The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, June 07, 1883, Image 1
a bl,Y'OItt TO 1'OLI III', M0RJAW1Y, EDUC ION AND TO TT.E (4ER iL N EREIff OF THE CUUlTAT,
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By D. F. BRADLEY d 000 PICKENS, S. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 7 VOL8,
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GENERAL NEWS.
Fifty'sic thqusand. cocoanuts will I
Planted at Key West; Fla.
In one week, near Winuna, Mic
ufl'alo gnatA killed over 100 horses an
inules.
Lowdnes county, Miss., has over $1(
000 in its treasury and does not owe
cent,
.The white Baptists ofSouth Caroliii
have 640 churches and 58,782 commi
nicants, and the colored biaptists numb<
90,000.
It cost $70 to raise 3:3, bushels <
rice at a point in south Carolina, whic
tOld for $340 in Charleston.. Net pr
ceds *270.
Nearly one htindred thousand dolla
worth of buildings hove been erected i
.Morristown, Tenn., in the last twelh
monthe.
The State of Virginia expended moi
than a million dollars in 1882 for tl
support of her common schools. (
these 4,062sare white achoole, and 1,5
colored.
In is found at the South that tan
Ihnted in cotton, after a vegetab]
crop, produces a bale to the. cre, whei
only one bale io three acrcs was th
rule.
Near Lake City, Fla., is a dead pini
which is broken ol' at a distance of sixt
feet from the ground. In the top <
this tall stumu grows a huckelberr
bush,
In 1860 theie were 546,750 rheep i
North Carolina. In 1870 the numbs
was 463,435. In 1880, by the aid of tlh
Legislature and the dogs, the numb;
had fallen to 461,638.
T The great need of New Orleans
ad1mitted to be a comprehensive an
harmonious system of dralnage, TI
city authorities have detel mined on ti
appointment of a ccmmission to loo
into the matter.
New Orleans has discovered a ne
thing to do with its oyst(r ihelle, whic
is to plant them for tle production<
more oysters It is now found that be<
ding-them out in oyster waters stimi
fates production.
A short time ago Mr. Thotmas Peter
of Birmingham, Ala,, sold 30.000 acr
.of mineral hnds lying in Fayette an
Walker counties, to the Kentucky an
Alabama Coal, Iron and Land Co., f<
$)9,600.
TI'e tovernor of Alabama has awai
' d contracts for 400 convicts. C
Ihis number 200 were let to the Pra
Coal and Coke Company at the rate <
$19 a month for first-class hands. $l.f
for sEv:oi,d and $7 fcr third class
Adamh' cotton factory of 3,000 spu
lles, started last year at Montgoner:
Ala., was closEd recently for want <
satisfactory prices realized from yarn
Thle plroperty A'ill be sold by resolutie
of the stockholders at an eariy (lay.
The shipping oIf cattle from We
Floridla to Texas has not provedl su
(cssfuLl. Mai. ilin es, of Marianna, lo:
one out of every six head shipped, at
that before the arrival of the shipmen
in New Orleans. Thle cattle (10 ni
secm,biardy enough to stand1 aniy roug
usage.
According to t1ee Atlanta Constitr
1 i n, Georgia will produce 6,000 ca
1<ads of melons, or more than 7,500,0(
n pnrate melons. TIhe price (of meloi
rangedl in Chieago from (wenty-eight1
twenity cents. A veraging the crop th
acear at twenty ents, and( puitting 1,2J
,nelons to the car, each car w"ill 1
wol (th $250. This will make the erc
wo~rth $1,500,000 for this seas a .
The largest Nile (If Georgia gold lan<
< ver made has just been consu matedi
london. Negotiations between D)
Josiah Curtis, of Washington, D). (
the leprev<nitative of the Nacooch<
Ms ining Company, and an English con
pliny, have been pending for sever
months past, and1( have resulted1 in tI
plureliase oIf the latter. '1lie purcha
ine lndecs nearly 8,000 acres of the be
goIld lands1 in thie c'oanity, includlir
18and1s of J. K. 1Dean, J1. II. Nieli'is ai
(it hers, besides thle Nacoochiee Miniu
.(Companus 'c(anal, mill and( hinds.
Mr. Warnier on the lDonkey.
Th'le biest way of getting ablout Cair
and its enivir ns is on (lie diinkey. It
Cceap aiid exhiilarai ing. Th'Ie donikey
easily umounited antd easily goIt off fron
not seldom lhe will weakeni in his~ hind leg
and let his rider tof the gron d--a sint
ig operaition ii ch elIstroiys you11r ('II
tidenice ini life itself. Some ntinies hi
stiiumldes andit senids thie rider over hi
hiead. BEnt thel goold dlonkiy nlever dot
either. Hei is thle b est. miinal (of i
size and appjearancee livin1g. 1 [e hias th
two( qualities (If ourS greaitest genera
donllkey is easy as a rocakin g. chair, snur<
footed as a c]hiinois; lhe enn thirad an
crowd and stand patiently dozing in lii
niojsy thloroughifare foir honurs. TFo id
him is onily a sl ighit comp romise (If one
independenuce iln w;aking. Ono is
e neair the gronnlid, and so1 absenlt-miinel((
ennii he gazo at what is around him, thiu
hie forgets tht, there is anlythiing untde
him. WVheni (lie donkey, ini thne exeit,
menit of companuIy on thei opi'n street an
stimulated by the wlhme L and cries<
his dIriver, blreaks inIto :.ho ruishl of a g
loll, thiero 1s so muel flyinig of legs at
such a general flutte? tha t the ridor fai
cies lie is getting El- er the ground1( at i
(w.fllli rt e, runin 'g a braeak-ineekc rael
ThJ e ridler has (lie feel ing of thie swi
locomiotain oif the Arahl stead withou,t i
- 'ldanger or expenso. JBesides, a lion,
liggedl man, with a coIrk liat and a flyit
lin en "dust er," tearing nmadly along<
iin anjIimal as big as51 ashieep, is an amuii
jigetaele. -My. WVinter onm fhr: Nil
Tis: sunbeama iS cotilmpose orfitr
distinct rays, one1 of heat, one of lig~
andit (111 called (ho chemical roy. 'I
liue olr chemical ray is greater ini sprir
tile light raiy ini summer. Tho ceimit
ray is less ini autuimn.
A r.uin,vX never hiocomesi extinct
Ju1pan. It thitre are nii inile idesecon
11nt-, ii xiniiso of allothler family
Mdopited, and takes tho famiy namtA
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ITO'ICt OF THE DAY,
The t.nnual dividend of seven per
rs ^ent for the unfortunate depositors in
n the Freedmen's Bank has been announ
'e rned. This makes siXty-two per cent of
he funds restored to them.
-e
? Malloy, the southern man, who recov
'red $20,000 for libel from the New
York Iferald, for having been charged
with being inspected of incindiarisn,
d ias had his damages cut down to $2,500
)n a second trial.
e Tho City of Wilmington, Delaware,
e "aving ordained a dollar tax upon every
elegraph pole in that city, the comspany
, used to pay. The authorities order
y 'd the removal of every pole from the
,f -t reets, and $850 were promptly paid
y inder protest. This is a new form q)
pole tax.
r The Brooklyn 1:agle, tommenting on
the recent change in proprietorship of
r 'he New York World, says: "A news
paper, to be successful, must draw its
+upport from the publie ; to deserve and
swin support, it must be true to the pub
d lc interest and free from even a suspic
c .on of control by public enemies." This
e i a truth of general application. Its
k force is not limited to New York.
r; T!e Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
b 'tas decided that giving a letter to a
if carrier is equivalent to depositing it in
I- the post-office. For it can make no dif
i- ference whether one hands a letter to a
-arrier or puts it in a letter-box a few
f eet, away whence the letter-carrier
, Will take it. The decision arose out of
d -t suit in which the indorser of a note
d c'aincd that he had not received notice
of protest.
Goldsmith Maid trotted 232 heats in
)f 1:30 or better, won $364,200 (luring her
i t'otting career, and captured 121 races.
A merican Girl won $118,100 in forty
i 'tine races. lIarus won $114,950 in six
ty-three races. Judge Fullerton won
9102,035 in thirty-two races. Flora
t'emnle won :90.000 in eighty-six races.
jf Hopeful, 889,000 in forty-nine races.
fA(dy Thorne, $79,575 in forty-one races
The actual gains brought to her owners
bv Goldsmith Maid, over expetises, were
2-1(,750.
During the ten months ended April
it 30th, 1883, 417,688 immigrants arrived
d in the United States at the principal
t, crstoms districts. During the ten
>t months ended April 30th. 1882, the
bi nber of arrivals at the same districts
was 544,601. - owing a falling off dur
ing the ten months last past of 126,913.
r 1y fiscal years immigration to the Uni
I ted States was at its highest tide during
It the year ended June 30th, 1882. The
.' urivals for tne current fiscal year will
he fully 150,000 less than they were for
( that year. Still, with the exception of
W 'le fiscal years 1881 and 1882, immi
1' trants are now ecming into the United
Mtates at a greater rate than ever before
ls in its history.
r. Thle hones of Charles J1. G uiteau, the
-sassin of President Garfield, a!ner hay
eing been in the Army Medical Museum
since July 3d l ast, hiave at length, it is
, tatedl, lost their identity as his bones.
Tc'lhe day following the execution, which
too1(k place on the 30th .of JTune, Gui
t eau's body was e'nter((d undler the floor
gof the east wing of the jail. On the
night of July 3d it was resurrected by
igthe anantomiist of the museum, D)r. E. F.
achathert, and taken to the museum.
I lere the bonles were preparedl for ar
tieulation, and l<iig in tine order for
ch purp)ose, it was supposed that some
l ay or other Guiteau's skeleton would
be. placedl in a glass ease in the museum,
properily labeled. It was known by ai
-number of clerks and( other employes of
0 the museum that the bones were there,
h ut only a fewv persons have been per
5 mijttedl to see them. It has been decemedl
e inadvisable, howvever, to place the skel
I, eon on exhibition as that of Guiteau,
Sfor, like the cervicaml vetrabro' of the
, assassin of Lincoln, Wilkes Booth, it
*r would have attracted too large a crowdl.
Recently D)r. (J. 11. Crane, the Surgeon
SGeneral, took the bones into his per
sonal possession, and he has made a
t dlisposal of them of which every othei
rperson is ignorant. (Gen. Crane will
(doubtless keep the secret to himself. II
,fis thought the bones are yet in the buil
l- ding as an entire skeleton, or that they,
(1 with other bones, form exhibits there,
- Keep Young.
r. Don't growv old and rusty and cross,
ft afraid of nonsense amd funm. Tolerate
s the follies and crudikies of youth. Gray
~- hair anid wrinkles you cannot escape,
g but~ you needl not grow old1 in feeling
J) unless you choose. And 8o long ca your
n'- age is only on the outside, you 'will win~
c. in coinf'lentce from the young and find
your life all the brighter for contact
CC with theirs. But you havo too many
lht grav*e thoughts, too many woighty anxi
mcetMus and duties, too mluc~h to dq to make
titrfling possib~le, you say. The
very rea-on, my friend, why you shlouldl
cultivate fun, nonen'ise, lightness of
heart - hecause you nteod them so miuch,
n. heeauise vou are "~ wenry with thinking."
'I'lThen do trty to tbe young, event if von
1s hmave' t, he fo'oli-ht in so doing. Onme
oannot le wiae a.ll the timao
The Viennese Dandies.
The \iiese dandy is soiotiing
wonderful. IIe is invariably slender, t
very slender, and has a face that is ti
meaningless and hits tlo .rtdrk exprtssion d
in it than a llour dutt\pling. Ills hair Is A
invariably parted in the middle and is
cared for tenderly and with great k
solicitude, his teeth must be white, or if ci
otherwise, he keeps his tiioutlt shut Ii
tightly that they nWay not be seen. lie a
has a beard, always a light one, for the li
material for heavy beards is lacking, I
and he shaves that meaningless face at
least once, if not twice a day:
Ilis clothing Is sotidtltin to 'wonder t
at. If the fashiot for tollars is the li
standing, his is a trille higher than Pny '1
one else'sb exdapt those bf his own W'ass, '
and if the turn-down is the mode it is '
always widerthan any actual gentleman
would wear, and his trowsers are wider c
at the bottomn, or tighter, as the ease i
may be, than aty otte else wears them. it
if short coats tt'e the rule his is a trille t
ahorter thatn those shown on the fashion n
plates, and if long, longer. One thing n
Invariably marks him, his cuffs are
lways enornaos, there is a vast extent
of white on his wrists, and his hand 4, up 5
as far at least as that part which the
cuffs do not exposb, at scruttuloud ly
clean, and always whit'. In short, i
whatever the mode he dresses to it, y
only exaggerating just enough to attract d
attention.
As to what Is tundi'neath these exag
gerated gartmtents, that may never be
known.
There probably are no stockings under
the immaculately c'eaned and polished
boots, and very likely the gamly scarf
ulices also fot- tht shirt, and possiblyR
the body, except what is vi ,ible, has not
known soap and water for weeks, butt
whas is to be seen is purity and fre ,h -
ness itself. Ile always carries a light
switch of a cane, and in the day on the
streets and at nights in the cafes he fin.Is
pleasure in behig seen, and, by waiter
girls who are freh front the country C
and not familiar- with the specie., ad
mired.
m dis waltzing in the dancing-halls is
something never to be forg- tten, any
more than his walk as he promenades I
the principal streets. They have the
same kind in Paris, and als > in America,
but as in A mrica they are emp ,loy ed
during the day, hey at e not see 1 -o fre- I
(icently. In Vienna the sales imn are I
gtanerally saleswomen, and the Vienese
swell is cut (oit from the halling of
ribbons and (lross-goods, and has plenty
of time to disport him-clf on the beaut
fttl Streets. Ilow he lives no one has I
.ever been able to find out. lie hasn't
brains enough to gamble, nor ability
enough to do business. Probably the I
most of them live upon their mothers. I
They appear to have just enough capac.
thy to fo'low that, profession. It almost
reconciles one to a mnarchy to know
that these insOcts are e mipelled, like all
other males. to serve three years in the
army.-). R. Locke, in Toc<" 1la I.
About llot-nets.
Old Jerry Greening, the hunter, says
that.on one occasion tie shot ii hear and
was going to drag the carcass home,
when le discovered the hear had just
been robbing a yellow jackets' nest and
was still covered with the nery iiille in
sects. "'h' that h 'ar lied only been
wounded I'd a wllts'd right in an' fixed
'im," said derry, " but, a couple o' them
ciussed little huot-tailed critters ('aie arter
me an' I skipped, al' I didn't dare go
ariter thet l'ar 'i two days."
Hornets build their nests high up in
the branches of trees or fasten them to
the rocks. But as cute as these insects
arie the hear is more thain their maitchi.
A beiar discover's a hornet's nest far out
oni a l imb beyon'd his reach, Hec limnbs
the tree, brueaiks thle longest bruanch lie
ican get, anid, holding it in his fore pas
hits thle niest ittii it drops to the ground.
Somiiet.imes lie dances ori stamps on the
linmh till thue nuest is shaikein off. Should
the nest be on ia rock the he'ar goes up to
the top of the ledge above '., where lhe
gatherus stones and sticks a4d rolls them
doiwni thXe side of the rock till one0 hiits
the nest and sends it tiinlinig to the
gr'oiund h elow. 'The hornets appear to
knowu lit, lhas cauised thieir' ruin and all
reiiainu ini the fiilleni nest till the hiear
alppeairs, when they attack him.
". horne it's sting,'' says Jerry' Green
ing,"'is 'biout's stroing 's a whaek from
a sIlgei-hlammner, an' one h orniet '1l
knock a hull diwiu, lbut their bite woin't
ra i a iump h igger'n a b uckshot on ai
h'aru, an' thle shaggy eritter' thIiinks its
fun. lie'll stanx' on his' hini' legs an'
s' pmrle off' with his fore paws jest as of
lhe were'i a bloxin' with somebhody, only
lie's durii keerfuil t' keep hiis e'yes slut.
Th eii he'll lay down aun' ro ll ove'r 'ema
jest u"z if hi" didni't keer a cent for 'ema.
On i ce't I seed a she b'ar' knock a ho'ret's
nes't bigger'ni a half-bushel basket off 'ni
a r'ock ani' pick it up an' tuck it under
heri arma an' wi,lk oft' n ithI it ez col iez-i if
't were ione o' her''n ius." '- ('orre's.pond
eel /'hilade/phija Tiw ..
-An Act or Charity tol nI Vlhini.
WVe <tioite' the followming firiii a rece'n t
issue of the Detr'oit Prec~' /''es.:
"'Mr. and Mrs. Geo. WV. Rurnhnam, (if
14 Columb iai street wvest, were wialkinig
up Woodwanrd aveinue, and at the Coni
gress street crossiing onie of tho(sio strict
corner oglers oIf liadies a(dre'ssed an ini
suiting remark to Mrs. HUrnhnam. Herii
husband (If course hienrd it, bult withI
great self-control lie paissed on a few
doors, left the lady ini a friend's stor'e
and( r'etiuned to the place wheire the in
cident occurred'O(. 'Thle fellow was still
there leering at other ladies piassinig 1hv.
Walking up to him Mr. Unrnaim gmIietly
saidl: ' You have insulted a liady amit I
and I am going to pniishi you foi it.
Put up your handis. 'h The fellow acepitied
the chiallenige and in about three( inultes
he( was perhaps the moist scenutiticilly
p ummeled1 mort 'l the streets (If D)et rot
iave seen in a generation. Bleeding,
limp and( helpless somei men loaded himn
oni a draLy and carted him of), while Mr.
Burona wrapplled a hir.nd(kenchlief around
his swvollen and bleeding right hand, re-.
jinedi Mrs. Ilurnhiam and wvent o. his
way as ciiolly as if lie lad not done1( tIe
coiinmunity an invaluanble service. Ilia
example is eminently worthy of emula
t ion. Tiom D)oiner is the name oIf the
person to whomii the wholesome corriee
tioni was anui~lied."
110tMOIWUS;
aiinnoys til atla1edi lddt! d flitid
at his pbetrv has been "rurt in'' by
e ititel ioelif e0om1ptisito r atnd everv
het lilioe'qutitid." -X. . Cumme Ircidl
-Youhg ladties who are iifraid tlti
vers arti after them for their nioney
In hiak4c ai effective (iLfenso by regu
rly bueklit (li%Vln id tho Wasli-tih
t filliti the baik-yttr(i with thiit
nocn overy Motiday tloriting. -ullicago
der Oct<tn.
-Vo ard sirely litzzltid by ail assa
atc!d liress disith, Whie I says tie
iulitry selt tf all editor, ntar LOng
ranch, Wis robb' (1 on Sunday nighlt.
hlert' iR sotliething( atout this <lispatch
C eaulidt t(iersand.l---lfiddow(InIC
-A New Y&rk man says he keeps
I1ps and Steaks for several (lass in the
ott0st weather by hurvini 'thlem t in i
'eather for steaks :iand chops. \ i;
lore particularly refer just 1( w to the
lorling meal. ---Ilnbury Nnes.
-Oatmeal is really a very good
ting to make the skin itne and s ft., if
is used in col water as at wash1. We
IWays utul It tlotitll thtt Ottrimeal eoull
b put, t sonie gool 1(. Ileretofore
hits beti p'itieipally ise(l by et'anks
rho keep hoarding houses :s a lileanls
f killing app(;tites for breakfast..-Tlhe
udg e.
--"So you' Ve weaned the baby," sa:d
lady to her text( doorne'glhbor. "es,
(id that soie timtle ago. Whl1y?" The
uerist stepped out on the front porch
s sIe replie(l: "' Well, jludging from le
Irtpping l1i!t3 I lheatrd last night, I knew
ou were hrnginug him up by haml1:"
'lie door (losel with a bang that cou'd
ave been heard over in the next coun.
. orrist')>wn !Ic'ra1d.
-ILundreds of thousands of men (lie
nnually from strong (rink.--IlKn.(ss
'rc hifi(j.tisn/ We iever iundeirtake to
1ti(ise ity OIlet e(litor, but we do not
(lieye that any m1.111 can (lie ainnually.
in(tally mlleans everyyear, al no man
:i lie every year, for any great lengtih
f time, tunless he has a great leal of
iraethoe anid exptiriel -e it' the busitness.
-.1e.rus(. i ili rs.
-The seashore correspondents of
ollle of ou1' variiousl y esteeni(1 cot('iemi
-'ari:es ap pear to) 1ind1 the oceai ini a
1igily devotional and recelential mod
his sIa:on. (b1e of this ilk speaks of
'the loud husanllths of t he wa,ves n
>tler of "the simenii 11,~ ninns of the
urges,'1 anid .a third of "the deep 'Te
)eumu of the inidnight tide.' All of
vhih is very beautiful and poetic. Blt,
%-et when yout come down to hard :nd
>rosaic fact, the idea seems to be car
ied out and strengthened1. One does
lot need to go very far from Boston lniy
ay to e( )cil Spray. A key to
his joke will be furnisheI ra' ers on
lpplication at this ollice.--luslon Jour
A Missing Finger.
Judge t.yter is as good a namo eas any
>tler to call him by. He is one of the
best-known lawyers in the State, and
riot long ago spent several days in Neva
la City trying as important ease before
the Superior Court. One of his lhandt,
ts most peoplo observed, is minus ia fin
Rer,or rat hert ho best part of one. There
is quite a history colnerted with that
unnaturally short piece of flesh. As the
story goes, the Judge did not alwaty
center all of his talents on solving knot
ty legal problems. Ever so many yearsa
ago he lived in one of the northern
countieF of the State. lie was all infant
inl the profession then, and the denizens
of the milling camp h111 a wayof settling
their little misunderstan:linigs with pis
tols and kniiives. Consequently grass
goIt priettty short withl the younilg lawyer,
and the first thing ho knew lhe became
onie of theo "'hoys."'
One .night ho got into ai game of piok
er with "'Black 13ob,'' anu Ceiet catrd
sharop. There was ai mint oif money on
the cloth, and both pilayers became ob
livious oif the crowd of interested spect a
tors, whoi( h ad seldom witnessed such
stiff playing, even in the mines. Bob'
had thle first deal, and lhe dealt wvell, for
le and thle Judge continued to shove
coin to the center till their respectivo
tre'asures were exhiaulstedl. They then
Thue Judge tossed two aces and three
kings down, and( reache'd out toi rake in
the spoils. As his hand slid acroiss the
tabile it came in contact with a bowie
knife tha:t Bobi had fished out fromii s(omei
where, and1( one1 of his linger joints was
whacked off eian as a whistle.
The astonished lawyer looked up it
amazement to learn the cause of his~ 01p
ponenit's eccentriet ction. The lattei
lid three aces and two kings alongsid(
the other " full.'"
Thle Jud(ge gaziedl at thel t wo ibatchoi
oif eards a mlinuit4, then raiisedI his ey<'(I
to the stained knife that the ohler wa
hoin ug in readiness for any emergency
"Ah, yes, I see,'' lhe shuttered ner
vou'isly ;'"queer kind of lay-out, ain't it
B(ob? But youir apl)Iogy is aecepited.
hb approp(lrialted the spoils withou
any demunrre'r being file'd, and it is sai.
thaitt for a long time after the two melh
had great respect for each other, an
hunted in pairs.- -Ncv'ada CitUy Tra,
Able to Suupport Thehmselve!.
The imnperial family of Genann ii
quite abl1e to) support itself. TIf the Crow
Prince were deprived of hiis inheitanm
lie could easily win bireaid andii hnti ter b'
his skill ias a turner; while his McIInt i
Prince Wilhehcl n, is ain excel lent anuiilerc
adgan.1 On the Empheroir's cubinuethn
Meverhi sam)ples oif his udead t;raniIo
Th?is acuiisi(tin of v a trdeii in Liero
ancef' wuithI thne tradlitiary huistomisi
theo rolyal family, which p'rescribe~ till
every Plrinice oft tIhe blood1 shaill leur
iLi[io usefulii hanieiraft, so1 as to stirengt i
enI h is spIirit Iof indede, enePi, anid niied
hiim w i.e throagh actual conttact w'itI
the material world.
"Yr-s, you nmay como again next Mmi
day eveniing, hbut "'-- and she hesitate<
"What. is it, darling ? Have I giveuiyc
pain ?"' he asked, aashe still remain;e4s
lent. "'You didn't mean to, I'mi sure.
s,he responided, "b ut? next time pleat
don't wear one (if those coillard vi'ith~ hI
nointa tnrning outward. they soratch so.
Learn a Traue.
it in 'erf evident that a great dis
prop)t' oin Ax.int, A reg.ards educat-iont11
Uetweell Lhdit kindl %tit"! is needed antt
iti of piractical iintanttce, at:; that >tl
N'tticlt is not; hut which thousandt ne
ill-"e tithout an1v definite purpose; and 1
if they de<!l,e ftpon somle pursuit it is
not chosen with flint regrtrd to their
qltialifientioni Iand dlicicnelies wn1:;}h tie r(
im ofttnce of the tueitietin re(lnires.
'h:tauing uait \ho thinks he will a
be a htwy;r a doctor; c f ministe, andl
hopes to iattaini suevess; iust J"eidC t
On his choice of any pitfessio lt Iry sone
thing besidei his own amb1ition nlil Col
'eit in the matter its to his fituess an1
ability f(t the siiime. The desire to till
a bigh and i,,thiitial. 1o1Kition is laud
able inliwhen it is not disproportion- 11
4te to (ne's albilitv.
One of tlt, ntr'(titst iteentives that
infliences uniny to It1 1i it.' the pro
fessions without that careful delibet! "
tion Which the sublject lentnids, is the
idea Uilt th 4avocations will rftet
more honor and1( ecdf. 1fi1<m (,hem1 thant
a trade, but instead of such ohoirbig
the profession, the reverse is glaringly
apparent, that a large proportion of then1
are sadly out of place.
It don nt1 require nmueh(It sagacity to
nee thmt onie had better hoe at good lum
bernin hiat it thira-r'te lawyer, a tirt
class miechaiie thanti iuackILil totor1.
'There are thlse whtlo ltIte spent !1 a
great deal of time mnd ntey in study
ing Lat in and (treek, and many othlier
thlilgs, which never did them nty good,
practi:tIlIy speaking, antt have learned 1
too late that tlter timi(e Iight have been I
employ ed to far better advantage.
Mnyiin' y mlg mlen, ift er years spent in
mistIireted elbrt, lmve had to resort to 1
e
anything that offered, (f this there ao
inst aite11s too numerotus to i l ment.im.
The world is full of so-called educated It
men who dou't know anything of any t
importaunec, considering the kind of t
knowlege which the needs of t he coutntry
dentai'n. There is a need of skilltt me
thanies, capaliie, active men, instead of I
doctors, lawyecrs, m1inist(ers and clcrk..
it is a (I1estimn of gret iml.ortneL'lO t
not only It1 the yoting, boti to the parents,
this of pr1-epr:ihg their ch1ildr'n for a
busiucss whetreml they can not only earn
their da:ily bread, but secure to them
selves isoime of the comforts and conven
iccs of life, ancd an huonorahl position
in the world.
\Wlhen people get. out of the prevailing
bult tooh1shi noti(nl of thinlking; that it is
moro honiorable to have a 11oessiol
than it good trade, ald wltn the reve so
(of thtis raithtit is tauilght to the ytounIg, it
Cannot fail to itve a jtt(lieious tendtenc"y
toward correcting tilt error whih Iis
becn fostered long, a1d lies "lo.;e to the
iiterests of il.
.If eVery mn1 had an (wecupationl thait
was chosen erIuause he wavts better titted
for it thanl for any otlier, he wmild he in
ai condition to enjoy 1nmeh inl life, and
his spihere of usefulness and iut 1tttneo
woutlit he greatly enlaruged. Practical
oduction, with ia catefriul consit,ideration1
of one's biilities and d("li"ietlcits, with
an adaptedness to the wants and Iteds
of our lnd, cannot fail to iak(e our coit
dition much pleastnter aid our labor
mlore renumerattive.
'I'lte Pleasures of hisiness.
No lunnai miin(1 is cotented n%ithouit
(cupa)Stion1. No hln nan soul is saltis:tied
wlithou)tt :m 11im1 tr 11rp1 .-) 5 inI life. The
great est su1(cess in lif(. conlsists nlot inl the
mcrc ac"cuu ilation (f ri("b1(n, bult in 1.(,
ing :1blte to n<ihtire wealth with a dispto
sitioln to al 1y it iii :.1u.h i m ii:1, rr that
it shiall bte a 'mf1' 'it :il 11cs,i s ig t)
other., -not inl thlimrc g;iving. awa1y of
tit labor atind help thenitsi'ele. Theroie us
the poortt; butit therei' is a greaLt deal1 of
gein e sat isfatio itn~ lig abl tIo fier)
dli. On)te of thle greatest enjot ymet'ls tf
1h prIoI spier<mus 1butsiness man11 con sists ill
twing able11 to cotmiforitaly priov'ide for
thte man:oy emph>ltyes in his htouse andit
manulttfatory i. In diniig this Ite is ftil
tillinig his oblligaitionts to stocie'ty; het itt
b tusiniess to htimt us real ple:auri; lie ('n
joy~s his suiccessest, wh'len theoy arle fairly
wonii b'cautse Ito feels I tat Ite deserves
Whenci at butsines~ mtant htas theo right
kitnd otf IL purpoise ill life heo ienjiys his
p 1ride in his isprttwity, heo is idieast'l
with te reispec(t andii grattitudie of those
whomlt ho dlitects titu iotrottls in thte
mtatnatgemenit Iof Ihis taffairs, and Ihe feelst
that ini htwnttittittg hiimtself Ito is confer-|
rin h ao pn otes.
Wieding anad enga~gementit rinlgs are'i
both 4,ornt on the saione fintger, t hird't tf
- the left. hantd, thte latter' seringt ats
groomtt aL wedding-r'ing. Slit gties litun
Ia Seal rintg, aL caL's-eye ort aL bonit
gobtl ring witht gemis sunkenti mi it. Nit
brtide shiouili wear ait aL wetddling any
it, heo somel tr'iflt to) conit(fo withI t lie
saLke, shiold( wearL somtiniig ohi atnd
to dance(, ILa lady nett'd onluy Ihow
it nece'fpt ing the inv'.itaItioni. 'T'ere
is lif nttc'essity toi return taniki
wiho invtitts hier toi danice', rult',dr ,
- rotw itt walk withI hiimi. I is a Ia :t
an td thaLt sheu graciou"ly ionfers It faorI.
t Thre s nohiwof thit t listo ui hw'i
ide' of aL womantl IL iman iiwalks ini the
atgrI(eabtle andti safe fori hetr. Nttr doe's
he keep chanLlgu. a t I the gree(t tornters.
A mant raise0s hit ha:t to the womani to
- whomrr his fiend)t htows. IThis is to
bowta, if gractitus. wil lio for severaatI i
.0 once(. Sittle :Lndi gl:inenfu:1 al Il a'\tt
et fif st. Ci 'tra (Illi'e in Inj uni/ii' I;,
OlisiGi.
CURRENTS.
To MAKE hrrd lead rencits a consid
orablo quantity of ilno ciay is mixed with
lie powdered graphito.
O*tp ounceo of gold may bo beaten out
so an to cover 160 esinaro feet of surface,
ut tho leaveH are seldom niado so thin ;
100 squaro feet to tho<>unco troy being
ho usual extent.
IN strength granito exceeds all other
mnilding foties in cuoiruon use. Its
Weight 1r abont 166 pounds to the oubio
oot, henco a cuT>ic yard weighs about
wo toi. Urauite usually contains
bot t oncr per cent. of water.
Ttt.: wa,er power at Lowell, Ma ssa
ahusetts, was begn to be improved for
yeital na nufacturing pmrposes in 1822.
Vho Aferrin>ae 1tiver at this poiut Ias a
all of thirty-five feet, and furnilaes at a
uininumin about ten theusand horse
)owc-r lurinmg the usual working hours.
Hfoj,ow iteel shafting is being in
roduced into Frt'ie, It is made by
ast:ng the metal roil(1 a core of limo,
he ingut being finally rolled into shaft.
,ng, the lime core going with it and
liminishing in diiamaeter in tlie $amo
>r apt).rt ion as the metal, even whoml the
otal diinetr 1- relduced as low as 0110
'ourth of an inielh.
Tim earliest npplication of water power
:o genierl mnufacitutring plurpioses1 ap
gears to have been at 1Patterson. New
JerseV, where " The Society for Estah
islhiing Useful Manunfac'.ures " 'as
forme(1 in the vear 171)1. The I.lssaio
liver at this point furnit ties, when at a
ninininru, al ut eleven hundred .horse
power continuouvly, night and day.
To m.mAi: tisliing lines Water-proof,
taeh of boiled oil two parts and gold sizo
one part ; nltke to getler in a i bottle,
and tho mixture is ready for use. Apply
to tho line, thoroughly drjed, with a
ri(ce of flannel ; expose to the air, and
(try. After using the line two or threo
t1n,% it should have another coat, the
a )plicittieu being repeated when neces
sarv.
BitearATls urake use of spirits of
tummi 1-1tine, 11n1 also (if vinegar, for the
p1urp oSe C. reiioviig mortar stami s from
presFed briclk fronts, the iiaterials being
carefully applied with t sipoige or rag.
Any a(oid applied in the abiuvo manner,
in very dilute form, would wjj;wer the
purpose. Vinegar heing a very diluto
asectic acid is 1robnablly as good It recipe
as cinn he given.
AwrsrS' pro(nfs if an engraving are
impressions talken with gr(:tt iare, uler
the sunervisiol of the artist himself, he
fore the regu11:r edition1 is printed. 'They
iro always oi the best of p)aper, and are
more rerfeet Ihan those irnt4,d sulSe,
(lilitly from the mime p1lttes. As but a
very few at' ever st ruck oif from th.
aln1 plate, they ar, highly prized and
c oi ln ss tu m 1-g ( t i ( m rtatd o b y b lo w in g a ir
t.hrongh iueltil :tst iron, thuos hillning
silicon and eatrl:lml out of the e:1St, ir-on.
Aftt'r the silir'a and tarb1iion uite imrned
oult, rnclted sI ic,!clci-Aen or ferrt,- uanuga
ntes(' it Itl to the elinirgt'. The ear
Illm in tie .spil reearlhnizes the steel
t, the dt 1ired poin1t, and1 the inaugane..
unites with autd remuoves th ' o.zygc I
which the alir used( leaves in the Ateel.
A NEW tile :(hould1 altw"vs ih' use' w4t1
a li,ht pressu nr( until th(' very tluit
sharp edges aie sw(rn ti1t, niter which a
heavier rest'Sure may1v be us i'.li d itih1 1 mue'l
let's (Ilager of the tIet crnmling at
theil t or li-eing of at the base.
ille to use Iirnst oni ' chilhed surifaces~ or
gr itty skin oif east ings, or on a wol
whl ee hornax or' iia flulIxes havwe beeni
emp4~loyedt, orn on thie glazed suirface of
Baws after' gummuhIig.
1R.s-r;un stteel is iii;ad by' ii-atinig lhars
hiermtet illy scaiiledl chambler's. 'lTe ('ar
hon oif thie 'charieoiul peetralites the hiot
ion, 'onerting it intoi a ervstatllinef mass5
ofi erude steel. 1 arn'e 1bl'it ers riso oni
th1 e surfaces of thie bar, i gi ving tIti 1nanio1
blister steel to this pn>ducitt. (Germatn
steieh is Iist irIe tild i Wiilt
haris. It is uiseid iininly foir tires and11
supere4i'idedi by 1th chea1i- g' jdes of
east steel.
The hieight, of SublImity.
T knuq sill fior $1 , 8:3, ia 1)4Ihs, a sweet
vir 1 hankls iiv the Hudlisoni, kointaining
l> nesi T het i1lin is luxuriiisly ivid-'1
le,b the le-ili lature and it, 2I~it
pasit.ori t' t ilg , Ii tepla i :a i delivy
ity,i 5int stern trheupinss and thiei gialb
tainseuh nostfe medidier;ntI studs (f
irli,noi itglasi(ii ek whilth troiut)h
owthelo imusikii'v, te kriitaeof a
grlthoper. Tlii;hit n gr sigiltishiis tat.
thiie evninigtzehirtt nliti ho lit sii- i
owyIil ' bzon, kiisnaih ucre (1 jinbles
lik the'424a l i-siittn hate of'itii a dann l-.
Frits ofI thetropi4ks, lie gle. buty,I
11)nw lLiiit is th , a th, bees go44if hv
tiiin12e t fro h e li ld t o ' te i am
nring~ hives. 'I ii '.''he sta l iir worthy l ofl
tlw st ,d ivl iinn1 11 l, i orI t , 4-t l m isi
Ak 1i il s,ma its hennery wti hi' i lt expresiI Iiii
2 hr in41. th dirmee, )ilw te env of1 ita
herm'S it ~ tlim s 1r en t i av the Idi etg
lrM paintr hve rohh.1eti ih scene( stay
> dr;on huusk.ms mlt here te phiil-I
him2 fth aLkiiis huiv atur&ikih. Az t
ytun itnon iling li-iiistIa rurlt of ti
liir fromii tate blu i breasttli, o tth s k s
tOgli 44.4 thsee dantiinge whoit g tohn
12Tiinogi goth wh'litiit (ihie ace)i./S/isi
iit W'11 omesi o 1 1(ie. I1ir4ls4! 0
s24gt ~er i un i w the M:ald iklgy Cli
)silkw 5 do1 y nddeth yei's ~iV tItn21, lond
t h woods, il it iI rreto ind a diii bird.sno
rretty Women's i"Potrnfa.
' Is thi.s a faney picture?" asked A
id 41(1 w\"ouan, (1'ling her purse to
y a jlot1gr1'ap h of Lot(it, ' the char
.or of at romping, misclhieVouts SC1!)' -
1.
"No, ma'am.t .rj ed the girl behind
counter. 'it's the pictir4 ef anl ac
he Woman conidnl't have dr"oppecd tho
ni qu(ickei" Ji1 A ha l heen red-ho t.
" Here is a very p'etty one that isn't
act ress," the 1ales girl continuel.
" Who is she?"
I dn't know; but she':t not (nl tho
Ite."
1he hIeoograph itli(We(d a 1eautlliful
'e, 4n' inknoWvn in puhHlie perfor
:nees, vet n1nlifestlg belolgiig to i
L w\' York wonlil, i<' It was th originlll
ik of :' we'l-kirown phl otogTallet. In
ron1Idl of hl, n dozen storl"s w11r'V(
cl pictu res I I :' dealt inl, only
M( ore pictures of other thin stage
VIlrites w(ti ?l-n-1. Ill neit her in"atlc
ere they pt lrtraii ' 1f women \ .ey cx
1sively kniwl iln socit. They lhrd
Idllnh!ltclly been ptro(b1ucl to mtc;' the
mandl hIlicented(1 biy the cov'ersa.tion
w1i)('(1. The " rf(4'l1oind11" 1(1a uty' is
i of tile 1,ondon pecuIth,"i l4' t yet
'otught to New York.
T1'he sale of atctresses' picti t' 4114 no
11 off ill the least, though the bumsiiw'ss
1not lne o nuIch by ittielfil sej)rate
ur"':S. A pjhotogrlp h (ounter is now i
>1u11lle thing ill flit finll(y- goo,iti estatbl
llhmew'ttof iroaldwaty tul Sh h a niue.
he hu1ve's tm1T mostly o'e1111, wh(i 91im
lv de'sire pretty lings for mlanltels
i ('iniets, aud( aireuit no t atuated
V ad(lmliraltion of the originllic. 'I'hcso
'iresss' 'I''traits 11re the m11 :st ittl.ract
-(e to be hll at tritling c( st, and, tlhere
ire, ell rap idIy. T'he ptrchlases by \ men
re ulSually for collection of ln:uttatic Pi>r
-a;Iits, th')ugh a h,ashfull y(nuthi somec
nws h ivls tho cOunterfeit 05) 'it rslent lit
earit.
fls, nt 1 Itti~ ftl 's(ltier i f a [144m' 11111t44
t;S 11i11 iut.mt'(i1o 14, 4" 15 ll Vc e r i 11;'x 11'
in(luiries of the Sellers elicli . the fact
hat 111:ny formler p ets of the c:tnicrat are
1hll)1y supplanted. 1,ydia 'T1h111. 1 sln ,
'auline Markham, A alit Ilm'!:* I, l se |
ItJssc\y, )Slin l' kev.n,ll ti 1l'r f:tlr
t of at few years Ig I), arne 1:11 41 to be
undc in the 11''St1 is ' ase nt. 1':ven
1n11d 1Braniscomb11e, of whicltn i1 mnegai
iv"es are said to have Is 'n ilace, ini pls
nresi ritginn flo)m si1mperIng plrettily in
t sw\"ing to clngillg dc14peratt'Il 1o 11
1r)s, is dl'j jrlo p 1pin (u o lf'(o . T m run'1 1I'
it presen t is ()n 3ary Andeir"''n. A enhti
net pic"ture reres'nting, 114-1w se the
ti1 tessi 1 ov'e,"' \' ith at hawk\ Ip iwd h l
t1 her liftt4 linge"r (just i.; 1 ' tlulltlly
' 1f.us s to perch ill the 1play' ). is t 1e Illst
'njid1 selling thing now inl the ina:rket.
Iler head1 inl profile. with hlu'l,nih
nl~ exp)ression on1 her face, 11nd1 her ianel
1: 1i1ssed, standls next. in popull j lar
av,or. Thle writer eountedl t\\wenty-sl'Ven
litiiireint asp)ects of Miss Anderson ;1igat;y
in on Sixth avenue c(,'llectioni.
A11 Ing the actresses w\'.ho1 lirnity\' hold1(
their places b ef" re thle e:cera are I,(Ilta,
Kote Claxton, \Iinniir paner, F:Innie
1)hvenimijort an1 MIa1d iranger. '.I'-i"
races are adpt abe144 fr111 I 1t1114:Iraphinl,
Ini [l44 t j 1 pin1,tgrap i' s ar. c1i 1 mn i144y
puting them into n[4w id ll' witingt
IlnIs. A\longsidec theill rcimains; Iletty
T rncy-,1 a burhle. ,ir, wit h t h llo cue mco
of at sai! it. The new 11nes' tihit sill well
are Alelaide Cary, Ithcrinc i(-'tIwi, 1-'.11io
1'.Isclr, (' r'i'ie Ii(il' w rdl, Annmi' I'ixIly,
the w\-esternil star , m ll Ada (l iiIn n.
if:mv p1urchasers d1 not knl ow (ur ill(lruire
u\l..e the portraits ar1e, 1and1i have no fur
tlhr inst thntll to get it pretty picture.
):n the other u11, thepr(4nine'I(e of a11n
acltss 'nIt tilwt stage 144;k4s 'i demand
M e Ar f I.ib r to' f-l -i n o- V .. '."n
ji'ns.' 141 e dtenou ced tlwlra-4i44o
passng clletIin howsortht.t
wasil': unser i4ural. H4e leliea l iha -, t eit'
'i tught to11 ble don r on piOri 11('wipt w\ih
V ut XIIweial 1int iuls, and nt ithut'1Il~1 4pi l
tIm flings. t 4( liedet1rn ineto pute
own way. Soetohlihisyou-gpe ''tit fo
In year4 they1 inigh pu'ltilwir 11 do'niti.
whih e placedII for the pu~rp . vin th14
lmreh1 ves1tibu [14 ls. Teset 14iine:1 wil
wer nitle1t oft)r'iut o w4I4l ere s *nr
lle ,ni l wor nt l )Vle' 4 tpeedi mii41'
t e lose4 of t year,1when l''14lw iboiw<t
~Iw wonh le)1 fu11 ll of un'41wv. l I i'e C:it44
tops'Ifelal;m1e in>xes, in 414in. 4 1 it of 'da
carefolh0 -<iti te connt of bothtpll 44
thet00,00 wa0 fundtole:00.ha