Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE FRIENDS WHO WEH.E AND THE FRIENDS WHO ARE. My world is peopled not alone By those its daily life who share: The loved whom other years have known Descend from their diviner air, As one might come from over sea, Or down the street to sit with mo And make the fairest morn more fair; And mine are earth and sun and star. With friends who were and friends who are. They are the same as when they went? Tender and true and still my own; But rarer beauty heaven has lent, As if some wind of God had blown All trace of doubt and care and dole From each serene, enfranchised soul. And they could never more make moan! Yet my unlikeness cannot bar From friends who were and ;riends who are. O, pure and blessed Presences That enter noiseless as the light Prom your celestial pleasances. What welcome waits you, dawn or night! And in the sweetness, the repose, My common room a temple grows, All rosy bloom and stainless white, Where I commune, no fear to mar, With friends who were and friends who are. Yet not to outward sight they come; A finer sense their presence tells: As when, from winter cold and dumb, Unseen the south wind wakes the dells? The south wind and the silent sun, While robins sing and brooklets run And every bud with rapture swells! Such soul of spring, such Avatar, Come friends who were and friends who are. Dear the delights of bounteous earth? Her purple seas, her hills of snow; The cloister's lore, the children's mirth, Cathedral gloom and fireside glow; Nay, dear the tinest bird that fiies. The faintest cloud that flecks the skies, The leaves the woodland ways that strow; V?t Lord, what bliss to steal afar. With friends who were and friends who are! ?Edna D. Proctor, in Youth's Companion. CHIQUIRIQUITA. My name is Cliiquiriquita. My home is in Arizona, near the borders of Mexico. My father is an officer in the United States Array. When I was a tiny girl without a name, Senora Martiuer, an aged Spanish woman, came to see me. I opened my black eyes and smiled upon her. She murmured "Cliiquiriquita," which is the fourth diminuitive of eliico, small, and means very, very small. My mother called me Cliiquiriquita, then my father adopted the name. Then tHe garrison people followed their example, and finally | I was baptized Cliiquiriquita Belmont. There were only two Americans ex- j cept my father and mother whom I cared for. One was old General Ames. I had known him always. He taught me to sketch and read Spanish and German. He often reproved me for wasting my time. 1 ''I am only a little Spanish girl," I told him, "and love to swing in my hammock, and play on my guitar, and skctch dark-faced children." The other American I cared for was Dr. Warner, the Surgeon of my father's 1 regiment. I also liked the army mules, j particularly Jack anil Juanita, two; gigantic ones. I was fon<l of John, my j pet ostrich, who followed me about everywhere. He was a head taller than I. His feathers were lovely, gray and j brown. Michael, my father's servant, put up a hammock for me under some shade trees near the house, and one beside it for John, and we swung and slept in them nearlv half the time. I have spoken of Dr. Warner. What the rainbow is to the dark cloud it spans, what the fountain is to the desert wanderer, what the moon and stars are to the midnight sky, that he became to me. To him?I was only his Colonel's littledaughter. One morning I was idly swinging in , my hammock, dreaming, when I heard ; the sound of a horse's hoofs,- and Edith Ames, her beautiful face looking to me like the picture of St. Cecilia in the old , church, rode by, accompanied by Dr. j ?arucr. cne was n grauuuuu^iiiui ui General Amis, of the fort, and had come to spend the winter in our Southern land with her grandfather. I felt ;is though the air grew cold. I threw my arms around John, who was asleep in his hammock beside me, and ; pulled his feathers so harshly that one soft gray one fell to the ground from my ' hand. That afternoon my mother was to give ' a grand dinner party in honor of. some guests at the garrison. "When I was a child I had fled from these grand enter- I tainments attended with much ceremony, and visited some of ray Mexican friends; but now I enjoyed them, for I was sure to be taken in to dinner fey my friend, Dr. "Warner. That afternoon Inez, my mother's maid, dressed me with unusual care. I fancied I looked my best in a creamy , white dress with cloth of gold roses, my j favorite flowers for decoration. I had , almost forgotten my anguish of the morning. i The guests gathered, and as I went about from group to group, I fancied that the blue-gray eyes of Dr. Warner followed jme with approbation. I was looking forward to the dinner hour, expecting to enjoy my usual pleasant chat with him. Sam's black face seemed that of an angel 1 messenger as he announced dinner. The j guests followed my mother to the dining- j room. Dr. Warner crossed the long parlor and offered his arm to Miss Ames. I watched them until they disappeared,then I quietly left the room. No one noticed inc. I almost flew over the burning sand. Blue above me was the sky?blue as the eyes I so loved. Cloudless and pitiless shone the sun upon me. Life looked long and limitless as the great desert so near me at that moment, and just as desolate. No one cared for Cliiquiriipiita! . On, on. I went, so wretched and mis erable that even a moment s rest seemed impossible, toward the clear old church! As I grew near, to my excited fancy its gray walls seemed like a heavenly city. I could almost hear the three ifreat iron bells in the overhanging roof, silent for over lifty years, ring out clear and soft for the fair Castilian bride of 2U!J years ago, then chant, deep and low, a requiem for the saintly dead. I pushed open the huge door, entered the silent church, and threw myself down before the picture of the Madonna. My eyes rested on the face of St. Cecilia, her golden hair floating about her, her beautiful hands sweeping a harp, her eyes turned heavenward. Then I cried out: "Oh, Edith Ames, why did you come? . I was so happy. Why? Why?'' 41 Why? Why?"' came back to me from the dim rafters. - 'i Exhausted, I fell asleep on the cold stone floor. When I awoke, my eyes rested on the agonized face of a martyr, and I thought of the tradition that the penitents of long ago walked through the cruel prickly pear hedge, just outside the church, and found great comfort in the act. I ran outside the church into the dry, hot air. I walked upon a plant witb cruel thorns; I clasped one to my brea^L where the golden roses hung withered until my white dress bore marks of its cruel impress. I was so absorbed in my grief that ] did not hear the sound of approaching wheels until a carriage swept around tho church. Seated in it was Dr. Warner. He jumped from the carriage and spoke j very kindly, never appearing to notice mj forlorn aspect, and said: ' I have never been inside this grand old church which you love so dearly. Will you show it to me?" Like some penitent, I led the way. We paused before pictures, rare and old, oi saints, angels and martyrs. I averted my face as Dr. Warner looked upon Sainl Cecilia. Suddenly he asked: ''Why did you leave us so abruptly, and why did I find you walking or those cruel thorns?" I looked down and said: "I was playing penitent." We had paused before the Madonna. ; There was a tremor in my voice, but J ; answered almost defiantly: "You all left me?I wanted to sit next ! you at the table." Then my tears fell fast, and I put 1115 ; small laced-bordered handkerchief, which I had chosen in the happy hours of preparation for the dinner party, to my eyes. Ill's voice was kindly, and I felt sure his oyes grew tender as he said: "Your father and mother were engaged ' in their duties as host and hostess, and I ; a lew wcoks ago rcccneu a icuur num my old time friend, Mr. Bell, who in the spring is to marry Miss Ames" (my heart beat joyfully), "asking me to make hei visit iicre pleasant. You are too impulsive. Your father and mother love you, and I " | At this moment the church door was i pushed open, and oa the stone floor was : the sound of awkward uneven steps. , They approached quickly. My haudker chief was removed from my eyes. I opened them just in time to see John swallow it. He craned his long neck and , brought first one and then the other of his small black eyes to bear on me, then on Doctor Warner, as much as to say, "What is the trouljle?" It was so funny that we both laughed. ! I was only too glad of an excuse to be merry. I was very happy. "I had forgotten for a few moments what brought me here," said Doctor Warner. "The Indians arc on the warnnth. About 8 o'clock this evening a 1 - # party of soldiers are going ill pursuit of them. I accompany them." He led me to the carriage, helped me in, and took a seat beside me. John seated himself beside Michael, and we rode homeward. Hasty preparations were being made at the garrison when we reached there. At S that evening the soldiers, accompanied by their surgeon, left. I had listened attentively as lo the route they were to take. When the sound of the retreating horses died away. I turned to Nano, a Mexican boy, and said: "Saddle my two ponies, and you and I will have a ride.'' Nano joyfully did as I bade him. In half an hour we were riding away. After the heat of the day, how grateful the cool evening! Flowers folded away from the sun, children of the sand, opened their eyes for me. Nano and I rode along in silence. Through my mind floated, many times: "Your father and mother love you, and I?" "What did he mean? Was it possible that he loved me? Why had dear old John come just at that moment? Should I ever hear that sentence finished? Then I thought of the cruel, treacherous Indians. In my life on the border lands I had seen many brought home, slain by our dusky neighbors. The full moon was shining. Xano interrupted my musings by saying that the huge cacti looked like giants, and he could kill one or two with his knife. The wind, which was blowing from us, suddenly veered. I heard distincly the sound of the horses' hoofs bearing our soldiers. Thev were quite near, but going from us. I bent my face upon my pony's neck and said a little prayer for their safety, then said to iNano, as l looked at my watch, and found it was 10 o'clock: ' It is time to return." As I was wheeling Brownie, my pony, around. I grew faint with terror at what I saw. From behind the tall cacti sprang at least a dozen Indians. Like demons they looked in their war paint and feathers. They had knives and clubs and strange looking objects dangling from their belts. They dragged Kano from his pony, and then I felt myself torn from Brownie. I had clasped my arms around her neck. There were a f?w dry, wretched trees growing out of the sand. They tied Nano to one with strong leather hands. Then they tied me to another. The moon looked coldly down right in my agonized face. The Indians gathered dry twigs and leaves and grass, and laid them about our feet. After one wild cry Nano was silent. I think he fainted. In the moment of terror when I expected to pass through the fearful gateway of fire, I thought of father and mother, of dear old John, hut nearer and dearer still,I thought of the blue gray eyes dearer than all other eyes. The Indians, sure of their victims, left us to gather fuel for the sacrifice. "The inconstant moon" never cried out to save i us, but "the fickle, fitful wind" came ! screaming through the desert and cried: 1 "This shall not he!" It fanned the pale, dark cheeks of Nano; it caressed my forehead, and gave me a last fond kiss. I saw an Indian approach with a lighted ; torch. Then, as if in anger, the wind gave one terrible blast. It tossed my long black hair, which had fallen ail about me, away. The moon gave a loving, intense glance. I saw the torch fall from the Indian's hand; I saw the Indians all fall before me on their faces, j Then I knew that the wind and moon ! had shown them the Indian necklace,with its crcsent and blazing sun. j I seized my revolver, forgotten until i now. I fired, and oh, joy! I heard ani swering shote, and the tramping of horses. The Indians, as if by magic, had van! ished. I was surrounded by friends. The blue gray?eyes looked into mine. I heard the words: "Chiquiriquita, I love you."?Wamhy Magazine. ' v ' * - --- ' ^ WOMAN'S WORLD, j PLEASANT LITERATURE FOR FEM1MXE READERS. DAINTY CCPS -VXD SAUCERS. A Boston girl has received fifty-two cups and saucers, sent by friends with conr gratulations on her engagement, according to the most recent "wrinkle" in society. No two are alike. One of these cups is the delicate, rose-tinted, Irish Belleck ware, frail enough to crush in a lady's hand, and whose creamy lining looks as filmy as nature's lining of au egg shell, while the varying thickness of the lines gives it a beautiful translucent effect.?Cinchinati Enquirer. LACE WASHING. The washers of nice lace form a class of expert labor quite by themselves, and * i-i? tew people nave any ma m mc uuiuuu> I of labor involved in the cleansing operation, and of the skill and knowledge required. This labor, of course, conies in chiefly in the drying, for the washing is but a simple thing in comparison. A table-- is cushioned and covered closely with a spotless cloth, and on this the lace is stretched with an intricate care that is amazing; through every mesh a pin is placed to hold it in place, and the whole tracery of the pattern is thus pricked out till every leaf and spray and sprig is firmly fastened so that it cannot shrivel or contract, a whole day being sometimes used up in preparing a single yard of the lace, so that when dry it is lifted off soft and perfect and unimpaired in the design.? Harper's Bazar. . . ' I .. ; . ^ J PRESENCE OF MIND SAVED HER PRIDE. While Hamilton Fish was Secretary of State Mrs. Fish made it her invariable practice to return all calls made upon her. Of course many in the throng were unfashionable, but that made no difference. One day this lady of East "Washington thought she would see what an official reception was like, and so she followed the crowd through Mrs. Fish's parlors and dropped her card at the door. In due time Mrs. Fish's carriage ft "maII limien In SIUJJJJUU L/UlUiU it amuit iinuiu jiuuou East Washington, and the lady at the moment was engaged in the honest, but not aristocratic, occupation of scrubbing the front steps. Mrs. Fish stepped out of her carnage and presenting her card asked to see the lady of the house. "She is not in," said the lady calmly, and resumed her scrubbing while Mrs. Fish returned to her carriage.?New York Sun. A GIHL's EXPERIENCE WITII ELECTRICITY. The Hairdresser prints the following: "I read." said a brieht young married woman, "that there is now a way of removing hairs from a woman's lip by the use of electricity. That is not new, and I want to sound a note of warning to any woman who may be tempted to use it. I have a very dear friend, who was a classmate of mine in college. She was a real pretty girl, but she was greatly annoyed at the fact that a few hairs were growing on her chin and upper lip. They really did not look bad, more like the down on a beautiful peach than anything else, but they were eyesores to her. She tried every thing to get rid of them, and finally was persuaded to try electricity. An experienced physician performed the operation, and left her face as smooth as a billiard-ball. Six weeks later the hairs returned, greatly increased in size and several shade darker. This time they really did look bad, and the poor girl was almost wild. She has never been able to do any thing with them since, and unless she clips them every da}*?a | YL*r) Lmr.'iUJIlU U|IL'I tlliwu?-ut i 1UVU iuvn -J as though she were really growing a beard. The best way for a woman is to leave her face alone. She only spoils it by tampering." ORNAMENTS FOR THF. ilAIR. A quaint old fashion has been recently revived in the wearing of small sidecombs. Many of these arc costly trifles, sold by jewelers for sums ranging all the way from $5 to 850 apiece. They are fragile bits of tortoise-shell, with gold tops, in a variety of designs, the more expensive ones being set with pearls, diamonds, or other stones. Holding back stray side locks, they have the merit of being useful as well as ornamental, so no lady with a full purse need want a reason for buying. Highbaek-combs arc also in favor. Some have square gold tops finished in a scroll or beading. Others are arched in various designs, sometimes entirely of gold, but ofteu elaborately set with geiiis. Latticed patterns with a smnll diamond set in each intersection are shown. Held up to the light, those tops show rich colors, like stained glass, resembling in miniature some Gothic cathedral window. Other combs are set with milk-white pearls or sparkle with a row of larger brilliants. For those who prefer them are shown an equal variety of costly hair-pins. Some of these have perforated tops into which any handsome brooch may be fastened. Others may be detached from their tops by loosening a small screw, when the upper part can be used as a breastpin. Daisies and pansies with diamond dewdrops in their hearts, or the favorite cluster of sweet-peas, may be used for ornamentation. Like the others, they may reach extravagant values, but they are also temptingly beautiful. All these finest goods arc of French manufacture. It is said that they could not be reproduced in this country, especially the enamels, which are works ol- art.?Chicwjo Ncics. A SMART "COW-WOMAN'." So much has been written recently about the exploits of Belle Starr aud other daring women on the Western ranches that it is only fair to say a word about the most famous "cow-woman" of Texas. She is Mrs. Mary C. Evans, the sister of Buck Taylor, known through Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show as the "King of the Cowboys." She made her appearance at Willow City, Texas, twentyfour years ago, when that place was a frontier town. At that time the Indians were making raids every mouth, killing and scalping the early settlers and driving oil their stock. The Taylor children, Mary, Bax and Buck, lost their parents at aii early age, and Mary was raised by her aunt, Mrs. Ives. Inured to the hardships of frontier life she soon learned to take care of herself, and at the age of fifteen was able to ride tho worst bronco, or rope the most refractory old cow in the county. At the age of sixteen Miss Mary married T. A. Evans, and moved on to the ranch of William Shelton, on Crab Apple Creek. She took charge of eighty cows, milking > thirty-five daily and doing her housework at the same time. She often had to climb the fence to save herself from the horns of some wild cow, but she always munnmd rtnnllv tn rret hor rone unon the ? j o"- ~ i ~r animal and bring her to terms. Buck Taylor, King of the Cowboys, has nothing to boast of above his sister as an expert with the rope. She never ropes on horseback, although she is a fine rider. She i3 the eldest of the three Taylor children, is thirty-five years old and scarcely looks thirty, although the mother of nine children. If the horses arc out of the way she thinks nothing of walking five miles to Willow City for any supplies she may need. She cau throw the tie mark and brand a yearling without help, and keeps an eye on the stock, which leaves time to her husband to look after the farm. The Evans ranch and farm is about five miles from Willow City, and a hearty welcome always awaits a stranger there.?New York Sun. SOCIETY THIEVES. It is not at all likely that the society thieves exist in great numbers, says o Boston correspondent of the Picayune, but that there is one or two in every circle of 200 or 300 there is no doubt, they give proofs of it all the time. But theii success and the impunity with which thej continue their depredations is owing tc the fear of a scandal, and the implied stigma upon the charactcr of guests, iJ exposure were made. A curious circum stance occurred recently, however, whicl) shows that confidence must not be carried too far. Among the most treasured pos sessions of a lady in this city was a smal) ebony, silver mounted pistol. It wai given to her by her husband in her earlj married days, and he had taught her ho^ to use it. It had an almost indistinguishable cypher cut in the under part of the mounting and lay always upon the mante! piece in her bedroom. On the occasiot of a very large and brilliant reception ii disappeared, and the owner did not se< it again for two years. Not till the othei day when she was invited into the private room of an acquaintance, in order to set tie some business in regard to a charity, in which both ladies were interested. A1 most on entering her fascinated cye.? sought the mantelpiece, in one corner ol which lay the fac simile of her lost pistol "Will you allow me to look at this?" she said, crossing resolutely and taking up the bijou weapon. "Oh! you will set how much it is like yours," remarked th< other, airily. "I always admired yours so much, and never rested till I found one like it; it looked so original and ro mantic to have a pistol on one's mantelpiece, don't you think so?" The lad] looked at her. She had found the cypher She carries the pistol over to the loungt upon which the purloiner was seated "Madam," she said, her steady eye fixec on the paling countenance before her "do you see this cypher? It was cut bj my husband before he gave this pisto) to me twenty years ago. I shall not inquire how it came into your possession: but I shall take it away with me, auc wish you good morning." The pistol ha.' returned to its old place upon her mantel piece, and she says she is not the leasl afraid of its ever disappearing again. FASHION NOTES. The fancy for decorative picture frame.1 continues. Spray brooches and floral brooches ar< as fashionable as ever. In silverware for the table forms remain for the mast part low and flaring. A popular style in silver tableware is $ combination of the bright finish witt cnaseu wore. Plush is shown iu all tbc new shades tc | make up in association with new spring dress fabrics. Embroideries as well as other ornaments are much mingled with gold and other metals. From four to six inches is a suitable width for skirt hems that have insertions or tucks above them. The ferrule at the top of the new parasols is very long and pointed in parasols tha'; have cane handles. The close Prineessc dress will contesl favor with the Directoire redingote foi street wear this season. Parasols of faille, in green or graj I shades, are made to match many of the j new spring dress fabrics. I The colors in cloves for the street in elude four or five shades of gray and ten or twelve shades of tan. A great deal of yellow, either in metal, with golden effect, or in silk, appears in all the newest embroideries. Brocaded, striped and plain faille sash ribbons, and soft silks with fringed ends, are chosen for the Empire sashes. To be fashionable striped parasols should be striped around instead of down the breadths, wide stripes being preferred. Printed pongees promise to be fashionable summer fabrics. These come in polka dots, geometrical figures and floral patterns. New brocaded ribbons are shown in n variety of patterns. One design has a row of green laurel leaves along one side of a very rich old rose ribbon. The newest black veil is of plain net, hemmed at the bottom, with a faint pattern of gold thread wrought on the hem and other lines of gilt above it. With Empire gowns the length of the sleeve pull depends on the height of the sash, as it is desirable that the pull should end just at the top of the girdle. Among the new hats is the "Romeo," with low, broad crown, brim turned down " ^ rt'ifK 1 Ant* r?cf an arouuu, ;uiu umiiutu ????.. feathers, arranged to droop low on the neck. Violets arc worn and carried on all occasions, the artificial as well as the natural. The former arc perfect imitations, and are often perfumed to make the illusion complete. The new princessc polonaises of black Chantillv lace, with angel sleeves and passementerie belt, cuffs and collar, are likely to rank high in popular favor the coming summer. Collars and cuffs of embroidery, when used to trim ginghaui or lawn dresses, should be mounted separately, as they often require washing before such dresses become soiled. Woolen stuffs for gowns are in plain colors, black, checks and stripes. Tobacco-brown and tan-colored woolens arc brightened by Scotch plaid sashes of silk surah with fringe raveled out. Black open work gimp is a stylish garniture used on bengaline armure silk gowns. It appears as a girdle and plastron or vest on the corsage and as a collar and waistbands with a broad border trimmiDg the foot of the skirt. _ A NATION'S BIRTH. HOW IT WAS CELEBRATED IN NEW YORK IN 1788. A Majpiiflcent Parade in Honor of the Adoption of Jthe Federal Constitution Followed by a Sumptuous Banquet. On the 13th of September, 1788, when the adoption of the Federal Constitution was publicly announced, New York was chosen as the seat of the general government. Her citizens were jubilant; no higher honor could be paid them. When the news arrived festivities of all kinds followed; dinners, dances and parties were the order of the day. Public bodies and private individuals did all they possibly could to mark their sense of the honor done the city and to show the gratification they felt. A magnificent procession was organized to celebrate the Federal Constitution and money was lavishly spent upon the memorable enterprise. The procession was formed in the fields above the city. 'Twas the Indian summer and the soft rays of the sun fell upon the trappings of silver and gold that marked the glorious cortege. A brilliant military escort led the way. Then came Captain Moore, who assumed the character and ancient costume of Christopher Columbus, surrounded by a band of foresters with glittering axes and the stalwart foresters, in their attire of green, commanded the admiration of the multitude. Foremost among a r\f farmnro TT-^rA TCinlinlnS ""6C - Cruger, driving a six ox team, and the venerable John Watts, holding a plow, nnd Baron Poelnitz, attending a threshing machine. All the implements of husbandry and gardening, emblems of peace and prosperity, were carried; the horses were richly caprisoned and led by boys in white uniforms. The tailors made a great display in numbers, uniforms and decorations. In the procession of the bakers were boys in beautiful dresses representing the several States, with roses in their hands. Journeymen were clothed in appropriate uniforms with the implement of the calling and they carried a loaf of bread which was ten feet long and three feet wide, the names of the several States being inscribed on this substantial staff of life. Then came the banners of the brewers fluttering gavly in the balmy air. These sons of Gambrinus paraded cars "mounted with hogsheads and tuns decorated with festoons of hop vines intertwined with handfuls of barley. Seated upon the top of a tun was a living representative of Bacchus?a beautiful eiffht-year-old boy ?drcssccl in flesh colored silk, fitting snugly to his limbs and thus disclosing all the fine symmetrical proportions of his body. In his hand he held a silver goblet, pretending to quaff the "spicy nut brown ale," and in his hand was a garland of hops and barley ears. Quite unique was the long procession of coopers. Their emblem of the States was thirteen boys, each thirteen years of ago. dressed in white, with green ribbons at their ankles, a keg under their left arms and a bough of white oak in their right hands. Upon an immensely large car, drawn by horses, appropriately adorned, the coopcrs were at work. They had a broken cask representing the old Confederacy, the staves of which all their skill could not keep together. In despair at the repeated nullification which their work experienced they all at once betook themselves to the construction of an entirely new piecc of work. Their success was complete, and a fine, tight, iron bound keg arose from their hands, bearing the name of the new constitution. The butchers also attracted much attention, for they had a car on which was a roasted ox of a thousand pounds wmcn was given as a sweet morsel to the hungry multitude at the close of the day. The car of the Sons, of St. Crispin was drawn by four milk white studs, beautifully caparisoned. The tanners, curriers and peruke makers followed next in order, each with various banners and significant emblems. The furriers were picturesque. Their marshal was followed by an Indian in his native costume and armor, as though coming wild from the wilderness, laden with raw furs for the market. A procession of journeymen furriers followed,each bearing some dressed or manufactured article. These were succeeded by a horse, bearing two packs of furs and a huge bear sitting upon each. The horse was led by an Indian in a beaver blanket and black plumes waving upon his head. In the rear came one of their principal men, dressed in a superb scarlet cap and plumes and smoking a tomahawk pipe. After these in order marched the stonemasons, bricklayers, winters and glaziers, cabinet and chair makers, musical instrument makers and the upholsterers. The decorations of the societies vied with each other in taste and variety, but that of the upholsterers excelled. The Federal chair of State was borne upon a car superbly carpeted, and above which was a rich canopy, nineteen feet high, overlaid with deep blue satin, hung with festoons and fringes and glittering in the sun as with "barbaric pomp and gold." It was in the height of Oriental splendor and magnificence and tit for a Persian Emperor. Twelve sub-divisions or various trades succeeded, after which came the most imposing part of the pageant. It was the Federal sliip Hamilton, a perfectly constructed frigate of thirty-two ?runs, twenty-seven feet keel, ten feet beam, with galleries and everything complete and in proportion, with hull and ringing. She was manned by thirty seamen and marines, with officers, all in uniform, and commanded by the distinguished revolu tion;iry veteran Commodore Nicholson. The ship was drawn by ten horses, and in the progress of the procession went through every nautical preparation and movement for storms, calms and squalls, and for the sudden shifting of winds. The Marine Society and the pilots followed the ship and after them came the kindred trades of printers, bookbinders ;uul stationers. The printers had a car on which was mounted a press that struck off impressions of a patriotic ode and distributed the sheets along the route. Their bannners weru among the finest in the procession. Then came twenty-one subdivisions of as many different trades, followed by the learned professions and the literary societies. Nearly live thousand people were in this procession, and it was one of the finest pageants ever witnessed on the continent of America. Then it was thought that such a sight could never be surpassed in America. To the sound of martial music the ! procession moved down Broadway to - -? .?- . - Great Dock street. In passing Liberty street the ship Hamilton made a signal for a pilot, and a boat came off and put one on board. On arriving before Constable's house Mrs. Edgar came to the window and presented the ship with a suit of rich silk colors. The yards were instantly manned and the sailors gave three 1, ^1 ? A I ncarty uiiccis. rviniu. witiis ui iiumau beings the splendid cortege passed through Hanover square and Queen (now Pearl) street up to Chatham. In passing Old Slip a Spanish Government ship gave the Hamilton a salute of thirteen guns, which was returned with as much promptness as though she had actually been a ship of war upon the wide ocean. Through Chatham street the procession passed to Division and thence across through Bullock street to the grounds surrounding the country seat of Nicholas Bayard, near the present junction of Broadway and Grand street. There a magnificent banquet was spread for all beneath a grand pavilion temple covering a surface of 800 by 600 feet, with plates for 6000 people. This noble pavilion was erected in four days, and was due to the taste and enterprise of Major L'Enfant, who had designed the old Custom House in "Wall street. The two principal sides of the building consisted of three large pavilions connected by a colonnade of about 150 feet front and forming two sides of an obtuse angle. The middle pavilion rose majestically above the whole, terminating with a dome, on which was Fame and her trumpet. When the banquet was over the procession reformed, marched again into the -a.? -1 J:? j City, uuu WU5 uisiiiiaaeu at tac ?tug Green, where the Federal ship fired a closing salute.?New York Herald. A Fanner Crnslies a Fop. A fashionably attired young gentlemen dropped into a London restaurant one afternoon, and, after calling for refreshments, turned- to the company, and offered to bet on a variety of different subjects, but found no takers. Glancing round contemptuously, he remarked: "You don't seem to have much sport, gentlemen; but I am bound to make a bet on something. I don't care what it is, or how much it is. Anything you like,from a shilling's worth of cigars to a hundred pounds. Who's on." In one corner of the room sat a plain old gentleman, who looked ns though he might be a farmer. He said: "Well, sir, I am not in the habit ol making bets, but as you so particularly wish it I don't mind having a little one with you. I'll bet you half-a-crown's worth of cigars that I can pour a quart of treacle into your hat and turn it out a solid lump of candy in two minutes." "Done!" said the masher, taking ofi his hat and handing it to the farmer. It was a splendid article, that might have been new the day before. The old gentleman took the hat, and requested the attendant to send for a quart of treaclc?"none of your golden syrup, but the cheap sort; that's the stuff for this experiment," said he, handing over sixpence to the waiter. The treacle was brought, and the old gentleman, with a grave and mysterious countenance, poured it into the dandy's hat, while the owner took out his watch to note the time. Giving the hat two or three shakes with Bertram-like adroitness, the experimenter placed it on the table and stared into it as if watching the process of solidification. "Time's up," cried the dandy. The old gentleman moved the hat. "Well, it don't seem to be hard yet," said he in a disappointed tone. "I've missed it, somehow or other, this time, so I suppose I've lost the bet. Waiter, let the gentleman have the cigars?half-acrown's worth, and here's your money." "Deuce take your cigars!" roared the ? . i? a. j masher, "you've sponea my new nui.uuu you must pay for it." "That wasn't in the bargain," dryly answered the old gentleman, "but I'll tell you what I'll do, "I'll let you keep the treacle."?Pick Me Up. Oar Memorable Naval Disasters. The disaster in Apia harbor is the severest, so far as the destruction of vessels is concerned, that the American Navy has yet experienced by storm at sea. There have been instances, however, where larger numbers of lives were lost. The most notable of these naval disasters was the sinking of the Albany off the West Indies in 1S53. Neither the vessel nor the 200 persons on board her wero ever heard of. * In 1858 the United States sloop-of-war La Vante, went down in the Pacific, and was never heard from. Not one of her officers and crew of 200 was ever found. In 1S63 the brig Bainbridge went down off Cape Hatteras, and only one colored man was saved. The Monongahela was washed ashore at Santa Cruz by a tidal wave in lSt>7, and landed on the top of some houses. She was finally launched and repaired, and is now in use by the uavy. The Watcree and the Fredonia were caj)sized by a tidal wave, caused by an earthquake, oil the coast of Peru. The Wateree was carried inland for a considerable distance, and, strange to say, lione of the crew was drowned or killed. The worst disaster to a United States vessel during late years, was the sinkiiig of the Huron in a siorrn oft' Curratuck Beach, near Cape Hatteras, in 1S76. Ensign, now Lieuteuaut Lucien Young, was the only man on board of her who was saved from the wreck. Itndc Central American Mining. The modes of mining yet practised in Central America are so exceedingly rude that it is surprising any profitable result should be obtained. The gold and silver ores are crushed in a big adobe basin, in the middle of which rises a vertical shaft generally driven by a horizontal water i 1 i nnnl. wneei. IU1S S11UII Has ivtu aim.-, IU tm-u of which a large stone is suspended. These are the "crushers." After the ore is reduced to sufficient fineness the metal is separated by amalgam, a Ion# and expensive process which is now beginning to be greatly cheapened by the introduction of the Genual "barrel process." Sulphur may be obtained from all the volcanoes, crude and nearly pure, and nitre is as easily procured, also sulphate of iron. Not only are very valuable gold deposits known to exist iu this section, but important discoveries have recently been made in adjacent territory, in the near-by department of Vera Paz (Guatemala), on the head waters of Rio Polochio, and also in the interior of Costa Rica. But especially in Honduras, iu the great department of Olancho, startling discoveries have lately come to light, reports of which eclipse the most fabulous tales of Californian forty-niners. ?Cmmertial Advertiser, ? ? ' * .. % V' CUBIOUS FACTS. Ail elephant lives 400 years. A sapphire is worth $100 to $150 pet carat. A diamond is worth $50 to $150 per carat. j.' France is the greatest snug-consuming country in the world. /i It costs $25 fine or thirty days in jail ' to sell boys' cigarettes in Ohio. Nearly all the idols now worshipped is India are of English manufacture. Not a poisonous reptile, insect or plant is found in the Puget Sound region. The theory of eclipses is said to have been known to the Chinese before 128 B. C. Marseilles was founded by the Phoe< \ 8euans 600 B. C., by whom it was called Massilsa. . :':-s The Emperor of China has ten menwht have nothing else to do but to carry hu umbrella. Nineveh, the capital of the Assyriae Empire, was founded by Ashur about 2245 B. C. A St. Louis man has died of erysipelas, contracted from a verdigris brass collar* button eating into his neck. Lotteries are said to have originated in Florence about 1530, and to have beer legalized in France in 1539. A dog died in Illinois the other daj from drinking the water in which t flannel shirt had been rinsed. It is said that this past winter is the first for thirty years that teams have not crossed Sunapee Lake, N. H., on the ice. In 1100, Earl Godwin's lands, exceeding 4000 acres, were overflowed by the' 6ea, and an immense sand-bank, now. known as Godwin Sands, was formed. The "Messalians" were a sect professing to adhere to the letter of the gospel, S about 310, who refused to work, quoting. this passage: "Labor not for the food that perisheth." They do say that an ingenious Boston, man has captured 100 crows, and proposes to hatch with an incubator crow chicks for the Maine market, where their heads are worth ten cents apiece. A woman who became insane from religious excitement, and was admitted to the asylum at Staunton, Va., in 1828, has just died, having been an inmate of the institution for sixty years. She was nineiy-two years old. Whe a Turk dies, the legs are tied together, and the arms stretched by the sides. The burial takes place as soon as possible after the death. The corpse is handled very tenderly, as the Turks be lieve any lack of tenderness would bring I the curse of the dead man's soul upon I them. Mrs. L. C. Abraham, of Cleveland, I Ohio, lost, a year ago, a gold ball in I which was inclosed by a spring a diamond I worth 8500. It was one of a pair of H unique earrings. The ball was found by B chance the other day with a child's marbles in a workingman's cottage, and I the story of its wanderings since it I dropped from its fair owner's ear would' fill a story book. ^ I Mysterious Deaths at Sea. H "A great deal has been done," said an I old sailor the other day, "to improve the H lot of the men before the mast since first H I went to sea as a cabin boy, and when- H ever a complaint is properly lodged H against a cruel officer I must say it is H fairly investigated. Yet, for all that, H there are plenty of murders committed H to-day on the high seas that have never H been investigated, because no complaint H is made. Every day one or two vessels D some into this port with a shorter crew H than they started out with, and their H Captains' reports of 'seaman fell over-H board and was lost,' or 'cabin boy killedH by falling spar,' or 'coal-passer died fromH heart trouble and was buried at sea,' areH accepted as perfectly satisfactory. NoH investigation is made into tne aeatn, un-M less some'one lodges a formal complaint.? It's an easy matter for one man who hasH i grudge against his mate to shove theH Dther overboard if they are both up inflj the rigging in a dark and stormy night. H| The unseen cutting of a rope is oftenH enough to do it. It is easy to drop aH block or a marline-spike on the head of aHj man below that will knock him dazedH into the water to drown, or down to the^f deck to smash his skull. 'Heart trouble'^B covers a great deal of insufficient nourish-^B ment, lack of medicine and overwork.^B This is not the way things are done od^B land. You Live your Coroners here to^B investigate sudden deaths, why shouJd^B they not look into deaths at sea? 34/^^B poor cowards would tell the truth agaidi^B their officers, if they were thus forced^B to do so, who would not dare to corneal forward and lodge a complaint they might^E be unable fully to prove." ^B What a Pound of Wool Will Yield J It lias been fairly tested that this weign^H r>f wool can furnish in fine yarn cighty-^H four thousand yards, lacking but eight]^^ yards to complete forty-eight mile3. Thj^H at the time?move than one hundm^H years ago?was regarded as a triumph o^H skill, and it was said by more than a scor^H of mistresses in the art of spinning thafl| the worthy dame of East Dereham, Nor^H folk, could not be beat. This was con^H sidered so great a curiosity that the Roy^Hj Society of England did not hesitate t^H make honorable record of it. HB Since then, however, another lady "ha^H spun a pound of combed wool into thread of one hundred and sixty-eigh^K thousand yards; and more than this wa^H her success of producing a thread tw^H hundred and three thousand yards lon^H from the same weight of cotton. Iit^H ball unrolled would measure one hundre^H and fifteen miles. If this ball of cotto^H thread had been woven it would hav^H made twenty yards of muslin one yard i^H width." An Island That Floats. HM One of the most picturesque and rt^H markable bodies of water in the world Henry's Lake in Idaho. It is situated o^H the dome of the continent in a depressio^M in the Rocky Mountains called Targce^H Pass. It has an area of forty squai^H miles, and all around it rise snow-cappe^M peaks, some of them being the highest (^H the continent's backbone. In the lake a floating island about 300 feet in diam^H ter. It has for its basis a mat of roots dense that it supports large trees and heavy growth of underbrush. These roo^H arc covered with several feet of rich soi^^l The surface is solid enough to support weight of a horse anywhere, and there places where a house could be built. T^^h wind blows the island about the lake, ai^H it seldom remains twenty-four hours J the same place. ...... HB