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The Journal.
9. 6. ALEXANDER, - Proprie or
CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA
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The Sower's Sons.
Novr hands to seed-sheet, boys.
We stop and we cast; old Tide's on wins;
And would yo part&ko of harveet Joys, v
The corn must bo sown In spring.
Fall gently and still, good corn,
$ Lie warm in thy earthy bed,
^ And stand so yellow some morn
That beast and man may be fed.
Old Earth is a pleasure to see
In sunshiny cloak of red and green ;
The furrow lies fresh; this year will bo
As the years that are past have been.
Fall gently and still, etc.
Old Mother, receive this corn,
The seed of six thousand golden sires ;
All these on thy kindiy breast were born;
One more thy poor child requires.
For gently and still, etc.
Now steady and euro again.
And measure of step and stroke we keep;
Thus up and thus down wo cast our grain;
Sow well, and you gladly reap,
Fall gently and still, etc.
A ?Thomas Carlyle.
" MOTHER CAREY'S CUSHION."
"Now, Octavia," said Mrs. Oland,
" do be a little careful to-day. Don't,
^ lor pity's sake, let your wild spirits
un away with you 1"
Octavia Oland, in her pink muslin
dress, tiecThere and there with jaunty
little bows of ribbon, and a straw gypsy
hat garlanded with pink poppies,
turned around, the very incarnation of
.radiant glee.
V Mamma," said she, " why should
* you grudge me my little holiday?
Don't I work behind Miss Fanshr.we's
counter all the year like any African
* slave? Don't I lose my very identify
in shirs and puffings, and toil my fin
gers off in flounces and tucks! Do let
me play I am a child again just this
once
So this beautiful young Euphrosyne
danced away, leaving only the sweet
echo of her laughter in the gloomy
apartment, and Mrs. Oland sighed.
" She is so thoughtless," said the
mother. "And Duncan Ray and Harrv
Bolton are both going on this sailing
party?and somehow I feel as if to-day
< were going to be the turning point of
her life. I Wish she could bring herself
to like Duncan?he's a steady,
noble-souled lad, as his father was before^him,
but there isn't much outside
show about him* And Bolton's a handsome,
dashing young fellow, just the
sort to attract any girl. But somehow
I can't quite believe in him. Octavia
says I haven't any knowledge of the
world. Well, perhaps she is right.
But I think we quiet, stay-at-home
bodies are sometimes gifted with a sort
j^oteistinot in these matters."
tfhe d 1 n a* P
the-4??ftrsion Bteamer, fluttering with
gay flags and sound of music, glided
majestically along; the Bea air breathed
ne*? strength into wehry lungs and
touohed fevered brows with achemic
power; and all these over-tired, overworked
sewing girls forgot for a brief
while that life was nothing more than a
tread mill to them.
^ They laughed, they danced, they
sang; they flang flowers into the water
that floated around the wheel house,
they counted the glimmering sails that
leaned up against the horizon; and
- finally when the boat landed at White
Crags they all scattered in various directions
over the silver shingled beach
in merry pursuit of shells, seaweed and
pebbles, as so many newly liberated
school ohildren might have done.
And Octavia Oland, the prettiest girl
in ail tne tnrong, reignea as a sore 01
princess among them.
."Mother Carey's Cushion ?" said she;
merrily, eohoing the words of an ancient
salt who was mending his nets in a
sunny spot with an old pipe in his
mouth, and a picturesque long beard
" * blowing about in the wind. " Is that
what they call yonder rock ?"
" That 'ere's what they hails her by,
lady-miss," said the old sailor, his dim
eyes resting with evident, approbation
on Octavia's fresh young lilies and
roses. "And well it's knowed hereabouts."
" But why do they call it so ?" persisted
the girl.
"Beoause of the cushion, jpy lady~
~ miss," answered the fisherman, laying
his pipe down on the sand out ol
respect to tnis cnarming young presence.
"And the Mother Carey'8
chickens as oirole round the point of
a dark day when there's a storm
comin' up. It's a round rock, near to
the top?d'ye see?" pointing his knotty
forefinger?"with grass and mosses
growin' on it, in a oircle, like a cushion.
And a-back, all of the nateral rock.
There's them, my lady-miss," he added,
* " as has climbed to the very top and
-?^ sat on the cushion. I and my sweetheart?as
has been dead these thirty
years?did onoe. But we didn't care
to stay there long, I tell ye. For the
wind howled and the seagulls shrieked,
and the tide roared like a hungry shark
around us, and it was as much as ever
wo oould do to get down again with
whole bones."
" Why," said Bolton, "it doesn't look
nuch a height."
" Mebbe not?mebbe not!" said the
old man. " A quarter of a mile makes
a dearo1 difference in the look of things.
And them as ain't nsed to distanoes
can't calculate."
And he went on with his work While
"-Jlhe little group strolled on, bright Octafia
with her ribbons and curls floatt
ing, Bolton carrying her shawl, and
L Duncan Bay walking silently on* the
^Uot^fede. ^
I
overtook them and there was a die- a
cuseion as to where the site should be ]
for their impromptu banquet; and J
presently Duncan Ray looked around. \
" "Where's Octavia ?" he asked*, I
Everybody had some answer to make.
Auriette Hall had seen her not five ?
mintites before ; Helen Ray was quite <
certain that she was hiding behind the 1
rained boat-house on the edge of the
beach; Lois Fielding suggested that *
she had probably gone back to the 1
steamer for a scent-bottle or a hand- 1
kerchief, or some such trifle. 1
- " She'll be here presently,' said they.
" In the meantime, let us get the lunch 1
ready, for there's a dark little edge of '
cloud down in the west that the cap- 1
tain says he don't half-like the looksof."
And where all this time was Oe- 1
tavia Oland ?
She was springing up the steep and 1
winding ledge of the rock, quioker and
lighter than any mountain ohamois, her (
veil floating back like a white wreath of 1
mist, an exquisite scarlet dyeing her
cheek, : *
" If other people can climb to Mother .
Carey's Cushion, so can I,'* said dauntess
Octavia, keeping her face reso
utely away from the furious waves
that boiled and raged below, lest, perchance,
it should render her giddy, (
And how astonished they will bell
when they see me waving my handkerchief
to them from that diBzy r
peak I"
Long before the cold fowls, chicken
salad and sandwiches were spread upon
the grass the captain came up from the '
steamer.
"Ladies and gentlemen,*1 said he,
" I'm sorry to spoil sport, but there's a i
squall brewin', if ever there was one, 1
and we'll all be safer well out at sea 1
than on these ragged points of rook
especially as the tide is comin* in a deaf
faster than we'd calculated on. So il
you'll all step lively I shall be particularly
obliged."
The ladies began hurriedly to pack
the as yet incomplete repast, and to
gather up their hats, veils, parasols and
gloves?the gentlemen looked around
for shawl-straps, books and baskets;
and once again ran the question:
" B ut Octavia I Where is Octavia V
And Dorsey Wheeler, straining hie
eyes through the gray mist which was
already beginning to gather over the
landscape, exclaimed:
"Who has an opera-glass? I see
something on that tall rock that seems
to lean toward the water?something, I
an quite certain, whioh moves 1"
The captain produced his glass.
"Though, to be sure," said he, ^
"glasses ain't muoh use in such a
plaguey Scotch mist as this. But I de- '
clare, there is something up there flat- ]
tering in the wind, like some one waving
a signal of distress 1"
snatched ithe glaafe from the s
1 "Yerevan's hand anavarriedl^ adjusted
it to his own eyes.
"It is Octavia's veil," he said. -."I ^
can see the pink flowers like little dote,
of color on her head. Good heavens! '
and she has been mad enough to olimb
that rook, all for a spirit of crazy ad- ^
venture!" *
" It's a bad job for her, then," said '
the old fisherman, who, having left his 2
nets to take care of themselves, had (
mingled, blaok pipe and all, in the gen- 2
eral confusion. " For now the tide is 2
in, there ain't nobody nor nothin' can *
get near Mother Carey's Rocks; and if 3
the wind rises, as it's goin' to do, she'll 3
be blowed into .kingdom come at the ^
very first puff!'' 1
"Can nobody help her?" cried the '
horrified group.
The old salt shook his head.
"You'd only come to your own
death," said he, "witho ut helpin' her ^
mite. There was a man killed there '
twenty-one year ago come October. 3
He?" 3
" We are losing time," said the cap- (
tain, impatiently. "There's a black 1
squall driving up on the wind, and I'd *
not give muoh for our lives if we don't '
get clear of them confounded rocks. 1
Of course we're all sorry for the yonng
lady ; but so far as I oan see she'll have '
to take the consequences of her own
folly. It's impossible to risk a whole
barge-load for her. Ladies and gentlemen,
all forward now, if yon please!'
But Dnncan Bay stepped out from
the ranks.
" Bolton !" said he. "McDowell! *
Christian men, all of yoa! Are yon 1
going deliberately off to leave the
sweetest aDd mo3t precions of onr ,
number to perish in the winds and
waves ?"
" I?I don't see that we can do anything
!" stammered Bolton. "ThiB
good man says that we shonld not risk
onr own lives to no pnrpose."
"And yon must see, yourself," added
Mr. Launcelot McDowell, "that it
would be certain death to try to cross
the water, now that the tide is rising so
fast!"
"There's no time to parley!" said
the captain, impatiently. "The bell
will ring directly, and whoever isn't on
board then isn't on board at all! Eh!
Where are you going, Mr. Ray ?"
"To the top of jonder cliff," said
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Uuncan, puning jixb cat resoiuieiy over
his brows. "To rescue that girl or to
die in the attempt 1"
But at the same moment a slender
figure, with a zephyr shawl drawn
lightly over its head, stepped out from
behind the old bulkhead?Ootavia
Oland herself. - *
"Do not risk your life, Duncan Ray!'
she said, in a sweet, dear voioe. " I
am quite safe. My -weil and hat blew
off, and I could not disentangle them
from the sharp rooks. But I, myself,
was ^rfcunate enough to make good my
retreat befpre &e dreadful wind got too .
J^jLAnll cafrie up behind yon^Mi
f ; '
knd heard your talk, and?and? Oh,
3onoan. I can't bear to think of it all I
Let us go back to the eteatner as fast as
ve can, and get out of this frightful
Mace!" f 1
She covered her eyes with one hand 1
is she spoke, while with-the other she 1
slung to Duncan Ray's arm> as if it (
irere a refuge beyond all Computation. 1
But all the Way baok to tfew York '
ihe never onoe condescended to rpeak '
;o Harry Bolton or Mr. McDowell; and
vhen she returned home that evening 1
she was engaged to Dnncan Ray.
" For I know now,* she Baid, with a
little tremor in her voice, " who, and
vho alone, would have risked his life v
for such a silly child as I i"
And Harry Bolton and Mr. McDowell
felt like recreant knights, indeed !
"Decidedly awkward 1" Baid the
formed
"Yes," assented the latter. "Puts
me?ahem!??in such an awkward position.?He
fen Fan til Graves.
literary impostors.
An impudent impostor has been flgur
ing extensively in Oork, Ireland, a
Mark Twain, the Courant tells us
Mark has been in Hartford all the season,
and has sent a dispatch to the Lonion
Times saying the man w.is a oheat,
Dnt the latest advices from abroad are
;hat the fellow is still snccessfnlly
making his way in Ireland as Mark
rwain. It is extremely difficult to put
lown such frauds, simple as it seems at
irst. A recent issue of the New York
Journal of Commerce- told the following ,
acts to i11' strate a similar point:
Similar occurrences are not unusual.
k year or two ago a carriage accident in
i distant city led to a telegraphio statement
that a well-known and accomplished
lady author was dangerously
inrt, and exposed the faot that the perion
injured had long assumed the name
ind reputation of that lady, who was at
he time in this city, where she resided
gentleman was greatly surprised at a
vatering-place a few years ago on being
ntroduced to a lady, a poet of wide
:ame, whereas he happened to be an inornate
friend of that lady, who was
vnifn onstfViai* nflWJAn And l'n fViin roun
id determined were people in their willngness
to be defranded the impostor
riumphed, and the gentleman was
ireated as a tradncer.
Not many years ago a very brilliant
md attractive woman imposed on a
arge nnmber of intelligent persons,
md obtained and held a high social
position in this city, representing herjelf
to be the author of a series of
lovels, then published anonymously in
England, which were able and justly
popular. She was for more than a year
idmired and respected by many of the
sest people in social and literary circles,
md it does not appear that she robbed
my one of anything except that_admirar
iion which wasun reality due to another
ady. Her exposure was the result of
m accident. A gentleman who had
net her at a reception where Bhe was
Hade specially prominent mentioned
the circumstance to a friend, who happened
to be the adviser of the American
publishers of the foreign novelist,
md who Vas one of the very few pir
30DB who ?new that lady's name, lie
>f course t(51d"hiJ friend that the claimant
was an impostor, and the resnlt was
in interview between friends o! the
daimant and persons who were able to
make the truth very clear. The shock
in the circles in whioh the imposture
iiad been so long successful was severe,
out was soon over, and the fraudulent
lovelist silently disappeared.
Rescued from the Grave.
"It sounds like a good deal to say, but
[ once knew a man who died and was
ouried on the overland trail to Oaliforlia,
and afterward mads his appearance
in the Placer mines of Prickly Pear
3itv?and it wasn't his ghost either,
bat himself in the flesh." This was
;he reply which a well-known resident
of Helena, Montana, made to a
reporter.
" In the spring of '49," continned the
citizen, " when the California gold excitement
was at its height, in company
vith a large party J crossed the plains,
ifter getting well nnder way the cholera
broke out among ns and several
died. Among other deaths was that of
i man named W. H. Clark, of Henry
county, Mo. "We bnried him near the
point where the old Santa Fe trail
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oroseea ine Arkansas rivar. we uau
no coffin, but wrapped him in his blankets,
and inclosing him in a covering of
oark stripped from the cottonwood
;rees, we planted him abont seven feet
leep in the sand and piled logs on the
?rave to keep the wolves from digging
sim np. The next morning we moved
on.
'' I remained in California nntil 1865,
md waa then attracted to Montana by
the gold exoitement. In 1868, while in
the diggings of what is known as Montana
City, I was startled at meeting
Dlark, whom with my own eyes I had
leon buried on the Arkansas river nine
ieen years before. The recognition
was mutual, and on my expressing my
surprise he related to me that after our
rarby had buried him and proceeded on
award California, a patty of Indians
same along, and, seeing his new-made
jrave, dug him up for the sake of fcia
blankets and olothing. As he showed
signs of life, they applied restoratives
md the result was that he was brought
>ac& to lifd and health. He lived among
he Indians for years, and afterward
same to Montana. At the time I met
lim he was working for Jerry Embry.
Fir ere is absolutely no doubt as to
31"||^entity, and he is now living in
PraflHI Arizona, I believe."
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^^^Ka doctor cures you for nothing
EWgRtff nature's no-bilj-men.
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FOB THE FAIR SEX.
A Sunshiny Woman.
What a blessing to a household is a
merry, cheerful woman?oile whose
spirits are not affected by wet days, or
little disappointments, or whose milk
of hitman kindness does hot sbur in the
sunshine of prosperity. Such a woman
in the darkest hours brightens the
house like a little^ piece of sunshiny
weather. The magnetism of iter smiles
and the electrical brightness of her
lookB an^.jtfoVements infect "every one
Tho children go to school with a sense
of something great to foe achieved, her
husband goes into the world in a oon
queror's spirit. No matter how people
annoy ahd Worry him all day, far off
her presence shinhs, ahd he wbisp?rs to
himself: "At home I shall find rest."
So day by day she laterally renews his
strength and energy, and if yon know a
man with a beaming face, a hind heart
and a prosperous business, in nine cases
out of ten you will find he has a
wife uf this kindi
Women ol Ancient Histerr.
There was one place among the ancients
where the wife and mother had
many more privileges and rights than
most people are aware of. Professor
George Ebers, the accomplished Egyptologist,
informs us that in Egypt 500
years B. 0., not only did women have
their own revenues) but " they had entire
disposal of their property, no matter
in what it consisted; in short, the
weaker sex seems to have enjoyed equal
influence with the stronger. During
the reign of the Ptolemies many coins
were stamped with, the queen's image
and oities were given queens' names.
Moreover, sons in speaking of their
descent more frequently reokoned it
1 * 11?4 a
trom IQ3 fflouuor n vuuu iuo iM?uw? w
side." All this speaks highly lor the
wisdom and justice of certaiu periods,
at least, of Egyptian history. Our
strong-minded friends would do well
to study up the Egyptian papyri, as by
so doing they might draw from antiquity
a few arguments for woman's rights,
and at the same tin^e pull a few of the
feathers out of the plume of our boasted
civilization.?Christian at Work.
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Faihlna Notes.
Two deep box pkitiugs arranged as
puffs make a beautiful tablier for summer
silk dresses
Light blue military cloth andoheoked
material i3 a f^VontV^combination for
summer cosfUmes. \
The latest summer manti^s are of
ficelle lace, over Canton crapoxor thin
silk of the /ame gray color.
The lops rediugote is worn cvorV
skirt trimmed with only one flounce or
a hanXrv mr.he at the bottom.
TJfie balusters itf many New York
bonnes *??*??(* ^
i ither side with rar7 fringe.
Qaeen Victoria c6nfBWe?a to patronize
English alpacas, apdJ^^^n
terials are steadily on theiBrease. y
Chemisettes or gnimpee of plai/ted
white mnll are worn with B#rplice
waists of dark lawn or fonlar^rdresses.
Ajosdleaf or sprig of T^rbensf or a
geranium leafcis oftea/imbstituted in
finger bowls in""p!aoe of a slice o
lemon. I
- Th^-kilV-platted* flonnoes placed at
the bottom of sometoo'nted bodices are
remarkably becommg to both slender
and full figures. 1
Some men are wlh their character
much as they are with their money?
*?.?? Vio.Ttt_. tViA mnrn fiarefnl
LUU 1CDO WUOJ "?* * vj ??< ?
hey have to be.
Tunnel Under the English Channel.
The preliminary e^avations for this
enterprise are being actively put forward
at Sangatte, ce&r Calais, at a spot
ffbere the cliffs hare an altitude of
seventy feet above the level of the sea
at high water. A point has been
chosen where the rocks of gray chalk
which have to be traversed by the
tunnel oome to show their heads at
the surface of the soil On the opposite
shore similar borings have been
begun, so that the works are proceeding
simultaneously. - The soundings
that have been made during the past
few years demonstrate that the base of
the channel oonsists of a compact mass
of chalk, resting on banks of slate. This
mass, which is easy eneugh to pierce, is
said at the time to resist filtration sufficiently.
It would, therefore, present a
substance excellently adapted for per
foration. But what j*t remains to be
proved is whether the succession of
these chalk layers will not disclose
some irregularities or1 ruptures which
would render the enterprise impossible.
The shaft at Sangatttfhas now reached
a depth of nearly 200 feet, or about 130
feet below the level of high water. It
has a width of ten fe^Tand is lined
with oak, so that the water cannot penetrate
very freely, not more than seventeen
gallons a minute.- This Water is
not salt, which is thought to prove th*at
the layers hitherto traversed have their
point of contact sufficiently far from the
shore to prevent the sea from ascending
the shaft. It is intended to sink to a
depth of 800 feet, and then a gallery
Httll V*A AVMM?*n??% #1 i'aiAAi.AM nl
Will UD CIUOVAICU ill #UCT~ 11VI tx;LIUU Ul
England. Up to the present the engineers
are highly satisfied with the
results obtained. ' -*
Longest Iron Rod In the World.
The longest three-quarter inch rod
ever made was rolled a', the Albany
iron works recently. It is 263 feet
long, free of flaw and phmp from end
to end. It is forty feet longer than
any rod ever before prodtal^Un this or
any other conn try, the nex^Bgest hav
ing been made in PennsjMfeia. The
manufacture was -experinatal to determine
howlong-a rod oo^dbe rolled.
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A Yonng Sea Serpent*
The Arnprior (Canada) Chronicle says
It is but a few years sino9 Mr. .Robert .
Young, one of our most worthy a d re '
spected citizens, caught a glimpse of an
aquaiic monster in Chats lake, near J
Arnprior, Canada, which he desoribes ^
as being of ehormotls si2e afld propor*
tions. Captain Brown, of the steamer 1
Alliance, also got a view of one of these
monsters in the same waters the sum- '
mer before last, and various other people 1
claim to have seen large specimens at ^
different times and at divers places. But
fhin toealr xrrt ?wa in a rinfllfcinn to an
nounce the oapttire of probably one of
the progeny of the real original old
Ohats lake serpent, which has often
struct terror to the hearts of superstitious
river men. While coming down
the Snow rapids With a toW last Monday
morning, and while cff Blackwell's
island the crew of the Levi Young noticed
a huge serpent swimming ahead
of the bout. Mr. John Dugan, chief
engineer, and a dedk hand flamed Shaw
jumped into a boat and started in pursuit
of the reptile. They succeeded in
getting within striking distanoe of the
serpent, when Mr, Dngan struok it ,
blow over fhe head with his oar.
The beast then turned and made
for the occupants of the boat,
literally churning the water with his
tail in his fury. Another pdwetful
and well directed blow with an oar on
the neck of the serpent laid it out dead
when it was taken in tow and brought
aboard the steamer. The crew of the
boat stretohed it out on the rail and
measured it with a rule. Its total
.1 i ^_
lengtn was eleven xeei, wnue me uuuj
was thirteen inches in ciroumference,
Its jaws were pried open and a pair of
compasses inserted, whioh were opened
out to a distance of six inohes. The
description given of this reptile is the
same as that given by Mr. Young and
Captain Brown, so that it is possible
that the one just killed is a lineal descendant
of the old king snake who has
sported himself in Chats lake for years
past.
All and Arab! Alike.
A correspondent makes the following
interesting comparison between Arab
Bey and Ali Pacha, an earlier Turkish
rebel:
The defiance that Arabi has shown to
his superiors, the khedive and the sultan,
in Lis rebellions venture, is like
tho rise of Ali Pacha in 1822. Ali in
1822, in Albania, was in a similar state
of rebellion. He was once a freeboote
chief, as snch becoming rich and strong.
His fameas a military chief commenced
when he was engaged by the 8ult#n
, Mahmoud against Austria and Rosl3ia.
He was made a pecha, and soon
Iheld high appointments. He proved
uc^overnaatoh for other r paohas,-andIbeoame
fiendishly ornel and vindicative
to these who opposed him. He
I conquered all the petty ohiefs in that
If region, and punished all other robbers
I wif.li /Ioaf.lv TTo Viad mado .Tamna his
capital, which he strongly fortified.
He' sought to enlarge his dominion
He took possession of the oity of Prevessa
and other towns. He entered
into intrigues, and became a prince of
high renown, and his aid and favor
was songht by Asiatio and European
courts. Sultan Mahmond was well
informed and resolute to crush out the
anarohy that prevailed in his kingdom
by such vassals as Ali. At length the
sultan being threatened, Ali wa3 pronounced
a rebel, and all the faithful ordered
to destroy him. Iu the first few
battles Ali was victorious, but the sultau
persevered until Ali's strongholds
were wrested from him and his troops
began to desert. At 'length he was
closely besieged in the oity of Janina.
Mahmoud deolared if any spoke in his
favor he should be put to death. The
Turkish troops steadily pressed the
siege and at last Aii treated for a surrender.
Kamdish Pacha, who com
manded, pledged himself that the sultan's
pardon had been secured, but
after the surrender his head was slashed
off with a cimeter and sent to Oonstanti
nople, where the sultan held it forth
n front of his ministers " in grim triumph."
A Chicken Trade.
Captain Faraow, of Isleboro, Me.,
tells a good story at his own expense.
The captain was trading in a small vessel
along the coast, and at Tampa bay he
parchased twenty dozen omcKens, paying
$4 a dozen for them. They were of
all ages and sizes, some being ready for
the pot and others scarcely done with
their shells. At Key West a hotel
keeper cam9 along side and asked the
price of the chiokens. The captain an*
swered: "If yon pick them ont I shall
charge yon $6 a dozen; but if yon will
et me piok them ont yon can have them
for $3 a dozen." "All right," said the
hotel man, "yon piok them ont." The
captain selected several dozens of the
fledglings, expecting [every moment to
hear the purchaser cry "enough." Bat
still he said "go on." The captain saw
the point st last, bnt he stnok to his
Viovrrain anrl fVin Aniiitt lnf of
vnigaiu nuu uviuvuvu vaav vuvuv iv?j hv
a net loss to himself of $20.
"A youth to fortune and to fame unknown"
sent Dumas the manusoript of
1 a new play, asking the great dramatist
i to become his eolaborer. Dumas was
I for a moment petrified, then seized his
I pen and replied: " How dare you, sir,
propose to yoke together a horse and an
ass?" The author, by return of post:
" How dare you, sir, call me a horse ?"
Dumas, by next mail: "Bend me your
play, my young friend."
A woman in Philadelphia was badly
burned by the explosion of a doughnu i
in a frying-pan. , J
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THE FAMILY DOCTOB.
Pat a quantity of elder flowers into a
ag, ponr boiling water on them, let thnixtnre
stand for twenty-foor hoars, '
md etrain throngh muslin. Wash the
'ace every morning with th$ decoction,
tt will remove sunburn and freckles,
md will beautify the skin.
All living roOff s and slseping room
should be thoroughly aired, the winlows
raised at the bottom and lowered <
it the top, and bed olothing so stirred
that the air can pass throngh and dispel
any exhalations from the body that
might adhere to them.
The belief that swallowing Water is
hnrtfal when the body is heated arises
from prejudice. Of course, some precaution
must be used if the liquid is
very cold. It is important not to
swallow a large quantity at a draught;
it is better to drink more often and less
at a time. To wait long that the bo4y
may become cool is useless; a few
minutes suffice.
In cases of nose bleeding, says Dr.
Footc's Health Monthly, apply something
cold to the back of the neok or forohead,
and' snuff warm water up the
nostrils, as it assists coagulation of the
blood; or stuff the nostril with soft
paper and retain it there for several
minutes.
A Concert in India.
We were once misguided enough to
inquire of some native officials in India
what instruments of music their town
possessed, and were waited upon next
day, in consequence, by all the musicians
of the place. First came a group
of nine women who sang some wild and
plaintive strains in unison in a minor
ikey; one of them kept time by oocaonally
snapping her finjer3, wail
another performed a rude accompaniment
on a small barrel-shaped drum,
the ends of which were covered with
goatskin. The head-dress of some
of these singers was peculiar, and consisted
ofjfolds of calioo over the head
and round the throat, rather like the
drapery of some orders of nuns, and
similar to that given by painters to St
Anna and other holy women of the
Bible. The grouping of these people,
as they sat olose together on the ground,
was extremely picturesque; and listening
to the sad sweetness of their strains,
one could easily imagine such to havbeen
the appearance and the melody of
the daughters of Jerusalem as they
-lamented by the waters of Babylon.
The singing ended, a man was seen
to rise in the baokground, lifting an
enormous brazen trumpet nearly as long
as himself, on whioh he blew two most
te'rriflo folasts, excruciating to English
ears. Tmese sounds were prolonged,
and seeded to sink down through along
wailing (foscord inexpressibly painful to
listen "toflmt not unfrequently to' be
heard in that district of the Punjab,
considerable, and we were glad to make
this an excuse for hearing no more of it,
and submitted with the best graoe we
could to a performance of tom-tom,
while two more men exercised their
lnnars noon horrid little trumpets of a
smaller size. When the3e were dis
missed we had a kind of dnet all on
one note from two men, one of
whom beat a small dram open at one
end, like a very deep tambourine, while
another played upon something like a
fonr-etringed banjo. The lower part of
this instrument was made of a gourd,
and two or three strings were passed
throngh blue glass beads, while the
other two were raised by cowries of
different sizes; the banjo was further
adorned by the green and gold label
from some English cotton-reel or piece
of calico, stuok on the stem by way of
ornament.
Perhaps this concert was an unusual
amount of native musio for English
people to hear at once, but no one can
be long in India without meeting with
some of it.?Tannic B tr.
A Medley of Facts.
There are two thousand seven hundred
and fifty languages. Two persons
die every second. Sound moves seven
hundred and forty-three miles per hour
A square mile contains six hundred and
forty acres. A storm blows tftirty-six
miles per hour. The average human
life is thirty-one years. An aore contains
four thousand eight hundred and
forty square yards. Slow rivers flow
Ave miles per hour. A hurricane moves
eighty miles per hour. A rifle-ball
moves one thousand miles per hour.
Rapid rivers flow seven miles
per hour. A hand (horse
measure) is four inches. Electricity
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mov?b iwu uuuureu uuu eigmj'-wigub
thousand miles per hour. The first
Inciter match was made in 1829. Gold
was disoovered in California in 1848.
A mile is five thonsand two hundred
and eighty feet, or one thousand seven
hundred and sixty yards in length. A
moderate wind blows seven miles per
hour. The first use of a locomotive in
America was in 1820. The first steam
engine on the continent of America was
brought from England in 1753. Until
1776, cotton spinning was performed by
he hand spinning wheel.
A Russian Jew who reached Atlanta,
Ga., some months ago with four dollars
in his pocket is now bnilding two neat
oottages on city lots that he has paid
for. The secret of his snccess lies in
the fact that his family, a wife and five
children, all work as well as himself,
and contribnte something to the gen
eral income.' He averages thirty dol
lars a week as a tailor.
The American consnl at Rheims says
that two years of constant work and
o ?r? are necessary to make a good bpttle
f tkuapagne.
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Rose Leaf.
lose Leaf, Roee Leaf; Rose Leaf, ire called her
For she was, oh I so dainty-sweet and hloa- j
som-like and fair! .. .j
rhe flush of morning in her facc^ and in her
eyes the evening;
The red of rosea in her lipe, the summer la
her hair. .
Rose Leaf! Roee Leaf! Oar tendereet stresses
Wore never half so tender as her toaohee in
reply; v !' ' >
The fondlings of the fairy palms abd pinky * *
velvet fingers,
Tbo clinging of the dimpled arms, the love* '
illumined eye!
Rose Leaf! Rose Leaf! The very airs of hnnTfifl
They loved her, and camo down to her, and
caaght her in delight,
And far away, across a day of wailing autumn 1
weather, *
She glimmered, wavered, swooned away, and
drifted out of sight.
?James W. RUey, in Harper's Baiar.
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS. _ > *
?? \ %"
"Louise, dear, don't let the men eome
too near you when you are odurting.*
"Ob, no, mamma; when Charles is here
we have a chair between us all the
time." Mamma thinks the answer was
rather ambiguous.
"Don't you think I have a good faoe> *
for the stage ?' asked a young lady with
histrionic aspirations, "I. don't know
about the stage," replied her gallant
companion, "but you have a lovely faoe
for a 'bus." , ?
"Won't you please play us some*
thing, Miss Hammerandbang ?' asked
Fogg. "I should like to, ever so
I much," she said, looking at her watch,
I liUt .Mill. T V>nrra Tlrt fl'mfl '' "8n I
UUU icauj A uaiv MV M?w. ?
have heard," said Fogg, "but we will
overlook that) you know."
" When did George Washington die f'
asked a teacher of a large boy. " Is he
dead ?" was the astonished reply. "Why
it is not more than six months ago that
they were celebrating his birthday, and
now he is dead. Its a bad year on children.
I reckon his folks let him eat
something that didn't agree with him."
GOADED TO DESPEEATIOJf.
When falls the soulful moonbeams,
Upon the back-yard fence, _____
And tnnefal felloe choristers
Their serenade commence,
The coffering esthetic,
His ntterSess forgot,
Hnrls madly through the midnight air
His too-too sunflower pot.
The prize-in-every-package tea stores
are at present the snbjeot of a general
crusade. When a man buys a fifty-cent
package of tea expeoting to get a five
dollar prize, and takes it to the wife of
his bosom who opens it and finds therein
a pewter spoon, he feels a yearning desire
to go out nnder the silent stars, by
the each fence, and kick himself. .
It was a youth of modest poise
Said soft tin to a maid:
?rcm,?-K 'J n? j 8
i liaw^i nuuiuijuw.i i ?1 _
Ice cream or lemonade 7"
Across the maiden's rosy cheek
Fast flits a winning smile;
"I'll order eome of both," she said.
Heaven help the young man's pile.
A Watch Returned.
Charles Dovey, a commercial traveler,
whose home is in Philadelphia, was
agreeably surprised one day recently by
receiving by express a valuable gold
watch which he had handed to Jesse
James in June, 1880, at the letter's request,
a loaded revolver being one of
the arguments nsed by Mr. James. * At
that time Mr. Dovey had oharge of a
coal mining company's office in Ken-,
tacky, and the unexpected visit of Jesse
James and'his three confederates was
made on pay day. It happened that the
money had been delayed on its way.
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iroui LUC uouu nuu vuu vw.w. ?
a few dollars and Mr. Dovey*s watch,
which has been returned by Mrs. James
with the following note: "Kansas City
June 15, 1882 ?Mr. Charles Dovey?
Dear sir: Inclosed yon will find a watch.
If it is yours please send me by return
mail a receipt for the same. Yours respectfully,
Mrs. Jesse James." Mr.
Dovey is informed that Mrs. James is
making a general restoration of the
stolen property left by her husband, so
far as she can ascertain to whom it belongs.
A Valuable Button.
It is probable that Mr. Fritsoh, of
New York, will be the first man in
America to offer a reward for a button.
He was presented last season with a ee.
of twelve large buttons for his coach
ing club top ooat. They were sqnt
from across the ooean, hand-made, and
entirely unique. Eaoh button bears a
miniature painting of some ooaching
scene?the stables, the start, on theroad,
reaching home, and so on. Without
any of these buttons the set is incomplete,
and its beauty is spoiled.
One of them has mysteriously disappeared
since the spring parade,
Whether it is lost, strayed, or stolen
nobody knows. And it wonld not be
well for the thief, if it is stolen, to let
some of the masonlar members of the
coaobing clnb lay hands on him, for.
the buttons are the club's pets.
An Active Life. ;* *
Few men in Maine have orowded more
genuine hard work into their lives than
Elder John Spinner, of Starks, a Freewill
Baptist olergyman, sixty-four years
old. The old gentleman is a blacksmith
by trade, having worked twenty '
years at that business. When nine *
vears old he commenced preaching,
frequently walking ten miles to achuroh
on Sunday, preaching two sermons, and
returning on foot at night. Iff his life
he has mcved thirty-eight times and
has erected twenty-three buildings. j
Among other things he has delivered
over 8,000 sfrmons, attended over 4100
f nr. e tark s, married ^|r 200