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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.
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The Fanny .Small Boy. /><
Tlie room it was hot, ' ^
And the room it was school;
So the schoolmaster got
Fast asleep on his stool,
While the scholars were liavin^ a irolic
Bcrelt of all reason and rule.
When a ball, badly aimed,
Struck tho schoolmaster's nose,
Which was long and quite famed
For its terrible blows;
Then he scowled on those innooc '.l scholars.
In a way he could acowl when he okoae.
"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.