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BY HUGH WILSON AND H. T. WARDLAW. ABBEVILLE, S. C.. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 1882. NO. 43. VOLUME XXVI.
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Fate.
T?vo shall 1)0 born the whole wilo world apart
And speak in different tongues, an J have no
thought
Each of the other s being, and no heed.
And these o'er unknown seas to uui;nown
lands
Shall cross, escaping wreck, defying death;
Ami, all unconsciously, shape every act
And bend each wandering step to this 0110
endThat
one day out of darkness they shall meet
And read life's meaning in each other's eyes.
And two shall walk some narrow way of life,
So nearly tide by siile that should one turn
Ever so little space to left or right
They needs must stand acknowledged face to
face,
And yet, with wistful eyes that never meet,
"With groping hands that never clasp, and lips
Calling iu vain to ears that never hear,
They seek each other all their weary days,
And die unsatisfied: and this is fato.
A Romantic Marriage.
She was certainly a lovely girl, such
as any man might well bo prond of
knowing; at least so seemed to think
her companion, Cecil Courtney, for he I
gazed and loved?and loving, gazed
again.
"Cecil," eho murmured, "Cecil.it
seems strange, nay, almost impossible,
that you thculd love me, poor Grace
Gardner, a lonely orphan, without
friends.or fortune, and moro than all,
your sistet's governess."
The manly face beside her flushed
with a loving look as he replied:
"Strange, my darling, it may be, but
not one whit the less true, that I love
you with an intensity that shall outlive
every evil or ill that a cold and unsympathetic
world can possibly pour upon
us. For you, my dearest, I can glory
in rennquisning every wish ana ambition
of my life?Lome, friends and
fortnne?and willing commence to labor
for the daily bread that yonr love and
presence shall tnm into veritable
manna."
" Ob, Cecil," she exclaimed, "it seems
bo terribly selfish to allow you to give
up so much for me! Aad who knows,
you may some day regret so great a
sacrifice? Nay, rather let me go away,
and try to find peace away from you;
happiness were impossible."
"Darlinar Gracie," he exclaimed, in
alarm, " for my sake never mention
tuck an idea again ! What pleasure do
you suppose all the riches of earth
could afford mo unless I had you to
share them ?"
" Then, dear Cecil,I will say no more,
only to beseech you to press me no
moreto?to?"
" To marry me?" lie asuea, laugaingly.
" Yes," she replied, blushing, "nntil
you have avowed to Colonel and Mrs.
Courtney your preference for my humble
self. Who can tell what might
ollow ? Mrs. Courtney has been klad
and considerate to me during the short
time I have been here; perhaps they
may not despise my dependent position,
and consenting to our union all may be
bright and joyous."
"I will do as you wish, love," he roplied,
fondly, "though I have little
hope of success, for you do not know
her as well as I do. Bat if I fail, darling,
will you promise to face poverty
at once with me and become my bride ?
I have a hundred a year?left me by an
aunt?wic my parents cannot touch
or interfere with. This will keep us
from want until I can meet with emRqtt
rlarlincr cVioll
^/iVJlUVUXl ****** % V??MV?W
it be so ? You do no? fear poverty with
me ?'
"Fear!" she exclaimed. "I fear
nothing with you."
He would have been less than a lover
had he not fervently pressed those rosy
lips to his own. in true lover fashion?
It was the afternoon of the next day,
while Grace Gardner was giving a music
lesson to her affectionate and pretty
little pupil (Cecil Courtney's only sister),
| that the school-room door was
thrown open in an ominous manner,
and Mrs. Courtney?tall and stately,
with robes fashionable and flowing?
walked into the room. One glance at
her haughty and angry countenance
told Grace her er:and. She sent little
Mabel away to her nuree, and then,
turning to the governess, said:
" Aud now, Miss Gardner, I have to
request that you will find it convenient
to leave this house this afternoon.*'
" Scarcely this afternoon," replied
Grace, quickly. " It is now too late to
reach my friends to-day. To-morrow
morning I thall have no objection to
comply with your request."
" Intolerable?your insolence is intolerable
!" exokimed the lady, walking
angrily up and down the foom. " I tell
you you shall go at once ! You do not
sleep another night under this roof 1"
" May I be allowed to inquire the
cause of so sudden and urgent a dismissal?"
asked Grace, in the same
quiet tone.
" Ask!" said Mrs. Courtney, scornfully.
11 Your conscience must tell you
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won eiiuugu ; xiexc, juu uavc nut uccu
in the house two months, and you have
laid your snares so cleverly that you
have succeeded in entrapping my only
son; and so skillfully and slyly have you
played yoar part that 1 had not a suspicion
of what was going on until that bewitched
youth, fascinated with your
doll's face, has dared to ask our consent
to his marriage with you?you, who
may be the daughter of a costermonger
for all we know 1 This comes of taking
girls on a lady's recommendation, instead
of applying to those who had previously
eneagcd them! I shall take
care to let Lady Powis know what kind
of a protege she has recommended !"
Grace's face flushed as she replied,
with dignity:
'Truly, madame, you might have
stated your cause of complaint in gentler
terms. Since you confess yourself
ignorant of my parentage, do03 it not
oocur to. you that I am as likely to
prove the daughter of a duke as of a
costermonger, in which cage, I presume,
you would consider your eon honored
by an alliance with me ?'
"The daughter of a duke, indeed!
You are nothing but a hardy adventuress;
and let me tell you, miss, never
presume to see my son again! Should
ne dare to continue to address you in 1
defiance of hip lawful guardians, he
will be disinherited; and as it is the
money and not the man you want, I
have no fear as to what course you wiU
pursue with regard to kim 1"
So saying she swept from the room.
Grace then wrote a short note, as fol- j
Iowb:
" Dear Cecil : Your suspicions were !
correct- I am turned from your
mother's house because I have dared to
love and be loved by you.
"It were better for us to part now,
though I can scarcely bring myself to
write such dreadful words. Let mo at
least see you once more to say farewell,
I shall stay until to morrow at Mrs.
Jones' cottage in the village. Yours,
"Gracie "
She then left the same address with
Mrs. Courtney's maid, in order that her
boxes might be sent to her, and wraprvinrr
a /I o ft aIaoL* o vr\n n A Via* on/1
ok uui u vivua ui vuuu uci cuu uuu
ning a laco hat, she set out for Mrs.
Jones', who was ail old woman to whom
she had given money and kir.d words
during her short residence in Lindon,
not,however,beforeshe had stolen silently
and unobserved to a sequestered part
of the ground*, and carefully laid her
note to Cecil Courtney in a hole beneath
a large stone, which hole?to judge by
the careful manner in which it was
mide and arranged?had already been
the receptacle of similar messages.
* * * * * *
It was a glorious evening toward the
close of July when, in a handsome room
in a fashionable hotel of the Lake district,
Cecil Courtnev sat alone with his
beauteous bride. The evening sunset
was lighting up lakes, mountains and
woods with silent beauty. Grace had
been busy writing, but her letter was
finished, and as she raised her lovely
head she exclaimed:
"Oh, Cecil, how perfectly enchanting
this sunset is ! My darfing, your
love is to me what the setting sun is to
nature; it fills me with a bright, rosy hap
pincss, which changes my whole being,
and makes it as bright as the setting
sun makes yon lovely landscape I"
" Heaven bless you for saying so,
darling wife-! Nothing on earth could
add to the beauty of my beloved's face,
that is already perfect!"
She blushed in silent happiness, and
for awhile they watched the glowing
scene with a joy too deep for words.
Presently he said, playfully :
"And whom has my dear wife been
writing to ?''
" To Lidy Powis," she replied, 1
promptly, "though I must ask you in
this one instance to excuse me from j
showing you tho letter. -Lady Powis is !
an old friend of my dear dead mother,
and to her I owo more than words can !
express. Sbe is immensely rich and i
very influential, and it was entirely my
own fault that I took an engagement as
governess instead of remaining with her.
I have now written to inform her of my
marriage, and it is just possible that
she may be able and willing to find you
some suitable appointment."
"You dear, kind, thoughtful wife!
I cannot say, but I hope she may for
yonr sake; for I fear, love, that unless
something turns up, I shall have to
forego the pleasure of seeing my dar
Jin? attired in sncli costly raiment as
this, and this," he replied, touching almost
reverentially her rich black silk
dress and the beautifal lace she wore
aronnd wrists and neck.
" That would never grieve me," said i
she, lightly. "I shall be as happy in
serge as in satin, if dear Cecil only
loves me. However, before we make
up our minds to poverty, let us wait
and see what Lady Powishas to say."
The return post brought a letter from
Lady Powis, congratulating her dear
Gracie upon the happy marriage she had
formed; and then went on to invite the
young couple to come to her on a visit
as soon as their honeymoon was ended;
wishing, however, that they would
come on the morning of the first of August,
as on the evening of that day. she
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was to give a grauu uan?me mau in
the season?in honor of the return of
her niece: Lady Gertrude Gordon, from
a three months' visit to a cousin in Germany.
" There now!" said Gracie, dapping
her pretty hands.
" But you must order a ball dress,
my love," said Cecil; "my pearl must
be set in as fine gold as any other at
this ball."
"Oh, leave that to me, dear," said
she. " Only you must promise me not
to fall in love with Lady Gertrude."
" Is she very pretty, then V
" You shall tell me if yon think her
so when you see her," said Grace,
laughing.
The morning of the 1st arrived, and
found Cecil and his bride with Lady
Powis by noon. Grace was received
with a loving welcome by her friend,
who said that Lady Gertrude was resting
for the evening, until when she
would not appear. There was to be a
plain dinner before the ball, at which
two old friends were to dine en famille.
And then, after awhile, with an apology,
the lady left the young couple to their
own resources until evening.
The ladies were to dine in their ball
dresses to escape the fatigue and hurry
of a second dressing. When Grace appeared
attired for the evening Cecil
could not but marvel both at her won- 1
dious beauty and the graceful splendor
of her apparel. She wore a dress
of white satin, trimmed with real Honii?
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lull ittuo auu uuuuuco vji wr=i-u?no muu
lilies-of tlie-valley; bat more than that,
there glittered on her neck and arms
diamonds and pearls of great value.
"See," she said, approaching him, ,
" these are Lady Powis' bridal gifts?
are they not lovely ?"
"Lovely indeed," said Cecil, intoxicated
with her beauty; "but not half so
beautiful as my darling wife, who is, I
feel sure, to be the belle of the ball tonight,"
and he pressed her fair form
warmly to his manly breast. Proudly
he gave her his arm and descended to
the drawing-room.
Who can picture his bewilderment
when, in the two friends who were to
dine with them, he saw his own father
and mother!
Mrs. Courtney's heart had beaten
with proud triumph when she received
the invitation to the ball, and above all
to dine en famille with Lady Powis previously,
for her social position scarcely
entitled her to such an honor. She was
aghast with amazement when she saw
her son entering the room bearing on
his arm the " hardy adventuress." But
her humiliation was truiy pitiful when
Lady Powis, takiDg the hand of the
lovely and smiling bride, led her to
them, saying:
"Mrs. and Colonel Courtney, allow
me to present to you one who, until
lately, was my dearly loved niece, Lady
Gertrude Gordon, but who is now the
wife of your eon, and consequently
your daughter-in-law."
"Good heavens 1" exclaimed Cecil,
" what mystery is this ?"
Grace, or rather Lady Gertrude,
broke into a merry peal of silvery
laughter.
"Now," said she, gleefully, "this
denouement is simply charming; have
I not played my part well ? and has not '
dear auntie kept my secret and carried
out my plans excellently ? This is, I
am sure, a most romantic marriage, and
I believe will be as happy as romantic,"
said she, turning fondly to her hus1?
UtUiUi
"But, my darling," said he,with painful
embarassment, "I cannot understand
this at all. Have pity and
expiain."
" I think I had better do that," Baid
Lady Powis, gracefully. "My niece,
like myEelf, is of a romantic disposition.
She was the belle of the season, and her i
beauty and wealth brought her many
admirers; but she refused them all.
She told me often that she wished to be (
loved for herself alone, and not for her
wealth and title. You," said she, turning
to Colonel and Mrs. Courtney, " had
but just returned with your son hero
from a long residence abroad
when we 6aw you at a concert. Gertrude
saw you then for the first due,"
continued she, addressing Cecil, "and
on returning home she remarked,
'Auntie, if I ever marry it must be such
a man as that.' The next d*y came
Mrs. Courtney's letter, asking mo, as
an old acquaintance, if I could recommend
her a governess. Suddenly Ger!
trude declared hev intention of playinr
the part and accepting the engagement.
'Vnir onntio ' Raid fihfi. 'T 'will spfi if
there is a man in the world who can
1 loveGertrudo Gordon for herself alone.'
It was stipulated that she should never
bo invited into the drawing-room, to
prevent her recognition by any who
had seen her in her own character.
How fai her plan has succeeded is seen
by the fact that she is now Mrs. Cecil
Courtney."
"Yes," said Gertrude, taming to her
mother-in-law. "It happened that
Cecil and I met the first day of my residence
with you while I was walking
out. with Mabel after that we met
every evening under the old elm trees.
The pleasure of thos6 happy hours
made joyous the duties and restraints
of my new position, which would otherwise
have proved irksome." Then approaching
Mrs. Courtney?who was
weeping tejrs of shame and mortificai
A:? ?:J ?H-. ,1 .
| liuii PttlU, DWCUM^ . Xttiuuu, uoai |
1 inadame, the deception I practiced upon
1 yon, and in a mother's anxiety for the
welfare of her son I can cheerfully exj
cuse your apparent harahness to me. I
I have no mother; let mo find ona now."
I The haughty lady bowed her head,
' murmuring:
" You overpower me with your good|
ness; I am not worthy of it."
Gertrude kissed her affectionately,
1 and then passing to the colonel, said:
" I see 1 need not plead here for a
: father's kiss."
i "Good heavens! no. I'd no idea
: there was such a beauty in my house,
| or I should have taken the young gentleman's
paitandlet him marry you,
; governess orno governess;" and betook
j her in his arms and saluted her
heartily.
She then approached her husband
with a timidity new to her, saying:
"And Cecil?can he, too, forgive my
deception?"
He bent forward, and raised her jewj
eled hand to his lips, saying:
I " Forgive ! My darling, what have I
! to forgive? Rather, what have I done
| to deserve such love, such goodness ?
! With.the devotion of my life will I re|
pay your love, my darling, my wife I"
The ball was a splendid affair, and
the lovely bride far outshone all the
beautiful girls prese.t. Great was the
surprise that tho belle of the season
should have suddenly gone abroad to
return with a young and handsome husband.
But though gossip was busy for
awhile, the affair remained a mystery
and was soon forgotten.
To a very few indeed was it ever
known that tho lovely wife of Cecil
Courtney was ever his sister's governes?.
Amateur Writers.
All editors are always glad to receivo
any class of communications for their
journals, and they can fully appreciate 1
the following by the " Autocrat of the
Breakfast Table": j
Sometimes very young persons send
me communications, which they want I
forwarded to editors, and these young 1
persons do not always seem to have 1
light conceptions of these same editors, '
and of the public and of themselves. '
Here is a letter I wrote to one of these '
young folks, but, on the whole, thought
it best not to send: )
Dear Sir?You seem to be some- '
what, but not a great deal, wiser than 1
I was at your age. I don't wish to be 3
understood as saying too much, for I 1
think without committing myself to (
to any opinion on my present state, (
that I was not a Solomon at that stage 1
of development. Yoa long to "1 ap 1
at a single bound into celebrity." |
Nothing is so commonplace as to wish '
to be remarkable. Fame usually comes J
to those who are thinking about some- '
thing else?very rarely to those who (
say to themselves: "Go to, now, let 1
us be a celebrated individual 1" The J
struggle for fame, as such, commonly '
ends in notoriety; that ladder is easy 1
to climb, but it leads to the pillory, <
which is crowded with fools who could k
not hold their tongues, and rogues who c
could not hide their tricks. If you 1
have the consciousness of genius, do
something to show it. The world is ^
pretty quick nowadays to catch the 8
flavor of true originality; if you write c
anything remarkable the magazines and
newspapers will find you out as the \
echoolboyj find out where the ripe 6
apples and pears are. Produce any- b
thing really good, and an intelligent '
editor will jump at it. Don't flatter your- f
self that any article of yours is rejected 1
because you are unknown to fame, i
Nothing pleases an editor more than to e
get "anything worth having from a new '
hand. 1
There is always a dearth of really fine s
articles for a first-class journal; for of "J
a hundred pieces received, ninety are I
at or below the sea-level; some have b
head enough, but no water; only a
two or three are from full reservoirs, s
high up that hill which is so hard to e
climb. You may have genius. The t
contrary'is of course probable, but it is n
not demonstrated. If you have, the g
world wants you more than you want it. g
It has not only a desire, but a passion, b
for every spark of genius that showa p
itself among us; there is not a bull- r
calf in our national pasture that I
can bjeat a rhyme but it is ten v
to one among his friends, and no c
takers, that he the real, genuine, I
no mistake, Osiris. " Qu'est ce qu'ila b
fait?" What lies he done? That was n
Napoleon's test. What have you done ? o
Turn up the faces of your picture cards, v
my boy ! You need not make mouths t
at the public because it has not accept- c
ed you at your own fancy valuation, n
Tin fh? nrAt.fipRf-, thine vrra can. and v
wait your time. For tho verses yon v
send me I will not say they are hope- a
less; and dare not affirm that they show I
promise. I am not an editor, but I s
know the standard of some editors, r
You mnst not expect to "leap at a single i
boundinto the society of those whom I
it is not flattery to call ybur betters, a
When the Pactol'an has paid you for <3
a copy of verses (L can furnish you r
with a list of alliterative signatures, ?
beginning with Annie Aureole and end- t
ing with Zoe Zenith)?when the rag- t
bag has stolen your piece, after care- -s
fully scratching your name out?when t
the nnt-cracker has thought you worth- I
shelling, and strung the kernel of your
cleverest poem?then, and not till then, c
you may consider the presumption
against you, from the fact of your t
rhyming tendency, as called in c
question, and let our friends ?
hear from you, if you think it s
worth while. You may possibly think f
me too candid, and even accuse me of i
incivility, but let me assure you that g
I am not half so p'ain spoken as na- 1
ture, nor half so rude as -time. If e
you prefer the long jolting of public c
opinion to'tho gentle touch of friend- (
ship, try it like a man. Only remem- t
ber this, that if a bushel of potatoes
is shaken in a market-cart without t
springs to it, the small potatoes al- 1
ways get to the bottom. ?
Russian Exiles in Siberia. i
Much that is erroneous prevails as to 1
the character of prisoners sent to Siberia ]
from Russia, as well as in regard to ]
j:J.:? 3 A,? i?
liieir cuiiuitiuu nuu ucauiucuu iu tuat i
land of bondage. Every year the prisoners
sentenced to Siberia are collected
at Moscow, or some other central point,
and thence sent forward to their destination
in parties of various sizes. They
go to the penal territory in the summer
months, or from May to October.
The vast crowd that assembled last
May at Moscow aggregated about
12,000 persons, and yet it was
affirmed by careful statisticians that
probably not more than 1,000 of
these were sentenced to hard
labor. There are several facts to be
borne in mind in regard to the criminals
who are banished to Siberia, the nature
of the crimes for which they are convicted,
and the character of their punishment.
In Russia there is no capital
punishment, except for treason or
crimes of that nature. The courts
sentence criminal? to the mines in
Siberia, to service as laborers at fortresses,
to imprisonment at home, to
banishment to the colonies in Siberia,
or to lighter punishment in reformatory
insti.utions. The convicts sent
to the mines in Siberia . are the
most hardened persons, such as
murderers, etc. Tlie life iea uy tnat i
class in the mines is raid to be deplora- 1
ble beyond anything in any other i
country. Persons who have been con- 1
victed of ordinary penitentary offenses
are sent to the penal colonies, and their ]
families have the privilege of accom
panying them. It is stated tint many
vagrants are sent to these colonies.
There the colonists, as the prisoners
may be called, are under the supervision
of the government, and are given land
and allowed the proceed.* of their own
labor. It is claimed that this system
has been attended with excellent results,
these colonists becoming prosperous and
forming ordeily, thriving settlements, i
and doing much to develop the country ]
and civilize the Datives. More than onohalf
the population of 8iberia is com- i
posed of banished Russians or the descendants
of exiles. A few facts may
be of interest in reference to the crimes
committed and the number of convictions
secured. Of the persons arrested
for or accused of crime, about seventeen
per cent, are convicied and sentenced.
Of the number of convicted, about two
per cent, are sentenced to hard labor in
Siberia, about four per cent, to exile in
the Siberian colonies, about twelve per
cent, to labor in forts, about twenty
five per cent, to imprisonment, ana tne
remainder to lighter punishments. It
should be added that, besides the
families of exiles, some go to Siberia as
volunteer emigrants.
General C. A. Whittier's new residence,
Beacon street, Boston, will cost
82,000,000. It will have walls ninetyfive
feet high and twenty inches thick,
and from fifty to fifty-five rooms ; also
the "largest wine cellar in the country."
On the fourth floor is a great music
room, ceiled and paneled in hard wood.
What day in the year do women talk
the least ? The ahortest day.
LOW LIFE IN NEW ^ORK.
fc>crnr? in thr> Allryitand Tcncmcntf) cf the
Kluma-Tbe Breeding I'IicchoI Crime.
Strictly speaking the name "Cherry
Hill" applies only to a small locality;
but usage ha<? given to it a wider significance.
The main part of the Hill is
embraced by the part of Cherry street
between lioosevelt street and Pearl
street ? a dingy and ill-kept block
almost in the shadow of the bridgo anchorage-which
maintains during the
greater part of the year a melancholy
activity. A number of years ago, when
the number of transatlantic sailing
craft coming into the East river was
much greater than it is now and sailors
with salt spray clinging to their clothes
were everywhere seen rushing ashore,
panting for the excitement and new
life of the city, this Cherry Fiill
district, which includes all that is set
clown upon the maps as the Fourth
police precinct, presented a somewhat
striking contrast to its present aspect
Then sailor-boarding houses, with
greasy wooden benches at the doors,
swarmed with Portuguese and ether
foreien sailors, who 6pent their money
is freely as circumstances permitted;
stevedores, ship-carpenters, caulkers,
>towers and others indigenous to the
wharves formed the greater part of the
population; the;, tenement houses were
jrowded by a rough claas diverse in
aationalitv and occupation; drunkenaeBs
and crime permeated the whole
eglon, which the police regarded as one
)f the most dangerous localities in the
:ity; patrolmen traversed their
posts in twos; cries of " murder !'
vould frequently be heard, and many
parts of the distiict fairly reeked with
nfamy. Like the once famous Five
Points, this troublesome corner of
ower New York has undergone a
shaDge. It is no longer looked upon
is in any very pronounced degree a
sriminal district. Petty crime is born
lere. as it must necessarily be in such
l crowded district. Drunkenness is as
lommoD, however, as of old. On a
Saturday night in summer, when every
me is out of doors, and there is no
eason for closing windows and shuting
in the sounds, the brawling
Irunkard swells the noises of midnight'
>nd half-dressed children run from the
:lutch of drunken fathers and mothers.
Here is " Mullen's alley," piercing the
'itals of the block bounded by Cherry
treet, New Bowery, Oak and Roosevelt
treets, like a great rift in a rock;
Connor's alley," opposite, a vile, eufocating
place, with a triangular court;
'Murphy's alley," bewilderingly snarled
d a network of clotheslines and fire
scapes; and "Single alley" "and
'Double alley," adjoining each other.
?he two la&t named are, perhaps, as
triking in their way as any in New
fork. A five story building running
>ack more than half the depth of the
lock, fronts on both alleys. "Single
lley," or East Gotham place, as it is
et down on some maps, is open on the
ast side; the other is shut in on
he west by a high gaunt building,
aaking the place dark and
;loomy. These differing characteristics
ive the alleys their names. The large
milding is divided through the middle,
arallel with the alleys, and also at
igbt angles, forming eight houses,
inch house has a rattling staircase,
rith landings, from which the loweiiinged
rooms open on either hand.
Jach family, however large or small,
ias only two rooms in which to live and
aove and have its beinsr. On the left
>ne may live in comparative comfort
pith a wife and iafant. Another on
he right, however, who makes eight
r nine dollars a week alongshore,
nay have a wife?whom he thrashes
rhen an empty pocket leaves him in
rant of other pleasurable excitement?
nd seven children, largo or small;
tut he has only two rooms, and must
tow them away as best he can when
light comea. Little, dingy apertures
q each landing, like windows in an
talian prison, permit-the passage of
ir from one alley to the other. Four
lollars and a half a month is the highest
ent, and is paid for rooms on the second
loor, where the air is better than on
he first floor, access to the street easier
han from the rooms above. Ten years
igo this building is declared to have
teld 300 families, or rather^ that number
of different rent payers."
Every alley or tenement house is in
hargeof a "housekeeper," a man who
:eeps the place in good order, and
phone emolument comes in the shape
f ttti4lt o email ar?rlihna 1
11 II CD i cii l/j VTiVU ? uuumit umuivawmm*
consideration." He invariably inpires
with awe the numerous ragmufins
who play baseball on the sidewalk,
mpale themselves on nails and railings,
jive convincing proof of the theory of
leredity by fighting in the gutters,
iqueeze themselves through small winlows,
and emit profanity with an tin*
shocked volubility that is almost bloodmrdling.
A frequent visitor to this region says
hat he has found much to interest
lim here. He has almost come to have
i nodding acquaintance with certain
jueer old women who become faintly
risible in odd doorways; and some of
;he street boys, marking his repeated
presence, have commented quietly but
profanely on the circumstance. One of
;he most melancholy characteristics of
;his district, and other such districts in
lifferent parts of the metropolis, is the
orlorn and neglected condition of the
)ld. With all the foul air, scanty food
md exposure, people are found here who
ive too look back over fourscore years
mdten; wrinkled, yellow and stooped
)ld women, perhaps tottering about
vith a stick, holding a dirty infant in
;heir bony arms, or heaping corses
)n -wretched youngsters who annoy
ihem. Occasionally there is seen some
iecent old woman, a somewhat reinootofl
"nrronnv" hnk mnst.. with their
mths and dirt and rags, seem as if they
iad grown up and had some mysterious
issociation in character with the
irumbling, sooty and unsavory walls
ibout them. The old men are seldom
ieen in the immediate locality. In
ihe morning they become the motive
power of hand-carts and disappear in
;he din of the city. Or perhaps
.hey are dodging the coal wagons
with shovels over their shonl3ers;
or selling lead pencils or
brooms, or announcing in 6omo busy
:horoughfare the superiority of certain
irticles of merchandise by means of
;he popular contrivance which shields
;hem as with armor before and behind,
ind hides all but their heads end fee
from the vulgar gaze.
There are many suggestions of low
London about Cherry Hill, especially
it night, when a muffled sound comes
torn the a?levu. an occasional footstep
jlatters on a creaking Btair, distant
loors bang, greasy streams trickle here
ind there into the gutter, and the sound
)f clicking glares and drunken mirth
rises from the dismal bar-rooms. The
wholo district is doubtless destined to
be rebuilt before a great many years,
rhe success which has attended the
peculation in improved tenement
houses, it is thought, means death to
thefe rookerieB, which year by year become
more unfit for human habitation.?
Ncio York Tribune.
A Wonderful Map.
At the nobles' echool in Tokio, Japan
is a physical map of that country 300 or
4HO feet long, in the court behind the
school building. This map, or model,
is made of turf and rock, and is bordered
with pebbles which look at a
? AA OA lllf A mnfAti
ilLtiU UlbbttUtJu nu jmi uuu nao naicii
Every inlet, river and mountain is reproduced
in this model with a fidelity
to detail which i? simply wonderful.
Jjatitude and longitude are indicated by
telegraph wires, and tablets show the
position of the cities. Ingenious devices
are employed in illustrating botanical
studies also. Fcr example, the
pine is illustrated by a picture showing
the cone, leaf and dissected flower,
set in a frame which shows the bark
and longitudinal and. transverse sections
of the wood.
Indiana last year raised 6,987,049
pounds of tobacco, valued at 85,958,964.
The cultivation is confined to the
southern counties.
FOR THE FARM AX1) HOME.
Fiirui find Garden Note*.
Hens seldom pay expenses after they
are three years old.
Separate all breeding ewos from tho
other sheep in the flock now until after
lambing.
Orchard gras?, though suitable for
orchards, "can endure more sun aud
drought than blue grass.
The first eggs laid by a pullet or hen
after molting may be slightly bloodstained,
but it need not give any cause
for alarm.
The special advantage of green manuring,
or the plowing in of green crops,
is in the large amount of humus which
the soil acquires.It
is a mistake to allow sows to breed
^1* att ava nf lnnnf ft ttrtfth nl/I oq
UUJLUIO tlioj IUO ou icaou ? J
they ore riot then sufficiently matured
and pigs from such am sometimes to
weak to live.
Nearly all binds of trees do well on a
mixture of superphosphate and wood
ashes. Lime is not suitable for strawberries
but excellent around apple,
peach and peai: treos.
Like the blackberry, the raspberry
bears the fruit upon the cane of the
previous year's growth, which, after
fruitage, dies, the next cane coming forward
for the next year's crop.
Grapevines should be pruned as early
as the season will permit. If deferred
too late they will allow an escape of
sap (bleed), even if trimmed a little
while before it begins to ascend.
An old orchard can never be made
young agiin, but by good care, pruning
and culti ?ating, ir can be made to bear
a fair crop until a young orchard can bo
set out and brought into bearing.
By training a pet lamb to come at the
call, and afterward putting it with the
flock, the owner can call his sheep
wherever they hear him, as the pet will
come followed by the other sheep.
One of the many cures for roup is to
wash the head of the fowl with warm
water and afterward bathe it with a solution
consisting of four grains of sulphate
of zinc dissolved in an ounce of
water.
Fine flowers require thoroughly
rotted manure and wood mold mixed,
and tomato or other early plants can be
grown in boxes, and afterward transplanted
with bettor results with suoh a
mixture.
The geueral effect of lime is to render
available the plant food already in
the soil, without itself supplying any
significant amount. Liming cannot,
therefore, be succ ass fully repeated except
at considerable intervals.
If it is desired to chancre bee3 from
one locality to another the hives and
boxes should be gotten ready for nse
now. Bees should bo changed before
they are ready to fly out and become
accustomed to the new locality.
There is little if any absolute fertilizing
valne in coal ashes, but when mixed
with clay soil in large quantities they
render the soil lighter and more porous,
and allow the air and sunshine to penetrate
it. For this purpose they are
highly esteemed by gardeners.
For ordinary work a horse of average
size should be fed twelve pounds of oats
or other grain food, and fifteen to
eighteen pounds of good hay; but, if
driven on the road, two or three ponnds
of hay, morning and noon, and eight or
ten at night, with the same quantity of
grain.
Potash for grape vines is being tested
in France. A variety of the black muscat
has been found'defective in color
where potash is defective in the soil,
and a writer recommends that one vine
of this grape be placed in every grapehouse
to show by its full or by its deficient
color whether or not the border
for the roots has a sufficient supply of
potash. *
Chickens should not be allowed to
roost till from four to five months old,
and then on broad perches, two to three
fanf. r\n 1 xr fmm fho irrnnnrl P.rlii'hifinn
birds are better roosted on shelves,
covered witli sand and littered with
atraw; but then they must be kept
very clean, and the straw must be frequently
changed. On no account place
perches one above the other, so that the
droppings fall on birds lodged lower
down. Cleanliness is the great key to
success, and the roosting-places should
be scraped out daily and resanded. The
greater the number of fowls the greater
must be the care.
11 eel pes.
Kentucky Potatoes.?Slice the potato
thin as for frying, and allow them
to remnin in cold water for half an
hour, then put the slices into a pudding
dish, with salt, pepper and some milk?
about half a pint to an*ordinary pudding
dish. Pat in an oven, bake ?n
hour. Take out and cut a lump of butter
the size of an egg into small bits
and scatter over the top.
Spice Cake.?Two cups of flour, onehalf
cup of butter, one and a half of
sugar, half cup of molasses, half a cup
of sour milk, half a teaspoonful of
saleratus, yolks of four eggs and one
whole one, cinnamon, allspice, cloves
and nutmeg to taata. Then place a
layer of the white cake and a layer of
the spice cake alternately, until the batter
is used up, and bake slowly.
Bun Loaf.?Half pound of butter,
two pounds of flour, one pound of
brown sugar, one pound of sultana
raisins, one-pound of currants, one pint
of tr ilk, one ounce of carraway seeds,
one lemon, one teaspoonful carbonate
of soda, one ounce ol tartaric acid.
Rub the flour and butter together and
the soda. Warm the m;lk and add to
tho other ingredients. The tartaric
acid must be added the last thing, and
the cakes must be instantly put in the
oven.
Tapioca Pudding.?Soak one cup of
A?- ii
llipiUUU ail JLUgiiu iu wuicr , iu tuo rnuiu*
ing masb with a spoon every undissolved
particle; put in a quart of milk, with
a little salt added ; let it boil until the
tapioca is soft, then stir in the yolk of
five or six eggB, and a cup of sugar ;
flavor with lemon ; when cold spread
over the top a thin layer of jelly or
rsppberry jam, and on this put a meringue
cf the whites of three eggs. Let
it brown in the oven for two or three
minutes.
Beef Pie.?Cold roast beef, one
onion, one tomato, pepper and salt, one
dozen boiled potatoes. Cut the cold
beef in thin slices, and put a layer on
the bottom of your dish. Shake in a
little flour, pepper and salt, cut up and
add a tomato (if in season), or onion
finely chopped, then add another layer
of beef and seasoning till your dish is
full; if you have any gravy put it in ;
have ready a doz.?n potatoes, boiled
and mashed, with butter and salt,
spread over t're pie an inch thick; bake
twenty-five m'nutes or a little more.
Redwood.
A California writer says that the redwood
which is in demand there for underground
use is what is known by the
lumbeu \n as black-heart redwood. It
shows a dark color when cnt with a
knife, the outer portion only being seasoned.
This species of redwood is exceedingly
heavy?too heavy to float.
Ono who has observed schooners loading
a'ong the coast assures the writer
that a post of this wood which plunges
overboard never rises, and a board
lingers cn the surface a moment aud
then slowly slides down into its depths.
This is the sort which i3 sought for in
the foundation of buildings, and under
brick walls is believed to be imperishable.
In this connection it is interesting
to mention a fact concerning the
second growtn ot reawooct. snoots
from old stumps have grown t,o three
and four feet in diameter in forty years.
This would indicate restorative powers
in redwood forests which would insure
a future supply of the timber.
A new religious sect in Minnesota are
ca' ied the Dreamers, and they have a
dream interpreter, and thoy are governed
in their conduot by their dreams.
Cheese and minco pie distributed at
night would breakup the 7hole church.
HEALTH HINTS.
Many invalids resorted to tho hop
fields in Central New York, at the season
of picking last fall, and expressed :
the opinion that they derived great '
benefit from the odor given off by the 1
blossoms.
The Christian Union tells of a young 1
lady cured of headaches by moving her '
bed from the wall, against which she \
had been breathing while asleep, and '
thus being deprived of a sufficiency of !
fresh air. For one ease of this kind,
there are probably one hundred headnn'ioo
rlnn tr1 ulaonincr in rnnms with rm '
means of ventilation. Even in cold ,
weather there should be some drop or
raise of a window, thongh it neconsitates '
sleeping in an overcoat and woolen
socks.?Dr. Foote's Health Monthly.
Dr. Hall, in the Journal of Health, (
pays : If a man is hungry within an ,
hour, more or less, after regular mea),
he is a dyspeptic beyond question, and
it shows that the stomach is not able to
work up what he has eaten so as to get
nourishment out of it; but to eat again,
and thus impose more work when it
could do nothing for what had been already
eaten, is an absurdity; and yet
all dyspeptics who eat whenever they
are hungry do this very thing, and thus
aggravate and protract their sufferings.
A correspondent in the New York !
Sun gives tho following information
concerning the relief of epilepsy: If
the epileptic sufferer will carry w/th
him a piece of common black silk, big 1
enough to cover the face, and whenever 1
he feels the fits coming on will cover 1
his face with it, he will find it a sure 1
cure. This recipe was given to my '
father by an old Frenchman, my mother
having been subject to fits for many <
years. She never had one afterward. ]
When she felt one coming on she would i
place the silk over her face. do not i
know the virtue of it, but do know from <
experience that it does the work. <
Forccd to Eat His Writ. ]
The Dublin (Ireland) Irish Times <
says: At the usual fortnightly petty sessions
held last week?the presiding <
magistrates being Colonel Stuart and I
T. D. Wilson?three young men named 1
Oorbett and a man named Sena were J
nlioniynil Tm'fVi VioTjint* mnrrlor/Minlv an.
aaulted a process-server named Sheedy.
Patrick Sheedy deposed that he resided
in Carrick-on Suir, and was process-server.
He got a number of writs
to serve on the tenants of Mr. Scally.
The writs were for rent dne. In the
discharge of that duty he proceeded to
Ballyneal and served some of the tenants
with writs.
" While you were serving those writs
did anything happen to yon?"
"Yes."
" What was it ?"
" 1' had them all [served but twoone
for Mrs. Shea and another. I got
as far as Shea's house, and as I entered
the farmhouse, Shea, the prisoner, met
me. He eaid 'Sheedy, I never thou shtJE
would see you at this dirty work.'"
"Did anything happen to jou then ?"
Yes; I heard voices in the kitchen,
and I became frightened, and turning, c
ran; bfl.fc before I got twenty yards I
was seined by three or four persons, ]
and dragged back into the kitchen."
" Were the writs taken from you ?"
"Yes."
" After you were taken to thekitchen, *
did anything happen to you?"
" Yes; I was knocked down on the ?
broad o? my back, and several parties
shouted, ' shove the writs down his
throat.'" ct
" Can you say if the prisoners were
the parties who shouted: " Shove them I
down his throat?-' "
" I was too terrified to know who *
did it." 1
" Were the prisoners there at all?' ^
" Yes; they were all in the kitchen."
" Yon say that you were knocked ,
down in the kitchen. When you were .
down did anything haopen to you?"
" Yea " .
" What?" 1
" Assoc n as they shouted, ? 8hove
the writs down his throat,' I pleaded
for mercy, but it was no use, and one of
the party stuck a writ into my mouth
and I was held down until" I swallowed
it."
" They made you swallow the writ?" J
" Yep; Shea's writ."
" Did any of the prisoners take part f
in this?" j
"It was not they that shoved the
writ down my throat, but they assisted
in holding me while it was being
pushed down my throat."
" Did you swallow more than one
writ ?" ;
" I was kept down until I swallowed
the other." I
"Did you get any water to wash g
them down?" [Laughter.]
" Yes; after I swallowed the first j
writ somebody said to give me a drink t
of boiling water, and after that I got ,
some dirty water to drink." ,
" ' - > " 1 iU. '
" auu uii>t:r yuu gut uuo waioi iudj
made you swallow the second writ ?"
"Yes, sir."
'' Did anything else happen to yon ?"
"Yes ; I was cuffed and beaten, and
threatened that if I was ever got at
such dirty work again I would not get
off so easily, and just as I was going
out of the kitchen running, a kettle of
boiling water was thrown after me, but
it did not do me any h:irm."
" Had you to promise that you would
never again go writ serving ?"
"1 had."
Water. J
Water is so common that few persons
think of it as the most important factor
in the building up and civilization of
the world. The rocks were mud and ?
sand made by water and laid down by .
it, one kind on top of another. Coal, j
made of plants, was covered up by water, .
so that the rotten plants were kept ]
there and changed to coal. Veins of j
lead, copper, gold, silver and crystals, ,
were cracks in the rocks filled with ,
water that had these precious things
dissolved in it. And water, as ice ]
(glaciers), ground up rocus into earm,
in which plants can grow, tie sea
and streams helping to do the work.
Water builds plants, and animals,
too. Three-quarters of what they are
made of is water. When you pay
twenty cents for a peck of potatoes
you aro really paying fifteen of the
cents for the water that is in the potatoes.
A boy who weighs eighty pounds,
if perfectly dried up would only weigh
twenty pounds. And there can be no
potatoes or boy without water. It
must dissolve things to make them into
new things ; and it carries them where
they are wanted to build the new things.
It softens food, and then as watery
blood carries the food to every part of
the body to make new fltsh and bones,
that we grow and have strength. It
carries the plant's food up into the
plant. Water carries man and goods
in boats, and, as steam, drives the cars.
It makes the wheels fro in the factories.
It is a great worker, and wo could not j
get along without it. It makes much ]
of the beauty in the world. j
Curious Transmission oi" Physical Trait J
M. Lenglen, a physician of Arras,
gives an interesting description of what
may be well termed a remarkable perpetuation
of physical traits. It appeals j f
that a certain M. Gamelon, in tbe last (
century, was ses-digitate, having two f
thumbs on each hand aud two great j
toes on each foot; tho peculiarity was
noticeable in his sen, but in each of ]
tho three subsequent generations it has j
been strongly marked, some of the chil- j
dren at present showing the malforma- ]
tion as distinctly as their great-great- (
grandfather. 1
Ail Exploding Flower. ,
In some seasons nature's greatest blossoming
effort astonishes and delights
tho traveler in presentation of tbe ,
talapat tree in bloom, which marvelous '
flower, it is said, appears only at inter- ^
vals of many years, and then bursts from .
itn sheaf like a rocket, with a report
like a small cannon, sending out im- ^
mense feathery sprays of a pale yellow
or white color laden with an oppressive
perfume. ? Cr.vlon (Iw.Ua) Letter,
? i
What length ought a'lady's crinoline ;
to be ? A little above two feet. :
SUNDAY READI3U.
A Wcll-Ruilt Ckrltlinn.
A well-built Christian is harmonious
in all his partp. No one trait shames
another. He is not a jumble of inconsistencies,
to-day liberal to one cause,
to-morrow niggardly toward another;
to-day fluent in prayer, and to-morrow
fluent in polite falsehoods. He does
not keep the fourth commandment on
Sunday and brtak the eighth on Monday.
He does not shirk an honest debt
bo make a huge donation. He is not in
favor of temperance for other folks and
i glass of toddy for himself. He does
not exhort or pray at each or tne lew
meetings he attends, to make up arrearages
for the more which he neglects.
Ho does not so consume his spirtual fuel
during revival seasons that he is as cold
as Nova Zembla during all the rest of the
time; nor do his spiritual fervors ever
outrun his well-ordered conversation.?
Cuyler.
Religion* News anil Notes.
The population of Toronto, Canada,
numbers 86,445- The churches can accommodate
49,860, and the attendanca
on a recent Sunday showed 38,796, -or a
percentage of worshipers of 44.92.
The Philadelphia Baptist association
was organized 175 years ago. It has
eighty-two churches with a membership
of 23,444; 104 Snnday-schools, with
2,016 teachers and 20,431 scholars.
In the first decade of the Methodist
Episcopal church there was one minister
to every 194 members; in the fifth
decade the proportion was one to 284;
the present proportion is one minister
to 147 members, against 142 in the
ninth and tenth decade.
Of the 12,142 ministers of the Methodist
Episcopal churoh, 2,808 are not in
pastoral work. Upward of 2.U00 are
juperanuatea and supernumeraries, 204
ire connected -with colleges, eightysight
are editors, agents, secretaries,
ate., and 445 are presiding elders.
The total strength of the Methodist
EpiscopalOhnrch8outh,in the Jjouisiana
:onference is 14,901; in New Orleans,
1,826 members. Value of church proparty
in New Orleans, $566,710. Number
of Sunday-school scholars and
teachers, 1,050; total number in conference,
7,130.
The South India Methodist mission
jonference, embracing 2,040 members,
aised last year 107,836 rupees, or
ibout 853,918, which is upward of an
average of twenty-six dollars per memDor.
The gain in members was nine;een.
The work is chiefly among Eu opeans
and Eurasians, though increased
Mention is tyeing given to the heathen.
An emperor of Germany coming by
jhance, on a Sunday, into a church,
ound there a most misshapen priest,
nsomuch as the emperor scorned and
:ondemned him. But when he heard
lim read these words: " For it is he that
nade us, and not we ourselves," the
smperor checked his own proud
hought, and luade inquiry into tbe
iondition and quality of the man; and
inding him, on examination, most earn>st
and devout, he made him Archbishop
of Colon, which place he did exlellently
discharge.?Fuller's Rely State.
low to Apply Hie Soda Remedy to Burns
and Scnldri.
It is now many years ago that the
author of this paper, while engaged in
ome investigations as to the qualities
,nd effects of the alkalies in inflammaions
of the skin, etc., was fortunate
rnough to discover that a saline lotion,
>r satnrated solution of the bicarbona
ed soda, in either plain water or camphorled
water, if applied speedly, or as
oon as possible, to a burned or scalded
>art, was most effectual in immediately
elieving the acute burning pain, and
rhen the burn is only superficial, or
lot severe, removing all pain in the
lourse of a very short time, having also
he great advantage of cleanliness,Jand,
f applied at once, of preventing the
isual consequences?a painful blisterng
of the skin, separation of the
ipidermis, and perhaps more or less of
inppuration.
For this purpose all that is necessary
s to cut a piece of lint or old soft rag,
>r even thick blocking-paper, of a size
lufficient to cover the burned or scalded
jarts, and to keep it constantly well
vetted with the sodaic lotion so as to
jrevent its drying. By this means it
isually happens that all pain ceases in
rom a quarter to half an hour, or even
n much less time.
When the main part of a limb, such
is the hand and fore-arm or the foot
md leg has been burned, it is best,
vhen practicable, to plunge the part at
mceintoa jag or pail, or other conrenient
vessel filled with the soda lo:ion,
and keep it there until the pain
inbsides; or the limb may be swathed
jr encircled with a surgeon's cotton
bandage previously soaked in the eatu ated
solution and kept constantly wetted
nth it, the relief being immediate, prodded
the solution be saturated and cold.
What is now usually sold as bicarbonate
of soda is what I have commonly
lsed and recommended, although this
s well known to vary much in quality,
iccording to where it is manufactured,
jut it will bo found to answer the purpose,
although probably Howard's is
iiost to be depended on, the common
;arbonate being too caustic. It is beieved
that a large proportion of medical
practitioners are still unaware of the
remarkable qualities of this easily-applied
remedy, which recommends itself
:or obvious reasons.?Popular Science
Monthly.
Palestine Tottery.
The Biblical descriptions of pottery
ire singularly applicative to tho present
process of manufacture. As in Bible
;imes, so in the nineteenth century, the
potter sits at his frume and turns the
yheel with his foot; or, as wo read in
;bo Apocalypse: " So doth the potter,
litting at his work and turning the
*heil with his feet; ho fashioneth the
;lay with his arms." The potter bad a '
otof tho prepared clay near him and a
ag of water at his side. Taking a
lump in his hand ho placed it on top of
;ho wheel, which revolves horizontally,
ind smoothed it into a low cone beiween
his hands. As it enlarged and
jecamo thinner he gave it whatever
shape he pleased with the utmost ease
ind expedition. It is evident, from
liiKIa tVinf
JULLLUrUUa UA[U cooitua iu uuu jyiVAU) >,ui*v |
;he potter's vessel was the synonym
)f ntter frugality; and to say as David
loe3, that Zion's king would dash his
jnemies to pieces like a potter's vessel,
vas to threaten with ruin and remediless
lefctiuctioD. We who are accustomed
;o the strong stoneware of considerable
?alue can scarcely appreciate some of
:hese biblical references, but for Pales,ino
they are as appropriate and forcible
as ever. Arab jars are so thin and
'rail that they are literally dashed to
drivers at the slightest stroke. Water
ars aro often broken by merely putting j
:hem down upon the floor; and the j
servant frequently returns from the j
mountain empty-handed, having allhia
ars smashed to atoms by some irregu ar
behavior of the donkey.
A Frontier Humorist.
Away on the extreme western froni>'r,
in the foot hills along Green river,
"ronoral Forsythe, of Sheridan's staff,
[ouiid a humorist during a tcur of inspection
:
He came upon a solitary stationteeper
who lived in a hut containing
'our stalls for unimals and a combination
parlor, kitchen and sleeping npartnent
six by ten feet in size. Over the
loor, outside, were in huge letters :
'Hotel de Starvation ; 1,000 miles
from Lay ana grain, seventy mues irum i
ivooil uud fifteen miles from water."
The walls of the room wero deco
rated with pictures cut from police pub
ications. Over the door, inside, in
charcoal letters a foot in length, wero
;he words, "God bless onr Lome," and
in another place tho notice "Wanted
?a nice young girl for goueral housetvork.
Apply within."
The ice cone at tho baso of the Yosemite
falls is 200 feet high. There are
numerous visitors and there are 59
residents in the valley. i
SCIENTIFIC NOTES.
The function cf yeast is to change
starch into sugar and that into alcohol.
Mullor asserts that certain butkrflies
will only visit blossoms of primitive
tints.
There are several thousand volcanoes
known, and tho number of active ones
may be set down as 323.
Cast iron is said to be permeable tc
certain gases at high temperatuies, and
to hydrogen gas even when cold.
It has been estimated that one square
foot of soil will evaporate six times as
mach moisture as the same amount of
leaf surface.
Cords stretched in a network near
tho ceiling have been satisfactorily tried
for destroying echoes in churches and
public hails.
Verifying' the discovery that water
containing infectious matter and org
nic poisons is purified by being run
through beds of sand, it has been
found, at Leipsic, ground under the
bottom of badly built sewers is much
cleaner than that over their tops.*
It is stated thai; in the salt mines of
Poland and Hungary the galleries are
supported by wooden pillars, which are
found to last many years, in consequence
of being impregnated with the
salt, while pillars of brick and stone
crumble away in a short time by the
decay of the mortar.
Contagion of diphtheria can be ob
tained from a dead body, if a recent
case is accurately reported. Two persons
were engaged to be married ; but
before the ceremony took place the
man died of diphtheria. The young
lady kissed her lover as he lay dead in
his coffin. Three days afterward she
followed him to the grave, dying of the
same disease, although there was not
another case of it then nor for nineteen
years before in ihe neighborhood.
Gnorata Eodiana.
There is a very interesting story told
of an artist of Cremona?Onorata Eodiana?who,
while still a young maiden,
acquired such fame as a painter that she
was summoned by the Marquis Gabrino
Fondolo, called the " Tyrant of Cremona,"
to decorate some rooms in his
palaco.
One day as Onorata was mounted on
a ladder working at a wall-painting, a
young courtier passing through the
room began to tease her; but his banter
degenerating into rudeness she came
down the ladder and tried to run away
from him. He pursued her, however,
and caught her, when in her fright she
drew a dagger from her belt and
stabbed him fatally. Seeing what she
had done, and fearing the wrath of the
Marquis Fondolo, she hastened to put
on the disguise of a boy's dress, and
find to the mountains. She there fell
in with a band of condottieri; rhe life
of these men, half-soldier and halfbrigand
in its character, so fascinated
Onorata that she at once consented to
become one of their nnmber, glad of
the chance afforded her to make herself
acquainted with the grand mountain
scenery and the careles3 jollity of
life in its wilda. She soon showed eo
mnch daring and skill that she was
made an officer in the band and held a
post of command.
When the " Tyrant of Cremona"
heard of the affray between the courtier
and the maiden, and of her crime
and flight, he was furious, and threatened
to hunt her to the very death; but
so skillfully had she concealed her
ind entity as to baffle all his efforts to
track her. After a time, as he could
find no other suitable artist to complete
the paintings which Onorata Rodiana
had begun, he declared a full pardon
for her if she would return to the palace
and finish her works. The news of this
pardon was spread throughout the surrounding
country, and when Onorata
heard of it she gladly laid aside her
sword to resume her palette and
blushes. She completed her task, but
the exciting life she had led among the
mountains had taken such a hold upon
her fancy that she returned to it and
to tho outlawed companions who had
learned to respect and love her.
Again and again she left them, only
to return each time, for her heart and
life were divided between her beloved
art and her romantic soldieriig. At
last, when her native village of Castelleone,
near Cremona, was laid siege to,
Onorata led her band to its relief and
drove awaj the enemy. Bat the rescued
her birthplace at the cost of her
life; for she was mortally wounded in
the conflict, and died soon after within
sight of the home of her childhood.
I believe that she is the only woman
who has ever been successful as both
anjartist and a soldier; and I am sorry
that I can find no work of hers of which
a picture may be given here. Her 8ton
is well authenticated in history, and
she died about the year H72.? S.
Nicholas.
The Largest Cave on ?artb.
The great cave lately discovered here,
saysthe Grayson (Ky.) Advoc te, has
oeen visited by a multitude of people
fromvarious points of the United States.
We think that Leitchfield is destined of
become the great "Mecca" of the word,
?for the Masonic fraternity and scienists
generally.
For the last two weeks no one has
been admitted to the cave except upon
presenting a written permit from Mr.
Rogers, and those who have been fortunate
enough to obtain admission have
been principally scientists from abroad,
who journeyed here to see the great
wonder for themselves. It was necessary
fliia ctnn on fhfl nftVfl WAR tanidlv I
being despoiled of its contents. Indeed,
several of the mnmmies and some of
the Masonic emblems were carried off j
before Mr Rogers?or in fact any of
onr citizens?realized tho importance
of the discovery, and cf preserving the
contents of the cave intact. The subterranean
river has been so swollen from
the excessive rains of the last month
that no explorations have been made in
the avenues beyond it. Excavations
have been made, however, in the chambers
or catacombs where tho mummies
and Masonic emblems were found, and
in the vicinity of the pyramid, and
several tablets with queer hieroglyphics ,
have been dugup.also some bronze and
copper vases and pieces of pottery. A
mound was opened and fonnd to contain
six well-preserved mummies, reposing j
in 'regular order with feet radiating;
from tho center.
Iu tho discovery of this cave the key i
is undoubtedly found tbat will unlock j
the mystery of 'he pre-historic race of j
America, and also prove their identity j
with the ancient Egyptian race, who j
undoubtedly crossed over and peopled '
this continent, built temples, and flour j
iahed in a high degreo of civilization i
until wiped out of existence by the,
ruthless hand of the savage. The caves
of Kentucky undoubtedly afforded them
shelter and protection, and were used
as a sort of catacomb for the storage of
all that was near and dear to them, including
their illustrious dead. Stich at
least seems to havo been the ease in j
this instance, whether this theory will
apply to the other caves of Kentucky
or not.
Many beautiful formations have been
discovered duriug the p.ist week. The
stalactites and stalagmites glisten like
so many million diamonds. The pillars |
and columns of alabaster aro beautiful i
beyond description, and its wonders
will have to be seen to bo fully appreciated.
The Bank of England.
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Somo Kica oi me preainess 01 me
work done in the Bank of Eogland
may be formed from the
facts that there are no less than 230,500
accounts open in tLe public fuuds; that
the number of bank notes issued during
last year were 15.250,000, representing 1
a sum of ?333,000,000, and that there !
was a similar number canceled. The
paper from which we glean these figure s
adds: " An accurate register of every
operation is kept, so that any note paid
into 'lie bank during the ia-t five yearo |
U.111 U? [IIUUUCCU ? lliUlXX U UilUU'.C, it II11
information as to the channel through
which it had found its way back to the !
eank, and this notwithstanding that tho
agister represented 77,000,000 of notes |
towed away in 14,000 boxes." I
Soon!
Let it bo soon ! Lifo was not made to long
For distant hours i.f dim futurity.
Thy presence soothes me like some tu-oS
song.
Oh, where my heart has rested let it lie;
Hope ia the morniug; love the afternoon.
Let it ba soon I
Let it ba soon I The treasured daylight die?,
And changes sadly to the chill of night.
But summer reigns forever in thine cyea,
And at thy touch grief atealeth out of sight.
After sad years of longing love must swoon.
Let it be eoon I
?Clement Scott.
. HUMOR OF TU ED AT.
What pain is most agreeable to o
burglar? Window-pane.
" The sassjest man I ever met," eay*
josn JJUJinga, "is a nenpecK&a nus*
band when he is away from home."
It is pleasant to remember that no
an honr passes in the increasing maroh
of time that there is not a half dressed
man somewhere on the face of the earth
calling for a shirt.?Bmme Sentinel
A dollar-store pin young man,
A heart full of sin young man,
A etand-on-the-corner-y
Looking-forlorn-ery,
Tobacco-stained-chin young man.
? Wilde Oscar, in Norrislown Herald.
"Does our talk disturb you," said
one of a company of talkative ladies to
an old gentlemen sitting in a railroad
station the other afternoon. "No,
ma'am," was the naive reply, "I've
been married nigh on to forty jears,"?
Hartford Times.
" Why did you send me that almanac ;
Augustus?" aBked Angelina. " Because,
darling," answered Augustus, as he
vainly strove to twist the few downy
sprouts upon his upper lip into a curl,
" because, darling, L wished you to se>
lect a date for our?the, aw?ceremony.
1' Oh, I see!" she said; then,
smiling a bewitching smile, she mar*
mured: " Call it the first of April."
Augustus will some day succeed in raising
a mustache, but he gees to see An*
gelinano more.?Smercille Journal.
The Steubenville Herald explains
how the young man was a little too
previous in the following fashion: He '
sat at her feet in quiet peace. He looked
into her face and said softlj: "Ah, dear,
I could sit here forever." "Could you,
love?" answered she. "Yes, sweet."
"You arb quite sure you could, darling?''
" I know it, my own." "Very
well, then, you sit there, for I Lave an
engagement to go out tfith young Mr.
Fitzspooner and I won't be back this
evening. Turn down the gas and fasten
the night-latch when you go away, xa,
to, deal*." And she went out.
Mexican Hospitality.
In her Century paper, illustrating
Mexican life with'pen and pencil, Hlrn.
Mary Hallock Foote describes a siv
days' ride cf 250 miles " From Morelia
to Mexico Oity on Horseback." The
following is an interesting account ol
her reception at an extensive Mexican
farm or hacienda:
Tepitongo, with its mansion and Castillo,
or fortress, for refuge and defense
in unsettled times, its corrals, outbuildings
and dependencies, great and
small, forms in itself a village in the
solitude of the pastoral plain which
surrounds it.
Tue administrador took us the rounds
of the outbuildings before supper,
which is served very late in the Mexican
household. We wew shown the
threshing-floor, a stone-paved amphitheater
over one hundred feet in diameter,
very slightly concave, sinking
toward a large circular flat stone in the
center. It was surrounded by a circle
of low stone buildings, tile-roofed, and
supported on stone pillars.
At supper we eat down to a medieval
board like that of Quierendero, " with
vassals and serfs" around us. We were
invited to consider the house and everything
in it as our own. Our mozos had
the freedom of the kitchens and the
stables, our host gave up his plaoe at the
?' +Viq fnVilo anrl in pffflfit the
iicnu vi vuo fcMv*wf ?
entire establishment was placed at oar *
disposal, with a courtesy as graceful as
it was irresistible.
After snpper we talked in the cloistered
court?a lovely, secluded pre- cinct,
with formal trees planted iiropen
spaces left in the pavement. We were
very grateful for this our last moon of
Mexico. We left it, when we returned
to our winter evenings and fire, and
lamp light, hanging large and low over
the gulf.
From the patio we entered the sala?
a long, tile-paved room, with a sofa at
one end, the place of honor for the lady
guest, the members of the family occupying
the arm-chairs which are ranged*
on either side, at right angles with the
sofa. It is considered a discourtesy
for a guest to ait down in any of th?
chairs, instead of walkiug through the
room to the sofa. As there were no
ladies at Tepitongo I was obliged to
sit alone on the long sofa. The engineers,
tho colonel, our host, and another
unbidden guest like ourselves,
who bad found shelter for the night, occupied
the arm-chairs.
After awhile I ventured to ask the
administrador to take the seat beside
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U10? iu maj umv k/wm ? _ d
my part, but at all events our host was
too well-bred to exhibit any horror at
the situation. The little four year-old
boy whom we had seen on his pony came
shyly into the room and stood by his
father's knee. He was a charming little
man, dressed in a suit of leather, with a
tiny pair of spurs* strapped to his baby
shoes ; but in spite of his spurs and his
horsemanship he was not unwilling to
sit in my lap and be coaxed into friendliness.
The lisping Spanish vowels of
this little motherless child were ex-'
quisite. Bnt there was other "music
of the country" in store for us. At
the lower end of the room a company of
musicians gathered by the light of
candles clustered on a table ; a striking
group, with violins, a violoncello,
guitars, a harp?I cannot recall all the
instruments, but the music and the
scene it would not be easy to forget.
Xew York City's OlHce-HoIders.
Tho total number of person's regularly
employed by the city government
in the several departments, in the common
schools and in the courts, was
9,703 in 1881, and the sum paid them
in salaries and wages was 810,430,841.
Add to this amount the pay of inspectors
of election and poll clerks, and there is
the grand total of $10,502,3,07.
Estimating the population of the city
last year at one million and a quarter,
about one. person in every 128 of the
inhabitants ~of ail ages was in the employment
of the city and county. The
cost for official salaries was equal to
about 88.45 per bead of population.
Tho following table classifies those
employed according to their salaries or I
wages:
Below SI,000 4,707
Between $1,000 and $2,000 4,392
Bctwceu $2 000 and $3,000 358
Between $3,000 and $5,000 143
Between $5,000 and $10,000 70
$10,000 and abeve 33
Total 9,703
The number of persons employed in
each of the branches of the city governmonf
and in flua rtmOT1 tfl. And the
amount paid them in salaries, were aa
follows: *
The Mayoralty 11 $26,300
Common Council 35 62,300
Finance Department 114 180,296
Law 40 95.1J07
Public Works 313 332,414
Public Parks 333 270,413
Charities and Corrections... 809 291,895
ilcilth 100 1 25,805
Police 2,821 3,565,390
Street Cleaning 200 172,442
Eire 881 1,071,405
Taxes awl Assessments 47 96,600
Education 3,411 2,769,163
.In li.-i.ir.- 413 1,171,163
Docks 55 79,600
Excise 40 53,420
Coroners 9 35,500
Miscellaneous 40 51,657
iM-ptctors of Election ? 111,266
To make tho cunning artless, tamo
the rude, subdue the haughty, shake
the undaunted soul; yea, pnt a bridle
in the liou'.s mouth and lead him forth
as a domestic cur; these are the triumphs
of all powerful beauty,
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