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\ ABBEVILLE PRESS AND BANNER;! W BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C.. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 1883. NO. 43. VOLUME XXVII.' | WHERE THE TREASURE IS." ; ^ A Slimmer sky and n balmy wind, And a swallow swiftly flying; A v.ee t> own r.tsl in t' > leaves entwined, | And somed>wivy birc.k-ts lying, And swift to that nest, in ihe leaves en- ; twined, The mother bird wns flying. A Hickcring liglit-an 1 a hea;> of col 1, And a miser counting slowly; A lonely home and an o:n:>ty fold, i And a heart i:i > !f wra;>t whol'y; i And nothing to on-er that empty fold ' But t!:e cold Sikiji, g owing slowly. A warring sea and a storm-black sky, And a creaking vessel sailing: A captain watching with troubled eyo While courngo sore was failin g? And he looked taward home with a longing eye, As to death lie fast was sailing. A gnef-tn<irl;eu tfr.y Hilda darkened room, And a childless mother lying; An empty ucM. and a shin in doom; Life i_-o!d from rin .'lets dying, And God's crown jewels safe from doom In tho many mansions lying! .111i: \BHAr.S .JEST. l Xot far from Limoges, capital of the j French prjvince Limousin, .stood the j castl? of Count de Saillant, widely I U^r known throughout the last third of the eighteenth century asa gay place of I I assembly for convivial, congenial spiri its?old-time French hospitality offer ? ing a hearty welcome to all who could boast an untarnished ancestral name. Count de .Saillant had married the j sister of the Count Honore Gabriel i Victor Mirabeau. afterward the worldrenowned hero of the French revolu- ! tion, and at this time known all over j France for his wild a 1 ventures and mad j pranks. Ilis brother-in-law and sister j were at present expecting a visit from j liini nf tli- <r:iv :ind here lie I finally arrived one day in autumn of j the year 17SO. At this period Mirabeau was in the ' thirty-lirst year of his age: a muscular, j beautifully-formed man below Iiis massive, disproportioned head, dis-! ligured by the large mouth, immense nose and a countenance distressingly j marred by smallpox, but from which i glowed a pair of liery, expressive eyes. I In every direction were the buhl, reck-1 less adventures of the young count known?wild tricks that had more than (.nee cast him into prison?and it is not surprising that it was with considerable i'tar and anxiety that the simple, timid country people of Limousin awaited the advent of this intrepid character in their midst. But never did preconceived impressions appear more unfounded, j -Mirabeau aljo.le quietly at the eastie of his brotlrr-in-!aw, just as did the If other pleasure-seekers, guilty of no ex^ travagances or follies, till Count de Sail!ant and his wife were forced to expre.-s their admiration of his exemplary conduct, ant almost believed that the "i.uid-cap '' had at last grown wise. i It was on one of the early day.; of ^November that the monotony of the castle life was interrupted by an existing sensation. A bold and daring \ robbery had been committed within its ! immediate precincts. Just at twilight. I as a neighboring nobleman, a frequent I guest of the house, was traversing / the customary roal through the for.est, a gun-barrel was suddenly thrust between the thick bushes, while adeep, hoarse voice cried sternly: "Unit- t Vnnp mnnov nr vrilir lifp I """ VV. J ~ . | Feeling no desire, us the nobleman afterward explained, to lose his life for | tin; sake of a few louis d'or, he in j tantiy threw his purse upon the! ground, and da>hed off without ven-! tur.'ng to lo;>k back. Robberies or serious crimes of any kigd were of rare occurrence in Liinou-; ^in, and less frequently still were they ! ever traceable to the quiet inhabitants, j but almost invariably to highwaymen from a distance, passing through the province. It was at once surmised, j therefore, that this audacious deed | must be the work of some such in- J truder, and Count de Saillant gave | wholesale instructions to spare no ef-; -<* - * i- - r ? v .1 I. ! Ilun in ilie uiscoverj ui uitruejncuawu, but all in vain. Xo trace of the bold ! maiauder rewarded their search. lint what was the astonishment,i alarm and consternation of the whole j community when, in quick succession, | robbery after robbery, of the same na-! tur.\ followed, each and all committed i in the s:ime mysterious manner, always : at twilight, on the forest road, and the I b;ise attack always confined to the i wealthy, intimate frequenters of the j castle. Within a fortnight no less " than eight of these fearless assaults j had b?en successfully accomplished, as gu.-ts went to or from the count's J residence, the closest investigation and j vigilance proving utterly futile to dis-! cover the expert highwayman. Count Mirabeau laughed heartily j over the stories of the bandit, and ; linnwiiirt'fiil't' f l?n 1 IUUCU UIUIIUIV i Hi.%? VIIV l(ujjv-nv,wivx.? j knights of Limousin for thus permitting themselves to be plundered; but they resolutely rejoined that he would i prove no more courageous than they,1 if once attacked. In vain Mirabeau assured them that he roamed t!ie forest daily, hoping to encounter the mys- j terious freebooter, and that nothing would afford him greater pleasure than ! a meeting, when he would engage to i deliver him a prisoner at the castle. Meanwhile the proper authorities were by no mi 'ansdilatory or negligent; every e.Tort was diligently employed to discovi r the author of the outrages, | but in vain, lie remained enshrouded in impenetrable mystery. It was late in the evening of November 15 that the Marquis of ('hurras, a worthy noble.nan, of middle age, rode slmvlv on his way to Castle Sail.'anfr. Twilight had already fiillen ; t on the fur.-st; it was perfectly still, the stars shining serenely overT)?al, while the full nio:n rose in! X majestic beauty, lighting the trees with fantastic splendor, as the falling leaves ! lloated silently fro:n the dying bran lies. , " The insecurity of the path he traveled was well known to the marquis, and, j advancing deeper into the woods, he j spurred It's hir.se to faster speed, inwardly wishing that he ha 1 not1 ventured thus into the solitude alone.! Xor did the wish j rjve a needless one ; scarcely had he proceeded a hundre 1 step.4 further when the click of a gun-hammer startled him, and the next inst mt the muzzle of the weapon was bearing close upon him, while a ' dark form suddenly appeared beneath j a towering oak, and in a calm, resolute : voice ordered : ? 11alt! Your purse, my lord, or you stir not further!" Instantly the marquis realize'! that he stco.l face 1 by the same dilemma ruthlessly forced upon many before him ami' mute as reluctant {is they to ?a3r:fiee his life for the small sum he carri d, scornfully cast Irs purse upon ihe ground, rid'ng slowly forward, but saying, as bo did so : "You fol >w a risky trale, fellow ; I warrant it will yet bring you to the j gall >ws!" "That's my risk," replied the high- ' way man, coolly advancing from the shadow of the oak into the clear moonlight to seize the purse. But. just as he stooped for the prize the fastening of his mask suddenly snapped, and it dropped to the ground, leaving his far*e clearly revealed; at the same moment the marquis again j; looked back and the woods echoed with j a startled cry of astonishment. "('an it be possible?" he cried, gaz-; ing as though par ilvzed with bewilder- j [ inent. "Who could ever have suspected this? Despicable man, you are at last i discovered, and now an end to your rascally deeds." The bandit, with no show of confusion, however, merely smiled, and [ pointing his gun threateningly at the a I I marquis, the latter j ut spurs to his. hois.* and sped onward to the castle. "And now this fine sport must really come to an end, I suppose," said the robber, quietly. " How unfortunate. It has a Horde I me infinite amusement." And turning a by-path heals >directed his steps to war 1 th- castle. IJreathless, the excited marquis arrived at the house, but finding the count absent pr ?ceeded as quietly as he could to the salon, where a number of his acquaintance s were assembled around the host *ss, who was grace-, fully doing the honors of the house. Although car; fully repressing all id-1 lu-i n to ids recent adventure, liecould i not escape remark upon Ids abstracted I silence, and s ?me joke.l him up >n his hum r. but he could only cast sad, compassionate glances toward the countess, as she chatted gaylv, utterly j unconscious of the cloud above her. Kinging at la>t for a servant, she inj quired if her brother, the count, had yit returned from hunting, and re-l ceived in reply the information that he had but just arrived, and had gone j to his room, leaving his excuses on the ! plea of severe headache. An hour later ' Count de Saillant returned, and had i sf!iri-i?lv finished his cordial ."Teetin'j\s when the marquis requested an inter- j view, and the two withdrew to an adjoining room. ' Now, what is it, my dear Char- i ras'r" inquirel the count, serenely, "it' appears to me you look somewhat! downhearted." "And, truly, my dear friend, I have { sufficient cause to look so," replied the marquis, sadly; "for it grieves me inexpressibly to he the bearer of had news." " Then, for heaven's sake, Charms, don't keep me in suspense; out with it | at once," cried the count. "Not two hours since, wh:l> riding through the forest, I was attacked and robbed; I was forced to surrender my purse to preserve my life." " Upon my word, I am truly sorry to hear that you, too, have b.-en subjected to this villainy on my grounds," exclaimed Saillant; "but others have been likewise unfortunate, and I hope your loss has not been great." u An,l L-iitmncn I nin irri'tivirwr uu 1 \J 11 nu 1 UUI I for a few pieces of gold?" interrupted j his friend. " My dear count, the worst j is I have discovered the bandit." " Wliat! you have recognized him ! That is, indeed, good luck. Now, then, the bold rascal will be secured and at once brought to the gallows. I will immediately?" "Xo, n<>, my dear friend, do nothing | yet," interrupted the other; " this i affair must remain a secret in order to | avoid, if possible, the disgrace of a' highly-esteeme I family. You have | not yet learned the name of the bandit." " Well, who is it?" demanded his friend. "It is?" "Why do you hesitate? It is not?I trust?" The marquis came nearer. "Alas" v." I . ?<UU lie, J VI14 nv/iOK 1UUO ftic V/UllCV/l, the mysterious highwayman is none other than your own brother-in-law, the Count de Mirabeau." Count ile Saillant became deathly pale. "Ha! the scoundrel!" he murmured; "has it come to this? You are sure, marquis?" "Only too sure, my poor friend." "You recognized him beyond all doubt?" "Beyondall doubt; as he stooped to j take the purse the mask fell from Ins face, and in the moonlight I could not ! fail to recognize the young count." " Did he perceive that you knew him?" " Undoubtedly; I spoke a few threatening words to him that must have convinced him of it." "What did he do then?" "He coolly laughed anil aimed at me again with his gun, but I escaped. lie arrived at the castle a half hour after ' I did, and, I hear, has gone at once to his room." " You have spoken to no one else of this?" askedSaillant. "Xo one." " The villain !" cried the count, beside himself with rage. "Hut lie shall i not escape punishment; he shall be at J once apprehended and imprisoned for j life, that no further disgrace may be ; brought upon his family." Tti<? nT.irniii? inprplv limvpfl ii silent ' A.1 4^ 1 J I approval, adding, compassionately: "I j will go back to tlu: company, my friend; it is best tli.it no linpleasant i sensation be excited until the matter is I further investigated." " You are right, my good Charras," replied the count, "and I will go at J once to the wretched man." While his guest returned to the salon, ! the host endeavored to collect his be- j wildered senses, and repaired to the apartment of his brother-in-law. Mirabeau lay sleeping soundly; a night lamp burned dimly on a table near his bed. Koughly and unceremoniously his visitor shook him by the shoulder, | until, rubbing his eyes dreamily, the, sleeper awoke. " What on earth do you want?" he asked, staring at Saillant; "what are; vim w.'tkinor me for at this time of ?' ' " o nightV is the castle on lire or what?" ( * What do I want?" repeated the I other, with smothered rage and scorn: i ' 1 want to tell you that you aru ;i miserable, sneaking." cowardly scoundrel. That's what I want." " Well, that's a line compliment, to i be sure," replied Mirabeau, coolly;; " are you drunk, Saillant, or do you i think it polite, now, to waken a man out of thi sweetest slumber just to speak so rudely V Why can't you let a fellow enjoy the sleep of the righfc oils?" And with this he quietly turned over on hi> side. " The sleep of the righteous," cried i tiie count, in uncontrollable wrath, j " How can you pretend to sleep, shameless fellow that you are? You are the I dastardly rogue that has been haunting ' my forest.' " Well, that's true enough: I am the I man; but is it for a little tiling like j ' ' '? 1-; ..i? 1 Hint Hint you urc huikiu^ ?ui iuis ?u* , timely fuss?" "A little thing!" shrieked Saiilant. [ "None of that, sir. Vim tliiuk, perImps, that your highway robberies will j be regarded as an idle prank; this very j evening you have robbed my lriend Charras; lie has r tognized you, aid your shameful story is known, and cries ; aloud for punishment." "Well, for heaven's sake, brother, j why couldn't you wait till morning to confide to nie this pleasant informa-1 tion?" asked Mirabeau, with undis- | turbed coolness. "It is true I have j robbed your friend Charras and the j eight others, but what does that prove ' against me?" " And you can ask such an idiotic i question," cried Saillant. "For iny part, I should say that it proves you a good-for-nothing scoundrel." " I fail to see it just in that light, dear brother," answered the other, meekly; "but I think jour conduct proves you a senseless fool. Can you really pretend to believe that I have robbed these cowardly noble.} for the sake of a few paltry louis d'or. It was simply an experiment; 1 wished to prove their courage and my own also. It is true the experiment was a risky j one, but has been thoroughly satisfac-! tory on my side, while proving your j friends miserable cowards, who would, in truth, succumb to the very first struggle with the canaille." Taking a key from the table near , him, he now presented it to the count, 1 saying: " Open my desk there and remove the second drawer." Utterly bewildered by Mirabeau's imperturbable nonchalance, Saillant silently obeyed. Within the drawer lay nine purse?, a paper affixed to oacli bearing the | name of the former owner. "J'erhaps this will satisfy you that it has never been my intention to inrich myself through the possessions of others," sail Mirabeau, scornfully. "It was my full determination to return the purses undisturbed to the original owners and which can easily be done in the morning. Assemble your friends together and I will give them a full explanation ueiore taiung my acjiariurc, important letters already calling Ui" elsewhere. And now, brother, if you are satisfied, I would like to say good-night." Count de Saillant answered not a I word; bewildered, lie quietly left the room, convinced, at least, that his relative was noordinaryhighwayman; but he had a'so caught a full glimpse of the daring, relentless spirit of the man who afterward became the Titan of the French revolution. On the following day Mirabeau took leave of his Limousin friends in the j following manner: "Gentlemen," said he, with inde- i scribable sangfroid, " pardon the little ! experiment I have tried on you in order to prove my own courage; your j property has been returned and my j brother-in-law has given what, I hope, ! is a satisfactory explanation; if it lias ! proved otherwise, however, I am quite 1 prepared and willing to offer honor- 1 able satisfaction to any one desiring j it. I regret to say that this dull coun- | try, forcing one to play bandit to relieve the stagnation of life, is no longer congenial tome, and as I am now about to enter the more exciting pleasures of the political arena, I wish only to bid i you farewell." It was quite evident that none j present desired to cross swords with j the grimly humorous count; the gentlemen stood somewhat abashed before i kin* ????,! fK/uf foil InQ in- ! trepid gaze. The Marquis of Charms, finally furring his features to assume j a smile, blandly remarked that the i whole affair was regarded as a very | good joke, and his companions ma le I no objection to this settlement of the I matter. Quite satisfied with his own part, j Mirabeau went on his way to become i eventually the world-famous hero j painted by history.?Modern Aye. L ?^ Beverages Six Centuries Ago. The poor man had little to sweeten | his lut. The bees gave him honey; and long after the time 1 am dealing with i left not only their hives to their child- j ren by will, but actually bequeathed a ; summer llight of bees to their friends; ' while the hive was claimed by one, the j next swarm would become the property of another. As for the drink, it was almost, exclusively water, beer and eider. Any one who pleased might j brew beer without tux or license, and | everybody who was at all before the world did brew his own beer according to his own taste. Hut in those days the beer was very different stuff from that which you are familiar with. To begin with, people did not use hops. Hopswerenot put into beer until long ' after the time we are concerned with. I dare say they flavored their beer with horehound and other herbs, but they did not understand those tricks which brewers are said to practice nowadays j for making the beer "heady" and sticky and poisonous. 1 ani not prepared to say the beer was better, or that you would have liked it, but I am pretty sure that in those days it was easier to get pure beer in a country village than it is now, and if a man chose to drink bad beer he had only himself to thank for it. There is no such monopoly as there is now. I am inclined to think that there were a very great many more people who sold beer in the country parishes than sell it now, ' and I am sorry to say that the beer- ! sellers in those*days had the reputation I of being rather :i bad lot. It is quite j certain that they were very often in trouble, and of all the offenses punished by line at the manor courts none is more common than that of selling beer in false measures. Tobacco was quite unknown; it was lirst brought into England about three hundred years after the days we are dealing with. When a man once sat himself down with his pot he had nothing to do but drink, lie had no pipe to take off his attention from his liquor. If such a portentous sight could have been seen in those days as that of a man vomiting forth clouds of smoke from his mouth and nostrils, the beholders would undoubtedly have taken to their heels and run for their lives, protesting that the devil himself had appeared to them, breathing forth lire and llames. Tea and coffee, too, were absolutely unknown, unheard of; and wine was the rich man's beverage, as it is now. The lire-waters of our own time?the gin anil the rum, which have wrought us all such incalculable mischief?were not discovered then.?Nineteenth Ceil' tury. A. Freak of the Flood, One of the strangest freaks of the recent Hood is reported l'rom Whitewater river, a few miles above Lawrenceburg, Ind., where Farmer Jlunt lost forty acres of land and his neighbor. Fred. Xewhouse, had a barren and rocky mill-site converted into ten acres of as rich land as the fertile valley affords. The land along the Whitewater is as rich as any in the West. An acre of ground here is an independent' for a gardener, and ten acres are little less than a bonanza. During the llood the Whitewater bot toins were overiioweu lor nines along the stream, anil the extraordinary height of the water created currents that had never been known before. Since the subsidence of the llo:>d it has been found that forty acres of Farmer Hunt's richest soil have been carried j away, leaving that portion of his farm practically worthless until restored by a system of tillage and fertilizing. Fred. Xewhouse, who recently removed to the Whitewater bottoms from Aurora, owned a mill-site just | below*" Hunt's farm. Xewhouse's | property consisted of ton a'-res of bar- j ren land, unlit for farming purposes. A portion of this was a largo mill- | pond. The millpond is now lilled to i the level of the breast of the dam with i the richest soil in the valley, and Mr. Xewhouse's remaining acres of unproductive rocks are covered to the depth of several feet with the same rich deposit. Instead of being a loser by the Hood he is ahead the value of ten acres of "Whitewater valley land, which, when there is any of it in the market, commands from $200 to $500 an acre.?Cincinnati Enquirer. An Unknown Speaker. In the House lobby back of the speaker's desk is an incomplete collection of portraits of speakers of the past. All are labeled with the correct names except one. This is the second picture on the right hand side of the lobby as you go in from the west. No one apparently knows who this represents beyond the fact that he was once speaker. The oldest citizen has vainly struggled to identify him. Unknown, the face of the man who once held the third highest ofiice in the United States gazes calmly down upon the procession passing him in a maddening rush for political fame.? Washington Herald. A "Draw." " How's trade?" he asked of a dealer UU JllUU.grt.. OYCU..V. "Rather dull just now!" was the reply. " Do you want something for a draw during dull times?" " I might go into it." "Give me Hftv cents and I'll give you the greatest draw on the books." " I'll go twenty-five." The money was handed over and the I grocer was presented with a ten-cent 1 corkscrew.?FriC Press. I FACTS AND COMMENTS. The cotton factors of St. Louis have i united in a circular addressed to the j merchants, farmers and tenants of the I cotton belt, advising them to abandon the credit system and to discourage the planting of a large acreage in cotton this year, and to devote their labors first to the raising of grain, cattle and hogs, giving a smaller portion of their time to the culture of cotton. Drunkenness has been investigated hy Professor Yerga, of Milan. According to him, men or women given to intoxication are, strange to say, seldom giv.'n to kleptomania or suicide. A woman is loss apt to take to liquor than a man, but when she does she can hardly be reclaimed. She becomes shameless and abominable, but seldom dangerous. Cold weather seems to cause men to take to strong drink and mild weather has the same influence upon women. The son of a Baptist clergyman of Philadelphia went into the army and served through the war, faithfully as an ollicer and uprightly as a man. When he was discharged, to the astoundment and horror of his friends, he promptly and deliberately became a thief, and follows that calling, serving 1 one sentence after another in the J penitentiary, reJ'u-ing to return to his friends and respe lability, declaring that he prefers his present mode of 1 life to any other. The case is one 1 without recorded precedent or parallel. ; The swindle planned by a Cincin- 1 nati showman consisted in advertising for a treasurer for a minstrel show and getting $500 from a candidate as pretended security. A country grocer ^ was caught by the prospect of making a tour of the country on a salary of j $25 a week, with all expenses paid, and he supposed that he was safe against frail I because a company was ready to .? *.4-?... 11/Mif 1 ? 11 # f V-* ixnrl'Mriiuira Ul'LIIUUY SUM b Ulll'. JJlll mi; I'l nwi IIII-I .> j were amateurs, lured into the affair at no cost to the managers, who (led with , all the money after the first perform- . anee. The grccer committed suieid1. j An international exhibition of a ' novel character is projected to be held in Paris next autumn under the j auspices of the Soch-te Protectrice des ( Animaux. The catalogue is to include ^ all apparatus, furniture, etc., connected , with the breaking and use of horses. ' It is possible that the exhibition may ' become extended so as to embrace ap- ' pliances employed in the relations of ' mankin<l with other animals. The corporation of Paris have granted the , use of the Pavilion in the Champs Ely sees for the month of September j next for the exhibition. The society referred to, which has been established over thirty yours, now numbers some ! 0,000 members, and, thanks to its j efforts, in few countries is more done than in France for the protection of the animal world. A specimen of the "angry tree," indigenous to Australia, is growing on :i farm in Nevad i and is now eight fe.-t high. When the sun sets its leaves fold together and the ends of the ten- ' der twigs coil up like a pigtail. If the ( twigs are handled the leaves move un- * easily for a minute or more. A sin- 1 gular thing concerning the tree was its ' apparent resentment on being removed f from a p;>t, in whicli it had matured, * into a much larger pot. Ilardlv had it ' been placcd in its new quarters before 1 the leaves began to stand up in all di- t rections, like the hair on the tail of an * angry cat, and so;>n the whole plant ' was in a quiver. At the same time it 1 gave out a*i odor most pungent and ' sickening, resembling the odor given ' oil by rattlesnakes and other kinds of * snakes when teased. So strong and offensive was this smell that it had to i be removed from the house for several 1 days. Atlanta has gaine 1 greatly by her \ cotton exhibition or JLWSJL mere nas been a continuous inflow of people and 1 capital, and real estate has been in c.>n- ' stant demand lor residences and iner- t cantile purposes. A grain elevator J and cotton compress lias been built; a ' spinning company has completed and ' nearly filled its capacious building ' with machinery, and is preparing to r double its capacity; iho great fair A building has been purchased by a com- x pany with a capital of $2;'?(),UCO, and is s half filled with machinery; companies 1 have been formed lor building apparatus to prepare cotton for the spinner; 1 fertilizer and other manufactories have been established in and near the city; ( and a concern has been organize I for s t he manufacture of oleomargarine, t The aggregate capital invested since c the exposition in manufacturing enter- I prises is about $1,500,000, employing 1 no fewer than 2,000 operatives, and Jl paying annual wages approximating ! 1 $800,000. ' r I! According to Professor Langley sci- ^ entitle men are convinced that space is 1 not an utter void, but that it furnishes J the carbonic acid gas by means of j1 which plants and animals grow. It is 1 calculated that the earth has absorbed 's the carbon of the a'.mt sphere one hun- j * dreel times over, and that i!s replen-1 ; islnnent comes from within the spa-e i1 between the planets. Xewton hinted 1 at this, but did not fully comprehend ; it, two hundred years ago. Once in | thirty years the earth is j.Tv'cipitated j . into meteor streams. These have been i \ identified with comets. These me- j( teoric fragments, which undoubtedly come from the head of comets, are i(. composed of real sandstone, like that J which holds the copper of Lake Su-1 s perior. It is manifest, therefore, that i 1 these come from worlds not unlike our own and that meteors and cornels J <] are portions of demolished out-worn j t worlds. This, if true, remarks the t Detroit Fr<e Press, is what the inhab- i itants (1 the earth mint look forward to, and which, though not quite so } definite, is far more formidable than t Wiggins' storm. The Noimjo. W'rendu, of St. Peters- < burg, recently gave an outline of a re- j mark.tbly drastic law which it is pro- t pose I to ena'Jt to lessen the evil of ir.-, temperance in Russia. First it is pro- j: posed that no drinking-house shall bj j l allowed to be erected in the neighbor- j hood of factories and workshops; that j i no selling of drink for consumption on ! i the premises shall be permitted except j in a limited number of places in the . more public and general resorts; that j! if drink is sold to children and! \ minors, whether with or without their \ jicll Cilia tUU>Ulll| IIWHUU t?v ? which this was done shall be closed b> 1 the police. Secondly, among the clauses dealing with the customer, j there is one which proposes that " every , incorrigible chronic drinker" shall ' forfeit the rights of a father. His I' children are to be taken away from him and regarded as the children of the state, by which they will be placed : in some educational institute, where the father will be prohibited from , interfering with them. In the ease of , an incorrigibly drunken husband the | J project suggests that the courts shall be allowed to grant his wife, up >n her : own appeal, a species ol" conditional 1 divorce, with a guarantee) of exclusive | right to her earnings. Similarly at; the request of a husband whose wife < is an incorrigible drunkard, it is pro- j posed that he be freed from the obliga- i tion of maintaining her and living i with her. In neither case is this i: separation to be counted as a legiti- j mate divorce, enabling the spouse of j the incorrigible tippler to contract a second union. We hear that the special commission included a large number "of medical assessors. A Kentucky hunter affirms that he killed 9,160 rabbits last winter. , IIWM THE FARM AX? HOUSEHOLD. Culture of FurhMn*. The fuchsia requires a light, ri.'h soil. Sprinkle often and giv> plenty of light and air. The usual plan is to obtain plants, llower them In the house during winter, and then consider them useless. This is all wrong. If you have any defective spot on the nortli side of the house that you wish corictaV'i during the summer, nothing will answer the purpose as beautifully as the fuchsia, l'ut out the plants in early summer, sinking the pots a little deeper than th? rim, and before the first frost remove the plants to the house, and they will make you glad all winter, and be rea ly for service in the garden again next summer. Vftliie of Con! .\*hM. In answer to A. II., I would state that for years I have spread the coal ashes from my stove under the droptvnnru in tlm lion-lwinco Ai'nrv mnrninrr The hens scratch in this for the hard, white pieces of ashes, thus koeping the droppings loose and dry. This mixture 1 spread on the meadows in the spring, and lind it an excellent manure. The lirst year I spread a [ art-load across the center of a sandy li t, and in .1 uly you could see the rank screen stream as far as you could see the lot, the remainder being dry and brown. The using of coal ashes'in the hen-house is of great benefit, as it takes the place of shells, and also furnishes a dusting-place for the hens. My hens are not troubie.l with lice, md have laid eggs all winter.?D., in Country Gentlemen. Shoulder Uallt So long as the cause remains in operation no cure is possible by any means. It may be necessary to use :>ads, so arranged as to prevent bearing on the sore places, or some of the >t.tilling of the collar may be removed it the places where the pressure causes injury. It will also be necessary to ieep the parts ot the harness that . ome in contact with the horse, as well as the horse's skin, free from sweat ind dirt by the use of soapsuds and . olcl water. This should be done [ ivery noon and evening, especially luring warm weather, and the parts should be afterward dried with a sort loth or a chamois skin. After such leaning apply in the evening a por;ion of the following lotion : To ibout two pounds of unslackcd lime idd two quarts of cold water, and, ifter they have intimately combined ind settled, pour off the liquid into a lish or pot : .add thereto half a pint )f linseed oil and three ounces (Jouard's extract of lead ; stir well together an I, when not used, keep ktlie jiixture corked in bottles. It would, >f course, be preferable to liberate the inimal from work; or, if it cannot >e spared, to use a well fitting breast larness for awhile. Old callous tunors or indurated swellings are best emoved by dissection. ? Breeders' .f azctte. Artificial Fevtili'/.erB Tor Frnlu. Dr. James H. Nichols, in a paper on ' The Sweet Principle of Fruits and lnnts." read before a recent mett'ng >f the Massachusetts Horticultural society, gave expression to many ineresting statements, some of which ire here presented. Xo one of the 'ruits in their wild state hold enough sugar to make them a -eepiable to the miiiiin palate, but the sweet principle nay 1> largely inert ased by cultivaion and fertilization. Jn increasing lie sugar in fruit other desirable qualties aio also in r< ased. The beet, inder ordinary conditions, will afford roni four to si\ per cent, of sugar, jut by seientilic ail 1 generous culture he perc< ntage can ie nearly double I. Touching on the subject of fertilz<rs, J)r. Nichols said thai nitrogenous Manures are not required in orchards o any extent, the supply in the soil >eing equal to the sn ail amount deilanded by the growing fruit. 1'otush s the mo?t imp riant elunnt in se uring a (lourisliing condition of ruits. J loth the vine and its fruit are jr.at consumers of potash, as are also no.st of the small fruits. Wood ashes san excellent manure combined with inely ground bone. Wood ashes and jone meal are excellent materials for ct laiining ;i worn-out grape border, as I veil as desirable for new borders. It vas advised to p'ace the fertilizers in uccessive layers rather than in the isualform of a mixed leap, "Wood ashes art' t!:e 1 est source of )otash, in Dr. Nichols' opinion, an 1 text come the German chlorides. The Jerman Kainit salts he thought poionous to soils. lie recommended as he best fertilizer fi r fruits and most ereal crojis a mixture of linely ground tones and g.iod wood a dies, in the pronation of six barrels of the former nd twelve of the lattt r, to be well nixed together, adding during the nixing twelve buckets of water and me barrel of gypsum or piaster. iVhen the German chlorides are em>!oyed in place of ashes the compost nay be extended with humus, fie ias used the Charleston phosphate loduk s, ground line, with considerable uceess, in p!a<:e of ground hone. Mar ha'l P. Wilder, who approved ot nr. Nichols* paper, believe 1 the combinaion of wood a<hes and powdered hone if great value. I'nrui nml <<nrilen XoKin, ]>y vaporizing two quarts of toba-eo uire over a slow lire Han n Kothshild's gardener at Paris destroys all lie troublesome inserts that may he ontamcd in the hothouse in which lie operation is performed. Ileeoniderstlie remedy infallible, and says it arely injures thetenderest plant -. The ii '.vantage of grinding the eoh ind etrn tog( tlier is not altogether in lie nutriment of the cub, hut because he cob, being a coarser and a spongy Material, gives bulk, and divides and toparates the line m< al, so as to allow i free circulation of the gastric juice ,hrough the mass in the stoma h. In pruning trees all stems half an rich or mure in diameter should be rovercd with some waterproof subitancc like grafting wax or shellac, of 1? .>(' 'Ph,. I .irL /Ill* I'UJlJMrat inw? < nam. jni> wm mil outer wood will thus be preserved, mil the wound will in ;i season or so ie covired with new bark. If this irecaution be not taken, the end of the uanch will decay from exposure to >vind, rain, heat and cold. White worms, which infest occasionilly nil soils where plant* are kept in -,ots, may be removed as follows: Lime ivater may be sprinkled over the soil, 3r a little slaked lime may be sprinkled ilso on the earth and in the saiccr of ;he ])ot. Lime water may easily be j ma le by slaking a large ]>iece of lim in a pail of cold water, lifting it settle ! ind then bottling for use. (live each j pot a tablespoon! ul twice a week. There is more lo-s in storing pota- j Lees than in storing any other crop. Barring all wastes I'roiu rot there is a lieavy shrinkage both in quantity anil I weight. A bin holding 100 bushels | will shrink in :-ize ne; rlv one-tenth, j ' - *? ? A ! Ul'SHH! it lira III .... I Imshel basket full that will weigh fully sixty pounds in October when Laken from tho soil will not weigh so much after being st tree I in the cellar. A correspondent of the New liv;/land Homestead says : For forty years I have bPi n employed by my neighbors who have had cows with stoppages in their teats to lance the obstructions, and have been successful in curing many bad cases. I was at first troubled to hit upon a plan of confining a cow so a? to be in no danger myself and at the same time not hurt her, but at last succeeded. I used a strap three quarters of an inch wide, six feet 1 mg, with two loops and a buckle ; one loop quite large. Now I loop this on to the right leg above the gambrel, pass the strap around the other leg, then cross it back and forth a few times and buckle snugly and it is done. Such a strap is very valuable in breaking heifers to milk. itcclpcs. Scotcii Scon lis.?Mix thoroughly a pound and a half of flour, a pinch of sail, a icaspooiuui 01 auu;i iiuti tin; same of crcam t:irlar. Mix to a light paste with a pint of sour milk, knead the dough a little, roll it out till about one-third of an inch thick and cut it into three-cornered pieces, each side being about four inches long. Put th" seones on a lloured tin and bake in quick oven. Cherry Pudding.?Make a crust as lor 1 aking powder biscuit; roll it out till it is about two-thirds of an inch thick. Stew enough cherries so that when they are spread on the crust they will cover it and be deep enough to make a good layer of fruit; roll tiie crust up then, taking care to keep the cherries from falling off. Wrap a cloth around it; sew it loosely with a coarse thread, which is easily pulled out. Allow plenty of room for the crust to rise. Lay this on a plate and set it in a steamer, t^team it for an hour and a half. Serve in slices, with sauce. The object in stewing the cherries is that the juice will not be soaked into the crust. Fried Caulifi.oweh.?Lav tlie cauliflower root upward in plenty of cold, salte 1 water, for an hour, to remove the insects from it; trim off the leaves, put it into a large saucepan with boiling water enough to cover it, and a tablespoonful of suit, and boil it just tender, but do not let it boil too soft; drain off the water entirely by laying it on a sieve; dust it on the blossom surface with Hour, peeper and salt, and fry it in sufficient smoking hot fat to quite cover the floured part; serve it hot. It is rather difficult to avoid breaking the cauliflower, and a novice in cookery will best succeed with this dish if sli3 cuts the cauliflower in branches before boiling it and flours the pieces all over before frying them. Tea Soup.?Pick over one quart of split peas, wash and soak over night. In the morning pour into a large saucepan or soup-kettle three quarts of hot water, add the soaked peas, one onion cut in small pieces, a little cayenne and two salted pork hocks. The hocks must be laid in warm water two or three hours before cooking, otherwise the soup would be too salt; these are more aesiraoie xor a soup <ia uieru is less f?il than there would be in a plain piece of salt pork, and there is a great ileal of gelatine which makes a nice addition to the soup. Boil gently three or four hours, stirring often to keep the soup from burning. When cooked, take out the meat, strain through a sieve, pressing the peas through with a wooden masher. .Serve hot, with some fried bread cut in dice. Hoimrliold IlintH. When the skins of potatoes break pour off the water and let them cook in their own steam. In making any sauce put the butter and flour in together and your sauce will never be lumpy. To clean copper tea-kettles, use turpentine and line brick-dust, and rub hard with a flannel, and polish with leather and dry brick-dust. To clean hair brushes, use ammonia and hf.t water; after washing well, shake the water out and dry on a coarse towel; they will look as good a 3 new. A French chemist asserts that if tea be ground like coffee immediately before hot water is poured upon it, it will yield nearly double the amount of lis eximaiiuiujj-<jiuiulic->. For His Mother. A poor little newsboy while attempting to jump from a city car fell beneath the car :ind was fearfully mangled. As soon as the child could speak lie called pitcously for his mother ;ind a masvnger was at once sent to bring her to him. When the bereaved woman arrived she hung over the dying buy in an agony of grief. "Mother," whispered he with a painful effort;5 I sold four newspapers and the money is in my pocket." With the hand of death upon his brow the last thought of the suffering child was for the poor, hard-working mother whose burdens he was striving to lighten when he lost his life. Russian Religion. A noteworthy phase in Russian life which impresses the attention of the stranger is the excessive and continual exercise of religions forms and observances. There are numerous chapels and shrines in the streets and thoroughfares, before which the people throng and perform their devotions. The l.i>v<>ctrMfiMrw nrnasinirs ;ind nuctllllfti., 3- other rites are incessant. The cabman removes his hat and crosses himself as he passes a shrine or chapel. The countryman in his cart, the porter with his load, and the poorer passer-by generally, stop to recite their prayers and kneel or prostrate themselves before some icon, which they firmly believe is endowed with miraculous powers. Before going on a journey or making a bargain, or any other com. mon event in his life, the Russian recites his prayers, bows and crosses himself with great rapidity and vigor before his favorite shrine. Rones of saints and other relics are exhibited in churches and kissed with fervor and invocation by the poor worshipers. The priests, however, do not seem to have any close relationship or influence with the people.?b'ortniuhtly Jiecirw Difference of Time. At 12 o'clock noon, Saturday, at Washington, it is: ]2:12 r. M. Saturday nt Now York, United States. i'* '>i P M Snturclav at Boston, United States. 4:1511?. m. Saturday at Lisbon, Portugal. 4.-/v5 p. m. Saturday at Edinburgh,Scotland. MYi v. m. Saturday at London, England. f>:17 p. m. Saturday at Paris, France. f,.r?K r. m. Saturday at Home, Italy. (>:C21>. m. Saturday at Berlin, Prussia. 0:14 i>. m. Saturday at Vienna, Austria. (!:22 p. m. Saturday at Cape Town, Africa. 7:04 p. m. Saturday at Constantinople. 11:01 p. m. Saturday at Calcutta, India. 12:54 a. m. Sunday at Pekin, China. 2:48 a. m. Sunday at Melbourne, Australia. 4:fll a. m. Sunday at Auckland, New iZealand. 8:f>8 a. m. Saturday at San Francisco, United States. !i:40 a. m. Saturday at Salt Lake, United States. 11:08 a. m. Saturday at New Orleans, United States. 11:18 a. m. Saturday at Chicago, United States. 12 noon Saturday at Lima, Peru. Swopping Pistols. Arrested lor carrying ;i pistol, was he?" asked a magistrate of an officer, referring to a gentleman who bad just been arraigned. "Let's see the pistol." The weapon was produced and handed to the judg1, who examined it and asked : " /liil <r<if if '3 " * >t 11171 1" Uiu MM? V .w . " Houglit it at a liiinhvare store." What did it cost?" " F fteen ?1=?11 .r.s." " Fine implement. IIow'll you swop?" and the judge drew out a pistol and handed it to the prisoner. " Take ten dollars to boot." " All right. I line you ten dollars. Tiiat makes us even."?Arkansas Traveler. Kot a T ar. A girl seven or eight years old slipped down on Woodward avenue tr.e other day, and as she was picking herself up a pedestrian said: " Don't cry, sissy." "Who's going to?" she sharply demanded lis she rose up. "I guess when a girl has got her mother's shawl on she ain't going to let anybody know she's hurt 1"?Detroit Free Press. AN INTERESTING- PEOPLE. TEE ISLAND OF MADAGASOAB X3STD ITS INHABITANTS. Something About a Land Larger than Ten Stntri?<Tli? Envoys Who Came Hero to ltnt'.iy u Treaty of Peacc. Kavoninahitriniarivo and Ramanira'ci, the envoys frum Ilanavolana, queen of Madagascar, sent to this country to ratify a treaty of peace with the United States, gave a New York journalist some interesting facts about the large island olT the east coast of Africa. The writer says as an introductory, to his interview that "during the last twenty years Madagascar has risen from a savage to a civilized nation, h;is ex .-hanged] harsh slavery for a mild servitude, has superseded the pagan worship of the j twelve mountains and the twelve kings with Christianity, has substituted the 'modern improvements' and complicated vices of Paris and New York for the former undecorated r ijs, and has shed the gunny bags of the wilderness and put on the plug hat, silk polonaise and claw-hammer coat of fashionable society?I allude to the better classes of the ruling tribe (the IIovus) to which these two ambassadors and their secretaries and their attendants belong ; the avenig inbaV'ait of the island still kneels to the imaginary ghosts of the twelve kings, in a single garment made of a coarse bag which leaves the most of his person exposed to the festive scorpion and the night air." The writer, to his surprise, discovered that Madagascar if laid down across our States would reach from Boston to St. Louis, and completely cover up all of the States between Massachusetts, Hho.le Island, Connecticut, New York, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. The ambassadors were described as short, stumpy men, with broad heads and brownish-red complexions?about the tint of New Yorkers a week after they go to Newport in the summer. Their hair is wavy, their upper features like Asiatics. the lower somewhat like the African. Continuing, the writer says: I had been introduced by Colonel W. \V. Robinson, United States consul at Madagascar, who is a sort of honorary member of the embassy. He is a large, hearty, frank man, with hair and side whiskers turning gray, and evidently much attached to the interests of the people to whom he i.s accredited. " What about the French claims to m.t up a protectorate in Madagascar," I inquired. ' They have no rights of any kind," he said, "and never had any. There uiv ten times as many English and five times as many Americans there as there are French, impudence is the chief card of the French. They claim to have riglrts conveyed to them on the northwest coast by the Saka'avas, a tribe conquered by the Ilovas (the Ilovas are the tribe ruling the island), but never rendering allegiance to the queen. So they have raised flags and built forts on the main land' in violalion of sovereignty." "Madagascar has changed greatly during the last few years?" I inquired. "Oli, yes, tremendously. There are now thousands of churches there; thousands of schools; and education is made compulsory by law. The Ilovas dress and live better than ever before; the nobility, officers and well-off people like Europeans. The queen requested mo awhils ;igo to attend the wedding of the princess, her niece, who will probably succeed ti. the crown, and of course I went. I found just such a wedding, procession and party as won la be found in New York or Huston?the bridegroom in doeskin pantaloons, swallow-tail coat, gold Witt h, standing collar just tipped at the corners and a rose in his buttonhole, Unshod and expectant, and the quite pretty bride, in a corn-colored gros grain silk, en train, trimmed with point applique, cream-colore I gloves and a bouquet of the rarest (lowers of the island?the queen and her husb.ind looking like any aristocratic couple here about to give away their daughter. I had been invited to witness ih?* ceremony, and I signed the register with the king." "How does it happen that Madagascar takes so kindly to women for rulers "Weil, they tried men and didn't like them. Men are too independent and unreliable. They think female sovereigns mure likely to carry out the wish of the people." ' Hut Hanavala wasn't much of a queen," 1 suggested; "it was she that banished Europeans from the island." "Yes, but even that was in accordance with the will of the people. Her son. liadama I., when he came to the hronein 1862, got drunk and gave away his realm to the French. He was executed, and they tried a woman again?his widow?and under her administration there was great progress and development in every direction. The present queen succeeded her. When I was at the capital last the newcollege building was dedicated, and it was an edifice that would be creditable to New York city. The style of houses has much improved lately as well as t! e style of d ess. The work people still wear little more than a sheet, a sort of cotton toga, thrown over one shoulder. The oilieirs often wear the silk laiuba, with live broad colored stripes, over the shoulder?the badge of the Ilovas. The coarse cloth used by the laborers is woven fiom a thread taken from the line leaflets uf a kind of palm." Thetravel r'stree." suggested the second ambassador. " is ol gn at value. Our people eotil l no'. g< t along without it. When traveling it always yields pure and delicious wat- r which is caught and kept in ;i little cup at the pi ici? where the great leaf joins the tree. Hy.-tabbing this with a spear water will always run cut, a quart or two sometimes, cool and nice. The lurk of this tree the people pound out tint for their doors, of the body they make clapboards and partitions; tlie spin.s of the leaf Income excellent roof b ams. and the leaf is used to shingle .t with, on" laid on another till they lie a foot thick or more. Theyaiv watertight. You would tliink they might n.'t. quickly: no. I have si-en roofs of that kind more than forty years old? mostly the very s une leave.* put on in 'he beginning. The leaves of tl.is tree ire much used for wiapping paper,and also for table-cloth*, while a little twist with the linger makes them serve as plates, tumbkrs, cuj's and spoons for the poorer classes. Itisa valuable tree, you see." After a few more unimportant questions the interview with the representatives of an interesting people closed. A Ho|((Wfl!k. At the ropewalk in Hath, Me., the spinners wind iiuge skeins of manila hemp ar. und them, catc!i a thread or two of it upon the hook, and as the spindle whirls walk slowly backward down tin? length, spinning as they go, and leaving before them a long twisted strand. Kvery twenty minutes they disappear from sight, and are seen as far as the eye can reach coming into view down the dimly-lighted walk nearly a mile away. Thirty or more trips a day make a wand, and every wand is a half mile, and every clay eacli spinner walks fifteen miles and spins seven miles of strands. An eminent physician, acquainted with Prince Bismarck since 1H59, says he is good for at least twenty years, and that his nervous system and constitution are in excellent condition. It is estimated that in the two Carolina*, Georgia and Louisiana, a total population of about- 2('0,00U people, white and colored, are dependent upon the eulti\ ation ol' rice. FASHION NOTES. Joule cloth is a rival of cheviots and twee .Is. New half-fitting wraps are cut with Japanese sleeves. Postilion backs and points in front are the rule in basques. Velvet ribbons are revived for trimming cashmeres, silks and novelty fabrics. Several or two rows of small buttons down the front of the dress remain in favor. Terra-cottas are prominent in the shades for spring, and an innumerable variety of colors bordering on this shade exist. Valenciennes lace is returning to favor tor evening wear, the new Normandy patterns being very delicate and tasteful. Quaker gray, dove and cl nid grays are the principal shades of gray which are represented in fine wool materials for spring costumes. The spring visites are more frequently halt' lung, and elaborately trimmed. The tull-length garments take the form of reiingotes and pelisses. Cat-tails, reads and swamp grasses trim the wicker basket hats that are imported for summer us?. Heads of wheat are made into bows for such hats. The latest importations of brocaded silks show Ottoman grounds with satin and plain silk designs, flowers, leaves, and conventional, mediaeval and oriental figures. An exquisite fabric just brought out is the Wat'.eau raye, a silk and wool fabric in vanishing cross stripes on a changeable, lengthwise striped ground hi oriental colors and effects. Tlie white India cashmerc robes, with India cashmere palm leaf ant1 other oriental designs, are the costliest woolen stuffs brought out this season They are priced at $100 a robe. A stylish spring bonnet in "Queen Mab" shape, which is of the poke order of bonnets, is made of amber-colored straw. About the crown is draped a wide pattern of gold lace, which partly veils a small wreath of scarlet roses and mignonettes. The inside of the bonnet is faced with crimson velvet, and upon the extreme edge is set a row of pale amber beads. In many New York stores devoted to the sale of elegant lingerie is quite a display of Elizabethan and Mary Stuart ruffs. Some aro made of lace and others of the sheerest of India muslin. To keep them iin an upright position rt inirlellilu nof linirif* ia lierwl (4 DLlllj 1H Y lOIMJO in iitfvvi* Roman pearl beads, large and small, according to fancy, are sewn on the edge. To suit this style the throat must be long and slender or moderately so, and the hair of the wearer dressed high. The fashions for the present season are to b.) singularly eclectic. Skk, satin, vclvit, plush, pekin, faille, brocade, are all worn to some extent, and are all in '-good form." .So, too, with the colors; dark greon, dark blue, garnet, ruby, bronze, olive, terra-cotta and seal brown are all equally fashionable for street wear. Long cloaks are as much seen as the jaunty Newmarkets, and hats and bonnets can hardly be too large or too small to be considered out of style. XoreUicain Shon* and Stocking*. The rage for novelties in shoes and stockings, says the New York Eteniinj Pot t, is quite as great as ever._ There certainly never was a time when women with pretty feet could display them to greater advantage; or, on tTte other side, when wom;;n with ungraceful ones could hide them so successfully. For the former are styles and colors beyond enumeration. For the latter are exceedingly low cut sandals and slippers in bronze kid, black satin or Mack undressed kid, with a bit of embroidery or beading upon thepointed toes; theie to be worn invariably with stockings of blavk or some dark shade, the pale tints being left for those who.se delicatelyshaped feet can best venture to display them. Among the novel fancier lor these favored ones are Charles IX. shoes of silk, matching the costume, and Watteau shoes of white Suede kid. The latter usually have the toes handpainted, this ornamentation often being don:* by the ladies themselves after purchasing the plain shoes. Although this material is easily soiled, it is very easily cleaned with clay pipe powder. Sandals of gray kid or bronze are worn with home toilets over stockings of cardinal silk, this being a particularly elegant combination in foot dressing. Pale silver-gray silk stockings, embroidered on the instep ,with delicate mauve tlowers, are aiso me neignt oi elegance; the.-je are worn with low cut slippers of pale gray kid, worked on the toes with cut steel and fine heliotrope l??ads. Black shoes, that a short time ago were so fashionable for dancing and evening wear, are quite discarded, and the sandal or shoe, like the gloves and the fan, must always match tlo toilet. A. H. Stephens' Dogrs. Like Sir Walter Scott and Henry Clay, Stephens had all his life been fond of dogs. lie owned one which he named "Sir Hing> Binks," from one of the chara -ters in Sir Walter Scott's "St. Hunan's Well." Another, whc was his constant companion for years, was named "Bio," a poodle dog. Upon his death he was buried in the garden, and over the red-clay mound a marble slab was placed, which, in the following epitaph, written by his brother, Mr. Linton Stephens, records his worth: : Here rest the remains of : What, in life, was a satire on the: : Human race, : ; Anil an honor to his own, : ; A Faithful Doy. ; (loldsmith used to write and teach a pet dog to sit on his haunches, and Mr. Stephens, wifeless and childless as he was, lavished on his pet poodle all the warm affections of his nature. The lirst thing in in the morning he romped with his dog. He slept in the same room with his master, and when lie was sick the faithful brute never Mt the ro >111, save Tor a few moments, for days and weeks together. The dog accompanied his master all over the State. When left behind he watched the arrival of the trains at the depot, going through all the cars in search of him. One Poisonous Lizard. A paper recently presented before the Philadelphia College of Physicians stated that in response to inquiries two letters had been received from Arizona, one of which described the lizard as more peaceful and I armless than a young m's.sionary, while the other de? dared it to be "worse then a whole apothecary shop." Recent experiments made with captive specimens of the Gila monster, however, seem to demon-' strate satisfactorily its poisonous nature. Small animals and birds were killed by its hi e. It has numerous small teeth, and when it bites a quantity of saliva is discharged. This saliva or fluid is found to be an active poison of very peculiar nature. It causes no local injury, but seems to act directly up in the heart, arresting its action in diastole. Its efl'ect is entirely different from that of the venom of serpents, which causes local hemorrhage. Dolly Madison is the oniv woman i who was ever offered the privilege of the floor in the l"nited .States Senate. Peeresses and the families of peers are admitted to the tloor of the house of lords, but no woman ever sets foot in the house of commons. Here, on the other hand, women ar; often admitted i ' to the Hour of the llousu. J THE BLACKSMITH'S SONG HMSB MtfPR&l Through the casement, roseate Dawn > Already steals with cheering ray; ? *. Let's to the forge, and wake the morn With boist'rous voice and jocand lay f 1 Bellows, blow; and furnace, amott * Bend the glowing metal soon; 'h Hammer, fall with telling stroke!-? - -J Sing to my anvil's, merry tone, " Strike while the iron's hot" . With lusty strokes my hammer rings: Strike hard! 'Tis for your chubby boy slP? Who to his mother fondly clings, : 'jaH And trills his cooing notes of joy. Thanks to the sweat that bathes my face y$|| The pathH of learning he shall treacl, aS And Knowledge make9 her dwolling-plac# , -<3^? Within my darling's fair young head J Labor nnto the heart gives ease, , And will our daily bread supply; ' "yjffi tt decks the charms of my Thereeo, My wife, my household deity I -X'i? Our hands were never formed to make Muskets or sword-blades, bolts or chains;' God gave us arras for labor's sake; Our minds He for I/ove's work ordains! Now all who day by day pursue ? Some darling hop?, some cherishad end? . . fjM Old hearts, who have but power in view; Young hearts, who Love's soft call attend. J-, Men who would wield the sword or pa?? Sages and fools?peasants and kings? If you'd succeed, take as the word Of wisdora,what my anvil rings: , 3 Pong, Pong, Pong! "Sfrike while the iron's hot." ?Old French Song. HUMOR OF THE OAT. , ? West Pointers?Weather vanes. A put-up job?Building houses. Subject to fits, and pretty bad one? sometimes?Tailors. The most humorous member of a dog is the wag of his tail.?Burlington r Free Press. v '-*fi It is said that deaf and dumb people - J always take a hand in conversation.? Ecansville Argus. The tramp is not, as a general thing, wealthy, but he can afford to spend his summer in the country.?8iftingi. Fish are not good conversational- ' ,j| ists; but if you strike the right line you can draw them out.?New Tor!: ,, Journal. "How can I expand my chestV asked a stingy fellow of a physlciao. "By carrying a large hsart in it/' was the reply. A second-hand clock won't bring much, yet no one would want a clock with the second hand omitted.?Satnrclay Niyht. There is one thing about ilunchau- ' -j sen, says a Philadelphia paper, to his credit. The baron never tried to be a weather prophet. A New York paper has been publishing the "Horrors of Sing Sing." ' .jgfl Nothing is said in the article about " Pinafore " performances.?Picayune. A small boy who was playing truant the other day, when Jisked if he ' wouldn't get a whipping when he got home, replied: " What is five minutes' licking to five hours' of fun." They are building tencmenthouscs . .r|g so high in New York that the man who /|?S occupies the top floor is obliged to start for home about 9 o'clock in the evening in order to reach his bed after midnight.?Nor mtown Herald. "Is iliss 131auk at home?" asked a faultlessly-attired bore of the new girL The girl took from her pocket a photograph, carefully scanned it, and after ^ another look at the features of the .iJpS visitor, answered: "No, sor; she lias gone to Europe." lie left.?Phi'aielphia NiWi. Landlord (.to tenant): " Good-mom- ' ing, sir, fine day, sir; justcaJJed round - ' to see if it would ue convenient, mr you to settle your quarter's rent, sir." . Tenant: "Did, eli? Do you know, landlord, that nonerof the doors in the house will shut?" Landlord: "NeW house, sir; new house, you know; takes time to settle, sir." Tenant: "Ah! then there is a pair of us. I'm anew tenant; it takes time for me to settle, too. Good-morning. Call again."? "Can you give me ten cents, sir?" ini])lored a nigged chap, accosting a -: gentleman on the street; "I haven't' ate anything for a week." " What do you mean by telling such a story ai - :jH that.?" asked the gentleman; "I saw you at dinner in an eating-house not r t$S an hour ago." " Ah, but you misunderstood me," replied the tatterdemal- .;vH ion; "when I said I hadn't ate any- - Jp thing for a week I meant next weefe" ' He got his ten cents.?-Boston Tran A LOVELY SCENE. We stood at the bars as the san went dowa Behind the hills oil a summer day. ''-jm Her eyes were tender, big and brown, . $9 Her breath as sweet as the new-mown hay Far from the west the faint sunshine ' Sg Glanced sparkling off her golden hair, Thnsfi calm, deeo eyes were turned toward And a look of contentment ilfeted there, I see her bathed in the sunlight flood, ^ I see her standi tig psacaf ally now; - ^ l Peaceful Ij' standing and chewing her cud, As I rubbed her ears?that Jersey cow. ?Harvard Advocate. ^ The Bad Jioy and the Grocery Man. "i-'av, do you think a little practical ^ joke does any hurt?" asked the badbov_ of the grocery man, as he come in with his Sunday suit on and a bouquet in his buttonhole, and pried off a couple of figs from anew box that had been just opened. " Xo, sir," said the grocery man, as he linked off the syrup that dripped from a quart measure, from which he had been tilling a jug. " I hold that a man that gets ma 1 at a practical joke, that is, one that does not injure him, is a fool, |,ii shunned hv Jl.il de itllU 11C uu^in bu uiiwumvm ccnt people. That's a nice bouquet you have in your coat. What is it, pansies V Let me smell of it," and the grocery man bent over in front of the hoy to take a whiff at the bouquet. As lie did so a stream of water shot out of the innocent-looking bouquet and struck him full in the face, and 'ran down over his shirt, and the grocery man voile 1 murder, and fell over a barrel of ax-helves, .-cythe snaths, and then groped around for a towel to jwipe Ids face. ' You blamed little rascal !"ye'led the grocery man at the boy, as he took up an ax-helve and started for him, " what kind of a golblasted squirt gun you got there? I will maul you by . thunder," and he rolled up his shirt sleeves. " There,keep your temper. I took a , k ; test vote of you on the subject of practical jokes before the machine began to play upon the conflagration that wa* raging on your whisky nose, and you aid a man that would get mad at a joke was a fool, and now I know it. Here, let me show it to you. There is a rubber hose runs from the bouquet, inside my coat to mv pants pocket, and there is a bulb of rubber that holds about half a pint and when a fellow smells of the posy I squeeze the bulb, and you see the result. It's lun where you don't squirt it on a person that gets mad." The grocery man said he would give the boy half a pound of tigs if he would lend the bouquet to iuni ior nan an hour to play it on a customer, and the t | boy fixed it on the grocery man, and . A turned the nozzle so it would squirt- JP right back into tlu> grocery man's face. lie tried it on the tirst customer that came in and <,'<>t it right in his own fa?.' and then the bulb in his pants pocket got to leaking and the rest of the water ran down the gi ocery man's trousers t| leg, ami he gave it up in disgust, and J handed it back to the boy.?G. W. Pecli. I An average of 300 miners are killed annually in Victoria, Australia. ' j