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ABBEVILLE PRESS AND BANNER. ' P ? . BY HUGH WILSON AND H. T. WAKDLAW. ABBEVILLE, S. C.. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, 1882. NO. 44. VOLUME XXVI. _ Look Up, Sot Down. Life to eomo is full of sorrowHalf is real, half they borrow; Pull of rooks and full of lodges, Corners sharp and cutting edges. Though the joy hells may be ringing, Not a song you'd hear them singing; Seeing never makes them wise, Looking out from downcast eyes. All in vain the sun is shining, Waters t-parkling, blossoms twining; They but see through these same sorrows, Sad to-days and worse to-morrows, See the clouds that must pass over; See the weeds among the clover? Everything and anything But the gol.l the sunbeams bring. Draining from the bitter fountain, Lo! yon mole-hill seems a mountain; Drops of dew and drops of rain Swell into the mighty main. All in vain the blessings shower, And the mercies fall with power; Gathering chaff, ye tread the whea', 11 ich and loyal, 'neathyour feet. Let it not be so, my neighbor; Look up, as you love ami labor. Not for one alone woe's vials, Every one has cares and trials. Joy and pain are linked together. Like the fair and cloudy weather; May we litve? Oh let us pray? Faith aud patience for to-day. ?-ddrance. Elsie's Three Offers. v Tho last touch was given to the dainty toilet, and escaping from the hands of mamma and maid little Elsie Baird went slowly down the polished stairs, buttoning the last glovo as she went. 41 Just a little while more and it will begin," she thought. "What fun it is to be grown up ! 1 am glad now that 1 3 U "I _ A 1 _ T* mamma woman i lei me go 10 me xvogers ball it Ihe spring. It's a great deal niter to Iiavo my own the very first, and not?Oh!" with a sudden scream of delight, as the turn of the landing brought into view the hall below, lamp-hung and tlow?r-festooned, with orange-trees and white-budded laurestines veiling the corners ; and screening the musicians' stand a tall bank of fair and rose red camellias to which Cousin Robert and the gardener wereat this moment putting the last touches. All these wonders had been evoked siDce Elsie went upstairs for her preparatory nap. No wonder she cried, "Oh!" " It is fairy-laud ! It is too beautiful to be true !' she called down over the balustrade. " Just so," responded her cousin from below?" quite too beautiful to be true," 1 nnVinrr arlmiin nrrlxr of jvvaiu^ uuuiiiiugij HU tuv m uuuoi vision in fleecy white as it came sweeping down, and noting each point, the dimpled shoulders, the tender bloom, the fluffs of golden hair which played around that sweetest face, in which child and woman seemed to blend so wonderfully. " Well, Elsie, I call that well got up. What! three bouquets ! How are you going to manage with them all, may I ask V" "Do I look nice?'' said Elsie, twisting her head round to survey her train ?that long delightful incumbrance which to her imagination seemed the visible badge and diploma of young ladyhood. "I am glad you like my dress, Cousin Robert. And isn't it fun ??about the bouquets, I mean. They an came wnne l was asieep. xms Dig one is from Harry Blount. Did you ever see such a monster? He must have cut every flower in his mother's greenhouse. And such a note as came with it! 'Dear Elsie, wear it for my sake.' Now. Cousin Robert, imagine my wearing such a thing 1" " It is rather like a prize cabbage," remarked Robert, surveying the huge bouquet with a critical eyo. "Well, who sent the others?" " This one I am really proud of," said Elsie, dimpling with satisfaction. " Major Strange sent it, and it's exactly like the bouquets which all the other girls have, and makes me feel really and truly grown up; only it is a pity that none of the flowers have any stems. And I hate those wires; they look so cruel." M And the third, which you are holding so tight?" "Now that one really is remarkable," said Elsie, blushing not a little. ?ee how exquisite it is I all white rosebuds, with just this little border of heliotrope t<rgive a color. So appropriate?don't you think so?" "Highly appropriate to a child's fnneral," remarked her cousin, grimly. "Youneedn't show the card; I know the fellow." "I don't believe you've guessed right at all," pronounced Elsie, waving the card triumphantly above her head? "' The Rev. Cyril Forsythe.' There I Did you ever ? I know, of course, that it's all meant as politness to me aDd mamma, but it's great fun all the same. Bouquets, and engaged already for the merman I "What will come next ? Cousin Robert, what if 1 should have an offer!" " Do vou narticularlv want one to night, Midget ?" " Oh, no, not to night; but some day I think it wonld be nice to have one. Now what shall I do with my flowers ? I can't carry them all." " It's rather like coals to Newcastle to give you another when you can't dispose of those you have already," said Robert. "Still, here's a posy which I had brought you myself." "Charming!" cried Elsie, throwing her fragrant load on a table and seizing the dewy mass of scarlet bloom which he held out. " You always hit on just the nicest thing. These are the only ones that look at all well with my dress. S ee 1" holding the flowers against her snowy bodice with great effect. "Mayn't I carry these, Robin dear ?' coaxingly; " Hkj tu.m so much the best." "Kobm dear" demurred, though he kissed the little gloved hand as a token of gratitude for the preference. It was finally settled that all the bouquets should lie together on a little table, and that Elsie should give each an airiDg in turn during the evening. With an inaudible sigh Robert Baird watched his darling as guests arrived, and the music began to sound from behind the camellia screen. The soft round cheeks he loved grew rosier; the sweet, delighted eyes glowed with excitement; Elsie, his pet and treasure, fairly launched on the fair but treacherous sea of society, and a sense of loss and deprivation seized his spirits. mu~ i. j. u? uiu uumt'Biettu, ui wniuLL uu was joint owner, had never looked upon a prettier scene. Onteide, the moonlit piazzas were sweet with honeysuckle, the gardens beyond twinkled with r Chinese lanterns, across the soft dusks and shadowy vistas forms in white flitted, gay laughs broke the dewy silences. Dear little Elsie had done the honors prettily by mamma's side; but now the tide of incoming guests slackens. Some one offers his arm. She is going off to dance at last, thinks Robert. But no; the young rector is surely rot a dancing man. On his arm, his flowers in her hand, Elsie vanishes. And Robert, with a face which is a little pad and not a little savage, turns away, and spurs bimself up to his hospitable duties. " It is very good of you," said Mr. Forsythe, softlv, as thev trained the piazza, " to give the first dance-time to mo. It is better than anything else fould be to be here in this starry silence, under heaven's arch, and with you I" Elsie was much awed and impressed. Was this the way in which clergymen talked to young ladies? How nice it was ! She bad been a little afraid that he would ask her about he soul, and Elsie did not know much about souls as yet. Still, she was a practical little damsel, and having gazed up at " heaven's arch," ana seen oniy tne piazza root, sne ventured to say: " Didn't yon ever care r. abont dancing, Mr. Forsythe ?" Ho looked down serenely at her from / his height of six feet two, but did not "" seem offended with tho question?only saintly?which Elsie noted with relief. "Not very much," he answered, gently. "And my timo is so full of other and graver duties that it is small matter of regret to me that the church has set the seal of her disapproval on 6uch pleasures in the case of her ordained servants, whose life work is, or should be, solemn and engrossing." " Is the?e really a law against dancing, then ?' asked Elsie, timidly. " Not for euch as you. To a fail young life like yours such amuse ! ments, when partaken of in modera tir.ii, are natural and harmless. Am for myself there are many cempensa tiens?the privilego of ministering t< the aged and sorrowful, of sharini their joys and consoling their grieie and, sweetest of all, the close rciatio: which I bear to my flock." Elsie murmured an assent. She fel a little as though she were in church Still, it was undeniably gratifying. "Yes," continued the low, ferven voice, " it is a world of contrasts. Thi evening I am here sharing in this seen of gayety amid all that makes life en joyable. This afternoon I spent bytb bedside of a dying woman, glad to fol< Vim* fivad lionrla an/1 rncf nffor fV>< burden of life, even though she left he: children to struggle on alone. I hop* I was able to support and strength?" " Ob," interrupted Elsie, "that mus have been poor Mrs. McCraw! Is sh( really dying? How sorry I am! Mammi is going to take one of the children t< keep as our housemaid, and she hope: to got little Jenny into the Home. Oh, I am sorry Mrs. McCraw is dying 01 the very day of my party!" "Yes, dear Miss Baird, it is a worlc of contrasts, as I said. Death and life sickness and health, poverty there luxury here, and heaven over all." "I am so sorry," cried Elsie, bewil dered. " I can't help it. I am young and happy, or I was before you talked so," she added, with a little pout, " But I don't forget that there are sick and. poor people, and mamma never does. She is as good as 6he can I Ka 4 r\ fliom* *oo 11 tt elm ic Mr TTa**. k/U IV AVUIXJ CUU 1Q) XU.A I JL VI sythe." "Indeed, dear child," in a tender tone, " I know it well. Your mother is one of my precious helpers and frienc s; and I would 6take my life that you, in your maiden bloom and happiness? which heaven forbid I should in any way seek to shadow?will also give yourself to every good and holy work. I have watched you grow up under my eye a polished stone of the temple, and no fairer vision has ever been granted to cheer my lonely life. And Elsie," he added, still more softly, " there is no hope so dear to me as this?forgive me that I speak of it; I cannot refrain; the wish is too near my heart?that in the future, which seems at this moment so near and so fair, you may forever lean as now on my arm. Suffer me to lead and support you. Come and brighten my homo with your lovely presence, and be to me the best gift that God ever bestowed on man." Elsie drew her hand away and stared at the young divine with frightened eyes. "An offer!" she cried, breathlessly. " Are you making me an offer ?" " What else, dear child ?" he responded, with some heat. "And in return will you tell me?" " Oh, please don't?please,' she cried, in horror. " I don't know anything about such things. I'm so little ?so young, I mean. Mamma wouldn't like it. I kDow she never allows mo to talk about offers." " Angelic diffidence," replied her tormentor. " You are right. It is to your mother that I should have ap peuiuu. JLUU purmiL, tuen, utfaiu&u, that I should make her fhe judge between us, and comc at another time for my answer? You can whisper it in mother's ear, in the shelter of mother's arms, can yon not, little startled bird? Shall it be so, then ?" "Oh, yes, yes!" cried Elsie, frantic to escape. " Mammp will tell you ail about it. Don't say any more to me." Off sbo dashed out of the starlit, rose-scented evening, into the protection of the glare, the crowd, little recking of the long, black, tightly buctoned figure with clasped hands and eyes raised to "heaven's arch" which she left behind. She was prettier than ever, with her flushed cheeks and shy, dazzled eyes, and was seized on at once by a series of expectant partners. Dance succeeded dance. Young Harry Blount, sulking in a corner, and watchinig his rivals with a pair of glowTfi^^tStea^SSTguddenTy^SW iTgre&t Btart. He saw Elsie lay down the white bouquet which had affected him as scarlet affects a bull, take up his flowers ?yes, cis :?ana carrying tnem in ner hand approach his lurking-place. She made a saucy 'littlo courtesy, and said: "Mr. Blount, I believe this is our dance." " Elsie, what a fool I am!" cried the boy, ready to kiss her white-slippered feet in his revulsion of feeling. " Have I really been hanging about here like a tramp, and forgotten that?" " You really have, Harry," replied the little belle of the evening. " You have neglected me shamefully, and I feel dreadfully about it. Now to atone, don't let us dance at all, bat just eit down and rest." Then noticing a look of blank disappointment, she added quickly, "Or rather let us have a short walk, and then go and hide somewhere and have some coffee?if mamma isn't looking, that is." " So we will," eaid delighted Harry. " I know of a capital seat?on the south piazza." " Anywhere else!" cried Elsie. " I hate that piazza. I never want to see it again." " That's a good one, when you've been there half the evening with that parson! Did he bore you so dreadfully, poor little Elsie? I always knew he was a prig." "Mamma likes him," responded Elsie demurely. " And so do ?in the pulpit." The two children?for they were littlo more?en joyed their walk, and then sought a refuge behind the curtains of the deep bay window in the hall. Elsie sank back on the cushioned seat with a sigh of fatigue, too weary for more than half attention to Harry's talk. He was paying her outrageous compliments, she vaguely thought, but she was used to Harry's nonsense, and sheidlypicked his bouquet to pieces while meditating on her late extraordinary interview with Cvril Forsvthe. Suddenlv she came to herself; Harry bad taken her hand. "When? Sbe didn't remember. Had she been half asleep? Ho was saying, in a strangely agitated voice: "I know they will all say we aro too young, but I think that's the best of it. It is lovely to begin yonng. to spend our whole lives together; and I am almost rea^v for college, and after that I 6hall sto) right into the business, and very soo:i there will be plenty for us both to live on." Elsie stared. "Why, Harry, I don't understand yon. What are you connd ing to me? It sounds like a love affair. Who is the* devoted damsel who is tc wait till you get through college, and have something to live upon ?" " Elsie," cried the mortified Harry, " yon are perfectly unfeeling.'' " I'm not unfeelins? a bit. But really and truly, who is it? You haven't told me her name." " I thought you understood , me,': said tho boy, humbly and bitterly. " Yon looked so pleasant, and nevei said a word to stop me. Of course yon know that I never cared a button foi any girl in the world except you. I've been waiting ever so long for the right time to speak, and to-night you looked so stunning somehow, and so kind? Now, Elsie"? pathetically? " don't tease me any longer, but tell me thai you will." " Will what ?" " Wait for me, care about me, many me some day," blurted out the luckless lover, appalled at her changed look. Harry Blount," said Elsie, awfully, rising in majesty to the full height ol her five feet two. " I never was treated so in my life. You have all conspired to make me perfectly miserable at my first ball." Her bosom began to heavo, "If you say another word of the kind I'll never speak to you again;" and witl blazing eyes she swept away, leaving i * 1 -1.-J - 1 J lier Doy-iover urusueu iu u neap uoumt the curtains, and wondering whethei nooso or poison were the speediest waj of getting rid of his wretched existenco. After this, the evening was a weari ness, but supper came at last, and fol lowing supper the german. Hen things took on a brighter aspect. H was impossible not to enjoy dancinf !- with such a partner as Major Strange, i- hero of all the girls of the neighbor1 hood, and when, at its close, Elsie, a , bewitching paper cap on her pretty o head, little flags and ribbons fluttering g from various parts of her dress, and her i, arms laden with flowers, stood exchang- 1 a ing gay good-nights with the departing : guests, she was r^ady to allow tbat life t was not all a burden or balls a failure, 1 1. and that being a grown-up young lady, 1 though it Wght have its drawbacks, t bad also its advantages and indisputa- i s ble joys. e la "the midst of her contentment, - however, she becamo aware of a f rm e hovering outside the door, a face of .1 mute, reproachful wretchedness, and 0 her heart smote her. Slipping from ] r mamma's side, she made her way to ! 3 poor Harry, and put out nor nana. "Do forgive me, Harry," sho whis- ; t pored. " 1 was perfectly liorrid, and } an ashamed of myself; but you don't a know how much I had to vex mo this 3 evening. Shake hands, and let us be s friends again, just no wo used." , Under the gentle pleading eyes i Harry's rancor and misery melted in a 1 moment, and " hope sprang eternal" in 1 1 his breast, for "just as we used" * , meant a great deal more to him than to J , Elsie. Ho nearly crushed tha small J peace-making hand in his vigorous ( - grasp, and Elsie went back smiling and ' f relieved, only to meet another hand, a * ^ terribly expressive pressure, n pair of , eyes bent upon her from an immense > height, and to h?ar the fervent murmur, t " To morrow, early to-morrow, I shall i i see you. Till then good-by, and God f bless you, Elsie,- my best treasure !'' i Elsie grew white as a ghost. Really ? | ' Was to-morrow really to bring this ? ' dreacHui late upon ner ? naa sue * ; promised without knowing it ? Could ? i nothing saveiier ? 8 "Elsie! Elsie 1" cried somebody, ^ and Elsie flew like the wind out of the 6 room. She had no courage left to face | eyes and questions. "Where on earth can the child be?" queried Mrs. ? Baird, perplexed and annoyed, as the 1 last guest departed. " Robert, please * see if you can find her, while I attend ? to having the house shut for the night." r Robert's eyes were keen. He had 1 watched the fluttering exit, and went 0 straight to the piazza. .Nothing was ? visible at the first glance, but a little sob emote upon his ear, and making ^ one stride to the darkest corner he lifted up a poor little white heap, and B saw Elsie's face wild and wet with " tears. "Elsie, darling child, what is the a matter ?'' "Oh, Robin, Robin dear! do take care of me," cried Elsie, hiding her { face in his breast. "Don't let that { hateful man come to-mcrrow and tell mamma that I liko him. I never did; ^ I hate him." j "Whatman? Don't cry so, my pet. ^ 1 Nobody shall tease you so long as I am alive. What man was it?' - c 1 " Oh vnn fennw?thfl m<in who sprit ? ?I J - "? ? 11 me that ridiculous bouquet." t "Harry Blount?'' j] "No, uo," cried Elsie, with a half- v hysterical giggle. " He did it too. Bat 8 1 I "soon made an end of him. It was the r other horrid creature?Mr. Forsythe, a you know. He declares he'll go to j, mamma to-morrow, and she'll be so j, displeased with me. Ho'll tell her I said I would marry him, aud it's a g story. I never did, and I hate him and e his church and everything about it. 0 Oh, what shall I do ii "I'll settle that young man," replied t, her cousin, cheerfully. "And I'll talk ^ to mamma. So don't fret any more, a little heart. So you had your wish to- v night, Elsie?four bouquets and an t, offer." n "Two," corrected Elsie, with a sob; 8 "that ridiculous Harry." 8 Cousin Robert laughed aloud. a " Oh, don't 1"?piteously. " It was 0 all so horrid I Bat I am quite com fortable again, now that I have yon to take care of me, Robin dear. There's nobody like you. If I had only had hold ^ of this good old coat sleove all the even- t ing none of these unpleasant things f r would~huv^"ilapponei _Oh^I{obm,ji^ j, 1 devise acme way so that I need never ' go out of vonr sight again. I hate being F J a young lady. Offers, indeed I As if v any man in the world were worth your r 1 or mamma's little finger 1 Can't you ar- ( range it so that I need never have another offer, Robin?" . Robert stooped snddenly and kissed , ' the little upturned face. "There is this way, darling," he said; "I'll make v 1 you an offer myself, and if you say , 1 Yes,' no one else ever shall." . " Are you in earnest ? Do you really r mean that? Isn't it just because you " feel sorry for me? For really and truly ?though I never thought of it before , ?this is just the one thing in the world I should like." " Do you really mean that, my darling ?" cried Robert, unable to believe in his good fortuno. "Of course I do. There never could * .i ii. s 1 D6 any one in me worm ior mo iu care for as I do for you. It is just perfect , Mamma and you and I, on and on, as it . has always been, only a thousand timea better." ^ Five minutes later and Mrs. Baird appeared on the scene. "What is the t matter?" she exclaimed, in a peremptory, agitated voice. "Elsie, how you look ! Arc- you ill ?" " Sit down, Mai ian,'\" said. Robert, holding out a warm, brotherly hand, but by no means unloosing the little clapping arms of his newly won treasure. " I will tell you all about it. This ^ poor little thing has had a horrid time. , She never wants to go to another ball, . nor to church either. She has had four _ bouquets and three offers; she has ac , cepted them all, and now she doesn't j! know what to do. So the long and | short of it is you will have to give her to me." . Tableau! , " But 6he is so younR?" queried the . anxious mamma, as, the first shock over, the pros and cons began to troop before her mind's eye, much to the ad- ? vantage of the pros?" so very young, * and she has had no experience." " Ob, yes I have?terrible experi- v . ences this very evening," protested Elsie; "and I never expcct to feel young y i again." f * * ?Siv 1 n % _ i l. ii. _ u Ana wnn iier momer a iaugu me compact may be said to have been . sealed. What a Volcano Can Do. i Cjtopax:, in 1833, threw its fiery rockets 3,000 feet above its crater, while i ' in 1854, the blazing mass, struggling for an outlet, roared so that its awful' voice was heard at a distance of more ! 1 than GOO miles. In 17<J7 the crater of i Tungnrangua, one of the greatest peaks of the Andes, flang out torrents of mud which dammed up the rivers, opened new lakes, and in valleys 1,000 feet wide made deposits GOO feet deep. The stream from Vesuvius, which, in 1337, passed through Torre del Greco, I ' contained 32,000,000 cabic feet; of solid matter, and in 1703, when Torre del Greco was destroyed a i second time, the mos3 of lava amounted to 45,000,000 cubic feet. In ! 17G0 Etna poured forth a flocd which covered eighty-four square miles of sur[ face and measured nearly 1,000,000,000 cubic feet. On this occasion the sand and Fcoria formed the Monte Rosini, ; near Nicholosa, a cone two miles in circumference and 4,000 feet high. The stream thrown out by Etna in 181G was r in motion at the rate of a yard a day ; for nine months after the eruption; and ( it is on record that the lava of the same f , mountain, after a terrible eruption, was t i not thoroughly oool and consolidated 1 I for ten years after the event. In tho j [ eruption of Ve&u/ius, A. D. 79,the scoria 1 and ashes vomited forth far exceeded r , the entire bulk of the mountain; while j I in innn TT.tna twnntv fimpR itn t i own mass. Vesuvius has sent its a^hes c f as fav as Constantinople, Syria and e l? Egypt; it burled stones eight pounds ] r in weight to Pompeii, a distaueo of six \ r miles, while similar m.sses were tossed f up '2,000 feet above the summit. Coto- 1 paxi has projected a block of 100 cubic t yards in volume a distance of nino miles; t - and Sumbawa, in 1815, during the most a 5 terrible eruption on record, sent its t t ashes as far as Java, a distance of 300 c \ milee. THE FARM AND HOUSEHOLD. Treatment of WoanilniiTFruiilr" Tvnen Jarge wounas aro made in removing limbs or branches of fruit trees they should be covered with common oil paint. Linseed oil and the mineral iron paint is the best for this purpose. It does not cause the bark to grow over the wound and so heal it, but it prepenses the wood from rotting, and so prevents the decay and injury of the treo. No living thing, not even a tree, can long exist with a part of it in a dead and decajiug condition. I.icc on C'nttlc. The cheapest and one of the best means of ridding stock of lice consists in the free application of wood ashes, frequent brushing, removal of old cr dirty bedding, occasional application of boiling hot water to the woodwork of the stalls, sheds and sties, or limewashing of the same. All loose hairs and dirt removed from the bodies of the animals bv brushing, as well as old bed ding, should be collected in a heap and burned. The presence of vermin on live stock can never be successfully ;ombatted by simply applying a certain remedy to the body of the animals, and not at the same time attending to the general cleanliness of these, as well as }f their surroundings.?National Live Stock Journal. How to SucceedThe right way to obtain a good cow s to raise her. Choose a good calf, eed it well, but judiciously, but feed t faithfully and see to it that it is done. Some of our best breeders claim that he milking qualities of cows can bo nfluenced for the better by feeding the [rowing calf upon such foods as promote ;nd stimulato the formation of milk ;lands. B3 this as it may, milking trains are in the main hereditary, and ;reatn.ilk yields can best be secured by ireeding under tho farmer's own superision, selection of the best, and feedng to attain the end songht?milk. By aising his own cows the farmer has two hances as against one where he buys tis dairy stock, The penalty of failure n selecting a good cow is the necessity if combining the cow's body in the fall, nd hor small credit for mile, to balance he purchase money, losing her sumoer's keep and the labor of milking, f the heifer should fail in being a good oilker she can be turned into early beef nd the finances added to capital stock, he actual conversion of so much grass nd hay into money.?Ohio Fanner. ' Early Chick*. The following remarks on the best ime to have hatchings or chicks are rora the American Poultry Journal : While there are hundreds of chicks latched out during the month of March, here are more living results from the iatchiDgs made in April and May, when ha weather is more equable and the cold hilly winds less frequent. In March it 3 just as easy to get out the chicks, but hey are subject to more hardships durn lUf.l llinn Inf a* +K a on/iCAri llg l lit* u liiulilu tuuu iau'fl iu ul.o ocuouu) rhich augments the mortality coniderably. All through April there are equent and sudden showers to guard gainfet, but then they need not be Bured, while the weather intervening i generally mild and pleasant, so ho chicks hatched daring April get a ood growth and a neat dress of feathrs, before the warm, not and dry days f summer are upon us. Chicks hatched q March, April and May are usually armed 'Vrly hatched" chicks, for they nil, if well cared for and liberally fed, ttain a good 6ize before the cold weather sets in, and usually commence c lay in the fall. Late hatched birds do lot, as a rule, lay until the following pring, thus neglecting to pay for themelves until two, three or four months fter birds hatched but a mcnth or two arlier. RrcIpcm. Floating Island.?Sweeten a pint of hick cream with white sugar, grate ia he peel of one lemon, whip it to a roth, pour a pint of thick_/:rcaniinto a &ina .licea "ovC^^^HMHMn nHflHK&9 mine kind of^H|HQ shipped cream on mBWBBB emains into the botto^^^^H^MP' 5arnish the rim withsweetmeate. Beef and Babley Soup.?Use the wo quarts of beef stock set aside yeserday. Soak six tablespoonfuls of >earl barley in cold water two hours. 3oil half an hour or until tender in a ittle salted water. When yon have aken the cake of cold fat. from the top if the soup, put in the barley and simner all together half an hour. Then tir in two tablespoonfuls of shred gelaine previously soaked one hour in cold rater. Chow-Chow. ? Chop together eight raions, two heads cf cabbage, a peck >f green tomatoes and four heads of elery with two large red peppers; prinkle over a cupful of salt and let it tand over night; drain off the liquor in he morning, ecald and pour back on or three mornings, then squeeze it out 5 dry as you can with your hand; add Inegar enough to cook it in till a little jnder; put in a jar, and when cool it is it for use. Soft Gixgerbread.?One cup butter, >ne of brown sugar, beaten to a cream; hree eggs made light, one and a half ups treacle, one cup sweet milk, three nd a half cups of sifted flour, two teapoons of cinnamon, one of ginger and de of cloves, one of soda dissolved in , little warm water to bo put in tho last bing, and two teaspoons of croam of artar sifted into the flour. Bake in a aoderato oven thirty minutes or longer f required, teBt with a broom splint; if t comes out dry it is done. Good hot ir cold. Tea Biscuit.?Boil one quart of milk or two or three minutes; let it cool, hen add half a cake of yeast (dissolve he yeast in a little warm water first, nd strain it so that the aeal will not ;ive a bitter taste to the dough), melt a >iece of butter the size of a large waliut; stir this with flour enough to make . stiff sponge. Let it rise for three lours, then roll and cut out the biscuit -make them thinner than for ordinary )iscuit; spread them evenly with butjr, double together, draw them out to uaKe goca biiapo, jet mem r"?e irom ifteen minutes to half an hour; then jake in a quick oven. ArrLES Witii Rice.?Peel six apples, iore them, cut them in half and place hem in a flat stewpan with balf a pint )f water, four ounces of lump sugar, a ew cloves and a littio cinnamon. Let hem boil gently till they becomo quite ;oft, then remove them and let the iyrup boil away till reduced to a couple )f tablespoonfnls, when you strain it >ver the apples. Fut into a stewpan mlf a pound of Patna rice and a quart ){wai.r, leave it on the fire till it )oils. Drain off the water, and add one )int of milk, four ounces of white sugar md the fUin rir.d of a lemon. When the ice is thoroughly cooked remove the cmon rind and work It into the yolks >f threo eggs; then put it in a heap on rhich it is to bo served, place the .pples on the top and cover the whole hcroughly with the whites of tho eggs >eaten up into a stiff broth with one ablespoonful of lump sugar. Sprinkle jowdered sugai over, and bake ht.lf an lour in a cool OTen. Satisfying llic Majesty of the Law,, There is a justico of tho peace out in Jrosby county. Week beforo last he ound a man guilty of shooting a bull hat did not belong to him, and fined II lllll tjuvi*lju)-u>u uuuaia. ,T ii y edge," Bald tbo doomed man, "jl mven't got seventy-five dollars; I can*t >ay no sich tine." "The Stato of Texas mts me in this oflico to find ont a way o make men pay their fines. Yon will :nt cedar poles until you have cnt inough to satisfy the majesty of the aw,,'replied the justice. "But jedge, rhat use has the Stato of Texas got or cedar poles ?" " The State of Texas lasn'fc cot no use for cedar roles. It's he court who needs them cedar poles o build a fence. I'll take the poles md settle with the State of Texas for hem." And the poor chap is cutting :edar poles for tho State of Texas now. ?Texas St/iinqs, In the House of Representatives. In a"VTasliington letter to the Cincinnati Enquirer appear some impressions of a visit to the House of Representatives. The correspondent says: As you look on this immense floor, with its green carpet lightened with little green stars; the gilt and buff walls reaching to tue galleries; tne ganenesaeep, comfortable arid drinking np sound hungrily; the deep-embossed ceiling with symbols painted on giass; tho oak ciock opposite the speaker, supported by the Indian and a hunter, and dominated by a ppread-eagle of bronze, you are first astonished at the want of order ?at the running of a dozen pages up and down, the convei&ation of members standing up or leaning over each other, the indifference of many members to the proceedings as they write letters, read newspapers, or clap their hands for a page; and at the intruders, the ex-members, the judges, tho committee clerks standing around or loafing on the back seats and under the galleries. You see at the open doors people coming in, rushing out, dropping into the smoking rooms, wlucli gap oat like littJe cabins or coves; aDd next you hear the speaker from bis high box, with the gavel forever in his hand or near it, calling out this or that, and then a clerk :in a resonant voice which sounds above everything; you say to yourself: " How do they understand anything here? Can they do business at all? What a hall to ruin the human voice in!" Observe that young man with the slight limbs, slight figure and rather a miniature every way, sitting in one of the groups in front, with rather a fine head, the eyes of a student (looking a little sore, as if by nightwork), and black hair on a high, pale forehead. It is Percy Belmont, son of the Now York banker. Just past his thirtieth year, and out of Harvard college nine years ago, he beat, by some 2,600 votes, the descendant of Rufus King, the first Senator from New York State. Now take that man with the red hair, with a long tuft of red beard, a tall, wiry figure, rapid and nervous actions of the hands, bald-topped head, with red streaks of hair crossing it; that is James Belford, the only Representative on the floor of the youngest State in the Union. Lean as he is you could make two or three Belmonts out of him. He^is only forty-four years old, a free fellow, a student, positive, indifferent about forms, feeling his liquor quickly, if he takes any, and he can do more work in twelve hours than a whole delegation, because he represents the community with work to do, with fon flinnnnnrl intai-Aatfl lvinor dirpnt.lv nil this government. Our Western Congressmen carry their indifference of dress and appearance to sach extremes that a Frenchman whom I once bronght here to make some sketches as an artist remarked : " Are these Congressmen? My God! They look like bisons 1" Tarn now to a third type of a man. On one of the rear seats, far off from your eye, yon easily'distinguish a man of most erect bearing, with a rich, black beard, a dark, yet pale skin, veiy black hair, and wearing a suit of cloth beneath which you see small, peculiar feet in shapely boots. This is the only Spaniard in this Congress, or, rather, Mexican ? Romualdo Pacheco?one of the four Californian Representatives. Yonder is a man named Dunnell, from Minnesota. He is a six-footer, with huge, broad shoulders, and a loud speaker, with ideas of the Senate and of various things. A Showman'? Life. " Haven't ycu something of interest to relate about your own circus life and the show business in general ?" a correspondent ioquired of Dan Rice, now sojourning at Wheeling, W. Va. " The 6tory of my life is a strange one?a very strange one. Forty years ago T first the rinc. and since then going. But my mind wanders to-night. Old Dan is not himself any more. A circus clown is not a very elevated character in the eyes of the world, but with all his fuilings a circus clown has a heart; and doesn't the Bible say, 'Judge not, that ye may not be judgod.'" And so tho old man talked for a couple of hours and more. He told of his divorce case, of his intentions to lecture one hundred nights at $100 per night, and as he now and then recalled the scenes of his former days an expression of sadness would pass over his aged face; for whisky and time are fast doing their work for old Dan. Com t Balls at Rome. Court balls in Rome are celebrated for their magnificent suppers, and many people, says a correspondent of the American Register, go to the balls on purpose for a meal, having fasted that they may be able to eat the more. The <?reat attraction is. the fish, which is a luxury in Rome. At tho first ball this season one gentleman, who had lately returned from supper, remarked to his friends: "Did you see those toothpicks at supper?" and, learning they had not been noticed, offered to fetch one. The ball concluded, the king and queen retired, the music stopped, and at the last moment up came the gentleman with a toothpick. It was only an excuse he had invented to get back into the supper-room. At this ball, by the bye, the programmes were particularly elaborate. They wore sjhaped liko aumonieres, and made of blue silk, lined with satin, embroidered in the center with the rcyal monogram and tho arms of the House of Savoy in silver. A chiseled ring attached them to the finger, and three silver tassels hung at the bottom, where they opened with a pencil. The queen's programme was similarly made in pink and gold. A Doctor on Vaccination. " People make a mistake," says physician employed in a New York city hospital in which are treated many KimnllnrtT lmtifintR. " when, bfiranso they have been vaccinated on one am and the vaocination does not take, they conclude their system will not receive the virus." The physician sajs : I vaccinate myself, and as often as once a year. I do it for self-protection, as I am employed in a hospital which receives many smallpox cases. Recently I vaccinated myself on my left arm. The vaccine matter did not take at all. Then I determined to vaccinate my right arm. The trial resulted most successfully, and I am just getting over about as painful a vaccination take as I ever experienced. I would advise a person to keep at it. If the left arm does not feel the influence try the right one, and oven if the right arm shows no sign of the vaccine taking effect try some other part of the body. "Where failure will resnlt the hrst or second time, snccess will come on the third or fourth trial. General Sheridan lias fought "sjxtyfour battles and he never knew what fear was until he stood on his front door steps and heard the bells strike two and realized that ho had forgotten his excnBe.?Detroit Fixe Press, A PHOTOGRAPHER'S TRIALS. llebnvior or Iliininin and nrntcn Before lho Cnincran " I should think yon would meet with some amusing incidents In your business," said ft New York reporter to a photographer the other day. " Yes, I do. I sometimes ran in the dark room to have a good laugh all to myself. It wouldn't do to laugh before the people, you know." " Qaeer cases? Why, there's one in the other room now. That woman has been here since 10 o'clock with that little child. I have taken ten pictures of it, and spoiled sixteen plates. Why, I worked hard till 1 o'clock, and then I told her I must have something to eat. She wanted to get a good expression on the child. Now, whsn a baby is bobbing around or ' goo-gooing' or crying, I have to take them ' on the 'fly,' or whenever I can. I can't stop to 1 get an expression on them.' 1 have moclo oil mntinor n( nnifiAR nnd prim. aces, and make a perfect fool out of myself to attract their attention and make them sit still. When everything else fails, I light some paper. I have burned up many a newspaper, and wonder I haven't barned the shop up. But they will watch a fire a little while." " A good many country people come here, I should suppose?" " Yes; in fact, that's the main source of our trade. We are near the ferries, and so get a good many New Jersey people. Once in a while I have a countryman who has never been photo- , gTaphed. He will want to know if his hair is in disorder, and he seems to care more about getting his clothes in the picture than his face. When everything is ready and I take this pole with ; the picture for him to fix his eyes on, put in its proper place, and say, ' Look at this,' I'm blamed if he won't Ret np and inspect it, and I have to pose him ! all over again. " One wishes to know all about the iron prop that steadies his head. Everytoing seems so mysterious to him. ! ' Will I have to sit still fifteen minutes?' ne will ask. 'Oh! no,' I say, 'about fifteen seconds.' Then when done he will say, 'Oh, you did make me sit full ten minutes.' " A young fellow about sixteen came here once who seemed afraid of the machine. 1 would tell him where to fix his eyes, but as soon as I turned to the camera he would be looking with a scared expression. I made a picture of him at last, and he was overjoyed He really seemed to imagine it was going to hurt ; him. Colored people generally take ( well. One nicg thing about them is that they will never tell you to do this | way or that, but merely say: ' Make me a picture.' We must be careful though j about their noses. They are naturally ( inclined to turn up and if we don't look , out we will magnify them into perfect 1 frights. j ' Ws photograph a good many sailors, i and they are the perfect sitter. I can i am* + vrtAm offaw T l*?or/i nrtaa/1 probably twenty circuses have existed under my name. For nine years I received Si.OOOpeuvge^^nd I know all giAKMM^Mflj^H^M^listinction nnnnnAj^ over managers have travel ec^^unuer my n'amo, and W. 0. Coup was onco a side-showman with me, and is a very likely and liberal gentleman, for all that. The jokes of old Dan have been heard in almost every city and town in the entire land. I have put up tents throughout the entire West which would no more hold the people who flocked to my show than this room would hold the "flw. vnAAtrltr flia nKnvnli uuwuo vyii-u iuiuu(5 nooaij VJ-IW of a Talmage or Beecher. There are four circuses now traveling under my name?one in Texas, one ir. Arkansas, one on the Mississipi river itnd one in Australia. East in the spring, north and northwest in :the summer and south in the fall is the order of circus (jw uuu U1 fciio luum ??? * fv/oi-w J them and stay half an honr, and they will not stir a muscle or wink an eye while am gone." "Do you get a Chinaman often?" " Not often here, though I used to when I worked farther uptown. A Chi- ] naman aits well after you get him t posed, but ho is just like a pirce of : wood. J!f you try to turn his head a < little you have to turn his shoulders ( and the chair and the whole house, I might -ay, with him. Chinamen's eyes j seem ti> have no depth of color, and re- ( fleet the light so that they jnst glare in ( a picture. The only good eyes I ever j got from a Chinaman were thoso of a ( high-toned fellow who had a good , position as steward on a yacht. Ono day he came wearing . some J huge blue spectacles. They had ] glasses on the side of the eyes as well , as in front. I told him it would not ( do, for I eipected it would jast make , two big blotches in the picture. But he j said they were part of his costume and j must go in. I peeped through the | cylinder and I could not see a vistage of , his eye through the glasses; and I , thought I was in for a frightful picture. ( those eyes took through the blue ( f splendidly, and he was so pleased , he ordered a large number of the , ographs. I ham been, thinking 1 since of taking all Chinamen through , blue glass. One of the finest pictares I ever j made was that of a colored woman uptown. She dressed herself up cror- > geously and paiDted her face, putting plenty of red on her cheeks. The pic- , ture was a little dark, like that of a , Cuban, perhaps, but you would never have thought it was that of a colored j woman. Many people admired it." ( " Do you have to photograph animals often ?" j "No, and I do not want to, though j it is not hard to get a picture of a dog, , or even a cat, and horses usually stand > well. A man came with a monkey, , which he wanted photographed sitting j on his hand. The monkey was a little 1 fellow, and he brought him in his , pocket. Just as we went to take the | cover off the machine the monkey , turned like a fhsh and iumDecL into the man's pocket." ^ , ' ? ? i HEALTH HINTS. 1 Ten cents' worth of muriatic acid ] and acid of niter will take out any number of corns or warts. Scrape around j the corn and put the acid around it a , few times, and then you can take a pin ( and lift it out by the roots. Put a little ( gieese in it when it is removed. ] The following is an excellent and safe remedy for children's colds : Take onions, slice thin, and sprinkle loaf sugar over them, put in the oven and simmer until the juice is thoroughly mixed with the sngar. It makes a thick syrup, very nice. Give a teaspoonful j as it seems to be needed, three or j four times a day. ( Tn acute sickness-when milk and L beef tea disagree, the French hospitals j give a preparation called albumen water, made by dissolving the white of ] an egg in a pint of water, and adding glycerine to sweeten, and lemon jnice to flavor.?Dr. Foote's Health Monthly. , Remedy fob Bubns ? According to the Practitioner a simple and effective remedy for removing the pain of wounds caused by burns or scalds is a saturated solution of bicarbonate of ( soda in either plain or Camphorated water. To apply tho romedy all that is j necessary is to cut a piece of lint or old soft rag or even thick blotting paper, of j a size sufficient to cover the burned or scalded parts and to keep it constantly ( well welted with the sodaio lotion, so aa to prevent its drying. By this means it usually happens that all pain j ceases in from a qnarter to half an hour, or even in much less time. When j the main part of a limb, such as the hand or forearm or the foot aid 1 -g, has been burned, it is best when prac- ( ticable to pluDge tho part at one a into a jug or pail or other convenient ves sel tilled with tlie socla lotion, ana Keep it there until the pain subsides, or the limb may be swathed or encircled with ^ a surgeon's cotton bandage previously soaked in the saturated solution and ' kept cocstantly wetted with it, the ] relief being usually immediate, provided t.:o solution be saturated and ^ cold. ! Hung the Expense. A Chicago man who made a big for- i tune in a pork deal went to England to ' polish up a bit on tho "hang the ex- i nrmsfl" method. Ho saw a hat and a < pail' of boots ho admired very much in < a window. Tlio bat bad a ccckade on ! tt.e nide tbat pleased him exceedingly. < It had not been introduced into Chi- i cngo, and ho was bound to have the i newest thing out. After paying for the < hat he said he would tako the boots, i too, if they fitted. I " Oh, you can't woar thoso boots with 1 that hat, you know," said the salesman. 1 "Why can't I?" demanded tho mil- I lionaire, " I guess I can pay for them." i "Oh, certainly," returned the man, 1 smoothly, "but, you see, that's afoot- 1 man's hat and those are coachman's < boots," j Sea Lions in tlie Central Tark. Quite a throng of people stood be-1 hind the slender railing that incloses tho pond and playground of the sea lions in tho park, some sixteen fine specimens being then on exhibition, and watched theirawkward gambols and listened to their hoarse bellowings for hours together. In the morning there were as many as twenty-five seals, all told, within the inclosure, but none of them, singular to say, belonged to the Central park. Twenty-one of these were the property of Charles Reiche, for whom they were caught on the coast of the Santa Crnz Islaads, 400 miles north of San Francisco, and were brought to the park to get suitable board and lodging. Here they wew liberated from the crates in which they were confined on their travels, and they immediately tumbled in for a bath in tho pond where the four old seals, who have been residents of tho park mcnag ene tor some time, were aireaay enjoying themselves.' They took no notice of the strangers at first, but kept on diving and splashing abont as usual ; but finally it was noticed that friendly feelings seemed to be established, and no collision occurred between the bull seals of eithei party. Six of the new arrivals were disposed of to the agent of the Royal Zoological gardens, London; two to a zoological collection in St. Louis, and two to Coles circus and menagerie. It was amusing to witness the efforts of the men to lasso the sea lions that were sold and had to be delivered. To lasso a buffalo or mustang is hard work enough, but once the loop slips over the head all is plain sailing. With a seal it is different, for his neck and held run out to a point like the nose ol an anvil, and no rope could possibly find a grip there. Time and again the lasso was' flong at the head of one iobus; seal and an effort made to entangle one of his fore flippers in the rope, but he was too slippery a customer to catch all at once, and before he was finally led into captivity he had had half a dozen free plunges in the pond.. Once the rope gets fairly entangled in the fore flipper the seal throws up the sponge. Those that were not disposed of will remain through the summer in the park, and will form the grea? magnet of the zoological collection. Mr. Conklin, the superintendent, was pleased with this addition to the seal department as t-ViAVA Vina V\onn arv lif.fia ran'fifv nf 1n.fA in the attractions of the menagerie. He gives the Pacific sea lions each ten pounds a day of fish, consisting of herrings chiefly, divided into two meals of five pounds each. They bolt the fish whole, but when they are given a ten or twelve-pound codfish they wring off the head and swallow it separately from the body. They retire to Bleep in a 3hed near the pond, and in the morning some out to take a dip. The herd is made ap chiefly of femaleB, and there is one aid bull, weighing a thousand pounds, tvho appears to be boss, and sails around frith an ever-watchful eye upon all the rest.?New York Herald. Scenes in a Japanese Theater, Professor Morse thus describes a Japanese theater in a recent letter: The 5rst time I attended one -of these theaters I went at 10 o'clock in the morc!ng. T had a lecture at 11, and several Dtler matters of importance to attend to luring the day, but for once in my life L cut my lecture and never left the theater until 11 o'clock that night. The Sghtinpr soei e3 are a Chinese importation. Upon being hit the actors fall backward with great violence and stick their legs up in. ihe air. I saw an ictor represent one of the Samurar keeping an attacking party of peasants at bay with bis fan. At last, when baid pressed by a great number of assailants armed with spears, clnbs, 3tc., he said he must really draw his jword, and pnt his hand on the kilt for the purpose; whereupon the whole attaching party, thirty or forty in number, instantly fell on their backs, and 3tuck their legs up in the air?which token of the prowess of their, upper class gave much gratification to the audience. An orchestra caged up at one side of the stage keeps up a continnal accompaniment, while an individual in a similar cage at the other side furnishes" a constant supply of signs, groans and yells, appropriate to the supposed emotions of the players. "**" -. The plays are performed by men only, women parts being acted by them; or, if 'women appear at all, they take all parts, both sexes never appearing in the same play. A foreigner who wishes to understand the ancient customs, manners and dress of the people must attend the theaters. The spectacle of harikari (disemboweling) is performed with a ghastly fidelity to details which makes it unbearable by a person of delicate sensibilities, rhe theater tickets are blocks of wood a foot square. Music among the Japanese dues not en ter into the life of the people as with as; it is not heard at the fireside nor in the temples; there are no student 3ongs, nor doe3 the exultation of victory find expression in musio. The principal musical instruments are the 3amisen, a sort of banjo, played with a small ivory instrumeat; the koto, a harp which rests on the ground, has movable bridges and is played with ivory thimble-like shields upon the fingers; the sho, a bowl-shapei.1 vessel with a number of upright reeds rising from it, with v^nts near the lower ends governed by the fingers of both hands, giving an effect like that of the bagpipe; and the biawa or flute. Water Power or Niagara. The water power of Niagara will unJoubtedly be utilized at no distant day. [t is thought practicable to have three turbine wheels, each about three and a half feet in diameter, utilizing a fall of Dighty feet by means of a pipe eight feet in diameter. Each of the three turbines would be of 1,000 horse power, md since the supply of water would be that of the great lakes, it would be practically inexhaustible. Calculations Df the power of the falls of Passaic, at Paterson, N. J., 'show 1,000 horse power; of the Merrimac, at Lowell, 10,000; of the Mohawk, 11,000; of the Connecticut, 17,000; of the Androscoggin, 11,000; 3f tho Mississippi at St. Anthonv's Falls, 15,000. The total force of these falls represents 75,000 horse power, vnd as each might be made to do at least double work, it may bo set down is in all 225,000 horse power. As an 2qual amount of energy might be lrawn from tho smaller rivers in the nountainous regions, tho total available ijdraulic force of the United States nay be set down as no less than 500,)00 horse power. That Niagara and )ther waterfalls in America will beutilz*?d for machinery there can bo littlo lnnbt; it ia only a question of time. A Hot L'laceto Lire. Mr. .Tolm H. Wilson, who has been lppointed United States consul at Bremen, is by this appointment simply ;ran.sferred from Panama to his old post ivhere he was for three years?from 1873 to 1870. He went from there to Bamburg, where he remained for mother three years, and from there to Panama. The consulship at Panama is :he best in point of salary by about ?1,000, but Mr. Wilson says he would . ? - t> cv.in nnn ? HOC JLlVti III X Hiiumu iui jiu.uuu u jrcui. i "It is down thero under tlie tropical jun," be said, " where there are graves ' Df live consuls, and nothing bnt discomfort." His successor there is Mr. Soroggs, formerly minister to Colombia, is ho was speaking of the graves of sonsuls, Mr. Pulvermacher, of Tennessee, consul at Marieaibo, Venezuela, :ame up and siid : " At my post there ire thirty-tbveo graves of consuls, and ;here is, if one can jmlge of the heat, but a thin pariition between there and li?adea. Mr. Pulvermachcr is soon ;o return to his red-hot post, whore lie s, apparently, the only consul who can keep out of a grave. He is not only United States consul, but fills the same jflice for EDgland, France and tier-1 many.? Washington Letter. I 1HE INDIAN'S CONFESSION'. A Mystery of tho Noi-thwest Clenred Fp After a Lnpiie of Fifty Ycari. Canadian papers give the following account cf a mystery which has been cleared up after a lapse of fifty years: An old and well known Indian, who has just died, before his death made a , confession which entirely cleared up what had been a painful mystery for a full half a century. j Fifty years ago Nicholas Garland, a pioneer, took a tract of land situated in what is now the township of Beckwith, ri in the county of Lanark, built a cabin on it, and proceedod to clear away the dense forest standing upon the tract. ' At that time he had a wife and one ii -l.:iJ ?in;l? ouia.ii cunu) a ycij yiutujr juiaiu (^ui| named Alice. One day AJice did not retnrn from the edge of the clearing, 1 where she had been playing with two other children. An alarm was raised, ' and all the woodsmen in the country thereabout joined in a search, which lasted for many days, but resulted in no clew to the missing child, and the general verdict arrived; at by the hunters was that Alice had been car- t ried off and devoured by one of the bears with which the country the"n f abounded. This conclusion seemed to be corroborated by the discovery of some clean, small bones a few months after- r ward in a deep hollow a couple of miles from Garland's cabin. They were gathered together and buried by the- 1 father and mother of Alice near their ' home. All the people for miles around attended the funeral, which was the \ first ever held in this seotion by the ] whites. The loss of their child and the terrible strain of the long suspense and the ghastly discovery subsequently," broke down the strong constitution of Mrs. Garland, and she died with a broken heart not long after the funeral. Mr. Garland, after his wife's death, became hard and ascetic, never referred to his trouble, never associated with his neighbors, and has ever since lived a hermit in the cabin he first built. This old Indian who died recently, however, says that he saw Alice on that day when she was playing with her companions in the clearing, became fascinated with her childish beauty, and carried her away and raised her as one of his own family. When she became marriageable she was thoroughly Indianized, and her abductor managed to have her married to one of his own sons. She is now living in Bruce county, and is the mother of a large family. She has never shown that she had any recollection of her parents or 1 home and appears to be happy. The dying Indian said that so well had she < oeen carea xor mac ne Denevea ro one j could have convinced her to change her ] lot, and he added that no one but him- ] self and the son who married her was 1 ever made acquainted with her history. ] The story is believed to be true, and causcd a profound sensation. ( ( Incidents of the Inundations. ! One of the saddest incidents of the ! Mississippi floods, says a correspondent, was the drowning of Mr. Hayner, the 1 whari master at Riverton, Ark. Mrs. Bradshaw, a helpless lady, was in im- < minent peril, and the only chance to J reach her was to pull through the rush- i ing torrent of the crevasse. It was < a time for fear, and stout hearts quailed < before the awful danger.- With but a < moment of hesitation and a tremor of ' fear through his frame Mr. Hrynes ? grasped the oars and his frail boat shot into the stream. He was urged to return, but the only answer he gave was the prophetic woaIs which rang out as his death knell: "'Tis a life for a life." The boat rode through the seething waves, and hope rose high that he was safe. A moment more and the current caught up the boat and tossed it around and around; a moment more and the watchers saw it go down in the depths, and he who had earned renown by his | bravery sank beneath the current. The people point to the spot and toll of his valor and his worth, and long after the { waters have gone down his name will be remembered with a blessing and a 1 tear. < Among the sufferers in the Big Creek ] bottom were two women who were in the travail of childbirth. One was con- j fined upon a raft and the other in a gin- ] house, after they had been driven from j hone. by.the flood and without one of the comforts known in a civilized state. .. The wind blew mercilessly around J them, the mothprs scarcely half clad ( and no clothing at all for the little ones; , no fire and no food to be had under any circumstances. The swift current of the , overflow was rushing by and anxious eyes ' were looking for rcscue from any quarter, th? water in the meantime rising rapidly. All this made a picture as 1 our relief boat came upon the scene I ! do not care to view again, and no pen can faithfully describe. These people . lost all of their personal property, even ; most of the clothes that were usually : worn. The water comiDg in so rapidly ; they had scarcely time to save them- ; selves, and if they are not entitled to the aid of the government it would not 1 be posssible to find a single deserving ! object on the earth. ^ A Curious Legend. j This curious Hessian legend is re- ( corded by the Brothers Grimm: A ( man kills his brother while they are out j hunting and buries the corpse under , the arch of a bridge. Years pass. One day a shepherd, crossing the bridge , with his flock, sees below a little white ] bone, shining like ivory. He goes down, picks it up and carves it into a mouthpiece for his bagpipes. When he began to play, the mouthpiece, to his horror, began to sing of its own accord: " Oh, my dear shepherd! you are ! playing on one of my bones; my i brother assassinated me and bnried me i under the bridge." I The shepherd, terrified, took his 1 bagpipes to the king, who pnt the i mouthpiece to his lips, when straight- i way the refrain began. t "Oh, my dear kins;! yon are playing < on one of my bones; my brother aasas- t sinated me and buried me under the 1 bridge." ? The king ordered all his sub- t jects to try in turn the bagpipes, t From mouth to mouth the instrument 1 passed tj that of the fratricide, and 1 then it sang: Oh, my dear brother! yoa are playing cn one of my bones; it was you who assassinated me!" And the king ordered the murderer to be executed. The .Men W'Lo Snccccif. The great difference among men of j ull callings is the energy of character or the want of it. Given the same amount of learning and integrity, and , the same opportunities, and energy . will make one man a conqueror. The want of it -vill soe the others a failure. I Dead-beat-? are all men without force. 1 They had as good a chance as any of 1 their companions. Others went ahead 1 and carried off tho prizes while they were lying by the wavside dispirited f and despondent. It takes nerve, vim, . perseverance, patient continuance in well-doing to win a great prize. And tho young man who goes into a profes sion without this pluck and forco will) not earn fait for his porridge. He will j ' drag through life with the help of friends, getting some credit with them c " 1 * 11 ~ " "? in *1 1 i I ^ lor ueiag a wen-uieuuiug muu, m cate health and unlucky. The real * trouble is he lacks energy. , This is just as true of the minister . as of the lawyer or the physician. Piety is not enough and piety with much J learning is not enough. All the Greek and Hebrew in the world will not qnal- 1 ify a man for usefulness in the ministry. I It wants push, stamina, vigor, courage, s resolution, will, determination?in one f word, energy. If the youth known a s little Greek ho knows what an crgos j , ?n0ortq nrwl wiMinnfc ik l)r Purr's know] eilge of Greek will not help liitn to use- j' fulness or snccess in the pulpit.?Xew j York Observer. Spring straw bats and bonnets arc | i trimmed with featbors and ribbons. I < Not Knowing. There are some souls who, plodding on their way, Strivo wearily to see the path they tread, And fear each etep thoy take from dr.y to day, Since they must blindly walk whero they are led. Among thia weary throng I moved ono day ; The road seemed long and drear; I could not eee; Uy foolish heart was sad because the way Was veiled in God!s own blessed mystery. rhere came unto my heart a message?lo! A "still small voice" within the voiceless night? 'Ft-acc 1 Follow Me," not knowing whero I no ; lQo blameless Master surely leads aright. fow fearless on I go, still toward the goal, Not knowing what awaits me, yet content, iince I know, past all doubting, that my soal Is going on the w<iy the Master weut. HUMOR OF THE DAY. One touch of malaria make3 us all KU1U The paper-hanger's business is ver/ * itnck up. Eternal vigilance is often the price >f an umbrella. Crows never complain without caw*. rhat'd where they are sensible. Inquirer?Where is the beat place to earn to sing? The desert.?Boston Post. Lent ought to pass very rapidly? ihere are so many fast days-in it, you 3 mow. a "I occasionally drop into poetry," as ;he man said wben he fell into the editorial waste basket. When a couple make up their minds ;o get married, it may be called a tie rote.?Someroille Journal. The Cincinnati Saturday Night has JiEcovered that prize-fighters are adiicted to holding "Pound Socials." The most popular book agent lives in Philadelphia. When snubbed, he gets sad and immediately goes off, saying, :< I'll never speak to you again."? Philadelphia JVetcs. It is little things that fret and worry is. A three-year-old boy may keep a' nan in perfect misery, whereas no such trials would accompany the presence of his eighteen-year-old sister. "Can't you trust me, darling?'' murmured Spilkins to the daughter of Moneylender. "Not without real ee ;ate security," replied Isabella, absent mindedly.?Keouk Gate City. rj~ Congressman Moore, of Tennessee, (?rote "Eo a good boy and you'll be a good man" in an album which he supposed belonged to the small page who banded it to him, only to find that it belonged to a gray-haired officer of the drtnoa UVUOQt " There is nothing like settling Sown," said the retired merchant jonfidently to his neighbor. " When I ?eve np business I settled down and fonnd I had quite a comfortable fortune, [f I had settled up I should not have bad a cent."? Oil City Derrick. Captain Percival, a Cape Cod mariner rf the old school, was once awakened in bds bunk by a shipmate with' the announcement that the vessel wa:1 going to eternity. " Well," replied the captain, 'I've got ten friends ever ;here to one in this world; let her go." &nd he turned over and went to sleep igain. A goat within a courtyard chanced Just aa from window fell A legal tome, hia goatahip glanced, And gobbled it pell-mell. "That beaat i8 like to Tennyaon," Quoth wag of pithy pate. '{Why ?" aaked another. " 'Cause,"said ho "It is the law 'e ate." ?Rome Sentinel. SCIENTIFIC NOTES. Oyster shells are utilized by being nnrned to lime. Diluted oxygen sustains life; pure Mcegen destroys it. The air of London' daring a fog is found' to contain a large excess of jarbonic acid over the normal proportion. The presence or absence of bacteria in milfebas little or no influence, says Professor Mayer, on the action of the lerment of rennet. The French minister of the inferior is said to be making provision for the widows and children of men who have * .lied or been woanded while making 3cientific researches.' Colonel Beaumont believes that with the machinery designed by himself and Captain English the Channel tunneV will soon be finished. He sajs that the apparatus " is now heading at the rate of twelve yards per day of seventeen hours." Mr. John P. Gibson, of Hexam, Eng? land, lately described how he succeeded ia taking the photograph of a flash of lightning on last Joly 5. He used Swan's plates, backed with red paper. The lens employed was a half-inch rapid symmetrical, with the largest 3top but one. Fettan, a village of the Orisons, in the Valley of the Inn, is menaced with ruin, owing to the sinking of the ancient moraine on which it is built-another Df the many recent evidences of the continuous operation of physical and mechanical forces in leveling the earth's surface and producing scratching and grooving. The moraine is moving lowly forward and as it moves the >y. bouses are engulfed or fall asunder. The Maple Tree aud Sugar Making. .- '-A Timothy Wheeler, of Waterbury, Yt., writes authoritatively as to "The Maple Tree and its Capabilities." He is said to have made the making of maple sugar a matter of close investigation and study-.?3?r.-33Jheeler says Vermont produces the bcstiTrs^^ugar made in the United States. He isNt^ ? is tied that the eap, which flows fron^-*'' Ka ?./%? in aovItt onw'nnr /? aaci nnf. -UC l^cc 1U IliU coi i t v?vw some from the ground, as the ground ind roots are both frozen, which would nake it impossible; neither can it be supplied entirely from the body of the ;ree, having been retained there daring he winter, as the supply would soon un out and leave tho tree dry. He beieves that the tree is replenished with lap from the "vapor of weter in the atnosphere." At night the tree gets cooler ban the atmosphere, which causes the 'apor to be absorbed, and the coolness ilso contracts the moisture in the tree, vhich has the effect to produce a "sucion in the night," and " In the daytime, iwing to the heat, an outward presure.'1 " This is why sap flows by day ,nd ceases at night." This expansion, >y the heat of the sun, causes an increased pressure and this is why the low is largest cear the surface of the ree, as proven by a shallow nolo compared with a deeper one, and why sap s sweetest in proportion as it is drawn lear the surface of the tree; hence the nore shallow the hole the richer the iap. On this account there can be seviral qualities of sap drawn from one ree. It is not the quantity of sap the ree supplies which determines its alne for sugar making, but the [uality; and, as a rule, the tree which (ffcrs the most makes the poorest ugar. The most sap i<* obtained within en to twelve feet of the ground. It liminishes in regular proportion, ac> :ording to height. At thirtv feet the > '?3 i- i-- ? low was iouiiu iu uu uuo uuii i* uuti [uarts, and above scarcely nothing. L'he trees will yield from twelve to wenty-four gallons a day. In cold dimates more sugar caa be obtained rom maple sap than in warm latitudes, There molasses exceeds. Poor soil )rodaces the richest sap, and the rich soil the poorest. One tree, with two ipouts, will produce twenty pounds of iugar; and one tree, with three spouts, hirty nine and a Lalf pounds of sugar. Toward the Inst of the season the sap is tweeter, and more sugar can be made rom the same amount of sap. Colored satin ribbon bows aro worn it the throat with 13vrou collars, ma-'e ?f lace and insertion.