The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, May 25, 1881, Image 1
^ ^ w
_ _ .......... _ __ ___
BY HUGH WILSON AND H. T. WABDLAW. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 1881. NO. 51. VOLUME XXV.
Ebb and Flow.
Life throbs with tides that ebb and tlovr,
With tilings that come, and tilings that go.
The mints that rise whin morn is fair,
That rise and tloat, then melt in air,
Are not more transient in their stay
Than are the hours that speed away.
For often life seems like a dream?
So quickly llash with glance and gleam,
A thousand things that conic and go.
And cause the tides to ebb and Ilow.
A sad, sweet strain that's borne along
By breath of wind; a bit of song,
A few fond words when dear friend* meet;
The music of a laugh that's sweet;
The sympathy that prompts a eiyh;
A winsome face thai passes hv;
Brief joys, that stay their little while,
A kindlv trlance. a lovine smile.
Those evci conic hud ever go,
And like the tides they ebb and tlow.
A lowly landscape, fair nd bright,
r One moment seen, then 1 >st to sight,
The gorgeous clouds at t t of sun,
That crown the day when it is done,
Tlie frosty pictures 011 the pane.
That fade and come, and fade again;
The curling smoke that lloats away;
A snow wreath on a winter's day;
All these like waves that ebb and How,
"With ceaseless throb still come and go.
-J. LJaiyalL
THAT AWKWARD GIRL
Colonel Raleigli felt really indignant.
The idea of any one's expecting him to
dance with tliat gawky, ill-dressed girl,
Julia Pinch !?it was as irritating as it
was absurd. However, he had 110 choice
in such a matter, his hostess' will was
law.
So he found himself, with his feet in
the first position, opposite the young
lady, bowing as he requested the pleasure
of the waltz, and in his heart anathematized
both the music and his
partner.
Julia Pinch was only seventeen, and
* had the angular, unformed apr.eurance
~:*.i rr~?. I
Ui i% >uuugt;i ii i. xier uicss wiu- i
fashioned and unbecoming, and as she
nervously accepted the flattering pro
posal of the handsomest man in town, j
she pulled a torn glove over her red !
wrist, and stood up expectant, with as I
little grace certainly as was well con- i
ceivable.
The first round of the dance was ex- j
quisite torture to the gallant colonel ? j
unspeakable, but scarcely definable, j
delight to the girl. It was such an nn- j
expected honor for her, pcor little neg- j
lected wall-flower! Her invitation to
this her first ball had been altogether
,? irregular.
Sue no oue, and lver ??sn\ng 1
been brought about by a singular concatenation
of circumstances, which she
afterwards called "fate." She was an j
orphan and lived with her old aunt,
whoso stinginess increased with her
years.
Old Miss Deborah Brown was re- j
snected in Hillsborousrh. but her visit
ing days were over, and she had
been greatly surprised- a week before
the officers' ball by a call from a
far-away elderly cousin, who, in passing
through the town, had remembered her
existence. He was remaining l'or the j
ball, and, as he took his farewell, his j
eye rested carelessly upon the awkward ,
girl who had retreated into the furthest:
comer of the room during his visit.
With a good-natured impulse he took ]
a ball .ticket from his pocket, and, !
throwing it down upon the table, said: j
" There, young lady; if you like to j
go I'll fetch you at 8 o'clock! "
p And bo, to Julia's intense surprise, she [
was to make one of the select company j
invited to the officers' ball.
Aunt Deborah had strange ideas of j
the fitness of things, and it is not, per- j
haps, very remarkable that Julia's ap- j
pearance was scarcely creditable even i
to her position.
The best-chosen toilet would have
scarcely redeemed her awkwardness;
but with the old-fashioned garment her
relative had had " made over for her,"
and ill-fitting gloves and boots, she was j
as little beautiful as she was ever des-1
tined to be.
Colonel Raleigh's anger calmed down !
somewhat as, after the first round of the j
aance was over, ms partner, more at ner [
ease, proved to be an admirable waltzer.
She was light as a feather, and her step ,
was so springy and free that in his own :
mind he reflected that it covertd a multitude
of sins.
He was inclined to patronize her, and
when he led her breathless to her seat,
stood for a whilo beside her, and finally,
with a sudden impulse of good nature
at which he marveled himself, offered
to take her to have some refreshment.
Silly little Julia! how her heart beat,
to bo sure. She felt ready to shrink
into the smallest atom of herself as she
. walked through the beautiful rooms
* with her handsome partner.
When he left her at last her eye followed
him, and her foolish heart beat
high with hope that such another treat |
might be in store for her; but this was j
not to be.
The colonel had done his dutymuch
more than done it, indeed, he considered?and
her light waltziug could
not even commend a "second experience
to him.' So Julia sat, unnoticed and
alone, until Miss Deborah's cousin was
ready to leave. He had promised to see
her homo and when he came to fetch
her, said, good-naturedly:
"Capital ball! Hopo vou enjoved
it?"
"Yes, indeed, thank you," was the
Olij i vo|7yuoi
"Have you been dancing mucli ?"
" I danced with Colonel Raleigh," i
eaid Julia, in exultation.
' Ah, indeed ?" said the elderly cousin,
with what she thought scant considera-:
tion of her bliss. '-Well, come along. '
Your aunt will think you are lost."
And Julia's first ball ended, and the i
quiet monotony of .her life was to recommence.
Never again, though, to be quite the |
same, for now Julia had an object in life, i
This object was to watch for, dream of
and romance about the handsome colonel.
iOne a week the regiment to which he
was attached passed her annt's honse.
On Sundays she knew that for one blissful
moment she would behold her hero
of the ballroom; for that one moment
she endured much.
No persuasion of her aunt could induce
her to dress for church, or move
from a certain window, until after the
event to which she looked forward
throughout the six days of the week.
Old Aunt Deborah never imagined any
deeper reason for this obstinacy, as she
called it, than general admiration of the
soldiers, which, to her mind, was sufficiently
foolish. Had she known the
truth she would have considered that
Julia had lost the little sense with which
she credited her.
The colonel never saw her, never once
glanced at the house, never even knew
where she lived; and, alas ! for her, had
he known, would not have cared.
He was a fast man; not bad in the
ordinary acceptation of the word, but
of no particular principle or character.
He was accustomed to the admiration
of all his lady friends, and was in many
respects a very spoiled man, as little
likely to think twice of awkward Julia
as to stop to pick a daisy at his feet.
f At least, so he would have said. As
it appeared, he knew nothing and
cared nothing, and certainly, had any
one pointed out the silly little girl
watching for his passing, would have
failed to recognize h'or as his partner
for one dance, which was only remem.
bered by him as an annoyance.
Time passed. The regiment was
ordered abroad; its quarters tilled by
some succeeding corps, and Julia's
object in life taken from her, she relapsed
once more into the old languid
conditions of her life.
Some weeks later, when spring had
come and gone, and summer was at its
height, Aunt Deborah died, leaving her
little property to the lonely girl, whom
she had suffered to live with her under
a sort of protest. As soon as she was
laid in the grave Jnlia surprised all
those whom her sudden inheritance had
interested, by declaring her intention of
going to a finishing school.
" Aunt Deborah," ahe said, " would
never pay for my education while she
lived; but I know mv own needs, and I
intend to learn.''
There was no one to gainsay her.
tnnk !?i?v ntvn wnv nn?l linr.
I self as parlor-pupil to the Misses Jones,
j who kept the linishing school in the
' little towu, ami who were glad to receive
her, promising her the comforts
of home and every advantage from masj
ters that her money could procure.
There were two oilier parlor hoarders
of her own age in the school, and each
had their romance. Each had a lover,
or a friend who was to become such, but
Julia had none. Deep in her girlish
' heart she treasured the memory of the
j one man who had come, as it seemed to
I her, right into her life.
| it was the thought of him that stimu
lated licr to sell-improvement, in her
day-dreams she imagined meeting him
again, when he should be to her what
all the other girls claimed for themselves.
She had been told so often that
she was plain and awkward that she believed
it; but still in her heart she
I hoped that in the future she might, at (
j least, hold her own with others. It was
I a year since her memorable evening. A
j school friend of hers, Amy Chase by :
j name, had invited her to her house, tellI
ing her that a dance was to celebrate
her birthday.
" Not a grand affair, you know," she |
! said?' just a carpet dance."
Julia felt very little excitement about j
| it: she accepted because she had no
; reason for declining, and was about to
ask some questions as to her dress,
j when to her intense surprise Amy continued:
" Colonel Iialeigh is staying with us,
and he is such a man for dancing that
| on his account we must have sonic."
| " Colonel Iialeigh!" exclaimed Julia,
j involuntarily. "I thought?I thought?"
" Do you know him?" askeil Amy, inquisitively.
" Isn't he handsome and
; delightfui, a perfect dear!"
'I?I don't know," said Julia, hesitatingly.
"Don't know! Well, then of course
you can't have seen him," laughed Amy.
" No onw-ver forgets him; but I'll introduce
you! He's just sold out and
come into a tine estate.''
.Tulia's feelings at this unexpected
disclosure can scarcely be conceived.
Tj her this man had been the idealized
horo of every day-dream.
Now all her languor was gone. Her
interest in, iu everything connected
with the comiug event, was intense.
She consulted the leading dressmaker
in the town, and put herself into
the hands of the hair-dresser, whose exploits
were renowned. After all she
was to be congratulated in having secured
the assistance of real artistes, for
their choice did
Her dress was very simple?white
tarlatan over white silk?and by the milliner's
advice a bunch of field daisies for
her hair and bosom were her only ornaments.
" So simple, miss," said the woman,
" and simplicity is tne oest lor a young
lady."
Julia lierseli did not know how much
she owed hor for her suggestion. Tho
awkward, ungainly girl did not realize
the change that had transformed her
into a sweet-faced and not ungraceful
young woman.
Her fair hair hung in curls about her ,
neck, tho expression of her blue eyes
were so childlike and her whole appear
auce so modest and retiring that, with
the pure white dress, relieved only by
the daisies in her liair and bosom, she
looked like some lovely child, and
might have stood for a representation
of Innocence itself.
The finishing touches had been put
to her dress by her admiring companions,
and she proceeded with a beating
lionvf +n lmr fripml's lirmse.
Dancing l id already commenced,
and Julia, who depended upon her
friend's mother as chaperon, waited in
an ante-room till Amy should come to
her.
"How lovely you look, Julia!" exclaimed
the latter, as she ran in. "You
will l?o tho 'belle of the ball,' I declare!"
She turned to her mother, anil,
introducing her, continued: "Now,
mamma, be sure and introduce Colonel
Iialeigh to Julia. He's just splendid!
But I hope you can dance, for he will
only take good dancers as his partners;
but come along."
The dancing-room was full as they
entered, but Julia saw only one figure..
The handsome colouel of her memorable
ball, the hero of every day-dream ,
since, was leaning against the mantelshelf,
in earnest conversation with a
lady.
To Julia's eyes ne was handsomer
than ever. She had no desire to join .
in the dancing; she felt as if
the mere sight o: her liero was
enough. She took a seat, by her friend's
desire, on the sofa, but was soon to re'
alize that her wall-flower days were
over.
She did not think what a pretty pic- j
ture she made as she sat there, all tho
admiration in her innocent heart shining
in her eyes as, without any idea of
attracting notice, she enjoyed the realization
of her longing to see him once
more.
She accepted one partner after
another, always hoping that fate would
at last bring her old friend, as she considered
him, to her side. What fate ,
might not have accomplished her own 1
attractions brought about.
" Deuced pretty girl, that," said the
colonel to the lady with whom lie conversed.
" Dances well, too. Introduce
me, won't you?"
" I've a great mind not to," said his
friend, laughing. " I haven't forgotten
your scowl last year at your own ball,
when I asked you to dance with that
friend of old Lane's."
" Well, I might scowl!" said
the colonel, laughing?" that awkward
girl! You certainly ought
to make every amends in your
power by giving me r better chance to
night." And he followed her across the
room to Julia, whose partner had just
released her.
I " Miss Pinch?Colonel I!alei0h,M she |
. heard, and trembling at the realization '
of her dream, she held out her card
| almost mechanically. She scarcely
i heard his lirst words. When she recovered
from her nervousness, he Mas
saving:
"Vr..^ YTl.iKl +W.?t?Tl?,.l frt ttVTll'lll
j me for an old offense by not introducing
me, Miss Pinch. II would have been
! too cruel?don't you think so?"
| "I do not know what the offense
j was," said Julia, in her childish voice,
j "But"?and she hesitated?I don't
think it could have been very bad."
And the great blue eyes were raised
to his face.
He laughed.
" I will tell you," he said, "onlyyour
kind heart would be hurt if you had to
blame me."
" Perhaps I shouldn't have to blame
you," said Julia, wistfully; but the
music was tempting, and his reply was
merged in the tirst steps of a waltz.
"How divinely you dance, Miss
Pinch,said the handsome colonel, as
he bent over her at the conclusion of
the waltz. "You are as light as a
feather. I never danced with any one so
light before, except?yes, by Jove! except
the time I was going to tell you about,
when I shocked Mrs. White. Why, it
was in this very town?so it was?at our
own ball. She would introduce me to
a gawky girl whom nobody knew, and
I scowled over it, I can tell you! lint
she danced well, J must give her that
credit?uncommonly well, she did!
Lightest waltzer 1 ever knew except
yourself!"
Poor little Julia! How her heart
beat! She took courage.
" Who was she?" she asked.
" I don't know; never saw her before
nor since?she was all angles! I
remember I was surprised to iind that
she could dance at all. I wonder how
she learned. Strange?it's no compliment
to you, but do you know, Mi^s
Pinch, you rather remind me of her V
Please forgive me," he added, hastily,
thinking her deepening color arose
from annoyance. "She had beautiful
eyep, I remember, and might have been
good-looking, only she was so awkward
and oh! so ill-dressed!"
"Can't you remember her name?"
/
asked Julia. Then she added: "I wa
at that ball."
" You!" said the colonel. "Impossi
i ble! L conldu t have forgotten you if
i had once seen yon !"
" Oh, yes, T was!" ii. sisted Julia. "
' remember it 1 uvause it was my lirs
| ball." And she looked down au<
; blushed.
The colonel considered,
i " I thought I knew every pretty gir
I in the room that night," he said. " Yen
j must be mistaken. I'm sure I shouh
! have dauecdj with you if you were then
j ? if you would have permitted me, tha
is."
" You did dance with me," said Julia
I in a low voice?then suddenly beconi
I ing very bold, she added: " Youdidn'
| want to, but you did, and?and I en
. joyed it very much."
i Tho handsome colonel looked an
! noyed. The idea of his forgetting it
' if, as she said, he had danced with her
" What dance was it V" lie asked, aftei
a pause.
"A waltz," said Julia, softly, as t he
I delicious memory of that evening cairn
over ucr.
"A what?" asked the colonel, with r
sudden and unpleasant idea in his mind
"A waliz,"sbe repeated, with a blush,
and again she looked up at him witl
those lovely, innocent eyes of hers.
" Miss Pinch," lie said, " you arc
laughing[at me. Do you want to make
me believe that I mot you, waltzed with
you and forgot you?"
"Yes," said Julia; then after a pause
she half whispered: "But I didn't forget."
AXUJ [MUil >1 ill-' DiJl.7nV.iO, XJH."
was very muclx put out.
This girl was so pretty?how hateful
she must think him! Well, there was
no danger of his forgetting her again.
What lovely eyes she lia.i! What a
sweet, innocent baby face it was! lie
felt annoyed as another partner coming
for her whirled her off in the dance.
lie stood watching her. How graceful
the light, girlish figure looked!
Yet, as he gazed, some vague remembrance
came back to him, rendering
him uneasy and annoyed.
"It can't be," he muttered?"impossible
!?that awkward girl?"
Just at this moment Amy came up.
"Have you been introduced to Julia
Pinch?" she asked. "Isn't she
pretty?"
"Very!" he said. "Who is she?
She declares I have met her. I am sure
I never have."
"Oh, yes, by the way!" said Amy?
"I remember, she did* say something
about knowing you. Where can it have
been ? Here she comes again; let's ask
her," and going up to iier menu, Amy
put the question, to receive the same
An unpleasant ide-1 still remain uu \u
the colonel's mind?so unplcr.sr.nt thrt
he persistently refused to pay any regard
to it.
He was so charmed with this pretty
Tulia he danced again and again with
her?devoted himself to her whenever
her numerous partners left her free for
a moment, and was as completely hex
slave as if he had known her for weeks.
He couhl not divest himself of that
shadowy, undefined resemblance to
some one.
(<>uito late in (lie evening slic was
sitting Jown after a dance; and as he
stood beside her, in rapt admiration of
the sweet face down into which he was
gazing, a sudden movement of her hand
arrested his attention. Her glove had
come unbuttoned, and, as she pulled it
up her wrist, she suddenly tore it
asunder; and, annoyed by the accident,
blushed deeply as she involuntarily put
her hand to hide it.
Her sudden movement supplied the
missing link in his memory. He remembered
the torn glove on the red wrist of
that awkward girl, and at the same
moment so did Julia.
She looked up, half-laughing, halfannoyed,
and said:
"When we met before, I had a torn
glove, I remember."
" Impossible," said he, in his surprise,
" that you can be?"
fTlf. .M. 1. T ?1 ,.1.~
JLuai awjiwuru yin .' sub u.->ucu.
"Yes, indeed. I am. Are you sorry?"
The colonel never knew what answer
lie made; I donbt if she did, either.
But it is a suggestive fact that years afterward
I found in his wife's drawers a
little packet labeled " That awkward
girl's;" and, opening it, I found it to contain
a solitary glove, soiled and roughly
torn about the wrist.
Florida Oranges and Alligators.
"For three hundred miles south from
Jacksonville, along the St. John's liiver,
and still further north and cant," said Jay
Gould to a New York reporter, "the country
is dottod over with orange groves of
from twenty to twenty-live acres in extent.
It takes about live years for an
orange grove to mature so as to produce
fruit for the market, but nevertheless
new groves are constantly planted, and
are looked to as a sure source of revenue.
When an orange grove begins to boar
fruit it apparently never wears out. I
heard of one tree which bears annually
from six to eight thousand oranges,
but that is above the average."
"What is the cost ot an orange grove?'
"Ajj I said," replied Mr. Gould, "they
vary in extent from twenty to twentyfive
acres, and are worth from 850,000
to 8100,000 But they yield a handsome
percentage. For instance, 3Ir. Hart,
who lives just above me here, owns a
grove of about twenty-live acres, and iie
informs mo that it yields him a net income
of from 815,000 to 820,000.
"Is tliis interest growing V"
"Decidedly so. and I think that within
the next five years Florida ought to
be able to supply the entire demand of
the United States for oranges. I believe
that the sweet orange is not a native of
Florida, but has to be grafted upon the
tree which bears the sour orange. On
one tree you sometimes see oranges,
lemons and limes growing together. Of
course the several fruits have been graft
etl; but it is interesting and peculiar
to u Northerner to see these fruits growing
in a happy family on one tree. It
suggests a horticultural paradise."
"Is orange growing the chief industry
of Florida?"
"By no means. Not tosj>eak of cotton
and live oak and the like, you must not
forget the alligator," said Mr. Gould,
smiling and evidently thinking of his
alleged "alligator farm."
"But is the alligator a sufficiently valuable
animal to make his cultivation remunerative
'{"
"No ; his hide is the valuable portion
of him, and even that is worth comparatively
little, though 1 believe they
make it into boots in England."
"But does Florida cultivate these reptiles
V"
"That is not necessary. The alligatoi
cultivates himself and produces quickh
and numerously. The whole swamp and
river country is filled with them."
"And are they dangerous ?"
"Well," said Mr. Gould, "it is as well
not to get in the way of their tails. I
think they strike their victims chiefly
with their tails. Nevertheless,the eleveninch
jaws of some of them are not attractive.
My son killed one whicli
resembled a whale on four legs. Otu
party killed over thirty of them. Whether
I killed any or not myself is a difti
cult question for me to answer. I saw
some live ones just before I fired, anc
some dead ones just afterward ; but a'
several ritles went ofT at the same time,
I cannot assume that it was my gun thai
killed an alligator. But alligator shoot
ing was not what interested me in the
South; the blossoms, our wedding bios
solus of the North, you know, were or
the trees, and yet the ripe, golden frail
was there too."
One of the oldest living Baptisl
ministers in England is about to retire
from active labor. The lie v. W. May
of Burton, Latimer, has intimated his
intention of resigning his charge, am
the ministry altogether, at an early day
He commenced preaching in 1S29, anc
accepted in 1842 his present charge.
Time is money, but how little set store
by it. If one of the hours wasted eacl:
day on trifles or indolence was devotee
to improvement it would make a mai
wiae in ten years.
J. -
s FOK .THE FAIR SEX.
[. Nrut iicmh In VVomcMi.
11 A woman may l>o handsome or re,
markably attractive in various ways ;
] \ but if she is not personally neat she
t j cannot hope to win admiration. Fine
] clothes will not conceal the slattern. A
j young woman with her hair always in
disorder and her clothes hanging about
] i her as if suspended from a prop, is
l Cl.,11 Mm,
!| I J \ J 'lU-^1 ? !" L-JiUll'JU 1.^ ? lllllUUIl
I! her prsoii from the crown of licr heail
c ' to the soles of her feet, and if she wins
t : a husband lie will turn out, in all proba;
bilitv, either an idle fool or a drunken
ruiliau. Tiie bringing up of daughters
. | to be able to work, talk and act like
t: honest, sensible young women, is the
. j special task of all mothers, and in the
! industrial rank there is imposed also
. I the prime obligation of learning to reJ
spect household work for its own sake,
j I and the comfort and happiness it will
i- j bring in the future.
I
New Tnrbuii Bonner.
;} The new turban bonnet is of a low|
crowned shape, setting close to the head
i and covered with old gold coloredsatin.
! It is trimmed with a scarf a yard and i
; a halt long oi djjick unanuiiy net, upon j
[; which are embroidered tiny crescents i
in gild thread. It is linislied by a hand- t
x I made fringe of mingled skein silk and <
,; gold thread two inches wide. What dis- <
( ! tingnishes this bonnet from other styles i
j is the disposition of the scarf, which is 1
, I coniined in the exact center above the i
' | forehead by a small and very finely- 1
j wrought crescent in gold filigree, having 1
, j a plume-iike ornament in crimped gold 1
j thread, which is placed upright. It is s
two inches high and so set as to be by c
i no mean.? conspicuous, seeming merely i
! to serve to give a turban-like look to the i
: loose folds of the scarf. At the back f
{the folds of lace and the fall simulate
j the arrangement of the turban ends in
I Oriental style.
! * t
Wedding*. 1
! The present style of church weddings
: says a New York letter, does not admit 1
! of bridemaids and groomsmen entering <
; the church arm anil arm. The groom
j chooses his best man and his ushers, 1
! generally six in number. The ushers t
j are in attendance early and seat the
! rmpyts. Wlipn t.liA limir for tlifl sprvipo t
! om%~* ?w *;? ?~ j
! arrives the clergyman takes his place at (
I the altar, followed by the groom and his
| best man. The organist starts the
! " "Wedding March," and tlie ushers, two ?
i and two, enter the church door and walk
! up the aisle followed by the bridej
maids. Then comes the bride on the
j arm of her father or wnoever i3 to give I
j her away. Upon reaching the altar the c
t ushers take places at the right and left; 0
the bridemaids also move to the right
uud icVi, oiai.xu.,r next to the altar rail I
i and u littL forward of the
central place is occupied by theorme j
j and groom, who meet at the altar. The
service over, the newly-married people ]
i turn from the altar and leave the church j
! by the middle aisle, bridemaids and \
\ ushers following in reverse order. !
Fnuliion Fnnclcfi. c
i
! The new plush gauze comes in the f
I lightest and softest tints, and lias a 1
| silvery luster that is very becoming. i
| Old Pekin striped basques are brought
i ont, furbished up and worn as new 1
' striped garments, superseding the old r
t brocade. 1
I Collars of white linen embroidered o
i with small dots to match the color in
| the dress are to bo worn with gingham f
j suits. T
! The shillings at the upper part of y
! dress sleeves sometimes run around the 1
I arm and sometimes from the shoulder
' to the elbow.
The black spun silk originally made i
for Jerseys is used for making draper- I
j ies, and is combined with plain and i
brocaded grenadines. i
Colored sweepers are not to be worn c
j with long dresses this summer, and even
i with short dresses creamy luce will bo t
! preferred to tiny other border. I
Six or seven two-inch tucks set abovo s
j a side-plaited flounce are used to trim c
the skirts of white dresses, and the back "
j draperies are also occasionally tucked. *
The scoop hats are the best of the
| small shapes for summer wear. They
really protect the eyes although they
leave the chceks and nose to be merci- *
lessly tanned. t
The half-pointed basques are now 1
made very short, and are cut into ten or 1
j twelve points. Plaitings of plain satin c
! are set between the points, and some- f
; times a full point of Spanish laco is \
j added; i
i A substitute for the soft drapery at s
; tlie back of a dress skirt is a succession 1
j of fan plaiting3 reaching fron: the edge
of the basque to the hem. These plaitj
ing are lined with crinoline and are still
in eflect. c
Muslin embroidered with a color
| makes the prettiest of summer dresses.
They Lave plaited underskirts, Grecian j
' overskirts and surplice waists, and are ^
trimmed with a great many satin bows j
! matching the embroidery. ,
Side pouches and chatelaine bags for r
i summer use are very dainty affairs, and j
I are mado of tinted satin, hand-painted t
i t i_* i._ .en i x..:
. in ueiicaie Kpruvs ui iu.uers uuu mm- a
mecl with flutings of lace. I (
Elbow sleeves will continue through j r
the spring and .summer months, not only 11
' for evening but for afternoon dress. \
With out-of-door toilets very long gloves i
will bo worn, eilged at the top with laeo ?
rullles.. r
Educating Horses. 1
.Horses can be educated to the extent t
j of their understanding as well as chil- t
dren, and can bo easily damaged or r
: ruined by bad management. It is be- I
j lieved that the great difference found in B
' horses as to habits of reliability comes j
; more from the different management of i *
men than from variance of natural dis- |s
, position in tho animals. Horses with ; <
mrttle are more easily educated than
those of less or dull spirits, and are J
more susceptible to ill-training, and t
consequently may be good or bad, ac- J
cording to the education they receive.
IT _ 11 i..ii *i? i. i I /
ciursus w11u uuii ?]iirii? uru nut uy any ^
moans proof against bail management,
I for in them may bo found the most
provoking obstinacy, vicious habits of
i different character that render them t
almost entirely worthless. Could the
! coming generation of horses in this j
country be kept from their days of colt- I
I hood to the age of live years in the '
hands of good, careful managers, there
would be seen a vast difference in the
I general character of the noble animals.
If a colt is never allowed to get an
advantage, it will never know that it
possesses power that man cannot control,
and if made familiar with hfrange
i objects it will not be bkittish and ner- j
! vous. If a horse is made accustomed i
from his early days to have objects hit !
on his heels, back and hips, he will pay
II no attention to the giving out of har
ness or of a wagon running against him
; at an unexpected moment. A gun can
be lired from the back of n horse, an
' i umbrella held over his head, a buffalo
' j robe thrown over his neck, a railroad i
\ engine pass close by, his heels bumped
with sticks, and the animal take it all as
a natural condition of things, if only
taught by careful management that he
. | will not be injured thereby. There is a 1
, j great need of improvement in the man'!
agement of this noble animal?less
^1 beating and more of education.
1 Saved l>f a Rose IJusii. j
As a party of Oregon gentlemen were !
1 walking along " the backbone of a di- j
k vide," one side of which sloped a hun-;
dred feet, ending in a sheer precipice
of forty feet, with a chasm of rocks at
t the bottom, one of them slipped and s
- I spun down the slope in his oil-skin coat
i i at a tremendous rate. When within |
i \ twenty-five feet of the precipice ho i
I' grasped at a rosebush. It tore through '
j his hand, lacerating his lingeis, but J
I i brought him to a stop nearly upon the .
i brink. It was a moment of horror lest .
i the shrub give way and dash him upon :
j | the rocks below. His companions throwi
ing him a rope, he managed to crawl j
I back to a place of safety, leaving a track |
l i of blood upon the snow from his lacer- \
ated hands. !
SUNDAY HEADING.
Speak n <.'ooil Word.
If you say anything about a neighbor j
or friend, or even a stranger, say no ill.
It is a Christian and brotherly charity
to suppress our knowledge of evil of another,
unless the evil have such relation
to society that our higher public j
duty compels us to bear accusing witness.
And if it bo a true charity to keep
our knowledge of such evil to ourselves,
how much more should we refuse to )
spread evil report 01 ono nnouier. discreditable
as the fact i.'s, it is by far the I
commonest tendency to suppress the
gooil wo know of our neighbors and j
friends. We net in this matter as though |
we felt that by pushing our fellows ;
down or back a peg we were putting
ourselves up anil forward. Wo are |
jealous of commendation unless wo get
tho larger share. Social conversation
as known to every observer, is largely ;
made up of what is best understood by !
the term scandal. It would be difficult1
to find a talkative group, of cither sex, j
who could spend an evening or an hoar
together without evil speech of somebody.
" Blessed are the peacemakers," ;
is not the maxim by which we are chiefly |,
governed in our treatment of personali- i
ties. Better a thousand times stand or i,
?it dumb than to open our lips never so
sloquently in the disparagement of 1
1*1*1. -i -V 11 _"l - * J.1. * i
auiers. vv uai we snomu ?o in ims, as ;
in all our human relations, is to practice !
the golden rule. If we do unto others I
is we would that others should do unto i
is we shall be exceedingly careful not <
:o volunteer ill words about them. I
^Vhere other than a good word is to be ]
.polcen, let it bo spoken to the person <
joncerned, that he may know your ]
notive is not idle, cowardly or sinister, j i
ind that he may have a chance to de- j i
end himself. j
Hrlieloun News nn?l Nclo*.
Rev. Wm. II. Pierson has been called
o the Unitarian church at Fitchburg,
\Iass.
Bishop Littlejohn has returned to ;
Brooklyn after an absence in Europe of i
)ver six months. j
Volunteer speeches at the Methodist i
Ecumenical, London, will be restricted ;
o five minutes.
Bishop Peck has sailed for Europe, j
Te will visit England, France, Greece, :
}ermany and Palestine.
TUin-yn orn nT-vrror/l r\f f rt-nnIt* T.Ttflmrnr* ' .
:liurelies in Baltimore and it3 suburbs.
six of tliem are English and fourteen 1
German. j
It. is stated that there are 500,000 i
>ersons in the city of London who from
ine year's end to the other never enter :
,ny place of worship. [
I)r. Thomas, tho popular Chicago;'
)reaclier, may not \> <, tried for heresy ;
next meea/ig of the iiock
?opference after all.
Bishop Merrill Cas ju^ t)10
Methodist Episcopal mission s'fatio^..,
u Italy into an annual conference. ;
rhere.are iu all less than 1,000 com-j
nunicants.
Dr. Morgan Dix, o: Trinity church, j
lays that the Prayer-Book itself is a ;
mflicicnt answer to the charge that tho .
Protestant Episcopal church favors Unirersalism.
1
A bill is pending in the Hungarian 1
Diet to remove the disabilities of mar-1
iages between Israelites and Christians.
!t proposes to place s ich marriages on
i civil basis.
Tho Christian Unio>i tells of a Con-: .
jregational church in Massachusetts ]
vhich has been nine years without a
)astor. and which, during that time,
las listened to 240 cindidates for its
acant pulpit. i;
Tlie new Spanish cabinet are strongly -v
n favor of religious toleration. A j
Protestant minister, in prison for hold- \ f
ng a prayer-meeting, bas been set at
iberty. and judicial proceedings against; {
>tbere hare been abandoned. ' .
Ilev. Dr. Stuart Robinson, perhaps <ho
most prominent clergyman in the f
Presbyterian church, South, has re-! t
igned his position as pastor of the Sec- j
>nd Presbyterian churc h, Louisville, on j
ccount of old age and failing health.
le uas ueen pastor 01 uie cnurcn more
han twenty-two years.
A Dealer in Bibles,
"Conic in," said the Rev. Mr. Bobtock,
as a rap at the door caused hira
o drop a blot on a half finished sermon.'
die door opened and a man entered,
["lie corners of his mouth were turned
lown as though to give emphasis to his
ace. His clothes suggested that he
vorked at a livery stable in a subordiiate
capacity, and !his hat was as illiliaped
as though it lia.1 been tramped
ipon by a cow. I
"Well," said the Rev. Mr. Bobstock, \
' what can I dc for you ?"
The man drowasigh from the bottom
>f his being and replied: !
" I want a Bible. A few weeks ago I '
vas a prosperous saloon-keeper, but,
;ir, I piefer poverty and sobriety to af- j
luence and whisky. I gave my saloon
o the widows and orphans, and, sir, a
leavy widow planted herself behind the !
iar and began to deal out the scorpion
ts naturally as I had ever done. I ex- j
lected her to close up the business and
livide the cash, but when I spoke to her
ibout it she caught me by the looseness
)f my raiment and threw me out. I
lever before understood what was
lieant. by widow's might. Now, sir, I
vaut the book of consolation. You
leedn't mind the revised statutes, but
^ive me old Peter and old Paul. Give
no a Bible."
The good minister was much moved
)y the poor man's strong appeal, and
aking dowr. a Bible he presented it to
he pleader. Late in the evening the
ninister was standing iu a second-hand
jook store, when a man entered and
aid to the proprietor:
"I have a nice lot of Bibles for you j
his time, Cap'n," and he emptied a
ack full of books on the floor. "Five
lollars for the lot; cost me 8-4 50."
"Alv fvinnil " snid t1if> niinisfniv " nvo
nil not the mr.11 who came to my house j ^
his morning and bogged me for a 1
Bible V" i t
" Oh ! no, sir. I have been in bed all 1
lay with rheumatism." ^
" How did you collect tlieso books?" :
"Family relics, Fir." ; ?
"Didn't you get this book from me?" '
aking up a book. !1
" Oh 1 no, sir. That book was given J
0 my little son by a Sunday-school 1
eacher." 1
Just then a policeman, accompanied r
>y three ministers, entered the store, 1
'Here he is," said one, and the police- *
nen led the book-dealer away. He had
sailed on every minister in the city, and 1
rom each had secured n Bible. '
.'aiter and Paper Pulp from Salt Hay. j
It has probably not been generally i
crown among paper-makers, remarks c
he Paper World, that tho grass ordi- t
rnrily growing upon the low, marshy '
amis bordering upon salt water, and
requentlv overflowed bv it, furnishes a
nost excellent material for paper. This .
jrass grows in great plenty, and can be 1
lad for a comparatively low price, and !
ontains nearly as much useful fiber to 1
1 ton as straw. It is very easily digest- | "
?d and can 1 < reduced in a very short '
ime, two hours being quite snllicicnt. (
Tlie l>rown pulp as discharged from the '
ligester makes a very superior quality
jf hardware paper, and a trifling ex- j
>ense only is incurred in bringing the 1
>rown pulp nj) to a manila color, and
>ven a fair quality of white paper may 1
je produced from it. This stock when }
nade into paper board produces an article
of superior strength and rigidity, and i
me not liable to fracture in bending. (
Ihe yield of useful pulp from a ton of (
iav is about 000 pounds, and the cost i
for caustic, we learn from the s?me (
inthority, is very moderate. (
When you haven't got clogs bees will I
'.erve your turn. A Prussian innkeept r f
l)(ing assaulted by some drunken ens-1
;omers seized a hive of bees and flung |
it into the crowd. The insects got in i
their work at once. One man was just <
smashing a mirror, and dropped the j
batchet to lay hold of liis nose and ears. : j
Ihe crowd have brought suit for dam- (
ages against the innkeeper. Tho ques- : j
tion will probably be whether bees are i (
wild beasts or domestic animals ? j i
'i- :
FAIOI, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
The Ertt-ciH of Drouclii.
The Cnuiiliy iJcntleman recommends
early planting in a rich soil as likoly to
preserve vegetables from the effects of
drought. It is well known to farmers
that a serious check is often given to
vegetables which require water in their
first stages of growth by severe
droughts early in the season. Irrigation
at such times is rarely practicable.
KacI- *./-?*>-?/-?rjfl^nvnfArn ic fn rvlnnf
JLllt: lU'OU 1UU1CUJ) LUblCiVAV) AO tw |y????w
early and give a well-enriched soil.
Early planting will often push the
plants po far in growth that their roots ,
will sustain them in dry times. But ,
still piore helpful is a rich soil?in two
ways;?one by pushing the young plants (
on, and the other by holding more j
moisture than a thin soil can do. Very
early planting can be practiced only on
hardy plants. Tender ones are less injured
by drought. Take the onion (
crop for instance, which will bear very j
early sowing. Nothing hurts it more
than a drought when the plants are the j
size of goosequills. Hence the most (
certain and heavy crops come from j
early planting and rich soils. Weeds
are of course more or less fatal, but no
good cultivator need be advised to keep
a perfectly clean surface.
Ilow to Increase Vcaetiiblo Matter in the (
Soil.
The amount of vegetable matter in
the soil may be increased by various
methods ; ono is by large applications
of barnyard manure, say fifty cords to
the acre. But this would be very expensive,
and is out of the question in
common farming- It may be done by
putting on peat or muck, when these
ire near to the fields. But this involves
i considerable outlay for labor in digging
the peat, and a still larger expense
in carting it, whether it first pass 1
through the yards and stables or be ^
:arted to the fields for composting or 1
spreading upon the surface to be plowed '
in. On some farms this may be the (
i) eaper method of supplying vegetable j
matter to the soil. But on others the
most economical method is the raising (
jf clover, to be fed off upon the land, (
3r to be turned in. If a ton of clover
may bo worth ?0, as a fertilizer, the j
growing of a plant is a cheap method of '
improving the land. Two tons for the first
irop and a ton for the second is not an un
;ommon yield for land in good heart. '
flic roots of clover also add lagely to '
he vegetable matter in the soil. The 1
iret crop may bo pastured, waiting
mtil the crop is in blossom, and then ^
urning in cattle enough to feed it off in (
hree or four weeks. They should be 1
cept constantly upon the field, that the 1
vhole crop may be returned to the soil, j
lis will of course help the second i
rop, which may be turned in with tho 1
)low soon after it is in blossom. If the *
squivalen^^iij^reo tons of dried clover s
lay, and one to?-<*froots have
o the acre, about ?36 worth of manure \
iavi.vt.Mt qdded to the soil, and it lias 1
)een distributee, nwnly than would f
lave been possible by any mechanical 3
orocess. There has been no expense 1
'or carting or spreading peat, or for '
jomposting. On the contrary there lias 1
)een the equivalent of two tons ot' 1
.'lover-hay consumed upon the field, '
vortb, as fodder, $'2-1. This will more '
han pay the cost of seed, of plowing 1
;\vice, and other labor. This is generally 1
admitted to be the cheapest method of ]
ncreasing tho vegetable matter and the 1
ertility of soils in common farming. 1
ind this it will be seen requires some 1
ittle capital. <
I'nrin and ( nrilcu Notes.
It is recommended to soak seeds in '
vater that has been slightly acidified '
vitli nitric acid. A little ammonia '
idded to tho water will hasten gerrain- '
Ltion.
l'r>l rrr.iss is filmost indestructible in
he hog-pen ov barnyard, and yet can be |
easily decomposed by compostiDg with ]
piicklirae or wood ashes, when it makes ]
i valuable fertilizer, as it contains one- ]
bird per cent, nitrogen, one per cent. (
lotash and a quarter of one per cent. (
)hosphoric acid. ]
Labels placed in linseed oil and i
ioaked will hold paint marks plaiu for i
rears. i
Mixing salt with manures and com- t
losts will kill white grubs as well as \
leeds of weeds. Afterward spread broad- ?
ast and plow, harrow or cultivate into t
he soil <
Trim trees in open weather. Scatter 1
ill the wood ashes you can get under 1
he peach trees and cut back the new 1
rrowth one-half. Sow refuse salt and ''
jrine broadcast under all fruit trees. J
Grow more grass; this recuperates j
he land, and at the same time yields a
profitable return. *
Look out for lice on chickens or tur- ]
iC.ys as ljuuu lis uit-jr.uuu iuu Uitcjt. xi
on don't you'll bo sorry.
It is said that a strong tea made from
wiling sassafras roots used as a wash
vi 11 kill lice ou cattle and horses.
Instead of fooling away your time in
vliitewashing hen-houses (on tlio outide)
or cliicken-eoops to kill lice, paint
hem with kerosene. That will kill
ice every time.
All feeders who have studied the
mbits of the animals they feed have
liseemed that they take special note of
.inie and are disappointed if the time i,
lelayed only a few minutes.
Stnnghalt is an affect ion of -the
lerves and incurable. It is caused by a
oss "of the power of the nerve which
controls the muscle by which the leg is
ifted, the action then being spasmodic,
iTegular and excessive, causing the
ligh lifting usual in this order.
However good llieroosting-house may
je, and however extensive the grass
uns, a place should be provided where
he poultry can congregate during wind ^
tnd rain and be perfectly dry and <
sheltered. This dry run should face t
south and be protected from east winds,
A cow should have from fifteen to
;wenty pounds of hay daily, with live
:o ten'pounds of corn-meal, in proporion
to her size and capacity for eating
V cow of (JflO pounds will do well on
ifteen pounds of hay and six pounds of
neal. If the hay is cut and wetted and
he meal ailded to it, the food will be
.letter digested and more economically
ised. One-third of the hay may be
jiven at noon, uncut. These rations are
)roper for milking cows. Dry cows
nay do well on fifteen pounds of hay
ind two quarts of meal, and the cutting
nay be dispensed with if the labor is
bought to cost more than the fodder.
Kerosene will destroy the mealy bug,
mt will also destroy the plant, it canlot
be diluted with water, as the two ;
vill not mix, but milk will mis with j
cerosene, and then I he combination will j
nix with water, and in this way kerosene
an be effectively used for destroying
,hese parasites. ! ^
i:i-fipcA. t
Beet Salad.?Tho new beets must r
>e thoroughly boiled?nothing is worse t
u the way of food liian u half-cooked
>eet. V.'iien done cut them while hot *
n rather thin slices and marinade them j1
?that is. let them lie for an hour or f
wo in a mixture of two tablespoonfuls (
>il, one spoon vinegar and a small pinch J1
if salt. Of course more than this must 1
e used if there is to be a large dish 1
>f salad. When ready for serving put
hem in the salad dish with some very
. oung and tender leaves of uncooked '
landelion. Dress with oil, vinegar, n
;alt, and pepper in tho usual way. >s
Lemon Cake.?Beat to a cream ore t
up of butter and threo cups of pow- i
lered sugar. Add the yolks of live
?ggs, previously well-beaten, tho juice j
mil grated rind of one lemon, and a cup i
>f milk with ono teaspoon of saleratus
or balung powder) dissolved in it. 'J
i'lifn add tho whites of tho eggs beaten i
o a stiIT froth ; sift in four cups of ilour: }
md bake. J
Stewed Tomatoes.?Take fine ripe <
:omatoes and pour over them boiling
vater, in order to loosen tho skins. y
slip olT tho skins and lay the tomatoes i
!ii a dish with a little butter, salt and j J
pepper scattered over them. Set them j j
311 the stove and let then cook slowly i
ibout fifteen minutes. Then take them }
:>ir and turn them. Add a little more <
butter, and dredge over them a little |
flour. Pour over tliem a scant cup of
milk to make a gravy; set tliem back
ou the stove to scaltl about ten minutes.
Filling for Layer Cake.?A deli- .
cious filling for layer cake is made in
this way: Take a cup of white sugar, ,
put it into a tin basin with enough (
water to dissolve it, let it boil until it
will harden in cold water. haven, rnnfnl
of stoned, and chopped raisins ready,
then heat the white of 0110 egg into a j
stiff froth, put with the raisins into the ,
boiling sugar, stir briskly, and while j
warm put it between the layers of cake,
which should bo all ready, having been ^
taken out of the tins and laid on a cloth,
so that you may easily select one which
s nicely browned for the bottom of ths
sake, and another very smooth one for
the top.
Ilouaelioltl Hints.
Nothing is better to clean silver with
than alcohol and ammonia ; after rubbing
with this take a little whitening or
\ soft cloth and polish in this way ; even i
frosted silver, which is so difficult to i
:lean, may bo easily made clear and ]
bright. ;
Silk neckties can be washed in rain- i
water, to one pint of which add a tea- 1
spoonful of white honey and one of 1
hartshorn. Do not squeeze but let them
tlrip, and when nearly dry press between '
folds of cloth.
When water has once been made to
bon the hre may be very much lessened, 1
is but little heat is required to keep it 1
it a boiling point. There is no advan- 1
(ago whatever in making the water boil 1
furiously; the heat will escape in steam '
cvithout raising the heat of the water. j
Chinese Babies. f
The Chinese have many very strange
superstitions, but none more so than
;hat concerning the demoniacal possession
of their babies, if an infant from 8
the time of its birth has frequent spells r.
Df crying and is of a very peevish dispo- j
sition the parents conclude at once that f
3am Ku Lok Fo, as the hobgoblin is a
called, has taken up its abode in the i
jhihl, while the baby's true soul is wan- i
Jering somewhere in space. They a
hereupon take dried banana skin, c
jurn it to ashes and mix it with water t
so as to make a sort of inky compound, v
Fhe mother now dips her forefinger into v
.ne inn ana paints a cross on tne oaoy s o
forehead, with tlie words: "I paint this e
?ross to drive tliee [the demon] away." n
Another method of exorcism is to a
ilacken the iiifant's face. Banana skin p
loesnot necessarily form an ingredient* s
his time; any ink will do. The parents s
vait until the babe is in a sound slum- r
jer, when they take the ink and blacken t
ts face with their fingers?a brush
vould not be eilicacious. In a short
;ime the demon which has taken posicssion
of the child returns, preparatory *
o its awakening?for the soul wanders
,*"^1 the body during sleep, and is -i
ree?uau ing the blackened face,
;xclaims. * ?y -..mercy! this can't be
L, or words lo i and decamps ,,
precipitately. I he which has \
been waiting ioran ?PP?ll%^^^op. ?
proaclies the dormaht^jpdy-^^BHl^ i;
time for the parents to wastToMBi^^te
svith all speed; the soul recognizes itirj
true casement and the babe awakes in a j
natural state. "Woe betide it should not .
the ink have been washed off at the ]
right moment, for then the true soul "
will, like the demon, fail to recognize f
:he body, and sorrowfully leave it, and j
the little one dies in sleep. On account ,
sf the supposed possibility of such an
occurrence the parents seldom use this
latter method, which is called "the
'ace blackening," but prefer to make the
?ross on the forehead. Both of these
cmarkable customs are peculiar to the '
lower classes of Canton.
]
A lJaco Between (Jecse and Turkeys.
In Percy Fitzgerald's " Life of George
[V." this humorous anecdoto is told: ]
During a convivial party at the Carlton i
tlouse Mr. Hanger designedly intro- (
luced the subject of the traveling pow- <
u's of the turkey and the goose. The ,
Prince of Wales, who placed great reli- ]
mce on his judgment in subjects of this ,
lature, backed his opinion. A match ,
vas made with Mr. Berkely of twenty {
;urkevs agaiust twenty geese, for a dis- ]
:anoo of ten miles, the race to be for i
?2,500; and then as Mr. Hanger and the ,
urkey party hesitated not to lay two to (
)ne in favor of their birds, the prince <
lid the same to a considerable amount, ]
lot in the least suspecting that the j
vliole was a deep-laid plan to abstract a ]
>uni of money from his poekets. The j
irince deputed Mr. Hanger to select (
wenty of the most wholesome and (
ligh-feathered birds which could be ?
irocured, and on the day appointed he t
ind his party cf turkeys, and Mr. (
lierkley and his party of geese, set on
o decide the match. For the first
,hree hours everything seemed to indi ate
that the turkeys would be the win- (
lers, as they were then two miles in ad- *
ranee of the geese; but as night came }
>n the turkeys began to stretch ont (
heir necks toward the branches of the 1
rees which lined the sides of the road. ?
fn vain the prince attempted to urge 1
hem on with his pole, to which a bit of 5
ed cloth was attached, in vain Mr. j
Sanger dislodged one from its roosting- J
dace only to see three or four others *
jomfortably perching among the 1
.tranches; in vain was the barley strewn (
tpon the road. In the meantime the 5
jeese came waddling on, and in a short (
,imo passed tne turjteys, wnose party
vere all busy among the trees attemptng
to dislodge the birds; but further
jrogrcss was found impossible, and the
jeese were declared the winners.
Wealth in Wool. i
The United States census of 1S10, !
vhich was the first one wheie elements
)ther than that of population were inroduced,
shows twenty-four woolen
Victories that spun yarn, and 11,258,269 i
,*ards of woolen cloth woven in families, !'?
alued at $-1,413,000. In ]N(i0 woolen I c
'siiiblishments had increased to 2,020, 11
employing 4l>,000 work-people of vari- j
m.s grades, and producing goods valued j
it ?157,309,000 annually. The demand , t
av hlmikots and elotbincr for soldiers | c
luring the civil war caused a general ' i
idvance in prices, and a corresponding ; r
ucrease in factories, no that in INTO j {
persons employed in the manufacture i}
lumbered 07,000, who produced goods ! t
rained at $177,000,000. | ^
The demand for woolen fabrics natur- I I
illy increases with the population. Since t
|s:!;i (his country h;is imported wool, 1
'ither manufactured or in the raw, to i
he value of over .V 1,-00,000,000, and for 1
he past four years, in the aggregate, :i
?170,000.000 has been brought in, while J
he export has been comparatively I
rilling. j i
In ]*7-"> the total duties on wool and a
voolen terclurss amounted to ?150,014,- a
);{(?, which is the largest annual revenue l
he government has received on these v
irticles, with the exception of those of t
ho four years previous to 181(5. f
lly this exhibition it will be seen that t
he wool-grower in the United States r
neets with a remunerative reward for \
lis labor. In fact, it is another evi- f
lence that almost any legitimate occu- c
xition in this country "pays" when
jroperly attended to.?Xctc 1 'ark Comnercictl.
Four Years of Industrial Progress. j
The following interesting statistics (
.re taken from a treasury department
tatement of the financial and economic f
ransactions of the United States dur- i
ng the past four years: {
roryoarond- Foryrareml. ,
* 4 Mar. 1,'7?. eil Mar. l.'7'.i, '
Ixports of livestock, *1.205.89:1 lO.H.hl.241 I
A|i<irts of oilier timii, 2irf',7.v.*.Hii:i :j-jr..7.vj.u:i(i |
'nliil rx'/ts luiTi'liaiulise r?'.!?.4S.",
, 47,ln:?.:t65 'jfi.noiiiia i
Vital iirp'ts iiicn*bani1L"v .
ipiTif. as.ai'i.iiai ai,;i'.i:t.-jMii
niton. No. of bales. 4.4%1.42;1 4,*| i.-.y,:, <
Vnol. Nil. of |.niil|il?, 'J(i7.ikhi,ii(mi 211 iiiiimmiii
Vhcat. No. rtt JiUflii ls, ::iH.]'.H,Hi; 4'X1'J:i!4ini 1
Virn. Ni>. "1 !ili>hi ls. l.ai'J.'Mri.iHNi 1,:!s>k -j|s 7:,n :
iu Iron. No. 01 tonn, 2,:?)K215
"oiil. No. of tons, r.-.m.i.i.."..4 <
t'uru'arciiit- t\ir warviiiT. 1
< >1 Mar. I.'mm. cil Mar. 1,'M. 1
"sports of live stork. ?I J.oiW..4.1!i.
Aj ortsol olh. rtoo.1 I |!74,.".iiS,.lfj l.Mi.-J4l.lll 1
[otiil cxj. t.Hiiu ivhaijilisi" 7ii7.?7.*>,74ii Ul.V.71.:V.:t <
tj fc-ii-. i 2:?.7J2,'.i72 lii,o;? sini
\>tal imp'ts KH'i-cUaudi.io f..Vv*i;:i,cyi;, Tiu.la'.i.hhu 1
,'otton. No. of baH | 's.OWiSlli
vKut^So?o?bmhciji, 1 ^Tnliirio'
FACTS AND COMMENTS.
' 1
The San Francisco Call says that
there is on exhibition in that city a
curious book, if it may be called such,
thus described: It is composed of 1
sticks, upon which are inscriptions in
in unknown tongue. It was originally '
taken surreptitiously from a temple in
BangitoK, ana was purf-ns^d in ttiaca
by the present owl i. Similar books '
ire placed in all the temples there, and
they are jealously guarded both by law (
ind by cultivating the superstitions of
the pc-ople, who believe that death will
overtake the person who rifles the temple
of this precious treasure. This is '
the only perfect specimen known to
sxist outside the temples in Siam. The j
British museum boasts an imperfect
specimen, and has endeavored to pro- ,
jure this one.
(
?ne advantage 01 living in a country
so vast that no crop can be a failure in (
ill partij of it is illustrated by late reports
from the wheat fields. Coollieaded
men in Minnesota are predicting
a large yield of the best quality,
owing to the reserves of moisture
3tored in the soil at an unusual depth,
while from Ohio word comes that the
cfop of 1881, contrary' to premature re- |
ports, is likely to be above the average
ind may bo the largest ever harvested fi
in the State. So far as Kansas is concerned
the Leavenworth Times frankly
ldmits that the wheat crop of that State (
trill undoubtedly fall very much below 6
.i. ? i:? ii..t i
.nu uvuruge. /iccuruiug tu iuuu juuiuui
:here Las been no little unwarranted t
coasting of an enormous yield, but it is 3
noro honest and a better policy to face
i disagreeable fact. 1
e
The American Inventor always man- ^
iges to come to time when he is needed. ^
["lie laws passed within tho last few
ears to prevent body-snatching have
ailed to accomplish the desired end, ?
ind a number of patents have been c.
ssued recently that will operate much c
nore effectually than any laws on this
ubject. One of the patents is for a g
lock that gives a loud alarm if any at- f
empt is made to Open tho grave in 1
fliich it is deposited. Another proides
for the sudden explosion of a ]
lynamite bomb whenever the burglars c
Qove the coffin. The last patent, re- t
aarks an exchange, should be generic
applied. The friends of deceased ^
lersons could slumber in much greater j
ecurity if they knew that the first body Q
natclier wlio attemptea to disturb tue '
emains of a loved one would be blown
o atoms. v
r
The Medical and Surgioal Reporter |
ublislies from a medical contributor* ;|J
ery interesting and suggestive ^boixs't. ^
f a man who was an habitual periodical ^
Irinker, accustomed to get upon a two
>r threo weeks' drinking spree every six
r eight weeks, and who insisted upon ^
ieing bled freely from the arm at the 0
nd of his spree as a means of "sober- n
Qg up." At one of these bleedings an
pendant holding the vessel to receive '
"was struck bv the odor of i 0
^ ^so strongly alcoholic. ?
for himself if it
vas alcohol * t,n.
, , . . he set tlie ves- is
iel containing the bloo<? f
:ouple of hours, when there w?u. i ?
iloating upon the coagulated bloon^ v
liquid resembling.alcohol, and which]-1
jurned with the characteristic flame of s
ilcohol." " This is additional and sig- j
aificant evidence," says the National
Temperance Advocate, "as to the inutility
of alcohol as food. Not only has
ilcohol no food value, but it is so foreign
to the human body as to work
ilierein serious derangement of its normal
functions." 1
Colonel Roberts, the inventor of the x
aitry-glycerine torpedo named after him, j
who died in "Western Pennsylvania rejently,
left an estate Talutd at about
52,000,000, to be divided among his j
nephews and nieces, to the exclusion of j
lis own children, whoso mother had i {
med for a divorce on the ground of in- j f
lompatibility of temper. All the per- .
sonal estate was devised to Owen M.
Roberts, a nephew. The colonel had .
>een urged by his brother and legal ad- ;
riser to modify his will and had express- j
;d an intention to do so, but the con-) 1
summation was prevented by his death. ;1
Sere was a chance for some costly liti-:
jation, and it would have been improved j
lad not the dictates of common sense I
jrevailed. The parties interested got
ogether, and in view of Colonel Robert's
leclaration previous to liis death made
in equitable division of the estate among ! j
hemselves. It was a decidedly wise ' I
,'onclusion. j f
! ?
Giovanni Bettocchio, a master sail- j^
Her of Turin, having been summoned j
;o Nice by business engagements, took |e
vith him his only daughter, an intelli- jc
jent. child of seven, whose fondness for !
nusic prompted her father to purchase j <
seats in the theater for the performance 1t
vhicli terminated so tragically. He |
secured places in the front row of the : 1
jallery, and was occupying them with ! *
lis little girl when the alarm of lire rang c
h rough the house. Snatching the child i
ip in his arms, he endeavored, and sue-: T
jessfnlly, to break through the panic-1 s
stricken crowd to the gallery door; but i
luring the struggle the girl was torn ?
:rom his grasp. By an almost super* i r
inman effort he contrived to re-enter ! r
;he gallery, by that time plunged in all | s
jut total darkness, and while groping i c
iboufc among the overthrown seats, j c
;aught hold of a little girl insensible r
'rom frigbt whom he carried out into 'I
he street, fully believing her to be his ' i
)wn daughter. She proved, however, t
o be a strange child. Hastily setting
ler down upon the pavement he ties- 0
leratelv fought his way for the second j j
ime into the burning theater, from n
vhich he never again emerged alive. His
sliarred corpse was found two days later j
^ - 1 41.~ cfoiiM n
imoiig me ruuia ui iuu guuvij ?
"~ . i 0
Of the manv curious things certain tl
o be scon at tli*i forthcoming exhibition n
>f electricity in Paris, not the least re- j s,
uarkablc will be the electrical cooking I
ange of Jr. Salignac. That ingenious ,
rontleman is going to tit up his ap- j
aratus in the grill room of the res- j.
aurant, and intends 10 furnish a great |
ariotv of moats which have beencookod | ?
jv heat generated from the electric ; .!
urrent. At the last Paris exhibition | *
Mouchot roasted mutton in con- ,
leusod sunshine, and literally turned , !
lis split on the hearth of the sun ; but;
n enthusiastic admirer might, say that I1
d. Salignac had far surpassed this in ' 1
soiling steaks by lightning and warm- j
ng coll'ee with the aurora boroalis. As 11
, matter of fact the electric current is c
,s well fitted to produce heat as it is to 11
iroduoe light, and just as electricity i 1
vill, in all probability, lie made to yield 11
he principal artificial light of the 1
uture, so will doubtless it be applied 8
0 household heating. The same ma- ?
bines which light the house by night v
rill heat and cook by day, besides per
orming other duties, such as driving a *
:offee mill or a sewing machine.
Art emus Ward's Trip to Boston.
While a groat observer of mer, and ;
me of the keenest readers of character, ! j
Brown took comparatively little uotice ^
>f places and other objects of interest, j *
V lady who knew him well said that had !
1 beggar in rags been seated by the '
nost beautiful statue, ho would have i,
seen the beggar first. This neglect of j
daces several times brought him to
;rief. Once, when going from "Water- j i
ford to Boston, he went on board a , ^
jteamcr at Portland late in the evening,
ind at once retiied to his stateroom. A j
?torm was threatening and the boat did ,
not leave. He arose eaily in the morn- ,
ing and, going out upon the landing, j
called a hackman and asked to bo conroved
to the "Revere house. And not j
until ho had broke the second commandment
and had threatened to break (
I he fifth, uoui<1 ho be persuaded that he ]
svas yet in Pur; land.?Scribner. (
He was fond of singing revival hymns, '
*nd bis wife named tlieir baby Fo>so 1
ihttt he would want, to bold it. 1
?^
Two Journeys,
'I go on a journey far away,"
He said?and he stoopeu and kiased me then?
' Over the ocean for many a dayGood-bye,"
and he kissed me once again.
3ut only a few short months had fled
When again I answered my husband's kisa;
' I could not tarry away," he said;
"There is never a land as fair as this."
^gain I stood by my husband's side.
"I go on a journey, sweet, to-day;
)ver the river the boatmen elide?
Good-bye; I shall linger long away."
' Ah, ho will como back soon, I know,"
I said, as ho stooped for the parting kbsa:
' Ho cannot tarry, ho told me so;
Thero is never a land so fair aa this."
3ut many a month and marv a year
Havo flowi sincc my darling went awty.
JVill he never come back to meet me here?
Has ho found the region of perfect day?
}ver the ocean he went and came;
Over the river, and lingers therel
)h, pallid boatman! call my nameShow
mo the region bo wondrous fair.
?The Araoty. - *j
=
v'^?9
HUMOR OF THE DAY. * 3J
Old as the hills? The valleys between
;hem.
After Bome jocular remarks the Senate ' fe
idjourned.?New Haven Register.
The editor of the Oil City Derrick ';Vij
daims to have a country seat. It is a
tump.
Miss Annie L. got married, and now , <
hey speak of her as an Annie-mated
roung lady.
Soldiers are always the most adept ?
overs, because they learn to present ' >
irms and salute.
It is peculiar how sound a man sleep*
vhen his wife crawls over liim on her ; %
ray to the kitchen to make a fire.
The maple sugar days have come, the &
weetest of the year; when sugar is '
lown cellar made, and sold so dreadful * $
lear.
Since 1866 9,000 divorces have been..
jI till LCU 1U XLtXlJ j xuiiau ucmg ocu uvnM ->
or no less than 3,000. Since 1870 Borne
las had 600.
When a Canadian farmer sheathes' * .ags
ump of lard within a half-inch coating
if "creamery" he calls it galvanized but- :'|3
er.?New Haven Register.
It is a noticeable fact that a hog has
o be killed- before he is cured. This
s true of two-legged hogs as well as of
[uadrnpeds.?Boston Post.
The New York Sun says that a mai<?V"^
rith mutton-chop whiskers need havefe^fffi
lo fears of the future. Ee can always&ffA
trike a job as coachman. 1
The New York Advertiser believes thatpjf^
nen would .have more luck fishing ifwj \
hey bought lire.trout and put 'em in tl.]i
?thtub sod fished with a sieve. u; r\
The firat man to try to teat, forty days I ;
ah a hero, the second an^mitittar^ and j|| '
mra.; mo jrwi -pu.
No man oife rdznel&ux^if^theHp
orld measures tern as no
tbers. To measure one -with bis ft&'f*| ?
ard-stick may be har^-^t |B'4'
"There is no disgrace in be?TT^j^>r," rjafl
re are told. And we're howling glad ^91
f it, for there are enough other disadantages
about it without that one.
Adirondack Murray has been sold ont gm
ll ' .;,5 last personal properly by the
V;1? hasn't even a clothes-lino'
eft to tie W , neighborhood. : * &.
" Tlie liarp that rtk. . T ,
The soul of
Upon the street now ay' .
To earn a padrone's
?Indiaflufr*. % 'v3?*L
Births, marriages and deaths aio ?*gj
sorted by an Illinois paper under the "^2
lead of "Hatched, Matched, Snatched." *-v
But it could save type and expense by
ising the words "Bed, Wed, Dead,"
nstead.
Dampening! Old Triggs?" Hello,
Tones, got your feet Hopping wet, X'i
javen't you? Why don't you weal
ubbers, as I do? I haven't wet my
eet for six months." Jones?" "Well, I J
ihould think you'd be ashamed to say
to."
The New York Graphic has about ^
vanished the nuisance of tall hats at the
heaters. It remarked that homely
vomen looked best in high hats, and _>
low all tht>Jadies are trying to show
hat they arc got dependent on tall hats
or their beaC^".
===-? ?
POPULAR SCIENCE.
A gentleman in Rochester, N. Y., has
mtentcd a device for ventilating houses
).v using the well-known facts that plants
tive off ozone tnd ox.vgen and absorb
md use carbonic acid in tLoir growth,
lis invention consists of a small con;ervatory,
from which pipes i>su*? to
ivery room of the house, intended to ;
:onvey the necessary oxygen.
The subsoil of Paris contains abunlance
of sulphur now in course of formaion,
as was recently proved in making
xcavations in the Place de la Repubique.
M. Daubree says that this naive
sulphur has nothing to do with the
scape of gas from the mains, but that
ts origin is due to the simultaneous
iresence of various kiuds of organic
ubstances and of gypsum in the soil.
Mr. E. Briprlit lias described to tha
Society of Electricians, England, a ;
nctliod of diselectrifjing dry wool,
nohair and alpaca, so a? to enable these
ubstances to be spun with facility. It
consists in putting the bobbins into an
>xhausted chamber of iron having a
uetallic connection with the earth.
L'lie rarefied air permeates the vara and
lischarges the electricity in from ten to
hirty minutes.
Besides the superheated steam system
if Bar.ff, and the heated air ^stern of
iowcr for preserving iron from rust, a
o\v method for effecting the same puriof-p
has been invented by Mr. Ward, of
London. It is called " inoxvdi/ing.'' /
.'ho articles are coated with a silicate
omposition and heated in a furnace
ntil the composition is fused into the
letal. The result is said to be very
atisfactory. . .
In some of our textbooks on physical
eography it is stated that thunder ia
ever heard at a distance of more than
-
3ii miles. The trutli is, thunder is not
enerally heard until the storm is within
M'ty miles of the observer's locality ; but
t may be heard from one hundred to
no liund" ^d and fifty miles if themonitions
are favorable. When the t(^of
he storm cloud is about ton degrees
bove the horizon, it is then some one
mndred and fifty miles distant.
Reimann's Farber Zeitung (No. 41)
mrrates tlie following accidental disovery:
At a Berlin feather dyeiug^stabueut
an ostrich feather dyed with
uethyl violet was laid upon a paper
tpon which some ammonia had been
loured, but had dried up a r.ia. After
i time the feather became partially
freen, the green passing gradually into
'iolet and producing an extraordinary
(fleet. This reaction has been turned
o account in dyeing feathers, and may,
>orhaps, be utilized iu making artificial
lowers.
An insight into some of the qualities
>f volcanic force is given by Mr. Whymler
in his lecture on his ascents of
Jhimborazo and Cotopaxi. Iu the erupion
of Cotopaxi, which he witnessed,
he ashes rose in a column twenty thousand
feet above the rim of tlie crater,
vhich was itself nearly twenty thousand
cot high, and spread over nu area of
iianv miles. On a microscopic examilation
the fineness of the ashes was
'ound to vary from four thousand to
wenty-live thousand particles to the
?rain in weight. From observations of
he area over which the ashes fell Mr.
iYhyniper calculated that at least
tons must have been ejected
n this one eruption.
The glass works at St. Goblain,
ZJlianny, Circv and Mountelucon, in
Fruree. and Mannheim and Stol^prg, in
jrenuany, have produced plain white .
md silver plates varying in weight from
300 to 2,(500 pounds. Some of the mir ors
for the new Grand Opera House at
Paris are forty-five by fifty-two feet. i