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i BY HUGH WILSON AND H. T. WAIIDLAW. ABBEVILLE, S. C.. WEDNESDAY, JUKE 7. 1882. NO. 1. VOLUME XXVII/
Hislann; l.otuis Enchantment.
T'l r r.uSw-> -c,. ou iho ocoan,
A py v iiit.i :ia wiiitc can be,
l!-i? ?>.-vcr olio in iho harbor
^ > white s, i\ e -ails at sea.
I
. And ;t:?s Konds that crown the mountain
psirplo ami gold delight,
Turn to old gray mist and vapor
"lire wc re.icii its height.
Stately and fair tbo vessel
That comes not near our beach;
Stately and grand tha mountain
Whose height we may never reach.
Ob, Distance, thon dear enrhantress.
Still ho'?l in thy magic veil
y The glory of far-off mountains,
> ,; The glaata of the far-off sail.
THE YELLOW ROSE.
C Adele Haskell forced one of a group I ]
T)f girls who were -spending their from- I
v\ mer at the seaside, in a romantic little I
port, made thoroughly delightful by
the combination of woodland and wild
coast. Inland driven and shaded ram
bles were as accessible at choice as surfbathing
or the long strolls on the fine
white beach, forever washed by the exLilavating
waves.
Auele was at this place under the care
-of her annt, and with her. under her
own care, a younger sister just nearing
the fourteenth birthday, and ceasing to
the the torment and delight of immediate
relatives as l'enfante terrible, only
to occupy the same distinctions of concern
as "a bright little piece." Georgie
Baskell was an irrepressible, mischievous,
wonderfully observant and
wide-awake creature ; and her calm and
lieautiful elder, Adele, whom she
?dovoutlv admired and loved, had never
tbeless no light task in taking care of ?
f ?JtiSt. ' * ? ; 8
i'-" i Georgfe was often in disgrace, and 1
. sometimes in punishment, and her
<only relief at such moments was to p
write long letters of complaint to her ?
:absent mother. In one of these letters, j
*who6e exaggerated tales of woe could 'J
only internt the maternal heart, there r
happened to be, one day in late July, a 1
bit of description incidentally given a
that throws npon the seaside life at a
the romantic port a significant glance
of comprehension, and shows how the s
perfect happiness of the place was e
atterly marred by one slight want, not f
-* taken into consideration by the mammas t
I and aunts in their choice of a summer s
seaside.
41 And really," wrote Georgie, ,%1 (
:never knew that men and boys could be
of eo much importance. Even bad boys r
wonld be welcome here; and as for Sam d
r? r?. 1 T7 or + V> ?it? n*r\rt 1A Via frt ^
death by the girls. The night of the v
ball they had to send twelve miles for;
just a few; and such a set! Bat Miss C
Bilev said, ' Oh, anybody for partners/, hf
Oliria H has perfectly beautiful i
'clrt-Rses?all from Paris?and not a soul g
fto dress for; for she says she won't dress I
rfor cirls. , j
"Last night there was a great exoite- d
:ment. Miss Riley said she heard that fc
;5ve young men had engaged rooms for ?
August in this hotel, and that rooms
i(on the second floor) were being filed o
for them. You ought to have seen jj
tbem. Yon ought to have seen Olivia, a
They won't come to-night, will they ?' h
she said; for she had nothing on but tJ
ber plain black silk and a turned down f,
collar. But to-day 6he's dressed splen- Q
didly?plum-color and salmon. I wish a
you could see her gown; it's lovely, h
They are coming in the stage to night,
J T "> ~ 1 il I 1 x
auu i iicj uope we win duvu bvmv iuu, y
and I Want you, dear mamma, to write ^
-specif .lly to Adeio?because .she is aw- it
fully -,tupid about some things?that if t<
ther'j are picnic31 am to go, and to tea k
paT ties, for I'm fourteen," etc. a
The five young men came, others
twere soon added to the number, and w
' there was no more dullness that season. w
Drives, picnics, sails, rambles, every- f
thing thatconld be deviBed for lending a:
wiugs to the summer hours, found pieu- t<
tiful energy to prevent dreams from
losing the " name of action." All w
waut merrily to raid-August. fj
. fc/-kr mid-Arigust a keen observer might E
have noticed in tho little community?
outwardly all gayety and suave amity? ai
certain ominous signs threatening the t!
.'general peace in the formation of ^
?el ues. In these ciiques there were 8(
whisoerings and mystery, as if in dis- 1
? ^
ttUWllUU VI U1 cai.u utuci. \J
Allele Haskell with her natural reserve h
holding herself apart from personal con- y
fidences, and having in the seaside n
A ... circle no intimate friend, was not qnick
; ; - to perceive this change in the daily life ]j
<2 * of her companions. All the more when
the change suddenly became palpable
did she feel herself alone and harshly ^
shut out from the sympathies of those 0
- > , > who at first had seemed anxiouB to a
.establish with her the most confiding ti
friendship. Fortunately t.he rapid sue- e]
cession of diversions gave her little 6j
time to brood over the cause of this
coldness, which was confined to the h
girls, the young men having with ad- j,
mirable tact equalized their attentions, ^
so that no one could feel the weight of j,
m&aculioe neglect, least of all the beau- n
tifulAdele. ^
Cue of these considerate youths was, j,
" t however, unoonfcoiously the source of ^
v disaffection, and tha*. no other than t]
lEfatvey Ellsworth, the favorite of the 0
'whole house, the manly beau-ideal of ^
Ihe younger girls, and the distinguished H,
master of ceremonies in everv ulan de- .1
vised by tbe alder?, both of whom sub- ;
mitted to iis judgment and direction. ] M
" Ib it not really ridiculous," said g1
Olivia H to her half-dozen bosom J ^
friends^ in that confidential hour when
\ "the gefftlemen wore not present, "the p
ji f manner Adale to Mr. Ellsworth? p
She is so conscious, so affectedly thy
?for there is not any real shyness v
about her. I believe she is actually in ^
love with him. And it is so absurd,
'for any one can see that he never gives j,
her a thought. I have watched him ^
quite closely; and although he is polite, ^
.-as he has to be, of course, he never ^
carrs to talk to her or to daDce with ^
her. He never gives her an admiring 0
glance. And the other night about the g
musio, he was almost lude to her; that j(
is, rnde for him. Well, I never liked f,
Adele particularly; I never could see v
the beauty people talk about. And now v
I like her less than ever, and I should ^
think that Harvey Ellsworth would be r
1 positively cusgustoa. ],
"I have no doubt tbat he is dia- j,
gnsted," said Matilda Ownes. "Of v
course he wouldn't like to show it i
.And Adele afcts as much as to say, in her n
quiet "Way, ?He is secretly in love with
me.' Oh, I shonld just like to see her j
vanity dampened a little. Girls, let us ^
have flomo fun; let n* bring Adele Has- j
keli out."
" How do you mean ' bring her ciut?'" i T
"Why,5 let us makp some plan to set i r
t her face to face with her folly, and give i t
: ' her remarkable serene dignity a good i j
- / iessori;''. ? - ' -- j fi
" What plan can we make?" ! a
They were not loDg in finding one; I c
for, given the mischievous intent, and j >
there is always a scheme ready at hand j I
> i 5 to pive the mischief expression. ! t
J * i ; The plan was a bold one, and several j
days elapsed before it was thoronghly | i
completed and ready for execution. It ?
might have perished carelessly as it be- gan
but for ono or two aggravating cir- ?
cumstances which in the mean time f
made Adele appear to be more than j i
I ever appropriating me uesiraoie Mr. i c
Ellsworth. t
Daring these days tiio susceptible i
little Georgia found herself very kindly J
noticed by Olivia and Olivia's particular
friends. At last one morning Alatilda J f
Osfnes said to her : (
* -"Georgie, do you want to have some i i
fan, and help u? witli a plan of ours I 1
that will bean excellent joke ?" 11
Georgie declared that ?he was ready j I
for anything; she loved fun and she j <
loved jokes. / * [ j
-Having been bound to secrecy, she i
was directed to write at dictation a letter
Mat.lda would compose, and to use :
in writing her extraordinary skill in im- ;
itation. **Tbev produced the hc.nd- :
writing she was to copy, in slips from a
game of " Comequences," containing
sentences written one evening by Mr.
Ellsworth.
" Whom is the letter to ?" asked
Georgie.
"That," faid Matilda, "you aro not
to know. Tlnn if any questions aro
asked when the joke comes off you can
f-av truly that you are ignorant.''
Georgie loked thoughtful at this,
and hesitated. "I think ought to j
know whom I am writing to.'" she said. I
The girls overruled her objection, j
" You will know as seen as it is best,''
tliev siid. " And you can trust us that
it is written to the right person.''
So Matilda dictated:
"Forgive rae if I address you too
hastily aud too boldly. You are in all
tny thoughts every moment, and I feel
that I cannot resist the opportunity that
may never occur again. May I ho you
for a lew moments alone ? 1/ you will
r rant me this request?and 1 beg you
as you value the truo devotion of my
heart not to refuse?please wear to
night in your hair a yellow rose."
lins ictier nau ueen careiuny composed,
ami it was dictated by Matilda
from a manuscript approved by all tho
girls concerned in this practical joke.
" Now sign it," said Olivia.
"How sball I sign it ?" asked the
:hild, who had succeeded by sharp
scrutiny of the model in making the
writing quite characteristic.
" Why, ' Harvey Ellsworth,' of
course. 'lisa pity we could not get his
signature for you to copy exactly, but
rou must make it from the lettor3 you
aave. There is a capital H to begin
with."
" Oh, Matilda," said Georgie, "I could
lot &ign a man's name. Tbat would be
vrong, I am sure. No one has a right
o sign another man's namo. Why, that
vouui Deiorgery. sue was quite aelided.
" Well, it must be signed," saiil Oliva,
"or it will not be of any use. Of
iourse no one would wear a rose for an
kiionyinous lover. Come, don't be obitinate,
Georgie; wo shall lose our
ivhole joke."
" I will tell you what she can do,"
iaid Matilda, who had some faint misjiving
of conscience herself on this
joint; she can sign it in initial*?'H E.'
fhat might be anybody; at least it
night be any He. Come, child, don't
laggle; the whole affair is nothing but
i bit of fun. He! he! always comes
ifter a good joke, you know, Georgie."
So Georgie, having found in the
craps of "Consequences" the proper
apitiUs, signed' 'H. E." with a modest
lourish, and the note, after due inspecion
and admiration, was signed and
ealed.
"Now please let me direct it," said
jeorgie. "I'll promise not to tell."
"Ub, we Have a plan auout tne aiection,"
Olivia said. "Now you have
[one your part nobly, and if there is
ver anything we can do for your pleasLie,
be sure to let us know."
I should like to see the fun," said :
Jeorgie. " And you neel not tell ine
rho it is, for I know it is Miss lliley.
Lnd it's almost too bad, only 1 suppose
real old maid?a real flirting old maid? 1
mean?doesn't mind whom she wears j
ellow roses for. She will just be won- :
Bering why he doesn't come up and ask
ier to take a drive or walk around the :
iazza by moonlight."
Success smiled upon the completion ;
f the practical joke. Wheu tbe 11 a. i
[. mail had arrived, and the customary i
pplication for letters was made at the <
otel office, Mr. Ellsworth appeared
here, looking over his own budget, as
artunfl would have it. ouite alone i
[lien Olivia came sauntering gracefully
long the corridor, and coming near
im, paused.
"Oh, Mr. Ellsworth." paid she, "can
on reach that pen on the desk, and
'ill you just direct this little note ? It
i only a line to Adele; I must send it
3 her room. Just ' Miss Adele Has
el).' please." And she turned to order j
bell-Hoy for the errand. ]
The innol it* address was hardly dry
hen Adele received the note. There
as a picnic that (lav at Seven-miles <
'alls, a drive home by early moonlight 1
d high tea at 9. Immediately before i
?a the toilets were mado for the even- <
lg, and a by-plot was contrived by 1
hich Georgie Haskell was detained
om being present at the critical mo- <
lent of the joke's denoument. When ?
>a was nearly over she took her place 1
t table, and glanced at Miss Riley; <
jere was the yellow rose in her hair I j
Ir. Ellsworth, perfectly uncon
lious, was seated nearly opposite her. <
'hen Georgie looked cautiously at ]
livia; there was a yellow rose in her i
air. All the girls, even Adele, had i
ellow roses in their hair. Mr. Ells- orth
had a yellow rose in his button- ]
ole. Other gentlemen hail similar j
outonnieres. ]
Georgie was slightly bewildered; but
er keen appetite for supper after all <
er open-air exercise assuaged her curi- 1
sity, and she contented herself to i
wait the explanation of this complica- i
ion of yellow roses until after she
hould have devoured her oysters and 1
alad. i
The affair had taken place simply, \
u satisfactorily. The girls specially 1
iterested had hastened to their tea. s
.dele came rather late. She wore an i
rory-colored gown, with gold orna- ^
lents; she looked very beautiful. In
er dark hair, half hidden by the heavy 1
raid, was a yellow rose-bud. She
sok her place not far from Olivia. On 1
be tablo oppooite Olivia was a basin i
f yellow roses. The young lady drew i
V. ax n A n n r> v A r\ An/1 k
j luvtuiu iici) aitci Aueic? cuicicu) auu
aid, in a nonchalant bnt distinctly auiblo
voice, "Yellow roses 6eem to be
lie fashion to-nigbt." With these
'ords she took one from the vase, and
tuck it jauntily in the braid of her
air. The girls near her did the same,
'hen Olivia ordered the basin to be
assed around the table, so that all
resent might select a flower.
At the instant that the sentence had
asseS Olivia's lips Adele flushed
uickly. She did not raise her eye
nmediately; but when she did she
:>oked fully into Olivia's face, then at
latilda, whose half-suppressed laugh ]
ad reached her. Then she dropped
er eyes again without allowing them ;
o transmit any expression of surprise,
r anger, or suspicion. But the quick ]
lush faded into a painful pallor. She
ookcd for a few moments as if she were i
minting; but no, her spirit rallied. She :
?ent on with her tea. She even, as the i
?aiter, not noticing the bud in her hand :
leld the basin to her, took from tho ,
ose, and placed it in her bodice. She
eft the tablo when several others left
t, so as not to attract observation, and
rent to her own rocm.
The plot had succeeded. She had
een set face to face with her own folly.
When Goorgie rnshed to Matilda to
tear " how the joko went off,*' nil Mailcla
paid was, "Hash, don't you see
ler?" and glanced toward Miss Riley.
Bnt when Georgie afe?v minutes later
rent to find her sister, whom she
ni?sed from the parlor, sho hud dilli:ulcy
in bringing any answer to the
ocked door of ti:o room which the
listers shared together. When Adele,
ifter delay, opened it, there was no consealing
the fact that her eyes were red
vith weeping. She had evidently
jeenshaken with some tempest of emoion.
"Oh, Addie I" cried tbe child, " what
s the matter? What ha$happened?''
fwiahf. sialif, nf t.wn vfillow rnsflq
?ft bud and a flower?tossed on the floor.
'Ob, my darling Addie! my beautiful,
splendid, noble sister! what have they
lone to you? Oh, I'll kiil them every
me; indeed I will,'' cried Georgie, for
ho whole truth flashed on her instantly.
\delo was the victim of the plot. " And
L'll kill my.self too,5' cried Georgie.
It was now Adele's turn for exclumaion.
" Be still, be still my child; don't
,alk so wildly. Nothing has happened;
ao one has done anything to me. I was
;ired, and I cried. I felt tired, that's
ill. Oh, I feel so tired of all the world
to-night!" And hero Adele, seeing that
Georgie was quite hushed, flung herself
inco an arm-cnair, unu Durymg ner lace
in Iier hands, went on weeping.
tieorgio stood pefectly still, as if petrified?petrified
as to motion, but not
petrified asto expressio ). Across her
mobile child face pas* d a conflict of
feeling?sorrow, indignation, pity, and
at lastreuolve. From this last sentiment,
resolve, her manner changed en-'
tirelv; something of a womanly air
took"possession of her childishness. Slie
came to Adele like a little mother.
! " " 1
I '' Come, mv dearest, you are tired j
j out, and I must see you lying down to
! rest before I go downstairs. We
j children"?here the small head gave its
| habitual scornful to^s?<-are to dauce
I first; hut you must be dovnstairs at j
10. I know you will 1)3 rested by tbat
time, and I want you particularly, for
my sake, to come down."
All the while she talked she was caressing
Adele, and between the caresses
she uufasteued her ornaments and un
laced her gown. She brought the robe
de chambre. ' For you are to be down
at 10, so you cannot undress entirely,
darling. But just lie down on the silk
coverlet," which coverlet she proceeded
to unfold and to snread on the bed.
Allele ceased crying ; she was passive
to Georgie's will. And Georgie having
seen her sistor quite in a restful attitude,
and having made her solemnly
promise not to shed another tear, and
not to think of anything that troubled
her, turned the lamp-light low, and
went downstairs. She danced "tho Lanciere"
for which she was engaged, and
then wout out alone into the cool, sweet
night air of the moon lit piazza. This
piazza was one of tho pleasure haunts
of the midsummer nights; it made,
with some detour's under pavilions of
an ornamented court yard, the complete
circuit of the hotel.
Georgie walked slowly along the
piazza past two or three groups of girls,
until she came to tho angle that turned
upon that portion of the portico which
the gentlemen used after dinner and
after tea for smoking. There were a
few young men there with their cigars.
Among them was Mr. Ellsworth. To :
him the ohild went boldly.
"Mr. Ellsworth, please could you
come with me a minute to the Blue Pa- 1
vilion ?"'
He could not refuse; indeed, he flung '
away his cigar w'th all politeness, and i
put the little hand gallantly upon his 1
arm. 1
* She said not a word till they reached {
the pavilion. Then she withdrew her *
arm from his suddenly, and turning to- '
ward liim with a face glowing intensely
with the absorbing thought her heart
held, took both of his hands in here.
" Dear Mr. Ellsworth, a terrible
trouble has happened."
"Not to Adele?"
" Yes, to Adele. And I have been in
it. Oh, I'm a dreadful, dreadful, dreadful
girl I Will you help me, dear Mr.
Ellsworth ?''
"To my utmost," said Harvey Ellsworth,
with every appearance of sincerity,
and even anxiety.
"I must toll you everything first,"
said the child; "undldon't know how
to, but I must. Well, the girls wanted
to play a joke on Adele?on Adele, just
think "of it I And so they wrote her a
uote, and pretended that you wrote it,
but in reality I did it, for I copy handwriting.
But oh, I never, never will
copy anything again, for I believe it is
breaking the Second Commandment?it
is making a graven likeness. Oh, isn't
it, Mr. Ellswofth?"
"Go on, my child," said that gentleman,
with impatience undisguised.
" And we sent the note, saying that
i a i 3 i.- J l
you auoreu uer, uiiu wumeu iu aw uot nil
alone; and if she would let you,
she must come down to tea to-night
wearing a yellow rose.''
" And did she wear it T'
And here Georgie, petrified again?
petrified this time in motion, speech,
axpression. There was something so
intense in the way in which Harvey
Ellsworth asked this question, something
so like an electrical shock thrilling
Georgie in every nerve upon which
tlis voice fell. Soft as that voice was,
it rang like a violin string that gives
ihe note and breaks giving it; and
bis eyes shone like points of fire?at
least she thought they did.
" Did she wear it ?"
Oh, Georgie, you will never be a
ihild again after to-night. The terror,
:he responsibility, the mingled insight
ind apprehension of this concentration
jf experience, forbid you over to re;urn
to the reckless innocence of fate.
She paused one moment longer. She ^
Iropped his hands, aud covering her ?
jyes stood helplessly before him.
Was it, then, to be either betrayal or
lesertion of Adele ? Ono of these two
miseries.
"It is a secret," half sobbed the
ihild. "A good man like you would
lever tell it. Yes, Mr. Ellsworth, she
ivore it. And now"?she changed the
utitude to one confiding and imploring
?"and now you must help me. She
nUBt not be disgraced, my darling,
aoble sister, and laughed at by all the
iouse; and I?my own hand did it."
She felt again something like an
slectrical shock, for she had looked up
io his face; and the face of Harvey Ellsworth
at that moment was in a rapture?
i rapture of happiness.
Her heart lightened as she went on.
'You must pretend to Adele that you
Jid write it; Bhe must never know that
;he girls made such a plan ; she must
;hink that she was mistaken ; for, ob I
ihe has been crying dreadfully. You
nu9t send her another note, and say
pou are so glad she wore the rose."
"And I am so glad," said Mr. Ellsworth.
'And then?for she did consent,1'
Lhis Georgie said regretfully?"since
;he did consent, yon must walk around
the piazza with her, and make up something
to comfort her."
"I shall not have to make it up,"
;aid Mr. Ellsworth.
"Then come, quick, and write the
message," cried the impetuous Georgie.
By 10 o'clock Adele, re-arrayed in
tier lovely costume, with tho rose-bud
;n her hair, and the message, "Meet
me in the Blue pavilion,'' written by
his own hand, brought to her by her
:>wn Georgie?his message, with ono
trembling kiss upon it, safely 6towed c
in the pocket of her ivory-colored gown I
?went downstairs just as the waltz 1
music in the parlor struck up jubilantly.
And in the Blue pavilion, safe with
Mr. Ellsworth, Georgie, blessed Georgie 1
?for so she felt herself that momentleft
her.
" Adele," said the manly voice, with
that manliest tone in it that springs
from true devotion, "I shall thank you 1
all my life for granting me this happiness.
May I spend my life?are you
going to 1ft me, dear Adele, spend my ;'
lifo in thanking you tor it ?"
ThoRp nnesfcinnR followed each other
closely; bo cloely because tho proud,
sensitive girl, to whom all expression '
of that which was really sacred to her 1
was by her very constitution most dii- 1
ticnlt, had been this night so tossed
and wearied by pain and pain's misgiv- <
ings that she melted at love's lirst J
touch. There was no need to ask, Do i
you lovo mo ?*' between tho dedicatory :
questions. The sweet face, agitated 1
and tender, tho hands that he clasped i
in his, trembling, told without the i
asking that Bhe loved him. i
He drew her near to him thero in
the solitude, in the shaded moonlight, ,
in the midsummer air, and went on :
with all a lover's resistless fervor: "My |
darling, I hardly dared?hardly dared
to hone for this after our cruel senar- ,
aiion. When wo parted last year in
Florence, Adele, and you said 'forever,'
I knew as deeply as you could
caro to have mo know that I never
could love another?not really love another.
Do you know, my darling, did
.vou hear, that I was very ill at Puris?
They called it Roman fever, but it was
the fever of fate, Adele. Many weeks (
it consumed me. Then I was aroused
myself, or when something beyond
myself aroused me to the fact of living
again, I took up life simply as a burden.
If I can give a ray of happiness to
those unhappy as myself, let me live,' I
thought; 'but for mo thero is no joy in
living.' And now we have met again.
It was a strange accident that brought
me to this place. I must tell you of it
some time, darling. But we have met
again, and this time it is forever. Adele
?my love."
As little Georgie in her motherly
treatment o'* her sister had 'mingled
with her words and service her teiular
caresses, so Adele's lover now between
his words lavished his mute endearment.
44 We have met again, and this time
forever."
" Well, I declare,'' said Olivia, when |
on the morrow of the unkind plot's denouement
the engagement was announced
of Harvey Ellsworth and Adele
Haskell?" I do declare that men are
the most deceitful creatures. Who
could ever have dreamed that those
two people had ever been anything to
each other, had actually been engaged,
thev Ray, nnd tha engagement broken
off by Adelo's gnardian ? Why, no odo
could havo seemed more indifferent
than that Harvey Ellsworth has seemed;
how she can trust him or have any faith
in him I cannot imagine. He certainly
acted coldly enough, and as if he did
not care for her."
" Perhaps he does not care for her
now," 6aid Matilda Owens.
And at the very moment that sho said
it Harvey Ellsworth?on the ocean
shore, far up at the White Cove, where
the breakers came in magnificently, arid
Tcliovn tViM liliia cnu fov an pta P.nnlfl
,fA4V*V v; w ww-.?
look, was spangled as if strewn with
golden roses?Harvey Ellsworth was
lying in the white sand at Adelo's feet,
with his lips seeking her haud again
and again, and his eyes looking long
and deep into hers, and his heart saying
to his heart of hearts, "At last
Heaven has given me the woman of my
life, tho woman of my soul."?Harpers
Weekly.
Instincts of Elephants.
If nature has not given intellect to
these animals, it has given them an instinct
very much aMn to it. A man has
only to hunt them in their wilds to
learn how wonderfully Providence has
taught them to choose the most favorable
ground, whether for feeding or
encamping, and to resort to jungles,
whore their ponderous bodies so resemble
rocks or the dark foliage that
it is very difficult for the sportsman to
iistincruish them from surrounding ob
jects; while their feet are so constructed
that not only can they tramp
over any kind of ground, whether hard
or soft, thorny or smooth, but without
emitting a sound. Some of their
sncamping grounds are models of
ingenuity?some of them perfect fortresses.
I once followed up a herd and
found them in a small forest surrounded
an three sides by a tortuous river,
impassable for ordinary mortals by
reason either of the depth of water, its
precipitous banks, quicksands or enjntangling
weeds in its bed, while the
"ourth side was protected by a tangled
:hicket, further protected by a qnagnire
in front. To get at them without
listurbing them was impossible; at
last, when I did get within shot of the
"orest, the elephants retreated by the
jpposite side to that which I had ap- i
aroached, and after following them for i
Arrsiw*! Unriwa T /1* A fTflf O ClVinf. UA I
SOVClUi UUUIO X UiU uuu -.1 ^
)De supposes elephants Lave the rea- ;
loning powers possessed by man; if <
hoy had, we should be tbeir slaves,
md not they ours ; but their instinct is
wonderful. I will give a couple oi
nstances : "When war broke out with
Burmah, a lot of elephants were sent
icross from Bengal, to Prome by land,
mder the charge of Captain Baugh, of
lie Bengal Twenty-sixth. Among
hem was a magnificent tusker. He
ook a dislike to this officer, why was !
lot exactly known. Some suid it was
jecanse he had knocked off the ele- .
chant's neck his mahout; but bo the
eason what it may, this brute tried to
lill Baugb, and him only, several times.
! have seen him thrashed for this sev- 1
.?ral times by other elephants armed 1
vith chains, who wielded them much 1
is a drummer does the lash at the hal
lerds; but it was of no use, bis dislike
vas inveterate, be got muet, would take i
io food except from a pet female (bo
lad two lashed alongside of him), and i
iventually died at Shoaydonng. As a ]
ule, elephants are timid, quiet and in- 1
iffensive; but when wounded and i
slosely followed up, or when must
periodical fits to which male adult ele- ,
jhants are subject), or females with >
roung, t.aeir fury knows no bounds. ,
Chey dread fire more than anything (
sl&e; but one elephant belonging to tbe :
lattery in Assam was an exception, and (
vould assist in putting ont a tire. This
iame elephant would do what I never
mew any other to do, viz., when n
least's neck was cut through, all bu
he vertebra) (it did not mutter whethe . '
,he beast was a buffalo, a deer, tigeror" !
mything el6e), it would, when ordered
lut a foot on the neck, twine
be trunk round tbe head, and '
vith a wrench separate it from
he body and band it up to the mahout. J
! have" seen one or two elephants ,
lmnrl n Kivil nn* hnf.
uao nuuiu uauu a uvhu ,
nost of them will not touch anything
>f tho sort. Nor would they intention- 1
illy tread upon a fallen man or beast? '
hose used for executions in the Guicor's ,
erritories?Baroda?have been taught ,
o do so. Some foolish men teach their
>lephants to trample upon a dead body,
md by so doing ruin them for sport,
in elephant, unless vicious by nature,
nil only do so at first with the greatist
reluctance, but after a time, if anyhing
falls before it, it is apt to charge,
Lnd if it dees not kneol down suddenly 1
ind throw tho oocupant out of tho howlah,
it gets the animal between its legs,
md plays a sort of football with it,
hrowing it backward end forward be- *
ween the front and hind legs until it is 1
>f the consistency of a jelly. Men are
iccaaionally thrown off tho back of an
ilephant; what would their fate be <
nounted on a beast who had been
aught such tricks? An elephant I
jonght from Mr. Tye had once been cut
jy a rhinoceros. Nothing would
nuuce oer m eumr u juuyio
vhero one of these animals was; tho
rorv slightest scent of ono would tend
ler flying. A splendid female mucknn
jelonging to my department cared
lothiug for a tiger, would kick one out
>f her path without shoeing the slightist
signs of uneasiness, but if she met a
>ony nothing could hold her.?London
Veld. ___
HEALTH HINTS.
Children who drink tea and coffee are
lervouB and fretful and lose their apDetite
for substantial food. They have
ess ability to resist disease and become
itunted in growth.?Br. Footers Health
Monthly.
The ligh*, of the sun is the great punier,
scattering filth as on tho wings of
;he wind. It is the invigorator of aninal
and vegetable life?indispensable,
rt is nhean. the cheapest medicine
inown, and among the most reliable.
Put cold feet in it, a "creeping back,"
i sallow skin?tbe whole body, tliat it
may imbibe electricity.
A suggestion for hoarseness worthy
Df trial is the use of common horse
radish pi epared in sugar?ono part to
nino parts of sugar. A little of this
mixture in the mouth, swallowed slowly,
gives relief. The remedy (horseradish)
is not a new one, but, to us, the
sugar way of using it seems to be a new
and good one.
Tho Qermantown Teleqraph says that
experience proves that lime-water and
milk aro not onlv food and medicine at
sin early period of life, but also at a
later, when tho functions of digestion
and assimilation are feeble and easily
perverted. A stomach taxed by gluttony,
irritated by improper food, inflamed
by alcohol, enfeebled by disease,
or otherwise unfitted for its duties?as
is shown by the various symptoms at4
n r\nn in/lmnotiAn dtonnnaio
ICUUitllU Uj'VU w;o^
diarrhea, dysentery and fever?will resume
its work, and do it energetically,
on an exclusive diet of bread and milk
and lime-water. A bowl of cow'h milk
may have fonr tablepoonsfuls of limewater
added to it with good effect.
Stir tlie Others Up.
"Excellent sermon this morniDg,"
said Deacon Goodwill to his neighbor,
as they lingered in the vestibule to
shako hands with the brethren.
" Well, purty good ; purty good.
Ain't quite up to old Parson Slocum.
He used to give it to 'em Btraight. He
preached agin wickedness in tho land."
"To be sure, but this man preaches
rigiit to us, personally.'
" That's jest the tronble. I go to
church to hear other folks pitched into.
I don't want to be rankled up myself.;'
Just then tho minister passed along, and
with a dubiouB Bhake of tho head he
cut short his remarks.?New llaven j
Register, I
THE FA KM AND HOUSEHOLD.
Form niul Garden Notes.
Soapsuds kill currant worms.
Where grease has become hardened
with dubt it inaj be removed with kerosene.
Hungarian grass, or millet* should
not be seeded until the soil is quite
warm.
Negligence in the preparation of seed
furnishes the key to many low averages
in yield.
Tno best euro for harness wounds on
horses is burnt leather. Rub the ashes
on tho sore a. d a euro is soon effected.
Tho nearer a fattening animal approaches
maturity the greater is the
proportion of fat in the gross increase
obtained.
The slovenly management and waste
of manure is one oE tho most general
- il. _
specimens 01 iuo iguuruuuo or carelessness
of farmers.
It is now claimed that potash, in tho
shape of ashes, or the potash salts, is
excellent for grapevines if the fruit is
defective in color.
Cotswold sheep have large, handsome
frames, well covered with flesh, and a
great propensity to fattea. Their mutton
is apt to be rather coarse grained.
Plump ar.d very salable chickenu can
be procured by crossing a ba:atam
rooster on ordinary common hens.
1 hey are not large, tut of good quality.
Keep tho ducks thut up until they
have laid their eggs. They will do this
early in the morning, but if allowed to
winder will lay them in a brouk or anywhere
but in their nests.
Deeply-rooted crops, as wheat, red
clover and mangel, are those best litted
to resist drought, while shallow-rooted
crops, a9 grass and turnips, are those
that suffer most from it.
Whatever he has done or neglected
to do in t.he past, tho farmer who has
lon.l nnn r*??Ar\Ar1t? VtQ /IOTTAfn/1 fr,
ittuu UliiLU ssnu. wo vaovwuvv* kw
that purpose should mako it a point
this year to set a few frnit trees.
Ni rate of soda, often called Chili
saltpeter, is much UBed as a top-dressing
for grass. It is finely pulverized
and evenly spread at the rate of one
hundred and fifty pounds to the acre.
Horses are social animals, particularly
so in the case of young horses,
They thrive best when in the society of
others, hence the advantage of pasturing
several in one field when practicable.
The general effect of lime is to render
available the plant food already in the
soil, without itself supplying any significant
amount. Liming cannot, therefore,
be successfully repeated, except at
nnnairlpriihlA int.ftrvn.ln.
Many mistake? occar in gardening
through planting all kinds of seeds at
nearly tho same time without regard to
their natural habits or time of maturity.
Vegetables, lik6 field ctops, should be
planted at different times.
A few sprigs of cedar branches (or
leaves) have a strong tendenoy to drive
Dff insects from the nosts of hens, ilix
them among tho materials cdmposing
the nests, and thoy will certainly do no
barm, while they may do much good.
Au amaleur gardener complains that
his garden so: 1 is a stiff, heavy loom,
in which delicate plants will not thrive.
Give it a good dressing of sand, coal
ashofl and manure. Cultivate thorough
ly, getting the soil as tine as possible.
There is no wisdom in working a
thirty-acre field yoar after year to get
live bushels of wheat or ten of corn to
the acre, when with the same expense
for fertilizers you could raise lifteen .
bushels of wheat or thirty of corn to the
acre.
Corncobs are very valuable, especially
after they are reduced to ashes.
Ihev contain a great proportion of potish?about
twenty-five per cent.?and 1
[ho ashes can be either used for mak- 1
ing soap by leaching them, or spread 1
on the soil. Cjbs furnish a quick, hot '
fire.
It pays well, says an exchange, to j
pass coal ashos through a fine sieve?a
flour sieve for instance. This sifted '
ishes when perfectly dry, as it fehould
be kept, is one of the best substances
with which to mix London purple, '
Paris green or hellebore for the de- '
struction of potato beetles, fruit slugs, :
jurrant and gooseberry worms and the 1
like. Being lighter than plaster or 1
(lour it does not fall so quickly, but set* '
ties upon every part of the plant?the 1
stem, the under part of the leaf as well 1
is the upper part. It may be said also
thut it adheres to leaves for a longer 1
time, and is not so readily washed off '
by rains.
Poultry Note*.
Give fowls lender blades of grass.
Fine combs and vermin are come- ,
times seen together.
Patience is a large item in the poultry
breeder's stock in trade?never
lose it.
See that the coops of the young
chickens are kept decently clean and
comfortable.
Keep hens with chicks in small
coops, well covered and dry, until the
chicks are three weeks old.7"^!!
When fowls are kept in a yard it is
best to dig up a small corner occasion-1
ally to let them hunt for angle-worms.
The proper way to treat fowls is to
place them whero they can bo encouraged
to got their own food, only making
up what they themselves cannot
tindi.
Sulphur and charcoal aro both very
exc'BiloDt ingredients to mix occasionally
with fowl feed, either for young or
old birds. But both should be used
with discretion.
The soil has much to do in affecting
s\f ntirl
LUU OiittUlU^ UUU. UV/IU1 \jx | uuu
i3 a point that is seldom taken into careful
consideration, though its importance,
is conceded by a few.
The number of fowls which can bo
kept in a given poultry yard depends
almost entirely upon the kind and
amount of supplies which are carried to
them while in said inclosuie.
Whenever fowls can run at large
without detriment to tho garden they
should be allowed to do so by all
means. Nine-tenths of the trouble and
diseases among poultry are the rosult of
keeping fowls too close.
It is as natural for a sitter to " burrow
when she comes off tho nest as it
is to eat. This desire is instinctive-, and
should bo met by a dusting place.
Ashes, sulphur and .dry earth, if it can
bo procured, make good material for a
dust bath.
Don't be in husto to tako the chic3;s
out of tho nest. They are better off
quietly hovered under tho hen than
they could possibly be elsewhere. Wait
till you see the bright little eyes peeping
out hungrily before yon ?ive them
their first meal of hard boiled and
breadcrumbs.
Keep sound, whole corn constantly by
the sitting hens, and plenty of pure,
fresh water?a very simple bill of fare
is all theyrequiro during- the incubating
season, but it must be abundant and
wholesomo. Their system is being
continually drained of heat, and fuel
mUst be steadily and regularly supplied
to keep the fire burning.
Try and time your sitting hens so that
two will hatch their chickens the same
day?then if one batch bo poor, ono
hen can tako all the chicks, while the
ia \xritV* ?i ffatili liofpli nf
Ul UV1 10 w-vu v?
eggs. Hens iu good health can stand a
six weeks siege on tli? nest withont
harm. But never put two large broods
with one hen. 11 rarely pays to do this,
even in warm weather, still less in tho
variable spring months.
Construct your houses not too large,
as you wiil be tempted to keep too
many fowls together. Have them with
large windows, so placed that tho fowls
may enjoy as much sunlight as possible,
perfectly tij>ht excepting means for
ample ventilation, without a possibility
of a direct draft reaching tho fowls at
night after going to roost. A fowl will
take cold while asleep as easily as a
person. Keep the roosting apartment
olean and sweet by frequent cleaning.
Poultry Manure.
In the much discussed question of
poultry profits we are prepared for great
fluctuations of opinion, but the natural
tendency to extremes on either sidj
should bo controlled, and in a communication
of our English contemporary,
the liazanr, wo see, under the cap-ion
"Poultry Manure versus Guano," an assertion
which, in our opinion, is so extreme
that we would call the attention
of poultry fanoiers to its refutation.
After remarking upon the existence
of a theory of the valuo of poultry
manure, the writer proceeds to say :
"The commercial value of animal
manure may be very closely estimated
by the quantity of ammonia or ammonia
producing compounds it contains.
Poultry manure contains so little that
it has not even an ammoniacal smell,
differing in this case greatly from the
mfinnre nf nicfions that feed on the more
nitrogenous pulse.
The practical experience of farmers
has long since shown them the small
value of poultry manure as compared
with that of pigeons, and chemical
analysis would soon prove the truth of
their estimate. Our readers may imagine
the prospects of poultry farming,
if the manure is to bo the whole profit
in fact."'
It may be an extreme opinion, and j
probably is, that the manure from poultry
is "the whcle profit in fact," but it
is scarcely less a mistake, that the practical
experience of farmers has proved
the fallacy of any considerable estimato
of this importance in poultry farming.
We concede that ammonia is a very
valuable ingredient of manure, and it
may be that poultry manure is frequently
deficient in this element, but in a
question of praotical experience ask the
gardener, who Las tried it, his opinion
of a top dressing of poultry manure
mitrnnrl aronnninrra 4nr
onions, or the wheat grower his opinion
of a top dressing of poultry manure
and ashes applied in the autumn just
after the wheat comes up, and lot him
state its value.
We mention these two instances of
tho established effect of poultry
manure, and, no doub',, many others
can also be adduced by agriculturists
experienced in its use. Like other fertilizers,
it has its limits to usefulness,
and applied improperly and on certain
crops is even injurious; but, notwithstanding,
it is a valuable auxiliary in the
production of many crops, and merits
inclusion in the poultry profits. Poultry
fanciers, consult the farmers and gardeners
who use your manure and report
their experience. The effort will
assist "your business and promote tho
truth.
iiecipen*
Cornmeal Muffins.?One cup and a
half of cornmeal, the same quantity of
white flonr, two teaspoonfuls of baking
powder, half a cnp of sngar, half a teaspoonful
of salt, a small tablespoonful
of melted butter, two eggs and milk
enongh to make a stiff batter. Bake in
gem par.s for half an honr.
Noodles for Soup.?Beat two eggs
perfectly light, add a small ealtepoon:ful
of salt and sufficient flour to make a
very stiff dough. Knead it well and
roll out into a thin sheet, then fold it
over several times and with a sharp
knife cut it into narrow strips. Orop
them into the soup and boil about ton
minutes.
Browned Potatoes.?Peel them anil
steam them until they are tender ; then
about half or three-quarters of an hour
before dinner?supposing there is a
roast of beef or lamb or a fowl in the
dripping-pan in the oven?lay the potatoes
under the meat. When they are
browned take them out with a skimmar,
lee them drain, and send them to
the table on the platter with the roast.
Baked Eggs.?Baked eggs are some
times relished by those woo nna irieu
ones groasy ancL indigestible, Butter a
deep earthen pie-plate, then put in the
eggs, taking caro not to break tho jolks
of an;; rut a little lump of butter on
each egg, and a little peppor and salt,
too. If the oven is hot, the eggs will '
be cooked sufficiently in four minutes.
is soon as the whites are firmly set they
lire done.
Celbrt Cream Soup.?Wash very
carefully a small cupful of rice and let
it boil in three pints of new mils until
it is soft enough to pass through a
sieve; strain it and add the white part
Df two heads of celery, which have been
grated or minced very fine; cayenne
pepper and salt to taste, and one quart
of strong white stock. Boil slowly until
the celery is quite tender, and add
a teaspoonful .of butter and flour rubbed
together. Serve very hot.
a useful device.?a time ancuaoorsaving
invention is to have a piece of
sheet iron, nearly the size of the bottom
of the oven, a trifle smaller, so that
it will slide in and out without difficulty
; have the edges turned down so
that the iron will be slightly raised
from the bottom of the oven. On this
nearly the whole of an ordinary quantity
of cookies can be baked at once. It
is nice also to uee when baking cream
puffs, kisses or lady fingers. When
baking the two latter put a white paper
on the iron. Have a small hole cut in
one side of the iron so that it can be
hung up.
Do Your Best.
A gentleman onc^said to a physician,
"I should think, doctor, that at night
vou vould feel so worried over the
work of the day that you would not be
II VV.1 LUCW|/(
"My head hardly touches tho pillow
till I full asleep,'1 replied the physician.
' I made up my mind," he continued,
,;at tho commencement of my professional
career, to do my best under all
circumstances, and, bo doing, I am not
troubled by any misgivings."
A good rule for us all to follow. Too
many ore disposed to say, "No matter
how I do this work now; next timo I'll
do better." This practice iB as bad as
the reasoning, "No matter how I
learn this lesson in the primary clacR;
when I get into a higher department,
then I'll study." As well might the
mother, in knitting socks, say: "No
matter how tho tip is done; if I do drop
a sti;ch now and then I'll do better
when I get further along." What kind
of a 3tocking would that be ?
As well might the builder eay; "I
ii/mti t rwnlra ^ann^ufinn
uwu ii L/aio IJUTT x uiunu IUU aisuuui?wvu
of tbis house; anything will do here;
wait till I get to the top, then I'll do
good work."
Said Sir Joshna Reynolds once to Dr.
Samuel Johnson: "Pray tell me,sir, by
what means have you attained such extraordinary
accuracy and tlow of language
in the expression of your ideas?"
" I laid it down as a fixed rule," ropliod
the doctor, "to do my best on
every occasion, and in every company
to impart what I know in the tnosi forciole
language I can put it"
_ i
Door at. Any Pricc. ?l
" Wliiit. V>nvn vnn ant. fnr dinner. IVfrs. '
Yeast?'* a:*ked Mr. Y. as lie seated hitn- j
self at the family board.
"Venison, Mr. Yeast," replied the j
lady, whoso love for that dish was sue- !
ceeded only by her husband's dislike. {
" What an extravagant woman yon |
are, to be sure!" exclaimed the dis-j
gusted minority of tho connubial partnership.
"Why, venison is quite cheap now,
Mr. Yeast."
'Cheap? Uqhl Tf\ ucer at any
price."
But, of course, AJta. Yeast did not see
tho joke, and consequently enjoyed the J
meal all the moro ?Staipsmi. i.
th.? .... ?r T>?
J. Liu uiiuuai auiuLuaijr ui 4;hu.hi cwufributiona
to missionary nocietied Iihh
jas-1 been completed by Canon Scott
Kobertson. It is as follows : Church
of England Foreign Missions, ?2,329,080;
Church-men unci Nonconformist
societies, ?885.370 ; Engli-hand Welsh
Nonconformists, $1,531,565; Scotch
and Irish Presbyterian?, 8054,875 ; total,
?5,310,950.
A Cincinnati journal remarks that for
men to stand in front of churches when
the ladies are coming out. is small potatoes.
As if there could bo no stnull
potato masheru.
FORTY-TWO YEARS IN PRISON.
Release of n Dirkeiih' Hero Who linn
Served Mne Term* in a Penitentiary.
Charles Langheimer, the old German
made famous in Dickens' "American
Notes" as the subject of a pathetic description
of the effects of tho solitary
confinement system in the Eastern penitentiary,
Philadelphia, forty-two years
ago, and who appeared in Dickens' eyes
! as "a dejected, heart-broken criminal,
; whose life has been cruelly tortured out
of him," was recently released from the
service of his ninth term, since Dickens
first saw him in that prison( and made
straight for tho house of his only daughter.
His trunk had preceded him, containing
numerous articles of his own
wondrous handiwork while in prison,
such as pictures, toys and various ingeniously-constructed
designs in wood.
His leave-taking from the prison officials
was characteristic. To their civil
"Gaod-bye, Charlie. When are you
coming back again ?" the old man bridled
up, threw back his head, and,
Willi iiiufinug vjvot ouuwacu upuu tucxxi
the most violent torrent of billingsgate
.in German. This treatment, to men
with whom he had been on the best of
terms, aud accustomed to associate with
dailv for the past two years and eight
months, would look cruel from anybody
else, but from Charley Langheimer it
is merely taken as a matter of course.
He will shortly celebrate his seventyninth
birthday, His last term was fcr
three years for stealing money from a
safe, but good behavior enabled him to
come out, as it haB always done before,
four months ahead of the expiration of
his time. The best part of forty-two
years he has spent in the penitentiary.
His faculty for Adapting his hands to
almost any trade under the sun, and for
rtceorating and painting in the most article
manner wall or ceiling, gives him
a prestige out at the penitentiary suoh
as is perhaps not enjoyed by any other
prisoner in the country. His clean, orderly
habit*, his love of neatness, and
his knack of converting the most for
uiuuiLig ourb ui ? vjoja miu nu nuuuo vx
comfort and beauty by the addition of
flower pots and plants, which he has a
wonderful talont tor bringing on, and,
above all, his gift for decorating the
walls cause the penitentiary officials invariably,
after lie goes away, to feel
lonely without him. It generally happens
that a very short interval elapses I
before he is back again.
Two strong points have been devel
opod in Langheimer's character since :
Dickens saw and wrote about him?!
pride of self and hatred of newspaper '
men. The mere mention of the latter i
class is as a drop of scalding liquid on !
his tongue. His small, gray eyes gleam
like fire, his gray beard bristles, his
wrinkled, nervous face contorts, his
whole frame quivers as he jumps from
his chair in the most trasid outburst of
uncontrollable rage, and brings his fist
down on table or stand.
Charley says he will never go back to
the prison again. This, however, is the
same language he has been using ever
1- - 1 ? L.*m I I
yiucu ma reiwwo iruui ma mou iciw i
after Dickens saw him in 1810. He has
a great deal to say about the discipline
of the prison and his good treatment
there.
It is a known fact that Langheimer
has been tried numerous times for the '
purpose of seeing whether he would i
avail himself of biB opportunities of escape,
and he has on every occusion I
spurned theso chances. The prisoni
officials have such confidence in him
that there is not one of them but avers
that if he was to get out by any mischance
a day before his time expired,
he would walk back and deliver himself
Bp> _____
Encouraging Increase in Farming.
Ppncne "Rnllpt.in "NV>. 9.70 mvf>s inter !
sting statistics concerning the farms of !
thirty-one States and Territories, show-!
in# the increase in their number at the '
end of each ten years after 1850. The '
increase from 1870 to 1880 is exhibited j
by the following statistics :
19SO. 1870.
"California 33,934 23,724 j
Connecticut 30,593 25,508 i
Dakota 17,433 1,720 j
Illinois 255,741 202,S03
Indiana 194,013 161,2S9 I
Iowa 185,351 110,292
Kansas 133,501 38,202 '
Kentucky 100,453 118,422 I
Louisiana 48,29'i 23,481 !
Maine C4,3G9 59,.304 .
Maryland 40,517 27,000 [
Michigan...-. 154,008 93,780 j
Minnesota 92,380 40,500 I
Mississippi 101,772 08,023 I
Missouri 215,575 148,328 l
Nebraska 63,387 12,301
New Hampshire 32,181 29,042 !
New Jersey 34,307 30,652 ;
New Mexico 5,053 4,480 I
New York 241,058 210,253 i
North Carolina 157,009 93,565 1
Ohio 247,189 195,953 I
Orepon 10,217 7,587 |
Pennsylvania 213,542 174,041, j
KUnde island o,aoa ,
Utah 9,452 4,90S 1
Vermont 35,522 33,328 1
Virginia 118,517 T3,S49 !
Washington 6,529 3,127 j
West Virginia C2,G74 89,778
Wisconsin 134,322 102,904 !
Total 3,124,720 2,193,117 j
Tliat is, the increase in the twenty- \
eight States and three Territories dur- j
ing the decade was 931,00.?) farms, the!
increase of population of the whole
United States during the same time be-'
ing 11,594,183. TlYe ratio of increase
of farms in the States and Territories |
not included in the above list was prob-!
ably about the same. The number of i
farms occupied by their owners, the 1
number rented for a lixed money rent, I
and the number rented for shares of j
produce are given as follows:
/"l- !>,. mi<nnra 9 A11.271 !
Rented for money '2io*,S42
Rented for shares 473,607
If to have the land tilled by its own- j
crs is an indication of prosperity for a J
nation, the above statistics are highly ;
encouraging, as it is doubtful if any'
other country can show as large a proportion
of farms occupied by their own-1
crs. It is significant thai the farms ;
rented for shares of produce are much
more numerous than those rented for a j
fixed money rentj as farms rented for I
shares are chiefly in the hands of young ;
men who lack capital, but are ambi- j
tious to become land owners. There :
has been much alarm of late lest vast:
tracts of land should pass into the j
hands of a few individuals, thus estab- i
lishing a monopoly. The number of :
farms exceeding 100 acres each in the '
thirty-one States and Territories are ,
classified as follows:
100 to 500 acres 1,373,222
5ftC to 1.000 acres 47,749
More iian 1,000 acres 15,309
California has long been cursed with
a land rinij, and it has 2,536 farms exceeding
1,000 acres each. Mississippi;
has 1,833, North Carolina has 1,721,'
Virginia lias i,.*)0;5, Louisiana nas nas
1,319, and Kentucky has 1,112. Xo '
other State has 1,000 such farms. Agri- '
culture. has always been and always
must be the chief industry of the United ,
States, and the exact statistics as to the
acreage of the farms of the Union possesses
z deep interest for all the people, j
Tim Khedive of Esypt,
The khedtva of Es;ypt has restored
to the Rtato tho lutdi and paluces en
which his father f (plundered many millions
of the public money. In private
and in public he is simple ard economical.
Married to a single wife, ho sets
an example of homo life much needtd
among Mohammedans, and his thort
reign has been marked by great re- 1
forms, both political and religious. The <
taxes are now reduced to a reasonable J
amount, and collected at fixed s.asons
r\f ilnn rt rv f i l All rkrinttf/1
IIJ 11.1 Cl'l * ICO KJ1 u uw?v?< v>i
forma. The regulation of the finances
was, until tbo recent revolution
which brought in Arabi Boy, wisely
loft in the hands of skilled European
comptrollers, public salaries were paid j
ocularly, education was everywhere
encouraged, and the hhedive built and
endowed at his own cost a high school
at Ci*iro for the sons of the nobles. \
i Moreover, the slave trade was fast disI
appealing. Ismail, the former khedive,
I while dispatching Colonel Gordon to ,
I suppress the trade in Upper Egypt, was
I the greatest buyer of slaves in the East, j
As many as 100 slaves arrived for him
air one time in Cairo, and for a siugie j
Circassian ho once pravo $125,f00. On
i it-.- - * I '1 ?ll .i O T1 rvM (1 lin f T\Q i,l '
lilti Uwlil'r UUUU, JH.1VuuuvMwyr?m ,
| rorvaufcs in hi? household, ho lias never !
j bought ti fiinglo slave, anil from bis ;
heart lie abhors tho whole system.
TI:flirting imd frogs iucreaso iu popu- !
laiity.
FOR THE LADIES.
A Prince's l'rescnt.
One of Prince Leopold's gifts to his
bride was a fan of most delicate workmanship
and design. The sticks are of
goldflnh pearl, inlaid with gold, which
grows paler in tint aa the tapering
points are approached. The material
of the fan itself is lace leaf, on which
the designs of the garlands on the
sticks are repeated, the blossoms chosen
being marguerites, flowers, which, with
the daffodil and pink, are immensely in
faror at present. Between each daisy
wreath aro roses, the petals of which
are detached, and form a fluttering
shower with the slightest movement of
the fan.
White Drcwei.
White dresses for watering-place
mn/la r\t TdViI^A f7Q.Tl 7.nfl I
lUilCbO U1Q UittUU
barege, grenadines and Spanish
lace in the piece. Embroidered
nun's veiling and the new brocaded
China crapes are also used for these
dresses, which, though made short, are
the most elaborate dresses for the most
ceremonious entertainments. For the
simpler white toilets that young graduates
wear at commencements, and for
day use at the summer resorts, plain
sheer nun's Veiling and the softest
mull with embroidered trimmings
will be used. There is . nothing
prettier for the youthful girl graduate
than the mull dresses with many polkadotted
and scalloped flounces that can
be bought ready-made from 820 to 825.
The round, full waist of such a dress
needs only a broad sash of white faille
or of moire to complete it; the skirt has
long upper drapery on tne dbck aaa
the dotted ruffles cover the front and
Bides. The plain white nun's veiling is
more often made with a jersey waist,
paniers and plaited skirt enriched with
a little embroidery done on the material,
and sometimen with velvet ribbon
bows of dark color. The polonaise,
formed by paniers sewed on
the edge of a jersey basque, is found
on many of the newest white lawn euits
at the furnishing houses, with flounces
of embroidery on the lower skirt; two
colors of satin ribbon form the bows on
these dresses, such as porcelain blue
laid over lemon .yellow," or dark cardinal
over pale pink.?Bazar.
Faahlon Fancies.
Fashion is running wild over embroideries
of every kind, and this trimming
is used with a lavish hand upen
toilets designed for every occasion.
Various shades of gray are much
worn this season. Steel gray will be
adopted by elderly ladies, while softer
hues, showing a sheen of pearl or silver,
will be used for youthful wearers.
A high-necked, long-sleeved, belted
waist of muslin or self-colored gingham
ig worn under low - necfcea, Bnortsleeved
dresses by little girls when the
weather or the occasion does not permit
the low, sleeveless garment.
When tea gowns are made of white
or tinted camel's hair, they have usually
collars, cnffs, Bashes, pookets and revers
of velvet in various colors?violet, copper,
red, aurora, pink, terra cotta,
bronze green, ruby red and sapphire
blue.
Deep and fall box-plaited ruohes,
shell ruching, diagonal puffs, turret
blocks falling over plaitings, and a host
of other odd trimmings appeal cn the
bottom of the skirts of late importations
and home productions of costumes.
Demi-wigs or false fronts of natural
curl or water waved hair, make the
dressing of the hair a matter of only a
few moments. Theee fronts are now
made so ingeniously that it is impossible
to tell who does and who does not
wear mem.
The mull neck scarfs lately so popular
are now utilized as fichus tied or
loosely knotted on tho bosom of the
corsage, while tne neck ribbon - is
placed above them around the neck,
iodide the dress collar, bat outside the
ruche or linen collar.
Lawn tennis suits have skirts of lawn
tennis stripes in bright and assthetic combinations,'while
the tunics and blouse
waists are of light flannel serge in complementary
* oolors to those of the
stripes. The cuffs, collars, revers and
bands are of the striped stnff.
Sloping shoulders are enduringly unfashionable.
In dajs gone by their possession
was considered indispensable to
establish any claim to having a good
figure. Nowadays fashionable women
dress the shoulders as mnph as possible
to produce the desired height and
equarenes?shirred scarfs, high puffed
sleeves, and even beaded epaulets and
floral garnitures being set upon the
shoulders to produce extra height. So
it seems that even the standard of the
beautiful is regulated by the dictates
of fashion.
Dresses of sheer and fine French
lawn, almost as gaudy as organdie, are
made up with handsome trimmings of
imitation dunhesse lace edgings, falling
over plaited ruffles on the skirt. The
panier and tablier draperies are trimmed
with the same lace, while the upper part
of the coat sleeve informed of two bands
of the lace sewed together. The unlined
corsago has'a fichu of the lawn (
trimmed with the lace. It also encircles
the throat and wrists. "White ,
satin ribbon bows are placed on all ,
parts of the costume demanding such ,
decoration.
rni - L? ?* ?? J a OA rtVoo f j
J. 110 Vhnoiy U1 gicuauiaco 10 ow
at present that these dresses will be
more used than they have been; for
young Jadies the Spanish lace grenadine
is made over colored satin?notably
terra cotfa red, olive green and ealmpn
colors; for older ladies the fine taffeta
grenadine of sewing silk is used as a
transparent above rich colors, while
for those who prefer all black dresses
two kinds of grenadine are used, combining
the plain or striped armure
grenadine, with brocades that have
large balls, flowers or fruits, apples,
pears or plums brocaded on relief upon
a satin lustrous ground.
Magnificent Glass Painting.
In the large dining-room on the
ground floor of William H. Vanderbilt's
new mansion on Fifth avenne, has been
placed one of the finest gems of glass
-i /*/vrifnw Tf. ia f lio
piiinuug U1 LU1D tcutmj. AW |
work of E. Oudinot, of Paris, who devoted
six months to the work. In his
subject he has been particularly happy,
the famous "Field of the Cloth of
Gold' being portrayed in masterly
style.
The picture is twenty-one by eighteen
feet, consisting of ten large and five
smaller pan%ls. The English king,
Henry VII., mounted on a spirited bay
charger, confronts Francis I, of France,
on a milk white steed, the two being
represented as shaking hands at the
foot of the throne, on whin Qaeen
Claude, wifo of Fruncis I. and daughter
of Louis XII., is standing, surrounded
by the cavaliers and dignitaries
of tiie two court3. The golden
trappings of the two charters and the
golden embroidery work on the white
satin suit of the French king are i
especially attractive in the delicacy of I
the artist's work. The herald of t!;e I
French king displays a beautifully
Tmmi Ivinnpr of the "Flour do i
Lys," tind immediately behind liim is |
the king's jester eudeuvoring to control
the numerous printer dogs. On the '
right lmnd is seen the herald of Henry
Vilf., (nil and majestic atfd bearing in I
his hand the coat of arms of the English :
crown. Behind the foremost group i
and extending in the distance are i
cavaliers. As accompaniments to til*, t
painting are fifteen smaller panels, representing
coats of arms and military articles
set around the room. Combining
all, together with the linoly carved
woodwork, it is safe to say that Mr. |
Vandorbilt lias the linesfc dining-room
in the United Slates.
As compared with the pnpnlation,
there are more marriages in Frauco
than in England. The percentage is
given at eighty eight for the iormer
and eighty-six tor the latter. In France,
however, the birth rate continues to decrea"e,
which is regarded by French
economists as a very ominous iacfc. i
Darkly >'<m.
Wo aee so darkly now;
Ob! could I place
Jly aonl where thine must meet it, face to fao?
Thy justice would allow
That I am wronged;
nt?wo see darkly now.
?Tc see so darkly now,
That I may die,
Nor e'er the wrong thou think'at of ma d**y,
Nor over tell thee how
Thou art belov'd;
We see so darkly now.
Wo seo so darkly now,
Yet One hath grace
To make |us, ?'en on earth, see face to fMi
To Him my heart I bow ;
In hope; albeit
We see so darkly now.
HUMOK OF THE DAY.
a?i- ? ui: ? n..t.
OfJUlO UU bUO BUU kjitppui IXliJl IXOt
What ia that which we wish for, and
when obtained, we never know we have
it ??Sleep.
When we asked onr girl to man^ us
she said she didn't mind?and we nave
since found out that she didn't.?Toledo
American.
A gentleman who was asked for his
marriage certificate quietly took off hia
bat and pointed to a bald spot. Che
evidence was conclusive.
A slip of the tongue.?She (encouragingly)
: " Your step suits mine ex?
actly." He (nervously): "So glad to
hear you say so : I know I'm euoh a
bad waltzar."?Judy,
A writer speaks learnedly of "English \
Interiors," without stating, however,
that the average English interior is
happiest when full of roast beef and
plum pudding.?Picayune.
The many disasters to whioh our
1? i ~ iu:.
uuumry uaa i?iicu a yi^lilu iuio jw?i
have been in a great measure compensated
for by the destruction of an
accordion factory at Breslan, L. *1., recently.
"It rains, ma," said Estelle. "I
don't think I will attend church to-day."
"It rains," said Estelle'smaa fewnignts
subsequently; " you had better not attend
the theatre to night." "Oh, ma,"
said Estelle, "I can wearmy rubbers and
waterproof."
A MATTER OF OBSERVATION.
A busy retail grocer
Whom wo all surely know, air,
Was aaked one day, in a friendly way,
By a country chap who bad come to stay
Till the mkil came in at the close of day,
" What are your gross receipts, air ?"
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uut UO i U?| Utt ( UU| uv, 4
Laughed the busy retail grocer,
As he pointed oat, with laagh and shout,
The barrels aud boxes ranged about,
"Yon can plainly see, beyond a doubt,
What are my grocery seats, sir I"
?Camden Advanc*.
Dangers or Ignorance.
One cannot judge from the brief cacounts
given what are the precise causes'
of such disasters, but there is reason to
believe that ignorance is prolific; that
many persons have only a vague knowl*
edge of the qualities of nitro-glyoerine,
cannot recognize it when tney see it,
and are not acquainted with the v prions
forms in which it is compounded, or
with the peculiar dangers of handling it
carelessly. Nitro glycerine itself is a
dense, yellowish liquid, but in order to
diminish the danger attending its use.
fine earth, ground mica, sawdust, or
some similar powder, is saturated with .
it, and thus the various blasting powders,
known as dynamite, mica powder,
dualin, rend-rock. etc., are formed. .
These compounds can be transported
with comparative safety. But the
nitro-glycerine easily drains off from
t.Vio rwnwr1o>* and n(\7.na from ftnv firflviflft
in the vessel in which the compound is
kept. Drops of it thus bedewing the
edges of a box may easily be mistaken
for oil escaping, and if workmen igno>
rantly endeavor to nail the box tighter,
or to open it for examination, there
will be a disastrous explosion. Several
have occnrred in past years in this way.
The,victims knew, no donbt, that nitroglyoerine
(or the com pounds) may
be exploded by a blow (contact with
fire is not needful,) but they did not
suspect that the innocent-looking oil
was nitro glycerine. Why should not
youth be taught in the schools somewhat
of the praotical dangers of these
substances which are coming into sneh
common nee ? They would pursue the
study with interest, especially if there
were judicious experiments. A Missouri
story is that a teacher confiscated
a small metal box which a pupil was
playing with in school hours, and, thinking
ii contained chewing gum, tried to
break it open with a hammer. It was
a dynamite torpedo of the kind used on
the railroad track as a danger signal,
and large bits of it had to be out out of
the lady's cheek. Would it n:t have
-- - - - " ? L.A
been well if she iiad Known somewmu
of the aspect of torpedoes? Was it not
more important to the journeyman
plumber who threw the lighted match
into the pan of camphene, mistaking it
for water, by which the great printing
establishment in Franklin scfnare was
bnrned some twenty-eight years ago, to
know camphene by sight than to have
memorized many of the matters prominent
in a publio school course? Surely
workmen, especially "raw hands," in
establishments where these things are
used, should be systematically instructed
in advance, and the conrts are now
enforcing this principle. ? Popular
Science Monthly.
Wealth in the United States Senile.
THe present oenate couiujuh auenst
score of senators not one of whom is
worth less, than $200,000. The richest
man is, of course, Fair, of Nevada, who
probably possesses as much wealth as
all 'he other senators together. Next
to him is David Davis, of Illinois, a
widower, who is repnted to be the posessor
of millions. It is somewhat difficult
to name the senator whose fortune
ranks third in size ; but ii Eugene Hale
has received the mantle of his father-inlaw,
Zach Chandler, with its well-lined
pockets, his fortune is nearly as large as
that of David Davis. The wife of Senator
Hale is the only daughter of the late
Senator Zach Chandler. Other very
wealthy senators are Miller, of California,
Mahone, of Virginia, and Sawyer,
of Wisconsin, known to be worth more
than a million each. Sewell, of
New Jersey, is a railroad man and is
very wealthy. Senator John Sherman,
of Ohio, it is said, is worth more than
82,000,000, his property consisting
largely, of real estate in Washington.
Kmnnn nfiior spnator8 who 'write their
fortune with seven figures are Cameron,
of Pennsylvania, Camden and Davis, of
West Vrginia, Brown, of Georgia, and
Plumb, of Kansas. Senators Hill, of
Colorado, Gorman, of Maryland, MoPherson,
of New Jersey, and Pendleton,
of Ohio, ara all worth more than ?500,000.
Many other senators are comfortably
fixed, possessing little hoards of
from 850,000 (o 8400,000. Among those
who have but little comparatively here
below?that is. not more than S100.000
apiece?are 'Morrill, of Vermont,
Anthony, of Rhode Island, Rollins, of
New Hampshire, Jones, of Nevada,
Saunders, of Nebraska, and Allison, of
Iowa..?Portland Argus.
Exchanging Horses.
An amusing incident connected with
the grand national steeplechase at
Liverpool is going the roamls of sporting
circles. At one of the fences there
wa3 a tumble and a scrimmage, half a
dozen horses coming to grief. In the
hurry and confusion, Adams, the jockey,
ntn.tA.l fmm trio nnat. nnf>tl Libera*
nuu OiaiiCU A* r
tor, hastily remounted and dashed
home. While weighing in be remarked
to Mr. Gregory, the weigher, that the
old horse had not jumped as he used.
Gregory asked what old horse he meant,
and he made answer that it was Liberator,
of course; whereupon he was informed
that the horse he had ridden in
on was not Liberator, but Ignition.
While the amazed Adams was admitting
that he had mixed his horses, home
came Liberator, ridden by the jockey
who had started on Ignition. The
occurrence resembled those mistaRcs so
frequently made in rr.etviiiges of hats or
umbrellas, with this difference, that the
owner of the best article didn't lose by
the swap.