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BY HUGH WILSON AND H. T. WARDLAW. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1881. \ NO. 25. VOLUME XXVL |j|
i it lie PaiH'iii? Leaves,
Little dancing leaves
In the garden l ower,
Which among you giieves
Not to be a tlower?
" Never onethe light leaves say,
Panci::;; in the sun all day.
Little (lancing leaves,
Hoses lean to kieo you;
From the ec'ttago caves
Nestling birds would miss you?
We should tire of blossoms so,
II you all to flowers should grow!
Little dancing leavesGrasses,
let lis and sedges,
Nodding to the sheaves
Out of tangled hedges?
What a dull world would remain
If you all were useful grain !
Little dancing leaves,
Who could do without you'!
Every ijoct weaves
Some sweet dream about you.
Flowers and grain awhile are here;
Viiii stay with us all the year.
1 .inl-ow.o
When through pines and birches
Tl.o great storm-wind heaves,
Your r<'treat ho searches;
iiow lio.iii!il;c8 the tall trees roai I
While you?only dance the more !
Little dancing leaves,
. Loving ami caressing?
He most joy receives
Who bestows a blessing.
Dance, li>;ht leaves, for dancing made,
While yon hlcss us with your shade !
? Lucj Larcoin, in St. Xicholas.
THE KEEPER'S DAUGHTER.
A lighthouse rin a rooky coast. Outside,
thunder, lightning, wind and rain,
and groat black waves dashing up against
the rocks at the foot of the tower. Inside
a windinp flight of ftairs leading to
an cctagon-sbapcd room containing the
plainest furniture. The occupants, a
girl of eighteen, tail and lithe, with
black hair banging in massive braids to
her waist, and luminous gray eyes under
straight black brows. Her dress of gray
waterproof cloth was short and scant,
and hung in wot folds about her limbs;
and fctrangest i f all girdles, a coil of
rope encircled her waist and trailed one
end on the floor. By her side a boy of
fourteen years, with his blue blouse
open at the throat, and a faded plush
cap on his dark curls. These two were
bendiDg over a man who lay in all his
magnificent length on the floor. A
picturesque-looking man, with fair hair
clinging in dripping masses to his forehead;
a curling golden beard and a
white firm throat, and one mi{?ht be
persuaded mat ti>e cioseu jias wun meir
long fringes covered a pair of steel blue
yes.
" lleckon I c's a gcner, Liz," said tbe
boy, as he pans od in his vigorous rubbing
of the man's hands.
The girl was fr. rcing some liquor from
a tin cup between the blue lips, and did
not answer directly; but when their
patient gave the faintest possible sigh,
she exclaimed, joyfully: "See, Neddie,
he breathes! Now work fast," whereupon
they both fell to rubbing him at a great
nto
When Allen McTntyrc opened his
eyes he looked about him confusedly.
The cdd little room, the girl with her
black braids, and tbe boy looking so
like her that one would at once recognize
the relationt-hip; the drenched condition
of all three, and the Btrango
languor through all his frame?what
(lid it mean t lie cicsea ms eyes
wearily, and then the boy spoke up in
this bluff fashion:
"Yon came near going under,Tcap'n,
bnt Lizzie pulled yon out."
Then Mclntyre remembered all, and
languidly raised himself into a sitting
posture.
"It is too wild a night to be afloat
in a little craft like that," said the girl,
making a gesture seaward, where a tiny
boat had broken up an hour before.
"It was fair when I left the shore,"
replied the man. "I ventured further
than I intended. Then the wind went
down, and I could only drift until the
storm arose. I have a recollection of a
fierce rush of wind and wave that upset
my boat, atid a blow on my head, probably
from some part of the boat as I
went over."
"Yes," said the boy, "there camo a
flash of lightning, and Lizzie and I,
looking out, saw the boat capsize. So
Lizzie caught a rope and ran, and I
after her."
"We're used to that sort of thing?
eh, Lizzie?" Lizzie nodded, and the
boy continued, animatedly: "You see,
my father keeps the light, bnt he is sick
now, so Lizzie and I tend the light?we
always do when father is sick or gone
to the mainland?and we've pulled cut
more than one fellow more than half
dead. "Why?"
"Never mind that, Neddie," interrupted
his sister, gently, and the unspoken
reptcof in her voice had the effect
of making tho lad look somewhat
shamefaced as he went back to the
first part of his story.
"Well, sir, we ran down the slope at
the side of the cliff out there, where the
waves were tearing up like 10.000 wild
horses. And every time it lightened
we could see you bobbing aronndout
there like a piece of cork. We were
afraid of your striking against the !
ledges, so Lizzie fastened one end of j
rv 1, * A 1 T 1..M it. .
I me uuuul ner waist ulu i iieiu me |
other while she went fctraight in and !
strnck ont for you."
Mclntyre uttered a low exclamation
and turned his gaze from Neddie to
Neddie's sister. The boy wagged his
head proudly.
" Ah," said he, with gleaming eye,
" that's nothing for our Liz to do 1 She
caught you, and I pulled you both in.
But you're monstrous heavy! I thought i
we'd never get you upstairs."
Mclntyre laughed as he rose rather I
doubtfally to his feet.
"I feel a trifle shaky," he said ; and I
then, " It is easy to see that you are |
brother and sister. I am Allen Meln-!
tyre, at your service, Miss Lizzie," and
he bowed in a fashion that gave the lie >
to his declarations of shakiness. "Of !
course I realize that you and your galland
brother here have rendered mo !
a great service?one for which yon
sli 11 not go unrewarded, although I 1
can never hope to full7 recompense j
Lizzie raised h'tr head haughtily.
" Sir, such woik as wo have done to- '
Dight wo do not for wages. If you feci j
strong enough, I will walk with you to |
the house. I think the storm is passing i
Iover. Wo live a quarter of a mile from
the light. Our accommodations aro
plain enough, but there is no other
house on the island."
" Oh, I am as good as'new, now," said
Mclntyr#; "but will you leave this
boy here all alone."
She smiled.
" Ned is not afraid, and he can tend j
the light as well as I."
"Very well I will go with you."
He waved a smiling adieu to the boy, :
and followed his guide down the narrow j
stairway.
Two days later a small sailboat put
out from the island, which, when it
returned, brought Mclntyre's luggage.
Lizzie's father, who was laid up with
an attack of rheumatism, had taken a
fancy to the young man, who expressed I
a desire to spend a few weeks there at
any price they might charge. Captain
Clyde straightway ordered Neddie off
in his new boat to the mainland for the
gentleman's traps. The youngster
obeyed this order with alacrity, for the
gocd-humored ease of tho stranger, to- !
J gether with his evident appreciation
of "our Liz.," had wrought favorably J
on our Neddie. Even the maiden aunt, :
who kepVthe house, smilei frostily at
the prospect of this pleasant addition
BBS to their family.
Mclntyre, who had been wandering
BSE about three or four hundred miles from
HH home in search of a quiet place to
Bag s]3end 'the summer, congratulated himSfsgji
self on having drifted to the very
RgjE| place.
" Although it was an expensive style
h||9 of drifting," he remarked, with a smile,
BM as he inclosed a bank note in an envel
ope, to be sent to the owner of the little
craft which had flipped him out into
; the waves abreast of the lighthouse.
A week later, as he sauntered shorei
ward, there came to his ears a wildly
j sweet strain of melody. As he listened
in amazement, for he had seen no musiI
cal instrument about the place, he be!
gan to realize that it was a part of
Strauss' artist life waltzes that he heard
| ?a strain that he often whistled. He
; stepped round the jutting of the clifT,
j and there, leaning against the granite
wall, was Lizzie, her chin dropped carelessly
on a little red violin, as she drew
the bow across the strings. She flushed
like a guilty thing when she saw MeIntyre.
" You 'whistled that the other clay,"
i she faltered, " and I liked it so much?
it haunted me all the time."
He stepped forward.
"Why, Lizzie! Is it possible you
play like that without notes?"
" I don't play much now," she said,
drawing her dark brows over her eyes.
"A partv of ladies and gentlemen
came hero to visit the lighthouse ouce
aud overheard me playing. I heard
one of tho ladies say : 4 The idea of a
girl with a fiddle !' So I thought perhaps
it didn't look well."
"Not look well, indeed!" and he
laughed in merry scorn. " Why, child,
did vou ever hear of Camilla Urso ?"
"No."
" Well, she is a lady, and she makes
tho most exquisite music on a fiddle
and thousands of people go to hear her.
Why, Camilla Urso herself would listen
with pleasure to your music, Lizzie,"
said Mclntyrc, extravagantly. " Who
taught you to play?"
" No one. This violin belonged to j
my father, and he learned me how to j
tune it. I pick up tunes that 1 hear,
but I never heard anything half so
beautiful as the tunes I hear you sing
and whistle."
Mclntyrc smiled; his repertoiro of J
music consisted of snatches of operas,
waltzes, redowas and German airs,
which hnd dimly associated in his mind
with nights of brilliant gayety; and he
wondered dreamily how this pureminded,
healthy-souled girl would look
upon the elegant dissipation carried on
by the set of which he was a favorite.
A sudden glow warmed his heart as he
thought that not one of the fine ladies
who had swung languidly through tlie |
mazes of that very waltz of the great i
composer's could have rescued him so
bravely from the jaws of death as Lizzie
had?Lizzie, who stood there so quietly,
with her little violin hanging from her
breast, and her fingers straying lovingly
over the strings.
" Tell me about Camilla Urso," she
said, presently. "Did you ever hear
her play ?"
" Yes, indeed I I have a paper in my
trunk containing a little sketch of her
life, which you may read for yourself, and
which will tell you better than I can of
her talent."
For a moment Lizzie's eyes met his
own, a look of shame and distress gathering
in them.
" Mr. Mclntyre, that will be of no
use?I cannot read."
" Lizzie 1"
Her violin slipped from her grasp and
would have fallen to the ground had
not Mclntyre caught it, and she covered
her face with both hands.
"But Lizzie," persisted her companion,
in Rome perplexity, " I do not
understand. There are good public
schools in the city, and surely your father
must have known that it was his duty to
give a girl like you an education, to say
nothing of Neddie, who is growing up
such a splendid young fellow."
"It is very kind of jou to say such
things of Neddie and me; we are common
people, and ours is a common life.
Neddio did spend two years with our
uncle who lives in York State. Ho went
to school there. Bat father doesn't
think much of book learning. Aunt
Jane never had time to help me, and
Neddie is too restless to keep still long
enough, I suppose." She continued
quaintly, "You who live out in the
world look at these things in a different
way; but.I know of many who aro just
where I am. Why, there is a whole
family on that island," pointing to a
tiny speck away to the eastward, " whe
cannot reaci or wnre. unce in inree
months, perhaps, they go to the mainland.
I scarcely ever go. I suppose I
shali always live here, and 1 am contented?I
think," and a look ol doubt
gathered in her eyes ; '-at least I was.
l>ut lately I have wished so nmch that
I could read and had books?for it is so
lonely here in the winter."
"Well, dear child," said the young
man, gently, "this gives me the privilege
of paying my debts, doesn't it V"
"Your debts?" echoed Lizzie, in surprise.
" Certainly. Did you not fish me out
of the water a week ago ? Well, now
you shall put your six feet of driftwood |
to some service. I will teach you to read I
and to write."
After that Mclntyre proved the most |
faithful of teachers, and his pupil made i
steady progress in her lessons. Neither |
was the violin any longer in disgrace, j
Lizzie played to attentive ears while i
learning a deeper lesson than either at I
first realized. Mclntyre was the first j
to wako np. He was a man of the |
world, and understood himself, or j
xl VI. V_ 3.M xl t. a ?
inougnt lie uiu, morougniy. Accord- t
ingly he started one morning for a stroll ;
along the beach to think it over.
" As the case now stands." he solilo quized,
as he lit a cigar and threw away
the match, "it is either Lizzie or the !
world; and I confess the world has !
charms for me."
His gaze wandered absently over the
swelling waves, and lingered on a far- '
off sail that dipped and rose, dipped j
again, until it sank below the horizon, j
His lip curled involuntarily as he!
thought of the delicate ladies in his :
set, and how wretched they would make j
the poor girl's life in their own high-'
bred fashion. No?but would they, !
though?"
A faint amusement lingered in his '
face as lie recalled Lizzie's rather
stately carriage and stately dignity that
redeemed her from being common-1
place. He laughed out.
"It would be fun to see her among ;
all those peacocks. Poor Lizzie 1 "What
a shame that she has been neglected !
If she had received half the advantages;
of any one of my acquaintances f>he
would have surpassed them all. Well, \
well, it is high time I returned home.
I have been here six weeks. Yes, I will
go away to-morrow and forget her, as
she will forget me."
So saying, McTntyre threw away tho :
end of his cigar and started into a brisk
walk tdong tho shore, coming directly;
upon tho object of his thoughts, !
who was pacing to and fro, drawing .
primitive music from her violin. She i
wore a scarlet jacket over hor gray j
dress, and a white handkerchief tied ;
over lier head and under her chin. His |
heart throbbed faster at the sight of'
her.
"Fool!" he muttered, "to think I
cculd leave her. Now, then my man,
" ' It's all for love, and the world well lust.'" '
Lizzie greeted his approach with a
mile, but played to tho close of tho i
strain beforo she spoke. It was a
little German air that he had taught
her.
" Is that right?" she queried, as she :
finished.
" I cannot tell you."
Then, meeting her look of astonish- j
mont with ins own earnest gaze, no
said:
" Lizzie, will you care very much ;
when I go away from here ?"
Her eyes dropped, the red blood;
dyed her cheek and brow for a moment, j
and then faded away, leaving her quite
pale.
"I think it will be well for you to
i go," she said.
"And why, Lizzie, will you tell me?
j You need not fear to tell me anything,"
he added, as she hesitated.
She looked away from him, and her
voice was almost inaudible as she answered:
"Because?because?Oh, I cannot
tell you 1 You know?"
"I have thought of going, Lizzie;
but I realized to-day that I cannot leave
you? ever again, dear."
I He put one arm about her, but she
-V .. . .C.-. '
^ drew away from liim, trembling from
! bead to foot.
" Don't, Mr. Melr.tyre ! I want to
' remember you kindly, and T cannot if
. you use such language to me."
"For heaven's sake I"ho cried, in astonishment,
"tell me, have I said anything
wrong to you? Is it wrons; to
love you? If that is a sin, then I am
the greatest of sinners "
"I do not forget that you are a gentleman,
and I but a poor, ignorant girl,
who knows onlv what you have taught
her."
j "But, Lizzie, I ask you to be ray
wife, and you have not answered me. I
! do not boast when I Fay my suit would
not be rejected in most families of high
! standing where I ara known."
| " Ab, that is the idea," she exclaimed,
| hastily ; "if, as you say, you do care for
| me"?she stammered a little over the
I words, "you would soon grow weary of
J mv stupid ways. I should shame you
! every day of your life, and your grand
! friends would wonder at your choice,
! and I should die of homesickness."
j " With me, Lizzie ?" j
"Yes, even with you!" smiling and!
j blushing as sho met his eyes.
He laughed?ho was so f3ure of win-'
! ninp: her?and kissed her mouth.
"Well, sweetheart, I will live here:
j then, and turn keeper of the light after
I youi father. Will that suit you ?" j
" Don't deceive yourself, Mr. Mcmj
tyre. We would not be happy together,
i and think how terrible it would be?
j bound together forever."'
| He laughed exultantly and with a !
; great deal of amusement.
"Faith! I think it would bo a,
mighty pleasant, thing. Come, Lizzie, j
you can deny me no longer. Do you |
not see that your own happiness de- i
pends upon your answer? Now kiss me, i
dear, and tell me that you will take the
life you were so brave to save into your
own keeping."
Ho drew her gently toward him, but i
she fp.ce.l him suddenly, with great.
tears trembling on her long lashes.
"Do you think it costs me nothing to ,
refuse you?you who have made my life !
so beautiful these few short weeks? I;
am rude and ignorant?such a wife,
would burden and disgust you in time.
It is for your good that I refuse to ac- i
cept what seems like a heaven to me." i
And then, swift as a deer, she flew j
along the shore, leaving Mclntyro to t
sirutrgio Between auger, aiuusemeiu ;
and wonnded self-love.
All that day lie tried to speak with '
Lizzio alone, but sho gave liim no:
opportunity. At last, in very despera-;
tion, he tapped at the door of her j
father's room. Captain Clyde was i
again suffering with rheumatism, and I
tho young man found him in the easvchair,
while Lizzio hovered about him. j
" Captain Clyde," said McTntyre, as |
he blocked the doorway with his broud i
shoulders to prevent Lizzie from escap-'
ing, " 1 wish to say a few words to your j
daughter in your presence, since she re- j
fuses to grant me that}'privilcge else- j
where."
" Say on, my lad, she would be proud i
to hear whatever j ou have to say to j
her."
"Well, Lizzie, I will go away from [
here to-morrow, and stay as long as you ;
bid me. When the time is up I will rc-1
turn to claim you for my wife. You ,
shall see that this is no idle, passing |
fancy."
His eyes, grave and sad, rested on the :
girl's flushed face, and the bluff cap-;
tain's eyes widened in amazement.
"Speak out, gal," ho commanded.)
"Have you anything to say to this i
young man, who woes you like a gen-1
tlemau ? Shall he conic?or no ?"
And Lizzie answered, with downcast,
eyes: " If he comes one year from this j
time, and still cares for me, I will be |
ready."
"And is that all, Lizzie?" he said,)
stepping toward her with outstretched j
arras.
' No, I'll be bound !" said the old j
man, with a sly twinklo in his eyes, j
" When I wont courting, my little girl 1
used to kiss me." And reaching over j
he pave Lizzie a little push that sent i
her into the arms of her lover; whereupon
they all laughed, and Lizzie, after j
kissing Mclntyre, shyly slipped from J
the room.
* * * *
A whole year passed by, and not nn- I
happily to Lizzie, who had faithfully ;
endeavored to improve herself. She !
spent the winter "on the mainland,"
with some friends. She studied, read, i
watched the people about her, and,
never coarse herself, despito her com-1
monplacc life at home, she fell easily j
liito tue new groove. Aitnougn not unhappy,
tho girl's cheek was paler than
of jore, and her tyes held a wistfulness
that had grown in thorn since parting
from her lover, for occasionally this!
thought crossed her dreams for the future:
" He may not come at all?ho may
forget."
But Allen Mclntyro was truer than i
most of his kind; for tho early fall t
brought him again to Lizzie's house.
While he waited in the old-fashioned
sitting-room, the door was opened liesi(.!
tatingly, and who was this before him?
Allen had left a young gypsy, magnificent
in tier way, with coal black braids
and flashing eyes, ? ct scarcely the tigure '
for r drawing-room in her short gown '
and thick coarse shoes; a daughter of
the sea, sun-browned and fearless. But I
this?was this Lizzie? A graceful1
woman in trailing robes, and the shining
hair braided and coiled about her
head, resting in a coronet a queen might
envy, above the low broad brow. Paler
than of old, her eyes downcast but
shining softly through tlieiv happy
tears, her mouth smiling triumphantly.
Was this Lizzie ? Why, not a woman
in all his brilliant throng ho remein- j
bered could compare with her,
Every suiimcr a handsome gentleman
and his dark-haired wife visit tho lightkeeper's
home; and every fall they
return to their stately home in a far
away city, where the lady doo< the
honors of her grand house with a graco
that charms all.
And yet Allen Mclntyre laughingly
accuses his wile of " fishing for him." (
Moiicestcr Sailors.
The following is from "Around Capo
Ann," by Hiram Kich, in :lie Ceniwy
Mtujuzhm:
Six sloops, ',110 lipaf, and one shallop
composed tho CJape Ann lleet in li!'J3 ;
now it has nearly Jive hundred sail, of j
almost twenty-eight thousand tons, and
Gloucpstt-r is tho largest fishing port |
in the land. Its lleet is manned by men
of every clime. A tide of young men, I
mainly from the provinces, sets stead-'
ily toward this port. Many have the
characteristic recklessness of the sailor,
unci earnings of weeks tire spent be- j
tween sunset ami snnri.se. There is
among them no sailor cut of clothes,
and ashore they follow the prevailing
fashions, down to lager beer. All ,
hannts ave prepared for Jack, and he is j
prepared foi ali haunts. As in all other
callings, thrift follows prudence and in- :
dustry, though ho .seems to lie open to
the changes and chances of Inck. You i
will see his cottage commanding the i
finest sea view, for on the heights lie !
the cheapest lots. Alas! that the wait-j
ing wife can also lonk harborwavd on '
every coming sail, often to see the flag
" half m ist "?for whom ?
Herearo no labor strikes. The Bailor
brings in a fare of fish, perhaps all he i
has caught, by themselves; they are ;
weighed oil', the vessel is put to rights,
and he goes up to the counting room '
for his check. The whole value of the j
fish is reckoned by the vessel-owner or j
his clerk; then is deducted cost of ice
aud bait bought; thou one-quarter of
one per cent, lor the Widows' and Orphans'
Fund; one-half the remainder
belongs to the owner, the other to him.
From his part is then deducted charges
| for wood-sawing and splitting, for
; water, medicine-chest, condensed milk,
and any charge for labor on the vessel
: which belonged to him to do, but which
j has been hired done. His check is
then handed him, and he presents it
I in person, or it finds its devious way to
j the bank by other?perhaps not cleaner
J ?hands.
Money often leads men antray. Some
! of them will run after a dollar; but a
j hound dog is more avaricious. He will
I follow a scent,
confidence men.
How Tlicy Opernrp Bftwcrn'lNew York
and IMiilnricliihln,
A Philadelphia letter to a New York
! paper says: Tho bunko men who
; operate between this city and New York
j have been reaping a harvest of late.
| The leader of the gang has in fonr
i instances represented himself as a
| nephew of Anthony J. Drexel or a
member of the well-known banking
| house of which Mr. Drexel is the head.
One of the victims was Mr. Evan Randolph,
an experienced business man,
whom he swindled out of 8110. The
second was Mr. Hazlehurst. a leading
member of the Philadelphia bar, whom
ho caught for S2.400. The third was
j Mr. j. A. J. Sheets, a prosperous
I lumber merchant, who lost $2,900 by
j his confidence in the scoundrel. Tho
i fourth victim is no less a personage
than the Eon. George Sbarswood, chief!
justice of the supreme court of Penn.
; eylvania. In the latter case, however,
| the amount involved was only 810i
Tho story of this operation was given
to your correspondent an follows :
,.As I was strolling up Broadway, in
New York, a well-dressed young man
addressed mo by so mo name not my
own, which I do not recall, and seemed
both confused and incredulous when I
told him that he was mistaken. He,
however, apologetically said that I bore
a striking resemblancoto tho gentleman
who he supposed me to be, and that he
wouid bo grateful if I would toll him
who I was. I gave him my name, and
ho left me with every mark of courtesy.
I had not gone much further when another
gentleman, youthful, well-dressed
and of remarkably pleasing manner?,
crossed the sidewalk toward mo. and-,
extending his hand, addressed me 1>3
name and profossed to be delighted to
have met me. Bis faco did not seem
unfamiliar to me, but I could not recall
his name, and I supposed my puzzled
look led him to relievo my mind,
as lie said: ' Ah, I see you don't remember
mo. I am F. A. Drexel, Jr. I have
been studying art in Paris, and returned
only last week.' He then asked many
questions about tho welfare of prominent
Pliiladelphians, with whose names,
occupations ana social standing ne
seemed thoroughly familiar. He also
conversed very interestingly on
art matters abroad, mentioning
incidentally that ho had been an
extensive purchaser for tha account of
his uncle's as well as himself. We 1
walked uptown, chatting thus ;pleavantly,
and not a suspicion that my companion
was not what he represented
himself to be entered my mind. At
length lie mentiontd that he had just
received a very expensive painting from
Paris?one for which Belmont's and
Yanderbilt's agent had bid against him,
but which he had bought for 50,000
francs. 'It was a very steep price, and I
don't know how father and Uncle Tony
will like it,' he said. He then invited
mo to look at his treasure, which, he
said, was only a block or two away.
Nothing was occupying me particularly
at that time, and I consented. Turning
down one of the cross streets wo came
to a handsome brown-stone house, into
which we entered after)inging the bell.
"While wo stood on the steps my companion
told me that he had drawn the
grand prize, 11,000 francs, in a lottery
designed for the benefit of some Parisian
art association, and was only waiting
in the city for the morny to come
to hand. He then would go to Pliila- ,
delphia and visit his relatives. The
door was opened by a liveried porter,
and we were admitted to a saloon parlor ,
that seemed to have been turned into
an office. Mr. Drexel introduced him- J
self to the gentlemanly individual who j
occupied the desk, ar d ?aid that he had ;
brought me,mentioning my name, to see (
his famous picture. The gentlemanly 1
individual was sorry that the picture ,
had just been sent to Philadelphia, and ,
ho showed the express receipt in con- (
firmation. Apologizing for the disap- j
pointment, my companion made a move
us though to go away, when the gentlemanly
individual, after a brief consultation
of what seemed to be a book of
entry, said : 'Mr. Drexel, I received the ]
rr-mitt^nce of your grand prize, 11,000 ,
francs, this morning. Here is the '
money,' and ho counted out what j
seemed to be that amount. The f?en- i
tlomanly individual then suggested ,
that it would be well to take some tick- j
ets in another lottery drawing for the j
benefit of 6ome other art association. t
Drexel-was willing. He said he patron- j
ized such schemes for the benefit of (
art, and always turned his prizes over ,
to deserving prtists. I had scruples (
against such methods, but he insisted, ,
and I handed him ?10. Then they ,
brought out a numbered chart, and ,
gambling implements. I saw at once \
that the whole thing was a trick and ,
device, and I repossessed myself of tho .
810 which I had given my companion, ,
and which was lying on tbo table, and j
made my way out of the room without j
opposition. The pseudo Drexel came i
along, and agreed entirely with mo in |
my estimate of the character of the )
place. I still had confidence in hiin, j
losing it only after suits had been ,
brought to recover money falsely so \
obtained." :
An Old Adage Verified. \
A ><e.w i ork mau tells in the hve.iiivg \
Post how ho was cured of interfering j
with other people's busiuess. Ho lives :1
near n police station, and upon one oc- 1
casion saw a crowd moving toward the 1
station-house and a poor-looking woman ]
struggling between two officers. He 1
knew nothing of thj arrest, but be- !
came at once interested on noticing
that tho prhoner was a middle-aged, 1
decent-looking woman, apparently cot 1
intoxicated, entreating to be let go. !
He followed tho crowd to the stationhouse,
succeeded in getting in, determined
to see fair play, end took a posi- '
tion in front of the sergeant's desk, before
whom the woman was placed and at *
once charged by the officer with disorder- :
ly conduct. They found her in the middle
of tho street, talking loudly and
wildly at sereral men and boys and !
offering to tight. As she did not obey ]
their directions to go home they ro- 1
solved to "take her in." She struggled
with them ali the way to the (
station-house, making night hideous by 1
her shrieks, ctc. The woman all this '
while remained calm and quiet, and tlio *
strgeant asked her what sh? had t'o pay '
to the charge. She at ouco commenced
a tirade against those who bad caused
her arrest. She said that she was ,
quietly sitting ou the step when several
loafers came along and insulted her,
one of them slapping her in tho faes;
that she " went for them," and a skirmish
ensued ; that tho police came ,
up and instead of arresting them ar- .
rested her. At this moment she turned ,
her eye3 on the good-natured citizen or
"bystander," who was there to see that
she had fair play, and exclaimed in a
voico of thunder, " There's one of the
? loafers now.'' With that she planked
her shut bony list with full fore*1 right
in her champion's left eye. His. championship
ended in an instant, and her
case was settled l>y the serg-ant ordering
the ollicers to "take hor dowu
and they had their hands full. The
"champion's" eyo was badly blacked,
and when he told his wifo abont the
case she reminded him of the well-worn
story of the man in Tennesseo who was
hung for not minding his own business.
Papain?.
Papaine is a juice procured from the
carica papaya, or papaw tree, which
grows in the Moluccas, in India, in the
Antilles and in South America. Its
chief property is a remarkable digestive
power, acting, iiko me gasiric ninci ot
the stomach, upon meats and various
other substances. It is proposed by
M. E. Bouchut that papaine bo used
i for dissolving the false membranes of
diphtheria. In his experiments, a
thick and resisting false membrane
i from the trachea, placed in a tubo with a
j third part of papaw juice, was dissolved
! in a few hours when cold, and in a
; few minutes when the tube was warmed.
Since beginning his investigations of
< the subject he has employed the subi
stance in the treatment of thirty-two
cases of diphtheria of adults and infants,
and has been successful in all but
four.
Splendors of ft Itledircvnl Hiuiquet.
When Henry III. of France and King !
of Poland was on bis return to Paris to j
talie up the government which had do-1
volved upon him by the death of Cath- j
erine do Medici's two elder sons, he j
passed through Venice, and the recep- j
tion given to him l>y the Queen of the j
Adriatic is a fair specimen of numerous '
displays of a like nature. On the Vene- j
t'iau frontier a goodlly number of sen.-!
tors and councillors met the k jig; his j
gondola was spread with gold brocade; j
the nobles toled off to attend him were I
dressed in flowing robes of silk ; sixty j
halberdiers as guards of honor wore J
liveries of orange-colored silk, and car I
ried ancient battle-r.xes. Four hundred
rowers sped the royal craft on its way
to the Lido, followed by countless~gondolas
of the nobility draped in cloth of
gold and resplendent with mirrors and
arms. On the Lido was erected a triumphal
arch, of which Palladia, the
celebrated Vicenzan, had been the archi- {
tect. and which Tintoretto and Palo |
VdVAnfiCA liorl -noin.nil Thn Imtkt tvoci
lodged in the Foscaripalace, adorned
for the purpose wrh everything; tliat
was rich in tapestry and gold. But the
banquet in the evening was the most
striking ceremony. It took place at
the Giudecca, just over against ths
favorite hotel of modem Venice ; the j
royal gondol i glided down the grand
canal amid soft-sounding music, and at
the steps tho monarch was received by
twelve noblemen dressed in picturesque
mariner's costume, blue satin with !
scarlet facing?, each with a lady in j
white resting on his arm. Three thou-1
sand guests awaited the king's advent
into tho cour yard, resplendent with :
jewels and gold brocade. To while away
tho time before the banquet was announced,
an acrobat pc-rformed gymnastic
feats for the edification of tho
guests, and all around was assembled a
sparkling fleet of gondolas with their
torches and gilded prows, and their j
crimson damask coverings floated in the j
waves, for there were no sumptuary laws I
in those days, an 1 uo restraint on display, j
Tables were laid to accommodate the I
3,000. For the royal entertainment a j
curious surprise was prepared. Heniy !
was invited to seat himself at a table j
made entirely of sugar; tho napkins,
plates, knives, forks, etc., wero all j
nwue of that commodity ; so good was
the deception tlmt the king complacently
sat down, but on taking up his napkin
he found it crumble beneath his grasp.
The plate before the king had upon it
the figure of a queen seated on two
tigers, which ht.d on their breasts the
arms of France and Poland. On the
right of the royal seat were two sugar
lions with a pallia and a justice of like
material, while cn his left stood a sugar
St. Mark and s. sugar David, anuonr j
tjio table were spread horses, trees, j
ships, etc., all oi sugar. After 'the repast
1,270 figures oi sugar were distributed
among the fair sex as a
pleasing memorial of tho event. After
this episodo tho % king was taken to a
more substantial table and to food
ot a more substantial character. At the
intervals of courses, comedies were
acted and poems sung; around the hall
were planted rare trees and odorous
plants^ baskets full of fruit hung from
the ceiling, and time hares, rabbits and
birds were chained among tho trees
with silken cords. The repast lasted
for four hours, ar.d ninety courses
passed before the royal eyes; and then j
at the end of ull tilings a huge pie was
opened from which issued birds, and
the guests arose to givo them chase,
tlie prize for llio largest Img being an
ostrich C'gg f-et in gold. Y?'ith this began
the dancing und revelry of the
svening. These public banquets were
imitated extensively in private life
Four to livo hundred ducats was an ordinary
sum for a Venetian to spend on
m entertainment. Tl:3 art of cooking
tvas carried to a ridiculous excess; into
jvery dish it was deemed necessary to
;ast come gold dust to give it what
they termed "the heart."?Frmer's
Magazine.
A New litigious Scot.
Michigan has given birth to a new relictions
sect, which is mainly composed
sf dissenters from other denominations,
riie new denomination is called " The
Living Church of God," and the m. muers
are called '' the chosen." Fr. ^i all j
accounts they are a very singular peo-1
pie. According to a correspondent of j
:he Chicago Intcr-Ocem, the memters
ire admitted to the society with great
"orm and a prescribed order of cxerjises,
rach liko somf of the secret sojieties.
They claim to be possessed of
ioino very grave secrets regarding the
aear approach ot tue end oi the world
ndiich have been imparted to them by
iivine aspiration. A delegation of
;weko of tlieir members, us cliosen
ipostlcs, have been selected to prepare
x proper Bible for their use, and .which
cvill notbc given to any outride of the
families of the chosen. It will contain
the articles of faith, and is supposed to
bo mainly composed of extracts from .
the Old Testament as they discard the !
new version. In somo respects they j
ire commnuists, as all members who are ,
tvorth over 33,000 put their property ;
together and divido the prolits pro I
rata. They take many customs from ;
the Jews, and have a large number of!
lioly days, which they keep very strictly, I
besides Saturday and Snuilay of each j
?veek, which aro observed as days of j
rest. They do not have anything to do 1
cvith outsiders any more than is strictly !
necessary. They never marrv but once, :
md in the event of the deati of husband j
->r wife, remain single the remainder of j
iheir life. Divorco and separation are !
lot allowed, and any difliculty which
nav come up in the family or church
ire brought before the twelve elders,
"rom whoso decision there is no appeal. ,
fn their dress and mode of living they
ire very simple, the men wearing their
iair cut short and laces smoothly
ihaven, and the women wearing only i
.heir natural hair hanging loosely dowi
:heir backs. They are industrious and
'rugal, and aro accumulating much i
property. Much interest is manifested
in them in the communities where they
reside, and their numbersare increasing
rery fast. Their preachers literally;
ibey the Scripture injunction, and go |
ibout preaching without pay or compensation,
expecting to tret their board,
:'UOining ana uie necessaries 01 niu uum
their cor vevls.
The Fortune Tellers of New York.
Tho fortune tellinfj sisterhood is still
x largo one iu Gotbuni, writes tlie New {
York coi respondent of the Detroit FrPf
Press. A good deal of the plunder that |
it picks up goes to tho Hortihl to pay j
for advertising. An advertisement that j
costs about a dollar may bring in ?10 or j
820, as the ease may bo. The usual;
charge for " consultation " is iil'ty cents j
or a dollar, but if the gifted female sees '
a chance for a strike, sbo is not going to
shut her eyes and miss it. The trade (
of fortune-telling is now monopolized j
by Tonien. Some years ago there were
a few men in the business. They called j
themselves a^trologists, and had an as- :
tonishing kind of intimacy with the i
stars. But tho women now have the '
field to themselves. Tho impression
that all their dupes aro of the servant \
girl class is a mistake. They catch a ,
good many even or. Fifth avenue. It is ,
not by any means uncommon to luar a !
woman of average intelligence and fair !
education say that she believes in for
tune-telling. "With a great many women j
of this so.rt, tho lirst impulso when any- j
thing goes wrong is to consult a for-;
tune-teller. Tho parlor as well as the j
kitchen contributes to the cotters of the :
card-shuttling swindlers. When the lute
Philander Doesticko, P. B., wrote up j
tho fortune-tellers of New York, s me
live and twenty years ago, the trade;
was considerably hurt for the time, i
But it soon nourished again, and is now
as prosperous as ever, if not more so.
Wo have a law against it, but the har-;
pies who follow it don't mind that.
Superseding Horses/
A roarl locomotive constructed for war j
purposes was recently tried in Germany
in the presence of Count Moltko and
several others. The machine drew
five gunB with carriages and complete
outfit, and the load amounted to 800
cwt. The journey lasted for three
hours ancl a half,
1H K FARM AM) HOUSEHOLD.
Hints lor the Poultry Vnrd.
Tlicro is nothing new in the following
suggestions 01 the New York Tribune iu
rc-ferenco to poultry, but they are as j
practical now as ever:
First, hens, to do well, must have a i
warm, dry place, with plenty of sun- j
shine. We always keep a box of ashes .
t'oi' them to wallow in, which should be i
kept perfectly dry. Every few weeks, j
and sometime.? oftener, the hennery is i
thoroughly dusted with dry ashes, oc- 1
casionally adding a little sulphur; and i
oijce in awhile we wet the roosts with j
kerosene. A spring-bottom oil can is J
just the thing for the purpose. At- j
tending to these rules catefnlly, you j
need not have lice, which is an important
item in keeping poultry. Our chief
object is eggs, for which there is generally
a ready market and good price.
And to lay well, hens must have plenty
to eat and of the right kind. "We gen-j
erally feed corn, and in the winter lot j
them 6hell it for themselves, after giving
each ear a blow or two with the !
1tn?vtvMAM x-\M nnn>AfViim/y AP I
UiiLUUlUL \/k 'SUUiOiaiU^ \JJL luau UiUU
start tho kernels. This gives them ex-!
ercise and keeps them from eating too \
much. One would think they would !
not get enough to eat in this way; but |
if kept before them in a clean, dry j
place, they will keep fat. Give them
each morning what tbey will pick off
during the day.
Furiu mid (JnvUen Notcx.
Sunflower seeds are useful for giving
gloss to the feathers of poultry fed
upon them.
Ic is often thought a bother to raise
ducks, but where they can be conveniently
kept any of the improved breeds
will pay well.
In ohanging.the diet of an ox five
days will generally elapse before the
remains of the preceding diet are expelled
by the animal.
Spread manure as fa3t as it is made i
Manure applied in fall and winter will!
do the corn much more good than that j
applied in the spring.
Thyme will grow almost anywhere,
but it prefers a dry, poor soil. If the
ground is rich the plant will grow too
luxuriantly and lose its aromatic qualtici.
A cow winte'red upon two tons and a
lialf of hay will produce not far from
fivo tons of manure, provided she be
well littered and none of the excrements
be wasted.
A Mississippi farmer dashes cold
water into the ears of choking cattle.
This causes the animal to shako its
head violently, and the muscular action
dislodges tho obstruction.
A pound of bones contains as much
phosphoric acid as one hundred pounds
of wheat. On many farms there are
bones wasted sufficient to supply phosphoric
acid for all the wheat consumed,
The autumn sown grains, both wheat
and rye, have deeper roots and a longer
period of growth than the spring sown
cereals, and are better able than the
latter to supply themselves with the
necessary ash constituents from the
soil.
Plant fruit trees in the fall. Pack
the ground lirmly and mound up the
earth around them to keep them steady.
Level the soil in the spring. A gill of
carbolic acid m a pail of whitewash applied
tc the trunk will keep off mice
and rabbits.
In sowing wheat bo careful that nc
foul snods gets into tlie ground through
tho drill or by the hand of tho sower.
Huve your seed wheat perfectly clean.
An hour spent in making seed clean
will save a flay or a week in the future
in (iradica-ing weeds.
Air-slaked lime is a good thing to
dust in the poultry-house in tho nests
and wherever disagreeable odors or lice
abound. Broken bits of lime, old
mortar, crushed oyster sheels, etc.,
should at all times bo within easy
reach of tho fowls, whether in confinement
or not.
Scatter oyster shell lime about tho
yards and runs. It is the best material
ior egg shells. Air-slaked limo scattered
over the floors of the poultry
houses will drive away unpleasant odors
and keep them healthy. Add crude
carbolic lime for whitewashing. It is
most effective in destroying lice.
In the treatment of light soils, English
farmers frequently sow mangels,
carrots or Swedes to bo fed upon the
land with theep. Such laud after
being fed off by sheep will be made close
and productive by the tread of the animals.
With an allowanco of oil cake t
spent on the laud, these fields will be I
quite productive for cereal crops.
Ii is not a good plan,says a writer, to
leavo squashes attached to the vines
sifter the frost. They should be sepa
1UKJU, UeiUg LUlt'iUl LU lull l/Iit? nuun
stem remain on nfc least until the
squashes aro assorted when cold
weather comes. Place the ripe, selected
ones on shelves in a dry, cocl place like
that of a fruit room. Home cellars will
answer, but most of them will not.
T le Michigan legislature at its last
session appropriated SI,000 for experiments
in ensilage and the culture of
amber cano at the State Agricultural
college. The season wa3 somewhat i
late, but corn for ensilage was at once ;
sown, and the silo has just been filled, |
samples of tne fodder being subjected i
to careful chemical tests before being |
put into the feeding, for the purpose of
noting any chemical changes that may j
take place in it and making a more j
completo theoretical determination ot!
the value of the new system of feeding. J
Itrinovul <>f Ktnln* nnri Spoin. |
Sparine?111 all cases, strong, pure j
alcohol.
(iinn, Sugar, Jelly, etc.?Simple wash- j
ing with water"at a haud heat.
Muttr-r Adhering Mechanically,?Beating,
brushing and currents of water J
either on the upper or underside.
Lime and Alkalies - White goods, i
simple washing. Colored cottons, wool- j
ens and silks are moistened, and very J
dilute citric acid is applied with the I
linger end.
Scorch itiq.?White go mis, rub well |
11. i: i;n.wwlin inofDX' !
Willi llllfU ui|ijK;u 1U vuii/1 iuv nr?ct?,
colored cottons, re-dye if possible, or
in woolens raise a fresh surface ; silk,
no remedy.
Alizarine Inks.?White goods, tar*
to vie acids, the more concentrated tho j
older the spots. On colored cottons and
woolcus, and ou silk*, dilate tartaric
acid is applied cautiously.
Oil Colors, Varnish and lies ins.?On
white or colored linens, cottons or
woolens use rectified oil of turpentine,..
alcohol lye, and then soap; ou silks, j
use benzine, other, and milk soap, very I
cautiously.
Vegetable Colors, Fruit, Red Wine and ;
Red Ink.? On white goods, sulphurj
fumes or chlorine water; colored cot-I
tons and woolens, wash with lukewarm
soap lye or ammonia; silk, the same,
but more cautiously.
Iron Spots and Black Silk.? White
goods, hot oxalic acid, dilute muriatic
acid, with little fragments of tin. On
fast-dyed cottons aud woolens, citric
acid is cautiously and repeatedly ap- i
plied ; silk, impossible.
lilm,4 ' aihl Albuminoid Matters.? j
Steeping in lukewarm water. If pepsin,
or tho juice of Cariea papaya, can be :
procured, tho spots are first softened j
with lukewarm water, and then either i
of these substances is applied.
Grea? >}.?White goods, wash with
soap or alkaliuo lyes; colored cottons,
wash with lukewarm soap lyes; colored :
woolens, tho same or ammonia; silks, I
absorb with French chalk or fuller's
earth, and dissolve away with benzine
or ether.
Tanning from Chestnuts, (/reek Wnl- '
nut*, etc., or Leather.?White goods, hot
chloride water and concentrated tartaric !
acid; colored cottons, woolens and j
eilks, apply diluted chlorine water j
cautiously to the spot, washing it away ;
and reapplying it several times.
Tar, Cartwheel Or ease, Mixtures of\
Fat, Resin, Carbon and Acetic Acid.? j
On white goods, soap and oil of turpen-1
I tine, alternating with streams of w*icr;
! colored cOttons anrl wo jlens, rub in
the lard and let 1 e, soap and let lio
again, and treat alternately with oil of
turpeutiue and water; silks, the same,
but more carefully, lining benzine instead
of oil of turpentine.
Acids, Vinegar, Sou- Wine., Musty
and Sour Fruits.?White goods, simple
washing, followed up by chlorine water.
Colored cottons, woolens and silks are
very carefully moistened with dilute
ammonia with the tinger end. In case
of delicate colors ?t will be found preferable
to make some prepared chalk
into a thin paste with water ami apply
it to the spots.
On a Diligence Road to Jloxico.
In Mrs. Mary Hallock Foote's " Diligence
Journey in Mexico," in the Cen
lury Magazine (recently Scribner), occurs
the following: Thus far we had met
no vehicles except the two-wheeled
carts drawn by oxen?wheels wi hout
tires, hewn out and 3howing the separate
strokes the ax, but many humble I
travelers on loot, trotting into Mexico
with back-loads of market stuff. Fruits I
and vegetables were carried in a foursided
hamper or cage called a hu-tcal,
made of osiers; often it was filled with
live fowls, the tail-feathers of the cock
gayly fluttering through the bars of the
cage, or was divided into compartments,
with eggs below and fowls above. We
mot huge masses of pottery ingenioasly
wuven together with the cords
of the agave, and towering perilously
above the bearer's head; rolls of matting,
wooden trays, bundles of sugar cane,
camnte (a kind of sweet potato), and tomatoes
wrapped in green leaves. A
pair of live hens never came amiss,
swinging by the legs from a disengaged
hand, or tied to an available corner of
the load. Whole families were en route,
even to the baby, rolled in one end of
the long cotton scar! which the Indian
mother weais over her head, or suspended
in its folds at her back. I do
not think a stranger procession could
be met with on the high-roads of thiV
century.
Sfpudilv plimhin cr. fVi? pnnnfrr crmw.
ing poorer and wilder, wo pass many
heaps of stones supporting the fatal
cross?the place of a murder?making a
mute appeal to the traveler to pray for
one cut off in his sins. We enter tho
mountain passes, dark with pines and
firs, aud ascend to the battlefield of
Las Cruces, on the divide which separates
tho valley, of Mexico from that of
Toluca. We pass the monument to Hidalgo,
and I ask with shame who was
Hidalgo, and am answered: " He was our
Washington?this is our Bunker Hill!"
It was here on the 30th of October, 1810,
that Hidalgo with his Indian insurgents,
armed chiefly with slings, bows, clubs,
lances and machetes, met the troops 01
tho Spanish government, under Colonel
Truxillo, and drove them back upon the
capital. The loss of tha Indians must
have been frightful; in their ignorance
of the nature of artillery, they charged
Truxillo's guns and " tried to stop the
mouths of them with their straw hats,
until hundreds had perisfced by the discharge."
After the battle a sad train
of Indian women went up on the mountain
to bury their dead, and tho many
crosses that were raised by their hands
gave the spot its name.
Garibaldi's Hoys,
Garibaldi has always been exceedingly
simple and frugal in his habits.
Never a rich man, and often a very poor
one, ho has not been ashamed to practice
the most rigid economy. Ho has
been known to break a cigar in two,
light one half and return the other to
his cigar-case to serve upon a future
occasion. To the friend who relates
this story, however, he presented a
whole cigar.
Proud and thrifty as he is, it was a
severe blow to him to be obliged to apnlv
to tho ltinc for a nfinsion. fiiirlv nn
The principal consumers are Germans,
but there is a constantly increasing demaud
from Americans. The latter,
however, do not, take readily to the perfume.
One dealer shipped a carload to
St. Louis, and was notitied by telegram
on its arrival that it was spoiled. He '
telegraphed back, requesting the pur- (
chaser to call in a German expert, as he 1
was certain some Yankee had been test-!
ing it. The advice was followed, the j
article prououuced good, and it was
sold at a fair profit. A good i
deal of kraut is also imported from 1
Germany, aud is found to pos-1
Bess a peculiar ilavor or bouquet:
which the American article lacks, al-1
though the Chicago manufacture is im- [
proving. The process of manufacture, 1
in brief, is to cut the cabbage into long,
thin slices, removing the core, which is J
stringy, and thtn pack in barrels, ramming
* down vcrv compactly, either '
with wooden implements or by heavy I
men in rubber boots treading it. The
application of salt and Water is a mistake.
It should be pressed so tightlv
that its own liquor will cover it, then
headed up, a hole being bored in the
head to allow fermentation. These
simple rules wili give a delectable compound,
such as no American maker of j
sauerkraut has ever produced. The j
price for a good article is ?11.50 per ;
barrel of thirty gallons, and from tif-1
teen to twenty cents per quart at retail, j
Preparations lor <i Scandinavian Mar- '
riage.
Preparations for a wedding feast be- j
gins weeks beforehand, and are so ex-1
tensive that M. Da Chaillu was utterly \
amazed at the quantify of solids and j
liquids that he saw stored against an j
approaching marriage feast. Invita- j
tions to weddings are sent out well in I
advance of the happy day, so that the j
guests may prepare for two or three,
days' absence from home; and the j
poorest person invited is never without,
a wooding garment. The happy couple j
eat, drink and dance with everybody; i
and it seems never to have occurred to j
the people to inquire how they do it. !
There is a limit to the endurance of
the native head and stomach, and this
generally is found on the third day;
then the guests, on bidding good-bye
to the bride, tender their wedding presents,
which always consist of money,
and are deposited, without being examined,
in a box which the bride wears
at her r,ide. How many American girls
will wish?only to themselves?that a ,
similar custom might prevail here cannot
easily be estimated, but all of them
will understand why there are but few
bachelors in tho land of the midnight
? ? ? f1 wi I
sua. XJULl^ ill ilI*J IUU uuuuiug icnuTi*
ties, those of Christmas far exceed
them, for feasting and fun are industriously
kept up Irom Christmas-eve to
Twelfth-night, and quaint and charming
arc some of the attendant ceremonies.?Harper's
Magar'ne.
The bulbs of the tuberose never bloom
but once. They require a sandy soil.
FACTS AND COMMENTS.
In view of the number of iand slips
which have lately taken place in various
parts of Switzerland, it is proposed to
organize a Swiss Land Slip commission,
with snbcommissions in every canton,
whose duty it will be to inspect localities
where land slips are likely to occnr,
to devise means to prevent their occurrence,
and to warn persons whose lives
may be imperiled.
The late Dr. Holland, the author,
would seem to have met the usual experience
which authors undergo. His
"Titcomb Letters" were refused by
two prominent Boston publishers, and a
JSew lork publishe? refused even to
look at tliem. He carried them to Mr.
Scribner who asked him to read specimens
from them. At the end of the
third he agreed to take them, and they
attained an issue of 60,000 copies.
To discover spurious greenback or
national bank notes, d.vide the last two
figures of the number of the bill by four,
and if ono remains the letter on the
genuine will bo A; if two remains it will
be B, if three, C; and should there be
no remainder, the letter will be D.
For example, a note is registered 2161;
divide sixty-one by four, aad you will
have one remaining. According to this
rule, the letter on the note will be A.
In case the role fails, be certain that
bill is counterfeit or altered.
The agricultural distress in England
has in a curious way led to the discussion
of the Biblical injunction against
work on the Sabbath day. It has so
happened that several Sundays have
come as pleasant days, preceded and
followed by days of inclement weather.
The crops were in such a state that
every hour counted, but so strong was
the Sabbatarian feeling among a large
number of the people that tens of
thousands of farmers conscientiously
refrained from work on Sunday,
although by so doing they sacrificed in
the aggregate an immense amount of
money.
It was only in 1830 that the first
cheese from America crossed the Atlantic.
From September 1, 1880, to September
1, 1881, the quantity of cheese
sent across fxom New York has been
127,311 boxes, but the gradual diminution
of the export for the last four
months .has caused great uneasiness
among the hotel keepers and restaurateurs
of London. Of late years, rows upon
rows of gigantic American cheeses
might be seen piled up on the shelves
of the dining hall of every great London
dining house. More there than hero
clerks and commercial men are cheese
devourers, and the bread-and-cheese
lunch and bread-and-cheese supper are
the ne plus ultra of epicureanism to
these classes of consumers.
In one of the surveying parties of the
Macon and Brunswick extension in
Georgia there were nine boys Of tnese
eight were graduates of some university
with diplomas in their pockets. They
were working for about 81 a day, and engaged
in the bardeet of manual labor?
cheerful, ambitious and rather proud of
their hard and rough work than otherwise.
"This group of boys," remarks
the Atlanta (Ga ) Constitution, " is one
of the signs of the limes Such a thiDg
it would have been impossible to find
in the olden days. The sods cf rich
men?graduates of universities?were
then seldom found at manual labor. At
la^t, however, labor is made honorable
lie bad earned the right to one. Not
his own necessities, but the debts of
his son llicciotti, forced him to take
the step.
Ricciotti, wliom some foolish people
have called the gentleman of the family,
is a son of whom many fathers
would be proud; handsome, generous,
of pleasing address and notably courageous.
It was he who captured the only German
standard which fell into the hands
of the French during the Franco-Prussian
war, and who afterward wrote a
gracefnl letter to the Prussian communder,
making light of the exploit.
But he is fond of pleasure and society,
careless in regard to money matters,
and lacks his father's solid republican
virtues of frugality and simplicity.
For this lack nothing can wholly
atone in the eyes of the wise old general;
and fond as lie is of the brilliant
and popular liicciotti, he bestows his
deepest confidence and affection upon
his quieter but more trustworthy son,
Menotti, who is unknown to the world,
but who never in his life contracted a
debt which he could not pay.? Youth's
Companion.
A threat Sauerkraut Center.
Chicago is the sauerkraut center of
America. One firm recently advertised
000 barrels for Rale, and the entire manufacture
omnnntafnlO flflOlifirrpla ft
in thj South, and no man stands higher
there than the man who lives by the
sweat of his brow."
China seems to retain a monopoly in
Chinese tea and canton matting. The
late commissioner of agriculture believed
he could enter the United States
in tho race with the former, but so far
the success is not promising. In regard
to canton matting, an enormous
amount is shipped to the United States
every year, with no attempt to make
any of it in the United States. Indeed,
it has been difficult to ascertain precisely
what plants are used in the
matting manufacture. It has at length
been found that it is made of a kind of
galingale, or sedge grass, another sedge
being used for finer work. These sedge
grasses are gathered wild from swamps
or damp places, by the poorer classes,
and sold to the factories. The yellow
coloring matter is made from the flowers
of Sophora Japonica, a tree now common
in American gardens. The blue is
obtained from a sort of wild buckwheat.
It is not yet known what plant they use
for tho green dye, though its vernacular
name is "Lam Yip."
Mr. Scoville, the brother-in-law and
counsel of Guiteau, the assassin of
President Garfield, wrote to General B.
F.Butler,requesting his assistance in defending
the prisoner at tho forthcoming
trial. Owing to previous engagements
General Butler was unable to accede to
the request, but in his letter of declination
speaks as follows: "If the trial
was set for a time when I'could possibly
devote myself to this case, I should
very carefully weigh your application
before I refused it. I hold it to be a
part of the chivalry of my profession
that no lawyer within the circuit where
he practices ought, without good cause,
to refuse to stand for a man whcse life
is in danger before a court of justice,
whether his personal belief might be
that t>io accused was innocent or guilty;
anil, of course, the amount of compensation
in tho case ought not to bee:me
a make-weight in the question. The
admirable example set by Otis, one of
the Sons of Liberty, in face of popular
prejudice, defending the king's oili
cers for shooting down the citizens of
Boston iu King street (now State
street), has been tho rule of my pro- ;
fessional life and ought to be the guide
of every lawyer."
The governor of Michigan, following
tho lead of Nebraska and other States,
set apart the 28th day of April as a time
for tree planting in that State. The
growth of this enterprise on the part
of State governments, says the Christian
at Work, must be looked upon as an
encouraging sign, indicating as it does,
a now microti in mo simject oi irec i
idauting and growing. It is indeed j
high time .some such measures were i
taken to keep the supplj of valuable
woods from being entirely
consumed. A few years ago we seldom
beard a word (o the effect that not only
walnut, but even maple, hickory, ash,
etc., would be scarce. Unless proper '
protective measures are taken in a short j
time they will bo entirely uuable to I
supply the demand. It has been ascer- !
tained that a forest of mixed wood on j
medium soil grows about a cord of
wood a year on an acre of land. If'
much more than a cord id removed j
from an acre in a year, the production :
is reduced. But to keep the production !
from diminishing, it makes all the dif
lerenco in the world what trees yon
take away, whether you take those
which are'beginning to decay, or those
which are in the rapidest growth. It is
onlj by the best judgment in thinning
out that the capital of growth can be 1
kept whoie after a forest has become
well established.
President Uarilehl's Hat,
A Western paper says that when Lincoln
was inaugurated his rival, Douglas,
held his hat. When Garfield was sworn
in Hancock was among the audience,
but the hat episode took a different turn.
General Weaver, not the Greenback
candidate, but a Michigan Weaver, presented
a hat to Garfield with the understanding
that Garfield was to wear it at
the inauguration and, after the closo of
tho season, return it to Weaver as a rich
legacy. The President died and Weaver
i. ~ -1 ?1. - 1...I n l i_ _ i _ r _
wuuieu me uut. r unuuuimy 101 iiis
ambition to bo a Garlield relic-worshiper,
he had a friend at court in the
Washington postmaster, who, after a
vigorous search, found the hat in the
possession of a negro servant, to whom
it had been giveu by Mrs. Garfield. He
reluctantly surrendered it, and the hat
goes to Weaver.
mr ; ;;
Dr. Holland's Last Verges. -j
The following veraea appeared in the Youth* t:
Companion, over Dr. Holland's nig.iature, Mid A
they have a peculiar interest, in view of hi* ';
death:
, . "
If life awake and will never ceas?
On tbo; future's distant ahoro,
| And the roao of love and the lily of peic?
Shall bloom there for evermore? '
Let the wirld go round and round,
And the aun sink into the sea;
For whether I'm on or under the ground, '
. li, what will it matter to me ?
. i: -II
HUMOIt OF THE DAY. S9
Life has its compensations : A deaf.
man never hears the evil that's said ;'jH
about him. V||H
This country is never without ito-;'T^M
evil. Just about the time the fly disap-/^B
pears politics begin to get active. a
President Arthur weighs 215 pouncLvi^l
David Davis, 315. Total, 530. The
government is now on a solid fonnda*
"I'll jump at the proposal!" eaidJM
the lively Miss Lulu. "Lulu, my ||B
dear," remonstrated her mother, "re* >9
member this is not leap year." -jgH
A uan who goes up in a balloon and; (41
comes down all right is called a pro> .' ?
fessor. A man who goes up and cornea S
down all wrong is called a fool. a
The Fisk University negro singers 8
were refused accomodatior at four -Wm
Toronto hotels. As soon as this be- "1
came known, a number of wealthy
white famlies tendered their hospitalThe
washerwomen at St. Peteralmigr|iS
cannot wash the buttons off the CzarV'^J
cast iron shirt. This is about the only A
consolation the Czar derives from the
situation of affairs in his unhappy doJ. ;|j 9
minion. ->v
" Should a man shave up or down?** "jM
asked Augustus. " That depends," re- li'M
plied the barber. ' "When I shave you, -'jm
for instance, I always shave down." si
The emphasis on the last word nearly ;
broke Augustus' heart. 1
. It was a Boston girl who aaked * |
"Why is it that two souls, united in 1
the impenetrable mystery of then *-^j
nativity, float by each other on the
ocean currents of existence withont^J I
being instinctively drawn together,
blended and beautified in the as- |
similated alembic of eternal love?" ' ^ I
That is an easy one. It is because . 1
butter is dearer and a good soalskin .1
sack as high as $500. The neees- |J? I
series of life must experience a fall in " I
price before two souls will readily; vvja
blend in the assimilated alembic and ."3
so forth. I
The Connlry Newspaper. j
In an article referring to counted
journalists, the Milwaukee Sun sayB:
When wo think of the hard drudgery m
most of these enterprising, indefatigable $1 j
workers do in a week, und the small |
amount of thanks and Ci-h they receive ' I
in return, we feel as thongh something ' I
was wrong somewhere. Why it is that'
in many localities the people do not
appreciate the importance of a good - j|j
newspaper, and sustain it by a libeatllw j
patronage, thus making it a better
paper, is one of the most unaccountable
things in the world. We have no urgent I
call now to say what we do, but we teii -1-9
the people of every locality where a :cg|
paper is published, no ruatto howbm U"
and insignificant the paper may be<
that every dollar they pay it for
subscription or judicious advertising I
puts two dollar/3 in cash in their-$Hj
own pocket. We have figured dM
on it and we know. It may not look 80 ..-,13|
on its face, bnt it is very deceivu^^$jj|?
Lots of schemes that look as though '^
they had millions in them, ii?e the
man who is euro he can pick out the
right card in three-card-monte, fail to>*
return anytLing like millions, while
other schemes that do not seem tosJj&S
amount to anything scarcely, pan
wholo handfuls of nickels unexpectedly.
And the country newspaper is ofthis
claas. We are not at liberty to- -JgM
give the whole thing away, by explaining
all the particulars, but conntry people
may rest assured that we under- Jji
stand the matter and that we are not sH
steering them into any trap door game, ijnfl
that will let them down out of sight
Subscribe for your local paper and payfor
it in-advance, and if you feel at the 33H
end of the year that you haven't got .^3
your money's worth, then your fortuneC^M
is made. You can go to any museum'^js
and get a salary of 85,000 a year as & jtfpH
curiosity.
They Both Lied.
Mr. Finlayson, town clerk of Stir*
ling, Scotland, was noted for the mar- "*1?|
velous in conversation. He was on a
visit to the Earl of Monteith and Airth, v
in the ca9tle of Taha, in the loch of& *4
Mcnteitb, and was about taking leave,
when he was asked by the Earl if hehad
seen the sailing cherry tree.
"No," said Finlayson; "what sort ofX/jnj
a thing is it?"
"It is," replied tho Earl, "atreethat -i
bas grown out of a goose's mouth from
a stone the bird had swallowed, and
which she bears about with her in her g
voyages round the loch. It is now in jjf
fall fruit of the most exquisite flavor. ji
Now, Finlayson," he added, " can you,
with all your powers of memory and
fancy, match the story of the cherry ^
tree ?" '
"Perhaps I can," said Finlayson,
clearing his throat and adding: "When 3
Oliver Cromwell was at Airth, one of
the cannons sent a ball to Stirling, and
lodged it in the mouth of a trumpet
which one of the troopers in the castle '?|
was in the act of sounding."
" Was the trumpeter killed ?" asked
the Earl.
"No, my lord," said Finlayson; "he
blew the ball back and killed the artilleryman
who 15red it." V ' |S
A Scared Indian.
Tho New York H*r<thl correspondent
who journeyed in a cance down the Missouri
with Captain Bovton gives this
humorous incident of the trip: Just ^
before we reached the White river we
camo upon a lonely-looking Indian /'seated
on a sand bar fishing. Ho had ^
fallou asleep and his scarlet robe lay
upon the ground beside him. The captain,
bent upon mischief, paddled rap- j|
idly toward the drowsy angler, who
awoke as ths splashing sound struck his
ears. Tiie savage oaug<;t sight of the
captain in his black rabber ^uifc, and 'J
nibbed his oyes, evidently to make sure
that he was not dreaming. Then, with
a shrill yell, he spraug into tho shallow
water and tried to wade over to the ,i
mainland. Tho sands were too soft,
however, and tho frightened man bega^
to sink. Bcvyton advanced to help
him out of his dangerous position, but
the nea- er he upproached, th?* more the
Indian screamed and tossed bis hands
inio the air. Finally I had to pry tha
unfortunate buck out of the quiclisand
with au oar. As s ou as the fellow
reached the shore ho scampered off
with loud cries of terror and disap??
peared among the bullberrv bushes, forgetting
rod, line and fishes.
Throwing Up the Brick?.
A correspondent in Germany writes:
German brick laurs do not carry the
bricks up in a hod. Tliey are generally
thrown up. One man stands at the pile
in the street, and one man is placed on
each staging to throw to the man above through
a hole in the scaffolding. By
this succession of relays bricks are
thrown up live stories. I Lave never
seen a "muff" made, but I usually
watched the game from the other side
cf the street. Another custom connected
with house building is for the
owner to give an entertainment to the
workmen when the walls are up. The
fact is advertised to the community by
j a great crown of flowers placed upon
the top of the building, with numerous
flags and decorations. Work is bus*
pended for the day, and the workmen
meet the owner and the invited guestfl
around the festive board, and afterward
dancc with their wives and danghtere^^H
It is well known that the Germans
as riaEv hol'davs as possible.