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BY HUGH WILSON AND H. T. WARDLAW. ABBEVILLE, S. C?, WEDNESDAY, MAY* 4, 1881. NO. 48. VOLUME XXV. |||
Work ami Wait.
A husbandman who many years
Had plowed Ins fields and sown in tears,
. Grew weary with his doubts and fears.
" I toil in vain ! These rocks and sands
Will yie'd no harvest to my hands;
The best seeds rot in barren lands.
. "My drooping vine is withering;
No promised grapes its blossoms bring;
No birds among its branehes sing.
"My flock is dying on the plain;
The heavens are brass?they yield 110 rain;
'Wo that are strong ought to boar the
infirmities of the weak,' ami not to |
please ourselves, you know."
" Well, 1 dunno," said Nabby, twist- j
ing the corner of her shawl, dubiously,!
"1 hadn't thought on't in that light, I
must say. It's so aggravatin' to have !
such a man for a husband. Besides, I
dunno's he'd come back if I wanted him
to."
"Hasn't he been back at all ?"
" Why, yes, he came back once for a !
pair of pantaloons. But I didn't take no j
notice of him."
" Now, Nabbv, you may depend upon
it, it wasn't the pantaloons he was |
after. He wanted to see if you wouldn't
relent. If he comes again be a little ;
pleasant to him, and I'll warrant he j
will stay. Give him another chance, '
Nabby. Josiah isn't the worst follow in I
the world, by any means. He has his '
redeeming traits, after all. I believe j
he will do better if you will toy to help |
him. You know Josiah is one that,
bears encouragement, Nabby."
"Well, 'squire, I'll think it over.;
Anvhow, I'm obleeced to you. You :
The earth is iron--I toil in vain 1"
While yet he snake a breath had stirred
His drooping vine, like wing of bird,
And from its leaves a voice he heard:
"The germs and fruits of life must be
Forever hal in mystery,
Yet none can toil in vain lor me.
A mightier hand, more skilled than thine,
Must hang the cluster of the vine,
And make the fields with harvest shine.
' Man can but work; God can create;
But they who work, and watch and wait,
Have their reward, though it come late.
"Look up to lieavin ; behold and hear
The clouds and thumlerings in thine car?
An answer to thy doubts and l'car,"
He looked, and lo! a cloud-draped car,
With trailing smoke and flames afar,
Was rushing to a distant star.
And every thirsty Hock and plain
Was rising up to meet the rani
That came to clothe the fields with grain.
.
NT A Tjnvif TTTTOT5 A ATT
J.X JL l_? 11 U J.
A knock at the 'squire's door.
An eager " come in" from the 'squii
to whom any outside diversion is an i
estimable boon, he having just reach*
that uncomfortable stage of masculii
convalescen jo when life becomes a bn
den not only to the so-called " patien
himself but also to those unlucky fen
nine relatives whose duty it is to ol
ciate as his " ministering angels."
Mary, the servant, came in.
" Please, Mr. Hosley, there's awoms
downstairs who says she mu?t see yo
She's been here to see you before sini
you were sick, and now she won' tal
no for an answer."
" Show her rigct up. Mary," said tl
'squire, alertly, brightening up visib
use me war norse \mio sceuts uie uuu
afar off. Not all tlio cozy comforts
liis surroundings, the " Sleepy-Hollo1
ness" of his chair, the pleasant pictur
on the wall, the wood lire which no'
that the wintry twilight was settlii
down over the bit of gray sky, left vi
ible by the curtains heavy folds, danci
and flashed all over the room in ro
shadows, conld not reconcile the 'squi
to his enforced seclusion. Secretly ]
pined for his dingy old den of an offic
and chafed at the doctor's restriction
which as yet forbade all thoughts
business. But now the moral roli
c ?is ..
ivpiCDciiiCU uj ma wuc ui
daughter, boinc luckily off duly, the
was nothing to prevent this probal
client.
" Show her up, Mary," and t]
'squire cheerfully straightened liimst
and assored as much of legal digni
as dressi.'i j-gown and slippers perm
ted.
Mary disappeared. Presently t'
_ door opened again. "Why, Nabby," sa
the'squire, "is it vou? How do yi
do?"
" Yes, 'squire it's me," said Nabl
dropping down with a heavy sigh in
the chair, " and I don't do very weL
Nabby was a short, squarely-bu
woman of fifty, with considerable gr
in the coarse, black hair drawn stif
and uncompromisingly back under
bonnet about fifty years out of dal
She had sharp, black eyes, and a res
lute, go-ahead manner. Evidently
' hard-working woman; yet in looki:
at her you could not help the convicti
that something more than hard wo
had plowed the deep wrinkles whi
ran across her forehead, and threaten
to lift her eyebrows up to her ha
Nabby had lived with the 'squir
mother fifteen years?from the til
when Mrs. Hosley took her in, a ten-yei
old orphan, who was, as the good c
lady sometimes expressed it, "mc
plague than profit," until she grew in
the steady and reliable hand-maiden w
finally, with every one's good wishi
married young Josiah '-ould, and set
in the world for herself. 011 M
Hosley had long since gone to li
reward, but her family still kept uj
friendly interest in Nabby and her f<
tunes, the 'squire in particular being i
her " guide, philosopher and friend "
all the emergencies of life.
"Why, what's the matter now, Na
by ?'' said the 'squire, good-natured!
"Are you sick ?"
"Yes, I am," said Nabby, emp'na
cally, with a snap of her black eyi
" I'm sick to death of Josiah. I cai
stan' it anv longer, and I've come
talk with j ou about gettin' a divor<
Yah coo liaV Koan o /yrnr.-in1 rratt-n <v
A VU OVV UU O VVVU U VlliU HUIOV It.
worse now for a good while. I've ke
it to myself preUy mud because I ^
ashamed on't, and then kop' Jhopin' h<
do better. I've talked an' talked to li
and said and done everything a worn
could, but it s.jemed as if the mor<
talked the wor.se he grew."
The 'squire looked at Nabby's rath
sharp, hard face, and perhaps was hard
so surprised as Nabby expected tl:
Josiah l ad not been reformed by t
"talking to he bad undoubtedly ]
ceived.
"He grew tuare and inoie slnfth
and good for notlni. <?," continued Nabl
" till linally he didn't do much but
around the kitchen fire, half boozy,
there's anybody I hate," burst c
Nabby, " it's a man forever settin'rou
the house under foot. And there I ^
. a-takin' in washin' and a-slaving eai
? and la^e to be kinder decent and foi
handed, and him no better than a de
man on my hands, so far as helping a
was concerned. And so I told hi
time and again. He worked just abc
enough to keep himself in drinl1. ]
knew he couldn't get any of my mon
for that. But I stood it all tilf about
fortnight ago. I'd been working ha
all day helping Miss Barber clean hou
and it seemed as if eveiy bone in i
body ached, I was so tired. I cai
along home, thinking how good my c
of tea would taste. Then lirst tiling
see when I opened the kitchen door v
old Hank Slater settin' there in ]
ockin' chair. He and Josiali were b(
runk as?hogs," said Nabby, sland
ng an innocent animal in her haste
a simile.
"They'd tracked the mud all o'
my clean floors. The cookin' stove \
crammed full of wood, roaring like
possessed. I wonder they hadn't burr
ed the house up before I got there. A
they'd got my best teapot out to h
some water, and the water'd all bi
away alfdthe bottom came out. But i
worst was to see my husband a consc
in' with such a scum of the earth
that miserable, low-lived Hank Slat
I tell you, 'squire, J. was mad. I j
_ - hung that kitchen door wide open, i
sez I:
"Get out out of this liouee, Jos
Gould, and don't ever let me see yi
face inside on't again."
"Sez he, meek as Moses: 'Wh
shall I go to, Nabby ?'
" Sez I, 41 don't care where you
to, so long's you don't come near i
I've always been a respectable worn
and I don't want none of Hank Slat(
friends round my house.'"
" Well ?" queried the 'squire, as N
by's narrative came to a pause.
"Well," said Nabbv, in a rather s
dued tone, " he went oil'. And he ha:
come back. And I want a divorce."
4.'Now, Nabbv," remonstrated the
'squire, "you don't want a divorce,
know you better than that. You are
the woman to give Josiah up and let 1
go to the bad without a struggle. 1
feel a little vexed with him now, am
don't blamo you. It's hard?very ha
But you know you took him ' for beti
for worse.' Do you think, yourself,
quite right to break your conti
because it proves the worst for yo
because you are the strong one and
the weak one of the two? That doe:
strike mo as good Bible doctrine, Nab
talk so?sorter comfortin' to a body. !
Your mother's own son; just the same j
pood heart. Would you be able to eat i
some of my cheese, 'squire ?"
" Try me and see, Nabby," said the !
'squire, smilingly, not imjjervious to :
N abby's compliments. Nabby made her :
exit just as Mrs. Hosley rushed in full :
of wifely indignation that the 'squire;
lia 1 been allowed to see a " client." \
Nabbv's home was over at the " Cor-;
ne s," three miles from the village. She j
ll-pil mnifllv aloiiL' in the fast thick- !
en ng darkness, with the steady, strong :
)gait becoming the self-reliant woman ;
that she was. Yet even her nnimagina-j
tive nature was not proof against the ;
depressing influence of tlio chilly, raw \
,e November evening. The wind whistled I
n' j through the bare tree branches, which J
' creaked and groaned mournfully, and |
ie waved wildly in the dim light overhead, j
|r. The wind seemed to cherish a special J
t<?1 spite against Nabby. It blew her bon- j
net oft' and her hair into lier'eyes, strug!
gled madly with her for her shawl, took j
1 lirf.itli awav and firmlv resisted !
every step. Finally it began to send I
in spiteful dashes of cold rain drops in her
? face?rain that seemed to freeze as it
ce;fell.
?e "Josiah used to come after me with
an umbrella when I was caught out in
the rain," thought Nabby. "He was
lv always real kind and good to me after
le all. I duno's he ever gave me a cross
of word in his life, even when he's been
iv-1 drinking."
es ; Here the driving sleety rain, and piercn-,
j ing wind pounced down upon Nabby
!g ; with renewed fierceness, hustling her j
;s. madly in fiendish glee.
j " An awful night to bo homeless, j
sv 1 Nabby," something seemed to say. j
re j "I don't care," said Nabby to herself, j
Lie I beginning to feel cross again, and gen- j
e, erally ill-used as she grew wetter and j
is. I colder. " It serves him right. Hc'a {
of made his bed and he can lie in it."
ce At the " Corners," light streaming out
jd : cheerfully into the night from t{ser i
re homes made Nabby's little house par,le
| ticularly gloomy and uninviting. Nabby
1 fumbled under the mat for the doorhe
1 key, fumbled with stiff fingers for the
?lf hey-hole, and finally succeoded in unty
locking the door, and felt her way
it- through the little entry.
There is always something "uncanny"
he about going alone at night into a dark
jd and shut-up house. Every person of
in the best regulated minds experience a
vague suspicion of something behind j
)yt them, a sense of possible ghostly hands j
to about to clutch them in the darkness, j
I." Nabby was a woman like Mrs. Edmund j
ilt Sparkler, with "no nonsense about
fiY her ;" but nevertheless a cheerful tale
flv she had read only yesterday about a
a burglar and a lone woman, kept coming
te. into her head, and she carefully avoided
jo- the blackness of the corners and the
a pantry door as she groped around the
ag kitchen for a candle. Of course the
on fire had gone out.
x-k ' " Two heads are better than one, if j
ch one is a sheep's head." Nabby might j
ed have keen heard muttering out in the '
ir. woodhouse, as she stooped painfully I
e's down, picking up chips; by which orac-1
-- nlnv nftovnnno T Siliarippt slip WAS think- I
xx- ing what a good supply of kindlings j
Jd j .Tosiah always kept on hand for her, and j
)re how much more comfortable it was in ;
ito the old times, coming home to a house
ho bright with light and warmth, and Jo-!
PS) siah's welcome.
np j For Josiali cherished the most pro-'
found admiration for Nabby?an admiiei.
| ration not unmingled with awe. He
) a ! thought her a most wonderful woman.
)V- She was just as beautiful to him now as j
or in the old courting-dayr, before the
iu brightness and quickness of the black
, eyes had degenerated into sharpness;
[)_ before the smiling mouth had acquired J
[v, its hard, firmly-set expression; before j
there were any wrinkles in the smooth
ti_, forehead. People thought Nabby had !
2S- done well in marrying Josiah Gould?a j
tJ't pleasant, goocl-naturecl young ienow |
t0 that even* one liked, a young mechanic, j
?c> not very rich yet, it is true; but with a i
good trade and such a wife as Nabby,!
,pt there seemed to bo nothing to prevent i
:as his figuring as ' one of our first citi-1
3\1 zens."
im ! Anybody can be somebody in this ;
an country if he is only determined. But
j I that was the difficulty with Josiah. He
never was determined about anything.
ier He fell into the babit of drinking be-!
lly cause he lacked sufficient strength of !
iat will to avoid it. Then Nabby's sharp !
he words and his own miserable sense of;
re- meanness and self-contempt, of utter :
/1ioAAiivn?Amr>?f nrt/1 /Incnm'r <1 liirv* !
V.UOW IU a^CUIV il U wuvi UW^UliJ VtiV? V UXLM j
?ss lower ami lower into the slough of!
>y, 1 despond without effort or hope,
sit By a beautiful dispensation of Prov- i
If idence, whenever a poor, shiftless, good- I
nit for-notliing man is sent out into our
ad world, some active, go-ahead little
as woman is invariably fastened to him to
ly tow him along through and keep his
re- head above water. It is for the best,
ad of course. What would become of the
ny poor fellow without her? At the same j
m, time, she sometimes finds it a little j
>ut hard.
Ee Nabby was ambitious and proudey
spirited, willing to work hard to save,
; a to do her part?anxious to get on in the
ird world and staud well among her neighse,
bors. The fact gradually realized, that
ny in her husband she had no support, only
me a drag and a burden, and finally a dis-,
rrvo/m lio/l hanri o <11coainItnrI nm_
iiuvi wv/vu tw viiou^/^viu i iiivii w cm ;
j I bittering her "wliole nature. To have a j
ras husband that no one respected, that
my even the boys around town called " Si i
)tii Gould," was dreadful to Nabby. Per-!
er- haps it was hardly strange that she grew '
for hard and bitter.
Meantime Nabby had succeeded in j
ver starting the lire, and, having changed j
vas her dress, sat down to dry her feet until t
all the tea-kettle boiled. But even the j
led j ruddy light and warmth with which the
.nd kitchen now glowed couhl not send off j
eat the dreariness of the night. The rain |
led "tapped with ghostly finger tip upon j
the the window-pane," and the wind howled i
>rt- and wailed around the house like the j
as spirits of the lost pleading to be once \
:er. more taken back into human life and i
ust warmth. Such a wind stirs in even the ;
md happiest heart a vague sense of loss, of
change of all that goes to make up the
iah unsatisfactoriness of life. Dead sorour
rows creep forth from thsir graves on
such cold nights, and stalk up and down
ere the echoing chambers of the heart.
Nabby could not help wondering
go where Josiah was to-night. It was so
ne. lonely sitting there with no one to speak
an, to, listening to the moaning wind, the
jr's creaking of the blinds, the loud ticking
I of the clock.
ab- The wind wailed and wailed, and
| Nabby thought and thought. The fact
ub- of having "freed her mind" to the
sn't i 'squire had relieved her long pent-up
! indignation, and now she felt more sad
old than angry. Up before her seemed to
I rise a picture uf her life?the youthful
not dreams and hopes, the changes and disn'm
appointments, the love turned into
lou wrangling. She even thought of Josiah
d I with pity. For the first time " she put
trd. ' herself in his place," and realized how
ter, impossible it was for one of his weak
it's 1 nature to resist, unaided, the temptation
act 1 which would cost a stronger will an
a? effort.
he "I'm afraid I've been a little too sharp
sn't with Josiah," thought she, "I've sorter
by. j took it for granted I was a saint and he
.
was a sinner and scolded him right |
along down-liill. A nice saint I am! (
As prond and high-strnng as Lucifer
himself! Oh, dear!" sighed Nabby. t
"A pretty mess I've made of living! If
we could go back and begin over again,
seems to mo things would go better."
Just then there was a faint noise, like
the clicking of the door-latch. Nabby
started and looked around. All was
wtill nnr.iin?nn nntt visililfv Ypt Xflbl)V i
could not rid herself of the impression
that some one was near her, that odd
sense we have of another's individuality
near us, though not present.
"There's some one hangin' round
here, I know," said she to herself.
Nabby was one who always met
things half way. Accordingly she walked i
to the outside door, and opening it
quickly, peered out into the darkness.
There stood Josiali, wet,'sheepish, sorry.
Once he ntarted to go in, but his moral.
courage iauing, xie uiigerc-u m uuuiuuo i
hesitation on the doorstep. ?
"Why don't you come in, Josiah ?"i
asked Nabby.
"I didn't know as you'd want me,!
Nabby,". replied Josiah, with all the
meekness becoming a returning prodi- (
gal- !
"Want you? Of course I do," said i ,
Nabby, heartily. " Come right along in. i .
I'm going to have good griddle cakes ,
for supper, and you must tend them .
while I set the table." Griddle cakes J
were one of Josiali's weaknesses, and! j
Nabby knew it. : ,
Josiah came in. If he ever gets into j
heaven probably his sensations will not : .
be one whit more delightful than they '
are now, as from forlornncss of his j
wretchcd wanderings lie came into the ' ,
cozy brightness of the kitchen, and felt
that h-j was home once more. How ( .
good the tea smelled. The fire roared f
and snapped, the tea-kettle boiled and ' J
bobbed its lid up and clown, and from ] "
the griddle the savory odor of the cakes | .
ascended like homely incense. Josiah's ! *
face, shining with mingled heat and I *
happiness as he turned the griddle!
cakes, was something worth seeing.
Nabby stepped briskly around getting .
supper ready. It seemed so pleasant to
see the table for two again, to have some j
one to praise and appreciate her cook-, \
ing. The November wind might howl ; c
its worst now. Its hold on Nabby was j c
gone. In place of all the bitter sadness i
that had hung heavily round her heart; i
was a warm feeling of happiness, of i
comfort and hope. j t
All the explanation they had was! 1
.1 r 1 l.: ,
tills: JUSiuii ujlov liuui miner uiaBuuuujr ; i
coat an exceedingly awkward and knob-[ i
by bundle. ' i
"I've bouglit somethin' for you, , (
Nabby,' be said. ; j
The " somethin'" undono proved to ?
be a very ^handsome brittania teapot. {
The teapot must have known that it j <
was a peace-offering, with such preter- j t
natural brightness did it shine and t
glisten. Something in Nabby's eyes 1
shone and glistened, too, although she f
lia*1 \finked hard, and scorned the weak-, t
ness of a pocket-handkerchief. ; j
" Thank yiixi, Josiah." she said; " it's ^
a regular beauty, and I shall set lots by 11
it." | <
Which, so long as they understood ! i
each other, was perhaps as well as if j ?
.TncioVi lm71 rwl r> n. lnncr-trowled siieech 1 t
of repentance and reformation, and
Nabby another of forgiveness. j
I wish I could say thut Nabby never '
scolded Josiah again. But I can't. 1
However, she " drew it mild," and there j
was a general iinderstanding between j
them that this was only a sort of exer-!
cise made necessary by habit?a barking !
by no means involving biting. And,
Josiah was so accustomed to it tnat he
would have missed it, and not felt j
natural without being wound and set'
going for the day by Nabby.
One day, later in the winter, Nabby
was washing for Mrs. Hosley.
" So you've taken Josiah back again, j
after all," said Mrs. Hosley.
" Well, yes, I have," said Nabby, j
giving the last twist to a sheet she was j?
wringing out. "Josiah mayn't be very j ^
much to brag ot; out tnen, you see,
lie's my own and all I've got. "We're j j
getting to be old folks, Josiah and me, I j
and we may as well put up with eacli
other the little while we've got to stay i
here."
.."How has he been doing since he j
came back ?" j
" First rate. He's walked as straight j
as a string ever since. He's a good ,
provider, now he's quit drinking, and a j
master hand for fixing up things around 1
the house and making it comfortable, j
I tell you what it is, Mrs. Hosley, we've "
got to make 'lowance for folks in this I
world. We can't have 'em always just
to our mind. We got to take them j.
just as they are and make the best
OH t? i
"I'm glad to see you so much hap-i j
pier and better contented, Nabby."
" Well, I used to fret and complain , J
a good deal because things hadn't i
turned out as I expected 'em to; but j !
lately I've thought a good deal about it I'
all, and I've made up my mind that J '
there's considerable comfort for every ,
one iu this world, after all. Wo mayn't;
git just what we-want, but we git somethin'."
In which piece of philosophy I be- j '
lieve Nabby was about right.
! 1
Profits of Authorship. ] (
The S(!0,000 received by Lord Bea- j
consfield for his last novel is believed 1
to represent the largest amount given in 1
England for any work of fiction. Scott
received $40,000 for " Woodstock," and
George Eliot the same amount for 1
" Middlemareh." Bulwer Lytton's ear- i
lier novels, eveu when he was the rage, ]
did not bring him in more than from i
S3,000 to 85,000 ; but he subsequently ;
received handsome amounts for the
copyright of a collective edition. Lord
Beaconfield's earlier novels, notwith-1 1
standing the success of the first?Viv-!!
ian Grey"?had very limited sale, and : i
could be bought for next to nothing '
within a few months of publication.! i
They never became in general ret]nest
as components of a library, and, in Eng-, 1
land, were only read with interest by 1
persons familiar with political and social! :
life. " Colingsby" excited by far the 1
most interest, and tne Key, wmcii soon
afterward appeared, was eagerly scrutinized.
Probably " Endymion" and j
" Lothair" liave, together, produced j
more than double as much as all the I
previous works of the author, albeit
very inferior to some of them. The
" Curiosities of Literature," by the elder
Disraeli, must have produced a large
sum of money ; it forms a part of every
good eolation of English books, and
has passed through many editions. '
Dickens left ?400,000, and a consideral >le
slice of this came from books; but it j
was his " readings" that made him affluent,
and so too with Tliaeker&Y. For
receipts from actual writing no one has j
yet approached Scott, whose income for
several years ranged from ?50,000 to;
87"),000, mainly drawn from this source, i
Richardson was the first Englishman wiio
made a really good thing out of writing,
and mainly because he was publisher of
his own novels. In the past thirty years
French novelists have received very ;
large sums, but Balzac's rewards for his
genius and tremendous toil were miserably
small. Probably Miss Bi addon's
receipts from writing rank among the
first half-dozen highest among writers of
fiction ; she has the advantage of apub;
lisher for a husband. Reynolds, who
wrote " The Mysteries of London" and
other works of a low sensational type,
was, from a pecuniary point of view,
one of the most successful of British
authors. Many of those books which
pay so well are the last that would occur j
to persons as being lucrative ; thus,
" Thornton's Family Prayers" has been i
a little mine of money to an English
1 family.
No wonder a man hates to have his
pictures taken. When he gets seated
! the photographer tells him to look |
I perfectly natural. So the fellow makes
a desperate effort to twist his face into its 1
j natural expression. The effort results in j
; an expression like unto that of a mad man
! trying to look cioss-eyed, and when he
| seestho picture lie thinks that if it looks
, natural he must be too homely to have
his picture lying around. And he
j doesn't submit to the process again in a 1
J hurry. j
THE FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
Canada TIiNtlcH.
An effective method of eradicatin
Canada thistles is as follows : As soo
as they appear in the spring strike thei
off with a sharp hoe below the lowe
leaf or even with the solid earth. K<
neat every time a spront starts, an
your efforts will be crowned with sue
[ ess the first season. Cultivating abou
tliem increases their growth as it doe
Dther plants. Tlir-y cannot, howeve]
[ivo without a top. It is a waste of tim
lttemptfng to dig up the roots. Mo^
ing closely when in full bloom will cliec!
them seriously, but the only sure methoi
is that first mentioned above. Thistle
ire such a nuisance that farmers can al
iord to spend some time in their eflec
tive eradication. A few may appear th
second year after this treatment; if s
repeat the cutting of the stalks, and i
:horoughly done sure death is the re
suit.?A merkiin Cultivator.
TninKolnntins nml Cuttlnir Back.
Whenever a tree is transplanted man;
>f the roots are injured?a part de
stroyed. Tiiose that remain when se
)ut in a new place are in no conditioi
:o feed the plant is it was fed prcviou
:o removal. Hence the top mnst be cu
)ack to restore the equilibrium. Let u
instance the case of a newly-transplante<
grapevine. If many buds are permittei
:o push and grow, the growth of eac]
it the end of the season will be found t(
jo of a feeble, immature kind. If, oi
lie other hand, but one bud be per
nitted to grow, a strong, healthy can
vill be the result. Thus we see in th
:ormer case the sap is distributed amon/
nany butls and shoots, while in the lat
er it is supplied to one. The tree o
:>lant of any kind may live in eithe
rase. While, however, cutting lmcl
enders the chances of life greater anc
nsures more vigor, we have still to con
lider whether a few strong shots are no
nore desirable than many feeble ones
?Rural New Yorker.
Good Food for Fowta.
All varieties of poultry can be kep
veil and economically upon screening
:omposed of all manner of seeds. The;
;an be also kept upon table refuse, sou:
nilk and decaying meat scraps am
nusty grain. This may be an induce
nent for keeping poultry, but the ques
ion arises whether it is the best way t<
tee]) poultry where an excellent quality
>f eggs and flesh is desired. Beef ma;
DC fed on distillery slops, but the quality
s very much inferior to corn-fed beef
Dnions, cabbage, clover and filthy wate:
iffect the taste and quality of the butte:
ind milk of the cows to which they ar<
ed. Pork made from corn is very mucl
superior to the swill-fed article. Whei
i fine quality of eggs and chickens ii
iesired poultry should be vigorous an<
lealthy, in order that their digestive or
;ans may do their duty. Care should b<
aken to see that the poultry-house ii
iroperly ventilated and not kept to<
varm, as a vitiated atmosphere has ver
HYvcb to do with the profit and liealtl
if the flork. Poultry, to be kept prof
tably, must be wuu rd, V.ouned aad?e<
ibundantly, with frequent clianges ii
liet. The poultry-keeper who attend
:o these details may reasonably expec
:o realize considerable profit. Somi
profit may, however, be realized whei
sept simply as tho scavengers of tn
'arm, if ordinaiy care is taken to Be
that they get sufficient food and sliel
Ar! but the nualitv of the nroduct i
nferior. Corn and wheat produce th
icliest flesh and eggs, and should b
he principal food employed. Buck
vlieat and decaying vegetables are tin
poorest foods, not only for quality bu
:olor of flesh and eggs.?C'otrespoiulenc
Wintry Gentleman.
JBrcnklng Coll*.
There xnay be something good an<
lseful thus far unwritten as- to how ti
ireak a colt well. I may be allowed t<
ry. When only about one week ol<
mt on the foal and let remain the hea<
mrt of a halter. Soon after attacl
litch-rein, by which to teach it to be le<
ind stand hitched quietly without pull
ng backward, But, if not before, a
ioon a3 weaned break to halter ; tliei
ommence to tak? up all its feet an<
lean hoofs with hook and short broom
hus serving a double purpose, by clean
iness to prevent thrush and slipping
in/I nlon tn cr<if it wnll nco/J fo linvim
ts feet handled preparatory to bein<
;liod. If of very large size and showini
:onsiderable "high stuff," it may b
veil to commence breaking to liarnes
it one and a half years old. First, ii
stable, put on all the harness and spent
lonsiderable time in adjusting eacl
tart and buckling and unbuckling ever?
iliing. Tie traces into breech ringf
>retty closely drawn, buckle both girths
lse no blinders on bridle and only loos
jlieck-rein. Let the colt stand severa
jours at a time with the harness or
iVfter some days of this usage, a smal
string of bells may well be attachci
to the girth. Take the colt out of door
with harness cn, and first in lot, aftei
ward in street, teach it to handily b
nn/1 f r\ tnwi
Llll>CU I.IJ 11/1UO UUU IU 1/UiU vu
du meeting teams and turn around coi
aers. Go different routes daily. The:
teach it to back, first by taking hoi
of the bridle, afterward by long rein?
Always on return home teach your col
to stand still while being unharnessed
Three weeks' daily lessons of this kirn
and your colt will be fit to hitch to
light but strong sulky. Not less tlia:
two persons should be in active attend
ance now; and first commence by sini
ply placing one off shaft in thill holdei
and let the attendant barely keep it i
. i.'U i~ei i l ^ il.
place wiui it'll/ iiunu, ?ime lie nuius in
large ring of the bridle bit with tli
right, yourself meanwhile leading th
colt forward by the opposite bit ring
Should the colt show signs of muc
fright the shaft may be removed fror
the holder and gently let down on th
ground ; then try again, and so on
when it cares nothing for the sulk
then traces may be hitched, etc. Tlni
the ultimatum of good and easy breali
ing may be accomplished, and so mot
erately and gradually done that the col
will never know when he is bein
broken.?Rational Live Stock Journa
Fnrm find (Jnrdeu Note*.
Don't overload a team nor discourag
it by a too heavy pull at first starting
nor start from a bad place, if possible t
avoid it.
A change in seed is often very ben
ficial.
It is said that a pullet's first eggs ai
not so good as those laid later.
Fowls seldom tire of milk. The
may oat too much grain or meat fc
health, but milk in any form is bot
palatable and healthy.
One of the most deleterious systen
of gardening, says the London Citron id
is to spade about a foot deep, while tl:
subsoil remains untouched.
Decayed grain of any kind is high]
injurious to stock. It has a paralyzic
effect upon the animal fed with it, oftej
times causing death.
A single horse or a pair will draw fi
more and easier after getting up \
their work tlianwhen first starting. Nevi
draw the check-rein tight in heavy pul
ing or in driving a fast gait.
A New York farmer says that potal
tops make the best mulch for strawbe
ries. They are free from weed seed
heavy enough not to be blown oil' ar
will pack and smother the plants i
straw or hay will sometimes do. ]
spring they are so well rotted as not I
need removal.
" W. S," asks if cutting potatoes 1
one or two eyes in a hill would be t(
small to produce good results. The be
crop of potatoes we ever saw was fro
potatoes cut to one eye and planted 01
piece in a hill. There is a great was
of seed potatoes every year in our cou:
try through ignorance.?New York ffc
aid.
A compost heap should be a perma:
ent institution in every garden, and
will be found surprising how much fe
tilizing matter can be accumulated du
ing a year. Such a structure need n<
present an unsightly or objectionab
appearance; it may be built bchic
some hedge, or in a fenae comer, ar
' protected from sight by a few ever
j greens.
The most successful fruit growers
g East and West, have decided that ther
n is no better remedy for the codling mot]
n than to pasture hogs in the orchard, ti
ir cat tho wormy apples and tbo worm
therein. If tho orchards are too larg
d for the number of hogs kept, sheep ar
' turned in.
lt The prevalent idea that shallow plow
8 ing is sufficient for grass seed is an er
r> roneous one. Unlike corn, tlie roots o
0 which kee p near the surface and requir
r' i heat, the roots of grass require depth
moisture and colder soil.
There is said to be no cure for tin
^ disease in calves known as black leg o
carbuncular erysipelas, when the swell
j ings 011 the flanks and legs have ap
petired. In fact, cure may be said to bi
^ impossible at any stage, but preventioi
is easy. To prevent danger, give eacl
one ounce of linseed oil daily for threi
days, and do not let the calves overfeec
' themselves.
y UCClPCM.
"! Jelly Custabd.?To one cupful o
any sort of jelly add one egg and bea
a j well together with three teaspoon:
s rrpnm nr milk. After mixincr thorough
' : ly bake in a good crust.
j Bhaeded Sauce.?Beat a cup of suga:
1 and a heaping tablespoonful of butter t(
\x j .1 cream, make into a pyramid on i
0 j small plate and grate nutmeg over it
a j Very simple, but a favorite for apple o:
'jerry puddings,
e j Chocolate.?There are several rneth
e ! ods of making breakfast chocolate. A
5 i very old French recipe has been care
i I'ully tested and found perfect by tli<
r j writer; simply place a square in a cuj
r j and pour upon it enough boiling mill
? 1 to dissolve it into a paste; meantime
1 ! have the milk boiling in n saucepar
- ' until it boils to a bubble, then gentlj
t , titir in the paste, stirring lntil thor
. oughly mixed, and sweeten to taste
i The white of eggs foamed on top is ar
^ Household illnts.
3 To Make Shoes Watebiboof. ? A
j coat of gum copal varnish applied tc
r: the soles of boots and shoes, and re1
peated as it dries until the pores art
. : tilled and the surface shinen like pol
. 1 i3hed mahogany, will make the soles
j waterproof, and make them last three
, times as long.
f Stain*ed Mabble.?A small quantitj
j cf diluted vitriol will take stains out'o]
. iaarble. Wet the spots with the acid,
r ond in a few minutes rub briskly with ?
r soft linen cloth until they disappear.
3 To Clean* Silvebwabe.?Frosted sil1
verware or frosted ornamentation oe
i nlain silver should be cleaned with c
8; soft brush and strong lye, accompanied
1 i by freqent rinsings in soft water. Aftei
- the frosted parts are dry, tha polished
0 parts may be rubbed carefully with
3 powder.
5j To Clean' Brass.?Brass is cleaned
^ with pumice stone and water, applied
1 with a brush?an old tooVL-Vrush will
j answer?polishing witn dry pumice anc
woolen cloths. This will clean lamj
1 burners, candlesticks, knobs and fau
? cets, also pedals of pianos, and ga:
burners.
e I ?...
A Substitute lor Earthquakes.
e Queer how the force of habit wil
_ eaten lioia oi a man. mere was oh
H Major Dogshow who was a terrible vie
e tim of it. The major when a small bo.1
e went down to Peru where they hav<
. earthquakes and revolutions every tei
q days or so ; where a man works to ge
t his enemy elected president, for tli<
e sake of seeing him iissassinaled. Tin
major lived in that oountrv till he was
nearly fifty years old. and he had goi
by that time, wonted to being mixed uj
in a civil war or fleeing from an earth
1 quake about half the time. Finally hi
3 moved back to the United States. A
i?' the end of a week he was unhappy. H<
| missed the revolutions and the earth
1 quakes. Occasionally, he contrived t<
^ dream there was an earthquake, anc
* then he would hop out of bed. and rusl
out of the house, without stopping tc
s dress, and would run half a mile, howl*
!? ing, before he got sufficiently awake tc
' realize his mistake. This kind of go
> the neighbors to thinking t be majoi
,' had 'em." But this didn't afforc
'? much relief. However, a political cam
= paign cr.me on, and the major moved t(
3 Philadelphia and used to go to ware
i> caucuses and take ?. prominent part
e and he was elected to the board of al
31 dermen, and got his head thuinpec
(j with a cuspadore at most every meeting
p and that, in a measure, made up for th(
J1 loss of revolutions. But the major han
kered for earthquakes, and at last the de
'? sire to experience ono became almost un
l? . controllable. He consulted a doctor. Th<
? doctor said he thought he cojild helj
* him. The doctor owned an old Mexicai
' mule with a back as nharp as an ax. Th<
J mule had been in tha army ten years
L*- He took it out in an open field and pu
s the major on its back. Then the muh
'* began to buck. Did you ever see i
? mule buck ? It jumps about four fee
into the air, and comes down stiff
legged, and the jar the rider gets i:
^ enough to loosen his teeth. And yot
r* ' <v? __ i n ^ a* ji at.
~ can'i get on unless yoi iaxi ou, auu mux
' : the mule may jump on you. The ma jo:
^ knew that, and he hung on for dear life
[: The doctor danced wildly about as tin
^ mule bucked, and the major swore anc
ft screamed. " Is it equal to an earth
quake ?" he yelled. And tho majo
| howled: " Hang it! yes; it's six of 'em
L" with a volcano and a stroke of lightning
"? thrown in !" The mule linally quietet
a down, and he took tho major olF. Hi
e was the sorest, lamest, maddest man ii
0 the State. And he says he has hat
e enough earthquake to last him a life
[ time, but he hasn't got through with thi
doctor, who had better leave the countr
n before he gets well.?Boston Post.
e
1 >
y, New Oi lcans.
s ah an article on "Rambles Abou
- Vnw Orleans." in n, New York naner
I- George Alfred Townsend vividly ue
it dcribcs the Southern metropolis, wliicl
g is, to his mind, the most agreeable cit;
I. of the Union, next to New York. Th
coal smoke which enfold all the Westen
ami most of the South era cities, he says
* barely tells here in on 3 place?along th
line of the levees, where the steamers
0 which ride on higher waters than th
level of the streets, lift above their card
;e Joard architecture trill pairs of pipes
gracefully ornamentod like tropica
.0 palms, which are exhaling their carboni
acid gas from the tops of the stems
Everywhere else, the brightest sun, lik
^ a perpetual May day, sparkles in the fi|
1 and orange bushes and the gloss;
magnolia trees, and peeps up lane
and vistas full of Spanish colo
18 and French character, and lie
' > like a great white hand and arm upoi
ie the broader Americanized streets, wher
shops of infinite riches and variety slio^
[y everything beneath the long awnings o
ig arcades, and the wholo population i
a- out of doors; the cafes and restauiant
ire numerous and vivacious; fruit is o:
ir avery comer; carriages and fine horses
and boulevards crowded with street an
sr steam-cars, great green verandas c
1_ iron covering all the house fronts eve
to the roofs; streets paved with grnnit
, in large, smooth blocks, and nnrbl
tiles and sidewalks not uncommon; pai
1' rots calling from their yellow and orim
son stuffing like vocal fruit; cigar shop
'' everywhere open to the street, as at
?s fair, and barrooms wide and exposed
,n old book-shops full of libraries i
0 French, Spanish and English, invadin
the sidewalks, peddlers and booths scat
tered along the curbs, the long, larg
)0 suburbs lined with cuol houses, often i
bright colors, and surrounded wit
m groves and gardens, streets parke
ie down the middle with maroon, or lime
te or even live oak trees, club-houses her
n* and there in business neighborhoods
r" old French dwellings of the bon-tcn
with low, conical roofs and one storj
a- old Spanish dwellings of adobe, painte
it yellow orgreey or red, and bending ue
r-! der heavy roofs of tiles, mules trottin
r- I to drays, the huge levee a thousand fee
ot | wide, banked with sugar hogsheads an
lo ! cotton bales, and guano and merchai:
id | disc; such is New Orleans in a morr
id | ing's walk.
t
-1 FACTS AND COMMENTS.
'? ] Of tlio total population of the United
e States in 1880 a fraction over ninety- 5
h seven per cent, live on the Atlantic ?
o j slope, about one-half of one per cent, in (
9 j the great basin and a little less than two
e and one-half per cent, on tlie 1'acillc ,
e slope. This statement will startle some '
who imagine that the star of empire is i
- going westward with break-neck speed. I
.: I
* t Statistics show that since 1854 there '
0 | haa been an increase of risk from light- j
' ! ning in various parts of Germany, Aus- j
j tralia and Switzerland, while there is no
6 ; corresponding increase in tho number
r ; of thunder-storms. The explanation is
* thought to lie in the clearing of forests, :
-1 the increase of railroads, and the great j
e ; use made of iron in the construction of j
1! houses.
B ' ' (
I) A recent decision of the United States ;
1 supreme court is of gTeat interest to all j
j military officers, as it determines that j
j tJiey hold office as do civil officers, at j ^
; tho will of the President and the Sen- j
f; ate, who can remove them from office '
t without a verdict of a court martial,
s which has been supposed to be a neces- j
- sarv preliminary to the dismissal of army
i and navy officers in time of peace.
rj t
51 The question what degree of heat is ?
1' necessary to destroy trichinro in swine's i
' J flesh is of importance. A German ex- | ]
r | pert says that if the pieces put into a i 1
; pot to boil are large, trichinro in the ' t
* i middle are not certain to be killed j 1
l j by such degree of cooking as they ]
- i are usually subjected to. As long j
J! as the meat retains the pink color j s
) Known as "rare 11 nas ueen in- j ^
i1 sufficiently cooked to destroy the para-1 a
5 sites. Smoking and pickling the meat, ! c
t he asserts, are of no use whatever. ! t
!*
'1 A. Keene Richards, who died in Ken- j?
' tucky recently, spent more than 81,000,- 1
1 000 to improve the breed of race-horses c
| in America. He made two long journeys a
I in the deserts of Arabia to obtain the
pure Bedouin horse, and succeeded in 3
l getting a few of the best blood at fabu>
lous prices, which he mixed with the '
most fashionable English and American J
5 racers. The result, however, up to the }
time of his death, failed to meet hia an- 1
> ticipations, though many winners were 1
> sent from his beautiful blue grass park, s
near Georgetown, Ky.
f Seven men, residents of Gilboa, were J
, arrested for tarring and feathering one *
i Stephen Cantine and wife, and were
taken to Livingstonville, in the town of c
Broome, and tried before Justice Mul- v
j berry and a jury. John H. Mattice and
t and William H. Brayman appeared for 1
^ the people and Counselor F. Snyder de- c
. fended the prisoners. The trial caused c
I great excitement in the towns of Gilboa c
l and Broome, some of the parties charged *
with the offense being prominent citi- 1
| zens of those towns, and the offense I
1 beingunprecedentedinthe county. After ?
L 1 a A ova' frifll fliroo r\f f.lio nriann ora
f! were acquitted and four fined ?20 each. ! T
} | Secretary Kirkwood thinks the civil- j c
": ization of the Indiana a peculiar arul
3 difficult problem, and we doubt if any- j
] body will dispute him. He says that
when the young brave, after days of j t
hard and veiatious labor, has "fairly 1
1 broken his wild pony to the plow, the , i
I women of his acquaintance and family ! 1
- will gather about him and taunt him for j
j doing squaws work; offering him articles <
21 of their own female apparel as suitable j <
1 for his present occupation. Ho is j i
t i angered and ashamed, abandons his ?
3 plow, mounts his pony, rides off, gives j <
2 up agricultural life, and henceforth j i
i devotes his valuable life to the consump-1 ]
, tion of government rations and illicit j i
) whisky. ' j
^ | The state department at Washington .'
'! has recently issued the correspondence !
3! had with European countries for the .
'' past twelveyears, on the subject of emi- j
? gration to this country of the pauper '
j and criminal classes of various Eastern ,!
II nationalities. From this it appears that 1
' Switzerland has given cause for most of 1
J. the complaint, four-fifths of the cor-: ^
| ' respondence having been had with the J
: authorities of that country. Mr. Fish, !
[! the charge d'aflairs at Berne, Switzer- j
J land, in this correspondence states that '
the ratio of the cases of objectionable f
? emigration ? the pauper and criminal j
classes?was to the total emigration in ! '
' 1879 and 1880, in each nationality, as r
follows: One to 30,538 ; German, one to !1
: 23,848; Italians, one to 18,080; Swedish, (
> j one to 12,54G and Swiss one to 443 2-3. s
" j ! ?
. j A Buffalo grand jury found an in-!,
. j dictment against one Henry Weil, who f
5! keeps an oleomargarine mill in that j \
> I city. Here is the indictment, which is .
11 a curiosity: It is alleged that he "did ere- j
; i ate and maintain a certain and common j
. : public nuisance by keeping and accu-1 r
t mulating the fat, bones, flesh, tissues, f
s entrails and substances of divers dead f
i i .mimals, and divers chemical acids to j ?
t j the jurors unknown, beef, tallow, offal, |:
-; .'arrion, and other foul, noxious, filthy j
3; and putrid matter and substances, both j rj
i j solid and liquid, which the said Weil ;
i j has cooked, steamed, soaked, mixed, 11
r puddled, fermented, stiiTed, brewed, j
. ! converted and rendered together and ; ^
31 separately, by which he has wrongfully ' ?
1 and unlawfully caused and permitted to ' ^
. j raise, evolve, emanate, disseminate and ^
r i spread divers noxious, noisome, offen- j ^
, | 'ive, deleterious, unwholesome and un-11
j i healthy gases, vapors, exhalations, of- ^
1 fluvia, miasmas, smells, stenches, which ;.
2 contaminate, poison and infect the air, to ^
i the health, comfort and happiness of ?
1 many thousands of the good citizens of .
. i the city and to tho common and pub- j *
31 lie nuisance of said citizens." j x
7! i ti
The farmers in Louisiana are giving s
1 attention to the cultivation of the jute t
: plant. So great is its consumption in 1
11 the manufacture of mattings, coarse ?
j cloths and bagging that there was im- c
' ported last year into the United States i
a seven millions worth of that product, t
? It is an annual plant; the seed is sown j
' ; in Anvil and is rendv to harvest when it 1
a j begins to blossom in the summer \ s
! j months. The fibers tire soft and silky, c
p and prepared for the loom in like man- j t
, ner as flax, to which it, assimilates in A
q j appearance and the uses to which it is s
_' converted in textile industries. In Ori- i
J j ental countries it is a staple product, <
| yielding a handsome return to the culti- ?
c vator. Its introduction here lias been c
L ! attended with great success, and as tin f
g, Southern States are well adapted as i
- i jute-growing regions, the crop, which f
~ requires but little labor and commands c
g a ready sale, will be remunerative to the 1
r planter. It can without much trouble f
s j or expenso bo raised in sufficient quan- i
a tity for home use, so that seven million i
e dollars or more paid annually to foreign-'1
y 1 ers for the imported article will find i 1
r their way into the pockets of Southern <
s farmers. '
1
s j
a The military cordon that surrounds
i. St. Petersburg is one of the measures
it adopted bv the new elective council of
if twenty-five to invest the reigning czar .
n with all ])0ssible safeguards from extor- , ,
e nal foes. The Cossacks seem to be the ,
e corps d'elito on whom the emperor ,
> chiefly depends for protection. This
i-: guard of honor co-operates with the pos
lice to prevent all egress from and ingress .
a to the city until each person is subjected ,
I) I to a strict investigation, so that the ,
n citizens of St. Petersburg are literally ,
besieged by their countrymen. Inside
the cordon the condition of affairs is not
e much better; tho inhabitants are sub- ,
n jeeted to the most rigid f-urveilance.
Ii by the jiolice. They are authorized to
il make at any hour domiciliary visits, ; j
search the house, and arrest at discree
tion the inmates. Their names and oc- {
i, eupations are taken down by the authori,
ities and they are not permitted to
'. change their domicile without first ob- j
il tabling permission to that effect. The ,
i- streets are patrolled night and day to
g enforce those observances and keep
t watch and ward over the emperor, who, '
d i notwithstanding all those surroundings, i
i- has an indefinable dread that assassina- 1
l- j tion in some form may reach him as it |
did his imperial father. | (
FOR THE LADIES. i
".Only an Old Maid."
Two .young girls were coming toward r
ne on the street, talking earnestly
ibout fiome cne. As they passed me
jne said, with a curl of her cherry lip: ^
"She's only an old maid, anyway!"
Mv cheeks burned witR inditmation s
is I thought of one dear old maid I
mew, and of how many, many people
ivho should know better tlian to use
liese words as a terra of reproach and
jcom. Let me tell you of her.
She is my husband's aunt, and my
mnt, too, because I love her?although
[ have often said that when I married
ny husband I did not marry his rela;ives
also.
The petted only sister of quite a'
'amily of boys, when life was just i
opening for her full of promise, a dear ;
lousin of hers was married to a mission-:
iry wlio was going to Armenia. She !
iould not bear to leave all her friends, j
md begged our aunt to go with her to j
ler far-off home and stay a time, until i
die became somewhat accustomed to j
;he strange land. Cheerfuly Aunt F. i
jave up her own hopes and plans, and j
vent with them.
Only a short time after their arrival
lie young wife was stricken with conlumption,
and for two years Aunt F.
lursed and cared for her. Then, after!
i ~ ii._ i I
>Livy iiiiu muue iuo iuu^ juuiiicv numc
md laid lier to sleep in her native land, j
lunt F. went back with the broken- j
learted man, to comfort him and care for j1
lis baby. For eight years she staid, un- j
;il he married again, and then came 1
lome to rest awhile before making a cozy |
ittle home nest for herself. ! 1
Her eldest brother and his wife were ; t
.nddenly bereft of their only child, and ! i
ranted to have Aunt F. come and stay j
vith them, for a time at least. As the ! j
lays went by it grew harder for them j j
o part with her, and she finally decided j ?
o make her home with them, and did j
;o. The brother died last year, aged I
linety; his wife is fast following him, |
md Aunt F. is a snowy-haired woman of!
iixty. *
And what has she been doing all these
'ears ? 0
In the city where she resides she is I 8
' aunt " .to all the settled residents, old :
md young; there is no good work in j ^
vhich she does not take a part; there ?
s no friend of hers whose troubles are 1 a
lot hers, and when I tell you that a i
lociety of young girls from the ages of j s
welve to twenty meet once in two J a
veeks at her home to spend the day ; i
vith her because they love her, you may j c
mow she is companionable and lovable. ^
She has cheerfully devoted her life to J ?
ithers; and she has never hinted by; o
rord or look that it was a sacrifice.
When my husband was left mother- 1;
ess at the age of' thirteen, she used! c
>ften to invite him to her home to es- j t
;ort her to concerts, lectures and e
ihurch?telling him kindly how to per- r
orm these duties in a gentlemanly t
nanner, thus doing more to teach and t
rat him at his ease than ten books of b
There are uiaajJjkeher; butifikere s
rere not, for lier aaker^^e,ffirla t
-and women?-never spleak a
) in old maid !?
P^oturoH of Sew Dkmm.
e
T1%? t.1,
xiiu niuiicu. ?awifl iiittu wcic miiu- g
luced a yenr p.go, n.re"generally adopted c
or new dresses made of any of the boft i
fabrics that sliirr well, such as surah, s
ine wools, foulsard and soft muslins, c
rhis shirring is not now confined to
;lusters at the neck and waist line, but
:ovors the entire shoulders in parallel
ows simulating a round yoke. It is I
ilso conspicuous in the full sleeves; t
jailed generally bishops' sleeves. In! ^
jome of these it appears in several
rows around the armholes, the elbows, j
md again at the wrists; in others, the {'
gathering at the elbows is omitted, so .
:hat a soft puff is formed; while other ! t
sleeves are shirred all over?those for; c
short arms in lengthwise rows, "M in
lorizontal rows for long arms. Shirring | ?
:s also seen on standing collars, and on i i
lie wide round Stuart collar. The
shirred scarf for trimming the front of
;he corsage remains popular, and is
now much broader than it has been *
vom, and is .longer than the basque, t
jotli ends tailing below the basque, aud
jeing finished with fringe. Tliis scarf
s now shirred in clusters, with the space !
>etween folded in plaits ; five clusters of j
illirringare used; the middle cluster is in ; *
;he back of the neck, two clusters are just1 1
,_1 11.. 11 1 r.r.A w, a
JUiOW lilt; UllUiU 1X1 ilUilb, UUU. w iiii/i u J .
ire .it the waist line. There are various ; J
vays of shirring dress skirts, the simplest *
>f which is to shirr the entive lower
ikirt in rows around the figure. Another i
Iressy front of skirts has two shirred I
icarfs, each six or eight inches wide 1
vhen completed, put straight down the | c
ront from belt to toe, while in the space : ?
between may be four lengthwise knife- j s
)laited frills, two on each side turned g
o the middle; or else there are five r
ong looped bows of surah, doubled nar- *
owly, and finished with tassels placed s
A - - 1-1 I
>n tlie Hat open space. Anouier new
eature is the use of two soft bias puffs e
irounu the lower skirt-instead of plait- n
ngs. Sometimes these are very narrow, : I
tnd they are always made to lap deeply, y
This is very effective in striped goods, ! I
.s in black grenadines, and is much. n
ised on plain sewing-silk grenadines or ' I
n brocaded stuffs. Other skirts have /
rider puffs, that may be either bias or D
itraight when made of plain goods, such o
is the surah or nun's veiling; and
hose extend up to the knees, c
vhero the top is concealed under ^
he upper drapery. Some dresses i
lave a series of narrow lapping bias j,
raffs up the middle of the front breadth, ' ^
vhere lapped knife-plaitings were form- n
srly placed, while others have similar e
mffs ii]) the left side, where they are o
lisclosed by the overakirt being cauglit ?
lp very high on that side. There are j
lIso many polonaises shown as the sea- a
ion advances, and these are very full on jj
lie hips, in exact contradiction to the
ong close basques that fit like Jerseys. D
Sometimes this fullness is merely j
sxtended around from the front in the 4
isual panier fashion, but in many cases j
lie fullness is added in deep shirring .
ust below [the waist line, and the part
>elow is turned back in revers. The .
ikirts cf dresses worn with polonaises
ire quite as elaborately trimmed as
hose with basques. Sometimes the ?
vliole front anil side breadths are ^
ihirred, and three or four gathered ,
Tillies of Egyptian brocade, or blocks, ,
)r else of bayadere stripes are placed
icross the breadth to break up the mon)tony
of the sliirring. The shirred
squares are set on at the neck, or else
nserted like plastrons. The new bows
or dress garniture have as many as ten
>r twelve long loops that are really
oops ? not Hat.lv pressed?and also
some ends notched or forked; all this
s held by one small strap at the top or
n the middle. Satin ribbon two inches
tvido is used for such bows, and often
;wo contrasting colors of ribbon are
employed, the lighter being placed in-;
side the darker loops as a lining. The
plain full skirts worn here do not appear
011 French dresses; no materials? |
"iot even the bayadere stripes?are made
up entirely plain. The lower skirt re- j
mains very narrow, and is shorter than
:hat adopted during the winter, but the
[ong-talked-of return to simple straight1
breadths is confined to the flowing
:rains of full-dress toilets, and to bro-.
ades that are too rich and heavy to be
lraped. Very small bullet-shaped but:ons
fasten the front of corsages, and'
;hese are mostly crocheted, with per- i
laps a few beads in them. The large 1
juttons most used are of steel or other i
iietal to match trimmings, and these are
iot conspicuously placed, as they have '
lately been. Six crocheted bullet-1
shaped buttons and button-holes on the
Miter seam of the wrists give a neat
finish to coat sleeves. A shirred satin
;nff is also popular, and there are folded
narrow scarfs tied around the arm, with
i small bow on top, and hanging taseled
?nds.?lima)'. j
FuhIiIoii Note*. !
The new Valenciennes lace lias a
heavy edge. j
Shirrings or gagings are everywhere, j
both on skirts and bodice. " I
Striped goods with different patterns
on the two sides are among the oddest i
aaterials which come for combination
nits. 11
There is a great suppresssion in the
lumber of seams in the bodice. T
The lace straw bonnets are openvorked
and require a colored lining. u
Strong contrasts of color are observible
inmost of the new satin costumes- j]
Very wide ribbon and yards and yards
)f it will be needed to trim bonnets for
he summer. p
Small feathers are crowded upon the
lata in such profusion as almost to
:onceal the brims.
Bridal costumes are now accompanied ] A
Dj sandals of white satin, embroidered '
vith beads or trimmed with lace appli-1
lation. |A
There are bonnets of all shapes and : D
sizes among the newest importations ; I
lokos of moderate dimensions are the j
avorites.
Shaded or ombre effects will be a fea-;
ure in spring fashions. Shaded feathers, j
shaded flowers and "shaded ribbons are j
iow shown.
The newest collarettes are kerchiefs
;vith the corners cnt off, so as to have ^
something the effect of the sailor collar
n the back.
All kinds of borderings appear on the p
lew bonnets. Besides lace, straw gimp,
steel lace and rows of very large beads q
ire all employed. . _
Plain shepherd's plaid gowns have
jyerdresses and drapery of the sheplerd's
plaid, crossed by narrow silk bars j
n bright colors.
Some of the black open straws in ^
jonnets are so fine that they look like a
bread lace. Other designs are iri im- ^
tation of Torchon lace.
Pearl studs and sleeve buttons, with
jold threads crossed in the center and c
jiving them the appearance of being
?ewed on, are new and odd. ,1
The waists which are shirred all the |
vay around the belt are called Spencer, j
dthough much prettier than the ugly ]
garment that formerly bore that name.
Spring flowers are generally small
md delicate but sweet; the flowers of ^
rammer are larger and more plentiful
md have bright colors, and are also "
rerv sweet and load the air with fra- ^
j ranee; the flowers of autumn are bright
ind showy, but have little fragrance. d
Among the new pattern dresses are
ome composed of cream-colored foulard P
,nd the dark nun's veiling. The foulard *
s bordered with a plaiting of Langueloc
lace and a wreath of wild roses so fc
rell stamped as to look as if painted, w
Sunshades and fans matching the foul- ti
,rd comes in the box w^h the dress. tf
It is said that Worth is now mflHojjgf^
>oth long and short dresses in tiw form
if antique poplins and embroidering
hem with beads that match exactly" the w
aaterial in color. The bodice is almost.
ound-waisted and there is a pouf jpWlTe
tuck. The waist-band, that commences *p
inder the arms, falls somewhat on the g
tips, instead of encircling the waist. tl
One of Demorest's designs for early "
pring wear for young girls from twelve
o sixteen years of age is the "Pilgrim- ft
ge" suit It consists of deep basque, j
uffled skirt, and cape with or wiijgmt I a
ide&It is good made in plain ofchect" m
d wo^^r gingham. "a peculiarly p
imple and piacticaT &?sign, without
iverskirt, yet pretty and very Toerom-! ^
ng. The "Albertine" costume is for ^
imaller girls from eight to twelve years ej
>f age, and is very pretty.
? 1 fc
CURIOUS FACTS.
61
A poor kind of bread is made froin-^
-lie moss which grows in the Arctic ti
egions. . g
Tliree thousand species of grass are. h
inown to botanists.
In China there is a fish that crones p
;he meadows at its pleasure from one y
:reek to another, often a mile apart. j fc
It is calculated that sixty tons of h
iteel are annually consumed in the! Q
nanufacture of steel pans.
Bees have very little power of com-;
nunicating with each other. F. Miller ; v'
jives cunous instances of the inability | w
>f the bees to invent for themselves a s'
latural language. . a
The pyramid of Pueblo, in Mexico, is ' ^
arger than the great pyramid of Cheops,
n Egypt. Tho latter covers only four-!
een acivs, while the Mexican one covers <1
orty acres of ground, and was origin- r<
,lly GOO feet high. It is made of siui- a
Iried brick, and is supposed to have K
>een built 7,000 years ago. j
The largest grain elevator in the woild
s at Jersey City, N. J., erected by the I ,
^ Tf in I tl
, CI1J4DJ I > UiilU XlcllX >T fkj ^UUi|7iVUj jlv xv j
45 feet wide, 200 feet long and lias a j
apacity for storing 1,500,000 bushels ofj J11
jrain. The building has twenty-four : J?
ets of elevating apparatus for taking j 1"
frain from cars, and four " conveyors " j "
un from the building to the wharf for i ca
mloading canal boats and loading jw
hips. _
Tho swiftest bird, probably, is the j
agle of the sea, or frigate bird, often | "
aeasuring sixteen feet from tip to tip. ; re
t hovere at an elevation of 10,000 feet i ^
dien a storm sweeps over the ocean. I
f it wishes to travel, says a French :
aturalist, it can almost annihilate space, i
t can breakfast in Africa and dine in I K1
imerica. This bird reposes on its great ] *?
aotionless wings, literally, "sleeping |
n the bosom of the air."
The Paris police force consists of the .
hief, the assistant chief, the chef de ;
ureau, twenty-four clerks, live inspec- j gj
ors of divisions, twenty-five principal; jj,
ispectors, 700 brigadiers, 700 sub-' .j.
rigadiei'8, ti,800 policemen and 13 j *
ledical men. Between 1874 and the }
nd of 1879 tho arrests amounted to ! .
30,705, of which 195,935 consisted of j?:
ion. The list of those who fell into !
lie clutches of the police comprises ~
mong others 3,092 young girls, 1,719
ower-sellers, 1,041 engravers, 3,994 j ^
rinters, 231 journalists and literary j
len, 5G7 teachers, 3,939 waiters, 43 i or
nnfftva lnnrvniKt 197 pllpniisfs- i ^
2 mid wives, -t veterinary surgeons, j
77 street-cleaners, (516 owners of house j a8
roperty and 20 bailiffs.
m
The Origin of Restaurants. bt
The use of restaurants has become so lu
;cneral all over the world, that it will Pc
ie interesting to many to hear how they *n
irst originated, and to what they owe jftl
heir now familiar name. It appears | "r
hat the first of these establishments ;te
ras started in 1765, by a man rejoicing I
n the not inappropriate name of Bou-! *e
ange. This date has, however, nothing I sc
0 do with the choice of the title by i
rliich the new house3 of entertainment | di
i-ero known. In order to explain this i ti:
re must go back to the seventeenth { tl
entury, at the end of which one of the i a
oups, or liquid ailments, most used by c<
he people was a bouillon known as the ! N
' divine restorer." It was made up of r<
he remains of fowls and Wands boiled ) ai
lown in an alembic, with crashed bar- i n
ev, dried roses and Damascus currants, j tl
in it was only the class of compara-1 if
ivelv well-to-do pdrsons who could : b
.fford such a luxury, a genius was j tl
equired to bring the "divine restorer" ! o
ritliin the reach of nil the multitude. J
Ie was found in a certain doctor named : n
Jailliard, who proponed to provide "an ; g
'xcellent substitute" for the leal nectar ; 1
)y cocking a fat fowl in a little aromat- i p
zed water, and selling the boullion as | ir
' divine." At that time the privilege i p
if cooking and serving ragouts was re- tl
erved for the trail eurs, or licensed j T
'ictualers, and that of providing set' r<
linners was secured by charter to the ] ti
:orporation or the ntisseurs. But the 11]
lew sellers of the " restaurant divine ' j si
vere free lances, bou id by no particular g]
ule, and they moreover claimed to have s<
1 more select set cf clients than the h
jonimon eating-houses. Consequently ; f(
lie restaurants, as they came to be p
"ailed, soon achieved, an extinordinary
eputation, and at length their proprieties
found it necessaiy to combine with P
heir old profession that of trait eurs, S
vliicli word was in tie process eclipsed tl
>y the more now-tangled term restau- w
ateur. ' ei
j t(
There are 100,000 commercial travel3rs
in this country. Among such an
irmy of drummers there must needs be j c<
nany sticks.?Boston Transa~ij?t. j u
Give Them Now.
f you have gentle words ind looks, my friends, ' >'<9|
To spare for me?if you Lave tears to shed ^
hat I have suffered?ke? p them not, I pray, . %
Until I seo not, hear net, being dead.
f you have flowers to gn e?fair lily bads, '
White roses, daisies, (meadow stars that bf>.
[ino own dear namesakes)?lot them J
and make
The air, while yet I brc atho it, sweet for me. - j
vi iwany uauj^ui nmu rauuoi '/m
DCP8,
And kindly tears, thon(;h they fall thick and / \
fast,
nd words of praise, alaal can naught avail ,
To lift the shadows ifom a life that's past.
nd rarest blossoms, wha t can thoy suffice, Jr<5
Offered to one who can jo longer gaze
pon their beauty? Flov era in coffins laid 4
Impart no sweetness to departed days.
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
Dear at any price?Sweethearts.. 2
Tho fishery question?Got a bite ^
A tie vote is generally the result of a '*(
notty question. vVvJaj
A man who was formerly a night ~Jm
ratchman refers to it as his late occa > JH
istion. ' *
No star ever rose and set without iiv^j
uence somewhere. It is the same way * i'-'
rith a hen.
A woman's work if. never done, beause
when she has i.othing else to do ,*|i
lie has her hair to fix.
Before marriage she was dear and he
'as her treasure ; tut afterward she beime
dearer and he treasurer, and yet ~
ley are not happy.
.me iour seasons?spring, .omiiincit
ntumn and winter?should be thu* -'la
lassified: Cartmen, coalmen, fanner*,
lumbers?JVeio } ork Dispatch.
Why is a dandy like a mushroom ?
Because he'a a regular saphead? Ifcim
His waist ia remarkably 'slender, p
His growth is exifecdingly rapid, i
And his top is uncommonly tendeffl^jpsgB
The hog cholera excitement isHfe'^Jg
iggest thing in the porcine line
'heodore Thomas had to leave CinHpjlj?S
ati because he retu^ed to beat
ith a ham. viral
Many a woman who would like toBflfffitjai
own a new Brussels carpet in her H|1#SS
>r will be obliged to be content
atting a new hoop on the second-?Kj?|j?
ashtub.?New Haven Register-;;^?S!
A solemn old scientist prhrt6d
ict that by bathjag tho feint "tfJEBfeJII
ater a man could increase hi* eifflp!
on, and now all the editor*
luWit^ed to their ofllee |*eves. yzjtffKffl
Philadelphia has, - discovered MffiflB
jlored lard ia b^in'g palmed off as ]HuhS
off pigs' feet for, sp^Enm
Imix jjL\juakjj.j w vuv'
eception.?Philadelphia CJirmide.tBBBM
" You don't know how it pains mHHH
anish you," said the teacher.
aess there's the most pain at my exflnHB
le stick," replied the boy, feelinflngH
'T any rate I'd be wilHng to_y^JRgM*
The favorite firls in Washington hiH
i& brown eyes and large mouths. A?
10 latter qualification enables themfl
it ico-cream with, a coal Bhovel,
romises to be an expenflivfe-wuain??^v *
>r unmarried government clerks.
Some one who has had a sad expert 1
ace in the purchase of a horse says ths? a*!
e asked the dealer how much he would ^
ike to .warrant the horse good, and that
is philanthropist replied at once that ?."
e Would wrant him Rood for nothing. >
It jfl fitiif that two French philosohers
have kept nine hogs drank lor a
ear, and say they are none the worse ~'~f
>r their tippling. Which proves that a
ogs are natural drunkards, or that nafc* *
ral drunkards are hogs, we've forgot;n
which.?New Haven Register.
When a member, in the course of
ery long speech, called for a glass of -/v
ater, a member sitting near exclaimed 'VjR
jtto voce to his neighbors: " This is" Jj
11 contrary to the laws of mechanics?a "3
indmill running by water.?Hartford *
'ourant.
A debating society has tackled the -jj
nestion : " Is it worse to think you've .
' io Af>A ofotv SI
tut; lup nucu muc ?.-> uuv ??..? ^,
lore, than to think there is one stair ^ > *
lore when you've reached the top, and \'Ji
ring your foot down so hard that
ngles for four hours V"?Boston Past. ,* > 3
A stock broker returning to his office 1
le other day, after a substantial lunch'
>n with a client, said, complacently, to ,
is head clerk: "Mr. Putkin, the wortf'
oks different to a man when he \
id a bottle of champagne in him." .
Yes, sir," replied the clerk, signifi
intly, "and he looks different to the
orld."?Puck. '
Edward, aged three and a half, asks - J
r more cookies. ' Have you an appe-,
te, Edward ?" says his father. Edward,' '
fleeting that if he answers "yes" he
ill be given graham bread, and that if ''"4
} says "no" he will be told he does V.
)t want anything more, replies to his . ?
ther (a minister), "Well, pa, God has h
ven me an appetite for cookies and not >
r graham bread." He got the cookies*, ' 'A
SCIENTIFIC'XOTE'si M
Mr. G. Phelps Beven estimates the *
and total of gold produced during the ^
storic ages to be ?17,500,000,000, and ;.;v|
iat of silver ?14,000,000,000, making
ie produce of both the precious metals . <
i be worth 831,000,000,000.
Eschnit has confirmed, by a new 8ta- j
stical table?showing the duration of *'>:
"o in the various professions in Bavaria
the general impression that medical ?v t
en are shorter lived than any other m
ass. Out of every 100 individuals
'ty-three Protestant clergymen, forty- H
ie professors, thivfy-nine lawyers or
agistrates, thirty-four Catholic priests,
it only twenty-six doctors reach the J
;e of fifty. .
my L V.
XU6 goverumeiii
ent in Calcutta obtained last Novemir
a sample supply of the loud-speak- " |
g telephones of the Gower-Bell commy,
and the experimental trials of their ,
stmment8 have given so much satis-'
ction that the company received lately
i order for a largo number of their ? *
lephones. The government of India ^$3
ill not sanction the establishment of
lephonic exchanges by private per>ns.
; "^"3
Although Dr. J. Gwyn Jeffreys has- '
aring a period of between forty and . *
fty years, dredged, as a explorer, all
le seas of the British isles besides
considerable part of those cn the
)asts of North America, Greenland, "3
orway, France, Spain, Portugal, Mojcco
and Italy, he has never found
ajthing of value except to a naturalist, ?
or any human bone, although many
lousand human beings must have per- //j
>hed in those seas. The gems, "dead
ones," etc., that was thought to form
lie floor of the ocean appear to exist **:
nly in the imagination of the poets. V
The artificial means by which drowsiess
may be induced have been investiated
lately in Germany by Preyer.
lie ordinary drowsiness of fatigue suposed
to be caused by the introduction
lto the blood of lastic acid, a compound
roceeding from the distingeration of
le bodily tissues of nerves and muscle. ^
o ascertain whether this new was cor?ct,
Preyer administered large quantises
of the acid to animals, and found
lat it would induce a drowsiness and , *
[umber apparently identical with formal
leep, and from which they awaken
?emingly much refreshed. Not on]y^.<;;;:
ictate soda, but sour milk and whey,
;d to animals which had been fasting,
roduced this artificial sleep.
The London Cuckoo says the Czar of
ussia is a lineal descendant of Princess
ophia, mother of George the First, and *
lerefore, under the act cf settlement .r
ith the reservation as to r? ligion, is
ntitled, better heirs failing, to succeed
) the throne of Great Britain.
Sheep manure is richer than that of
ows. Practically it is estimated at
early double the va'ue of that of catfle.
jJt