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ABBEVILLE PRESS AND BANNER. 1 BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C.. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 1883. NO. 42. VOLUME XXVII. ||| LOSS AND GAIN. 6he walked apart, along tho height, The stars above her bending head, And, marked by many a twinkling light, Below her steps the world was spread. On one side drooped her shadowy hair; As slow she moved, her white robe shone; She lived in love's enchanted air? The love of one! Lo 1 from her dreary height she stepped Down to the world in lowly guise; Strange grief within her heart she kept, Deep wonder in her wistful eyee. And now, as soft her footsteps movo Along the valley's winding fall, She knows a purer, lovelier lov^? The love of all! ?Marion Couthouy, in LippincotVs. A KETTLE OF SOFT SOAP. I wish all young women who are dissatisfied with their peaceful hoiue life could have known my heroine. Elsie Meyer was her name, and a hundred years ago she lived in the Mohawk valley. Hither had he? father ar.d mother come from Germany a year or two before Elsie was bom. A rude hut had i been the first home, but Martin Meyer i * worked hard, and when Elsie was just 1 growing into womanhood he built a 1 V new house for his family. l True, it was of logs, with the mossy bark still clinging to them; but it was stoutly built, and had a good roof and < a substantial chimney. The inside walls were made warm with a thick 1 plastering of clay. The four small 1 windows were protected by heavy < oaken shutters, and the two doors, ( massive in structure, were well secured by bolts and bars. < Scarcely was the house finished ere < the vague rumors which had been float- ] ing about for some time turned into < stern realities. War was declared be- tween Great Britain and America. Of i course the valley in which the Meyers ( lived would, like every other frontier, \ be subject to frequent invasion of the ! enemy. ] Poor Frau Meyer, however, escaped ' all coming dangers, for just about this < time she died giving birth to her 1 fourth child. For a time the husband i was prostrated by grit 1; then the fast- ( approaching dangers and the duty of j caring for his family compelled him to j lay aside liis sorrow and Co take up ] again the responsibilities of life. < His daughter Elsie was his great ] help and comfort. Barely seventeen ; years old was she, yet the household j machinery went on as smoothly as dur- ; ing her mother's life. The spinning < and weaving, the baking and brewing, ] the watching over the ten-year-old < twins and little baby Lizzie, were all ] done most faithfully. < Very little time had Elsie to spend j at the quiltings, hu-king bees and < other festive gatherings of those primi- < tive days. But, although so seldom ' mingling with the young people of the ] valley, her company was eagerly sought ( by maity a gay gallant. t And no wonder, for Elsie was in- ; I deed a pretty maiden. Tall and straight, 3 with a lithe, graceful figure, clear red ] and white complexion, soft blue eyes i 1 ?.A.i. xi.;/*f . ana wiiu but: uui'iv maiusui mm ?uuuw j her shapely head as bright as sun- < shine. < Pretty and gentle, tidy and indus- i trious, she did not lack fur suitors; but | to Nicholas Strlly, an honest young j farr-.cr, was her heart given. Then the cruel war separated them, ?is it did ; many others, and Elsies betrothed | marched away to fight for liberty. j "Father," said Elsie, one morning, as they sat down to breakfast?"father, < the meal is nearly out." < "Ach!?so?" said Herr Meyer, as , he took another spoonful of supaan. ? "Well, to-day I will take two bags of | corn down to the mill and have them 5 ground. Thinkest thou wilt be afraid ( to stay at home al< ne with the 1 kinder?" i " Oh, no!" was Elsie's reply. " There 1 are no Indians about?are there?"- < " Our scouts report none. However, ( the redskin is a wily reptile, and there's ] no knowing when he's lurking in the ] grass I like not leaving you alone ; I still, I might get the meal to-day a3 * well as at any time. It is clouly, and, ( should it ra:n, I could do iu harvesting, t I will start right away." I ^/ And accordingly, fifteen minutes later, Herr Meyer joggel away on his j ) old brown horse, with a big sa k fastened panier-like on either side; and Elsie, after she had tan his figure * vanish over the hill, went back to her housework. " What a pity it rains !" she said to ' herself, half an hour later. "I did intend making my soap to-day. It is time that it wa* done. Fran Weber and Frau IIeine,~as well as many of r the other women, have theirs made, * and surely I do not want them to think : me a lazy housewife ! The lye is ready and the soap-grease, too; and if father | were here and the weather fine, I would have tho big kettle swinging out in the yard. As it is, I believe 1 will try and make it in the fireplace. Hans, ] you watch little Liza; and vcu, Peterkin, take a pail and draw the lye out * - i ui?i 1 ?? f rot me jeaciuug-uari ti. auu y> mi u busy, bustling housewifely air, Elsie set about her day's work. Rinds of pork, bits of tallow-can- i dies, and all the odds and ends of ; grease that had accumulated during 1 the year, were tossed into the big : black kettle, and as soon as they were tried out, dipperfuls of lye were gradually poured in. Outside the rain poured down steadily all day. L?tj in the afternoon, however, a brisk western breeze swept away mist and vapor, and redeemed the dull gray sky by a gorgeous golden sunset. When its bright rav illumined the panes of the window, Elsie turned from the fireplace, saying: ? " The: e ! It doesn't need anything mere only to boil slowly. Peterkin, ^? you se3 that it doesn't run over, though there's no danger unless the fire starts up. Hans, you stir the cradle while I M run rlnwn tn thft snrincr and PP.t a nail *u" ?? " - "X o O - - ~ i ' of wat( r. And a minute later Elsie was tr'p-1 ping down the little footpath leading , to the spring. A?> she lield the pail under the flowing wa er she was startled at hearing a slight noise near her. She glanced nervously around, her. Again she heard the noise?a rust' ling?then a hoarse whisper : " Elsie! Elsie!" Broken and unnatural as its accents were, Elsie knew the voice, and im-1 petuously she sprang toward the clump ' of bushes whence it proceeded. There, stretched on the damp groun 1, was the form of a young man, whose face was pale and haggard, and who^e < clothes were torn and travel-stained. I " Oh, Nicholas !" cried Elsie, falling | on her knees beside him and pressing ' her lips to ms urow, - now c<ime juu I here? Ah, you are wounded !" as she V raw blood-stains on his garments. A "Don't be frightened, sweetheart; Hn really, it's nothing serious. It is only ; H> a slight wound, though, to be sure, it iff has caused ine much inconvenience." B f "But how did it happen, and why I < are you here? I thought you were i H twenty miles down the valley." "I was, yesterday morning. But, never mind now. I'll tell you all B . about it as soon as I get to the house. Call your fath'er." K ^ " Father isn't there." An expression of dismay overspread Nicholas' face. WmJ "What! Are you indeed alone?" ' * "There are only the children. H Father will be home to-night, though." Her lover groaned. "And then it will be too late. Those red fiends were to be here at sunset. Even now they may be within a stone's throw of us." ' Oh, Nicholas t Do you mean In('if r?" and Elsie's face grew white. " Then we must get to tne house as 1 soon as we can. Here, take my hand j and I'll help you." ! With a great effort Nicholas struggled to his feet?or rather one foot, for the other was wholly disabled? j and partly hobbling and partly crawling, he worked his way along the path. How long the distance seemed to Elsie's beating heart! Every instant she expected to hear the yells of the enemy. At last?oh, heavens be thanked!? they reached the house, but when scarcely inside the door, Nicholas failed from pain and exhaustion. Peterkin and Ilans uttered shrill cries of terror at his pale face, prostrate form and bloodstained garments. Jiut Elsie had no time to give way to her emotions. Telling Peterkin to place a pillow under Nicholas' head, she immediately set to work to secure the house in case of an attack by the Indians. The two thick open doors were bolted and barred, the shutters drawn to and fastened, and then her lather's two muskets taken down and the priming examined. Then after one peep through the loophole to see that there was no enemy in sight, sh;* brought a basin of water, :i soft towel and a fla<k of spirits, and, kneeling down beside her lover, tried to restore him to consciousness again. In a few minutes he revived and was able to speak. " Xow tell me your adventures," said Elsie, anxiously. " Briefly, then, for we must be thinking of the danger that threatens us; the soldiers at the lower fort revived orders yesterday to go out and Irive away a small party of Indians ivho were prowling about, destroying cattle and trying to capture stray persons Captain Brown, with a dozen men, myself among the number, started out. We anticipated an easy victory, for our scout had said that there were not more than six or eight 3f the enemy. Hut when lie tracked them we found double that number. Still, we would have conquered them, bad it not been for an accident. While crossing, single file, a small stream spanned by a huge fallen log, ;he latter gave way; for, unknown to is, the branches fastening it to the )ther bank had been cut by the enemy, md we were suddenly precipitated into the water. This occasioned only merriment, until we discovered that )ur enemy, hidden in tiie bushes, were pouring a deadly fire in our midst. Struggling in the water, vainly striving to keep our ammunition dry, and at the same time help our wounded :ompanion3, our position was not very pleasant. It was everybody for himself then. I scramble I up the bank, and just then a stray shot struck my leg, and I fell backward nto the water. 1 caught at the roots jf the tree, and as I drew myself up I saw a deep hollow in its trunk. Wounded as I was and unable to help ny companions, the best that I could lo was to crawl into this hole, and :hus I escaped. IBut oh, Elsie!"?and Nicholas' voice quivered?"it was Horrible to hear the red fiends butchering my friends and neighbois! After it rt-as all over, they staid there a few minutes talking over their plans. They lid not wish to linger long in the vicinity of the fort, and so concluded to move in a northwesterly direction?up this way, you know?and plunder ind kill all they could. The Tory who led them spoke about your father, Elsie, and what fine booty they would ind here. Their words put new life into me. 1 determined to hasten here md warn you. Fortunately, the Inlians were to take a roundabout route, jtherwise my attempt would have been jseleis. As soon as they were out of sight I started, and nearly all these len miles I have crawled on my hands md knees. A hundred times I sank lown exhausted; then the thought of rou nerved me to start again. Had ;here been a hot sun I would have jeen overpowered by it; but the rain :ooled and refreshed me, though the lampness made my limbs stiff. "When [ reached the spring I think I must lave fainted, for?" " Elsie! Elsie!" interrupted Peterkin, 'when I was upstairs just now, looking >ut of the loophole, I saw two or ,hree dark figures steal around the ; jam!" 1 Just then a loud knock resounded on 1 ihe front door. "They've come!" gasped Elsie, ( jrasping her lover's arm. lie stooped and kissed her. "Be brave, sweetheart," he whis- ' >ered. "God has helped me so far to- . lay, and I [do not believe lie will de- . ;ert us now. Cob rage, my Elsie, and we . ivill make as brave a defense as we j :an. Help me upstairs, for if I am >laced by a loophole and have one of rour father's muskets I can make some >f the redskins bite the dust! Hurry!" Again the loud knock resounded at ;he door. "I'll answer," whispered Nicholas. j 'They may think that that there is no , man in the house!" and elevating his ] yoice he called out: "Who's there?" j "Friends to the king!" was the an- , swer, while Nicholas sturdily rejoined: , "We want none such here!'' Fortunately, the door was able to resist :dl attacks made upon it, and at Inst Mir hfcsh'L'ers hsul to content them selves with firing at the four windows in the hopes that a chance shot might hit some of the inmates. In return, Elsie and Nicholas fired on the savages with considerable success, although the trees in the yard afforded shelter to the latter. Presently all the Indians withdrew to the other side of the barn. "They are up to some mischief, I'll warrant!" said Nicholas, uneasily. "Oh ! they're making a lire! They're gjingto burn the barn !" cried Hans, whose sharp eyes had seen the smoke curling up. " And that won't be the worst of it," said Nicholas, gravely. "The next thing they'll do will be to set fire to the house!" and scarcely had the words left his lips ere a brawny sav? ?/? n li/rlil'nrl lvrnrwl /xirnn ugr, i;cauiig <k 11^11wv.u miuuvi, vu.uv> i from behind the barn. Another followed him with a bundle of hay. Nicholas' face was grave. "They're going to do what I've been afraid of?build a (ire against the front door. It is perfectly dry, you J know, for the roof projects over it. They have tho advantage, too, for ( when they are there we cannot see to shoot them. Be ude," still more grave-1 ly, "our ammunition is getting low? ! have you noticed it V" "Yes,' ?a:.d Elsie, with a ?ittlo | (h iking sob. 41 Father was intending j to gtt some more at the fort this very I day when he came home from the I mill." " Help me downstairs, dearest," said j vi-t. <. T ...;il ?f?? lv.r H.o rlrw?r ' 1 >11X1 OICAJ UJ UiiU uvv?| . and, believe me, no one shall enter ex- j cept over my dead body ! Put tlie loaded guns beside inc." Pale and exhausted after his exerti >ns, Nicholas rt ached the lower story, and there, propped up by cushions, his eyes glittering with l'evtxish light and ! his h-.vpds tightly grasping the gun.?, he listened to the movements of the enemy outside. A faint smell of smoke crept through the crevices. The case seemed desperate indeed ! And as Elsie beheld her brave and wounded lover, her courageous little brothers and sweet baby-sister sleeping calmly in spite of the ncis?, her heart wai torn at the thought of the fate threatening them ! Seizing one of the loaded guns, she hurried upstairs. In the hope of seeing a foe she might shoot, she peered through one of the loopholes, and as she did so she felt the high heel of her slipper caught in a hole in one of the planks of the floor. She stooped to dislodge her foot, and then some impulse made her examine the hole. * - * ' ? S&SA . Evidently there had onee been a kno in the timber. This had fallen out and the rats had gnawed the aperturo until it was considerably larger. Smoke was curling up through it and Elsie knew by this that she was standing just over the place where the enemy's fire was kindled, for, as has been alrealy stated, the upper story of the house projected over tho lower, the space beneath forming a sort of a porch. And it was in this porch that the Indians were gathered. | "The wretches!" muttered Elsie. " I can hear what they say! Burn us out, will they? If I could tear away a few of these boards without the redskins knowing it 1 might lire down and kill one or two. Ah!" and the exclamation was jubilant, for Elsie's quick wit had suggested a plan. Hurrying downstairs, she said to the boys: " I'eterkin, carry my wash tub upstairs?make no more noisu about it than you can help. Hans, come with me." "While Petcrkin obeyed the command of his sister, the latter, with Hans' aid, began carrying upstairs pailful after pailful of the boiling hot soap, which was then poured into the tub waiting for it. " Elsie," whispered Nicholas, as she passed him on one of her upward journeys?" Elsie, the door is beginning to burn ! I can hear the wood crackle! As a last resort, when the crash comes, you take little Liza and the boys and rush out the back door I 1 will try and detain the savages as long as I can, so as to give you a chance. Make for the river as fast as you can. If your father's boat is still there, get in it and row across. Keep in the shadow anil coax Liza so that she won't cry. Kiss me good-bye, sweetheart, and may the kind God above watch over and protect you !" Elsie stooped and pressed a kiss upon his pale, pain-wrought face. "Oh, Nicholas ! 1 < annot leave you to die here alone?no, no, not even for the sake of the children! Perhaps we may all be saved! I have a plan?oh, pray that it may not fail"?and with one more passionate embrace Els'# again rushe 1 up the narrow, oaken stairs. Reaching the place where the knothole was, she knelt down, and, with a small hatchet, began to tear away the beards. Ere long a faint gleam of the lire blazing below was seen through the cracks. Then a little more careful work and she could see the plumed heads and copper-colo- e 1 shoulders of the dozen savages, who were so intent upon their task of feeding the lire and battering the door that none of them saw the work that was going on over their heads! "Elsie," whispered Peterkin?"Elsie, Nicholas says that they have nearly burned and cut a hole through the do< r, and that you must come down and get ready to flee! Oh! what's that!" as the report of a musket was heard below. Eor Nicholas, see:ng that a small opening had been made in the door, placed li s musket to it and fired a random shot, which was attended with excellent results, for one of the savages fell wounded to the ground. While the air resounded with the wrathful yells of the Indians as they bent over their fallen comrade, Elsie, with the bovs' aid, tipped up tne tuu over the hole in the lloor, and the next instant a stream of scalding hot soap was poured down upon the enemy! And then what howls of pain! What mad capering?, as the Indians vainly strove to free themselves from the burning mass that had fallen on their heads, shoulders, arms nnd bodies ! Everything else was forgotten in their efforts to ease their pain 1 "The river" screamed one, and like a pack of frightened infuriated animals away they rushed down the grassy slope, hoping to relieve their burns by plunging in the cold stream. But in this instance the old saying, "out of the frying-pan into the fire," was verified, for, scarcely had they reached the river's bank, when they received such a volley of bullets that two-thirds of their number fell to the ground killed or mortally wounded! It was llerr Meyer and a party of soldiers from the fort. They had come across the river in boats, and had come ashore just as the savages came rushing down. "Thank God that we were in time," aid Herr Meyer, when, a few minutes later, he entered the besieged house md fondly embraced his family. " Ah, but you wouldn't have been in time," said Elsie, half-laughing and lalf-crying?"you wouldn't have been n time if it had not been for my ket;le of soft soap."?Mary E. Jlrush. Paper Ba.^s. The triumph of machinery in its ipplication to the manufacture of simple articles is well illustrated intho history of the paper bag. Twenty-five years ago the limited amount of paper bags in use were made by hand. And it probably never occurred to the "'?"> -?i* nml.nino / ftnuopivit!vn nnpc flint. there was any necessity of improving the method. It would certainly never pay to apply machinery to so insignificant an article as a paper bag, a mere joining of paste and paper! Yet inventive skill tried its hands, and tho result was a machine capable of turning off one thousand bags a day. What followed was the same as in hundreds of industries similarly affected. Bag factories immediately sprang up, and no sooner did the supply exist than a demand was created. New uses were discovered for the article, and to-day tiie annual consumption in me unneu States, in round numbers, is one billion. At the same time the price has been raised to a mere fraction above the co>t of the paper. Of the one billion paper bags annually produced in this country, more than threefourths an; turned out of eight factories, whos? combined capacity is about five mi lions per day. .Since the application of machinery to the manufa ture of paper bags, the greatest revolution in the industry has been wrought by the invention of a machine to manufacture what is called the "satchel-bolt m" bag, in which the bottom is so shaped that the two protruding corners of the old style bag are avoided. Certain bags can be bought in large quantities at oneseventh of a cent apiece, and even lower, the advance being about twenty or thirty cents ptr thousand over tlio price of paper. a Tree mai ueis an^rj. An " angry tret*," :i species of acacia, is growing on a farm in Virginia, Nevada. It was brought froifi Australia, and is now eight l'e-t high and growing rapidly. It s'.o.vs nil the chara-teristics of t he sensitive plant. When the sun sets its leaves fold together and the ends of the tender twigs co'l up like a pigtail. If the twigs are handled the leaves move uneasily for a minute or more. A singular ! li ng concerning the tree was iti apparent resentment on being removed from a pot, in which it had matured, into a much larger pot. To use the gardener's expression, it "made it very mad." Ilardly had it been placed in its new quarters before the leaves began to stand up in all directions, like the hair on the tail of an angry cat, and soon the whole plant was in a quiver. At the same time it gave out an o lor most pungent and sickening, resembling the odor given off by rattlesnakes and other kinds of snakes when teased. This odor so filled the house that it was necessary to open the doors and windows. It was fully an hour bafore the plant calmed down and folded its leaves in peace. I SELECT SIFTIXGS. The first regular bank was established at Venice, in 1157. A hen in llevere, Mass., laid eigh teen pygmy eggs, weighing in all but four and one-half ounces. In China a lady's distorted foot, which, naked, looks something like a hoof, is called a '-golden lily." The religious ceremonies of the Egyptians were preceded by abstinence, and the sacrilicers were allowed neither animal food nor wine. There [is a huge boulder in Clinton, Mass., weighing fully 100 tons, but it ia 0,1 ninnlf nn n rnplfV >iX' w.. *? J O ' | that a man can rock it with his hands. In the reign of Henry II. carpets were not in use, and it was considered the height of grandeur to have the lloors strewed with clean straw or rushes every morning. The Ilev. Mr. Skeats, in his new English dictionary, says the word "God" is of unknown origin, and that it has been incorrectly connected conjecturally with the word "good." "William the Conqueror originated the curfew-bell, which was rung at 8 o'clock in the evening to warn the people to put out their fires and candles ?a law mad ", with the good intention of preventing the terrible conflagrations that often happened in the towns, when so much wood was used in the building. Early in the spring the marshes resound with vocal noises, which many " I,,, fr.irre LIlUllv UIO UUUKbirail mivui.> UJ These sounds come from the throats of toads, not frogs. Only the male toad sings; and when visitors to the country seat themselves on door-steps in the pleasant evenings of May and June to listen to the singing of the frogs in a neighboring mill-pond, they are in reality listening to the singing of male toads. So says Professor Bickinore. In the reign of Henry I., when the rents were due, the king made what was called " a progress" through his estate, accompanied by a train of nobles, knights, squires and domestics of all sorts, as cooks, confectioners, tailors, barbers and others, who traveled on horseback, or in very clumsy vehicles. The "progress" was made for this reason, "that as the tenants could pay bat very little of their taxes in money, the rest had to be taken in "kind"?that is, in cattle, corn, poultry, pigs, or anything else they had; therefore, as the king could not take away all these things, he and his fol lowers remained at each place feasting, until they had consumed provisions equivalent to the taxes. Messemrer Bots. One of the most familiar sights on the streets of New York, as in every large city of the United States, is the little messenger boy in his neat blue uniform with brass buttons and smart military cap. Hardly an elevated rai!road train rjlls up or downtown which does not carry two or three cf the bright little fel'ows ; they are seen on almost every street car and stage; they may be met on lonely thoroughfares in the dead of night; they are running in and ou; of the great hotels and the residences of heavy llnanciers, high officers and gre it statesmen at all hours of the twenty-four; they bring messages to judge* on the bench, to dignitaries at their dinners in fashionable restaurants, to swells at the theatres, at balls and at parties. The messages that these little couriers bear are of all descriptions, from those the most frivolous to others of the greatest moment and highest consequence ; and often has the fate of an important measure of state or linance turned upon the fleetness of foot of the humble messenger boy who brought the dispatch signaling the moment or plan of action. This messmger service was established in 1872, but during the decade of its existence it has become so necessary an adjunct of business that, as with the elevated railroads, the habeas corpus and the Brooklyn bridge, one wonders how the city ever of/\ >rr hnfriTM if win fcV/U HiU .5 ? ' ? I Brokers d.-pend upon the messenger boys to a very large extent in transacting their business, ancl it is from them that the largest number of calls come. In fact, the members of the .Stock exchange and Wall street speculators control the movements of a majority of the messengers absolutely, and before the exchange opens in the morning the calls are all uptown, while after 10 o'clock Wall street is clamoring fur boys to carry. its messages and do its errands. After 4 o'clock in the afternoon this state of affairs is reversed again, and the boys are engaged running between the residences of commercial men and brokers, whose weary routine of business does not cease with the closing of stores and ollices, who are planning, scheming and con Lnvmg iiiiy mm initio m iuu never-ending struggle for gain. The larger offices in Wall stn eland its vicinity sometimes call for eight or ten boys early in the forenoon, and keep them waiting ready for service during the day. During one day of the Hurry last November a firm of brokers called sixteen messengers in the morning and kept them busy until evening. Messengers are often employed for a few hours a day in offices where there is not sufficient work to warrant engaging a regular office boy, and it is often the case that a gentleman finds his little uniformed messenger so capable and obliging that he offers him a permanent situation. In such cases the messenger companies do not stand in the way of the boy's preferment, and there p,re a number of CierKS in iuut:ruiiL Luuuufiuiin unices of the city who obtained their situations by prompt and obliging service to the linns employing them when they were answering the calls of the district instruments. One young man who is now a teller in one of the largest banks in the city owes his situation to the fact that, as a messenger boy six years ago, he performed his duties with so much fidelity that the oilicers of the bank offered him a small clerkship, from which he has risen to his present position.?New Xork Times. Brotherly Love. Yesterday, about 1 o'clock, a boy of twelve summers went up Austin avenue at such a rate of speed that everybody who saw him was fully persuaded lie was going for a doctor, particularly as there was a scared expression on the boy's face. A kindhearted man caught the Hying boy by the arm, and asked him : "Sonny, is there anybody very sick at your house V" " No; but there will be if you don't turn me loose." " Who is going to bo sick?" " Well, it's my brother Bill. He will be a remains before night if I don't get there right away. We have oysters and things for dinner, and if I ain't there to my share he will try to eat for us both, and he will founder himself, sure, l'leasc let me go, so that I can save my little brother's life."?S if tings. Scared Redskins. Not long ago an officer of the army (who, having lost his upper teeth, i wore a false set) was engaged in serious conversation with some Indians. His plate troubling him, he took it out and wiped it with his handkerchief. The Indians watched the process with unfeigned astonishment. When the captain, putting the plate in his mouth, went on with the conversation, they sprang to their feet and left the room and post in all haste, and with every symptom of extreme terror. "WISE WORDS. In order to deserve a good friend we must become one. Never borrow more than you can pay back, and never lend more than you can borrow. What we charitably forgive will bo recompensed as well as what we charitably give. An able man shows his spirit by gentle words and resolute actions ; he is neither hot nor timid. lie who 1s puffed up with the first gale of prosperity will bend beneath the first blast of adversity. The incapacity of men to under stand each other is one of the principal causes of their ill-teinper toward eacli other. The chief properties of wisdom are to be mindful of things past, careful of things present and provident of tilings to come. With love, the heart becomes a fair and fertile garden, glowing with sunshine and warm hues, and exhaling sweet odors. Those who excel in strength are not most likely to show contempt in weakness. A man does not despise the weakness of a child. When a woman smiles at an affront, one of two tilings are certain. She has either lost all modesty, or she is assured of her revenge. As we are bound not to inflict unnecessary sufferings on animals, so we are obliged to avert all that tends to add to the sorrows and trials of our common humanity. If you stick your finger into the water and take it out, it is in vain you look for the hole; and equally so it is to suppose, whatever space you occupy, that the world will miss you when you die. He who is great when lie falls is great in his prostration, and is no more an object of contempt than when men tread on the ruins of sacred buildings, which men of piety venerate no less than if they stood. HEiLTH HINTS. A teaspoonful of charcoal in half a glass of warm water often relieves a sick headache. To relieve hoarseness and tickling in the throat, make a gargle of the white of an egg beaten to a froth in half a glass of sweetened lukewarm water. Advice given by l)r. Foote's Health Monthly: Don't think you can with jmpunity adopt the follies of other folks; your constitution may not be equally well able to bear abuse. To prevent the hands from becoming rough or chapping, put a little almond meal or any other oily meal in the water when washing the hands, and take care to wipe them thoroughly dry. By taking the upper eyelashes between the thumb and finger, and drawing the lid comnletelv over the under las 11 oh, and gently moving it backward and forward, any specks in the eye fasten on to the lower fringe aod remain there after having let go the upper. This Is a sure plan, and can be adopted anywhere; but it requires some perseverance to acquire it, and should not be given up if the first attempts are unsuccessful. Any disagreeable feeling about it is not half so painful or dangerous as is occasioned by the smallest speck. Seaweed as Food. The use of sea-weed in Ireland as an article of food is not new to the people who dwell along the coasts. In the very best ol times they consume a considerable amount of the choicest varieties for medicinal purposes. That which has the greatest popularity grows luxuriantly upon rocks that are submerged during high tide. The saving process is a very simple one. At low tide the wives and daughters of fishermen eather it in baskets .and spread it in such a way that it will catch the sun. The effect of this treatment changes its greenish color to a dark purple, and it is then stored in bugs. On the western coast the people call it dilusk, and sell it to summer visitors. As an appetizer it is considered very effective. It is a common sight at the western wateriug-places to see the children munching it during the midday airings on rock and heath. But as the effect of this kind of seaweed is to increase rather than allay hunger in those accustomed to its use, the natives of the coast line cannot be expected to derive much nourishment from it as a continuous diet. As a matter of fact, they do not. A woman in the county Glare <1 fmv vo'iru n<rr? t.lirmirrh t.lip. rlpsprtion " J v'"" "nvl 0 of her husband and her inability to walk to a village a few miles distant, was compelled to subsist wholly on seaweed. .She ultimately died of starvation, and the stomach was found to be almost full of seaweed. In the county Donegal the residents of the vicinity of Gweedore, a little postal village, have been driven by the scantiness of provisions to make the principal meal of the day on seaweed. It is, therefore, not surprising that every house has one or more of its inmates on the sick list. If the kind of seaweed which is known in this country as Irish moss and in Ireland as carrageen was more plentiful in Donegal the sufferings of the people would not be so great. That is really capable of affording a much more agreeable fKnn i*r\xr Af ciliu I1UU1 ItiiUUO UUtlll UUJ vW'?vl v/j. the five hundred or more varieties. Scores of peasant women live by gathering it from the rocks in summer. They spread it upon the grassy slopes near the ocean until it whitens and hardens in the sun, and then pack and ship it. Carrageen is still used by well-to-do Irish families for blanc-mange making.llt is first[steeped in cold water, then strained and the lienor boiled in milk. When poured into molds, sweetened and flavored with lemon or vanilla, it becomes as stiff as cornstarch and far more palatable. Before its medicinal virtues were proclaimed to the world the peasants of the coast had it nearly all too themselves. During late years they have been content with an occasional meal. Wisdom for Boys. Do you wish to make your mark in the world? Do you wish to have the respect of the respectable? Do you desire to acquire a competence of this world's goods? Do you wish to be men? Then observe' th3 following rules: Hold integrity sacred. Observe good manners. Endure trials patiently. Be prompt in all things. Make few acquaintances. Pay your debts promptly. Yield not to discouragements. Lie not for any consideration. Join hands only with the virtuous. Keep your mind from evil thoughts. Watch carefully over your passions. llespect the counsel of your parents. Dare to do right; fear to do wrong. Question not the veracity of friends. Sacrifice money rather than principle. Never try to appear what you are not. Go not into the society of the vicious. Use your leisure, time for improvement. Consider well; then decide positively. Injure not another's reputation in business.?Sunday-School Visitor. Along the road from Mobile to Montgomery are thirty mile3 of tu. pentine orchards. Two orchards of i 30,000 acres each are reported. - ' ' j their own safety in the shallow water in which the large fish cannot enter, the separation may be removed until another season. When you commence scr ~~?ng, take the earth as far back as you intend making the lower outside of the embankment. Keep scraping until the pond is from four to six feet deep. If the pond is in a locality where the ice freezes very quickly during the winter it should be dug deeper; and, although I it is said that the carp burrows itself into the mud during the winter and THE FARM AND HOUSEHOLD. Farm and Garden Notes. Road horses should have their front feet stuffed with flaxseed twice a week. Lima beans, like onions, will produce bountifully on the same ground for a succession of yeari. Boring holes in stumps and filling them with kerosene oil or turpentine will render them combustible after a few months. Poles cut in the summer will not last as long as those cut in winter by live years. Soil and climate of course make a difference with the life of the poles. Examine your stock every few weeks to see that they are free from lice. Powdered charcoal, coal dust or road dust sifted into the hair are all good remedies. j;o not tojiow corn wiui oaw. n is not a desirable rotation. If possible take a root crop after the corn and let the oats follow the roots. Clover may be seeded down with the oats. At a recent convention In Washington, Milton Ford claimed that salt destroyed the llavor of the butter, and that butter could be kept just as well and long without salt. lie had kept it for long periods. Says the Hugar Beet: " Silos, if not properly closed, will permit rain to enter, and much harm will result. The coiwt^uence is fiat, rain entering, it carries away a large amount of the nourishing elements." Farmers trying t> make a living oil worn-out lands must stop selling their calves and pigs, and sail fat oxen and hogs instead, and they will soon see an improvement in the fertility of their lands and in their bank account. Soot contains a small percentage of nitrogen. Used alone it makes an excellent top-dressing for spring grain and grass, being quick in its action without being too stimulating. It has also the property of destroying slugs on winter grain. Air. Knowlton, a member of ihe Central New York Farmers'club, according to the Utica Herald, reports four cows not holding condition after three weeks of ensilage, with a daily added feed of four quarts of oats and corn ground with cob. It is bad policy to wash harness with soap, as the potash injures the leather. If the harness becomes rusty rub off the dirt as well as possible with a soft brush and supply a dressing of grain black followed with oil or tallow, which will fast en the collar and make the leather pliable. Abortion in cows was recently discussed by the Elmira Farmers' club. Keeping the cows in good condition and turning them off as so^n as they cease in giving a profit in milk or butter was the general recommendation. After cows have aborted twice they should be sold for beef, such cases being hopeless. By all odds the cheapest and best ??? flia nAmmAn Karri >Y UJ tU UlUUi^abu vuu uviuiiivii ituiu wood stumps, says the Practical Farmer, is to work the ground with a shovel plow, sow buckwheat or plant corn until seeded to timothy, orchard grass and clover, and pasture until the stumps so far decay that they can be pulled out by hitching a chain around the top when the ground is wet in the winter or spring. FlshCalture?Cnrp* Their Cure andjlnblts. Agreeable to your request for an article on carp, embodying information desired by correspondents, I will endeavor to throw a little light on the subject. The .age at which carp may be expected to cast their spawn depends to a great extent on their growth. In waters well adapted to them, and in which they have attained a weight of at least two or three pounds, they should spawn at three years old. Carp do not thrive in ponds supplied with water directly from springs. If it is absolutely necessary to use water from springs, it should be allowed to How through long shallow ditches for quite a distance before entering the pond. The object is to allow it to warm, besides presenting as large a surface as possible for the collection and breeding of food, such as insects of all kinds, the larva; of flies and the like. If it is possible to feed your pond from a river or creek which becomes very warm during the summer months, they will be found to thrive in such water. Ponds which depend upon their supply from rain alone will not be found advantageous, as their liability of drying up during a drought renders them extremely hazardous. Such a pond might be maintained for some time without drying up, but the time will surely come, sooner or later, when the water would both evaporate and sink into the ground, and as a natural result your fish must all perish. TnmVionfa aimilnr t.r? this orcur in trout culture. The extreme height of temperature which brook trout (salmo fontivalis) will exiat in is about sixtyeight degrees Fahrenheit. The trout culturist who depends upon his supply from springs or from water supplied from other sources liable to be diminished to a great extent from excessive droughts, linds that the supply is not great enough to give his pond the necessary change and volume, and the consequence is that the water which has remained in the pond too long becomes warm, and the trout which he has nourished for months, and perhaps years, are gone in a single day from suffocation. I would, therefore, not recommend any one to stock a pond or attempt to raise carp extensively that were dependent on the rainfall, for disappointment and failure must inevitably be the result. Water from mineral springs should be carefully avoided. If they arise in or near your pond they should be turned off in some way. I have not found limestone water injurious, neither do I think it advantageous. Soft water will undoubtedly prove the best when it is possible to obtain it. Of course, when it is not, the circumstances must bo made the most of. Carp are not found to thrive on rocky, gravelly or sandy bottoms. If tho sand is mixed with a sufficient quantity of mud or black muck they will do well. If the bottom of the pond is naturally sandy, muck could be introduced until the natural bottom was entirely covered up. Carp will live in ponds with rocky, gravelly and sandy bottoms, and if the water is * " ? w-! *i-. e... 1 warm ana tney are suiuuitnuj ltu, they would undoubtedly grow to a good size, but they will not breed. It is absolutely necessary that some portion of the pond should be thickly planted with aquatic plants, and also some brushwood in which to cast their spawn, and they also live 011 the lvaves of the plants and the insects which breed among them. A simple way to construct a carp pond is with plow and scraper. It should have a deep place in the center or some other portion of the pond, and the edges of the pond should be very shallow. If the sides are square, the young fish will have no protection from t':e old oiks, for it is well known that the old fish are not averse to eating th ir young, especially if there is a scarcity of other food. A good idea is to have your pond so constructed that there is in some portion a large, shallow lla , which is covered thickly with watfi plants, brush", etc., for the fish to spawn in; and it should be so arranged tnftt, after the mature fish have cast their spawn, that this portion could b.> protected from the intrusion of the parent fish, and thus protect the spawn and young fish from their unnatural parents. After the young fish have atta'nn/1 an jujm to wbjfb theV Can Sflfk liea uumiuub uiitu wio watci woijuo up in the spring, I would advise keeping air-holes cut to prevent suffocation. If the embankment is nicely rounded and pounded down solid, and is sodded or sown to grass, the water can be raised so that you would not have to dig the pond but three feet in the center to get six i'eet of water. The pond should be so arranged that it can be drawn down when desired; and it would also be found very advantageous if two or more ponds could bo constructed, so that t'.io oil fish could be removed entirely after they had cast their spawn. The time of spawning depends upon the temperature of the water, which is also dependent upon the locality. In warm climates they spawn earlier. The months of May and June would undoubtedly cover most sections of the United States. The carp is said to produce a large number of eggs; a fish weighing four or five pounds is said to yield as many as four or five hundred thousand, but of this I do not speak of my own experience or estimation. One of the most important essentials in the successful breeding of carp is that no other kind} of fish should be allowed to occupy the same waters with them, and every means should be provided, by screening or otherwise, to prevent other varieties from gaining admission into the pond, for, when once there, their extermination is almost impossible. The carp is said to thrive upon refuse from the kitchen, and is very fond of vegetable matter, such as potatoes, cabbage, turnips, corn, pumpkins, and also malt from breweries. In large ponds, where there is plenty of natural food, feeding will not b3 found necessary.?Seth Oreen, in Hotne and Farm. I f ouschold Hints. Cool rain water and soia will remove machina grease from washable goods. To take oil spots out of matting, etc. wet the spots with alcohol, rub it with hard soap, and then wash well with cold water. To renovate old black silk, sponge it with spirits of ammonia or acohol, diluted with water, and press on the wrong side. An excellent shampoo is made of rtnHo if fnwfnM ttfltifa noofiln oaot\ Kow SUitO VI LttLtai, u mut vcvjuiio MUJ ram and lukewarm water. The salts will remove all dandruff, the soap will soften the hair and clean it thoroughly, and the bay rum will prevent taking cold. To extract ink from cotton, silk 01 woolen goods, dip the spots in spirits of turpentine, and let it remain for several hours; then rub thoroughly between the hands, and it will all disappear without changing either the color or texture of the fabric. When small beets are boiled and cut in slices and served in saucers at dinner, a great addition may be made by slicing some boiled carrots with them. 1)0 not cook the carrots and beets together, but in separate kettles. Served together each gains and neither loses. This is a novel way of serving them. Celery leaves and bits of stalks can be given to a canary. The notion that it is hurtful is entirely disapproved. My own bird, a correspondent says, is witness to the fact that it has an ex cellent effect on hin general Health, and he never sing.* so sweetly as he does after a meal in which celery has an important place. An orange basket, or a plate of orange baskets, makes a handsome decoration for the table, particularly for a birthday party or a holiday meal. Take the fruit from the peel through as small an incision as it is possible to make and yet to draw the fruit through it; then cut the 6kiu of the orange in the shape of a little basket, with a handle. This may be filled with candy, with ice cream, whipped cream, jelly or with anything you choose. The fruit is not to be wasted by any means; it may be used for an orange pie, for marmalade or for ambrosia?that is, cut in small pieces and put in a dish with a layer of cocoanut and powdered sugar between each layer of orange. This is very delicate for dessert with ice cream and cake. ?. Dance in the Lumber Region. A correspondent of the Minneapolis Tribune gives tho following description of a backwoods dance in the lumber region: The woods began to give up the young people, until the number of couples had reached thirty. Dress was untrammeled by social edict. The female fancy gave vent to its love of being admired in tasteful if not always elaborate costumes, with bits of ribbon here and there, and an occasional artificial llower. But the lads found a llannel shirt and no collar quite as congi nial as some sons of society lind immaculate shirt fronts, incased in a low-cut full dress vost. Dancing pumps were strictly abjured, and he found most favor and recognition whose boot heel gave most frequent J anil liveliest sound, a la ciog-aancer j One violin furnished the musical inj spiration, and as its manipulator : sounded the strings in the preparatory j operations of tuning up, the caller exj claimed: | " Step up now and get your numI b?rs." The lads, some of whom had j come full twelve miles for their night's 1 enjoyment, stepped to the front, do i posited each fifty cents and received a j number, much as the patron of the ! tonsjrial artist receives a number on 1 busy days in the modern barber shop. Room was made for three seats, and the caller called the numbers up to twelve, the holders choosiug their partners and dancing the figures in the [ square dances, which prevailed to the j exclusion of everything else. Then | the rest of the list of numbers were called and three mire sets made up, and the (a'ling commenced over again at Xo. 1 when tic; list had been exhausted. Xo excessive accomplishments in the terpsichorcan art, no especial favor in t lio feminine nunci, no beauty or even ; ellishness of person, permitted an undue monopoly of cither the floor or the e:>mpany of the young Indies. The alTair was managed witli a democracy and an unyielding justice which might have obtained l'avor at social events as lofty in the scale even as the governor's receptions, and universal in their attendance as a policeman's ball, i i" " The Crowu of England. i The crown of England is a beautiful jewel sparkling with st?njs worth half a million dollars. There are twenty diamonds round the circle, worth $7,500 each, making $150,000; two large center diamonds, $10,000 oath, making $20,000; fifty-four smaller . diamonds, placed at an angle of the former, each $500; four crosses, each composed of twenty-live diamonds, $<!0,000; four largo diamonds on the toj) of the crosses $20,000; twelve diamonds contained in the fleur de lis, $50,000; eighteen smaller diamonds contained in the same, $10,000; pearls, j diamonds, etc., upon the arches and j crosscs, $50,0u0; also 144 small dia! monds, $25,000; twenty-six diamonds in the upper cross, $5,500; two circles nf nearls about the rim. $15,000. NEW YORK SftOPLIFTERS m*r.t! ahd pbmalb thieves who ST?AI> XV THE STOKES. Itlany Thousands of Dollars IjOitV?arly by .Shopkeepers?Early Scanner* In Crime * ?Skillful Method* of Operation. ' The shoplifters of New York are , declared by the storekeepers to be like air; their presence and their work is palpable,'but, except in occasional instances, they are invisible to sight . These thieves, says the Times, do not appear to be banded together in an extensive organization, but in their in- ! dividual operations they all pursue the same general methods and work in j about the same channels. A."professional " will not make more than one 1 or two visits to the same counter without allowing considerable time to in- 1 tervene, and is very careful not to let , her face become familiar to anybody ; connected with the stores visited. The respective proprietors of nearly a dozen I of the largest retail stores in the city J estimate their annual losses by shop- ; lifting at from $3,uw to $ iz,uvv. Professional shoplifters were formerly in the habit of affecting the "kleptomania dodge" when detected, but since the storekeepers have become so exacting in their demands for proofs of good character in such cases, the thieves have abandoned that subterfuge, and now depend upon their skill and luck to escape detection. The increasing experiences of the storekeepers and the improved facilities for thief-catching have driven the bunglers out of this branch of the rogues' profession, and it is now an even match between sharp and experienced detectives and smart and ingenious thieves. There are plenty of evidences that "thf smart and ingenious thieves" are numerous, and they operate in all of the large retail stores with a fair average of success. Occasional arrests are made, but it is seldom that a charge stronger than that of petty larceny can be proved against the offender, and the punishment is accordingly light. The most skillful shoplifters invariably travel in pairs. In detective parlance one "stalls" for the other. That is, one of the thieves will undertake to engage the attention of the clerk while the other deftly abstracts a piece of silk, a package of gloves or a card of lace from the counter. It is frequently the case that the confederates will not enter a store together or exchange any perceptible signs of recognition while plying their vocation. A well-dressed, respectable-appearing woman will step up to the lace t counter, for instance, and ask to be ( shown some fine lace embroideries. ? The clerk, mentally noting her well- j to-do appearance, thinks he sees a | chance of making a good sale, and is consequently obliging. He finds his customer hard to suit and places box upon box of choice goods before her. Soon a second woman comes up and, calmly ignoring the first customer? as lady shoppers sometimes do?she demands to see a peculiar kind of goods which belongs in that particular department. The clerk pulls down something for her. It turns out to be the wrong article and, leaving the first customer to contemplate the extensive assortment of embroideries before her, he endeavors to please the second customer. Immediately he finds himself the victim of two exacting and tin- j reasonable females, and, after show- , ing them a large share of the goods in . his department, he is mortified to see ' them walk away, each one in a differ- , ent direction, without having bought a I dime's worth, and he is subsequently . mortified to find that two or three ^ cards of the most costlj lace have been , ' - il J J Li stolen, ine " mouier auu uitugntci game" is worked very effectively in ; many of the large retail stores where ! the clerks are men. The "mother" is, of course, always portly and dignified, and the " daughter" pretty and coquettish. "While the la ter ensnares the susceptible clerks with her laugh- ; ing eyes and saucy manner, the adroit . mother tucks a few things into the in side pockets of her ample cloak. Occa- \ sionally the pretty " daughter," if she ( happens to he a practiced thief, will, under the cover of a small purchase, ! carry off valuable property from under the very nose of the smitten clerk. Detectives who are employed in stores are quite familiar with the ways of pro- ' fessional shoplifters, but even with , them a fresh, pretty face plays mischief. It is well known that a regular system of education is in vogue among shopI ftm. There have been numerous in stances where young girls and boys have been caught in company with well-known professional shoplifters, and some of these juveniles have confessed that they were being taught how to steal. To become successful in the shoplifting business it is necessary not only to acquire dexterity in taking articles out of boxes or off from counters, but to learn to pass the stolen goods quickly and secretly to a confederate. The first lesson taught to beginners is how to receive stolen goods from the hands of the more experienced thieves. Then, step by step, the young shoplifters are advanced in the art until they are permitted to do the fine work of stealing laces, silks or jewelry directly under the noses of the salesmen. A girl aged fourteec was arrested for shoplifting on Sixth avenue some time ago, and when searched ; it was found that she wore a double- 1 skirted dress with concealed pockets, and also had large pockets in the inside of her loosely-fitting sack. "Men sometimes act as 'stalls' for fe- J male shonlifters." said a shrewd store . detective to the reporter. " A good- . looking man, with a brisk way about , him, can readily pave the way for the , operations of a nimble-fingered wo- ! man. This is particularly the case at the counters which are attended by lady clerks. When a man aud a wo- | man step up to the counter together the man is sure to monopolize the lady clerk's attention if he is at all agreeable in his manner. While he talks his companion slips what she can up her sleeve or under her cloak." " What proportion of the shoplifters that operate in this city are women'{" was asked of one of the proprietors of a large retail store. "Fully nineteen-twentieths. It is seldom that a male shoplifter attempts to 4 work' a retail store alone, and the instances where women are assisted by men are not frequent. Male shoplifters operate mostly in the downtown wholesale stores. They go in couples and generally drop into a store soon after the porter has opened the doors, and while one of them engages the attention of the porter the other makes off with a package of goods." The I merchants in the dry goods district are 1 rlrtirnfntirn I SUppOSUU lu uc ilie ucavicou v*vr?? losers by the operations of shoplifters, but the ready-made clothing dealers and the jewelers are frequently victimized. A wholesale jeweler in Maiden ane said that he lost at least $1,000 worth of goods every year by petty lari cenies. " There seems to be a gang of | shoplifters now working the jewelry ; stores," he said, " who are careful to avoid making an outcry. They take but little at a time, well knowing that a busy ' wholesaler' cannot spare the time to trace a theft of $75, $100 or $150 worth of goods. Sometimes several days will pass before we miss the stolen property. Then, of course, it is too late to do anything. And, another thing, merchants, as a rule, are very sensitive on the subject of losses. ' Many of them would much rather let ! a thief get away with a few hundreds of dollars' worth of goods than say anything about the matter." Size isn't everything. A watch ticking can be heard further than a bed ticking. .4 CURIOUS COKONATKIN^H HOW TT AT. ATT ATT, xnro 07 TKZ SAITO WZOH ISLANDS, WAS CBOWXHD. The Cercmonlf* Which Took Place I a ufl| V Frame Structure?The King's TitleMfl Aland Wlaat He Wore. The coronation of David Kalakau, ra Bj king of Hawaii, whose visit to thiafg? jjg?| country some time ago will member ed, took place in Honolulu .? ?hief city of the Sandwich Islands.Q B 3ne would chink to read the account, BgjjM with its array of titles and list of royal ??ap8J etainers, says a New York paper, that jpjjSI ;he kingdom was one of the great onesflt3|&H )f the world instead of a little one ofBJSgl ess than 60,000 souls. The ceremoniesm^M ivere planned on the largest scale and A'ere performed in the largest and I'fjSH nost pompous manner. I The coronation ceremony was per'ormedin an octagonal frame struc- i| H ure, in the presence of about 5,000 )eople. Into this the royal pro- 3j| >ession marched, with the marshal of he household and the marshal of the dngdom at the head, followed lya nng array of high functionaries; . )rincesses of the blood and consorts, Ja )earers of all varieties of royal in- . lignia, including crowns, robes, scepter ;# ind sword of state, and finally by * he king and queen with train-bearers, adies in waiting and aides-de-camp. \ Che king wore a white tunic and lightdue trousers, the uniform of a general- - *a| ? " " 11? ?.? SSimo 01 me Jtiawauau arui/, auu ,-^g he queen a " magnificent r^be of ruby :. relvet with a splendid train" which it equiredtwo ladies to carry. When . iheir majesties were seated, Jtbe mar- . ;JS; ihal of the kingdom arose, and " in a oud voice which was heard to the ut- j| ;ermost bounds of the assembled jrowd" proclaimed the king's right to ;he throne by giving a list of his names ; rnd titles. We regret that we have ' ?] lot space for the whole of the king's _jj lame. It is a good deal more exten- ">1 live than his kingdom/and when pro- . 'vSg claimed rapidly and in a loud voice "W nust have had a stunning effect, upon r:m lis subjects. We append a section of p t, which is only about a third of the "David, Laamea, Kamanakaqaa, Mahi- ' inlani, Naloiaehuokalani, Lnmialaai, Kalauna, the Kins, Generalissimo, Ee Alii Eaduu, Hoano, Xa wela, Ea moe, Ea Iknhai- . , : aB Duhilaninao, Wohi Kaakahili, Haka o ka Poni ana i Moi, Hakn o ka Oniako, a me ka Paloa Pae, Kukniaikeawakea, Kama Alii * Sanaa o Ea Aina, Grand Master of the .'{39 Etoyal Order of Eamehameha I, Grand Mas:er of the Royal Order of Ealakatia, Grand faster of the Royal Order of Kapiolani, ;Jg3| 3rand Master of the Royal Order of the Drown of Hawaii." When the marshal had proclaimed ;he whole name the people naturally jxclaimed, with deep feeling,. "GtodBai^H lave the king!" They realized for the WrwgB irst time the burden of royalty. Bat ;he (trouble was not yet over. " Prin jess Poomaikelani then advanced and-V^jn presented to his majesty a Foloulou jfl H ind a Palaoa borne upon a cushion, Ke gffigaB Evukuioiwikauikaua, and the Kahili of ;he King Fili, as symbols of ancient B supreme chieftancy, which, having M W Deen accepted by his maiesty, were 'tcSH placed beside the throne to remain ;here during the remainder of the cer- i I imony." Next the oath was adminis;ered. Then the chancellor presented :he " kingly sword as the ensign of jus:ice and mercy." Then the ancient royal mantle was placed upon his shoulders by Princess KekauHke. Then :he chancellor placed on the fourth inger of his majesty's right hand a ring as the " ensign of kingly dignity," >aB md afterward presented him with the royal scepter, the ensign of kingly gjBm power and justice." Then Prince Ka- wanakoa advanced with two crowns, while the choir sang a hymn. Then ;v-*-S?j| the honorable president of the legisla- ' tive assembly took one crown and put it, with a brief speech, into the hands ' ?|g of the overworked chancellor. Then ZgjgBk the chancellor put the crown into the king's hand, saying: " Receive this crown of pure gold to adorn the high station wherein thou hast been' placed." Then the king put the crown ?wJ8| on his head. Then the chancellor took jwroH the second crown and put it on the H||Sgs king's hand. Then the king put it on the queen's head, saying: " I place this crown upon your head, to share the donors of my throne." Then there fl was a prayer, followed by a salvo of guns, the people shouted again for God to save the king and queen, the procession re-formed, and the trouble was l?;v^a over so far as the king was concerned 1 There was nothing more to present to I him. How Animals Foretold an Earthquake. An Italian writer on the catastrophe ^||j on the island of Ischia mentions those 1 Bj prognostics of an ear.thquake which I > are derived from animads. They were B }y,jB observed in every place where the .>^3 shocks were such as to be generally ^ perceptible, some minutes ueiure me/ were felt the oxen and cows began to. I bellow, the sheep and goats bleated, I ."fla and rushing in confusion, one on the H ;.vv*| other, tried to break the wicker-woiK of the folds. The dogs howled, the W Jjjj geese and fowls were alarmed and fl made much noise; the horses which H fM were fastened in the stalls were I " ; ^ greatly agitated, leaped up and down 9 and tried to break the halters with I .J which they were attached to the mangers, those on the road stopped 9|^H suddenly and snorted in a very strange way. The cats were very much nSSH frightened, and tried to conceal themselves, or their hair bristled up wildly. Rabbits and moles were seen to leavfc their holes; birds rose as if scared from the places on which they had \ alighted; and fish left the bottom of the sea and approached the sbore3, where at some places great numbers of them were taken. Even ants and reptiles abandoned, in clear daylight, their subterranean holes in great disorder, many hours before the shocks were felt." The dogs, a few minutes before the first shock took place, awoke their . . Bleepipg masters by barking ana punin g them, as if they wished to warn them of the impending danger, and several persons were thus enabled to save themselves. FASHION NOTES. ' Gathered flounces have been revived. Spiders of oxidized silver are wor as lace pins. Xew English straws come in every shade of color. Classic and aesthetic styles still pre vail iu London. Parisian women wear only small crinolets and bustles. Broad-brimmed picturesque hats, laden with ostrich plumes, are worn by young ladies. Any other than chatelaine watchfs for women under forty are considered old-fashioned. The long nurse apron front, Vith paniersabove it around the hips, isafavorite style for spring costumes. Jackets of velvet of the new royt French blue are worn, trimmed wit gold soutache and small gilt buttons. New mulls and silk muslins are dotted and figured in silk brocho spots, dots, diamonds, flowers and leaves. Crinkled Japanese silk is made into large square neckerchiefs, wnien are folded three-corner, shawl-shape, and worn with house toilets. An attractive reception dfess is ; made of moonlight blue satin, with embroidered silver threads all over its surface. White lace llounces are the trimming for such a dainty dress. The Connaught jersey is for spring costumes. This is madeol ribbed wo I *. cloth, or net of light quality in daric, j styiish colors, and is trimmed across the front with wide black braids iu hussar stripes.