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^'"f ABBEVILLE PRESS AND BANNERS BY HUGH WILSON AND H. T. WARDLAW. ' ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, APKIL 27, 1881. NO. 47. VOLUME XXV. &| TIk' Drum. s Oh the on;in ! li There is sonio Intonation in the grunt h Monotony of utterance that strikes the spirit I duuil>, a A? we hear Through the dear n Ami unclouded atmosphere, " The rumbling palpitations roll in upon the ear! s; And tLe guest uddenly, ho broke into a free, ringing r augh. ' r "If yon will not stay without, pay my s lousekeeper; but lot me warn you, Mrs. s Iarden is a woman of tho shrewdest type, s nd when she makes a bargain, as f ihakespearo says, she ' Cavils on the t intli part of a hair,' so look out for \ er," and he touched his hat and left. c Zaida had listened to the conversation, 'J itting just inside the window. t " He is as generous as a prince!" said e er mother, enthusiastically, as she ? ntered the room. a The girl laughed. c " I feel somewhat as if we were Sabine r omen, and had been captured for good nd all," she said. 3 "Zaida, what makes you say such t readful things? Perhaps wo had better rkf l" 1 01' the breast 1; That thy rolling robs of rest e I? a patriotic spirit as a Continental dressed; An 1 ho looms l'roin the glooms ^ Of a century of tombs:, a .ml the blood he sj-illcd at Lexington in living beauty blooms. tl And his oyea n Wear the guiso Of a nature pure ami wise; , And the love of them is lifted to a something j in the .skied 0 That is bright, " ^ Red wild white, With a blur of starry light,' v As it laughs in silken ripples to the breezes day ^ and night. There are dec p a Hushes on . . ^ O'er the pulses as they leap, And tlia nuinnur, fainter growing, on the > o ?( silence falls asleep; While the prayer itising there r< Wills the ar-a and earth and airj [j As a heritage to freedom's sous and daughters tl overywhere. S( Theu with sound " t 1 4 **"4 ?j As the thunlerings resound, ., Come thy wild reverberations in a throo that ^ shakes the ground, And a err, I'luug on high Like the flag it flutters by, a] Wings rapturously upward till it nestles in the ni sky. ?James H'. llilvy. g. NORMAN LAMAR'S BOARDERS. tc W w lie stood rubbing his hands before the huge log in tho open chimney, with tl its breastwork of wooden mantelpiece, cc The morniug was cold; the hoar frost li lay in rare fretted work all over the p prairies, and the breath of the cattle si became smoke as it met the atmosphere, fc The man before the fire stood six feet in s? his stockiugs; his physique was superb ; his shapely head was covered with little el crisp rings of yellow hair, and his blue fa eyes wore just such a mild meditative o' " expression as one sees in the eyes of the tl . gentler cattle. We grow like our com- tl panions, and they had been his many s( years. He was rubbing his hands, not because they were cold, for they were as as white and warm and supple' as a s^ V*r?Tltn o/*f. rccc cim-rvlt* on nvnroc. 8ion of the pleasure lie felt in the glow tl from the great back log. The room was ol rude and homely, but spacious, and not pi lacking in comfort. Standing in one of the casements was tl a young lady, evidently accustomed to s< * far different surroundings. There was an air of elegance about her. She had tl been looking out the window at.the wide k sweep of prairie and cattle ranging free. Suddenly sbe brought her very hand- ti pvpk to bear, with a frank crit *- \v cism, on the man upon the hearth, in ei his blue flannel pantaloons and shirt tv and red suspenders. Metaphorically y< speaking, he owned " the cattle upon a w thousand hills in practical language, u he was one of the most extensive stock r< raisers in the territory in which he lived, tl Zaida Burdett felt in a certain manner overpowered by the vastness of u things?the vast prairies, the vast sky, u and the vastness of this man, both as T regarding his proportions and the pos- a: sessions which he represented. He a; 6eemed to her like one of the audacious, handsome, plundering Gauls that Miche- li let dwells on in his chapters about the h world when it was new, with their blue d eyes, yellow mustaches, and fair should- II ers decorated with golden collars. st She felt almost sure that even the col- a< iar was somewhere out of sight under his blue shirt. She was certain that he A had swooped down on things and owned tl a great deal more than rightly belonged w trt Ik i 111 " He ought to marry a large, yellow- o: haired, fair-skinned Amazon, and peo- ir pie the land with a progeny that would g put to the blush the puny raee one is g accustomed to," she said to herself, and si suddenly became awaro that she also ti was being regarded. ir " Pardon, mademoiselle, but I was si trying to make out your nationality; are ir ou French ?" he asked. "What makes you think I am," was 11 * her reply. w A little amused smile crept from under his yellow mustache. E "Your speech betrayeth yon. None but a Yankee answers a question with anotner. r She laughed. "You are right. Yet I call myself p cosmopolitan. Mamma anil I live all ii over the world. Last year we spent in n London, the year before in Gemany, *nd so way back since I was ten years tl old. I'm twenty-three now." Her frankness was enchanting. b " There is a good deal of Bohemian- tl ism about us. We always livo in apart- s' ments, so we can locate wherever we choose. Wo haven't any particular ob- ^ ject in living?that is. not any high, ex- f< alted purpose. We just tiy to have as t! good a time as the means papa left us o will admit." i a Then she suddenly blushed up to her s aparkling eyes to think she had been p telling family affairs to an entire stranger. * e "I beg of you, do not think I am in the habit of doing such things," she d said, hotly. t] Just then her mother entered. She ti did not look much older than her daughter, and they were both handsome. d Mrs. Burdett had not seen her host n befoie. They had been landed at. his door the night previous by the stage h driver, and had not learned until the coach was beyond recall that it was a a private house, and not a hotel. y The housekeeper had given them any- f thint? bnt a praeimis wplrnmn. savins i; that the drivers had a habit of doing i: such things, and adding: " Howsumever, Norman Lamar will v be right glad to see you. He likes a c housefuil of folks. Re don't have to do the cooking, you see." s 'Mrs. Burdett's apology for their in- s trusion savored of this reception. She s expressed regret that they would bo c obliged to trespass until the stage re- } urned that evening, then formally introduced herself and daughter. His 1 welcome was full of simple hospitality; c then they went out to breakfast. 1 Soon after he bade them good-morning, sa/ing it was a very busy time 1 and he should not return until afternoon, s He had onlv^een gone a few minutes a when a light wagon, drawn by two 1 spirited grays, stopped at the door, and s the young man who drove them came \ in to say that Norman Lamar had placed them at the ladies' disposal for the day. 1 That evening when their host re- i turned Mrs. Burdett met him at the door, thanked him for his kindness, s and said that her daughter and herself I were so charmed with the place they f would like to remain and board for a week. He regarded her with his great, ] meditative blue eyes for a moment, then t smiled. "I wpnld be glad to have you stay 1 for ever, if it pleased you ; but we c don't know anvtliing about board out t here, and don't propose to learn." Mi's. Burdett admired his hospitality, 1 but she looked displeased. < ""Then we shall be obliged to leave , tit once. The stage is about due. We ? cannot, of course, be dependent upon an entire stranger, no matter how gener ous his invitation." i It had been a pleasant thought to him i all day that these two ladies were in his home. That they wanted to stay gave ; 1 ~ him a keen sense of pleasure; that ] such a little thing should hinder made , I him impatient.. i " I would uot touch a woman's money 1 for a bit of homely fare, I assure you." 1 Bi% voice indicated his mood ; then ! Mrs. Burdett looked disappointed. t " Of course wo will stay. We haven't li ad anything so interesting before,ever, s ust tiiink of it! To live under the roof li f a bonanza king and board with his e ousekecper!" " Of course it will not do. Tne way ii ou put it shows it clearly," said her o lother. ! 1; " How silly you arc, mamma ! Come!" : t] nrl UiAfirl Rt.'irtpfl to If-ave tho room, li " Where aro you going V'' demanded ii er mother. s "Why, to the kitchen, of course, to . b onclude our bargain with our land- i a idy!" gayly. "Did I ever see so perverse a girl!" g jmarked her mother; nevertheless she a nked her arm in her daughter's, and ley went out to the kitchen like two Vt hbol-friends. j n Mrs. Harden was over the fire, stew-! n lg potatoes in milk. She looked hot ' f, ml flustered. She flew about to get S1 lem chairs, and seemed very uncom- n jrtable and put-tobv their coming. ; n Mrs. Burdett hastened to explain j ^ le object of their intrusion. r The housekeeper stiired the potatoes f? ad shifted the pan as if she would 1 ]j ever stop. At length she said, with a , r( asp, as if all out of breath: I (] " That's like liira, for all the world ! suppose it'll look awful mean in me ; > take any board, but if you won't stay i ft ithout. and vou want to stay real bad, 1, lmt's a body to do ? " Mrs. Burdett assured lier that it was 1 n le only way in which the difficulty n >uld be adjusted. She seemed re- j c, evcd, though not a whit more com- j}_, osed, then made her bargain in as: irewd a manner as Norman Lamar had ! s, (retold. When it was concluded she a lid, apologetically: ' ^ "You see, I'm obliged to appear! ^ lose, because I've got a poor, weakly i iinily dependent on me. They live 1^ rer yonder. Norman Lamar gave me j le house," indicating the direction by 1 2 irowing her thumb over her shoulder, n ) as not to lose sight of the potatoes. | "What's the matter with them?" a, iked Zaiila, with more curiosity than ; 0 rmpatliy in the sparkle of lier face. ' 0 " Ok, they're always sick. What with ! g( le plague of their living, and the fear I l their dying, I haven't a minute's j eace of my life." ' v " Oh, well, there are people worse oft j f? lan you," said Mrs. Burdett, in a con- e' jling tone. " l'es, that's the only comfortin'; ^ louglit I've got. If I hadn't that to ! ^ eep my spirits np I'd clean give out." \ They spent that evening in the sit- j gj ng-room, before the great chimney ith its blazing log. The ladies were ; ^ mbroidering. As they sat at their ! ^ ork, to Norman Lamar, who for many ] ? ears had been unaccustomed to seeing | omen tmis employ eu, iney seeraea f( lore than human. It seemed as if the | a, jom would be beautiful forever for ! \] leir having once graced it. ; j He spent most of the time standing pon the hearth, with his elbow resting \ w pon the high wooden mantelshelf. , ^ here was an unusual degree of strength i ^ ad power in his presence. He looked j u 5 is he could never be weary. . ! e: The second day was spent very much i he the first. At evening, when their j1 ost came home, ho found mother and j aughter waiting for him on the piazza. ; t was a new experiment, and he was . -,i ,i i.- i i j pieuscu inut 11c tuum nui mviu txic Jt- ! c " "Why on earth don't he find his | ^ mazon, and stop living alone V"! S( lought Zaida, and held out her hand j ith a'cordiality that was enchanting. j He had to go to the sheds to see one j ? f the creatures that had been injured ^ i the branding Mrs. Burdett asked to j 0 with him, as the sheds were at no | . reat distance. She only remained a lort time, and Zaida, seeing her re-'11 lrning alone, went to meet her, walk- j . lg with wbat, for her, were gigantic ! :rides, and swaying from right to left [ J1 1 a remarkable manner. j " What ou earth are you doing?" de-; n landed her mother, when they were ! . itliin speaking distance. i " "Walking like the king, to be sure, j >id I look like a guy V" Mrs. Burdett did not even smile. j S1 "How can you be bo undignified ? j P ernaps, too, lie saw you. Zaida had a cool way of ignoring re- j ^ roof, so she straightened herself to her | ^ all height, and said, as naturally as if | j* otliing had occured: : " Mamma, what is the matter with lie creature, as lie called it ?" i ^ Mrs. Burdett was easily diverted; she ! egan to give a graphic account, when 11< lie girl buddenly stopped her, saying ( f] he would go and see for herself. The sheds were extensive and she i fi randered about in them some time be- j :)re the sound of voices guided her to a he right one. Norman Lamar and one | o f his men were dressing the wound of \ f< young heifer. The animal's large, ti oft eyes were turned up to the tender, itying eyes of its master. i g Zaida stood a few moments unobserv- lj d; then stole quietly away. il " And that is ownership," she said, ashing some quick tears on iier cheeks; n ben added: " Yet the poor dumb crea- i are seems to love him." i v She was subdued and thoughtful all ii uring tea-time; so too was Norman La-1 t lar. v That evening it was moonlight, and e invited them to ride. | a "He treats us as if wo were guests, i f Till Tint, 5i <wnr?l? of inf prlmiprs?with our permission, mamma, I would I <] rankly say, a couple of impertinent 1 aterlopers," said Zaida, when tliey were t n their room getting their wraps.* " I'm afraid we hail better not stay the i reek out," said Mrs. Burdett, looking t listurbed. ! a "Pooh! pooh! Of courfo we will a tay. To be treated with marked eon- s ideration by the monarch of all one urveys is delightful!" Then, breaking t iff in her capricious way: "Mamma, do a ou suppose he ever wears a coat ?" ! 1 " It would be a shame for him to spoil lis figure with one," began Mrs. Bur- a lett; but the girl was already in the c lall. ' h T!ie niglit was clear and frosty. The 1 adies were well wrapped and a trifle j hivery for all; but Norman Lamar i \ teemed perfectly comfortable, though c le wore no extra garment save a yellow iilk handkerchief knotted around his r vhite throat. ' j c " There, I knew he had a golden col-11 arsomewhere!" thought Zaida, view-' ug him delightedly iu the moonlight, c When the ride was over, and mother s ind daughter were again in their room, \ Mrs. Burdett said, after a long, thought-; a ul silence: , t "I wonder if he lias not any family ? a [ have never heard him speak of a rela-11 ;ive." ; f Zaida l::vd thrown herself down upon J :he lounge; she looked drowsy and half- i isleep; she yawned slightly as if hating 1 0 be disturbed. ( "Why, of course not, mamma; they . < lave all been dead centuries ! He's a 1 Saul, you know ! " I " What on earth are you talking ibont ? " demanded her mother. 1 Zaida aroused herself, laughing gayly. { '' I reckon I must have been dream- t i.ng," she said, and she had been?of the t master. ] The week was soon gone, and the t lionse lacked their bright and graceful presence, pjven Mrs. Harden wished they might have staid forever, and wore 1 more dolorous face than ever, and j was taken with spasms of shedding! tears into her apron. Norman Lamar had lifted his cap in tnswer to the wave of Zaida's haiul jr is the road made a bend that took t itage from sight, and then had turn md looked at his rude house and wi< weeping prairies and cattle rangii ive. One week ago he had been co cut. He took up his life, to all 01 vard appearances, as if nothing had < nrred, as if no one had come and gor Hie ouly discoverable difference lav ho fact that lie ceased to spend 1 tvenings reading by the light of t treat- log, as had been his habit for yeai .nd instead spent every night outdoo: haling when storms compelled him emain within. "He looks miserable louesome," w Jsr. Harden's mental comment eve ime she sensed his meals. One day she brought him a dain it tie handkerchief, with a faint sugg( ion of perfume about it, and asked if i new where the ladies had gone, so th he might mail it to them. He took it fro ler eagerly ; it had Zaida's name mar d in one corner. " They expect to spend their wint 11 London," he replied, but did n fler to return the handkerchief. SI ingered as long as she could possib ind excuse to, hoping he would give ack, then relumed to the kitchen, sa nc. frlnoinilv: " T ivrmtpd to keen it ill elf, it seemed just like lier somehor ut that's just my luck; born to di ppointment." Mrs. Burdett and lier daughter hi one to London, and wero settled partments for the winter. They In icir windows full of plants, some hicli were in bloom, and they had c aries caged among them. Their apai lents were bright and cheerful, ai irnished in warm colors ; they seenu uitably situated. Mrs. Burdett w; ever weary of talking of Norman L rnr. He seemed to have impressed h onderfullv. His fine presence, h oble bearing, and his mild, beautif ice were constant themes of delight ' or. She described him so often to tl jsy-clieeked little woman awho serve leir meals, that one clay she exclaime "In a million I'd know him !" " You could not fail, for you do m nd one such in every million," lit een the reply. Zaida never mentioned him. She d: ot even appear to listen when h lotlier talked of him, but usual luglit up her Kensington work ar ccame intent upon it. The girl had changed. She had lo Dine of her old vim and five. She ret great deal, and spent much time wil er cheeks pillowed in her hands, gazii reamily out at the window. One clay her mother said to her, :ifle sadly: ' I am afraid you are growing digc ed. I never have to correct you ar lore." It was only when they wore walkiu 5 thcv did every clay, that she was li< Id vivacious self. The crowded the ughfares gave lier new life. Tin 2emed to have hope in them. One day she said: " Mamma, the concealments aud d elopments of a crowd !\ro positive iscinating. One lives in momenta] xpcctation." They were in a rash of life at tl ime, and at that moment M;s. Burde as nulely jostled by it. ""What of?" she demanded, a trif liarplv. But the girl did not reply. She lu ecoine interested in something th< ere passing, and appeared to have fo otten her own remark. At length they had! been in Londc >ur months. It was February, and di crreeable and foercrv, so mnch so thi ley were obliged to remain much i: oors. One afternoon mother and daughti ere sitting before the grate-fire. Mr lurdett was embroidering; Zaida lit er hands folded idly in her lap. Th( ere unusually silent. The girl seemt ntirely absent. Her mother lookc erplexed. Presently she said: " What has come over you ? You use ? be so merry. "What are you thinkir bont now?this minute?" Zaida laughed. " Why, mamma, I was thinking ho ompletely without results our wint< as been?nothing to show for it bi r>rnf> Tvphsiriirtoii work." Ill thtfall she had gayly KildNormt jamar that their lives -were witlioi nrpose. She spoke sadly n ow for a er laugh. ""Why, what would you have i o?" asked her mother in astonisi lent. "lam sure I do not know," replie lie girl, and she got up, went to tl indow and began picking dead leavi rom the plants. There seemed to 1 lore of them than usual this aft ernoo Mrs. Burdett stopped her work ar joked into the fire. "I had been married several yea 1 T -IT rr _ 1 _ _ 11 _ 1 lien 1 was as oiu as Zituuu is now, sj lid to herself, vaguely, "Perhapserliaps?I have been selfish. I ha' e])t lier bo jealously to myself, ouhl, perhaps, bo more natural for h 3 many and have a family. I?I wo er if the thought has ever occurred er!" And she looked curiously over here her daughter stood. The girl was intent upon the dej ?aves; there was nothing to bo leara< :om her face or attitude. Mrs. Burdett's eyes went back to tl re. "Certainly she has never cared I nybody, We have never known ar ne long enough; and yet?and yetsll in love with Mr. Burdett the fir ime I ?aw him." Suddenly she turned and again r arded her daughter. She had nev ieen quite the same since last fall?b t could not be possible. She stopped surmising, and said, qui _x?- it-, r.?i r?ii x^. iiLUrniiv, ior fc>uu iuii ui iuuu "Do you know, Zaida, I think rould be pleasant to return to Ameri n the spring and make another trip he prairies. It "was so cold when i rere there beforo." " What's the use, mamma? TYo sc 11 there was of them," was the ind: erent reply. Mrs. Burdett picked up her embr< iery again. "Ol course I was foolish even lnnl* r?f if " clio fn 1iAVC#*1f The next day the sun shone briglitl; t was the first day they had seen it f wo weeks. They went out immediate ,fter breakfast, but Zaida soon tire ,nd, leaving her mother in one of t! tores, started jor home. Sometimes we were so near our f;i hat we could call out into the unknot ,nd get back an answer, but we do 11 mow it. Zaida hurried on block after bloc md behind her, block after block, u ionscfously following her, came Ion winging strides. People turned ai ooked after him as he passed. His s )evb proportions and eccentric dr< vould have attracted attention in ev l denser crowd. He wore a sombrero, and no coat sa i dark blue broadcloth circle, 0110 ei )f which was tucked under his arm a he other swung over his shoulder. By the time Zaida had reached li loor, he was near enough to see t iwing of her dress as she entered, vas nothing that he had ever seen 1. vear before, and the crowd was so gr< hat he had not discovered her as s valked. There was nothing to remi lim of her, lie had simply seen the ft )f a woman's dress and then lost Perhaps it was the mere fact of losi t in the very act of seeing that ma >im stop when lie came in front of t . losed door; perhaps it was becar ;ho had come into and gone from 1 ife in just such wise. Perhaps it v 'ate! Who can tell? Several in the crowded thoroughn .alf-halted, as if to see where ho v joiug. He saw that ho was being < served. He had been looked at a gn leal since he left the prairies, but lad never been conscious of it un .hat moment. He rang the bell with a curious sm under his yellow mustache, and no < finite idea of what lie should say wh i? was answered. He did it for the sa af the passers-by. Thus through t simplest and most opposite motives, sometimes work out our destiny. ist ; The little Englishwoman opened the he door. A moment later some one sought ed ' admittance to Mrs. Burdett's parlor, le- Zaida knew the rap as tho landlady's; ug in fact, no one else ever rapped save the >11- washwoman. The girl was inexpressibly it- lonesome that morning. She was glad >c- of the thought of seeing any one, so she ie. hastily threw open tho door. in " Oh, Miss Burdett, the king has lis come ! I knew him the moment I saw be him, before ever he o^ ened his mouth!" is, exclaimed the landlady, excitedly; but rs, Zaida was looking right over the little to woman's head, up into the gentle eyes of Norman Lamar. as The landlady turned and saw that he ry had followed her, then quite unobserved ; stole downstairs, taking with her the ; ty . memory of Zaida's face, and saying to ?s-1 herself: "She loves him, and who could lie help it?"' iat' An hour latei, Trlien Mrs. Burdett mi: quietly opened her parlor door and enk j tered, Norman Lamar stood upon her hearth just as slio had loved to reniemer j ber him standing upon his own on the ot prairies, only with one difference, which lie was so great a ono that, for a moment, lv ; it seemed to stop her breath. One a rm j it: rested lightly over Zaida's shoulders, ; y- and his fair, noble face bent toward her, j y- all full of new bright lights. v ; ?? Female Smugglers. J A New York paper says: She walked I off the steamer Germanic on to the i in dock with dignity and an evident ccn 1(* j sciousness that she knew what she was ?* j about. She wore a silk mantle, whose a j bottom was tucked in. This having 1 ( been pulled clown a large quantity of u| valuable black lace a foot deep was ! found to be tacked on the garments with ; as , stitches eight inches long. The woman a" boldly claimed that the lace was for her (;r ; personal use, and that she had a right to ^ 1 sew it and wear it in any manner she u* pleased. " There being no means of ' disproving her statement she was re; leased." (Now hear the twitter of sat-: ;(*isfaction among the ladies, tliat for once ' d* j those odious custom-house ruffians have ! been outwitted But see what followed.) ; i A moment later two women quit the j j steamer, whose apparel also attracted ! I the captain's attention, and he gave; | them in charge of the iuspectress. One j51'; wore a new silk dress that did not fit v , her around the waist by four inches, and 1(* i the other, under her ulster, had on a magnificent silk cloak trimmed all over : i with beads, and reaching to the ground. , fj* I They abused Captain Adams in the j 1 most voluble manner, and threatened ! ?B ; him with all sorts of disasters for put-1 | ting such an indignity upon them. At a ' length, when the elder paused an iu. J stunt- to catch her breath, tlio captain i ll" i took advantage of the opportunity to ask whether she would candidly answer a question or two. Receiving an affirm S> i ative response, tho following colloquy or took place: ,r" I " Are vou a dressmaker ?" | "I am." i "Do you intend to oiler those &oods ' ; you are wearing for sale ?" e-' * ? j (|0) jf i can a customer for ? : them." "7 ! "Did you put them on with the inj tention of evading payment of duties'of :* "I did. But I have been instructed tt t Vn v j Llllll JL Ucl^U U ll?llt 11/ 111 .IXMSJ . . ! duty anything I can wear." i Captain Adams said that there was a , j difference of opinion on that point;, and lc| informed the deputy surveyor present of his discovery. The women were told r*; that the goods were liable to seizure, ! and they then offered to pay the duties. m ' This was agreed to, and an appraiser i s* I was sent for. When the silk cloak was i being removed by the inspectress for a". his examination, she noticed that it was unusually heavys and asked the reason. 1 ei . One of the women replied that it was s' made so for purposes of warmth, but on ld I closer investigation the inspectress discovered evidences of " tacking," and in ^ a few moments, by the rupture of a !tl { few stitches, had resolved the apparently , ; single cloak into two, both equal in costliness and beauty. The women paid lS the amount demanded, which was 3120, without another word. gj. Power of the Pliijr Hat. The plug hat is virtually a sort of t? i social guarantee for the preservation of in peace and order. He who puts o:i one i at has given a hostage to tlio community U for his good behavior. The wearer of a . j plug hat most move with a certain sedateness and uronrietv. He cannot run. ?s j or jump, or romp, or get into a fight, j , except at the peril of his headgear. All , : tho hidden influences of the bearer tend ' toward respectability. He who wears , ie ! one is obliged to keep the rest of his | 58 I body in trim, that there may be no in3e j congruity between head and body. He J n," is apt to become thoughtful through i the necessity of watching the sky when- 1 i ever he goes out. The chances arc that ; j he will buy an umbrella, which is an^ | other guarantee for good behavior, and ! the care of hat and umbrella?perpetual I? ! and exacting as it must be?adds to the ,! sweetness of his character. The man ei who wears a plug hat takes naturally to : ?" | the society of women, with all its ele- j vating tendencies. He cannot go hunt- ' ing or fishing without abandoning his to beloved hat, but in the modern enjoy- i I ment of croquet and lawn-tennis he may U1 sport his beaver with impunity. In 1 ;d: other words, the constant use of a plug ' hat makes a man composed in mar ner, ( ' quiet and gentlemanly in conduct and ! the companion of ladies. The inevitable | or; result is prosperity, marriage and j iy . church membership. -i, ? i st Iiungs. | The bung is a homely device, lacking e* altogether the symmetry of an obelisk er and having little even of the grace ut: which corks often possess. But wheri ever liquids are contained iu casks or 'e t barrels there must the bung be also. . \ It is almost impossible to estimate . " the quantity of bungs made and used ' ca annually, but the number is well up in *? the millions. They are made of wood ve well-seasoned, and are cut by machinery Hiiii-ii in puiciucii. J.U iiu v/uuuut> uic j so many bungs made as in the United "* States, for nowhere else are the woods . which are used so plentiful. Oak, hick51*' ory, spruce and pine are among the ; varieties utilized, and the bung factories are scattered about the country in the neighborhoods where the woods f ' used are found. By cutting the bungs ?r ' before shipping the cost of transporting Y the waste material is saved. A great. i ' many bungs for beer casks are sent bot '10 to Germany and England from this country, not because they are better, L*? but because they are cheaper than those vn made abroad. Bungs are cut i>y pecul?t liur and ingenious machinery, which works against the grain of the wood, tapering the bung with the grain. In in" many cases the taper is made but slight in the cutting, and then the bung is ' submitted to a powerful compression to ;u* i increase the taper ;ss en, ~ A Tramp's Fate. ve A tramp and his companions, campnd ing out near Steubonvillc, Ohio, a year ad since, fell in with a neighboring farmer and his wife, an Englishwoman, who, icr discovering that one of them was her he ' countrymen, took them all home and It gave them a ravishing meal. The busier band finally induced the Englishman ?at to abandon his rough life and stay with he them. His wife's sister, a widow, nd shortly after coming out from England, >ld fell in love with the reformed tramp and it. at length married him. One day he reng ecived a lettet from England in answer de to one of his own, informing him that he his father had been dead two years and iso left him a fortune of .?*0,000. He then Iris disclosed his identity to liis wife and as his friends. He was thi of a superintendent of a public library in Engire land, and having in consequence of his ras fast life there quarreled with his father, )b- came to this country, where he spent - at among dissolute companions the money ho ! with which his father supplied him uuitil til his patience was exhausted. For five veal's he led a tramp's life, until he ile was at last provided with a home, a wife, le- a fortune, and, it is to be hoped, a reien 1 formed and sensible mind. ;ke: he The outside fiber of tlis cocoanut is we now used for shoe-heels, and is said to I be a good substitute for leather. V " V- i ! | j THE FABM AND HOUSEHOLD. CurrnntN and 'Oooncbcrrlcs. Currants and gooseberries can be left I without much pruning, if a vigorous ! growth be kept up by a liberal appli-! cation of fertilizing material. Should pinning be thought necessary, cut away no canes until thoy are three years old", | and shorten in the new ones to cause \ new fruit spurs to develop. The best! fruit is always borne upon wood two j and three vears old, and the more vig-1 orons, the finer and larger the fruit. I There is no fruit grown in which liberal, treatment is so well repaid. j Frequent Feeding Young chickens require frequen: feed-1 ing. During the first week they should | be fed, if possible, even' hour; i'or three weeks after that, every two hours, and j after that, until they a:o two months, j every three hours. Perhaps tlii 3 may j look like a great deal of trouble, but wo ; are simply laying down rules, obedi-1 ence to which will produce the best re- j suits. If any one does not wish to have | the finest poultry that he can have, he i will, of course, not follow the rules pre-1 scribed. It is a prevailing law th&t^f J we have anything we must labor for it. j There are exceptions, but that is the j rule, and it is as forcible in operation j in the poultry yard as anywhere else. j Orchard 9. Our plan for cultivating a bearing! orchard?and we ask for none better, j only that wo wont a better tool than the i common plow to stir the soil with?is j to plow the ground between the rows : ono way, not trying to plow very near the stems of tlie trees, about the iirs.t of j May with a common turning piow, j then in ten days harrow thoroughly, tlien ' in ten days again, and then about the ! tenth of June plow tho orchard the j other way, then harrow three time:, as j before. This plan we adopted after a great deal of study and experiment. We j reasoned in this way: if we should plow ! the orchard both ways, turning all the : ground possible, we would destroy so' many roots as to give the orchard a: severe check, but by plowing it j between the rows only one way a1; a J fimo ttd Innt'D of lnaef linlf flin rnnfd IP- i disturbed and the trees are not checked ; at all. And we cared not how m;.nyi roots we plowed up between the trees ! ono way; we knew the undi sturbed roots ! would held the trees ;.n thrift until I ho ! broken roots could put forth new feeding j roots in the fresh mellow plowed laad. ! This kind of culture is adapted to liij jh, j dry, rather poor hill land; on richer e nd ! more moist soil it would have to be j modified to suit, for fio long as an! orchard of bearing trees is making a growth of from six to fifteen inches ! yearly it has vigor enough. There can be j no general plan for the culture of orchards-; given, for the culture of each orchard 1 mu'jt be according to its soil and require-1 ments. The cultivation necessary or a , :hin, dry soil would cause an orchard on I a richer, moister soil to run all to wood, j 'vith none or little fruit. Rich, level or [ prairie soils should be treated very: differently from thin, diy hill soils; when . planted in orchard they should genev- i ally be laid down in grass and the thrift j of the trees kept up in part by cutting j back and thinning out the outer branches , and by surface manuring, and eventually . by plowing narrow stiips between tlie rows.?Prairie l'arvw. Gi'tiluir Poiatccs Early. To get puiucoes early ti dry, well ; drained piece of ground should be j selected, a rich sandy loam seeming the : most suitable at all times. If an early j crop is desired sprout the tubers, 01 cut i the potatoes in a light, warm room, j from four to six weeks before planting, I cr in a hot-bed two weeks before Ihey | are wanted, then lift carefully and plant ; out?(luring this time you will procure strong, vigorous shoots which as soon as j planted out in the open ground will send out roots and grow more rapidly 1 than thote treated in the ordinary way. , All planters have doubtless observed in j planting that where a set with a long 1 siioot lias been planted it has been up above ground a week earlier than the rest, and this shows the benefit of first sprouting the sets. | There is no use in planting while! the ground is wet, as a lumpy bit of | ground will not do for potatoes. Plant as: early in the spring as the ground can ba thoroughly worked, for a healthy, ' vigorous growth, and a crop free from ; rot, in hills or rows three feet apart, :uid : in the rows one foot anarfc: covering in light, warm soil about four inches, unci { in cold, wet ground tliree inches deep, j Cultivate to keep down the weeds, u id j draw the earth to the plants. The I practice of hilling or earthing up j potatoes has been long continued, and i we must allow with satisfactory results, ; or it would not still be almost universal. ! It is claimed that it entices root growth, ; besides allowing of more cultivation j than otherwise, the earth holding up the ! tops. There are many persons however | who have tried level culture, and who : claim the yield was just as good as under the earthing up system.?Tribune and j Farmer. T.rerv Mnn II 1m Own Homo-Doctor. j Every one who has the care of horses , should be prepared for an attack of' colic. Get one pint turpentine, add, one ounce sulphuric ether, one ounce ' oil peppermint, two ounces sweet spirits niter and one ounce aconite. Mix, shake and it is ready for colic. This recipe is the best I ever used, and in the i first stage of pneumonia it is excellent. 1 Dose for colic, a tablespoonful every hour until relieved. It will often cure the patient in a few minutes. I found ch<5 best treatment I could employ for the epizootic was bran ! mnshes, all they would eat, with a spoon- j fill of Glauber's sf.lts each feed, and the same amount of niter powdered fine and : given in their feed once daily. A teaspoonful of powdered copperas occa-1 sionally put in the feed will help keep up the appetite. I find all horses thit are off are benefited by mixing a teacupful of flaxseed jelly in their brr.n mash. The jelly is made by slowly j boiling a pint of flaxseed in a gallon ofwater until it is a complete jelly. To ; make a bran mash right mix up a bucket of bran with boiling water, stir it tip thick, put a cloth over the bucket to keep in all the steam and let stand until cool enough to feed. For foundered horses, four ounces of alum dissolved in warm water c.nd given as a drench, theu followed in two hours with a quart of linseed oil, is my best remedy. Don't squander your money j buying high-toned, far-fetched spavin j remedies, when for a few cents you can j put up a bottle, of corrosive liniment that will leinove any callous puffs, e^c.k ! that can be removed by any remedy. It is made thus: Spirits of turpentine; i add two ounces of gum camphor and one-half ounce of corrosive sublin.ate, . shake well, and in a few hours it is j ready for use. It will cure hog spavin j remove callouses, cure thrash, nrd I! believe it will cure any corn if faithfully applied. It is one of the best known remedies for the foot-root in sheep. For sweeny, leave out the corrosive si.blimate and use only the turpentine and camphor. For strain of the stifle, use ! the same quantity of turpentine and : camphor, as above, and add one-half j ounce of capsicum, well rubbed in. Faimers, put up your own liniments. One of the best for rheumatism is made as follows: One pint of spirits of tur- j pentine, two onnccs of camphor, two ounces of spirits of ammonia and one ounce of oil of sassafras. One of the ' best liniments for wounds is made by melting one pound of pine tar, add one quart of linseed oil and half a pint of spirits of turpentine; it is just the thing for any wounds on man or beast, and it is one of the liest remedies to apply to brittle feet.?If. S. Hill. Clovrr for Worn-Out I<nn<t. The Country Gentleman makes the following extract from Mr. Harlan's work on "Faraiing with Green Manure:" It if, a very common practice among agricultural writers to advise all persons having large farms which are in very 1 poor condition to sell one-half or two-, i thirds of their land and apply all the money they receive in manuring and im-; ' proving the balance of their property. I In some cases this may lie the most prudent course to follow, but as a general rule I am opposed to this advice for two very good reasons. First, you can get but very little per acre for your poor fields, and secondly, if you improve your property with judgment, you can enhance its value so rapidly that in seven or eight years it will be worth double or treble its former valuation. To begin its improvement take the old field about half a mile from the house aud which is now covered with thin yellow grass and a mellow soil about one or two inches deep, produced by many yearn of exposure to the weather. It has never been jilowed since you knew it. And, I beg you, do not plow it now at the beginning of your efforts to make it better. Let me show you what a coating of fine mellow carta is worth upon tne suriace. in Egypt the annual overflow of the Nile deposits on the land a thin stratum o very fine soil, which amounts to only four or five inches in a century. This yearly settling, which is only the twentieth of an inch in thickness, of almost impalpable dust, keeps the farms forever rich and productive. The Egyptians do not plow this precious coat under, but sow the seed on the moist ground as the waters subside,and then, if possible, they drive sheep and hogs and goats over it to press the seed into the soil. We should all leam a useful lesson from their example and experience. We snouid not plow down the only part wliich the air has enriched by mingling and uniting with it for so many years, but early in the spring we should harrow as many acres of the old field as we can sow with clover seed at one peck to the acre. After the seed is sown we should roll the ground and sow one or two bushels of plaster per acre. The principal roots of all plants must be near the surface that they may feel the life-giving influence of air and moisture, or the soil must bo loosened by nature or by tillage that the atmosphere may penetrate even to the deepest fibers of vegetation. Hence the reason that plant food acts so well upon the surface and that all seeds germinate more thickly, moro naturally, when covered by only one or two inches of soil. But these great truths must not be misunderstood. Though the soil must be loose, the finer the seed the greater the necessity when planting or sowing of pressing with the hand or ioot or roller tne earin into ciose contact with tlie grain. I remember a little incident which will illustrate the subject and fix it in the mind. An old sea captain who lived in our neighborhood tried every year to raise for himself a little tobacco. He prepared a little patch of ground with the greatest cefc^The surface was as fine and rich he could m ike it. Then and o^^^M^BMB^fcl^^eently. Yet, much to relation,, only a few year. But one spring, aiRH^B little bed. had been sown witl^all the usual care, some fellow, to worry the old captain, went secretly on it and tramped and tramped and danced and tramped it till it was to all appearance as hard and solid as the most frequented public road. The poor old man gave him a seaman's blessing, whoever it might be, and left it to its fate. But on Lis next visit to it he was astounded to see the whole bed covered with vigorous plants of tobacco. It seemed that every seed had grown. He had a grand crop. After that he could always raise tobacco. He tramped the ground himself after the seed was sown. Well, to turn to our field. If the clover should grow five or six inches high by the middle of August give it a half or a whole bushel more of plaster per acre. The second year you must treat it in the same way, and if the clover is thin on the cround sow more seed and again roll it well. Do all this the third and fourth year if necessary. After this it will reseed itself provided you continue the plaster each year. Here is a practical illustration of this plan which I know to be feet. A person bought a very poor farm near the southern boundary of Pennsylvania and tried to raise grain upon it in the usual way; but nothing grew largo or strong enough to produce seed. Fortunately lie did not sacritice the property by selling it at a very low figure, as many would have done. He sowed every acre of it with clover seed and plastered it every year. For a living he followed the profession of an auctioneer. About seven or eight or more years the clover grew upon his farm, undisturbed by plow or hoof of any kind: Then he concluded to try his hand agaia at farming. Many of his neighbors gathered to see the first plowing after so long a rest from tillage. An old farmer who was present assured me that the soil turned over eight or nine inches deep as black as your hat and as mellow as an ash-heap. More than fifty years have now passed since that occurrence, and the farm has the reputation of being rich and productive to the present day. Ilccipc*. "WnirrED Potatoes.?Whip boil potatoes to creamy lightness with a fork ; beat in butter\ milk, pepper and salt; at last the frothed white of an egg; toss irregularly upon a dish, set in the oven tvo minutes to reheat, but do not let it color. Bean Salid.?Put some lima beans, potatoes and beets (all boiled tender) on ice, and a short time before serving cut the potatoes and beets into rather thin slices, add the beans and dress with oil, pepper, salt and vinegar. Garnish with a few watercresses. Chocolate Pcddino.?Scald together a quart of milk and three ounces 0{ grated chocolate. Set it away untif cold and then add the beaten yolks of live eggs and one cup of sugar. Bake about twenty-live minutes. Beat the whites of the eggs to a stiff froth, spread over the top of the pudding and brown them slightly iu the oven. This pudding should be served very cold. Cream Pre ?One cup sugar, one egg, piccc of butter size of an egg, one teaspoon soda, dissolved in a cup of sweet milk, add to this when mixed together two teaspoons cream tartar rubbed in three cups of flour, and bake in threo jolly-cake tins. Cream for inside of the nin* rinn mill mi.i-lmlf euns of milk. !'"* ~"w x ? when boiling add seven teaspoons cornstarch wet with cold milk; lot it scald a moment, then add tw? well-beaten eggs; sweeten to taste, and flavor with lemon or vanilla. Split the cakes when cold, spread them with cream and put together again like jelly-cake. Okija SotT.?To two pounds lean beef, boiled in two gallons op water for twohoms, add tomatoes and okra each two quarts; boil these three hours moderately, then add three tablespoon fills of browned flonr, twenty whole cloves, pepper, salt and thiec onions (first fried then added to the soup), boil another hour, strain and serve. Gixoer Crackers.?Two quarts of flour, one pint of molasses, one pound of brown sugar, half a pound of lard, two ounces of ground ginger and a teaspoonful of cloves. Knead thera a long time and roll very thin. Bake over a steady, strong fire. Orange Tartlets.?'Two fine oranges; juice of both and grated peel of one; three-fourths cup of sugar; two tablespoons of butter; one teaspoonful of corn-starch; wet uj) with lemov-juice and a little cold water. Beat all to a smooth cream and bake in small tins. Travelers in Egypt are <.u? u-isedat the large amount of opthalmia und blindness prevalent among the inhabitants. Want of cleanliness is the can.se. An Egyptian mother, under the influence of a widely prevalent superstition, does nof wash her child's eyes until eight days after birth. By that time the organ is frequently ruined. The teachers in the American and British mission schools of Cairo say that Egyptian mothers becomo invariably angry when urged to wash (he eyes of their newly-born infants, and can rarely be persuaded to comply with a request of the kind. An act by which we make one friend and one enemy is a losing game, because revenge is a much stronger principle than gratitude. FACTS AND COMMENTS. A correspondent of the Michigan | i Medical News cites two instances which !1 ; tend to show that door and window '1 \ screens protect the inmates of honses !1 ' provided with them from malaria. It i1 i is certainly a precaution worth trying by j those compelled to live in malarial dis-' i i tricts. j1 * i: The silk indusfries in the United ! States last year gave employment to 34,440 operatives, who were paid an ag- . gregate of $9,107,835 in wages. Census [1 ; office returns show that the total value i1 of finished silk goods produced in this j ] ! country during the year was nearly 835,-1 : 000,000, and the capital invested ?19,- !1 : 000,000. |: | ? i' The price of voters must be rather ; higli in some parts of England, if one ; ; may judge from the figures given in a : I recent parliamentary return; Mr. W. W. Wynn, who stood as a conservative for the representation of Montgomery- ' shire, spent no less than $73,000, or at tne rate 01 $?<? lor every vote ne receiv-:1 I ed?and then lie didn't get enough to ' | elect liim. Peace is far. from the minds of the | European powers, if wo may judge by 1 j the condition of things in the immense 1 J Krupp gun-works in Germany. These | factories are in a state of feverish activ-1 j ity. The numerous buildings have re-! ! ceived more additions, the army of em-: ' ployes has been increased and work is j I carried on day and night. The next j I country to have an order filled is Eou- j { mania, for which 100 field guns, with I i complete accouterments, have been in i j process of manufacture. Greece will ' | come next with 700 field pieces, com- ' : pletely equipped. Next in order is 1 | Sweden, with fifty field guns, Holland ! 1 with 120, and Italy with 400 siege guns. i Arizona, like all the Territories, has ! i become heartily tired of the colonial 1 ! system of government, and ia moving in j the matter of obtaining statehood. The J | house of representatives has passed a ! bill calling a convention to meet in I January, 1882, which convention is to | frame a State constitution to be sub! mitted to the people at the general I election in 1882. The census showed I fliof in .T-nna An7nno'o tnfn.1 -nnnil Infirm j rwr numbered 40,441, including 1,630 I Chinese, two Japanese and 3,493 Indians | and half-breeds. The showing, it will I be seen, is not favorable for admission, | but the Territory is rapidly filling up, I , and its early future is full of bright | j promise. * ???? i The Winter palace in St. Petersburg | i figures extensively in the Nihilistic plots, j I The palace is an imposing pile upon j j the left bank of the Neva. Eastulli was | the designer of the structure. The; | Winter palace occupies the site, which, ! ; in the time of Peter the Great, was the j i property of his high admiral, Count ' i Afraxin, who by his will left it to Peter j II. After her coronation at Moscow the |( ! Empress Anna lived there for a time,but j in about the middle of tlie last century j - it was pulled down and the erection of I ' a palace begun. It was completed in the.] I reign of Catherine. In 1837 it was | ! burned to the ground; but in less thr.n ! | two years the palace, as it now stands, j was finished. It is about eighty feet in | ; height and more than -150 feet in length, j j A record of adventurous villainy just j i about black enough to furnish the basis ! for a novel of the blood and thnnder j type has been made by four brothers j named Killian in Southwestern Mis- ; ; souri. Each of them "killedhis man" ' in the most fiendish manner conceivable, and the youngest of .the four, who ! avowedly committed murder for no other . reason than to equal his brothers, has j j recently been sent to the Missouri penij tentiary for life. One of the others was ' . shot T,y the avengers of his victim, but j two of the four escaped all justice. That part of the country in which these crimes j nnmmitto/l trnq nnnf? tlin linmp of I i outlawry, but cajjital and honorable j labor have earned thither a degree of ' ! civilization fatal to the peaceful pursuit j | of such villainy. There lies in the treasury at Washing- j ton to-day ?1,400,000 of unclaimed in-! i teresfc on government bonds. This sum j j is getting larger eveir day. This seems j strange, but it is true. This vast sum j of money, or much of it, can be drawn j by simply applying for it by whoever is 1 entitled to it and has the registered j bond on which the interest is due and j not paid. There are thousands of per- j j sons who have bought bonds and not! ; knowing how to get the interest on j i them prefer to lose the same rather than : ! to expose the fact that they have the ' I bonds. Others have interest due them ! and actually forget the fact, and it lies j i in the treasury vaults waiting for thom ! to apply for it. Should one of the clerks > ' of the bond division inform person to ; ?i *_i. j. j? ?1.~ r,I wiioiu iuieresb uu? ui me mui, nuu , the same be discovered, he 'would be in stantly discharged. Beer suddenly killed a healthy yonrig ; : man named James Little, at Canton, i ; Ohio. While holding a glass of beer ; ; to his lips at his boarding-house he was j i attacked by a violent fit of gasping for j! [ breath, his head hanging down on his breast. The inmates of the room took ; him outside into the fresh air, after j. j which he reclined on some old carpet: in the summer kitchen, and in a few j; j moments was a corpse. A post-mortem i was held by the coroner and a doctor, j They reported all the organs in unim- , paired condition. The mode of death i < i was decidedly unusual. The cold beer ': i which he drank partly paralyzed the j ! stomach, and before the beer became of ( a proper temperature to be absorbed i into the system it began to ferment, , j causing a'formation of carbonic acid 1 j j gas. The gas gradually overpowered 11 the heart, lungs, and brain, and para-I1 ! lyzod the entire nervous system, pro- j; t ducing death, \ < A new branch of burglary has been j opened in Chicago. A young lady went ] into a dentist's shop to have five teeth j ! TToTi*r?nr nnt liov imrlav i / i 'JAUllULCU. -UttliUjj I' V4 u u.iv?v* j t i influence of gas or ether, he drew'' fifteen teetli from her upper jaw. She ] sued the dentist for damages. He i i pleaded the teeth all needed pulling. ' j She denied this, hut as the dentist had i I the teeth she could not prove her case, 1 and the dentist would not produce them < in court. Therefore the jury, evidently ] J thinking that the dentist knew better ] than the young woman whether she ] needed the teeth or no*, disagreed, and j she could not recover. Like the sailor 1 who, during a battle, threw the live i man overboard in spite of his cries, be- 1 i cause he had been told that the man 1 { was dead, the young woman was not considered trustworthy authority on the , j state of her own teeth. Hers, it ap-! | pears, was not the only instance. Scv- ' f eral persons have been subject to the 1 ] same involuntary dental bereavement in , ( i the same establishment, with a view to ( compelling the victims to buy false ; 1 teeth. ; i Our signal service system, which has i < already achieved such marked triumphs, ] is to enter a new field. Under an act < j of Congress appropriating $25,000 for \ the purpose, and in conformity with j \ the scheme adopted last year at the 1, Hamburg International Convention of j j Geographers, for encircling the Arctic j | basin with meteorological stations at , select points a scientific post is to be |, established at Lady Franklin bay, in j ] latitude eighty-one degrees forty min- j? utes north, at which observations will j be carried out continuously, without re- 11 j gard to weather. Lady Franklin bay is !, ! selected as the site of operations chiefly , because it commands very valuable ob- , servational facilities, with a secure har-; ] ! bor Avhere a ship is protected from the I heavier drift-ice, and game, in| eluding musk oxen, may be found ! ' in considerable quantities. An ex- | j change thinks the advantage to our j signal service of extending the chain of ; meteorological stations over the frozen . j frontiers of the continent, and extend- , j ing our knowledge of the polar phe! nomena and climate which affect the { | meteorology of the United States, will | undoubtedly be very great. " Decisive scientific results in that region," as the '( New York Herald remarks, "are attainable only through a series of syn- <' ^hronous expeditions whose combined ilata reveal the conditions prevailing over r. large portion of the circumpolar T irea," and the United States has a larger interest than any other country in tho. 0 discovery of the key to these secrets of nature near the pole which have so long ^ defied solution. SI A few trustworthy statistics would be of the greatest assistance in coming to any conclusion as to the condition and T prospect of Russia just now. Anything 1 really trustworthy is in the nature of the A case impossible, for the Russian census is very faulty, and the rebellious classes are mostly members of a secret eociety. Last year, however, there were printed in the correspondence of a London newspaper some figures which are the best attainable, even though they leave much to bo desired. There are then, or were, in Russia about 1,200,000 noble- 11 men and civil and military officers, about 3,000,000 soldiers, 600,000 mer- " chants, 6,000,000 artisans, 50,000,000 , peasants and laborers and 600,000 ec- ** clesiastics. This includes in each class women and children, and does not in- ^ elude 25,000,000 Asiatic subjects ^ of Russia. Of these there could read and write all the first class, tl 150,000 of the merchants, (half the p males,) 500,000 ecclesiastics, (all the males and two-thirds of the females,) li 1,000,000 artisans, (one-third of the if males;) total, about 2,800,000 literates. The only persons set down as interested ? in politics were about 1,000,000 of the j. first class, and a miscellaneous class consisting of about 400,000 merchants, artisans, ecclesiastics and students, or n about 1,400,000 "politicians," so to 11 speak, in a nation of over 85,000,000. Russia may be the worso off for so small b a proportion of persons interested in ^ public affairs, but some other countries are troubled in equal degree with too tl many. Some two-thirds of these 1,400,- b 000 were thought to be malcontents. That is to say, 460,000 persons, aided by n the passive obedience of 85,000,000 r( mutes, ruled, against their wills, some _ 933,000 of their equals. Among the Emigrants. c' A New York reporter who visited ? Castle Garden the other morning beheld nmnrifr rmmher nf emiirrnnts there w"o ??? ? e < assembled thirty or forty persons |jj whose peculiar dress and uncouth ap- jpearance would surprise even one "who ? was accustomed to seeing the most peculiar costumes. This was a party of i( Sclavonians who had lately arrived in it thi3 country from Austria, not only un- o able to speak English, but merely able to express themselves in a language 0 which is as unknown here as Greek is q among the unlettered classes everywhere. From a little distance the men would easily be mistaken for millers, ^ every articlo of their attiie presenting a tJ white appearance; but on a closer inspectiou it proved to be a very dirty wore entire suits of.sheep-.. _ Bkin/the wpoily side bein? turned in- ? ward; otfifcitoad jacketsor pantaloona * of dressed leather, oiflflfcntsd 'With embroidery; while still c^ers had suite of white baggy stuff; homespun, which, ? although very coarse in textarer ap- p peared to make tip for what lacking n in tViof rnnion t. liv itc nnnlif.iofl nf h strength and endurance. Almost every one of the party had r, semi-cloaks of sheepskin, and some had d hats of the same material, while others a had white felt hats. Not a single white d shirt, much less a collar, was to be seen among them, but instead sheepskin jj undershirts and woolen comforters were worn. There were no whiskers on the n fuces of any of the men, and their dark, ^ swarthy complexions and tall angular ,, forms, added, to the qucerness of their dress, made them look more like Indians c than anything else. Men, women and even children wore boots, and this pro- ^ duced a most comical effect in the ap- ^ pearance of the women and little girls, j with their short frocks and big boots. How Congress Passes a Bill. ? In reply to a correspondent who asks b for information on the subject, the New 8 York Journal of Commerce says: One J: branch of Congress passes a bill and * senda it to the other. If the latter adopts it precisely as it passed it then c goes to the President for Lis approval. 1: But if the bill is amended or changed t on its passage in the other branch, it is a sent back with such changes to the li house in which it originated. If these amendments are there adopted it then g goes to the President,. but if adopted f only in part, it comes back again to the v second branch, where the vote is to re- t cede from the amendments or to insist n upon them. If the body insists, then a b committee of conference is appointed, and notice being given to the House, a e like committee is appointed, and these two committees meet. If they agree on a a report, then the bill as reported is u voted on again in each house. If they n disagree, each reports, and sometimes a g1 "/i/Mtimlftiin Jd nmwinlivl find snmiv I , times tho bill fails. But if it passes both houses, then the President signs it, if he approves; if he disapproves, he a] returns it within ten days to the house ?' in which it originated, with his objec- ai (ions. If that house passes it again by F( a two-third vote it goes to the other branch of Congress, and if it passes 19 there by a two-third vote it becomes a law. There is no arbiter between any ! of the parties. _ i tc The Father Goes to Bed. [ j1( THio could believe that there was one j g; single tribe, however silly in other re-1 " spects, which should cany its folly so j a! far as to demand that on the birth of a 1 p: VKil/1 flin fn+lipr Rlirmlrl to liis bf>d. i ivhilo the mother attended to all the j luties of the household. Yet we are j told that there are few customs more , svidely spread than this, attested by his-; .orical evidence during nearly 2,000 j rears. Marco Polo found it existing | irnong ihe Chinese in the thirteenth | ?cuturv, arid the same custom was -sjtill j in practice a few years ago among the 1 nodern Basques. This absurd custom ' is also described by Du Tertre as in use j y< imong the Caribs in the West Indies. | When a child is born the mother goes j w presently to her work, but the father j U] akes to his hammock, and there he is ; risited as though he was sick, and j ^ undergoes a course of dieting which ^ tvould curc of the gout the most replete ; if aldermen. IIow any one can fast so i long and not die is perfectly wonderful. | S( For six months lie eats neither birds nor ! a fish lost the child should participate in , :he natural faults of the animals on ; t! ,vhit-h the father had fed. For instance, ! li f the parent were to have an aldermanic i hi :aste for turtle, the child would be deaf 1 md have no brains.?.1 rgnw/. ' iU Died While Laughing. j j" A singular and fatal accident occurred I it Jackson, Miss., recently. Mr. W. j Bailey, chancery clerk of Madison i jounty, in company with Mr. T. "Wharton,! t( ?f Jackson, was eating dinner at arestau- i ant. During the meal, while engaged n friendly and sociable conversation, ! ? illusion was made to the strange and \ sad fate that befel the late Walter' Brooks, of Yicksburg, who was choked ; :o death by eating an oyster. Mr. Whar:on .-,aid something further, which dis-. n :racted Mr. Bailey's attention and 1 *1 caused him to laugh, and, a few second tl ifter, it was noticed that tho latter gen-1 tc leinan appeared very sick, and was | gasping for breath. Mr. Wharton and a< others immediately attempted to relieve : n iiim by carrying him to the door and j a dapping him on the back, but without j b ivail. Physicians were sent for, but, o before they arrived Mr. Bailey was dead, I und it was beyond the power of medical; skill to revive him. He had inadvert- a: ently swallowed a piece of beef, which i n became lodged in his throat and choked 1j him to death I a ? 1 v A Stepson not a .Member of the Family, j A stepson is not a member of the j stepfather's 44 family," within the mean-1 ing of a devise by the stepfather to his J o 44 family," where the latter leaves a j e widow and his own child, although the j e stepson had lived with and been sup- j d ported by the stepfather.?Massachusetts o Supreme Court. i c Aw . : Mysterious Disappcarnncc. Dome little pet," the old bird said, In moat endearing term, 5Ton must bo early out of bed If you would catch the worm." ?? he smallest of t>e feathery herd? A puny little thing? : utsprang tho tender baby-bird, To grub for worms and sing. . ; ad lo I she found an early worm? ? It was a monster, too? ^ 10 chirped: "Oh you may writhe andVpiinn But I will gobble you !" jfl liat birdling's chirp, the rest affirm, X IV'as never after heard, * . - 9 nd it's sunnised it was the worm I That caught the early bird. j HUMOR OF THE DAY. I A crying evil?A cross baby. J A backward spring?gnirps, _ The scale of good-brceding^B nat? ..% ral. A poor relation?Telling an anecdote ' '& adly. A fish wonld be real nice if it didn't '% rink. What word is always pronounced-. Tong, even by the best scholars?? 53 Prong. Some ladies are so fond of dress thai' aey have their meals served on fashion ?%? lates. Ewe, go to grass, as Mary said to her ttle lamb when she sent 'it out to get Vj s meals. / "We wouldn't care to bo the prettiest;^ irl alive. We'd rather be next to her.? Boston Post. A blacksmith's helper is a remarkable . ' lan. He is always on a strike, and -v? lakes money by it. " It's easy enough, after you get yong and in," was the reply of the criminal ith the fetters on his wrist. The New lorfc tomviercial expects lat when Rowell dies his legs will be " nrio/^ in WoflflttinflfAr AliVif>r. Wlien steamboat passengers talk too inch to the captain he oan always find \ jlief by shonting: " Man o^sr-bored X* -Picayune. The moral of "Josh Billings"1 sue* lij&R ess is a very bad one for boys.*It yjaj liows how mnch money can be madflfr?^ y bad spelling. We have seen spring bonnets with ,*? ixteen full-blown poppies on them. he yonng ladies' poppies have to*pay ' early for them. The yonng man who would scorn the ' ^ lea of being a farmer is the very onewho p? i apt to be an expert in sowing " wild. ats."?Meriden Recorder. "Is that mule tame?" asked a farmer .$ f an American dealer in domestic nadrjpeds. "He's tame enough in^|$i ront," answered the dealer. ' Josh Billings says tli^t "a good doc-' jr is a gentleman to whom we may pay ./JS Iiree dollars a visit for advising us to ,yi at less and exercise more." ^ It is said that a long upper lip indi -.-t iteaa certain dwrreo ofiroo&'wiMHmni osfl?n in betddifes-,-'-"'!'shall havo a. _> ' or^shoe for my wymbol, as it denoteSijpsS aving come from tne loot!" A stranger in St. Louis, thinking he scognized his coat on the back of a pe- , j| estrian, shouted: -'Stop Thief!" and bout thirty of the inhabitants suddenly^#? isappeared down a side street. Child at table devours gluttonously er food. Mother, with gentle roproof -"Well, what does baby say to kind * lursey that brings her all these good hings ?" Baby, with her mouth full? More." It has been estimated that ther-*^ ommon fly moves its wings 330 times -? J ier second,and 19,800 times per minute.. "he calculation was m 'lo by a bald-,^21 leaded man, one day last August-.New !vj fork News A Milwaukee girl, suffering from. ^^S Dckjaw, was left alone with a mouse y a shrewd physician, and she con- ' ' rived to open her mouth enough to ive a yell that made the crockery in ' ->j he china closet rattle. Tfc mriR tlmswififi: " There came to OUT."'--*?* abin one morning in soring, a sweefc ittle robin. He came thtrc to sing, bnt " ^ he cat was attentive, and watched from 1; ' far till tbe robin, all heedless, was : ? illed like a czar ."?Derrick. ~'y~i At a conflagTation^w^mprthy citizen-' ^ ;azes with stupefaction o^^iesteam ire-engines. " Well, I never/x^ttis^ rith deliberation. " I never expecteWpjj o see auch criminal, senseless wasteful- . : ooo I Tlin nf irnrminfr Hifi wftto*''' ' fl i efore throwing it on the flames." In the year 1880 America issned sevnty patents to women. And not one of lese was an indicator to be attached to .bedpost to show if there is a man ^ nder the bed. And yet think how . i tuch getting down on hands and knees '' ich a thing would save women.?Bos- .? n Post. It is n,ot pleasant to have the barber's :% pprentice practicing upon you, lay Vpen your cheek with a two-inch gash, id then follow the cut with the cheenr . ?mark, " Skin's very tender, sir." It not pleasant. We don't know what it *c , but it isn't pleasant.?Bicrlingiov & rawkcye. A little boy who was to pass the af- ^ (moon with the doctor's little daughter, as given two pieces of candy. When 3 e returned his mother inquired if he we the larger piece to the little girl. - >" No, mother, I didn't. You told mo ; ways to give tlie biggest piece to cominv, and I was company rver there." WISE WORDS. Nothing is so good as it seems before uid. We wish for more iu life, rather than ; 4 ore of it. The more honesty a man Lis, the less j alTeets the air of a saint It is better to be blamed for doing flioii rvraicor? fnr-nnf./Irnnor if. "" J? ?"? ? f ? a ? ^ Work is the weapon of honor, and he s ho lacks the weapon will never trir. ph. "We must learn," said the great .-."su rench painter, Millet, " to infuse submity into trifles. That is power." Opinion is the main thing which does iod or harm in the world. It is our -rj lsc opinion of things which ruin us. We seo how much a man ha?. and w sereforo envy him; did- we see how tile he enjovs, wo should rather pity im. Never fear to bring the sublimest ^ lotive to the smallest duty, and the iost infinite comfort to the smallest ^ ouble. The best way to apologize is to do ich a kindness, to the offended ono iat' he will forget that you ever at* ^ jmpted to injure him. Public opinion is a weak tyrant, com- * wed with our own private opinion. fhat a man thinks of himself, that it is hich determines or rather indicates is fate. * j Our customs and habits are like the its in roads. The wheels of life sete into them, and we jog along through le mire because it is too much trouble ) get out of it. The hills of lofty endeavor and high ihievement lie all around us, and if we over catch a glimpse of the views they fford we need not complain that it is ecause of the insuperable limitations f our surroundings. ^ In the vineyards of Southern France nd Italy snails are "cultivated," or ither fattened and fitted for food, and laron Barthelemy prepares snail sirup nd snail bonbons which he considers iiluable as a remedy for bronchitis and sthma. Dr. Heitler, of Vitenna, having pportunity to make post-mortem xaminations of 10,502 bodies, found videDce that 7*0 of the persons oeeased had had consumptive disease f the lungs which had healed or been ured. -p +