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- ? , - - ABBEVILLE PRESS AND BANNER. JJ BY HUGH WILSON AND H. T. WARDLAW. ABBEVILLE, S. 0.. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1882. NO. 21. VOLUME XXVII. |Jj| Come for Thy Rights ! Come, honest manhood, not ashamed to toil, Stand in tho garb or cause that honors thee! Come from the mill, tho forge, or sterile soil, We crown thee king, thou shalt our sovereign be! Come from the ocean laden?fish or pearls; Come from the mines with all their precious * ore; Come not as servant, serving moneyed churls, But, in thy right, stand dignified before. Thou feedest kings: they tax thee in return ; Thou clothest nobles, rich in courtly dress ; Thou diggest coal for them to cheerful burn, But savest little, each, thyself to bless. Thou art content, pushed by unkindly hands, Stand out, the rightful ruler of the lands! Come for thy rights, as constant as the stm ! Stnml fr?r /?micn in nlnnnonno nf /l.ofwl ' Come with thy riches, when thy toil is clone. As plants give bloom to multiply their seed ! What though the rich and proud thy wages take? Still strivest thou.in faithfulness of soul, Till by thy care the fields a harvest make. That give a welcome to tho living whole: Nor halting here, to moan with seliish sighs That others take as freely as they choose, Thou givest all to nations in supplies, And rarely break'st thy serving to abuse : Thou guard'st, thou honorest here with high repute; Thou plant'st the seed?art generous with tho fruit. Earth bears no blighting curso by thee imposed; Thou art her husband, toiling, royal wed ! She bears no malice, when in death deposed Thou eleep'st at last within her silent bed ; But kings and despots, ruling to devast, Have wet her bosom deep with peasant goreShe keeps account, to settle by at last, When kings sleep well, but sleep as kings no more. How can a death-dethroned king relent? He lies a subject, humbled in estato; The peasant has no carnage sown or rent, And in the grave he is a king as great: He reaches forth in pleasure and in hope, Nor dies debauched, a morbid misanthrope. ?C. C. Merritt, Springfield Republican. THE TABLES TURNED. A large, old-fashioned, quaint gray SLUUC ilUUdl", \V 1111 <1 glfL'Il, I'lUM'-fll|l|JCU lawn, extending down to a very picturesque portion of the Avon. Seated on the lawn were three young ladies in summer toilets with broad straw hats. Two were at work; while the darkest, prettiest, though smallest, was reading aloud. Suddenly, blended with the musical dip of oars, the still, calm air was broken by a strong, clear, manly voice singing: * "When tho lads of the village, Merrily ah '.?merrily ith !" " It's Tom ! It's dear old Tom!" cried the two girls who were dressed alike. " He's rowed up from Chessermill. Come, Georgie, come." Georgie, their cousin, appeared by* no means backward, and the three eagerly hastened down to the river. Scarcely had they reached the edge than a light skiff, in which sat a hand* some young English Saxon of about five-and-twenty, shot from the shadow of the willows to their very feet. " Here I am, girls !" he cried, cheerily, shipping his oars and casting the mooring rope round a post placed on purnosp. " Yes, here you are, singing as much out of tune as ever," said Georgie, roguishly. , " Now, please don't begin your sparring," laughed Rosie, the youngest sister. "We are so glad you've come, Tom, whether in tune or not. We have something to tell you and something for you to do." "Really? Prithee, fair sister, expound," he rejoined, walking up the lawn, a sister on either side of him, though his eyes oftenest. sought out Georgie. "But first," asked Ignore, the elder, " how long are you going to stay here V" " Whitehall has given me a week. My luggage comes by road." " Capital! Now, let us sit down and we will tell you." The girls sat in a kind of semi-circle; while Tom laid his whole length before them, his elbow on the grass, his cheek on his hand. " Now," he asked, " what is the matter?" "Well," said Lenore, who by general acclaim was nominated spokeswoman, "you must know, Tom, that there is a certain room in this old house papa has just bought which is said to be haunted." " Nonsense." " But it is true. Papa would not let lis know when he bought the place, but we soon heard it from the people about here. He, however?as you? says it's all nonsense." "Being a sensible, practical man," ' interpolated Tom. "Ah; still he gives us full leave to test it." "And are you going to'?" " We wish to, therefore want you to sleep there one night, Tom." "Want me!" " Yes ; so that you may inform us," remarked Georgie, very gravely,il whether there is a ghost or not." " Really I feel exceedingly obliged," laughed Tom, " but I don't quite see the joke. I am not anxious fur a ghostly acquaintance." "Oli, Tom!" exclaimed Georgie, ' with a glance that sent the blood to her cousin's cheek. "I didn't think you were a coward !" "Coward! Come now, Georgie, that's too.bad," he cried. "Well, I think it cowardly," responded the young lady, pursing her pretty mouth. " I don't believe in ghosts any more than uncle does ; and I want to sleep there, only he will not let me." "1 should think not," said Tom, with quick approval. " But what kind of ghost is it? "What is the story?" " Why, they say years and years ago the heiress of this "large estate?for it was a large estate then?was one night cruelly murdered in that room by her cousin, who, on her death, inherited the property ; ever since which period the lady's ghost, attired in white, pays the apartment a visit regularly at 12 o'clock midnight," and as Lenore ended there was a.tremor in her voice. "Bosh!" laughed Tom, contemptuously. " Why, Lenny, you look absolutely pale!" " They will not even pass the door after dark," remarked Georgie, with a toss of the head. " But don't you quiz them, Master Tom, for you, ;Uso, are too frightened to face it! What cowardice!" with a little shrug. "J declare, if any man loved me and I found he was a coward, I'd never, never marry him!" Perhaps it was accident, perhaps it was intentional, but Georgie's dark eyes rested on Tom as she spoke. " There goes papa!" cried Rosie, at the instant starting up, as a tall, elderly man passed along the terrace in front of the house. "Let us tell him Turn hns cranp." "Let us all go to him," said Tom. They rose and the sisters went on before; but Tom somenow managed to drop a little behind with his cousin. "So, Georgie," he said, "you wouldn't marry a man who was a I coward. I hope you meant that for me, because you might marry me if I were not. Oh, dear co/., you know how I love you! I'd face all the ghosts in Christendom if you would only say you would by my wife!" " Yet you will not face a probable one, Tom," she laughed. "I will without demur, if you would only say' yes,' Georgie," lie whispered, earnestly. "Ghosts wouldn't frighten me!" : "I'd like to have that proved. lam not st> certain," she rejoined, saucily, as they came up to the rest. " Well, Tom," exclaimed Mr. Harrison, " these stupid girls tell me they want you to sleep in the haunted room, for our old house is respectable j enough to possess one." "So I hear, sir, and will willingly test its ghostly character,if you have no objection." "None in the least, my hoy, only I'll make.this proviso?I'll have no firearms used. Should anything appear it will not he supernatural?in winch I no more believe than that the moon is made of green cheese." So it was agreed that Tom should sleep there. " I hope he will see nothing," said his sisters. I hope in> win,' said ueorgie, "ana prove his courage." " I shan't sleep a wink to-night," remarked Rosie, as they saw Tom disappear down the long corridor. "I don't think I shall much," agreed Georgia, very thoughtfully. The next morning Tom's .appearance at the break fast-table was anxiously expected. "When he came his expression was certainly more serious. " Well," smiled Mr. Harrison, " what did you see, Tom? Giles Scroggins' ghost or anything else?'' " I can't quit** say, sir," answered his son. " 1 certainly thought once I saw something; but I was so dead tired that my half-dazed brain may have played me a trick. Consequently, I would rather say nothing until I've had another night's experience." "Sleep there again!" ejaculated the girls, Georgie loudest. " Assuredly!" Tom's account but half satisfied his feminine hearers. *" I am sure he has seen something," said Lenore, when they were alone. "I'm certain of it!" coincided Georgie. " Rut he is going to show howbrave he is. Why can't the silly fellow confess and have done with it?" Tom had seen something. About midnight, in the farthest corner of the room, he had beheld a shadowy female form, draped in grayish-white, occasionally waving its arms, while faint sighs burst from the lips. lie had felt startled, alarmed ! lie had tried to think it the moonlight; ' but glancing at the window he saw ; ! there was none. So he had laid and 1 looked half frightened, and half , ashamed of being so. Abruptly, however, remembering 1 Georgie's words, he cared for nothing ' else; and being partially dressed, ; leaped up and advanced toward the ! ghost. For a second there was no alteration. Then it rapidly melted away ' ?there was a click?and when Tom ; reached the corner?it was empty ! Can there really be ghosts,he thought, ! groping his way back to bed. Impos- j si hie! Yet?his eyes' turned to his j pistol-case?that might prove; but no ; ?it wouldn't do ! The second night the same thing oc- j curred?only this time the specter had J sighed and* moaned and wrung its ; hands as in direst distress, but it did not wait for Tom's advance. It van- : ished after a few moments. " It's curious, to say the least of it," 1 he meditated, striking a light and sit- ; ting on the side of his bed. Then taking the candle he carefully examined the i apartment. It was a spacious oak-paneled room, J with easeinented windows. Mr. liar- ! rison proposed to turn it into a ball- j room, when, he had laughed, the ghosts 1 would have a happy time of it. 13ut J Tom could discover neither ghost nor ' human. The door was locked as he ^ had left it; the windows securely fast- 2 ened. " It's confoundedly singular!" he repeated, finally throwing himself on to the bed. t The next mornirig^he told exactly ( what had occurred. Mr. Harrison pooh-pooh'd it, de- 1 daring it was Turn's imagination or ( that he was poking fun at them; but ( the girls took it differently. " There," cried the sisters, " you see, | Georgie, the place is haunted!" * For a second Georgie appeared de- _ feated; she pouted, glanced ut her cup, : then exclaimed, with charming consistency; 1 " I don't and I won't believe there 1 are ghosts! As uiu-le says, Tom has 1 been deluded!" 1 " "Well, Tom is going to give it another trial," laughed the young fellow. I "Oh, no, don't do that!" exclaimed \ Georgie, quickly. "We've had enough 1 of it!" 1 " I don't think so," rejoined Tom, y delighted at this involuntary interest. : "And it it comes a third time I'll 1 take it for a sign?" * "Of what?" . j " That I have proved my courage," he whispered, "and merited the re- j ward for facing a ghost." J "There are no ghosts," persisted Georgie, blushing. " Then you do not believe me?" " I fancy you were deceived." That night the sisters implored Tom t to sleep in his own bedroom ; to which ^ (ieorgie,the bold disbeliever, even added j her entreaties. They fancied that he ( had been more frightened than he cared to confess, for he had been re- ] markably quiet and thoughtful all ( day, had kept aloof from them, and wandered about the house like a ghost j himself. But Tom was firm. He said he was j resolved to believe his eyes and brain j li-i/l ilwmvnil Mm nnl<>?? tliu nrinr l:nlv ghost appeared a third time. I " But suppose she may not come | again?" suggested Georgie. " Then I'm resolved to sleep in this , room until she; does, or put it all down as nervous bosh and optical , delusion!" With that Master Tom strode off to ( his haunted liedchamher, while the girls crept along to theirs. Scare*'1}' had midnight chimed?for somewhere, no doubt, it did chime, though not in Mr. Harrison's house? than in the dark corner of the oakpaneled apartment again appeared the shadowy llgure. That it was a woman's there could he no doubt ; the loose grayish draperies llowed round it, drooping from the waving arms, while a gray mist apparently enveloped the head. It repeated the same evolutions as on the previous occasion, only its moans and tokens of grief were more earnestly expressed; but, after all, this night was destined to be materially different. As the ghost's time for departure arrived, lo! and behold, there was another ghost! The last was taller, clothed entirely in white, and, standing behind the first, frantically waved its long arms with a hollow sepulchral moan. Evidently, however, the smaller spirit hadn't expected. this ghostly companion, for. perceiving it, with a rin<rimr siliriek it. lied townrd tb(? bed. ""p"'n * ? - ? | crying: "Oli! Tom?Tom, save me! There j is ;i ghost and it's here! Save me? save me!" But no Tom sprang to her rescue. Only the taller ghost pursued, exclaiming, in a very earthly voice and amid much earthly laughter: '.So. Miss Georgie, I've caught you, have I! The tables arc nicely turned, upon my life." "Tom!" gasped Georgie, the smaller specter, plucking the gray gauze from about her head, "is it you? Oh! what does it mean?" " Only that I've discovered the! ghost," laughed Tom. " The second night I suspected the unsubstantiality of my visitor and employed the next day in minutely examining mv room, which led to the discovery of a secret sliding panel, which conducted into a passage that had another.secret outlet i in the corridor near your room. I then speedily divined who was my ladyghost." "Oil, Tom," she murmured, half angrily, " it's a shame you should so frighten me. 1 can scarcely stand. I really thought you a specter. Yes?1 own it?I wanted to test vour courage ?and?" " I have tested yours, who were so brave." " Tom, can you forgive me?" "If you will only reward me for facing the ghost, Gcorgie." "Tom," she laughed, "this isn't a time to oliiv Romeo and Juliet?nor the toilets. Oh!" she added, hearing steps hastening along the corridor, "do keep my secret, Tom. Do, please !" she added, imploringly, as she lied through the panei. lint the secret did creep out next day ?and the laugh?as the tables were turned on (Icorgie, who, trying to frighten Tom, had been awfully frightened herself. Gcorgie angrily declared she would never forgive her cousin; but it is supposed she did, for the first ball held in the haunted room was in commemoration of their wedding day. An Appalling: Death. On the track between South San Leandro and the High street station, Alameda, half a mile on the San Leandro side, is a long trestle bridge over an estuary of the lay. For over a mile the trestle runs over marsh lands, the tide rising on each side of the embankment. Ever since the railroad has been built there has been trouble keeping the railroad bed from sinking. A few weeks ago the track at this point sunk for one hundred and lil'ty feet, and trallic was suspended for a short time. Last evening as the through freight train from Alameda, drawn by engine Xo. 10, a large and heavy ma-' chine, and six cars, arrived at this particular point the track sunk, apparently more on one side than the other. The engine was overturned and the cars piled on top. The lireman, Dan Driscoll, died a horrible death. When the engine turned over lie was held to the ground by an iron bar across his breast, and une foot was caught by another. He was fullv conscious at the time of his ileatli. lie was held fast and the tide was rising rapidly. It was evident he would , lie drowned in a short time. .Six men j wore on hand and labored to save him. They wrapped sheets about his body j ind exerted their combined strongh to ; [Mill him from his ap.illing position, j. Ho cried piteously that they were kill- \ ing him. They tried again and again, ljut with the same result. A lovee , was built about his head to keep down the rising tide, buckets were brought \ md by faithful bailing it was attempt ; }d to keep the water from reaching his ( lead. lie was lying under the cab, j ind a hole was cut through the cab j :hrough which ho could put his head, j rhev raised his head above the water i is much {is possible. He remained thus for two hours, but ; it last the levee broke, and the men 11 ivho were bailing out the water found < ;h.it they could do no more. They , leltl his head above the water, which ( ose slowly about his body. The men | \ 'ound they must make a final effort. ] I lien ins neau was jowereu aim uie\ ( ill caught a hold and pulled desperate- i y. It was in vain. They could not ( novo him. They raised his head ! ] igain. The water rose slowly but ] uirely. It reached his chin. A l'riend j ield his hand over the drowning main's , uouth. The water rose to his nostrils. < Nothing more could be done, and he- < vas drowned.?San Francisco Citron- 1 cle. ( ?- t Effect of Music 011 Sheen. The following pleasing anecdote of 1 lie power of music is related by the ; :elebrated Ilaydn: 1 "In my early youth," says lie, "I i vent, with some other young people ( ?qually devoid of care, one morning f luring the extreme heat of summer to j ;eek for coolness and fresh air 011 one 1 )f the lofty mountains which surround he Lago Maggiore in Lombardy. ( Laving reached the middle of the < iscent by daybreak, we stopped to con- < eniplate the liorromean isles, which i were displayed under our feet in the 1 niddle of the lake, when we were sur- ' *ounded by a large Hock oi sheep, which 1 vere leaving their fold to go to pasture. 1 " One of our party, who was no bad 1 >erformer on the llutc and who always 1 rarried che instrument with him, took I t out of his pocket, lie; began to 1 >lay. The shot']) and goals, which i vere following one another toward 1 he mountain with their heads hang- < ng down, raised them with the first i sound of the (lute, and all, with a genial and hasty movement, turned to f lie side from whence the agreeable ] loise proceeded. They gradually ] locked around the musician and lis- ; ;ened with motionless attention. lie : ;eased playing and the sheep did nut ] stir. < "The shepherd with his stafT now jbliged them to move on; but no i sooner did the lluter begin again i :han his innocent audience again 1 eturned to him. The shepherd, 1 >ut of patience, pelted them with clods 1 jf earth; but n# one of them would ] move. The lluter played with addi- l :ional skill; the shepherd fell into a 1 [Mission, whistled, scolded and pelted < Ihe poor creatures with stones. Such 1 is were hit by them began to march, . !>ut the others still refused to stir. At i liist the shepherd was forced to entreat 1 :>ur Orpheus to stop his magic sounds; i tin; sheep then moved oil', but con- 1 tinned to stop at a distance as often as jur friend resumed the agreeable instrument. "The tune he played was nothing more than a favorite air at that time in Milan. We were delighted with Dur adventure; we reasoned upon it the ! whole day, and concluded that physical pleasure is the basis of all interest J in music." Iloys Attachcil by a Hawk. Three hoys, children of a planter in Banks county, (Ja., were playing in the houseyard when a large hawk swooped down, and, seizing a chicken in its talons, (lew away. The hoys were very much excited l?y tin; occurrence, and followed the hawk some distance. To their delight the bird dropped his prey, and the boys soon were standing around tiiechicken. The little fellows did not suppose that the hawk would be bold enough to attack them. But the bird was so angry at the loss of his meal that he circled around the heads of the children, and linallv pounced down upon the eldest of the boys, whose j age was ten years. The hawk fastened his talons in the lad's chin,<ind heat the poor little fellow's head with his wings. The other bovs went to the rescue. The hawk thrust out his disengaged talon and caught one of them bv the arm, (lapping his wings meanwhile and pecking at his prisoners with his beak. The third bov got out his knife and gave a thrust, which seemed to take the hawk 1 ?y surprise, lor in* Uien tried to get away. Hut the courage of the boys was up, nn<l tliey held last until they had killed the ferocioushird. The hawk measured twenty-lnur inches from tip to tip. Cornflowers are becoming popular. In millinery they will soon reign; in brocades and velvets they figure in abundance, while for ball dresses they form one of the prettiest powderitigs, as on a white tulle, when; the blossoms were outlined in pale blue silk, the leaves in green and the stalks in gold tinsel. Hosts of these aerial dresses are being prepared for youthful wearers. Flowers are placed ;is artlessly as possible on these cloud-like HOW THE CZAR IS CROWNED. An Interoxtlnjf l)?'Hpri|Hloii of the Ceremony nt Kremlin, .Hohcow. ( The Kremlin, with its high walls of ( white stone, with battlements cut out 1 in the form of Tartar arrowheads, its , eighteen green towers and its five rose i colored gates, is quite a town in itself, 1 containing three cathedrals, seven i churches, a monastery, a nunnery and 111roe imperial palaces. 1 Let us speak first of the three most ] venerable sanctuaries, the cathedrals of Assumption, the Annunciation and the Archangel St. Michael, grouped in a sniffle cluster iiKe a sueai wim gomen ( ears, inclosed by an iron railing that i shows upon the white walls its great, i black network. ] The Assumption is the cathedral at ( Kheims, the? Westminster Ahbey of ; Russia. Here the emperors are ] crowned and here is preserved the j ancient throne of the czars in carved ] wood, known as the throne of Wladi- j mir-Monomaque. The pillars, arches t and walls of this church, which was i built from beginning to end by Italian t architects in 1475, are ornamented by t large Byzantine images of longbearded saints, whose heads are shown j upon a background of gold. Those i holy personages in their purple gar- ( ments look like a procession of Asiatic < potentates, silent and stern. i The iconostasus of the Assumption is a dazzling wall of jewelry, a fabulous r display of gold, of precious stones, of t pearls and diamonds. To this wonder- i l'ul wall are suspended miraculous s images of great antiquity?virgins s with dark eyes and brown skins that 1 belonged to grand dukes and were i brought from Novgorod, Fskof, Kiew t and Constantinople. Their halos are r constellated with precious stones that ( twiniue JiKe nine stars anu siime iikk i ml sparks. Upon their garments and c dalmatics of gold, topazes, sapphires, 1 emeralds and rallies display marvelous c embroideries that interlace each otiier t like garlands of Mowers. Themiracul- o oils image of the virgin of "Wladi- t mir that orthodox piety attributes to a St. Luke wears a diamond necklace f valued at 200,000 rubles. Emeralds t as large as nuts are set in the massive t golden crown of this Virgin. I Close to the iconostasus a canopy o covers the chair of the Patriarch, and a in front of it a velvet tent marks the o place of the emperor. Lamps of silver e iind vermilion with flickering lights, ? und great wax candles with their c steady and soft jets, are not sufficient h to awaken the obscurity that sleeps h under the somber vaults of the old a L-athedral. h The ceremonies of the coronation a Lake place in this church with a pomp e md splendor that are peculiarly ori- p pntal. Before the czar arrives the a liigh priests with the cross, assisted by s two deacons carrying the holy water o in a basin of gold, sprinkle the passage o that the emperor fs about to take, a Then, arrantrinir themselves upon the o <teps that surround the imperial plat- a form surmounted by a canopy of crim- n <011 velvet with tassels and fringes of li ,'old, come the grand dukes and t luchesses, all the members of r the imperial family, the dip- si loniatic corps, the high dignitaries t :>f the empire, senators in red uniforms, g Ministers bedizened with badges and n . ordons, marshals in brilliant uniforms, g ladies of the court, and young ladies of h lionor in the national costume, includ- if ng the kakochnik (a golden diadem a embroidered in gold or pearls), repre- p jentatives of the merchants of all the h :*ities of the empire, most of them in b ilue or black gowns fringed in gold, ti leputations from Asiatic peoples allied o :o or subjects of the emperor, Chinese, P Mongolians, Tartars, Baskirs, Kal- h imks, Khirgees, ]>oukharas, Circas- ii ;ians, Georgians, Mingrclians, Lap- h anders, Esquimaux, Persians, Turco- fi nans?a strange and wild mixture of c lifferent races, half clad and armed, u ;oiiic with bows or lances, otliers with a ."atagans, with silver handles, or swords e ivitli wooden hilts rudely carved. h This dazzling and picturesque pro- p session advances, preceded l?v a platoon t< )f guards of honor, with cuirases of red i> loth starred with silver, and by two a Mounted heralds with gold embroidered S irocades, red velvet caps and maces, a The imperial arms, borne by highfunc- t! .ionarics, are placed at the left of the k throne upon a table with a cover of n jold. Grouped in front of the church g inder the portal draped with velvet, v .lie; clergy with crosses and mitres are h resplendent in their chasubles and dal- o natics sj>arkling' with gems. The f Metropolitans, led by the metropolitan ^ >f Kiew, holding censers await the ar- h rival of the emperor. t< At last the czar appears, lie de?cends the red staircase upon which a t Persian carpet, (lowered with roses, is c [daced. He wears the uniform of a ii general of division, with red trousers, h md he walks under a large canopy that li puts over his head a Hock of golden o eagles in a 1 due sky. h The metnt])olitan of Moscow presents him the cross to kiss, while the metropolitan of Novgorod sprinkles iiini with holy water. The princes of t\ the church conduct the czar to the f Tlwin tlu> iiir?trni?nlir:in ,\f c Moscow approaches his imperial f majesty and presents him with the orthodox profession of faith, which the ?zar reads aloud, standing with his hand upon the guard of Ids sword. After reading he receives the two metropolitans of Kiew, who ascend [lie steps of the throne and bring him the coronation mantle. The czar takes it from their hands and places it upon his shoulders. Then he hows lielore the metropolitan of Moscow, who places his hands over him and recites a prayer. Finally, the c/.ar arises majestic and superb, dressed in his mantle of bro- ( cade linen with ermine, and, taking the imperial crown sparkling with diamonds, he places it with his own hands upon his head. At this moment the empress advances and kneels before her august spouse, who, taking off his crown, holds it an instant o\er the forehead of the czarina in tqj<cn of her share in his omnipotence. In the courtyard of the Kremlin the cannons thunder. The three hundred churches of Moscow ring their joy bells and the vaults of the old cathedral arc filled with songs of gladness and of triumph. The mass begins. The silver doors of the iconostasus are opened. The archbishops of Novgorod and of Kiew approach the emperor and inform him that allis ready for the annointment. The czar descends from the throne. 'I'l.,, 1,11, III W.C llitll to lllfi <|nur of the sanctuary,' the threshold f of which yo woman can cross. The t metropolitan of Moscow then dips in 1 the vase that contains the holy oil the ] golden branch that he holds in his t hand, and anoints the temples, the eye- j lids, the nostrils, tin1 lips, the hreast and i the hands of the czar while uttering ( "tin1 words: "Behold the seal of the 1 Holy (lliost." And after each Iiolv l unctiontlie metropolitan of Novgorod j wipes away the traces. The ancient i czars for seven days used not to wash 1 the parts of their bodies thac had thus t been annointed. : Conducted to the altar, the czar par- < takes of the communion, while the < empress, still kneeling at the door of < the iconostasus, receives also .the } communion from the metropolitan of < Kiew. With the crown upon his head the new czar departs through the north l portal, passes between a double row of i Cossacks, armed with lances, and of j (Ircnadicrs with gilded helmets, and amid the applause of the populace en- i ters the cathedral of the Archangel, St. Michael, where he kisses the holy images, after which he re-enters the ancient palace by the red staircase. [The repast of the coronation is given 1 in the Terem. The emper r and the empress, served by the marshals of the court, eat alone. The superior oflicers, headed by the chief marshal and escorted by oflicers of the guard with drawn swords, bring in the dishes that the metropolitan blesses one after the other. When the czar wants to drink, the diplomatic corps retires, walking backward, and singers in gala costume, with swords by thoir sides, advance and execute, during the rest of the repast, different pieces of the old Itussian repertoire.?Journal de Rome. 1 Peculiar Custom Among the Maoris, lion. (I. \V. Orillin, United .States onsui at AUKiann, ..now Zealand, recently read a very interesting and valuable paper before the St. Louis Historical society in relation to one of ;he peculiar customs of the Maoris, or Unoriginal inhabitants ofXew Zealand. It is of interest, from the fact that it llusl rated very forcibly a singular phase of savagery which is fast disajK )earing before the marcli of civiliza;ion, just as the early customs of the ed men of America are now little more ,han traditions among the Indians ihcni selves. " The law of muru is so complicated n its nature, and subject to so many efinements and so varied in its applications, that it would be about as diflijult to tell what it is as to tell what it s not. "The word muru, in its literal sense, neans to rob or to plunder, and for his reason Europeans have come to egard the term as a sort of legalized ystem of robbery. This view of the iubject is, however, very far from >eing a just one. The law of muru s so broad and general in its ;vpplicaion that no human being, whatever nay be his rank or condition in life, is sxempt from its penalties or benefits. Jut in order to understand the practial workings of the law, it must be lorne in mind that the Maoris are ommunists, both in theory and pracice. They do not think it right for me person to own more property ban* another. For instance, if \ chief owns six pigs and another /vii** f\r\c\ Tv?ncjf l\n tolron frnm ho former and given to the latter, hat each may have the same number. ] ndeed property changes hands so i ften that a man can't tell a week or ] , month beforehand who will be the 1 wner of his canoe, blanket or mat or ] ven the house in which he lives. The . Teat principle is to keep property in < irculation. The oftener it changes , ands the better. A man's relations < ave the first claim to it. Ilis friends ] nd neighbors come next. Xo one, owever, would dare think of asserting ] claim to the property of another, i xcept in accordance with the strictest < rinciples of the law of muru, which 1 lone can determine the right of owner- < hip. Should a great misfortune vertake a man, such as the death ; f a favorite child, his relatives ; re allowed, according to the law J f muru, to dispossess him of 11 his personal property, and if J ecd lie, of the house in which be ] ves. lie must suffer for his misfor- < line, but strictly speaking lie does not 1 egard the loss of all his earthly pos- ] [ ssions as a punishment. Indeed, on ( lie contrary, he looks upon it as a 1 reat honor. He is blessed both by < len and gods; the greater the loss the | Oui linn.ir If nvnrvtliincr lip 1 litu llWJi"!, 1L VlUitg >.v jus in tlio world is taken from him, lie i > treated with the profoundest respect ; nd ho becomes a man of some im- 1 ortnnco in the community in which < e lives. If a man's child should be i urnt to death and the accident prove ] a he unavoidable, the father is at \ nee plundered to an extent highly ; ratifying. Everything is taken from ] im?his goods, clothing, spears, lish- ] lg nets, mats, canvas, indeed, all < is earthly provisions ; and in order to ; ivor him still further he is severely j tubbed besides. He is usually left i pon the ground in a terribly bruised ? nd bleeding condition. It is, how ver, against the law of muru to kill im. He is ;Uso duly warned of the ] rocess of the law. It would never do < 5 take him by surj.-ise. A messenger ] i dispatched to inibi him of the near pproach of the oflicers of the law. ometimes lie prepares to receive them nd a great feast is given in honor of < heir arrival. He is always anxious to l now whether it is a great or little mru. If lie is told that it is a , reat muru lie is beside himself < r'itli joy. Ho is expected to defend imsclf with a spear or club until he is ( verpowered, but it is against the law ! r>r him to strike the ollicers too hard. , Ls soon as the lirst blood is drawn he msit. ston. Sometimes he makes a de ormined resistance, and is terribly in ' arnest, and the contest is exciting in 1 lie extreme. One often admires his 1 ourage. The contest is unequal. lie 1 i battling with fate. Like Macbeth, ie knows that he is doomed; but un- ] ike Macbeth, he does not wish it i therwise, for to be victorious would 1 e against the law of muru. ! Murder by Burial. ] "Topics of the Time," in the Ccnury, contains a bold demand for re uriii in the manner in tins country of j onducting funerals, and also the < allowing disquieting statement: Xo scientific discoveries have been i lade in our generation of greater im- ; iortance than those of M. l'asteur. Is many of our readers are aware, , hey relate to the propagation of dis- j ase through living organisms, those 1 nown as bacilli and bacteria being nost frequently connected with the ! iiorbid processes of disease. M. Pas- , cur finds that these microscopic forms ' f life exist especially in (lead bodies; liiit they work their way up through : he soil to the surface, are taken into ] he intestines of grazing cattle or are ! Mrilmtwl by the winds,andso.it would (HMii probable, propagate a whole school if diseases?such as smallpox, scarutina, typhoid'andtyphus fevers, diphheria, tubercular consuinption, pneumonia, ervsijM'las, etc., etq., and perlaps yellow fever. M. Pasteur menions the splenic fever which prevails : n France, and other countries of Euope, and which annually destroys housands of cattle and sheep. Jn one inch case he discovered that an epileinic of tins disease was followed liter some years by its fresh outbreak iniung cattle that had been grazing in lie fields where, previously, victims of he same disease had been buried under be pastures. The little bacteria had vorked their way from the buried car asses to the surface, and were found n swarms* in the intestines of earth vorms gathered there. It ought to be the business of sci ntific people to show the relation of liesefacts?if they can lie accepted as 'acts?to our present method of dismsing of the dead. If the breezes hat blow from (Ireenwood, Jit. \uburn and Laurel Hill are laden .villi germs which propagate the dis ases which have already slain our vindred, then tin; most expensive 'eature of those cities of the dead is lot their costly monuments. It is tvorth while to ask ourselves whether lie disciples of cremation have not a ;ruth on their side, and whether some unendment is not needed in the modes >f burial which, in this country especially, seem designed to resist the iperations of nature as long as possible, and so to make a dead body a source of indefinite evil. Indeed, the whole matter of our Imrial customs is one which urgently needs revision. It is astonishing that, in connection with risks so many and various as are involved in our modes i?f burying our dead, there should have heen in modern times so little care and forethought. The dwellers in proximity to grave-yards who have been poisoned by their drainage, include a vast multitude wlioaa_ number has. THE FARM ASP HOUSEHOLD. FOR THE LADIES. Supcrntltionn About Love. From the earliest times no event in human life has been associated with a more extensive folk-lore tiian marriage. Beginning with love-divinations, these are of every conceivable kind, the anxious maiden apparently having left no stone unturned in her anxiety to ascertain her lot in the marriage state. Some cut the common brake or fern just above the root to ascertain the initials of her future husband's name. Again, nuts and apples arc very favorite love tests. The mode of procedure is for a girl to place on the bars of a grate a nut, repeating this incantation: , If ho loves me, pop find fly; If ho hates me, live and die. Great is the dismay if the anxious face of the inquirer gradually perceives the nut, instead of making the hopedfor pop, die and make no sign. One means of divination is to throw a lady bird into the air, repeating meanwhile the subjoined counlet : o X Fly away easj; and fly away west, Show inc where lives the one I like best. Should this little inscct chance to fly in the direction of the house where the loved one resides, it is regarded as a favorable omen. Another species of love-divination once observed consisted in obtaining five bay-leaves, four of which the anxious maiden pinned at the four corners of her pillow and the fifth in the middle. If she was fortunate enough to dream of her lover it was a sure sign that he would be married to her in the course of the year. Friday has been held a good day of the week for love omens; and in Norfolk the following lines are repeated on three Friday nights successively, as on the last one it is believed that the young lady will dream of her future husband: To-nifjht, to-night is Friday night, Lay me down in dirty white; Dream who my husband is to be, And lay my children by my side, If I'm to live to be his bride. In selecting the time for the marriage ceremony precautions of every kind have generally been taken to avoid [in unlucky month and day for the knot to be tied. Indeed, the old Kotuan notion that May marriages are unlucky survives to this day in England. June is a highly popular month. Friday, on account of its being regarded is an inauspicious and evil day for the 3ommenceinent of any kind of enterprise, is generally avoided. In days gone by Sunday appears to nave been a popular day for marriages. It i^, above all things necessary that the sfin should shine on the bride, and it is deemed absolutely necessary by very many that she should weep on her wedding day, if it be only i few tears; the omission of such an ict being considered ominous of her future happiness. In Sussex a bride on her return home from church is often robbed of all her pins about her dress by the single ivomen present, from the belief that whoever possesses one of them will be married in the course or a year, and (vil fortune will sooner or later inevi;al)ly overtake the bride who keeps jven one pin used in the marriage ;oilet. " Flinging the stocking" was an old narriage custom in England. The young men took the bride's stockings md the girls those of the bridegroom, ?ach of whom, sitting at the foot of :he bed, threw the stocking over their leads, endeavoring to make it fall iipon that of the bride or her spouse, [f the bridegroom's stockings, thrown l?y the girls, fell upon the bridegroom's lead, it was a sign that they themselves would soon be married, and similar luck was derived from -the falling of the bride's stockings, thrown by the young men. There is a superstitious notion in some places that when the bride retires to rest on her wedding night her bridemaids should lay her stockings across, as this act is uinnosed to eruarrantee her future prosperity in the marriage state. I'nMliinn Xotc.H. Xew silver bracelets are made in jxact imitation of the handcuffs worn l>y criminals. A pretty dress stud for children's suits is a crape-finished serge in broken Scottish plaids. Carnations, marsh-mallows, poppies ind ox-eye daisies are the most fashionable (lowers for trimming fall round lints of dark straw. Handsome "Roman" and "Egyptian " pens, clasps, jeweled bands and I)tickles, made in the United States, are i prominent feature of millinery and L'loak garniture this senson. The proper colors for elegant wrappers are cream white, pale blue, pale rose, shrimp pink, mauve, terra cotta, hussar blue, dark reds, dark blues, [rray and black. The trimmings should tie embroidery, ribbons, velvet and lace. The center parting of the hair is now made as inconspicuous as possible, and many Indies obliterate it altogether by cmss partings taken above the forehead, while the greater part of the chevelure is combed back without any parting at all. Small capotes of white or tinted satin, completely covered with soft tlulfy white ostrich tips, are worn. Iliey are very pretty and becoming to youthful ladies. For their elders the same fashion in black, bronze, brown, garnet and dark" green is much followed. The European custom of carrying infants on lace-trimmed pillows is udoptedby American mothers; and the nurse wears an Alsace cap with a bow of ribbon a fourth of a yard wide, with [ ndsthat hang behind nearly to her feet. The nurse's dress is of the color used for lining the lace of the baby's pillow. Stuffed birds are again in request, and are shown in almost numberless varieties. These embrace not only the small birds of the American forests and the highly-colored South American and Hast Indian birds, appropriated t<> millinery purposes, but certain of the aquatic birds?sea-gulls and ducks, for instance. Jiirds for millinery trimmings are now stuffed softly, and when applied hug the. headdress very closely. Certain of the large birds, in the present manner of sttilling, are sullieient alone for the garniture of a hat; and a bird frequently completes the ornamentation, with drapery of velvet as the objective trimming. Among the fabrics intended for autumn wear are plain and striped Sieilienne in such combinations as green, with wood-colored and green stripes, trimmed with bows in the same color. Woolen and silk plaids are also to be used. The goods are generally cut Iiliis. ll inaKcs particularly preuy children's suits, and is better suited to the purpose than broche goods. The eulTs lor these 'costumes are of black or colored velvet. In the latter case ruby or green is preferred. Handsome and costly buttons area great feature of walking dresses and traveling costumes, and as they can be transferred from one dress to another they are really not extravagant purchases in the end. Tortoise-shell buttons, with crests or monograms in gold, enameled buttons in Mauresque or Florentine styles, are effective and look well on bottle-green, Havana or prune-colored dresses. Wooden and horn buttons are also worn, and small round French gold buttons?"grclots" ??with rough surfaces, are plentifully used on bodices, cuffs and pockets. Jet mosaic buttons, with mon%grams inlaid in jet on colored grounds and a jet border, are thoroughly elegant. ftlcoflurlng Cornfield*. The editor of the New England Homestead devotes a pithy paragraph to the usual way of measuring corn- , fields and estimating the yield by picking out the best square rod in the field, . counting the ears on a number of stalks and gauging the total average yield j from the data thus obtained. Yet, he , adds, the agricultural societies fre- j quently award premiums on corn meas- ( ured in this way. This is not right, nor does it encourage farmers to raise better crops. They become disgusted , with the deceit employed in the award j of the premiums and refuse to com- , pete for them. To get satisfactory 1 results the total crop of corn should , all be measured or weighed at husk- j ing, and then the real yield can l*e obtained and the premium awarded accordingly. The prize should not be for 1 the most stalks but for the most corn, 1 and it should not be awarded until the J yield lias been properly ascertained, 1 even if it takes all winter to do the 1 husking. 1 Cnbbajrc* for Stock. Nearly 5,000 heads of cabbages can ] be grown on an acre of ground if the plants are set a yard each way. The , size of the 1 leads and weight in tons : depends on the manure and method of cultivation, but as high a yield as j thirty tons to the acre is not uncom- j mon" in Xew England. They are , easily kept during winter, either by . burying the heads in the ground or by , storing them in trenches with the roots ] down and heads up, covering with , straw and boards. The latter method j is better where they are to be fed every day. The cutting away of the , heads leaves the stalks standing, which . sprout in the spring to furnish excel- 1 lent greens for the table at a time when J such are scarce. The disposition to market cabbages is generally too strong ] to permit of feeding them to stock; i but if a careful comparison is made between their market value and the ( benefit derived from them in feeding, * no objection' will be made to using : them for such purpose. Cabbages contain a fair proportion of nitrogen, and the outer leaves are more nutritious < than the heart. i ] The Influence of Worms on Soil. t Most every one living in the country 1 has observed holes the size of a hen- ( quill opening on the surface of the 1 ground, with little rough fragments of ( earth scattered about them. How t many know that these are the bur- ( rows of earth worms? IIow many i would imagine that every acre of good ( cultivated land contains 25,000,000 a worms ? Finally, who can help being c surprised on learning that the rough t fragments of earth mentioned as lying 1 at the openings of the burrows are a 1 kind of manure, voided by the worms, t and that the amount of this manure deposited on each acre, where it has been measured, exceeds ten tons for one vear ? Worm manure cannot be called rich. A great portion of worm ( food is the soil itself, but in addition 5 to this leaves and any other accessible ( vegetable substance are eaten by these t animals in large quantity. J3ut the s great service of worms to agriculture t lies in the pulverizing and admixing operation performed upon the soil t while passing through their bodies, an operation to which is almost wholly g due, as now seems, that rich layer of ; tine uniform black earth near the sur- { face, called vegetable mold. , Lime for (JraSH Land. Lime is specially beneficial where the f soil is well supplied with organic [ matter and shows itself most the j second or third year after application. Many suppose that air-slacked lime is ^ of little value, when in fact, although j not so active and immediately eft'ec- , tive, especially in our soils, it possesses ' all the essential elements of unburned lime. According to Professor John- j ston the composition of air-slacked ^ lime is nearly as follows : c Carbonate of lime f>7.4 j Hydrate of lime, gjf 42.G , Total 100.0 , "When applied to the soil the hydrate ' absorbs carbonic acid slowly. Even- ( tuallv, however, the whole of the lime < becomes saturated with carbonic acid ( jinil isi lirniirrht. h:ick to the same state n? -?? ? of mild carbonate in which it existed < before it was burned. Thus we have \ all the elements in air-slacked lime that . are contained in limestone land. The j uses of slacked lime upon a farm are \ manifold, cither as a component part ] of home-made'fortilizers or for direct \ application to the soil. Its benefit will ( be seen mostly if applied to grass or , pasture lands in doses of from three to twelve bushels per acre sown broadcast , and just before rain if possible.? ] Correspondence Country (faithman. , JCnNilntfC. j Perhaps the best and most disinter- , ested testimony as to the value of this i system is the report of Professor Cook, < of Xcw Jersey agricultural experi- \ mental station, lie says: "It is claimed for ensilage that it makes , winter butter equal to June butter, a j claim willingly admitted, it being to j our knowledge of universal fme flavor , and color. Milch cows can be safely fed larire quantities of this fodder and it is a perfect substitute for hay. If it is of first rate quality eighty pounds per day will furnish an animal with < the full amount of carbohvdrates. The 1 corn plant is in perfect condition only ' a few days to each crop and it is ex- < ceedingly important to cut it at precisely the right stage of growth. 1 am ( satisfied that the carelessness of the ; farming community on this head has i caused a great deal of mischief to ; themselves and to the people that they s feed. The perennial grasses have but t little sugar and can be fed at any time, but better milk, butter anil cheese can ( lie made when they are young and juicy than when they are dried; but \ with cereals, which are annual, there A is another law, viz., the dextrine ( which largely composes these is | alkaloid until it has ripened j ( into sugar, by means of or!, at the time of tasselingor llowcring. This process requires air and sun, and much broadcast corn is fed while un- y palatable and unhealthy, both to tin; ( animal that eats it and the human ! animal that eats and drinks the product." The Southern cow pea, says an- y other writer on ensilage, makes a most ; nutritious fodder, and which cattle and horses are very fond of. Ilorses will 1 work well on it, when ensilaged, without any grain. It grows most luxuriantly and by the system of ensilage it llCCOHK'S lor ail ]):iris Ol lilt: nnuiu > <1 most valuable product, and which is not practicalilc to cure in any other J way. Southern planters say "that with ensilage they can produce cotton ' at four cents a pound less cost than : ever before, because it has cost more ' to keep a mule than a negro in these 1 sections where grass does not grow." j If' this is so the saving by ensilage.in making (>,000,000 bales of cotton would 1 be more than ?100,000,000. The j necessity of buying the seed from the : South will of course, benefit that sec- ' tion to that extent also. Like clover it is a great land-improver, and a very cheap and profitable crop for fattening hogs. This pea, which is really a bean or lentil, is of value for shading out weeds. It is an excellent crop to plow under, as well as to feed green j and for ensilage. I " Farm nml (inrilcn NoU'h. Poor meadows should not be pastured late. If you have a pond or can make one raise carp. They will grow a foot in half a year. Fallen fruit or such as has been attacked by insects should not remain on the ground but either carried to the hogpen or placed in the hottest part of the manure heap. It is a good method rtt' fighing the insects. Weed out your stock and get rid of the poor milch and butter cows. The profit in a dairy comes wholly from the good cows, while the poor ones not Dnly do not pay for their keep, but Liiey reuucu uiu prunii wane uy uie others. Trees to bud well ought not to be more than from three to live-eighths of m incli in diameter; and it is best to bud them so near the ground that when reset roots may come fi;om the budded portion of the tree. Peach ind cherry trees should he budded on the north or northwest side. It is estimated that in making 100 pounds of pork from corn we get [>ne dollar and forty-two cents wort h of manure. This, added to the price of pork as it should be, makes pig-feeding !i profitable business at present prices of pork products. Much of the*feed of a pig while growing may be less expensive material than corn. If fed on clover the cost is much less, and the manure is even more valuable. One of the worst things a poultryman can do is to use rotten eggs for nest eggs. They get broken sooner or later and foul the nest. As soon as this happens lice appear; and their entrance into the dirty nest means the overrunning of the entire poultry-house in-a very short time. Another evil is that such eggs find their way to market, Dften through mistake. Porcelain eggs we cheap, and the hen cannot detect the difference. Among the advantages claimed for bearded wheats are that they are hardier and tiller more; not liable to attacks 3f mildew; they make a rich yellow lour which commands a good price in market. Objections to bearded wheat ire that they have a too soft straw, icnce are liable to lodge easily; the ;haff falls off too much in the shock, causing the grain to waste in handling; the beards make the handling of ;he sheaves disagreeable. During the discussions at a meeting )f the Western New York Horticultural society a successful cultivator, C. Li. Iloag, of Lockport, said that quince ;rees drop their leaves if planted on ow grounds, whatever might be'the ultivation given them, but hold them ivellon upland. Another cultivator :jave the contrary opinion. "The b<jgt :rees we have seen," says the Country lentleman, "were fifteen years old, 'our vor five inches in diameter, and jig] it or nine feet high. The ground ,vas well cultivated, and small mounds )f coal ashes were placed about them ,o exclude the borer. Some of the trees rnve tome two bushels, and one year .00 bushels were picked from sixty rees. These were the orange quince." Recipes. VjOLD OLAW. lilKU iwo-unrus OI it :up of vinegar, one egg, two tableipoonfuls of sugar, one tablespoonful >f salt, half teaspoon of mixed mus;ard, and butter size of an egg; itir until it boils. When cold, pour )ver the shaved cabbage. Mutton Soup.?Boil a leg of mut;on from two to three hours and season vith salt, pepper and about a tableipoonful of summer savory rubbed fine, lust before serving add noodles made n this way; beat one egg light, add a )inch of salt and flour enough to make i stiff dough; rollout in a very thin ilieet, dredge with flour to keep, from sticking, then roll up tightly; begin at me end and shave down fine like cabbage for slaw. Home Pudding?One quart milk, tour eggs, beaten separately; eight ta)lespoonfuls (Inur. wet with milk, little lalt, four tea:?]- baking powder, me-half cup su?r:.s\ Bake in greased >an thirty-five minutes. Sauce for iome pudding?one-half pint milk, :hree tablespoonfuls sugar, one tablespoonful butter, one small tablespoonful Hour; heat milk boiling hot and nix sugar, butter and flour, previously well beaten together, into it. Flavor Evith vanilla. Indian Light BiscuiT.?One quart >f sifted Indian meal, a pint of sifted j l.AnJ- r? trnmr ClIYiall fflOCn/mn-fill I V> XlL'tlL liUUI, a y CI * Oiuuu bCUD|rvvniu* )f salt, three pints of milk, four eggs. Butter a sufficient number of cups or small, deep tins; nearly fill them with :ho batter; set them immediately into i hot oven and bake them fast; turn ;hem out of the cups, send them warm :o table, pull them open and eat* with nitter. They will puff up finely if, at ;he last, you stir in a level teaspoonful )f soda melted in a little warm water. Codfish Balls.?Cut the cod into pieces; soak in lukewarm water for an lour or longer. Remove the bones and ?kin, shred, put over the fire in cold water. As soon as the water begins to nibble turn off and pour over cold water. As soon a.s it is hot it is done. While the fish is cooking make ready some mashed potatoes. Allow as much' icain potato as fish, and mix together ivliile both are hot?this last is partic-1 liar. It does not make Tiny difference f the balls are cold when fried, but1 ;hey must be hot when the ingredients ire put together. IlmiMCljoIri IliotH. Soot falling on the carpet from open ;himneys or carelessly handled stove>ipos, if thickly covered with salt, can j je brushed up without injury to the arpct. Meat that is to be hashed or used >n a second day in any way would ihvays be much better if the slices vere cut Xrom the joint or large piece j is soon as it leaves the table, and ; ioaked in the gravy of the dish until lie next day. To keep knives and forks in good conlition, wipe them as soon as possible li ter they are used. Have a jug of hot vater to j>ut them into as soou as rushed, and wipe them dry with a soft lannel. When not in use dust them ' iceasionally with linely-powdcred puck-lime, wipe off in an hour or two, uid wrap them in a llannel cloth. To clean steel forks till a small keg vitli line sand or brick-dust, press it lown well, and let it be always kept uoist. Kun the prongsof the forks in his once or twice and all the stains I rill disappear. Brush the dust from ! hem as soon as they are taken out of j he sand, and polish between the prongs vitlt a slender stick covered with j eather. Cannot Stand Civilization. Thepoj)ulation of Honolulu is 10,000, learly half of whom is American, the >ther half being made up of natives, of Chinese and some English. Of the merchants and commercial men a majority are Americans, the balance are | Engiish. There are also a few Chinese i merchants. The natives, when the ; missionaries lirsl visited them, nmn- j liered 400,000, but to-day there are not J :>vcr-'10,000 natives on the islands. Like nil Indians or aborigines, they cannot stand civilization and progress. The descendants of the old missionaries fall in with new modes of life. When the missionaries lirst settled on the islands they brought up their children with puritanic strictness, but other people coming in among.them they were soon infused with the spirit of enterprise ! and took up grants of land and learned i how to make money. Most of the missionaries sent their children to this j country to acquire an education, and they returned with modern ideas, j This, with the infusion of the foreign element, lias produced a society in : Honolulu which is equal in education I and refinement to that of any other j city.?St. Louis Republican. ' [ SCIENTIFIC NOTES. The submarine vessel now being constructed at Bucharest it is claimed will accomplish what no other submarine craft has been equal to. The % plan contemplates a vessel capable of '.L'l moving under water for twelve hours witliout any renewal of air. In Europe electric railways are grow- ^ ing rapidly in public estimation, not only on the continent, but in Great . Britain. Already 100 miles of electric v | transit are in operation, and there is every probability of the total mileage $ being considerably increased before the 'fjM end of the present year. One by one the more precious metals j are found deposited in this country, ""^3 and in some cases, as in nickel, the unsuspected supplies prove greater in i volume than the previous yield of all * other countries combined. The latest of these discoveries is that of vanadium, which has been taken from an \.-1 Arizona mine in larger paying quantities tlian ever before known. A commission of British scientists are investigating the question of the .33 existence of earth tides, or oscillations ' iS of the earth's crust corresponding to <1 those produced on the sea by the moon's attraction. A pendulum is so suspended that its slightest motion turns a mirror and causes the point of light reflected by it upon a distant ~-$|l screen to move very perceptibly. It is found that the pendulum is in continual change of position, for the mo- "'Ja tion of the reflected light is incessant, and so irregular that it is .hardly possl- v 31 1 ble to determine its mean position on the screen within five or six inches. I The North China Herald mentions a ?- Ja novelty in the way of applied science, <JjH| whicli is said to exist among thieves . J9 in China. They prepare a composition of some medicated ingredient, supposed : to be aconite, and lighting it, blow it into the room to be robbed by means -^9 of a tube through a hole previously sffli made (not a difficult thing in Chinese houses with paper windows and . doors.) The inmates are thus anass- ;.Ql thetized or at least deprived of the x power of speech and locomotion, and the thieves enter and .do their work. . >|j| In vain does the proprietor being ?s| robbed see the burglars. He cannot " fflfjl move limb or tongue. It is said that I water absorbs this poison, and so for this purpose it is not uncommon for wealthy people to sleep with a basin f&M of water at their heads. It is called a men hsiang or hsiun hisany, to suffo- ' 1 cate or asphyxiate with incense. Cocoa and Chocolate. I Probably few of our readers, while ' ~i$m drinking these favorite beverages, jMim have ever thought to ask how the I plant producing them grows. Yet its culture forms a large part of the in- .-J dustry, not only of the great Ama- 1 zonian valley, but of other portions of 1 tronical South America. . 1 The cocoa (Theobroma cocao)?the name signifying " food of the gods"? is a small tree, or rather largo bush, seldom exceeding fifteen feet in height, although we have seen very old trees which were thirty feet high. It has I large, oblong, taper-pointed leaves, which when young are rosy and very I beautiful. The flowers are small, fragrant, yellowish, and are borne in clusters on the trunk and larger branches. The fruit is about twelve inches long, varying, however, greatly in size, and .1 about live broad; it is oblong, blunt and is marked with ten elevated ribs running lengthways, and is, when ripe, 'I of a blight orange yellow, with a hard , J shell. Although authorities state that<^-?%$?jj the fruit contains from fifty to one' 1 hundred seeds, we have never been able 2 to find one containing fifty ; the average is from thirty to forty-five. These seeds are imbedded in a white, semi- I acid pulp, and in size and shape some- fl what resemble almonds; it is fropi^i these seeds that the cocoa and choco-'. J&Sfl late of commerce are prepared. The fruit is, when ripe, gathered by hand, and broken transversely by a I large knife; the mass of pulp and seed is taken out, and is either left for a day I to slightly ferment or is at once put into a " ti])ici" and pressed almost dry; ..^|B it is then dried for from one, to three days in the sun, and is then ready for market. A tipici" is a tube of wick erwork, about eight feet long, with a ? diameter of about ten inches; the top . .*? is open, and at each end there is a &. loop; the tube is filled with any substance to be pressed, hung upon a peg or branch by the upper loop, while a lever, upon which a woman sits, is in- ""VB serted in the lower loop, and the juice I runs <mt through the interstices. Jjjfl The juice running from the "tipici" is called "vinho da cacao," or "wine o& '?> cocoa," and is a most refreshing and - delicious drink ; it is slightly acid, ?-vm aromatic, and possesses a flavor especially its own. Unfortunately, it soon fer- I ments, and can be preserved in its B freshness for only a single day; by boiling, however, fermentation is . B checked, but ;ill the delicate aroma of the wine is lost. It is almost worth a " IB trip across the Atlantic to drink the wine of cocoa in its freshness, y VI This drink is very healthy, and one can consume an ira- V fl mense quantity. A superior white vine?... io oIm urATvirpd from the COCOa. ^(U li? C4AOV |/4V|/I??v?? The juice is also- boiled down into a I sauce which in color and taste much fl resembles Shaker apple-sauce ; and a ' fl most delicious amber-colored jelly, far ;fl superior to guava jelly, is made from '" >fl the wine, from which also a strong and /fl very high-flavored brandy is distilled. fl The husks contain a large amount of fl potash, and are burned to yield a lye fl which is used in making soap. Great fl quantities of the cocoa fruit are an- ^fl nually destroyed by monkeys and par- Yfl rots, which are very fond of the seed. *fl ?American Garden. HEALTH HINTS. jjj? Hard corns can be quickly removed -/fl bv means of a sharp knife without fl pain, if the knife is expertly used and fl the corn kept saturated with alcohol, fl which not only makes it easier to re- fl move but also benumbs its sensitive- fl ness.?Dr. Foote's Health Monthly. fl The following for chapped hands is recommended by the Medical Jirief: fl Hay rum, two parts; glycerine, two t vfl parts; quince-seed jelly, four parts. A .rfl few drops of oil of rose or any other Q perfumery may be added to the bay rum before mixing. The same lotion diluted with rain water forms an excellent dressing for the hair. The jelly < is made by adding two drams of quince seed to two j>ints of water, 1 toiled down to cine pint, littered hot and allowed to cool. Whatever be the plan of treatment v, decided upon, rest is the first principle to inculcate in every severe headache. Kest, which the busy man and the anxious mother cannot obtain so long as they can manage to keep about, is one of the first remedies for every headache and we should never cease to use it. The brain, when excited, as > much needs quiet and repose as a fractured limb or an inflamed eye, and it is obvious that the chances of shortening the seizure and arresting pain will <ii>nr>nil on our nower to have this car- . * ried out effectually. It is ;i practical Bj lesson to bi? kept steadily in view, in that there may lurk behind a simple H headache some lesson of unknown . H magnitude which may remain station- B ary if quietude can he maintained. H There is a point worth attending to in 'H the treatment of all headaches. See H that the head is elevated at night and H the pillow hard; for. if it he soft, the H head sinks and becomes hot, which with some is enough to provoke an attack in the morning if sleep has been .. H long and heavy. H