he, "ofaphenomi
1011 yet more surprising. 1 was fishin
>ne day, when I came to a place whei
;Uere were three springs. The first wf
i cold one stacked with fish, the secon
i boiling spring and the third a natun
buntairi of melted butter and parsley.
"Melted butter and parsley!" ey
ilain.ed the first story-teller; "imposs
jle!"
"I beg your pardon," said Sheridai
:oolly, ' I believed your story, sir; yo
ire bound to believe mine."
" Another incident occurred to me,
iontinued the gentleman. "I was oi
shooting once and spied a bracc of bird:
f nnf, r>? shot.: hut T llirew the ran
rod into the barrel ct" my gun, lired, an
brought down both birds."
" A more singular circumstance ha]
pened to me, retorted Sheridan. "
had promised a friend of mine in Lot
don halt a dozen partridges lor dinm
on a certain t!ay. I had forgotten n
agreement when I heard the distal
horn of the stage conch which was 1
lake my game to London. I rushed ini
my preserve, and, in the hurry of tl
moment, forgot my shot, and left nr
iron ramrsd in my gun-bnrrel. I tire
at a covey of partridges, killed si:
threw them into a ha mper, ami gai
them to the coachman. There was ti
game not only killed, but spitted.
This audacious narrative effectual
silenced the story-teller.
What it Costs to Smoke.
The cost of regular smoking, says s
exchange, is showc. by the followii
computation, upon the basis of a week
2xpenditureof $1, the amount$2'i beii
brought in as capital at the end of evci
six months, at seven per cent, per a
num, compound interest. It amoun
to, at the end of
5 years ? $ 304 9(5 45 years. .$ 15,680
10 years.... 735 15 50 years... 22,423
15years.... 1,341 97 55 years... 31,936
20years.... 2,193 94'60 years... 45,454
25 years.... 3,405 37 (65 years... 6-1,281
30 years 5,108 56|70 years... 90,980
13 years.... 7,511 08i75 ycatd... 128,641
0 years.... 10,900 07|80 years... 181,773
). GOLD AND SILVER,
Some Xilvely Stories of Accident*
t- Finds of the Precious Metals.
A correspondent.writing from Omahc
a- 'sa.vs: That rich mines are often discov
ered by accident, history, both ar.cien
.. and modern, verifies. Numerous in
11 stances havo come under my obser
>r vation. This is said to be jluck
but it matters not whether it is luck o
sr science, so lone as the " find "is agooi
ly one. In such cases it would seem tlia
le it is even better to be born lucky thai
industrious. Oniy last spring a pros
peotor, not twenty miles from here
er after hunting many days for a quart
ledge, tired in the search and thre\
down his pick and shovel in disgust am
took up his rifle and sauntered fortti foi
,e game. Fortune favored him; his lucl
? came suddenly to him, as it were. H
1U shot a deer, which, in its death-struggle
fell over the rocks and rolled dowu th
'r mountain-side When the hunte
;d reached his game he found it lying 01
>y the outcrop of an immense galena ledge
b which he soon after sold for a gooi
round sum?figures not stated.
rb In the eavly days of California, a poo
re prospector, sadly out of luck, wa
d returning to his camp after night,
is when he was assailed by a vicious do?
Having no weapon with which to stam
y off nis enemy, he felt around in the darl
7 and laid hold of the first thing he couli
y catch, whicli was a neity tock. xueuu
bad sloped, of course, and the man kep
the stone in his hand until he was safe ii
his own cabin. In the morning he sa\
^ something bright on themissih of wai
Ip and on- closer examination he found tha
? the rook wys full of gold. He returnei
i? and found the ledga from which th
quartz boulder hac floated, sold it for:
large amount or money, returned to th
Is States, bought a firm, married am
h raised a large family of children
ie About four years ago a poor but in
>y dustrious prospector in this county hat
in the misfoi tune (or good fortune) to los
i- his horse. It was an old bay horse, and
like his master, was a wandering proa
in pector, only that he prosDected fo
it grass, while the master prospected fo
le quartz. Tliis particular day the old ba:
wandered further than he was wont t<
do, prooably because the bunch gras
lCj was few and far between. At any rate
n the prospector desired to move camp
but could not do so without the assist
. anceof his bay companion. He mus
? needs find him. He was at last success'G
ful, and while returning with the truan
he noticed the head of a mountain ran
* sticking in the rocks. Stopping to ex
amine it, he saw rich-looking quart:
scattered about, and, following it up, hi
' hit Hnnn nrliot. io nnw lift noted Rams
horn mine?the longest and richest silve
l? ledge that we know of. The. district wa
)t; named Bay Horse, as it should hbvi
been, and is the richest silver district.il
the Salmon river country.
.n I knew a u. an once who folio we<
]t mining and prospecting for a period o
forty years. He had been all throual
t. Californ: a, Colorado and Montana, an<
h had prospected twenty-tive years ii
k Georgia before coming West. He wa
.d not muci on digging deep holes, but h<
[r would go round hunting for shallov
jt diggings as long as the boys woul<
n "stake" liim. He was getting won
). out prospecting out of lui k, and when
on the twenty-fourth day of July, 1S64
he camped on a tributary of Prickh
k Pear creek, in Northern Montana, hi
said to his three companions: "Let'i
; sink a hole on this bar; it's the las
chance; if wo can't find it here I don'
* know where next to prospect." Thi
younger members ol the party put th<
s hole to bed-rock, the diggings wen
k named Last Chance, and two year:
j later the old man threw away his tool:
and irent home to Georgia with a joyfu
heart and $100,000 in clean gold dust
i->iif. nnt until ?ftpr he l>ad seen the cit^
of Helena?the metropolis ol Montanaspring
up about him.
Only hist summer a prospector in th<
? Lower Wood river country met with ai
" unexpected streak of luck that aston
~ ished him. While on hie way acros
^ from Bellvue to Croy Canon the pack 01
the horse he was leading became loose
!r and in order to adjust it he dismountod
' Whiie rearranging it he saw someihinj
at his feet that resembled rich silve:
11 " float." lie traced it up to the ledge
>; which was only u short distance away
n and found that ho had one oftha bes
g "prospects" in Wood liver. He lo
y, cated the origual and two extensions
>p and the best "ore in the vein assays U]
i: into the thousands. Rccent.'y he sol<
d out for a snug little fortune.
i; On a mountain trail in Californij
n there used to be a big boulder whicl
r; furnished a lavorite resting-place fc
ic tired footmc-n. Thousands of men ha<
sal, on that stone and rested their wear;
limbs. In fact it was of so peculiar shap
that it seemed to fit every one who triei
[g it. With long usage it had worn a
smooth as ivory, and was greasy witl
j frequent contact with miners' clothing
g* One day an old prospector squatted him
self upon this favorite resting-stone, am
j. white getting his wind he carelessly am
;q unconsciously pecked away at th
[_ bouluer with his pick. A piece of th
jg rock flew off and revealed to him th
surprising truth that he wa9 sitting on i
0 rich chunk of quartz. He at one
' proceeded up the hill and found th
jg ledge, and it was full of goid am
brought him much wealth.
The man who first found gold iu Cali
fornia was working in a mill race at th
r' time at verv umall wages, and didn1
expect any pay until the mill roc t
sawing.
)f
d South Africa and the Boers.
5? Referring to England's trouble ii
?? South Africa with i;he Boers, the Nev
1" York Graphic gives this explanation o
the war: The recent rising in the Trans
vaal is by no mean3 well understood b
i3 those who attribute to Great Britain I
desire to obtain an accession o f territor;
and power. From the information tha
2* we have received irom sources on whic]
S we can rely and the correctness of whic]
is confirmed by the brief reference to th
subject in the queen's speech on th
d opening of parliament, the real caus
of the annexation of tlie Transva'ti wa
" to preventt.be Boers from tyranny ov
T what we may without impropriety tern
i- the inferior native tribes which in Sout)
Africa are warlike and a constant sourc
of anxiety. It must be borne in mini
lU thattbc original European settlemen
at the Cape was founded by the Dutcl
? and that the inhabitants of Europcai
lt origin ire chiefly Boers, or descend
3? ants of Dutch. The Cape, like Canada
i" wa3 conquered by Great Britain durin
'd the old wars, carried on by Europeai
powers against each other. The nativ
P" tribes, which may be convenient^
I classed under the general term of CafTres
i- have c rried on frequent war3 whicl
er have cost Great Britain both blood ani
iy money to an enormous extent. All th
't Boers in the South Africim depend en
to cics owe allegiance to the British crown
to modified only by the fact that a cor
siderable number of them seized Severn
>y years ago on the territory, now know;
:d ms the Transvaal, and set up an indc
x? pendent republic. It may be doubtc
whether this would have been objecte
ie to by Grea;, Britain but for the dange
of complications with the native tribe:
ly which would almost, to a certaintj
eventuate in wars, the burden of whic
would fall on Great Britain. It is tolei
ably notorious that the origin of th
in Zulu war, which was attended wit
ig such calamitous occurrences, was th
ly seizure of lands in the territory oi th
ig Zulus by the Boers of the Transvaal,
ry i
"Now you better let me put a set r
these weather strips on your doorsk
pleaded the agent in an insinuatin
93 voice; "they keep the house ver
19 warm." But the man s.".id no. his wife1
11 mother was stopping with them, and h
41 guessed it would be wsirm enough witL
22 out the strips, and the agent, being
C4 sensible man, saw it that way too, an
12 went out to hunt up another customei
FOR THE FAIR SEX.
IDreailnac the Hair. J]
A becoming style of dressing the hair li
for the evening, says a fashion article, k
l is to part it in the middle of the head t<
t and crimp the front hair on either side, ai
. The remainder of the front hair is a
combed over a puff to form a roll taken ^
7 behind the oar. The back-hair is dressed a]
'? in o TTorr? "inrffP twist;, with tWO CUrls *t
j falling down the neck. A dinner coif- pi
fare consists of the back and front hair S
u" taken together and arranged in a large c]
full coil. A pouf zephyr is then placed u
07cr the front of the head and fastened lc
2 down by invisible hair-pins. This puff ci
v is a very light crimped piece of hair, the 8!
j upper part forming short natural crimps, b<
r only reaching to the temples. In the <}i
Ij. back of the coil is a low comb. There w
e may also be on the side, below the ear, si
, a large bow. The style of twisting the
g hair in a plain knqt, fastened by a comb, tl
r is very simple ana much liked. Cf
. ? ^
A Cleurt Kitchan. ]{
3 The cleanest kitchen I ever saw was ^
3 in Holland. The walls were as white g(
as untouched snow; tho saucepans re- u
r fleeted objects like mirrors; the mantel- ^
9 piece was ornamented by a species of tj
; muslin curtain, like the canopy of a g(
j; bed, without a trace of smoke ; the fire- 0
i place beneath was covered with china ri
j tiles that iooked as nrignc as 11 no nre a
? had ever been lighted there; the shovel, e,
? tongs and poker and the chains and ^
hooks seemed made ol polished steel. A y
? lady in a ball dress might have gone Cl
. into every hole and corner of that c
7 kitchen, and come forth without a 8(
J smirch upon her whiteness. Having oh- jj
p served a servant while cleaning, one can t]
? readily understand the secret of this a
p wonderful neatness. She blows in the ^
j cracks between the bricks, pokes in the 8|
corners with finger and pin, makes a a
minute supervision enough to fatigue j,
j the eye as well as the arm. It is truly 0,
p a national passion. But there are g
reasons for it; the atmosphere of the 5
' country, which injures wood and metal; 0
" the dampness, tne smallness of the ^
r imncM t.ho mnlMnlinitv of small ob- h,
r jects favoring du9t; the superabundance ?
? of water; a certain need of the eye that jj
3 eventually finds beauty in simple clean- j(
9 Jinesa; and, finally, that emulation s(
? which, in "all plnoes and limes, pushes K
I things to extremes.
Faahlon Not?a. **?' > X:
*
fc High heels are going out of use.
i Trains are cither square or round. nc
Portep^nnfeicc r.nd purses of plush ^
z are all the rage. >h
B Black lace Jerseys are worn studded ?
~ with jet beads. aj
3 Handkerchief suits are very popular jr
? for little girls. T;
i Gloves for tbe deepest mourning are p;
of undressed kid, vt
1 White Dlush forms a large part of the ^
f latest bridal costumes. sj
j White serge flannel is a new material
1 for evening home wear. ^
s Quantities of lace are worn in any jt
e style preferred around the neck. g
' Evening dresses are made with the 01
i front and sides close and clinging. tl
1 Paris begins to appreciate the Ameri- 5,
' can revival of Quaker styles of dress.
P White pineapple silk kerchicfs, em- ci
2 broidered in gold, are worn around the jr
s neck. tl
H Fashionable women have taken a T
t fancy to wear broad and low heels to cl
3 thoir shoes. a
3 French ladies wear skirts of plaited "
2 nlush in all colors, with tunica or over- J*
3 dresses of silk or cashmere. * jj!
? Vie poke bonnet is becoming only to b
thin, tall women with a picturesque C(
' Grajco-Koman car-tc'of countenance. ^
A black lacc cnp of puffed net, held re
down by gold bands on the hair, is very ie
3 becoming to either blondes or bru- ti
\ nettes. T
Much of the clegance oi a lady's drese S<
3 is made up of comparatively trifling v)
i accessories?little elegant nothings, pi
, flowers, iaces, and ribbons, dainty cl
. gloVes, and bewitching slippers. ' tc
* The fashionable colors for evening bi
r dresses are cream white, apricot, salmon, P:
? lavender, mauve, heliotrope, and
? amethyst. Pale blue and rose color are
t never out of date.
A very pretty walking dress is in
> vioiet-purpie sjik, luu cjmio iuiu m ? ^
f> largo flat plaiting, over which is placed at
1 a broad scarf of violet plush, knotted ri
behind. The silk corsage has a double 0]
i collar of the plush. The pockets, cufl's m
i and vc3t front of the corsage are in silk, n<
r embrridered with gold in a very fine a
^ And delicate pattern. Hatof violet slik, fr
? trimmed with bnnd of plush and with }a b
e tuft of marabou feathers powdered with t<
i gold. oi
^ The fashion in plush extends from n
, bonnets, where the strings and cover- a'
' ings are of plush, to the cloaks which v
^ are tri'iimed with this elegant material, E
^ the jackets which are made of it, and to ^
the dresses which show a profusion of n
e plush in their construction; and oven a
e the brides now are wedded in a costume o
e of white plush; but this last is not in Ii
* good taste. "V
e . *
5 Babies. E
" ?-l.~ t dnnl, t A \ a'
S0I11U unu Ull lliv ajilvic jlhuvsix ^aia, j i ?.
Qazelte writes about babies in the fol- t|
v lowing oracular strain: ?
t We love babies, and everybody who r
0 does love babies. No man has any ^
music in his soul who don't love babies.
Babies were made to be loved, especially
girl babies, when grown up.
A baby is a spring day in winter; a i
n ray of sunshino in frigid winter; and if a
v it is healthy and good-natured, it is a 'r
if bushel of sunshine, no matter how cold ti
i- the weather. We love babies because .1
y they arc b ibies, and because their -j
a mothers were lovable and lovely
7 women. g
t Men who have no babies always d
1 gamble and drink whisky and stay out c<
3 at night trying to get music in their e
e souls, but they can't come it. Babies
e are babies, and nothing can take their
e place. Pianos play out, and good living
3 plays out unless there is a baby in the
r house. We have tried; we know and c]
1 say there is nothing like a baby. ri
" *-- ,
J JoaDies ?ru a. piuuuiuvc ouwwuw, o
? and we intend to talk mere about babies sj
* in the future. Babies stimulate exer- |C
I tion; tliey make young men scratch
II gravel; and in this view of the case al
I they are all the while laying golden a
* eggs- ai
A man is hardly worth "three red y(
K cents" until ho gets a wife aud baby.
a They push him to it. While he is 0|
0 making enough for their support he is
? quite sure to have something over. 0
ii tc
r] The Quickest Trains in the World, 0
e The pace of the quicKCSt trains in ^
- England, says an English paper, is tj
i, greater by ton miles an hour than that j.
- of the quickest trains of any other
II country. In Great Britain the average
a velocity of the express is fifty miles an
- hour. In Belgium it never exceeds
d forty-one miles an hour; between Paris
& and Bordeaux it is thirty-nine and a ^
r half miles an Hour. In Russia and some ,
), parts of Switzerland the rate is
twenty-seven miles an hour, i
:i Per ontia, in England raiiway
- traveling is attended with more risk
e than lu any other country in the world,
h Ye. even thu3 the peri's of the steam
e locomotive are much exaggerated, f r a
e French statistician, after a very laborious
examination ol the deaths occurring
from railway accidents over the p
surface < : the whole earth, states the
|[ result o! Lis examinat-on tliu1: "If a
person "5;ore to live continually in a rail- tl
S way c.rvi.ig!:, and spend all his time in k
y railway V-uvcling, the chances in favor b
3 of his tying from railroad accident ?
c wou d not occur until he was i)60 years
'* old."
a ?? h
d Stands to reason?A debater who n
won't sit down. it
Shooting finanaco.
The following extract is from Lad;
ixle's work, "Across Patagonia:" A
ist my husband got a si:ot at a littl
not of four cr five, who were standim
igether, almost out of range. One fell
rid the others took to their heels. Wit)
cry of triumph we galloped up to th
'oun.ied one, but to our dismay, atou
Dproach, he sprang to his feet am
arted off at full speed after his com
anions, to all appearances unhurt
purring our horses we followe<
losely in his wake, down steep ravines
p hills, over the plains, at time
?sing him altogecher, but alway
itching sight ot him again goinj
3 fresti as ever, till at last w
egan to despair of ever running hin
own. * * Gradually, and n<
ronder, our jaded horses began to shov
gns of exhaustion: we had run then
Imost to a standstill, and, reflecting 01
ie distance we had to ride back to th
imp, we wcio juou ^kjiuk, uv iuu iu
rhen the guanaco suddenly stopped am
ly down. * * * But when we go
) within about six yards of him, up h
ot, and galloped off again, distancin
s at every stride. Hesitating what t
o', we kept in his wake, though all th
me we were wishing we nad neve
carted after him. Slower and slowc
ur panting horses struggled toward
ivine, down the side ol which the gt
naco had disappeared. We came toil
3ge and; looked down. The guanac
ras nowhere to be seen. W
rere at a loss to imagine whi
ould have become of him. He had nc
limbed the other|side or we should ha\
sen him emerge on the plain, nor coul
e have gone along the ravine, either t
ae right or the left, as we commande
view of it in both directions for a Ion
istance. In this dilemma we wei
iaring open-mouthed with astonist
lent about us, when something move
1 the long grass below, and airectin
iir steps tnither we came upon ou
uanaco. lying stretched out in a poolt
lcod. The movement that had draw
iir attention lo him had evidently bee
is last effort, for he was now quit
cad. Examining him, we found tfc
ullet hid entered his side, and, pa3sin
irough the lungs and lights, ha
>dged near the spine; and yet, tht
;verely wounded, he had gone quite te
liles at a cracking pace !
Kleptomaniacs.
kleptomaniacs, as a usual thing, wor
inch ?<tf r the fashion of a regula
aiued thief. It is this fact whic
Lakes it hard to identify them and ofte
laces a business man ?n a delicate pos
nn The most skilled " shoplifters,
i styled, proceed dider ti
ise aW t-\rb of ft gentlemanor ladj
wo very nice-looking young lafti?
robably aged eighteen or nineteet
rere selecting a piece of goods i
ooper & Conard's store, on Marko
xeet, not long ago. They were seated o
le stools, examining the material am
raiting for the clerk to be free t
'ait upon them. The clerk was hurry
lg in order to give them his attentior
uddenly they arose, slowly sauntere
at of the store and when the clerl
lrncd to where the goods had been th
iece had disappeared. Two of th
aughters ot a fashionable family ha
jeir waterproof cloaks lined with capo
ou< pockets, and were caught one da
i the" largest store in the city fillin
lem with articlesfrom various counters
he wife of an industrious capable mc
lauie for many months practicti
courso of petty stealing, no^
i this store and now in thai
at confining herself principally to
rge house at Chestnut and Eight!
he was detected, the goods demande
~ 1 5 i-1>nrl vflrvnal
1CK !inu Ufl" Ill'CU'jm UICMWEU luyuii
ily, hut she did not stop. It finall
3came neccssary to take more acti?
icasures, and she would have bee
!?ally dealt with but lor the interver
on of the husband and his employei
hese queer people take every thins
ome of them ask lor samples, and tafi
hat they v?an lay their hands on. Som
lace articles in their satchels, and d(
are they were only putting themasid
) buy, while others try no subterfuge!
nt trust to a lack of "ieilance on tb
irt of the clerks.?Philadelphia. Time.:
Handsome Homes in New Yorfc.
Never were such magnificent an
jstly structures in courae of erectio
; New York. The taste of Now York'
ch men in the manner of house dec
ration, outside, as well as inside, grow
lore luxurious every year. Some ar
ot satisfied with American work o
merican material, but must Lave bot
om abroad. They actually insist upo:
aving men brought over from Europ
> carve the stone traceries and figure
a their house fronts. A mag
iticent building at the corner of Fiftl
7enue and Sixty-ninth street is makin,
cry slow progress on this account
Ivery figure must be cut by importei
workmen, and as it takes time to ge
ion from the other side, and they don'
[ways suit when they come, there is
-1- J-i ?!*.U 4 li a
I C0UI3C) mucil QUiay >vnu iuu nun
t is the same case with the costly ne^
anderbilt buildings. The ornaments
lork must wait till "artists" fror
lurope are ready to do it. I
dditicn to the three Vanderbi
ouses, there are now building o
le avenue elegant mansions fc
;obert Goelet, Ogaen Goelet, Davi
lows, H. R. Bishop and one of tb
Lstor family besides. One of the ne^
alaces will have a single importe
liimney piece tint cost $4,800, and i
nly a wooden one ai that. The Asto
ouse is being built by Mrs. W- W
.storfor her daughter, Mrs. ltoosevel
he materials are brown stone and bricl
ic basement being of incut stone, an
ae lines of the front are very seven
he hou-e is thirty-seven feet wide an
i .,1.4-^, fAr%f A nnr\ TMm ar-ii lnfni
UUUbUlguiv iviu uwK.
t. Gaudeng, will desien the artisti
etails of the entrance. The plan is ths
jmmonly known as an English baa<
icnt houser
How to Drop Monoy in Chnreh.
We are frequently asked, says an ea
ian<ie, regarding the best manner c
roppinc money into the contributio
ox at church, nnd, after carefully cor
dering the subject, we suggest the lo]
twins; rules:
First, if you feel particularly mea
ad have only a penny to bestow, yo
iust keep it well covered in your hand
ad when the box is under your nos
du must, with a quick, nervous motior
t your mite lull so that it shall escap
bservalion.
Second.?If you have a quarter or an
Lher silver coin ot a consiaeraoie biz
) give, you may hold it in plain sigh
otween your thumb and forelinger am
rhen 5011 deposit it you mu^t let it dro
om a comparative y lotty elevation, si
lat it may mrkc a musical jingle wke,
reaches it3 destination.
Thirdly.?If you contemplate offerin,
bill, you must not take your mone
at of your vest pocket until the happ;
loment ccmes when your neighbor
m sro your unparalleled generosity
he moment that the collector appear
t the pew-dojr is the one when yo
lust fumble for your money, and then
aving methodically unfolded the bil
ad put on your eye-glasses to ascertai
s denomination, you may slowly plac
on the top of the box. These thre
ales, we believe, will be sufficient fo
11 ordinary purposes.
N. B.?A button should always b
laced in a blank envelope.
Some wives are merely burdens ti
loir husbands. But a wife who cai
eep the house warm enough for he
usband without a stove ought to be 1
rcat help to him.
No matter what may be said 'abou
er, Bernhardt is true to her sex. J
lost of her plays she has the last wort
; is said.
TI*ELI TOPICS.
t The revenue books show that during
e the year 1880 $3,561,300 were received
l for revenue stamps from the match
? manufacturers of the United States.
3 This would make the number of matches
e consumed 35,613,000,000, or. about 700
H nfTAWTT man TUTAmflTl
1 UiaiAUiCO J cat tu WYCIJ UIUU) HV-W1
and child in the Union.
Of the total foreign trade ol this
1 country during the last fiscal year, New
j? York absorbed nearly three- filths?more
s accurately, 56.7 per cent. Its followers
s were Boston, New Orleans, Baltimore,
z Philadelphia, San Francisco, Savannah
e and Charleston, in the order named,
i New York's trade was nearly seven
3 times as great as that of Boston, and
? about thirty times as much as Savan?
i nah's or Charleston's. New York colli
lected seven-tenths of all the duties cole
lected for the year?Boston following,
i. with a little over one-tenth, and Phil3
adelphia coming next, with but little
lfc more than half as much as Boston.
e New York brought in over seven-tenths
g of all the imports, reckoned in value;
0 Boston, less than one-tenth; Philadele
phia, about a twentieth.
t
!r A very interesting experiment was
? J- HfoJnnf.
" ifctttJly mauc nu uiiiaii vi ui^uvi iuuiuwl'
ti's invention for instantaneously de?
tachinga hoise from a carriage." The
9 horse, put at a gallop, was detached
? without the least shock, leaving the carit
riage behind, and only carrying off the
" harness on his back. The contrivance
r? consists of a lever within reach ol the
d coachman, who with the slightest effort
? withdraws two little iron pegs which
d fasten the traces. Now, as all the har.
S ness on the horse is fastened to two iron
'e bolts, fixed on the shafts, and these
l~ bolts are only held in their places by the
d traces, it follows that the moment the
? latter are loosened the bolts slide out,
l* and the whole of the horse's harness is
" detached from tbe carriage, while the
n shafts and bars remain in their placee.
11 The experiment was repeated with success
several times.
? The quantity of alcoholic liquor that
is sufficient to kill, if taken at a single
18 draught, is being determined satisfacn
torily by actual experiment. The other
day an aged colored man in xeias uiaua
ttiree pints of whisky and fell dead. A
German paper now tells of a woman
who has made a similar experiment in a
k tavern in the village of Wirrwitz near
? Breslau, where she and her husband,
h being engaged jointly as traveling
,n venders of lampblack?a business tliat
l* is a recognized specialty in Germanyhad
put up for the night. The feat was
ie occasioned by a boast made by her in
r x the course of conversation with a number
of ,tavern loangers that she could
drtsg** pint Ot brandy at a single
? draught one of her hc-arers had
the. ability for it. The-ofier wai
" taken tip, and she - stowed^#, braiidj
a away as proposed without wiaKtsg.
0 Then, however,' she sat dotira ana
* covered her facn witlTljer Ittatffe, Mid
J: when, after some time, her husband, bej*
coming alarmed, tried to arouse her it
* was discovered that she was dead,
e .
? Jay Gould's railroads now in operad
tion, or actually under construction or
l* under contract for sure construction,
y would reach half way round the globe,
? if placed in one continuous line. They
' would extend from iNew lors across
: America and over the Pacific ocean
a to Shanghai, China, and would peneH
trate Asia to Afghanistan. If sidetracks
c' and double tracks should be added the
a shores even of the Mediterranean sea
' could almost be reached. Gould's cona
solidation include:
Miles.
y The Wabaah system, both east and west
e of the Mississippi rivor and branches.. 2,187
n Missouri Pacific und branches 712
L- Central branch of Union Pacific....*.... 363
i*. Missouri,Kansas and Texas and branches 825
r Kansas Pacific and branches 1,011
'e Union Pacific and branches 2,115
e Denver and South Park 201
Iron Mountain and branches 684
International and Great Northern 661
' Texas and Pacific, so lar built 587
e Total 9,64$
3
In addition to this there are 3S5 miie3
of road in course of construction in Indiana,
Illinois and Iowa, which will
enter into the Wabash system when
d completed, and nearly, if not quite,
n 2,000 miles under contract or projected
'3 in Texas and Mexico. Besides ail this,
Gould has the idea that the Mississippi
s river from St. Louis to Ne>v Orieana
e hould be used as an additional outlet
'r for the grain cf the West and tl)p Northh
west, and consequently tiie Missouri
n Pacific, the Wabash and the Iron Moune
tain railroads have nearly half a mil
3 lion dollars of stock in a Barge line on
i- the lower Mississippi river,
ti M
^ Haps.
^ The supply of rag3, although great,
J never equals the demand. They are
I mo3tly used in the manufacture of
'? paper. Woolen rass are imported from
many places in continental Europe. Ia
* Eneland those of the poorest grade are
II used for fertilizers, especially in the
n cultivation of hops. Those of loose
n texture, and not too much worn, are,
" both in this country aud in England,
n .:?!.?/) nnaff onH 11 qpH in the mann
??p&?&W uuw vtwvv. .M
^ facture of shoddy cloth, the product
rt being seen in cheap clothing houses
e labeled: " This suit, $3.37?.M
* Linen ragi are imported to this cound
try from nearly all quarters of the globe
13 where clothing is worn. There is considerable
variety in the appearance of
linen rags irom different p.rts, bui in
general those from the north of Europe
are darker and stronger than those from
d other parts of tne world. Of tlie 30,0o0,0u0
pounds of rags imported into
d this country annually, 15,000,000 come
r? Irorn Italy, exclurive of those that are
c brought on the backs of emigrants.
lt Rags are collected in different ways in
J" this country. In the rural districts acute
barterers travel trom uouse 10 uouse
with ark-like vehicles. These vehicles
are replete with tinware, glassware,
brooms, lamp chimneys, matches, and
innumerable articles to please the eye
of the housewife. Their owners are
& not known as rag-gatherers, but as "tinl"
peddlers." They are sharper than
torse-traders, can out-lie Munchausen,
and retire early in life with competenn
cies.?Albany Argus.
u _
c
,, Take Care of Tour Health.
e The Rev. Robert Coliyer was brought
im Ktt ? nint.hfr who had such a "fac
y ulty" that she managed to raise a family
? of four children and provide for herself
and husband on four dollars and a half
" a week, which was all the father earned.
P The bill of fare and its effect are thus
0 stated:
a "Oatmeal and milk and oat-cake a
plenty, with a bit of meat always for tiie
S worker, and sometimes for ihe smaller
y fry, and a sip of tea on Sundays, 'sticky
ing pudding that tires our chin,
3 with the marmalade spread over so
thin,' potatoes and salt, and then more
9 oatmeal, and the result is that to this
u day not one of us knows what you mean
|? by a'system,'or a 'digestion,'or a 'con'
stitution,' so strong and sure are the
^ foundations of our life."
e By this training Mr. Collyer wa3 able
e to tell a class of students what they
r should do:
" If you want to do weil, beep well, if
fi you possibly can. I)o not let even your
education rob you of your health. It is
about the worst thing you can do under
a the whip and spur of a noble purpose,
n and it is what vast numbers do, to their
r life-long re.irret."
b When a line painter took the butcher
to sec one ot his pictures, lie said: " Aye,
Maister Haydon, it's a grand picture,
it but I doubt whether you could have
n done it if you had not eaten my beef."
I, And I think there was a grain of truth
' in the remark.
The Happy flan.
By day, no biting cares assail
My peaceinl, calm, contented breast;
By night my slumbers nevertlaU
Of welcome rest.
?
Soon as the san, with orient beams,
Gilds the fair chambers of tba day,
Musing I trace the murmnring streams
That wind their way.
Around me nature fills the scene
With boundless plenty anddelight;
And touched with joy sinoere, serene,
I bleaa the sight.
I bless the kind, creating power
Exerted thus ior trail mankind;
A t whose command descends the shower,
And blows th e wind.
Happy the man who thus at ease,
Content with that which nature girw;
Him guilty terrors never seixe;
He truly lives.
?Chamberf Journal.
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HUMOHOUS.
Miners, like sailors, bend to the ore.
The music of the wild waves is a Neptune.
" Ewe get out!" as the farmer said to
a lamb in his corn.
Firemen, as well as other people like .>
to talk of their old flames.
Barhers should make good Arctio discoverer
a. They frequently get near the
pole.
As the sled is bent, so is the boy inclined
; as the slipper falls, so is he made
to mind.
"Though he sleigh me, yet will
trust in him," says the pious maiden ot
her lover.
A boy can pull four times more weifhfc
in boys on a sled than he can coal from
the bacs yard.
The newspaper writer is something
like a coroner, inasmuch as he is frequently
obliged to go on an ink ouest.
During the recent census taken in
Switzerland the female citizens of all
degrees energetically protested against
telling their ages.
" What do yoa love best in all th? world!'/
He asked as he looked in her eye*,
And she answered so soft and carewing,
! ' I love sausage and pampldn pies."
J t is Clear mat cue rmmueipum new*
man bas some pretty daughters, for he
says: " Nothing will chap lips quioker
than going cut into the cold air aftdr ft
" Let's go hunting to-day." " Impos- |
''When will you goP" "VhetTl^ami
less in( lo^e." ? When?" "In a fort- 9y,
shouted Mrs? Shuttle. "You are making
more noise and uproar than a session qj
Congress. What do yoa suppose ;he r ''ffi
nflichhnrs will think?"
Elephants have been known to liv jfcjjj
40u yeara. Robinson's circus has one Bn|
eighty-four years old which is as frisky H
as a kitten, and, by the way, is a oonfirmed
tobacco chewer.
Notice.?The person who stole "Songs * "!
of the Sanctuary" Jjom oew No. 58 'j
should impr >ve theopportunity of singing
them here, as he will have n > occa* .
sion to sing them hereaiter. ^
Ten years ago the United States * Aj?
boated fourteen cities of over 100,000.,. * '
inhabitants each; now we have twenty
?a greater number than any other * ?
: country in the world contains.
i We see an article in '-he papers about -"
boy inventors. We hupe they will in- >
i vent a boy who won't whistle through . y ?
his fingers and yell on the streets at
! night.?Cincinnati Silurday Night.
: I A Bay (Jity (Mich) pimosopuer xxiea
. I to stop a runaway horse by taking hold
11 of a wheel of the carriage. When he
stopped revolving he wasn't any better
looking than he was before, but he knew
more.
The young woman who had many , * 1
suitors, and from the time she waa sixteen
until she was twenty-one rejected
them all, re/erred in her later life to thai*
period as her " declining years.''?Sleu^ g
j benville Herald.
; A-poet -asks, in thirty-two lines,
" W hat do the trees say P" If he was ; ;
to recite his poetry under several trees, *"? "
we don't believe they would say any- "
thing. They would leave."?Norni' .
town Herald.
The lightning used on theatrical stages
costs $20 an ounce; but then so little is
required that you can kill a $80 brigand ? "S
und ten $12 brigands so beautifully for
about two cents. A little lightning is
a dangerous thing.
If thy pocketbook be very plethoric ']
or corpulent, do not stuff it with anti- i
fat, but take to thyself for a wife one of \
the fashionable young ladies, and in
less than one year thou wilt be satisfied . 1
that thou hast discovered the tru# . |
remedy.
A DUJIaJAI-U!.. _ J
r%. aiy j. uijuueipuia Kiri, uaviu^ ? j
lover she was afraid wouldn't stick, .5
covered her lips with glue and invited jS
him to kiss her. Owing to the fact that
she had previously posttd lur father
when to pounce into the parlor the plan
worked admirably.
" I tiiink," said a fond parent, " that *
little Jimmy is eoing to be a poet whe*
be grows up. He doesn't eat, and sita M
all day by the stove and thinks *ad
thinks." " You had better grease him "m
all over. He is going to have the ij
measles. Tnat'a what aiJs Jimmy."? 3
Galveston News.
A little thing in a Sunday-school wa3 .j|
asked by hc-r teacher if she always said :-;J
her prayers at night and morning.
'No, miss, I don't." "Why, Mary, '*1
are you not afraid to go to sleep in the
dark without asking the good father to "j
take care of you and watch over you '9
till morning?' "No, miss, Iain t 'cause 1
I sleep in the middle." ?+4
"See here," said a fault-finding husband
to his wife,41 we must have things
arranged in this house so that we shall
know where everything id kept." "With
ali my heart," she sweetly answored, . 1
"and let us begin with your late hours,
my love; I should dearly like to know
where they are kept." He let things m
run on as usual.
???? ?
ft dvertising in Dnll Times. i**?''"
Oat wnu apcaKS from experience conj
tributes the following to an exebange: I
I " It is useless to advertise in dull times; f
I it is a stieer waste of money." For thirty k
years the writer of thii has made adver- I
| tising a study, and knowing ali the "ins
and outs" of a judicious expenditure in A
the purchase of " printers'ink," feels jfl
! warranted in making the assertion that
j those who are governed by the above
j quoted idea are wrong in their judg-?WI
ment and are not as successful in their W
business operations as are those who Mj
pursue an opposite course and do adver- JH
tise in dull times- so called. These la' ter
are the men who have yet to leara *ijj3|
the true meaning of the phrase " dull
times." To be mnde popular, or publicly
known, is the whole secret of advertising.
The continually keeping of
a merchant's name before the people in J9j
i the local paper and mentioning even ?
j briefly the stock he has to sell, secures
| the popularity, or notoriety?call it by
j what n ime you will.
The ?treets of Constantinople are nar- jflpl
row, dirty and irregular, and paved Y I
with such large boulders that in most B 1
places it is impossible to drive a car- ?1
riage. With a population of betweea
500.000 and 600 00'J the citv has 6",000
j priests, mo3tly Greeks and Mohanim-'- Y)jj