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.1 ? ? ? III! Ill Mil I ?? nil 1 Mill ??? ? ? II ? Ull I.IUIIU ? n? I. 'I1 HHIII ???I ?? I ????3??I ABBEVILLE PRESS AND BANNElJ BY HUGH WILSON AND H. T. WAKDLAW. ABBEVILLE,, S. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20. 1881. NO. 46. VOLUME XXV, jig ?_? s __* __? ?? - m Tlio Peanut. A large ami healthy peanut I.av eozilv abed, And it ehnekled. oh. e?> gleefully! Ami to itself it said: "There's a great big world before nic Ami nsv mission yet to do; And ut> I'll he and doing it, lire tin- sun lus dried the dew. "There are greedy buys t<> eoniiuor, And hungry girls as well; What a world of jM)\v? r I've bidden. Within thiei little shell. Though they >lav me in the battle, Though tin y crush nie like a tforin, Though they hflke atnl eruneh my body, If I can I'll make \ :u M|uinn.'' .nri i:i;- Mr.all i.oy prai.-lwil that peanut .Villi lie cracked it 'tween his teeth, lint when lie would have swallowed it, It c*h"ke<l liiui i 'en to death: Ami the ]>eanni's wmk was ended It lia.l fall' it in ihf strife- It had done its mission nohlv, "" Thr?n<;li the ?1?cost its life. --? ?1 AN APRIL FOOL. Helen vr.s our beauty; there is no contradicting that. A haughty, highnpfritod Wanly, almost dark cnongh for an Asian: lnu so jierfeetly made, with such a glow on the olive oval, such a ruddy ripeness on tho lull lip, such a 1 us tor iu tin* great ilark eve. And, like most- beauties. she felt as if the world was iac.de tor Ca'sar. Of course, none of us in the little village group over thought of denying her supremacy. Tn fact, we all admired her too much for that, although I doubt if any of us loved her. But we all took a certain pleasure in seeing her arrayed to suit her beauty; and many was tho scarf and ribbon and rose given her, like timid oiiVrings at a shrine, from Clara and me, and, for the matter of that, from Alalia and Kmily, and all the rest of our girls except perhaps Jane, who had not to much to give and who never indulged herself in fineries? a little Onak'. r-like body in her gray gown, wiih her light hair put back smom4>lv front her white forehead ; not pre icy in I'.iosi <yf^-rn-,^ i, imt always so fair and pure to me. Helen, however, looked at Jane v.il'a a lofty disdain ; which Jane appeared to think ail right and natural, for littlf Jane shared our popular feeling that Helen's movements had something to do with keeping the 1 earth in equipoise. And, in fact, I have often noticed since that anybody with some one trait of pronounced mental or physical superiority, well sustained by a bad temper behind it, can rule all the world within reach, just as Helen did. We were, the most of us, better oil', as tho phrase goes, than Helen, so far as money was concerned ; for she was only Mrs. Knowle's companion, and, except little Jane, who was an orphan, and had just enough income to dress herself meagerly and pay her board at Aunt Elroy's, wo all had our happy homes. Jane had set out to fit herself for teaching. She played rather wonderfully, and sjifi could have spoken to_. ,. ifcte'brtwo difleryi/c Visrgv^es, if she had not boon always so shamciaced. As for Clan; and me, we were the hoidons of the village. Maria was the flirt 1 T* *1 i.V _ til .1 aim r-iunv was uie lengieuse. duc aim Mrs. Knowles used to have the most marvelous mornings together, talking of albs and chasubles and altar pieces and . candlesticks, winch somehow made Emily rather interesting to the rest of us, although Cousin Stanhope laughed at us about it. if he didn't laugh at her. ^ Cousin Stanhope, be it understood, -vas the light of our eyes in that mountain hamlet, so far as connection with the outside .vorld went. He was, in one degree or another, the cousin of almost all of us, for we were all more or less distantly related. He had a position in the state department at Washington that allowed him some leisure ; and, as we were not a great way from his headquarters, he often ran up for a Sunday and brought us news o? that great world, and occask.na" v brought some one of the people figuring on its scenes?now and then an attache of one of the legations ; once in a while a traveling foreigner ; once, indeed, a South Sea island chief, who boldly asked Helen to go back with him to Otaheite. A primitive savage Stanhope failed him; but, if that were true, the primitive savage was avcov cairn ana nome gentleman. " I don't know how von can say so," Helen remarked, as we wero talking him over on Aunt Elrov's piazza, our usual place of congregation, 0110 bright spring morning, April Fool's day, as wo had learned, to our cost, in a scries of Stanhope's jests through the mail. " A great, swarthy barbarian ? I suppose it is because 1 am so ilar3c myself; but I haveno affinity with your dusky-skinned people." I saw Dr. Malatestata lower his book from his own dusky face and look at her curiously a moment. "Being a blackamoor myself," continued Helen, "what I admire is my antipodes." << t t??^ t jj1111 (jum-, iui ? , aum .1. "No, indeed. Tliat colorless morsel ! A yellow-haired Norse, some descendant of one of the old Cimbri, a blue-eyed and red-haired Spanish grandee. He would like me, too," said Helen, laughing and putting np a great dropping curl,.4'on the same principle. I expect to fall in with him vet." " Or fall out with him," said I. "Nothing less thi:n a Spanish hidalgo, with a string <-!" titles as long as his rent-roll." " Then I oiippo* a poor, swarthy Roman doctor need never hope to find favor with those of your way of thinking, Miss Helen ? " said Dr. Malatestata, in his smooth English, to which the slightest accent in the world was like sauce piquante to flavorless meat. "Oh," said Helen, coolly, with her finest air of insolence. "I did not notice that you were there, Signor." "But you will notice the hidalgo, with the string of titles and the rent roll? Well, hidalgos are often poor." "Tlion T linvn in net. 4V\i> them," said Helen. "Do you moan to say, Miss Helen, that yon would not marry a poor and untitled man? What is the matter with you American girls ? Wuat better title is prince than doctor? I fail to see the secret of it. There is a legend in my land that once the Roman purple was put up at auction. Diavolo! Is all this beauty for sale, too, to the highest bidder?" Helen stared at him a moment, answering nothing. " By the way, Clara," then she said, entirely ignoring him and his remarks, " did you see the Spanish lace cape Mrs. Knowl'S gave Emily? I should have liked ?; myself; and, indeed, it was not expensive." "She made a real April fool of Helen with it," said Clara; " for when she unfolded it, Helen thought, of course, it fir was for her. "And I had just began to thank her, when she turned it over to the nun. However, it is the only time tliat I ever was made an April fool," said Helen, with her most superior gesture; "and I fluff? rmr tr* if onroin n "Why, Helen ! How you forget!" I exclaimed. " Little Jane has made you one every year since she has known you." "Oh! Little Jane! Her fooleries! Sweetmeats under your breakfast-plate ! Yes, if you count that, little Jane lias." "And will next year too, I'll lie bound," said Dr. Malatestnta. "At least, diA ? Ami T n-nc OHV *?WWAV* 11 J. ?? 4W UllUJUllU that he wheeled his chair awav ami round the. corner of the gallery, for a knew he was going to' say. " if nature had.not been before her;" and if he had said it Helen would have had her foot on all our necks before peace could have been declared. \ Dr. Malatestata was Cousin Stanhope's last importation?an Italian gentleman who was visiting America, a graduate of some wonderful old university, who perhaps might settle down and practice in America if ho had inducement, Cousin Stanhope said, with a laugh, and who j had found his way to the Italian legation at Washington, where Stanhope had mot him- It was quite unfov tunate for him that ho foil on the slipi pen* pavement and broke his ankle; but Stanhope, who had taken a fancy to him, had brought him up to our village as soon as he eon Id be moved, and had installed hiir- at Aunt Kirov's, where he was waited on by inches, Aunt Elroy outdoing herself in fancy dishes, and little Jane now and then venturing lest he might be homesick to let him hear his native tongue aj*ain, while she spoke a little of her timid Italian with him, half sure that he was laughing at her, but willing he should langli if that diverted the nonr tionfleninii ;mv from the pain in his ankle. "As if it wouldn't make him homesick," said Helen, high and mightily. ]>nt it didn't seem to do so. He used to watch little Jane a good deal. Perhaps it amused him. When she came back.with her basket on her arm from Aunt Elrov's errands among the poorer people of the mountain (and she was always sure to have one or two cases of want ;ji reserve as her own property), he would ask her a swarm of questions and apparently derive infinite entertainment from her answers. But ho was occupied the most part of the time with notes that he seemed 10 be collecting and arranging for a book. " Singular person!"' said Helen, in her sweetly scornful tone. " What could Cousin Stanhope have been thinking of to bring him here? He hasn't even the manners of a gentleman." " Why, Helen came a chorus. "I think he is a consummate gentleman," said Aunt Elrov. "Just about as much of a gentleman as Jane is a lady," continued Helen. " Look at her now, bringing in the eggs. She hasn't a soul above her lens." " She gives every egg to the poor and sick people up the hills." "Goody! goody! Just my ideal of an old maid. Scanty gown, puritanic collar, plain hair, generally drab. Well, there must always be one such in every circle." "One such!" I cried. "I wish there wero a dozen sucn. "Oh! well," said Helen, " we won't quarrel over little Jane. She's too small, clear." It was lovely April weather up our hillsides. Everything was blossoming into May. All life and the future, seemed to our hearts as bright as the blooming world was. We passed the time in one long picnic?Mother and Aunt Elroy and Uncle John and Mrs. Knowles and all?climbing the mountains, catching the brook trout and broiling them on our wood fires, and coming back with our arms full of flowers. At least, we ail uK I but lit tie Jane. Mie said siic had not the heart to leave their lodger alone in his condition to the mercies of OM Sally ; and she used to do her little gardening around the house, and carry her pensioners our flowers of the day before if we had left them with her, and be back again at short intervals. And the last I saw of her one day she had her davenport on the piazza and was writing away at his dictation, as if there were no such thing as May breezes and flowers and mountain ramble^avA Yffe wej?.gpqiir%yi noiWfirg -except to make it pleasant to his swarthy, lean, illfavored foreigner. But it was only Jane's way with everybody. ''That is one of the troubles with her," said Helen. " She hasn't any identity. She forgets herself in the next person always. A bit of white glass?that is all she is." And there was such an assumption of authority in Helen's sayings that, after a few repetitions, one was apt to take them as gospel. Only Dr. Malatestata never did; and his polite way of looking over her and through her as if she were a transparent* or did not exist at all, was the only way lie had of moving Helen. And that did move her. I'resentlyl tlionght I saw that Helen had determined to change it; and although she did not care a sou for him himself, she could not brook a rebel within her dominion, and she meant to make him euro for her. In the full flow of admiration long received her pride had sailed upon a smooth current, without an obstruction. This obstruction of the oblivious Italian doctor caused a disagreeable commotion in the tide. "What made me first think of it was Helen's picking to pieces a bunch of yellow blossoms she had brought in from the woods, and as she passed the doctor in his chair scattering a rain of th'Mii nil over him. and then looking back with a laugh that showed her glittering teeth and brightened all the carnation on her olive cheeks and the luster in her eyes. Well, she was too beautiful for anything but dreams. The doctor must have seen what I thought where I sat in the window-frame, for piesently lie said to me: " Too brilliant tor use, is it not? As for me, I prefer? "What was it Miss Jane read to me today " You mean ' '.A < :< a'.ntv iti!i tun Wight nu<l Rood l-W human nature*!* daily lbort?' That would be Miss Jane herself," said J. "St. Jane," said he. " i suppose, l saul, " tliut one sees a plenty of such faces in llome V" " As Miss Helen's ? Plenty." " I always thought Helen looked like a lioman laily." "Like a Homan peasant girl," saul he. But I knew better than to rejieat his words. " So your peasant girls have that golden tinge under tlie carmine V" I asked him. " All of tlicm." In a day or two Helen, who often came over to Aunt Elroy's, where she saw a group of us, when Emily and Mrs. -Kuowles were having one of their st ances, was standing by a pillar of the gallery, twisting a budding vine about herself, and a humming bird came darting along, and hovered a moment, just as if he took her month for n blossom. "We all exclaimed and laughed, even the doctor; and when the next moment a saucy robin in the black-heart cherry tree gave forth a burst of his music, and Helen opened her lips and answered it in delicious trill on trill, we felt as if the scene was something ideal. "You could hardly do better than this in Italy," said I to the doctor. "The robins take you for one of themselves, Helen," said Aunt Elroy. "It is one of the wise birds," said the doctor. " He wants another song from you, Miss Helen, us 1, indeed, do too." And then Helen sang again. She had been cliaiy of her songs before; but after this you always knew when Helen was coming by the music that ushered her, and where she was going by the sweet sou mis that went, dancing after her. "How can he help falling at her feet V" said I to Consin Stanhope, on one of his Saturdays with us-. " He is lame," said Stanhope. " Nonsense!' "And thc-n I should have fallen in love with her myself long ago, if it had not been for her temper." " You, Stanhope V" " Yes, I; and it'?" "If what ?" " li I had not fallen in love with somebody else." But just then the doctor, who .had so far improved as to I >e able to use a crutch, came down the garden-path and took Stanhope oil' with him. 1 saw little Jane gaze after them intently a moment; and 1 wondered vaguely if she were too fond of Stanhope, and I felt vaguely disturbed and unhappy, and went hon.e and practiced a sonata till I was tired out. How lair and sweet Jane was in those .Tune (lavs, as they came! There was such an unspeakable tranquillity about her. 1 never looked at her without thinking of perfect, placid dawnings. " What a complete lady Jane is," I said to Stanhope once, as we were walking in the wood. " That is because her temperament is so quiet. It gives her manners repose," he answered. " ' All her ways are pleasantness and all her paths are peace.'" And I knew I had no right to be vexed with him for speaking so. AY ho could be blamed for loving Jane ? ? " Only I never could see," added Stanhope, " how any man could fall in love with Jane. I should* as soon think of J kissing a statue. But then, I suppose," ! lie said, looking half askance at me, j "when one is in love with somebody else?" And he stopped, because two people were slowly coining through the ^ wood, although they were not observ ing us. It was lir. Malatestata, who 111 could now walk tolerably with his stick, ! and Helen, whom lie had met. " Yes," lu' was saving, " I have quite ' eeovered?so far tliat 1 .shall be able to ' ' esumo my journey in a short time. : And, Miss Helen, shall I tell you ? When K I go home I hope to take a wife there V with me." "Why in the world should Helen j;c think he means her?" whispered Stanhope. "Look at her!" For Helen had |.n suddenly averted her faee, and, thrust- 1 ing her hands out before her in a beau- 0 tiful forbidding gesture, had cried: a " Oh, no, no, no! I could never leave 01. America!" _ Dr. Malatestata stopped short in his s walk, in blank amazement. " I beg your pardon, Miss Helen," he cried. " You misunderstand me," he ^ said. "Believe me, I had no thought of asking you." And then he drew himself ', up proudly. " I was about to tell you," 0 he said, " that I am the promised husband of Miss Jane." But at that time Stanhope, who had J1 been in the secret for some time, could not forbear a moment longer, and burst , into a roar of laughter. Ami then such an aiigvv man as ( Malatestata was may I never see again, , when he began adjuring Stanhope in j foreign tongues, while the latter leaned against the tree and laughed on. " At any rate," said Helen to me,that' o night li the faet remains that I refused . liini. He didn't misunderstand me." j Well, it was the loveliest little wedding that we had two weeks later on Aunt . Elroy's broad gallery, with all the j flowers and vines and birds. And a grand Italian gentleman came up with Stanhope, too, who treated us all like nobles, and delighted Emily and awed p, Maria. The doctor would have his C1] wheel-chair present, for he declared Ql, it had been the bott friend he ever had; 0,, and he looked at Jane in her white muslin and jesamines, as if it were too . ? much that any of us should touch her. ' Anil <linn lu> fnnlr Iter ntV nn tlin innvnnv j# ./ m over the continent; "for we will see America before we go back to onv home js! in Italy," lie said. :s So letters came to us from Niagara, es from a shooting season in Colorado, <?. from Mexico, from Californian ranches; ar then from the islands of the Pacific co seas, from Japan, from India; ami Jane was going to her home by way of the t ( Red sea and Egypt and the Mediter- po ranean. j i "Jnst think of our little Jane!" said I. " She is putting Marco Polo in the i shade." ! "It's about time he settled down to his practice now, though," said Aunt, e'r Elrov, not meaning Marco Polo, but the doctor. "I declare, what a gap it j makes in life to have Jane gone; and cr now Mrs. Knowles and Helen too. I or wonder if Helen is having the triumph-1 jyit .tjjaA^rr^lToiied for ftBlUWTerMrs. Knowles had gone to Home, and Helen hau been buoyant with cxpectation. " t[ 'Are you speaking of Helen?" said Emily, coming up with an open letter j ^ from the post. "Slie has seen some xj very pleasant people. Sho has been a ^ guest at a graml villa, been present at a | _ superb festival in the country and been j . received by a prince and princess. Do j L. you want to read about it V" And this j was what Helen had written on that page: " It was just a morning of mornings, this April day; and Mrs. Ivnowles and I, j at having left the city and come up here on : Cl the Apennines, were taking our stroll? ja a stroll where we crushed the violets at jj( every step?when we saw that the village was all allame with Howers and banners, and the people decked out like ct a scene in a theater, and there was music, ' jj, and there were throngs of children, with garlands, ar.d I don't know what and all. j( It was the home-coming of the prince jn and princess, they said. And we had m time to hear no more; for, as we .stood ~6 just inside the gates of tire lovely gardens, we stepped aside, to let the low car- ^ riage, with its four cream-colored horses, ftr dash by. And all of a sudden there was Wj a cry, and the horses were pulled up, and two people sprang out of the car- jj, riage. And oh, Emily! I had reason Sft to remember, all in a rush, that it was q, April Fool's dav, and I the merest fool! that over was?I, who hail actually re- av fused this man ! For who do you think |)C the prince was but Prince Malatestata ? ye And the princess?was our little Jane !" ni] ?Iinkin'iHleHt. |)r Italians in Xew York. AV( During the year 1ST!) seven thousand ,n^ two hundred Italian emigrants were \ landed at this port, one-third of which , ( number remained in the city, and there are now over twenty thousand Italians , , scattered among the population of Xew York. The more recently arrived herd together in colonies, such as those in Baxter and Mott streets, in Eleventh street, in Yorkville, and in Iloboken. , Many oi the most important industries of the city are in the hands of Italians us employers and employed, such as the P? manufacture of maearoi i,* of objects of art, confectionery, artificial flowers; by and Italian workmen may be found everywhere mingled with ;l, those of other nationalities. It is no uncommon thing to see at uoon some _ swarthy Italian, engaged on a building c ; in ]>rocess of erection, resting and dining from his tin kettle, while his brown- th skinned wife sits by liis side, brave in her gold earrings and beads, with a red se: flower in her hair, all of which, a! home, were kept for feast days. ]Jut here 111 ga America increased wages make every, nK day a feast day in the matter of food and raiment; and why, indeed, should not' ' the architectural ]>rinciplc of beauty . j supplementing necessity be applied even , to the daily round of hod-car- . ; lying? - :'r That the Italians are an idle and thriftless people is a superstition which time will remove from the American mind. A little kindly guid- col niwl 1 nficli in? crin nwilil t u>ni inWi IH'< almost any form, lint capital is the iirst necessity of the individual. Is it to alt be wondered at, therefore, that the poor sin untried souls that wander from their r village or mountain homes, with no ad- a]j vico but that of the parish priest, 110 m knowledge of the country to which they arc going lmt the vague though dazzling remembrance that somebody's uncle 01 or brother once went to IJuenos Ay res co' and returned with a fortune, 110 pecu-' . J niary resource but that which fesults 111 from the sale of their little farms, or das the wife's heritage of gold beads, and ! 110 intellectual capital but the primitive pa: methods of farming handed down by go their ancestors, should drift .into list- < less and hopeless poverty V Their emi- j]al gration is frequently in the hands of! C[ll shrewd compatriots, who manage to land them on our shores in a robbed and / plundered condition. ^ On the other hand, the thrifty bour- 0l" geois i\I10 brings with him the knowledge of a trade, and some little capital to aid him in getting a footing, very Sil3 soon begins to prosper, and lay by < money with uhich to return and dazzle vei the eyes of his poor neighbors, demor- rat alizing his native town by filling its in- net habitants with yearnings toward the El Dorado of "Nuova York." Such a man, ca] confectioner, hairdresser or gioeer, art purchases a villa, sets up his carriage, and SU] to all appearance purposes spending his life in elegant leisure, but the greed of ' money-getting which he has brought , back from the new world surges restlessly within him, and ho breaks up his establishment and returns to New 1'ork ^ to live behind his shop in some damp, (^(J unwholesome don, that ho may add a v? few more dollars to his store, and too often his avarice is rewarded by the j contraction of a disease which presently aci gives his hard-earned American dollars mi .into the hands of his relatives in Italy, ere ?Httrper's hayazilie. oil; " Why, I'm so glad you've come. Did wj| yon know that I've been worrying about SOI you, John, all the evening?" "That's t]1( jnst what I married yon for. It is pleas- j ant to think that there is some one home | TttI worrying about you." Somehow this * view of the matter didn't exactly coineido with her idea of marital amenities, i Lo FOR THE LADIES. .1 II room Drill. A now idea in amusements this, and s inventors were some girls in Lowell, [ass. Twelve young ladies, comianded by a captain, gave a public . 11 il. i n; ii. ? mi infix piuiii'Ji'iirv in Jiuiuuiiig tiiu room. The girls wero uniformed in 'd, white and l)lue. Tlio brooms were scorated with colored ribbons, and as ie young women marched with the reamers behind tKm they looked ;ry martial and wen warmly applauded, young lady, dressed in the national )lors, was the "drummer boy" of the room corps. A fan drill is performed somewhat the same fashion, only the n can bo used more gracefully and lectivelv than the broom. But, after 1, perhaps, the best broom drill is the ie that takes place in the kitchen, here there is only one broom and no reamers. IIotv nn Kiiipron* (JrM Through n Day. Empress Elizabeth, of Austria, begins io day's work and amusement with a ip of cold chocolate, taken at 7 clock. Then she goes to the stable to e her hunting pet; then receives her cwnvd and makes arrangements for mentations, interviews, etc. At one she kos a beefsteak and a couple of glasses Hungarian wine, after which her ily-in-waiting tells lior the news and ads to her paragraphs from divers ivspapers. She (linos at six, and then j )iis her riding habit and goes to the j i'ge circus which is connected by a j vered passage with lier private apart- | ents. Here she mounts some mettle-: me horse and trains him with wonder- j 1 skill and boldness. "When somo ani-1 al usually wild and spirited is to be nquered a few appreciative guests aro vited to come and look on at the darg empress' proceeding. A Queen'* KoIicm. A fashionable modiste ol' ban ancisco had her parlors crowded one it ire day with guests inspecting an it fit which she had just completed per der for Queen Kaprolam, the wife of ing Kalakaua, of the Sandwich lands. Among the manv handsome bes was one which is intended for a and state occasion. It is made in the itive style of the Hawaiian islands,and termed the "holoku." The design the same as is known in the South, pecially in New Orleans, as the volonta," the robe being in one piece id gathered into a deep yoke that vers the shoulders. The material is the very richest velvet, of a Marie anise blue, striped with gold and imbincd with plain velvet of the some ado. Another was of embossed velvet, the most delicate peach-pink shade, Inch const ituted the train and corsage, iiis was over a petticoat of plain Turk tin, also peach-pink, and was richly abroidered with white jet. The half | seres and high-rolling collar were of e satin, and thickly covered with jet abroidery. Handsome white jet j naments fastened the corsage, which lS^oiM^^fh^ont and back.^hp, lost beantiful of tm^^llowever^ras marine bine satin combined with ecrn itin and finished with a heavy garniire of crimson-crushed roses. This jwn was also made in the " holoku " vie, with long, flowing sleeves open at ig shoulders and extending nearly to ic bottom of the gown, and were lined ith crimson satin. Each suit had two lirs of slippers made of the same aterial as the dress they were to be orn with. JnpuiH'NC Factory Klrls The Japanese have just made another I > illll U 111 111U1I li-UlUlllUU Ui JJIUU|/Cail istoms. Up to the present time popur prejudice lias greatly restricted the eld for women's labor. In the interior, ideed, the weaker sex take part in jricultural operations, l?ut at the great mt^rs of industry men have monoposed almost the whole area of remunerate work. This system appears to be )omed, an some of the more entcvprisg manufacturers are offering en; ployent to women, and so far as the exiriment has yet been carried these rilanthropists have no cause to regret e venture. The feminine employes e content with considerable lower *ges, and yet work the same timereive hours?as the masculine monopo;ts. Whether they turn out the mo quantity is not stated, but in mlitv the result of their labors is said compare not unfavorably wii.li the ernge of men's work. So great has >en the success of the experiment that veral new factories, chiefly for the luiiuacture 01 cioui, tire uuimt iu uu lilt exclusively for the employment of >men. A factory act will soon lie oiled, if it he true that the feminine nds now in eni]>loyment arc kept at ilk without intermission from 5 a. m. o 1*. it. Japanese women are not, as rale, very robust, and such prolonged lior as this must necessarily impose a vere strain even on the strongest. Pnnliion Notes. The new dolman sacks are shorter the back than in front. Batisttr embroidered in colors is imrted to trim summer gowns. l\obin's-egg bluo will be much worn young girls this summer. The summer pilgrimage costumes have ivatteau plait in the back. The short street dress seems to have me for a long visit this time. Irish point-lace wrought with gold read is used to trim cotton dresses. Basques are to be n lit lie longer this ison than they were in the winter. White muslin petticoats are the onlj rments that are made fuller than for rlv, ['ink tulle, trimmed with holly berries Hiout leaves, is a new fancy for ball lets. j'he lace used on the summer bonnets very deeply tinted, and is arranged in tings. Ihe newest jackets have no hoods, but liars that cross in front and make a ,'tty trimming. , \ New York bride recently went to the ar with her veil fastened by a horseoe of orange blossoms. Che littlo mantles for summer are of sizes, from a coach nan's collar to a !i 11 "Untlwr Hiiblmril r-lnnk. :\11 drossy suits are composed of two more fabrics which usually match in or. but contrasts in efifect. Bright ami positive colors will not be fashion except in small bits to give a sh of brightness to a costume. Shirrings ami mill's ore seen in all : rts of costumes of cotton printed ods, where trimmings can be used. i'lio cheapest materials for really tulsomc underskirts is satin, which 1 be bought in all the bright colors. Daisy chains, with a fern foliage mixed [h the blossoms, are among the llow> prepared to trim summer bonnets. ; Fashions in every detail of the toilet inge so rapidly that it is diilicult to r what is and what is not fashionable. Cxold and silver lace and gold and sili braids continue to form the decoions of many lovely full-dress bonis. Bordered robe pattern dresses in per es, nionne cioins, sarincs and iawns j soon among the now spring and early minor goods. \ novelty in the form of a lace pin is joldon fishing-rod and silver liuo iped over the rod, with a gold fish ngling from the end. Kerseymeres, beiges, camel's-hair ?ths, English homespuns, cheviots and lit cloth suitings are the materials for igue, business and traveling suits. Many folds of ombre satin straight oss the crown is one favorite trilling, while others cover but half the >\vn, and are finished with lace on the TPS. V handsome dress of black grenadine, :li half inch stripes of satin and of no open meshed design, his each of ; sides covered with a jabot of black i anish lace, the jabots being a half j d wide. rhere are 10,000 opium eaters iu St. ! uis and 15,000 in Chicago. . i THE FAMILY DOCTOR. AccidrntN in the IIoomc. ii In th 9 household occasional accidents occur, generally of a harmless character, ' but as they sometimes arc of a certain oj gravity, we refer to a clever little book ki entitled, "What to Do First," written w by C. W. Dulles, which contains, in a p< small space, a great deal that is useful tl i to Know m certain emergencies, re Now, as thore are copper boilers attach- cc ed to ranges in many kitchens, the fc i use of oxalic acid to scour them is quite lo : common. Occasionally we hoar of acci- tc ; dents arising from carelessness when C oxalic acid has been left about. The ai writer of this uses oxalic acid iij her ji: i own kitchen, but with great precaution, te ' The bottle containing it is never given tli i to the cook, but only a small portion of ri its contents, and whenever it has been w I *ised the servant is asked " if all of it b< bin been employed." If any remains 01 : over it is thrown away. It is the tl: most stupid of drug clerks that cou- ai founds oxalic acid with epsom salts, bi The acid, as Dr. Dulles describes si it, " comcs in small, heavy, bright- m ; colored crystals, making a clear rattle in vi a bottle or jar." In case by any accident tc oxalic acid lias been taken, the antidote si for it is lime. The chemical reason for b; using lime is that oxalic acid fgrmswith vt it an insoluble compound, and its corro- p< eive action on the coating of the stom- m acli is at once stopped. " If lime water tn 19 lit llilllU) it juujr uu utv;i>) Vk | uj whitewash, tooth powder (its base is a alwavs chalk,) chalk, whiting, or plaster j Ik from the wall. The latter may be crush- ]3 ed and stirred up in water without re' hi gard to grittiness, which will not do any fc harm." sv For sanitary purposes carbolic acid is p< now frequently found in houses. The di cases of its accidental use must be of of rare occurrence, as its peculiar strong to odor'makes it recognizable at once. b< Still, cases of its having been ta-icn in n< the dark are not uncommon. It. is a cc most dangerous poison, because, as Dr. w Dulles states, it seems after \t-ho first painful corrosive effects "to benumb ! tl the stomach." At once largo and re- fo peated doses of oil or milk should be cc given. Certain cases of poisoning with y< carbolic acid have been successfully of | treated, after oil had been taken, by hi stimulation. But it is a dangerous acid, ai : and care should be taken with the bot- ? tie containing it. ! A Corrosive sublimate is often employed bi about a house to rid a bed of vermin, m As it is colorless when in solution, it fa often escapes notice. " If taken vomit- si ing must be provoked, and some form w 1 of tannii acid must be given." Tea is vc the strongest thing which is ecsy at (ii | hand, and a powerful decoction should tl be at once administered. Adults rarely ei meddle with phosphorus, but children b< sometimes suck this very deadly poison dr from matches. Very fortunately it'is fo discoverable in andH^^^^^^^^^^H|?id. pi ge per 9| jhsj should Mistakes as to quantilj^^WPMIl he preparations are by no means uncomj mon accidents. Such are to bo found, J n most unfortunately, in wlmt Dr. Dulles i la very properly calls " the many poison- j w ou^ nostrums sold as soothing syrups, j tl pain destroyers and drops for infants." j tl : There is no expression harsh enough ei which would serve to brand the woman j pi who administers such poison to her w baby. A mother who gives such sub- w stanccs to her child without a doctor's ni ' advice takes the chances of life or: tc : death in her own hands. To such, ni i capable cf seeing their children waste ; sc away before their eyes, 110 advice j p would be of avail. TVo address, then, j ri those who unfortunately may give lauda- j tl num or black drop for paregoric. "The it | symptoms are deep sleep, with narrow-1 Ii j ing of the pupil of the eye to a small m circle, which docs not enlarge in the I - dark. Dr. Dulles advises the 1 tamed:- j ato and persistent use of emetics and to j 01 allow the patient to vomit over and over , ti again. Particular attention should be j ai paid to the breathing. "So long as the j ir breathing does not fall below ten to the j tr minute there is no immediate danger of j hi death; but opium is a dangerous poison \ F and requires all the skill that ean I h< be obtained to combat it." For- j ai merly the custom was to walk a patient! hi up and down, and to slap with wet tow- | ai els. " What to Do First" deprecates j tl this, for the reason that it exhausts the 01 patient, who, if very ill, cannot rally, i tc If physical stimulant is to be used, lay cc the patient on a bed or lounge, and slap j si with the back of a hair-brush, or with a in supper. " JLins is nn tue nursing neces i iu sary, so long as breathing keeps above si ten to the niinute. Should it fall below I It this, or if the breathing should cease, o] artificial respiration should be employ- si ed." v( It sometimes happens that a child j of gets, through accident, an overdose of tn wine or brandy. We have known of a ! little girl made dangerously ill from i having purloined brandicd fruit. It j was a case of stupor. Tho cure was I made by means of " What to Do First" j advises, " hartshorn and water, a tea-1 . spoonful of the first in a teacupful of i ?' water." The use of tainted food, such I nj as of decayed meai or vegetables, some- j T1 times occurs. The treatment is to ex- j ?e cite vomiting, and to follow this with a | ' dose of castor-oil and powdered char- ' b" - - I IK coai. i Mothers arc very careful, bnt the most j 'a prudent of thorn, in the experience of j j? the writer of this, have sometimes made ^ mistakes in the medicines they have ! l)( given their children. One infallible i nile in using any powder or fluid, no 11,1 matter what it is, is never to take it up, ' much less to administer it, in the dark ! ?, "What is the use of having labels marked i ~ " poison" pasted on a bottle, if it be in- ! 7 visible in the dark ? A bottle of modi- i l'1( cine may remain in one position for j ~s weeks, untouched, but an hour before it j *n is used somebody or other may have in- | advertently substituted something else. *a If accidents were always locked up less .r accidents would' occur. There is one word of linal advico to be given: On the w< least suspicion of poisoning in a house ?.? send at once for the doctor, not nocessarily your own, but the very nearest at Cl1 hand. < Q* The question is often asked in cast ] S1 oi poisoning as to tho simplest way to P? provoke vomiting. Lukewarm water in quantity is good, "but it is better to ni oilil a InoennAnfnl nf np??Anr?/l ^ imvi I. kv?..rx.v..4.i* V* j * or a teaspoonful of ipecac, or a table- ] " spoonful of the syrup of ipecac. Fur- *. tlier, let it be remembered that there is :1( no occasion for fastidiousness. Any water will do. Water in which hands J!1 or dishes have been washed, acts more tl( quickly than anything else, and if soap has been used, it will be all the better * for that, as soap is an antidote for acid 'v poisons. The quantity used must be ^ large; the sufferer must be urged to ?f drink a pint at a time, until he can con- t0. tain no more, and has been made to ? vomit over and over again." j ? j lb The " Illack Death." \ se. The torriblo Oriental plague known s^( ns the "Black Death," that in former lftl centuries caused such devastation in 1?< Europe, and that in 1K7-1 made its re- rei appearance in Tripolis after men had 1 /-?i? rt /mncml 4 r\ fnn v f Ka tniiUniiAnn <n ! Ikf luiif, ? iw iotu iuu > ir?itutiuurt, in * still nlivc, and has recently appeared in TL Armenia and on the bor lers of the re; Casjiian sen. In 1870 it showed itself tin in Mesopotamia. In J87H it crossed the boundary line of Russia, and cases that were detected in Nislini-Xovgorod, Moscow and other places, spread un- aii easiness throngbout all Europe. Ger- I dei raany and Austria closed their bonuda- [ art lies, and cut off all communication, M; railway as well as other, with the em- | en' pire of the czars. The oread disease j lea tlid net spread in Rnssin, and tinallj j tlu dissppeared from the European domain, j sto some ray on account ot the energetic ] th< sanitary and quarantine-regulations oi wo Loris Melikotf, others because the at- wh mospheric cenditions happened to be for unfavorable to its extension. But the prr Black Death has continued its work ever since, and has just given a sign of rrenewed activity by am ihilating a ch< wholo party of pilgrims from Mecca, om and crossing the Euphrates to show it- chr self ones more in Mesopotamia. n*-i ROMANCE OF A TOOTH. off a Cheyenne Yonnjr Lnily Obtnine Dentnl Outllt in Denver. Tlio particulars of a remarkable tier aeration recently performed by a w< nown an<l skillful dentist of Den' ere yesterday imparted to a Sun Drter. The operation was so unusr ic circumstancs so romantic and ' (suit so satisfactory to all pari uipnrnofl tlinf. tli** nnrrfliinn id r?nl r. Some months since one of iveliest and most accomplished dau (1*3 of a well-known resident lieyenne was thrown from her hoi id sustained among other annoying iries a fracture of one of her fr ieth. The delicate pearl which flasl trough " lips within whose rosy la nth when she smiled the soul was lc as hopelessly crushed and marred jauty of the lady considerably. lly remedy for the injury was to h ie root of the broken tooth extrac id a false tooth made to till the lioi reach in her mouth. In her disti ie went to Denver, where she any friends, and sought the ce of the dentist refer >. Between her sobs she stated t ie had read somewhere, or been t y somebody, that dentistiy had meed to such a science that it1 Dssible to transplant a tooth from ontli of another person which wo Ice root and bloom as it had in iginal gum. Could he secure for match for the broken tooth? 2 could, he might name his pr cauty in distress appeals to the { .nt dentist never in vain, so he irmeil the grief-stricken maiden t it'll operations had been suceessfi ?rformed, but in the present case iffieulty would bo to discover a to : such purity, delicacy and beauh i be worthy to munch caramels i 311-bons in compnay with those wh jw mourned the loss of their orusl impanion. However, lie would hat he could do. A month or two passed during wh te doctor was unremitting in his sea ir a tooth of the proper dimensic implexion and brilliancy. Big tee mow teeth, snaggiea teeth, ana te ' every description and condition cn is way, but never tooth that wu lswer for the mouth of pretty ]V] ?. At last the tooth was fou young Spaniard whose v ashed and somewhat faded hal ents indicated a struggle vi te, entered the office to receive so ight dental attention. His mann ere those of a gentleman and his c ;rsation denoted intelligence and moment. When he opened his mou le doctor could hardly conceal notion. ^ThUre was the tooth he 1 ?en looking for flashing in tzzling whiteness, the perfection rm and the acme of purity. It i deed a 'gem. The subject, was oached cautiously, but when the jot mtleman spoke of his poverty the d ioffered him one hundred dollars iooth. The money tempted the: Snious foreigner, who immediat fered all his stock in trade on the sa Lsis. aij>pf)intmeuL. was made for 1 ext daT" aTTiV'S. .ay miorming nor mat at iasc uie ro as found. At the given hour the g einan entered the front ofliee, i te lady, closely veiled, shortly al itered the rear ofliee, for it wa art of the bargain that the gentleu as not to see the lady. The to as extracted, the money was i: id the stranger departed. Then >oth was carefully cleansed and s litted to a delicate treatment to j ;rve its vitality, while the doctor reparing the mouth of the lady for :ception. It was soon inserted ani le course of three or four hours ] nmediately taken root in its new hoi i a few days the operation was i ounced a complete success, and i ? became the happiest of girls. Now for the sequel. With a worn! iriosity she was continually speci ng as to whom the tooth belong id the gentleman in turn was cudc ig his brain for some means to asc lin the whereabouts of his tooth wh ad turned the tide of affairs so luck or with the money it had brought 1 c made a fortunate purchase of sto id step by step he had gone on w is rapidly accumulating bank acoo id patronized a tailor. Glial irew him into a select little pa ;ie evening where Miss happei i bo present, and he commenced muting his adventure. "When niled and pointed to the vacant pi t his mouth where the tooth had o id its home, Miss gave a lii iriek and her secret was discover , is rumored that out of this del aeration a veritable love match i lortlv result; and in fashinable D ?r and Cheyenne circles this rorna: 1 a tooth will soon be the all-absorb pic.?Cheyenne Sun. Weather Prophets. Speculations about the weather i 3t wholly useless ii we are to acci ie testimony of Professor J. Hyt ho has been engaged for a long ti . studying the relations between I iases of the moon and the rainfall srtain stations. It has Joug b( lown that whon the moon is full 1 ;y is most likely to be clear. Tliis )'t only the testimony of sailors a rmors, but nlso of eminent astroi ers and scientific men. It appei iat the rays of the full moon have I >wer to dispel clouds, and it theref< ems not unreasonable to suppose tl e moon exerts an appreciable int ice upon the weather. Profess yatt's observations have led him vulo the lunar month, of about tw< -nine anil a half clays, into eight ] ods, or octauts, of three ami two-thi tys each, and he has fouud that ov< nation is apt to acquire its cluracl regards raiufall within the llrst i nt, or within throe and two thii iys from the time of the new moon, so appears that the same kind rather, as regards temperature, clou >ss or rain, is apt to occur on or abc e same day of the week, or more i irately, at tie samo stage in the lui larters. A number of instances i ven, extendiuu over a consideral riod of time, which seems to bear c e truth of these conclusions with tirkable accuracy, and it would se< at if seven-tenths of an inch or m< rain fulls within three and two-thii iys of the new moon, tlie entire lui jn is very likely to be a wet one ; 1: very little rain falls during that til e remaining seven-eights of the lui m will probably bo dry. These c rvatious verify the old saying tl e first three days rule the month, result of observations conducted o localities, extending over a peri three years, the rule has been fou hold good in at least eleven cases c twelve, aud they would donbtli >ld good for all places in the lii! untry botween the Appalachians a e Atlantic, not too near either t n or the mountains. Such coucl ms ar<* only reliable for places sir rly situated, sinco peculiarities :ation, elevation, tho prevailing jtion of the wind, etc., necessar: ect the result, and tlie.se characti ,ies must be studied for each pla< io distribution of raiufull is very pillar throughout the year; two ree dry or two or threo wet lunatio 3 apt to be grouped together. "Why do women so often wand ulessly in the murky solitudes of t ad past, brooding over the days tli > forever gone ?" asks a young lad v leoupin eountv, in a communicati* titled " Life's Aims." They don t; ist not in Chicago. On the eontrnr ?y v.'andor around the dry goo ires of the present, pricing thin \v have no idea of lmying. Cliicaj men are not dreamy or poetical, b en it conies to getting a ?2.01) bust $1.80 they keep right up with tl icession.?Chicayo Tribune. iMi die man who took a neat in the c ?stra when his ticket was for the se 1 balcony, felt badly at having m ge. In fact he was moved two tiei 3oftton Post. t PEXNY SONGS. d n 1 Extent ol Their Hale?The Kind Tlmt Take Heat. ^aj | The demand for war songs is con- 0j sfcintly diminishing, and it is only dur- s0 ^er J ing exciting political campaigns that wj ro_; they sell well. A New York"paper says ^ .?i of the penny ballads: There are about m (.j^ 11,000 penny songs, and over 50,000 ,-es | copies are supplied to the trade eve 17 je(j month, some ot these ciate uacK as , far as 1798. Sometimes when a new v _jj. | song comes out, 2,000 copies will be I 0j j sold every day for about a week. Such j ! lias recently been the case with the *... ' j "Bogie Man," "Mary Kelly's Beau," ont i " ^st* Wst!" and many numbers ; 1C(|: of the Harrigan & Hart series. Mary nc Kelly's beau describes his lady love as: j ?r ist" | Little Mary Kellv, j A darling, all 111 all, I J;, ' Makes artilicial flowers a the i On Broadway, close to Wall. i Gr av? i Tlio continued popularity of the | ted ; songs dating as far b?ck as 1798 and a11 T1<*. thereabout is due to the fact that they j :ess are mostly Irish rebel songs, and have "c has their interest preserved by tbe agita-, SVl a"*; tions in Ireland. During the present a,| ye(' ! troubles . in Ireland the demand has j been larger than ever before. Among , m ?hl j these songs are some of Tom Moore's | a"" j best Irish melodies, such as " Aveng- j r0 n'as j ing and bright fell the swift sword of j ra the Erin," and "Forget not tbe field where cl i ' * ? i T. -*r * ftll . ' tiiev pensneu;' songs uyj>ryau luaguiru : 1^s and Maurice O'Connell, and the famous P1 her << "Wearing of the Green." There is i a_c. . I' also a steady demand for the old Chris-! r1 lc?- j tie minstrels' songs, the most popular ,1U >i"" of which seem to be the plot of "II < Yc in" j Tvovatorc," and the verses "I come i j?1 hat | from Alabama," ending with : i *e ? ! I had ii dream the other night, the When everything was still; oth I dreamt I saw Susanna el as A comin' down the hill. 1 lo md Tim buckwheat cake was in her eye, w . , The tear was in her month, 1C|' Says I, Susanna, don't cry, m ten I'm comin' from the South. W see The most popular modern penny . songs are those written by Tony Pastor, ; 1 Harrigan & Hart, Pat Rooney, J. K. : rc" | Emmet, Sam Devere, Tom Barry and j ?' ,ns> ; George S. Ivnight, and brought out at j ei i their variety shows. "When a song has w eth ! i)een received with more than usual j j favor at these performances it is with- m H.lu held from publication for ft short time r* [iss until its success is widely known. Then F1 n(l* it is published and eagerly bought up. ^ r.ejl One of the most popular of PatRoonev's ; songs describes the " Cats in Our Back ! Ai ith Yard" who play "Pinafore" every;.,. me night and have walking matches on the j ers fence, Co on- They sing alto, basso, and tenor: re- Oil, they ought to be feathered and tarred! Ai tii Oh, they lire worse than Haverly's minstrels, 1 jjjg Yes, the cats in our back yard. ia(j Emmet tells of a man who wants to ! jts reform things so thoroughly that : ci of Streets would be all paved with bretzela, I yoo Sclnveizer kase grow on dor trees, . | He'd make it.a holiday always, j y l " Und peeble should take of dere caso^ i *o mg- He'd ?ve every poor man his rights, oc- He'd make-thejrleh folks ahell out, . k, for j He'd mako all [],e and the first verse tlio I'm iii Mid T!ie lir.-jt time that I met him, fter 1 With love I was struck dumb, la a a And my heart was in a flutter, [ w nan i ^ ',C!1 Charley played the drum. 0t], ! " The Donkey," words and music by f0 mid '^as* Bradley, has been sung with sue- j ^ t]10 cess all over the country. The donkey gt ' seems peculiar in many respects. Brad- j or >rc- ley describes some of his peculiarities i 0f lva3 in the following verse: I ar its | I've got a donkey; he stands six feet high; in j jn I'll sell to the man that wishes to buy, j , i | He drinks Seltzer water whenever he's dry; ~ | : In a race on the turf he has never proved shy. ! ar UiVi. !!(.! IljaiiUM UIJUU LIIIIU UUUULUUC 1UI1U a U*VJ , j >ro- , I'll match him again any stallion or bay. ' sc Iiss ,o;ib'!lt f"r his country; he's been through ^ the war; , j I fccil him on herrings, hay-ropo and tar. ila- " ^vo a *n Kalamazoo" lias also . l" liacl a large sale. Sarah Bernhardt j J.? r comes in for the following tribute : j ? | Have you seen Sarah ? Ain't ehc a teaser ? y<'. None could be fairer than Miss Sarah B. ' ar tell Froggies and poodles, claret and noodles, I A ilv. ; And a lotof Fitzdoodlcs;uh, parly voua qui. I oc ii>u Among the sentimental and pathetic { **k> ; songs the best known are "The Little re iili Green Leaf in our Bible," " Baby, v, unt Mine," and "Cradle's Empty, Baby's | ^ nee Gone." The last-named sells quite as ^ riv well as the best known comic songs, i j,( ncd It was written and composed by Harry U1 rfi- Kennedy. The following is the refrain: m ^10 IJabv left her cradle for the golden shore, af ace OVr tho silvery waters she has flown; j nee Gone to join the angels, peaceful evermore' tt]p Empty is the cradle; lmby's gone. : 1113 cd i ~ ? s.r ltaj The Colors of Flowers and Leaves. As rill We have generally supposed that the ^ en-1 colors of flowers are due to a variety of ^ nee matters- each color in fact being a dis-1 'j1 ing tinct chemical combination. But Pro ? fessorSclinetzler, of the Vaudois Society f"1 of Natural Science, has proved, by ex-1 to periment, that by putting spirits of j Pc wine and adding an alkaline acid to an [ !Vre pfilnr nf n. nlnnt. fill the nnlnvs I'1 0pk which flowers present may be obtained. 1V< ' For instance, a peony flower will with mc alcohol give a reddish violet fluid. Add salt of sorrel and it becomes a pure red; at j and by the addition of soda this red ?en will change into a violet, a blue or a sa.1 ;'|e green shade according to the quantity "c 118 of the alkali used. The green coloring matter in the leaves of plants is called tj1< 110" chlorophyll, and the professor supposes irs that this is the only original coloriug trn 'he matter in plants; but being modified en 3re by certain agents?for iu all plauts ('? iat i there are acid or alkaline matters?or "i: *u" by transmitted light, this chlorophyll T1P 50r furnishes all tints of flowers* and leaves. ar( It has been ascertained that taunin with ?n" j chlorophyll changes the colors of the "K Pe"! green leaves in autumn to red. Profes- l)ri sor Schneztler himself changed peony u" ;17 : sepals from green to red with salt of an] er sorrel; and the green liquid solution of "1] 3C' soda with tho ])eony blossom and alco- au! '"3 hoi became red when he transmitted aui light through it. lie therefore con- thi eludes that chlorophyll is the only P* di" i source of color in plants, the others ,u^ being merely the results of atmospheric C01 1C" alkaline action upon that coloring d?: iar matter. "i( iro 1 ? >le ' An Indian lioy's Love-Letter. iut | A love-letter picked up on the floor ; re- j of a school with Hampton's views on ?m ! co-education need not inevitably shock jn. >re oven pedagogic sensibilities. Written 011 ds in au unknown tongue, however, with or ia- only tho names to betray it, a transla- yyj >ut tion b;. the private interpreter, seemed ra| only a proper precaution. If I confide tin it to the gentle reader, the Indian lov jn, >b-' ers will be neitiier the worse nor the p0 iat wiser, while some others may find in it tin As valuable suggestions for similar corre- q'L at: spondenee. coi ' Normal School, February 3, 1870. au< * Alius : i saiu x inu: >uu uu ftiul I want to give you a letter. When- sel .~.83 ever I give you letter, I want you to Lo jf answer u>e soon. That's all I want, anil lor ? I will answer to you boon after. When ad< I jou give me letter, it raises me up. It mc . makt-s me lieart-glad, sister-in-law., th< Q1* When I talk T am not saying anything tor .. foolish. Always my heart \e v glad. I wa l'1" want yon let me know your thought. I tar ;v always like you and lovo you. I am em ?1" honest about what I say, I always keep Ca !e" in mind. I want always we smile at ,r" each other when meet. We live happy ' or always. I think that's best way, and ^ ns you think it is and let mo know. And sa? I say again, when I give letter, keep wh i nicely and not show to any one. If hiv or they know it, it no good way. They his '10 take u; away, nnd that is tlio reason vi? lftt don't show it. Hear me, this all I am da; ?f going to say. I like you, and I love 'ill T lrnn't mv onr mnrn Alt? ti lmla Oil it: iiojirt is shaking hands with you. I kiss yh v, you. Your lover. . Is ? Harper's Magazine. Th g?, ; ma 50 Among new devices in bonnet oma- wa ut ments are three and four crescents inp lo crossing each other; two and three up, lie pyramids in graduated sizes; two bronzo Tb horses jumping a silver hurdle; two ful little pigs caught in a fence; two wild wit >r- boars rushing out of a thicket, and ers :c-; single camels, elephants, beetles, chibs, cuf to oars, rakes, spades and other gardening am rs. i and fanning tools in dead and bright, bet 1 silver, gold, steel and red bronze* i the SUNDAY READING. Influence. For good or evil, liow great the pow< influence! To the companions v lect in youth?the surroundings ami lieli our lot is cast?but above all t e early teachings and example of rent-how much of the child's afte: e is to be attributed ! The forest tree, judiciously traine len a young sapling, becomes a ma: 1 nf ftfto 11 nrfrh n.nrl liorv* * v. tnworin ovc its eoifipeers ami fulfilling all til anter's hopes?the bud, raised in tli I'm, bright sunshine, opens and e: ,nds until its fair blossoms and ric [or are the glory of that gay partem it let the young tree be stunted in il owtli, the arid soil at its root neglecte* the poor bud shrouded beneath yless moon?what will be their exis ice but a blighted and a loveless one ) will it be with the htfman saplir id the human flower. What an influence is effected by s movable, noble-minded father?by tl ;eet graciousness of a gentle motherid how rarely is the youth led astn lio has been nurtured beneath tl oral atmosphere of such a home. It lias been told of a man, who, di garding the scoffs of his reckless cor des flung aside the pernicious win ip to take it up 110 more, when of idden the memory of some cliil&if aver, lisped at a mother's knee, flittc xoss his mind. And that same heave: rected influence has come between tl tending murderer and his fierce r inge, arresting the weapon that won1 ive dyed his hand in the blood of llow-man and left upon his soul a y irker stain. Who has not felt the calm, holy infl ice of the sweet Sabbath day? ] ne country places how it fills the hea ith its rar loveliness! The simp onotonc of that village church-be ill come back, like the remembram : some pleasant dream, when time ar stance, have intervened. And even : le crowded city, the Lush and quietuc ' that seventh day's rest makes a sc un pause iu the midst of our bus orking-day life. Who may detine the limits of th iglity power ? In the words of a tn set: "No stream from its soiircc ows seaward, how lonely soever its course, it what some laml is gladden'd. No star ev rose id set, without influence somewhere. NY] knows hat earth needs from earth's lowest creatur . Nolifo in be pure in its purpose and strong in i si life, id all life not be purer and stronger thereby ItetlgiouN Note*. There are fourteen Presbyteric lurches in San Francisco. The English church within the la ne years has contributed $28,000,Of r religious education. The LonAon religious tract sociel ? circulated over 77,500,000 books aD ?*fjt in lori princes find dialects. o?7? Cfiurolio? Enj ftd is apprakqd at 960,000,000. &# On eida Indian Mf 6r3?5w YorfcJ eli^^^^wasthaukful that "tl reator did not give the Indian enouj nguage to allow him to be profai ithout first learning English." According to the Catholic directo: r 1881 there are in the United Stat reive archbishops, with forty-eig] iffragaus, eight vicarates apostolic ai le prefecture apostolic. The numb priests returned is 0,402, and the e 1,170 ecclesiastical students prepa g for the priesthood. The church the country have increased to 5,85 id the population is estimated 377,330. The progress of parochi hools is very rapid. In 2,383 schoo lere are 123,333 children. The population of France is byoflici snsus shown to be distributed as fc ws on the basis of church connection stholics, 35,387,703; Calvinists, 467 llj^Iiiitheraus, 80,117; other Protes it Christians, 30,113; Israelites, 50,00 bout 90,000 persons have no churc innections. The practical Bishop of Manchest* cenlly remarked that it was not mere 7 reading prayers, or preaching se ons, or even administering sacrament iat the work of winning sonls woul 5 accomplished. One of the mo A. - - - J ? -C Al. _ ... L A , gent iieeus ui uie prescm uuv wi inisters of the gospel who were u raid to live among their people, wfc sre not afraid of contact with thcpo< id outcast, and who had the eonrago I >eak plainly to the rich and highbon i long as there was in their parish< nnkenness, licentiousness, profau rearing, dishonesty, or any of thos ousand sins which disfigured life i e midst of all our proudlv-boaste rilization,there was need forministei be imbued with as much propheti iwer and evangelizing grace as in th ,ys of the Apostle Paul, in order to d e work that was to be done effeci sly. , The Sponge Trade. A correspondent of the Providenc ess, writing from Nassau, Bahamas rs: A very interesting feature of bus: ss life here is the trade in s2>onge* c-ry day, except Saturday, the dock a 3 loot of Parliament street, which i 5 recognized mart for this branch o flic, is thronged with gentleman buy ; of this product of the sea. Th ck, which is some 300 feet long b irty wide, is covered with sponges, pn in strings and arranged in lots, wluci ? numbered and marked. Mr. Higgf 3 clerk of the market, having see: it each lot is duly labeled with it 3per tag, makes out as many sched ;s of the whole as there are buyers l1 furnishes each with a list. Upo: !s the gentleman, after a careful ex lination of the lots, makes his bids il turns in the paper at the close c i market. The offers are then com red, and the highest bid takes the lo; ie sale is absolute, upon five per ceni mim'cuirvn mul flip nmrmnf nf blisillps ne in this way is quite large durin 2 entire season. Dancing. Dancing is one of the oldest of recrea >ns. Homer speaks of a new danc rented by Diudalus for Ariadne. Tlies s was immoderately fond of the ree faudango iu which the arms mov th the legs, 'ihe Normans revive* :her than invented round dauces ii 2 twelfth century ; the Holiemian rented the redowa; the Poles tin lka, iirst danced in England in 18-40 ? Hungarians the mazourka and galop ie cotillim owes its origin to th urtly Due de Lanzun, who, for hi ilacitv in contracting a clande^tini triage with the "Grande Mademoi lr? " wits irrmrisnnpd for ten vears b' uis XIV. To this now popular am ig-winded dance many figures weri led by Marie Antoinette, and sorai ire by the Empress Eugenie. Unde: ; second empire the post of conduc of cotillions at the Tuileries ball: s one of considerable social impor ice, and was long held by one of tin peror's equerries, the Marquis dt u x. vi ft Dost was Relinked bv a Parrot ^ gentleman living near this village \s the Port Jervis Union, has a parro 0 knows a good deal more than tin t allows. Last summer a friend o , whose name we withhold for ob us reasons, called at his house on< A valuable young dog, a pointer s with him. The two gentlemen sa the porch smoking, and the parrot, icli is very tame, was seated in ai er*tice in the trellis about the porch e dog was lying on the lloor at his ster'n fret, and finally his attentior s called to the bird, which was look ^steadily at him. The dog sprang , drew on the parrot and fastened ere he stood, still as a statue, foi 1 three minutes, when the purrot :h a contemptuous flirt of his feath , screamed at him : " Go home, jot ised fool I" The dog dropped tai 1 fars, wheeled round and struck i dine over the fields for l?ome. Sinc< it time he has refused to poiut a bird < ,~>m Tides. THE EBB. Obi bat my soul goes after! * >r j Oh! but my arms lean too! e Waves! yours is the mocking, low laughter ^ Of those who are distant and true. 0 : Faint; faint fade from my gazing; a Slip, slip, glide from the shore. r" Hear, hark, hear how I bid yon; mi.?A rnn roof nr/?f ' 1 Uttb nrnvii io tttavu?;? ? r- j THE FLOOD. g ! What aileth my Lean? or the ocean? . te ! Why aro'triy swift feetjstill ? ie : Tide! Thine is the terrible motion l- i Of those who shall have their will, h ; Hush! Ah! hush thine entreaty; -j ! Stay, nay, stay r?om thy power. ;s Arms, lips, breath, oh! release me! Thine ia eternity. Spare me an l^our. ,a ?Elizatelh Stuart Phelps t- iMjg |g HUMOR OF THE DAI.. m | Cast thy money upon the newspapers iJsj ie and after many days it will return to you *'? ? fourfold. ; 'figs iy Sunday may be a very solemn sort of * /; ie a day, but there's a sadder day comes * just before it.?SteubenviUe Hrrald. 8* Favorite music for a soldier?A march- '":y. I X k'l U? jiUUICi XX OVUWWOVUOi A V* umsv-mra e"' horseback rider?A galop. ? IPafcrtoo J | Observer. - _ ' ^ i A member of the Colorado legislature n ; m addressing that august body began: ^! " My fellow-statesmen." His bill passed ' e_: unanimously. [(| James Gordon Bennett has paid out I ?30,000 for music in Pan. But that's all et 1 right. He got his money from pan.?. ! Louisville Journal. 11- The New York Dispatch says that the.*- . ; [n best way to raise chickqns is to chuck * -?j rt fish-hook loaded with a kernel of corn ? le ! over your neighbors fence. i A small boy went to see his grandce mother. After looking eagerly round .. the handsomely furnished room where j 'n ; she sat, he exclaimed, inquiringly: "Ob, ? : grandma! where is the miserable tabli '* *> 1 L Ml T 1 ! papa says you set ? 7> f T<1oa1*i/-mnVi1n ImlKi tporifa Ifnow wVlflfc . i shade will be the most preferred this ls; coming summer. Well, the shade of a 7 e big elm tree will be very popular, but t [ at the seaside the shade of a %ig tunbrella will be much sought after. j " The digestive process of a mosqui-.^ ! to's stomach is so slowly performed 10 when the insect has dined on a . human e? being, it continues for forty-eight hours to exhibit blood corpuscles." No?/'4j[v:iU t9 the human being gets a good whack at him with a towel he doesn^;.He merely exhibits a spot on the wa BostnPost. in A Hartford man sent a pair of trousers '' to his tailor to be repaired. The tailor found 8300 in a roll in the pocket and ; 'a )0 returned it, receiving the thanks of the | owner thereof. "When#e send a pair of ,5 l 1 trousers to our tailor to be reconstruct"Oh, he won't hurt you, Fogg; he's | perfectly harmless." Fub~ Yes, ^ 16 that's what I told Mrs. F. this morning,#* ? He's perfectly harmless. He began't?,"^~ ry | be harmless just after he ran at me last es night. I had my revolver in my pocket.; lit Good-morning, Jonos!"?Boston Trail' id script. er i Did you ever notice how things get in ** re ; your way when you're in a hurry ? A I'": Boston woman told her husband a ran- -0 05 j away horse was going by. He jumped ! so quick he sprained his knee, and in his a[ j frantic haste fell over two chairs and 5 ^ j skinned his shins, stepped on the dog, nn?ok tli? tftblw with books and a drou light on it, ran against his wife and hurt nl | her, and got to the window just as they ?1- were stopping the horse two blocks ;i s: away, round the comer.?Boston Post. ?* j "What is a cold?" asxs Chamber*, Journal. Well; sir, supposing you be- < gin by sneezing so hard you nearly .. ^ break your neck and bite your tonjra^ terribly. Then your nose gets stuffed;. ?r up and you need about fourteen handly kerchiefs a day and the end of your nose-' v?' r-1 gets more tender than a boil. And your s, j eyes ache and are watery and you begin * * 1(1 to corvrh so the folks across the way st can't sleep, and you feel lame all over/is as though you had been under a fire eno gine, and yon'o ugly and kick the dog?? . to and chase the cat with a bootjack, tell )r ' your wife she can't cooV; and make the * :o household a gehenna for tetfoft^SL Then, i. 1 you've got a cold. ?s , -^>*5 (e | Pearls of Thought. ,e ! Even the weakest, man is strong enough $ ^ ; to enforce his con\ictions. , -s , There is a right and a wrong way of ;c i nibbing a man's mind, as well as a cat's e j back. o i The virtue of a man ought to be meas- i t- tired, not by his extraordinary exertions, but by his every-day conduct. The law can never make a maifhonest; j it can cnly make him very uncomforfc-' ; ** e able when he is dishonest. ?' | There's a sort of human paste that l* when it conies near the fire of enthusiasm is only baked in harder shape. "8 No story is the same to us after the * lapse of time ; or, rather, we who read it are no longer the same interpreters. .?! e What reason, like the careful ant, ?r4 y draws laboriously together, the wind of '* 't accident collects in one brief moment. h Every man's work pursued steadily : tends to become an end in itself; and n so bridge over the loveless cnasm 01 ma s life. Angry ami choleric men are as un- . ?? grateful and unsociable as thunder and u lightning, being in themselves all storm " and tempest; but quiet and easy natures 5> are like fair weather, w elcome to all. f Men do not often dare to avow, even to themselves, the slow progress reason has made in their miuds; but they are ready to follow if it is presented to '. < ,s them in a lively and striking manner, ? and forces them to recognize it. If the memory is more flexible in raj childhood it is more tenacious in mature age; if childhood has sometimes the ' '? " memory of words, old age has that of e things, which impress themselves according to the clearness of the eoncep- K 1 tion of the thought which we wish to ? retain. ' He that {rives good advice builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and example builds with the other; but . he that gives good admonition and bad ' example builds with one hand and pulls ' down with the other. e , s l Man being fallen from his natural - ^ 0 estate, there is no object so extravagant . as uot to be capable of attracting his F desire. Ever since he lost his real good, j everything cheats him with the appeare ance of it ?even his own "destruction, e though contrary at this seems both to r reason and nature. * A Remarkable Fact. One of the most remarkable instances ? of phosphorescent light appearing on 3 living creatures is found among the herons. Among the keys and the extreme end of Floiida these birds are found in countless numbers; Mullet , . fishermen and sportsmen have often not1 ticed peculiar dim lights standing mo2 tionless over the water among the I 1 mangrove thickets. They were discov-1 ered, however, to depend on the pres3 i ence of the birds, when they were ap. nroached in the dark, the flapping t, of wings as a crane flew away , would lie the last of the >1 lights. The writer has examined many . of the birds, especially the Ardea Hero< dias or great heron, and found on the 1 breast a spot about as large as the open palm where the feathers are covered ; with a thick yellow powder, that is easi. ! lv shaken oft' and evidently exudes from r the body at this spot as a secretic n, dry, ing into a powder when exposed to the i uir. The bird stands motionloss in the i water, and this spot is undoubtedly I used for or accomplishes tho end of ati' tracting tho smaller fishes within reach i: of the bir'V, and if it is a decoy it is a . I mosf vpmtu'kable provision of nature.