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I THE BEAUFORT TRIBUNE AND POET ROYAL COMMERCIAL. ~ .m> mti YOL. V. NO. 18. BEAUFOET, S. C., THUESDAY, APEIL 5, 1877. $2.00 per Am. Single Copy 5 Hit()i i ' Li ->t* it ?? i i I mi Just a Few Words. Just a few words, but they blinded The brightness all out of a day ; Just a few words, but they lifted The shadows and cast them away. Only a frown, but it dampen'd The cheer of a dear little heart; Only a smile, but its sweetness Check'd tears that were ready to start. Oh ! that the rules of our living More like to the golden would be Much, oh ! so much more of sunshine Weuld go out from you ana irom me. Pride and its Fall. "It's a fine prospect in life for Mary Moreau," said Patty Dexter, with a sigh. "Oh ! I dare say," said Mrs. Pendaseet, brusquely. " But I've no patience j with a girl who allows herself to be i foolishly elated by a mere piece of good luck." Mrs. Pcndasset wns a white-locked old lady, with black eyebrows, a suspicion of a beard and a deep bass voice, and when she said anything, it sounded very much in earnest indeed. "I think Mary is a little conceited," said Patty. "Think!" echoed Mrs. Pendaeset. " There's no sort of doubt about it. A good deal conceited, you had better say. Never mind, Patty, she's engaged to a fine gentleman, with white hands and broadcloth clothes, and your young man works in a carpenter's shop" (Patty winced n little at this, for she was in the habit of calling Mark Robinson, her affianced lover, "a builder"); "but I _ 1~~1 t Uov. give it Ut'ill UllUU 1W1 U'Ui WItUtT \'l iUljfpiness in married life than for Mary Moreau's. And to think how recklessly she Hung James Bennett over for this fine new lover of hers. Well," with a long breath, and a Rlight elevation of the Roman nose, " she'll live to be sorry for it yet, or I'm no prophet." Patty Dexter went on with her sewing in silence. She was makiug up a pretty dove col ored cashmere dress to be married in, for Patty was not one of the gilded daughters of luxury who can afford a different toilet for every occasion. In her case the bridal dress would have to officiate as traveling dress also and best dress for a vear afterwards. There was only a black silk and a blue alpaca besides in her simple trousseau, and she could not help remembering, with a transitory pang of envy, the exquisite white silk, thick and soft as a magnolia leaf, which Man* Moreau had shown her, ns the dress she vfas to be married in. Mark Robinson was very nioe; un.'il within a month Patty had imagined him perfect:on. But why couldn't Mark been a grand gentleman, like *Mary's lover ? Mrs. Moreau kept boarders, and Mary earned her own living in Mme. Poillon's millinery. At least she had done eg until her A?*/\n am/1 /limrvlno ftffrn/do/1 fno Qfi UiUC I'UM AiiVI Ulillj/ILO ?Via.(W.WU VUV IUMention of Mr. Guv St. Clair, who hod temporarily engaged her mother's best rooms?and now the pretty milliner's girl was lifted ont of her sphere at once. "Mary, you'd never give me up?" said poor James Bennett, who was unable to believe his own ears when he heard of Mary's engagement. "Don't be silly, Mr. Bennett," said Mary, with dignity. " But you promised me, Mary. And you've been wearing my ring for a year," pleaded the young man. U "Oh, that was all nonsense," said Mary, tossing her pretty little head. "There's your trumpery ring back again if you want it! And of course no one attaches any importance to a boy-andcriv! fl iriofinn ua uiwivu, 44 I meant it, Mary!" 44 The more fool you !" retorted saucy Mary. And that was all the consolation James Bennett could obtain from his fickle lady-love. Mrs. Moreau was hardly less delighted than her daughter with this unexpected dawn of good luck. She. was a silly, soft-hearted matron, who had read a good many novels and acquired, in spite of her fifty years of poverty and struggling privation, very little actual knowledge of the world that was around her. 441 always knew that you was made for a lady, Mary," said Mrs. Moreau. 44 And you shall have that hundred pounds Uncle John left us, for your outfit. I intended it to refurnish the house, but it ain't likely I shall go on having boarders after you're married to a rich gentleman like Mr. St. Clair." And Man*, unconsciously selfish in her great happiness, took the family fortune without once thinking of the three younger girls who were badly off for shoes, and wore decidedly shabby shawls to and from school. 4 4 Of course, when I am rich, I can give them plenty of things," said Mary to herself. 44 And mamma shall come and live me, and the girls shall go to a regular boarding school." And Mr. St. Clair was certainly, as Mrs. Moreau delightedly declared, 44 a real gentleman, as thought nothing of a fresh pair of kid gloves every week, and used Cologne water!" He talked vaguely about taking Mary on the Continent for the winter, and ailuded to his villa at Brighton and the hou>e lie meant to buy in Belgravia, . asked Mary whether she would prefer a basket phaeton, with cream - colored ponies, or a landau, and expressed his opinion that no lady should ever be without two India shawls at the very least. And, to cap the climax, he came home one day with a velvet case in his hand and tossed it debonnairly, into his fiancee's lap. 44 lor yon, Mary," said he. She opened it with varying color and lips all wreathed with smiles. 44 Oh, Guy !" cried she. "Diamonds?" 441 hope you'll like them," said hej carelesslv. 44 They suit my taste." 441 will wear them to be married in," said Marv, radiantly. 44 Oh, Guy ! howcan I ever thank you enough ?" And she remembered poor James Bennett's inexpensive little garnet ring with a thrill of indescribable contempt. Yet how beautiful she hail thought ' it at tlie time. They were sittiug together in the back } parlor the next clay, when a boy brought a note for Mr. St. Clair. 44 How provoking !" exclaimed the bridegroom-elect, knitting his brows. " What is it, Guy ?" said Mary. 44 The bill for those diamonds. I told I the blockheads not to send it until my i remittances came from London, but they must have misunderstood." 44They'll wait, won't they?" said innocent Mary. 4 4 Oh, yes, they'll wait! but I should ! like to send the money at once. One doesn't want to be under an obligation to that sort of people. But it don't signify. I'll just step out and borrow of a fellow at the bank. Anybody will let j me have a thousand." He took up liis hat. Mary, who had glanced at the open 1 V?ill rmf lior Tinrifl nn Ins arm to detain i liim. "Wait, Guy," said slio; " I can lend you the money. Mamma's lawyer paid in Uncle John's bequest this morniug ?don't you remember ? You were in the dining-room when the check came." " All right," said Mr. St. Clair, carelessly, to the lad; "go back to Dudley's and tell 'em I'll call and settle in half an hour." "A hundred pounds is nothing to you, Guy," said Mary, admiringly. " Not such a great deal," said Mr. St. Clair, shrugging his shoulders. " Well, T rrmv ftq wpll fro ;rn<1 settle the bill. I ! cussed the latest opera season, and dwelt c upon the various amateur performances' that had been given in the city, criticising all the performers with that minuteness and severity whicn no one but a young man who has come to sit up late with i his girl can ever employ. Ho was about t launching out in a vivid description of I the last party he had attended when he s stopped suddenly, clapped his hand to ? his forehead, gave a wild look around t the room, and staggering to his feet said f he felt that he would have to go. Scarcely i waiting to say good night he seized his a hat, rushed out of the hall door and dis- ( appeared in the darkness and the night, i Immediately after a man might have f been s?en gliding down a ladder placed t against the side of the house, over < against the parlor window, carrying in 1 his hand a " bull's eye " lantern,* with a i blue glass. He chuckled to himself: ' "Reckon I fixed him?he! lie! Half i past uine is late enough for any young 1 man to sit up with my daughter." It 1 was the aged parent, and his experiment < was another triumph for blue glass. i Advice to Parents. I There is said to be a young man in the i Missouri penitentiary whose parents, at \ their death, left him a fortune of 850,000. There's where his parents made a fatal ( mistake. If they had taken the pre- ( caution to invest that 850,000 in a small dog, and shot him, and then had simply left the young man a jack plane or a wood saw, with printed instructions how to use it, the chances are that, instead of Vainer in the nenitentiArv. he would to day liave been gradually but surely working his way up to a handsome competency and an honorable old age. But ever since the days of Adam and Eve, parents have made it a point to toil and strugg'e all their liveB in order to realize a sufficient sum of money to purchase, when they are d?ad and gone, their sons each a first-class, through ticket to the devil, and it is not much to be wondered at that 60 many of their sons, reared in vice and idleness, as too many of them ofti n are, have no higher ambition than to in- ; vest their inheritance in just that sort of j transportation. ,T*/ ?? ??? ? O" ? ?- ? ? shall never buy anything there again, if they're in such a confounded hurry for their money. You'll be ready for the opera when I come back, will you, Mary?" " Shall you be long ?" " Oh, not more than nn hour." Maiy was all ready at the hour's end, in a little lace hat she had tacked together herself, with a cluster of crushed roses and a fall of Spanish blonde, -while on her shoulders she wore a white shawl she had borrowed from Mrs. Popperhill, the parlor boarder. But Mr. St. Clair did not come. In truth and in 'fact, ho never came at all. And at the end of a week Mary Moreau came to the tardy conclusion that she had been the victim of a deliberate scheme of treachery, and that Mr. Guy St. Clair was a villian. " But, at all events, we've got t e diamonds," said Mrs. Moreau, triumphantly . . | And she carried them to the jeweler's. The jeweler put 011 his spectacles, | peered at the glittering stones and shook his head. <i Paste," was all he said. " Not real I Surely you do not mean that they are ifot real!" gasped poor Mrs. Moreau. "Not worth five shillings," said the . jeweler, turning to attend to another ens- ' tomcr. 1 "Well," said Mrs. Pendasset, " and so J the Moreaus have found their level again, have they ? But it was a pretty costly experiment for 'em, poor things !, Only * think, Mary's ?100 and all that bill he j owed to Mrs. Moreau for three months' board !" " And Nelly Bennett tells me Mary is to marry James, after all," said Patty { Dexter. " If I were James, I would ' not put up with any other man's secondhand sweetheart." ? , 1 ".Nonsense, Tatty, nonsense," sain Mrs. Pendasset. "Never hit a foe that \ is down. James Bennett has sufficient j common sense to see that Mary Moreau will make all tlie better wife for this little bit of experience that has seasoned her life." And perhaps old Mrs. Pendasset's philosophy was correct. A Blue Glass Story. An aged parent living on \)Test Seventh street didn't like it because a young man who came to visit his daughter staid so late. One night the young man called and settled himsblf down on the sofa with a gentle thud that meant two o'clock in the morning at least. He talked about the weather in the most deliberate manner, Ijccause he wasn't in the slightest hurrv. don't you see ? Then he uis Something Sadly Significant. As a New Yorl: World reporter was chatting with a druggist the conversation was interrupted by the entrance of a rather pretty young girl with a very pale face, plainly and neatly dressed. She hesitated at the door for a few moments, then came in with a rush, as if j desirous of entering ere she could change her mind. Groins to the dark end of the shop she waited for the druggist to move toward her and then carried on with him an animated conversation in whispers. What she asked he evidently at first refused to give; then, though she tried to conceal her face, it could be seen that she was pleading with liini?explaining, promising; then, with apparent reluctance and apparently many 4.;?? k- ??/i i,nr illjuliuuuuoj 11u mcuiu ltl'' t4luu aa\~ jl <? | little package of powder, which, after | paring for, she thrupt into her bosom. Then sho hurried out, still averting her face, which was curiously red and pale by turns. 44 There is a tragedy in that girl's face," said the reporter. 44 Quite probably. She wanted arsenic. " 44 Which of course"? 441 did not give. She wants it to poison rats with, she says. Couldn't understand why she should be refused it without a doctor's order, and* wouldn't give her name and address. Finally on her promising to be very careful in using it and not let it fall in the way of any human beings, I gave her what she believes to be arsenic. You saw how she hurried away ?" 44 Yes. Does she live near here ?" 44 Of course not. Sho comes from the east side. If she lived in this vicinity she would go over to some place on Third avenue. She will go home and take what I gave her and it will make her dreadfully sick. She will hardly have swallowed it when she will repent and want to live, and she will live and not try suicide again. I see two or three women of that sort every week, and as many more who come for other drugs not aimed at thoir own b'fe. If I didn't give them something they would J^U Uli null I Hi VI DV/lilU Ui HiiU IVUV/un UMUU1av*~ ing in our business who would be more credulous or loss conscientious. When a woman really wishes to commit suicide she jumps into the river. Cutting her throat or blowing out her brains messes her corpse so that she doesn't like it; besides, she is a coward to physical pain, and if she takes poison it is usually in a moment of passion or despair, and in the majority of instances no sooner has she swallowed it than the love of life reasserts itself. Curious things, women." An Old Foel and a Young Wife. The Cincinnati Gazette tells this story : A story comes from Liberty, Ind., which would be not surprising if located in some portions of the old world, but is almost incredible in this country. It is a case of the downright purchase of a wife, tlirough the agency of a middleman, and tlie wedding has been duly celebrated. The principals in this affair are Mr. Win. Smith, a wealthy farmer md mechanic, and Miss Phebe Johns, a lady about seventeen years of age, and weighing about 275 pounds, both living ibont three miles east of Lil>erty. Mr. Smith is about seventy years of age, demented, deaf and of most uupromising ippearance. His wife, the only known relative living, died about two rears since, and the old man has been iviug alone 011 his farm. Not long ago le offered to pay to any one who would ?et him a wife tJio sura of $5,000. Mr. Powell Slade, with whom Miss Johns was living as servant girl, hearing of his offer, began negotiations with the girl and also lior father, Wash Johns, rhe father, in consideration of $2,000 to lira in hand paid, gave his consent. Phebe agreed to marry Mr. Smith, prodding her wedding clothes were fur lishcil her, a grand supper be given, and I hat the old man would give her a deed or his farm of 200 aeres. A meeting vas arranged at the Indiana House, in his city, where everything was sntisfacorilv fixed. One evening recently the narriage was performed. A magnificent .upper was spread, and music and dancng were the order of the night. About me hundred guests were present, some >f whom went from the town of Liberty. Directions for Hunting Coal. An exchange says: A very common nistake is made and much fuel wasted in he manner of replenishing coal fires, >oth in furnaces and grates. They ihould be fed with a little coal at a time, ind often; but servants, to save time and rouble, put 011 a great deal at once, the irst result being that almost all the heat s absorbed by the newly put on coal, vhich does not give out heat till it becomes red-hot. Hence, for a while, the i 00m is cold, but when it becomes fa'rly | iglow the heat is insufferable. The time )o replenish a coal lire is as soon as the ;oals begin to show ashes on their sur'ace; then put on merely enough to show i layer of black coal covering the red. riiis will soon kindle, and, as there is lot much of it, an excess of heat will not t>e given out. Many also put out the tire by stirring the grate as soon as fresh coal is put on, thus leaving all the heat in the ashes when it should be sent to the new supply of coal. The time to stir the fire is just when the new coal laid ou is pretty well kindled. This method of managing a coal fire is troublesome, but it saves fuel, and gives a more uniform heat, and prevents the discomforts of alterations of heat and cold above referred to. What Blondin Does. Blondin's stay at Santiago, Chile, has j been an uninterrupted success. The j papers vie with each other in relating instances of his prowess, and one assures us that in St. Petersburg on one occasion he went through his performance on a J rope covered with ice. It may not be J out of place to mention a still more remarkable exploit of Blondin's at Vienna. I Not only was the rope covered with ice, ' but the performer traversed it on two I stilts twelve feet long, the ends of which had been sharpened and thrust into soda water bottles; and not only this, but he actually danced the "Liverpool hornpipe," thus accoutred, carrying his secretary on his shoulders, aild letting off fireworks at the time. AN EMPIRE RUN BY WOMEN, The Finances of China Pnblinhcd for the Firnt Time?Widespread Corruption. For the first time in the history of China has the state of imperial finance been disclosed. The Chinese budget for 1875-6 shows the total revenue in coin to be 34,051,209 taels, each tael being worth ?1-61 ; the grain tribute amounts to 4,177,604 peculs of 133 pounds each, which is estimated to be worth 8,355,208 taels. Thus the entire imperial revenue of China during the past financial year foots up a total of about ?70,000,000. .The budget of ex penditurc shows the cost of the central government at 27,044,150 taels, of which the army and navy is set down in round numbers at 4,500,000 ; salaries of civil and military officers, 7,087,198 ; administration of central government, 688,377 taels. Couriers and mails cost nearly four times as much ; river embankments and public works are charged at 2,860,000 taels. A reserve fund of 7,379,742 taels is set apart for some unexplained object. China was without the luxury of a foreign debt until 1874, when a loan bearing eight per cent, interest for ?3,138,375 was issued through the Hong Kong and Shanghai bank, under imperial authority, secured on the customs revenue. The existence of this loan cannot account for such a large reserve fund, but there may be an internal debt, interest on which would absorb the difference. The emperor, being spiritual as well as temporal sovereign, maintains neither ecclesiastical hierarchy nor priesthood ; 11C11UC Jill UA|/Cinumut 1V1 xvii^ivuo WAVmonies and the State religion of 182,182 taels may be regarded as a perquisite of the Sublimely Pure. There is also a suspicious item of 1,317,108 taels in miscellaneous expenditures of the central government. The next highest item of expenditure is for examinations and aid to the literati, which is not peculiar in an empire ruled by red tape and competitive examination. Public charity and pensions and gratuities likewise figure for solid sums in the list of general expenditures. But the expenditures of the imperial household, which came under a separate head, foot up a total of 12,257,118 taels, being on excess of expenditure ovor revenue of 6,607,380 taels. Considering the vast empire of China, the revenue and expenditure as exhibited in these figures is not large ; but these sums do not represent a titlie of the money squeezed by provincial magnates from the helpless people. The deficiency of revenue is usually made up of donations, which are in exchange of rank and place. In other words, by the sale of office. The heads of expenditure of the imperial household of China are historically instructive. Tartar like, the reigning family trusts to Tartar troops, and the Ta-tsing dynasty pays 5,512,421 taels annually in maintenance of the army of Eight Banners and a Mongol auxiliary troop. Rice and other food cost over 4,800,000 taels ; aid to mandarins, swallows 991,865 taels ; presents and pensions lick up a cool half million ; sacrifice to the Grand Llama (another imperial perquisite) amounts to nearly 350,000 taels ; while porcelain, etc., cost 201,809 taels. Corruption and oppression are rampant within the great wall, and it is said that enormous sums are annually diverted from their legitimate uses into the pockets of officials. The tendency of public corruption has not lessened since the usurpation of power by women of the imperial household, the government of China having been run lvrr tlm tn-A Fmrirpaa "Rjwyonta niliiif lV --'o > - ?? jointly since 1861. except a sliort time during the reign of tlip late boy emperor. The ambitious extravagance of these Tartar dames may be readily imagined in such a court as that of Peking. Bojs Wanted. Men arc wanted. So they are. But boys are wanted?honest, manly, noble boys. Such boys will make the desired men. Some one has declared, and truly, that these boys should possess ten points, which are thus given : 1. Honest. 2. Intelligent. 3. Active. 4. Industrious. 5. Obedient. 6. Steady. 7. Obliging. 8. Polite. 9. Neat. 10. Truthful One thousand first-rate places are open for one thousand boys who come up to the standard. Each boy can suit his taste as to the kind of business he would prefer. The places are ready in every kind of occupation. Many of them are already filled by boys who lack some most important points, but they will soon be vacant. Some situations will soon be vacant, because the boys have been poisoned by reading bad books, such as they would not dare show their fathers, and would be ashamed to have their mothers see. The impure thoughts suggested by these books will lead to vicious acts, the boys will be ruined, and their places must be filled. Who will be ready for one of these vacancies? Distinguished lawyers, useful ministers, skillful physicians, successful merchants, must all soon leave their places for somebody else to fill. One by one they are removal by death. Mind your ten points, boys; they will prepare you to step into vacancies in the front rauk. Every man who is worthy to employ a boy is looking for you if you have the points. Do not fear that you will be overlooked. A young person having these qualities will shine as plainly as a star at night. Lost at Sea. A letter has been received from a Newfoundland correspondent, who believes that the loss of the George Washington of the Cromwell line was due either to fire or explosion. He says: "Whatever may have been the cause of the destruction of the George Cromwell, it is morally certain that an explosion of some kind took place on board the George Washington. The torn- and fragmentary condition of the recovered bodies, as also the shriveled and scorched appearance of some leather and pork tliat drove shoreward to Long Beach? all testify to the deadly work of fire or steam." The St. Louis Ditpatnh poet asks: " What shall we call the baby ?" Pending the discussion on that subject, might we be allowed to suggest "Sodywazzanoletoodlecumsy wazz ?" I Fashion Notes. | Small buckles, clasps, brooches and I rings are all used for millinery purposes. The new black lace mitts are em- I broidered inside as well as outside the ; hand. Very little face trimming is seen on , 1 spring bonnets, but the variety is end- I less. Black veils dotted with tilleul chenille and tilleul colored straws arc coming in vogue. The "Sidonie" is a new overskirt j which simulates a polonaise with scarf ! ; drapery. Parasols will be used in the demi saison?large sunshine umbrellas in : summer. Sandringham piques are elegant new j white goods for children's and ladies' j country wear. Mignonette, on account of its tilleul shades, crops out in every form of bonnet trimming. Small square gold buckles, studded with points of steel, are used in trim- ! ming bonnets. Tuscan, Milan and Leghorn straws of : deep yellow tints are the favorites for spring bonnets. Tea, sandwiches, cake and biscuit are the only refreshments needed for a kettledrum proper. Reception and opera-box toilets are completed by a small lace cap placed high on the hair. Finger puffs and curls are absolutely I necessary in arranging the hair in j ! U'rencn twist style. Comic silk handkerchiefs are the fashionable philopcena presents from young ladies to gentlemen. Black and the natural yellow of the straws have taken the lead of the grays and ecrus this season. The Breton and the Beatrice are the two basques which enjoy the run of popular favor this spring. Algerine gauze, shawls in lovely shades, of combination stripes and Oriental figures, are novelties. The caprice of the moment with young ladies is wearing long black kid gloves with light evening dresses. Dark red Agrippina roses and yellow Marshal Niels or Isabella jSprouts are mingled for bonnet and other trimmings. The merchants are pushing the sales of gray camel's hair wraps. Black wraps will assert themselves without pushing. While English round hats, turbans and Gainsborouglis are not exploded, there is decided preference shown for bonnets proper. Satin-faced gros grain silk is used a great deal'for trimming bonnets. It is ; cut on the bias and arranged so as to show both sides. It is impossible to make a really fasli| iouable coiffure at present without more j or less additional hair unless a lady has a very abundant chevelure. Paris thread long gloves with clocked wrists and fingers are seen on the glove counters in shades of drat), tan, gray, brown and buff, and pure wfato, and black also for mourning. Some of the evening bonnets are trimmed with bias silk ba*ds of water blue and pale rose silk, fastened down with gold and steel buckles, and ornamented also with plumes of blue and rose, and fine lace scarf strings. An Evening's Lesson. Here is a good spelling lesson for young and old : " The most skillful ganger I ever knew was a maligned cobbler, armed with a poniard, who drove a peddler's wagon, using a mullein stalk as an instrument of coercion to tyrannize over his pony, shod with calks. He was a Galilean S ulducce, and he had a phthisickv cai tarrh, diphtheria, and the bilious intori mittent erysipelas. A certain sibyl, with the sobriquet of '<%psy,' weut into ecstasies of cachinnntion at seeing him measure a bushel of pease, and separate saccharine tomatoes from a heap of peeled potatoes without dyeing or singeing ti c ignitiblG queue which lie wore, or j becoming paralyzed with a hemorrhage. 1 Lilting her eyes to the ceiling of the cupola of the capitol to conceal her unparalleled embarrassment, making a i rough courtesy, and not harassing him ! with mystifying, rarefying and stupefying innuendoes, she gave him a couch, a l bouquet of lilies, mignonette and fuch; s'as, a treatise on mnemonics, a copy of I tlie Apocrypha in liierogylphics, daguer\ reotypes of Mendelssohn and Kosciusko, | a kaleidoscope, a dram vial of ipecacuanha, a teaspoonful of naphtha for deleble : purposes, a ferule, a clarionet, some j licorice, a surcingle, a carnelian of sym- 1 i metrical proportions, a chronometer with , a movable balance-wheel, a box of domi! noes, and a catechism. The ganger, who : was also a trafficking rectifier and parish- ; 1 ioner of mine, preferring a wooden suri-.v-.l **-na fi Vftpil 14 HI b ^llin 111WIUC nilO AViVA(U/lV V^/ l? M?v.? J latipg, occasionally occurring idio- ; syncrasy), wofully uttered this apothegm: ' Life is checkered, but schism, apostasy, heresy and villainy shall be punished.' The sibyl apologizingly answered: 'There is notably an allegeable difference between a conferrable ellipsis and a trisyllabic diaeresis.' "We replied in trochees, not impugning her suspicion." We suggest to our readers that some member of the " family circle," when j conversation lags during the evening, I should "give out" the above words. The one who is successful in spelling all of them correctly may be congratulated, and should go to the head of the class. Hogs and Grapes. ; They have been experimenting in Cali-; forma in raising hogs upon grapes. Mr. Joseph P. Dow publishes in the Russian River Flag an account of his experience in feeding a single porker. He turned the animal into his vineyard with a weight of 160 pounds, and it remained there ! twenty-seven days, having nothing to eat during that time except the finest grapes, such as Flame, Tokay, Black Hamburg ' and Muscat. It was then slaughtered and weighed 163 pounds net, equal to 203 pounds gross, showing a gain of i ; forty-three pounds, or one and a half I pounds per day. FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD. QnrNtionH and AnMwerx. What kind of millet is the best to sow in eastern North Carolina ? The seed of the common millet, which can be obtained at any seed store. How are the breeds of sheep in tliis country classified ? There are three general breeds of sheep in this country?long wools, middle wools and fine wools. Under the first come Leicesters and Cotswolds; under the second?which are specially mutton sheep, producing a small amount of wool?come Southdowns, Lincoln and others; and under the third are three families, viz. : French, Spanish and Silesian merinoes. Wlmt tlic-n arc the so-called American : merinoes ?' The American merino is the result of ] the three varieties above described; ] they have been bred together until they have produced what is now known as the f improved American merino; which for ^ weight and fleece are not to be excelled. This breed is rather small, with a clean head and broad, sound body; the fleece f is long, fine, thick set, white and extends j over the whole body down to the hoof. What will insure early sown peas, i beans, lettuce, etc., from the ravages of ? rats and mice, as well as of all kinds of t birds ? These posts, says an English garden- ( er, will not touch any seeds that have r been mixed with a little red lead and wa- } ter, before sowing, and the red lead does not affect the germinating power of the seed in the least. It must be powdered ? lead that is employed for this purpose; 1 iuxt enough water should be used to ^ make the lead slick to the seeds; stir it ? around until it dries 011 and sow at onbe. * What are the peculiarities of the . '' snowflake " potato ? ^ Earliness in ripening, being only a few days after the early rose; smooth, attrac- * tive appearance; the excellent quality, having tine grain, richness in flavor, and floury whiteness and dryness, and uni- J forniity in size. They are also desirable E because the bugs do not seem to relish ? them to the same extent they do other F varieties. Their hardiness in sprouting is another merit; this last is due probably c to their dryness. r 1 What are the difference between the i three families of merinoes ? s French merinoes, which are tender and require great care, are long in the leg, thin through the shoulder, flat ribbed, F with a clumsy head, and grow short, yel- E low wool that is thick set, uneven and F gummy. The Spanish are much hardier, ? and their fleece is long, white and firm- ? er, and more even than the French; in 13 form they are compact, having short, heavy legs and heavy necks, with small I heads. The Silesians are less compact f again, with light, short legs and fine F heads, while the fleece is whiter, longer, e finer, and more even than any of the a others. These last are more hardy than t the French and less so than the Spankh. v Temperature of Cream for ('burning. ^ If different cow's cream requires a dif- * ferent temperature for successful churn- J ing, or if the average cream from differ- * ent herds requires a temperature a little J higher, or a little lower than certain c other herds, then each dairyman urnst, by experiment, determine the best tem- a perature for his own dairy. Some cows c certainly make butter softer or harder at fc the same temperature than certain other n cows, and in the absence of experiments j c made especially to determine the point, | v it would seem safe to conclude that j ? cream that will make hard butter would bear a higher temperature in the churn a than cream which produces butter which & handles with great difficulty. Yet we do a not know this to be a fact. In our own ^ dairy we have the best success in winter e when the cream is churned at a temper- e ature of sixty-three degrees. It comes y then without too long churning, and it is so firm aud solid that it does, not gather into a solid mass at the first appearance u of butter. Wo prefer to have our butter ^ come so hard that it will float in little a crumbs in the buttermilk even after c every ounce of cream is thoroughly h churned; then wc can riuec off the but- n termilk nearly clean, instead of having it ? shut up in the butter, as is too often the J1 case when the butter is gathere 1 in a solid mass in the churn.?New England c Farmer. t< The Canker Worm. v A communication to the American v farmers' club on this subject explained v that there are several species of the 1 ' canker worm, which is sometimes also p called the span worm; all of these are v very destructive to the foliage of the trees they breed upon. If undisturbed q they mature in about a month, when ^ they are an inch in length. They have a rlli IllgeiJlUUS Yt iVj Ui buviuovi? va; g, down by a spun thread to the earth, into j which they crawl and remain during the ?, winter season. With fiue weather tlie ^ matured insect makes its appearance a ^ moth. The female, which is wingless ^ (the male has wings), crawls up the ' j trunk of the tree and lays its eggs among 1 j the branches. These appear to be glued i over with a substance that is waterproof, j ^ Its mission over, the moth dies, and in due time Oe left behind hatch, and the worm begins the destruction of the foliage. j h The remedy given for this pest was to o watch the trees and tear out the nest as j tl soon as they make their appearance. E Bands of hay or straw saturated with h coal or other tar or oil, and tied closely : tl about'the trunk of the tree, were recom- e mended as preventives. These bands ti should be examined often during the fi season of maturing, that the insects can b be taken from them and destroyed. ; U . ii Hn?fo? In fnM Wmthcr. ' It One of the great troubles of making , a butter in winter is letting the cream re- , a maL. too long upon the milk. As the h milk will keep sweet a long time, the \ cream is permitted to remain. It should always be removed at the end of forty- a eight hoars. Before churning put the r cream in a tin bucket and set the bucket v iu an iron kettle of hot water. Keep A stirring the cream until it is of the right b temperature. Butter makers soon learn o by putting in the finger what the right fc temperature is. It is about the same as tl what moderately oool well water is in . o summer ^me* ' ^ nctll M4. I Thrift. My ships are blown about the worlcf, From heart's content to icelesa ind: The tide plays out, the wind comes down, And perils follow tide and wind. , When fancy tricks me into dreaios, i I see my love in royal rooms? More than a queen when all are queens, And kings beside her seem like groom*. Meanwhile she spins her wheel indoors, Beginning when the days begin ; . We shall not want?her very words? Though never ship of thine come ip. j Items of Interest. The Bank of England keepa a medicat man to attend its employees gratis. ' Peaceful sleep is the sheet anchor of health. You can enjoy this sleep if you have paid the printer. Some one has estimated that each person on the globe would receive $2 if all the gold was parceled out. In all the works of God there is a papjpicuous absence of haste and huny. ill that he does ripens slowly. Tho gold used by jewelers is always tlloyed with certain proportions of pure diver and the finest copper, according o the quality desired. The Detroit Free Press says: No one :an tell who is president of Mexico, and lone of the Mexicans seem to oa/e. fVhat they want is fun. Louis Katenstein put on a hideous nask and went to a Chinaman's shanty n Marysville, Cal., to scare the inmate. Che Chinaman was successfully scared, md Katenstein got a bullet in one of his egs. That was a fearful joke of Lord Nor' is # # >ury's, on sentencing to tieain * tinei eho had stolen a watch : " You made a ,Tasp at time, my lad, but you clutched stern ity." i. As a proof of hard times, the marshal >f the District of Columbia shows nearly hree hundred letters from persons begging to be put on juries that they may ,rive their families bread. However old the earth may be, acording to Professor Proctor, it has not cached its growth. He estimates that 0,000,000 extraterrene bodies become ncorporated with it every rear, and ome of them weigh a ton. The medical men of Ghent have pre>ared a "black book" containing the tames of patients who have refused to >ay their bills, and a pledge has been riven by the profession not to attend the lefaulters except in cases of immediate irgency. The Waynesburg Messenger says: ieep your children in the honse and eed them plentifully on onions, as a >reventive for diphtheria. We have aedical anthority for urging this course s one that adds greatly in keeping off he dread disease. . . A prominent St. Louis gentleman, rho has just returned from China, states hat there is a railroad running out from ^kin that oost $7,000,000 per mile. An rdinary American railroad can be built' or from $10,000 "to $30,000 per mile, ."his Chinese road was built by Amerians for the Chinese government. Campanelli's idea was : If there were n instrument for the ear, by which we ould enlarge the faculty of hearing, ns he faculty of sight is increased by the licroscope and telescope, wo should beome acquainted with an entire polyhome tone world, inasmuch as all moion produces waves of sound." The wealthy who keep their balances t Coutts', says the London World, are omewhat nervous. Tho senior partner, ged eighty-five, died the other day, and tie management of the bank is intrustd to the junior partner, a raw boy of ighty-two, with not more than sixty ears' experience in the house. A writer in St. Nicholas dredged the acks of his bees with flour as they were, saving the hives in the morning during" * very dry time, doing this by precon erted arrangement .witn a irnim wuu ml a fine clover field in bloom forty files away. The friend wrote back diectly: " There are plenty of your w hite ?cket bees here in the clover." A clergyman was preparing his disourse for Sunday, shipping occasionally d review what he bad written, and erase liat which he was disposed to disapprove, rhen he was accosted by his little eon, rlio numbered but five summers: 1 Father, does G<xl tell you what to reach?" "Certainly, my child." "TheD dint makes you scratch it out ?" There is a healthy moralist living in Jhicago who made his money in the milk 'usiness. He retired some years ago, nd has since occupied his time giving truggling yoimg men good advice, 'hey seem to pick right up under it. ' Don't be discouraged, boys," it is his ashion to remark. " You can't expect 3 got rich all to wonst When tliingB oesn't look cheerful like, think of me. ndustry and honesty was all the capital had, except a milk can and a water ail." , An Old Soldier. It will be hard to find a man who has ad a life of more vicissitudes than that f William A. J. MeClure, who lives at tie Soldiers' Home in Dayton, Ohio, [e was born in New Jersey, and from is fifteenth to his thirtieth year was in tie merchant service, visiting almost * * "* T_ 1 OA A 1 very port m tke worm. m iou* ue rirxed trapper on the Ohio river, and nally enlisted in the American army, eing captured at Hull's surrender and aken to Dartmoor prison, bat was freed i time to fight at Lundy's Lane, under Jeneral Scott. He served afterward as scout for General Jackson in Florida nd also served in the Semiuole war and a the American merchant marine. Vliile a sailor he was wrecked in the lediterranean sea, and was held as a lave by the Arabs until purchased and eleasea by an American consul. He ras also one of the nine survivors of the ilbion on the coast of Ireland. He has ieen married four times and is the father f twenty-two oliildren. There are said o be papers at Washington which show bat he is oue hundred and seven years Id, and that his story of service in the jnerican army is true.