The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, February 22, 1883, Image 2
D 1'OLITICS, NOIIAI'ITY, FIUCATION AND TO 'hE IIENERIL INTE'ESC OF TIIE COUNTY :
By D. F BRADLEY & CO -'CKIN -. - HRDY .
BR. PICKENS, S. C, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1883. VOL. XII. NO. 22
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t NEWS GLEANINGS.
There are 60,000 colored Baptists in
sfneesee, with 150 churches.
West Virginia contains 62,C00 persons
ver ten years of age who cannot read.
.'According to the official statistics
there gere. in Arkansa on June 30,
1882, 1,415 school-houses.
The new city hall at Rome, Ga.-, has
just been completed at a cost of $15,000.
The street car companies of New Or
-" leena /altogether collect about 70,000
fares daly.
Ex-Gov. Warmoth, of Louisiana, has
been in Maine buying machinery ror a
beet-root factory on his plantation.
Two years ago Weeson, Miss., was on
'ly a pine forest. It has now a cotton
mill empleying 1,000 bands, and nearly
8,00 inhabitants.
The Texas cattle drive for the coming
spring is estimated at 220,000 head. Of
these not more than 120,000 will reach
the open market. The rest will be re
served for ranch purpoes.
Convict labor is being utilized upon
plAntations in Arkanas. One hundred
are now employed upon the plantation
of Mr. Neil, below Little Rock. They
profess to like working there better than
staying in prison.
The question of .a canning factory is 1
beginniuig to be agitated in Greenville, f
8.'C. Practical men are figuring on the
subject, . and have demonstrated that
such a factory will pay large profits on
the small capital required.
Northern nanufacturers are exploring 1
the Virginia mineral lands. Recently a
purchase of 13,000 acres was made by a
Pe?nsylvania company. A superior
quality of ore has been found, and it
will be shipped to Pennsylvania fur
naces.
In the seven months of this fiscal year
the public debt has been reduced a tri
fie over ninety five millions. This gives 1
promise of a total reduction in a year of e
fully 150 millions. We still owe nearly ,
1,600 millions, about one half of which
arpeunt is now redeemable, but one half
of the redeemable debt does not bear
iht,rest.
Memphis Avalanche : The Atlanta
Constitution states that the Marietta
and North Georgia road is the great
route for quail hunters. The other day
there was $2,000 worth of dogs (cash
valuation) in the baggage car on that
road, attended by $6,000 worth of ne- I
groes (old valuation.) On the return
tip they had $5.80 worth of birds, which
they counted while eating $20 worth of
lunch.
Jim Chang, a Chinese merchant who
recently established in Waynesboro,t
Burke county, Ga,, was visitedI by a I
party of men who proceeded to break up1
his show cases and otherwise abuse hi
property. They then ordered him to
sbut up his store and leave at once,
which he did. The indignation seems
due to the fact that a Burke county
white girl had sometime before married
a Chinaman, and indiscriminate veni
gene was considered in order.
There are 40,0(0 square m1ile3 of al
most unbroken forests in North Caroli
na, comprising pine, chestnut, oaik, ma
ple, beach And hickory timber in their
finest growth. It is estimated that in
ten years the timber:alone in North Car
olina will exceed in value the present
total valuation of 'all the property in the
State, including land. The State grows
nineteen varieties of oak, and its pine
forests are of the heaviest. The build
ngof new railroads will rapidly open
this region to the Northern and Eastern
lumber r'arkets.
An inebriated citizen of Butts county,
-Ga., got In. front of ain approachiug
train en the new roadl not long since, and
- by wildly waving the tattered remains
of a sanguinary-looking kerchief suc
ceeded In stopping it. The conductor
alighted and inquired the object of the
danger signal, when the inebriated citi
zen solemnly drew a bottle from the
depths of his inner pocket and remarked
that he merely wanted to "set 'em up."
It is recorda' of the ungrateful oflicial
that he acknowledged the kind invita
tion by the vigorous application of a
box-toedinumber 10.
There was a new dleparture a few
nightsesince at McMlnnville,'1Tenn., to
raise mohey to buy at church organ. The
plan devised was a sale of the young la
dies to the highest bidder. The young
men were out en masse, and one by one
the fair ladies were knocked down by
he anebioneer to the highest bidder.
Many of the belles brought fabulous
prices, one ecstatic bachelor bidding
"heaven and earth" for the girl of his
choice. As barter was~not taken, he wvas
required to make his bid in dollars and
cents, which he did in a handsome price
and got his prize. The sale resulted in
plenty of money and Iota of fun.
, Or,soma4Ananth is a word of recent
origin, f#om the French oleine, Latin
oleum/.oi1, the thin, oil part of fat, anid
from niargarir>, a pearly-like substance,
extrad frond vegetables, oils an animal
fate. Te butter flavor comes from mix
ing milk, cream and unsalable butter
with colored tallow and other unctuous
ingredients. The lard may come from
ca-loads of Jead hogs, or suet from cat,.
tie that may haye ded in overcrowded
oars, or animals that died1 of disease or
even 'mpre questionable sourcee, Iikae
som .;ot 'the : oil extracted from soap.
ge.Zollections from the city, exported
the 'West, whence comes the ladle
packe&buttr._ __
are you doing out there, my
ghs,in the night dow?"~ said the
klin ld' ~teman onl the piazr.a.
"p n~'~ning," was the sweet
replyg'~ sh louned over the pickets till
her fica was dread~fully' close to Wil.
tier desist she had not only been carried
a couple of blocks beyond her destina
tion. but had registered not less than
twenty fares, for which, according to the
company's rules, the conductor was re
sponsible.
THE, robust health of the English in
general is said to be due to their diet.
They are good and substantial eaters.
They like plain, solid food, well cooked,
and do not, as a rule, demand variety.
Meat, vegetables, and puddings are
their staple dishes, and thin soups and
foreign kickshaws find no favor in their
eyes. They despise alike French dishes
as rich and unwholesome, and German
cookery as coarse and unpalatable. The
roast beef of Old England is their staff
of life, and ham and eggs come next in
their good graces. Ice. water is a rarity
among the mass of the population, who
look on it almost as poison.
EVIDENCE of the extent of the busi- p
ness done by Fleming and Meriam and t
other professional grain brokers at Chi
cago, the delivery of money letters to e
whom was stopped by the Postal De- r
partment a few days ago, accumulates t
from day to day. It appears they not
only received money from farms, towns
and villages all over the country, but
also from Canada, and even from some
points in England and Scotland. The i
sums transmitted to them, for invest- i
meat in grain futures, are estimated to
reach into the millions, and it is inti
mated that certain respected and highly
connected persons joined hands with the r
recognized gambling element in working f
the scheme.
Pcrr,Anpr,rmTAawyers have a question i
which stumps them at last. The Con
trollership of that city became vacant
by resignation. The Common Council
elected a now man. The person left in
charge by the renigning Controller ro
fuses to give up the office, and the Court
sustains him. Lawyers are divided upon
the point whether the oflico is a county
or a city one, to be filled by the State
Governor or city goverment in case of
vacancy. The most serious "feature of
the whole trouble is that all the police
men, school teachers, department clerks
and laborers are kept out of their pay,
because no bills can be cashed before
they are approved by the Controller,
and there is no recognized Controller to
do it.
JOHN W. BAnRON, Treasurer of the
Dexter (Me.) Savings Bank, was found
in the vault of the bank on February 22,
1878, dying from wounds wihich he re
ceive" during the night. Many will
recall the thrill of admiration that swept
over the country when the news was
published of Barron's heroic death in
defense of the treasure in his keeping,
and the painful reaction when the
charge was made that the wounds were
self-inflicted to bido a defalcation. suit
brought by the bank against Barron's
estate led to an examination. For four
years the trial has been postponed, and
is now about to be resumed. Now evi
dence is said to have been found to
prove flint Cashier Barron was really
murdered at his post of duty. It is
worth much to have this almost solitary
instance of fidelity in a wide waste of
banking treachery and criminality.
M2cRETARY l'or,oEn has sent aletter to
Congress recomnmending the consol i
dation of customs districts in many in
stances, in ordecr to effect a saving in the
salaries of officers at p)orts where the
business is v-ery small and does not in
crease from year to year. The Secre
tar.y's recommendations would in effect
not lessen tho number of collection dis
tricts, but in some cases reduce the
number of oflieers at the port which,
after the reorganization, would comnpr iso
all the consolidated po(rts, and redluce the
aggregate cost for salaries $194,295. The
Western ports which would bo0 affected
by the proposed consolidations are the
followving: It is proposed to consolidate
with the district of Chicago, the districts
of Qalena, Omaha, D)ubuque, and Bur
lington; to increase the number of officers
land employes from seventy-sir, to ninety
one, and the ecst for salaries from $941,..
418 to $111,880. It is prop)osed to con
solidate with the Minnesota District,
at St. Paul, the districta of D)uluth,
Montana and Idaho, to increase the
numbe)r of officers and employes
from twenty-five to thirty-two, and
the cost for salaries from S32.302 to
$38,800. The greatest reduction of
officers and employcs will take placo at
the chief eastern ports.
NO-r a few of the thinking farmers of
Il liniois and the States adjoinig, express
lhe conmviction that lie who would raise
cattle in the future without p)ositivo loss,
mnut r-aise thiose which will at ani early
age deOveopeh) into ripo, heav-y animals
of good style and in every way suiitedl to
the needs of the lest and most exacting
markets, there and abroad.
THE following process is rec(Jifommeded(
for cleaning white Shetland shawls. lPut
the soiled article inito a larg~e b owl;
throw over it half a t-eupiml of flour,
"dry," rub thoroughly, as if washiing,
then thor'oughily shake <mt the flour. If'
the article is not clean repeat the pro.
Qess in clea. flour. Articles cleaned by
tiS p'roces will retain a now look as
long as there is :.thread left.
TrW man who ate his dEmier with the
fork of a rver liislen b*6-inu~ to toini a
ivrau U THE DAY.
TiE French army is reported not to
like the expulsion bill adopted by the
5abinet, and an intimation to that effect
ias been carried to President Grovy.
THE United States Government pays
oreign steamers an average of two cents
oer letter for postage. During the past
orty years the mails have cost $30,204,
[67.
GEN. CHARLES P. STONE, who has for
rears been an officer in high command
n the Khedive's army, has left Egypt,
oud will return to live in the United
tates.
WALco1rr, the thirty-day quail cater,
inished his task, said he never felt bot
er in his life, and pocketed the $500,
>eeides winning any number of bets
rom silly people.
MONTGOMERY BLAr is reported to be
eriously ill at his country place, Silver
spring, a few miles from Washington.
dr. Herndon, the Alabama Congress
nan, is now on the road to full recovery.
Tim scandal about the failure of Mr.
rulian Hawthorne to finish "Foiune's
?ool," is increased by the announce
nent that he had received pay in full in
LAvance. Mr. Hawthorne is thus far si
ent on the subject.
WILLIAM GAaAOWAY, the oldest loco
notive engineer in this country, recent
y guided a train at the speed of a mile
minute ovei a portion of the Baltimore
nd Ohio railroad. Mr. Galloway is
eventy-four years old.
AIR. W. C. CARRINTON, a Richmond
Va.) attorney, has received from Lon
Ion the certificate of marriage of Mr.
,nd Mrs. Pigeon (Labourchere). It was
ntended to be used in the divorce suit
i Mrs. Pigeon v.3. Mr. Pigeon.
A NEW protes3ion, that of accompany
ag young girls to and from balls, is re
>orted to have ben recently started.
Iairdressers advertise that they wl1
tress the hair of ladies and then escort
hem to their place of destination.
IN some parts of Germany the police
iave lately had the new duty instructed
o them of prohibiting boys under six
cen from smoking in the streets or
rom entering alone establishments
where intoxicating liquors are sold.
Ma. HoLAN HUNT spent five years in
he Holy Land in painting "The Flight
nto Egypt," and, when he had finished
t, found that the Syrian canvas, which
ie had used, was too rotten to bear the
train of travel. The picture fell to
>Ieces and was patched, but is now an
rretrievable ruin.
CAIr. R. B. Fonuss, of Boston, makes
he sensible suggestion that there is al
ogether too much signaling in naviga
ion rules, which leads to confusion. He
iays "on the ocean it is enough to indi
ate northerly, southerly, easterly and
westerly. In narrow waters where many
teamers are apt to congregate the less
:ooting the better."
TIE Emperor of Austro-Hungary has
:ecorated Hon. CharL ; Gibson, of St.
Louis, his counsel in the cease against
Baron Von Bechtolsheim, late Austre,
Hlungary consul at St. Louis, who em
bezzled funds of his office, as Knight
Commander of the Order of Franz
Joseph. The order itself is as high as
aity in the empire or in Europe.
TurE practicability of photographing
andscapes from the windows of trains
-unning at a rate of forty miles an hour,
2as been recently proved by Dr. Can
jize, who uses 'what he calls a gyrograph
for the purpose. An exposure of only
ne one-hundredth of a second was
needed, and after a little practice wvon.
lerfully distinct views were obtained.
Ross, the shotgun messenger of Wells,
Farg & Co.'s Express, who saved the
treasure when the recent cfli,rt was made
to rob the east-bound express of the
Central Pacific, in California, stands six
feet four in his stockings, and b)egan
life as a gambler. This is the fourth
time that he has beaten off the roadl
agents.
EDWIN FoRREST's costumes and silver
ware, loft by him to the Forest Homo,
Philadelphia, are soon to be sold at pub
lic auction. Among the costuxmes are
those worn by the characters of Coriola
nuis, Lear, Tell and Spartacus, and the
silverware includes fifteen pieces besides
a dlozen knives, four dozen forks, and
four dozen spoons.
WHAT is claimed to be the largest pen
sion paid to one person in the United
States has been settled in St. Louis.
The pensioner was honorably discharged1
from the army in 1864 on account of
injuries, and in four days thereafter lhe
became totally blind, and has so remain
ed ever since. His case has been perLd
ing for sixteen years. The aggregate
sum accruing to date, and which he re
cived, was $9j,063.47. He will hereafter
receive duming his life $72 per month.
THE Metropolitan Horse tlar Cemn
pany, of Boston, has recently introduced
the registering clock for recording fares.
The other day an elderly lady desired to
get off the ear. She rose energetically
and pulled the strap which rang in the
fas Defore the ondnaan.o .a4u -
FAIR IJUI' COT.
Her cheek's a sentry in advance,
A noon that makes the darkness day t
Her stature is like any lance
And like a waving reed dolh away.
Her eyes are ever wide awake,
Though dreamy as a fawn's to see.
The moon is blurred fnr her sweet sake
The branch is drooping on the tree.
The fawn before her flies for shame
toward the desert far and wide;
No peer has she, and none can clai'
To be regarded by her side.
The fawn that in the glade doth stray
The idol of the fano is she !
Thou who didst bid me hope. I pray
rhat I may ne'er despair of thee I
To me thou art so coy and col;1
To others, ever kind and nar.
Our quarrel like the wars of old
Doth linger on froen year to year.
Al I that is why thy young cheek glows
With yonder ruddy hue so fair,
As though it were a dtistant roan
Thou takost for a voil to wear.
Zaandam Windmills.
Zaandam is rather an important
lace. Many ships and boats are built
hero, many windmills thresh the air
ith their white arins And grind every
ort of thing that can lie ground, and
then they don't, do that. thel" saw wood
id Pump water. Its inhabitants are
earfully ricb,l at orery jaunty villa we
ame to our guide stopped us to impress
1n Us some notioln of its owner's
'ealth. ' .l/I these rich Ope are win'1
niillcrs:" he could spea k tolerable En
lish, so we were spared the wild panto
uime which, when expressive of four
undrod windmills, takes some consid
raile room in a village street. We
vero ferried over the watery avenue
vhich seems to be really the main thor
umhifare of the town. There were the
nils, sure enough, miles of them--some
our, I think--in each side of the way,
as far into the dim distance ai the eve
o111(1 reach. It looked like a lesson in
>erspective to try for the exact vanish
ng point.
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If any one desires to see I olland from
is windinilly side, let t hat person by all
neanis come to Zaandaml, andlo hts Sur
cited forever after. Thev all seemed
o -e thriving at ilourisliing, too; and
vhent a winlmilly totvn does flourish, it
s (from a flourishing point of view) a
hing to remember. It seems to lack
"eposefullness, if onr caros for it, but for
mne of an active temperament it. is high
ly stimulating. It is not. the place for a
moony or absent-minded person, as
there is always a -:hance of ieing irainll
by the merry wind-sail, unless one is
omewliatt alert. There seems to be an
unfathomable variety of individualtaste
in the matter of 'adorning and dce
arating some of these mills. They were
nearly all as bright as pa lit or wash
of every known liue e"ouldl make them.
None of the westhetic, faded-leaf tones
here either, but good, riotous, roaring
reds, greens and blues, that seemed to
sit itt Once on any mild talk of 'broken
tints" or "melting combinations."
Somehow they seemed to get the right
tone lder that. delicious gray-blue haze
that. hangs so often over the landscape
in Iolland. Many mills had their little
flower-gardens ru'nling down to the
river's edge, and the little summor
house overhanging the water, with its
inevitable little motto expressire of the
owner's sweet con:ellt, like "Lust in
1ust," which at first sight looks like
had and improper English. It only
means IR..stie felicity. Hero sit Van
D)unk and friends in the shades of even
ing, smoking their pipes, sipping their
beverages, and listening to tie frogs. --
Georic 1. Boughton, in Halrper's
Maca ifl1e.
Arctie lee.
The ululcky pirisoner in the immenlcIse
fIeld ie' dulring tie imposing, unlbroken
loneliness of the long Arctic ntighit, when
the wind is calm, can hear the crackle
oIf the snoew unlder the stealthy trAd( of
the polar bear at an astonishling dlistance,
and hear what a man, speaking loud,
says at 1,000 mietres distancee. It call,
therefore, he well understood hew the
sounid of ice-pressures mulst travel to
is ear from en1ormlous5 distances.
"Sometimes,'' tile author writes, "' thie
noise of tile ice mlovemets' wats scarcely
to be heardI--a mere murmur-anld came
toI our cars as (does tihe p.ay of the waves
on a steep coast from the far dlistanle.
So metimes itI hummned anid ro ared cl oser
to u1s, Ias if a whole column of heavily
laden wagonus were bleing drawn I over t 't
ulnev'en ice surface." In the sound wae
combilinied all manner of noises causet
1hy crackling, grinidinlg, falling of blocks
tcriuing and m ianiy other phlenlomenaI oI
ic*e life. "' In. is astonihini.g hlow far an<
hmow clearly every 1nois0 is condulIcted ii
the ice. 'jih noise at the very margil
oIf the. field on which we were seemed t<
oticuir immediately at Our feet. II
pIlace'd our ears to tile icO, tihesHound wat
heard so loudly that we might have ex
preted tihe ice too pen under our feet th
ering was a vast rJounding--hoar(
W'henlever, as I lay downi to sleep,
phaced my ear against tile dry, woode
si p's side, I heard a hummlfingl andl 1h1
z1mg whichu was notlhinig else hut ii
sumlf of all the nises5C whichl occuirred i
tile 1c0 at a grcat distanlce from~ th
ship1."
The suurfaco of an expansel5 of youni
sailt-wter~ ic( on which ino sno,,. has- yE
fallen is soft, so that tile footstep is in
pressed uplonl its white c'overinig asi
imcIting snow. This is to he obsterve
eveii at a templeratulre of 40 deg. (
Th'le unlfrozen fhuda is niot water, lIut
-concentrated solution of salt thrown on
by the freezing of tile ice beneath.
When summer begins iho thauwin;
that occurs is very local and( unliequal
A ny (dark body, snhci na9 a hleap o)f ash>e~
othe ( d10roppinlg of h)ears, eats its wa.,
iinto the tinow, ablsoring the rays t
heat whdicht are relfletedl off again b.
(1h( genleral whmite surface. The hearl
dlropIings eat their waly into the sno'w
antd thlen into tile ice, and the conien1
1101e thus fornmetd fills itself with water
It may at last eat its way right throug1
the ice where not very thick. Thus ar<
formed the greater part of thotse hole
in drift-ice which are usually1 ascrihet
to seals. Tho author never sawv a seal'
hole in winte.
WHY is pap r money more valuabhi
tihan gold? ~Vhen you1 pu1t it ill youl
p)ocket you1doule it, aund whenu you tak
it ut ouAnditsMit increase
Money by Telephone.
"Say, miss," said a rather hard-look
ing customer to the young lady in charge
of the central telephone oflice, one day
last week, "say, miss, I'd like to talk s
with Mr. .Toseph Snooks a moment." t
The lady called Snooks and turned the
instrument over to the guest.
"Hello, hello! Mr. Snooks!"
Snooks answered, and in the ensuing
colloquy the lady could of course only
,ear the hard-looking customer.
"Snooks, old boy, I can't. com up for
that money to-day; I'm too busy."
"Elh?"
"No, can't got away."
"I know, but I'm sorry; I've got to
meet Brace about your aftliir."
"But I'd jeopardize all our interests.
I postively can't come. Can you n;'dul
the money down?"
''Down here."
"I don't believe she'll do it, -rill she?"
"No, I don't know her. She's a hand(l
somo girl with blue eyes and light hair.
Know her?"
"I'll ask her about it. Wait, keep
your car there [miss, Mr. Snooks wants
to pay me four dollars, and says for you
to lot mo have the money. I'll ask again
to nmake sure.] Snooks, did you ntnn
for this fine young lady to pay me and
charge it to you?"
"Don't hear you."
"Yes, yes, all right. [He says, miss,
for you to take my receipts and lt. me
have the cash. You are to pnt it in his
telephone hill.] All right, Snooks, got d
by, see you to-morrow," and lie lmng the
mouthpiece on the hoo]k.
"Fine fellow, Snooks," le continued,
looking pleasantly at the nmanuagress. "I
never heard of senling money by tele
phone before, did you?"
"No," respondel the lady.
"Perhaps you haven't the change
handy?"
"i ts," said she.
"You'll trust Snooks, I per"sumei(," he
R ent on in a faltering manner.
"Certainly," she replied, ''if lie says to
let you have it."
"You don't think the telephone would
lie, do you?"
"Assuredly not.. I'll just ask Mr.
Snooks."
"No, no. He's a sensitive mann; le
wouldin't like to have so much fuss over
a small amount. Make it two dollars
and I will give him a receipt on ac
count."
"I'll pay anything Mr. Snooks says.
I'll call him."
"Rather than bother him again, I'll
make it a dollar. Give me a dollar-"
"But I perfer to call him."
''Miss," said the man, "don't go near
the wire now. Thero's a cloud comnnillg
up. You're going to be struck by light -
mng. Rather than that, I'd take fifty
conts, a quarter."
"Oh! I'm not afraid," and she ap
proached the instrument.
"Keep away from that wire!" lie
howled, "don't call Snooks. lie might
be struck. If yon don't care for yourself,
have some mercy on his family. Ytnu
needn't pay the amount at all. .1 vouldn't
risk Snooks for all the money in Brook
lyn."
"I shall either call Snooks or a police
man," said the girl firmly.
"Make it a p(ieemtan and I'll go fo.
him myself,'' shouted the tramp, as lie
jumped over the rail.
And thcn she called Snooks, who had
been swearing at his and of the wire in
the ho )o of making some one hear himli,
and told him it was all right, she hadn't
quite paid the money.
Ihow She Won ilm.
I have ju-t hearl the most remarka
ble story of t he evynness of the femalu
temper. It is a hoe;'utiful little fairy~
storyV, atnd mayi. appropr'iately be eihl
'"How She W~on hlimi."' It hiappeneud
here in P'hiladelphiia, and is oni this
wise:
T1here was a beautifuil dinner given
"many years ago.'' anud she sat opp~o
site him and looked ever so elharm ing ini
a winie-'olor'ed silk withI a squar' neck,
iatnd otheriwise 'rr'ayed ais nieve r were
the lilies In any valley of this poor1
earth.
Well the wai ter' in handing thies oup
upset thle ent ire conit ents of a phlate in
her ap ,Just think of it, girls! lThe
whole front breadlthI i uei'ly r'uinied, and
it could not be maitched'
Well, what did( she do? D idl she fainut.?
D id she say: 'Y on ho rrid miian'" ' )id
she scream? Not at all; she paissed iho
thing oIl in some witty~ remark abiout
lieryv h aptlism, aiid cahnly re-numed heir
dlinner.
Ile, of course, was delighted. thnoughit
her' a monst remark able woman, andi(, ina
deed. she wvas; becamne at teintive to, lier,
and linally mlarri'<l her. One evening,
long after the event, they were sit t.ig
before the fi re, thle children hav'in g gono1(
' to hed, andi( were U alkinig about ol
-times, when lie saId:
My dea', I.-neveir told( you, I thIink,
- how I Iirst t honghit I woul like to mar
- ry you, did( I?"'10nvr'
"Well,' lhe sain ", do you rm'emn
her that (dinnier at Mirs. Simpijkins',
where yonir di'ess wias spoilt by te
nsoup?''
C ' I ndeedI 1 do!'' she r'ep! ied. ''1 shall
never' forget it a-s long as I lire.'"
"Well," 'hle con tin ued, " you he haved
t o well about it that I thocughtl yon a
perfect jewel."
" Yes,'' she answered, "'I rem embher
behaving very weoll about it at thle tiime;
hut, good land. you should hia,ve seen
the marks oif niy teeth on the bed- post
tthat nihght' "'hfladclphia (,ui.
-Medicine was administered to a si('k
c lergyman on Lonig Island by several of
his kindly disposed parishioners. In
stead of giving him pills and pilasters,
they gave him somel woodl andl coaul, which
they, put in the cellar. TIo this they
added some money, which they ple!"
antly p)lacedl in his hand as they shook
hands at his bedside. It was agreed by
all concerned that these remedies were
the best that could have been admniLs
tered to the suffering pastor. Hie is now
oonvalescent-N._Y. Sun.
Tue oinly cooi thjng which has been
seen ist town for the past weck is the fel.
low who comes into the 03lce, smokes
a some ether fellow's pipe, uses some ether
r fellow's desk, amid then asks if you are
LI not goimr to sav beer beforn ha ha tn go.
The Sick Room.
From an interesting paper on this he
iubject in the Christian Union, by Miss oI
L:. I. Scovil, of the Massachusetts Gen- sh
,ral Hospital, we cull the following hints 14
mld recipes: "
Tihe pure juice may be extracted from de
)Cef in two ways: Pirst, by cutting the as
neat in small pieces, putting them in a
igltly corked bottle, i1mersing it in pi
i'ot water, and boiling for several hours. ic
second, by taking a thick pivee of juicy a
3teak, broiling it on a gridiron over a hev
!lear lire for a few nionenits, then cutting tht
it in strips and pressing it in a lemou in
leezer. Ti juice thus obtained may th
be given eitlher cold or hot. It may be lhi
frozen, 1broken, ilto lumps, and given
like cracked ice. A little silt should bo hi
added Iefre using it. .1
An invalid who is tired of hot beef tea i
will sometinnes drink it. cold or iced with t i
great relish. Enough isinglass or gelatine --
may be added to the juice to make a el
jelly, which can be flavored with sherry, c
essence of celery, or anything the patient y
may fancy.
ataw meat is very nutritious, and may :
be prepared by s iredding the beef ex
trenely line, removing every iarticle of p
skin or fat, and mixing it witi cracker
erumbliIs. A little salt and1(' ipper may be
dded, and the mnixture rolled into tiny 3
balls.
In convalescenco after typhoid fever
the greitest care is necessary with regard
i> the food, and no new article of diet
shouldi be given without the express per- c
mnissi'in of the doctor. Evon so slight an
A
iillpruideneo a eating a raw ap)le has k
bcel known to calls deatl. V
While rast, boiled and broiled chicken,
mutton chop and bcef steak have long
held a recognized position in the Invalid's
bill of fare, the merits of a veal sweet
bread have been sadly overl(x)ked. '
Wenit properly cooked it is a delicious e
b, and may tempt a capriciius aip
i grown wearv of other
viands. .A sweetIread should be par- '
boiled for a short, time until quite soft, t
and then fried in a little iitter to it
delicate brown. It may be served with
gravy or white sauce. C
Port wine jelly may souetimles be
I
given where the wine itself would excite
list,(st. Dissolve half an oulice of
gelatino in three tablespoonfuls of water;
add a little white sugar, and nutmeg or
cinnamon if the taste is liked; let it mnelt
over a very gentle heat, put in live w"ine
glassfuls of port, and stir conste'ntly fir
tenl mnilutes. Strain it into a mtlolc1
moistened with cold water. A piece as
large as an egg should be caten two or
three times a diy.
Delicious oatmeal gruel may be miade
by stirring a cupful of oatmeal intot a
bowl of water, allowing it to stand for a
few minutes until the coarsest particles
have fallen to the bottom, pourintg oil' the
water, and'repeating this once or twice.
'lho water must then be boiled, stirring
it constantly until it is stilicient cooked.
Fow persons ltderstand p roperly the
art of making lemonade. The lenonI
should first Ie rolled between the hans
until it is quite soft, the skin remloved 4
with a sharp knife, antid every pip ox- 1
tracte(d, the lemon being held over a
tumbler that no juice numy be lost in tlio 1
op)eratio n. 'The pulp siould lhen beo
divided into sniall pieces, and t lie sugar (
thoroughly iixed with it. Last of all 1
the reiquisite mn(iiut of watte sluiiilil ho
adlded. ()raigenlie nuy be unule in tlo
samnie Wiay as lemliiile, y sing less siigir.
They should be icedi. IOiperial drink is
m1ad1e by adlling a smllall taspioonfiil of
crenini of t:rtar dlissolvedl iii boiiinig water
to each pint of emii:onaIe.
In sone disieases it is inpossible to
give anythiiig cottiining acid, and then
the iiigennity of the n1uirse is testeI to
pro)vid(t soine Ibeverage at o-e coi(linag
excellhnt wlwin they ar'e liked, andi may
lie takenm iite wth orii witlin milIk.
] arleiy wuater is nmii bcI y haniiig t w
ounlces of piearl Ibarle.y, pirevio iusdy wevllI
wiashedi, for t wenity muiinutes ini a pi'it and
a half (if water. .1t is thieni st rainied and
flavored wit ihi'imoii peel amiii sugar to
taste. 'Thiis may lie alteriiatedl with
flaxsced iva. Steep halif an oince of uni
1briised flaxsi ed ini a piint o f iiin g wiiter.
Let it sthsai in a coivred jar uiear a tire for
three or four huours; then strain aiid flavor.
The Salt of the Ocean.
Even~ the p)rimfit ive sea must have been
highly cirgtid with sahinme miatters of all
kiids. When th e earth was still intenise
ly hated, thei whlo o~ f thle water now~ oin
its surface inust liavo I Meli iresenit an
gas ini its at ius,li arc, at first,a n )iht
dissassoiatied, buiit iifterward ani aque
(ils vsapir. Sinace, if thle sea-hbot tom aindl
ciiitiiiints wire smiootlilthddown to ii iini
feiri livih, thle sta wouhll still aitliice tK2
cieri the enitire eaithi to a deputh of over
a laver oif waiter oif tha lihi iicknessi muisit
hiavi cx istedi inI theu amsp hire and hiave
piriiiuciii a preissure of mire thanii a ton
un thei siquare inch at I lie tarthm's surface.
To t his pressure iimst hiavo beien addied
thiat priuiiiced biy all te oIler vaiiim
withi whlich the pimiitive atmoishe(re
mu tst have b ieen fiilled. Asi the earth
ciol th aOviter ciondisted on thme cool
est spots from timoe to time, 1boiled, anud
rose as8 vaplor again. Mr. Miallet con.
jectaures that the first water formed (in
the cart h's surface may hiavo heen even
as hiot as4 molteni east iron. At last pe
manen113t seas were estaldished. Thue
waters of theso hieated to an inteaisely
high temnperatuarii uinder great pressure,
must have (dissoilved salts ini abiunidanic
friom thle freshlhy .sonsolidlated earth's
crust, and1( being conistaintly iai a state of
(bllitiona as the pressurei diinuishied at
the surface with the( growth of the seas,,
or the temnperatunre of the earth's sur
face variedl ini diferenit places, must hiave
taken upl vaist quianitities (if rock mat tot
ini suispenisioni, iandt become thickly
ch arged with volcanic lanud. Iiiteinsely
hit raini must have fallen on the 11and1
aani have washied down more saltsanid
riund into the sea. Tihme whole oce'an
iimist have conlsisted of a viist mass of
seething nuid. ft must hove req(juired a
protracted period (or th e ocean to bccome
clear, and for its deposit, which was per
Iaps somewhuat like the p)rleent doop1 se
red mud, to settle, and possibly time
deepor water long remained uinhaliita
ble, beng overcharged withl various
gases and alta a,nd suspended mud.
-hThere' is an, enraollm nent of 196,574
In the NI inanesota sehionls, theo Statehy
rr.
HUIOROUS.
-"Selection:" Brown (as he .was
lving Qur art conversazione, after a
ttling scramble in the cloak room)
Jonfound itt Got my own hat after*
LI" - -London Punch.
-An obscure, but yet not wholly un
telligible joke In regard to the mule
that 'though he cares very little for
ecious stones in g enoral, yet he gen
ally affects topaz. '-N. Y. Graphic.
nal mules do soP--Bo.4ton Post.
-Judge Tourgee is delivering a lect
o on "A Family of Fools." We
ven't heard it, but presumo he refers
the girl who kindled a fire with
rosone, the boy who "didn't linow it
A loaded," and the man who asks:
s it cold enough for youP"-N. '.
lvertiser.
-High claic-" Can you oompre
nd me?" "I am, perhaps, a little
tuse, but you may be sure that I
all get at your meaning presently."
w elassic-" Can you catch on?"
Well, perhaps I don't dro as stid
nly as some, but you bet I 11 tumble
quick as the average."-The Judge.
-A magazine writer has recently
blished a long article about " women's
ses." The best thing we know about
voinan's nose is a mustache. The
st kind is a pale brown, and waxed at
a ends. For sample, and instruction
best method of application, apply at
is oice, after business hours.-Bur
tylon lawkeiye.
---So you have got twins at your
ause?" said Mrs. Be mimbe to little
)nmy Samuelson. " Yes, ima'am, two
'em." '' What are you going to call
,n1?" "Thunder and Lightning."
Why, those are stra:nre names to call
ihlren." 'Well, tld's what pa
lied them as soon as he hoard they
ero in the house."-Texas Siftings.
-".Justico,your Honor!"exclaimed a
gal comet in one of his eccontric por
atiois, 'is not like the fabulated
riariotis of old, whose oyes were as
multiplical as the santlds of the sea, nor
et like the famed Cyclops whose vision
erforated only the arena of the coming
iturity, but like the sportivo (lenon
tration of 'blind man's hat' She
ursues her way unseeing and unseen,
olding the stoelyards that weigh w ith
oeval vieissitudle the carats of gold
nid the carrots of horticulture, and
now'n:'C no North. no South, no East,no
Vest !'-- tome (N Y ) ,Sentincl.
-A report comes from London that
icre is a change in the fashion in
ogs. Young fadies who have been
'eat ing English pugs to match their
mmplex.on, trimme(d with plastrons
nd things, or the Italian greyhound or
ing Charles spaniel, cut entrain with
t' ot and polonaise. will regret to learn
mat. they have gone out of lashion, and
bey might as well be given to the poor
r sold to the old rag-man. 'Te ne w style
f dog is the llul'y white Pomeranian,
vith a nose in point applique and shir
ed ears: or the 1lalteso terrier, with a
ilk jacket. and velvet lingerio---orsome
hinr tlhat way.-Iorristown llerald.
FACTS AND FIGURES.
--Alalamahas 1,919 miles of railroad,
nl the railroads furnish elevon per
ent. of all the taxable property in the
tato.
- -lirovard County, Fla., is the largest
>f the 2,559 counties in the United
states. It has ian area of over 5,000
iqular mliles.
*-The first appearance of cotton as
mn article of comlmerce was a shipment
fseven bales fromChlarlestown in 1757.
n 1880-81 the crop wvas 6,t00,000 bales.
----According to a comp rehiensive sta
istloal return lately pubhlishled in Ger..
nainy, therce ar*e in Euiropo ninmety -two
it ies withi moro than i t0, 000 in habit
mis, ot of which four capitals show
achi over a millioii populiation, as fol
ows: [1(ndon, 3,8:12,4-40; P'aris, 2,225,
10; ltirlin, 1.1 22,5~00: Vienna, I, 103,110.
hit of te inoty-two cities andl( towns
eferred to, England <laims 2'6, Gerimaniy
i;, ital 11 , I-rance It), and lIussia 8.
he otheris areO dlivided1 amoing thie
mialler States. TIhere woere in the Unit
'd St ates in 188t1 t wenty eites haviner
aebi 10 I, I00t inhabaitants~andi ulpwar'
*The first aniual report of theo State
'ommiissioner of Hailroadl T1axation in
New .Jerso - contains the following par
igraph:' "OW ,Ieirsey lias in all some
81,8 miles of road, stand ing second in
the list of States in the matter of rail
wvay faoilities. Thfe only State whlich
mlimi's to havo moro1 miles of road( than
mr owii is Massachuisotts. Now deorsey
ins nearly a nule of track for every four
iuaro miles of area, which is considlered
thie mlaximnm. Th'le total cap)ital in
vested ini rai lroadi prope rty3 in this State
is $214,0;8,349. Th'1e cost of railroads
anal t heir e quipment s has been $1G8,61 8,
355."
--The industrial census of Philadel
phia, as taken by the Police l)e part.ment
under the diirect ion of I.orin lodge('tt,
is substantially complete, and the ro
turns are so fully compiled as to show
a large increase as 'omplaredl withI thmo
cnsus of 188t0. From the figures atl
re'ady coimpiledl over 10,0010 establish.
mnts aro shiown, withI 222, 15.2 opera
tivos, showing" in inecrcase of 2,000
establishmnents anId of fat, 000 persons
empl)oyed, anid it is believed thbat the
ent ro comi >)0loio of thle rmi sioin will
show I12,0t() estab)lishmelnts, with 2410,
000) plersonls empaloyed1. - Pasilade/hia
l'ress.
- Various signs of the unsatisfactory
state of htussian finanlces are costantly
no; cairinf iin the St. Il'etersbuirg press.
Alt bougfh the genoir al ta\ses coliectedi in
1881 oxceeded thiose of thle present year
by :,871, 108 ruhies, ne(vertihcless tihe
generlal amount of arrears ini 1881 was
very largely increased. For 1881 they
were calcualat odl at :31,2133,629 rubles, and
for thie year 1882 these figures rose
toi :5,547,707 rubles, or 41,284,078 rubles
more, indlepJ'iedetly of 1,673,321 rules
of arrears excludedl from the general
sum11 on accounit of irregultaritics, and of
the hiopelessnless of any attempt at get
tin.r them t)aid.
CHAmTJs Pr.antAurr, a French iter
was the author of ''Cinderella's Slipper '
story. At tile ne(cssion of Francis IL
Shiusband of Mary Queen of Soots),
'aria was inlvolved1 in continlued broils
lby tho strulggles for procedloncy between
thle conifraterniities5 of the~ drapers, thae
mreers and the furriers, in which the
furriers finIally triumphed. Two cent
uiries ago furs were so rare, and there
fore so highly vailed, that the wearing
of them was restricted by several sumpt
uary laws to 'E"'q and Princes. Bamle,
i.e tic.so !.ws calfed va'r, was the subject
oif oounltle'ss ro uations, The exact
quality permnitte<a o be worn by pers.ons
of diff'erent gjrades, and the articles of
dress to which it raight be apphied were
defined miost stric dy. Perrault'& tale of
Cindereh.. nriginally marked the dig
nity conferred on het by the fairy, hy
her wearing a slipper of vair, a privilege
then confined to the highest rank of
Princesses, An error of the press, now
bocomoe inveterate, changed vair into
verro, and the slipper of sable was at:d
49.1 0rY60 t @o glMu $$0