University of South Carolina Libraries
ABBEVILLE PRESS AND BANNERI BY HUGH WILSON AND H. T. WARDLAW. ABBEVILLE, S. C.. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1882. NO. 35. VOLUME XXVM ji A Gray l'ay. Forth from a sky of windless gray Poura down the soft, persistent rain, And she for whom ? sigh in vain, Who makes ray bli*s. noxv makes my pain, .Being far fj-ora rae this antumn day? far away. Upon tfie waters void and gray "JK0 boating sail appears in sight? Tho dull rw'n and the humid light No wind 2sas any heart to spite, jChis flpAry, weary auMimn (lav. With love away. "Whore she is may skies not be gray, I5at sunlight till the vital air? Ah, wete siie here, or were I there, Skie* might be dnl!, or might be lair, An 1 I not heed, so she this day Were not away. No gull wings out 'twist gray and grayAll gray, an iar as (ye can reach ; The sea too listless seems for speech, An 1 vaguely frets upon the beach, As knowin ,* she this autumn day In far away. Ah. like that sea my life looks gray ? Like a forgotten land it lies, With no light on it from her eyes, Lowly aud ehangeiul as those skies 'Neath which she walks this autumn day So far awav. ' ' - 1 -wt mey yuan pass, tnes? siues or gray, And she for whom I ?igh in vain, Who makes mv blis-- and makes my pain, 'Shall turn ray gray to gold again, ' Being not, as now, that future day, So far away. ? Philip BourTie Mars'on. The Sabot and Violin, j AN INCIDENT IN THE LIFE OF PAGANINI. Toward the last of September, 1832, the artistic world of Paris was deeply j affected upon learning that Paganini, ; the celebrated artist, was very ill. He 1 4 was seized with u violent fever at the ! close of a concert, where he had been ; the star and only attraction. Kind friends and warm admirers did all in their power to ameliorate his euf- 3 feriugs, but without avail. Day after 1 day passed, and still the condition of i aL^ 1. V 1 i. J1 * J i. iiuu lauuu-iifiuvea ariisb uiu HOC ira- ] prove. Hii physicians became alarmed ! ; and urged upon him the necessity of! taking a rest of several months. j. A beautiful morning in the month of October ho bade adieu to tho capital , he had filled "with his merited renown. At that time there was a celebrated 1 hospital near Paris, which was only frequented by distinguished invalids. It r was the Villa Lutetiana, named without y doubt ia memory of the ancient Lu- . tece. This fine edifice wa* situated in the center of a pleasure garden which s overlooked a charming and heavily- . wooded park. There were shady groves 1 and walks for dreamers, public draw- ' ing-roomn for the lovers of games and , conversations, and private apartments j for those who preferred the " chez-soi" | in tete-a-tete with the last novel. His days were spent in promenading up and 1 down the most retired part of the gar- . den, and when evening approached he ! hastened to his room to read and reread I ..1 ..t 1 I t% pcurituge ui leisure, vcuuw wiuu agw, to which a fresh one was added from time to time. s Among the inmatos cf tho Villa Lutetiana there were four old ladies who 3 had become warm friends on account of 1 their common love for card playing, 1 and the secluded life which I'agarini persisted ia leading seemed to cause s them much annoyance. "Indeed," said one of them, "he is 1 not my idea of a great man. I do not perceive anything remarkable in him, ? in fact, taking him all in all, he is just t like other men." " As for me," said the second lady, : s " when I heard ho was to become one j 1 of our number I was in raptures, and | flattered myself with the thought that |c he would frequently enliven our prome- s nade3 and soirees with his wonderful J music, but behold how we are treated. * He rarely deigns to recognize us, and ? whenever ho is requested to favor us with a little music he calmly shakes his 1 head and retreats at once He is a bear ? ?a real savage." "Ah !'! said the third lady, "yon do ! 1 ~ ~ l r? i k ~ i Liut uiiuersiaiiu. mo casu juu x a^aiAiui, my friends, is ;i simple miser. Do you 1 wish the proof ? Does he not always s refuse to assist in charitable concerts?'' * " It is very strange," said the fourth I lady, '-how great men lose prestige; upon acquaintance. 1 do not doubt, * bet that he is of some account on the I ^ stage. But here! 1 do not know but, as * far as sociability is concerned, I would c prefer to associate with the gardener." 1 " Oh! do not hesitate, I pray you," 1 replied the youngest of these ladies. ; 1 ' As for my part 1 would greatly prefer j2 almost anybody to him. Did you ever see a man manifest so much indifl'er-:' ence, yes, even contempt for ladies'! ^ society?" 1 "1 am of your opinion; but come, ' my ladies, I have a scheme to submit 1 to you that has jnst popped into my ' head. We mait give this sleepy bear I a shaking." j1 The celebrated violinist, however, t1 continued to live in the usual manner, j and slowly regained his strength. But I' one would hardly have believed him to j: be any better,he Icokpd so very pale and ' thin. His physicians rigidly forbade M his doing any mental worir, and the i ; great mnsician, entirely deprived of his I art, passed the autnmnal days in a sort \1 of intellectnal somnolence, which was most beneficial to his feeble state. '! He never became a victim to loneli- j' ness. As a wood carver Paganini was without a rival. Hour after hour he i! srft in his cozy little room and skillfully : 1 handled chisels, knives and other sharpedged instrument?. Although he seemed to be surrounded j by enemies instead of friends his new home, there was one being who studied his comfort and exhibited the most tender regard for him. This devoted creature was a young chamber- j m^id, named Louisette, a charming' young girl, with a frank face and smiling countenance, who cordially greeted the distinguished artis', every morning j as she lightly eDtered his room with the earlv breakfast. While the artist partook of the , fragrant coffee, delicious rolls and honey, Louisette endeavored to amuse | him by relating some of the incidents : which transpired at the hospital. From j time to time she succeeded in causing a faint fmile to appeir on the wan face as j she aptly imitated the four eccentric; old ladies. Oae morning Louisette entered Paga- j mni'a mnm nt +Vip nnatrimftrv hnnr. bnt, ! *"* " " *vv*** ~ / ? y j the greeting was fu'nounced in a most; doleful tone. Her eyelids were badly i swelled, her cheeks void of color, and a | very sorrowful expression played around ! the fijiely-cut month. " What is the matter, my poor Louis-' ette ?" asked Paganini. " Oh ! I am so unhappy 1" Then she hesitated, apparently checked by the | fast-falliug tears and child-like sobs i that came in quick succession. Patranini allowed her to weep undis- . turbed for a few moments, then said, in : a most sympathetic tone: "Tell mo j your troubles. Perhaps I can devise a w&y to alleviate them." " Oh ! no, kind sir. No ono in the j r world can help me." " Tut, tut! I am inclined to believe some lover is the cause of all your ; grief." Louisette colored and dropped her head. "The wretch 1 Has be broken his vows V asked Paganini, with a smile. "No! no!" replied Louisette. "My dear Henri loves me too much to do anything so cruel as that." She could not continue, and, throwing herself upon a chair, commenced sobbing as if her heart would break. Paganini stepped to the window whtre she was seated, took her hand in his, and said, very seriously: 4' Have you confidence in me, Louisette?" " Oh! yes, sir," she replied. "Very well, my dear child. Dry your tears, and we will endeavor to I remedy tlio ovil, however serious it may i clianee to be." "Henri has drawn an nnfortnnate ' number," said Louisette, speaking ver; i rapidly. " He must join the army pnd leave for Lille on the morning express." " Can ho not procure a substitute?" " A substitute! How could we ever dream of raising such a sum." " Would it require very much money ?" "Fifteen hundred franco are demanded, on account of the prospect of war." " Well, your misfortune is not so serious, after all. Wipe away those tears and let mo see your merry face once more. I will exert myself to obtain this formidable sum. [ am sure that my efforts will be crowned with success." Louisette warmly thanked the violinist, dried her tears with the corner of her white apron, and disappeared, with a face radiant with joy and hope. Winter advanced, and Christmas, with its feathery garb of snow ard crown of holly was on the threshhold once more. It gently rapped at the door of every dwelling, and at this sig aai lamuies usEeiumeu arounu me cheerful hearth, their hearts warm with love and good-will to man. The little children filled their shoes with hay and placed them in the fireplace, that Santa Clans might see them right away when he jumped down the chimney with all the presents they had ordered; and the little homeless ones came and offered a prayer p.t the door while breathing in their hands, which were bine and stiff with the piercing cold. At the Villa Lutetiana each one celebrated Christmas according to his j pleasure. Our four old ladies enjoyed I an animated game of cards; while Paganini, seated in a secluded corner of the room, absorbed in-an interesting book, was wholly unconscious of the malicions looks that were ciyeQ him from time to time. Suddenly the door opened and Louisette entered. "Sir," 6aid she, betraying much excitement, "a large box to your address has arrived. The porter is waiting in Lhe vestibnle." " A box?" said Paganini, much astonished. " It must be a mistake. I do I __ _ i. L ~ ? uoc expect uuvuuujj. " But, sir, your address is on it." "It is true, but that is all the same. [ cannot conceive?where is the por:er ?" " Here he is, sir. He says he is in a lurry." "Whence comes this box?" asked Paganini, regarding the man with sua- j ricion. " From the office, sir. I do not know : mything mora about it, except that it j vas sent from Lyons or Orleans." "Stranger and stranger," remarked ?aganini. " I have not an acquainttnce in either of these cities." He paid him, however, thanks to the nterference of Louisette, who had aken possession of the box. The porter had hardly turned his >ack when Louisette. glancing at the jox with much curiosity, eagerly said: ' I will assist you to take it up to your oom, sir." "No, Louisette," replied Paganini, rying to refrain from smiling-. ' Leave j t there intbe corner. To-morrow will j )e time enough to attend to it." " And you are not going to open it?" j isked Louisette. much disappointed, j " ies, inaeeu, i win, smco yon are so inxious to see its contents. Come, aid ! ne, and -we will have it- open in a few ! noments." 'They removed two layers of hay, I everal bundles ot browj paper, cat a j tumber of strings, and found at the ! erv bottom of the box an old sabot, j "Well) I am not much surprised," aid Paganini, "it is a very nice invenion. They have sent me this eabot as .n allusion to my avarice, and wish it to ay to me that I am like children, who ather receive than give; but they are ery much deceived if they think they :an wound my feelings by this unkind ict. 1 will' say iu the presence of all: he inmates oi the house that, before j be expiration of two we^ks this eabot i hall be woith its weight in gold." Thereupon ho retreated, with the j vooden shoe, leaving the spectators in i imazement easy to comprehend The old ladies seemed quite em- j jarrassed. It was they who had stmt it, an l Paga- { lini was well awaro of the fact, and i lecretly rejoiced that it had not af- j oil flm >&u enrn fit err I Homisea themselves. From this day Paganini was no more o be seen in the salon of the Villa jutetiana. The faithHU Louisette was he only person admitted to his pres- j :nce. The four old ladies tried their! ittermost to persuade her to expluin | lis mysterious disappeaiance, but she I placed her linger on her lips and quite resembled the statue of discretion. It was true Louisette knew something \ if his plans; but not all. She did not j know that by a remarkable ingenuity ! ind exquisite skillfulness the old sabot! was being transformed into a violin, ' which for tone and finish might have j challenged an Amati. Paganini had j c?iv?n more than an ordinary soul to this subject, and the world was to be | Lhe judge of it. Soon large blue posters appeared ail j Eiround the Villa Letetiana, and were i freely distributed iu Paris'. They announced that New Year's eve : a grand concert would be given in the } salon of the Yilla Lutetiana, in which ! Paganini would reappear upon the' stage. * | It is needless to say that a few hours niter the distribution of the posters . every ticket was sold. The programme consisted of ten, pieces?live upon an ordinary violin i ana nve upon u sacot. The most capacious theater of Paris had been too small to accommodate ail; the admirers of the great artist; but he i had determined to play in the salon, : consequently had given orders that only ; a limited number of tickets should be ! sold. The anxiously awaited hour arrived, and poon an artistic and aristocratic as- : sembly filled the grand salon. Finally Paganini appeared, -vvith his instrument, in the midst of silence t-o profound that the beating of the hearts was almost audible. Tumultuous applause burst forth from all sides of the audience; then subsided into one grand shout of welcome, which caused a smile of gratitude and pride to appear on the pale face of the celebrated artist. Paganini gave one stroke with his bow aud quiet was soon re-established. After u short prelude he suddenly strikes out into a brilliant fantasio. is no longer a man. He is transformed into an angel of harmony. The audience, thrilled with joy, become motionless. They hardly seem to breathe; and as the last note dies away there they sit, still listening intently. "Ho will not be able to surpass that! He never played better!" was whispered throughout the assembly. However prepared for miracles from a man who had accomplished upon the violin what no human hand had ever achiever! before him, the amateurs waited with feverish excitement. In a few moments Paganini reappeared, holding the announced sabot in his hand. Suddenly notes fo plaintive and sweet fall from the now violin that every one is moved to tears The artist seems no longer to belong to the earth. The musical drama he executes could have only one significance. Hear the rolling of the drum; behold the excitement of the military life, the sorrow of the soldier who bids farewell to his companions, the approach to the paternal roof, the meeting of the betrothed, the tears of joy. Tremendous applause shakes the salon to the very foundation. The ladies throw bouquets and the gentlemen i kneel before the illustrious artist. Here | and there one is seen drying the iears | which the magic power of the music ! caused to flow. No cne sees a young girl secreted behind a curtain and crying bitterly. It was Louisette, the poor chamber I j maid, upon whom the return of the j j conscript had made the deepest impresi J eion. 1 Paganini calls her to him and says: ' "Yiy dear child, we have been fortunate enough to collect 500 francs more than J is required to procure a substitute for i your betrothed. Take them. They | | will be sufficient to defray the expenses i ! of the journey. Aiul now. as I am ! I about to leave this house, I give you a i ; sonveuir. Here is the old sabot. Per- j j haps it merits the name of violin, now." i Lonisette was too much affected to ; j speak, and grasping his hands she cov. J ! ered them with tears of joy and grati- J I tude. The violin was a very fine dowry for j the young girl. She sold it to an ama-1 ' fATtr fnr ft 000 franco on/1 if. line I come, by inheritance, the property of a , great Belgian manufacturer, who naturally enough values it at a very high ! figure, and loves to relate its history. Some Notable Marriages. The late Colonel Forney married, while a young printer, a lady in the town where lie sprang up. Mrs. Mackay, theParisian lady whose j husband is an honest miner in Nevada, j was an infatuating widow. Don Cameron, whose wife is considered to be one of the brightest ladies in WasVington, if not the leader of the administration society there, was the poor daughter of Jndgo Sherman, of i I Cleveland. George Biggs, who recently died in | Washington, leaving a fortune of about! 85,000,000, had a daughter married in ! the family of Arundel, the same lord | [ who married a daughter to Cecil, Lord j ' Baltimore. Old Commodore Vanderbilt married |1 ! his consiu when he was a rough cat- j 1 boat sailor in the creeks and coves 11 1 ??]\/\n 4- XT/vw Va*?1t TTJci vt"m f a ti'no /I afrtf . j ivuuuu in n iUin. xxtrue v? rvD uu*ui/* edly attached to him and bore him J 1 many children; but his treatment of her | ^ was very variable. j 1 The late Colonel Thomas A. Scott, i 5 Laving married early in life and become a widower with children, married con- 1 siderably later tho daughter of a re- j spectable editor in Pittsburg, who was i very well bred, but had, I think,earned f her living for a while a3 an amateur ar- a tist. 1 Jay Gould has a plain, sensible fam- r ily, to which he gives all the attention j compatible with his vast schemes and t speculations. He seems to have adopted the policy of bringing his children up ? pimply and naturally, instead of flaunt- 8 ing their names in the newspapers ag g bridemaids, best men, party queens, v etc. c Stephen Girard, the rich Philadel- jphian. who was a curious compound of f the miser and tho philanthropist, the t Infide! and the Quaker, married un- t happily, and according to general tradition was very unkind to his wife. Yet he left the best handled estate ever given in this country, or perhaps in uny , other, to a charitable need. . Senator Gwin, who is still living, is said to have discovered his wife in i 1... U. ? 1,,. C XXCULUtJA. V Uu Li Id WUOUlUl/j UO UD 1UUC up to the house to get his dinner on his ? way to Tennessee and Mississippi. Gwin, after he had ridden a whole day on the ? way toward home, Prove back again, introduced himself, and proposed to marry her then and there. ^ Commodore Garrison's marriage in * New York attracted great attention. He j was quite an old man, but a splendid | 11 looking one; and meeting at Saratoga a j ^ young lady of St. Louis, who was con- j ? siderably younger than either of the j * commodore's children, 'he proposed to ' F her and was accepted. Yet, notwith-1 a standing the disproportion of age, the \ ^ commodore is in probably as robust i f' health as his wife to-dav. I * ! 2 A Warning to Some Womeu. : ^ There is another warniug to ladies at i P all disposed to attend to matrimonial j advertisements. A widow respectably I Q connected, young and rich, and, no j a doubt, of charming exterior, residing ' h in tho neighborhood of the imperial! city upon the banks of the blue Danube, ! h was struck with the captivating mode i c of expression of a matrimonial adver-! p tisement in a respectable Vienna paper | g and resolved, for the fnn of the matter j a to respond to it. ! v But the correspondent was by no ! & moanR above a little banter, and that J t! was the way tho correspondence, car- n ried cu anonymously, was spun out to ^ considerable dimensions, until at last h the two writers divulged to each other t their names, and had an irrepressible J wish of getting a glimpse of each other. Could he have had different looks?! Did he not all the while fancy her just a as he saw her now before him ? No s doubt they had known oach other cl- c ways, from the receipt of the first letter, j jand there was nothing to prevent tho j s loving couple to appoint the happy day ; 1; which was to make them one. The f preparations for the marriage were pro- t gressing rapidly, when, one fiue day, t the lady had occasion to go to the po- ( lica station iu order to find out a ser- {g vant who had suddenly left her employ, t carrying with him. by mistake, of j t course, sundry articles the lady had j t until that time b.^en led to consider her < f property. The supposed thief had not i s yet been apprehended, and tho police j 1 officer, in order to facilitate the busi- j c nefis of tracking him, requested the ! f lady to look with him over tho photo- [ t graphs in his album of crimiuuls known | ? to the police. j ( There was the thievish servant, no j i doubt, a vagabond well known to the j \ police. "Bat, who is that?" suddenly ! i cried the lady in a shrieking voice flut- j 1 tering with the most intense excitement, j 1 her trembling fiuger pointing to the j t ulin+rkfTvarili nf n orer>flomnnlv.InnVincr ' 1 [mi/WS.i.j.u J O I " man portrayed in the album. There was the man npon whom she bad lately I lavished her affections, and whom Bho j hud already fondly pressed to her heart j as her only beloved Harry. Tlie pi.lice ; ollicer, with the most authoritative voice i he could muster at the moment, read to j the lady the name and description of i the man, who was stated to be a gam- | j bier and a card-sharper who had several ! tiaies come under the cognizance of i the erim;mil law. Tho lady, it need j hardly be added, lost no lime in connterraanding I n.* weeding preparations. | | ? Ch icai/u Time*. I i. About Alligators. | Every lake that I saw in South Flor- j . id:i large cuong'i hatl its family of alii-! : gators. Ntar tlie settlements where j j j they are frequently shot at they dis-! \ ; appear at the approach of man. They ! j | vis-it each oilier from lake to lake, j ] , TV ben a man, woman or child over-' j tafces one in the woods the beast runs i | to tho nearest water. If hemmed, be ; stops, swells and blows like a mad ! , : bull. They handle their tails right j ( lively ill resisting an enemy nr nipping | j n hog or (log into their great mouths, j 1 ! I remember asking w'mt they eat. j { i "Anything fiotn a pine knot down," j j j was the answer, as if a pino knot was I j their highest food. When their stom-! | achs are opened they are found to con- J ; tain pino knots and black mad from I I the bottoms of the la'*es. They eat, j ' however, mauy of the bust. fi.sh and the j ' largest turtles of the lakes. j ! The Fioridians do not think the ( ] i 'gators" dangerous. Boys go into j ! the lakes swimming where the alligator ! 1 j lives and aro aot disturbed. One 1 | twelve foot long is considered grown. 1 I Dowu in the Kissimee river they, grow ! | to an enormous size, having been seen eighteen feet long. Those that are not j accustomed to man, I am told, are dan-1 I gerous. I heard of a young man that i was bitten while swimming in the KisI on/1 snnn Their occupy a prominent placo in Florida jewelry. Some people eat their tails, j Just before a rain they are heard to bellow somewhat like a yonng calf. At; night they frequently make a great splashing in the water.?Nashville World. The giving of gifts on New Year's day is said to have originated with the Romans. Titus Tatius, king of the Sabines, was presented, the hi st day of the new year, with some branches out in a wood consecrated to Strenia, the God dees of Strength. : "I THE FARM AXi) HOUSEHOLD. Farm and Garden Notes. Remember that apples keep better in damp, moist cellars than in dry onep. In the latter they become dry and shriveled. In the former plump and juicy. A veterinary writer condemns high mangers for horses, claiming tbat they irritate the throat and crnate a tendency to heaves. He f-ays the manger should be on a level with the feet, as that is in accordance with nature. When youugpoultry has been allowed to contract the habit of roosting iu the trees no time should be lost in breaking them of it. Confinement to the poultry-house and yard for a day or two will generally effect a cure. It is the opinion of many that a fowl fnffanorl nniWlv tuiII rnnlrA o fnv mr>rn I juicy and toothsome meal than a chick. One thing is certain, a three-year-old fowl will make mnch better broth for an invalid than a six-months' chicken. The weight of lien's eggs ranges from fifteen to twenty fonr ounces per dozen. A weight of twenty-two and one-half ounces may be taken as a fair average for good-sized eggs, although a weight of nearly four onnces is not unknown : for single specimens of eggs. Merino sheep will yield from ten to twenty ponnds of wool per head, and the Cotswold even more, while scrub sheep give only from three to six pounds. The tine sheep eat no more 1 than the scrub and produce much more flesh, to say nothing of the superior quality of both wool and flesh. Therefore keep only good sheep. Stable manure is preferable to any ; other fertilizer. No farmer can afford 1 to waste his manure. All of it should be saved aud utilized. In many cases I farming would bj more profitable if j less land was cultivated, with liigher j i fertilization. One acre highly manured j 1 should pay better than three but half j Viol* 4-^,1 1 iitiuuicu uuit uuii. uuimvatcui : j According tc Professor Miles tcads I: ivo almost entirely upon 6lugs, cater- [ i pillars, beetle:? and otber insects, i f naking their rounds at night when the ! armer is asleep?and the birds, too? j md the insects are sup posed to be j ' laving their own way. French farmers I I inderstand these facts so woll that they I < Mrchaee toads at so much a dozen and | urn them loose. j If plants are properly watered and ' snriched so as to bo healthy and i itrong they will, not be infested to any i p-eat extent with vermin. "The best yay to get rid of them is to brush them ] iff into a dish of water with a soft, dry t >rush A small paint brush is the best 8 or this purpose. The above remedy is t he best and the least trouble, and, if aken in season, is effectual. Stables, sajs a writer, should be ? farm enough so that a horse may be r omfortable without blankets, then the j lankets will do good service as cover- t ogs when the animal is left standing t ut in the street. The practice of t overing a horse with a blanket in tho < table, to be removed as soon as he is aken out, is like a man wearing his vercoat indoors and taking it off when j ie goes out into the open air. t W. H. Benton, of London county, ^ ra., says: "About twenty-five years ago . commenced to pick out a small quan- i * ity of the best ears of corn when husk- j f ng. The corn thus selected was planted ' r y itself, and had a better yield than ! j be rest of the field. Every year since j c have been saving more each year, c licking out when the corn was busked ' nd spreading out in a lofc until spring, I Vhen I first commenced saving seed it i ^ ook 600 eav3 to make a barrel, while n the last few years it has taken but t 85 ears to make a barrel. The corn is rhit'.:, flinty, and weighs over fixty-six lonnds to the bushel." a We should have the potato rows as , c ear together in field culture as would ; c fford just room for using the cultivator : a etween them, and no more. Five rows ; o tbe rod only stems a suitable width, nt this distance makes it very easy to , a-ll/UAtlUU IWt (lUiWUUU W A K.X.^UJ ' 6 Ci O ? arts of the field and measuring the 1 t round. We refer now to such varieties | f s do not make a very heavy growth of | a ines. The Early Kose is still con-; r idered by tbe majority of farmers as ' i; lie standard potato, and the di&tanco > r amed is not too short for this variety, j c Ve would plant from twelve to sixteen g aches apart in the rows, cutting about I c wo eyes to each piece planted.?Nhw j c 'ingland Farmer. j a How to Do Up Shirt Mo-torn*. Take two tablespooons best starch, c dd a very little water to it, rub and i tir with a spoon into a thick paste, t arefully breaking all the lumps and c article's. Add a pint of boiling water, e tirring at the Bame time; boil half an r. lour, stirring occasionally to keep it t rom burning. Ac-d a piece of enamel i ho size of a pea; if this is not at hand, i ise a tablespoon of gum-arabic solution j made by pouring boiling water upon 1 jum arabic and standing until clear and \ ransparent) or a piece of clean mutton t allow half the size of a nutmeg and a ^ ;n ,1A I-.,-.* oo cttopuuu ui oaiu >yxii uu) uuii xa uuu ?o ;ood. Strain the starch through ( l strainer or a piece of thin inusliD. i lave the shirt turned wrong side out; i lip the bosoms carefully in the starch i ind squeeze it out, repeating the opera- < ion until the bosoms are thoroughly 1 md evenly saturated with stirch; pro* ] ;eed to di7. Three hours before iron- 1 ng dip the bosoms in clean water; rang out and roll up tighUv. First ron tbe back by folding it lengthwise ;hrough the center; next iron the wristbands, and both Bides of th3 sleeves; ;hen the collar band; now. place the josom-board under the bosom, and with i dampened napkin rub the bosom from he top toward the bottom, smoothing md arranging each plait neatly. With imooth, moderately hot flat iron, begin i it the top ami iron downward, i md continue the operation until the bosom is perfectly dry and i shilling. Itemovo the bosom-board, < md ir^n the front of the shirt. The bosom and cuffs of shirts, indeed of ill nice, fine work, will look clearer and better if they are first ironed under a piece of thin old muslin. It takes oft the first heat of the iron, and removes my lumps of starch.?Christian Intelli j jencer. Recipe*. Dropped Eggs.?Have a quart of boil- ; !ng water in jour spider with a spoon- J1 fill of salt. Break the eggs and slide : Tom a saucer, one at a time, into the ' soiling water. Cook until the white is . 3rm, lift out carefully, and lay on ;oasted bread well buttered. Servo hot. Boiled Rice.?Cover a cupful of rice ivi',h cold water enough to swell and look it; if it wastes add more; set on , :he back of the stove to simmer for two ( aours, then add a teaspconful of salt i j ind a cup of milk; cook very Blowly an | ^ liour longer, and serve with sweetened i jream for dessert. | Mutton Sour.?Boil a leg of mutton ; j from two to three hours and season 1 (vith suit, pepper, and about a tablespoonful of summer savory rubbed fine, j i Just before serving add noodles made | ; in this way: beat ono egg light, add a ; pinch of salt and flour enongh to make | & stiff dongh; roll out in a very thin j sheet, dredge with flour to keep from Bticking, then roll up tightly; begin at j one end and sbave down fine like cabbage for slaw. Pudding. ?A delicate pudding is made of three tablespoonfuls of oorn- i starch dissolved in a little cold water. Have one pint of water boiling on the stove; in this stir the cornstarch and : the well-beaten whites ot three eggs; let it boil up once; pour it into an earthen pudding dish which will hold i three pints; steam the pudding for ten minutes. For the Bauce use the yolk : o? three eggs, one cup of sngar, one cup of sweet milk and a small piece of butter; boil for a few minutes; when cool flavor it with lemon or vanilla. The pudding also is to be eaten cold. The Polar regions are reckoned as extending over 2,411,875 square miles, the only inhabitants being 72,000 in Iceland and 10,000 in Greenland. y '. SUNDAY READING. Roll tlx* Pumpkin The good story is told of an excel- 1 lent American minister that, happening 1 one day to pass by (he open door of a room where liis daughters and some young friends were assembled, he i thought, from what he overheard, tbat they were making too free with the characters of their neighbors; and after tbeir visitors had departed he gave his j children a lecture on the sinfulness of j scandal. They answered: "But, father, ; what shall we talk about? We must talk of something!" "If you can do, nothing else," replied ho, "get apnmp- | km and roll it about; that 'will at least . be innocent diversion." A abort time j afterward an association of ministers : met at his house, and during the even- I ing some discussions on points of doc-!, trine were earnest, and their voices j were so loud as to indicate the danger ;1 of losing their Christian temper, when i 1 his eldest daughter, overhearing them, J' procured a pumpkin, and entering the j room, gave it to her father, and said: ! " There, father, roll it about, roll it i about." The minister was obliged to . explain to his brethren, and good J humor was instantly restored. j Rclltfloun Now* anil Note*. The Unitarians lost eight of their i ministers during last year, and some of j' them were men of mark and influence, j \ A communion seivice, costing 83,000, 1 ] and manufactured in England, has been j received by St. Stephen's church at , Lynn, Mass. ^ Vanderbilt university, in T'enneesee, i ( has nearly 650 students in attendance, i ^ Probably no other university iu the ] South approximates this number. ( There are now in the island of Mada- i gascar 882 schools with 48,000 pupils; i 1,142 churches, with 70,000 members, \ and 253,000 adherents of the Christian j faith. t The number of Jews in Jerusalem rtias laiely increased greatly. Twenty < rears ago there were comparatively few. < STow out of 44.000 peonle about 20,000 f ire Jews. 13 As the result of his last five years' j work in China Dr. Nevins counts 100 ' tillages which have become centers of Christian work, and in these arc thirty . 5hurches. c The Gospel of St. Luke has been ;ransla;ed into Patagonian by the Rev. c rheodore Bridges, who labored among ;he natives of that country for twenty- t ive ye?,rs. At the recent rite of canonization in [ Xome the silver trumpets which used o sonnd from the dome of St. Peter's a is the pope elevated the host, were isod for the first time since 1870. . The Church of the First Identity, in Brooklyn, is Congregational in order . ind dc ctrice, and differs only from )ther churches in that denomination in dentifjing the Anglo-Saxon race with 8 ho house of' Israel. The purpose of he identifier.? is to discover the lost fc ribes. Dr. Wild seems to be the bunder of the movement. t in giving nis name as one 01 rue iresidents of the Church of Englard t; ^uneial and Mourning Reform associaion, tJio Archbishop of Canterbury j writes that he shall do all ho can to 1 >romote the success of the movement, j rhe society aims at cheapening, simpli-1 a ying ftud Christianizing funeral cere-' ^ nonial to the discouragement of feast- j 81 ng and treating, and the entire disuse ! if crape, scarfs, plumes and mourning ; f< loaches : y The Bishop of Rochester, which in- P iludes a part of London, says he has ! ,800,000 souls iu his diocese. There j Js ,re seven parishes with more than j fi 10,000 souls, five with more than 15,000, j h ourteen with more than 12,000, and lineteen with more than 10.000. There v, re also twenty two parishes with in- o omes less than ?400 a year where no p urate wan kept. Seventy-three churches j ^ re needed. The Sea Gull. Birds of the gull family frequent the j hores of the ocean, but oftc-n wander ! f1 0 great distances from the land ; in j act, a traveler making his first voyage j .cross the ocean is astonished to find i ^ aemhers of the gull species following i v n the ship's wako a thousand or more , ^ ailes from land. Galls are incapable j k if diving, but swim buoyantly but j lowly. Their food consists principally j'h if fish and cruetacea. Tlioy also prey | n in young birds and carrion ; indeed, on ! w almost any kind of food except that of! h 1 vegetable nature. The gull family has several general i !baracteri8tic3, among which may bo i nentioned the curvature at the end of P he bill, the length and pointed form h )f the wings, the web between the tees d ind the hind toe small and elevated. C rhe black-backed gnll may be dis- p iingnished by the dark slate color of si ts bock and wings, its deep black pri- S nary featheis tipped with white and its o 3&le yellow legs and feet. The average a ength of body is abont thirty inches; ri ving twenty inches, with a breadth of h 3ve feet; tail nine inches in length, c yith bill nearly three inches. ! e The black-bucked gull is of frequent | fi jccurronce on our New England coast : a n the autumn and winter months, and i d n winter travels as far South as Flor- j o da. Its favorite breeding places are | o in the coast o? Labrador, though a few : oreed as far south as the islands in the I ^ Bay of Fundy. Audubon describes its j c oreeding habits as follows: The nest i t is usually placed on the Dare rock of ? ?ome low island, sometimes beneath a a projecting shelf, sometimes in a wide v tissure. In Labrador it is formed of a moss and seaweeds, carefully airanged, , a md has u diameter of about two feet, n being raised on the edges to the height s of five or six inches, but seldom more v than two inches thick in the center, where feathers, dry grass and ci other materials are added. The eggs f three, and in no instance have I 1' found more. They are two and seven- r eighth inches in length by two and one- v eighth inches in breadth, broadly ovate, s ruTif/h Vint, nnf. frrnrml&t.pd nf a nalfi. P earthy, greenish-gray color, irregularly r blotchei and spotted with brownish- t black, dark umber and dull purple. 11 The sea gull flies high and has a c majestic carriage in the air, encounter- s ing the fiercest gales with impunity; r it is tyr&nnicaltoward weaker bird", but! it is naturally very cowardly. Its eggs 1 are considered good eating and the i young gulls are killed and salted by t the fishermen of Labrador and New- e fonndland; but the old ones are very ^ tough and too fishy in taste for food.? American Cultivator. Laws of Digestion. The Sanitary Record gives the folio wng laws relative to digestion: 1. Food for the supply of the daily wants of the eystom is msst rapidly and : thoroughly digested when taken early I in the day, ero the nervous and secre- J tive forces are exhausted by toil. : 2. Rapid digestion in the early part j af the day contributes to the immedi- I ite demands of motion and ennerva- j' tion. j 3. Food for the repair of the contin- j iiouB wear and tear of the tissues is in less immediate request; the completeness of its solution is of more importance than the rapidity, and it is best taken toward the evening, when an opportunity is offered for its leisurely absorption during sleep. 4. The duration of digestion bears a proportion to the quantity of food eaten. 5. In youth the digestion is quicker, j and the stomach sooner emptied than j in grown-up persons. t 6. Rest before meals makes digestion <] more complete. Exertion immediately j before meals retards digestion, and ox- v prtion immediately afterward deranges it. 7. Sleep retards digestion, bat makes it more complete. t 8. Alcohol retards digestion and ren- I ders it also incomplete. x !9. Earnest preoccupation of mind ? retards digestion, and may even qnite t annul it. 10. Water weakens digestion and en- it courages tie absorption of fatty and saccharine matters; but its effect on .j the complete solution of albumen is doubtful. ; FOR THE LADIES. Skirt* Growing Shorten Skirts are growing shorter, and it would Feem as if they Lad now reached the extreme limit of moderation. It is certainly veiy convenient to have a skirt of medium length for dancing or walking, but it need not be shorn of all its grace for either of these beautiful exercises. Some inDovatcr, presumably a Frenchman, has just introduced an odd arrangement of the short skirts, by making it the verieft trifle shorter in tho middle of the back breadth than at the sides; this is dono by the smallest extra forming of a little hollow in the center of the plaits attaching to the band. The difference, it is said, must be so slight as not to make tho dress < appear a bit shorter, but the effect to be produced is to keep it free from the boot-heels behind, and give a little j cachet to the skirt, not otherwise produced in an ordinary short-, round skirt. ?New York Post. Bnlln In Wanlilnaton. So many of our lady readers expect their husbands will become members of CongreFu, senators or cabinet ministers that they will thank ua for printing the formula prescribed in the etiquette of Washington for first calls. The junior member's wife must first call an the senior member's wife and present her credentials, as it wero, and the junior Mrs. Senator on the senior Mrs. 3enator. The members' wives all pay iheir duties first to the senators' wives, j rhe senators' wives, as well as the mem- j jera' wives, must first call on the i labinet ladies. The respective rank of! ;he cabinet ladies and senators's wive3 j aas long been a matter of serious dis-! jussion, Practically it appears to be | ( settled by precedence being given to | , ;lie cabinet, and this is probably due o the importance now given to cabinet Dositions, which in the earlier days of ,he government they did not possess. ( Hie wives of the justices of the supreme ( jourt hold their positions without ( lispute, and first calls are duo them 1 rom everybody but the wives of the < President and Vice-President.? Troy * Times. 1 ? Fnshiou noted. ? The latest form of train is oval and < lotachable. $ Velveteen dresses are beginning to * some in fashion. | .Brown is preferred to gray for brides' raveling dresses. ? Many gathers and plaits take the )lace of the crinolet. Trains are again in favor for house t md evening dresses. r Indian shawls are prettily employed j n the drapery of dresses. The small bonnets of last winter are j he favorites of this year. f Moire stripes alternating with plush f tripes are eeen in rich goods. s Plain sleeves are preferred to puffs y fashionable young women. 1 One wido border of fur is more stylish J han two or three narrow ones, E Lace is the most fashionable of all ^ rimmings for evening dresses. a Jet embroidered Jerseys now form c he armor basques of black suits. Handsome chenillo fringes curled, ! nd very full, are used with great offect j t :pon mantles of vigogne, Sicilienne or | s atin. [ a Toques made of smooth satin-like 1 eathers of pure white are exhibited for j ^ oung girls' wear. They are extremely j F retty and becoming. ! g New Oastilian breakfast caps of gold j ^ ice and Manila grass nettings are! j, istened to the head by long gold-1 n eaded pins set with onyx stones. | P Shoulder-knots of white satin or jj watered eilk ribbon, fastened by a rose ' & r delicate spray of flowers, take the i S] lace of the floral epaulets worn last' S 'inter. jT For full evening dro3s, slippers match I Lie darkest color in the train or skirt of j lie :robe, while the stockings match tbe \ Ightest shade in the tablier or front j li readih. j w Sillr linndlrfiroliiiifR. in pvorv flnmbina- i ion o! color and shade, are used in j 0 aiious ways as jabocs, sailor collars. ! " rcakfast caps, and gypsy and creole ! n ercbiefs. ja All trains, no matter how rich and j eavv, aie lined with white crinoline j " mslin, and proteoted and adorned. : ith a balayeuse of lace or muslin and j ice alone. i * -- - la Chloroforming1 l>urlns Sleep. The possibility of chloroforming a j erson in sleep, without wakiag him, i 8 aving been disputed in a recent mur- ; n er trial, Dr. J. V. Qnimby, of Jersey i iity, was led to test the question ex- j. erimentally. Tbe results were pre-'11 ented in a paper before the eection of j a ledical Jurisprudence at the meeting ; n f the Medical American association, j ? few days ago. Dr. Quimby mado ar-; ? angements with a gentleman to enter ? is room when he was asleep and apply v hloroform to him. This he did with ? ntirs success, transferring the person * rom natural to artificial sleep without a routiing him. Ho used about three v raclims of Squibb's chloroform, and ; D ccupied about seven minutes in the ! ? pere.tion. :v The second case was a boy of thirteen, ; 0 ?ho had refused to take ether for a j ^ ainor operation. Dr. Quimby advised ! ?! be mother to give the boy a light snp- j l! er and put him to bed. She did so, 1 i irv .11! 1 xl 1 I f na )\jt. i^aimuy caning wiien tue uuy Fas a,sleep administered the chloroform I p nd performed the operation without' ? wakening the boy. The third case was j ? , bov of ten years suffering from an ab-J ^ cess and the same course was pursued | 0 pith equal success. Two important inferences may ba j Irawn from these cases, Dr. Quimby , 0 aid. Minor surgical operations may ^ 10 done with perfect safety and much c Qore pleasantly than in the ordinary T ray ; and, secondly, a person somewhat " killed in the use of chloroform may , " inter a sleeping apartment and ad-1E niuister chloroform with evil inlen- J c ions while a person is asleep. Hence " he use of this drug in the hands of a t iriminal may become an effective in- 8 trument in the accomplishment of his s iefaritms designs.?Mcdical. Advancc. c ? t The Flora of Europe. r The flora of Europe is more varied , a hau its iunua, says a letter from Flor-1 d inc?, Italy. Coming through the Ba- j c 'arian Alps we discovered almost every j t >lant, tree and flower to which mv eye j b lad become uccnstomed in New York, j t Connecticut and Minnesota?golden rod i a adiant above the fences, willows nod" ! t ling by the streams, Lombardy poplars | d itiff-backed and defiant, like the soldiers j s hat liavo so often desolatod these fertile 1 c ands, elms (small and unthrifty), large j c iftkn. \fhitftwoocls and walnnt trees. I t nubj, campanula, mulleins, angelica, j t rater lilies, wild asters, vervain, bonne- ; r ng bets, jarrow, the woodbine, honey- s uclilo, and many others as familiar, j c [he flower gardens are of the same j t doseorris as ours, but not so brilliant, 11 t seems to me. The omnipresent, grape- j s ine adds a novel element to the land- j 1; cape. Throughout Germany grapes d ,re generally trained on arbors or sticks, r ike beanpoles ; on the steep mountain h lopes of Austria they are bowed down I s till over a wire or a horizontal pole, so j b ,s to let in the sun to the best advan- j n age. All through Northern Italy they ! h .re famished trees for a support, ! ho addition of a swiag of large j Fire or rope, stetching from tree to , ree, along which the agile vine creeps, f ['here is nothing in vegetation more I li ricturesque than these leafy festoons of J: phich Tombardv is cradled? j t , 5 Titles in Texas. j ^ It is a great mistake to suppose that ! a itles have no significance in Texas, j a tfot long since Major Smith, jiving : c lear Dallas, was elected constable. The t iay after the election somebody asked f he major's little boy: j t " Ain't you Major Smith's little ! joyt" j "No, sir," was the proud reply, "I \ e un Judge Smith's little boy." j 1 We have this from an tar-witness.? t Si/tings, ' ii ' a; 'isfc . >. FACTS AXI) COMMENTS. And now a marvelous story com.., rolling over the prairies about a solid bed of crystallized soda nine feet thick containing fifty million cubic feet of that useful article in a chemically pure state. This alleged deposit is in Wyoming, and the Union Pacific railroad is about to develop it. The extent of intemperance in Russia is creating alarm. The receipts from the tax on spirits last year amounted to more than a third of the revenue of the whole empire. The peasants' earnings are nearly all spent for brandy, and this is said to be the chief cause of the famines which periodically visit that country. A country postmaster, who evidently intends to be sure he's right beforo he [joes ahead, has written to the postmasLer-general as follows: "A man's wife dropped a letter in this office addressed to another man. The hnsband suspects something wrong. Shall I deliver the letter to him?" The reply was substantially that the husband must grin and bear it A conductor on the Pennsylvania railroad says there is a considerable falling )iT in travel on Fridays, which he refers ;o existing superstitions connected with ;hat day. An examination at the general office showed that fifteen per cent of passengers are carried on Friday, igainst seventeen per cent, on the other Ive days of the week. Compare with ;his the fact that out of 4,057 marriages in the middle district of England, not ;wo per ceut. were celebrated on Frilay, and it is clear that superstition still jxercifies considerable sway in minor matters, as well as in great ones. New York city has more than 100 firstjlass-_ restaurants, employing 3,000 :ooks and waiters. As 150,000 persons :ome into the city in the morning and eturn home at night an immense iinner business is done, and from iwelve to two the bent houses ate jrowded. One of the principal requi utes of such an establishment is i rapid and skilled carver, and an jxpert in this specialty will command 5100 per month. Waiters receive from ?15 to 320 (with board), and cooks re:eive twice as much. The cigar and Dar business adds much to tho profits, hich are estimated in the aggregate at 5500,000 annually. " The pitcher that goes constantly to he well is broken at last," says John rnlly, of the life-saving scrvice, "and >ne of these days I expect to lose my ife in this work. It is only a question . )f time, and I want to see Congress >ass the pension act for tho sake of my . amily." Tully has been in tho work , or sixteen years, and ,in that time is aid to have saved no less than fifty- j light human lives by his own efforts. . le has been at Louisville, Ky., and up o November last was paid by volun- 1 ary subscriptions, but now the governaent maintains a life-saving station at hat city?the only station located on , river? and Tally is a member of the rew. The subjoined table, compiled from he latest official reports, exhibits the trength and cost of Europe's armies on peace footing : Soldiers. Ytarly cost. .ustria 296,218 $50,630,000 ielgium 46,277 8,787,909 ranco 470,600 100,007,623 crmany 419,659 92,573,403 reat Britain 133,720 65,000,000 reece 12,397 1,494,860 taly 199,577 37,95$,755 etherlanda 61,803 10,268,990 ortugal 35,733 4,342,928 oumania 130,158 3,310,198 useia 787,910 144,000,000 crvia 14,150 869,138 pain 330,000 49,146,991 witzc-rland 106,102 2,419,213 iiri.-pv 1S7 n?7 os 7r.fi nns Totals 3,201,971 $595,G15,G03 One feature of swindling is that a irge number of its victims are tliobe 'ho themselves would have no objecions to swindling when oppoitunity ffera. The latest scheme in Paris is worked" by two confederates, who lake acquaintance with some American nd propose to put into his hands a irge sum of money left them by their ncle to be distributed in America, 'he American, tempted by the idea of andling a large sum of money for ?hich no guarantees or responsibility re required, places within reach of the ascals a comparatively small sum, which hey demand as prooE of his pecuniary tanding. They make off with his lonoy and ho never sees them again. The steady progress of the telegraph 3 made apparent by tho following facts nd figures: In 1844 there were forty liles of lino and no wires. In 1848 here were 2,00U miles of line and 3,000 liles of wire. In 1853 there were 14,75 miles of line and 22,013 miles of cire. In 1860 there were 17,582 miles if line and 25,375 miles cf wire. In 866 there were 29,4e2 miles of line nd 50,294 miles of wire. In 1870 there rere oj,4u.3 miiea 01 jue ana ivi,a*o j liles of wire. In 1877 there were 111,- j 52 miles of line and 267,974 miles of , rire. In 1880 there were 142,264 miles j f line and 350,018 miles of wire. The 1 irst line in the United States was es- j ablished between Baltimore and Wash- , agion iu 1844. Jt was constructed on ] he Morse plan, which has since become f he almost universal system of the < rorld. In tho year 1880 there were ( ifty million messages sent. The various j ompanies havo 14,000 offices, and they i lave in their employ no less than 24,- \ 00 individuals. | The theft of the body of the late earl \ if Balcarres from the family tomb near ? iberdeen has recalled the singular snc- t ession of difficulties under which it j /as removed from Florence. The body ( ras placed within throe coffins, the inner ( >ue being of soft Italian wood, the , aiddle one of lead, and tho outer one j if oaJr. In her solicitude for tho safe | onveyance of tho remains of her hus- c tand,' tho dowager countess gave in- J tractions that a casket of walnut 8 hould be made within which the three t offins were deposited. On tho top of ^ his casket was a cross carved in high t elief. The conveyance of the remains ] cross the Alps was a work of very great lifiienlty, but under the care of the I ontidential servant of the deceased hey readied France in safety. A small 5 teamer was charted to convey the body r 0 London, and she encountored such i violent galp in crossing the channel 1 hat the coffin had to be lashed on j t leek. The removal to Aberdeen was 1 f afely effected, but here another diffi- \ nlty presented itself. No bearse large t nough to receive the outer coffin could 1 to procured, and *he outer shell had tc c ?e removed. It was, however, ae- j losited afterward in the crypt along- ( ide the three coffin3 in which the re- i uains were encased. Oa the day thatj c he body was removed from Aberdeen j 1 0 Duntcht one of the most violent: c now-storms ever experienced in Scot-' f and broke out, and to such a depth I < lid the snow accnmulate that on the } eturn journey the hearse was imbedded 1 y the wayside, and remained for ] ] everal days in the snow before it could j 1 10 removed to Aberdeen, and the j j aen who accompanied it suffered great 11 lardship. \ ( An Ancient Horror. \ The Vienna Neiic Freie Pressc quotes j ] rom Tacitus his description of the col- ] apse of the wooden amphitheater at 1 ''ideniu during the reign of Tiberius, | f >y which, according to the annals, ' 0,000 persona were killed or wounded. ! < ?he immense structure was a tlimsy j ] ffair, put np by a certain Atilius, and ] fter reading about the horrors of the ! * atastrophe and the measures adopted j < o prevent their repetition, we are in- i ormed by Tacitus, with characteristic [ > erseness, that "Atiliaswas burned." ! ; It has been well said that no man | I ver sank under the burden of the day. t is when to-morrow's burden is added o the burden of to-day that the weight < b more than a man can bear. ] I . . .. .. CRISES AMONG ANIMALS. Instances otZHGrent Excitement Causing Strange Behavior. "Insane animals? "Why, certainly,' the possessor of a fine collection of birds in New York said to a reporter, " I have three or four birds ihat are cranks, and one that is as mad as a March bare." " Is that one ?" the reporter asked, as a hen ran by with her tongue hanging out. "No," the owner replied. "All signs fail in dry weather. Her tongue certainly has a 1 slew* to the left, but there's no congenital malformation of the brain, and," confidentially, " she's got the pip. But if you want to eee a bird that is a moral monstrosity, and always has a morbid project on hand, just walk through this cjop," indicating one that contained a number of fine game bantams. The reporter opened the gate and stepped in, the chickens retreating, with one exception, 10 ine inner nouse. This exception was a rooster hardly as large as a good-sized pigeon, with high colors, a very red, old-fashioned face, and most formidable spurs. " Look out for him," the owner said, as the diminutive crower came near in a most friendly manner. The warning was not too soon, as when within a foot of the repoxter the bird made a rush, 1 caught the leg of his trousers in its mouth, and hammered away with its ] spurs eo thai blood came before it could | be pulled off. Its little red eyes blazed with lire, and as the reporter pulled it ( off by main force and tossed it away it rushed again to the attack, until a retreat to the outer yard was ordered. "There's moral obliquity for you," : the owner said, laughing. The reporter suggested that it might 1 come under the head of " pure cusaedness." i "No," he said, "the bird's not re- : sponsible. One would think that the < bird was a good fighter, but he won't : sfrand up before a bird of his own size. He turns tail and runs. I bought him from a man downtown who raises j rtomn a TTa f a qmluw viiwn? uu nauttu iu gov 11U V/l j this one, as he wouldn't fight, but j sometimes he'd get cranky and chase , him all round the room, so that he'd have to take a broom and beat him off. , Sometimes the little crank would get J on the boxes, and the first thing he knew the bird would be on his head i picking and hammering like a madman. ( Therefore, I had no trouble in getting it. He seems to be down on all mankind, and will attack you in the meanest and most underhanded way. In fact, the bird's a 'good deal off' on one subject. "Now, here's a hen," he continued, pointing 1o a fine speckled Polish. "For the last two weeks she has been trying to crow, and has succeeded quite well, and I have no doubt labors under 1 Dae aeiusion mac sne is a rooster, in * fact, among chickens yon can find all ( grades of mental tronble. My bfjwn ( Polish birds are the most nervous, and 1 very peculiar in their habits. They ^ always ran alone, and when canght t seem perfectly crazed with fear. Leghorn s are nervous, while these PJy- f mouth Rocks are phlegmatio, never t iisturbed by anything, and are very ( iheerfnl, singing all day long in the I summer. But here's a bird," moving c toward a glass-faced cage, "that is hope- a lessly insane. It was a beautiiul crea- t :uro of a gorgeous blue and red color, 1 srith lonp yellow legs and a beautiful nild, brown eye, the Pnrple Gallinule. [ canght it in Florida, and it actually [vent insane from fear. It had been blowing a heavy norther for several c lays, and many birds were blown ( ishore. They took refuge in a moat ;hat surrounds the fort on Garden Key. t [ got out my boat and caught several, y ih 3 wind blowing too hard for them to y rise; but this one gave me a long jhase, diving, trying to climb up the } iiigh wall, and turning its head and body into every possible position as if de- | uented, and finally it rushed at a tin ' Irain pipe and got into it, and there I :anght it. But when I hauled it out, it ( ictei as if it was half dead, curious 1 ipasms passing over its body, but it 1 same to after 1 put it in a box. For a ! ong timo it seemed to go crazy when ilarmed, and, in fact, has never gotten >ver it. Jos', watch it now." Taking a small paper bag, he blew ? up and eiploded it in front of the )ird. It dropped as if dead, but soon :ame to, and ran round in a most aimers way, twisting its neck nnd jumping nto the air. That this was not done rom fright altogether was evident from be fact that it was taken with the same its at any and all times without the east provocation. Mr. George Ord, of Philadelphia, tells of a similar ease in a iommon rail. The bird had concealed tself in a drain near his house during v heavy rain storm, and was discovered jy him the next morning. The bird vas placed in a small room on a case, md he "Was amusing himself with it vheu, in the act of pointing his linger it it, it suddenly sprang forward, apparently much irritated, fell to the floor, ind, stretching out its feet and bending ts neck until the head nearly touched !ta back, became to all appearances lifeless. Thinking that the fall had killed ;he bird, he took it up, but in a few minitesit began to breathe, but it was some iime before it had perfectly recovered. fl lie placed the bird in a room where ' ihere were canaries, resolving to find \ uut if it was not a passion of anger that! r bad produced the fit. On entering igain the bird retired to the comer in ! sullen humor, and as soon as he point3d his linger at it its feathers became immediately ruffled, and it sprang for- g i?ard as before, having a tit as in the * irstinstance. Mr. Ord adds: "Some-1 ;ime after as I was shooting among the c eeds, I saw a rail rise a few feet from i ;he battean. The bird had risen about j * i yard when it became entangled in the ops of a small bunch of weeds and im- j i; nedintely fell. Its feet and neck were ; a intended, and before it had time to re- j t :over I killed it." A few days aftervard a friend and himself were shoot- j 8 ng in the same place, and a rail was ! r tilled, and near it was seen another in j i fit. He took it up and placed it in j lis hat, where it soon came to, and he j ? Ldcls: " These facts go to prove that j he rail is subject to gusts of passion, } vhich operate to so violent a degree as | o produce a disease similar to epi-' epsy in its effects." < )an?rerous Eiicountv With a Whale, i t Mr. Joseph W. Mead, of Poughkeep- ? lie, is now on board the bark Hercules j >n a whaling voyage. 7Iis ship ^as off ; j 3t. Hiilena en the 28th of October, 1 ? 1881, from which place ho writes: On < lie 6th of June last wo raised whales ind got them all in favorable positions, vhcn wo lowered oar boats and in a ;hort tirao onr second mate struck one. in a lew minutes after the whale :aught tho boat in the quarter and com. jlotely chewed it up. Mr. Lure, the jhiof mate, when he eaw our signal j 'roai the ship, sent a boat and had the :rew picked up, took the line and still lad tho whale fast. The third mate ( tlso catno up and went on the whale ;bree times. The fourth time the whale i :aught arid mashed his boat into fire-1 vood. The eteerer was killed, but the | est of the crew weie saved. In the neautime tbe boats did not dare to go iear tho wounded whale, but fired at it 'rom a distance with guns. About this ;ime wo received help from a ship jailed th3 Milton, which sent two boats :o the rescue, for we were in a very iveak condition. Before you could jardly think it possible, however, the Milton's boats were both mashed and ;heir crews swimmiag in the water. I rhf>v were soon rescued bv our boats. ! 1 rhe'boats hung about the whale until! I lark, wben we cat the line and let tL<s * auge nionster go. The next morning, I 1 jowever, Wo saw him again and took i i mother hold of him, and about 5 j /clock in tbo afternoon we succeeded j ' n dispatching him. It was the largest i1 (vha)e taken in this section for many j j and made us 150 barrels ot oil. j j [ts length was sixty feet and jaws nine- i1 :een feet. j ' John Brown is to have a statue on j >ne of the reservations bordering on i Pennsylvania avenue in Washington. < f Mother Shlpton's gicmsor Starts ia :J| Business. j The world shall come to an end?'tis true, in 1882. i The world itaelf shall no longer be, In 1883. The world itaelf shall be no more, In 1884. I The world itaelf shall not survive, In 1886. The world shall vanish into nix, ] In 183G. j The world shall burn in firoa from heaven, -J-M In 1887. The world shall end as snre as fate, In 1888. The world shall end, if rhyme is a sign, In 1889. The world can't possibly como to an end in -J 1890, for there is no rhyme to let it die on? - - 3H E at certainly to an end t'trill run, HUMOR OF THE DAT. | Always ready to take a hand in \oon- ;.>g versation?Deaf and dumb people. ! A man is like an egg. Yon can't tell whether or not he's good until he'g "broke." j What is that which no man wishes to Jja have and no man wishes to lose ? A j bald head. There's only a hare's difference be- i tween the ears of a rabbit and those of a mule.?.Rome Sentinel. A romantio couple out West have JgH named their first-born daughter "Ma- j laria." She'll give some fellow the shake some day. It will be advisable for such as have v|9 any fears of baldness to quit indulging ifi in white grub, since a farmer has dig- ?aj covered that the white grub eats off the roots just below the crown. "When I was an infant,"said Fogg, "the . women were forever kissing me. And," iM he added, " I have done what I could to get square with them since I bave grown bo years of discretion."?Boston Tranr Ambitions Yonth: What is a good -3J1 preparation for becoming a poet f jj Crawling through a threshing machine. ~M We may get this young man into trouble wi by this advice, bnt we give it as a acred dnty to humanity.?Boston Pott. '"-$4 EDITOB AND POET. - ;^9 "Here ia a sketch," s&id the poet Unto the editor gray, " Which I tossed me off iu an idle hoar, To pass the time away." " Here's a club," was the answer, In a bland and smiling way, .tOm " With which I frequently toss me off _ >>Tawj Six poets in a day." '& Smart Aleck met Jones this morning, ia md after the nsnal manner of the slang Blingers he said : "Hello, Jonesey, )ld man, what do yon know when yon ^3 ion't know anything?" "I know yon,M eplied Jones, calmly and serenely, and ileck withdrew to a spquenterea spot o ruminate. ?Steubenville Herald. Wives onght really to be more care- ;v?ja ul about telling tho truth to their hus- . % )ands. "Why do you start no when- . :ver I come into the room r" asked a l jrusqne man of his better half. "It is >nlv oclv mv nerves, my poor nerves," -C ihe regjied,"" which are so very weak hat I am etartled by every stupid thing IIKALTH HUTS. For chapped skin tike oxide of zin?, )ne dram; lard, two omices. It is also 1 good for any kind of sores. To obtain a good night's sloep, ipmg<j the entire length of the spine Yith hot water for ten or fifteen min* :-*g Says Dr. Forte's Health Monthlv: Milk vhich is slightly acid, and buttermilk, produce in some individuals a hypnofcio sleepy) effect. Never stand still in cold weather, jspecially after taking a slight degree )f exercise; and always avoid standing ipon the ice or snow, or where the per- =iS jon is exposed to the cold wind. To cure ingrowing toe nails, one an;hority says, put a small piece of tallow ' n a spoon, heat it until it becomes very iot, and pour on the granulations. Pain tnd tenderness are relieved at once, and 'am n a few days the granulations are all jone, the diseased parts dry, and grow . iestitute of all feeling, and the edge of he nail exposed so as to admit of being rared away without any inconvenienoe. Dr. George Johnson, in the Practi-> ioner, proposes tne iouowing us au -y^s: inti-fat diet: May eat?Lean mutton tnd beef, veal and ]amb, eoups noi-V'^iW ;hickened, beef lea and broth; poultry, ^ jame, fish and eggs; bread in modera?^|?$ ion, greens, cresses, letutoe, jreen peas, cabbage, can li flowed joionf; fresh fruit without sugar. May lot eat?fat meat, bacon or ham, ;er, cream, sugar, potatoes, carrots; oars nips, rice, eago, tapioca, maccaroni, ^ :u8tard, pastry and paddings, sweet - 5 rakes. May drink?tea, coffee, cocoa rom nibs, with milk but no sugar; dry pints in moderation; brandy, whisky .\J tnd gin in moderation without sugar; "V* ight, bitter beer, soda and seltzer pater. May not drink?Milk, except pariugly; porter and stout, sweet ales, ^ west wines. As a rule, alcoholiciquors should be taken sparingly, and . lever withont food. SCIENTIFIC NOTES. The number of metals now known is evenly-seven. Sulphurous acid acts, in certain ases, as a powerful oxidizing agent. *| An electric light is indefiuittly di- t 'isable without sacrifice of economy. ' * The form of a hailstone is that of an > averted umbrella, being cone shaped nd having ribbed sides and rounded >ase. ijj| Cotton fiber, when quite ripe, conists of almost pure ceilulore, a oom-^^^1 ;ound of carbon, oxygen aud hydrogen. Professor Forbes and Dr. Young have I<}terrained by ft number of experiments > hat the speed of a blue ray of light ex-; seeds that of the red by about one per * :ent. The telephone has been introduced )n board the screw steamer Gloucester | 3ity, a vessel of 2,150 tons gross regiser. which was launched a few weeks ago it Stockton-on-Tees, England. MM. Deherain and Maquenne, in a $ mper read before the Academy of 3cionces, Paris, show that certain '-.pi jlectrical discharges without sparks ind of comparatively weak tension will lecompose water. r.otn moiisnwirpntfl rtf til A Ctfbffllll iflid existing at considerable height* ^ ibove the earth's surface, appear ro >how that the gas is pretty evenly dis- f*jf ributed throughout our atmosphere. Violent atmospheric disturbances are . 'g tlways attendod with electrical maai'estat-ions; aud, in a certain paper, Dr. ^ Sogers is disposed to consider the prevalent theory of wind as erroneous, md l>elieves the real oauses of air cur enta to be electricity. In 1885 a prize of 25,000 franca, iffered by the king of the Belgians, is o be awarded for the best work of neans and measures for making the itudy of geography general and furhering instruction in that science in ,'ducational institutions. Forbearance. The young are seldom forbearing, ?? ? ?in/?A*efon^ fVlA jecauae mvy ou ULLIU uuuuiovmv. __ railties of poor human nature. Oh, if rou could only witness the terrible itruggles passing in the heart of that 'riend whose vivacity annoys you, whoae ickleness provokes you, whose faults iom^times even make you blush. Oh, f you saw the tears that are shed in secret; tho vexation felt against self 'perhaps on jour account) .you would indeed pity them. Love them ! Make illowances for them I Never let them Feel that you know their failings. To make any one' believe himself to be morally good is to help him, almost a spite of himself to become so.? Gold Duni,