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ABBEVILLE PRES^i^ BANNml BY HUGH WILSON AND H. T. WARDLAW. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1881. NO. 13. VOLUME XXY1. | ,___ . _ __ ^ Unwritten We hoar its low ami dream v tone Like some sweet angel s](11, Among the wood-haunts will ami lone, Where the vonng violets dwell: Where the deep sunset ilu>h hath thrown Ite glory on the sea. We linger for its ceaseless moanTliat wordless minstrelsy; The primal world it* r.-hoes woke When first the ardent sun, In all his fresli'ning day-spring, broke, His regal race to run ; It floated through those lonely skies, Each immemorial lii'l, Where now such comifl' ss ei'ies rise, The might of human will! The cavern'd depths of tlie wild sea 1 IliU i,.l U1V1 lit uu U l.Wl Such shrieks of mortal agony, Such pleading of despair. Upon their turgid billows wreathed Such billing strains haw sped, As if their charnel waters breathed No requiem for the (lead. Oh ! earth hath not a lonely plain Uublest by mystic song; The diapason of the main, lis anthem to prolong. The seaman, iu hi* home-fraught dream Upon the moonlit waves, Hears, in its undulating stream, The chaut of wat'ry caves. Through Hippocrenc's violet fount Tin- haunting >]>irit rung: To every ?>:<1 Thessalian niu.uiit Iti storied legends clung. It tilled the wild Birotian hills With hi!?lcd vision* blent, And murmured through the FythiRn rills A melody unspent. An incense-breath upon the wind, Fjjr morning's glorious dower; A fairy spell, the heart to bind At noontide's languid hour; A voice the forest-child ha'.h sought By every glade and stream ; But most, at twilight's hour of thought, Mali'shadow and half dream. A Song upon the summer prime, Of gladness a. el of praise ; A voice that bids the vintage time choral tribute raise ; ""^Tione ubiquitous ami free, A deathless music given; A utraiii of immortality, An attribute of heaven ! ? William Flubtr, Jr., in Boston / '?. A FASCINATING GHOST. WANTED?A young gentleman who know how to spell, aim who writes a good hand to do copying in the country for two or thre mentis*. Must remain in emplover's house Address in own hand, stating what salary i expected, X., 15ox 1 IK', this oitice. .Thi= va* sit! advertisement T cut cm of tLe Evening P(,st one spring after noon. In the old days I bad been book keeper lor the late concern of Skinflint Starvehimout <!c Co., and while witl tbeni I had been getting a good salary and, to my sorr.vr be it said, livec nrpftv well mi to it: so as I made noth f V"V r ing by the failure of the concern, ant ]o<^t. ray place as veil, I had to corac down very low. I had .'-aved a little more by good hick than from fore thought, and this little, used with th( strictest economy, and rd led to by i few dollars made herp and there in odt ways, wr.s all that had kepf me alive foi eighteen months. However, I didn' feel quite disposed to go to the dog! yet, for there was always a chance o something turning up in a great citi like New York. As I looked around my room tha evening I realized how bare it was o either furniture or adornments; hov unlike? Ah, well, there was my paper and I unfolded it with all the glee of i child over a new story-hook. Ther< was, of course, the usual political *jews the usual number of railroad accident! and criminal proceedings; there wer< items of interest to investors ant theater-goers and travelers; but nothing for me. I had no money to invest, o: ior rneaiers, or iraveun^. oo x snippet all that and went on to the advertise mc-nts, and the only one of them al worth reading twice was the advertise ment qnoted above. T read it two or three times, and thei decided it was wo.-ii trying. So ] hnnted up a sheet of paper and ad dressed X? as follows: " My Dcir Mr., Mr*., or Miss A*.: ! notice your advertisement in to-day'i issue of the Evening Post. My hand writing you can see for yourself. AT . spelling, I thiuk, is usually correct, anc there is no doubt I am a gentleman As to salary. I don't know what to sayI don't wish to value my services a more than they're worth. Should yoi mean by ' remain in employer' house,' that I would be boarded an< lodged at your expense, my price?tha is, asking price?is five dollars a week "Yours respectfully, "James W. Wolcoit." The next afternoon 1 heard from m; friend X., who proved to be a man. Hi letter ran thus: "James W. Wolcott, Esq.: " My <I' nr Sir?You may be a gentle man, write a good hand, and know ho\ to spell, but you're a fool. I inclos sixty-tbree cents, the fare to Yo' will take tho 7 a. m. train to-morro\ morning from Grand Central depot, am when you arrive at , ask for m carriage, us it will be there to meet yon " Yours, etc., "Sol. Humphreys." Sol. Humphreys!?the last maninth world I would voluntarily have writtei to, and for employment, too! Two year before I had a very nice little flirtatioi with pretty Mabel Humphreys, and i had gone po far that if the crash in m; affairs had not occurred. I believe ther might have been an understanding, i not an engagement. But as it was put away all thoughts of love and km making and dropped pretty Mabel ver suddenly, without any kind of an undo! standing, and I had not seen her sinci And now to think I had fairly gc myself into it again! But, I reflected I might not see much of Mabel, aftf all. So much the better. Bread an butter was a necessity and I nznst g and make the best of it. The next morning I catight the trail bnt missed my breakfast, and by th time I reached the house T was deck' edly hungry. Mr. Humphreys met me at the doo and I was pleased to see he did nc seem to remember me at all. He pi up his eyeglasses, and inspected m from head to foot. " So.von're James W. Woleotfc, ai you, yonng iuauV" I told him e was not mistake] I always had ti.at name?born with it, believed. "And you think you're a gentl man ?" I begged his pardon?didn't th r anything about it; it was a eelf-evidei fact. The old fellow grinned. "Suppoi you come in and have some breakfa? You haven't had any, I suppose ?" I said I had not." "Well, come in and have some." After breakfast Mr. Humphreys 1< the way into the library and motion* me to take a chair, while he explain* what my work was to be. He had bei writing a history, or text book, of fer ?he was an enthusiastic botanist?ai wanted it copied for the press. T1 work of re writing the whole thii legibly was more than he wished to n dertake, so he had advertised for amanuensis. After this had bi en explained to n: Mr. Humphreys started up. "Get yc hat, Mr. Wolcott. I want to show y around." All through the house and all o\ the place he took me, and when he g to the farther extremity of the groun he paused, and pointing to a hu stone house beyond, said: "I'mtryi to buy that house; I'm very anxious get it, but my daughter objects." I asked him why she objected. "Well, yon see it hasn't been oc< pied lately, and she says it's gloon Bays it's hanuted, and she wouldn't li to live in i'." \ <- 7 " Miss Humphreys can't really believ that to be true," I answered. " I don't know whether she does o not. She's away now, Imt she'll b home to-morrow, aud perhaps she'll b more reasonable." The next day Mabel arrived. Sh met me politely, went through the in , iroduction gracefully, and acted as i she had never seen mo before. Ther was not the slightest half-glance c recognition?she evidently intended t ; consider me a recent acquaintuuer With curious inconsistency I could no help being a little disappointed, whil j at the same time I was immensely rc lieved. I don't know what I had ex j pected?a start, a blush, just the suv , pleased look of a girl toward an ol< ! friend not yet forgotten ; or was i j haughtiness, hardly veiled auger, dis j gust'? Whatever I had expected, I go j nothing at all but pleasant, meaning ' less words, great politeness, great civil ; ity. 1 had uothing whatever to d< I with, and could have no interest in, tin | intimacy that formerly existed bctweei J Mabel Humphreys and James W. Wol j cott; he was one man, and I wa ; another. And so the days went on and she was always friendly with he father's copyist. Toward the end of July Ned Hum phreys came home, and brought Mr Butter-Scotch Steele with him. Mr Steele's baptismal name was William but he had been rechristened by hi: j friends Butter-Scotch, on account of hi: fondness for that particular kind o candy. \pil vr.is nnitfl n bnv. and a canita! fellow at that, anil bo ami I soon becam< firm friends; bnt Buttcr-Scotch ] " loathed. I really don't know why ] loathed him so much, unless becaust there was a rumor afloat that Mabe! was making up her mind to renounct the bangs and bangles of a single life, and henceforth stick to Bu'ter-Scotch, Of course this of itself was enough tc make me contemplate placing an extraordinarily bent pin on his chair, 01 converting his overcoat pocket into a repository for a litter of baby kittens, But independently of this rumor, I had a distinct and positive impression that ] loathed the .;a just as he was, whether he ever succeeded in marrying Mabel or not. Of course it was none of m\ business, but it did seem a pity to stand by and see her become the missing rib, thereby completing tho anatomy, oi euch a molly-coddle. One morning I was standing on the piazza?just finishing a very nice cigar Mr. Humphreys had presented me with the day before, with the remark that he didn't mind a man smoking once in a while, if he smoked tobacco, but he * abominated cabbage "?when Mabel ? nnr>ir> nnf_ ' "Mr. Wolcott," she said, "are you going to be busy for a fetv minutes ?" "I think not," I replied. "Mr. t Humphreys doesn't want to begin for . half an hour yet." " Then will you come to the croquet . ground and finish your cigar there?" " Certiinly," I answered; " with i pleasure." O ver to the croquet ground we strolled, | and Mabel sat down on one of the rustic . seats. Without preamble of any kind, 1 she began: ; " I know you have a friendly feeling , for us all, Mr. Wolcott, and I want to . j ask your opinion and advice." ? I bowed, for she was unquestionably i I right about my friendly feeling, but I 1 | wondered what was coming. r i She went on: " What do you think of t ; Mr. Steele?" j | Well, that was a poser! What did I f I tliinK ni uuuer-ocoicn .' macne was a ; fool, of course; but I reflected it wouldn't do to tell her so, particularly if she was t going to ? Oh, no! it wouldn't do at f all. ' " Why do yon ask, Miss Humphreys?" ; "I will tell yon frankly. There is a i very strong inclination on papa's part to 3 buy the stone house." > " Yes, I know there is." 3 " And I don't want he to." * " May I ask why not ?" 1 , " Because it's haunted." J "I don't see how that afl'ects Mr. f Steele?he isn't haunted." I Mabel laughed. " I don't suppose he - is. But that isn't what I mean. I want 1 to know if he is courageous enough to - go there and see if it really is haunted." " Oh, I guess he's pretty brave; he i says he is, and Mr. Humphreys thinks I so too, I believe." * j " Yes, papa is so enthusiastic over . Mr. But?I mean Mr. Steele's kind 1 ; heai-t and religious feeling; he thinks s! he mu-.t be a ? ood man, and not easily * ' frightened." Sne looked at me squarely. !, i "And I want to know if he's a man fully to be trusted?" : "With untold wealth?" ~ | "No; to see a ghost." t| "Ah! I see!" 1 i "You're bravo, too, aren't you, Mr. i Wolcott?" fi " You're very kind to say bo, but I I assure you there never was a worse * ; cowar<l thau I am. I've no courage at all?I'm all brain! Now there's the difference between Mr. Steele and mvY self." s Mabel rose. "Yes, I see the difference," she said. "I'm very nmch obliged to you, Mr. Wolcott, for your good ad! vice. I wasn't sure whether he would v undertake it. Brain is a good thing, e so is courage; I prefer a happy mixture." u And with a pleasant little nod she sailed T off. J I never saw until afterward what a y | comparison I had made?one all couri. : age and no brain, and the other all brain and no courage. I had muddled 1 things badly, that was evident, and the e worst of it was that she never gave me a i an opportunity to let her know I had s not intended any disrespect to her ti future liege. t All this time Sol. Humphreys never y ceased talking about buying the stone e house. At last Mabel made the propof : sition that some night we three, Ned, I Butter-Scotch and myself, should go !- | there and stay until morning, and if oui v report was "no ghosts," she would not > say any more against tho purcliasiug '. i scheme; but if anything diabolical 01 ?t mysterious happened, that her fathei I, was to give up the idea. Our consent r being asked we cheerfully gave it, and d as one time was as good as another, w 0 decided to make the experiment thai night. ), Armed each with a stout stick and e | pillow, wo advanced upon the hauntec 1-1 dwelling about (J o'clock, and wer< admitted by the man in charge, whos< r, headquarter were in an adjoining build ing, which communicated with the lions* it by a long entry, at the end of whicl ic was an iron door. This door was closec j and bolted after us, and we were left t< re make our explorations in our own way. I for one did not expect to see any a. thing supernatural, but Mabel's storie 1 were very vivid, and I would have like* < to oblige her by seeing something un e- canny. We had brought a lanteru wit! us, and Butter-Scotch had very sell ik | sacriticingly taken charge of it. So w nt : ascended the stairs, and made a tour o I the upper floor, then descended, an< se 1 made another tour of the ground floo ;t. and cellar, and Butter-Scotch considers 1 the exploration so thorough that h strongly advocated going home and t i bed, and bringing in a sealed verdicl ?di"No ghosts." But wo wouldn't lien ?d of it. So, having made sure that tli ?d front door was unlocked on the inside an j and could be opened instantaneously : ns the proposed ghost were disposed to b id violent, or use language unlit for "eai Lie polite," we made ourselves as comfon j? able in the hall as the circumstances c in-1 no bed and an indefinite ghost woul ao allow. Ten o'clock?no ghost. Eleven?n( le, a sound, t'even-thirty?" Ned, you'i >u snoring." on " Oh no ; I was thinking how?" Suddenly there was a crash somi er where in the house. ;ot "By George!" gasped Ned, " we're i ds for it,' boys, and don't you forget it 1" ge I don't know how long we waite< n* but then it began again?first a sneez to then a hissing sound, then a pail roliir : downstairs, followed by an assortmei ! of dust-pans and fire-irons. ;u- ! This was first class. After the stor jy; ceased Butter-Scotch, in a commits ike i of one, proposed that we should ell i the verdict to "ghosts emphatically i I " l>oes tL'o old gentleman beiicve? ; asked the ghost. " Yes; it'.-i all right?lie won't buy th I house now. You can remain alone in i [ in undisturbed possession." * "I don't want to stay alone in it."' j j "Well, my sweet phantom, I don' . | seo how you're going to lix it. Haven1 31 you any relatives to come and help yo i; be guy?" I j "No, none." -j "That's bad. I know the dust-pa i and lire-iron business is jolly, and the _ j it does sound awfully cheerful to hav s ' pails rolling downstairs; but it's lik II playing billiards?gets monotonous: . ; you haven't any one to play with." h j The ghost sighed. > | "What's that for?" I inquired. "Don e you like being a ghost ?" f " No, not a bit." j " Dear me ! Would you like to bo a r ordinary common mortal person ?" i "Yes." e "My? And get married?" 0 " Yes, I guess so?I don't know." t ] "Well, I'm very fond of you, der ,r little ghost." e "I don't believe you. You're fond < somebody else." if " Well, well; you told me that befor ,e j and I don't deny it; but, my sweet littl g phantom, she don't care two cents f( t- j me now." )f j "How do you know?" d , " Oh, I know it very well." " You're wrong. Why don't you g )t I and ask her ?" e I " I'm not going to insult her." ! "Do you call that an insult?" " Yes?from ono in my positioi rj. Sweet ghost," I said, coming neare I " let's make believe you're my angel in putting my arms around her, and ilrai I ing her to me. " Then you don't love her?" c] ! " On the contrary, it's because I lo' ig her so much that I want to make b ul i lieve you're Miss Mabel." | The ghost submitted with a go< m | grace, hut forgot her assumed ghost! ie ' ness. "James I" she said, and the voi a j carried me back two years, and c I darling was revealed to me. 9 o ami go home. It was entertaining, bu to tell the truth, he wars sleepy, r In a few minutes there was auotlic e crash, anil we saw something white, o e the stairs,slowly and solemnly approad ing. As it neared the bottom, it raise o an arm; a low moan came from it, and !- raspiug sound of a by no means cheei f fill ehameter. e Butter-Scotch made for the door, an f in his excitement pushed against it ir o stead of pulling, so he couldn't get oiv . The ghost, seeing our fright, uttered t shriek, and cauiu swiftly toward us. e This was too much for tlesh and bloo ! to bear, and Butter-Scotch yellec " Murder ! thieves! fire!" frantic wit , i horror, and we all three pulled an 1 i pushed, beside ourselves with fear, t Just as the ghost had nearly reache - us Ned pulled the door open, and ther t was a crash and a rush, and before - j knew what had happened the door wa - shut to with a bang, and I was left i 3 darkness in the hall, with the know! 9 edge that the beastly ghost was wlier i it could touch me if it wanted to. ? - second of silence, and then a voie s hissed, " Cowards!" 1 indorsed tha , opinion heartily, but the others wer r greater cowards than I was; I wouldn ? have kicked the light out of the lauterr - or shut the door on them. IMinvn irnc n vnu-ti or\.l +1 * r>n titn . said, " Oli, my!" , I plucked up niv spirits a little. Tli < ghost had sense enough to lie sleepj 3 and I thought I could stand a little talk f if it -would only keep hands oli' Fossil>1; it wanted to lind the door, for it cam I straight toward me. But the knol 3! wasn't where the phantom thought i [ | ought to be, and the seeking ham [ rested for about two seconds on my nose The touch gave me courage; it wa warm, soft and pleasant as a woman's I stretched out my arms and graspei the phantom. It shrieked and started but I was strong, and tho ghost wa; solid, so it didn't get away. I didn' feel afraid of it then; on tho contrary it seemed afraid of me. i "Dear ghost, sweet ghost," I said ; " I won't hurt you." The answer came tremblingly anc low: ""What are you saying? Whc scut you ?" II " Why, my darling ghost," I said, ; " the lady that's going to be Mrs. ButI ter-Scotch." " How do you know she is ?" ' "Oh, I know well enough. You must be a smart ghost not to know that!" > " She doesn't love him." '; " Ob, yes she does. My sweet little i j phantom, you're entirely mistaken. ; Come, I'll see if 1 can't light the lan. tern, if that insane booby hasn't smashed it all to puces in getting out." "Let me go, please," the ghost begged, in a very polite manner, and a? it spoke the words sounded to me very much as from a human voice disguised, and yet I couldn't see for the life of mc j how anything human could have got into the house after we came in, or how an} thing human could have made such j an everlasting row, and rattled its bone.' so unpleasantly. But the ghost's bands had flesh on them. My curiosity was aroused, so I said: "No, I cannot let you go." "It's wrong?hugging me, when you love another." " Whom do I love V" "Mrs. Butter-Scotch, of course. I ' know all about it." "You do, eh? Then I suppose yon ( know how it all happened?" "Yes, of course I do." "Do you know why I stopped?" "Because you hadn't money enough ! to ask her to marry yon." "You're perfectly right, my dear lit: tie ghost, but neither you nor I know 1 whether she'd have married me even if I had happened to have plenty oj ; money. I wish you'd tell me that." "I won't do anything of the kind. I'm ! perfectly surprised at myself for talking to a mortal so long. Good-bye, man. Go I back to the Humphreys and tell them what you have seen. If the old man i buys this house won't I make it hot foi him! Good bye, mortal." | But I wouldn't let go of the ghost's : arm. "Please let me go now," the phantom j beseeched. A bright idea came to me. I said ! "Can 1 trust yon? Is a ghost's word ' good for anything?" With great dignity it answered " Ye;-: T never lie." " All right. If you'll promise to meel me to morrow evening under the oh" I apple tree on Mr. Humphrey's place al 10 o'clock, "'11 let you go." And as I re; leased my hold the gbost seemed tc I vanish away, and I opened the door and I went out. My senses were dazed in the , open air; the evening had been sc strange, so almost suspicious, that ] could not fathom it all at once. Be sides, I had allowed the ghost to go be i fore it had given the promise tc i meet mo again. I remembered m\ ; stupidity with regret, but somehow *1 i felt the ghost would consider the prom I ise as having been given, and be at the trysting-place. At tbe house they had j given mo up for lost, and were discuss ing all maoner of plans for mv rescue, ' and Ned was on the point of coming foi me alone, as Mr. Steele could not b( nov?n<w1r><1 tr> pnf.nr tlinf, limisn nnroir until daylight. However, the thing wa; settled, and Mr. Humphreys accepted our report unquestionably, but witl great regret, anil t lie next morning Ma I bel was informed of the result. At lasi ! the evening came, and we were on th< I piazza. Mabel had retired with a head i ache, and the rest of us smoked oui cigars and followed our own thought! ! in silence. As it neared 10 I aros< j leisurely and strolled off to the oh apple tree. I had been there but a fev , minutes when I saw a white figure ap ' preaching as if from the adjoining , place, and it came straight to me anc , j stopped at my side. I lifted my hat. " Good evening," ! said. ,' The phantom responded with a nea .! little ghostly courtesy. "Mortal, never tell a lie," it said. " Will you shake hands? Truly i ghost's word can be believed." t The phantom gave mo its hand, bu ;; after I had held it a decent length o [! time, tried to regain possession of it. fc, "Mabel, Mabel," I said, "'what i.s this ? Does it mean you love me ?" >r "Yes." n " Hut why did you play such a prank l- on 11s all ?" (1 "I knew you still loved me, but a would never say so, nnd, besides, I i> I wanted a little fun." i ".Bless you, it was fun, but you might d j have been hurt." l-l "Oh, no," she laughed; "I wasn't t. | afraid. The others were so brave, and a : you were such a coward?all brain a ad | no courage, von know." ,i *" * * * * j * I, J A month later I was a clerk on a good h j salary, and six months later Mabel and d ! I were married. But the secret of cut I wooing in the stone house and under (1 ! the apple tree was never told, and from e ! that time forth I had no fear of ghosts J ! ?my own particular precious little is j ghost was my shield and my protection, n ! ?Harper's Bazar. 1- j e | The Surrender or Yorktown, ^ j At noon of the 19th (October) we '? | have the first act of surrender. York* I town changed hands. Two redoubts on ie | the left of the enemy's works were at ^ | that hour taken possession of by de'> tachments from the allied army. Coloj nd Richard Butler commanded the S American and the Maiquis Laval the French party, each of one hundred e men. At 2 o'clock we reach the closing '? I scene. The army of Cornwallis marched > i out as prisoners of war, grounded their Y I arms, and then marched back. Accounts e j agrtc in describing the display and cere'' I mony on the occasion as quite imposing. ; The British appeared in new uniforms, ' i distributed among them a few days before, and it only required the flying of s I their standards to givo their march the " j UlltJUl; Ui i4 llUHUtty [JilittUU. JLMlb LJ1UU I | colors were cased, and tliey were pro? j hibited from playing either a French or * i American tune. This was the return ot t a compliment, a piece of justifiable as II well as poetic retaliation on the part of the Americans for what the enemy were > ' pleased to command when General Lin! coin was compelled to surrender at I ; Charleston the year before. The matter > came up at the meetiDg of the cornis| sioncrs. "This is a harsh article," said . Ross to Laurens. "Which article?" answered the lati ter. "The troops shall march out, with ; I colors cased, and drums beating a Britj ish or a German march." j " Yes, sir," returned Laurens, with a s touch of sang froid, "it is a harsh article " "Then," said Ross, if that is your L opinion, why is it here?" j Whereupon Laurens, who had been : made prisoner at Charleston with Lini coin's army, proceeded to remind Ross that t he Americans on that occasion had i , made a brave defense, but were ungal | lantly refused anj* honors of surrender, >1 other than to march with colors cased '; and drums not beating a British or a II German march. i j "But," rejoined Ross, "my Lord s; Cornwallis did not command at Charles > ton." ' " There, sir," said Laurens, " you extort another observation. It is not the i individual that is here considered ; it is the nation. This remaius an article or I cease to be a commissioner." Nothing more was to be said; the article stood, and the enemy marched i out with colors cased, while the tune they chose to follow was an old British march with the quite appropriate title or " The World Turned Upside Down." As the prisoners moved out of their works along the Hampton road they found the French and American armies ' drawn up on either side of the way, the [ Americans 011 their right, and extending for more than a mile toward the field of surrender. The French troops prei sonted a brilliant spectacle m their [ white uniforms, with plumed and dec1 orated officers at their head, and gori geous standards of white silk, embroid' ered with golden fleurs-de-lis, floating ' along the line. The Americans were less of an attraction in outward appear' ance, but not the less eager'y eyed by heir late antagonists. Among the war i worn Continentals there was variety of dress, poor at the best, distinguishing : the men of the different lines; but to I compensate for lack of show, thero was a soldierly bearing about them which : commanded attention. The militia formed in thei*r rear presented a less t martial sight po far as clothing and orl der were concerned. But all these men t were conquerors, and their very appear ance bespoke the hardships and priva' tion they and their States had underI gone to win in tho struggle. At the - head of the respective lines were the > commanding generals, nobly mounted l ?Washington, Eochambeau, Lafay ette, Lincoln, Steuben, Knox anil the rest. Leading tho British came Gen> eral O'Hara instead of Cornwallis. The 7 latter pleaded illness, but he sent [ iiis sword by O'PIara to be given up to - Washington. As O'Hara advanced to > the chief, he was referred to Lincoln, I who, upon receiving tho sword as a token of the enemy's submission, imme. diately returned it to tho British genr eral, whose troops then marched bei tween tho two lines to a field on the i right, where they groundod their arms. 5 ?Harper's Magazine. 1 A Forest Scene Beside the Amazon, [. On the third evening after our de5 parture from Bogota wo encamped on fliA VinnTr? r\f flio "Rirv Pofomorn fn _ ... r tary of the Amazon), in a grove of ma5 jestic adansonias or monkey fig trees. s High over our heads we heart! an inces| sant granting and chattering, but the evening was too far advanced for us to distinguish the little creatures that , moved in the top branches of the tall | trees. The next morning, however, the noise recommenced, anil we saw that r the grunters were a sort of small raccoons, and the chatterers a troop of , monos or capuchin monkeys. After a consultation with the Indians I wo fastened our monkey, Billy, to a string, and made him go up the tree as 1 high as we cou'd drive him without betraying our presence to his relatives. . We had x?o traps for catching them, but 1 our plan was to let them come near ? enough for us to shoot one of tlie mothers without hurting her babies. Billy's rope, us we had expected, got ? entangled beforo long, and finding himself at the end of his tether he began to squeal, and his cries soon attracted the attention of his friends in tho tree. top. We heard a rnstling in the branches, and presently an old ring-tail u made nis appearance, and seeing a stranger his chattering at once brought down a troop of his companions, mostly n old males, though. Mother-monkeys n with their babies are very shy, and 0 those in the tree-top seemed to have P. some idea that all was not right. Their husbands, though, came nearer and nearer, and had almost reached , Billy's perch, when all at onco their leader slipped behind the trea like a dodging squirrel, and at tho same moment we heard from above a fierce, 11 long-drawn scrcam; a harpy-eagle was circling around the tree-top, and coming down with a sudden swoop he seized one luckless mother-monkey that had not found time to reach a hidingir place. The poor thing held to her f branch with all her might, knowing 3 that her life and her baby's were at stake, but tho eagle caught her by the P' throat, and his throttling clutch at last c made her relax her grip, and with a sin)r gle flop of his mighty wings the harpj raised himself some twenty feet, mother, baby and all. Then we witnessed a most curious instanco of maternal devO' '? tion and animal instinct?unless ] should call it presence of mind; when branch after branch slipped from hei grip and all hope was over, tho mothei J1' with her own hands tore her baby fron: r,', her neck and flung it down into the tree, rather than have it share the fate iV* she knew to be in storo for herself. ] stood up and fired both barrels of mi gun after the robber, but without effect the rascal had already ascended to i height of at least two hundred feet, ant he flew off, with his victim danglinfrom between his claws.?Dr. 1<\ I Oswald, in St. Nicholas. ce ? ' ay It is said that dwarfs die of prema ture old age and giants of exhaustion i LANDING A SWORDFISH. A Commiinlcnllrc Skipper Dilntrn 01 thp Fun of Citlcliihif'in (Jenoriil. "Now, then, all together!" A om'nir /vn tlm nr>nlr linlmTfl rtf II trim IX omuft ~- - - smack, and a fourteen-foot sword fish rose in the air and was skillfully lowered into a dray that had been ba :ked ; up to the pier for its reception. " That's what I call a roarer,' the , captain of tho vessel said, holding {-side the piece of canvas with commendable pride, so tbat tho reporter could catch , its points. "Just cast your eye over that sword. See how sharp it is; and then over the body?how tho 'ines round up. The whole fish is mad) for ! speed?a regular privateer. Fine eati ing, too. This one goes to the ma.'ket, ! aud I should judge that it weighed 400 pounds. They make the finest kird of steaks. The meat is white and rich and somewhat like a macKerel; in fact, they belong to tho mackerel family, so I'm told. It's great sport catching 1 them, but you get used to it, like everything else. I've been in the business ' twenty-two years, and have caught some ' pretty big fish, I can tell you. We v\ flu* Snim/1 IJUliUU lUia AC1JUH U|^ K/vuuv.) Montauk, on our way to Martha's Vine| yard, and as I bad an offer to bring 1 some freight here I brought him in myself. The New England coast is the best place for them, especially around the south of the Cape, and to give you an idea of the importance of the business about 1,500,000 pounds are caught every year, worth about $200,000 in round numbers. In tho Mediterranean, around about Italy and Greece, the business is nearly as good." "How about these stories of their running into ships ?" "I can vouch for one," the captain replied. " In 18G0 I found myself in Ceylon, and, wanting to get home, I shipped on the bark Maud, bound for Liverpool. We were browsing along one day off the Bay of Biscay, stunsails and everything jammed on her, and I was leaning on the weather cathead when I felt a kind of a shock?just the kind you feel when a ferryboat strikes a piece of ice, only sharper?and the next minute there was something thrashing about near the cutwater that I took to be a whale, but before the skipper got for'ard it was gone. We sounded the well that night, and she had made about six inches of water, and we kept the pumps a going off and on, thinking that we had started a plank. Finally we put into Tynemouth, in the north of England, where the bark wd.s owned, and went into the dry dock. There they found under ;he bilge about ten inches of tho sword of one of these fellows. It had gone through tho copper, oak planking, and all, and broken off short. I heard of another case where a ship was struck in the Indian I ocean, and was damaged so that the owners came down on the insurance companies, who tried to get out by saying it was a put-up job ; but they got Professor Owen, tho great English sci ?*}r.iDC man, into court, uuu uo nwu 10 right and left that not only did the swordfish do it, but they were as dangerous as a shot from a cannon. I don't remember the exact words of his testimony, but he paid the force of the blow was equal to so many hundred blows from a heavy sle<lge or a twenty-four pound shot. Anyhow, they got the insurance. "We mo3t generally use an iron to catch them, though some use a hook, and the Italians repeat some kind of a lingo whey they are out, to coax them up. We have a rest of iron rigged on the jibboom, and the striker stands on this while a man in the foretop sings out to the mau at the helm how to follow him. I took a party of young Eoston fellows out last year. They hired the whole business, and wanted to do the whole thing themselves. They pitched pennies for the places, and when we left Holmes' Hole one was i hanging over the crosstrees, another was at the helm, and another in the seat, lashed in like Farragut at Mobile, and there was no end of sport. We finally sighted a fish olT Sandwich, and when we got over it the fellow in the bow let drive and caught it right in the tail, and off ho went, the rope whistling over the side and the boys a dancin' aromd like mad to keep out of it. We generally make the line fast to a barrel and toss it over and lot the fish tire himself out; but this didn't suit, so they made it fast to the painter of the dory and launched her, and tumbled iu just as the slack camo taut. The dory jumped ahead and down they went in a heap, and one of them tumbled clean overboard. We picked him up and filled away after the boot. First they tried to haul the fish in, but this started him in another direction, and the rope got foul with the rowlocks and over she went. They all piled to the wind'ard and managed to keep her up, though she half filled. He towed them for about two miles before he let up at all, and tlien tliey commenced to take it, and such hauling and getting hauled you never saw. One minute they would make ten or twelve leet on mm, anu the next be would make a rush, tearing everything and dragging the dory into the water, so that one had to bail out all the time. Before we got up to them I saw a coat waving, collar down?a signal of distress?and, as they had worked to wind'ard, we sent the dingy after them, and soon had them in tow. They bad all the fishing they wanted, and wore glad enough to give it up. Their 1 hands were all cut up with the rope, und they were wet through. Ono said the rope got wound round his leg and nearly broke it, and altogether they had enough to lat them over night. It was a big fellow, though, and weighed four hundred pounds. " Don't they grow larger than that V" " Bless ycu, yes," continued the skipper. who was evidently on a favorite topic. i crossea uio x>ay 01 uengui once, and one evening, it was a dead calm, mind you, wo saw some kind of a craft tearing down on us about the size of a ship's cutter with a leg o' mutton sail rigged fore i.nd aft. It camo with a terrible rush, the sail a waving to and fro, ; colored blue like, and in a minute bad shot by astern, and we saw it was a swordfish near thirty feet long. If he had ever struck us, good-bye. They call them sailor lish there, and the top fin is about lifteen or sixteen feet high when they arc on the surface it stands out of water just like a sail, and the sword when cut off would be about thirteen feet long and a good lift for a man. The fin is colored a beautiful bl'ie, and as they come rushing along, the sail whistling in the wind, with a wave of foam ahead, I tell you it's a pretty sight. I afterward saw a boat smashed by one. The natives along the coast tackle *hem, and have a big iog fastened to the 1 and when they strike they toss the log over, and get out of the way as fast as they can, and when the fish is all played out they tow im in. The one I saw had about five boats around him. As soon as it was struck it made a rush and went clean through one, and cut at the pieces right and left. The men managed to get 1 away and so did the fish. I saw the 1 boat on the beach afterward, and some of the places had been cut through as slick as if it had been done with a knife.' "Do they catch fish in that way ?" " Yes; I have often seen a swordfish 1 rush into a school of menhaden. They ' swing the sword right and left, up and ' down, darting where the fish are the thickest, and you can actually follow (hem by the trail of blood and halves ' of fishes. When they have killed I enough they sink, and pick up the L pieces as they sink. They're great 1 jumpers. I've seen one clear ten feet [ into tho air, and thrash around as if crazy, dart off on the surface and turn 1 over, all on account of a little parasite 3 that bores into the skin and drives them ' almost crazy. In the South sea the , people use the bills as swords, lixing \ some kind of a handle on them, and in ' some of the large ones, where the sword | is of great length, they arc wielded by both hands, and form terrible weapons r in the hands of a large man, who could bring down two or three persons at a blow. " Sawfish and swordfish never seem to i. get along together," continued the skip per. " I wns coming out of Chesapeak bay once, drifting along about five mil* to tbo south'ard of Capo Charles, being a dead calm, when all at once tv saw a great splashing around abot thirty yards astern. I went aloft an saw a sawfish and a sword fish lightin like mad. The sawfish's best chant was to keep in closo quarters, and tl way h? ponnned that swordfish was caution. The saw would swing so fai you couldn't see it, and then the fis would back nil' as if he was trying 1 tear the other. The swordfish liacke away at the same time, but the skin < | the other was too thick, and so they ha it, now out of water and now in, n about ten minutes. All bauds wei watching in the rigging, but all at on( the swordfish made off, leaving the oth< lashing away as if blind with rage, wasn't a second hardly before a big fi was seen ten feet off, and like a shot tl swordfish had struck the other ar jammed his sword clean through hir They both rose in the air with the shoe] and then the struggle commenced agai The swordfish was fast and couldc haul out, and the other was half deai so right here we took a hand, lowered boat and harpooned them both, riggt a tackle and got them aboard. Tl sword had broken the backbone of tl other fish, and it was so wedged in th they would both have been gobbled i by the first shark that came along." Hero some one hailed the skipp with-the information that the tide wi on the ebb, and we parted company.New York Sun. WISE WORDS. Gaming is the child of avarice, bi the parent of prodigality. Applause is the spur of noble mind the end and aim of weak ones. Act well at the moment, and you ha1 performed a good action to all eternit True benevolence is to love all me Recompense injury witn justice, anau kindliness with kindness. Flowers sweeten the air, rejoice tl air, link us with nature and Innocenc and are somothing to love. The firmest friends have been form* in mutual adversity, as iron is mo strongly united by the fiercest flame. This above all?to thine own aelf ho trac; And it must follow, aa the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man. ?Shakespeare. It is by what we ourselves have doi and not what others have done for i that we shall be remembered.?Franc Wctyland. To pronounce a man happy mere because he is rich, is just as absurd as pronounce a man healthy because he h enough to oat. The man who makes the greatest effo to convince you that he is telling t] solemn truth is the very man who is 1 ing the hardest. Right habit is like the thread on whi< we f;tring precious pearls. The threi perhaps is of no great value, but, if it 1 broken, the pearls are lost. TO? ?1? nn??l0 T. ITU1C WC iW> ClUljUCUl; CfcO UU^CIO, J should we please some men, son women, and some children much mo I by listening than by talking. Wherever the slanderer is foun there humanity is arrayed against itsel : and there the honey aud balm of li | are turned to gall and nettles. ! If you would not be forgotten asso( j as you are dead, either write thin, | worth reading or do things wor: i writing.?Jievjamin Franklin. A firm faith is the best divinity; good life is the best philosophy; acle conscience is the best law; honesty the best policy; and tempen?jcethebe physic. Usually the greatest boasters are tl ! smallest workers. The deep rivers pi a larger tribute to the sea than shallo brooks, and 3 et empty themselves wii less noise. Flower in the crannied wall, I pluck you out of the crannies; Hold you here, root and all, in my hand, Little"tlower?but if I could understand What you are, root and all, and all in all, I should know what God and inan is. ? 'Tennyson. Be careful that you do not commec yourselves. It is a sign that your rep' tation is small and sinking if your o? t' nguo must praise you; and it is ful some and unpleasing to others to hei such commendations. Speak well the absent whenever yon have suitab opportunity. Never speak :ll of the or anybody, unless you are sure they d serve it, and unless? it*is^necessary fi their amendment or for the safety ar benefit of others.?Sir Matthew Hale. Skid's Kicking .Machine. The facts were these: Mr. Skid neighbor kept a goat, and that goat he often got at Mr. Skid and butted hi; two rods, end over end, and he hat( the goat profusely. But the neighbt wouldn't keep the goat shut up, and s Skid invented a machine to slay tl goat. It was in the form of a ma bending down to pick up a hat, but : tho body was a spring of tremendoi power. From tho hip pocket of tl figure waved a red handkerchief th was targeted to draw the goat. Whe he butted it the spring would fly ar throw tlie goat a big distance. Tl machine was gotten up in very elab I rato style and looked just like a ma It was perfect enough to deceive ar j goat, andit cost Mr. Skid seventy-fr i dollars. But he didn't begrudge tl | money so long as it fetched the goa And he took the machine and put out in his front yard where the go would see it, and then retired to h house and waited to see the fun. f j waited about two hours, and then h I on came in aud told him the goat ha< ; swallowed an old hoopskirt the nig' i before and it had got tangled in h | bowels and slain him. And, of cours 1 Skid was terribly mad. But tho m | chino was not wholly wasted, for tl | boy took it and put itoutsideofacirci J tent so it looked like a man just stat | ing to crawl under, and a stalwart circ j man ran up and kicked the thing ar j was picked up twenty feet away, ai I when he got over his surprise ho sa j he'd givo the man a season tick if he'd tell how he did it, as he like to work the same racket on the o man of the girl he was courting. B the machine couldn't ba found, the b< having, in the excitement, taken j home. Products of the Laboratory. Several very valuable products ha come from the laboratory of late yea which it is well enough to call to inin Cosmoline, a product of coal oil, occ pies a place midway between the oi and solid fats. It is doubtless the be dressing in tho world, having the pen tration of kerosene, but not a partic of its Mnell or solvent properties, will b.' as painless upon the eye as up< the hand. Medicinal fluid may 1 mingled with it by stirring it until tl cosmoline is whitened. Glycerine is i older product. It is midway betwe< oils and water. Either water, oil alcohol will dissolve it. In turn, it is j solvent for a groat many substances, is also a useful preservative for tl naturalist. Its medical uses are inn merable, and it may be taken in tea place of sugar. Nitrate of Amyl is curious chemical, which only physiciai should use. It is a light corn colon fluid, of a faint but extremely penetr ting fruit odor. It is an arterial stim hint of most wonderful power, it beii too powerful for inward application, drop on the end of the linger applied the nostrils and withdrawn as its eft'ec become visible, is the safest method. ] asphyxia or syncope, sinking from co gestive chill, faintness of women wi prolapsus, or in heart disease, it fills i entirely new place in medical treatmei ? Hour- Glass, ' Each king present at the late pea ! conference between Sir Samuel lloi and the stepfather of the king of t Ashantees, Prince Buaki, at Elrnir had a mammoth umbrella of brillia c lors held over him, while Prince lit ki himself was covered with gold t>n ments, his arms being so heavy wi golden bracelets, that they were su ported by a man on each side. /' e THE INDUSTRIES OF NEW YOR1 ;s it Fiiriirt'n Whicli fallow llip Iinmcnwc Ainoim q of llu?lni'H<t Done by tin* MfIrupolln. it That New York is an important muni: (1 factoring center, as well as the con g mereial metropolis of the countrv, i :e generally little thought of, yet it is thi te productivo industry which has princi a pally caused its astonishing growth i at population, and by which the most c ih those who live here lind their suppor ;o Its vast commerce requires many worl id ers, and supports a large class who d af little or no work, simply living on th d interest of former accumulations; bi; )r the productivo industry here, aside froi re be mere handling of the products c ;e the industry of others, distribute: jr through the countless channels whic It reach the family and the individua in the means of living, which have cause le our thoroughfares to be so crowded, an id which have necessitated so many mil< q. of street railways, elevated railroad; k, ferries and bridges. The total of in q. ports and exports of New York city fc i't the last calendar year was $896,189,81 J, ?a little more than half of that of tl a whole United States?but the produ id tions of the workshops and factories < le the city, whereby the raw or half-fii le ished materials were brought intoshai at for practical uso, amount to more tha ip one-half the value of tho exports an imports. er The statistics showing tlie extent i aa flioaA mormfonfninrify in/liiafrino ViaxrA Vi ? cently been forwarded to the censi bureau at Washington, by Charles ] Hill, who has been the chief apeci; agent here supervising their collectio: They include the business of the yes . from June, 1879, to June, 1880, and c not cover a few special lines of industr which have only been made subjects i 8i investigation by general agents for tl whole United States. For 189 diflerei re branches of business, as specified, tl y. capital employed was 8157,581,719, : n. 11,008 establishments, employing 262 a- 459 hands, using 1,312 boilers, and 1,15 engines of 41,951 horse power, and pr 16 ducing goods valued at 8435,422,10 e . Of these handa 133,998 were males abo1 ' sixteen, 63,482 females above fifteei , and 1,393 children and youth, and th 3. enumeration of help does net incluc s' proprietors or firm members, superi: tendents, bookkeepers or salesmennone, in short, connected -with the me can tile department, but only those wor ing for wages as producers. It will 1 3e at once observed that, adding these e l1Q ceptions, we would greatly swell tl ,js number of those who find employme: in the several branches of busines . although the latter would largely 1 7^ paid according to the profits of tl business. Taking the materials used I i ?puis tne wages paid, iro tlie value of* the products, we ha$78,804,832, for the payment of the ie others engaged and the interest < y* capital. Among the important items not i ;h eluded in this list is the manufacture id silk goods (which was 87,842,515), g oe ($5,199,979), shipbuilding, and brewii and distilling, with several minor i dustries, for which the statistics ha ae not yet been completed. The whole, re is estimated, will bring the total ve nearly up to 8500,000,000. (l The most important industry in t] Ij.' list is the manufacture of men's clot j' ing, a branch of business which h grown wonderfally since the introdu tion of power for cutting as well )n sewing. The production in this lino Ss valued at ?59,798,697, employing 6^ kb 050 hands, while women's clothing fi ures for ?18,599,487, employing 17,2 a hands. In boots and shoes, 123 fact ar ries make goods to tho value of 84,79! is 371, and 710 custom shoemaking sho st produce 82,803,020 worth. Theproduc of slaughtering and meat packing we je valued at $29,297,527, including 244,2 iv beeves, 122,500 calves, and 002,0 iw sheep. In machinery the prod net w th 85,077,010; and in engines and boilei 83,213,371; car building and repairin RmIT IW7* mofol nrnn/1a nrifl mnfnl ani ning, $145,473; ste&m fitting and stea heating, SI,289,259; iron casting ai finishing, 65,489,251; tin, copper, ai sheet iron ware, $2,347,182; furnitnr 89,005,779; wood brackets, moldiu l(j turning, etc., SI,371,083; and dru Q. and chemicals, $3,138,178. n Bat any notice of the business ai j. manufacturing industry of New Yo: ar city would be incomplete without takii 0f into account the circumstances of i le location, whereby a population of sod m 800,000, just across the East and Nor e_ rivers, whose shores are fringed wi 3r the factories and warehouses of ci l(j firms, all contribute to swell the pr duction of this common center. T] industries thus carried on are not at s considered in these statistics, whi< cover only the establishments within tl 8 city lines; when, However, tho work id the census bureau shall bo so far coi ui pleted that it will be possible to colla id the figures touching the productive i )r dustry of these intimately related se *o tions, the grand total will show an a ie grregate of exchangeable commoditi which will, in money value, bear 1 ia mean proportion to the total exports ar is imports of the port of New York.ie Scientific American. at >n Feat of a Surveying Party, id Ambrose Lomprax, of Natchitoche 10 La., was with a party of surveyors th o- were attacked by Apaches south of ] u. Passo, in the State of Chihuahua. Lor ly prax says he joined the party the di re before the attack, and that night he lo ie a horse and a hired boy. He saw wb ,t. he regarded as signs of the presence it Indians in the neighborhood. The ne at day the party started, and he lingeri .is about half a mile behind. When tl Ie party reached the Sand Hills the figl is ing began. Lomprax says the par 1 were well armed aud were brave me lit but they had no leader, and did r. is know how to fight Indians. He tried e, join the party, but was taken prison a- by the Indians, and would have l?e? :ie killed had not his lost Mexican*boy a 1 1 1.1,1 t|.? lw^ TT LIS peureu HUU IU1U me Hiuiauo mtiu uo ? t- wealthy and could bo ransomed. I us was secured aud could not see the figli ul The surveyors, thirteen in mimbe id fought desperately against the Indian id who numbered forty-five or forty-si et Six of the latter were killed and nil 'd wounded, and all of the "whites we Id killed, six of them being dispatch* lit while lying on the tield wounded. Loi )y prax says the Indians were under tl it most rigid discipline. After the batt they took Lomprax into the Sier Mailro mountains, where they buri< their dead. For more than a week tl re Indians depredated under Uuris in Si rs nora, committing a number of raurdei d. They went down the coast of tiie On n- of California, and iu crossing to t :1s island Lomprax made his escape ai st got safely to Guaymas, after a seve e- live days' tramp. Lomprax says the I le dians were under the command of Yi It torio, as he knew that chief very we )n by sight. [)0 mmu le The Author of Kathleen Mavournee m One of the most wonderful instance >n of the reverse of fortune, is that of M or F. Nicholas Crouch, the author < 1X " Kathleen Mavourneen " and hundret It of other popular songs. Born in En, ie land, and evincing great musical talen u. at an early age, he was placed in tl in king's orchestra, and was the compai a ion of the great literary celebrities Qs the ago iu England, and no man wi H1 more popular than Crouch. His puri a. was the cause of many reunions of tl u. great, and fortune smiled on him co: \er tinuouslv, until, in an evil hour, 1 A came to this country to better his co: to dition. Here music was not so remuner ts tive as in England, and he fell, step 1 [n step, until he was reduced to the la n- point of penury. At this time he is e th gaged as a varnisher for a Baltimo xn furniture house and. is making a go( it. living. But it seems hard for a mi who has hobnobbed with royalty ai associated with the great ones of tl ce earth so many years to be reduced ,ve the necessity of manual labor, when li he brain has evolved so much melody f ia, the world's delight. It shows a tri nt courage, however, to accept his situ ia- tion and fight manfully in any place, ia- keep the wolf from his door. He foug th during the late war on the Confedera tp- side, and had one of his hands shot ' pieces. i f ACTS A\I) COMMENTS. it Useless as the pistol is in most every | respect, it occasionally vindicates its i- right to existence in a very satisfactory in i- 1 and righteous fashion. Snch was the rf1 is ' part it plaved at a toll-pate house lyear gi' is ! Indianapolis, a day or two sine.', whoa ('i; - i a burglar, arousing tli? r-.' keeper, an j P? n | old lady, made her hand over her money tti: >f ?88?and then asked for the revolver pi; t. sho usually kept under her pillow, fa While he continued swearing at her j to o and abusing her sho went and got it! th ? an/l << iir?sf>ntp<l " it, to him. aimins: it in ! do it the direction of his voice. The bullet j au 11 entered his skull just behind the ear, ce. >f inflicting a wound from which he po 3, dropped insensible and died. ro< h co 1 The Persian shah is mentioned aa en ^ haNing exhibited himself lately in the in (j attidude of a mighty hunter. "While esi ;a pursuing tigrrs in a royal forest he fired ch 3 at but only wounded one of the beasts, be which immediately sprang upon him. th )r Abandoning his rifle the shah drew his th 4 great double-edged hunting knife and wi ,e presented it at the breast of the de- in c. scending tiger. The weapon was so ; sli 3f well directed that the animal impaled i Bi j. himself upon it, but the impetus of his j fei ,e charge was so great that both shah and | su n tiger rolled on the grouud. The at-1 gc L(j tendants rushed up breathless with pi fear, thinking that it was all over with Oj 3J tUCU UlttOLOl, UUU IUC nutiu ILUrnCUiUbVlJ CO e. got up without showing any signs of th J8 injury or fear, and finished off his ad- th 3# versary. in ai 1" q. Statistics lately laid before the con- T< ar gress of brewers at Versailles show that sl< lo there are in Europe about 40,000 hi 7, breweries, producing nearly 2,250,000 of gallons of malt liquor. Great Britain *h le produces nearly a third; then comes ?f at Prussia, Bavaria and Austria. Bavaria " ie consumes54 gallons per head; Belgium 1? in (whose beer is chiefly made at Louvain, a* where, too, is her chief university), 30; 24 England, 29. Outside of Bavaria, where 8* o- the very babies lap beer, the average ^ 2. consumption in Germany is 19 gallons. re In Scotland it is 9; Ireland, 8 1-2; G p, France, 4, but steadily increasing. The ?* is past twenty-five years have seen also le an extraordinary increase in the beer a- production of Ireland and Scotland, ? where formerly wine and spirits were r- almost exclusively drunk. w k 3e Poor's Manual gives some interesting jc x- railroad statistics. The mileage at the ie close of 1880, in this country, was 93,ot 671, a gain of 8.2 per cent, for the year; ** is, the gross earnings were 8615,401,931; je net earnings, 3255,193,426; each show- P! ie ing an increase of 16 per cent, over the ? previous year. The dividends amounted pi m to ?77,115,411, a gain of 25 per cent, sc ve compared witn ioiv ? wane me mso creased cost shows a gaio of 5.4 per ceat. S1 jn over the year 1879. The growth of U( our railroad system during the past ten n- years has been very rapid. In 1870 . of there were 52,914 miles of railroad, and . as in 1880 there were 93,671. The gross 4 ]g earnings in 1870 were 89.30 per , n- capita; in 1880 ?12.27 per capita, ve showing that while the population has it increased 23 per cent, in ten years the ry gross earnings on railroads have increased in the same time 74 per cent. ?j lie The freight charges on railroads have C] h- been reduced in that time from an C( as average on the great leading lines of e c* 1.682 cents per ton per mile, to 0 919as cents per ton per mile, bhowing; o is that in the ten years the earnings have 1< I,- increased 74 per cent, on a decreased g g- freight charge of 83 per cent. n 67 o- A board of trade return just issued J ^ V shows tnat the mortality in the British c ps merchant service from all causes was ii :ts 4,100 last year, an increase over the o re year before of 408. This increase is 75 known to be far in excess of that which i, 00 might properly have been anticipated jj as from the improved condition of the a cs, carrying trade. The record appears t] g, still worse when the deaths through c n- disease are eliminated. The statistics ^ m then show that 075 more sailors were ft ad " drowned by wreck " in 1880 than in c id the previous year, the respective totals e, being 1,653 and 978. Of the 4,100 sailig ors who lost their lives last year in the gs British mercantile marine, only seventeen are returned as having died through id Datural causes. It must be mentioned, -1 rk however, that deaths through various f? ig specified diseases are excluded from " ts this category. Of these, fevers were ue the most fatal, and next to that cause of th marine mortality came lung complaints d; tb and diseases of the heart. 1? ty b o- A Chinese funeral occurred in New tc tie York the other day. With one excepill I I-i'a** nUniulnnfcr ITOrfl oil mcilfl T'hft "* LXWil bUC illLtuviuuvn vvvawcaaa auv 2I1 pall-bearers and mourners were clad in it ie white. The bearers wero followed by a ti of coach containing a basket of wax can- rc n- dies and joss sticks for use at the burial, d: te Next came a band of musicians, who n: n- made all the noise they could with ai c- gongs, cymbals and horns. The master al g- of ceremonies rode on the hearse and 1^ ee continually scattered to the winds small 10 bits of rice paper. When the grave ^ id was reached the musicians made day w' ? hideous while the collin was lowered jn by the eight white-robed bearers. When cc the eaith bad been leveled a banner ( was planted at each end of the mouDd. ^,] 3 Then the basket was brought and the ar wax candles were lighted at the foot of ^ k" the mound. The joss-sticks w?re also ? n" lighted upon the grave, burning with a pleasant odor. At the same time a . 's^ little fire was kindled at the side and paper money was burned there. The cc ?' remainder of the rice paper was pinned to the grave. Then the friends of the ^ dead man passea in turn around the P' ie grave and made a low bow to it with ? l^" I flasned hands unlifted. .r ty r ?; n> The Carson (Nev.) Appeal tells bow | ot Doc. Benton and Hank Monk brought a ' *? ten-pouud trout down from the lake er and vowed that the President should be ? 50 the only ruan in America to gtt a knife P" into it. They accordingly laid it out uS on the ice and' then went into the house L *e to iudite a letter to accompany it. ai Benton's idea was to send the trout as a ?r> the gift of the Carson and Glenbrook cc lS> Stage company, having, no doubt, a is x* dim idea that the line might some time a je need an appropriation from Congress of fr ro J a few hundred square miles of the p te !<* : lie domain. Monk-thought if his name p' n" was written on a card and tied to the g< ae head of the trout and Doc. Ben- of ton's at the tail it would be just ni ra the thiug. It was finally agreed b< to send it as the gift of the peo10 pie of Nevada. They then built an ice ce ! chest in which to preserve the fish while kh 's*.! it was transported. Nest they went out bi llt i to the cake of ice where the fish had fii i been left and reached it just in time to tr u* | see a cat in the act of lugging the fish oi re : through a bole wbieh led under the tl I stable. Tbo alarm was raised and in a ce ! few minutes the whole force of stable- fe men were lavingsiegeto the cat, poking j w poles and sticks under the floor and ti h< yelling vociferously. Up till 9 o'efock tl: ^ at night they were unable to di dodge T r tl:.. eat, and several other cats had ; li; slipped in and were sharing the fish ! ti I with the original thief. Benton is as rr _ mad as a wet hen, but Monk says that ti probably trout are not good for convalesciug Presidents, and it was providenn tial that the cat bagged the game. 01 u" ' _ m A Sacred Gold Mine. He In the eleventh and twelfth verses of ^ k> the second chapter of Genesis will be rj, n-1 found the following important informaie i tion: a-! " The name of the first is Pison; that , a. i is it which compasseth the whole land a ,y I of Havilah, where there is gold, and the st | gold of that land is good." n- The Chicago Inter-Ocean states with re ! apparent seriousness that a company of 0i )d ] London gentlemen, who havo neither h in , followed Ingersoll nor the scientists n !d into their Bible notions, have organized y( Lie themselves into a company to test the 3] to | truth of the above sacred assurance, and p [i8 ' the stock of tbo " Havilah " gold mine a or ! has actually been placed on the London p no i market, the proprietors announcing it b ia. to be the richest in the world, and the ^ to passage from Genesis is quoted as proo ht! of it from an inspired source. ite! r to I Rocking-chairs would be mora com- o I fortable if they were less tidy.? Chaff, h FOR THE LADIES. A Hall In A Iscrrlfi. It must be great fun to attend a ball Algit rs. The AWatchman ' i.mts n i;raiul affair of that kind lately ci vou b;. t; e governor, M Grevyv In ? ilized i-ociery, tlin reporter frayg, oplo attend balls iu order to dance, \ ri and chat, but in Algiers they t,im- . r co to rat and drib!;, and yet uot to t ai:d drkik, to "suili" rather, and stuff themselves. At 9 o'clock on *j e memorable evening men stood ten ' ep around the governor's sideboard, d so kicked and scuffled tiiat his ex- ' Ileucy was forced to station two licemen at the door of his suppers! om, while his twenty-six cooka even uld not supply the demand. Prestly the policemen were overwhelmed the rush and were fain to make their *! cape. If a lady wished a glass of >?? ampagne she had to impress some . trly giant to force bis way for her to -a e sideboard, and only at 3 o'clock in j| | e morning, when she was half dead I th thirst, conld the hostess succeed obtaining a glass of wine, which she ' ared with her preserver in a corner. ! I g chasseurs and bearded Arabssi^ isted till they were like to die of M(H rfeit, and then sauntered through tha ^ irgeous saloon, covered with jellies; ? ates and the debris of all edible thingS-J* ae gentleman belonging to the high?* t circles?of Algiers?lay stretched, 1 e whole evening on a row of chairs in.'qv e saloon enjoying a siesta, and play- ? g a tune upon his nose which might ^ ive been heard half way to Franoew A jward midnight M. Grevy visited his m. eeping-room, where he found one of. > s guests sleeping the sleep of the jnst ;j his bed, wliiie the chamber ina in e most shocking disorder, suggestive * a notorious triplet in Thackeray^s !~ij White Squall." Meantime in the p?rr all the men were smoking frriously % id in the gush of their tipsiness filling""^ ie pianofortes with wine and breaking asses over each other's heads, no lea*' ian 700 (glasses, unfortunately, no%jg-? ;ads) being thus demolished. revy was enchanted with the success"/--J his ball." 1 Fonhlon Note*. I Bustles are longer and more bouffant. *4: j All mitts are. long and looee in the ^ J Squares of white dotted mull are used 1 ir fichus. & Lace and muslin fichus grow largea,^ id larger. It is the height of fashion to bangj. a - jj iece of old faded tapestry on tho Showy colors in showy contraets^ap-.g I ear in the composition of fashionable. :aside suits. Wbite and gold braid trim jacht rits of blue, gray or cream wfiite el serge beautifully. Fantastic figures are embroidered in^; right colors on artistic and fancy lawn*# mnis costumes. Yachting snits of dark or porcelain lue, gray or green flannel f-erge are ' lade bright and gray with Turkey red ishes and triramiogs. . . J Mull and batiste dresf.es in pale tintftr .5 E color, trimmed with imitation VoiexfcwFj iennes and Flemish point and Verrai-%' slli laces, make lovely afternoon rening watering-place toilets. Some exquisite white, black, rose-col- ri rea uud pale blue Manila grass lace, - ] >11 g scarfs, and squares, enriched with ~vt old threads or bright colored ones, arg^i t very low prices. " Longitudinal stripes in bright aoloM, t J ith gold and silver hair line effects,. 1 i-osned diagonally with stripes, formed 4 ] 11 (-tic Tcouvina nf th?? fabric, make oneV*^B f the features of the fall goods. * Artistic parasols have sprays ot eg-,'.^ intine, daisies, golden rod, -fltrtgglmg ]sects, and t-ometimes birds .painted^fi s if falling or flying, att natural, oyerij lie gores cu the outside, 8omeime3 enroaching on the lace border, or frin$^.j?\, rhile the linings show shaded effects in A ill, delicate tints of blue, green, rose, -,<j ream, pearl, and pure white. * \ SCIENTIFIC NOTES. V ? . In a reccnt sun disturbance* pttfi M iberance was thrown up from the fcOTice which was 255,000 miles long, but i a few hours it subsided to only 18, 30 miles. ^ A Paris manufacturer claims to bare - iscovered a process for substituting the/^ saves of the eucalyptus tree, which in .j? urning emit a delicious perfume, forr ?bacco leaves in making cigars. .... ? The director of the bureau of statis- .-;a cs at Vienna has made some interest- ^ ig researches concerning the compare- ; ve longevity of women and men inEu- " >ne. He finds that out of 102,831j?n ividuals who have parsed the AgSfct " inety-niDe years 60,3U3 are wom&i, ' id only 42,328 are men. In Italy 241 i leged centenarian women are found for ' H men of that age. A spider's web affords an excellent irometer. An old sportsman of Cold- > ? ater, Mich., claims that one preserved,, J his house has proved almost invariably V > rrect. When rain and wind are ex-..3 ;cted, the spider shortens the thread-, i bich suspends the web. When reefipr^jS e let out, line weather may be certain;; j it if the spider remains inert, rain will ; obably follow within a short time. . < Near Schunga, on the western shore ,, v, Lake Onega, Russia, a new kind of * < ial has been discovered more highly --ii .rbonized than any formerly known. ' > u analysis, it gives about ninety-one jr cent of carbon, seven or eight per int. of water, and one per cent, of ash. ;.v i appearance the coal has an adaman- -\ ne luster, and it in very hard and >nse. Its specific heat is set down as 1892. Although the proportion of ,rbon is so high, it yields none of the actions which would justify its classi:ation as a true graphite. > .' At a meetincr of the Phvsical society, ondon, on June 25, Dr. Guthrie showed oew experiment in magnetism. When . . magnet is suspended over a disk of r 4 >pper ami the disk rotated the magnet repelled upward. In the experiment horseshoe magnet was suspended om one end of a scale beam and counr weighted. As an explanation of th?;9 lenomenon of repulsion it was sug-' } jsted that the vertically resolved force ' the induction current before the., agnet might be greater than that ' . jhind the magnet. The priuters of Vienna propose to' lebrate the four hundredth anniveriry of the introduction of Gutenirg's art in that city in a manner betting so memorable an event. An illusated book, prepared in the best style . : the printer's craft, and treating of ? te history of the art in the Austrian ipital from its infancy, is to be one afure of the celebration. Another ill bo p.n exposition of all the inven--;.^ ons aud improvements made during ie gradual development of printing, wenty prominent printers and pnbsliers of Paris will attend the festivity, .inn all the leading cities of Eu- .j ?pe are expected to send representa- ? ves. At the commencement exercises of :e of the colleges this week, a young an was asked "What is love?" Hetought a minute and then said : "Its a >rt of a feeling that you don't want anv her fellow going around with her. hat is perhaps as good a definition as >uld be framed by a committee of ' vers in regular session. A lover had J most rather go himself than to have J icther fellow go around with her.? I 'eck's Sun. A tramp with his arm in a sling called a Gilhoolev for a quarter, alleging that is arm had bsen injured in the recent lilroad accident near San Atonio. "But esterday you had the other arm in a ling," repliedGilhooley. "Well, suposin' I had. Don't you think a fellar's rrn gets tired of being tied up all day? 1 leside, I have got concnssion of the rain and can't remember half the time hich arm was broken."?Texns Siflings. A Kossuth County (Iowa) farmer, wh? uns a small butter and cheese factoiy ! f his own, savs his profits from eaoh of is cows in 18*80 wore 860. . A