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X.c7f * r> '/ - ; ' { ' VO L. XXXVII CAMDEN, S. C., Jt&E 19, 1879. - NO. 48. o She Camden fournat Pl BLIsnED EVERY THVRBDA J ?AT? CAMDEN, S. C., ?BT? Ct n &l CYANOPD ? ? an w-m u m mm mm am | Subscription. Ratesi (is advance.) Ono Totr |2.00 8ix MoDths 1.00 Jo Suis Aniericain.* [' Wnen it shall be heard as the proudest ? exclamation ot man, " 1 am au American citiifN ten .'?Daniel U'cifier.] i He got to Paris late at night, |Lr c So tiie?l he couldn't stand. Pv He'd three \ulises by his side, Li.V-.j. ' A guide book in his hand. A.'. *. io singled on'a linekinan irom Tie crowd. Said he, "My man, J >t diivc me to the best hotel, The Jehu drove him to the Grand Rp oniiKn ?!n'n:lniia /' And charged a prieo which was?well, by ':'\a ]So maub gratuitous. A y ; The-stmnger paid; then registered, \ A*"And to the clerk began : " f want tin- be*t room in the house? . Je suis .imericain." Theif showed him up to twenty-blank, Upon the parlor door; Two candles on the mnntlepiecc, A gilt plate on the floor; But, ere he slept, ho mused, and thus His lucubrations ran: t < " To-morrow I'll make Puris howl? Je stiis .imericain." And make t " howl" he did, ndeed. From Concorde to Bastille, From Madeleine to Luxembourg, He raced, and at Mabille Wound up the day. But, when a lair Smiled lrom behind her fan * Seductively, "No, no," said he; " Je sun Jimericain" Next *ny he to the summit ot 'lite Arc ol Triomphe hied. v eu, vai you ziuk oi zis : inquired A Frenchman at his side. " '11 lis ? This#) nothing," answered he; " Deny it if you can; You ought to see our Brooklyn bridge? Jc suis America, n." Into a gilded restaurant He chanced to drop, one day; The waiters' jargon fairly drove llis appetite away. 'Coniound your dishes, cooked," said he, " On the Parisian plan ! I want u pinto of pork an' beans? . Je suis imcrieain." Vfhore'er he went, what e'er lie did, SI ^ ' I'was always just the same; lie couldn't, it appeared, forget The count ry-whencc be came; And when, once more at home, his eyes Familiar scenes did scan, _ j % lie doffed .lis !mt, andcried, " Thank God, Jesuit 4mcricain!" 1 :un nu Brngicnto. ; ?George L. Catlm. UKfiW WtH THE WOJ .VBSr; " A number of years ago," said an old settler, whom 1 met on mv Western travels, I took iji.v family to Wisconsin, and located myself in the woods, about ten miles from the nearest settlement, and at least live from the nearest neighbor. The country round was mostly forest: and wild beasts and Indians wen- so numerous; that my friends at the Kasl, to whom I gave a description of ' my localitv, expressed great fears for our safety, ami said they should be less surprised to learn of our having all been eut off than to hear" of our still being alive out there at the end of a couple of years. " However, I did not feel much alarmed on my own account?and my wife was :is brave as a hunter; but then ve had three children?the oldest only ten ?and somelintes, when I was away from home, the sudden growl of a hear, tin howl of a wolf, or the scream of a panther would make me think of them, and foel <juite uneasy. "For a while, at first, the nightscreeching and howling of these wild | animals alarmed the children a good deal?and sometimes my wife and me? especially when we mistook theory of the panther for an Indian yell; but we soon got used to the different sounds, and then did not mind them so much; and after I had got a few acres cleared around the <1welling, they generally kept more distant at night?just as if they comprehended that the place, now in the possession of their enemies, wjis no longer to be an abode for them. Be sides, I now and then shot one, which thinned them a little, and probably frightened the others, for they gradually became less bold and annoying. ' During the first year I had two rather narrow escapes?once from a bear, and once front a panther; but the most remarkable adventure of all was the one which happened during the second winter, and which I have always designated as a * Night with the Wolves.' "One lntter cold morning?the ground being deeply covered with snow, so crusted and f ozen that no feet could < sink into it?I brought out the horse for my wife to ride to C , the nearest settlement, where she had some purchases to make, which she wished to attend to herself. Besides being well mutlled up in her own clothing, I wrapped a large buffalo robe around her; and admonishing her that the woods were full of danger after dark, I urged her to be sure and get back before sunset, which she promised to do. "All day long, after her departure, from some cause for which I could not account. I felt very much depressed and uneasy, a> if something evil were going to hapoen; and when I saw the sun about half an hour high, and no signs of my wife returning, I got out my pistols, rifle, ammunition and hunting-knife. saddled a young and rather skittish colt, and bidding the children keep within doors, and the house safely locked, I mounted and rode off to meet her, which I expected to do at every turn of the horse-path.. But at every turn I was doomed to disappointment; and when I had put mile after mile behind me. without seeimr any signs of her, I became more and more alarmed, and dashed on still faster. "It wjis .just about dark when I saw the lights of C gleaming in the distance; but before I reached the town I met my wife hastening homeward -she h.nvin<r been unexnectedlv detained bv meeting an old acquaintance, who had recently come on from the Eastward, and with whom she had remained to gather the news and take supper?the time Eassing away so quickly as to render her elated before shd was a Ware "of it. I " I was greatly rejoiced to find her L safe and unharmed?but not a little I puzzled tc account for my presentiment of evil, which it appeared to me had taken place without cause?though in this respect I was greatly mistaken, as the sequel will show. 44 We now set off at a brisk trot homeward?through a dense, dark, gloomy wood, which lined our way on either side?and had safely proceeded about five miles, when we were somewhat | startled by a series of long, plaintive howls, at a considerable distance, and in different directions, and which our experience told us were wolves, seemingly calling and answering each other through the great forest. 44 The wolves of this region were of the larger and fiercer species; and though ordinarily and singly they might not at. tnol* ?? Kinnrr vof in nnmhpra nnd pi cssed by hunger, as they generally were at this season of the year. I bv no means fell certain that we should not be molested. "Accordingly we quickened the pace of our horses and as we hurried on I grew every moment more uneasy and alarmed as I noticed that many of the sounds gradually approached us. We had just entered a deep hollow, where a few large trees stretched 'heir huge branches over a dense thicket, when suddenly there arose several loud, harsh, baying and snarling sounds close at hand. The next moment there was a quick rustling and thrashing among the bushes; ana then some six or eight large wolves?lean, gaunt and maddened witli hunger? sprung into the path close beside us. " This happened so suddenly and unexpectedly that my wife gave a slight scream and dropped her rein; and the horse, rearing ana plunging at the same moment, unseated her; and she fell to the ground, right in the very midst of the savage be:ists, whose glaring eyes shone in the darkness like so many coals of lire. 44 T-?_..4. 1.-1 ~ T . ?r-11 -4--4 1^.1 roruuiaiexy nn mjuucii ium suuucu tlic wild animals a little; and as they momentarily drew back, she, with rare presence of mind, at once gathered her j buffalo robe, which she had dragged with her, in such a manner about her person as to protect herself from the first onset of their fangs. The next moment the ferocious animals, with the mod savage growls, sprung at her, at me, ana at the two horses simultaneously. Hers at once shook himself clear of his foes and fled; and mine began to rear and plunge in such a manner that I cftuld not make use of a single weapon, and only by main strength kept him from running away with me. 44 It was a terrible moment of exciting agony; and the instant that I could release my feet from the stirrups I leaped to the ground with a yell?my rifle slipDing from my hands, and discharging itself by the concussion, and my steed rushing like lightning after his flying companion over the frozen snow. 41 f T l.rtrl mw rviL'tnlc onrl IJUU&UJ) X liau inj iurtuv,u piowio uiivi *iy knife convenient to my grasp; and, scarcely conscious of what I was doing, but thinking only that the dear. "mother of my little ones lay fairly beneath three or four of the furiously fighting and vr.-:r};Tiy w.?M "begets. T.. "Tn?T>en the u wipuiiS, utielfl t'acn trmd, cockat mem at the same instant, and fairly jumping into the midst of my enemies, placed the ! muzzles against the heads of two that i had turned to rend me, and fired them both together. " Both shots, thank God! took effect? it could not be otherwise?and rv; the two wolves rolled howling back in their death agonies, their starving companions, smelling and getting a taste of their blood, and i i.-unctivelv comprehending that they were nowfairly in tueir powei, fell upon them with the most ravenous fury, and literally tore them to pieces, and devoured them before my very eves, almost over the body of my wife, and in less, I should say, than a minute of time. " Ascertaining by a few anxious inquiries that my wife was still alive and unharmed, x badc^ier remain quiet, and, picking up my rifle, I proceeded to load all my weapons witn me greatest dispatch. "As soon as I had rammed the first ball home T felt tempted to shoot another of the animals: but at that moment T heard a distant howling, and fearing we should soon be beset by anther pack. I reserved my fire for the next extrfHne danger and hurriedly loaded the others. "By the time I had fairly completed this operation our first assailants, having nearly gorged themselves upon their more unfortunate companions, began to ! slink away; but the cries of the others at the same time growing nearer, warned me to be upon my guard. "I had just succeeded in getting my wife more securely rolled in her protecting robe?as the safest thing I could do in that extremity?and myself, pistols in hand, in a defensive attitude over her uociy, wnen some eigm ui i muicwi the savage and desperate creatures made their appearance upon the scene. "There was a momentary pause as they came into view and discovered me ?during which their eyes glared and shone like living coals?and then, with terrific growls and snarls, they began to circle round me, each moment narrowing the space between us. Suddenly one more daring or hungry than the others bounded forward and received a shot from one of my pistols directly between the eyes, anil as he rolled back upon the snow a part of the ; others sprang upon him, as in the case of the first. "But I had no time to congratulate myself that I had disposed of him; for almost at the same instant 1 felt the lacerating fangs of another in my thigh, which caused me to shriek with pain; and my poor wife, with an answering shriek, believing it was all over with me. was about to get up and face the worst, when, shouting to her not to stir, that f was still safe. I placed my pistol against the head of my assailant, and stretched him quivering on the snow also. 441 still had my rifle in reserve; and ! pointing that at the lighting pack, I j poured its contents among them. How j many were wounded I do not know: j hut almost immediately the sp ice around | us became once more cleared of our nownng enemies?some uiupiug as mey I fled., and appearing to he harrassed by j the others. " Again it appeared to rae we had met with a wonderful deliverance; and though the wound in iuy thigh was somewhat painful, a brief examination satisfied me that it would not prove J serious; and I hastily proceeded to rcJ load my weapons?my wife meantime | getting upon her feet, embracing me i tenderly, and earnestly thanking God for j our preservation. "'Oh, the dear children!' she exI claimed, with maternal tenderness; ' litj tie do they know how near they have | come to being made orphans, and left ! alone in this solitary wilderness! Let us | hasten home to them! Oh, let us has I ten home to them, while we have an op| portunity!1 "4 We have no opportunity,11 gloomily replied. 4 Ilark! there are more of our foes in the distance ? do you hear them?1 44 4 And are they coming this way, too?1 she tremblingly inquired. 44 4 1 fear so.1 44 4 Oh, great God! what will become of us!" she exclaimed; 4 for I ani almost certain that we shall not both survive a third attack.1 44 4 1 see but one way of escape,1 said I, anxiously. 4 We must climb a tree, and remain in the branches till morning.1 44 4 We shall surely freeze to death ! there!1 she replied. " ' I trust not; but at all vents, as our horses are gone, we have no alternative. ; I think your buffalo robe, we'l wrapped I around, will protect you from the cold, ; as it has done from the wolves; and as ! for myself, I will endeavorto keep warm by climbing up and down, and stamping upon the limbs.' '"But why not kindle a fire?' she quickly rejoined, her voice suddenly animated with a hope that I was obliged to disappoint. "' For two reasons,' I replied. ' First, because we have not time?do you not hear another hungry pack howling?? and secondly, because we have not the materials?the loose brush and sticks being buried under the snow.' '"God help us, then!' groaned my wife; 'there seems nothing for us but death! Oh, my poor, dear children ! May the good Goct grant that they be not made orphans this night!' " I bade her take heart and not despair; and then selecting a large tree, whose lower limbs were broad and thick, but above the reach of our enemies, I hastily assisted her to a good lootliold, and immediately climbed up after her. " We were not there a moment too soon; for scarcely had we got ourselves settled in a comparatively comfortable position, when another hungry pack of our enemies Appeared below as?howling, snarling and fighting?their upturned eyes occasionally glowing fearfully in the darkness. " But we were safe from their reach; and all that long, dismal night we remained there, listening to their discordant torn s and thinking of the dear ones at home. " The night was intensely cold; and in spite of all my efforts to keep my sluggish blood in circulation, I became so benumbed before morning that I believe I should'have given up and perishod, except for the pleading voice of my wife, who begged me, for God's sake, to hold UUl, Hull IlUl; 1CTIYU 11^1 H W1UUW ilUU All jr children fatherless. "Daylight came at last; jml never was morn hailed with greater joy. Our foes now slunk away, one by one, and left us to ourselves; and a few minutes after their disappearance I got down and exercised thyself violently; and having ! tlHis brought back- a little warmth to my system, lassisted my wife to aHgl^, ana \ve at once started homeward. .. . "I scarcely need add that we arrived therein d^^me, to find our poor, niglitwitYi joy at our safe return." A Veteran Advertiser. ! " Dv. Hill, you ar? one of the great advertisers of the country; will you give me the benefit of your experience? Does advertising pay?" "Well," said Hill, smilingly, "for years past I have expended as high as $30,000 per annum, and I wouldn't and couldn't do it unless it did pay. I find that when you have a really meritorious article to present to the public you never lose a dollar in making the fact know as widely as possible. It must be meritorious, though, or your success will be short-lived and evanescent. You must treat the public honestly, if you would make a permanent success. Take 'Joshua Whitcomb,' for < instance. It costs years of time and thousands and thousands of dollars to bring it befoie the public. But what has been, the result? Success so great that unless you saw the books you could hardly believe the figures. I took a page of the Chicago Time* on one occasion, and people thought I was mad. I got my money back with magnificent interest, though, and, of course, that satisfied me. I took a whole page of the Boston Herald, one Sunday, paying 8500 for the same, and every man, woman and child in Boston and vicinity was set to talking about Penman Thompson and Joshua Whitcomb, and the -esult was that the theater in which he performed could not hold half the people* who presented themselves for admission. I offered 81,000 for the first page of the New York Herald, provided the "ruling " would be omitted. I did not get it, though, for Bennett was in Eu. rope, and there was no one in authority in the office who could take out th rules.?Cincinnati Enquirer. 1 n:? I.!.'l....nn il IJIg llinilllUIll* The Emerald Isle has long been famous for producing giants. The most celebrated of these was the well-known O'Brien, whom we first hear of as a great raw youth crying in a public house because unable to pay a bill, having been left penniless through a quarred with his exhibitor. A gentleman, taking compassion on him, paid the debt, and advised the young giant to set up on his own account. Acting on this recommendation, O'Brien started a public house in Bristol, long known by the sign of Giant's Castle. A memorial tablet in Trenohard street Roman Catholic chapel records his stature as having eight feet three inches. lie was very anxious that his remains should not fall into the hands of the anatomists, and gave directions for securing his grave against desecration from body-snatchers. It has, however, been disputed whether the giant's bones still rest in his grave, or form one of the curiosities of the llunterian Museum, though we believe At A At _i!11 1! A * 4 t 3 _ A tnsix tncy 11111 ue unuisiurrieu in aueepsunken grave. Poor O'Brien had to take liis constitutionals under cover of darkness, to avoid being mobbed by the ! curious, and like most big fellows proved himself a simple and inoffensive man; though he inadvertently terrified a watchman almost to death by lighting his pipe at a street lamp, the sudden appearance of which strange apparition threw the watchman into a fit. Ilis colossal proportions once saved the giant from being robbed, the highwayman who stopped his carriage riding away I ig terror at the sight of O'Brien's huge I tliinicf tlirrmirli flip window to SOC wii.it was tiiematter.?Chambers' Journal The Fond du Lac Reporter, after reviewing the matter carefully, thinks it | will he well for Wisconsin farmers to | plant at least one hull-dog with each j watermelon seed. FOR THE FAIR SEX. Fuhlon't Mirror. The new materials and fabrics for summer wear are so lovely and so varied that it is difficult to select where one has liberty of choice. The newest g-enadines have an alternating stripe, very narrow and in chintz colors, upon a tine, thin black mesh, with as narrow a one of velvet; the effect is extremely rich and novel. The " sewing-silkv grenadines appear with the addition of a tiny brocaded figure, which enriches wit hout being conspicuous, and there are other beautiful grenadines in which a brocaded stripe alternates with one of velvet or satin. Buntings have established themselves in popular favor and are very greatly improved. The fine, soft, semi-transparent fabric which now claims to be a kind nf hnntinc. and a secondary <hl ass rather more wiry of texture, have little in common with the coarse, canvas-liike materials which first'jjffSented their claims to favor. The FrenCh buntings are fine and a little wiry. They are imported this seas 5n in very dark shades, accompanied by plaids in which the dark wine colors, navy blue, brown or invisible green of the plain-material reappears. The more delicate white i buntings are called " gaseline," and make lovely evening dresses when put in contrast with gold and black or blue and . white narrow-striped satin. For young girls they need no such combination, and are prettiest trimmed with plaitir gs of the same and iron-satin ribbons. French organd:",es, trimmed with li.ce < and ribbons, and thin white dresses will be much worn tlris summer. The beauty of summer dressing is its freshness, its comfort a:id the lightness and delicacy of the principal materials used in its construction. In the obtaining of lovtlv summer fabrics there is no di fi culty" Cottons are improved until they are equal in appearance to silk, ai d, made up after a pretty costume model, are as attractive looking as those that cost twice or tliree times as much. But then, what is the use? They are not silk; they cost more double the price of an ordinary cotton dress, and when they get into the wash they are ruined, fori! the color is not all washed out of them they are 8freaked and stiffened with starcn, discolored, ironed out of shape, and- made glossy by being pressed on the upper sia*k. or left wrinkled and unfinished, so that resemblance tg the bright, fresh, pre^Ly toilet of a few'veeksT.cfore is entirely lost. This io why black grenadine and summer silks have been so popular; both are safe and durable, and ean be worn on most occasions. Many of the new hats remind one of beautiful variety in shapes is very^reafc, but the style par excellence iB iodbtleSb the ." M'selle Prince." Some o f the jn< st elegant hats ior .Newport ana ?ar^wga nave own ordered from this desigi, and one of the mo3t beautify Btitgraccfully upop the head of a petite Drunettc^vefi kriEwn in v fhshionabhLltee YofflyJIeEy. Itjs of" orai(1. lined with a peculiar diagonal shirring of satin the color of the straw. The brim was caught back with a rich steel and gilt clasp pressing from under a soft bed of pompons and ostrich tips, same shade, of the most delicate character. Just below this at. the left side are a few loops of rich, soft ribbon, holding in place a single spray of exquisite flowers that partly encircle the crown and cling so closely to it that one might imagine they grew there. The roses are almost , the exact shade of the hat, while the leaves only depart irom it to take on a few streaks of a pinkish golden, sunset tinge. Then, again, this spray of flowers i*> unlike all others seen, as it pre sents a somewhat crushed appearance, vet it is lovely, so artistic in its decay. The summer straws, chips and tuscans, with wide, flexible or turn-up brims, are innumerable. The newest are the satiny braids, a sort of apotheosis of the Florida straws, but as greatly improved in shape as in the prfcJJKration of the fiber. The flowers were never more perfect than this season, and, though French milliners are apt to encourage the use of feathers, yet popular taste does not confirm their cnoice. The rage this summer is for striped parasols. For seaside, country and mountain climbing the Pekin satine?a very fine satin finished, cotton material, showing satin stripes?is shown in the new Brighton colors, eeru and beige shades being the favorites. These aie mounted on basket or whip handles, which are exceedingly nobby, and nre sure to be very popular with summer dresses. This same material is shown in . black as well. All the colors are made up in large sizes for men's use, and will be quite as fashionable as those for hir dies. The Japanese style, introduced early in the season, has a round, low top, and sixteen divisions, which is very inelegant for a parasol made of rich material. When the stripes are narrow and match the trimming of the dress, or the dress itself, the parasol looks very well; but when it is quite differSutTas it usually is, from the figure or design in the material of the dress, it looks odd and out of place. There are very pretty sun umbrellas of polka dot satin that are light an d most suitable for every style ofaress, to be used upon all occasions, and these have the favorite " nolka dot borders," The borders show alternate stripes cf dots and plain lines, which are very effective, forming a, charming finish. They are mounted on the fashionable bamboo sticks, pearl, ivory, and a variety of pretty handles. Stockings are not made any more lovely ami delicate than were those half a century ago, which could be passed through a ring and were so minutely open worked as to be e<|Ual in beauty to the richest silk lace. But such hose are owned now by the dozens instead of by the single pair, and women wear silk ami thread ot expensive qualities who tormerly wore cotton. Tlie most shapely stocking that lias ever made its appearance is the silk or thread, ribbed in solid colors and openworked in small patterns. The ribs run up the instep to the ankle and abov the ankle across or horizontally instead of upright. Fancy mitts in black, white and colored silk are brought foiward in so many mnerent styles as to preciuae an attempt at enumeration. A coarse mitt is, however, a very unsightly covering for the hand, and there is in a fine quality an elegance which is most desirable, while at the same time the better styles .are more lasting. Fine lace gloves are much sought, and are regarded as a very pretty finish to the summer toilet.?New York. Herald. t Lisle thread and silk gloves are introduced in great variety, in consequence of the demand for them during the warm summer months. Some pretty styles are in opeh-iVork a.most up to the elbow, resembling the open-work stocKings of 1 the day. The new silk gloves, with long 1 open -worked wrists, are the novelty in this class ol goods and will be much ! sought after during the reign of the short sLeve now so fashionable. These silk?glove8 are shown in a variety of pretty colors, and those in black are very elegant for ladies in mourning. They are a choice article and can only be had from the leading glove houses as yet. ; Wliiit One Lemon Will I>o. A piece of lenon upon a corn will relieve it in a day or so: it should be renewed night and morning. The free ' use of lemon-iuie e and sugar will always relieve a cough. A lemon eaten before breakfast every day for a week or two will,entirely prevent the feeling of lassitude peculiar- to ;he approach of spring. Perhaps its most valuable property is its absolute power of detecting any of the j injurious and eren dangerous ingredients entering into the composition of so very many of the cosmetics and face powders in the market. Every lady should subject her toilet powder to this '< test. Place a teaspoonful of the sus- ' pected powder in a glass and add the i luice or lemon; if effervescence takes place it is an infallible proof that the powder is dangerous, and its use should 1 be avoided, rs it will ultimately injure the skin and destroy the beauty of the complexion. . A Painstaking Painter. Americans are well acquainted with i Meissonier's " 1807," for which the late 1 A. T. Stewart paid $60,000. Meissonier worked fifteen years on this painting, a ( fact which will lie readily believed when his manner of painting is known. Whatever be its sine, every figure he paints is the object of a special study. The arm of the colonel of the cuirassiers in '< " 1807 " was the subject of a series of i studies, each one of which is an admira- ' ble bit of painting; the arm was not decided upon uatjl after he had tried seventeen different positions, and had wit- 1 nessed a score oi charges of cavalry. No 1 detail was put on canvas that had not been repeatedly examined, so that the picture represents over two hundred preliminary pictures. As there was a disagreement between two veterans about the color of the collar of the uniform worn by a certain regiment, he spent a week in various libraries in nrdoi- tn nrnt.hpr A'iMrlpnnp n hill it flip fillh. iect, and undertook a journey to Bordeaux to consult a veteran surviving member of the regiment. One caflno! imagine how much pains his " 1814," or the " Rotresr from Moscow." as it-!.* otherwise icalled. cost him. In a biting cold winter day the writer had gone to Poissy together with the celebrated. art critic, Paul Burty. It was snowing, and there was a foot of snow on the ground. We found Moissonieronthe turret, of his chalet, swiMST ir: iho ouutuuuii oi ^TApol^)h OH il j" stuffed gray lrorse, and painting the " figure of the emperor as it was rendered by a large mirror that stood at some distance from him. He had been there three hours, unmindful of the cold, and was perfectly happy, as he said, because he had fount! the sinister tones of the Russian landscape. Paul Burty ventured to remark that as he had already finished painting the landscape, he might withdraw and continue his work in the studio, without exposing himself to the disaster that overtook the " Great Army." "IIow could I obtain in the studio," Meiissonier quite excitedly rejoined, " the right tone and the true effect of Napoleon's gray coal inharmonious contrast with the somber grays of the sky and the snowy carpet on the ground,, and the just value of the flesh tones of the emperor's countenance, darkened by the dull atmosphere of a wintry sky?" It was there, on the top of that turret, that he completed what is perhaps his masterpiece. About a month later the writer found Meissonier in his studio scraping the same figure of Napoleon, to paint which he had endured so many hours of a freezing temperature. " What on earth are you doing now?" I asked, almost bewildered. " An old servant of the emperor has been here," Meissonier replied, " who was with him in Russia. He had tears in his eyes, and spent a good hour in silent contemplation before my picture. After I had coaxed him for a long while to tell me whether he found anything inexact in the canvas, the good old man finally said: ' During the campaign of Russia his majesty wore the imifrtrm nf tlie r-lirsceiirs nnt. that, of the grenadiers. Moreover, his majesty never consented to have his epaulettes unfastened from his tunic. That will explain to you why the arm-holes of his overcoat were so large.' I had painted Napoleon in the uniform of the grenadiers and with the epaulettes outside of his coat. How could I help doing what I am now doing?" Thus, love of truth overbalanced all other considerations, and Meissonier began studying anew the uniform of the chasseurs, the effect produced by the epaulettes under the overcoat and so on, un til he had obtained the same perfection he had reached in the accessories of his previous portrait. A Stern disciplinarian. The father of Miss Maria Edgeworth, the English novelist, had grim ideas of moral training. A contributor to the Chicago Stannard relates the following among other instances of his harsh discipline: Charlotte Edgeworth, half-sister of Maria (the daughter of the famed beauty, Honora Sneyo, the second of Mr. Edgeworth's four wives), was a beautiful girl, with luxuriant golden hair. The rector of the parish and an officer of the British army were dining at Edgeworth's town house. After dinner the ladies repaired to the library, and the gentlemen followed. As they entered the door of the library, the officer exclaimed: " IIow beautiful!" Mr. Edgeworth said, haughtily and quickly: "What do you admire, sir?" He replied: "Your daughter's magnificent liair. Charlotte was standing in a becoming attitude before the bright grate, with her arms resting upon the mantelniiw.n Air IMffPirnrth w.ilkerl anvnss the room to the hook-shelves, opened a drawer, liold her head back, and cut her hair close to her head. As the golden ringlets fed into the drawer, this extraordinary father said: "Charlotte, what do you say?" She answered: "Thank you, father.1' Turning to his guests, he remarked: " I will not allow a daughter of mine to be vain." Mr. Moody, the evangelist, has de-, clined an urgent invitation to renew his i revival labors in this city. * HOUSEKEEPING IN SUMMER. The Good tVlfe'a Perplcxltiea? Diet for the l>oir Daya?File* and Freah Air. It is popularly supposed that the early 9pring is the season which most tries the souls of housekeepers. Perhaps it was so in our grandmothers' days, when canned fruits and vegetables were unknown, and the prudent housewife was forced in summer, like the ant and the bee, to lay " up stores of sweetness for use in winter hours;'-stores which, if not large, were likely to run low before the kitchen garden came again into bearing. But now, with the grocer at our backs ready ''for a compensation" to supply us with every known fruit and vegetable all the year round, she who lias money or ereuu may spienu nci table bountifully in all seasons, with small forethought of her own, and the dog days are those in which she is most prone to exclaim wearily: "I wish people did not have to eat!" Appetites are capricious; dinner eaten hearily one day will be scarcely touched the next, and though every one has a feeling 01 emptiness, few persons are actually hungry. Provisions cooked one day are kept"to the next only by the free use of ice, and even then are apt to taste of the ice chest. Thus the economy practiced at King Arthur's court, where "what they could not eat that day the queen next morning fried," becomes an impossible virtue, and the anxious housewife stands perplexed between the Scylla of niggardliness and the Charybdis of waste. Nature, however, is always a law unto herself, and he who in warm weather eats much meat is apt to pay for it by a dulled brain and a general feeling of uncomfortable heaviness. In all warm countries the laboring classes eat but sparingly of animal food. The East Indian coolie subsists almost wholly on rice: the West Indian grows fat upon bananas and oranges, and the hardy Arab of the desert conquered a world on a diet of dates and barley. Milk and fruits, bread and vegetables, are cooling and healthy diet "for the dog days, and may be freely indulged in. And since in hot weather the kitchen is a modified purgatory, and preparing deserts becomes a penance, we have cause to congratulate ourselves on the delicious deserts which nature brings to us for the gathering. Strawberries, raspberries, blackberries and peachesall these come to the table without the smell of fire having passed upon them, and eaten with cream are a " aish to set before a king." So also in the country, where fruit and milk abound, ice-cream, that most delicious of deserts, costs almost nothing. Given a pailful of ice and a five-minute freezer, the rich milk, or still better, cream, has but to be mixed with the crushed fruit, sweetened and let to freeze itself. Covered with an old blanket or piece of carpeting the process of congealing will go on slowly but surely, with small aid from you, even if your freezer be but a tin bucket?only In this case you must stirthe cream wftu a knife two or three times while freezing to prevetft the formation of crystals of nc m the freezer., * . ^ Hi-unHoof i^naniallv ehnuld nAWrMk liot weatKojpjls^&eavVmwh X cup of ea or glass of milk, a aish of oatmeal, "a soft boiled egg, with fresh fruit and cold bread, which need not, however, be stale, are far better preparations for the labors of the day than flapjacks and fried bacon washed down with abundance of hot coffee. When the Greek athletes were in training for the Olympian games they were forbidden animal food altogether, and won their races on a diet of bread and fruit. In later days Newton was the most abstemious of men, and the architect of the Crystal Palace. Sir?Charles Fox, ascribed his ability to undergo the severe strain of his almost incessant labor for days on his drawing, to his temperate habits and daily plunge bath. Such instances might be multiplied indefinitely, but it is scarcely worth while. Every housekeeper knows what a nuisance flies are in summer. Two weapons are powerful against them, cleanliness and darkness. Therefore the ? ? * * i - ^ 1 1. 1- - uining-room snouiu oe kept iiiiik ultween meals, and care should be taken to sweep every crum from, table and floor. But it will not do simply to shut un the room, shutting up the flies in it. Close every window and door but one, and through that drive the flies out. This is not so hard as it may seem upon paper, and practice makes perfect here as in all else. We have known a housekeeper who was so expert that she had only to wave her broom and the flies dutifully swarmed out as they saw the standard raised in air. Fly-nets tor the windows are comfortable appendages for living and sleeping-iooms. Bought ready-made they are somewhat expensive; made at home they cost only * trifle. Have the carpenter?or if some fA hnn/llp uiic ill tiic lauiuj Miuna nun tu iumv.u tools, let him?make a frame of inchwide lath, fitting the window frame. On this stretch mosquito netting?dark green is best?and fasten with tacks to the laths. The same netting over a frame of reeds, of osiers, or wires from an old hoopskirt make serviceable cake and butter covers. Bend one hoop into a round of the size wanted, then on this fiisten two semi-circular hoops, crossing each other at right angles in the center above the bottom hoop. This forms the frame, which, if of wire, should be wrapped with worsted; on this the netting is sewed, and a button on the top serves as a handle. Air every sleeping-room" thoroughly every morning, and, if possible, let in the ..i.: i i? i u../? /.Wl, Mill IU aillllVUll LAIC lituo auu UVU-v IUUH u. Often nt night, when the heat is wellnigh unbearable, a wet cloth hung in the window over the blind will cool the room as if ashowerhad fallen, and every one knows how water poured on the pavement in front of the door will freshen the hot, dry air. This principle of the reduction of temperature by evaporation is capable of much practical application. In India and other tropical countries, where ice is almost unknown, the natives cool their drinking water Ly suspending earthen jars filled with it in ?a oriSK current 01 air, wmcn process is said to cool it thoroughly and rapidly. So, also, when ice is unattainable, butter may be kept firm and sweet by setting the bowl containing it in a shallow vessel of water and covering with a napkin, the ends of which are well immersed in the water in the bottom dish. A wet handkerchief or sponge worn in the hat when exposed to the sun, as in the harvest field, will prevent sunstroke under the most intense heat known to our'climate, and will often relieve liead r. 1 i ..?,1 nvlioiietinn acne arising liuin neat <uhi caiwuc.../., combined. The annual crop of tobacco, raw lea? in the United States, is estimated at 420,000,000 pounds. About two-thirds is exported. % V^.y ADVERTISING BATESt Ton. 1 in. 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"Come hither, my child, Thou art writing, I see;" And the schoolmaster smiled, "Come, now, right on my knee; The up-strokes, you see, are made lightly, The down-strokes are heavy and lree." While that small boy was tanned, Came his laughter?a roar, And the teacher, so bland, Was now vexed and he swore; For the way that the awful boy giggled Was something unheard ot before. The teacher was beat And deprived of his wind, So he stood on his feet That small boy, who just grinned, And who shook with a mirth that was jolly, And lelt ol his back which was skinned. " Now tell me, my son, Ere this rod I employ Once again lor thy lun, Why this wonderful joy ?" " Such a joke," cried the lad, wild with laughter, " You're whipping?ha-ha -the wrong boy.' ?H. C. Dodge, in Detroit Free Preu. ITEMS OF INTEREST. Something to be looked into?A mirror. Four watches were found recently in the stomach of a Florida alligator. Out in Nebraska two boys living on a farm followed and recaptured a horse thief who had escaped from jail. Lord Beaconsfield and the Duke of Northumberland are the only members of the English Cabinet much past mid die life. Statistics lately published show that the number of German pork-eatere known to have suffered from trichinosis in 1877 was 138. There is this difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man really is so; but he ^ that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool. !i The damps of autumn sink into the leaves and prepare them for the necee? y . sity of their fall; and thus insensibly are w we, as years close around us, detached from^our tenacitj^of life by the aaaA*-" . . * "When I wasboy," said a very ^ prosy, long-windeduiator cbLIk "I used to talk in my sleep." "Ana now," said his friend, " you sleep in your talk." But, somehow, that didn't seem to be just exactly in point the orator was going to make.?Uawkeye. How doth the little busy bird . ' ' x Improve each shining hour, " And gather cotton and thread and leathers ' and pieces ol cloth and straws and bits . of cord, and a whole lot of things, all the day, To make its summer bower. ?jVei) York jMail. Mrs. Ellis, of ltlmca, N. Y., has in her house a large room, the floor of which is covered with sawdust, and with two leafless trees and many bamboo perches ?1 mora tlmn !t hun in ir, wiii'R' sue ivccjjo mviv drcd canary birds, raised from a single ?air which she bought a lew years ago. lie can identify almost every bird and tell its age. We are a little puzzled over the offer of asubscriber to pay his last year's dues in iogs. We believe in trade, but those logs seem to stump us in some way.-?Slillwatcr Lumberman. You might convert those logs into clubs; and we never knew a newspaper that didn't urge its subscribers to "makp up clubs."?Nor~ ristown Herald. The Graphic, of Kinsley, Kansas, was recently burned out, and in its next issue made this acknowledgement: "To the three ladies, Miss Wheeler, Miss Maria Leslie and Mrs. Meeker, av ho, at the risk of their lives, carried out our cases and the light articles that were saved, Ave simply thank you, that being the only language Ave can use to express our gratitude." Words of Wisdom. Money is a good servant and a bad master. It is easy to find reasons why others should be patient. I If rich, he not too joyful in Having, too solicitous in keeping, too anxious in increasing, nor too sorrowlul in losing. Xo matter how purely and grandly we live to-day, there is do denying that we may live more purely, more grandly tomorrow. Style is only the frame to hold our thoughts. It is like the sash of a window?a heavy sash will obscure the light.?Emmons. Dandies may become useful in the same manner as those slaves of Sparta, who were made di unk in order to inspire children with a horror of intoxication. Friendship does not display itself in , words, but it acts unremittingly; those , pretended friends who talk of "nothing but their hearts are like those cowards ; who are continually vaporing about bra' very and battles. I Why He Didn't Go to the Circus, < J "I say, John, did ye sec the circus ?" ' J yelled a"little boy to another last even ' AUK* ! "Xo-o-o, I didn't see the circus!" snecringly said Jolin. who liad been kept in the house for disobedience. "Humph! Ought to have been there; ' biggest show you ever seed; elefant, and carnicls, and boa contwisters, and?and | everything. If I couldn't go to a circus I'd run away." ^ V i "Who wants to go to zer old circus?" A ' yelled John. " I had a circus all to my- M ' self. Tied the milk-pitcher to tne ' cat's tail, and the eat knocked down the flower-pots, and smashed the pitcher, and broke a pane of glass. Git away I wid your old circuses; been to moro'n 1 - ' ? ?1 JSJ-U l I lour nunurcn, an uiun t iiim-ni uiuw* fun; sin'didn't get licked nuther," and I the boy who Tiad been to the circus I felt as if he'd got hold of the castor-oil j bottle by mistake.?Oil City Derrick.