The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, August 21, 1884, Image 1
NO. 47.i2.
Sint<
,ams came
stone-paved
_ilk and croan
.rderly array; groa
under the shelves, an
..At churn was already
.a the table for service.
Botlendon was justly proud o
"is dai-y. Not a chance guddt aamo t
the house but was invited down to so<
it; not a housekeeper in the neighbor
hood but secretly envied its many,con
vonIonus -and exquisite neatness a.
"And It 'sn't the dairy -'alb'o,"'tri
umphantly remarked Matthew Bellen
don. "And you may go through the
house from garret to cellar, and you'l
never find a speck of dust or a stain o
rust. Thore never was such a house
keeper as my wife!"
Mirs. Bellenden was young, too
scarcoly throe':uid-twenty. Sho- ha
been delicatoly ronred and quite igno
rant of all the machinery of domestic
life, until she married Matthew Bellen
den.
"It's very strange," Lucy had writ
ten to her father. "The farm is beati
fful. You never saw such monstrou:
old elm-trees, nor such superb roses
and the meadows are full of red clover
and the strawbcrries shine like jowel
on the sunny hillsides. But nobody
sketches or reads. I don't think ther
Is a copy of Tennyson in the whol<
neighborhood, and no ono ever hcard
of Doro or Millais. All they think of it
how many dozens of eggs the hens lay,
and how many cheeses they can make
in a year. And the woi:u who has f
now receipt for home-made wine, or m
new pattern for patchwork quilts, is
the lender of societv."
But presently young Airs. Bellendc
herself caught the fever, and btcame a
model housewife. Example is all-pow
orful. and Lucy began to believo thai
the whole end and aim of life was do
mes ic, thrift, money-saving, and th<
trea ,ill of work.
"Ay dear," said Matthew, "if you
thought you could get along without a
servant this year, I might bo able tc
all'ord that new~ reaper beforo the oat
crop) comes in."'
"'I'll try,'' said Lucy.
And after that shec rose before (lay
breauk, and worked later In tile nigh
thani ever.
"What is the( miatter wvith your' hands,
LucyevP" 'hetr hulsbanid asked, 0on0 day.
'iihoy are niot, so white and beautiful as
the'y usedt to be.''
Lucy colored as Silo glanced down al
the members In question.
."I suppose it is making fires,'' shtc
said.
And then she took -to wearing kid
gloves at her swooping and dustinc'
and digging out of ashes.
-"My coat is getting shabb)y," Mat
thew one (lay remarked.
"$thy don't you buy anoilier one?"
asked his~ wife.
Mttthew laughed a short laugh.
"What do you think l\rs. Higgins
has donio?'' said h10. 'Slhd rlppedi up
her husband's old suit and cut a pat
tern by it, and madle a new 0on0 anld
saved him two poundls.''
"'I could do that,'' saidi Lucy, with
sparkling eyes. "I will try it.''
''Youl can do aniythin;;, my dear!"
said Mr. 1lelladen, atdmiringly.
And Lucy felt that siho had her rih
reward.
Company began to como as soon as
nice weather sot In.
All the affectiQuato relations of Mr.
Blellondon soon discoveredl thlat the
f arm-hi so wag cool andl shadity, that
Lucy's' oking was ox collont, andt that
tile b)edrooms woreoIneatness Itself.
Some of thoem wore even goodt enough
-to-invite theoir relations as wveli; antd so
$the ho#so8 Was full from April to D)..
comber with Visitors who brought their
carpet-bags and valises with tihat faith
in human hospitality ivhichl Is one of
Mrs. Bellendoln's fdmno WOint abrbadl
among tipo Dorcasos of tile 11eighbor
hood In the matter of butter and1 Ollse
she took prizes in theo domestic tdepart
no~ints of all the agrip ultural fairs, antd
'tho adjoining houh ewivos took no0
trouble to make things that they couild
borrow of Mrs. Bellene,"uta
well As not." -~ e,"uta
Anti one tiay, wheon poor1 Lucy, under
the blighting mflullOec of a horrible
sick headache, was endeavoring to
at un three or four gallons of milk Into
th, bi.ning pans, the news arrived thlat
hOA husband's Uncle Paul was coming
1.o tihe farm.
"Another guest!" said Lucy, despair
ingly.
And then she uttered tile proverb
..Oat heads our sketch.
"Oh, it's only Uncle Paul!'' said Mr.
Blellenden, "D on' t fret, Lucy! HIo's
the most peacosiglo 91ld gentleman in
tho world. He'll make no more trouble
than a crd.: J?n' wf t..gh
.J10 s1
.t't furn.
.i easily sew a
those old p,ieces 1.
room; and its no trot
.L muslin curtain to the wi.
.t in a stump bedstead; and yo.
just tack together a mattrass a,.
whitewash the coiling, and-What's
that, Lucy? The cows in tho turnip
field! Dear me! everything goes wrong
if I step into the house for a moment.
And really, Lucy, those things are your
businoss, not mine!" he added, irrita
bly.
Lucy could not help laughing, all by
herself, as her husband ran up the
Stops.
But it was a very sad little laugh,
and soon changed into a sigh.
"I wonder," said she, in a whisper,
"if niy poor tired-out ghost would
haunt these stone pavements and scrub
bed shelves if I wore to die? I never
heard of a ghost in a dairy before, but I
should think that it might very easily
be."
But the little bed-room was fitted up,
for all that., as fresh as a rose, and
Uncle Paul arrived, a dried-up, yellow
comiplexioned old man, with an old
fashioned cravat, tied in many folds
around his neck, and a broad-brimmed,
low-crowned hat and fine, gold-headed
caLIe.
Ie had the polite way of half a cen
tury ago, and Lucy thought she should
like hlim very much, if only she had
time to get acquainted with him.
But she was churning ten pounds of
butter a day, and thore was the baby,
and the company, and the young chick
ens, and the baking to do.
She was almost too busy to sleep. But
Uncle Paul was watching her quietly all
the time.
11e came out, one day, to the barn,
where his nephew was putting a new
handle on a sickle-blade.
'Pretty busy tilnes--eh, Uncle Paul i"'
said the farmer, scarcely taking the
leisure to look up.
"Aye,'' absently answered the old
man. "Did I tell you, nephew Mat
thew, about the reason 1 left your
Cousin Joseph's?"
"Not that I remember," said Ma
thew, breathinig on the blade, and pol
ishing it with his silk hanilkerchief.
"Dorothy died--his wife!"
"Oh, yes," said Matthew. "Low
fever, wasn't it?"
"No!" bluntly answered Uncle Paul.
"It was hard work. That woman,
nephew Matthewv, (lid the housework
for eight p)ersons. Joe dlidn't even lot
her have a woman to help with the
washiing and the ironing!"'
"Muist have been a regular-going
brute," said Matthew, tighteining the
handle a little.
"'All tihe sewing, too,'' adlded Uncle
Paul-"'the mending and making. She
never went any where except to church.
Joe didn't believe in wvomen gadding
about."
"The 01ld savage!" said Matthew.
"She was fondI of roadilng, but she
n'evor got any time for it," said Uncle
Paul. "She rose b)eforo sundi(awn, and
never lay dlown until eleven o'clock.
It was hard wvork that killd that wo
man, and .Josep)h coolly declared that
it was sheer laziness wheon she couldn't
drag herself about any longer. And
when she dlied lie rolled up his eyes
andl called it the visitation of Provi
"Why didnt' the neighbors lynch
him?'' cried Matthew, fairly aroused
to indignation at last.
Uncle Paul took oflf his glasses. wiped
thiem vigorously, and looked his nephew
hard in the face.
"Why dlon't tihe neighbors lynch
you?" sauid he.
Matthew dlroppled the sickle, and
stared.
"'Nepihew Matthew,'' said Uncle Paul,
ipressively, ''thou art the man! Are
you not dloing the very same thing?"
"1P" gasped Matthewv.
"Ycur wife is doing the work of a
household of sixteon people,'' said
Unce l'Paul. "'She is drudging as you
couldi get no stranger to drudge. She
is rising early, and lying dlownlao
she is offlerinrg u p hier life on the shriine
(of your farm and( its requi-ireents.I
have seen her grow thin and palo0 even
during the few days I have beon here.
I have seen her carry up Mrs. iBelford's
break f ast di aily to lier room, because
Mr s. I efuuird preferred to lie in bed;
aind coonkinig dauinity dishes for Hlelein
Patterson, heeaus~o Ielen wouldna't cat
what thle rest, like. No galley-slave
eiver wVorked( ias she des. And you,
-withi your farm hiand(s-whoso b)oardl
only adds to her ear-es, and your array
of labor-saving machriniery, stand~ cooilly
by and1( see her commiiit slo'w suicide.
X s, nephew0~ Matthew',, I think It is a
ease for lynching!"
Matthew had grown ple.
"I--I never thought of this," mai
he. Why didn't some one tell me'?"
"Where were your eyes?" sauid Unce
Pau,l. Matthew BelIlendon rolled do iwn
his shirt s1ooves, put on his coat anid
went into the housoe.
lHe told the iselfords and Pattersons
that it "'.s Inconvenient to keep thiemi
any longer, lie gave Cousin Susan to
understandt that her room was needed.
Hoe mnade arrangements to b)oard oult
tihe farnm andan( nae( tu
n
lit
to
Mai
Senla
scets,
paign .
dirtiest
been set
)arturo i
rho Sena.
and advan.
Greciey's s;.
fronted by 1
"Where an
watchdog.
"I'I n(oiltlt to
Senator replied.
''Not much yo;
elevating his voicL
self solid with IHorn
here, or I'll help you
General Wilson u.
His face, usually red,
by Ben's manner.
"Won't you be so kim
name inl to Mr. Greeley ?
Ben looked hard at hin.
his name, "Wilson," was
''Vell," said Ben, "I'll
if hie wants to see you."
Ife returned in forty see,
aggressive than ever.
'It's just as I told you,'' i
"IIe won't soo you; now, d
out o' here."
Wilson turned to Amos '2
night editor, who lay back
chair, bursting with supprosseu
tion.
"What's the matter, General?"
asked.
Senator Wilson, explained, while Ben
looked on in astonlisluent.
"There must. bo sonic mistake," the
night editor renark,d, "and I'll take
you in and introduco you to Mr. Gree
03y.
They entered.the great editor's sanc
tun together. Horace sat at his high
desk, with eyes close to the manuscript,
scratching away like a hen on a fresh
sand-heap.
"Mr. Greeley," sait. Amos, "hero's
Senator Wilson. You refused to see
him just now."
TIhere was a moment of silence.
IIorace scratched away without look
in' up.
"Well,'' lie piped in a shrill alto,
without removing his p)en, '"the bo
said that a d-d old bunm named i
sonl wanted to see me, and I thought
it was Billy' Wilson.'--The1 Journa tst.
F'acetiousnsa~ of' IFurnituire.
"'I must haivo someO rest this sum
mier,"' said the clock; "'I'm all run
down."
"I think I need a country scat,"
said the easy chair, leaning on his o1
"'I'm gettingv played out,'" said the
piano; '"a little~ fresh aiir would bo a
g~(ood thing' for me.'"
*"Thant' whiat I want,'" saidl the
sofa; "'a little fresh air at tihe springs.''
''1 shiould like to go with the sofa and
lounge in tho woods,'' said the foot,.
stool.
"if my legs were stronger," said the
table, "I should go to the country for
soine leaves."
''Country board is always so plain,''
growled the sidleboard; "n1obody that
is knobby or polished ther'e.''
"Le1 t men relleet,'" said the mirror;
''thliy have very plain-hooking lassicsa
therek,, too4, do they nhot?''
" Yn m,1iiake miei plush1,'' said! the dl
v:ilk-uial here the hiouisemaid closed
lihe fol ig-dor 0 andcit shiut toeem all up.
Whlat Wasu the Lilnemian's Greatest
Feat.
'"What do you consider as tho great
ost feat in the history of the linemen?''
The old linieman thought a mloent
and then satid: "I think it occurred
when G;eor'ge Itiley wVas ordered inl a
hurriy to car ry at secret wire from a di
rector's r'oomk- -- to hide it, underist andi.
lie looked over the room and found a
speakinkg tube. After trying vainly to
push51 the wires dowvn th rough the an..
ales of the tube, lhe went into thlo cel
Ia,set a trap anid cauzghit a mouse. Ie
then tied a string to the mousok5's tail
and( sent the imouse safely down tho
tube. When the string wats through
ho made thie wires sing to it. 'They
were thIen readily drawn through to
the room, three stories below, wvhiro
the term inus1 of thke tube was."
The old lineman didn't laugh and the
replorter didn' t dare to do so. -- 2 '/iladel
phi a Ti'mes.
Thie town of Atk iinson, M~e. , has
aL man11 wvhose p'rin cipal trade Is bl1ack -
smithbing. Ihe has ilk onie (coirner of his
Shorp a denltist's (chair, and wvill'step at
any t imlie to irelievye alny one iufl'oini'
fromII toothache. Whlen busi ness i sdu1
ini thesekC two branches, lie is transformnedi
inkto a lawyer. In adldition, lio is a
vervy good1 cabinetmakor.
il 1:
Tihe KAr/h Au,rlean~t: /&K rU'' pl1lb'
a p)aper treating1 of the0 lluiions of "
memory. Thle suibject is halndledl in a
masterly mn ner, t elIling of thle st rang'e ih n~
~impress ions wve s Iinutimnes feel in look- w
ngotover ai haiiscapio never beforo it'
seen by us, yet, .sudde'nly there comies :in
a fl ash of indistinct recolh.ut ion as if, im
years ago, back to whlichi time menmor y up,
refuses to travel In a dIirect li ne, woe.
looked upjonl the scene .5Some inlvest i- set (2
gators have thought th at a muan duringthr 1
a certaim men tal condit ion, cnn look at from
:t strange objet' and1( th2at only I on1 hem- wi
isp)here of hi s mind1( r"ecives10 the im- jdb
piressioni. Sudden('ily thle other hri-- im
sphere receives it, and still retainincr ll r
the impr)essioni taken by the first hem 1 t th
sphIere, ho rieembers to have seen the ter'
object before. No man has satisfactor- be n.
ilyexptind tisillusion, but theoro ro coal
illusions of menory which can beoex-. liv'
p)lained(. For instance a man goes Carl,
bomo after a day of toil, andl says toso
his wife: 1-f' I
''Saw our old friend Jackson to-dlay. \.
[Lookinig fine. Said lhe was never in hin
better hecalth in his life. Asked about I ra
you. If business doni't go better, I l~ e
don't know whant wo are going to do. pl
By the way, i saw ouri olud friend Jack- pe
sonl to-dIay. Looking~ fi n. Saidl ho~ lur
wvould li ko ver:yi much to see you. I ;idn
am1) tiredl. Such a rush of business that uif 1 h
I haven't hadl time to sit (down. WhTloml /l.
dio you suppos1e I saw to-day?'"
''Jackson,'' repIlies his wife rather .
severely.
'What! (lid lie comoi up lcit hr?
Said1 he would like to see you. I want "I
to get dlownf town early to-morrow. I (one(
forgot to tell you that I saw our old1 bootk
friend Jackson." 'v'ohn1
This illusion of muiemory has niot him
bafiled scien tific research. 'l'ho genlt!. wt'ent~
rnan is drnuk. Thero is also ani illu-i- j)oun
sion of oyo-sighlt, whoero objects take entr
louble impressions. Any one thius~ "''er~
f1licted Is also dIrumnk. -f1rkansaw th
TJraVdic?. thie I
The Party Call. . a
"lJ)on' t yout think 'germans' aro an
iw fulI bore?"-'asked y oung P ilk ins, af-'111
or a silence of teni Illiues' duriation. 1
"Someitimets,'" sighedt Mans Cotillion,iit
vithi an oh-do-t aku-him--away loo(k inhi
eri deep blue e'yes. "'1Ia.e you beenI to
"Iv' :iah, hujl :bout si\:eni this win
ion, dowesihy. "du't one1 for everyb
earlI of your ag4;'' aint then there (I n- 111
unde' aotIher luIn', dlieious paus e, (n
w',hiili' thie 3tlunii rm regarded'u his I pat-- I
ltely counrtedl ''b.vI'. I-p.
In a recent trial on1 thle li Tames~ of t
in electric launch forty filet Ion', wvith'
storage battery, am spedo (ite Ii
<nlots an hour wvas attained. The speed *
>f a steami lan ch, with en iginle, hoilei.
vater and coal su Ilicient for asi
((ours' runl!, would( hav been1)01 fromi onei A
util a half to two ilebs an hour vreat- Aiiel
Co (nnililg tIil2 (leetri'al A)'I SIn 111
with steami, the o1(1vantag2.s of electrie h
ty n.rc ent ire' abseo o0(f Hoise, trrea t '
31eanlinoss, and veItry smnall roomilI ee. ig
d for uchinrery ; and when once " Y
abarged it is ready in a muomieni. 11111
1'(111
fro
t" I l ; ii lll:
1 t 'ut:l, of (!:
n wh l,te ru,ult of I
Vor' of 1 i : t ls it)' ht)th I:5s r!.. l
104
;tl:l1 fi: igit. L:il;s. - i:l:treeU . ( L
1 :1li ! 4. I4li,rt i 41w ie;
of thli- town, a jOuir h1a1
:' tl')l\ . ,11(1rl:d fori a wee(k 1
;ounn.Ee\psibloe^
i: rt . r tO wi.l ut. relief.
y one of lie bh pia:t's i1nform'led(1
that l . lit W rilkes liviri in tlu An
r t U tt Isn l tret 1>isL r Oni o d e1h
IL Ii: 11 i o 1tl1 j I 1 I t i
it wtii>it fIl. Acci ng1 it l (rtli a
htttolinal th :IInan who p,Iosessed Gr
an:n'enlt thatI i 13 " ou i reliev h1. ( im
hIi ut hl sui:L ing ] llr... W ifkes,
e o rnp tio is a 'u-i er, rec i i~
i. ( luntialy :\I at omIasu e n
" M ede -1l hi chthey en
:i A lr \V1( iike ti l ledIiIJ .u t fom~~
le IIFo te boxi hetok
11411 k. Sane asihIt )I 11 ilt1 may
lu. A t l r.ILI Wie. also1IL 1 fmes lI
us4ri Lt swelin inl Ih stu114 way.i ."M
lin th utiler on I :114 pin/-i.. WI
i nm leetily which-- - . . p io
ilo\l -ted1I inlo this wayI'44. ihe wrIit,ier 1.
thatII thi ain00 tt ( is f 14,tned t l
11111t.iXn iLlby he horrido applicat in.~
)CI.of JI'14t,IL. s( t'll s ) Qt'tt.
wt nhit ilari(e sthuiks r E
Bit>y.
couple in this
'rec Press, who
xchange where
mo superfluous
luds, or, rather,
e the hand Is
-ewelry. There 1
illy, and beforo
-eceived asnmall
0upon oponiing
ig with "WVel
ngravod on tho
' for tho bab
4ugh to fit ine,
plaintively; but
t would keep sho
ated a letter of
baby's aunt sont it 1
no' set in pearls,
ar od on the Innerr
Imother sent it a ring
veo of gold found in
Pocket after his death,
cets of initials and a 13i
ed on it.
ring was from a schoc'
. a wido band of goldc
dollar bangle hung by a
the sentinent ''Of such
1 of Heaven,'' was col
qluito discernablo with a 1
>wever.
>y's uncle got honio froml
I when ho had kissed the
took something out of
.o Ia thing to got the ki4
lie said, as ho open
ox. "I knew nobody
of giving such a little
40 [ rot one. Hello, sis, I
ter!'
other had fainted. But
r in time to see her
ut.., who had stopped
to the Pacific Coast to
baby.
i her dear, sweet littlo <
I old lady. severely; 1
ili't forget her tootsey
.1 she slipped a camoo
.nall red finger. It had
engraved on it which
the postmnan's ring," said
ne day as she looked out of
ringing another oil-ring to the
noW it," said the pale, young
.ly carry them to another room
.ier: they are numbered, sorted
ad pit. away in regular order,
.ng Ilneuieloes of tha awful want
'riginrdity, whil is usually poasess
b'y the friend:: of a first baby. 1
Vhon Greeley Got swearing Mad. 1
wcorge W. Smalley, London corres
1cent of the Tribune, is it son-in-law
Wendcll Phillips. lie graduated
m Yalo College and won his journ
tie spurs by writing in1 a ba-age
a report of the hatthle of Altietain.
1 8t7, while John ltuse ll Young was
of the city, Smailley was temporarily I
llharge of the Trdune. Aiuos J. t
11l.i1;-, was night editor. Greeley
I written an editor:il articlo on
lt, amuit having an ilgag(lnelent to 1
Lure before a Fatiir A\ athew society,
I left th1 otli-e without, readting; his
of sheets. lie asked Cnuillning;s t o
Over the revise proof. Amos did so,
I1 Iiobinson holdin,g the ianueript.
rythiing was all righit, but when
Os went up-stairs to mak11o up the
forial page he found a surprisin<r
k oil the revised proof-sh1et.
:ely had referred to 'Syme, s' Ili "
is ar13lticle., andi Simailley, who ha<1(3
or hleardi of "Symes' IHo,'' had
>eked out the wo' ird "Symiles" anid
rked iin "Ilohnies' I loe.'' Amllos
It dIownr-,t airs and3 exp ostuilatedi wvit h i
h, ut Yale College was not. to 1)3 f
ighitened by) a boy whoii had gainied '
cation1 in ia pint) ing ofice. "I1 am,f
niagingr editor here, aind am respon- V
.e,"' said Sinialley, in a freezing toine,
tinig short all1 explaiiations, and1( t
ohnes' 110131' it, relinained1. Horace v
ked upj to Amos' <tusk at G p. in. onL
following daiy, saying in ia piping C
': "Did 3031 r'ead mly revis(o last r
hit?"' "I did,'' was the reply.
3l,'' sai lie grreat edlitor, thirow- a
la s hat. Oin the floor, "'yolu're a di--- d -t
akhad3." ' Th''le niighit editor pro- i'i
edl thie p)roof-shieet, with the al1tera- I
1ii iin ialley's hanuidwvritiing, and13 told d
stotry. 1lornce stood like one( doazed. it
eli, Amios,'' lhe finally blurted, "'I
it yon to undOersltanld from this timo
s ard that I'll never allowv aiiy d-d 1'
dly-ha:iredl Yanlkeo to alter1 imy (edi-A
aul.".' Smialley wa1s qicikly relieved,
31 nver augainl flil 1th( managing
Lor's chiri.. -N. . World.
A a'e D)ropped I'ouir St orica.
uddltenly the workman(I oni the3 win
I silll-Ernecst Sainger was his namno
aLvo a piCRciig and( algonizing shrie3k
startl13ed all who hleard It., and3( ar- mc
0(1 the3 footstep: (een of tho bu(sy
.chants. and33 brokers w3%ho( had not
idl temselves to look at anIythline
omiiiiinplaeo& as a safe hoisting foat
iiglo gilan11o at, the writhing foria of s
workmanOi, whoi( groanied and3. h
unwd w( 'ithi pain, wasO enouighi to be
V wha:t hadl hiapplened. Sanger had
-n hol of the pull! ey to sw3ing the
,aind his fingers had13 beenl ciaughita
30 rope and3 had(1 been d rawni into
shieaves4 of the bloc0k. 1 is follow. n
kme un03 3iderst' 33d the situIIation at a 3'
ice1. They kne1w that to turn the A
elh, either hoist or to lower' the 1
mit( reslt in crushing thle poor c
w adinto a( pulp1. Theure was hi
one3( thing to do--hlo ropes must 3
uit. ande the safe allowed to drop to
siewalk.p
s quickly ats plossiblo thu sidewvalks d
auth sides of the street and the a
livay also wereo cleared of peodes- ~
1as and( vohiclos. Two stout follows '
out upon01 the sill and1( hold tIhe bodly
heir sull'oring coinirado so that ho C
II d(1 not becarriedI down with tho l
'[lhen thle ropeos woro qutickly jl
red close to tile block. Sauger's
dI was relbeased1 and 1h( was drawni 1
fainting into tile roomi 1and. catrried J
SSurgeon's.
lhe big safo crashed3 thiroeugh th133 c
rwalk, .smiashinlg a heaOvy ilaigstone C
>powd(er, and( buried Itself inI the t
Lihy floor of a vault unader the s4treetL F
ondt haviing its bottoinl bont, in, theld
3 was uniniured.J
GLEANINGS.
The King of Slam has 263 children.
Rowell has made $80,000 out of walk
ing matches.
A Georgia paper extols "the natural
advantages" of the Fort Gaines Core
cry.
When a man boards a wrong train
f thought ho is liable to run off the
rack.
Mrs. A. T. Stewart is eighty-four
roars old and the richest widow in the
vorld.
At the Carlisle Indian school there
ire at present 455 pupils-325 boys and
[30 girls.
Paper is now used In Germany in
stead of wood in the manufacture of
cad pencils.
These are the mornings when the
-oses kiss the girls on thu checks and
orget to go away.
Two new Cunarders are now being
milt with the object of beating all pro
rous records in crossing the Atlantic.
Rlobert Griflin, of London, says the
vorld will not be largo enough to hold
in population in a thousand years
ro 1 1low.
W.'all street, is an attractive place
vbere a mlan can losc $9,000,000 in
our years without half trying.-Noris
itlowl i er<dd.
There are 124,000 miles of railroad.
in the United Statos, or seven times as
nany miles as there are in the United
(migdom of Great Britain.
Tho stained-nlass craze In fashion.
Lblo househol'Ps is waning, and the
opinion of intelligent people is that
vholesale imitation killed it.
Darby Green is a Connecticut Yankee
vh,) was seven years old when the Dc
laration of Independence was signed.
10 ;s still vigorous and happy.
The Kentucky House of Reprosenta
i es has passed a bill prohibiting bicy
msts froml using the public roads of
uoat of the counties in the state.
New York's Legislature has exempt
d from taxation the property of dis
bled ministers and priests over 70
eanrs old, to the lmount of $1,500.
Charles Rondo knew that ieath was
onuing and refused absolu.ely to meet
t at Cannes. ''No," he said, ''I feel
nyself hreaking up and I wish to go
soine to die.''
Eeelesiastical clocks for bedrooms
re(l the newest. They are made of
iv wood in the form of a cathedral,
Jid in the steeple in the clock, sweet
hilmes designating the hours.
IAlay hipon and Lady Hobart, Miss.
t e :nd Ms Me1?herson, have aided
pword of teln thousand men, wonon
uld ehildlren to emigrate from England
o the colonies or this country.
.iinese laundries are springing up
vith wonderful rapidity in all the
outhe n ('Ities, and the competition
vim ch they hive excited has, in many
nlstancecs, resulted in street brawls.
Matthew IRankin, of Lewiston, Me.,
ins been confined to one chair for
hirty-three years. lie has a conbina.
ion of mirrors by which ho looks out
f the window without moving his
cad.
The Astors own certainly a stxteenth
f the real estate of New Vork. And
hey are the very best of landlords.
'heir prices are moderate, and they
ever refuse any reasonable demand
>r rep:irs.
Allen Gifl'ord and wife, of Easton,
asington county, will celebrate at
bristnmas the seventieth anniversary
fthe ir wedding, if life is sp)arod to
xem till then. lie is ninety-threo
ears ol and she is eighty--nine.
In leighi lichmond's adiclo to his
auughters, lhe wrote: "'Girls, be cheer
.11, but, lnt grigglers; be serious, but
ot, dull; be communicative, but not
rward ; be kind, but, not, servile. Be
anrc of silly, though tless speeches."'
A genitlom an who has given a good
enl of stu'dy to the subjet says that
'bile Philadelphia has a greater numi
er of benevolent institutions than any
ity in the country, the pocrentaigo of
au pera to th ~"pop ulation is also lar'ger.
A New I Iven man has invented a
ow kind of a pairachuite, which is fas
nhedl aroundii thle conitor of the balloon
self, and it is expected to bring the
'hole affair, including the acr,onaut
own safely If any accidlent happens to
Im hallooni.
Statisticsi show that among 1,000 doe
trs the niiuber of deaths annually
miges between lifteen and twent,y-five.
I this rate the nxumber of deaths an
utally aniong the 90,000 medical men
fthis country would be, on an aver
~e, 1,800.
Mr. Case, a watchmaker of Franklin,
a., has comiplete(d a locomotive and
md(or six inchies 1lon gall told, that has
ery, part comp1leto that Is found in a
orking engine. It is made of gold,
iver' and steel, andl is destined for the
ow Orleans exhibition.
Laast summer a Philadelphia gentle.
an dug out a sand crab on the Jersey
ioro, which lie took home and put in
a cellar. Up to (late lie says it has
mught 112 rats. Trho rodents smell its
'oath, andl whieun they go to investigate
ecy are ilped and held until the dlog
-rivyes.
Mdost of the ico used at Calcutta is
>w manufactured. Up to four or five
tars ago it was shipped from Boston.
Ithough the manufactured Ico only
ats half as long as the natural ice, it
ta be made so miuch cheapoer that it
sa driven the Boston ice out of the
ark et.
T.wo anecdotes of Seney, the Metro
olitan's ex-p)residenit: WVhon, in the
ays of his purosperity, lhe was giving
much in benovolence, a bright
aughiter said to him: ''Papa, I wisha I
'ere a charitablo Institution.' While
eneoy ana his son-in-law lit ye been
leaned out, another soni-in-.laTr, who Is
bear, is said to have scooped in largo
rofits.
Mrs. Lam bert, of San Jose, Cal., is a
hxysician and a firm believer in wo.
an's rIghts. In a criminal trial she
as cailled as a witnosli for the prose
ition, but she refused to go on the
andl, saying that as she was. denied
o right of citizenship she would as
me itone of its duties. The court
iledl to accept, the reason given-.a
lid, and sent the witness to jail o
ntomnt-.