Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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A Mrvooaold |_ 9, wUotk, ttKmfh, , tirad of tnd*, . , !» ttbrtnn. hU Took ft honM’twiit two atMda, oa tb« iklrti of the town, • Whiok ho meftnt at hia Mann to boy ftnd poll down. Thia thonglit atrnok hit mind aa ha viawad hit aatatc j Bnt a 1m ! when lata; For in each dwelt ft smith—ft more hard-work ing two - Never hammered an anvil or put on a shoe. At six In the morning their anvils at work Awoke oar now 'Squire who raged like • Tnrk. "These fellows," he cried, “sooh s clattering heap, . I never can get above sight boors sleep!" >- His afternoon's nap and bis daughter's new tong Were battered and spoiled by their hammers' ding-dong. At Ust, both his spirits and health to improve. He cried, "m -give each fifty guincM to move!" "Agreed,” said the pair ; "that will make u» amends." •Then come heme," said the 'Squire, "and let us part friends. Ton shall eat, and we’ll drink on the Joyful oc casion, That each may live long in his new habita tion!” • ••• «••• "Now tell,” said the ’Squire, "where you each mean to move. I hope to some place where bis tra<le will itn prove!" - "Why, sir," replied one, with a grin on his phis, ---—- : ——— -■ •*- "Tom Forge movee to my shop, and I move to his!" -tfete York Obserwr. ^OLDIElTLIFf IN GERMANY Hor—-radish root boiled in aalt nod water, with e little vinegar, ie good to tend to the table with roeet meet of any kind} eat it in thin elioee and nee it as a gamteh. An agreeable and appetising dish ia made by cooking asparagus and peaa to- , . . , _ gather. Ont tender atalka of aeperagtm M * tin small pieces (both vagetablee require the seme length of time to cook), season with cream, pepper, and aalt, or in place of cream nae milk with a lump of hotter melted in it; A charming way to flavor eoatards is to Ik at frait jelly with the whites of the egga; red raspberry jelly and qninoe jelly •re especially nice for this. One reason why corn bread is so often nnsnccessfnl is that the hatter ia made too thick; it should be thinner than johnny-cake, as the flour helps to thick en it. Then one ought not to rely too implictty on receipts; some kinds of- bone would win, which there was just HOW THE OIWIUBKS DlETEtt THE PRIVATES. EEOM (•uliae at Daly They sra PalS la tfta Army aad What DlWeraaee Belwaaa Uar- aa sad Amerlraa Yaatba. I have been interested lately in bear ing something of the soldiers there, the rommou soldiers, privates; the officers ilonot need much sympathy—hut the poor soldiers 1 Of course, we know every one is obliged to serve in the army at least one year; but unless they have accomplished a certain amount of school work—that is, passed through three or four classes in the gymnasium or its equal in grade—the^r must pervt three years. Every city has its barracks and has a certain number of soldiers stationed within its limits. The rations for the men consist of coffee and black bread and one meal a day. Thia meal, dinner,, consists of the cheapest and poorest ma terials, and the black bread is very black and so strong that a German lady—erne who is very German in her tastes—told me that to pat s piece of it in her month esaaed a canker.,,]^. Arracks for a lodging place, the soldiers are paid from three to five oenta a day. "Why," I said, "what do their families do, how do they live ?” And I was told that they were generally through with this service at twenty-seven or twenty-eight, and until then they were not allowed to mar ry. After serving so long they can be come inferior officers and receive ten cents a day.’ I could not understand even then how they could afford to many, but it seems the wife is expected to go to work too, and between them they manage to scrape enough together t6 support a large family. Even the captain’s pay amounts to not more than seventy-five oenta a day. Of coarse nil the privates are not po?r, for the flour and meal thickens more than others so it ia well to observe carefully the first time you use flour or meal from a new wok. On aeoonnt of thia difference many cooks prefer to purchase flour by the barrel, even for a very small family. Bed raspberry padding is made in this way: To two ounces of trattdr allow three ounces each of sugar abd flour; beat two egga very light and mix with the sugar; then add the flour and the butter, which you have wanned so that it will mix readily; a little aalt and grated nutmeg may he stirred in. But ter seme coffee oops, and in the bottom of each one pat a tableapoonful -a large one- -of jam or two tablespoonfuls of freeb berries; then pour the pudding mixture over them. Leave a apaoe at the top so that the pudding may rise a little. Bake for half an hour, and serve with cream and sugar, or winp sauce. A very agreeable dish for dinner is made be cutting up some lamb in pieces- the black geldin’ dashin’ along with the sire you would serve on each plate at the table; pnt them in a sauce-pan with a large lump of butter, and oook until both aides are browp;' then poor over hot water enough to cover the meat; let thia cook slowly for an hour, then re move the meat from the atew-pan; make a rich gravy, adding to the water in the pan an onion sliced thin, plenty of pep per and salt, any herb yon like, or in place of the onion, and before putting in the floor to thicken the gray, pnt in a quart of green peas, and oook them for from fifteen to twenty minntes; skim them out, thicken the gravy, and rp*yg meat and peaa and gravy all in o^'deep platter. .4 Sitlsfactery Fence. The disasters that have occurred to driven on the race tracks thia season, re- c*lla a tragic event that took place on a Chicago'lrack some yean ago, the case of poor Billy McKcever, of New York. Billy was the driver of General Butler, the black gelding, who’was a famous trotter in bis day. Billy himself was a good fellow, kind-hearted, sociable, square os a die, and ought never to have had an enemy. Probably he didn’t have any on hia own account, but when he un dertook to put General Butler to -hia speed and drive him for all he was worth, as he always did when he drove a hone, why then he was doomed. It was at the Dexter Park, the Jerome Park of Chicago. There was a tremen dous crowd, and l>ettin’ was somethin’ fearful. The race had been prolonged to almost dark, and then it had to be pnshed through. Just before the Iasi heat, Billy McKcever, confident that his then a gotnl show for hia doin’, although the odds had been laid against him, re marked significantly, aa he prepared to take his scat: "Here’a to General Butler !” "He means his horse to win sure,” somebody remarked, lookin’ at McKee- ver. . "Bet your bottom dollar on it,” said McKeever. It was now quite dark, but just as Mc Keever got into his wagon he thought he saw the figure of a man vauishiu’ along the track ahead of him. It was only for an instant, though, and McKee ver had no time to think of it or any thin’ ulse but the race. The horses started and General Butler gained from the start Billy was in cc- stacy as he took the lead. Just then the driver just behind Mc Keever heard a crack and a smothered groan, and then, in the darkness, he saw an ..... . , , end-pdeocs or posts of two Jengths set mm of the nob mml .1m wr,.. remoMbl. toot, nude of two then, of course, they can live as they choose, but the poor ones, who sre de- jiendent upon what they can earn, have a pretty hard time. The black bread they receive in two loavea each week, And that they dan sell, if they like, for four cents s loaf. An officer’s position in a country where the army ir such an important institution, is excellent, he is received into the best of society, where he, perhaps, could not possibly he other wise welcomed; consequently many who can do so remain in ths army after their time b np and serve eight weeks each sufficient promotion to satisfy their am bition, Many teachers adopt this plan and spend these weeks of summer in this, perhaps, healthful bat certainly rather arduous labot. — Service in the German army is not play. At present are • ■ f the teachers from the gymnasium en gaged in this way, and new teachers are substituting for them. In spite of (lie rather exalted idea that some people have of the German gymnasiums I 1 liink a good Ameriora Latin or high Kchool would compare very favorably with them. Our education is mnoh more practical, ou’" boys much more manly and independent, and* if they liiive not so great facility in Latin and Greek they have greater independence cf thought and a more matured appreci ation of duly and desire to get into the world and do good work there. The German boy soaroely finishes with his gymnasium before he is twenty, and then comes the university or some bosi- -—noss to 1—ra t so thst he may be twenty^ six or seven before he can do much to- u ward sapparting even himself. v Ihsves better style of fencing than any I have seen described. Oar soil is such that it is almost impossible to make posts stand in it, hence barbed fencing and pretty nearly every thing else except the old Virginia rail fence soon goes to rain. To obviate this diffi culty I build all my fence al»ove ground. Its perfection has cost me much time, labor and expense, bnt I have got a thing which meets my ides of a conven ient, economical, safe and efficient fence. It may be briefly described as a barbed fence with a rail in it The rail is 2x4 sawed hemlock, of such lengths as we buy at the mills and lumber yards, gon-^ arslly about 18 j feet They eost ten oenta each. These are framed to two posts of 8x4 timber 2 feet 9 inenes long, which cost nine cents. The adjacent empty sulky. There was General Butler minin’ away, but where was Billy McKeever ? They answered that question after the race. For there they found poor McKeever lyin’ on the track. With the side of his head all crushed in, bleedin’ and sense less. In less than a hour he was dead. Dead and murdered I Murdered by that shadowy figure which he had caught a glimpse oi* fr*™ b» ejjJtj (he last heat, j ' ' * figure of some scoundrel who hud ruu a plunk out from the fence, the edge of which had struck ItfdKeever’n head and killed him. It was ns villainous and cowardly a murder as any in the whole' history ot crime, but it was never avenged, hardly even investigated, although there irno doubt that many were privy to the ter- rible «rime» y ^ " Seasonable Domestic Recipes. pieces of timber and two pieces of board which cost six cents, and two, three or more strands of barbed fencing are used. Before prices of barbed fencing became demoralised under the reoent decision of the United States courts it cost me from fourteen to twenty-seven cents n length for three strands of different kinds of fencing. Prices sre now less. Neils and stsples oost less than two cents. Total cost of material about fifty cents s length of 18} feet A fair mechanic can make thirty or forty lengths s dsy. A good farm-hand following year until they have gained} 'can make half as many on a barn'floor An A wfn n 4 « n ■> Aa > ^ A«_ Al 2 - _ . i _ *’ any rainy day. length and the A good story is told of Dan Setohel, the actor, that he one day was standing in the office of the Fifth Avenne Hotel, in New York oity, when one of the clerks, indicating an unmistakable ^pwlishman in plaid snit and eyeglass ~'d near, said to Dan, "What do pose that man’s name is?’ imagine, I’m sure,” said Dan. "that is Sii ( England.” iru ^ wonder One man ban tike a Kit' to support it and carry it anywhere, though on account of its peculiar shape and the prominence of the barbs, it is a good deal better thot one ahonld take hold at each end, N6 post-holes sre required, sad no preparation of the ground is necessary except to see that it is level No nailing or tieing together is required. It is simply set down, and it^is there and stays there till it is taken up and carried away. It has the advan tage over all-wire feneesAhat the rail is not only visible, hat it serves as a four- inch guard to keep the animals from running "side on” against the barbs. One wire above and one below the rail makes a good fence against all cattle and hones. One above and two below, or two above and one below, makes s good fence against sheep and grown swine. When built of the Buckthorn solid steel barbed fencing, with the rail placed next the top strand and neatly painted, CrcuiiBXR' Preseuvks. —Gather young cucumbers a little longer than your mid dle finger, and lay in strong brine out ( week; wash them and souk them one day and night in dean water, changing this four times; Hue a bell-metal kettle with vine leaves, and lay in “the encum bers with a little alum scattered among them; fill up with clear water^ cover with vine leaves, then with a close lid, and green as for the pickles, Do not bob them." When well greened drop in ice water; when perfectly cold wipe, anu with a small knife slit down one side; dig ont the seeds; stuff with a mixture of chopped citron nnd seedless raisins; sew np the incision with a fine thread; weigh them, and make a fine syrup, al lowing a pound of sugar for every pound -of oucuml>ers, with a pint of water, heat to a. lively boil, skim, and drop in the cucumbers, simmer half an hour; take out; spread upon a dish in the sun, while you bojl down the syrup with a few slices of ginger root added; sinnnrr five minutes and put into glass jars, tying them np wW <v>lfi - — —Botavd -J«Mjr;=Gn a tablespoonful of potato flour pour half a pint of oeffing water, and when^erfectly dissolved let it boil a moment Remove from tin fire and flavor with nutmeg; and sugai to taste. This is nutritious and easily digested by invalids. Potato flour is oTn tained by grating raw potatoes into eolt water. The raspings fall to the bottom like paste. These are rmsel tEoroughly, dried and pulverized. For infants sinl which noe int) barbed fencing onters as a invalids potato flour may be made into many agreeblo forms. Boiled Ham.—Boil three or fom hours, according to size, then skin the whole of it for the table; then set it in the oven for half an hour, cover thickly with poundpd rusk or bread crumlw, set back for half an hour longer. Boiled ham is always improved by set ting in an oven for nearly an hour, till much of the fat dries out, and it also makes it more tender. ” Raspberry Jam. — To , five or six pounds of fine raspberries (not too ripe) add an equal quantity of the finest qual ity of white sugar. Mash the whole in a preserving kettle; add about ope quart. I’attlac OaFrak aa4 tfca Watfc The prooMsea gt preserving fruit now so well understood make it possible for the housekeeper to supply her table with the products of every climate and the range of fruits that ripen from May to October. Thf latter berries and frnite are stttl to be put np, mid vege tables are just now in fall seamm. In preserving fruit* whose relish de pends somewhst on their appear ance, aa pears and quinces, says the Tribune, it is well to remem ber that a little done at a time gives bet ter results than large quantities done at once. One can or two cans at most are qniokly prepared, and may be "sealed np” almost before the fruit finds out that it is deprived of its peeling, and before the sir has time to diuken it, cer tainly before it has time to lose its flavor. Thia last depends, too, on the freshness and perfection of the fruit when canned. If possible, peaches should be in their cans and sealed op immediately after they are picked from the ' tree, and While the dew of the morning is still on them. The same is true of other fruits and vegetables. The difference between corn just from the field and corn that has loin in the pan try or storeroom is very marked, and the same is true of peas. Of course those who live at a distance from the source of supplies, and must take their fruits and vegetables one, two and three days old, have no choice but to make the beat of what they can get, but they will nev* be able to accomplish as fine re sults as those may who can pick their fruit and vegetables when just ripe for canning, and imprison them "in their own juice” before they have lost a par ticle of their aroma. Overripe fruit is equally to be avoided with underripe frait, as’ it ferments readily and spoils. It is not necessary to its preservation to put any sugar into fruito when canned, but peaches, plums and crab-apples are better to have a little sugar cooked with them when they ftre put up. A lady very •killful in this line of industry makes a syrup of three pounds of sugar to a gallon of water, boils it twenty minutes ami sets it away for future use. _ The fruit is prepared, packed nicely i«e cans, covefoi tfitb this syrup, and set uncovered in a covered kettle thirds full of water and cooked till the fruit is soft. Then the can. is filled to overflowing with boilingsyrap and sealed at once. When a little cooled another turn ia given to the screw ring. Ber ries and small fruits may be cooked in ' quantity and put up without sugar, this being added when they are brought to table. If a silver spoon is pnt into the can boiling hot frait may be poured into it without breaking. Or if the can is pnt on a very wet doth, it will not break when the hot fruit is put in it A tin funnel just large enough to fit the month of the can facilitates the process of tilling it and prevents waste. Tomatoes when canned should be per fectly ripe. Dip them for a moment in boiling water. Remove all the inedible parts, and oook them till just done, not any longer or the seeds will givh them a bitter flavor; put into cans and aeal. It is well to pour off port of the toma- toe liquor, and use it as a basis for cat sup. Corn is cut from the ooh, packed closely in tin cans, the on and for the covers soldered POUT CADETS OVER HARTIUAN’fl DIMRACB. Daalak that Ha letbe Maa whe tlaol AeaR Clark mU , The West Point cadets of the first and third classes have signed a petition ask ing Col. Merritt, Superintendent of the Military Academy, to apply for a recon sideration of thA sentence of diamisssl passed on Cadet Hsrtigan for "devill ing” Cadet Acuff, a plebe. ' Acuff came to the Academy last June, and on Saturday, Jane 21, was assigned to sentinel duty on Post 8. This s lonely spot at night, and the path that the guard patrols runs close to the ditch that skirts the low, grassy parapet of Fort Clinton. The cadets say that ever since the Aeademy was established it has been the custom to "devil” eadets the first time they are stationed on this post on sentinel duty. After Acuff had gone on post on Saturday night thirty of the cadets oi the first class conspired to treat him to the usual surprise. They, insist that they merely meant to have a "little fun,” and never intended to do him physical haim. r • A number of the cadets dressed them selves np in sheets, and awaited a favor, able oportunity to march in a body upon the green sentinel Shortly after 11 p. m., and jost before the starting of the ghostly prosseasion'Cadet Thomas L. Hartigan of the first class appeared on the lonely path with an officer’s sash over his shduldcr and a sword at his side. The authorities say he had no right to wear this sword, because he was not on duty; ” They also say that he had no business on the paths after 1 ‘taps. ’’ As he drew near, Cadet Acuff challenged him, and Hartigan, according to hia own version, responded. "A friend with the countersign.’’ Acufi says his reply ^a* ^"Officer of the guard,” and that Hartigan proceeded to j>ut him through a number of manoeuvres to test his knowledge of sentinel duty. He says that Hartigan also gave "Shiloh” the countersign of the . day, and "General Grant” the parole. Hartigan says that he promptly replied when Acuff greeted him as officer of the guard- "I am not officer of the guard; advance me properly.” Then he turned aside, he says, aaf Acuff began to call the hour,. "Half past eleven, and all is well” It has been tin:. custom for years to surprise the cadet who ia to be "devilled” just at the moment he is about to announce that all is well. As Acuff shouted, "Half past eleven and all is—” the company of sheeted cadets suddenly appeared in the path, and, before he could recover from his astonishment'at the spectacle, a strong arm seized him from behind and gave himapush that sent him over the parapet and heels over head into the ditch. He let go his gun and it fell to the ground bayonet down. The point of the bayo- net was slightly bent by the fall The crowd of white figures scattered in all directions Acuff clambered np the parapet hasti Iv and shouted, "Help! Corporal of the guard!” The corporal harried to the spot, but got there too late to catch sight of any of the fleeing cadets. Acuff picked up his musket and resumed his sentinel dutyr - The corporal asked him if he had recognized any of his assailants, and o’clock Hartigan woe ordered off the parade ground and left the Academy. The same day some of the efidete .drew ape petition to Gen. Merritt, eeesrting that they were prepared ttT prove that Hartigan did not personate the officer, end taking that, inaamnoh ae Gadet Acuff had contradicted himself in his testimony, Hartigan be tried by e court- martial, and that General Merritt re quest President Arthur to reconsider the order of dismissal, in order to give the cadet a chance to prove hie innooenoe. The prospect before Gladk end Wil- ttams b uninviting in the extreme. Dar ing the term of their sentence they will not be allowed to viait any other eadeta, or even to walk out on the plain. They can leave barracks only to go to recita tions, or to get their boots blacked daily. If they don’t get their boots blacked ad ditional punishment will be imposed upon them. Every Saturday, when other cadets are free, GBark will have to promenade np and down barracks with a musket, on extra guard duty. Wil liams forfeits all the privileges and im munities of cluiets for a year. Their fellow cadets say that thia ie the se verest punishment ever inflicted in the Academy for similar breaches of dis cipline. .#] Tlie Niagara Whirlpool. are then pnt in a boiler filled, nearly to the tops of the cans with water, covered closely and boiled three hours. The perforation is then closed with a drop of •older and the cans are cooled and packed away. Beans and peaa are canned like corn. .. If corn after being boiled fifteen min utes is cut from the cob and immodiate- ly dried, it retains its flavor well, and when soaked, and heated through ia almost as good aa when fresh. Its ex cellence depends on the freshness of the corn and the speediness with which it-is dried. ± > v J ~ Pumpkin may be dried and ground so that when made into pies it can hardly be told from the fresh article. Of course it require! soaking and cooking before it a perforation left in the top- ^ the other cadet8 n>pried steam to escape. The cans la an article in the Elmira Advertiser on the fate of Captain Webb, ex-Super intendent oi Insurance Charles G. Fair- man writes as follows: , "About three miles below the cataract is the whirlpool. This is/i vast basin into which the river rashes through the rapids from above, and out of which it rushes into the rapids below. The rapids above arc caused by a quick de scent in the lied of the river and the nar rowing up of the gorge through which it runs to. less than its ordinary' width. The water, in forcing its way, plunges upward in the centre to Jhe height of twentyur thirty feet and onward at the rate of fifty miles an hour. Compared in its majerfy to the flight of the swiftest railroad train, it is ns a Roman candle to a comet. Out of the whirlpool below, the water is again forced through a Still narrower gorge into the comparatively open river Inflow, though safety for neither man or l>oat is fou »d until Lewis- town is reached,‘four inves still beyond. At the whirlpool the river makes an abrupt turn, almost exactly at right angles. It is this turn which creates the whirlpool, the result of numberless ages of work of these plowing and plunging waters. It is said that a constant drop ping wears even the stone. What has been accomplished by the cutting ont of these mountain rocks by the everlasting rage of these awful waters in an eternity of time is the demonstriited evidence of the greatness and power of Niagara^ Yet so few have seen It that it is almost safe to say that no one has seen-ii. The points from which one might look into these ‘jaws of death’ are practically in accessible. There are no guides and no hackmeu who take you there. The banks are mountain high, and there are . hro roads to the-water’s edge. One can look over the precipice, but the ancient and upbroken forest obstructs the view. Only the eagle is privileged to tVaverse its sides and witness the aotnal strag glings of thd tortured waters. The writer of thia, when a school boy, was accustomed to wander along these rugged precipices, and he has climbed about them in places, the very thought of which even now brings a shudder. To y that he had not. The next day, In the forenoon, a number of cadets asked him—him the awful foolhardiness of thia mad the same queehon. They say he made the same reply. When the cadeta-were summoned for inspection next day, Col. Hasbrouck noticed that the bayonet of Acuff’s mus ket was bent, and ordered him to report the circumstance to Leint. McClellan. "How did it get bent?’’ asked the latter. ^ x "I don’t know," replied Acuff uneasily. He made the same answer several times, until Leint McClellan, suspecting that there had been devilling going on, in quired if anything had occurrechto him whije he was on duty the night before. Acuff then, apeording to the authori ties, very reluctantly confessed what ' ad happened. After some difficulty he recognized Cadet Hartigan, who There sue. some housekeepers who eomee from Chicago, and Cadet Pow cherish a.fondness for preserves, and are not quite satisfied unless they have a store of. sweetmeats- pnt away. For theee the old rale of a pound of sugar for a pound of ^frait is still in order, ^or jams, three-quarters of a pound of sngar for every pound of frait. If children will have sweets, a.little nicely made pre serves or jam is far better for them than boughten candies, and for roly-poly paddings nothing is better than nicelif made jam. .- for the relief hMh® which ha* been In the re™' for three years, bae tot^,' accomplish Its purpose., Ti which they ealled. waa cn. Ice on the 83<i July~«i seven hours. The nacn part, and with appropriate surroundings is really the most ornamental of all cheap fences.—O. H Buro, Georgia. Vt A BAND or OBNUINELY savage Apaches were shown at the reoent Santa Fe fair. It was a hard matter to get them to go them. They had seen few white faces except behind a raised maaket When the wagons were ready to start several of the foremost braves, who had been almost persuaded to make the trip, re fused to (e alopg. The eight cf a rah road train awed the Indiana into excla mations of "De-ee-ra-ta-ra” (wonderful), many times repeated with whispered breath. These barrel-breasted fellows, who would face a bear empty handed, i afraid to step into the oars, and squaws cring'd behind their trem bling lords. At last they suffered them- of currant juice (a little less will do) and l»oil gently untfl it jellies upon a cold plate, then put into small jars; tie n thick white paper over them. e,ep in a dark, dry and cool place. — The Houae- bold. \ Mashed Potatoes.—Peel one dozen large potatoes and when they are cool drain dry, pnt in a little salt, pepper and butter; add a little butter while beating. Beat briskly with u fork for five minutes until light and creamy, and serve imme diately. man, 9 and were" 'exposed 81 to be lei faRmciagly sboerd, and, - ■* the train mo^ off, they covered with ihsfa^ bhRkets, and guio ***# b*ira» -the open boats before thev vik f 600 miles dlstao* no tidings of Lieut must be out of proy too Uts to send out a no* nn this year It Is feared l M as lad ae that of . "What be them?” said s •topping in front of s fruit store pointing to a bunch of bananas. Hav ing learned he bought a plump lUdskin, and, without stopping to peel it, bit off the end. The banana was finished in the same primeval style, and then the buyer remarked: "The rind ain’t much, but the pethia party fair.” “ Bo Many—There are and to be 100, 900 American* scattering their dollars ii; Europe tius yeai. — hatan dark of Louisiana and Robert C. Williams as having been among the devilling party. Lieut. McClellan in vestigated the matter, and on the fol lowing' flay charges were prepared against these three. Six others whose names are withheld, were arrested on ’v lit for Tst. i Mrs. Samnelson sent her colored ser vant over-, to a neighbor, Mrs. Peter Shinksky, to request the loan of the morning paper. . • ■ *- "Tell Mrs. Samnelson,” was the re ply, “that I never allow the paper tbge out of tire house; she can some over here and read it if she sees proper.” Mrs. Samnelson was very mnoh dis pleased at this message, but s^e did not show any sign of -resentment A few days afterward Mrs. Peter Shinksky sent her servant over to Mrs. Samnelson to ask her for the loan of an ax to chop some wood. ' -"Tell Mrs. Peter Shinksky that l never allow the ax to go out of the yard, and that she ca i bring her wood over here if she wants to chop it np. ” We forgot to mention that both ladies moved in the highest circles of the Aus tin aristocracy.—Tfcra* Siflinyt. - " And the gentleman who catches the ball,” sftjd Annabel—" why does he wear a mask? And Annabel looked upon her cousin Ned’s face with becoming pride when be promptly answered: " Tfcft is b> protect his face, Bel p an ugly mug wouldn’t harmonise wit* a niee pitcher, you know,”—Boston 7Vm»- nripL i l~ called killed e charges against Hartigan were "Personating an officer, giving the countersign, and aiding and abetting the abuse of a sentinel” „ The others were accused simply of aiding and abetting the attack. Gen, Merritt summoned Hartigan before him and asked him if he had anything to say. The cadet re fused to answer. To the two other for mal questions, "Who were devilling with the plebe sentinel ?" and “Who f Boston Poal threw him into the ditch?” Hartigan re sponded,. "I beg leave, air, to decline to answer, and would ask time to con sider.” Hartigan says that he . also asked for a trial. Gen. Merritt declined to grant the time asked^and sent the cadet away. He was equally unable to get a word from any of the other cadets. He sent a report of the case to Secre tary of War Lincoln the same day, rec ommending the summary dismissal oi Hartigan and the punishment of Clark uid Willism*. He received from Wash ington official orders from Adjt-Gen. Drum, by order of President Arthur, dismissing Hartigan, directing that Wil liams be confined to barracks for four months and forfeit his furlough in 1884, and that Clark do extra dnty on Satur days and be confined to barracks for n month, * The first notification that Hartigan received of his disgrace was just as the cadets assembled to go to dinner Friday noon. 4 Gten- Drum’* order was then read aloud to ffiiT imtin company, to- Ittinr vitk trif* 4} fou performance of Captain Webb is self ap parent. It ia impossible that the man could have had the slightest comprehen sion of the real danger, nay, of the swift and certain death which absolutely awaited him.” • ‘ Rigorous Law. The bill brought into the French Chamber to render more rigorous the Inw of affiliation has jost drawn from Alexandre Dumas a pamphlet which is an eloquent plea for the illegitimate. Dumas’s proposals'on this point are that every unmarried man who is proved to 1>e the father of a child which he has abandoned to the care of its m^ber shall be compelled to adopt (he child, and ^ to educate it in accordance with his own ^ooitian in society, and (jplt every man who, being married, is unable to adopt, or, being withont means, is un able to snpport the cjiild, shall be com demned to from two to five years’ im prisonment. The clergy are in favor, while the lawyers deride it as impracti cable. Bnt Dumas is convinced that the novelists, as being learned in human nature,, are trastworthier guides with regard to this question than those whe are only learned in law. Rood Indian. T notes aed coi Wren n was known that royalty waa to be prsaent at a charity fair in London, and Abet any one would barn a dniton of buying a rout from the Princess of Wales, ths ftup""— was overwhelming. The greet sueoess of the night was ft* the Princess of Wales. There waa sooh x crash that for a time one could only catch s glimpse of the ladies who bad been chosen to eetiet the Prineees, in two large mirrors which hun|£ the booths at each an incline as 'ot the figures end faces that fiitte them. She wore an exquisite a to , tome. Ths short pettiooat wet. ^ ^ of hum and white silk, and the.?* -Wage* glittered with beada.* At the throat waa a cherry-colored velvet ribbon aperhling with diamonds, and throwing into re* lief a dltm ft " < * necklace. The feathery puffs of light brown hair were orna mented with diamond horaeshoea. Aoor- respondent says that no mob could possi bly behave worse than this throng of fashionably attired people when it real ized that the Prineees waa on duty, and would hand over a rose for anything from a Balf crown upward. She had to retire for a few minutes while gentlemen I wrought the people to be less demon strative and to fall into line. In Polk county, Nibbaska, are many wells which exhibit peculiar phe nomena of intermittenoe. They vary from 100 to 140 feet in depth, and ebb and flow irregularly. The flow ds ac companied by a roaring sound like that of the se^, as thongh -a-distant wave was coming in, and at thfe same time § current of air issues ont of the -mouth. The ebb ia accompanied ty a draft of air downward. The period of ebb and flow does not appear to depend upon heat or cold, upon the dampness or dry ness of the atmosphere, upon the sea son of the year, or upon the time of day, but, on the other hand, seems to be in some way connected with the di rection of the wind. The farmers think that the water-bearing level ia identical with that of the water of the Platte river,, which bounds on the north those :ounties in which the wells sto situated. The old ship New Orleans is soon to be sold by auction. The house which was bnilt over it at Sackett’s Harbor, at the close of the war of 1812, was blown down three years ago. Since then the vessel has been the sport of storms. To day it stands a sad, weather-beaten ob» ’ ject, awaiting its final destruction at ths fall of the anctioneer’s hammer. Many of its timbers have walked off in the shape of canes. The ship was bnilt in sixty days from the time the timber stood in the forests, and would have been launched in thirty more had not pesos been declared. AU the rigging waa con veyed at great expense and under diffi culties from New York city. There were Ifib railroads, and the Government road that ran out of and into Saokett’s Harbor was a very rude affair. The anchor chain of the New Orleans, weighing from 6,000 to 8,000 pounds, wss carried from Utica on the' shoulders of 300men, who traced their way by means of biased trees. The New Orleans was built sa a counter-match on Lake Ontario for the British ship St Lawrence. More than seventy per cent of t^is jieople of Massachnsetts have their homes in towns of more than ten thou sand inhabitants. This Commonwealth has a large number of cities of twenty thousand or more than has any other Bute. -About four-fifths of her .popula tion ia in towns of more than five thou sand. The Bev. Charles F. Thwing gives these, figures, and then asks what direct effort the charchca are making to reach the masses. He makes reply that a few declare themselves to be mission churches with all their services arranged to attract and hold this part of the peo- ple. Other churches affirm that they endeavor to reach them by means of visiting committees, thrcngh the mission Sunday'School, the weekly prayer meet ing, the open air Gospel meeting, or 'presctrtng r In shoool-houses. Churches iu at (east five cities e mploy mission aries. But score after score of reporta from ebufehee huge iu Membership, strong in equipment, located in the cen tra of populations, fail to state that any effort ia made to reach outsiders. When a cttixen of Sault Ste. Marie. Mich. , wishes to send a letter to a friend in the opposite village on the Canadian side of the river, he directs it, prepays the postage and puts it in the Poet Of- fiioe on the American aide; then, in order to reach the Post Office on the Canadian side, which is about oue mile distent, the 'fet ten go to Detroit through the United States mails, crosses from Detroit to Windsor, where it enters the Canadian mails, and is sent over the Canadian routes back to the Sault, reaching the Canadian office there in about ten days from the time it started—ten days to go one mile. But when one is in a hurry Ije goes across the river himself and to the other fellow; he doesn’t write. tolls of a buck who was "a bad Indian” because he had his mother, wife, and papoose. He complained to the Indian agent: “They don’t treat me fair. They call me ‘bad Indian.’ They say I killed my toother. Yes, I did, bnt I did it beesnse she was too old to work. Then they say I killed my wife. I did tliat because she was too sick to work. They talk about my killing my papoose. Well, I did that too, but it cried too much and I couldn’t sleep. I am ‘good Indian,’ i»t ‘bad Indian. The Apache Indian may be susceptible of civilization, but it seems to be of a crude sort thus far. A traveler who writes about that warlike to the I Two youno mmw wmm cterlrs tn tlutfo The Post-office on the Navy Depart ment: "In four thousand years," rays Professor Paige, without stating dwho told him, "another glacial ejloch will destroy the world,” and it is urged that an ark be built to save a few represen tative families of this country. Well we shan't get excited. If the irk ie built at all the government will probably build it, end in that case we would preiar a pine slab and tire wide of the father’s store. One lived in the parental house free of expense, and the other was paid a salary. The former sued for com pensation, and offered to prove the value of his services by the amount paid to hia brother. In this case the Snpreme Cotut of the District of Columbia de cided in favor of the father, saying that unless there is an express contract to pay a son for services where he works foe hia father, who is boarding and lodging him withont charge, he cannot recover compensation. The law wifi not imply a promise to pay him, and, if » recovery could be had, what was paid to ths brother would be no evidence of his ssr- rioes’ vain* — - Irate Grandparent (whose youthful dcsoendent has just mischievously bro ken all ths glass in the cucumber frame); "Now, Georgie, what should you do if you had a little boy, and he had done this very - wicked, dreadful ftriBE?" Young Ife*dhil: "Send for the glazier and make no more row gbout it, to be sorej' (Exit grandpapa fat an almost I K.i . f*,. •y