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ABBEVILLE PRESS AND BANNER. 1 ~ i J&fk ??? ; ?? ? ? <?? r "r'y .V 23 BY HUGH WILSON AND H. T. WAKDLAW. ABBEVILLE, S. C.. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1883. NO. 33. VOLUME XXVII. :M ? ???? ?? ? sM The Old Cottage ( lock. Oh! the old, old clock of the household stock Was the brightest thing and the neatest; Its hands, though old, had a touch of gold, And its chime rang still the sweetest. Twns a monitor, too. though its words were few Yet they lived though nations altered: And its voice, still strong, warned old and young, When the voice of friendship faltered: "Tick, tick," it said?" quick, quick to bed? For nine I've given warning; Up, up and go, or else you know. You'll never rise soon in the morning." A friendly voice was that old, old clock, As it stood in the corner smiling. And blessed the time, with a merry chime, The wintry hours beguiling; But a cross old voice was that tiresome clock As it called at daybreak boldly. When the dawn looked gray ou the misty way, And the early air blow coldly: ''Tick, tick," it said?" quick, out of bed? For five I've given warning; You'll never have health, you'll never get wealth, Unless you're up soon in the morning." Still hourly the sound goes round and round, With a tone that ceases never; While tears are shed for the bright days fled, And the old friends lost forever; Its heart beats on, though hearts aro gone That warmer beat and younger; Its hands still move, though hands we love Are clasped on earth no longer! "Tick, tick," it said?"to the churchyard bedThe grave hath given warning? Up, rp and rise, and look to the skies, prcpurc iwr a uca>vuij uiviuui^? ?Christian In (elIi{fencer. "GOOD ADVICE." TIIE STORY OK A MISTAKE. Rising and falling on the sparkling waters some two miles distant from a coast-line which is the glory of the beautiful Channel Islands, plashing musically in rythmic consonance with the wave-beat faintly audible from the bolder-strewn shore, floats the Lively Polly, a taut little Guernsey fishingboat, occupied by two men?David ' iSyvret, its master, and Lionel Hardy, a wandering member of the great brotherhood of the brush. One ol these, a broad-shouldered and stalwart islander of some fifty years of age, whose honest bronzed face seems to have absorbed into itself much of the sunlight which l'oi nine months of the year sheds itself prodigally upon Moulin Iluet bay, is occupied in selecting mussels from a shining black heap banked up under the forward thwart of the boat, scraping them free of oar weed, and serving them up as bait for the somewhat fastidious whiting pout and codling, into whose cool haunts, fifteen fathoms below, they are temptingly lowered. The other, an active, vivacious, resolutelooking young fellow of live-andtwenty, is lolling back in the stern in a very ecstasy of enjoyment, airily poising in his hand a horn of ice-cold water drawn from the famed well of St. Martin, in which he lias been pledging successively the island, and the bay, and the boat, and letting his eye roam appreciatively from headland to headland and reef to reef. " And now for our bust toast, David ?the Guernsey Lily I" he says, reverently. "Miss Doris, God bless her!" exclaims David, draining his glass ; and his young companion, joining him, gazes over the waters, and apparently finding the Guernsey Lily too sacred a flower to be dilated on, relapses into a j dreamy abstraction, and remains lost I in thought, while David gathers together the finny spoil, hauls in the kedge and finally sets the mainsail. Let Doris hold up her sweet face and in all her graciousness be introduced to the gentle reader. Fair and slim and beautiful is the maiden whom young Lionel Hardy has alluded to as the Guernsey Lily; a goddess among the island fisher-folk; hedged in witli a divinity begotten of kindly actions and quick sympathies; the possessor of a love-compelling face, with eyes of sun-tlecked hazel, of a shade as where the golden rays strike through interlaced branches and penetrate to the darkling undergrowth of stem and f<>ISnra/v. nn.l tt'if 1? UrvO f rAill l\Vl 1_ ceeds a laugh, pure and fresh, and musical as one of the streams which gurgle around the pebbles of her own G uernsey water-bin es. Moulin Huet village had known and loved her for now close upon ten years; for just that period had elapsed since Dr. Awdry, her father, an antiquarian and scholar, had lost the better part of his fair fortune, and had brought her over t o settle in the island, and to become the light of beautiful, old fashioned Bella Luce farm, the house he had made his home. There Doris reigned supreme and held mimic court, receiving deputations of the village children, distributing her bounty, superintending the daily operations incidental to the maintenance of two Alflprnv fnws and a host, of shock-he.'iileil chickens, flitting to and fro in her crisp cotton frock among her roses and picotees. Thus at Bella Luce she lived, and worked, and won the love of all about her, seeing little of society, yet too busy in ministering to the wants of those among whom her lot \v;is cast, and attending to her father, to feel otherwise than content. And latterly a strange new element had entered her life, that seemed likely to give it a wider scope and deeper meaning. Into the garden one sunny spring day, when she was delving with her trowel among the llowcrs, there had strolled voungLionelJlIardy, the bearer of a letter of introduction to her father from some distant relation; as frank ?';id debonnaire a young wielder of the 1 -rush and mahl-stick as had ever spoiled a yard of good canvas. From the hour of that eventful meeting just four months ago, there had sprung up an intimacy between tlio tivn nnitr i rw?1 vuv V n v niuvit uvn O^UIUVU UVOVIU^U to disturb their peace of mind. Lionel had stayed on. taking up his quarters at a neighboring farmhouse, and feeling it week by week more dillicult to tear himself away, yet, happily, finding with the weeks an added stimulus to work, as if his very bread depended upon his labors?as, indeed, it almost did. During those four months, it is scarcely necessary to observe, his steps had tended frequently toward Bella Luce. The doctor, good man?was it because of the inornate affection the young fellow had conceived for ancient remains??had taken to him marvelouslv, and so far from discouraging his visits had encouraged them. Thus it fpll Hilt. Ilnriu nn/1 )w. li'wl conn I much of one another; and to sec mudi of Doris was to love f?*.r. Lionel was not long in making this discovery; and as he sat at work in the I little room he had fitted up as his! studio, his brain would often be busy in the evolution of day-dreams. Though the little income he was making was, he knew, painfully diminutive as incomes went, lie nevertheless d.d not ignobly rail against fortune, but set himself manfully to redress her deficiencies in so far as regarded himself. " And if thou lovest me as I love thee, we require little else," ho would say, half aloud, as his hand would fall to his side, and he would bend in a sudden accession of tenderness over the picture which he was limning Doris' fair form. " Love will make our cottage pleasant; and 1 love thee more than life." But then he wasn't a lord of Burleigh, as he would a little ruefully reflect, and the only acres he had to offer her were a few acres of rather indifferently painted canvas. " But the hand, lady, sh^l grow stronger as the days pass on!" would continue, still apostrophising r. ' -J" iC r- f. ??BCTM? W?W?a?D??BW? tlie picture; ami judging from the draughtsmanship, it really did begin to look as if the hand were growing stronger. The picture hore l'or title ' (JikiiI Advice," and was being painted surreptitiously. Its subject was the Lady Doris giving admonition, out of the fullness of her experience of the world, to her little handmaid. Lizzie Syvret. daughter of David, who was about to leave her on domestic serviee in the great city of St. Peter I'ort?Doris, supple, sylph-like, with her hazel eyes full of tvisdom looking well! nto the future; Lizzie, reverential and receptive, in the erispest and daintiest of mop caps, kerchiefs and aprons; the two wending their way through the water-lane winch skirts the garden of Bella Luce; their setting, a tangled wealth of dogrose and bramble?emblematic, mayhap, of the thorns to be carefully avoided in little Lizzie's path. But to return to the Lively Polly, which, coquetting with each wavelet as she scatters it into spray, sensibly ! nciirs the shore. David is sittinir for- i ward, meditatively nulling a ] ipe of honeydew, while Lionel, with his hand resting on the tiller, is directing the course of the boat, and, judging l*r?jn his expression ol' dreamy abstraction, is still lost in the reverie which concerns the (Juernsey Lily. Suddenly addressing his companion, he exclaims, solemnly: " David, the masterpiece shall he unveiled to your eye this evening. The private view shall take place." "What, the pictur', sir?" asks David, removing his pipe from las mouth in deference to the subject. "The picture, David, the picture; and if your little daughter and Miss Doris don't wall; before you to the life, why?rip the canvas from the frame and trice it up as a new lop-s'l for the Lively Polly." " Thank'ee, Master Lionel," replies David, looking well pleased?whether at the invitation to the private view or the prospect of the new top-sail, does nut appear. After a pause he adds, regretfully:" How Lizzie will miss her, sir!" " Xav, David, says the younger man, with quick sympathy, "we mustn't call it a parting. -Miss Doris will be often getting over to see the little woman What, after all, is live miles?" David slowly withdraws his pipe from his month, and, gazing across to Lionel with a face which betokens wonder tempered with incredulity, gasps out : " Whv, hast thou not heard the news, lad?" * "Xews? No. what news? IIow could 1? I've been staying awav at Ancresse for the last two days." David gives vent to along, low whistle, and leans forward: " Why, the news is just this, sir: Somebody or another that nobody's ever beared on afore has gone and died, anil the doctor's come in for thousands upon thousands o'pounds!" he says. i*i a sepulchral whisper. | " Thousands and thousands! As soon I as 1 heard what folks said. I lipped j and asked the doctor himself, and j Thousands and thousands. David!' he says. Them were his exact words; ] and, lor! Master Lionel, how he did | rul) his hands together and laugh ! .So j now he'll he oil with Miss Doris to i London town. 1 suppose; nlore's the. pity; and-- Put your helm down, Master Lionel; put your helm down ! (l-r-r-r! Ulessme! if she hasn't gone and jibed!" And the .Lively Polly, which had been Happing her sail ominously to draw attention to her unheeded tiller, had swung up to the, wind, and now lay rolling uncomfortably from side to side, lb-quiring her sheets to be let go and hauled in before she would eonsent to proceed on her course, the little craft distracts David's attention from the deep effect his news has produced on his young companion; and i< no time even if there were in olination, for questions and answers, for after one more short board the boat is beached. Leaving the task of hauling her up to David and a fellowfisherman who happens to be standing near, Lionel hurries ofT, and ten min-' utes afterward is seated in the solitude of his studio, dazed and bewildered, with a great sorrow clutching at his heart. Thousands and thousands! Yes, there they were; repulsive in their coarse, barbarous glitter, whole bastions and battlements of them, forming an impassable barrier between him and the woman he loved! The woman he loved! lie started jip from his chair, and restlessly crossing the room stood before the easel which supported his recently finished picture, 'in/I (fun/I 11 lion lmr fnn/i All linw liri mm "l,v" ' """ ""I "" " ,,v did love her! lie hail never quite realised how much till then. Subjected to one of those mental freaks by which, with strange oversight of relative magnitudes, some trivial issue is temporarily obtruded in place of one of vital moment, his eye became arrested by some trilling technical omission; ami taking up his palette and brush he proceeded to rectify it. Yes, that was better, he rejected, as he leaned back and regarded it critically. While he gazed his thoughts hurried tumultuously into the future. Her father would settle down in England; and the exigencies of her wealth would throw her much into society, and tht? old life in the little island would fade in h<*r memory till it remained only as a dream?a pleasant dream, perhaps, but still a mere dream?and she would grow conventional and worldly-wise; the pity of it! A knock at the door. All ! lie had forgotten. "The private view," he mutters to himself, with a ghastly attempt at a laugh. "Come in. David." Enters the (Juernsey Lily, and with folded hands and meek eyes which seek the ground, says, "Sir Painter, Sir Painter, I am no David, hut a .simple maiden, who has just had tidings of your return, and hears a mandate from her father bidding you come and smoke a pipe with him over some beautiful, new, old fossil remains. And the chamber of liluebeard being invaded, perhaps he would stand on one side and let me gaze upon his treasureV" 'PI*#* 1..? //.! c? om ?lr>mtir*?1v .Lilt.* Vil UU 1IU.7\.U Mvni.tf .J , and the sunshine 01 a smile is lighting ii]) the fair petitioner's face. Inarticulate from conflicting emotion--:, Lionel steps silently from before the easel and discloses the picture; and with a rapturous little cry of delight Doris recognizes its subject. For a moment or two she stands leaning forward and gazing intently upon the canvas; and then, dimpling and blushj ing in her confusion, timorously holds j forth her little hand and exclaims : "Oh! "What am I to say, Mr. j Painter? Can't you find me words to express my appreciation? Can't 1?" Her eye suddenly catches the title of the picture, and she clasps her hands. " See !" she cries, " I can give good advice. Let me promise to give you good advice whenever you may ask for it.'' His forehead is clammy and cold, and his tongue cleaves to the roof of his mouth. "Tell me tiie news, Doris; tell me what has happened," he|says, hoarsely, "The news?" she repeats, surprised. " About this death and this will," he blurts out, almost angrily. "Oh! haven't you heard?" she asks; then, with a laugh which bubbles forth spontaneously, protests, "It was too cruel!" Cruel! If she had any intuition of the anguish he was suffering could she allude to the tragedy in that light way ? lie motions her to a chair, and with the luughter still dancing in her eyes and dimpling l?or sweet l'nce, she sits down and recounts. " You must know. Sir Painter, that many years ago mv dear innocent father was seized with a passion for business, and persuaded an equally inexperienced friend to enter into a gigantic scheme with him for supplying London with iced soda-water at some abnormally small sum per bottle." lit? bows. Yes, he recollects the doctor having alluded to theschemein some reminiscence. "Somehow," she continues, demurj lv," the soda-water fell Hat. It is a laughing matter now, but it wasn't so, by any means, at the time. Poor papa lost a very large sum of money; and, what lie felt far more, his friend lost a very large sum, too. lie never forgave papa?except?that is, till he died the other day." And her face, from which the laughter had momentarily faded, again becomes dimpled over with irrepressible smiles. "I see," murmurs Lionel, with his Iwuirf mini.- fi>:m :ibvsmn:d dentil, feel ing like lead. "And so ho eame to tiiink better of Iiis churlishness, and now lias died and left a will in the doctor's favor?" " Yes," whispers Doris. "Made over those thousands and thousands of which David spoke?" continues Lionel, as if the words would choke liini. "Dear David! How papa will exult !" murmurs Doris, with another irrepressible gurgle of laughter. "Yes, thousands and thousands," she assents, lowering her voice in an awestricken whisper. "Ah !" he groans, as his worst fears are confirmed. "Of the empty soda-water bottles, you know," she continues, softly. "Now, wasn't it loo elaborate a joke. Sir Painter?" ' What!" he almost shouts, as he takes a sudden step forward, the revulsion of feeling sending the blood coiursing like wildfire through his veins. But she has risen, and is already at the door. "Here's the dtar legatee come to look for me," she says, as she opens it and takes her lather's hand in hers. " You shall tell him how David took Ins joke, while 1 run away and look after the chairs being taken out into the garden. And as to your picture. Sir Painter'?here her musical voice became very earnest and subdued? ' I can't tell you i ll I think of it; but, as I said before, if you ever should require any good advice?" The rest of the sentence was lost, for she had tripped down the stairs and passed out of the house into the summer air like some sweet melody. Then Lionel seizes the astonished doctor by the hand, and forcing him into a cliair tells him from out the depths of his heart the story of his love for the maid Doris. And the doctor, returning the honest grip of the hand, abruptly asks: "And you really do take an interest, Lionel, in ancient fossil remains?" "I?yes, sir; certainly!" replies the bewildered lover. "Then,'perhaps, you'll have the goodness, my hoy, to regard me in that light," he says, with a merry twinkle of the eye, " and let me pass the few remaining years of my life in your home. 1 mean, if your suit be successful, you must take up your residence at Delia Luce; fori can't afford to part altogether with my little girl." And then, with feeling too deep for utterance, Lionel again wrings the kind hand that is stretched out to him, and leaving the doctor to inspect the picture, goes whirling out of the house like a tornado and tears off in pursuit. It is just at the end of the water-lane that he overtakes the object of his quest, threading her way daintily among the dog-roses and !iml tin.re :uiil then, ill :i voice which thrills her gentle heart with emotion, he tells her a tale of an artist who loved an island maiden with all the passion ol' his soul, and with his arm still round her waist asks her for good advice as to the course the artist should pursue. What advice was given is not reported. Humor says that it came rather indistinctly; it being impossible for lips to acquit themselves with anything approaching to justice of two tasks at once. That it must have been good advice is, however, clear; for not only is the artist alluded to making very decided headway in his profession, but he is also wedded to the most blithesome little wife in an islanfl where blithesome little wives abound?a fact nttixtcil 1 iv Hip hinffhter which "vvv "V n now comes echoing from out of the shady alcoves of Hella Luce garden, and anon rippling from the deck of the Lively Polly over the dancing waters of Moulin II net bay. The (ilold Product or California. AVe clip what follows from an article in the (.'en turn on "Hydraulic Mining in California," by Talicsin Evans : The gold product of California from the discovery of the precious metal by James \V. Marshall, in the tail-race of .Sutter's Mill. January, !! , lS-bS, to June :' ??, 1.SS1, amounted to ?1.170,000,000. Of this sum *000,000,000 is estimated to have been extracted from the auriferous placers. The remainder represents the yield of gold quart/, mines, of which the State contains ni'inv Tlw> ve.'irlv nriidiirt, of (fiild ill California is from *15,000,000 to $-0,000,000. From the date of discovery to 18151 inclusive, the gold ])roduct of California aggregated $700,000,000 derived chielly from the modern river beds and'shallow placers. A large proportion of the remaining $'200,000,000 has been obtained in the deep gravel deposits l?y the hydraulic method. Strange as it may appear an industry which has contributed so largely to the wealth of the world,] and iias been the means of the settlement and development of California, lias reached a period in its history when it is claimed by a large portion of the community to be a greater evil than blessing, and the question ol suppressing tiie hydraulic method of goldmining has been the subject of earnest discussion in and out of the halls of legislation. The law lias been invoked t<> suppress or control it. Kven the State, through its attorney-general, lias commenced a suit to suppress its The trouble grows out of the immense amount of debris which the hydraulic miners are discharging constantly into the water-courses of the State. Cn>toms in (iIove>. Some curious customs an; connected with gloves. For instance,. the eeremony of removing them when enteringthe stable of a prince or great man, or else forfeiting them or their value to the servant in charge. This is an odd survival of vassalage, for the removal of tin; glove was anciently a mark of submission. When lands or titles were bestowed, gloves were given at the same time; and when for any reason the lands were forfeited. the offender was deprived of the right to wear gloves. The same idea was prevalent in the bestowal of a lady's glove, to be worn in the helmet of her knight, and forfeited by him if her favor ceased. In hunting, tin; gloves are supposed to be removed to-day at the death of a stag. It was a \ ery ancient form of acknowledgment to present a pair of gloves to a benefactor; and white gloves are still presented to the judges at maiden assizes. United States Senator 1'latt, chairman of the committee on pensions, believes that $150,000,000 will be necessary to meet the requirements of the next fiscal year. During 1&85 but $100,000,000 will be required, and $75,000,000 the year following. FACTS AND COMMENTS. The "roast beef of England" evidently belies its name. With 12,000 head of live cattle yearly, 2,000 quarters weekly from Chicago, and 1,000 carcasses weekly from one firm in New York going to the London and Liverpool markets, it is plain that the roast beef of America is coming to thefront on English dinner tables. (ieneral Lew Wallace, United States minister to Turkey, accepted a commission at the eloseof the civil war in the republican army of Mexico, with a view to organizing a legion of American soldiers to aid in driving out the Emperor Maximilian. The legion was not raised, but Wallace rendered ellicient service, for which he got no nay, because the Mexican treasury was drained. Ilis claim for pay, however, has been pushed, and he has recently received ?15,000 in gold in full ol' account. " Illiteracy, as shown by the census of 1880," was the subject of a recent address by Mr. John Eaton, United States commissioner of education, in the hall of the Union League club in Xew York. lie said that in 1880 there were 7,000,000 white persons and 3,000,000 colored persons in the United States who could not write. He thought that it behooved the nation to become the patron for educating the 5,700,000 children who do not attend school. It would take $1,100, 000 and 30,000 teachers to start the work. According to Professor Sargent, of Harvard college, Michigan and Wisconsin will some day lind rivals in Massachusetts and other Xew England States in the production of white pine, which is a second growth in those States. The product sawed in Massachusetts in 1S80 was worth $1,000,000. Vermont and New Hampshire produced 100,000,000 feet, and Maine as much more. This, of course, to a Michigan or Wisconsin lumberman of to-day, is a trilling affair, hut in the future, when the pine resources of that region are exhausted,it may seem quite important. An appeal in behalf of the starving goats of Michigan may be looked for shortly. A Detroit man has built a furnace in which refuse tineware, such as oyster cans, fruit cans, etc., may be treated in such a manner that the solder is restored to commerce and the sheets of tin, being rerolled, are available for binding the edges of wood trunks. From five hundred pounds of old cans he obtains about thirty-live pounds of lead :irul sower, aim irom old boilers, pails and other tin dishes a considerable amount of wire and other iron, all of which can be sold at a fair price. Vermont is said to produce more marble than any other State in the Union or than any country except this. The business has expanded with marvelous rapidity since 1870, when comparatively little Vermont marble was to be Jound in the market. The aggregate amount of the State's production the present year is 1,000,000 cubic feet, valued at over $2,000,000. The number of men employed in the quarries and mills exceeds 2,'300, and it required 10,000 cars to carry the marble away. Nearly ?1,000,000 was paid for the labor of workingmen by llltf iJlliU "?? iiu.j. A sorrowful story comes from Louisville, Ky. The wife of the late Chief Justice Ilardin, of Kentucky, has been found living on the fourth floor of a tumble-down rookery in absolute want. Her only companion is her seven-yearold daughter, the rest of her family of live children being scattered through the world, the whereabouts of two of the children being unknown to the mother. Mrs. Hardin lives in one room, and when found by the reporter was without fire or food. The poor woman has been struggling for years to keep herself and little child from starving to death, and has barely succeeded. In the natural course of events the eleven general officers will retire from active service as follows: General Sherman, February 8, 1884; LieutenantGeneral Sheridan, June, 1894; Major General llancocK, Aiarcn, jlooo; ..uajorGeneral Scliofield. November, 1895; Major-General Pope, July, 188G; liriganier-General Howard, June, 1895; Brigadier-General Terry, 1892; Brigadier-General Auger, August, 1885: Brigadier-General Crook, .) uly, 189:3; Brigadier-General Miles, July, 1895 ; Brigadier-General Mackenzie, August, 1S94. This will prove interesting to the ariny, as the records of the ages of. officers are'guarded as sacredly at the war department as if they were jewels. Among the various uses to which electricity may be put there is one of a very practical nature, which promises to effect a great saving of property and life. It consists of an arrangement for the immediate stoppage of a steam engine by merely ^pressing a button similar to those by which electric beiis or lire alarms are sounueu. This button may be placed at any distance from the engine upon which it nets; and Mr. Tate, the inventor, proposes that a number of such buttons should be dispersed throughout the factory or elsewhere where the appaI ratus is in use. In factories accidents occur almost daily through the impossibility of stopping machinery on the instant. Such accidents will be readily avoided by this method of instantaneously stopping the engine from any part of the building in which it works. The principle of the contrivance depends on the action of an electro-inagnet upon the stop valve of the engine. The writer who furnishes thej St. Louis Cilobe-Democrat with sketches of noted people resident on the Pacific /-K.nuf e<ivc t\f Tim milueldest man on the Pacific slope, in point of wealth, is Senator Jones, of Nevada. There has perhaps never been so vast a fortune so quickly scattered sis V -i!'Jones'. In spite of popular belief, Senator Jones today is poor, comparatively speaking. When he was elected to the Senate in 187o lie was worth at least $10,000,000. To-day he is not worth $50,000 above his debts, and his congressional salary' is no longer despised as a source of income. It would be hard to tell where Jones' fortune has gone, or more correctly speaking, hard to tell where it hasn't gone. No man ever sunk so much money in chimerical schemes, invested so much in bogus friendships, or became so easy a prey to financial sharks as Jones. lie sunk $2,000,000 hard money in njines in 1'auamint, California, which never yielded a dollar. lie sunk another million in the Sumner mine in Southern California. lie built a rail <. 1.1 in <iiufliorn Piilifnrnin twclvo utiles long, and it cost enough to have had every tie of mahogany and every rail of silver. The Central Pacific afterward bought it fo r bout $1,000 a mile. He bought every ranch ever offered him?indeed, he bought ono in Nevada which has never been located to this day. Jones'agents could never find it. JTc started an ice factory in New Orleans. He never saw the factory, and never but once or twice the man who got him into it. lie opened the St. James hotel in New York, and of course it never paid. The last cruel wipe that fate had in store for Jones was the "Sierra Nevada deal," as Californians call it, of four years ago. On a mere prospect the stock was jumped from $3 a share to $275. Jones got in at about 9200, on the drop. Tlio stock is selling now for less than $5 a share. The Bank of Nevada is believed to be carrying 1 Jones' stock for him yet. Phosphorescent Phenomena on the Sew England Coast. 1 On the New England coast, says a " writer in Harper, these displays of phosphorescent phenomena are partic- 1 ularly noticeable, and the castellated ; rocks are frequently bathed with their f splendors. When t " The day is done, mid the darkness < J Falls from the wings of night," ' t the phantoms of this world of light t spring into existence, changing the i bosom of the ocean to a scene of weird ] revelry. Every drop of water seems i a gleam of light, and the grim kelps 1 and sea-weeds depending from the ] rocks drip with liquid lire. Ahead i of our boat waves of light appear; be- ( neath the surface moon and stars j move here and there, revolving and ; rising in graceful curves with gentle 1 undulation; while swift Hashes, com- ] ing from the gloom beyond, dart 1 across the field, leaving a brilliant t nebulus train behind. The scene, as 2 the waves break upon the rocks, is one c of dazzling splendor. At Spouting f Horn, Nahant, the water, forced j through a natural crevice in the over- f hanging crag, is thrown high in air, c for a moment hangs suspended, a luminous mist then settles upon the grim battlements, bathing them in a c warm, lambent light that winds its 1 way in gleaming rivulets to the sea. l But what are those mystic shapes ? ) In answer we dip the scoop-net into j the water; the wish of Midas is here c nigh-well fulfdled. The meshes be- e come a shining web of golden fabric, j and entangled in them are myriads of ;i gleaming living creatures, the verita- t ble lamps of the sea. They are medu- i so:?jelly lishes, if you will?too com- t inon to be described; unsightly objects j when stranded upon the shore, but at t night possessed of a loveliness peculiarly their own. Large forms of au- 3 relia and cyanea move along surrounded by a halo of golden-greenish j light. The cyanea is a giant of its c kind, a fiery comet sweeping in and c out among the lesser mimic constella- ( tions. One of these large jellies was s observed near Nantucket from j the mast of a vessel moving . lazily along, its disk encircled by { a halo twenty feet in diameter, j while the train of gleaming tentacles j stretched away 200 feet or more. 'y Mrs. Agassi/, measured one whose disk j. was seven feet across, with tentacles j over 112 feet in length. In the day- , time the great semi-transparent disk, ^ with its flexible lobed margin, is a a dark, reddish-brown color, while the \ tentacles, bristling wifh lasso cells ( and spiral darts, are yellow, purple, t 1 ? ? ? ? 1 - llMitlrt f k a rtvnnooa urowil UT JJlUft. n Iliiu HID tint the sea with a greenish light, the little dysmorphosa, that at times appears in vast numbers where currents meet around rocky points, illumines it with a light of deep aurelian hue. On successive nights we may find as many different varieties changing the water to white and yellow tints. The shapely zygodactyly wander about like iynes-fatui; the idylia gleams with ever-changing lines; pleurobrachue Hit about, their fringed tentacles glistening with red, green, yellow and purple rays; the golden melicerta and resplendent forms of coeyne, tima, clvtia, eucope, and a host of others, add to the glory of the scene. The plenrobrachiaand its relatives, from the peculiar external character of their locomotive appendages, are among the most beautiful of all marine lightgivers. The heroes are perhaps the most familiar, assuming many forms, sometimes spherical, ovrtf and oblong. " Shaped as bard's fancy shapes tlio small . balloon, ? -?i- i- ? 4U* I To Dear some Byipn or my uc^uuu mo i moon. From all her bands see lurid frinpos play, That trlance and sparkle in the solar ray | With iridescent hues. Now round and round She whirls and twirls: now mounts, then sinks profound." Clear as crystal, they move through the water by means of their lace-like hyaline lins, that glitter with hues of vivid iridescence. So numerous are these and other light-givers in the Northern seas that the olive-green tint of the water is due to them even in the daytime. Mr. Scoresby, finding sixty-four of them in a cubic inch of water, summed up the amusing calculation that if eighty thousand persons had commenced at the beginning of the world (he refers to popular, not geological reckoning) L.j count, they would barely at the present time have completed the enumeration of a single species found in a cubic mile.?Harper's Magazine. St. Bernard Dogs. Among the most notable of recent fashions in large dogs is the St. Bernard. which has almost suddenly pushed its way to the foreground, s In England it is fast supplanting the 1 collie, which has ruled as a prime fa- 1 vorite ever since the Newfoundland ' dog was dethroned, and perhaps jls a f result of this English fancy the de- 1 mand for St. Bernards in this city is ? growing. " It is but lately that dogs 1 of this kind have been agked for," said a prominent dealer to a reporter > for the Mail ami Express, " but they 1 are very scarce. Only people of means ' can afford to own them, for they range ( in price?mind, I speak only of the 1 genuine breed?from $500 to $3,000. i Even puppies sell for $200. Now, there is a line eighteen-month-old fel- 1 low," lie said, as a large, splendid-look-, j ing dog walked majestically iuto the ' room. That dog knows as much as a < ?.. - ? T ?i riirriil'ir 1 IlliljUlllV ill 111Vll. 1 llitic ci n.g<uiu bed for him anil at night lie puts 1 his head on a pillow, 1 cover liim < up with a blanket and he sleeps just J like a baby. "Worth much? I ask < $=2,000 for him and I'll wager his equal cannot be found on this side of tin; ' Atlantic." 1 There are two varieties of the St < Bernard, rough-coated and smooth- 1 coated, both having tin: same charac- f teristics except in the length of the 1 hair. The points supposed to be the ] distinguishing marks of a genuine St. < Bernard are: A tawny or brindle color; i a clearlv-marked lin?> up the face and a similar one around the neck, and a full, < square head. These animals are very intelligent and seem to be endowed with the. instinct of saving life. Their 1 attachments are very strong. They re- ! quire plenty of room for exercise, and i fanciers asertthat a dog of thisspecies i raised in the country where he can ' have plenty of exercise, will grow to ! a much larger stature than one raised i in the city liatlier Forgetful. , Failure of memory is apt to be at- < tended with very embarrassing re- ; suits sometimes in social me. xne : sister of an eminent clergyman, ac- j companying her brother to a dinner party, entirely forgot that she was not at her own table, and apologized for the abominably bad dinner. She was , "quite ashamed" to see such dishes sent to the table. The lady of the . house did not enjoy the blunder as ] much as the other guests. Lately in ] New York a distinguished English j gentleman called on a big merchant who had entertained him two years ago. " How d'ye do, Mr.? ?" he said, expecting a cordial clasp. " Who are you?" ; rejoined the merchant, whose manners are at times brusque; "I don't know ; you." "Sir (1. C.," replied the other; i " I had the pleasure of dining with you two years ago." "A mistake, sir; 1 never saw you before;" and poor SirG. C. retired dumbfounded. The first appearance of cotton as an article of commerce was a shipment of seven bales from Charleston in 1757. In 1880-82 the crop wn? 6,600,000 bales, THE SONGS OF THE DAY. Itnllnds that Rccomc Pop ,]nr<~Enormous Editions of Simple Melodies Hint t.'utch the Public Ear? Profits of Authors and Publishers. "What constitutes a popular song?" ivas asked by a Star reporter of a New Sfork music dealer. "I can answer your question l.jst by ;elling you a little story. Seme years igo, when liollin Howard composed a long and dance, ho took his production, of which he felt very proud, to L'ond & Co., and offered to sell it t,o .hem. They looked it over and returned it with the remark: 'We do iot publish any such stuff as that.' Mr. Howard pocketed his discomfiture n silence and sadly wended his way lomeward. A short time after this Howard went to Boston, where he was ngaged to sing in a minstrel company. )ne night Mr. 0. A. "White, the coin)oser and publisher, heard IIowird, and offered to publish lis discarded song. This is how 'Shoo ?ly, Don't Ikulder Me' came to see the ight. It soon became popular all over he land. The publisher sold over 100,000 copies, and with the profits istablished the well-known Boston irm of White, Smith & Co. A song is >opular when it catches tin; public ancy, and the best songs seldom bourne popular." " IIow do you account for this ?" " Well, the popular mind is not edu:ated enough for them. Many persons iave what they call an ear for music, mt have no knowledge of music. They iave no special training in order to ap>reciate the general beauties of a iirstlass song, or the fine, delicate shades of xpression that are the very soul of the tiece. The ballad, or comic ditty, is ibout the extent of popular appreciaion. In these you will find a simple nelodic expression, such as ' Wait Till he Clouds Iioll 1 >y, .Tennv,' and' Tommy )odd.' There is no effort of the mind o glide, as it were, through these." " Tell me some of the popular ongs." "Just now, 'Wait Till the Clouds loll By, Jenny,' by II. J. Fulmer, has aptured the popular fancy, and will " " /it ontmue to sen ior some tune, ^xusc m tlie heels of this piece conies an anwer to it?'The Clouds are Boiling 3y, Jenny,' by Maylath, a much su>erior song in every way and likely to je as popular. Then we have ' In the doming by the Bright Light/ by ames A. Bland, the colored songwriter, and the best of his kind. All lis pieces have become popular, and nclude Keep dem Gates Wide Open,' "Won't "We Have a Jolly Time?' 'Oh, lem Golden Slippers' and ' J)e Angels ,111 a-Coming.' In the popular list is When the Leaves Begin to Turn,' by >. A. "White, of Boston. It is a beauiful waltz song. There is a fund of he popular songs sung by Ilarrigan ,nd Hart. I need only mention Babies in Our Block,'' The Skids Are )ut To-day,' ' "Whist, the Bogie Man,' 'Little Widow Dunn,' 'Xever Take he Horseshoe from the Door.' In rade we call a song popular when it reaches a sale of 10,0U0 copies. Jany editions only reach .r),000, and i i.r.nn oine (iu nut inn mv>uuu tj\j\j Diere may not appear to be any value o a song until it goes before the pubic. If they catch on, then the value if the song is assured. Many good lieces?real gems of song?have been uiblished by Pond, which do not go teyond his studio. Among tins class s a sweet thing called: 'Say Xot, dy Love Will Change with Time,' vritten by Albert Kowse. When Iarrigan & Hart sold the ' Mulligan Sruards' for $50 they did not expect hat it would march to the tune of 00,000 copies. The Ilildebrandt dontrose song they sold for $25, and lie publishers worked off 200,000 opies." "Who are the leading composers?" " You mean of this class of music? rxf aiit? Tnnaf nATMll'll' clin ftc H CJJ, lllilllj ?<1 Will IIIVMV uive been written by authors on *lie ither side of the water. Our home uunes are Harrison Millard, Will S. lavs, 8. C. Foster, J. It. Thomas, II \ Banks, Henry Tucker. W. II. Brock, vay, 0. A. White, J. T. Ordway, E toot, J. A. Bland, (J. Operti, Harry iirch, B. F. Baker and others. These nen do not ajl write their own words ?most of them buy the poem. There ire few good song-poets, the best, perlaps, being Mr. (Jeorge Cooper. His enumeration is poor, being from $5 o $10 for a song outright. Many of hem possess genuine merit. When lie composers sell a song they receive rom ?50 to $100, and someimes ?200; some will only take aconiliission on the sales and secure a landsome profit should the piece each public favor. When IJanks .vrote "Silver Threads Among the i/?T.i " hn colli it-, fnr fnrf.v dollars. Yfter it was published the purchaser told 400,000 copies, and the piece is itill sought for. Harrison Millard natlo money hv writing music. While lolding a comfortable position in the ustom-housc he managed to secure a mall fortune by his muse. Ilis ' Viva 'America' brought him $2,500, and his long. 'When the Tide Comes In,' has jeen worth $1,000 a year. The song Waiting' is now looked upon as a stock-selling piece, the publishers disusing of 6,000 copies a year, while his Under the Daisies' sells at the rate )f 7,000 copies. 4 Mollic Darling' has nul a sale of something like half a liillion copies. "J. A. Barry composed 'Little Footsteps,' and sold it for $5. The publishers made money and disposed of nno fonifs. I lavs' soners: 'Little 31(1 Cabin in the Lane,' 'We Partedby ;he Riverside,' each had a sale of 100,000. Onhvay's song, 'Dreaming )f ITuine, Mother,' reached a sale of 30,000 to 00,000. 'How the Gates L'anie Ajar,' by Eastlmrn, reached a alt! of 100,000. J {rock way sold his Little Sweetheart Come and Kiss Me,' for $25, and the publishers run out an 'dition of 25,01 >0 copies. 4 The Old [ ""oiks at. Hoiue,' by Foster,reached the lale of 400,000 copies, and still coninues to bP bought. 'The Sword of Hunker Hill' reached a Sale of 100,000 copies, and the famous temperance >ong, ' Father Come Home,' written by Work, has had a sale of M0,000 copies." " IIow about the Englishsongs?" "They are readily sold in this country. The famous London popular <ong, ' Pull Down tlie Dlind,' had not lieen introduced here a couple of months, when 50,000 copies were sold. Let Me Dream Again,' by Arthur Sullivan, has reached to 100,000 copies, and is still a favorite. ' What A.re the Wild Waves Saying' has sold to the number of 1300,000 copies, while f'lmmnnimfl Cbarlev.' '(iood-bve. nharlie,' ' Won't You Tell Me Why, j Hobin?' 'Five O'clock in the Morning,' und some others have had very large sales. What the Mattress Contained. A Paris paper tells a story of an eccentric man who put a clause in his will that the funeral should take place lit 6 o'clock in the morning, and that his property, an old mattress, should l>e left to those who followed the hearse to the graveyard. As there was nothing in the will to attract many mourners, the funeral procession was limited to the driver of the hearse and a young neighbor of the deceased, lie got the mattress and found in it $40,000. Leonardo da Vinci thus forshadowed the telephone: " When one is upon a lake if he puts the opening of a trumpet into the water and holds the poipt of the tube to his ear he can perceive whether ships are moving at a remote distance. The same thing occurs if he thrusts the tube into the ground, for then, also, lie will hear what is going on far away," THE FARM AND HOUSEHOLD. FInli Food for Fnrincra. The introduction of German earp into the United States, a fish that will thrive and grow fat and savory on decaying vegetation, is a progressive step toward utilising the millions of small water tracts that disfigure the farms of the country. It is a rare exception when a hundred-acre farm has not a pond, or a pool, where fish culture can he made to flourish, if not with the beauty, with more than the value of the harvest acre. * Fresh fish for breakfast is a great rarity upon a farmer's table. This is the more strange when we consider that many of our most fertile farms, especially those east of the Allegheny belt, lie along the great water courses, or are furrowed by streams that will yield a bountiful supply of coarse, but good lish food. I' lsn-cuiture, ?y lis rapiu, euuuuiiuu progress daring the last decade, has s placed at the will of the farmer a means of providing for his daily needs which ranks in importance with the raising of ordinary farm products for home consumption. Why the farmer has not found tins out long ago it is easy to explain. The pursnit of fish- ? culture has been almost exclusively j1 confined to those who may be classed, without offense, as professional fish- T culturists. These gentlemen have made fish-culture an art, from a knowledge of which, the farmer, with his acres of water area, all ready for the c seed, has been debarred. Yet all these s years fish-raising, for domestic use, ? has remained one of the simplest prob- f lems that over a farmer was called F upon to solve. f Given a pond, a few fish, a shovel, a few hours' labor, with twelve months I of patient waiting, and you have your e crop, which, with care, will become an e annual one, without the use of plow, 1. harrow or seed bag. Take the carp as c an illustration. If you have a natural 1. pond,, covering at least half an acre, a with an outlet and inlet, its greatest depth at least eight feet, with a shelv- . ing margin, you have your fish farm. ^ Send to the fish commission of your State for a supply of carp, which will t be furnished to you free of cost, except t that of transportation. Place them in , vour nond. feeding, if needed, with the + scraps from the kitchen, or better still, 1 with the curd of sour milk. In twelve months there will be a crop ready for * table use. * Pish, like cereals, must have pro- 1 tection. Before planting the carp, see c that the pond is cleared of all other f kinds of fish, and of frogs, both of * which will soon eat up the young fish, ? as well sis the spawn of the larger ones. 1 The young fish have other enemies, * su:h as the kingfisher, the blue heron, * ducks, water rats, etc., against which 2 they will need protection. Put no other fish in the pond with s carp, but if you crave a varied fish diet, * and have another natural pond, or the r chance of making one, put a few dozen t catfish or bullheads in it. This fish 1 protects its young, and increases with c great rapidity. In a separate pond ( may be planted the large-mouth ( black bass, or the yellow perch may ( be raised. All of the above named fish * will live and thrive in ponds with a ( muddy bottom, and their growth in ( size and numbers will be dependent 1 upon the food and fresh water supply. The carp is a vegetable feeder, and will require little food so long as the pond is well filled with aquatic plants. ? The other fish feed on minnows, frogs, i the larvae or water insecis, iresuwater crustacea, and such other animal i food as comes within the reach of ( their rapacious jaws. By the judicious culture of a small frog preserve, suffi- ^ cient food for the black bass can be , raised with a surplus of delicious frog legs for private consumption.?American Agriculturist. 1 f'nrui nnd Garden Notes. In fat animals seventy-five to eighty- 1 five per cent, of the total ash constit- 1 uents are found in the bones. 1 ow is is the time to feed charcoal to turkeys. Mixed j til their soft \ food it assists in the fattening process, j Don't forget for a minute that honey ] put up in the best shape will bring the < higest price, and find the most ready i sale. ] A carp two inches long was put into J a pond two years ago at Gibson, Ga. Kecently it was caught and found to 1 weigh thirteen pounds. ] Spent hops, if properly dried, are 1 said to be an excellent and healthy < - * J*-- l?i 1 llllOStltUXO lor 1 earner uuwua m ul*u sing. They liave been used for that 1 purpose many years. i A large fowl will make more meat ; than a small one, but requires a longer period in which to mature. Early maturity in liens- is of more importance than size or weight of carcass. i Vegetables, like gram, seem to pass j through a sweating process when placed in a heap, which guides them ^ in large quantities to be careful of the temperature of the cellars and storehouses in which they are kept. They 1 need not only a temperature suitable, , but also more or less ventilation in the J heap. If you haven't got your manure all J out yet you can topdres:1. in the winter . or spring, spreading evenly from a , sleigh or wagon, so that the entire , surface of the land gets the strength, , as the rains and the melting snow J wash it out before the brush, drag or J harrow, at the opening of the season, , can be used. J J. J. If. Gregory, of Marblehead, | Mass., carefully collected the eastings ] of worms daily for one season over ;i . given area, and they measured nearly , a quart to the square foot, or enough < to raise the surface of the land half an ( inch. He also, by experiment, shows j that an acre of land may contain six ] tons of worms. j A bin for keeping potatoes may be i made of narrow strips, with a space ' between them, and having legs to 1 raise it above the cellar bottom! It i may be made of any desired length j and cross-boards may be put in to ; separate varieties, if preferred. An 1 arrangement of this kind will prevent ] j injury l'roin dampness and provide < thorough ventilation. Don't whitewash the nark upon the ' bodies of fruit and ornamental trees. We are at a loss to know for what pur- ] pose some persons thus coat the bark | <>f fruit mill simile trees about their premises, unless it is to make them ' look nice. It certainly does them more j harm than good, as it serves to obstruct 1 the respiratory organs, and in a mea- j sure prevents a thrifty growth. The female moths of tint canker J worm cannot lly, but as they hatch , out in warm days at the beginning of spring, they crawl up the bodies of i apple trees to deposit their eg<js. Hence it is of no use setting traps i'or them to llv into; but a band around j a tree filled with tar or printers' ink! will stop their progress, and with' some watchfulness thev may be easily ( destroyed. Kainit, or German potash salts con-1 tains about twenty-live per cent, of j sulphate of potash, fourteen per. cent, i of sulphate of magnesia, twelve per | cent, of chloride ol* magnesia, thirty- [ three per cent, of common salt, fifteen ; per cent, of moisture and slight traces ; of other minerals. The amount of i pure potash contained in it is about twelve per cent. From 200 to 400 pounds is a fair application for an acre of land. The New Hampshire Mirror and Farmer recommends that line salt bei sifted over cattle from head to tail! about this time, and again later in the season, as a remedy against lice. About j a pint to each animal to sufficient, A ;orrespondent who tried the remedy selected a few animals for experiment kvith the salt, and omitted its use on )thers, and the result was that those ;hat were salted were free of lice, ivhile those not so treated were lousy. Purslane ijnd chickweed are, by comnon consent, put down as the worst iveeds in the garden. Many a man ights them his life long, and leaves his garden more thickly populated with ;hese enemies than when he gathered lis first crop. They have their ecolomic uses, especially purslane, which is jxcellent food for pigs and chickens vhen confined in pens, and is not to je despiseil arj a dish of greens with )oiled ham. Hut the chief value of hese vegetable pests is as asignofbad msbandry. Field mice may ruin a whole orchard n a single winter by gnawing the tenler bark from the trunks of the fruit ind other trees. The greatest deduction is done while the earth is covered with a heavy fall of snow. U this time the mice burrow from ree to tree and forage at their free vill under cover of the snow. So soon is the storm is over the snow should >e tramped down around each tree to hut off the mice. Rabbits may be :ept from the trees by smearing the >ark with blood or rubbing the trunk3 vitli refuse meat. Heclpes. Pudding Sauce.?Take two cups f white sugar, a lump of butter the ize of an egg, one well-beaten egg. itir these together, then add a teacupul of boiling water; put it in a sauceAr\ nnf lnf if Kai'1 I mil UilUJl 1U HU^iVCUO, UU uuu 1V.U1V wvi*, lavor with lemon or vanilla. A Nice Way to Bake Eggs.? iutter a pudding dish and break the ggs carefully, put in as many as will over the bottom nicely, lay a bit of rntter on the top of each egg, sprinkle iver them salt and pepper lightly and >ake in a quick oven; cut them apart vith a knife before lifting. Mashed Potatoes.?Boil some poatoes and pass them through a coarse lair sieve. Put them into a saucepan vith a good lump of butter, and salt 0 taste ; add a little milk, and work hem well with a spoon on a slow fire or some minutes, adding small quantifies of milk {is they get dry. Sweet-Potato Cake.?Sweet-poato cake is not only an appetizing dish jut this is an excellent way to use up eft-over potatoes: Mash a half a pound >f them, after removing the skin; when entirely free from lumps, mix with hem about three ounces of flour, salt tnd pepper to taste, a good lump of >utter, and warm milk enough to make 1 nice dough, about like biscuit dough, toll this out on the kneading board, ind cut out a cake the size of your >aking tin; butter the tin well, and catter a little flour over it; then lay he cake in; when you think it is learly done, turn it over. If the botom of the oven is very hot, put a grate inder (the baking tin to prevent the :ake getting too much browned. The langer of burning is lessened if, instead >f one cake, you cut the dough in bis:uit-shaped cakes about two inches hick. If covered while baking the takes will be more moist. These cakes :an be made of other potatoes as well is of the sweet ones. Household Hint*. Dried bark of sassafras root put iround dried fruit will protect it from ,vorms. Slightly dingy furniture may be nade to look like new by applying^ oat of pure oil. s To remove oils and varnish from silk 'abrics use oenzine, ether and soap ,'ery cautiously. liaw starch, applied with a little ,vater, as a paste, will generally renove all stains from !,sticking. Silver in constant use is kept nice md bright by washing it every day in ,varm .soapsuds and drying it with old iuen. To clean a carpet nicely, wet papers md wring them out well and scatter ibout the floor; sweep thoroughly, gonsr over the carpet several times; then nop the carpet as you would an oilcloth with a slightly damp cloth and it ivill look as bright and nice as new. [t is well to do this every weekly sweeping day. To clean finely-polished furniture iake a bowl half full of tepid water, a little fine toilet soap and a tablespoonful of sweet oil. Apply with a piece Df old flannel, rubbing vigorously; ;hen take a piece of old soft fine cotion and rub thoroughly with it and repeat the process until all the liquid application has been removed. A Royal Hair-Cut. In 1859 Queen Victoria sent her old jst boy, the Prince of Wales and lieir apparent to the English throne, on a trip to the United States. lie was >nly nineteen years old, and some of the most distinguished men of Great Britain were commissioned .to accompany their young and royal master. i'ie in this r-mintrv the LSUAAU? 1IA.J ?? ?...u y prince honored Cincinnati with his gracious presence, and lingered here for j in entire week. lie had a suite of rooms at the Burnet house, where the would-be great men and lovely ladies Hocked in large numbers to grasp the royal hand and gain a smile from his supreme Johnny Bullship. He Wits feted and petted in a most absurd manner, and even his aristocratic stomach ;it times rebelled against the absurd deference paid to his name and rank. While here, Mr. Wales concluded to have his royal tresses cut, and extensive preparations were made for the event. The Burnet house parlor were set apart for the ordeal, and a number ;>f fashionable ladies begged the privilege of seeing the dear heir get his hnir trimmed, and about twenty pretty ijirls were graciously permitted to witness the remarkable act. Mr. Louis Kaps, the barber at McMillan and Gilbert avenue, Walnut Hills, was present on that occasion. He was an apprentice to Mr. Hasse, the tonsorial irtist engaged, and carried the tools with which to operate on the prince's lead. Every thing, scissors, ;itp and soap, were new. The operation began and the precious locks fell under the sharp scissors. An enterprising young man from Newport was there with glass blowers. He would gather up the hair as it dropped to the floor, anil after putting it in the ejliiss would sell it to the dear, romantic ;;i rls. The prince en joyed the occasion liugely. He talked glibly in German to the barber, and occasionally made glad the palpitating hearts of the fair damK?. n ^nttr u'Ar.la in likniVTl seirtuy s|ic?ni..6 native English with them. Mr. Kaps says that his majesty made sport of the American women in the Teutonic tongue, and said that he was treated with more adoration and reverence here than in his own country. At last the hair-cutting was finished and Mr. 1 lasso received $10 for his job. How many ladies are there in Cincinnati who have locks of the Prince of Wales' hair??Cincinnati Enquirer. Adam Seven Feet High. Dr. Wild, of Toronto, announces that Adam was seven feet high. His reason for this conclusion is that the lirst man was perfect and seven is a perfect number. " Three is the Trinity number and stands for the Creator; four stands for the world ; thus seven includes the Creator and the created. .Seven means completion. There are seven virtues that make a perfect man?virtue, knowledge, temperance, patience, godliness, brotherly kindness and charity. Dogs under favorable circumstances live to be over thirty years old* ANOTHER PItOPHET. '*5 vV'^3 Remarkable Evcnta to Occur In 1883 ana 1884. The New York Herald says: There '% have been from time to time, and in .1 various localities, numerous individuals .. I claiming to rival the famous, if not fabulous, Mother Shipton in her ,-^M prognostications of evil. Zadkiel and Raphael have "gone to the bourn/ etc., but there remains another, who t thinks lie can discount Venner, Levoe, -0 " Old Prob" or any other prophet, named or not named. lie is James M. Swormstedt, of Cincinnati, who says Xj his only motive in the matter is "that my fellow mortals may be led to escape H these groat judgments." llis lucubra- ~r<k tions are jus follows: FINANCIAL PANIC. A great financial panic will sweep like wildfire over the United States ' ?& some time in 1883, which will prostrate all industries, paralyze all business and ,, jj uuuw uuo 01 euipiuv unriiij cvcij' lutui, woman anil child in the country. COMMUNISTIC "WAR. - ' 3 The condition of the working classes m will become so desperate that they will ,^j rise up like a flood and sweep away both Church and State and fill the land with violence. I A GREAT WHIRLWIND. Satan, in afflicting the world like he -M did Job, will next bring the great whirlwind of Jeremiah, xxv.s32, which will slay " from one end of the earth even jr to the other end of the earth." Joel, v| ii., 1-11 contains some dreadful particulars of this destructive whirlwind : j SEVEN GREAT COMETS. Satan will soon wheel a fleet of ^ seven great comets into-line. One . will plunge into the sun, producing a great outburst of solar light and heat. . The moon will be as light as the sun. ^ 3 and the light of the sun will be increased sevenfold. The other six will ' < ? affect the rivers, the sea, the earth and , * the air. SNOW, HAIL. FLOODS AND FIRE. Tremendous snowfalls, hailstones of y* enormous size, awful floods and flaming fire will come to complete the dark pic- ;.4 tu re. EARTHQUAKES. There will be great earthquakes in '<j. divers places. The most dreadful and . ^ destructive one of all will be in the . -v last part of 1884. tiie silver lining to tiie dabk ??i cloud. ' As the Lord restored double to Job so will he to our land. It will arise Phcenix-like from its ruins and in the latter part of 1888 will be made like 'rj the Garden of Eden. ? TIIE MILLENNIUM. The millennium, or reign of Christ, \ will begin in the .United States forty years before tlie rest of the world is .LZtft made new by the good King. " blessings. Free homes, free supplies and everlasting life will be given to all who . ^ will believe in this good King and flee to this place of refuge from the per- ; 'U secutions of Satan and the future Anti- - -3 christ whom he is to set up over tho*/>f? revived lioman empire. how to escax'e the time of trouble, - --g| The Lord is to form a vast camp. around the great pyramid of Egypt and at the sounding of*a great trumpet the angels are to gather his elect thero,'^ 1 from one end ol neaven to lire oiner . yjnw (see Joel, ii.. 11; Isaiah, xix., 19; ^3 Psalms, xxvii., 5.) All who will turn to God with their whole heart and love & the appearing of Christ will be super- ' js naturally protected there until the time of trouble is over, that is from. the autumn of 1883 to the spring of 1885. After that a new set of events > open up which are too long to recount just now. ? Grocco-Ronian Wrestllr?. Next to England and America, ji France takes rank as a nation of wrestlers, and it has also a distinctive Sk style, but one that is of comparatively % recent date. Its originator was one ' liossignon Rollin, and his greatest ex- e > ponent Monsieur Fauvet, of whom It is said no one could break the bridge 1; formed by this athlete arching his * back by the aid of his neck and heels. ' This style of contention was broughf to America in 1876, and at once took hold of the Americans, who are ever on the alert for novelties. Its name? ' ^ Gneco-Roman?had considerable to do "h with its popularity; but search through- 3j Greek and Konian history fails to sub- ' stantiate the assertion that it was the style of competition in use among the ~gladiators of the Coliseum or athletic arena, llesearch, however, shows that ' \h it was introduced bv an Jid venturer, and that it was a mild spffcie3 of catchas-eatch-can style. In the French'contest the wrestlers are stripped to the waist, and light for locks and grips above the waist, and no ? hold below the belt is allowed, and no * d, tripping or foot playing can be indulged in. Some years ago a party of ' J these French wrestlers crossed the ~ , 'v channel and threw down the gauntlet ^ to all England for a bout at their na- ^ tional pastime. They were met by *3 England's champions, and in the m<tj jority of encounters were worsted, as / J the Britons knew just as much of the i supposed new style as did the French men, added to which they were invariably in much better condition than the Frenchmen. v. A Doctor's Curious Conclusions. Among the papers left behind him by a German physician who died a short time ago is (-no containing notes of certain conclusions he arrived at during a professional experience of moro than forty years. In one of these notes he expresses an opinion that at least one-third of theillnessesof the patients who sought his advice were purely ;*2 imaginary. He found it not only j against his own interest, but against that of the self-alleged sufferers, to destroy the illusion by informing them that there was really no cause for anxiety. Ill health was to them a matter of vital importance. To destroy the pleasing belief that they possessed this blessing was an absolute cruelty. In the few instances in which he broke to them the terrible truth that they were quite well he found that the result wsis genuine illness. For the patients, all interest in life departed with their favorite occupation of nursing themselves, and their health became seriously affected by nervous depression. lie also found that, as h rule, weakly persons live longer than strong ones. Without going so fir as to say that the best lives are those rejected by insurance ollices, he thought never- . r theless that persons with a "screw loose" more often attain longevity than those in whom no trace of disease can be detected. Among the owners of St. Bernard .> dogs in this city is Samuel J. Tilden, * whose Askhiin, one of the roughcoated species, has carried away many f ?< Cnnfh prize, jirs. u. r. rwin, \jl uuntu Fifth avenue, is the owner of Turco, a tawny brindle rough-coated St. Bernard, five years old, who was imported from the St. Bernard Pass, and who is considered one of the best specimens ** of his species in this country. Herman Clausen i the own cr of Barry, a tawny rough-coat imported from Lucerne, who is valued at $500. II. H. Baxter, of Fifth avenue, owns a splendid fawn-colored, smooth-coat dog, five ,, years old, named Turk, and II. M. Hoar, of East Fifty-sixth street, is the possessor of a tawny rough-coat, three years old, called Rover. John 1'. Ilaines, of Tom's Itiver, X. J., is a noted admirer | of St. Bernards. His Don, an orange, | tawny and white smooth-coat, is a I splendid animal, gentle and playful aa 1 a kitten. His ownpr values him at J f 1I5Q0I~ York am? Earprmt I