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THE GRAPEVINE SWING.
I wan a boy oo tbe old plantation, _
pom by th** il«*»*p bayou-
fbr ffclmit «»tot of all creatlOQ.
Under |Jtw orobini: bbie-
^hon ‘he 'vltui »*uine over tho cotton awi corn,
to the Ionic Hlmi I'^P I'd epnn^r,
^ tth brown f««4 baawt, and a U&t brira torn,
a.ml »»lun lu the icrapenuo Bwiiijc
rtvrinicuiK b> the pra|>evlrie sw injr,
LAU|ChliifC where the wild birda sing—
1 dream ami xigb
Kor the dayi* gone by, J
Bwlnglng In the grapevine awing.
Out—o'er the water Ijjlee bonnie and bright.
Hack U> the iuikm grown trees;
tSTTJ^trr
—
fgi^OPHrimvatngti^t wmi a utm-t icrUgtrt,—
> As a wiki roee to*<eU by I he brc^/.e
the mockingJblrd Joihwtl in my tvcklesa glee,
I longed for no angel'a wings r
l was just ns noar heaven os I waAted to be^
Swinging In the grapevine swing' '
Swinging In the grapevine swing.
Laughing where the w ild birds sing—
Oh. to be u boy,
With a heart full of Joy.
6w Ingmg in tiie grapevj^gw-Jpg.. , wM
l^tn weary at morn Pm weary at night,
I'ui fretted au>l sore of heart;
Aod carv ia sowing my looks with white
As 1 wend through the fevered mart
I'm tired of the witrld. w ith its pride aod pomp
And fame seems a worthless thing;
And a swing in the gru|«evlne sw ing
Swinging In the grapevine sw ing,
lauiglnng where the w ild birds sing—
I would I were away
Krorn the w.^rld t<><Uy. —
Swinging in the grapevine string
—Samuel M 1’eck In Tnue*-Dt'mocrat
“Oh, that will not come yet. After
tea will l»e time enough.”
1 lookeil this time at tljo captain, who
gave a smiling assent, saying.*
“If Miss C,*ifiniqlt4el will |M*rmit tuo,
I think I should like a row, too.''
“Certainly, Capt. fsttrslield, with much
pleasure.’ - Then turning to me she sank
“The captain can have the gig. and 1
will have the tjuartef boat.”
“Lay aft the watch,’’ 1 called out, “and
lower the |*ort 'planter Ixmt and the gig
And. carpenter,” 1 went on, “let us have
the oars up sharp. Miss Cj* tnichael is
going to have a row before the hreyge
BARNWELL COURT HOUSE, S. C., AUGUST ^9, 1889.
BAKING FLINT GLASS. cwcounAatMfeNT for the fawmer.
No. 52.
P»tti*s 4)«n«roslty to Kellogg.
An Incident in the life of the gift*!,
warm fiemted and lamented CarTotta
Patti is well worth reporting, although the VERY INTERESTING 'PROCESS
comes. * - ~ W
“Ay. ay, Rir.” respondedjho cjtrpfmter,
and |^e dived down below in search of
the oars
to u Ijgw persons it may prove a twice
told tale. \Vhen Miss Kellogg's music a!
ability wns to be te-sted ni.tny years ago
in New Yoffe a large number of cards
were issueil tti the musical critics, ama
teurs' and professionals, to the literary
nml theatrical world, and to many high
in the social scale, making a formidable
audience frr tho introduction of the
charming young girl. The tenor with
whom thc-debutantc w;y intiythierd was
VIVIDLY DESCRIBED.
T"
A LUCKY SHOT.
The two Ixvats tvere lowered and man
ned. 1 took charge of one and the caj>-
tain of the other. *
* ff ■
“Come along, Nep." aaid JTtlla, when
Yhe had t;^ki : h her seat The dog. noth
ing lotli, jumped into the.lxiat. ami took
his station on the prow, as though he
was lcxiking out for squall*
“Phew!" exclaimed Mr Cheeseman,
as we pushed away from the ship “hdw
hot it is!”
“Not so hot as it is at St. Kitts.” an
swered Julia — . .
• “Perhaps not.” replied the- captain;
"but it’s-hot enough in all-eou.sei.*iu e.”
Nep seemed of the captain s opinion,
for at tins moment lie sprang overboard
and la'gan swimtumg ulxuit in a manner
w-irieh sjtowrd he enjoyed his hath
ungenerous on the occasion, for, instead
of singing his part, he merely hummed
so much pf the tur :ia was necessary to
gei ve a.-i a cue to. ihe mvlt-estral accom-,
paniment. Weak and faint were the
lirst notes Of the young novice; weaker
and mon
Lamps of Molten Ct*** I*' Rlj Turned Into
’ Tlilntt* of Ornnm* nt and fi*e—A IJusy
Plat e Whero It Senna That All In Con
fusion, but It Is .lust the Other Thlni;.
Flint glass is either blown, molded or
pressed, and frequently nlLthree meth
ods may by seen together iu tho same
umatinvfTniHTr
The mmmrr wind is stilffln’ round the bloomin’
—; focus* tn*<».v
Art 1 the clover In tbs paMur* Is a Mg dsy fot* tit*
' bi'ea,
And Uwy been a twlngln’ hooey, sbovelwrd and
on the sly. .
Till they Mutter 4n their buzzln’. and staKKer os
they tty *-■ —
They’* been a heap cf rain, but thesun's out today
A ud the clouds of the wot K|>etl U all dear si away.
And the woods i* all tho greener, and the gfa.-** la
greener still;
It may rain again to-morry. but 1 don’t think It
will
Soma say thw crops Is mlnod. and the corn’s
’ (h'uwnded but.
A -flint glass factory Is a most enter-.. Aod pr phasy tha wb**t will i>« a r<»urv> without
doubt;
But the kind Providence that has never falh*d ns
hoi' SOi me vmtng inn tee; vvcaivcr ,
non-trembling they sbemed to grow, uiUj^nuidin:
a getuiine stage fright had taken
as if a gctuime stage
ltosses*ion of her. Her voice fluttered
for a nioinent, as if ahout to desert her.
whet*, distinct and clear as a Udl, from .... , . , j.
lliv center of tl,c I.OU-. tlicuir wMt.-.ken ><vm fru.ui a soul of lira;
U|> and carried alol^ until the debutante : b " t «Hr Kh»v co.n«. rean, from molleu .
gathered lhe e«»ura«ge ami heart,b> show
tail flag medley of marvels. Ah' you
enter the great building that surrounds
tiro huge chintney the lirst impression is
that you ate in a huiuan unthill rumbling
Ue activity. Or peHiaps
•*9- Iwitcr deserilwd its a
pbinge into a -purgatorial chamlK-r of in-
duatHbus demons. In the center the
0]x.‘nings in the et;grtrHf* furttnev flarxlc
yet.
WIU lx* on hosda onc’t m<»re at t ho "hvv.mth hour.
I Ijetl . . *
IVca tho moldor lark complain, a* hnawing* bl*h
^ an^ dry.
Through the wavea of tho w bid and tho bluo of
the sky?
tv>w th** (piail *et up and whlsllo In artisapiiolntr
■od way.
BYGONE YEARS.
myaelf, out of one.
and ftfty dol*
tlie high <|Uality' wlw» jwv^w-^rd-,—whm»
gradually the beautiful voice in the ttudi-'
cnee fell away amLthe dillicult aria was
fmi.'lu'tl in triumph amid ihunderonaap
plause. The Tate of the fut are AnnTican
prima donna wris that morning deenlol
tiirough flie ready tael and unselfishness
of tint little woman in tlieraudu-nee. a\ ho
provasi to lie none other than C'arlotta
i
Some rears since, when I was a young
fellow of siz-and-twenty. 1 was mate of
a Wt^l Indian trailing regularly to Nevis
t. KtHw—Hhe v'as a bark of^oO
and her name was the Rolxut,
•heaailtvl from Bristol. We were on
• * We*
m
Wr"
i^eur Iu
r homeward paooage w hen the Incident
1 am alxait to describe t«H»k place. I
must pretuLe that we luul fiutt (taoMMi*.
gen*, two gentlemen amf two ladies, the
latter the's ife and daughter ol a planter,
by nirfue Carmielurol. The elder lady
was alx>ut 45. ji handsome, gracious sort
of womaii, xiich as a planter's wtlu ought
to lie. and such as were not uncommon
In the dayx of which 1 am writing. The
daughter. vv;i»--alx’mt twte;uul-tweiity. a
lieautiful girl, with all the Irowm lung
graces nml fascinating channo ol a true
Burn creole.
We were twenty-one days out from
Charlestown, and notwithstanding that
old Unrk was by no means a fast sailer,
we had made gexoi progress, and weie at
near ax (xisaiide in imJ-«x'eau. It wai
the end of July, and the Aeather ha<l
lorou of the nnjst glorious description,
and very^ hot; I Hit. after the sultn heat
of the tropica, we did n\»t find it oppw/*-
■ive. For two days p:ist we had maAie
Ittlle pr(*gn»ui. The winddunl tx/ertTigHt
and vanahlw. and now it w.u> a dead
a-
calm. Thu ship wan motionless as far a£
progress was concerned;* hut her head
was Ixixmg all round the compass. We
had awnings up fi»re anil aft; for. where
there wax nothing to-intercept life hunt-
lag rays of the July sun. the decks were
hot that the pitch boiled out of the
•earns. - . ..
The dinner was over; the sun wa*
slowly sinking in the west, and u * had
all come on deck. Lang anxious to get
am much sor as we oouUl, for tlw caiiiu
of a sugar ship is generally study. T!a
deep, placid sea vvas more peacefully
caitu than 1 had ever before seen it
Not u flaw, not a ripple', not an undula
tion broke the tranquil surface of the
glass-hke sea. C>pl Sandield and tin
two gentlemen. Air. Cheeseman and Mr.
TlK>u»|>omH-wv*ee sH-lmg on the talfrai)
snmking their cigars, and Mrs. Car
michael and Miss Julia were reclining
Ip wicker chairs and fanning them-
^^^-c*. At the young lad\ s feet lay a
^^^ge New fotindlaml dt»g belonging to'
(Japt. Sarshel 1. blinking in the sunlight
Mrich canto slanting in under the aw n-
Sng. and now and again looking np inU
he* face and ]>uttiiig out bis tongue, iu
much as to say: “Its dreadfully hot.
isn't itT v '
No one wlto has not seen a creole girl
reclining at her ease can realize tin
beautiful picture vrtiioh Jului C^rmi-.
chael presented as xlie sat therelangiudh
fbtimng herself. Apart from the beauty
“I should like to follow his example.” * Tatti!
exclaimed Mr. Thompson.
“What aUmt the xharks?" replied Mr
Cheeseman. —
“Sharks!**cried Mr. Thompson; “there
are no sharks in these latitudes, urw
there?” -
“ Aren’t there! I don’t know ko much
ahout that,** said (..‘apt Sarsfleld • “1
have tx—n sharks in i*-n west, and even
m Lhu lumiud. So tLal il*.mot e lhau
probahli* tlialtheoe are some herealMUits
“What's tliat they are Having ab» >.ut
shat k*.*" a^ked Mrs Ikn.uh na* !
“Tlie captain is Ka> i:tg tliat (hero arc
plenty of them in these latitudes,” 1 re-
plied
“Ilow beautiful the oft ship l.x.ks!"
rctnarkod Jtih.i “1 uover saw her to such ’
advantage before.”
Meantime Nep. aft"rcircling about l•ek’'’
twe*'n the Ixiats and the snip, had ap-
parentlx had enough of jt and wax slowly
aw imming back to. tlie ship. Suddi ulv
thet e w as a eomsnou. i;t on Ixxtrd, and
the second mate to«ik up the akmg
trumpet and iiaihxl u.x:
“fio.lt ahoy!“ he cried •‘(let the dog
ot» board, tltero are two sharks coining
down on, him!”.
“til\e way. inv lads! Scott is right; l
ean m c th. tr Miriv—I'ui!. my bdumea, _
puli’"
And n charming pielure she
glass in tlieTlozen “monkey |«jts r al>oul
the blase. Scores of workers, Ixns.
youths and men, throng in restless con
fusion. It looks us if every one were
running about on some impish deed of
his own Taney. But stand still and watch
closely, and you w ill see it is all a great
system of human clockwork, eac h move
ment lilting nicely into the w*hole effect.
_LOOK8 UKK UK WAS PLAYING.
Tho men at tho furnace, w ho seemed
Fr hani; Ul« lieart In *tl<*ncean<l »nrrt>w all theitnyt
L Uie chiptnuck*ii tieatiii a failumt IXs* tm walk,
or due# he ruitT
Don't tl»«* buszanlx around up tlu^ro. Just lika
th«*y've ullus dope?
Is they anything tho matter with the nxartcr’*
ItmK* or voice T
On a mortal be cwplahiln*. when dumb animal*
rvjoicuf
1 hq akrolUhR through tho orchard. —
Where iu clukiUoud I used to pUf •
And kiU her the aweet •aHHed uloeaoma
In the plrteiant mnoth of May
pH Oow at the awret ruaart treat *
Where the d<-ar ok! awl tig erat hang;
Alvf —Mtwe wauhi be - —
When oach in turn waaawung.
In •von p*-ar tree eo (freon aod taQ, m i
The ortohe each year tiuilt Utelr boot,
And fed their youoR with luaedaamoM,
Till they wem able to dy with the real,
by hi the winding streamlet.
Where we fhxiUtl txirk and cflipa;
WBTattwtu me .Vutuy nwam.—
And the chip* enortnoux rmlng oh I pa.
But let me rrat on this mxtic b* at, , ..•*
Ami think o’er the bygone yean*;
For here tieorv* and I uxed to meet,
And happily talk of tlie future yean, ««
El nee then no much tuw happened,
A'ihI ox the steia of old ace I ax-cod,
I think of the happy day* of yore.
And feel 1 love them more ami mofa,
-IRflnairTtmm
MR. ROSENBERG & CO.
made.” sat s one who saw her. “marking - fir * to ^ v . il9 - tlmtslmg pitel.forka
the time xviili h<*i' titTvftuui.l, in lier unx- i " to the dc \ ){h * to lon * lhrxr
ictvto h> lur a woman ;*nd A btrang. r, ^dCilllllZAilLjm^athcrmg rm tal on.
placing the a erv crown .,f suece,* n„ the ' TlUdr ptmlU«. When a RntHcientfr large
otherwise-defeat.^isj.ir.itions. Iu HWT colletded the man wan-j
uers df withiL \ou tliink he will cer- i
tainly burn home one with that burning
lutfT of lire.jlmy are alt hustling about
him s«> incessantly. Hut ^fyflow him
carefulU and you see l.im Rileatly hand
Than 1st ua. .Mia and all, hoxv>ntr*nUxl with our lot;
The Juno I* here this morning ami the xun tx shiti
hiK hot — -
Oh. let ux Hit our lira; tx with thw glory of tlrndny
Amt l*atiixh ev'ry Uouut and late and *oriuy* fur
away' - , _
Whatever be cxir atatloo.'* with Provide no* for
guida.
Didn't flar* a Ticket.
A funny incident lmp|x'm<l recently
on tie* I’raviJence division of the Old
Colony railroad. A large, raw Ixmetl,
the tu’ e to'anoUi r man, w ho Hfeiws tin) g/ffMl rrttTnrrkt BITin emeriti tin* twriw tho
gTasH hit/) a largo gintgnihd sitrdownto train hold .up at the Koxbury si:Uion.
rlay w i:h
liDrizontal
the
it
ixjavattons,
icom ag. tm i.t <T^li» r ow n exqui-ite
voicoj and never,” ht^-n.Mx. “until I la*ar
thO wondruux voi<*e of ihe angels w ill 1
hoar Anything so sweet-ax h.-r lovely
voice at that nt •ruin^.iNllJ ••' '-‘1 •''ft many
years ago.”—lloxton Ttait^'rij*L
Tin- W.irth of xit.'iM-e,
Men great in deeds are often taciturn.
fi-K s i!i« ir taciturjiity arl^e from the ihf-
lidelitro w hicii (• i.J'H li'af wol'dx sh(<tlld ex
ceed il< cds. or from aconticliott that
safetv i* pnenote j by silt ue,? \\a-!i- ‘niudfa hole ui tho globe and enlarged it
ingtog's rexervo made him stilf, formal into :* sMiunetrical opening, and now the
and ill at > te in’c unpan ., but it ul-*) g'.i> is « « 1 d so t hat be inti do notltin;
prewnt xl bi< plan* from bdtu; betrayed more
to an enemy and tlie country from lx ing ing . fowM Iu Ip to help him? Instantly a
deceived l». hi* promises. William the young man apjxars. and without a word
Silent w:t» frugal of word*, becmrxe a re- lie h< Id* up to tho # <ax>l glass his long
iliat cotjceah'd his d’-signs, evyh tul«* w ith a disk of red hot glass on the
from tlmxp arjhig with him, wax ncot -i- end, which faxti-ns to iL Tlie man at
stia to the ind' pendeuf i of t'v • N. thv-r- the b« :.••!« •rpatche* tho globe, jore it,
lands. A w i i;-.T in I.. i ar ir>tirs xayaj£n*l ji^lLaVijaJ*is bar. Off the other UM
that the mo-t dramatic.of Ki’entniei) w ax nius wT if it to L.e “glory-holo.” where
Wallenstein, the antagonist of (rtpst&vmi, the brokep end Uquu'kly h'A.teil again
Rik*1i fltu* ctmimstAmss. nrt tr> make us xotlsfVxl
For the world I* full aiui the r.««-» full of
dew.
Ami the d**w t* full of heavenly km* vbat drip* for
me ami you—.
— ,— —James WTtlteo«uli Uitcy
"Are you going In that drexa?"
Mr. Rosronlx'rg, tmmaculate In fine ‘
Hucii and broadeloth, mood and surveyed
. his w ife. . * J
She. arrayed In a well worn black wlk,' 1
answered cheerfully, “Won t 1 do? U’a .
the very best I have.”
“Why. yes; but you surely are not
going to wear light gloves? Everybody
^ I wears dark ones now.”
>r j Utile Mrs. Rotten berg quietly fastened ;
; i one
lart, and the other fifty oomcf iu as lira,
Oarmt s thpra Of otamw if cither of
ua need a fluid, ti»*f5-We arrange.that
matter between ua But one thing, tMck,
I pever ask her whai she did with hot
money, any mors than ! expect, to ac
count to her for the spending of mine.
She has just a* good a right to that fifty,
dollars, to use an she plffses, as i hare to
three times us much. *
“Why, man alive, my yatfe ia a splnp*
did Qnancier. She was brought up to
handle money, whil* I had toleara. Y«i
see my father was a rich man said liamL ..
ed me any sum I wanted at any timA.
Then there came a day when he lost lit#
pnqxTty. and when I began reading lawt
I had not a cent to call my own. It waf
pretty hard, 1 tell you, to keep down my.
extravagant taste*. 1 had to begin at
the foot of tho ladder and work up. But
Amy helped But now ray business is
on a Arm Exiting and there is no mor#
need for her to umu her own money, t.
rebelled againxt it at the time. What
. she has of Iror own is safely Invested.;
with the understanding tliat she shall
have what 4lte desires for her own eit
her
it at a bench, which hat a
bar on eneh side-.of him to
tnl>o on Hack ami forth he
like u toy, and tiro ghuo* keeps
carieii !v cltarvging it* shapo. lie lias
hole ui tho globe and enlarged it
\ mmetrieal opening, and now tlie
«.« 1 il s<* that he can do nothing
Will anylxxly iu xil that hurry-
!p to help
Tlie ear was crowded, anil (xx>ptn were
bt.mdmg. Tf>0 new comer xtopjxxl sud
denly licsidc a seat w hich wax (x-eupi«xl
by a young lady, who was Iffiried iu u
novel, and bexide her re|xia(xl a |**t png
dog. The other passenger* had xt<xxl
from Ho.>toi*-U> this |x»int witlfwwt pro-
t<Ttiug. Imt the late.«?t arrival took in tho
situation at a glance, and said mildly:
“1 would iiko to sit down, if you
please.’
of the oflending gloves wi
husband mereilesMly continued;
• “You don't hxjk just right, either. 1
Secm.H to me a few beads or something
of that sort - would have added to the
effect.” ,
Mrs. Rosanherg gave an InaiKliblesIgh
Just two days before she had priced
some neat jet trimmings which she fan
cied. at only seventy-live cents a yard.
Hut Mrs—Rosenberg had not even
money enough for this small purchase,
so she luul carelessly nxked, “Could you
let me haven couple of dollars. Richard?”
And Dick had answered, “What have
you done with tiro $‘4 1 gave you a few
day* ago? I supixsro you have s|ront it
all. women (lave no idea of tho uses of
money.”
l>tck had the habit of forgetting, and
so exjx'Ctmg others to forget remarks
like these. But his wife oflen thought
them over. Before Iror marriage she had
foamed at the leiut idea of Mr. Rosen-
The young woman looked up drejmlly
from tin) book,and lep.ied, wiUi dignity: opinions on the money question,
, “The seat i.x engaged. w ,..i i
“By tiro dog?”
Here. ‘Nep! Nep!” cried' Julia, excit
edly. - ;—^
lint Nt?p did net hear, or eJse j^iid uo
attention, and swain slowly on.
“IVir thing.’ " cried Mr*. ('irmtVhoc!;
“be is swimming right into the bhark'*
nioutli!”
“N( pt Nep! N*-p!” shrieked Julia.
“0»nic b;o k, come buck!” .- t
The dog evidently Ic-ard lier. for he
tumeil and Ix'gan to swim back.
••rnll. my lad*, prill for your livps!” I
shouted, “.or it w ill lx.' all up wjUi, [cxir
Nep.” At thi.-v moment, the dog. sev ing
we were rapidly approaching him. re
laxed lus efforts. “Nep! Nep! here. Ik\v, •
here!” 1 cried, rxeite.Uy, and he again
began to swim towards ux.
Capt. 8.ir<!ielil had al-o realized the^
dog’, jK'ril, and the two lx>ats%fere be
ing urge 1 through the water at racing
S|x‘(xl. It *ras a moment of' intense ex
citement. Julia and lier mother sat pair
and ni«*iiq[}le*5>, w itli theirliau I* ckojavk^
* The dreadful mon*t<Mx wore-anout a ea
“tJle’j iPflgtl) fjoin the dog; hnd we Ye rap
idly nearing him'; but we were xome-
\Vhat nearer, and ;us 1 thought, wo were
outstripping them.
“Well done, my bonnicx! Hurrali!
hurrah! wo (>haU beat them yet!” 1
shouted.
At the moment a puff of smoke burqt
from the Hhip's side. “TTfefe was a ro
port ntvvl a splash in tiro water. The st-c-
ond mate had loaded an I lired one "i
the earronades, and the ball had struck
of her features and the striking fairness’ at least one of the sharks, for when the
of her skin, her figure was almost fault- doromutiun cans, d by the shot striking
Adolphus., and* tiro Commander of the
"emjH ; r<»T* ttlinl/V in the thirty years’
war. lie insisted tliat flie dyejK--.t)ilenee
>li<ui!d reigt) aroutid him.’ Hi* officers
i ■ .k c-prC tluff ~iui tohJ o •’-. ■ • r a; i m
xhv«M disturb tlioir getural. Tliey knew
th.-it~a elunnberlain had b'en hangtxl for
waking hi n witlmut orders. at’.<Vthatan
oflleef who would wear clanking 'spur*
iu till! commander’* presence had Iroeo
s*’eretlv p’.it to death. In the room «>f
hi'q>alaee thoVr,ant* gli led a* if phatk
.ti.m*. and* a dozen seiitinclx uidved
.youht! his t( nt cha’rjb d to 8'cure the
silence the general d,..«u:ded: C'Uai.is
wrre stn-tcdied noroas Uio ^Jrecta in order
to guard him ftgaitrot the disturlr.uice
^jy»uuds. W.tUeasteiu’s t’a- irurrdty. w hich
made him shun speech,.and hi* love of
, silVnce, tli it caused him to be irritated
• at tiro sluhb^t were due tojiro
constitutional tempeianiertt. He never
Kinilid. he nc\yr a.^ked advice from any
one, and he could not erulure to Iroga/.ed
at. even w hen giving .an order. The sol
diers, ivle'ii he oi’u.-.-wd 4uu camp, pre*
tt-ndrxl vt< i "m ree him, know ing tli.it a
--Turimis hiok wtnil-1 -brtti
ment.—Boston Budget
into S4»fi;n>x, Than ho hurt ios baek with
it to the bench man, who renews hi*
play. A couple'-of minutes more mid
suddenly you perceive that lie has made
a jK ifeet lamp shade, which a stroke
deta< he- from tlve iron rod iuto a small
U vl of sand. A small buy carruxi it off
ou a stick t<> the annealing furnaqp, and
now the gatherer i* on hand again with
a fu.-h lump of moLil to begin the pro
cess again.
Yuintuthc next man sitting at his
work nr d you notice him linishing a
sum., r Charge into a lamp chimney,
bha) ing tlio top In a nvoM. lb*re i« IT
man amusiny liini: elf with a stuAll bunch
of wdt gW* on hi* rod. You tiro sure
he cun ha\e no Kt-riotix purjxjso iri turn
ing.'tud bauling it into those ritlioulous
sh;ijx *. Quickly a boy ht iz'-s it from
him ;;:id voti cannot Uace him. It haa
,o:i“ over to a fancy vase, where it was
ka» in Hr Rywmetry. in tho curve of ks
lino*, and* l»cautiful in it* flexible «inu-
Oxity. She had. too,* that natural grace,
that untrammeled case, that refined vo-
luptuousnexH of attitude uml movement
which tire the natural gifts of tlie creole,
and which no art can counterfeit. But
fhc crowning charm of all was her sweet
and gentle disposition. Mrs. Carmichael
was - a general favorite, but Julia was
queen of the ship, . Capt. SarsficM, the
gentlemen, and the ship s company gen
erally were her devoted xlavcs.-
She had been siuing in silence gazing
out on the calm sea. Suddculy-she turned
her liead and spoke;
’Capt Sarsfield,” she* said, In n soft,
musical voice, “.I think we are going to
bare a breeze.” *
“Certainlyl By all means, my dear
[young lady. I see no signs of it at pres-
it; but if you say there b a breeze com-!
ig, there is no one on board this ship
ronld think of contradicting you.”
“No; but—Capt. Sarsfield”—
“Not another word, my dear lady.
Ir. Turnbull, see al? clear for a breeze.”
‘Ay, ay, sir,” 1 answered. “Forward,
i there! Run up the fdretopmast staysail;
r fivere a a breeze coming.”. ,
-“Mr. Turnbull,” rtMimnatraUxl Julia,
'you are too bad!• You are worse than
! the captain. What will the men ray?”
“Bay. Miss (Jbnnichel?—that tho ad-
Hilral haif > giy%*^lufLorders, and me must
oliey. So Ivol > jKiYell there with the hal-
yards. WtflcTi sido will you have the
ft Irlratued?" _
’You uiay trim ft to starboard, Mr.
irnbull." she replied with great gravity.
the water had subsided they bad di'..p-
pearetl and tho water w.;* dixColoud
with blood.
“Bravo, Scott!” I cried, “that was a
lucky shot; tho right thing to do and
done at tho right time."
Tho next minute Nep was alongside
and wax hauled into the boat, find t\.
ringing cheer camo from the mon on
lx)ard and was taken up by us in (ho
boats.
It is not to be supposed that Ned un- the calendar,
dersttxxl what all the cheering was about, , .. —
hut ho responded to them by fctufiding
upon tlie thwarts and larking vocifer
ously. It w;w quite evident licit he Imd
no idea of what u narrow squeak for his
life he had had.—All live Year Round.
yTimo to ISu-forni tl»«j <';iJ«-n«tar.
An ingenious Yankee, wuh an eye to
adjusting himself to his environment,
has mov.-l a reorganization of t e cal- i
endar v Winter: he e )ntcnds, slnuild Iro-!
gin on Jan. 1 and include March; spring
-Irotild commence
elude June; July. August ami Moptom
Ix-r sii<uiI<1 constitute summer, and tin
fall. Ix'ginning with (IctolxT. should not
end till alt r Christmas. His new cal
endar would play the misclfh f wTU)' tra
ditions. but it would come nearer to ac
tual exp'-rCnce than d » x the present
antiquated Kurojvean article. The pro
cession of the equinoxes i.x Lx) slow alto
gether for the Aracricaujcliumto. Fa^'ls
are on the side of refomit and if the
weather does not s|x.*euily repent and
bring forth fruits more meet T-r repent
ance than rank grass and dropsical jKjia-
toe.x, the newly established department
of agriculture will be called on tt> revise
Brooklyn Citizen.
ouc'h lx nclv lias its own little task of skill,
an l lo-ep* repeating it over and over,
and each lx»rrt>f tlie multitude (tlroro tfro
two or more tw' every man) has his own
them puuiaii r q4mi- (*lurtlut'es. He pops up always in
tlie moment and place where he is needed.
_ \Vukki.vQ in tk.vms.
All tho worker* arc* busy a*’their wita
can make them, for they work by the
pivee, and the number of things made
d *t> rmineth^ir wages. They are grouped
into sets (;r “.shops" of three or four, .who
Ych,
“liaathe dog a ticket?”
No answer. .
“Oh. I’m hoitv he hasn’t a ticket, t**-
rauxe FH have to bounce him off the
train.** ^ ~
And wlthrmt a mornent’a hesitation the
dog'waa lifted by the mi|xi of live neck
t<) the window and dropjrod to the
ground, and the vacant seat wax taken
by the stranger.
The young woman was paralyzed for
a moment. . — — —"
The train was only moving slowly as
it left itoxhury. and the pug was not
harmed, •caiwpering off f«»r dear life.
Hi* mistresM, as s*x>u r.s she graxix'd the
yHm*tion, screamed to the approaching
conductor to ulop tho engine so that she
might recover hei* i*et. The conductor
was soon informed tvs to the cause of tlie
M-nantioa, awl quietly M.l H.e U anvicptionul hour,
woman that she ought get off at th*
next station if she wished to and hunt
for tho dog. She did so. to tho d< liglil
cd. d to complete the orpament S«r t Q f Uie crowded car. —Ihwton Cor. New
York Tj jUmie.
fJouil to Travel On.
There are three trades or arocatiom
that afford those engaged in them oppor
tunity to travel and see the world, and
those tho printer*, the. cooper* dnd the
barbers. In either case a man, master
thereof, can visit any portion of this
country and always l>e certain of work.
Tlie typo can walk into any English
printing oflice in the country, or the
and most bitterly had site repented it
. Howeseed of. a liberal education, in
cluding the languages, slve was able to
turn variousaci’otnplishinents toacuount
and thus command several hundred a
year.
Sumo two thousand dollars had been
saved and were now lying in a bank,
anmmlly drawing interest. But of this
Richard Rosenberg knew nothing. He
only knew that his wife was iu easy cir
cumstances at the time he married her.
The next afternoon, having a half
hour qf nnuauAl ifisUTfe, he-thought he
wouldjust run up foTom Garretts office
for a few moments, -
Tom was sitting with a ponderous hook
of the law open before him, and in which
he was trying to get interested. He
pushed aside (he voluhie, however, os
liiS friend entered.
“How are you. Dick***bo said, rising
and placing a chair for his visitor. “Tin*
Tom carefully [
inserted a mark between the leaves ( of t
his law book, replaced it ou the shelf,
then settled himself for a cozy chat
They had not gone fsr in their talk
when the door quietly opened and in
walked Mra. Garrett.
- After greeting both gentlemen slro
came to the desk, Atid in a grulle, digni
fied manner announced:
“i shall need another five dollars, Tom.
if you can spare IL I meant to bring
enough with mo to do my shopping, but
I didn’t." And to Dick s amazement she
held out her band in confident expect
ancy.
i ume .uaron, .-pimg | vv Cr k t«>g.-tbtT and tthare profits U>gether.-j world, for that matter, and earn his sup- 1 “A fiv«? No, I really haven’t it I
with April and -in- oii ^ wGl understood grade of division. : |*t. He can shift from Maine to Cali-' have a two and a ten. Here, you would
gn
constitute
a shop, the fomia, from Manitoba to Florida, and,
He needs
recommen
dation, for he lias the available knowfl
Generally four
■mu t skilful workman (tho blower) at wherever ho goes, find work,
tho head, the gatherer (a young fellow) no letters of credit, hone of
next, and t,\v<> boys, bne handling molds |
Autograph Collcctliif.
“Are you fond of autographs, JMnt.
MuMiroom?" asked tlye jjestlrotio young
lady of'the practical Visitor. '
“No, I don't go muclM>n 'em. but my
son wlio's away at college lias a big col
lection ofJtlittJiandwi itin’ of great cele-
hright*. _1 reckon I’ll surprise him somo
when he gets Imek this summer.” : ...
msjr- —- . . .■—b-;- , Th ' ''; K J “p
“WY-ll- yc sue, sonin of them cele- ! u ‘ l l V 1 1 . r .
brighfs writTmci) pnorVrirtn'Wai ! f»a(T- , ' 1 ?
all tiro mupes copied off in a neat liand
in a big Ixjok You ha\e_no ulee bow
much Ix tu-r they look. Thtit-otiier truck
that nolxxly couldn’t make out 1 just
burned iipT^’—America.
A On4***r Miu«* of Vitlmibl** WcmhI.
Forty miles al>o^ New Orleans i* the
old bed of tlie Carre crevasse:
Fifteen years ag-o tn^ralher of Waters
burst his liolts and swept tkretigh then*
to I^ike Routcharfrain. Five years ago
the state of Ixiuisiaija, with the assist
ance of tho Mississippi Valley railroad,
rebuilt tlie Bonnet Carre levee, but it
could not restore altogether the condi
tions prevailing antecedent to the cre
vasse. The river in tlie ten years it
j Kissed through tho swamp piled up its
sands against tlie big cypress forests
there. It ha* left behind a buried for-
sand ha* deadened
or tools, and tho oilier carrying the prod
ucts to tlie annealing oven. The only
way to learn the glass trade is through
long apprenticeship in these four stages.
And no apprentice is permitted to enter
the full privilege and wages of a master
workman without the consent of the or
der. By this severe means of apprenpice-
tihip the glass workers keep the skill of
their trade In* th^Lr ow n control, much
liku the old Venetian artisans, and prac
tically dictulo their own prices to em
ployers.
Tho best wages in tho glass Industry
aro received by the window glass blow
ers, sometimes reaching • $13 j»er day.
The master me Iters rauk next, though
they, seldom get more than half that
amount. From these earnings the price*
slope dowu to tlie small tending lioys,
who are iLiid thirty cents for ton-hours’
work. The blower's occupation is lalior-
ious, but not mlhoalihful. lie work®
eight or ten hours at a stretch, linishing
one melt of gbis*. There are four or five
melts every week, each requiring six
teen hours to fuse, ten houm of blowing
and ten hours of flattening. The work
pense*. ——;
Dick Roocnberg U«t<n*d attentively,
Interrujiting with a word now and then. r _
When he camo to go be said, “I’ll try«
yttur plan. Tom. wills my wife. I.alwayt,
•tiin'cbow fdt ii tf » irgmaii w am
made for buiineta In fact, Fve most-
always been with Belle when aha made
purchases and paid for ttietn mjMlf.** ,
“My word for it, Dick, you will hnv*
more mofroy at tlffiend of a year if Mri.
Rosenberg boys her own tiling*.**
Tliat evening there were no callers*
and Mr. and Mr* Roeeoberg stationed,
themselve* in the library jvith books And.
work. Tlie lady of the-'touee* worked
fitfully, watched thafiamce in the fkm>,
ing tire, hesitated, opkued her mot^h to
s|>eak once or twice, at last gained oour*
age and gave utterance: ,
“Mra Franklin came In this afternoon
to ask me to go shopping with her to
morrow morning. She ha* seen some
good® she would like to consult tneabont,
and os 1 said 1 needed a drees, she sug*
gested (hat I get it at the some time, t
didn’t know whetlier it would beconve**--
lent for roe to liave any money now or.
not If it is«not, perhspe I san have,
enough for car fares, and then I nan help
her with her things."
Bello trembled as her husband begsh.. r
First he laid down his paper and pushed
it aside. « .
"Tho very idea of your having to coma
to mo for car fares] Np. 1 dos^'mean if
isn’t right,” as he saw the moisture gather
Jn lira Roeenherg^ eye. “I have ^een
Meaning (ho did not say for how long) W-
have a little talk with you upon the.
money question. Belle, 1 always thought.
it was tlie man's place tb manage all the,
matiny. I will tell you how ft was ia
my hoipe. My father waV a poor boy.*,
M- was sent out at 10 years of age to
shift for himself. He did all kinds of
hard, cold work, and received hard, oela.
treatment He tried seVeral trades, tnd,
at last decided to go into a factory, leaijp
all there was to learn about the busfc*sss»,_
and get np by degrees into a good bast-
ncfm. Ue did so.
“In my early years he had quits a good
•alary—several thousand dollars a year.
Hu* there was'ons thing I always ok%
served, and that was that' thpugft ue.
gave liberally and spent lavishly him-,
•elf. he never trusted my mother with •
much money. Uo trusted her, but thoss
■ wore not cays when women were ex
pected to control things- Tliey always^
asked ,their husbands whst to do and
what to buy. Any way,Tt was so in my.
father’s family, and in his brothers 1 fam
ilies, and other families 1 knpw about
“Why,' my mother had no mckstbooM-
of her own. She always Went to'tnj.
father for every cent •
“When 1 mafried, I suppose^ fh* i
ought to keep my money in my ©wfi«
.hands, but I have mads np my mhuJ
that I have been ail wrong. To-morrow
is your birthday. Bells. Fm going to
celebrate by beginning to live as I mean
to go on.” w i
To Mrs. Rosenberg’s surprise he was
holding out to her a new pocketbook of
tho most approved style. Mrs. Rosen
berg took it, and the faint color in hsr„
cheeks deepened as on examining It
id always by tlie piece', and in teams or
treed, and a aloniclo tiiill ea «- h of one ruas-
j a ml younger asaist-
them into sbin^J^e witli ail thirntiTiffily
vvi'h wliicli tli.ic machine works. —Nv'v Ihere are in opieration abontl60fur-
Oileans Times-1 kMuocrat. na' (**. at u inch tliero aro employed
:—: 1 ; alxait ftmr tliousand Llowern, gatherers,
flattener* and cutters. They aw bound
tojpther by a union that dictates the
qnai’.Lity ( .u !l vv w rLm»*> iniilfir*, Hn>.
Dfnrstiitex In th«* Wr»rld. .
There is m the civilized worhLnn fi**cr-
sge of one d»*af mute to every -LaOD of
“Take a pull of the starboard sheet.” 1
called out. “Well, there! belayt What j.F'V .»»' ot V r Wf>r,ts ’ '* ari)
next, Mi*s Julia?”
“Lower cue of the quarter boattr, and
take ra® forwrow The sea looks very
1 * beautiful, and I think it would do me
good.-
1 elevated my eyebrows, and sold:
. “Whst about the breexe, Miis Cat-
nrichacl/' _ . , ti,^. . •
at leaxt l.OOO.OW of this afflh te.i ctass.
In thq t nited Statrv th< re are HS.iXH); iu
Great Britain in ticrinany, 2'i,-
000, in i* ranee, 80,000; in Swe-i**ir, 2.000:
in Norway, T.IOO. in Denmark, 'J*. 1 ' »0; i •
Holland. 2.300. and in Swttz<'i Im J (the
country above all otliem wirore deaftu x-
k pre^alriit), >C,0vX>.—iM.xnt frvrFrv-j».
1 lie C'oinmou I ly.
Tlie common fly lays more than me
-hunihtd eggs, anil the time for eug lUv- ,
ing to qialui ity i* o ily alxnit two n\ eek*.
Mos,t of us have studied geometrical |»rq-
grexsion. Here wn see it illufitiated. Sup-
|x>xd otic fly Comiuencea “to multiply-,
and repfctiw.ri tliq caith” about June 1. !
Juiro 1'), if all lived, would give lot), j
».') of these Hie fcuiKles, July ! .
edge. The same is true of the coojr-r. -
Where barrels are to he put together
th^re he can fnm employment. And
what with beer- barrels, flour barrels, j
whisky barrels and sugar barrels, there
are always barrels to make. Likewiso
the barlicr. Let Jiitn walk into a sliop
in Portland, Ore., or Portland, Me.; into
one at New Orleans or Duluth, it mat- !
tens not, a good barber can as easily
shavo the attenuated check of the Yan
kee as the dark visage of tho Creole, and ’
need never want employment
The clerk, the cashier, the salesman,
tlie bookkeeper, the* writer, all must have J
longer time to manifest their capabili
ties, must have a measure of acquaint
ance, must have that winch we know n** ,
confidence; but thqse three, the printer, ■
tho barlx'r and the cooper, need no char
acter from Uroir lost employer.—Tukalo
JourqaL
Choked *a I)«-ar to Death,
Tho champion l>ear story comes from
Edgewood, N. Y. A man named Brown,
living live miles from that place, discov
ered a l>ear feeding on seme berries.
Taking off his coat. Brown stealthily .
crept within “throwing" distance, w hen
he covered bruin’s head with the gar
ment. Before the bear' etrtihl free Wm-
tkilf from t^i® covering Browfegot cl
enough to get his lingers around its
throat. Jle squeezed hard and the hoar
slowly succumbed to tlio s<|ueezing pres
sure.and foinieajl.—Chicago Tribune.
i
better Piko the ten, you may ueed it be
fore you are through.”
Tom C(xd^ transferred tlie bill to his
wife's hand, at the aanio time saying, “I ... . , ^ 4
siipjiose you have no time to Rtop, Amyl^-dhoovered a fifty dollar bill neatly
“No, indeed,” she laughed. “But T
would like to show you something if you
are not too busy.”
Mr. Rosenberg, sitting apart from the
window to which tho two had with
drawn, could see that tho “something”,
proved to be handsome samples of pas
sementerie. “I want ono of these for
my new satin," ho heard Mrs. Garrett
say. “Which shall it be, Tom?”
Tom gave his undivided attention to
the trimming, and,* (tossessing a good
deal of taste, was able to help his wife
out of her dilemma. “Thank you,” she
said as she neared the door. “I will get
some'of this twelvo dollar kind.” Then
kho walked away. - —
“I’ll lie hanged, Tom Garrett, if that
stuff costs 'twelve dollars.' Y’ou don’t
get any more salary than 1 do, and I
cant
your*.
to give my wL'e so much to *pend on these days for all
folded and lying within.
“It is only what I propose to hand,
ou^athe beginning of each m£tb
r,” said her husband, looting
on with pleased interest.
Just fancy, reader, how she leltl 8h*
who had been accustomed to come and*
ask for the sym of ten centsl
Mrs. Franklin and Mrs. Rosenberg did
their shopping together. And it must
be owned that Mrs. Franklin was sor*.
prised at the number of dainty trifieA.
that Iyer friend purchased. When pt last
she spent |4 for half a dozen handker-,
chiefs, she exclaimed: /‘Edna, do yoo?
think Fm. growing extravqMant? I had;
a large birthday present, so yea see* I
can afford a few things."
ftut in a few days Mira. Franklin ob-.
begin
served to her husband, “WhaFY long
to dress my wife as you dQ_j_ birthday present Belle Rosenberg had^
Why I should think I was a fool *<> ha ™ ijflptr <* money in
“ tharohe needs."
beads. How do yfcu manage ttT I. As for Mr. Rosenberg, he never re-.
T i
“I don’t manage it, and 1 doo’l dress
my wife, os you term it. She gels w hat
she likes with her own share of the
money. I never interfere, except when
Fm asked, a* was tho case this after-
gretied that he decided to make his wife.
I rtner in home affaire. He' no longer,
occasion to be ashamed of her *p-.
pearance in public, nor needed he to W*
ment any undue ei&evaganoe in h*fr.
noon.” I “Dick, you are not robbing you:set”,.
But kbe wore a sttini^ng^gwnirTasl . vv the interests of your house, qpr "Unv-
ed Drok, who felt.-bound - tiling are you?" she ventured one day.,
to sift this “woman and dress business," sdding, “I do'wish every wife'Could have
as he called it. to the bottom. “I want ■ acr allowance.”
to know how you manage it. Sly wife And Mr. Rosenbergmfillltglygrowled,*
in a handsome woman, but I was' aetu- **1 believs every sensible man see* U> t|.
naiiilierof bp|>renti('eKthat may betoken
(generally not more tliau iwo to a fur-
i ili.it prohibits any foreign work-
iiirm I rom getting a place in tho Lietories,
or any glass ffotit being made Li tho
:uoi;U»* »,f July and' Aug*ist. The aver-
;ge lime they liave worked in tiie last
Der< ropnient of tiro Street Rui1wt«j-.
Tho first street railway was operated
in l&>2 from New York to Harlem. It
did not ap|>ear in Boston until 1800. The
Bupp>so
wouldgive u i:i~ mr crrrri^ A-n.vp-j -<iui rtniw* , 1iair , beerr’hwe- than eight
first “horse car” Hne was-opeued on the
Baltimore ami Ohio line prior to tlie in
troduction of the kteaij} engine, but was
not designated os a street railway. From
»eom|»asaUvxMy^»eeMi begsnmng a reus
aiiy ashamed of her last evening T
really want iror to have what other
tt onron have, but I just can’t keep giving
her money for gewgaws, and that is what
Under it would amount to*
TfiaTUs wife ffas
utioa.
or otiier uutoward circumstances tq in-
lerferd, U,209 flies. Suppose O.GJff o4
thcae are females, we might have, July
Ml, Aaj.—v Yuris ick-^rstss
aiontlw and a half. Much of the time
.j*t h.is bi'en spent in ■trikes or disputes
uitii the luanu/ucturers shout wages.—
Uar^vr s Ma^uiUs,, ' s. .. t
Tom gave s prolonged whistle, half
1118 breath.
“I u*U you I don’t manage my #ife at
sllrt-Isis all Lean do u> stusnd to my side
enterprise has sprung up. Today there • of the house and my business. I earn a
are 2u.u00 car* in umj in the btreets of couple of hundred every vuunth, carry on
cities in the United Statea, mpiiring the ^ ^ expenses, farmsh the v
services of ltJU,W0 honro*.—DtUoit Frr ' !
krv**. - *
The Soothem fiereela
'Fhe western lumbermen are
attentiou to tbi
houec, Lay tbs pcovlaiMM^ and clothe
'n.Fv