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Watchwords.
Through gathering cloud9 and stormy seas of
fate
Two golilcn watchwords gnide and comfort
me; v" V
Toiling along my path, early and late,
I cling to patience and fidelity.
In all the weary changes of my day
I strive to follow duty faithlully;
And when I lultcr, fainting by the way,
With subtle influence patience strengthens
* me'.So
onward, through what suffering God.may
send, -
I walk with fuith, and lect that sha'ii not
tire, *
Trusting with patience, strong unto the end,
To reach at last, oh, Lord, my soul's desire.
( ?Helen S. Conant, in Hjrptr't.
A Midnight Struggle.
In the early autumn of the year 18-19,
about half an hour of sunset, I drew
rein in front of a large double log hou^
on the very summit of the Blue Riti^*
mountains of Eastern Kentucky.
The place was evidently kept as a
; . tavern, at least so a sign proclaimed,
and here I determined to demand accommodation
for myself apd servant
^ Bose. a dark-skinned body-guard. Bose
Iliad been playmates In child and
a ^Jj^yhood. and I need hardly say that
* the faithful fellow was attached to me
as I was to him, and on more than one
occasion he had shown his devotion.
There had been a " shooting match "
at the Mountain .House that day, and,
as I dismounted, I saw through flic
open winnow 01 lue Darroom a noisy,
/ drunken, and evidently a quarrelsome
set of backwoodsmen, each - of whom
" was swearing by all possible and im- .
possible oaths that he_ was not "only the
best shot, but that lie dbuld out-Tight,
out-jump, out-wrestle; run faster, jump
higher, dive deeper and come up uryer
than any other man "on the mountains/'
" ?
"1 say, Mars Ralph', said Bose, in a
-lojv tone, as I handed him my bridle <
rqjjv" I don't like the looks of deiu dai\
S^bosi^ye. goes on to the next house ; i
taintj^V's . J '
"i^^^nso; Bose." I replied; " these *
fellows are only on a little spree over
their shooting. We have noticing to do ,
'"with them nor they with us. Take the j
horse's, round to the stables and see tn
them yourself. You know they've had ,
a hard day of it." ' *
And throwing mv saddle-bags -over- <
my Suoulders. 1 walked up the "narrow J
path to '.lie house, ' * ^
I found, as I have intimated, thenar*",
v room tilled, with u nnisy, :.iur bu Vent .
' crowd. who, one and all stared at me* ,
:v . without, 'se'-tkihgHsI --yv'ftnt up--to the
? '. 'ty?r and inquired if ^juid .my servant ,
oouid havx-a.commodity&r the nijlbt."
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nn-. reel-headed,
^^OT^^^P^ivfvou^-iuokiag man, I desired to he .
once shown to my room, whither I
went, hut not until T had been coin pel led
to decline a score of requests to 44 take a ,
W drink." much to the disgust of the stalwart
bacchanalians.
The room to which I was shown was
at the far end of a long two story strue- '
ture, evidently but recently added on to !
the main building, which it intersected ,
at right angles. A gallery extended ]
along the front, by means of which the
rooms were reached.
I found my apartment to be large and
comparatively well furnished, there M
being, besides the bed, a comfortable 5
cot. half a dozen 41 splint bottomed" i5
> > -t-a? i _ I,
mail's, a miivy Ciowies press, ;;iiu a
bureau with glass. '
There were two windows, one alongside
the door, and the other in the oppo- j
site end of the room. '
The first mentioned door was heavily '
barred with stout oak strips, a profee- !'
tion. I presumed, against intrusion from <
the poreh. while across the latter door
w:is drawn a heavy woolen curtain.
In the course of half an hour Hose ; 1
entered and announced that the horses j'
had heen properly attended to. and a few j1
minutes later a bright-faced mulatto j
girl summoned us to supper. (
Supper over. I returned to my room,
first requesting to be roused for an early !
breakfast, as I desired to be on the road .
by sunrise.
Thoroughly wearied with my day's |!
ride, I at once began preparations for re- |
tiring, and had drawn oil one boot, when
Hose came in rather hastily, looking j
furtively over his shoulder, and then 1
cautiously closing and locking the door.
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" null's uaipu, uars gwinc in i?r ;
trouble in dis house afore morning," lie
said.
And I saw in a moment that some- J
thing had occurred to upset the faithful
fellow's equilibrium.
"Why, Bo.se. what is it? What do'
you mean?" I asked, barely restraining a
smile.
" I tole you, Mars Ralph, we'd better ;
trabbel furdcr." was the rather mysterious
reply. " You see dat gal dere tole i
me dar would be a muss if we stayed in i
this old house ali night."
By elose questioning I elicited the fact |
that the girl had really warned him that
four men whom I had noticed together |
were a desperate set of villains, and !
probably had designs upon our property,
if not our lives.
The girl had seen two of them at the
stable while I was at supper, and by
cautiously creeping into a stall, next the
one in which they stood, had heard
enough to convince her that they meant
mischief. Subsequently to this she also
saw the landlord in elose confab with
the entire party, and from his actions
judged that he was urging the men to i
their nefarious1 work.
" I tell you, Mars Ralph, dent people j
ain't arte* no good?now you heard me,
persisted Rose.
I had begun to think so myself: but !
what was to be done. The situation >
woe full nf ninltnrnccmnnt finrl T folt th'it
nothing couid be done save to wait and
watch, and. by being on the aleit, defeat
their plans by a determined resistance.
I found that from the liarred window,
in which there was a broken pane of
glass, a good view of the stables could
be had.
Then for the other window.
T crossed the room, drew aside the
heavy curtain, and, raising the sash,
looked out.
A single glance was sufficient to cause
me a thrill of surprise, and 1 gave a low
exclamation that instantly brought Bose
to my side
Far below I could see the faint glimmer
of water, the low murmur ot which
eatne indistinctly up from the depths,
while on a level with what should have
been the ground, I dimly saw Uic waving
tree-tops, as they gently swayed before <
the fresh night 'breeze, and imew?that f
the window overlooked a'chasm, the ?
soundings of which I could only guess
at. <
In other words, the house, or that por- t
! tiou of it was built upon the very verge i
pf the cliff, the so\id rock forming a c
foundation more lasting than hny that
could betuade by the hands of man. f
I leaned far out, and saw that there 1
was not an inch of space left between
the heavy log on which the structure <3
rested and the edge of the precipice; and
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uii'u i turueu jiwjijt wjwi tu?j iuu uun-. fj
viction that if escape mitst be made, it r
certainly would not be made in that direction
There was nothing especially f,
strange m tli's", there are many houses u
so constructed?I had seen one or two
myself?and yet when itjyew back into ii
the room ana saw the look ill Bose's .
face, I felt that danger quick and deadly ?,
was hovering in the air.
Without speaking I went to my saddlobags
and got out my pistols?a superb .
pair of long double rifles, that I knew to
be accurate anywhere under half a hundred
yards.
" Dar! dem's what I like to see!" exclaimed
Bose, .as he dived down into his
bag and fished out an old horse pistol .
that had belonged to my grandfather,
and which [ knew was loaded to the
muzzle with No. 1 buci#hot. It wrs a
terrible weapon at close quarters.
The stables in which our horses were
feeding could be watched, and by events
transpiring in that locality we would .
shape our actions. I found the door
could be locked from the inside, and in .
addition to this, I improvised a bar by
means of,a chair leg wrenched off and
thrust through a heavy iron staple that
had been driven in the wall. Its fellow ,
on the ODDoistc side was missinv.
We then lifted the clothes press before
the window, leaving just room enough / '
on one &Tde to clearly sec, and, if jieces- ,
sary, lire through; dragged the buprau
against the door with as little noTFe as P
possible, and felt that everything that
was possible had been done. ^
A deathlike stillness reigned - over the A
place, "broken only once by the voice of
the colored girl singing as she crossed
the stable yard. jj
I had fallen into a, half doze, seated
in a chair near the window facing the
itahlbs, .where Bose was on the watch,.
when' suddenly I felt a slight touch upon ?
my arm', and the voice of the faithful *
sentinel in my ear.
" Wake up. Mars Ralph; dey's foolin *
'bout de stable doo1 arter de horses,
3huah," brought me wide awake to my J'
feet. -*
Cautiously peeping out.. I*8aw ata ?
glance that Bose was right in his con- Jj*
iec-fure-1-there were two -of, them?one
standing out in the clear motfplight, evi- ?
lnni.Ur Srof/il\innr mtr xxjItkIanr nr'hlln tho
ujj iTiuuy,??, nuiiv i-uw ?
atlier?ajad l fancied ft was the landlord f
?was ro the shadow near- the door,
which *Ht that moment slowly swung ^
As the man disappeared within the m
building* a low, keen whistle out the bc
iir, and at the.same-instant I heard the
A low hiss trom Hose brought mcToT(n
lis side, from 1 lie door where i had been
listening. h<
" 1 )ey*s got de horses out in de yard," je
lie whispered, as he drew aside to let me
lookout through the broken pane. w
"Take the door," I said, " and fire ,](
Lhrough if they attack. T am going to w
shoot that fellow holding the horses." t0
"Lordy. Mars Ralph, it's de tavern
Iceepor. He.ain't no count. Drop the ft1
big man!" was the sensible advice, which |j,
[ determined to adopt. (r[
Noiselessly drawing, aside the curtain u]
[ rested the muzzle of my pistol on the si
sash where the light had been broken
iway; and drew a head upon the tallest Pr
)f the two men who stood, holding the tl]
hrpe horses,out in the bright moonlight. * ;l
The sharp crack of the weapon was tli
nstantlv followed by a yell of pain, and
f nn?T fl?/\ viifVmri i?nr?1 h??el'M'nr/1 nnil
neasure his length upon the earth, and p.
.hen from the main building there rang t.j
44Murder! Murder! Oh, help!" jl,<
Like lightning it Hashed aeross my
mind. There were three horses out in
the open lot! There was, then, another i0
traveler besides ourselves. n(
"A heavy blow descended upon the p.
loor, and a voice roared:
Quick! Burst the infernal thing open, sc
ind let me get at him. The scoundrel f1(
has killed Dave!"
" Let them have it. Rose," I whispered,
rapidly reloading my pistol.
"The second panel."
With a steady hand the plucky fellow
leveled the huge weapon and pulled the u:
trigger. . S1
A deafening report followed, and again v
a shrill cry of mortal anguish told them ?
the shot had not been wasted.
"Sabeus! how it do kick!" exclaim- t'
ed Rose, under his breath. tc
The blow had fallen like an unexpeet- 'j
ed thunderbolt upon the bandits, and a
moment later we heard their retreating !
footsteps down the corridor.
44 Dar'll be more of'em heah 'fore long, R
Mars Ralnli." said Bose. with an omin- :
ous shake of the head. "I 'spects dese M
b'longs to a hand, and if dey comes an1 :
we still heah, we gone eoons lor shuar." !(
This view of the case was new to me; "
hut I felt tlio force of it. I knew that ?
such bands did exist in these mountains. ]
Stunned for a moment, I turned round ?
and stared hopelessly at Hose; hut lie,
brave fellow that he was, never lost his
head for an instant. }i
" Hound to leah here, Mars Ralph," he 4
said, quiteconiidently. " An' dar ain't j
no way gwine 'cept tro dat window 1
and he pointed to the one overlooking the
cliff. ' S
I merely shook my head, and turned to P
watch again, hoping to cct a shot at the c
rascal on guard. v
Hose, left to his own devices, at once ?
went to work. I heard him fussing j
around the bed for some time, but never v
looked to sec what he w:is after until lie J'
spoke.
" Now den for de rope," I heard him 1
say, and in an instant I caught his *
meaning. ! o
He had stripped the bed of its cover- | ^
i??r? /Ifirrn-nrl ntt'tlin liftnrw tiel- find till1 :
stout hempen rope with which it was
"eorded." ?
In five minutes he had drawn theropt
through its many turnings, and then, 1
gathering the coil in his hands, he drew J
up the sa-li and prepared to take sound- s
ings. f
It failed to touch the bottom; but, no- I
wise disheartened, he seized the cotton !
coverlet and spliced on. This succeeded |
and the cord was drawn up preparatory | "
to knotting it in place of cross pu ces.
Tii the meanwhile the silence without
had been broken once. A shrill, keen s
whistle, such as we had heard before, I i
was given bv the man on the watch.and | i
replied to by some one seemingly a little ! >
! way off. Then I heard footsteps?soft, i f
J
."/r vif .
\it-like onga?on the vcrariaa outside,
showing flint the robbers were on the
ilert at appoints.
At length Hose announced the " ladler
" ready. It was again lowqred from
lie window, and the end was held and
liade fast to the bed we had dragged
>ver for the purpose.
' Now, den, Mas'r Ralph, I go down
ust and see* if 'ura strong enough to
>ar us."
And he was half way out of the winlow
before I could speak. ' . .
" No.Bose; you shall not," I answered,
irntly, drawing him back/ into the
oom~ M You must? "
The words were lost in the din of;a
urious and totally unexpected attack
pon the door. * j*:
The dull heavy strokes of the axe were
iterming'ed with the sharp quick clatr
?r of the hatchets as they cut away at
he barrier, and once in a while I coilld
ear deep Oaths,as though tliey had been
endered doubly savage by our resis
nice.
44 Here, Bose, your, pistol! Quick!" 11
rhispered, and the heavy charge went
rushing tlimugh, followed by shrieks
nd curses orpain and rage.
Now, then, put with you! I will
old the place," I said, rushing back to
tie window. Come, Bose, hurry, or all
rill be lost."
The fellow now wished to insist on
ly going first; but he saw that time was
rasting and glided down the rope, gradally
disappearing in the lipavy shadows.
The fall of one of their number had
vused only a momentary lull, and I
eard them renew the assault with ten>ld
fury.
I dared not fire again, for I felt that
irery bullet would be needed when afiirs
were more pressing.
It seemed an age before I felt the signl
from below that the rope was ready
if me; but it came, and I ^et myself
iwn, pausing an instant, as my. eyes
linea a level with the sill, to take a last
ok into the room. "
As I d id so the door gave way, and the
loodthirsty demons" poured over the
ireshold.
l Knew Mac maa no time ior aeiiD ate
movement. They would instantly
iseover the mode of escape, and either
it the rope or else fire down on rge.
I hcd taken tjie precaution to draw.
1 my heavy riding gloves, and my
uids, thus protected, aid not suffer ns
inch as might have been expected.
With my eyes fixed upon the wi^)W,
I slid rapidly down, and'struck 1
le earth with ajar that wrenched evtry
>ne in my body. ., Vr
Quick as lightning I was seized by
ose, dragged some paces on one fii.deji'
id close against the face of the cli$f. ' p
2?ot a second too soon, for down came ^
volley , tearing Tip the earth aboufrt.br ,
ot of the rope, where, a moment be- ,
re. I bad stood. r. j
"Thunder, they will escape! After .
ifm, down the rope'!" yelled a voice al- ,
ost inarticulate with rage.
And I saw a dark form"swing out nnd ^
?gin the descent.' . t*
44 Now, Mars Ralph/* wKhfc cved. Boast#;
*uV^tTne"kw:Vying figure.
Without a sound the man released his
>ld, and came down like a lump of
rul. shot, tliroiiL'h the brain.
Another lnul started in hot haste, and
as more than half way out of the winiw,
when suddenly the scene above
as brilliantly lit up by the glare of a
rch.
Again the warning voice of the wateh1
black called my attention to the
rurc now struggling desperately to retin
the room. and. as before, I threw
j mv pistol, and covering the exposed
rte, drew the trigger.
With a convulsive effort the wretch,
ringing far out into the empty void,
trned once over, and came down with
rushing sound upon the jagged rocks
iat lay at the foot of the precipice.
A single look to see that the window
as clear?we knew there could be r.o
it It leading down for a long distance
titer way, of they would never have
tempted the rope, and we plunged
adlong into the dense forest that
othed the mountain side.
We got clear, it is true; hut with the
>ss of our animals and baggage; for the
?xt day, when we returned, with a
irtyof regulators, we found the place a
' an of smoldering ashes, and no living
nl tn fell whither the robbers bad
ed.
It is Better.
It is better to look up and take pleasre
in contemplating the good and
reat, than to lind happiness in low deices
and mean acts. It is better to tell
le truth than to tell a lie; to do good
inn to do mean; to save a reputation,
lan to blast one; to have charity than
> be critically severe: to love your felrvvs
than to hate them; belter to lift up
ie fallen than to pull down those aladyup;
to speak kind words than to*
iss out the gall of bitterness; to keep
ure than to reek with filth; to boon
ie losing side of right than to be on the
iumphant side of wrong; to he honest
lan to cheat; to have honest piety than
i lm a thmntinirhvnocrite: to be indus
iousthan to he an idle vagrant; to be
fair and square human being than to
e an uncertain quantity. With your
irtue worship the true and you may attin
unto greatness, but you can never
o it in the eyes of justice by trampling
pon,or by despising what is under you.
'lie poor have as bright eyes and as tenet*
hearts as the rich. They are not be3\v
your consideration. Nature's wilx.v
will bend over them with the same
race and beauty they will over the
roudestson and daughter of earth. Conerning
being true in life, (Jraee Greenrood
says: " Never nnsex yourself for
:reatness. The worship of one true
icart is better than the wonder of the
I'orld. Don't trample on the flowers
vhile longing for the stars. Live up to
he full measure of life, give way to your
mpulses, loves and enthusiasms; sing,
mile, labor and be happy. Adore poetry
or its own sake; yearn for, strive after
xeellence; rejoice when others attain it{
eel for your contemporaries a loving
nvy; steal into your country's heart.;
rW?- i"n itc frrrvitnesc I'Mllt ill its limvcr.
toiior its gallant men, immortalize its
uatehlesswomen." How much hotter
o do those tilings than to go sulkingand
hulking through lite like somedishontrod
our! It is hotter and easier to do
'{glit than to do wrong. Von goslraightbrward
to the right, but you approach
he wrong by devious and doubtful ways.
?Qnitify Notbrn Argn.
Mr. John 15. (Sough is in Ids sixty
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niles and delivered nearly 8.000 loetures
vithin the last thirty-seven years, and
ret he lias not hern in bed a whole day
Vom illness since 1846.
? ti^Y,
* Prof, Bencke, of M arbiifft
after m.-i>nnne??0 lnnuah J'MwBte*$e.
that, the k$>wtlf of thiit oiyd$3iflrara0St
in the first and second ydfti^jp3Hglp?
tlip end of tl;6 second veafcjft'J
size, and during J^c nex$i!jSEropf"^
again.doubled. TherHits.gtOTjMfiw?uch
slower, though frdrd'V4io'ftf?H5i?ivto the
twentieth year itsJsizn infra 'twothirds.
A' very slight?ra^a{^8 then observed
up to fifty, :vI|M^^g|t'adtinlly
diminishes. Except ukCmxtt ood. men's
hearts are decidedly tlio.se of
women'. : vyta?;
. A French minibuu* of* finance has'a
troodword for toads. Bodies and birds.
For toads because tlnjHtve entirely on
insect food, and are entirely harmless;
for moles because the*., live on grubs,
larvae, palmer worm" smd insects injurious
to agriculture, ltjfflfejng.been pretty
well demonstrated Inst the true mole
does not er4; vegetable food- Of birds he
says: Eac h department looses several
millions annually through insects. Birds
are the only enemies able to contend
against them vigorously. '-They are the
great caterpillar killerl and agricultural
assistants. 4
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" The Americans endeavor to combine
strength with lightnakr" says theLondon
Economist, "whiie^we look only to
strength; notice the l^dhootive and cars, .
American implemenis^ffid tools, which
have beautiful finistV^d. lightness, and
are more convenient t|ian ours. Take
American and English scythes, as an instance.
I find that the American weighs
a little m-er two ponXta'r and having a
good c^prg and poJisPTflader the suriace,
are .handier ana cut easier and closer
than the English, which weigh nearly
five pounds, and are broad, straight and
rough, just as the hammer leaves them."
A Par is correspondent tells a strange
story of the Zulu wn^xrjin 1863 Captain
Lambert^bf thePourtUyoltigeurs of the
French Imperial guard, was caught cheating
at cards and was impelled from his
regiment. He dccidfj'to drown himself,
but his godfaWr .'convinced him
that it would be beUB^ry his fortune in.
foreign lands. to the Cape of
Good Hope, lcsrl^^Kie native dialects
and became" of ammunition
to the ZuiitsJ^^^H'wprd obtained a
eommiSji^^^^HH^annV, of which
he finn^'4 er-i n-eh ief.
Fbut it
|!i :
have arisen in connection with their deportation.
A noble or privileged person,
who has not been judicially sentenced,
when sent to Siberia, by the orders of
thcThiid Section, or Secret Police; must
be escorted by two gendarmes, it being
against the law to manacle a privileged
person who is uncondemned. It appears
that there are not gendarmes enough
thus to.escort the number of persons to
be deported, and the Ministry of Secret
Police lias proposed to get rid of this
difficulty by sending the privileged poisons
fettered like ordinary criminals.
On the other hand, the officials are opposed
to any such course.
The Giant t'ncll or Arizona.
A writer in the Philadelphia Tinns,
describing atrip through Arizona, says:
We soon entered tin* land of giant
cacti. I was never more surprised than
at seeing the wonderful development, of
this plant in this region. I am satisfied
that, nowhere in the world is such size
attained. The species 'called Swatara
crows to the enormous height of sixty
feet, and measures six feet in diameter.
There are tens of thousands of this
species. Most of them will measure from
eight inches to two feet in diameter and
reacll :i neiglll 01 twenty ill tinny jiti.
Some have no limbs, and resemble :i
high post; others have from one'to three
arms. They seem to stand on the top of
the sand, with scarcely any root, and
must receive their nutrition largely from
the atmosphere. They are canned with a
beautiful flower, and later witli fruit. Tha
Indians remove the fruit with a long
spiked Tiole, and use it in large quantities.
The center of this cactus is pierced
with a hard, tough rod, which supports
it in times of storm. So firm is this support
that one is seldom tound broken or
blown to the earth. When in a state of
decay you can extract the centre, which
resembles more than anythingelse a lisliing-rod.
There are lifteen or twenty different
species of caeei growing in this region.
The pole cactus grows much like a Targe
corn-stalk. Each year's growlh?is indicated
by a joint, and a rich, tenacious
gum oxumps irom me suriaee, causing u
to burn like pine when it is entirely
green. There sire two varieties of what
is called the bull). These grow in the
form of a hall and nearly the size of a
pint cup. One variety is armed with
thorns half an inch in length, the other
with a different kind of thorn, much resembling
a porcupine's quill. These
thorns are as sharp as needles, and require
hut little pressure to penetrate
their entire length into the foot of a man
or the hoof of a horse. The variety having
the short tlioi lis bears a red-colored
fruit, about the size of a small peach; it
is very s.veet, and the juice flows from a
gofd pen as beautiful red ink. There is
another species which bears a different
kind of fruit, resembling a cucumber
about two-thirds matured. The pulp is
of the consistency of the banana, but
much sweeter, and very full of black, flat
seeds, tin* size of a dime. As far as I
have been able to ascertain there are
three kinds of fruit growing on as many
different species of cacti in this desert
land. Another kind, prized more than
all the rest I?y the Indians, very much
resembles our century plant. The wild
Apaches have forages depended largely
on this for sustenance. They boil the
root, make it into mush and thus eat it.
and from the vest of the plant make a
sour drink, which they greatly enjoy.
The Charleston (111.) PlaindcnJcr says
that the farmers of that vicinity have
discovered a new cure for hog cholera.
When the cholera appears among their
animuKtlioy cook a dead one and Teed it
to the others, and it rarely faiN to rflcct
a cure.
FY FOR THE FAIR &EX..
Fushlon IVotea.
Vegetables are now seen;on bonnets.
Lfwv ns- of a p$le green are fashionable.
Mexican filigree jewelry is the coming
rage.
The last novelty in- fringe is made of
pack-thread. .
. Carefully-made flies are worn as earrings
and pins.
Linen serge slippers are cool for home
wear in hot weather.
Dressmakers say that alpaca will be
much worn this fall.
Feathers prevail wherever they can "
be used with propriety. .
The joke waists have been superseded <
in Paris by the fan. waist.
Silk nets are more popular than ever,
especially for young ladies.
The costumes of grenadine over si Ik
, are usually made with a polonaise.
Cover a Japanese fan with a bit of
pretty silk and it is quite " chick.1'
Hjgh colored stockings are the rage
still,, ami especirtlly for young misses.
A new sort of goods, Glace Marguerete,
of silk and wool, is much worn..
Linen costumes much embroidered are
worn for morning dress in the country.
A profusion of knife-plaited, ruffles
weighs down the''new cheese-cloth'
gowns! . .
Dresses are worn much shorter in the
streets abroad than they.. are in this
country. . *
The t ower thai a iaay wears at her
throat should give the keynote of .color
in her dress;*
Dresscsof the same material as those
worn bj thei** mothers are' made up for
young girls.
Ribbons with spotted strfpes are the
latent importation, and take tne fane#of
nearly all the ladies.
Imitation pearl beads are coming into
fashion this fal., and large importations
from Italy will be made. r.
Tidies made of pink ancfcblue silesia
smd bordered with lace areT considered
quite the tiling just now. " '
Pointed waists, both badk and front,
are being revived, but are far from being
a becoming style for the figure. ?
Barege dresses for yoting; ;girls arc
trimmed with cascades of Breton lace,
with loops of ribbon in each fohL : .
IraitatioiiLisle thread gloves, costing
but ten cents per pair, are just as hand-..
3omc as the real, which cost ten times as '
much. . *>" . . .
r* 11.5^ 1 UJA.4 .
oonre wanting buius u.ivc niusii
extending nearly to the knee in front
These can he worif without any outside
wrap. . 'V r. .-r . :Jr
Sowing beads on Jblaek lace would he
? a profitable amu^epaent for idle hours.
/ Beaded lace is'.to be fashionable in
the winter. *:>]!.
*A Paris idea is.to ;wear flesh-colored
stock!i-gs ujider ' o'pen-*worked ones.
< liMSterous i^ Jdiiajs^it is fawhionahle I
Velvc^^^rTofi -u$?d
than at the beginning of the summer^
but it is placed on cotton materials
rather than on woolens.
A new hat called the Princess Louise
has made its appearance in London and.
New York. It is of delicate straw and
turned up one side and back.
To Mend StocUSiiK*.
A lady, who linds in the practice of
the homely art that she brings comfort
to her family, gives these suggestions as ,
to stocking-mending:
Hiven :l dozen nairs of woolen ribbed
socks. Select from tlicm the two or
three pairs most worn: cut away the
heels mid toes, and lay by the better
J parts for use in mending?well, yes, for
patches.
From the best hose retained to be repaired,
cut out the worn heel, and from
the patches cut a new heel precisely like
the old one.
First sew the bottom of the heel, then
sew it into the place made vacant. Use
soft cotton, or else the line, soft mending
yarn, which comes, of all colors, on
spools.
Sew the raw edges " over and over,"
about as close as a nice overcast; so that
when the new heel is worn out, you
have only to pull the thread and insert
another.
The thread must not be so tight but
that the seam will flatten and become
imperceptible to the foot. To sew in
such a heel will require about one
minute.
If the toe is worn, so that the new
darns seem to take from the old, and the
rent is made worse, cut it off so far from
the instep as it is thin.
From the top of the sock put aside,
cut. a new toe like the old. Sew across
the end, and then around the foot, observing
to make the seam, as before,
flat and soft.
When again worn out, repeat the pro;
cess, till the entire dozen, like the fabled
j ducks, have eaten one another up.
Hypochondria.
There are mild forms of hypochondria
j which never receive that specific name
from the doctors who attend them, but
| nevertheless give their victims much
I trouble. The nervous man who is visited |
j with ;i pimple magnifies it into a maligI
n^nt pastule, and his imagination torI
tures him with the morbid picture oi
the suflering and sudden death which he
i will be called to undergo. Many people
are haunted all their lives in this way
| without anything serious ever happen1
ing, and when they reach old age have,
j for sole compensation, the opportunity
! of congratulating themselves that not
one of the disagreeable omens they had ,
! was ever realized. But after the hypoi
ehondriac is cured of one of his un- ,
healthy fancies he is sure, sooner or later.
| to acquire another. As I)r. Maudesley
noints out in his "Responsibility in
Mental Disease," though the patient
may seem to go away entirely disabused
of his sick fancies, they return to him or i
j are supplanted by worse.
In very exceptional instances, indeed,
the hypochondriac may take a new departure
ami with a daily supreme effort
of will shake off the encumbrance that
weighs upon him. But this is so seldom
the case that statistics scarce make
mention of it: ami it may generally ho
takon for granted that when hypochonI
dria is cured a change of surrounding
conditions is mororosponsihlo for it than
j is the direct exercise of will on the pari
' of the patient, his environment remain:
ing unchanged. Few men thus niUictor4.
have tlie perseverence and the .strength
! of will necessary to lift oil'every day the
incubus which fastens them down and
i to think and act, like well men merely
i because they choose to do so.?No-"> York
1 Tdcyram.
Little Johnny's Philosophy.
There was a dog, and there was a cat,
and tliero was 'a ox. The dog it scd to
the ox, the dog did:
"That's a mighty long tail you got
there, mister, with a nice tossle ty- the
end, but you can't waggle it when you
meet your master."
Then tlie cat it scd to the ox: ,
"No, indeed, and you can't bio it. up
like a bloon when you git mad."
Then the lam it ?ed:
""You ain't able for to twinkle it,
either, wc-n you think of something
funny." 41
The ox he thot a while, and bime by '
jfie spoke up and sed his^wnself:
" 1 plade hooky wen I was a little boy '
so much that I dident leam thera vain !
Accomplishments, that's a fack, but I cot
a tolably good bisness edecashun, and I
gess raebbe you fellers wude have to cum ]
to me for to hellep you out if you had.to |
fil a order for ox-tail soup." |
Wen Mister Gipple was in Africa he ,
seep sum natifs, wicli is called Hotten- \
tops, and they likes their beef raw, like
dogs, and lie see em cut it orf of the cat- .
ties wile they was a life and bellerin. j
And sum ot the catties had hen cut up a
good deal that way, but not ded.\' One 1
clay thb King of the Gotten tops ho see .'
Mister Gipple, and he sed, the King sed: :
""Did you see any catties 'long the
road you'cum? Cos mine have strade
away, and I can't find 'em-"
. Misjer Gipple he sed:
" Yes, sir, jest over beyond that hill is J
a porter-house stake with one horn broke '
orf, and 'bout a "mile lurther 'long yule J
find a rib roast eatin the wilers, and near *
by I seen two houtches of bull fitin sum 6
soop bones, and onto the other side of 9
the spring I gess yule see a liver and sum
tripe-a layin in the shade and a checvin i
theic cuds." * \
.But Mister Brily, the butcher, he nock c
em onto the lied with axes and cut their d
throte in a minnit, and me and Billy we c
sayhooray. '3
Cows is beef, and a calf it is veal, but c
little pigs is mutton. d
One tune I was in Mister Brily's shop
and he had cut orf a pigs hed and set it
on the top of a barel, and ole Gaffer
Peters he cum in and seen it, and he scd,
old Gaffer did:
"Mister .Brily, your pig is a gitting
out."
Mister Brily he luked,and*hcn hesed:
" That's so, Gaffer, you jest take that
stick and rap him onto the nose fore he
can draw it in."
So Gaffer he took up. the stick and t
snbok up real sli, and fetched the pigs .
hf!cf a regular nose wipe, luu'd'aseyer he r
cude with the stick, and nocked'tlte pigs t
k'eo1 orf the bar!, and you never.secn sech- t
fiiqtonish old jnan.- But Mister Brjly he <]
preteho&l likelie wasent lookin. abd old h
Gaffer hesed: V';
. ""Mister Brily, you must accuse, .ihe,: ]
hut wen I struck that pig it'dodgod j
and cut its hed orf agin the edje.of the .
barl."
if->. ]
Wrapping . j
It ^is a matter of t
gdods are almost ii.vainlyup t
in- printed or manuscript paper. "1*er* f
haps we might also say that provisions j
for picnics and otheflfhmpersare stowed |
away in simjlar coverings, and it will, j
therefore, not he amiss if we call atten- ^
tinn to the fact that danger lias been discovered
to lurk in these newspapei
wrappings.
In the case of printed paper, the characters
have often been transferreiLlo the
cheese or butter, and either they are cut
away by the uuservant cook, or they are
unnoticed, and in due course become assimilated
in the process ol satisfying
hunger. It is supposed that the ink or
the paper itsell may possibly by some
chance contain something deleterious.
But written paper is oven more likely to
be hurtful, inasmuch as in writing the
paper has been in ciose contact with the
hand, which not improbably may lie
giving off a perspiration, that may enter
the pores or the paper and may there
ferment, r.ot with advantage to health
in the event of any portion of themanuserint
beintr allowed to accompany the
food downdmsuspecting threats. I
Tin's subject has called forth some | *
correspondence in German papers, and \
though we would not attach absurd im- ^
portance to it, it may still be said that .
clean unused paper is so cheap that t
retail dealers have small excuse for t
using either printed or written matter
for wrapping up their commodities.?
Exchange.
c
Tlie (Jueen of All. j
Honor the dear old mother. Time has c
scattered the snowy flakes on her brow, p
plowed deep furrows on her cheek, but t
is she not sweet and beautiful now? The u
lips are thin apd shrunken, but those are n
the lips which have kissed many a hot o
tear from the childish cheeks, and they e
are the sweetest lips in all the world, i
The eye is dim, yet it glows with the i,
soft radiance of holy iove which can li
never fade. Ah, yet, she is a dear old c
mother. Thesands of life arc nearly run u
out, but feeble as she is, will go further t
and reach down lower for you than any s;
other upon earth. You cannot walk into b
a midnight where she cannot see you ; t<
you cannot enter a prison whose bars
will keep her out; you can never mount
a scaffold too high for her to reach that
she may kiss and bless you in evidence
' ' Hiri.? *i.? ...v
of Jier deatmcss love. ?? nr? ,
shall despise and forsake you, when it j
leaves y<>11 by the wayside to die un- ''
notieoii. the dear old mother will gather
you in her feeble arms and carry you
home and tell you of all your virtues un- J1
til you almost forgot that your soul is ''
disfigured by vice. Love her tenderly, :l
and cheer her declining years with hoiy *
devotion.?Exchang*.
P
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Where He Stored His Money.
A few days ago there died in the town 11
of Vernon, Winneshiek county, an aged o
farmer named Carpenter, who left a will,
bequeathing 1o his son an old chest that r
hau been an heirloom in the family. On
opening the chest the son was surprised g
and incensed to find that it contained j
nothing of value. He so reported to the ! d
remaining members of the family, when
they persuaded him to make further investigations,
which he did in taking the o
chest apart. In doing so, two cleats, a
each half an inch thick and perforated o
with nu^T holes, were discovered. 1 enr- i
ing <?1V these cleats the jftung man found d
that they were hollow, and that the t]
space between the lid and the bottoms of
the cleats had been tilled with cold coins h
by the thoughtful parent, llow lone a
they had been stored in such a singular s
manner in that old chest is a mystery.? ?
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ITEMS OP INTEREST.
Wliatun oarsman likes?" A real good
time." v*
The total number of American patents
extant and expired is more than.210,000
The man who funs up large bills is a
man of some account:? Yonkers Stairs*
num. u
The mosquito almost always succeeds
in getting a speech, from th? person it
honors with a Serenade.
Next year will be a very prosperous
ane for dealers in smoked glaf?. No less -*
than seven eclipsfs are advertised. . i,
"Those whom the' gods lbve dig
" Tl.nt-lfl mUf1 Koonmflfl irvf ull tH*>
VUUII?. 'iu?i a TTjuw wy vuivw v- w??
fionest advertising tfgofits.?Middletoum '
Transcrivt.
Fort Wayne,. Ind., has a professional
frog catcher, who works the canal from
ihat city to Defiance, Ohio. He sometimes
catches as high as 5,000 frogs on a
single trip, which'retail from twenty-five
to seventy-five cents per dozen.
There are very few feminine criminals
n India. The average prison population
in Bombay is 1 to 1,815 of tne total
lopulation, but that of the female prisoners
is only 1 to 23,500. This is attributed
to the subjection of women, and
,ho absence of drink!
There was a moment's lull'in the delate,
and then a member known as
' Old Reliable " spoke up: " Why, down
0 Arizona, when I lived tliar, it was so,/
lot that they used to have to splice two
hermometers together so's to get any
oca of the heat, and even then the quick*
ilver would spurt over the top ott&>? ometimes."
* Walter,'do you think the stars &&&?**?
nhabited?" she .-said, glancing at
vith an expression that showed w;lSp$|HBP
onfidence sue had in his superior '
lom. " Clara," he replied, " your father
inly allows me ten dollars a week, and
'ou can't expect any but a high-priced
jerk to answer that question."?An1
reto'A Bazar.
CASABZANCA.
The boy slewed on the burning deck
Whence-all but him had fled;
And when they shouted, "Leave iho wreck!"
He turned and hotly said,
" I'm goin' down with, this 'ere ship?
Hnlk, mast, jibbooth and spanker;
And, when I've made myd>r:uy trip,
You'll find Cnsa-by-aneMr."
?Jlmertcfji'Punch.
A London paper describes the assegais
lsed by tlie Zulus." stating that the name
' assegai" or " hassagaie "?which is
learer the native word?is derived from
he tree from which the wood used in
hating those weapons is-usually taken. :,, ,
This wood has peculiar properties, beirig '?
brittle - and *atA the same time slightly
SSstic, and'spears made from.it quiver
h.tfteir flight; a nioyement upon'which
he accuracy, of their aim and their great _
j^&rnting^wer dCpferid. i; <
" Say? mister," said an urchin to a'galant;
protector of the peace, " thereV a
ell n iearftil wayl" " Where is he?"
isked the excited peeler. Just' around
he cornerI'' Anu. it wasnTf till he . ^
IrQ
bicf. that. he took .in the sitnation.
lieanwhilcihe boy remembered that ho
iad been sent on an errand just two.
lours and a quarter previously.?Jon- '"
crs Gazelle..
v A M1D8UMMKK IDTX. ;
Thou nrt so near and yet so lar, .
0 tllmy, pale mosquito bar !
In silent watches of the night,
When owlets moan and bits disport
Ami cats upon the woodshed court,
We stretch onr hands to thee so white
To pluck tliee 'round us til! about.
Lest llie? blaspheming find us out
By dawning ntorning light.
Thou art so near and yet so far,
Coquettish, v n mosquito bar!
.Some nail have cached thee on the flooiPerchance
some hook upon the wall
Impedes thy grncelul, sheltering fall;
Yet when the dreary night is o'er
We tlnd thee splattered on the bed
Entwined about our feet and head?
O clinging, gauzy bore!
])r. En ward G. Loring^speaks in Haritr's
Magazine of persons not taking
tropcr eare of their eyes as follows:
xrrtnm.p nf nrovention mav
fT JltllVTYCI mi x'uuvv v. r - ~ ?
)c to other members of the body, it cerainly
is worth many pounds of cure to
he eye. Like ;i chronometer watch,
his delicate organ will stand any
imount of use, not to say abuse, but
vhen once thrown off its balance, it
cry rarely can be brought back to its
original perfection of action, or, if it is,
t becomes ever afterward liable to a reurn
of disability of function or the scat
if actual disease. One would have suplosed
from this fact, and from the fact
hat modern civilization has imposed
inon the eye an ever increasing amount
if strain, both as to the actual quantity
if work done and the constantly inreasinf
brilliancy and duration of the
Humiliation under which it is pcrormed,
that the greatest pains would
lave been exercised in maintaining the
irgan in a condition of health, unci the*
Teat est care and solicitude used in its
rcatmcnt when diseased. And yet it is
afe to say that there is no organ in the
ody the welfare of which is so pcrsis htiy
neglected as tiie eye,"
J nstLlktT a Man.
Mrs. Cliglio went down to the Sandrich
Springs the other day with some
fiends, and after she had departed her
lusband looked around the house to sec
rhat he could do to busy himself. The
ront steps looked rather brown and he
ulled oft his coat, hunted up paint and
1-ncii on it in an hour lie had completed
s nice a job of painting :is any houserife
would care to see. lie had a right
i) chuckle over it, and to imagine how
leased his wife would he; but no one
ould tell what an hour mav bring forth,
'von before she had opened the gate on
er return the wife got red in the face,
ourished her parasol around, and called
ut:
"You great big idiot! Won't you
[ever learn anything?"
"Wh-what's the matter now?" he
Jisped. f"Matter!
Why. I have invited a
ozen people to come in this evening."
"Yes?well, can't they come?"
('-.n i imv' ] f.-Lsn't everv blessed one
f them got to come in :it tin? side door
nd see that sitting-room carpet nil full .
f holes, and the hack hall all torn up?
Ml die before 1*11 let 'cm. and if you
on't get snap-suds and a rag and take
lint paint off I'll hire it done!'1
Mr. Cligho was just an hour and a
lalfat the job, and when men went past
nil asked him what he was doing, he
oftly replied that he was u?!ng soapilds
to exterminate red ants.?Ditroil
'/re Press.