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VOL. II. NO. 51. BEAUFORT, S. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1872. I sK/S
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Sometimes.
I wish to lead a pleasant life,
Avoiding duns and debt.
To keep aloof from care and strife,
And neither game nor bet.
Yet somehow it would be a cram
To say I'm blest in lot;
Because you see sometimes I am?
But then sometimes I'm not 1
It's very nice when in a shop,
To buy whate'er you view,
Provided want of cash won't pop
'Twixt purchases and you.
I wish I were a wealthy man
To buy things that enchant;
Because you see sometimes I canBut
then sometimes I can't.
It's quite delightful?truly funTo
act as thoughts may Btrike ;
And pleasant, too, to leave undone
The things one doesn't like,
often wish to have my way,
Thus free from all restraint;
Because you see sometimes I may?
But then, sometimes I mayn't.
An even temper to possess?
A mind th?t'6 ba'anced wellMust
be a bliss I can't express,
That tongue may never tell.
My temper's pretty fair, but still
Act tranquilly I.don't;
Because, you see, sometimes I willBut
then, sometimes I won't!
Well, well I The best a man can do
Is not to growl at fate,
Not too depressed when ills accrue,
At bliss not too elate ;
That I may so behave, old pal,
I would the heavens would grant;
Because although sometimes I shall?
I know, sometimes I shan't.
THE VILLAGE ANGEL.
!1 YWT* _ _ xV _ . - x J 'J
j&tdhj nnarron was ine per ana pria
ol Riverda'e. The old men reverentl
called her4' The Vi?la?e Angel ;"tbe youn;
men admired ber by day and dreamed c
her by night; and even ber companions o
her own sex 1elt for her a pure regard fie
from the least taint of envy or jealousy
Tf any one asked if she was beautiful, tb
herself while working: for quite anothe
object. Her parents being the wealthier
people in town, and her own heart prompt
ing ber to take the most worth? advantag
ol this blessing, she had ofren helped tbos
in need, and accomplished it in such
quiet way that sbeavoided the oaten tatioi
of chanty, and caused the recipients t
feel a thankfulness unburdened ty am
sense ol humiliating obligation.
It was one Summer afternoon, when sit
ting with her mother on the piazza c
their elegant cottage, that Emily sawyoung
man staggering under the weight o
a heavy barrow filled with vegetables
He was coming up the road, and as b
drew near she saw that his face was ver
pale, and bore only too plainly the mark
of care and sorrow She watched him a
be advanced, her face revealing the suddei
sympathy which his appearance had in
?pired in ber heart, Reaching the hous
directly opposite, the young man let hi
bat row rest upon the ground and opene*
tbe gate ; then movirg forward with hi
load, he essayed to enter, but tbe gat
swung to, barring his progress?. Agaii
be tried, and with tbe same result. Wip
ing the perspiration from his brow, h
looked about lor something with which t
hold the gate in position, and at that mo
ment a slight, girlish figure swept by hm
and a sw et voice said: "I will hold i
while you come in."
Surprised and not a little embanassei
he regarded her a moment in silence, the
with gratitude shining from his dark e\ebe
replied:
'* You are very kind miss ; I thank you.
And he wbteled his burden into th
yard, glancing almost reverently at hi
gentle assistant.
" My mother thinks you have not bee:
lone in our village;" said Emily slyly.
"No?only tlnee days. I'm a strangei
you see, and 1 don't pet much work, but
shall by-and-by, I think;" and a fait
smile passed ever his features.
" Papa has lots of work to be done ; b
, might give you some it he only knew you
name." continued tbe maideD, sagaciously
" Thank you. My uau.e is Tbouia
Warren, and?and I live on the flats.
He spoke hesitatingly, and blushed as h
mrntiencd the name of the poorest loca'it
in town. Presently he looked up, but hi
companion had pone, and was now sittin
on tlie piazza again as quietly as if sh
hud not moved at all.
That name drove her off," muse
Thomas, as be went on with his Joat
" Well, I don't wonder?it is a low plac<
Bur she was kind; there aie mighty fe1
gills rhat would do what she did."
Thar evening, while Emily and lit
lather were conversing?be tiying to fin
out if he knew amiiung of the Warre
family, and he wondering what "tbe dai
ling little witch was driving at"?tL
michb'i across the wav came in. ar.
* north u-fc r red to the incident of tl
afternoon, anrt added :
" It was good in you, Emily, very gooc
hut they are rather low people?theWarren*.
They lived in Da) mouth befbi
they came here ; m fact the old man die
there. He was a haul one. it is said, at
drank himselt to death. I don't knov
but I shouldn't wonder if the boy toe
after Li. i, for lie won't work steady,
hred him the first day he came here, an
he wa?> off in the af ternoon : and the nej
morning be looked pale, and bis eyes wei
red. J really don't believe he is of muc
ace >unt.''
Linily, who was very far from sharir
the caller's suspicious, was al>out to sa
that other th ings than drink caused } alb
of the featu res aud redness of the eye
but thinking that time used in argumei
is generally t thrown away, she beid In
r caee, and eeolved to ascertain the fac
or herself.
] Slipping quietly out of the room, sbe j
I assumed her habit, and then orderea her i
pony saddled. As it was nothing unusual j
i lor her to ri Je on moonlight nights, neither I
; of her parents asked a question, and she!
galloped away on her mission undisturbed.
Reaching the flats?a place sue had often
I visited upon errands of mercy?sbe dismounted
and inquired in wbat house Mr.
i Warren lived. The woman directed her
1 with an ominous shake of the head, and
: Emily, reflecting upon the force of prejui
dice among all classes, pursued her way on
foot, leading the pony by the bridle.
The smallest, oldest, and dirtiest of all
the habitations on the flats was the one
which bad been pointed out to ber. Hitching
the ponv to a staple in the windowsill?for
th< re was no ether place, not a
tree or shrub growing in the vicinity ?
Emily knocked upon the door, and awaited
with peculiar feelings the answer. It soon
came in the person of Thomas, who, for a
moment, was rendered speechless by surprise,
then, in a voice which revealed both
pain and mortification, he said :
" Will you come in; you will find it a
wretched place, but we can t help it just
now."
Emily made no reply, but followed bira
'nto the house. In the first room were a
table, three chairs, an old cooking-stove,
and an old-fashioned wasb-s'and. In one
of the chairs, curled up asleep, was a little
girl of about five Summer3, her long oiacn
bair falling over a tbin, pale (ace, on whicL
tear-stains were yet visible. Thomas saw
Emily glance at the child, and be simply
said, 44 my sister." But there was anguish
in every accent. 44 My mother is in the
next room. Would you like to see her ?"
he added, presently. The maiden inclined
her bead, and followed him into the chamber,
where, upon a iow cot bed, lay a
woman evidently in the last stages of consumptioo.
Her skin was nearly transpar
ent, and ber eyes, large and black, gave to
ber countenance a brilliancy, weird, almost
e trigbttul. As Emily entered, the invalid
glanced upon hei inquiringly, and said :
y i4 Curiosity is sometimes cruelty. Why
2 did you come ?"
44 With the hope of being met as a
I friend," answered Emily with gentle re
proof, at the same time placing her hand
e on the suflferei's brow.
' Foigive me-but there is so much
e coldness in this world?so little love.
} Oh ! I remember now, you are tbe young
lady wbo helped Tom this afternoon.
' Poor Tom ! he is nearly worn out. He
tries to work outside and take care of
e Alice and me too; but he can't do it all.
p so he has to let outside work go sometimes,
and then I suppose his employers think he
' is idle. It weakened me very much move
irg, and I have not been so well since,
t What do people say of us, Miss?" She
a paused for an answer, but Emily evaded
. the question, and then the woman went
a on: 44 Yes, it is always so. You wish to
- spare my feelings; your mctive is eood.
but I can see through it. Mv husband's
misfortunes fii-st set him on tbe downward
path, and then by degrees poverty came,
until! all was lost. Now we must bear
r his unlortunate reputation, but not long
t ?not long." She raised her eyes heavenward,
as if imploring death.
e 44 Hear mother, do not speak so?you
e are all I have on earth," said Tom, in a
a tremulous voice.
n 44 My dear bov?my life?my blessing I"
she murmured, tenderly.
^ Emd.v's eyes filled with tears as she
saw the mother's wan band caress the
jetty curls that fell on ber son's brow.
~ Then, hoping to cheer them, she said :
i 44 You will be better soon, Mrs. Warren.
t Do not give way to sadness. Remember,
I am your friend." The invalid smi'ed
' faintly and shook her head. Knowing
that further conversation would be itsju
nous to ber, Emily bade her adieu, closing
^ tbe chamber door as she went out. Once
n again in tbe first room, the maiden said:
"Mr. Warren, will you do mealavor?"
e lie acquiesced wonderingiy, and Emilv,
. placing a $10 note in his band, added:
j 44 Run down to the store and buy what
your mother needs?be sure not to forget
* fiuits and jellies."
u God bless vour bright face!" he murmured,
in a choking voice, and impulsively
pressed her hand.
r "I will stay here until you return," she
said, as he took his hat and hurried away.
When the young man returned, he found
t" the kettle singing over the fire, and the
table set, while little Alice, who had been
I awakened by the cheerful sound, sat up in
n her chair gazing at Emily in amazement.
'You are too good, Miss; I did no' be''
lieve theie was one left in the woildas
? good as you are," said Tom, regarding her
c as if she was something more than human.
, " Don't praise me, but take out your bundles,
and I'll have supper presently. Of
( course you got some steak ?' ' Yes,
thouah 1 was afraid I was doing wrong."
Emily repioved him for that sentence, and
j then went on with her preparations. In
t a short time a repast, which to Tom and
Alice seemed a banquet, was placed on t"e
0 table, and then Emily departed, laying
she would come on the morrow and wash
the dishes, Tom's gaze lollowed her until
* she was no longer visible, and then, returning
to the hou?e, be dropped on fciknees
beside his mother's bed. and thanked
^ J 4 ml*.* l*ft/4 uon f t 1
' VJTUU :ur IIJC 11 Itliu n uv* uau uvvu cv.iv
^ J th m when starvation seemed inevitable.
5?) The next day, and every day for a
e ! week. Emily Wharton brought the sunj
light of her presence to that wretched
d | abode, and cheered and comforted the
J. | invalid and h r children ; not fo'getting
? I to enli-t the services of the village physii\
t iaii in the same cause. Hut he cou.d do
little for the sufferer : she could only be
r made easy during her brief stay on earth
d ? she could not recover. And at length
n the time came when his words were to be
r- verified, and Tom Warren, standing at
ie the side of the little couch, knew that 1.1b
d mother would not live an hour. 0 it
ie Emily w ould only come ! He could not
J bear this terrible blow alone, witn nine
I; i Alice clingine to him in fear. And still
ie the terrible minutes dragged on. and at
re length Emily came aud stood by his side;
d and to make him stronger she took one ot
id i his hands in her own. Together the
r. | three looked down upon the blanched
k face and wasted form of the invalid, and
I saw the chest move with labored effort,
id | and the lips part as if praying for air.
ct Great sobs shook the son's breast, and
re tears rolled down his cheeks, and at
:b inteivals the words came torth in convulsive
whispers: 44 O God ! God! must I
).e lose my mother ?:' She heard him once
iy i and tried to smile, but she had not the
jt strength, and instead she worked her
s, hand along the counterpane until it
it1 touched his- That destroyed the last
er particle of his self-control, aud, sinking
ta opou his knees, he wept as only a man
an weep when anguish make* him a
child before his Creator. " Tom," saic
Emilv in a low voice. He arose just it
time to see the last pulsation of his moth
er's heart. She had gone forever
Weakened by grief he turned towarc
Emily, and gazed upon her imploringly.
" Be calm, dear friend," she said, tear
fully.
" 0 Emily, yon are all I have left ! C
Emily, if I dared to love you?" H(
paused, and his body shook like a leaf
Again he spoke : " Emily, next to her ]
loVe you. May I ?"
"Yes, Tom," and thns they wer<
betrothed in the presence of death.
****
Five years l*ad passed since the nigh!
when Emily gave Tom her promise at th<
bedside of his dead mother. Very louj
and weary had been those years; man]
head-aches, some doubts1 and many hac
come and gone only to come and go again
Emily was now twenty three years olc
and looked upon by the villagers as ar
old maid, not that she was less attractive
but because she had refused so manj
lovers, some distinguished and some rich
" My child, my dear Emily." said hei
father one evening when they were sitting
on the piazza, in the very same plac<
where she had first seen her only acceptec
lover. " I think you have done youi
duty in waiting. Your life is your own
and from the fact that yon have not heart:
tr<?m Tom for two years, it is likely thai
yoQ will never hear from him again."
44 Don't father ! 0, please don't," said
Emily, shuddering.
44 My precious daughter. I would nol
pain you for the world. It is only mj
love for you that causes me to spesk thus
Yon proved to me that Tom was good, else
I .should not have sanctioned the engage
ment. He went away to make his fortune,
taking with him his little sister. It is
sad to think of anything having happened
to him, hut time and silence indicate
something."
44 He will come back, father," she
replied, a far-off dreamy look in hei
eyes 44 Tom will come back." .
The old gentleman shook his head, and,
rising went into the house. He felt thai
his daughter was throwing her life away,
and such a noble life as hers ! It made
hiin unspeakably sad.
Still time went on, and six montln
passed, but Emily only grew stronger in
her belief that Tom would come back
4k It is a monomania with her," the villagers
said, and with grief, for i* was dreadful
to see the fairest flower thus wither
But, one morning Emily came down stain
singing, and looking like her former self:
and her parents wondered, for of late sht
had been pensive and listless. The day
drew to a close, and, just at twilight, 8
carriage dashed up to the door, and
immediately there alighted a tall, noblelooking
man, who presently assisted a
very beautilnl young girl to alight,
Together they came np the steps and intc
the house. Emily, standing in the parlor,
pressed lier liandg to her heart, and grew
faint with anticipation. Presently the
door opened, and the gentleman entered
" Emily ! my own ! my love!"
u Tom ! 0 thank Heaven !"
" At last, my darling," he repeated
kissing her pale face and smoothing hei
hair. " At last! 0 how I have prayec
for this hour. I've been far away, Emily
in foreign lands, hut the star of hope hat
always shone bright. I knew you'd b(
true, Emily, for God gave you tome whet
he took my mother."
* And I knew you'd come back,dearest.'
Six weeks later Emily became Mrs.
Warren, and a happier home than theirs
does not exist. Little Alice lives wit!
them yet, but ere long she too will have i
home of her ow n.
Profitable Industrie*.
Some figures given by the Boston Ad
vertiser, show that the profits of the man
ufactures of that State were $ 102,000,00(
in 1870, or about 868 per capita to tlx
population. The wages paid araountee
to 8118,000,000, which to those employee
in the factories was equivalent to 842
each. Making deducations for cost of op
erating, repairs, <kc., the return on tlx
caDital invested was about ten per cent.
and the manufacturers added S25,0U0,00<
to their wealth. The total value of th<
articles manfactured was over $555,000,
000. Wages, as we have seen, ar<
credited with $ 118,000,000. This is i
splendid exhibit, and when we remembei
that there are more than 500,000 deposi
tors in savings bankn in that State, witl
an aggregate deposit of about fl70.O00,00<
we form au idea of the growing wealth o
Massachusetts. We see. too, how genera
is the lmbil of saving. Mole tbun on
third of the population are depositors. Ii
this State the depositors number 712,000
with an aggregate deposit of 82bO,UUO,UU(J
The ptr aifjiUi is larger than in Massa
chusetts, but the amount averaged t<
each is less. In the ten years ending ii
1870, the Leather manatatures had in
treased from twelve to thirty-thro
millions ; Boots and Shoes trom forty-si:
to eighty-eight ; Chairs from one and
half to four ; bleaching and dyeing from
$839,000 to $22,000,000. Many othe
branches of manufacture show a iike pro
gress. The figures are remarkable proof
of growth, and are good indications o
what is and has been doing in othe
States. They are signs, too, of grea
and profitable industry. At present rat
of progress the decade we have no\
entered will exhibit a wonderful progres
over the last.- N. Y. Paper.
Notice to the Survivors of th
Metis Disaster.?All persons claiininj
dainageR for any loss, destruction, dan
age, and injury caused by the disaste
of the steamship Metis, on the 30th c
August, are notified to appear befor
the District Court of the United State!
and make due proof of their respectiv
claims, and before John A. Orsborn an
George F. Betrs, at their office, No 4
PV.A^l.A.c tlu.w Koimv Hi i n i m i <
VliULU I'd O UH CCl, VJJ VVU'g
sioners of said Court, at or befo*t!
17th dayofDeaembar, 1873, at 11 o'aloc
a. ii.?If. Y. Paptr.
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1 The Jioad to Siberia.
During the reign of the Czar Nicholas,
. and we presume there have been but few o
1 changes since, the nobility in Russia E
possessed many privileges, and those*not p
least appreciated, were exemption from d
) corporal punishment, and in ordinary ii
} cases the being conveyed to Siberia in- 1<
j stead of proceeding thither on foot, a
The unfortunate individuals sent to a
? struggle against the incleme icy of a E
hard climate, and the brutality of
harder taskmasters, were divided in two n
t classes; those merely transported and a
J those transported with hard labor. The s
7 journey from Kiew to Tobolsk took one a
I year, whilst the convicts whose destina- n
tion was the mines of Nertctinsk seldom p
' reached it?if they did reach it?under vi
two years. For the bones of many of e
r them that perished ot cold, of ill nsage, n
nf Rie.kness. were scattered over the in- b
r terminable Russian steppes, to serve as i
[ finger posts to the melancholy convoys n
I that followed the same desolate route. v
r These convoys generally consisted of b
? one hundred to two hundred and fifty n
' persons, men, women and children. An ?
armed Cossack on horseback then fob a
I lowed the convicts, chained together in
gangs of twenty, with a Cossack inter- 8
venting between the gangs, and a posse f,
of those vei^ irregular cavalry men tt
s closed the procession. The czar was i
merciful to women; they were not b
? chained. The sick were gently treated ;
I they were allowed to ride in vehicles ^
, with iron rings round their necks, like v
wild beasts in menageries.
Entire silence reigned in these proces- n
sions; the only feeling noticeable was ^
the dull apathy of despair. During sleep
no one could move without causing tj
, more or less severe pain to his mate. n
During meals the convicts crouched
round fires guarded closely by the Cosi
sacks'. Each column marched two days r
. and then rested for one day.
Beyond Nishni Novgorod, when or- j
dinary edifices became few and far be;
tween, long low isolated building8 t(
mara Anncfnintpd serve as oens for the r
I n V4V WAAWW& uvvwv* ? J
' herds of human cattle. Moreover,
guardhouses were established at irregu- c
I lar distances to relieve the escort. The H
officer in oommand was responsible for j
i the prisoners. He was like the captain c
of a ship at sea ; he was absolute master
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over all, and could inflict any punish- t]
ment short of immediate death. Some
1 officers, however, were occasionally found
who remembered that the prisoners had
once been men and women with souls of
o
their own, and who did not feel any
especial delight in inflicting upon them '
' unnecessary physical sufferings. One .(
[ of these convoys was calculated to arrive
, weekly at Tobolsk, where sat a governi
ment commision, charged to distribute
the convicts according to the requirements
of the public service. About ten ^
5 thousand passed annually through Tob
i olsk.
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Diamond Diggers.?The diamond n
diggers in the South African fields em- 1
ploy Kafirs to do the hardest part of the 1
. work, some of the miners having large ^
. gangs in their seivice. These natives
) reciive wages, and are expected to turn 11
i over all the diamonds they find to their 1
] masters ; but although the moet careful 1
1 precautions are taken to prevent thefts,
i which if discovered are severely pun.
isbed, the blacks succeed in concealing r
e many gems. A late number of the ^
} Diamond News gives an account of a ^
) Kafir who was killed by falling into a ^
e claim, upon whose body was found, ^
. secreted in the seams of his clothing, no j
f less than forty-live diamonds, one of r
i tberu weighing fifty carats. A Boer .
r working close by heard of this, and as t
. a servant of his had died shortlv before n
" u
3 he hfid the body exhumed. His trouble
3 was rewarded by finding about thirty t
f diamonds. These discoveries open a r
] new field for explorers which will probe
ably be industriously woiked. At the ^
a New Rush fields a diamond weighing 160 (
carats was found in June, and was 1
i. deemed so great a curiosity, even there, ^
that it was placed on exhibition, the ^
j owner giving the receipts to the hospital
3 fund. It is described as beautifully ^
. shaped, off-colored, with an unfortunate j
e flaw in it.
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A Farce.?James Burns was tried for
' killing John Halloran last Spring in n !
r New York saloon, and was acquitted on *
'' the ground of insanity. Uuder the *
's statute he was at once sent to the State (
Asylum. A habeas corpus was brought 1
r to have him released from the lunatic *
* aaylugi on the ground that he was not ^
e insane. The return set up his due and 1
proper commitment as a lunatic. The
matter caine up before a Justice Sheriff'
Butler bringing the prisoner down.
Judge Bacon appeared for the asylum 1
E and District-Attorney Garvin for the t
? people. Mr. Howe, Burn's counsel, in- I
l" sisted thut the return did not set up, I
' * tlllA 11_ _ I ,
r and in fact it was notpretenaeu, mai ine i
prisoner was now insane, and that there- '
e fore he must be discharged. Judge 1
*? Bacon argued that having been excustd i
c from the punishment of a grave crime 1
d on the grounds of insanity, be shouid
J not be lightly held to be saze, ana that i
3- before that was done a formal inquisii*
tiou, and not the off hand proceedings
k of habeas corpus, should be held. The
i Court reserved its deeisioa.
A German Spy.
A German, who in spite of the decree
f expulsion, contrived to remain in
Vance throughout the late war, has just
ublished a history of his experiences
uring that time. Among other interestig
matters touched on by him, the fol>wing
is his account, derived, as he tells
s, from the Sub Prefect of Gien, of the
rrest and execution of the Prussian spy
lardt:
The word tspton Prussfen was in every
louth ; in every foreign face a spy was
een. The spy fever had reached the
mallest places. Under these circumtances,
a young and gentlemanly-looking
lan was arrested in Gien ; his foreign apearance
had caused remark and hi3 steps
rere followed. He arrived late in the
vening before by rail, and early in the
lorning had left his hotel, crossed the
ridge over the Loire, and, stopping often
o examine the country, was seen to take
otes. This was enough, naturally; he
ra8 at once made prisoner and brought
efore the Sub Prefect, M. B., a worthy
ian. hnt a strict and UDriirht functionary.
Who are you, and what is your name?"
sked M. B.
"My name ia Von Hardt," was the anwer.
"I am a Prussian by birth, was
armerly a Prussian officer, but left the
rmy about a year ago, and went over to
,ondon to take a situation in a house of
usiness,"
"What brought you here just now, at a
ime when our nations are engaged in war
nth one another?"
"The war is the cause of my leaving
ly situation in London; I am on my way
o join my family in Switzerland."
"Bnt what made you break your journey
tirough France at Gien, which possesses
either importance nor attraction, except
rom a strategic point of view ?"
"I could go no farther, as my money
an out; the few coppers yon found in
ly pocket will convince you of that and
was expecting a remittance here."
"How came you then, to have those
^pographical notes of the region round
rien in your pocketbook?"
"Don't you think it natural," was the
aim, nnembarrassed reply, "that ennui
hould drive me to take them ? Besides,
like to benetit by my travels; The
ountry attracted me, and I simply gave
ray to an old habit of collecting notes of
ravel."
The interview then ended; nothing
uspicious was found in the prisoner^ lugage,
but on the next day he was handed
ver to the military authorities at Orleans
ken was sent to Paris, brought before a
ourt martial and shot. The personal
mpression made upon the sub Prefect was
ery favorable to the young man. M. B.
ssured me that he preserved in his presnce
the dignity and bearing of a gentlelan.
that Lis coolness, the firmness of his
emeanor, and his language imposed upon
im,and inspired him with real sympathy;
;e debated with himself for a moment
ven whether he ought not to release the
ian,bet he was obliged to own to himself
hat appearances were strongly against
he prisoner, and that nis responsibility
o his superiors and to his conscience left
itm no choice. Moreover the excitement
n Gien was so great, that the release of
he suspected stranger would have had
he worst results.
The Stereotyped Smile.?Beware of
nan or woman with a fixed smile,
['rust the most Hideous scowler before
he being who goes about with an angelic
grin carefully exhibited to all eyes
mder any and every circumstance. It
s not natural to smile perpetually, and
to one ever assumes a mask without beng
conscious of a necessity for coueealnent.
Don't misunderstand me. There
ire young women, and a few old men,
eho break out into a smile whenever
hey speak. These are not the people I
nean. The smile of which I warned
ou is a motionless, hypocritical, fixed
txpression, which I have seen worn
iuring a silent three hours journey bv
ail, without the slightest alterationhat
sort of a smile which most misguided
lady artists present upon their
anvas wben they delineate martyrs,
iaints and angels The portrait of a
ady has a different smile?the fashiondate
simper?which, though semi-idiotic
s not dangerous. Persons of no peneration
allude to the chronic smile as
so sweet," and any one capable of holdhe
muscles of the face under control, is
generally able to squeal sweetly, or move
luietly, and to use quiet language,
neasnred tones, in moments of the
greatest excitement, and so can place a
setter man or woman at great disadvan""'1
nnnaar iirinr^i/1 OH/1 iniliVunt
^?kc, au<a '"j
when actually most guilty.
Appi.es fok Foou.?At one time, in
England, where there was a general
tearcity of food, apples were the common
bod used by laborers, and it was asserted
t>y them that they were superior to potatoes,
or, in other words, they could
1 stand their work'' on baked apples
without meat; but a potato diet required
meat, or some other as substantial food,
to enable them to sustain themseiTes.
Apples are used in France and Germany
as a common food by the laboring classes.
Two families in Kentucky hare been
poisoned by eating jelly made in a copper
kettle.
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Brevities.
One thousand dollars per acre is now
considered a very low rate for coal lands,
well located, containing the mammoth
vein.
Ladies and gentlemen promenading
together of afternoons this Fall, are
commanded by fashion to walk arm in
arm.
Mr. Jame9 New, of Norwich, Ct.,
named his first born Something ; it was
Something New. The next he called
Nothing; it being Nothing New.
Three ruffians in Bangor stopped a
man and asked him for a chew of tobacco,
and while he was searching for the
weed knocked him down and lobbed
him of S175.
A Eastern newspaper statistician avers
that the flies are so good natured this
season that a well-organized one will
allow himself to be brushed off one's
nose eighty-seven times, and not show
any temper.
They put a blast of powder in a rock
in Kentucky in the year of Grace one
thousand eight hundred and fifty-one,
before the popular non-explosives were
inveuted, and it went off tne other day,
killing two men who happened near.
A ghastly case of juvenile insanity has
1 1- J at
Th# Milk Question.
The question of pure milk is now of
great importance in New York City.
A city journal says : The supply of pure
milk to the poorer classes of this city in
place of the chalk and water of the past
is a matter of real moment. The object
of the convention to be held is to the
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effect this as well as other ends ; and in
doing this the farmers do not propose
to sell milk at any higher rates than
heretofore, out to get higher rates for
their own milk and to sell it in its native
purity. At present the farmers seldom
get over 3 cents per quart for their milk,
and also have to furnish its transportation
to this city, while it is resold hero
at 8 or 10 cents per quart, and then
retailed at still higher rates. The farmers
claim that it is impossible for them
to make any profit at the low rate of 3
cents, which by various losses of cars
and delays of payments is really reduced
to 2* cents. Hence they propose to take
the matter in their own hands and to
deliver the milk direct to the consumers
at the usual retail rates.
We need not argue the interest the
city people have in the matter; it is
evident, and they cannot aflord to be
idle while this move is going on. Without
their co-operation the plan can
hardly be a success. Already the milk
middlemen are saying to ttie farmers,
" The city customer will not buy of you."
If the city resident is sincere in his desire
for pure milk, he must urge on and
aid this new movement; otherwise it
will fail, and the present supply of milk
that is not milk, but a little of chalk, a
little of salt, a great deal of #water, and a
small portion of the " pure Orange
county," will be kept up with increased
force. Up to this time the move has
been entirely in the hands of the coun
try people, while the really greatest need
for the reform is upon the part of the
inhabitants of the city. The meeting on
the 24th will afford them an opportunity
of showing openly their appreciation of
the movement, and they should befor*
that time give the farmers earnest encouragement
through the public priuts.
The association which proposes to
carry out this excellent plan is actiug
under a charter from the State of New
York, and is composed of farmers of high
standing and property in every county
which sends milk to this city. Its Presi
dent is J. B. Hollister, of Vermont;
Vice-President, J. E. McNaughton, of
the same State ; Treasurer, T. S. Gold,
ot West Cornwall, Conn.: and Secretary,
W. L. Benedict, of Orange county, N.
Y. These gentlemen propose a company
with a capital of #1,003,000, in 20,000
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snares 01 jjiou eacn. J.uey wm wummt
doubt easily laise that amount themselves,
and will ouly ask the people of
New York for their patronage ; but when
it is remembered that over 500,000 quarts
of the preseut so-called milk are sold in
New York every day the immense profits,
even at small margin, became plainly
evident.
Swindling at Faibs.?A correspondent
of the New York Sun says Three
or four years ago the annual fairs on the
Hudson river, as well as throughout the
state of New York were invested by
three-card monte men. After much difficulty
they were finally driven away,
These same rascals have turned up again,
this time with a new game which is far
more enticing?that's the " trick wid de
cards." They are fleecing the farmer's
sons and farm laborers with an envelope
game. On the Amenia Fair Grounds no
less than twelve of these swindlers were
at work at one time, and one of them
boldly asserted that they averaged #100
per day each. Eieh has a trunk or box
filled with small cakes of soap and boxes
of envelopes. On the lid of the trunk,
which is turned up, are rows of figures,
and uuder each one of the majority of
figures are the figures, 50cts., Si. S3,So,
signifying that if the person purchasing
an envelope finds a number inside which
corresponds with the number over the
50cts., SI, $3, or $5, he is entitled to the
sum underneath it. Of course nine cases
out of ten a successful number is never
drawn. Wheu, bowevei, the interest in
the game lags, because of the luilure of
almost tvery one to draw a prize, the
boss swindlers give a wink and a confederate
steps up to the box. He hesi;
tates and stammers, but finally hands
' over 50 cents, and to his feigned surprise
draws a $3 prize. This confederate is
attired, as are all the confederates, in a
tattered straw hat and heavy shoes, torn
coat and pantaloons. 44 You see that
soap man," said one of them to u? as
we stood looking at the swindlers on the
Amenia Fair ground ; 44 that fellow is
the g-iinest man you ever saw. He had
an ear bit off in Reddy the .Blacksmith's
saloon. He is making a pile of money
here to-day." And so he was. Even
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Yt line >1C ?TUC U V U*U1 i*v
three eolored men before him, to all appearances
farm bands, and from the
three he took 827, and they did not receive
a cent. The voices of the scoundrels
as they jabbered awayfor customers
i cmld be heard above everything else,
hoi . *o dajs they held full sway, and
tbeir rec ipta nearly equalled those of
the entire fair. The police drove the
scoundrels away.
Many of the Jesuits expelled from
Germany will go to Ireland, whers thej
ars promised a hearty welcome.
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'HJtU W'l bU uutiur a u i/uu inw
Glouchester (England) Assizes, where a
lad of foirteen was charged with drowning
a poor imbecile bov,a fellow-inmate
with him of the Stroud Workhouse.
The numeral addition to the strength
of the Northern States from immigration,
since the census of 1800, is estimated
at 17,500,000. The immigration
as between the late slave and free States
is over 10,000 in favor of the latter.
An old Scotch preacher is reported to
have said in one of his sermons at Aberdeen
: "Ye good people of Aberdeen get
your fashions from Glasgow, and Glasgow
from Edinburgh, and Edinburgh
from London, and Loudon from Paris,
and Paris from the Devil."
For a journey, the sole leather trunk
is the best?and the best that can be
bought among these is the cheapest in
the end. The purchaser has a trunk
which has the full thickness of the hide,
which is a consideration in these days
when baggage smashing has beoome
such a success.
Newspaper bores must be invincible
in Louisville. The Courier Journal
savs : "Unmoved by the deadly whir of
the buzz-saw erected for his extermination,
the fiend who drops in to wrestle
with the exchanges now spends the most
of his time in the editorial rooms. A
scheme is on foot to have him blown
from the end of a cannou."
A Model fob Silk Suits.?An elegant
silk costume just sent out by Worth
shows the new way, of combining shades
and of making tall suits. It is of sonris
grjy silk with reseda silk facings, and
bands and bows of deepest claret brown
velvet. The skirt trains slightly, and is
composed of the nsnal gored front .
breadth and two side-gored widths ; the
back, however, is formed of three
straight breadths of silk of ordinary
width, laid in kilt pleats from the belt
to the bottom of the skirt. These pleats
are wide, are folded in very deeply, and
are not sewed down bat ^merely pressed
flatly and held in place by a single tape
sewed underneath the pleats about half
a yard from the lower edge. There is
no facing of cambric or wigging, but a
sort of half lining of soft crinoline net
or foundation ; a thick passementerie
cord edges the skirt. On all but the
pleated widths are two wide-lapping bias
flounces, bound with claret velvet and
gathered in clusters, leaving plain spaces
in which lengthwise bows of velvet are
placed. The heading is an upright ruffle
showing a reseda facing. This trims
the skirt to the knee. Above this is a
ruffled apron of three gored breadths
extending back to the pleated widths.
A diagonal pleating showing a reseda
lining passes down the seam where the
kilt pleats begin. The basque is a very
simple shape, with a rouche around the
neck and down the front. Coat sleeves,
with a cuff formed of a sash-like pleating
that falls low on the outer side, are
lined with reseda and fringed at the
ends.
About Wool.?Persons unfamiliar with
fhe wool trade would be furprised to see
how much a fleece of unwashed wool will
shrink upon being thoroughly cleansed.
This is especialiv the case with fleeces
shorn from fat sheep, where the wool is
of a fine variety. Fat sheep secrete large
quantities of oil and gum in their wool,
which add materially to the weight of
their fleeces. A wool manufacturer in
Mootville, N. Y., gives an account of a
fleece which was raised on a farm near
Skaneateless and sold as weighing 19
pounds and 7 ounces, which was correct
so far as the weight was concerned in the
condition in which it was sold. But thb
fleece when properly washed produced
only 3 pounds ounces of clean wooL
The St. Louis Democrat tells of an experiment
made by a dealer who took amerin<<
fleece weighing 27 pounds, unrolled it
and exposed it to the action of the sun foi
three days, afr the end of which time ii
weighed but 19 pounds. He then washed
It, without soap,jusy as a sheep is washed
and it weighed but 12 pounds. Finally
the fleece was picked apart and scoured
with soap and soft water, and when dn J
the weight of the fleece was redu-ed to *. M
pounds. At the present St. Louis prices
for washed and unwashed wool the baye:
?k.-n !/>? tS fii nn hi* T\nPi,K
IWUUitl IJOTC iUDt j UOl fv.UT v/U uto |/uivuism
, It is evident that a better system of grad
, ing wool is required, and that if dealer
would be more painstaking in their exam
inatious of fleeces the farmers would soon
learn that it was for their own interest V>
bring their wool into market in goo*'
r. condition. At present it is just the otbe;
1 way.