Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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HOW SHALL I KNOW ? How shall I know, dear friend, when fa away. If you arosick or sad? Or needing me to help vo;i through the daj If you are gay aad glad, now sir.ui i kitjw. The lonely night wind rustles by, Over the fallen withered leaves; 1 hear a sadly e.hoing sigh, And know it grioves To-night for summer's lovely dead With sorrow that is almost human I tell myself, 'lis not the wind; ir stead, Some sorrowing woman, For loneliness, through all the night i weeping, iVr some dear one her tireless vigil keeping Her sab!e garments all tha dead leave sweeping. How shall 1 know if you thus sad and lonel, Shall walk to-night? Tearful, bewildere i, sighing, longing only, For morning's light.' Ah! would that I might know your dear hea pressing Its peaceful pillow; kindly sleep caressing Each precious sense; but, oh, this nriceles blessing Comeo not to mo. I'm ever vainly guessin; What is yoar plight. Burely my thought?, my earnest prayer much reach you, The winds go by; With them Til send my long'ngs; if the; teach you That it is I, How shall I know if gladly you remember The distant friend. And through tha gloom dud clou Js of bleal November Kind answer send ? Oh, if to-night were the assurance given You think of me, There's not a soul outbids tho gatas of heavei Could happier be! ?Margaret Holmes, in the Current. \ __ SIGNORA BELLONI "Soho, old Spottic! Gently, Clover? gently, until I let the bars down." The purple autumn sunset was glowing in the west; the noise of the little brooli sounded through woods which were fa>i losing their last leaves, and the little ? recession of cows came meditative!] own the rocky pasture slo, e3, stopping here and there to decapitate an especially toothsome wild-flower, or to munch a mouthful of grass that was fresher than the ordinary. Aud behind them walked a tall, slender girl, wearing a d.irk-stufl dress and a sunbonnet of brown calico. "I've brought home the cows, Mrs. Dodd,'' said s!ie, merrily, ;;s a wriuklcd face peered out of the win low '-Shall I milk now? Just hand me the pails, plea e. I know where to find the threelegge.l stool." "i?ut, child,''said the perplexed Mrs. Dodd, "you can't milk!" "Are you sure of that:" said the tall girl, whose face, now that the sunbonnet had fallen off, revealed a rich olive complexion, large, laughing eyes, and hair blacker than the proverbial "raven's wing." "Hut, you see, I never told you how I used to milk my little lunch-pail full out in the pastures when I went nutting, in Oc:ob.r." "1 a!" sa:d Mrs. Dodd"I have more accomplishments than you are aware of," added the girl. "Well, any way, I'm glad you ro safe home, ..Miss Mary." sa d >irs. Dodd. "It's a sort of a wild place up on the hill pasture, and Snottie is ugiy with her horns sometimes." "Spottie and I are the bc>t friends in the world," said Muy Bell, lightly stroking the smooth sides of the horned animal in question, as she walked along towa d the barnyard, with the mi.kpails in her hand. "Make yourself easy, Mrs. Dodd. I will fodder the cattle a:id see that the barn is safelj bcked up for the night." "I'm dreadful obleegcd t' ye, Mi9s Mary," said .Airs. Dodd. "I dunno whal x q na aone ei twasn i ior you, in mis 'ere tight spot." 'So that's your boarder, is it?'' said Mrs. Mattison, who had dropped in tc borrow a yeast-cake for the morrow's baking. "(join' to stay long?"' "About a month," said Mrs. Dodd, "She's powerful fond of the country You'd ought to see licr lide old Dobbir to water! And she lives outdoors, lik< gypsy, from mornin' till night." "-Mce-lookm1 enough." said Mrs. Mat tison. "So-so," said the widow?"for them as likos dark-complected fo k. M\ Phoebe was as fair as a lily, with blue eyes and a skin that freckled if she sc much as put her nose out in the sunshine. But Miss Bell has been very gooc to me since Moses run off after the travelin' circus an 1 my knee got bad with the rheumutiz. She takes hold as hand\ as possioie aoout ine n use. i oiicreu to pay her wages, but sh; laughecl right out at the idee." Vll take your si> dollars a month, Miss Dodd,'says she, when I'm able to pay you for all the kind care you've took of me since I cam< to Scramble Farm.' Not but what she's paid her board as punctual as a clock,' added Mrs. Dodd. '-B it there was c ?pell along when she was rather droopin nd hadn't mu h appetite. and I b'iled up some herb tea, and s -rt of cossettec Ler with nice little home-made messes, until she chirked up; a?d she a n'i forgot, it, you see." "Shop-jia', I s'pose?" said 3Ir<. Matti don. "These 'ere city folks gets a son of a stylish way with 'em. She walk: like a queen, though she hasn't go nothin' but shilling delaine and a cali V,.. ? AU1 OUUUUUUUU "No, she ain't a saleslady," said Mrs Dodd, whose "Phabe" was in that busi ness, and who never allowed thj torn shap-girl" to pass uncorrected in hei prc-:e:;ce. "She is a singist." "Musical, eh?" said Mrs. Mattison, pricking up her ears. "In a church choir?" "I guess likely," said Mrs. Dodd, lifting the lid olf the stew-pan to sec if th< dried peaches were in a proper stage foi dishing up. "But I duiino, Mary Bel ain't one that talks much. I sort o reckon, though, that she sings at con certs and plays the piauny ut parties foi so much a night. My Ph i>be says there's folks as makes it a rcg lar business ir Ihe city." "You don't say!'" cried Mr*. Mattison "Yes, a r<g'lar business. My Ph rbi*, she used to be a great hand 0:1 the ac cordcon, but?" "i'es, I know," said Mrs. Mattison, who h:id many a time listened to the recital of "My Ph-ibu's" varied accom plishments and knew them all by heart "But if she sings, Mrs. Do.id, I guess the church folks would be glad to get her to sing at our concert on Monday week." "Is it fur the new meetin'-'us' carpet?' asked 3Irs. Dodd, adding a little mor< sugar to the dried peaches. "Not ezackly," said Mrs. Mattison, "It's our Ho tio as lias got it up. Ir; to raise money fur the choir to go tc Kew York in December and hear the Bignora Bdloui siug in opera. Horatic he's dreadful musical, and he siys nr one as hasn't heard Signora Belloni sir r ain't up to the times. So the choir tli< all mean to g>, if it's a possible thing i rake and scrape money enough togcthe j The oper i tickets is five dollars apiece ' Youdo.i't (ell me so!" exclaimed Mr Do-.ld, spilling half a teaspoonful of be Oolong tea in her surpri-e. "1 declar that's up and down sinful I" u/ive dollars ap'ccc. impressively r peatcd Mrs. Mattison. ".She's all tl fashion now, and folks would pay twii that, Horatio suys, if she cho e to a? it. Then the car-fare will be anoth five for the party: and they're to sti with Dcaoa Kliphaz Midgett's widde as keeps a boardin' house on Thud av IS nue. and she ll charge 'cm a dollar and quarter apiece for supper and lodgin' an ' breakfa-t. I think it's an awful pric ,s but folks tells me that things conn dreadful dear in the city. So if they cr y raise twontv-five dollars clear profit 01 of the concert, they can go; but tl tickets hain't sold first-rate yet. Yc sec, folks has got tired of hearing Mi d Burney sing them little, s pieaky sonj o' Item, and Uncle Billy Brook; play h fiddle, and George Tiler do that laughi solo o er and o cr ag in. So if voi ooarucr would giveus a son?, we a tai it very kind: and I'm sure Horatio won] S pay her a dollar without begrudging i It wouhl be something new, you see, I ,s hear a stranger." "Wal, I dunno," said Mrs. Dod< "Here she comes now with the mill pails. She can answer you better than " can." And to Mary Bell herself Mrs. Matt son, fired with the desire for origiualit; unfolded her scheme. "You needn't be bashful, you know, said Mrs. Mattison. "We'd make evci allowance for vour be'ng shv and bacl 'ard, aud our fol <s ain't particular, you could sing 'Nancy J.ee' now. ( 'Pcek-a-Boo,' or some such good higi 1 pitched thing, we'd take it kind. M son. Horatio, would pay you a dolla and it would sort o' bo practice for yoi Noxt Monday week." Mi*s Dell hesitated a moment. "Do you mean," said she, "that the would pay me a dollarf" "V(S,' said Mrs. Mattison, beamin " all over with conscious generosity. "It a good price, I know, but the Slackvil folks never was mean." "Yes, I will come," said Miss Bel quietly. "I'ur choir is dreadful nice folks, said Mrs. Mattison. "You mustn't min ; Mrs. (. apting uiosc?sne's tlie sopranoif sh-j's a little airish. Her voice 1 thought a dreadful sight of. Ilauna | Hall is the contralto?and there's Ferd i nand Jones and my Horatio. You'll lik 'cm all. Now, when can you come an pr. ctice?"' It turned out, however, that Miss Be did not come and practicc nt all. Mr; Dodd's rheumatism grew worse, and tfc new hired man did't arrive until the ver Monday morning. Mrs. Captain Clos< tossed her blonde,closely-crimpled head ' If that girl spoils the concert, it wi] be Mrs. Mattison's fault," said she. ' never in my life heard of anything s outrageous as a stranger forcing her wa into our entertainment. Who know whether she can sing a note? Anyhow, ; wash my hands of the whole thing!" i ' 'Miss Di ll, from New York.' Look kind o' good in thepnpcrwe nailed upo the church do;>r," said Horatio. " dare say she'll be belter than nobody." Not a soul in the aud:cnce, howcvei was prepared for the wild burst of me] odv with which Mary Bell greeted thei on the night of the concert. "I declare," said Deacon Brodhead "Was that 'Twickenham Ferryr' ] don't sound uo more like the 'Twickcr ham Ferry' that my Eliza sings than if i warn't no blood relition." "She sin^s like a lark,"' said old Mis | smell, wip ng ner eyes. 'ic uoea m ' | good to listen to her." ; ".t may be fine singing/' said Mrs ! Captain Close, "but I don't believe i : these loud sc cc.-hing voices. Give m cultivation, say I." "It .rn't the way we was brought up t 1 sing." siid Miss Hannah Hall. "An) ' how it would have been only politcnes 5 for her to come on and make the audicnc a courtesy, with them rapping their un ' brella handles oT agin' the floor." ' "P'rarps she was bashful," suggeste ' Deacon Brodhead. "Xonscnse!" said Mrs. Captain Close Upon the whole. Slackville couldn decide whether it liked Mary Bell or no 1 She had certainly startled them out ( 5 their apathy; but they wcro a littl a hamed of having been thrown of the: ' guard. And they universally agree that c,it wasn't what they had bee ' used to." But the Slackville choir succeeded i ' raising its twenty-five dollars from tt j proceeds of the conce t, and they wei I ; to New York and "put up" at the moc j est establishment of Deacon Eliphaz Mic | gett's widow. I A ** A offnr f Kn'r . nunrtr nf hnVo/l Vvoor . ..HW ?" ' ' "I ^ j and cold corned beef, with apple-sauc . and a powder}' variety of 1 aker's 9wcc ! cake, that somehow srg'estcd the id( of one of Pharaoh's mummies, they s< [ forth to the Academy of Mu<ic, llorati j Matiison. and Hannah Hall leading ti J way, and Mrs. Captain Close followin i i with Mr. Ferdinand Jones. . I "Dear mi>, what a crowd!" said Mi! Hal!. | "And how elegant the ladic? ai | i dressed, t) be-sure!" said Mrs. Captai | Close, with an uneasy glaiscs at her dye j. ! green-silk gown. j And then came the mad rush consi . Iquent upon th; opening of the door t j the s [Uce-'e, the shrieks, the gesticuh , i tions of ushers and the deliberate di ^termination of everybody to get int i everybo ly else's scat, which characterize the musical public on field nights, I they of high or low degree. ^ '-Only a conccrt to-night," said Mr . Captain C'lo^e. "I did s'nose it was i * J be tli? opera." "it don't matter what it is so long i jSi^nori Belloni sings," said Horat; 1 Mattison. The -waiting was not so tedious as . ; would have been if the Slackvillc cho ; ! were not strangers. But they h:id hardl ri finished taking an inventory of the and I torium, the lights, the orchestra, tt ', people and the drop curt iin, before tl . : conceit began: and the great, glitterin r j "horse-shoe" rang with plaudits. } ! Bouquet-i rained down on the stage ? ( ' a tall, slight figure injwhite glided fo | ward, and Signora Bclloni's wonderfi i voice soared upward like a silver dovi j rising steadily above the blare of tl 1 orchestra. Mrs. Captain C'lo^e looked at M , Mattison with a bewildered air; M Jones stared at Hannah Ilall. "It can't be possible!" said Mrs. Ca] , tain Close. s "No, it can't!" cricd Hannah. > "But it is certainly she!" said Horatii With the encore, Siguora Belloni cano ' smilingly forward and sang "Twickei 3 ham Ferry;" and as she sang she fixed h( .dark, sparkling eyes full on the Slacl . ville choir. i j -VOncemore the flowers fell in drifts ( > ..now and carmine around her; one s more the pcans < f applause rose up; an > j Signoru Belloni retired smilingly froi iv the stage, leaving the rural quar ig more ama/ed than ever, y Slackville would hardly believe to news when the choir came b ick. ' r. the famous cantatricc, Signora Bel should have sojourned in their mids s. "Mis* Bell'' seemed an impossibi st that she should have washed Mrs. Do e, dishes, and driven "Clover" and "b tie1' home in the autumn twilights, e- simply incredible. ie "Of course my name isn't Bclloni,' ce brilliant vocalist afterward told Mrs. E ;k ?"nothing on earth but good, ho er Bell. And the doctor said 1 needed t iy months'entire rest before I appeare r, concerts again; and where could I c- such rest as your faim has afforded? a whs such fun to be incognita in t id wilderness. But I earned a dollar," e, add'id, with mischievous exultt.t es "and I think I rather astonished t in good people when I sang 'Twicken it Ferry' at the choir concert." ie "I guess you did!" said Mrs. Dod >u - ss T3 Unnoticed Dangers. is Mr. Le Roy F. Griffin, in the Chii n' Current, comments very sensibly ir household dangers as follows: ce ''Far too many houses, both in city Id ountrv, are positively dangerous. A t. city housed stand on made land, o to least that which was formerly swan The foundation walls, when there are 3. ?for houses often stand on poits n 1c- ?arc built of solid masonry, but wit! I cement either outside or in. Such v are porous, and soak up water nearl j. rapidly as a sponge. Then it sic v trickles down the inside, emiting n "' ria, forming a fine soil in which all r ? ner of fungoid growths flourish. y rooms over such places are first-class ease breeders, and every home shoul [f frequently examined to see that )r source of danger does not exist. 1. "Then, drain pipes often leak in [y cellar and basement. This adds to r danger to the rooms above. The i fiends, stagnant water from the sc^ and the water filtering slowly in thrc ttt r* 11 a tcA?-lr in f a a a rv flin .j of the little ones, and to fit them to j to the lirst disease. ? "The walls of the rooms themselve far too many houses, are disease breec [e A neat and tasty paper upon the makes a room inviting and adds to ] home comfort. But, unfortunately, < ' when the paper is made free from po ?> ?and gooi paper can be so rnadcd paste with which it is attached is _ the home lor the minute organisms wl j3 produce certain diseases. This is h enough where there is only a single I; i. of paper ; but when, as is often the c :e several layers of paper and paste d spread upon the same wall, outsidi one another, the danger is mullip 11 j many times. Such walls arc really ma j of festering tilth. The best wall is, IC doubtedly, the plain plastered wall, y "All cases like these di-mand caut > Those who are responsible for the ho cannot be too careful. The health, o fl the life, of loved ones, children part X larly, depends upon rigid cxclusior 0 all these lurking places of disease y breeders of death. Beauty should ^ " AAt.diofAnt' Ti'itli on fnf1 g IUIU ld| LVHOiotuuw niiu |;viivvv OM*V.U( X the home." :s Death of Wilkes Booth. ^ Edward P. Doherty, the man who * April 2(i, 1863, captured John Wi Booth, the assassin of Lincoln, was New York recently. To a Star repoi who asked him about the occurrence n said he received information the pi ous day that the fugitive was hiding a pine forest on the Bappahanno::k, kt far from Bowling Green. Doherty !" then a lieutenant, and was vigorrv lt prosecuting the search with twentj men. 13 "A young man captured that day c had been with Booth, disclosed the that he wou'd cro-s the river at n ' and sleep at the house of Mr. Garrcl n . !?j T . _ j JrieilU. X DUUUU iiuuu but; uuujv, c watched it carefully all night, but I nothing. At 4 o'clock in the morn 0 however, in the early dawn, it was fo r" that liooth was concealcd in an '3 i house. As soon a> I caught sight of :e I summoned him to surrender, but h l" fused. A companion named Harr who was in the barn, surrendered to " however. On seeing this, Booth, was in the rear of the building rcclii ; on his broken leg, raised his carbin * shoot either me or llarrold. bu that instant one of my soldiers fired t: " him. The ball took effect in his :il men, two inches below the spot w lr President Lincoln was shot. I spi " inside, seized him and carricd him 11 The b irn was then on fire. As he pa the deserter llarrold he looked at hir n unutterable scorn and gasped out ic word "Useless." it This was his only speech after 1- fatal shot was fired. I gave him br;i 1- in order to revive him, but he bee irrational and died in two honrs. I is sewed his body in a blanket and sen :e ! to Washington. There his remains i t- fully identified by a physician, ?o . ii'oll Wfl w.ifl fircf inf.A Jt in the Washington penitentiary, but io body was afterward removed to Oak ic Cemetery,in Baltimore.where it now g The authorities at Washington, on b furnished with full proof of Booth's d >s j paid over the reward of $75,000. Ha! | this the detective who guided us to e , iocality of the capture received. I n $7,500, and the rest of the reward wa: d vided among my men." s, Sacred Serpents. J" The small town of "Werda, in the K domof Dahomey, is celebrated for its'J ,0 pie o.' Serpents, a long building, in w * the priests keep upward of a thous serpents 01 au Jtinus, winuu muy with the birds and frogs brought to t 3" as offerings by the natives. The$e '? pents. many of them of enormous i may be seen hanging from the be }9 across the ceiling, with their heads h; 10 ing downward, and in all sorts of str; contortions. The priests make the s: serpents go through various evolut ,r by lightly touching them with a rod, ly they do not venture to to;ich the lar ones, some of which are big enoug] *6 enfold a bullock in their coils. It o l? happens that some of these serpent* n S their way out of the temple into town, and the priests have tl.e grei ,s difficulty in coaxing them back. To r_ a serpent intentionally is a crime ] I ished with death, and if a European t ?< to kill one the authority of the I' ie him-elf would scarcely su ,'ue to s?av< I I-*'- cnrnnnf 11 I 1I1C. aIIJJ UIIC IV'IUN^ <v otipuu u r. tentionally must inform the jirics1 r. what has occurred ami go through course of purification which takes p )- oncc a year. Eve, Midnight and Next Day. The small boy, with complacent miei At twilight eats the apple green. ?r The doctor pours, at midnight dim, .. Jamaica ginger into him. He vows, while in the colic's power, )f No moro green apples he'll devour. >6 j Next day, recovered from his pain, a He hankers for the fruit again." n ?Charlestown Enterpr , SEAWEED. the rhat WONDERS OF MARINE VEGETA- T1 'oni, TION DESCRIBED. fiiun it i'lS fullv litv: inor i dd's Vast Tracts of Floating Seaweed in pot- l'lc Ocean?The Home of In- pQW| W?g numerable Strange Ani- wale mate?Value of Sea wceil. half. ' the adop iiej:t ^ie l'ac''ic there is a huge mass of hrce floating seawee J, all packed together, 'jrj ^ and continually g o.ving. The largest ^ ?et such floating island, if so it can be (j0C3 termed, is found in the Atlantic, and ^ t hose P?Pularly known as the Sargasso Sea?a ^ i 9])e vast tract of weed, covering an area as ^ ion- large as the Mississippi Ya'k-y. In all, ^ t jjpjjg in the Atlantic and Pacific, there are cjeaE hain *?ur or ^vc 8UCh tracts known to mari- frjce ners, and probably Columb is was t he jQ <j first white man to sej the Sargossa Sea, jjjcai his vessel being retarded by it. I have a(T(, rowed among "the patches that go to mnVp lin 1hi< vn?t r-olInrtinn mid iisidfi ?. ?a?0 ! frora the interest and wonder which it nowj * I inspires from its magnitude, it posses?es |va^e | great attra't'ons in the innumerable gavjn an(| st anpte animals that End a home there, ^ ^ j'ili;y On my lirst visit to this floating world of r' {1j the ocean the vessel upon which I was sailing became becnlrne 1. and taking a small boat we rowed well into a huge It lone patch of sargas3.im, which extended away is in k ri0 as far as the eye could rea h. but was vcgel rails ?l)Cn h?r,: a"d there, or contained leads after y aa after the fashion of an icepack, or rather those *w y openings. Into one of these blu'e rivers g.udi mla- we rjwCfl an(5 were soon completely en- j picki nan- virone^bythc olive-hue 1 mass. It was j same just at the surface, so tint the tips of the t ,jjs. the branches e >tcndid above, catching | same ^ be i the rays of the sun and presenting an al- licsic tjj|a most blmling s iutillation. We soon area reached the end of th? lead and where it to tli the wa8 difficult to push a keeled boat I some the through the weed. A flat bottomed skifl I just 1 two ^ould have gone over very readily. 1'y j watu tvers forcing an oar down through the weed in i minu >U"-h ^'i-s place I judged that three or four feet, the : hfe was the greatc t depth, but in the center ; days, ield was undoubtedly mu h deeper, and j cooki the matted mass would form a decided j fine t s in barri- r tc a vessel drawing much water. | i? wh * 1Wlii1/\ lAAbinr* a*- urn/i/1 nnrl nnti n re i A lers. *f nxiw/ ivv/ivx.i5 at luu "v.t.u i?"vi i urn u wall *ts peculiar tints, the result of growths who the ?f ninny stages. I observed a small black the n ;ven object, which, while seemingly forming : in th ison a Papt WCC(^ itself, appeared to i that < -the hiive separate and individual motion, j piece just Drawing neirer and bending down so 1 pea v [jij.jj that my face was within a few inches of; beans ba(j the wee 1, I saw that the object was a the g ayCI fish, and a moment later it was in my j until :ag[, hand, the most curiously formed of its qjo:1 are tribe, the famous antennarius. on: of the j ol most remarkable mimics in the animal ,]ie(] kingdom. .At a first glanre the novice ,8Sl39 would have pronounced the little creature i In ua. a fiog, for to lame w. re its pectoral or j a. corl side fins that they really appeared to be daugi ion. limb1- formed for locomotion on land. | wrap] ,mee The little animal was about live inches in ! Ta; ften length, of the exact color of the sur-! fuls < ;icu- rounding weed, and cover, d upon its some 1 oi I upper surface with barbels of flesh so ut- j when and terly use ess and fantastic in' their ap-; ding, be, pearanrc thnt I could hardly divest my- : milk, y in self of the idea that they had not grown as it I theie but were really shoots of the far-: let it gassum attached to the fish, but they Pour were fleshy and a part of the protective fresh economy of the antennarius, rundc ing Bake (,D the aniraal almost completely inconspic Ikes uous. I doubt if any one not familiar bin" ' in with the fish and not looking for it in the rtcr, gulf weed would discover it, thoug'i it tj^,u ? ? b.c might be directly in front o.'the eyes. j cn(i ( evi- This little mimic lives not in the open ?i?nn O >VUbUit UUt tlllCU11/ UUUW1 UIV 3UI1UUV., ; JQ ^yj not lying upon the weed, often with its up- j j cen ( was per fms exposed, relying entirely upon jn us|y its protective resemblance for its safety. ; rpjjjg 1 r-six in many observations. made then and la ter. 1 invariably found them lying upon ; wh? theirsidis or entangl d in the weed. : to ^e( fact One of these little mimics was found : ,.r igW near a ball of seaweed about the size of a | e tt, a Dutch cheese. It was merely a mass of 5 an" sarf;as-u n coll cted together in oval 10 saw g^ape and n 11 by bands of a gelatinous Avax nature. Examination showed that the un(* leaves were covered with minute white J ?Vt" balls, which looked like bends. These lfl..cs him Were the e<?ors of the fish, and the ball .. e r!r" was its nest, one of the most interesting 51 structures to be found in the s-a. The . ' e> little builders eollcct the matcri.il and 1D?I?C bind it together with the glassy appearlinS ingsecretion, which in all probability is .c* c :o taken from a special gland in the Jva*cr a< abdomen, as in the case of the stickle- s 'Pon back, and so wound about the collection j !? ?" of weds. ) of an; here jj^je jmtennarius is not the only an on anS strange dweller in this floating world. J'01 ou^ The crabs, the shell-less mollnsks, all the n 3S<:<1 have partaken of the general tint of the veget n .in weed; in fact it almost seems as if the aa^ 1: colors and forms of the weed had been a 8Pr , transferred to the backs of the various dust 1 creatures, all being perfectly protected cru^tl y by the curious resemblance. j squec a"? Seaweed lias a decided economic value. , some ^.J1 By the Chinamen several species are C3-: {ceeP teemel as articles of foo:l and arc to bo inUM ?r,<jre found in many of the shops of Chinatown, I suinii w? to be made into various soups supposed ^ey rr<! to possess certain virtues. The Irish , C^P I j ? moss, common on the Eastern coast, is nieel; for sale in all stores, nnd is collected by . f?r . 3* the ton, its chief use being in blanc at din Bmp manjre. etc.. while in Ireland and Scot- j Gn l' . land the various mosses are of great im-' chow partance to the poor people sloti# shore, ' ers, L * ? who rely upon them for food. The sea- move =\?. weed about the European coast, and also ; large 3 to some extent on our own. is used in the n the manufacture of iodine and glass and , scrap in various chera'cal products. On the ' a kni coast of South Amcr'ca the great sub-: (pi.srt marine Lamarian forests are found grow- j quart iDg* ing immediately in the breakers, and pork >.n- presenting the appearance of masses of out v liich huge snake? rolling about in every direc - j ingrc sand tion. Some of these weeds, especially j sea o feed off the Falkland Islands, altain gigantic per; ] hem pro port ion-5. Some have been rcpoitod I lh:u scr- ftS large around as a man's body and sev- seaso oral hundred feet lonsj, so that vessels ! nn in jams can wen drag aboard the upper portion and c ano" and anchor by them. Those on the 1 hour "ige Patagonian and other coasts have adirect thee nwH and important relat:on to human exist-! and i ions fnce on these shores, as were it not lor j jjostc but the vast bails which break the force of j cover gC5t the sea, no animals could exist there. ! see t,l 'l to ^Vs it is, the fishes flourish between the j uonec ftfin shore and the weeds, and ssals and other j it wil lake marine mammals exist, and the country I tho is thus rendered habitable.?San Franitcst cjsco kill Ma 3uu- A Biff Storm Story. jjiSS( vere Professor L. Weber relates in a Ccr- dowi ^ing man periodical that during a thunder got a 5 his storm at Kibnit/., in Mecklenburg, the not nin- lower pane ot a window on tnc nrstnoor | mine t of a house was broken by lightning and came the ft jet of water was thrown upward rains lace through a hole to the ceiling with such did. fores that part of the ceiling was brcken horse down and other damage was done. The reins hole in the window was like a bullet couli j hole, with radical cracks. Some cigars on the v ' a table that wus broken by the fall of ders. the ceiling and the water were carbon- the o ized. The origin of the jet of water is mom not satisfactorily explained. mour ? his h Clarksville (Md.) bee hunters recently ostly cut down a tree and found in a hollow, lieve thixty-five feet from the ground plenty step ?e. of honey and a blacksnake nine feet long. News HOUSEHOLD MATTERS. The Advantages of Borax, ic washerwomen of Holland an >, who get up their liDen so L white, use refined borax as powder instead of soda, in th ion of one large handful of iler to About ten gallons of b :r. They thus save in soap i All the washing establish it the same mode. For laces, i, etc., an extra quantity c 3er is used, and for crinolinc ing to be made stiff) a strong cessarv. Borax being a neutra iiut ill i/iic ire of the linen; its ett'ect is to i hardest water, and, therefo Id be kept on every toilet table aste it is rather sweet; it is usi ising the hair, is au excellent d ; and in hot countries is emf ombination with tartaric aci< brmate of soda as a coo'.iag I Good tea cannot be made water: but all water may be by adding a teaspoonful of ler to an ordinaav sized ket r, in which it should boil. ,g in the quantity of tea usei least one-fifth.?Cleveland Leat Cooking Vegetables. is surprising what a difference the time required for cooking ables that have stood a day o the picking, as compared which have come fresh fror ;n. For example, peis tha :d in the early morning for us ... UUJ. uau UU tUUMU 1U ULH'Ul ;ime that would be needed i peas were kept a day or two lo les, the flavor of the vegetable joked while fresh is much su] lat of tho;e which have stoo tims. Ears of green corn thii lllcd well, if plunged into b< r as soon as gathered, cook i tes, or perhaps in less time, ?ame corn, if kept for one o will require twice as much tin ing nnd will not be so tendei iavored as if cooked at once, icre one having a garden of hei <jreat ad vantage of thehor.sek is obliged to get her supplies larket. Eating green peas and e country spoils one for any can be bought in a city marke of cooking soda about the siz /ill, if add'.-d to a quart of pi ), make them tenderer and pn roen color. It should not be ? the vegetable are half cook Ilousekteping. Hints and Recipes. making a large hole in a cork c-borer or any uther instruinei er of splitting can be avoide ping the co k tightly with twi pioca Pudding: Take six tables }f tapioca and soak it in mil hours before you intend to u you are going to make your put th-i tapioca into a qua inIaz-.a if am f Vi a 4ii?a orirl oa |/JUV.O J b Ull Li IV/ tllUj ?UU) UO boils, sweeten it to you taste simmer for a quarter of an it into a basin and stir in a batter and three eggs well be one half hour. imois skin may be cleaned by into it plenty of soft soap and I it for two hours in a weak of soda and warm water. A >f this time rub it until it is rinsing it in clean, warm ^ tiich soda and yellow soap dissolved. It should then be v> i a rough towel, pulled and brui process makes the !e ither sof e. It should never be rin?< water. The soapy water cau :omc soft. x can be taken out of carpe il very simple methods. I. piece of blotting-paper ovoi and apply a hot iron to it; will absorb the wax that is m e heat. If, 111 doing this, any I should lemain on the carpet lo benzoline carefully on, d line with a cloth. Another m< 3rop a few drops of boiling 1 diatcly on the spot*, and dry a cloth; care must be taken )!ors in the carpet will stanc . Green is the most dangerous ir. at Croquettes : Take the rci y cold meat and mince it fine; ion minced just as fine (don' II sneer at the onion, for it is 0 lost healthful and most obi ables grown), and se .son witl icpper to taste. You can alst ig of parsely or a hint of sage of thyme, if you like. Soak a t ess slice of b:ead in cold ze it dry; add to meat and on people say bind with an egg. my cgcj for something else? imall, tkt cakes ar.d fry. I a ig that the meat remains are sc needn't be much. About a c 'fi-k-f.'l full jiftnr mineiuc wi i*, find give you enough cro;p eak 'ast or lunch or a little sich mer. - - ren C )it.\" Chowder: A veg( der may be a novelty to some >ut it is a very palatable dish, the husks and silk from t1 ears of corn,cut downward thi liddlc of the rows of grains e out the interior with the ba fe; peel and slice two onions of potatoes, and cut in small < er of a pound of salt pork; fr and onions in a saucepan, take vith a skimmer, and put the dients into the drippings in If n them palatably with salt a id midway put in the pork and or the rest of the vegetables and ning, a::d hot water enough to eh above them; covcr thesauc ook the ch'jwdcr gently fur hi after it begins to boil. .lust t howdcr is done scald a piut of lourit over half a pound of m >11 crackers laid in a soup tu the tureen for five minutes. Kit the chowder is palatably I Jnf a tKo fnrAnn I > J'UUl ll'iu UiU VUI VVUj th a p!ate of crackers. A Mean Little Mule. rk Twaia and I were riding : >uri ouce, when our hor3es 1 i. We stopped at Hannibal i good large hor3c, but .Mark fmd anything better than a . "Well, we left Hannibal and to a creek much swollen b . Mark told me to go first, w It deepened rapidly and m ! was soon swimming. I ha of Mark's mule, and, looking I barely see tha mule's head k'a'er was well around Mark's s After a little trouble we re; ther side. Mark sat on his m ent, when, without a word, h ited, and, coming to my side and on my knee, and looking in my face said: "George, that mean little mule waded across."?A Traveler, in Ci I NERVOUSNESS. dBel- A NATIONAL TRAIT DISCUSSE tenuti- BY A WOMAN DOCTOR. wash c proborax Abstracts of Two Papers Read E oiling fore the Social Science Assoc!nearly ation? Best Brain Food ments ?Vegetarianism, Etc. , cam if the Nervousness, said Dr. Grace Peckhai is (re- 0f yorjfi j8 more and more rerardi 11* 88 aD un^csira^'c characteristic of o 11nation. The idea that we are a peculiar :e tlic nervous people is becoming widcsprea soften thjs has been fostered by articles writti re> " oa the subject, so tli it in the last ti .i0 years "nervous" haj become almost ed for household word. The question arise f a are Americans more nervous than oth tloyea uation3 0f tije game grade of civili.'.utio 1 ond und if so, what are the means of overcoc *n? suck a It *s usual to a W1tfa tribute much to climate. While doubtle made ^as inQuence) it should be rcmember< borax ^at tjie United. States every clima except the extremes of the equator ar M1? the poles is experienced. Setting asi< i will jieat au(j co]^ t^e dryness and the ele *er' trical cond tio-:s of the atmosphere a: the two factors which are said to a upon ths nerves unfavorable. Such then supposition is extremely hypothetic ma and can not be proven. It is, howeve r tw^ plain that the dry atmosphere of Col with ,a(*0' t'ie typical dry climate, acts favo n the UP0U Peol^e sulferiug from nervoi t are exhaustion. tjjf The fact that climate is not a prom hall nent influcncc *s shown mo.t conclusive! f the t>y the condition of those towns whic in^er aru loua<* aPon eitbcr side of thr se lin< s That Prominunt upon the map, though invis ble to the eye, which separate the I nite ^ ?or States from Canada on the iSorth an it are ^ex*co 011 the South. The inhabitan )ilin<? P*aces within an arrow shot of eac n ten ?tker exhibit the contrasting uational pi .. euliarities. A fltirrinfr Texan town, wil WilllO ? o ? ' rtWo cnterPr'8e and "g?" of Ameri( le for caa 3etn 011 one 8*dc ?* r and r'ver' whilc on the other is the Mexicai This Spanish town with its sleepy inhabitan . w'th the'1" customs of 200 years ago ui ceDer disturbcdfrom avo*d nervousness we should pa [ corn raore at^ent^on t0 hygiene, not indulge i ihin" hurry lind excitement, take physical an j. ? out-door exercise to develop the physiqi ' j and cducate tho children and the peop "as or 0llt not*on *lia* because one is s 'serve ^ rnc"can or s^e must perforce I dded ncrv0U9j It is the loss of the governing powe the will, which allows an increased ri flex action unchecked, unhinderec which is characteristic of the nervou nud h is given to the word its model wjt]j definition of wiakness, while a prop it the display of controlling, impelling, inhil id by 'ting impulses, according t;> their natur ne. gives tho old-time signification < noon- strength and force. There is no reasc P - * in the externals which surround Amer .**. cans, if they properly understand thcr mid' 8elves aQd regulate their desires, the P j methods of living, theii education, wl 10 the nervousness which has been a t" tributed to them should not be a glo; rather than a stigma. little DIET AND DINING. saten. , The main constituents of our foo< . said Dr. Wallnco Wood, are the3e: .v " The albuminoids or nitrogenous matcri r.f mr?of fich nrrrra on/1 nhnnoo 0 T1 solat the carbohydrates or sugars and starche3 su; ' plied by bread and vegetables. 3. Tl r" t tats. The aim of ths (hemist has bee hive twofold: first, to get these three gre vir nutritive elements?meat, starch and f; shed' ?*a ni03t concentrated form posa t C j ble: second to digest the concentratioi ,an. -artificially before introducing them inl aes it economy. Ycgetariauism as a doctrine has ha its day. The vegetarian diet is proper! by a cure. It is useful as a change, and ay a a cure for one form of dyspepsia, f< r k? g?ut, billiousness; may be tried wit ; the advantage in summer to counteract tl elted evi[ eilcct of too much good Jiving dai* winter. rub miijj <jjet or dairy fare is a retui ry,no to nature by another path. Few puticn jtnod arriving at Itellevue are put exclusive ivater upon milk. The organism much reducc after comes down to fir?t principles aud b tbat gjn3 ^fc over again. 1 hot XJie third re-ource for the sick is tl color albuminous or nitrogenous diet, the p tient being fed almost exclusively ( nains me it. Such istiiodiet for the reductic add of corpulence, the diet in diabetes, it t any sometimes recommended for gout. no of One of the most important questioi iging of tue day is what is the best brain foot x salt The most conspicuous component of bra ) add and nerve is lecithin, a phosphoric fa or a Fot and fish arc the foods indicate* hick, Lean meat not only does not supply win *atcr; is required, but ciogs the system wil ion? elTcle albumiuous matter. Let bra but I workers live on bread and butter, wii -form fish, m.;lk, cream and vegetables, m as- A grand dinner is a complicated affa antv; and has been evolved by ages of civiliz :o:Iec tioii an 1 culture. Primitive races a 11 do whatever they can get and whenev* lettes they can get it. Nomadic tribes wit j dish (locks and herds establish regular mea and discover the oldest gastronom stable combination, bread and meat. Tl read- peasantry of civil! ed nations coinbir Pc- dishes together to form the "sijuai ivelve mea!," say meat and potatoes, with oii"h relish, and bread and butter. Culture , and people gradually come to add two coursi ,ck of to this square meal, one at the end to ai and a digestion, the other at the beginning < lice a the preliminary course or gusto to wh< v the I the appetite. But the height is reachc them in the grand symposium or banquet < other nine courses: 1. Ilors d'eeuvre. ! tyers; Potage. 3. Poissin. 4. Pcleva. pep- Entree. G. Koti. 7. Entremts. ! lions, Sucrec. 0. Dessert. Nine courses e: more elusive of p mehe3 and coffee! Nir stand meals in one! Indigestion, gout an epan, biliousness. Exit the cook; enter tfc all' an doctor. >ofore That the national diet of England milk roa>t beef, that the French eternally ei ilk or stewed veal and pate de foie gras, thi ireen; the natio?:a food of <crmany is sai tlieu sa^e? and that of Iraly maccaroni go< r sea- wichout saying; that there is a corn serve spondence between the nations' food an tl.e liatiooal temperament there can I no doubt.?Philadelphia Press.. Neat Detective Work. lcross Drokc Jose;>h Nathanson, the emigrant agei ind I and interpreter of the Pennsylvania i.ai road, recent I v found on a west-boun UOUIU - - ?7 little emigrant trr.'n & young girl who ha [soon b.'cn robbed o!' her money Ik a fcilov y late passenger. Telling her he would fin liichl b -r mono*/, Xfclh.mson borrowed a ca y big rier plgt-on. closed the car windows i I the tbnt tiic bird could not escape nad a( back, dressed the passengers, telling theni th: and the bird -?o;ild alight on the head of tl houl- who had committed the theft. IJ ached released the bird just as the train ei ule a tend the Spruce Creek tunnel, and c e dis. striking a match found a suspectc !, laid woman crouching between two scats an earn- waving her hands above her head to ki t I be- the bird awaj. She gave up the monc ever j ?? \icag ) School property in the South is value at ?0,000,000. FACTS FOR THE CURIOUS. Some persons can see thirteen?oue even fourteen?stars in the Pleiades, 7 ^ though ordinarily but six are visible to the naked eye. Some oak timber, which in 1824 had :e- served for 304 years for roof beams in ao English churjh, is still doing duty as a seat in a facer's kitchen. A youg liiun living near Quincy, HI., has eight fingers on his left hand and ha? n the use o: every linger. He has no 3Cj thumb on his hand. His ri vht hand u perfect. ly A clock pendulum at Avignon, France, i; the longest knowa, measures sixty-seven en feet, carries u weight of 112 pounds, and un swings through aa ;irc of between nine a and ten feet in four and one-half !S, seconds. er The widest shaving ever mode by a n, wood working ma h:ne was recently n- placed on exhibition in a store in Win t cheadon, Mass. It was forty-two inches as wide, several fefet long, and of uniform id thickness. ^ Eels to the value of three-quarters o* je a million dollars nr? consumed annually c_ in England. The consumption amouLts " to about 1,(550 tons h year, and of this . amount Holland sends 1,000 tons, and Ireland sends 500. Germany sends nearly . all the rest. The native eel doesn't seem to be relished. To nearly all Europe, outside of Ror. man law, it was natural once to deteri3 mine a title to real eUa e, or a question of law and evidence, or matters of mortis gage or debt or questions conceraing ser[y vice or slavery, or the guilt of a criminal h charge, or innumerable simi'nr questions, 23 by single combat, a-i it is now by juries, j. courts and arbitration. id From Charlotte, N. C., comes the story j iv.,i - .:i: _t IL .l _ 1 i.i.i. lu mat u uiiuuu oI llku p.ucu Jtiuujr visiter ts a nest where a goose was busily engaged :h hatching out eggs and was juat in tuna -v e- to kill a blacksnake which was coiling it* h self around the bird. His ?n:'keship had" iu swallowed the eggs. lie was cut open, ig and the eggs, being found unbroken, a- were placed under the goose, which ts hatched them into goslings, which all a- had blood-red eyes and died in four days. There is as great a di(Terence in the material as in the form of the pyramids. 'n As early as the third dynasty, King d Asychis built a pyramid of what Herod ie otus termed Nile mud; that ia to say lo of sun-dried brirks. Beside this pecu* lQ liarity of material it is of unusual con)e struction, not ha ing been built immediately upon the natural ground, but ri standing on a thick layer of ?aad, which, j- enclosed by rctaini ig walls, forma an excellent fouudation. f? A St. Louis harness dealer has on exhiu tion a horseshoe of Knglish design, which is simply a cushion or pad of vulcanized rubber covering the frog of the hoof, e' and held in plucc by the horseshoe in aa 3 ingenuous manner. *Iu cities where there '.n is any great quantity of asphult pavements, this invention will become inyaluable, as it will prevent slipping, and reir duces to the miuimura the concussion ^ that soon "stave*'' a horse up when driven on such pavements. Sonic Famous Kisses. In the ' -Midsummer Night's Dream" Shakespeare calls the lips "those kissing 1. treasures." Titania ukisse3 the fair, al large ears of her gent 13 joy," and aeema ie to take much pleasure in it, while further p. on come the quaint kissing of Pyramas m find Tlushp thrnii?li thfl chinks of Tinker AV, ' "C" >n Suont's fiugers. There is the kiss of at Petruchio: ^ "He took the brid; about the neck, 'i- And kissed her lips with such a clamorous is smack. to That, at the parting, all the church did echo." id Then, there is Romeo's kiss in the vault |y so tender nnd tad, nnd Othello's farewell is kisses that almost did persuade Justice ar to break her sword, and Anthony's dying ill kiss : ,ie "Of so many tliousan 1 kisses, the poor last m I lay upon thy lips." pn And the grand kiss of Coriolanus: ts "Long as my exile, sweet as my revenge." And Bassanio and Portia's kiss, full of !d such wealth nnd loyalty of lore. e" Byron's wi?h e "That womanhood had but one rosy mouth To kiss them all at oace from north to a" south," Does not particularly commend itself to jg the connoisseur of kissing. Leigh Hunt says: as "Stolen swecta are always sweeter, J. Stolen kisses much completer." in One of the most famous kisses in hist. tory is that of Georgianna, Duchess of Devonshire, when slic was canvassing at for Fox's election. A butcher said he th would vote for Fox if the lady would kis3 him, which >he tliereupon did, Lh thereby making tlie ki*?, the butcher aui herself immortal in liistory. The ir Duchess of Gordon, in Scotland reft cruited a Highland regiment in the same way. .r .J h Avoiding L:iflitiiiug. Is If "K" will follow the rules here given ic she will probably get over iu some meas10 ure at least her fright during a thunderie storm. Dry low-ly.n^ positions are safer re thau such as are cL-vated mid exposed, a The close neighborhood of water-courses d should always be avoideJ. It is better to lie flat upon the ground than it is to d stand or sit. If shelter is near, the indi>f vidual should get at once completely unfit der cover. To stand under the lee of a >d house, wall, haystack or thicket of trees, >f is mire dangerous than to remain alto2. gether exposed in the open. The inside 5. of a barn or out house, well away from 3. the walls, is comparatively safe. A disc tance of two or three yards away from ic the trunks or branches of trees is a comd paratively safe position; but to lean ie against the trunk of a tree during the pre.alvnce of a th inder storm is espeig ninllv dannr.rmis In the interior of a **" J o it house not adequately protected by a it lightning conductor it is best to keep to 1- the lower rooms during :t thunder-storm, >s to rcmnin, as far as it is pra; ticable, in 2- the middle of the room, to avoid objects d hung from metal chains, gilt frames,fire>e places,looking-glasses with amalgamated backs, and iron pillars and balustrades. ?American Cultira'or. ^ "BiicIm" Helmbold. I Walking down Chestnut street the other day, I met a man whose face 9eemed (i familiar,yet it was a moment or two before I could recognize him. Dressed soberly in dark clothes, with a tall hat, _ his long moustache carefully trimmed, ;o and walking arm in arm with a handj so.no. dignified woman, he attracted no ,lt attention from the passing throng. Yet 10 the last time I saw him on Chestnut j. stivat. a few years ago, he was dressed !- ?.i ? J:?v, V>?a faoa rminrpd lilrp IF OllllitUUlSU UVI.I1V, i?w 0 )n a ballet dancer, and his coat ornamented 1(j with a bouguef as large as a head of cab? bage. Shortly afterward he was conveyed to an insane asylum, from which he hr.s only recently been released. It was Dr. Henry T. Helmbold. Is it any wonder that I did not recognize him until after ho had passed??Philadelphia Press.