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ABBEVILLE PRESS AND BANNER. < BY HUGH WILSON AND H. T. WARDLAW, . ABBEVILLE, S. C.. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1882. NO. 12. VOLUME XXVII. Forty. With many a cardosa, joyous bound, With ninnv a weary. treadmill Iround, O'er aawx.ili-sproail tnrf or dangerous groun Br many a limpid stream, and mild, <?3y in?ay * mountain torrent wild, -I, from a simple, trusting child, ' Rave wandered on to forty. From feet that skipped to sober tread? From mind with foolish fancies fed, To sounder inilmiont Viqo/1 The change to work from thoughtless play, The change from graver thoughts to gay Which came to me along the way I strode while reaching forty. Through visions which had real seemed? Through visions wilder than I dreamed; Through shadows where the silver gleamed, Through sunny places half o'ercaat By eerie shapes which flitted fast? For brightness cannot always last, youth must merge in /orty. Sow let me count my treasures o'er; What have I won or lost ? Far more Have lost than gained. Such boundless store Of faitlT and hope I boasted, when I wandered from a lad of ten To where my vision broadened. Then My faith exceeded forty. Somewhat have learned, and much unlearnedSome good received, much more have spurnec And much that might have been discerned I left nnliPPitail wnnrlorinfr hv ? ?D With careless or averted eye; Forgetting that the moments fly So fast from youth to forty. I've reached the summit of the race, And would move on with slower pace; But forty has no breathing place; So shift and turn me as I will The years will crowd and jostle still, And I may hasten down the hill To score another fony. view the path Tve wandered on, Where forty years h^vo come and gone, And much of faith .and hope lies strewn, And pray they m* y prove finest gold, The remnant of the faith I hold, And shred of hope I still infold, Ana last an-jtbe? forty. ?Springfield Republican. The. Pathetic Y onng Man. Vol king the sands with her father, Hies Gracilis felt that she had lived up <to all the possibilities of eighteen years, ithat she enjoyed the ocean view more for being perfectly dressed, and gazing on it from nnder a fleece of dark curling hair, which crept fashionably low on her forehead wicfeoal over having been hairdresser's merchandise. She enjoyed even tie donbtful support her French heel gave the arch tf'her foot. At any time it would hn^tf hurt Miss Grannie to be less thao a picture against the landscape. S^e had delicate features, lftTOA a 7fll AMil aVaaUh -*" Ov * J CO, OliU UUCCAO iJJUAXUCU. I/V? flash, and 'ahe knew it was a face to set with abpckpround of immense hat, and sbcre Mother Hubbard shirrings oq the sbouli3, ers below it. Yet she was an innocent creature, with the dregs of childbor J lingering on her lips. Her father was an innocent creature *ul8<1; short and thick, with a face cleanshaven ?xcept a thorn of beard on the end of his chin. His methodical move? menta and placid air indicated the basiness man retired on the profits of a successful career. He carried a heavy gold-headed cane, and gave his left arm to his daughter, who indulgently let her Angers lie therein. The gentleman's walk was a swinging one, while she carried herself with elastic elegance, rfW) f itlM 4 Via r>^ An mV? Ar? fk/tw inMA/1 ? VOlUHilig IUD Oicp ffUCU tuoj JOIiCU. 1LU* Grannis uttered a growl when her white iparasol interfered with his hat, but rapon her begging pardon, assured her fit was nothing at all. His manner ttoward his daughter was ceremonious. IShe had spent so much of her life in iboarding schools, while he grubbed for : money, that he felt unacquainted with 'her. Besides, she was a woman, and therefore entitled to deference. It was Mr. Grannis' habit to lift his hat to the copmoermaias ia nis noiei, ana address his washer-woman as madame. They reached the wooden promenade, and clicked slowly along at, Mr. Grannis adding an occasional tlind ol bis can*-, to the uneven cadences of their ate ps. "There's the pathetic yo\jng man tipain," observed Miss Grannis, casting a sidelong glance across the beach. "What pathetic young man?" inquired her father, giving his cane bead the revolution on his palm necessary to produce a flourish. ' There; standing alone, with a soft slouching hat on; black eyes and a larcc mustache. Don't look new, he's noticing us." \Ljf>s Grannis twitched her parasol in h pretty but stlf conscious manner. "What's pathetic about him?" in nnirA^ Vior f?fVipr "PTa lnnltn fn.fr. hearty. He needs to go to the barber and get a double handful of his hair dipped off. Must be hot this weather." The gentleman ended in an abrupt chuckle which usually startled strangers ?it did not accord with his Boliditv. " Ohf I just call him the pathetio young man. He stands gazing across the water so muob, and his eyes are so sad when he looks at you at table.'1 "Maybe he's a salesman out of a position,'' volunteered Mr. Grannis; "or a professional man who can't get into practice." " Don't you think he looks nice, pa?" " No". Too pretty. Never saw a pretty fellow that could do anything. Their making'ain their flesh and bones, and it stops there." "But don't you like his air?" ." Stuff, stuff." said Mr. Grannis, without a punctuation mark or tingle of dis' approval. It was the methodical but not severe .plug which he thought best to apply to his daughter's enthusiasms. His own enthusiasms, being once roused, were irropressible. 'Perhaps he is stuff-ttuff, pa. There ain't many men, young or old, as nice and reliable as you are.'' 'What do you know about that, child?" inquired the old merchant, with O fimivlr r\loDoonf fa onn tr SB OUi U ^iOOOBUU UU DCC, 4U1 111 ^lUVCU him one of tfiMsa lovable male beings open to flattery. "Oh, I know a great deal. I have studied men." Miss Grannis exhaled a eigh through parted lips. A girl in a larpe hat, with a face as delicate as a flower, wbo can sigh so prettily and gaze at the horizon through smiling eyes, is very ^ood company even for her father. So Mr. Grannis thumped along with much satisfaction. The wind grew fresher as tbey walked, and the pathetic 70ung man faded away behind their backs. After following the beach half a mile they left it and turned into a path which wound among rocks. Beyond the rocks and a sandy intervening belt was a piece of woodland that Miss Grannie and her father had "explored before and found to their liking. Not to wander in wood8, however, do maids adorn themselves in Gainsborough hats and high-heeled boots. This was the ^alk all the hotel world took when not inclined to go on wheels. There were benches under the trees. A creamtinted parasol was apparently resting itself on one of these seats, while a pair of trousered shins and a sweep ol silk appeared below it. Bnt Miss Grannis scarcely let hei eyes rest on this or any other enchanted oouple dotting the vista. She indicated to her father an artist's umbrella, and a plump, blonde girl sketching under it. "There Bhe is, pa. She doesn't seem to notice who comes or goes, 01 to care if they look at her." " Her mind's fixed on her business," said Mr. Grannis, with appreciative emphasis. The sketcher greeted them, however and spoke as if pleased to see them They had picked up acquaintance witl her during their week's stay. She die not come from the hotels, but boardet at a farmer's. Her thick light hail hung in two braids below her waist, 8he wa3 very pietty, very dimplet about the wrists and finger roots, am dressed in Quaker colors with almo6 Quaker plainness. She had a small oamp-Btool besid her, to which she smilingly motion* Mis-- Grannis. Mr. Grannis sat do\ on a bench near by, made a number [d polite observations, placed his hands < the top of his cane, and began to nod I "You're goins to sleep, pa," cai tioned his daughter. "lam enjoying the view, Fanny said the old merchant, decidedly. " always like to meditate while I am e joying the view." Miss Grannis smiled at the near lan scape of reeks piled np before the se Bat out of th's, threading the famili: path, came the pathetic yonng man. ? had a right to be walking there. Bi the fact of his following so closely hi own arrival made her start. The artist noticed this, and looked i the yonng man coolly and with an ui | moved aspect. He passed near thee I glancing their way, and went on amon the trees. " Did you notice that gentleman's e: preseion ?" inquired Miss Grannie of h< companion." " Do you ?" said the artist ?" "Yes. He stops at our hotel, think he has the saddest face?as if hi life were blighted, or something.". " Maybe he has blighted somebod else's life," said the artist. " I wonder how?" mused Miss Grar - nis. I " You aeem interested in him." "Not a bit," exclaimed the youn lady. '' He has never been introduoec I don't even know his name." *' I can tell you what it is," said th artist, changing her pencil. " It's th same as mine. He is my husband." "Mrs. Granger!" The young lad gave such a start that she was near up setting the umbreJla, but saved hereel this awkwardnees, which would hav pained her more than anything per taining to the pathetic young man. " thought you Wore a widow." " I am -a divoroed widow. It is no necer aary to blaion the faot." "And why?"hinted Miss Grannie She felt unwarranted to make inquirie and glanced back at her father, whos< brow was sunk to his cane. But thi shattered romance fascinated her " Didn't you love him ?" The blonde face put on a oynica sneer which lifted the nostrils an in etant; bat this died away, as if it fount the wholesome, sweet muscles unapt to its use. Mrs. Granger smiled, sketching with a steady band. " Oh, yes, I loved him. But I oouldn' \ eat love. It was very light diet. I hav< . some solid Dntoh blood." J ' Didn't he give you enough to eat ?' r questioned Miss Grannis. with widening ! eyes. [ "You have evidently been foragec l for all your life," said the artiet. " Anc you can't "Bee the danger which lurks ir such beings as your pathetic young man, But let me tell you, if a man ever comet , courting you in a minor key, don't yoc , have him. If he calls himself a black sheep, value him accordingly ; he oughi , to know what be is. And if he telle i you he looks into the future and sees I nothing but darkness, keep out of hie ! darkness; let him enjoy it himself, i He'll have a good enough time. There i is a worthlessness in some men worse than positive bad habits. They lack all the points which go to make success. All they can do in the race of life is to snap at the heels of people who do win. Their companionship wears the sou] threadbare. They have no faiths, no hopes, and if any energy, it is of that shabby kind that is without the nerve to vault over difficulties. The exhilara tion oi me is never enjoyed near sucn a person. He crushes yon?this pathetic young man." " Ob, my !" said Miss Grannie, mean ing to indicate that such views of masculine nature were distressing to her, and that her experience was far from preparing her for them. "But I thought when two people were very much devoted to each other, they?did not mind anything eise.'' " Love," said the artist, coolly, "never flourishes in the society of the pathetic ! young man." "Was he ever cruel to you-V1 "Yes. he was a dart of pain ap! peared for 1 be first time in the artist's voice. " I thinL he has killed out much ! of my womanhood." Thought the young lady, with secro' wisdom, "She loves him yet." They sat a long time silent. The artist kept steadily at work, and the schoolgirl reconstructed a palace from the ruins in hand. She sifted her read ing on the subject of matrimony, tc find means with which to work on the minds of this separated pair. It should be her mission to bring them togethei again. At the end of a glory-lighted vista she saw them kneeling at her feet while she bestowed a benediction. The pathetic young man came out ol the woods, loitered past them again, and returned to the beach. Then Miss Grannis remembered how I ? "L _ 'A. Ol J3 lace 11 was growing, one rose up aim waked her father, who said he had noi been so pleased with a view since he came to the seaside. He took off hii hat to bow when they parted with the artist. Bat his daughter, full of delicate and benevolent plans, decided not tc ask this lady to the hotel immediately aDd taking her father's elbow, walkec him to the sands. " Pa," she exclaimed, " I want yoi I to introduce the pathetic young man tc ; me." "But I don't know him myself," ob jected Mr. Grannis. " You can know him. And, pa, if h< really is out of a position, or sufferinp 9 r\ a* *v\ nMnn ?rnn /\nn him i? 4 V* / iv/i uivucji juu uau atnib uim in vu< right direction, cant you?" Mr. Grannis made a cautious pausel shaking bis head. " It isn't just the thing," he prosed, " for a- young girt to show 60 mucl interest in a young man." Yet when they emerged from thf rocks, and almost ran against the young man in question, this cautious fathei was so precipitate m yielding to bei demand that she colored with vexation, He touched his hat, half in apologj for running so nearly against him, anc the pathetic young man touched hii hat and they exchanged remarks abou: the roar of the surf. The young gen tleman a3ked Mr. Grannis' opinion ai to whether a certain vessel i-oniing ii was a ship or a schooner, speaking th< elder gentleman's name in a niceh modulated voice. He was either anxioui to continue with them, or tookit fo: gran tea tnat tney wisnea mm to ao so and introduced himself, upon which th( amiable old merchant ~ presented hii daughter, noticing afterward that sh< seemed to take in ill part the ver thing she bad begged him to do. As for Miss Grannis she walked erec with tingling cheeks. The pathetii yonng man walked next to her, and he father had the water side. She mean to work a change in the life of thi yonng gentleman, and felt chagrined t< have the least irregularity in their in troduction. But of course poor pa, al ways tied up to business, could no know the nice requirements of society As they walked, however, her ohagrii was soothed. Mr. Granger knew severs friends of her father's. His behavio toward herself was perfect He glance* at her deferentially, and absorbed he society with quiet pleasure, returning a intervals to his sad abstraction. Mis Grannis would have hated him had h ceased to be pathetic. ? When they had nearly reached th hotel she vouchsafed him a few remarks "I have jost been with a friend c yours," she said. Mr. Granger turned his gaza towar< her for explanation. u The lady why is sketching. She i t a very particular friend of yours, I b lieve." "I never saw her before in my life, 1 said Mr. Granger. " You surely are mietaken," impetn ouslj exclaimed Miss Grannis. , " Not at all, begging your pardon, . said Mr. Granger. 1 " But Bhe said she knew you ver 1 well indeed." A look of utter mystifi 1 cation came over the gentleman's face, r "A ca.?e of mistaken identity," h suggested. 3 "And your names are the same3 Granger." t He looked searchinglv at Miss Grai I nis. el "Singular coincidence. I certainl ?d cannot remember having ever met ] en before. Bat I did not look with p of ticular attention at her." jn There was a hint of tempbasia i. "her rt?pleasing, because it Wasslig i- like the suggestion of a perfume. 1 | Granftis how took up the conversati* ?" I and his daughter left them in the ho ' 11 veranda and went to ber own room, n- She told herself that either the ] j thetic young man or the girl-widow d- whom she had taken such an interi a. had made false statements. If he wf ar not a recreant hiflband, how cottld t le pair be reconciled ? Mrs. Grang it claimed him with Bn^h assurance, a; er | he had passed quite near enough to ; recognized On the other hand, he c at J nied acquaintance even with Mrs. Gra i* ger s xace, witn an air 01 candid unco q, cern. It puziled Miss Grannis ig much she could think of nothing b the pathetic young man. She had re t- of twins and of doubles who had )r bear the sins of those whom they dup cated. What gave him that sad look there was nothing gnawing at his heai I strings ? is "I wonder i! ehe really was his wife thought. Miss Grannis. " I don't wa: y to Bee her anymore while we Btay her ! It's a horrible business to be so puzzle i- about. If they really are strangers ho unjust I am to him f" There was a dance ending with g german at their hotel that evenin I. Miss Grannis had no chaperon ; h< life had been an independent one, ac e her father knew little abont a yonr e j girl's requirements. But she had o] j portnnities to dance, and oue of h< y i opportunities was Mr. Granger E ? ! waltzed elegantly, and in this exhilar f I ting motion appeared to forget tt e ] recent sorrow which made himpatheti - j Miss Grannis noticed his mother, a wii I i old lady with white curls, watohing thei | with attentive eye. t i "She can't help seeing we are we : matched," thought the young lady, i. j It occurred to her now for tne fire s ! time that she might learn the cause < 0 j Mr. Granger's melancholy from h: s I mntViar The crmner mrl was ornlnair in her own fashion. She picked ov people in whom to feel an interest, an 1 ignored the rest of the world. Darin - i her week's stay she had not lingere 1. emidst the gosnip of the parlors, an r | had therefore obtained no informatio I j about the people in the hotel excej: what her eyes gave her. But she ws fc certain this youngish old lady was Mi 3 Granger's mother, because he alwa) lorought her to-the table, and exhibite the most dutiful behavior toward her. I After the waltz Miss Qrannis walke i on the veranda with the patheti I j young man. It was a light night, th II moon seeming to walk the ocean wit t | a thousand glittering footprints, am . i time and scene had their effect on th * | two young people. Other couples wer i i also promenading. Still, Miss Granni : felt an aloneness with the pathGti < young man and decided now to sift i classifyhim. She said he seemed pensivt i He turned his luminous eyes towari I hflr and assured her he was alwavs . little pensive when extremely satisfied > This was a nice thongh ambignon > beginning. Bat it gave her opportn " nity to ask if he was always satisfied , for his usual expression was sad, sh< > j thought "Yes," the pathetic young man re ! plied; " he had as good reason as any 1 body to congratulate himself. Nobod ' was quite happy." 1 This was rank heresy to Misa Grannie She said it was too dreadfnl to believe ' If people could not be very happy, lif 1 would be unendurable. Mr. Granger said life was pretty pros _1 A 11 1 J 1.1 it ai limes. roiKS couiu. jug ujruugu n though, if they weren't in a cramp fo money. He considered being in : cramp for money the woret thing. Mies Grannie secretly decided that h had not much soul, or was fearfull cynical. She felt a certain hollownee in her pathetic young man, or unsatis ' factory flatness, like the taste of squas ;' to her palate. Still, he might be veil ing his inmost natnre. He sighed a little, and admired he fan. Within doors were scores of wome 1 sitting along the wall, and no patheti 1 young man leaned over them pourin the mystio sadness of his eyes into thei i sympathetic countenances. Miss Grai I nis was enjoying herself, when the wir 1 j old lady with light curls appeared i '; the open window, quite near enough t ^uv u^/i ucauu vii uiit vjiiaugvi o wawi "Remember yoar dyspepsia, Harrj my love," she remarked, in what Mie ' Grannis considered a detestable voic< ^ | " and how cooling off suddenly afte ' | exercise affeots you." ^ j The pathetic young man was suddenl 1! Ie38 expansive in his manner towar .: Miss Grannis, and replied to the matei : I nal admonition that he would take cart >! Then he introduced the younger lady t Mrs. Granger. Mrs. Granger was rath* ' acid. She roused a belligerent feelin [ in the girl's bosom. s "I don't think it was very nioe, ' ruminated Miss Grannis, "to spea ' about dyspepsia, reminding people c * their stomachs. She must be no end c 5 fussy, and not at all like what I shoul J picture his mother. I have a great min | to flirt with him; it will torment her. I i Revolving this unfilial plan she r< I entered the room with Mr. Grange: II and instantly plunged among th )! conples who were executing one < i those new round dances composed < ' hippity-hops and slides, and during th: I undienified oastime she saw Mr: 5 Granger's eyes still following ihei > around the room. 5 At the end of that dance her fathe found her, and uttered his usual adm< ? nition about early hours. "Just one more, pa,'' decided Mie * Grannis. "After the neit I'll hav 1 plenty of time to get my beauty-sleep, "Which you certainly never need, * said the pathetic young man, givin f her a look that seemed to melt warm] r over her. r They were moving to take their plaot ' for this last dance, when he halted wit r a start, and Baid, despairingly; "That 1 my wife again." * So he admitted the fact at last. H " was Mrs. Granger's ex-husband, and sh * must be in the room. Miss Granni 3 swept her eye along the wall, and sa 1' tho blonde artist chatting with a ger 31 tleman, but watching her. 7 "You appeared to ignore your wil 3 this morning," the young lady saic r severely, to the pathetic young mai * "You told me she was a complel 5 stranger to you." 3 " Mr. Granger never ignores his wife, 9 said a voice in front of her. Miss Grai T nis felt startled as she brought her gaz back to the elderly Mrs. Granger, agai bent on interrupting them. B " I'm sure I haven't done anything 1 J her," thought the girl. "What make 4 her so disagreeable ? I'd be pathetic tc 8 if I had such a spy of a mother." 0 "What did you mean, Harry," pu * saed the elderly Mrs. Granger, in a " astringent tone, "by saying your wil 1 was a complete Btranger to you ?" " I don't know," replied the pathet 1 young n?an, collapsing visibly. "I know about the separation," sai J Miss Grannis, determined not to be pi * down by this warlike old woman, an J looking her defiantly in the eye. "Wt should you want to conceal it ?" 8 The elder lady's mouth drew inwai e with a convulsive twitch. She gre sallower under her cosmetics. Bi 6 putting her hand within the pathet ' yoang man's free arm, she spoke wil '* low and guarded emphasis : " We are not separated yet, and ^ don't think we shall be?by the mo brazen of flirts?while my husbar 8 knows his own advantage. If you wi excuse my husband now, we shall ha1 the pleasure of wishing you good-night " The elderly Mrs. Granger then movt away with her pathetic yeung man. t- MisB Grannis soon after felt youi Mrs. Granger take her arm and wa " her toward the' veranda. But the gi paused in the hall. y "I know just what has happened I- said the artist, suppressing laughte " They say she is as jealous as can b e and makes constant scenes. It's wh he deserves for marrying her money." " 1 thought she was his mother," sa Miss Grannis, out of her stupefaotio l- " How many wives has he, pray ?" " One oniy," replied the artist; " b y as she is twice nis age, and equal aer watchfulness to twenty, he is mi ar- thoroughly wived.'' " ?ou said he was your husband." on "I told you a fib," said the blon ht, art:st, with charming candor. " I nei klr saw the man before this morning. E :>n. you were bent on a romance for hi te, so 1 helped you to one. It might ha been so, you know. You are inclin pa- to build too much on appearances." in 'I think I am," said Miss Grann est h Jding her head higher. >re "Don't resen ; my little fiction se he Ojsly. I did it on thb spur of t ;er i omfent, and came this ev&ning aline Qd urposely to bonfess it, and to loi be after that pathetio young man of yours le- "And you called yourself Mi in. nrnnaor all fchft fimA dpnnnncpd Mi n- Grannis, laying her hand on ti bo balustrade, while she bent falcon >loo ut upon her acquaintance. ad " That's my name?by the merest c to incidence. If it had been anything el li- yon would have, thought I had t if turned to my maiden name. But y< rt- conld see for yourself, my deer, what cozy little widow I am. Nothing p i," thetic about me. I married a man i nt whom I am indebted for various lessoi nnfnVA TTo r\ t n/1 oaVof C. JU liUUiOU unuutOi JJ.O utwu UV(V? id years ago. I am to be married aga >w nei'; month, and sorrow is not preyiE upon me at all." a Mies Grannis' head was at this tin g. reared so high, and her eyelids droope sr so low, that she paid languid attentic td to anything else young Mrs. Grang< ig had to say. But after reaching the tc p- of the stairs, her progress along ti sr oorridor beoame a flight. [e She knocked at her father's door, an a- fell tumultously on the bosom of h le dressing-gown. c. " What's the matter?" exclaimed tb 7 old merchant, feeling compunction i m having left her downstairs while 1 sought a nap between dances. 11 " We must go right away?in th train that leaves to-night," said Mie it Grannis, with half a sob, crushin : he )f pretty tulle dress upon his knees as sh is made him sit down at a window. " 01 e pa, don't keep me here another hour ? " ? s -a ?J ' it x am an mixeu up uuu cvoij uuuj j d deceptive and horrid I" g "But I thought you were having th d best of times, dancing so late. An d there was that fat young man wh n looked so melancholy." >t "Pa," exclaimed Miss Grannis, hole is ins? him off with a savage shake, "if r. ever see anybody again with that fai 's away sad look in the eyes I shall b< d lieve it is dyspepsia. I shall avoid tha person as a miserable human ahel d Now, I'm going to pack. It's so com c fortable," she concluded, leaning he e head on his shonlder, " to feel snc b confidence in a dear old pa to-nighl ri But never speak to.me about an e pathetic young man again."?Harper1 e Bazar. 8 0 Arabi Bey. 1 Edward L Wilson, an artist of Phils >. delphia, reoantly returned from Egyp 1 where he frequently met Arabi Pasht a thuB describes the rebellious Egyptian " Picture a tall, heavy faced mar 8 sullec, swarthv, with only a pretty clea - eye tc soften the general harshness o , expression and a black mnstache t 3 hide a not particularly finely-carve month. His legs are as unattractive a i- his face. The underpinning looks to frail for the rest of the body. He is y bulky man, not pussy or Falstaffian i girth, but a broad, thiok chested felloe i. built on the lobster pattern. i. His dress was slovenly on this 0( e casion, and his manners wero brusqu - ? ( I ' | 'o If UUU UUJ'bUlJig uut ntviai/mic. ?.i?q y him all iu all," said Mr. Wilson, sun ;, ming up his imprestiion in eight words r "yon wonld never notice him in a crowc a In faot," said the speaker, " he has th air of a person who regards himself as e very big Indian, an opinion a strange y would not be likely to concur in by an >s means at the first blush." i- In speaking of the wonderful ir h fluenoe Arabi exerts over his troops, Mi [ Wilson related a little atory in whioh h explained the positive effects of th ir power certain of the priests have ove n the fanatic d and superstitious people. I c Cairo is located the famous Mahamm* g dan oollege, where young men are 9dr ir cated for the priesthood. While, man i- graduate, not all by any mean* assum y holy orders. But the fact of having bee q prepared for the calling invests thei o for all time witn a power over toe pop ulace that foreigners cannot under 7, stand. Arabi Pasha was brought up i ss this college and is a firm believer in tb 3, Koran. In his journejings along th ir Niie Mr. Wilson was accompanied b Mahommed Aohmed Effendi Hadaijat y a tiik merohant of Cairo, who was edt d cated in the sacred college with Arab r- "It frequently occurred," con*;nue the artist, "that oor dragome' *oul o fall into disputes over trivia? .uatteri >r and would act as if their rage was ur g bounded. It made no differenc however great the turn.oil c " heated the belligerents, Effendi Ht k daijah could quell the troubl if and scatter the participants by simp] >{ raiting his hand and speaking a fe d words mildly. His manner was alwaj d of the kindliest, his eye tender and hi " face benevolent, but hia presenc 5- among the lowly was sufficient to ir r, sure the poumndest respect. I kne ie he was not a priest, and in a friend] )f way would endeavor to obtain from hii )f the underlying reason of this manifei is power, but he turned my inquiries awa 9. with a smile and a wave of the hand, i n if it were not to be talked about. S it is with Arab\ He was prepared fc >r the priesthood, and his followers invei ) him, in their religious zeal, with invii cible power and probably sabred ii is spiration."?Philadelphia Times. e * " Garibaldi's Courtship. " Garibaldi's romantic courtship is d< g scribed as follows in an article in tt y Century: Disappointed in his hopes of accon is plishing great things for liberty j h South America, saddened by the deat 's and imprisonment of his companion and weary with his personal suffering e Garibaldi was standing one day on tk te decic 01 ills snip, wnen, among lj. is women who came to the shore for wate w one suddenly attracted his notice. " i- gave orders," says he, "to be put c shore, and I approaohed the bout e pointed out to me as her dwelling wit 1. a beating heart, but with thi ! determined will which never fails I ;e command success. A man" (her hu band) "invited me to enter. I shoul " have done so without his invitation, i- had seen him previously. And to it :e young woman I said: 'Thou must t n mine by a bond which only death ca dissolve.' I had found a treasure, fo io bidden, indeed, but of what value! ! ?s there was blame it was wholly mini >o And blame there waB 1 Two souls wei indissolubly bound together, and tt r- heart of an inr.ocent man was broker] n Bat she is dead. He is avengedte avenged indeed! And I acknowledge my sin on that day when, striving sti io to detain her with me, I felt her failiri pulse, and sought to catch her feeb id breathing; but I pressed the hand an it kissed the Hps of tlie dead and wej id the tears of despair.'' ty From this peculiar description of h courtship, if so that could be calle d which proceeded in such summary fas] w ion, it may be inferred that Garibaldi at way of love was very similar to his wi io of warfare. "He took Anil a Rivieras ;h says Ricciardi, "in pretty much tl same manner that he did Palermo," ac I however little it might have been ej st pected from such a commencement 1 id the end of poor Anita's life she wi 111 faithful to her hero. She bore hi ?e three children : Menotti, born in 184( Teresita, in 1845 ; and Ricciotti, in 187 )d Cats In Office. ig Many people will be surprised to lea: Ik that the United States postoflice d rl partment has on its pay roll about 1,01 cats wbich are regularly in its empli i" throughout the country, and are pa :r. for their services with food and shelte These estimable oreatnres make thei at selves very useful by keeping rats ai mice out of the mail, matter. The id number and the cost of their maint n. nunce are strictly accounted for, ai ' when any one of them declares a dr nt dend that fact is duly reported, and pi in vision is made for the :aew ccmers. net BEGGARS AND TRAMPS* I tj Some of (lie' Ingenioti* Tricks Kenorted to de by Well-Known Philadelphia Chnractur 81 rer ? "ow 'he Vagabonds Live. iu^ While the more aristocratic beggars A m> and tramps are taking their yearly som- P iVe mer sojourn at the seaside and enjoying m e<3 the cool delights of the briny bre ze, & their town-abiding brethren, Gays the m isi Philadelphia Times, are not by any d: means having snch n bad time of it p.s ri any one unacquainted with the bneinesR P' ?. i.i ? mi. 3_ fVi | m;gnc suppose. ine oraiDury man ? 'St! takes bis two or three weeks' vacation ^ ok and then returns to the simmering CB > " houses and feet-blisterini? pavements for n< ffl- the rest of the hot season. The men- a' ss dicanfc, however, has his time at his own be disposal, and can practice his avocation *? ks in the cool parts of the day and remuin 8* in the park or a pleasant cellar when the oun is at its height. This city is the home of about five e- hundred persons who have no visible he )u means of support, but who depend on w< & casual charity for a subsistence. These or a* come under the head of beggars. In ht to addition to this number there is a ht 38 regulur floating population of about di seveh hundred, namely, tramps whose th 'n stay in the city rarely exceeds one week, of 'g The native beggars, whose methods are co various, for the past few years have pa *0 been steadily decreasing. Three years ah id ago a census was taken which showed mi that they numbered sixteen hundred, at This remarkable diminution is said to be co _ i n*... 1. i. 1 'F o ue io several causos. rirtji, wits oienuj 10 opposition and legal action taken an against begging by different societies, be d among which the chaiity organization on '8 has been prominent. . Secondly, the m; general sentiment against indiscrimi tei 16 nate almsgiving which now pervades Mi the community. This is show*. the da 16 fact that a pleader for charity wk for- rei merly reaped a rich harvest in coin of to 10 the realm, instead of this now collects ph 18 in a dav several quires of cards on eri ir which ar printed notices advising him do ? if he is t bona fide starveling to apply lai at the offioo of a ward society, which, ha _I after thoroughly investigating his case kit is and becoming convinced that be is de- eai serving, will see to his wants. kit f The third reason assigned by those tal cl who know for the decrease of the Bnb- ev< 0 jects of pa.uperdom is remarkable, and th< of a nature likely to conflict with the mj '* average understanding. It is that the na I. relief by the board of guardians, which bii r- formerly cost $50,000 a year, has been an 5* done away with. This sum is said to lo it Viniro hoon mnok aroallntDAfl Tin ll? tlfir- <ilfl ' sons who were able to work and who thi l- wonld not. SiDce its abolition they he ,r have had to. The last and possibly the lor b best reason is that the general prosper- flo ity of the oitv has been it late on the am y rise. With regard to the beggars them- hei 8 selves, a great many adopt the branch of lar the trade of blind men or alleged blind ev< men. Theso reap the harvests, often bringing home from 84 to $5 as the rel" snlt of what they term a day's work. ] Sometimes they have really lost their St. l? sight, bnt as a general rnle they are Mi : merely afflicted with some disease^ ele which, while materially affecting the Co * appearance of the optics, does not to stc * any extent encroach on their sphere of boi 0 naefillness. The "twilieht be?Rar" is th< ^ just about this time of the year thinking on *' of opening an acconnt with the savings Uj 0 bank, so great are his earnings. This m< gentleman, or child, as he more fro 001 n quently is, just about the supper hour on r? knocks at the door or rings tne bell of tet some fashionable house and with wi 5" a tearfnl face asks assiatance, not only mt 6 for himself, but for his mother with fa] 6 consumption, his father with a an l" broken arra and all his various sisters ab< '? and cousins and aunts suffering from an ' every known disease. As a rulo he is an 6 successful, for he chooses the most op- bu a portune time for his visit. The hearts wi ir of the inmates are soft just at that par- Th y ticular hour, because they have just been or are in the process of being gas- let l" tronomically satisfied. The best reason atl p' of all, however, is that be cannot be Th ft * j nnninf tt qq ~ r^iermi tu suud v;uanbauio owioiji uu ^ e he pleads that their offices are closed. in| !r Sometimes he is told that if he leaves ad n his address the proprietress of the de house will call on him that evening np l" with ..plentiful supplies of the good fa; y things of this life. Immediately his o* e abode is inquired after he Bees that to wl n get anything in l;hat quarter is hope- en a 1 os'iR and gives an address moat remote th I* from his neighborhood ho Very often the number tendered is wi n cne which does not exist,and as acurious th b coincidence it is related by Dr. J. W. Tl 6 Walk, secretary of the society for or- wa y ganiziDg charity, that in two instances wc '? numbers were given on Fairmount ave- eti nue which if extant at all would bo in P: ! rorv ^pnfpr nf thft naiiifcentiarv. In some cases numbers are given where d there are churches or police stations. 3> Besides thti ordinary class of beggars to' " who beg on the street there is the gate- in; 10 beggar, who is usually a deserving child fe' ,r or woman. She applies at the gates for Ui l" cold pieces, which as a general thing br 6 she eagerly devours. Some of these, an y however., are regularly chartered by the s\( w proprietors of emporiums on Alaska and ha B St. Mary streets, and what they collect no 18 is assorted and fluid at a very cheap ea n " i _ m ? ? xi l " ngure per piate. xasing ma uupgaia pa l' all around, they make-a good deal of th w money and are often thrifty. It does ag y not pay then, however, to wear their foi purees on their Bleeves, end their di- of " lapidated appearances are merely put tel % on. ga 18 Dr. J. Walk, speaking yesterday in in 10 regard to the charity organization of th ,r which he is eeneral secretary, said that *b Bt the idea of that body is that in an en- be a" lightened community begging should at< -1" be abolished. The able-bodied mendi- is cams should be placed in the house of ? correction and the sick in hospitals, en Nearly all the beggars have fixed mi B" abodes and regular hunting grounds, toi 16 Willielmina Rousseau, a deformed po Frenoh woman, who hawks pencils on oli 3* Arch street, near Thirteenth, is one of ye n the most incorrigible of the class who tie 'k usually beg under the pretext that they he 5? are doing business, Her stocfc in trade an 8> consists of three lead pencils and a th IC small saucer, in which she often collects wl 10 as much as $3 in a very short time with- th r> out Hiving any thing in return. Her case W I has often been referred to tte French foi n consul, but he refuses tosebu bf i kerne, oy )e as he claims that she cannoi u, ombatd an h with beggars, it is hopeless to px-oae to cute her, and she wiil have to be lelt '? in future to her own devices. Philadel8" phia does not boast of any millionaire d beggars, like London or New York, and na I if any of them possess money they keep dt 16 it remarkably quiet. Antonio Oidella, co ,e a blind Italian, who trades on. his afflic- lei n tion, it is said owns a farm of two hun- afi r" dred acres. He resides on South cu K Seventh street, in the neighborhood of Ju e- a batch of mendicants who have small pc :e accounts in savings Dauks. H ie There is a man named Henry Stilling, he 1 a well-known imposer on physicians, in ~ His only capital is a rare affliction. He we has besides imposition been guilty of fir d tricks to get money which have caused W 8 the police lately to be on his trail. Wil- wj 'e liam Engard, who changes his residence of l<* every few days, is tolerably known as a P< begging letter writerv and he indites dr more than half the epistles in use in the he '8 city. He is gifted with a versatile pen pr d and a happy, appropriate style Pat ha 1- Murphy, who reaps harvest of dimes '8 and dollars in tho Twentieth ward, is wi said to have accumulated plenty of fo >' money through parading the streets he 16 with a glib tongue and plenty of as- in 'd eurance. hi [ " There is a wide field for investigation wl to when one comes to tramps. They are da 18 nearly alii unskilled laborers and quite ba m all intemperate. They commenced life fe as carpenters, brickluyors or mechanics, hi at which they were not successee, and sp when there came a period of business le depression they were naturally the first dt rn discharged. They tried probably to ye e- get work, and, after failing, they drifted of DO into idle habits and gradually became h( yj what they are. Emigration is also a " id Rood deal to blame iu this respect. H >i'. Men land here without acquaintances m n- and soon take to the road. Most of the la id tramps come here from WilmiDgtonand ir Baltimore, remain a week and then e- make for Pittsburg or New York w' They choose tho railroad lines oc ri- to walk on chiefly because hs o- the bustle and passing traffic touches si the romantio part of their compoai- m :ob. They steal ridea either by laying own flat e n the topa of freight cars or Ending on the buffers. A great many re annnally killed or maimed through leir choice of this mode of travel. 8 soon as a tramp arrives in Philadelhia be looks aroand for a good sqnare ieal, after eating which he is a gentleian till the pangs of hunger once ore prey on him. Directly He nas ined ne looks around for a drink. Sleeping r tramp finds difficult to rovide for. People, as a general ling, don't like tramps lyinpr aronnd. b the Catherine house of industry he m get a bed for one night, but he ia sver allowed to return. There are so a good many five-cent lodgingjnses in the Twenty-third and Twentyurth wards. The last resort is the ation-house. . Llfe'slBrlghtest Hour. "I will tell you when was the happiest >Ur of my life,*' said a man of great 3alth the other day. " At the age of le and twenty I had saved up eight indred dollars j I was earning five ludred dollars a year, and my father d not take it from me, only requiring at I should pay my board. At the age twenty-one I had secured a pretty ttage just outside the city. I was to ,y two-thirds of the money down, and io to furnish it respectably. I was ' uried on Sunday, a Sunday in June, ; my father's house. My wife had - i? ? A ! me to me poor 111 purse, out non m filth of womanhood. The Sabbath 1 d the Sabbath night we passed : neath my father's roof, and ; Monday morning I went to j work, leaving my mother and eisr to help in preparing my home. On ( Doday evening, when the labors of the 1 y were done, I went not to the pa- 1 atal shelter, as in the days past, but 1 my own home. The holy atmosere of the honr seems to stirronnd me ' en now, in memory. I opened the ! or of the cottage and entered. I d my hat upon the little stand in the ! 11 and passed on to the kitchen, onr chen and dining-room were all the ne then. I pushed open the ;ohen door and wat,?in heaven. The 1 )le was set against the wall?the | 3ning meal was ready?prepared by 9 hands of ber who had come to be ! r help-mate in deed as well as in me ; and by the table, with a throb- ( jg, expectant look upon her lovely ) d loving face, stood my wife I tried speak and could not. I could only ( ksp the waiting angel to my bosom, ! is showing the ecstatic burden of my art. 'ine years nave pasaea?long, lg years?and worldly wealth has ^ wn in upon me, and I am honored 1 i sought after; but, at true as aven, I would give it all, every doli for the joy of tho hour of that June jning in the long, long ago." The White Man's Hi? Moon. j Mr. H. E. Thompson, electrioian, of ] Panl, has just returned from the . ssouri, where he went to mount an , ictrio light on the Rosebud, of the j ulson line of Missouri and Yellowme steamers. Mr. Thompson tells ( ne interesting stories of the effects of i white man's electric light medicine J the noble red man at Fort Berthold. ( >on arriving at the post a large assortrat of redskins, their sisteis, their asms and their annts were assembled ( the shore in fine shape. "While connplating the new-fangled light, u'ch seemed to eclipse the fall-orbed ] ion, Mr. Thompson turned the light [1 upon the gaping crowd with a weird ( d pioturesque effect. Tho astonished , origines were paralyzed for a moment, ( d they set up a dismal chant, lay down ; d rolled over and pawed up the sage i sb, and mode the ambient air tremble j th their antics and articulations. , tey were finally assared that the big , :dicine of the white man was harm- ( is, and then they assumed an , ;itu<3e of qniesoent bewilderment, ley congregated upon the shore and , zed upon the illuminated surroundwith mingled emotions of a*e and , miration, expressing their feelings in ! ep, guttural accents. At a wood-yard i the river the light wag turned in il force upon the pile, and the dusky 'ner sought a hiding-place, from licli he could not be induced to lerge to negotiate with the clerk for e ca'.e of his Ptock on hand. He, wever, ventured to hold of his hand th three fingers unflexed, to indicate at $3 per cord would take the truck, ie machine mounted on the Rosebud is 6,000-candle power, and it is no rader the superstitious natives were icken with terror.?St. Paul [Minn.) ress. An Oyster Factory. In the upper story of the northeast wer oi tne new * uiton marsec cuuaU there has been established, within a v days, the only oyster factory in the aited Skates. These oysters are ought into being, carefully nurtured d cared for, and there may be seen imming around in tanks, looking as ppy this warm weather as it they were >t being raised only to be boiled and ten. Professor Rice, who, in popular rlance "has the oyster down fine," is ere experimenting, under the patron e of Mr. E. G. Blackford. Mr. Blackrd prediots the ultimate extermination the oyster tribe, unless the inlligent animal can be propated and reared artificially; d he hopes, he says, by bring.nsr em into the world scientifically, to be le to prodnce them in such large num rs and at so little cobt thatorster jws will be sold for five cents. There no trouble about propagating oysters this has often been done, and is easy ough. It is the baby oysters that ike the difficulty. The yonngsters 3s around in the tanks as lively as issible till they are five or six days i i. Then they die. Nobody has ever t been able to propagate oysters artiittlly and rear them to mature oyster?od. Nobody has even kept them .ve for a month, except by scatteriug e spawn in unconfined salt water, lioh is so near to the natural process at it can hardly be called artificial lint PrnfaacftT- "Ri/iA ia t.rpiraf.n find nnt " *" ?..~w ? "* J -~0 ? r Mr. Blackford is, how the young store may be raised and kept alive d healthy until they are big enongh eat.?New York Times. The Judge and the Tauner. About thirty years ago Judge Cincintus Peeples found it necessary to orr a tanner out of his lawofficein Hall tinty. The tanner was a poor, shiftas fellow, named Wilson, and shortly ter drifted to Atlanta, where he sered work at fifty cents a day. In 1863 dge Peoples went to New York on imirtant financial business for the Ctate. e was directed to the great banking iuae of R. T. Wilson & Co. He sent his card and after waiting a whil6 is ushered into an elegant office. A le looking man introduced himself as ilson and reminded the judge that he fs the poor tanner he had ordered out his office many years ago. Judge ieples, thoroughly astonished, never earned that this ex tanner was at the md of the hank, but thought he was obably related to the proprietor and ^d eecnred a olerkship. Mr. Wilson invited the judge to dine ith him, and at 5 o'clock the judge und himself in ono of the finest mises on Fifth avenue. While awaitg his host a superb lady (ntertained m, and Judge Peeples was overlelmed with the consciousness that the iy laborer had really become the great inker. lie then became uneasy /or ar he should drop some allusion to the ituble origin of the husband of the ilendid lady to whom he was talking. At ugth she said: "Judge Peeples, where ) you think I spent the two happiest sarsof my life?" The judge thought Paris, Saratoga and Venice,jj but was >sitating, when Mrs. Wilson said. Why at Papa Wilson's log cabin in all county, where my husband took e when we were first murried."?Atnta Constitution. A Kentucky man killod a hen which, hen it was cut open, was found tc intain eight well-developed eggs with ircl shells on them, three other large tella without eggs and small eggs inimerable. THE FARM AND HOUSEHOLD, i 1 i> ktnt nrid Itlt>enlns I'edrfl. | Xr. 3. W. Pierce, in a paper read be- ] fore the Massachusetts Horticultural society, makes the foliowin g sugges- , sions: Summer and early full pears j thould be picked just before they be<?in j so turn ana when they are nearly grown; ? thould be handled with great cire to > arcid braising and should be placed in j barrels or boxes in a cellar where the e temperature may be kept at about ^ seventy degrees and a moderate degree of moisture maintained. A very dry air is not so good, as it absorbs the moisture and aroma from the fruit, injures ? its flavor and causes it to wilt and ? shrivel up. After being kept in such a r room a few days they will begin to turn J and some of them will mellow then ' they should be scld or need before they 1 soften. The boxe i, barrels or what- I ever they may be placed in should ^ be covered with paper*, to exclude the . light and prevent the escape of the ' aroma. Care should also be exeroised k to avoid placing there so deep in bar* 9 rels or heaps as to allow of the genera- ? tion of much internal heat, which might carry the fermentation too high and destroy the fruit. When one has the fa- 1 cilities for doing so he may improve the 8 color, and possibly the flavor, by spread- * ing them "on shelves between old news- t papers. This ripening between shelves, a I] ixx a iwux vrxxoio au o?uu uvutpoinvwio and the right degree of moisture can be * maintained, seems to give the most sat- * isfactory resnlts of any method with a which I am acquainted. The manner r in which early pears thus treated will I soloris trnly wonderful. It is often 8 desirable to lengthen the season of c some of our early pears. Espeoially t in this case where the Bartlet ? t which seems to be the standard summer v pear for marketing purposes?is the v main crop. This may be teadily done * by making two or more piokings from f jach tree, with several weeks between f ?e first and the last pioking. The fa largest and ripest shon'd be plowed first e ?as soon as the windfalls will ripen ind be good?and the smaller and rreener ones should be left to receive he additional sap which the earlier c )nes would have appropriated. Sime- ri limes oae side of a tree will be muoh n 3arlier tban the other, in which case the v earliest side shoald be pioked first, ii Fhis early picking should be ripened g >ff at once by the process already de- if >cribed?only observing that the greener b ;he fruit the higher temperature it will b require, and a more humid atmosphere ti will be needed to prevent their shrivel- r< ncr "Hairinor rinonod and diflDORfld of n ihis early crop another picking should fcl ae made and served in a similar way a leaving the greenest on the trees as long g ia they will keep green. Mnlching, f< rod where practicable watering,will help f] to prolong their season by keeping up b :he vigor of the trees. Most snmmer {, rod fall pears may be kept best by loav- u ine them on the trees as long as they c trill hang and keep green. I have tried J keeping them on ice: bnt while it b sheoked their ripening, it introduced d lecay and destroyed the life of the pear b ?if I may be allowed snoh an expres- ti sion. Certainly keeping pears a long time at a low temperatnre in j ares their I ripening properties. By making early B rod late pickings, as described, we may b obtain a large crop from each tree and ti sell it at better prices, becanse we can vt put part of them into market early, t< before the bnlk of the crop is received, } rod we can keep a part of .the crop until jnite late and sell when the rush is over, thereby obtaining better prices. Splen3id specimens for exhibition purposes j, may be obtained by leaving a few of the ? largest and fairest speoimens on the y tree, and picking all others early; then y when fully grown pick and ripen be- ^ tween paper 01 blankets, as the weather and degree of ripeness they have at- . isined on the tree may require. A great many people pit-n sue peuro wu gicou, Bach pears are email, and they will shrivel unless ripened with great oaie, and they lack the body and flavor of 3 those whioh are fully grown. Late fall and winter pears should be left on the , trees until hard frosts and windy weather cause them to fall; then they Bhould be carefully picked, sorted and 8 carefully packed in clean barrels and D stored where the temperature can be 8 kept aa ne*r forty degrees as possible, ? until the eeason of ripening has * arrived, when they should be placed 8 between woolen blankets, in * a room where an even temperature of F as near seventy degrees as possible oan c be maintained, and they will soon ripen I like summer pears. I believe the cause 8 of the failure of so many people to satisfactorily ripen winter pears is that the ( frait is kept and jipened at so low a ? temperature that the tendenoy to sac- e charine fermentation is destroyed c instead of being favored and conse- e quently such pears are dry and tasteless, t The 8umma summarum of this whole 8 matter is if we wisb to keep pears and c retard the r ripening we must keep e them in a still, dry air, at a temperature t as near forty degrees as possible. But c * * - - * ? At i. X when it is desirable to ripen mem put i them in a dark, warm place, with a ( moderate degree of moisture in the ? air, and keep them covered to exclude \ the li*ht and ietain the heat and gases which are generated. In warm weather e use papers for a covering and in cold j weather use woolen blankets. ? Hnrm and Garden Notes. 6 Do not break your colt by beginning j too severely. Pulverized chalk is excellent for ^ diarrhea in hens. t Let the hens set if they will, a3 late- t hatched chicks will pay better than to 8 waste time in breaking the hen from \ setting. ? A correspondent of the Fruit Record? j states that by dusting paris green, * mixed with flour, on plants the cut- 8 worm is easily bill'd. ? Two applications of air slaked lime, ' sprinkled on^the plants while the dew is still on them, is an effectual remedy for the cabbage worm. Hen manure carries mnch less water than stable manure, but more nitrogen r and organic matter. The proportions g of potash and phosphoric acid are nearly the same. , If your horse is troubled with j scratches mix up a little saltpeter and < lard and put upon the sore part, renewing daily until cured. Keep clean by ( using castile soap. ( It is as natural for a sitter to "bur- ( row " when she comes off the nest as it j is to eat. This desire is instinctive, r and shonld be met by a dusting place. j Ashos, sulphur ana dry earth, if it can f be procured, make good material for a dust bath. ( In all cases of throat disease which t affect fowls, chlorate of potash is an ? almost certain remedy. Put a pinch in ( the .bird's throat and let it swallow it. j The potash not omy cauterizes and dis- ] infects the diseased parts, but acts upon ? the fevered and disordered blood. t Don't be in haste to take the chicks t out of the nest. They are better off t quietly hovered under the hen than t they could possibly be elsewhere. Wait till you see the bright little eyes j peeping out hungrily before you give , them their first meal ~of hard-boiled j egg and breadcrumbs. A hop: of the proper sort should not 1 only be extremely wide through the I shoulders and fore parts, but that great 1 width should be carried all through the i carcass, so that when fat they are just < as wide through the hams as at the t shoulders. A broad, well-covered loin < is also an essential point, ? In warm weather fowls take dust baths in the roads, and the consequence . is a considerable loss of fowjs by being run over. A heap of du^t and cuol 1 ashes in the chicken yard will keep 1 them home. Oue of our neighbors 1 pnts a little sulphur in the dust nests ' and lets the chickens rub it in for them selves. There is perhaps more hay injnred by not being dried enough than by beinx ? dried too much. One extreme is < equally as bad as the other. Clover, for instance, if alllowed to become too dry in the sun, will lose all of its leaves ] ind its blossoms and the stalks that are left are of little value. On the other sand, if put in the mow too soon it will . oeoome mow burnt and equally worthiest Every pasture shonld be provided ivith shade trees, or at least some projection against a summer's sun. A few boards on a light temporary frame will il ways secure the last. Excessive heat, )j exhausting and sometimes siokening he animal, materially diminishes the >ffects of food in promoting the secreion of milk and the growth of wool md flesh. Ripening the seeds always tends to tome degree to elhaust the plants. It 6 therefore advisable to prevent a leavy orop of seed or to ont as soon as he blossoms h >ve formed or are abont oopen. Bnt in doing this leave as anch of the plant or of its foliage as Kissible, even if some seed remains, tatting very closely checks the plants, lowing is of conrse better than graz- . ng, as the removal of the blossoms may . >e better controlled. For this reason, , nd on acconnt of the tread of the aniaals, it is not advisable to graze the Irst year, especially on soft ground. Horses require water as mnch as do 8 aen, and should have it every five or a ix miles, if the weather is warm. If J he horse is very much overheated, just >efore comma: to a watering-place, say , quarter of a mile or so before, "slow 1 ip" to a walk, and when you get to * ?here you can give the horse water he * rill have become oooled off consider- 8 bly; then, too, he should have his 8 r? Krtn ^ V*nl f a LIUUtU DpUU^CU UUU, ouu auvuu uan a mcketful of water. Nothing refreshes fc i tired, jaded horae so maoh as a drink s if water, and if he has it at regular in- f ervals he will keep np over a long dia- v ance. He oan do much better for a t: rhole day and over a long journey rithout food than without water. If a bis item of watering wa? more caro- p ally attended to we would hear of g ewer oases of horses being overoome r y the heat during the warm summer a lonths. t; Fowls In Orchards. Nothing is more reasonable than to c onclnde that if we allow our fowls the 0 ange of the orchard they will in a great t] leaeure, if not thoroughly, destroy the r, 'orms and other injurious injects that y ifest the trees. Presuming that it is enerally understood that hen manure i one of the most powerful of fertilizers, y following out our suggestions ?t wil ? e readily conceived that two, if not ^ tiree, material advantages are to be ^ Hftlizfld. This whole subieot is baced j pon the idea that there are no chicken ^ aieves in the neighborhood, or if there ^ re that there are good dogs and shot- ^ una within a reasonable distance. Set :>ur stakes in the gronnd three feet p rom the trees, nailing slats for them, eginning three feet from tbe gronnd, Dr the fowls to roost on. This is done i order tfaat the droppings may be left b lose to the torank, for two reasons: a 'irst, that the roots may reoeive the n enefit of the manure; second, the y roppings are so strong that it is offen- 6 ive to all kinds of worms and insects 0 bat crawl on the gronnd, and will tend a o prevent their approaching the trees. * t is onr opinion that dnring the spring, ? nmmer and fall months fowls are aneflted by being allowed to roost in j1 be open air, especially in this dountry, 11 'here we have but little rain from May S( d October.?Resources of Oregon and 8 Vashington. Recloea. t< Banana Pie.?Binana pie is a del;aoy much erijoyed by many people. a lake a rich paste, not too thick, slioe be bananas and scatter sugar over bem; season with any favorite flavorig, or with oranges cut in small bits. v otrrnvtrw flnm> Tn hoilincr chiokens 11 3r salads, etc., the broth (water in ? rhich they are boiled) may be used for " crap. When the chickens are to be } erved whole stuff and tie in a cloth. To ? be broth, add rice and one thinly ? I iced onion. Boil thirty minutes, sea- " on with salt and pepper, add one well a eaten egg and serve. j* Ice Che ail Cake.?Two cups of white ? agar, one cup of butter, one cup sweet . lilk, white of eight eggs, two teapoonfuls cream tartar, one teaspoonfoi 1 soda, three.and one-qnarter cups of [our. Bake in jelly tins. Make an icing 3 follows: Three cups of sugar, one of . rater; boil to a thick clear syrup and tour boiling hot water over the whites if three eggs; stir the mixture while lonring in; flavor with lemon juice and i pread each layer and top. a A Good Pudding.?For a simple and j, ;ood pudding tafce two cups of finely- c jrated breadcrambs, six apples or half j i can of canned apples, four oggs, one a rap of sugar, a little nutmeg grated r ind a little grated lemon peel; steam r his in a pudding dish for au hour and fl . half, having first moistened the bread- v srumbs with warm water; serve with a r lauce of sweetened cream, or floor, but- r er and sugar, mixed in the proportion [ >f "two spoonfuls of flour to one of but- E er and two of sugar ; beat these to- t (ether, and add boiling water until the taace is of the proper thickness; flavor ] rith nutmeg an-i lemon. b Tomato Soup.?Take eight middling b tized tomatoes, cut them in two, and, t emoving the pips and watery substance, t )Ut them in a saucepan with a faggot of a ' v -1 * on ^ninn R iweet neros, a ciove ui umhu, vu.v. ~ ituck with three or four cloves, some v ill6pice, whole pepper and salt to tasta " Place the saucepan on a gentle fire, stiring the contents occasionally. ^ iVhen the tomatoes are thoroughly done um them out on a hair hieve, remove c he onion, the garlic and the faggot of C weet herbs ; remove also the moisture c rhich will drip from the tomatoes, then c cork them through the sieve until nothng remains on the top but the skins lave a quart of plain stock, boiling hot, v tir the tomato pulp into it, and re D Qoving the saucepan from the fire, stir ~c n the yolk of two eggs beaten up with ri . little cold water and strained. Serve c iver small dice of bread fried in butter. H?n?ehold Hints. Aprons aud dresses made of barred e nuslin should be ironed on the right E ide in order to give the stripe the G jeouliar glos3 it has when new. The c * 1 ? ?:iL 4U. 1 greatest care must De taKen wim tu? r rons. for one black spot will spoil the t food looks of the dress. a A pretty and nseful rug can be made a >f a piece of stair carpet. Pnt fringe a )n each end. Often when the stair 1 ;arpet is so mnch worn that a new one c 8 necessary there will be a yard or t nora that is good enough to use for the \ ug. If you choose you can put the 1 ringe all around it. i For a chair or sofa back take a square i >r oblong piece of cream-colored linen f nomie cloth; m this work in outline ' ititch a bouquet of flowers or a picture i )f an; kind; at each side of the cloth 1 .nil out threads for about two inche*, i eaving a little space outside, and enough ? ilso to make a narrow hem Oatch the .hreads together at intervals and run in * i bright ribbon of the exact width of 1 he space left; fringe out the ends of < he ribbon and of the momie cloth. t Every cook knows how disagreeable ( t is to have the nutmeg or cinnamon 1 yhich is added to cream and sugar for pudding sauoo rise to the top of the ( ?auce, and when it is served to have * :he first spoonful taken out too highly lavored and the rest without taste. To emedy this mix the nutmeg or cinna uon with sugar before pouring on the 1 ;reum; it will then be gradually dis- 1 iributed through the sauce. Pour the < :ream on a little at a time and the ' ipice will tend to dissolve. ? i White or black dresses are frequent ' ly adorned with multi-colored ribbons, 1 loops and long streamers or jabots in 1 nixtnres of colors?olive, gray and 1 ?ink or pale blue cardinal and terra- ' otta, for instance, being conjoined. 1 Priiurose, bronze brown and crimson Form another iashionable combination, ' but the slightest error in tint destroys i ill tbe good effect. Well blended, this 1 rimple trimming sufficiently brightens : ihe somberest toilet. I , The thrifty housewife never attains 1 perfection, for she is always mending. < Oh Mellow Moonlight. Ob, mellow moonlight warm, Weave round my love a charm; Oh, countless starry eye#, Watch from the holy Oh, ever-solemn night, Shield her within thy might; Watch her, my littlo one f Shield her, my darling I Eow my heart shrinks with fear Nightly to leave thee, dear; . Lonely and pare within Vast glooms of woe and iin; Our wealth of love and bile* Too heavenly-perfect is; vjuuu-uiguh, my iiuia uno i God keep theo, darling I ?Jcmxet Thornton. HDMOR OF THF DAT. A striking subject?The hammer. Even Worth has gone stark mad over hat ugly monstrosity, the tournure; rat he has little influence over the English ffisthetes and their American ousins. A merchant may manage to grab .long without advertising, and so mar > man empty a hogshead of water with . teaspoon, bat both are decidedly edious undertakings. <A young lady gave her fellow the aitten for some reason, whereupon he hreatened to publish her letters in reenge. "Very well," she said, * I am shamed of nothing in them but their ddress." Tie weary husband as he prooeeds to ake down the clothesline, unoonoionsly trips over a croquet arch, end rom the bottom of his feet wishes he ras where the wickets cease from roubhng. "Is that animal a success ?" inquired neighbor of a faimer who had recently urchased a watch dog. " Well, I guess o ; he caught right on the firnt day," 4VIA A?mA? ?%?/%n^lw ivkinfin# IA D^/IIOU KUQ vv>urif yivuvtlj ^VIUMMQ ww mouthful of pantaloons debris near." fie dog's kennel. If you want to b* very fashionable lit. our correspondence yon must use fancy* olored sealing wax and a big seal to lone your envelopes. And don't forget be extra postage stamp therefor, or the Boeiver of the letter won't appreciate our elegant style.?Boa ton Pott. At a family party the oompany was so irge that two boys had to wait at sup* er. When the meal had long been over nd the folks sat still at the table the Lder of the boys?it was bis seventh irthday?was seen oroaching on the oorstep outside the supper room, and ? 'as asked: 1 Where is Paul?" With a eep drawn sigh the lad responded: I on't know; I n'pose he's somewhere rayin' the Lord for his supper?" The tremulous boughs of'the waving rees were raining down shadows thai all cool and fair upon Lnrline Perkinr f-autiful face as she stood sileot and lone near the woodshed. The murlurous sighing of the summer breeze res borne to her by the tranced air, and ver and anon there came up from the leadows the sound of the farmer's ax s he felled the sturdy asparagus thai ras soon to delight the palates oi the Loh people in the city who could pay 3r it. Away to the eastward, mirroring ack the azare dome of the sky, lay the ike, and the swell of its silver foam bat arved to make the silenot deeper. The irl stood for several minutes aa if enranced by toe Bcene. Then, turning idly away, she exclaimed m low, bitter raes: " I suppose I shall bave to milk hat dratted cow, and the sooner I get t it the better."? Chicago Tribune. Superstitions of the Hand, \ The hand has been honored with s ery extended folk lore, and the follow3 g extract from an old writer shows hat nearly every peculiarity of the hand as been emblematic of some personal ait of character. Thus, we are told: . great thick band signifies one not nly strong, but stont; a little slender and, one not only weak, bnt timorous; long hand and long fingers betoken a lan not only apt for mechanical artifice at liberally ingenious. Those short, n the contrary, denote a fool and fit or nothing; a bard, brawny hand eigifies one doll and rude; a soft band, ne witty, but effeminate; a hairy hand, ne luxurious, jjong joimo oigify generosity; yet, if they e tbick withal, one . sol ~ o ingenious. The often dapping nd folding of the bands note covetousless, and their much moving in speech, oqaacity. Short a&d fat fingers mark man out as intemperate and silly; but ong and lean as witty. If his fingers rook upward, that shows him libend; t downward niggar It. Long nails nd crooked signify one to be brutish, avenous and unchaste; very short lails, pale and sharp, show him subtle ,nd beguiling."- Among other omens. _ , re are told that the itching of the 1 1 1 3 if <m'11 ahnvtlv ignc nana Biguiuca uu>i eceive money, whereas if the left band ie the one to itch, it is a sign that uoney will before very many days hare o be paid away. The nails also have their folk fore, the ittle specks which are seen on them ieing regarded as ominous. Many ave their particular days for outting be nails. Of the numerous rhymes on be subject we may quote the following s a specimen, from which it will be een that every day has its peculiar irtue: Cat them on Monday, you cut them for , health; nt them on Tuesday, yon cnt them for wealth; ut them on Wednesday, you cut them for news ; ut them on Thursday, a pair of new shoes; ut them on Friday, you cut them for sorrow; ut them on Saturday, see your true love tomorrow ; ntthem on Sunday, tlie devil will be with you an tne weea.Tbis old rhyming saw differs in arious localities, although in the main oints it is th* same; as by geteral onsent both Friday and Sunday are Bgarded as most inauspicious days for atting both the nails and hair. Smoking and Sharing In Japau. Smoking in Japan, says acorrespondnt, is a national custom, fallowed by Hen, women and children They smoke >n all occasions, even as the man at the rematory did. Do they transuct busi- * teas together, the bargain concluded, , hey sit down around a charcoal br-zier ind draw forth their pipes, wbioh hold k piece of tobicco the size of a pea, and dlows them about two good whifb. Che filling and refilling, the knocking >f the little balls of lighted tire into ^ heir hands to relight the new pipeful yitb, atfords them occuoation for th ir lands while their tongues run unceas^ ngly. Shopmen, bookkeepers, work? nen and officials, one and all, must im<'ke, and one never sees Japs in the itreet or moving around anywhere without their pipes and tobacco joui hes, which loofc like wallets tacked n their girdles. The tobacco is native md very poor indetd. In Hiogo we noticed more of the ihaving of heads than in Yokohama. Prtssine almg the s'reets one sees jhildren with a single tu;t of hair on ;he middle of the nead, others with a jleau-sbaven patch, and others again *ith little tufts on each side of their leads. This universal shaving of the shildren's heads is to make tho hair jrow thicker and better. Hot Milk as a Stimulant. Of hot milk as a stimnlant the Medi)dl Record says: Milk heattd too nuch above one handled degrees Fabr? ;nheit loses for a time a degreo of its sweetness and density. No one who, fatigued by over exertion of body or mind,, lias ever experienced the reriving influence of a tnmbler of this beverage, heated as hot as it can be sipped, will willingly forego a resort to it because of its being rendered some* what less acceptable to the palate. The promptness with which its cordial influence is felt is indeed surprising 3onie portion ot it seems to be digested and appropriated almost immediately, and many who now faucy chey need alcoholic stimulants when exhausted by fati ue will find in this ample draught an equivalent that will be abundantly satisfying and far more enduring in its effects.